Euripides, Medea, Edward P. Coleridge (Translator), 990

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Chorus

And thou, poor wretch, who to thy sorrow art wedding a king’s daughter, little thinkest of the doom thou art bringing on thy children’s life, or of the cruel death that waits thy bride.
990

Woe is thee! how art thou fallen from thy high estate!
995

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.) — 990 focus

Χορός

σὺ δ’, ὦ τάλαν, ὦ κακόνυμφε κηδεμὼν τυράννων,
990

παισὶν οὐ κατειδὼς

ὄλεθρον βιοτᾷ προσάγεις ἀλόχῳ τε

σᾷ στυγερὸν θάνατον.

δύστανε μοίρας ὅσον παροίχῃ.
995

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.) — 990 focus

Unglücklicher, armer Verlobter,

Unsers Königs Eidam,

Du verhångst Verderben

Unwissentlich über die Sohn', und bringst

Der Braut unseligen Tod!
970

Wie wenig, ach, kennst du deine Leiden!

Gegenstrophe 2.

Euripides Medea 990

Edward P. Coleridge (Translator)

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Chorus

And thou, poor wretch, who to thy sorrow art wedding a king’s daughter, little thinkest of the doom thou art bringing on thy children’s life, or of the cruel death that waits thy bride.
990

Woe is thee! how art thou fallen from thy high estate!
995

Current edition Perseus

Unglücklicher, armer Verlobter,

Unsers Königs Eidam,

Du verhångst Verderben

Unwissentlich über die Sohn', und bringst

Der Braut unseligen Tod!
970

Wie wenig, ach, kennst du deine Leiden!

Gegenstrophe 2.

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Chorus And thou, poor wretch, who to thy sorrow art wedding a king’s daughter, little thinkest of the doom thou art bringing on thy children’s life, or of the cruel death that waits thy bride. 990 Woe is thee! how art thou fallen from thy high estate! 995

Current edition Perseus

Unglücklicher, armer Verlobter, Unsers Königs Eidam, Du verhångst Verderben Unwissentlich über die Sohn', und bringst Der Braut unseligen Tod! 970 Wie wenig, ach, kennst du deine Leiden! Gegenstrophe 2.

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Chorus

And thou, poor wretch, who to thy sorrow art wedding a king’s daughter, little thinkest of the doom thou art bringing on thy children’s life, or of the cruel death that waits thy bride.
990

Woe is thee! how art thou fallen from thy high estate!
995

Unglücklicher, armer Verlobter,

Unsers Königs Eidam,

Du verhångst Verderben

Unwissentlich über die Sohn', und bringst

Der Braut unseligen Tod!
970

Wie wenig, ach, kennst du deine Leiden!

Gegenstrophe 2.