Euripides, Andromache, Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator), 479

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Und wann des Sturmes wilder Hauch die Schiffer faßt,

Da theilt sich ihr Sinn, wie das Steuer zu wenden sei;

Es schafft der Weisen Menge Nichts, mehr richtet aus¹

Ein selbstherrschender schwacherer Geist,

Der ungetheilt in den Häusern und im Staat gebeut,
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Wenn das Heil soll gefunden werden.

Zweite Gegenstrophe.

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

Current edition Experimental

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1845; OCR review) (OCR draft) (German) (Euripides. Deutsch in den Versmaßen der Urschrift. Volume 2, Heidelberg: C. F. Winter, 1845. 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)

Ἀνδρομάχη Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. I. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 464-493 focus

Χορός

οὐδέποτε δίδυμα λέκτρ’ ἐπαινέσω βροτῶν

οὐδ’ ἀμφιμάτορας κόρους,

ἔριδας οἴκων δυσμενεῖς τε λύπας.

μίαν μοι στεργέτω πόσις γάμοις

ἀκοινώ-

νητον ἀνδρὸς εὐνάν.
470

471

Χορός

οὐδέ γ’ ἐνὶ πόλεσι δίπτυχοι τυραννίδες

μιᾶς ἀμείνονες φέρειν,

ἄχθος ἐπ’ ἄχθει καὶ στάσις πολίταις·
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τεκόντοιν θ’ ὕμνον ἐργάταιν δυοῖν

ἔριν Mοῦ-

σαι φιλοῦσι κραίνειν.

479

Χορός

πνοαὶ δ’ ὅταν φέρωσι ναυτίλους θοαί,

κατὰ πηδαλίων δίδυμαι πραπίδων γνῶμαι,
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σοφῶν τε πλῆθος ἀθρόον ἀσθενέστερον

φαυλοτέρας φρενὸς αὐτοκρατοῦς.

ἑνὸς ἁ δύνασις ἀνά τε μέλαθρα

κατά τε πόλιας, ὁπόταν εὑ-

ρεῖν θέλωσι καιρόν.
485

486

Χορός

ἔδειξεν ἡ Λάκαινα τοῦ στρατηλάτα

Μενέλα· διὰ γὰρ πυρὸς ἦλθ’ ἑτέρῳ λέχεϊ,

κτείνει δὲ τὴν τάλαιναν Ἰλιάδα κόραν

παῖδά τε δύσφρονος ἔριδος ὕπερ.
490

ἄθεος ἄνομος ἄχαρις ὁ φόνος·

ἔτι σε, πότνια, μετατροπὰ

τῶνδ’ ἔπεισιν ἔργων.

Translations (2)

Andromache Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. II. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1891.) — 464-490 focus

Chorus

Never, oh! never will I commend rival wives or sons¹ of different mothers, a cause of strife, of bitterness, and grief every house. I would have a husband content with one wife whose rights

he shareth with no other.
465

471

Chorus

Not even in states is dual monarchy better to bear than undivided rule;

it only doubles burdens and causes faction amongst the citizens. Often too will the Muse sow strife ’twixt rivals² in the art of minstrelsy.
475

479

Chorus

Again, when strong winds are drifting mariners,

the divided counsel of the wise is not conducive to steering, and their collective wisdom has less weight than the inferior intelligence of the single man who has sole authority;³ for this is the essence of power alike in house and state, whene’er men care to find the proper moment.
480

486

Chorus

This Spartan, the daughter of the great chief Menelaus, proves this; for she hath kindled hot fury against a rival, and is bent on slaying the hapless Trojan maid

and her child to further her bitter quarrel. Tis a murder gods and laws and kindness all forbid. Ah! lady, retribution for this deed will visit thee yet.
490

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

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Andromache

1. [OCR note; compare the printed page.] Wörtlich: Und weiser Männer große Meng' ist schwächer, als -

Euripides Andromache 479

Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator)

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Chorus

Never, oh! never will I commend rival wives or sons¹ of different mothers, a cause of strife, of bitterness, and grief every house. I would have a husband content with one wife whose rights

he shareth with no other.
465

Chorus

Not even in states is dual monarchy better to bear than undivided rule;

it only doubles burdens and causes faction amongst the citizens. Often too will the Muse sow strife ’twixt rivals² in the art of minstrelsy.
475

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Chorus Never, oh! never will I commend rival wives or sons 1 of different mothers, a cause of strife, of bitterness, and grief every house. I would have a husband content with one wife whose rights he shareth with no other. 465

Chorus Not even in states is dual monarchy better to bear than undivided rule; it only doubles burdens and causes faction amongst the citizens. Often too will the Muse sow strife ’twixt rivals 2 in the art of minstrelsy. 475

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Chorus

Never, oh! never will I commend rival wives or sons¹ of different mothers, a cause of strife, of bitterness, and grief every house. I would have a husband content with one wife whose rights

he shareth with no other.
465

Chorus

Not even in states is dual monarchy better to bear than undivided rule;

it only doubles burdens and causes faction amongst the citizens. Often too will the Muse sow strife ’twixt rivals² in the art of minstrelsy.
475