Euripides, Hecuba, ed. Gilbert Murray, 154

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Ἑκάβη

οἲ ἐγὼ μελέα, τί ποτʼ ἀπύσω;

ποίαν ἀχώ, ποῖον ὀδυρμόν,
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δειλαία δειλαίου γήρως,

δουλείας τᾶς οὐ τλατᾶς,

τᾶς οὐ φερτᾶς; οἴμοι.

τίς ἀμύνει μοι; ποία γέννα,

ποία δὲ πόλις; φροῦδος πρέσβυς,
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φροῦδοι παῖδες.

ποίαν ἢ ταύταν ἢ κείναν

στείχω; ποῖ δʼ ἥσω; ποῦ τις θεῶν

ἢ δαιμόνων ἐπαρωγός;

ὦ κάκʼ ἐνεγκοῦσαι,
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Τρῳάδες ὦ κάκʼ ἐνεγκοῦσαι

πήματʼ, ἀπωλέσατʼ ὠλέσατʼ· οὐκέτι μοι βίος

ἀγαστὸς ἐν φάει.

ὦ τλάμων ἅγησαί μοι πούς,

ἅγησαι τᾷ γηραιᾷ
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πρὸς τάνδʼ αὐλάν· ὦ τέκνον, ὦ παῖ,

δυστανοτάτας ματέρος — ἔξελθʼ ἔξελθʼ

οἴκων — ἄιε ματέρος αὐδάν.

ὦ τέκνον ὡς εἰδῇς οἵαν οἵαν
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ἀίω φάμαν περὶ σᾶς ψυχᾶς.

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.)) — 154 focus

Hecuba

Woe, woe is me! What words,

or cries, or lamentations can I utter? Ah me! for the sorrows of my closing years! for slavery too cruel to endure, to bear! Woe, woe is me! What champion do I have? Family,
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and city—where are they? Aged Priam is no more; no more my children now. Which way am I to go, either this or that? Where shall I turn my steps? Where is any god or divine power to come to my aid?
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Ah, Trojan maids! bringers of evil tidings! Messengers of woe! you have made an end, an utter end of me; life on earth has no more charm for me. Oh! luckless steps, lead on,
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guide your aged mistress here to the tent. My child, daughter of a most wretched woman, come forth; listen to your mother’s voice.
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so that you may know the hideous rumor I now hear about your life, my child.
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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.) — 154 focus

Ich Elende, weh! Was heb' ich an,

Welch klagenden Ruf? Welch Jammergeschrei?

Weh, unglückseliges Alter! Wie hart

Druckt auf mein Alter die Knechtschaft!

Nicht mehr zu ertragen! D weh mir!
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Wer steht mir bei? Welch Menschengeschlecht?

Wo fånd' ich die Stadt?

Todt ist mein Gatte, die Sohne sind todt!

Wo wander' ich hin? Wo ruh' ich aus?

Hierhin? dorthin? Wo wird mich ein Gott,
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Ach, oder ein Damon erretten?

Ihr troischen Jungfraun, die ihr die Schmach,

Die so bittere Schmach verkundiget habt,

Ich sterb', ich sterbe! Das Leben im Licht,

Mich reizt es nimmermehr.
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Mein unglückseliger Fuß, trag' hin,

Trag' hin zu dem Zelte mich dort,

Mich zitternde Greisinn! Komm, o Kind

Der bejammerungswürdigsten Mutter, o komm

Aus deiner Behausung! Hör', o Kind,
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Mein Rufen, damit du es wissest,

Welch herbes Gerücht

Ich eben von dir, o Geliebte, gehört!

Euripides Hecuba 154

ed. Gilbert Murray

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