Euripides, The Suppliant Maidens, E. P. Coleridge (Translator), 42

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Chorus

At thy knees I fall, aged dame, and my old lips beseech thee;

arise, rescue from the slain my children’s bodies, whose limbs, by death relaxed, are left a prey to savage mountain beasts,
45

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)) — 42 focus

Χορός

— ἱκετεύω σε, γεραιά,

γεραιῶν ἐκ στομάτων, πρὸς

γόνυ πίπτουσα τὸ σόν·

— ἄνομοι — τέκνα λῦσαι. — φθιμένων
45

νεκύων οἳ καταλείπουσι μέλη

θανάτῳ λυσιμελεῖ θηρσὶν ὀρείοισι βοράν·

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.) — 42 focus

O gewähr' uns, was von dir, Greisin, die Greisinnen erflehn,

Welche dir hier sanken an's Knie:

Auf, lose die Söhn' uns,¹

Die gemordet das Schwert, welche zurückließen den Leib
45

In dem leiblösenden Tod grimmigem Bergwilde zum Raub

Erste Gegenstrophe.

Euripides The Suppliant Maidens 42

E. P. Coleridge (Translator)

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Chorus

At thy knees I fall, aged dame, and my old lips beseech thee;

arise, rescue from the slain my children’s bodies, whose limbs, by death relaxed, are left a prey to savage mountain beasts,
45

Current edition Perseus

O gewähr' uns, was von dir, Greisin, die Greisinnen erflehn,

Welche dir hier sanken an's Knie:

Auf, lose die Söhn' uns,¹

Die gemordet das Schwert, welche zurückließen den Leib
45

In dem leiblösenden Tod grimmigem Bergwilde zum Raub

Erste Gegenstrophe.

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Chorus At thy knees I fall, aged dame, and my old lips beseech thee; arise, rescue from the slain my children’s bodies, whose limbs, by death relaxed, are left a prey to savage mountain beasts, 45

Current edition Perseus

O gewähr' uns, was von dir, Greisin, die Greisinnen erflehn, Welche dir hier sanken an's Knie: Auf, lose die Söhn' uns, 1 Die gemordet das Schwert, welche zurückließen den Leib 45 In dem leiblösenden Tod grimmigem Bergwilde zum Raub Erste Gegenstrophe.

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Chorus

At thy knees I fall, aged dame, and my old lips beseech thee;

arise, rescue from the slain my children’s bodies, whose limbs, by death relaxed, are left a prey to savage mountain beasts,
45

O gewähr' uns, was von dir, Greisin, die Greisinnen erflehn,

Welche dir hier sanken an's Knie:

Auf, lose die Söhn' uns,¹

Die gemordet das Schwert, welche zurückließen den Leib
45

In dem leiblösenden Tod grimmigem Bergwilde zum Raub

Erste Gegenstrophe.