AG. For it is beautiful as the mane of a wild beast.
CHOR. Bacchus, a wise huntsman, wisely hurried the Mænads against this beast.
CHOR. For the king is a huntsman.
AG. Do you praise?
CHOR. What? I do praise.
AG. But soon the Cadmeans.
CHOR. And thy son Pentheus his mother—
AG. —will praise, as having caught this lion-born prey.
CHOR. An excellent prey.
AG. Excellently.