Euripides, Heracleidae, ed. Gilbert Murray, 892-927

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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.
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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
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τῶνδʼ· ἐπίσημα γάρ τοι

θεὸς παραγ-

γέλλει, τῶν ἀδίκων παραι-

ρῶν φρονήματος αἰεί.

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Χορός

ἔστιν ἐν οὐρανῷ βεβα-
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κὼς τεὸς γόνος, ὦ γεραι-

ά· φεύγει λόγον ὡς τὸν Ἅι-

δα δόμον κατέβα, πυρὸς

δεινᾷ φλογὶ σῶμα δαισθείς·

Ἥβας τʼ ἐρατὸν χροΐζει
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λέχος χρυσέαν κατʼ αὐλάν.

ὦ Ὑμέναιε, δισσοὺς παῖ-

δας Διὸς ἠξίωσας.

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Χορός

συμφέρεται τὰ πολλὰ πολ-

λοῖς· καὶ γὰρ πατρὶ τῶνδʼ Ἀθά-
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ναν λέγουσʼ ἐπίκουρον εἶ-

ναι, καὶ τούσδε θεᾶς πόλις

καὶ λαὸς ἔσωσε κείνας·

ἔσχεν δʼ ὕβριν ἀνδρὸς ᾧ θυ-

μὸς ἦν πρὸ δίκας βίαιος.
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μήποτʼ ἐμοὶ φρόνημα ψυ-

χά τʼ ἀκόρεστος εἴη.

Heracleidae. Euripides. ed. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. 1902.

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Ἡρακλεῖδαι (Greek) (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. I. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.)

Translations (3)

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.
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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.
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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;
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in golden halls reclined he has to wife Hebe, lovely nymph. Thou, O Hymen, hast honoured them, children both of Zeus.
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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
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preferred violence to justice. God save me from such arrogance, such greed of soul! [Eurystheus is brought in bound.
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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

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1852; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (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.) — 892 focus

Chortanze sind mir Wonne, wenn die Flöte

Lautjubelnd tont am Mahle:¹

Und Huld lachle mir Aphrodita!
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Doch suß auch ist es, die Freunde

Glucklich zu sehn, die früher

Deckte die Nacht des Unglucks.

Vieles ja gebiert

Mora, die Alles vollendet,²
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Und Aeon, des Kronos Sohn.³

Erste Gegenstrophe.

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.
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Zweite Strophe.

Unter den Göttern droben wandelt

Im Himmel dein Sohn, o Greisin :

Er flieht das Gerucht, als sei er⁴

Aus furchtbarer Feuersglut⁵

Zum Hades hinabgestiegen,
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Und theilt in der goldnen Halle

Das reizende Lager Heba's.

Wohl, Hymendos, hast du

Zwei Kinder des Zeus verherrlicht.⁶

Zweite Gegenstrophe.

Vieler Geschick beruhrt sich vielfach:
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Athene beschirmt' Herakles,⁷

Den Vater der Kinder, sagt man,

Und die Kinder befreit' aus Noth

Die Stadt und das Volk Athene's.

Sie wehrte dem Stolzen, der
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Mehr sich selbst, als dem Rechte, fröhnte.

Mir sei ewig des Stolzes

Unersättliches Streben ferne!

Ein Bote. Alkmene. Eurystheus. Der Chor.

Euripides Heracleidae 892-927

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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;
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in golden halls reclined he has to wife Hebe, lovely nymph. Thou, O Hymen, hast honoured them, children both of Zeus.
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Der Bote.

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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

Der Bote.

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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