Euripides, The Suppliant Maidens, E. P. Coleridge (Translator), 824

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Adrastus

Behold this sea of troubles!¹

Ah! hapless mothers.
825

Chorus

Our nails have ploughed our cheeks in furrows, and o’er our heads have we strewn ashes.

Adrastus

Ah me! ah me! Oh that earth’s floor would swallow me,

or the whirlwind snatch me away, or Zeus’s flaming bolt descend upon my head!
830

Chorus

Bitter the marriages thou didst witness, bitter the oracle of Phoebus!

The curse of Oedipus, fraught with sorrow, after desolating² his house, is come on thee.
835

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)) — 824 focus

Ἄδραστος

ἴδετε κακῶν πέλαγος, ὦ

ματέρες τάλαιναι τέκνων.
825

Χορός

— κατὰ μὲν ὄνυξιν ἠλοκίσμεθʼ, ἀμφὶ δὲ

σποδὸν κάρᾳ κεχύμεθα.

Ἄδραστος

ἰὼ ἰώ μοί μοι·

κατά με πέδον γᾶς ἕλοι,

διὰ δὲ θύελλα σπάσαι,
830

πυρός τε φλογμὸς ὁ Διὸς ἐν κάρᾳ πέσοι.

Χορός

— πικροὺς ἐσεῖδες γάμους,

πικρὰν δὲ Φοίβου φάτιν·

ἔρημά σʼ ἁ πολύστονος Οἰδιπόδα
835

δώματα λιποῦσʼ ἦλθʼ Ἐρινύς.

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.) — 824 focus

Der Leiden Sturm, sehet ihn,

Ihr unglücklichen Mütter dieser Söhne!
815

Der Chor.

Zerrissen bluten unsre Wangen,

Und das Haupt bestreuten wir mit Asche.

Adrastos.

O daß ein Erdschlund hinab

Mich schlange, daß Stürme mich

Fortrafften, Zeus' Glutflamme fiel' auf dieses Haupt!
820

Der Chor.

Du sahest unselige Eh'n;¹

Unselig war Phobos' Spruch.²

Das ide Haus des Dedipus³

Verlassend, kam über dich

Verderbenschwer Erinnys.
825
Theseus. Adrastos. Der Chor.

Theseus.

Notes on the current edition

The Suppliant Maidens

1. The print edition reads: Ah! hapless mothers, behold this sea of troubles! The lines have been modified to more closely match the Greek.

2. For the unintelligible ἔλημας of the MS. Hermann conjectured ἔρημα σ’ which is here followed.

Euripides The Suppliant Maidens 824

E. P. Coleridge (Translator)

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Adrastus

Behold this sea of troubles!¹

Ah! hapless mothers.
825

Chorus

Our nails have ploughed our cheeks in furrows, and o’er our heads have we strewn ashes.

Adrastus

Ah me! ah me! Oh that earth’s floor would swallow me,

or the whirlwind snatch me away, or Zeus’s flaming bolt descend upon my head!
830

Chorus

Bitter the marriages thou didst witness, bitter the oracle of Phoebus!

The curse of Oedipus, fraught with sorrow, after desolating² his house, is come on thee.
835

Current edition Perseus

Ἄδραστος

ἴδετε κακῶν πέλαγος, ὦ

ματέρες τάλαιναι τέκνων.
825

Χορός

— κατὰ μὲν ὄνυξιν ἠλοκίσμεθʼ, ἀμφὶ δὲ

σποδὸν κάρᾳ κεχύμεθα.

Ἄδραστος

ἰὼ ἰώ μοί μοι·

κατά με πέδον γᾶς ἕλοι,

διὰ δὲ θύελλα σπάσαι,
830

πυρός τε φλογμὸς ὁ Διὸς ἐν κάρᾳ πέσοι.

Χορός

— πικροὺς ἐσεῖδες γάμους,

πικρὰν δὲ Φοίβου φάτιν·

ἔρημά σʼ ἁ πολύστονος Οἰδιπόδα
835

δώματα λιποῦσʼ ἦλθʼ Ἐρινύς.

Der Leiden Sturm, sehet ihn,

Ihr unglücklichen Mütter dieser Söhne!
815

Der Chor.

Zerrissen bluten unsre Wangen,

Und das Haupt bestreuten wir mit Asche.

Adrastos.

O daß ein Erdschlund hinab

Mich schlange, daß Stürme mich

Fortrafften, Zeus' Glutflamme fiel' auf dieses Haupt!
820

Der Chor.

