Euripides Medea 856

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.) — 856 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.) — 856 focus
Wie wirst du mit trozigem Muth 1
Gegen die Söhne dir
Hand und Herz bewaffnen,
Zum gråßlichen Morde schreitend?
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Wie magst du die Kinder ansehn,
Und hemmen die Thran', und nicht
Ablassen vom Mord? Du kannst nicht, 2
Wenn flehend vor dir die Knaben
Hinsinken, das Blutige
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Gleichmuthig vollenden!

Notes on the current edition

Medea

1. Of the numerous emendations of this corrupt passage, Nauck’s τέκνυν for τέκνοις is the simplest, if it goes far enough. Verrall suggests that a word has fallen out after the second ἢ and conjectures μένος of τέχναν. This is not less satisfactory than most of the emendations.