Euripides, Heracleidae, Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator), 901

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Du wallst, o meine Stadt, auf rechtem Pfade,

(Der Ruhm entschwinde dir niemals!)

Ehrst die Götter. Dem Wahnsinn nahe

Stürmt hin, wer solches bestritte.
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Alles ja, was wir sahen,

Zeugte dafür: mit lautem

Rufe warnt ein Gott,

Welcher den Stolz der Verruchten

Demüthigt zu jeder Zeit.
900
Zweite Strophe.

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.) — 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
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εὐτυχίαν ἰδέσθαι

τῶν πάρος οὐ δοκούντων.

πολλὰ γὰρ

τίκτει Μοῖρα τελεσσιδώ-

τειρʼ Αἰών τε Χρόνου παῖς.
900

901

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.

910

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.

919

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.

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,
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that bringeth all to pass, and of Time, the son of Cronos.
900

901

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

910

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

919

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

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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Euripides Heracleidae 901

Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator)

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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

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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

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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