Euripides, Hecuba, Edward P. Coleridge (Translator), 1089

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Polymestor

Woe is me! Ho! my Thracian spearmen, armed,

a race of knights whom Ares inspires! Ho! Achaeans! sons of Atreus! To you I loudly call; come here, by the gods! Does any one hearken, or will no one help me? Why do you delay? Women, captive women have destroyed me.
1090

A fearful fate is mine; ah me! my hideous outrage! Where can I turn or go?
1095

Shall I take wings and soar aloft to the mansions of the sky, where Orion and Sirius dart from their eyes
1100

a flash as of fire, or shall I, in my misery, plunge to Hades’ murky flood?
1105

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

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Current edition Perseus

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

Editions (1)

Ἑκάβη Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. I. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902. (Reprinted 1906-1974)) — 1089 focus

Πολυμήστωρ

αἰαῖ, ἰὼ Θρῄκης λογχοφόρον ἔνο-

πλον εὔιππον Ἄρει κάτοχον γένος.
1090

ἰὼ Ἀχαιοί. — ἰὼ Ἀτρεῖδαι. — βοὰν βοὰν ἀυτῶ, βοάν.

ὢ ἴτε· μόλετε πρὸς θεῶν.

κλύει τις ἢ οὐδεὶς ἀρκέσει; τί μέλλετε;

γυναῖκες ὤλεσάν με, γυναῖκες αἰχμαλωτίδες· δεινὰ

δεινὰ πεπόνθαμεν.
1095

ὤμοι ἐμᾶς λώβας.

ποῖ τράπωμαι, ποῖ πορευθῶ;

ἀμπτάμενος οὐράνιον
1100

ὑψιπετὲς ἐς μέλαθρον,

Ὠαρίων ἢ Σείριος ἔνθα πυρὸς φλογέας ἀφίη-

σιν ὄσσων αὐγάς, ἢ τὸν ἐς Ἀίδα
1105

μελάγχρωτα πορθμὸν ᾄξω τάλας;

Translations (2)

Hecuba (OCR draft) Experimental (Hecuba. 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.) — 1089 focus

Daher, Thrakia's

Polymestor.

Speerschwingendes, rostummelndes, wehrkundiges Volk, welches der Kriegsgott liebt!

Daher, Achder! Daher, Atreiden!

Geschrei, Geschrei, von mir tont Geschrei!

kommt, o kommt, o, bei den Göttern, eilt!¹
1060

Hört Einer? Steht uns Keiner bei? Was saumet ihr!

Frau'n waren mein Verderben,

Die kriegsgefangnen Troërfraun!

Schweres, Schweres erduldet' ich!

Wehe der Schmach, weh mir!
1065

Wo entfliehn, wohin mich wenden?

Soll ich auffliegen in des Aethers Höhn,

Zu der erhabnen Wohnung,

Wo den Glutglanz Seirios oder Drion herab aus den Flammenaugen sendet?

Oder entschwing' ich Unseliger mich zu des
1070

Aïdes distrem Strand?

Euripides Hecuba 1089

Edward P. Coleridge (Translator)

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