Euripides, Hippolytus, Edward P. Coleridge (Translator), 596

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Phaedra

She hath ruined me by speaking of my misfortune; ’twas kindly meant, but an ill way to cure my malady.

Chorus

O what wilt thou do now in thy cruel dilemma?

Phaedra

I only know one way,

one cure for these my woes and that is instant death.
600

Hippolytus. Euripides. Edward P. Coleridge (Translator). London. 1906.

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Current edition Perseus

Hippolytus (English) (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906.)

Editions (1)

Ἱππόλυτος Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. I. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 596 focus

Φαίδρα

ἀπώλεσέν μ’ εἰποῦσα συμφορὰς ἐμάς,

φίλως, καλῶς δ’ οὐ τήνδ’ ἰωμένη νόσον.

Χορός

πῶς οὖν; τί δράσεις, ὦ παθοῦσ’ ἀμήχανα;

Φαίδρα

οὐκ οἶδα πλὴν ἕν· κατθανεῖν ὅσον τάχος,

τῶν νῦν παρόντων πημάτων ἄκος μόνον.
600

Translations (2)

Hippolytus (OCR draft) Experimental (Hippolytus. 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, 1841; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (Euripides. Deutsch in den Versmaßen der Urschrift. Volume 1, Heidelberg: C. F. Winter, 1841. 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.) — 596 focus

Euripides Hippolytus 596

Edward P. Coleridge (Translator)

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Phaedra

She hath ruined me by speaking of my misfortune; ’twas kindly meant, but an ill way to cure my malady.

Chorus

O what wilt thou do now in thy cruel dilemma?

Phaedra

I only know one way,

one cure for these my woes and that is instant death.
600

Current edition Perseus

Φαίδρα

ἀπώλεσέν μ’ εἰποῦσα συμφορὰς ἐμάς,

φίλως, καλῶς δ’ οὐ τήνδ’ ἰωμένη νόσον.

Χορός

πῶς οὖν; τί δράσεις, ὦ παθοῦσ’ ἀμήχανα;

Φαίδρα

οὐκ οἶδα πλὴν ἕν· κατθανεῖν ὅσον τάχος,

τῶν νῦν παρόντων πημάτων ἄκος μόνον.
600

Ja, sie verdarb mich, da sie meine Qual enthullt,

Und freundlich, doch nicht weise, sie zu heilen strebt.

Chor.

Was wirst du thun in dieser unheilbaren Noth?

Phädra.

Ich weiß nicht, ausser Eines: ungesäumter Tod¹
590

Entreißt allein dem gegenwärtigen Leide mich.

Hippolytos.

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Phaedra She hath ruined me by speaking of my misfortune; ’twas kindly meant, but an ill way to cure my malady.

Chorus O what wilt thou do now in thy cruel dilemma?

Phaedra I only know one way, one cure for these my woes and that is instant death. 600

Current edition Perseus

Φαίδρα ἀπώλεσέν μ’ εἰποῦσα συμφορὰς ἐμάς, φίλως, καλῶς δ’ οὐ τήνδ’ ἰωμένη νόσον.

Χορός πῶς οὖν; τί δράσεις, ὦ παθοῦσ’ ἀμήχανα;

Φαίδρα οὐκ οἶδα πλὴν ἕν· κατθανεῖν ὅσον τάχος, τῶν νῦν παρόντων πημάτων ἄκος μόνον. 600

Ja, sie verdarb mich, da sie meine Qual enthullt, Und freundlich, doch nicht weise, sie zu heilen strebt.

Chor. Was wirst du thun in dieser unheilbaren Noth?

Phädra. Ich weiß nicht, ausser Eines: ungesäumter Tod 1 590 Entreißt allein dem gegenwärtigen Leide mich.

Hippolytos.

Stable identifiers

Phaedra

She hath ruined me by speaking of my misfortune; ’twas kindly meant, but an ill way to cure my malady.

Chorus

O what wilt thou do now in thy cruel dilemma?

Phaedra

I only know one way,

one cure for these my woes and that is instant death.
600

Φαίδρα

ἀπώλεσέν μ’ εἰποῦσα συμφορὰς ἐμάς,

φίλως, καλῶς δ’ οὐ τήνδ’ ἰωμένη νόσον.

Χορός

πῶς οὖν; τί δράσεις, ὦ παθοῦσ’ ἀμήχανα;

Φαίδρα

οὐκ οἶδα πλὴν ἕν· κατθανεῖν ὅσον τάχος,

τῶν νῦν παρόντων πημάτων ἄκος μόνον.
600

Ja, sie verdarb mich, da sie meine Qual enthullt,

Und freundlich, doch nicht weise, sie zu heilen strebt.

Chor.

Was wirst du thun in dieser unheilbaren Noth?

Phädra.

Ich weiß nicht, ausser Eines: ungesäumter Tod¹
590

Entreißt allein dem gegenwärtigen Leide mich.