Euripides, The Suppliant Maidens, Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator), 271

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Hebe dich, Arme, vom Boden der heiligen Persephoneia,

Auf, und geh' ihm entgegen, umfange sein Knie mit den

Hånden,

Daß er die Leichname mir heimführt der erschlagenen Söhne,¹
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Die vor den Mauern des Kadmos (ich Ungluckselige!) sanken!

Weh mir! O faſſet, tragt, führet, geleitet, stüzt²

Der Greisin unsel'ge Hånde!

Gramvoll, theuerster Fürst, o gepriesenster Held im Achderland,

Fleh' ich zu dir und umfasse dein Kinn und die Hand und die Kniee:
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Höre mein Flehn um den Sohn und erbarme dich

Mein, die sich härmt, wie der Flüchtling, und traurige

Klagen hervorståhnt!

Nicht grablos und den Thieren ein Spiel in dem Lande des Kadmos

Mögst du die Junglinge sehn, die dir, Sohn, gleichen an

Jahren!

Blick auf die Thränen im Auge der Greisinnen, welche die
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Kniee

Hier dir umschlingen und flehn, für die Kinder ein Grab zu bereiten!

(Nethra bricht in Thränen aus.)

Theseus.

The Suppliant Maidens. Euripides. Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator). . .

Current edition Experimental

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1852; OCR review) (OCR draft) (German) (Euripides. Deutsch in den Versmaßen der Urschrift. Volume 3, Heidelberg: C. F. Winter, 1852. 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.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (1)

Ἱκέτιδες Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. II. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1921-1962)) — 365-380 focus

Χορός

— ἱππόβοτον Ἄργος, ὦ πάτριον ἐμὸν πέδον,
365

ἐκλύετε τάδʼ, ἐκλύετε

ἄνακτος ὅσια περὶ θεοὺς

καὶ μεγάλα Πελασγίᾳ

καὶ κατʼ Ἄργος.

369

Χορός

— εἰ γὰρ ἐπὶ τέρμα καὶ τὸ πλέον ἐμῶν κακῶν

ἱκόμενος ἔτι ματέρος
370

ἄγαλμα φόνιον ἐξέλοι,

γᾶν δὲ φίλιον Ἰνάχου

θεῖτʼ ὀνήσας.

373

Χορός

— καλὸν δʼ ἄγαλμα πόλεσιν εὐσεβὴς πόνος

χάριν τʼ ἔχει τὰν ἐς αἰεί.

τί μοι πόλις κρανεῖ ποτʼ; ἆρα φίλιά μοι
375

τεμεῖ, καὶ τέκνοις ταφὰς ληψόμεσθα;

377

Χορός

— ἄμυνε ματρί, πόλις, ἄμυνε, Παλλάδος,

νόμους βροτῶν μὴ μιαίνειν.

σύ τοι σέβεις δίκαν, τὸ δʼ ἧσσον ἀδικίᾳ

νέμεις, δυστυχῆ τʼ ἀεὶ πάντα ῥύῃ.
380

Translations (2)

The Suppliants Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906.) — 365-380 focus

Chorus

O Argos , home of steeds, my native land! ye have heard with your ears these words, the king’s pious will toward the gods in the sight of great Pelasgia and throughout Argos .
365

369

Chorus

May he reach the goal! yea, and triumph o’er my sorrows,

rescuing the gory corpse, the mother’s idol, and making the land of Inachus his friend by helping her.
370

373

Chorus

For pious toil is a fair ornament to cities, and carries with it a grace that never wastes away.

What will the city decide, I wonder? Will it conclude a friendly truce with me, and shall we obtain burial for our sons?
375

377

Chorus

Help, O help, city of Pallas, the mother’s cause, that so they may not pollute the laws of all mankind. Thou, I know, dost reverence right, and to injustice dealest out

defeat, a protection at all times to the afflicted.
380

The Supplicants (OCR draft) Experimental (The Supplicants. Robert Potter's English verse translation, first published in 1781–1783; text from the 1808 Oxford printing.)

No corresponding passage available

Notes on the current edition

The Suppliant Maidens

1. [OCR note; compare the printed page.] 2. τεθναότων, woraus die Vulgata τε θνατῶν entstand.

2. [OCR note; compare the printed page.] L. πέμπετ', ἐρείδετε τάλαιναν χερὸς γεραιᾶς.

Euripides The Suppliant Maidens 271

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Theseus.

Current edition Experimental

Χορός

— ἱππόβοτον Ἄργος, ὦ πάτριον ἐμὸν πέδον,
365

ἐκλύετε τάδʼ, ἐκλύετε

ἄνακτος ὅσια περὶ θεοὺς

καὶ μεγάλα Πελασγίᾳ

καὶ κατʼ Ἄργος.

Χορός

— εἰ γὰρ ἐπὶ τέρμα καὶ τὸ πλέον ἐμῶν κακῶν

ἱκόμενος ἔτι ματέρος
370

ἄγαλμα φόνιον ἐξέλοι,

γᾶν δὲ φίλιον Ἰνάχου

θεῖτʼ ὀνήσας.

Χορός

— καλὸν δʼ ἄγαλμα πόλεσιν εὐσεβὴς πόνος

χάριν τʼ ἔχει τὰν ἐς αἰεί.

τί μοι πόλις κρανεῖ ποτʼ; ἆρα φίλιά μοι
375

τεμεῖ, καὶ τέκνοις ταφὰς ληψόμεσθα;

Χορός

— ἄμυνε ματρί, πόλις, ἄμυνε, Παλλάδος,

νόμους βροτῶν μὴ μιαίνειν.

