Euripides, Alcestis, Edward P. Coleridge (Translator), 98

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Second Semichorus

Before the gates I see no lustral water from the spring, as custom doth ordain should be

at the gates of the dead, no shorn lock lies on the threshold, which, as thou knowest, falls in mourning for the dead, no choir of maidens smites its youthful¹ palms together.
100

Alcestis. Euripides. Edward P. Coleridge (Translator). London. 1906.

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Current edition Perseus

Alcestis (English) (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906.)

Editions (1)

Ἄλκηστις Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. I. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 98 focus

Χορός

—πυλῶν πάροιθε δ’ οὐχ ὁρῶ

πηγαῖον ὡς νομίζεται

χέρνιβ’ ἐπὶ φθιτῶν πύλαις.
100

—χαίτα τ’ οὔτις ἐπὶ προθύροις το-

μαῖος, ἃ δὴ νεκύων πέν-

θει πίτνει· οὐ νεολαία

δουπεῖ χεὶρ γυναικῶν.

Translations (2)

Alcestis (OCR draft) Experimental (Alcestis. Robert Potter's English verse translation, first published in 1781–1783; text from the 1808 Oxford printing.)

No corresponding passage available

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1841; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (Euripides. Deutsch in den Versmaßen der Urschrift. Volume 1, Heidelberg: C. F. Winter, 1841. 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.) — 98 focus

Auch seh' ich vor den Thoren kein

Weihwasser, wie es sonst am Thor

Eines Gestorbenen üblich ist;

Abgeschnittene Locken erblick
100

Ich nicht an der Pforte, geweiht

Zur Klag' um die Todten, und keine

Jungfrau schlägt den Busen.

Notes on the current edition

Alcestis

1. Dindorf restores νεαλὴς for νεολαία, a doubtful word, apparently not used as an adjective. Cf. Liddell and Scott.

Euripides Alcestis 98

Edward P. Coleridge (Translator)

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Second Semichorus

Before the gates I see no lustral water from the spring, as custom doth ordain should be

at the gates of the dead, no shorn lock lies on the threshold, which, as thou knowest, falls in mourning for the dead, no choir of maidens smites its youthful¹ palms together.
100

Current edition Perseus

Auch seh' ich vor den Thoren kein

Weihwasser, wie es sonst am Thor

Eines Gestorbenen üblich ist;

Abgeschnittene Locken erblick
100

Ich nicht an der Pforte, geweiht

Zur Klag' um die Todten, und keine

Jungfrau schlägt den Busen.

Notes on the current edition

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Second Semichorus Before the gates I see no lustral water from the spring, as custom doth ordain should be at the gates of the dead, no shorn lock lies on the threshold, which, as thou knowest, falls in mourning for the dead, no choir of maidens smites its youthful 1 palms together. 100

Current edition Perseus

Auch seh' ich vor den Thoren kein Weihwasser, wie es sonst am Thor Eines Gestorbenen üblich ist; Abgeschnittene Locken erblick 100 Ich nicht an der Pforte, geweiht Zur Klag' um die Todten, und keine Jungfrau schlägt den Busen.

Notes on the current edition

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Second Semichorus

Before the gates I see no lustral water from the spring, as custom doth ordain should be

at the gates of the dead, no shorn lock lies on the threshold, which, as thou knowest, falls in mourning for the dead, no choir of maidens smites its youthful¹ palms together.
100

Auch seh' ich vor den Thoren kein

Weihwasser, wie es sonst am Thor

Eines Gestorbenen üblich ist;

Abgeschnittene Locken erblick
100

Ich nicht an der Pforte, geweiht

Zur Klag' um die Todten, und keine

Jungfrau schlägt den Busen.