Euripides The Suppliant Maidens 1139

E. P. Coleridge (Translator)

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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)) — 1139 focus
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.) — 1139 focus
Sie sind dahin, o Mutter, eure Kinder sind 1
Nicht mehr, dahin! Sie nahm auf der Aether;
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Des Feuers Glut verzehrte sie;
Beschwingt slohn sie zum Reich der Schatten.
Doch hörst du, Vater, deiner Söhne Jammerruf. 2
Werd' ich, den Schild am Arme, nicht einst deinen Tod
Rachen?
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Notes on the current edition

The Suppliant Maidens

1. The second half of this line is assigned to the Chorus in the Greek.
2. These lines are assigned to the Chorus in the Greek.