Euripides, Cyclops, Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator), 356

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Deffne deinen weiten Schlund, Kyklop,
355

Sperr' auf den Rachen; dir bereit und fertig schon

Dampft in den Kohlen Gekochtes, Gebratenes: schling' es hinab denn!

Und zerleg' und zerhack' und zerbeiße sie,

Die Glieder der Fremdlinge, die du

Auf zottigem Geisfell niedergestreckt!
360

Cyclops. Euripides. Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator). . .

Current edition Experimental

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1845; OCR review) (OCR draft) (German) (Euripides. Deutsch in den Versmaßen der Urschrift. Volume 2, Heidelberg: C. F. Winter, 1845. Harvard OCR compared with an independent BSB copy. Native Donner verse citations, Murray reference cards, explicitly located notes and page facsimiles. Unresolved OCR, verse divisions, unlocated notes and printed errata are documented in the source review.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (1)

Κύκλωψ Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. I. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 356-374h focus

Χορός

Εὐρείας φάρυγγος, ὦ Κύκλωψ,

ἀναστόμου τὸ χεῖλος· ὡς ἕτοιμά σοι

ἑφθὰ καὶ ὀπτὰ καὶ ἀνθρακιᾶς ἄπο

χναύειν, βρύκειν,

κρεοκοπεῖν μέλη ξένων,

δασυμάλλῳ ἐν αἰγίδι κλινομένῳ.
360

361

Χορός

Μή μοι μὴ προσδίδου·

μόνος μόνῳ γέμιζε πορθμίδος σκάφος.

χαιρέτω μὲν αὖλις ἅδε,

χαιρέτω δὲ θυμάτων

ἀποβώμιος ἃν ἔχει θυσίαν
365

Κύκλωψ Αἰτναῖος ξενικῶν

κρεῶν κεχαρμένος βορᾷ.

369

Χορός

Νηλής, ὦ τλᾶμον, ὅστις δωμάτων

ἐφεστίους ξενικοὺς ἱκτῆρας ἐκθύει δόμων,
370

ἑφθά τε δαινύμενος, μυσαροῖσί τ’ ὀδοῦσιν

κόπτων βρύκων

ἀνθρώπων θέρμ’ ἀπ’ ἀνθράκων κρέα,

Χορός

Μή μοι μὴ προσδίδου·

μόνος μόνῳ γέμιζε πορθμίδος σκάφος.

χαιρέτω μὲν αὖλις ἅδε,

χαιρέτω δὲ θυμάτων

ἀποβώμιος ἃν ἔχει θυσίαν

Κύκλωψ Αἰτναῖος ξενικῶν

κρεῶν κεχαρμένος βορᾷ.

Translations (1)

The Cyclops Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. II. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1891.) — 356-374b focus

Chorus

Ope wide the portal of thy gaping throat, Cyclops; for strangers’ limbs, both boiled and grilled, are ready from off the coals for thee to gnaw and tear and mince up small,

reclining in thy shaggy goatskin coat.
360

361

Chorus

Relinquish not thy meal for me; keep that boat for thyself alone.¹ Avaunt this cave! avaunt the burnt-offerings,

which the godless Cyclops offers on Aetna’s altars, exulting in meals on strangers’ flesh!
365

369

Chorus

Oh! the ruthless monster! to sacrifice his guests at his own hearth, the suppliants of his halls, cleaving and tearing and serving up to his loathsome teeth a feast of human flesh, hot from the coals.

Euripides Cyclops 356

Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator)

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Deffne deinen weiten Schlund, Kyklop,
355

Sperr' auf den Rachen; dir bereit und fertig schon

Dampft in den Kohlen Gekochtes, Gebratenes: schling' es hinab denn!

Und zerleg' und zerhack' und zerbeiße sie,

Die Glieder der Fremdlinge, die du

Auf zottigem Geisfell niedergestreckt!
360

Current edition Experimental

Chorus

Ope wide the portal of thy gaping throat, Cyclops; for strangers’ limbs, both boiled and grilled, are ready from off the coals for thee to gnaw and tear and mince up small,

reclining in thy shaggy goatskin coat.
360

Chorus

Relinquish not thy meal for me; keep that boat for thyself alone.¹ Avaunt this cave! avaunt the burnt-offerings,

which the godless Cyclops offers on Aetna’s altars, exulting in meals on strangers’ flesh!
365

Chorus

Oh! the ruthless monster! to sacrifice his guests at his own hearth, the suppliants of his halls, cleaving and tearing and serving up to his loathsome teeth a feast of human flesh, hot from the coals.

Chorus

Stable identifiers

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Deffne deinen weiten Schlund, Kyklop, 355 Sperr' auf den Rachen; dir bereit und fertig schon Dampft in den Kohlen Gekochtes, Gebratenes: schling' es hinab denn! Und zerleg' und zerhack' und zerbeiße sie, Die Glieder der Fremdlinge, die du Auf zottigem Geisfell niedergestreckt! 360

Current edition Experimental

Chorus Ope wide the portal of thy gaping throat, Cyclops; for strangers’ limbs, both boiled and grilled, are ready from off the coals for thee to gnaw and tear and mince up small, reclining in thy shaggy goatskin coat. 360

Chorus Relinquish not thy meal for me; keep that boat for thyself alone. 1 Avaunt this cave! avaunt the burnt-offerings, which the godless Cyclops offers on Aetna’s altars, exulting in meals on strangers’ flesh! 365

Chorus Oh! the ruthless monster! to sacrifice his guests at his own hearth, the suppliants of his halls, cleaving and tearing and serving up to his loathsome teeth a feast of human flesh, hot from the coals.

Chorus

Stable identifiers

Deffne deinen weiten Schlund, Kyklop,
355

Sperr' auf den Rachen; dir bereit und fertig schon

Dampft in den Kohlen Gekochtes, Gebratenes: schling' es hinab denn!

Und zerleg' und zerhack' und zerbeiße sie,

Die Glieder der Fremdlinge, die du

Auf zottigem Geisfell niedergestreckt!
360

Chorus

Ope wide the portal of thy gaping throat, Cyclops; for strangers’ limbs, both boiled and grilled, are ready from off the coals for thee to gnaw and tear and mince up small,

reclining in thy shaggy goatskin coat.
360

Chorus

Relinquish not thy meal for me; keep that boat for thyself alone.¹ Avaunt this cave! avaunt the burnt-offerings,

which the godless Cyclops offers on Aetna’s altars, exulting in meals on strangers’ flesh!
365

Chorus

Oh! the ruthless monster! to sacrifice his guests at his own hearth, the suppliants of his halls, cleaving and tearing and serving up to his loathsome teeth a feast of human flesh, hot from the coals.