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Bakkhai: Haiku: Pentheus

  • Sep. 6th, 2015 at 7:20 PM
Title: Pentheus
Fandom: Bakkhai (Euripides, translated by Anne Carson)
Content notes: no warnings apply
Length: Haiku (15 words)
Summary: "That's the saddest name I have ever heard." (Dionysos to Pentheus)



So proud of your name,
you can't hear what echoes there:
the word for sorrow.


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Note: The name Pentheus comes from the Greek penthos, meaning grief or sorrow.

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smallhobbit: (49 pegs)
[personal profile] smallhobbit wrote:
Sep. 6th, 2015 06:59 pm (UTC)
This rather sums up Pentheus all over - proud and yet not only brought to sorrow, but bringing sorrow.
clarasteam: Maggi Hambling Scallop (scallop voices)
[personal profile] clarasteam wrote:
Sep. 6th, 2015 08:36 pm (UTC)
thank you! yes, both brought to sorrow and bringing sorrow...

Dionysos' line got a laugh in the theatre, but of course he's right (never argue with Dionysos...).
ardyforshort: A person in a chunky jumper holding a cup of coffee. (Default)
[personal profile] ardyforshort wrote:
Sep. 10th, 2015 08:44 pm (UTC)
...yeah.
clarasteam: Maggi Hambling Scallop (scallop voices)
[personal profile] clarasteam wrote:
Sep. 11th, 2015 09:46 am (UTC)
OH PENTHEUS.

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