Enter Dionysus

Dionysus

And so this tragedy is ended,

By the deaths of Aeschylus

And Nyssa the Bacchante too.

Desire was their undoing.

Mortals - beware!

The sting of Cupid's shaft

Brings desire rather than love.

Be careful what you seek,

Lest you find it!

Citizens of Athens,

I, Dionysus, say goodbye.

Dionysus exits, followed by the chorus