bacchae

In previous lives , bacchae were the spirits of gourmands , gluttons , well-meaning drunkards , and others who relished the act of living .

在他们的前世里，浆果者通常是美食家、暴食者、比较有品的酒鬼，以及其它类型的家伙。

sunk down in sleep -- as Euripides describes him for us in the Bacchae , asleep on a high mountain meadow , in the midday sun -- and now Apollo approaches him and touches him with his laurel .

中所描写的在高山草地上日中高卧那样。现在，梦神走近来了，用月桂枝触他一下，

The structure of the Greek theater reminds us of a lonely mountain valley : the architecture of the stage resembles a luminous cloud configuration which the Bacchae behold as they swarm down from the mountaintops ; a marvelous frame in the center of which Dionysus manifests himself to them .

希腊剧场的形式令人想到一个寂寞的山谷，舞台的建筑有如灿烂的云彩，酒神的顶礼者挤拥在山上，从高处俯视这景象，一个壮丽的圆场，酒神的形象就在它中间出现。