Euripides, Alcestis, ed. Gilbert Murray, 86

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Χορός

—κλύει τις ἢ στεναγμὸν ἢ

χειρῶν κτύπον κατὰ στέγας

ἢ γόον ὡς πεπραγμένων;

—οὐ μὰν οὐδέ τις ἀμφιπόλων στα-

τίζεται ἀμφὶ πύλας. εἰ
90

γὰρ μετακύμιος ἄτας,

ὦ Παιάν, φανείης.

Alcestis. Euripides. ed. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. 1902.

Funding provided by Tufts University.

Current edition Perseus

Ἄλκηστις (Greek) (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. I. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.)

Translations (3)

Alcestis Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906.) — 86 focus

First Semichorus

Doth any of you hear a groan, or sound of hands that smite together, or the voice of lamentation, telling all is over and done? Yet is there no servant

stationed about the gate, no, not one. O come, thou saving god, to smooth the swelling waves of woe!¹
90

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.) — 86 focus

Euripides Alcestis 86

ed. Gilbert Murray

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First Semichorus

Doth any of you hear a groan, or sound of hands that smite together, or the voice of lamentation, telling all is over and done? Yet is there no servant

stationed about the gate, no, not one. O come, thou saving god, to smooth the swelling waves of woe!¹
90

Vernahmst du Seufzen, hortest du
85

Geräusch von Hånden im Palast?

Hortest du Klag', als sei's vollbracht?

Zweiter Halbchor.

Nicht ein einziger Diener, fürwahr!

Låßt rings an den Pforten sich sehn.

kåmest du, Phan, des Unglücks
90

Wog' uns abzuwehren!

Erster Halbchor.

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First Semichorus Doth any of you hear a groan, or sound of hands that smite together, or the voice of lamentation, telling all is over and done? Yet is there no servant stationed about the gate, no, not one. O come, thou saving god, to smooth the swelling waves of woe! 1 90

Vernahmst du Seufzen, hortest du 85 Geräusch von Hånden im Palast? Hortest du Klag', als sei's vollbracht?

Zweiter Halbchor. Nicht ein einziger Diener, fürwahr! Låßt rings an den Pforten sich sehn. kåmest du, Phan, des Unglücks 90 Wog' uns abzuwehren!

Erster Halbchor.

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First Semichorus

Doth any of you hear a groan, or sound of hands that smite together, or the voice of lamentation, telling all is over and done? Yet is there no servant

stationed about the gate, no, not one. O come, thou saving god, to smooth the swelling waves of woe!¹
90

Vernahmst du Seufzen, hortest du
85

Geräusch von Hånden im Palast?

Hortest du Klag', als sei's vollbracht?

Zweiter Halbchor.

Nicht ein einziger Diener, fürwahr!

Låßt rings an den Pforten sich sehn.

kåmest du, Phan, des Unglücks
90

Wog' uns abzuwehren!