The chorus enters and proceeds to the orchestra

Chorus

In Dionysus' grove,

The Bacchanate Nyssa dwells.

She serves the sacred wine

To the followers of the god

And lives a life free of care.

The satyr Aeschylus

Lurks in the woods, watching

As Nyssa serves the wine.

He desires her fair body

But knows he cannot have her.

How to bring the nymph to love him?

How can he slake his lust?

Aeschylus ponders

And forms a plan

To bring the nymph to him.