Euripides Medea 1261

Edward P. Coleridge (Translator)

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

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Current edition Perseus

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

Editions (1)
Μήδεια Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. I. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 1261 focus
Translations (2)
Medea (OCR draft) Experimental (Medea. 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.) — 1261 focus
Umsonst littst du um die Kinder Schmerz,
Umsonst also gebarst du den geliebten Stamm,
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Die' du der Symplegaden ungastlichem,
Blaulichem Felsenpaar über das Meer entschifft!
Warum, Arme, hat so schwerer Zorn
Dein Herz übermannt, was tauschest du
Feindlichen Mord um Mord?
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Denn das verwandte Blut, welches zur Erde floß,
Drückt auf die Menschen schwer, sucht mit entsprechenden
Qualen den Mörder heim, die ihm ein Gott verhängt.

Notes on the current edition

Medea

1. This use of ἀμείβεται is so unusual that the passage is open to grave suspicion. The three following lines are extremely confused and probably corrupt. Weil proposes ἐπέγειρεν for ἐπὶ γαῖαν; var. lect. for ξυνῳδὰ is ξύνοιδα.
2. This is bracketed in the Greek and not found in the Coleridge edition. It has been added here for clarity.