I thought with horror of the head of Crassus, tossed from hand to hand like a ball in the course of a performance of Euripides' Bacchantes which a barbarian king with a smattering of Greek learning had presented on the afternoon of a victory over Rome.
izialduraz oroitzen nintzen nola, gure gain lortua zutèn gurenda baten ospakizunetan, harako errege barbaro hark-helenismoz apur bat kutsaturikoak, hala ere-arrats hartan antolatutako Euripidesen "Bakanteak"-en antzestaldiaren barruan, nola erabili zuten, alegia, pilota bat bailitzan, batak besteari eskutik eskura jaurtikiz, gure Crassusen burua.