Heracleidae. Euripides. Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator). . .
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Ἡρακλεῖδαι Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. I. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 892-927 focus
Χορός
Ἐμοὶ χορὸς μὲν ἡδύς, εἰ λίγεια λω-
τοῦ χάρις
ενι δαι·
εἴη δʼ εὔχαρις Ἀφροδί-
τα· τερπνὸν δέ τι καὶ φίλων ἆρʼ
895
εὐτυχίαν ἰδέσθαι
τῶν πάρος οὐ δοκούντων.
πολλὰ γὰρ
τίκτει Μοῖρα τελεσσιδώ-
τειρʼ Αἰών τε Χρόνου παῖς.
900
Ἐμοὶ χορὸς μὲν ἡδύς, εἰ λίγεια λω-
τοῦ χάρις
ενι δαι·
εἴη δʼ εὔχαρις Ἀφροδί-
τα· τερπνὸν δέ τι καὶ φίλων ἆρʼ
895
εὐτυχίαν ἰδέσθαι
τῶν πάρος οὐ δοκούντων.
πολλὰ γὰρ
τίκτει Μοῖρα τελεσσιδώ-
τειρʼ Αἰών τε Χρόνου παῖς.
900
Χορός
ἔχεις ὁδόν τινʼ, ὦ πόλις, δίκαιον — οὐ
χρή ποτε τοῦδʼ ἀφέσθαι, —
τιμᾶν θεούς· ὁ
δὲ μή σε φά-
σκων ἐγγὺς μανιῶν ἐλαύνει,
δεικνυμένων ἐλέγχων
905
τῶνδʼ· ἐπίσημα γάρ τοι
θεὸς παραγ-
γέλλει, τῶν ἀδίκων παραι-
ρῶν φρονήματος αἰεί.
ἔχεις ὁδόν τινʼ, ὦ πόλις, δίκαιον — οὐ
χρή ποτε τοῦδʼ ἀφέσθαι, —
τιμᾶν θεούς· ὁ
δὲ μή σε φά-
σκων ἐγγὺς μανιῶν ἐλαύνει,
δεικνυμένων ἐλέγχων
905
τῶνδʼ· ἐπίσημα γάρ τοι
θεὸς παραγ-
γέλλει, τῶν ἀδίκων παραι-
ρῶν φρονήματος αἰεί.
Χορός
ἔστιν ἐν οὐρανῷ βεβα-
910
κὼς τεὸς γόνος, ὦ γεραι-
ά· φεύγει λόγον ὡς τὸν Ἅι-
δα δόμον κατέβα, πυρὸς
δεινᾷ φλογὶ σῶμα δαισθείς·
Ἥβας τʼ ἐρατὸν χροΐζει
915
λέχος χρυσέαν κατʼ αὐλάν.
ὦ Ὑμέναιε, δισσοὺς παῖ-
δας Διὸς ἠξίωσας.
ἔστιν ἐν οὐρανῷ βεβα-
910
κὼς τεὸς γόνος, ὦ γεραι-
ά· φεύγει λόγον ὡς τὸν Ἅι-
δα δόμον κατέβα, πυρὸς
δεινᾷ φλογὶ σῶμα δαισθείς·
Ἥβας τʼ ἐρατὸν χροΐζει
915
λέχος χρυσέαν κατʼ αὐλάν.
ὦ Ὑμέναιε, δισσοὺς παῖ-
δας Διὸς ἠξίωσας.
Χορός
συμφέρεται τὰ πολλὰ πολ-
λοῖς· καὶ γὰρ πατρὶ τῶνδʼ Ἀθά-
920
ναν λέγουσʼ ἐπίκουρον εἶ-
ναι, καὶ τούσδε θεᾶς πόλις
καὶ λαὸς ἔσωσε κείνας·
ἔσχεν δʼ ὕβριν ἀνδρὸς ᾧ θυ-
μὸς ἦν πρὸ δίκας βίαιος.
925
μήποτʼ ἐμοὶ φρόνημα ψυ-
χά τʼ ἀκόρεστος εἴη.
συμφέρεται τὰ πολλὰ πολ-
λοῖς· καὶ γὰρ πατρὶ τῶνδʼ Ἀθά-
920
ναν λέγουσʼ ἐπίκουρον εἶ-
ναι, καὶ τούσδε θεᾶς πόλις
καὶ λαὸς ἔσωσε κείνας·
ἔσχεν δʼ ὕβριν ἀνδρὸς ᾧ θυ-
μὸς ἦν πρὸ δίκας βίαιος.
925
μήποτʼ ἐμοὶ φρόνημα ψυ-
χά τʼ ἀκόρεστος εἴη.
Translations (2)
Heracleidae Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906.) — 892-925 focus
Chorus
Sweet is the dance to me, whenso the clear-toned flute and lovely Aphrodite shed grace upon the feast;
and a joyful thing too it is, I trow, to witness the good luck of friends, who till then ne’er dreamt of it. For numerous is the offspring of Fate,
895
that bringeth all to pass, and of Time, the son of Cronos.
900
Sweet is the dance to me, whenso the clear-toned flute and lovely Aphrodite shed grace upon the feast;
and a joyful thing too it is, I trow, to witness the good luck of friends, who till then ne’er dreamt of it. For numerous is the offspring of Fate,
895
that bringeth all to pass, and of Time, the son of Cronos.
900
Chorus
Thine is the path of justice, O my city; this must no man wrest from thee, thy reverence for the gods, and, whoso denieth it of thee, draws nigh to frenzy’s goal,
with these plain proofs in view. Yea, for the god proclaims it clearly, by cutting short the bad man’s pride in every case.
905
Thine is the path of justice, O my city; this must no man wrest from thee, thy reverence for the gods, and, whoso denieth it of thee, draws nigh to frenzy’s goal,
with these plain proofs in view. Yea, for the god proclaims it clearly, by cutting short the bad man’s pride in every case.
905
Chorus
In heaven, mother, lives thy son, passed from earth away; that he went down to Hades’ halls, his body burnt by the fire’s fierce flame, is past belief;
910
in golden halls reclined he has to wife Hebe, lovely nymph. Thou, O Hymen, hast honoured them, children both of Zeus.
915
In heaven, mother, lives thy son, passed from earth away; that he went down to Hades’ halls, his body burnt by the fire’s fierce flame, is past belief;
910
in golden halls reclined he has to wife Hebe, lovely nymph. Thou, O Hymen, hast honoured them, children both of Zeus.
915
Chorus
Things for the most part form a single chain;
for instance, men say Athene used to champion their father, and now the citizens of that goddess have saved his children, and checked the insolence of him, whose heart
920
preferred violence to justice. God save me from such arrogance, such greed of soul!
[Eurystheus is brought in bound.
925
Things for the most part form a single chain;
for instance, men say Athene used to champion their father, and now the citizens of that goddess have saved his children, and checked the insolence of him, whose heart
920
preferred violence to justice. God save me from such arrogance, such greed of soul!
[Eurystheus is brought in bound.
925
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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Notes on the current edition
Heracleidae
3.
[OCR note; compare the printed page.]
Xeon, der Gott der Zeit und des Lebens.
Compare printed p. 356