Du sahest unselige Eh'n;¹

Unselig war Phobos' Spruch.²

Das ide Haus des Dedipus³

Verlassend, kam über dich

Verderbenschwer Erinnys.
825
Theseus. Adrastos. Der Chor.

Theseus.

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers

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Adrastus Behold this sea of troubles! 1 Ah! hapless mothers. 825

Chorus Our nails have ploughed our cheeks in furrows, and o’er our heads have we strewn ashes.

Adrastus Ah me! ah me! Oh that earth’s floor would swallow me, or the whirlwind snatch me away, or Zeus’s flaming bolt descend upon my head! 830

Chorus Bitter the marriages thou didst witness, bitter the oracle of Phoebus! The curse of Oedipus, fraught with sorrow, after desolating 2 his house, is come on thee. 835

Current edition Perseus

Ἄδραστος ἴδετε κακῶν πέλαγος, ὦ ματέρες τάλαιναι τέκνων. 825

Χορός — κατὰ μὲν ὄνυξιν ἠλοκίσμεθʼ, ἀμφὶ δὲ σποδὸν κάρᾳ κεχύμεθα.

Ἄδραστος ἰὼ ἰώ μοί μοι· κατά με πέδον γᾶς ἕλοι, διὰ δὲ θύελλα σπάσαι, 830 πυρός τε φλογμὸς ὁ Διὸς ἐν κάρᾳ πέσοι.

Χορός — πικροὺς ἐσεῖδες γάμους, πικρὰν δὲ Φοίβου φάτιν· ἔρημά σʼ ἁ πολύστονος Οἰδιπόδα 835 δώματα λιποῦσʼ ἦλθʼ Ἐρινύς.

Der Leiden Sturm, sehet ihn, Ihr unglücklichen Mütter dieser Söhne! 815

Der Chor. Zerrissen bluten unsre Wangen, Und das Haupt bestreuten wir mit Asche.

Adrastos. O daß ein Erdschlund hinab Mich schlange, daß Stürme mich Fortrafften, Zeus' Glutflamme fiel' auf dieses Haupt! 820

Der Chor. Du sahest unselige Eh'n; 1 Unselig war Phobos' Spruch. 2 Das ide Haus des Dedipus 3 Verlassend, kam über dich Verderbenschwer Erinnys. 825 Theseus. Adrastos. Der Chor.

Theseus.

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers

Adrastus

Behold this sea of troubles!¹

Ah! hapless mothers.
825

Chorus

Our nails have ploughed our cheeks in furrows, and o’er our heads have we strewn ashes.

Adrastus

Ah me! ah me! Oh that earth’s floor would swallow me,

or the whirlwind snatch me away, or Zeus’s flaming bolt descend upon my head!
830

Chorus

Bitter the marriages thou didst witness, bitter the oracle of Phoebus!

The curse of Oedipus, fraught with sorrow, after desolating² his house, is come on thee.
835

Ἄδραστος

ἴδετε κακῶν πέλαγος, ὦ

ματέρες τάλαιναι τέκνων.
825

Χορός

— κατὰ μὲν ὄνυξιν ἠλοκίσμεθʼ, ἀμφὶ δὲ

σποδὸν κάρᾳ κεχύμεθα.

Ἄδραστος

ἰὼ ἰώ μοί μοι·

κατά με πέδον γᾶς ἕλοι,

διὰ δὲ θύελλα σπάσαι,
830

πυρός τε φλογμὸς ὁ Διὸς ἐν κάρᾳ πέσοι.

Χορός

— πικροὺς ἐσεῖδες γάμους,

πικρὰν δὲ Φοίβου φάτιν·

ἔρημά σʼ ἁ πολύστονος Οἰδιπόδα
835

δώματα λιποῦσʼ ἦλθʼ Ἐρινύς.

Der Leiden Sturm, sehet ihn,

Ihr unglücklichen Mütter dieser Söhne!
815

Der Chor.

Zerrissen bluten unsre Wangen,

Und das Haupt bestreuten wir mit Asche.

Adrastos.

O daß ein Erdschlund hinab

Mich schlange, daß Stürme mich

Fortrafften, Zeus' Glutflamme fiel' auf dieses Haupt!
820

Der Chor.

Du sahest unselige Eh'n;¹

Unselig war Phobos' Spruch.²

Das ide Haus des Dedipus³

Verlassend, kam über dich

Verderbenschwer Erinnys.
825
Theseus. Adrastos. Der Chor.