Euripides, Heracleidae, Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator), 759

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Furchtbar, daß ein so glucklich Volk, wie

Myken', in der Lanzen Sturm

So groß, wider mein Land zürnt,

Haß in der feindlichen Seele;
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Doch Schmach war' es, verriethen wir,

O Stadt, flehende Fremdlinge,

Weil's Argos gebietet!¹

Zeus kämpft neben mir, was verzagt' ich?

Zeus schuldet mir billig Dank;
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Niemals werden die Götter

Meines Landes vor Menschenmacht erliegen.²

Zweite Strophe.

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

Current edition Experimental

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.) — 748-783 focus

Χορός

Γᾶ καὶ παννύχιος σελά-

να καὶ λαμπρόταται θεοῦ

φαεσίμβροτοι αὐγαί,
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ἀγγελίαν μοι ἐνέγκαιτʼ·

ἰαχήσατε δʼ οὐρανῷ

καὶ παρὰ θρόνον ἀρχέταν

γλαυκᾶς ἐν Ἀθάνας.

μέλλω τᾶς πατριώτιδος
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γᾶς, μέλλω καὶ ὑπὲρ δόμων

ἱκέτας ὑποδεχθεὶς

κίνδυνον πολιῷ τεμεῖν σιδάρῳ.

759

Χορός

δεινὸν μὲν πόλιν ὡς Μυκή-

νας εὐδαίμονα καὶ δορὸς
760

πολυαίνετον ἀλκᾷ

μῆνιν ἐμᾷ χθονὶ κεύθειν·

κακὸν δʼ, ὦ πόλις, εἰ ξένους

ἱκτῆρας παραδώσομεν

κελεύμασιν Ἄργους.
765

Ζεύς μοι σύμμαχος, οὐ φοβοῦ-

μαι, Ζεύς μοι χάριν ἐνδίκως

ἔχει· οὔποτε θνατῶν

ἥσσους δαίμονες ἔκ γʼ ἐμοῦ φανοῦνται.

770

Χορός

ἀλλʼ, ὦ πότνια — σὸν γὰρ οὖ-
770

δας γᾶς, σὸν καὶ πόλις, ἇς σὺ μά-

τηρ δέσποινά τε καὶ φύλαξ —

πόρευσον ἄλλᾳ τὸν οὐ δικαίως

τᾷδʼ ἐπάγοντα δορυσσοῦν

στρατὸν Ἀργόθεν· οὐ γὰρ ἐμᾷ γʼ ἀρετᾷ
775

δίκαιός εἰμʼ ἐκπεσεῖν μελάθρων.

777

Χορός

ἐπεί σοι πολύθυτος ἀεὶ

τιμὰ κραίνεται, οὐδὲ λά-

θει μηνῶν φθινὰς ἁμέρα,

νέων τʼ ἀοιδαὶ χορῶν τε μολπαί.
780

ἀνεμόεντι δʼ ἐπʼ ὄχθῳ

ὀλολύγματα παννυχίοις ὑπὸ παρ-

θένων ἰαχεῖ ποδῶν κρότοισιν.

Translations (2)

Heracleidae Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906.) — 748-780 focus

Chorus

O earth, and moon that shines by night, and dazzling radiance of the god,

that giveth light to man, bear the tidings to me, shout aloud to heaven for joy, and beside our ruler’s throne, and in the shrine of grey-eyed Athene.
750

For my fatherland and home will I soon decide the issue of the strife with the gleaming sword, because I have taken suppliants under my protection.
755

759

Chorus

’Tis a fearful thing, that a city

prosperous as Mycenae is, one famed for martial prowess, should harbour wrath against my land; still, my countrymen, it were a shameful thing in us to yield up suppliant strangers
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at the bidding of Argos. Zeus is on my side, I am not afraid; Zeus hath a favour unto me, as is my due; never by me¹ shall gods be thought weaker than mortal men.
765

770

Chorus

O dread goddess,² thine the soil whereon we stand, thine this city, for thou art its mother, queen, and saviour; wherefore turn some other way the impious king, who leadeth a host
770

from Argos with brandished lance against this land; for, such my worth, I little merit exile from my home.
775

777

Chorus

For thy worship³ is aye performed with many a sacrifice, and never art thou forgotten as each month draweth to its close,

when young voices sing and dancers’ music is heard abroad, while on our wind-swept hill goes up the cry of joy to the beat of maidens’ feet by night.
780

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

No corresponding passage available

Notes on the current edition

Heracleidae

1. [OCR note; compare the printed page.] 2. κελεύσμασιν "Αργες.

2. [OCR note; compare the printed page.] L. ἐποτε θνατῶν ησσονες πρυτάνεις ἐμοὶ φανῦνται. πρυτάνεις έμο sind die Schuzgötter von Attika.

Euripides Heracleidae 759

Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator)

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Chorus

For thy worship³ is aye performed with many a sacrifice, and never art thou forgotten as each month draweth to its close,

when young voices sing and dancers’ music is heard abroad, while on our wind-swept hill goes up the cry of joy to the beat of maidens’ feet by night.
780

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Chorus For thy worship 3 is aye performed with many a sacrifice, and never art thou forgotten as each month draweth to its close, when young voices sing and dancers’ music is heard abroad, while on our wind-swept hill goes up the cry of joy to the beat of maidens’ feet by night. 780

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Chorus

For thy worship³ is aye performed with many a sacrifice, and never art thou forgotten as each month draweth to its close,

when young voices sing and dancers’ music is heard abroad, while on our wind-swept hill goes up the cry of joy to the beat of maidens’ feet by night.
780