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 A shiver passed visible alon his body,like a fever, which ran over his limbs!-is veins swelled on his lorious body,and his finers clutched as tier claws!

/ow roarin like an animal, he spurred aun,his dearest friend, cruelly the heel in the flanks,but not wrathful aun, rushed burden*beast willinly,forth with the rain od!

 And all who followed him, the od Dionysusin fury " satyrs and fauns on panthers and lions,the nymphs of /ysa, +acchant*recreated,the mortals, Daphnis, Chloe,0an's*sons bi and small " all,

who followed Dionysus, lit on their ownfury divine, even drain on 1ilenuson whiten donkey, who brayed amon

tier cats, " the philosopher and master,drunk and furious for who withstoodhis odly apprentice2

 And the same fury ave each one a sosudden divine power, now throwin themselveson $inyas' warriors, that the wall of copper shieldstrembled and broke under the assault,fleein to all sides, distantly flashed the copper lances!

(he satyrs, foamin like animals ** wild,fell upon the fleein warriors, pitched their claw*nailsin the eyes, and the flaccid flesh, tore

shriekin the bodies apart and stirred up their lions and panthers, who hunted down who tried to flee!

1hriekin under the loomy sky of ray clouds,in where between the ods looked down upon,surrounded the beast*coat clothed +assarids,the +acchantes furious, nymphs of /ysa,$inyas' own bodyuard,

heedless of arrow stin or a3e cut, and their cruel rae,cryin, dancin, circled the whole selection of warriors,in whom they struck their nails into!(hey were no loner nymphs!

(hey were tiresses and tier*cats!

4eus, anered at those who withstood his son,athered darkened clouds, hurled his lihtnin,and the thunder roared throuh the heavens, the ods,tremblin with fear, reverently moved away from thesupreme od, father of Dionysus5 frownin in clouds4eus remained alone, lookin down upon $inyas in aner!

 And suddenly he saw this5 Dionysus,

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his son, unreconizable the beautiful ladin rae, throwin himself on $inyas5 like a lionthat throws itself on a bull, him in thewide neck and withers heavy without hesitationpullin out its claws, ready to tear apart!

Dionysus, like a wild lion, roared, andpitched his nails into $inyas' eyes!(he kin uttered an inhuman cry and was blind!+ut not was Dionysus satisfied, and he yelled5

" $inyas who resisted me, blind $inyas,never were you able to see well2 +ecause alwaysyou have considered yourself to be your own idealof a man and a kin, but blinded you already were,before I blinded you, because you have always beena vine2 $inyas, $inyas, see now% Eye than to see2

 Are your les not two vines% Is your torsonot a bunch, and are your arms not narled

vines% Drips the must not out of your orbits,like my scorned wine flows out of deepbowls2 $inyas, are you a man% $inyas,are you a kin and ruler of #rchomenos%

#r are you a vine% Are you a vine%&ait, s.ueeze shall Dionysus you ** empty2

 And larinly threw Dionysus for the second timehimself on the kin, strikin his nails in the flaccid flesh!

" Look!  Dionysus cried in triumph! +ehold now, eyeto see now2 6ou are spillin wine from everywhere2#, e3cessive rapevine2

7nder the onslauht of the rain od,became insane the unfortunate kin!

" A vine% Am I a vine% he howled!#h, Dionysus, am I a vine% Areall my warriors than vines too% An a3e,an a3e2 -ere I cut them off, the vines of Dionysus,so that I shall plant them in my kindom2

 And, blind, in streamin blood, he hit withthe a3e ferocious around him, and slew hisown warriors!!!

1till frownin was 4eus, alone, wroth in clouds,and he casted his lihtnin ahead, andthunder roared throuh the heavens!!!

+ut at $inyas' dead body awoke from frenzyDionysus, and cried woefully5

" #h, unfortunate one,why not accepted the oy2

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 Another part from his book5

Strijd is het leven! Niet de bloedige strijd, dien vuurt Ares aan, maar de lachende strijd met onverwinnelijke macht! De lachende strijd is het leven! Te gaan lachende voor zich uit, zelfbewust van onoverwinnelijkheidte gaan, lachende, wouden en steden door, zeen over en dwars door hemelen, en te heersen langs zijntriomftocht"dat is het leven, dat is leven! #et ogenblik te overheersen, dat is het leven! $at zal ik geven om de minuut, die voorbij is! #et verleden dom%elt achter weg& het heden zal het lachende ogenblik zijn, dat ik lachende overheers,en de toekomst zal zijn de lange weg, dien ik neem o% mijn zegekar, de wereld door, de wijde, wijdewereld door, overwinnende heel de wereld"! 

+attle is life2/ot the bloody battle, who Ares inflames, but the lauhin battle with invincible power2(he lauhin strule is life2 (o o lauhin ahead, confident in invincibility5 to o, lauhin, throuhforests and cities, crossin seas and straiht throuh heavens, and to rule alonside its triumphal march!!!that is the life, that is life2 (he wink*moment to rule, that is life2

&hat shall I care about the minute, which has passed2(he past immerses behind away) the present will be the lauhin eye*aze 8moment9, that I will lauhinlyrule, and the future will be the lon way which I take on my triumphal chariot, the world throuh, the wide,wide world, con.uerin the whole world!!!2

(ranslated by 1oerd -eeer