xxxvi
DIONYSUS
Easy to say. Why should I hesitate?
You must have heard of Tmolus, the Flower-Hills.
You must have heard of Tmolus, the Flower-Hills.
DIONYSUS
I come from there. Lydia is my country.
DIONYSUS
A god descended upon us, Dionysus
Son of Zeus.
Son of Zeus.
DIONYSUS
The same Zeus who loved Semele here.
DIONYSUS
Face to open face. And he entrusted the signs of his rites to me.
DIONYSUS
I cannot say. His secrets must be kept from unbelievers.
DIONYSUS
That's not for you to hear - although worth hearing.
DIONYSUS
The rites of god abhor the impious.
DIONYSUS
What he wished to be; I have no command over god's face and shape.
DIONYSUS
Wisdom to the unwise means nothing.
DIONYSUS
The whole East dances with his mysteries.
DIONYSUS
On this matter, higher. Their ways differ.
DIONYSUS
Mostly by night. Darkness secretes holiness.
DIONYSUS
You can find impurity by daylight, too.
DIONYSUS
And you will pay for your ignorance. And blasphemy. Tell me what I am to suffer. What will you do?
DIONYSUS
It's dedicated to my god; if you touch one hair, You touch him.
DIONYUS
Raise your hand and take it. It's the god's own.
DIONYSUS
My god will set me free, whenever I wish.
DIONYSUS
He is not far; even now he sees what I endure.
DIONYSUS
Where I am; disbelief stops you from seeing the sign.
DIONYSUS
Do not bind me. I, master of my mind, warn you who have lost yours.
DIONYSUS
You do not know what you are doing. What life you are living. You do not know who you are.
DIONYSUS
You shall repent even your name.
DIONYSUS
I am ready.
What is not to be I will not have to suffer.
Dionysus - who you say does not exist -
Will not let your hubris pass unpunished.
In wronging me you are leading him to prison.
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