Euripides, Heracleidae, Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator), 288

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Sei wachsam, die Zeit mahnt, eh sich das Heer

An die Marken heran wålzt: mächtigen Kampf
285

Liebt Argos ja,

Doch heute gewiß noch mehr denn zuvor.

Denn zweimal soviel, als wirklich geschah,

Austhurmen, ist ewig der Herold' Art.

Was, meinst du, sagt er dem Könige wohl?
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Daß er Arges erlitt und nahe bereits

An dem Abgrund schwebte des Todes!

Jolaos.

Heracleidae. Euripides. Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator). . .

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German (J. J. C. Donner, 1852; OCR review) (OCR draft) (German) (Euripides. Deutsch in den Versmaßen der Urschrift. Volume 3, Heidelberg: C. F. Winter, 1852. 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.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (1)

Ἡρακλεῖδαι Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. I. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 353-380 focus

Χορός

Εἰ σὺ μέγʼ αὐχεῖς, ἕτεροι

σοῦ πλέον οὐ μέλονται,

ὦ ξεῖν’ Ἀργόθεν ἐλθών,
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μεγαληγορίαισι δʼ ἐμὰς

φρένας οὐ φοβήσεις.

μήπω ταῖς μεγάλαισιν οὕ-

τω καὶ καλλιχόροις Ἀθή-

ναις εἴη· σὺ δʼ ἄφρων, ὅ τʼ Ἄρ-
360

γει Σθενέλου τύραννος.

362

Χορός

ὃς πόλιν ἐλθὼν ἑτέραν

οὐδὲν ἐλάσσονʼ Ἄργους,

θεῶν ἱκτῆρας ἀλάτας

καὶ ἐμᾶς χθονὸς ἀντομένους
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ξένος ὢν βιαίως

ἕλκεις, οὐ βασιλεῦσιν εἴ-

ξας, οὐκ ἄλλο δίκαιον εἰ-

πών· ποῦ ταῦτα καλῶς ἂν εἴ-

η παρά γʼ εὖ φρονοῦσιν;
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371

Χορός

Εἰρήνα μὲν ἐμοί γʼ ἀρέ-

σκει· σὺ δʼ, ὦ κακόφρων ἄναξ,

λέγω, εἰ πόλιν ἥξεις,

οὐχ οὕτως ἃ δοκεῖς κυρή-

σεις· οὐ σοὶ μόνῳ ἔγχος οὐδʼ
375

ἰτέα κατάχαλκός ἐστιν.

ἀλλʼ οὐ, πολέμων ἐραστάς,

μή μοι δορὶ συνταράξεις

τὰν εὖ χαρίτων ἔχουσαν

πόλιν, ἀλλʼ ἀνάσχου.
380

Translations (2)

Heracleidae Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906.) — 353-380 focus

Chorus

Though loud thy boasts, there be others care no more for thee for that,

O stranger¹ from the land of Argos; nor wilt thou scare my soul with swelling words. Not yet be this the fate of mighty Athens, beauteous town!
355

But thou art void of sense, and so is he, who lords it o’er Argos, the son of Sthenelus,
360

362

Chorus

—thou that comest to another state, in no wise weaker than Argos,

and, stranger that thou art, wouldst drag away by force suppliants of the gods, wanderers that cling² to my land for help, refusing to yield to our king, nor yet having any honest plea to urge. How can such conduct count as honourable,
365

at least in wise men’s judgment?
370

371

Chorus

I am for peace myself; yet I tell thee, wicked king, although thou come unto my city, thou shalt not get so easily what thou expectest.

Thou art not the only man to wield a sword or targe with plates of brass. Nay, thou eager warrior, I warn thee, bring not war’s alarms against our lovely
375

town; restrain thyself.
380

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

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