BAC. The God himself will release me when I wish.[[31]]
PEN. Ay, when you call him, standing among the Bacchæ.
BAC. Even now, being near, he sees what I suffer.
PEN. And where is he? for at least he is not apparent to my eyes.
BAC. Near me, but you being impious, see him not.
PEN. Seize him, he insults me and Thebes!
BAC. I warn you not to bind me: I in my senses command you not in your senses.
PEN. And I bid them to bind you, as being mightier than you.
BAC. You know not why you live, nor what you do, nor who you are.
PEN. Pentheus, son of Agave, and of my father Echion.