Euripides, Hecuba, Edward P. Coleridge (Translator), 629

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Chorus

Woe and tribulation

were made my lot in life, when Alexander first cut his beams of pine in Ida’s woods, to sail across the heaving sea
630

in quest of Helen’s bed, loveliest woman on whom the sun-god turns his golden eye.
635

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)) — 629 focus

Χορός

ἐμοὶ χρῆν συμφοράν,

ἐμοὶ χρῆν πημονὰν γενέσθαι,
630

Ἰδαίαν ὅτε πρῶτον ὕλαν

Ἀλέξανδρος εἰλατίναν

ἐτάμεθʼ, ἅλιον ἐπʼ οἶδμα ναυστολήσων

Ἑλένας ἐπὶ λέκτρα, τὰν
635

καλλίσταν ὁ χρυσοφαὴς

Ἅλιος αὐγάζει.

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.) — 629 focus

Mein Haupt mußt Ungemach,

Mein Haupt must', ach! Verderben treffen,

Als auf Höhen des Ida Paris

Zuerst Fichtenstämme gefällt,

In die wogende See hinauszusteuern
625

Zu der Helena Raub, der Holdseligsten, die mit goldenem Licht

Helios' Aug' anstrahlt.

Gegenstrophe.

Euripides Hecuba 629

Edward P. Coleridge (Translator)

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Chorus

Woe and tribulation

were made my lot in life, when Alexander first cut his beams of pine in Ida’s woods, to sail across the heaving sea
630

in quest of Helen’s bed, loveliest woman on whom the sun-god turns his golden eye.
635

Current edition Perseus

Mein Haupt mußt Ungemach,

Mein Haupt must', ach! Verderben treffen,

Als auf Höhen des Ida Paris

Zuerst Fichtenstämme gefällt,

In die wogende See hinauszusteuern
625

Zu der Helena Raub, der Holdseligsten, die mit goldenem Licht

Helios' Aug' anstrahlt.

Gegenstrophe.

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Chorus Woe and tribulation were made my lot in life, when Alexander first cut his beams of pine in Ida’s woods, to sail across the heaving sea 630 in quest of Helen’s bed, loveliest woman on whom the sun-god turns his golden eye. 635

Current edition Perseus

Mein Haupt mußt Ungemach, Mein Haupt must', ach! Verderben treffen, Als auf Höhen des Ida Paris Zuerst Fichtenstämme gefällt, In die wogende See hinauszusteuern 625 Zu der Helena Raub, der Holdseligsten, die mit goldenem Licht Helios' Aug' anstrahlt. Gegenstrophe.

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Chorus

Woe and tribulation

were made my lot in life, when Alexander first cut his beams of pine in Ida’s woods, to sail across the heaving sea
630

in quest of Helen’s bed, loveliest woman on whom the sun-god turns his golden eye.
635

Mein Haupt mußt Ungemach,

Mein Haupt must', ach! Verderben treffen,

Als auf Höhen des Ida Paris

Zuerst Fichtenstämme gefällt,

In die wogende See hinauszusteuern
625

Zu der Helena Raub, der Holdseligsten, die mit goldenem Licht

Helios' Aug' anstrahlt.

Gegenstrophe.