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The Bacchae This is a most popular image of *The Bacchae*. I don't know 手持残肢的女人、惊恐的男人，单从些看，一定不会是喜剧喽。我想我还是一个视觉化的人，更喜欢用图像强化自己对事物的印象。

Ancient aegean region map

2nd-century Roman statue of Dionysus, after a Hellenistic model (ex-coll. Cardinal Richelieu, Louvre) 这就是酒神大人，跟我们的审美观差距真的太大了。

Thyrsus staff tied with taenia and topped with a pine cone.

Vocabulary

I, Dionysus, son of Zeus, born to him from Semele,

born [adj] never before noun when a baby is born, it comes out of its mother’s body and starts its life. The time when you are born is your birth, and a mother gives birth to a baby
- Her grandfather died before she was born.
- born in: I was born in Tokyo.
- born on: The twins were born on 29 August, 1962.
- born into: Meg was born into a large family.
- born to: More children are now born to older women.

Yes, I’ve changed my form from god to human, appearing here at these streams of Dirce,the waters of Ismarus.

Dirce [n] wikipedia中讲是古代Thebes统治者Lycus的心机婊老婆，因为虐待自己侄女，被侄女的两儿子（好像也是Zues的儿子）绑到牛角上拖死了。这里应该不是这个意思吧？好像是地名，Carrie给解释下。

the remnants of her house, still smoldering from Zeus' living fire--Hera's undying outrage against my mother. But I praise Cadmus.

smolder [vi] to burn slowly without flames but usually with smoke. 我喜欢这个单词，多了一个burn场景的细分动词。
- The remains of the campfire smoldered.
- smoldering ruins
- a smoldering fire