Euripides, Andromache, Edward P. Coleridge (Translator), 841

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Hermione

Oh! why didst thou hunt me to snatch away my sword? Give, oh! give it back, dear nurse, that I may thrust it through my heart. Why dost thou prevent me hanging myself?

Nurse

What! was I to let thy madness lead thee on to death?
845

Hermione

Ah me, my destiny! Where can I find some friendly fire? To what rocky height can I climb above the sea or ’mid some wooded mountain glen,

there to die and trouble but the dead?
850

Andromache. Euripides. Edward P. Coleridge (Translator). London. 1891.

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Current edition Perseus

Andromache (English) (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. II. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1891.)

Editions (1)

Ἀνδρομάχη Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. I. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 841 focus

Ἑρμιόνη

τί μοι ξίφος

ἐκ χερὸς ἠγρεύσω;

ἀπόδος, ὦ φίλα, ’πόδος, ἵν’ ἀνταίαν

ἐρείσω πλαγάν· τί με βρόχων εἴργεις;

Τροφός

ἀλλ’ εἴ σ’ ἀφείην μὴ φρονοῦσαν, ὡς θάνῃς;
845

Ἑρμιόνη

οἴμοι πότμου.

ποῦ μοι πυρὸς φίλα φλόξ;

ποῦ δ’ εἰς πέτρας ἀερθῶ,

ἢ κατὰ πόντον ἢ καθ’ ὕλαν ὀρέων,

ἵνα θανοῦσα νερτέροισιν μέλω;
850

Translations (2)

Andromache (OCR draft) Experimental (Andromache. 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, 1845; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (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.) — 841 focus

Was raubtest du mir aus den Hånden das Schwert?
805

O gib, Theure, gib's zurück, daß ich es an

Die Brust seze! Was wehrtest du mir den Strang?

Die Amme.

Doch, ließ ich frei dich rasen, daß du dir den Tod -

Hermione.

Weh, mein Geschick! Wo saumt des Blizes Flamme?

Wo schweb' ich auf zu Felsen,
810

In das Meer hinab, in der Gebirge Wald,

Daß ich in Hades' Haus hinabwall' im Tod?

Euripides Andromache 841

Edward P. Coleridge (Translator)

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Hermione

Oh! why didst thou hunt me to snatch away my sword? Give, oh! give it back, dear nurse, that I may thrust it through my heart. Why dost thou prevent me hanging myself?

Nurse

What! was I to let thy madness lead thee on to death?
845

Hermione

Ah me, my destiny! Where can I find some friendly fire? To what rocky height can I climb above the sea or ’mid some wooded mountain glen,

there to die and trouble but the dead?
850

Current edition Perseus

Ἑρμιόνη

τί μοι ξίφος

ἐκ χερὸς ἠγρεύσω;

ἀπόδος, ὦ φίλα, ’πόδος, ἵν’ ἀνταίαν

ἐρείσω πλαγάν· τί με βρόχων εἴργεις;

Τροφός

ἀλλ’ εἴ σ’ ἀφείην μὴ φρονοῦσαν, ὡς θάνῃς;
845

Ἑρμιόνη

οἴμοι πότμου.

ποῦ μοι πυρὸς φίλα φλόξ;

ποῦ δ’ εἰς πέτρας ἀερθῶ,

ἢ κατὰ πόντον ἢ καθ’ ὕλαν ὀρέων,

ἵνα θανοῦσα νερτέροισιν μέλω;
850

Was raubtest du mir aus den Hånden das Schwert?
805

O gib, Theure, gib's zurück, daß ich es an

Die Brust seze! Was wehrtest du mir den Strang?

Die Amme.

Doch, ließ ich frei dich rasen, daß du dir den Tod -

Hermione.

Weh, mein Geschick! Wo saumt des Blizes Flamme?

Wo schweb' ich auf zu Felsen,
810

In das Meer hinab, in der Gebirge Wald,

Daß ich in Hades' Haus hinabwall' im Tod?

Die Amme.

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Hermione Oh! why didst thou hunt me to snatch away my sword? Give, oh! give it back, dear nurse, that I may thrust it through my heart. Why dost thou prevent me hanging myself?

Nurse What! was I to let thy madness lead thee on to death? 845

Hermione Ah me, my destiny! Where can I find some friendly fire? To what rocky height can I climb above the sea or ’mid some wooded mountain glen, there to die and trouble but the dead? 850

Current edition Perseus

Ἑρμιόνη τί μοι ξίφος ἐκ χερὸς ἠγρεύσω; ἀπόδος, ὦ φίλα, ’πόδος, ἵν’ ἀνταίαν ἐρείσω πλαγάν· τί με βρόχων εἴργεις;

Τροφός ἀλλ’ εἴ σ’ ἀφείην μὴ φρονοῦσαν, ὡς θάνῃς; 845

Ἑρμιόνη οἴμοι πότμου. ποῦ μοι πυρὸς φίλα φλόξ; ποῦ δ’ εἰς πέτρας ἀερθῶ, ἢ κατὰ πόντον ἢ καθ’ ὕλαν ὀρέων, ἵνα θανοῦσα νερτέροισιν μέλω; 850

Was raubtest du mir aus den Hånden das Schwert? 805 O gib, Theure, gib's zurück, daß ich es an Die Brust seze! Was wehrtest du mir den Strang?

Die Amme. Doch, ließ ich frei dich rasen, daß du dir den Tod -

Hermione. Weh, mein Geschick! Wo saumt des Blizes Flamme? Wo schweb' ich auf zu Felsen, 810 In das Meer hinab, in der Gebirge Wald, Daß ich in Hades' Haus hinabwall' im Tod?

Die Amme.

Stable identifiers

Hermione

Oh! why didst thou hunt me to snatch away my sword? Give, oh! give it back, dear nurse, that I may thrust it through my heart. Why dost thou prevent me hanging myself?

Nurse

What! was I to let thy madness lead thee on to death?
845

Hermione

Ah me, my destiny! Where can I find some friendly fire? To what rocky height can I climb above the sea or ’mid some wooded mountain glen,

there to die and trouble but the dead?
850

Ἑρμιόνη

τί μοι ξίφος

ἐκ χερὸς ἠγρεύσω;

ἀπόδος, ὦ φίλα, ’πόδος, ἵν’ ἀνταίαν

ἐρείσω πλαγάν· τί με βρόχων εἴργεις;

Τροφός

ἀλλ’ εἴ σ’ ἀφείην μὴ φρονοῦσαν, ὡς θάνῃς;
845

Ἑρμιόνη

οἴμοι πότμου.

ποῦ μοι πυρὸς φίλα φλόξ;

ποῦ δ’ εἰς πέτρας ἀερθῶ,

ἢ κατὰ πόντον ἢ καθ’ ὕλαν ὀρέων,

ἵνα θανοῦσα νερτέροισιν μέλω;
850

Was raubtest du mir aus den Hånden das Schwert?
805

O gib, Theure, gib's zurück, daß ich es an

Die Brust seze! Was wehrtest du mir den Strang?

Die Amme.

Doch, ließ ich frei dich rasen, daß du dir den Tod -

Hermione.

Weh, mein Geschick! Wo saumt des Blizes Flamme?

Wo schweb' ich auf zu Felsen,
810

In das Meer hinab, in der Gebirge Wald,

Daß ich in Hades' Haus hinabwall' im Tod?