Part 3 (1/2)

DIONYSUS.

No glory is therein, nor yet disgrace.

Thou hast heard of Tmolus, the bright hill of flowers?

PENTHEUS.

Surely; the ridge that winds by Sardis' towers

DIONYSUS.

Thence am I; Lydia was my fatherland.

PENTHEUS.

And whence these revelations, that thy band Spreadeth in h.e.l.las?

DIONYSUS.

Their intent and use Dionysus oped to me, the Child of Zeus.

PENTHEUS (_brutally_).

Is there a Zeus there, that can still beget Young G.o.ds?

DIONYSUS.

Nay, only He whose seal was set Here in thy Thebes on Semele.

PENTHEUS.

What way Descended he upon thee? In full day Or vision of night?

DIONYSUS.

Most clear he stood, and scanned My soul, and gave his emblems to mine hand.

PENTHEUS.

What like be they, these emblems?

DIONYSUS.

That may none Reveal, nor know, save his Elect alone.

PENTHEUS.

And what good bring they to the wors.h.i.+pper?

DIONYSUS.