English Original
Dionysus was the god of wine, the son of Zeus and Semele. When his mother perished in Zeus's divine glory, he was still an infant. Zeus entrusted his upbringing to mountain nymphs, who cared for him diligently. Under the tutelage of Silenus, the satyr, Dionysus learned the secrets of nature and the art of winemaking.
He traveled widely in a chariot drawn by wild beasts, reputedly reaching India and Ethiopia. His presence was always marked by music, song, and revelry. His followers, the Bacchantes, were notorious for their raucous and disorderly conduct. They formed a wild, noisy crowd, drinking, dancing, and singing without restraint. The female Bacchantes were particularly infamous for their immodesty and frenzied excitement.
In their states of madness and intoxication, they committed acts of brutal violence. They tore the gifted musician Orpheus limb from limb. King Pentheus of Thebes, who disapproved of the worship of Bacchus (Dionysus) in his kingdom, met the same fate at the hands of these fanatical women, led by his own mother.
中文翻译
狄俄尼索斯是酒神，宙斯与塞墨勒之子。当他的母亲在宙斯神圣光辉中殒命时，他还是个婴儿。宙斯将他托付给山间宁芙抚养，她们悉心照料他。在半羊人西勒诺斯的教导下，狄俄尼索斯习得了自然的奥秘与酿酒的艺术。
他乘坐由野兽拉拽的战车四处游历，据说曾到达印度和埃塞俄比亚。他所到之处，必有音乐、歌声与狂欢。他的追随者，即酒神狂女，以其喧闹无序的行为而臭名昭著。他们聚集成狂野喧闹的人群，毫无节制地饮酒、舞蹈和歌唱。女性狂女尤其因其放荡不羁和狂热的兴奋而声名狼藉。
在疯狂与陶醉的状态下，她们犯下了残忍的暴行。她们将天才音乐家俄耳甫斯肢解。底比斯国王彭透斯因在其王国内反对崇拜巴克斯（狄俄尼索斯），也遭到了同样的命运，死于这群狂热女子之手，而带领她们的正是他自己的母亲。