Word: bacchic
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...roaringly irreverent time for all.THE SHOW BEGINSBefore the show even started, the audience was worked up.Despite the “no food or drink” rule, alcoholic beverages in various containers seemed to be prevalent. After allowing some time for the crowd to work itself into a Bacchic fever pitch, the MCs of the event—Joshua M. Brener ’07 and Warland L. “Trey” Kollmer ’07—graced the stage.The first act of the night was by far the strangest. “Benjamin Sweet?...
Especially in the fast-moving dialogue, Williams' translation is witty--and the production benefits. Compare the literal Greek of Pentheus' sarcasm (Hos thrasus ho Bakhos, How insolent is this Bacchus!) with Williams' "Bacchic backtalk!" Again in the same scene "Deinos su deinos kapi dein' erkhei pathe (I need a macron)," "You are wonderful, wonderful" (Laurence Welk, anybody?) "And wonderful are the experiences you go to meet" becomes in Williams "You are awe-inspiring. Your outcome will inspire awe." The translation and the production share the great felicity of exaltation in the words themselves...
...fiery pink trucks that stalked the night bringing barrels of bacchic revelry to the college communities are no more...
...there can be no Bacchic revelry for modern man: our sex must be safe. It is impossible to speak of safe love. Falling in love, like falling off a cliff, involves risks. Modern man dislikes risks. Love can't be made safe, but sex can. Modern technology helps out. It has succeeded in making sex safe and sterile. Just like modern man himself...
...year-old Bacchic waterfest--scheduled for April 28--has been characterized in recent years by elaborately designed rafts and even more elaborately designed warfare systems. Last year, projectiles included pineapples, eggs, watermelons, dead fish and rats, and dredged-up muck from the Charles River floor...