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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)) — 990 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.) — 990 focus
Welches Licht, welchen Glanz
Führte der Sonnengott herauf
Und Selen', in des Aethers Höhn
980
Strahlend, wo Nymphen in fluchtigem Tanz
Ziehn durch nachtliches Dunkel,
Als mein brautliches Glück die Stadt
Argos in stolzen Liedern erhob,
Und des Gemahls, der leuchtet' in Erz,
985
Kapaneus' Ruhm zu den Sternen trug?
Zu dir eilt' ich aus meinem Haus 1
Sturmend heran in bacchischer Wuth,
Suche derselben Scheiter Glut,
Suche dasselbe Grab mir,
990
Mein mühseliges Leben, des Daseins Qual
Drunten zu bergen in Hades' Haus.
Denn der süßeste Tod ist doch,
Sterben dahin mit dem sterbenden Freund,
Wenn ein Gott es also verhångt.
995

Notes on the current edition

The Suppliant Maidens

1. None of the proposed emendations of this corrupt passage are convincing. Hermann’s λάμπαι δ’ ὠκύθοοί νιν ἀμφιππεύουσι is here followed. Nauck has λαμπαδ’ ἱν’ ὠκυθόαι νύμφαι ἱππεύουσι.