Euripides, The Suppliant Maidens, E. P. Coleridge (Translator), 1123

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Children

Poor mother mine, behold I bring my father’s bones gathered from the fire,

a burden grief has rendered heavy, though this tiny urn contains my all.
1125

Chorus

Ah me! ah me! Why bear thy tearful load to the fond mother of the dead,

a handful of ashes in the stead of those who erst were men of mark in Mycenae?
1130

The Suppliant Maidens. Euripides. E. P. Coleridge (Translator). London. 1906.

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Current edition Perseus

The Suppliants (English) (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906.)

Editions (1)

Ἱκέτιδες Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. II. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1921-1962)) — 1123 focus

Παῖδες

— φέρω φέρω,

τάλαινα μᾶτερ, ἐκ πυρὸς πατρὸς μέλη,

βάρος μὲν οὐκ ἀβριθὲς ἀλγέων ὕπερ,
1125

ἐν δʼ ὀλίγῳ τἀμὰ πάντα συνθείς.

Χορός

— ἰὼ ἰώ,

πᾶ φέρεις δάκρυα φίλᾳ

ματρὶ τῶν ὀλωλότων;

σποδοῦ τε πλῆθος ὀλίγον ἀντὶ σωμάτων
1130

εὐδοκίμων δήποτʼ ἐν Μυκήναις;

Translations (2)

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

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1852; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (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.) — 1123 focus

Ich bringe, bring', unselige Mutter,

Aus der Glut des Vaters Asche,

Nicht leichte Last mir, weil der Schmerz mich niederbeugt:
1110

Alles, was mein, barg ich in kleinem Raume.

Weh, weh!

Zweiter Halbchor.

Knabe, Thränen bringst du der

Mutter dieser Todten, bringst

Ein kleines Hauslein Asche statt der Helden, die

Ehe so groß waren in Mykend!
1115

Euripides The Suppliant Maidens 1123

E. P. Coleridge (Translator)

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Children

Poor mother mine, behold I bring my father’s bones gathered from the fire,

a burden grief has rendered heavy, though this tiny urn contains my all.
1125

Chorus

Ah me! ah me! Why bear thy tearful load to the fond mother of the dead,

a handful of ashes in the stead of those who erst were men of mark in Mycenae?
1130

Current edition Perseus

Παῖδες

— φέρω φέρω,

τάλαινα μᾶτερ, ἐκ πυρὸς πατρὸς μέλη,

βάρος μὲν οὐκ ἀβριθὲς ἀλγέων ὕπερ,
1125

ἐν δʼ ὀλίγῳ τἀμὰ πάντα συνθείς.

Χορός

— ἰὼ ἰώ,

πᾶ φέρεις δάκρυα φίλᾳ

ματρὶ τῶν ὀλωλότων;

σποδοῦ τε πλῆθος ὀλίγον ἀντὶ σωμάτων
1130

εὐδοκίμων δήποτʼ ἐν Μυκήναις;

Ich bringe, bring', unselige Mutter,

Aus der Glut des Vaters Asche,

Nicht leichte Last mir, weil der Schmerz mich niederbeugt:
1110

Alles, was mein, barg ich in kleinem Raume.

Weh, weh!

Zweiter Halbchor.

Knabe, Thränen bringst du der

Mutter dieser Todten, bringst

Ein kleines Hauslein Asche statt der Helden, die

Ehe so groß waren in Mykend!
1115

Der Knabe.

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Children Poor mother mine, behold I bring my father’s bones gathered from the fire, a burden grief has rendered heavy, though this tiny urn contains my all. 1125

Chorus Ah me! ah me! Why bear thy tearful load to the fond mother of the dead, a handful of ashes in the stead of those who erst were men of mark in Mycenae? 1130

Current edition Perseus

Παῖδες — φέρω φέρω, τάλαινα μᾶτερ, ἐκ πυρὸς πατρὸς μέλη, βάρος μὲν οὐκ ἀβριθὲς ἀλγέων ὕπερ, 1125 ἐν δʼ ὀλίγῳ τἀμὰ πάντα συνθείς.

Χορός — ἰὼ ἰώ, πᾶ φέρεις δάκρυα φίλᾳ ματρὶ τῶν ὀλωλότων; σποδοῦ τε πλῆθος ὀλίγον ἀντὶ σωμάτων 1130 εὐδοκίμων δήποτʼ ἐν Μυκήναις;

Ich bringe, bring', unselige Mutter, Aus der Glut des Vaters Asche, Nicht leichte Last mir, weil der Schmerz mich niederbeugt: 1110 Alles, was mein, barg ich in kleinem Raume. Weh, weh!

Zweiter Halbchor. Knabe, Thränen bringst du der Mutter dieser Todten, bringst Ein kleines Hauslein Asche statt der Helden, die Ehe so groß waren in Mykend! 1115

Der Knabe.

Stable identifiers

Children

Poor mother mine, behold I bring my father’s bones gathered from the fire,

a burden grief has rendered heavy, though this tiny urn contains my all.
1125

Chorus

Ah me! ah me! Why bear thy tearful load to the fond mother of the dead,

a handful of ashes in the stead of those who erst were men of mark in Mycenae?
1130

Παῖδες

— φέρω φέρω,

τάλαινα μᾶτερ, ἐκ πυρὸς πατρὸς μέλη,

βάρος μὲν οὐκ ἀβριθὲς ἀλγέων ὕπερ,
1125

ἐν δʼ ὀλίγῳ τἀμὰ πάντα συνθείς.

Χορός

— ἰὼ ἰώ,

πᾶ φέρεις δάκρυα φίλᾳ

ματρὶ τῶν ὀλωλότων;

σποδοῦ τε πλῆθος ὀλίγον ἀντὶ σωμάτων
1130

εὐδοκίμων δήποτʼ ἐν Μυκήναις;

Ich bringe, bring', unselige Mutter,

Aus der Glut des Vaters Asche,

Nicht leichte Last mir, weil der Schmerz mich niederbeugt:
1110

Alles, was mein, barg ich in kleinem Raume.

Weh, weh!

Zweiter Halbchor.

Knabe, Thränen bringst du der

Mutter dieser Todten, bringst

Ein kleines Hauslein Asche statt der Helden, die

Ehe so groß waren in Mykend!
1115