σύ τοι σέβεις δίκαν, τὸ δʼ ἧσσον ἀδικίᾳ

νέμεις, δυστυχῆ τʼ ἀεὶ πάντα ῥύῃ.
380

Chorus

O Argos , home of steeds, my native land! ye have heard with your ears these words, the king’s pious will toward the gods in the sight of great Pelasgia and throughout Argos .
365

Chorus

May he reach the goal! yea, and triumph o’er my sorrows,

rescuing the gory corpse, the mother’s idol, and making the land of Inachus his friend by helping her.
370

Chorus

For pious toil is a fair ornament to cities, and carries with it a grace that never wastes away.

What will the city decide, I wonder? Will it conclude a friendly truce with me, and shall we obtain burial for our sons?
375

Chorus

Help, O help, city of Pallas, the mother’s cause, that so they may not pollute the laws of all mankind. Thou, I know, dost reverence right, and to injustice dealest out

defeat, a protection at all times to the afflicted.
380

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Theseus.

Current edition Experimental

Χορός — ἱππόβοτον Ἄργος, ὦ πάτριον ἐμὸν πέδον, 365 ἐκλύετε τάδʼ, ἐκλύετε ἄνακτος ὅσια περὶ θεοὺς καὶ μεγάλα Πελασγίᾳ καὶ κατʼ Ἄργος.

Χορός — εἰ γὰρ ἐπὶ τέρμα καὶ τὸ πλέον ἐμῶν κακῶν ἱκόμενος ἔτι ματέρος 370 ἄγαλμα φόνιον ἐξέλοι, γᾶν δὲ φίλιον Ἰνάχου θεῖτʼ ὀνήσας.

Χορός — καλὸν δʼ ἄγαλμα πόλεσιν εὐσεβὴς πόνος χάριν τʼ ἔχει τὰν ἐς αἰεί. τί μοι πόλις κρανεῖ ποτʼ; ἆρα φίλιά μοι 375 τεμεῖ, καὶ τέκνοις ταφὰς ληψόμεσθα;

Χορός — ἄμυνε ματρί, πόλις, ἄμυνε, Παλλάδος, νόμους βροτῶν μὴ μιαίνειν. σύ τοι σέβεις δίκαν, τὸ δʼ ἧσσον ἀδικίᾳ νέμεις, δυστυχῆ τʼ ἀεὶ πάντα ῥύῃ. 380

Chorus O Argos , home of steeds, my native land! ye have heard with your ears these words, the king’s pious will toward the gods in the sight of great Pelasgia and throughout Argos . 365

Chorus May he reach the goal! yea, and triumph o’er my sorrows, rescuing the gory corpse, the mother’s idol, and making the land of Inachus his friend by helping her. 370

Chorus For pious toil is a fair ornament to cities, and carries with it a grace that never wastes away. What will the city decide, I wonder? Will it conclude a friendly truce with me, and shall we obtain burial for our sons? 375

Chorus Help, O help, city of Pallas, the mother’s cause, that so they may not pollute the laws of all mankind. Thou, I know, dost reverence right, and to injustice dealest out defeat, a protection at all times to the afflicted. 380

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers

Χορός

— ἱππόβοτον Ἄργος, ὦ πάτριον ἐμὸν πέδον,
365

ἐκλύετε τάδʼ, ἐκλύετε

ἄνακτος ὅσια περὶ θεοὺς

καὶ μεγάλα Πελασγίᾳ

καὶ κατʼ Ἄργος.

Χορός

— εἰ γὰρ ἐπὶ τέρμα καὶ τὸ πλέον ἐμῶν κακῶν

ἱκόμενος ἔτι ματέρος
370

ἄγαλμα φόνιον ἐξέλοι,

γᾶν δὲ φίλιον Ἰνάχου

θεῖτʼ ὀνήσας.

Χορός

— καλὸν δʼ ἄγαλμα πόλεσιν εὐσεβὴς πόνος

χάριν τʼ ἔχει τὰν ἐς αἰεί.

τί μοι πόλις κρανεῖ ποτʼ; ἆρα φίλιά μοι
375

τεμεῖ, καὶ τέκνοις ταφὰς ληψόμεσθα;

Χορός

— ἄμυνε ματρί, πόλις, ἄμυνε, Παλλάδος,

νόμους βροτῶν μὴ μιαίνειν.

σύ τοι σέβεις δίκαν, τὸ δʼ ἧσσον ἀδικίᾳ

νέμεις, δυστυχῆ τʼ ἀεὶ πάντα ῥύῃ.
380

Chorus

O Argos , home of steeds, my native land! ye have heard with your ears these words, the king’s pious will toward the gods in the sight of great Pelasgia and throughout Argos .
365

Chorus

May he reach the goal! yea, and triumph o’er my sorrows,

rescuing the gory corpse, the mother’s idol, and making the land of Inachus his friend by helping her.
370

Chorus

For pious toil is a fair ornament to cities, and carries with it a grace that never wastes away.

What will the city decide, I wonder? Will it conclude a friendly truce with me, and shall we obtain burial for our sons?
375

Chorus

Help, O help, city of Pallas, the mother’s cause, that so they may not pollute the laws of all mankind. Thou, I know, dost reverence right, and to injustice dealest out

defeat, a protection at all times to the afflicted.
380