Euripides Hecuba 1217

ed. Gilbert Murray

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πρὸς τοῖσδε νῦν ἄκουσον, ὡς φανῇς κακός.
χρῆν σʼ, εἴπερ ἦσθα τοῖς Ἀχαιοῖσιν φίλος,
τὸν χρυσὸν ὃν φῂς οὐ σὸν ἀλλὰ τοῦδʼ ἔχειν
δοῦναι φέροντα πενομένοις τε καὶ χρόνον
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πολὺν πατρῴας γῆς ἀπεξενωμένοις·
σὺ δʼ οὐδὲ νῦν πω σῆς ἀπαλλάξαι χερὸς
τολμᾷς, ἔχων δὲ καρτερεῖς ἔτʼ ἐν δόμοις.
καὶ μὴν τρέφων μὲν ὥς σε παῖδʼ ἐχρῆν τρέφειν
σώσας τε τὸν ἐμόν, εἶχες ἂν καλὸν κλέος·
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ἐν τοῖς κακοῖς γὰρ ἁγαθοὶ σαφέστατοι
φίλοι· τὰ χρηστὰ δʼ αὔθʼ ἕκαστʼ ἔχει φίλους.
εἰ δʼ ἐσπάνιζες χρημάτων, ὃ δʼ εὐτύχει,
θησαυρὸς ἄν σοι παῖς ὑπῆρχʼ οὑμὸς μέγας·
νῦν δʼ οὔτʼ ἐκεῖνον ἄνδρʼ ἔχεις σαυτῷ φίλον,
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χρυσοῦ τʼ ὄνησις οἴχεται παῖδές τε σοί,
αὐτός τε πράσσεις ὧδε. σοὶ δʼ ἐγὼ λέγω,
Ἀγάμεμνον, εἰ τῷδʼ ἀρκέσεις, κακὸς φανῇ·
οὔτʼ εὐσεβῆ γὰρ οὔτε πιστὸν οἷς ἐχρῆν,
οὐχ ὅσιον, οὐ δίκαιον εὖ δράσεις ξένον·
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αὐτὸν δὲ χαίρειν τοῖς κακοῖς σὲ φήσομεν
τοιοῦτον ὄντα δεσπότας δʼ οὐ λοιδορῶ.

Hecuba. Euripides. ed. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. 1902.

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

Translations (3)
Hecuba Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. II. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1891. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 1217 focus
Furthermore, to prove your villainy, hear this; if you were really a friend to those Achaeans, you should have brought the gold, which you say you are keeping not for yourself but for this man,
and given it to them, for they were in need and had endured a long exile from their native land. But not even now can you bring yourself to part with it, but persist in keeping it in your palace. Again, had you kept my son safe and sound, as your duty was,
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a fair renown would have been your reward, for it is in trouble’s hour that the good most clearly show their friendship; though prosperity by itself in every case finds friends. If you were in need of money and he were prosperous, that son of mine would have been as a mighty treasure for you to draw upon;
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but now you have him no longer to be your friend, and the benefit of the gold is gone from you, your children too, and you yourself are in this sorry plight.
I say to you, Agamemnon, if you help this man, you will show your worthlessness; for you will be serving a guest-friend neither pious nor to be trusted where he should be,
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not devout, not just; while I shall say you delight in evil-doers, being such a one yourself; but I do not abuse my masters.
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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.) — 1217 focus
Zudem vernimm nun, wie verrucht du noch erscheinst.
Du mußtest, warst du anders Freund der Danaër,
Das Gold, (du hast es selber sein, nicht dein, genannt) 1
Den Armen geben, die so lange Zeit bereits
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Auf fremder Erd' umirrten, fern vom Vaterland.
Du aber willst auch jezo nicht aus deiner Hand
Es lassen, und behältst es noch voll Troz daheim.
Ja, wenn du, wie's dir ziemte, meinen Sohn erzogst,
Und ihn erhieltest, krönte dich ein schöner Ruhm:
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Im Ungemache wird erprobt ein edler Freund;
In guten Tagen findet sich der Freund von selbst.
Und wenn du arm geworden, und er blüht' im Glück;
Ein großer Schaz noch wäre dir mein Knabe dann.
Nun hast du keinen Freund an ihm; verblichen ist
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Der Glanz des Goldes; deine Kinder sind dahin;
Du bist des Unglücks armer Sohn, - Agamemnon, dir,
Dir sag' ich: wenn du diesem hilfst, erscheinst du schlecht;
Denn keinen Frommen, Keinen, der den Freunden sich
Als treuen, biedern Freund erprobt, beschůzest du:
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Ja, thust du dieses, sag' ich, daß der Frevel dich
Erfreue: doch nicht schmåhen will ich meinen Herrn