Euripides, Heracles, Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator), 364

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Auch der wilden Kentauren Volk,

Das auf Bergen umherschweist,

Traf er mit blutigem Bogen einst,

Sandt' ihm Tod mit beschwingtem Geschoß.

Peneios' schonwirbelnder Strom bezeugt es,
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Die weiten, fruchtleeren Gefilde sahen's,

Und Pelions Felsenthåler,

Auch des Homola nahe Grotten,

Wo, mit Fichten den Arm bewehrt,

Sie die Gauen Thessalia's
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Hoch auf Rossen bezwangen.

Heracles. Euripides. Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator). . .

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German (J. J. C. Donner, 1852; OCR review) (OCR draft) (German) (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.)

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Editions (1)

Ἡρακλῆς Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. II. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1921-1962)) — 348-441 focus

Χορός

—αἲ Λίνον μὲν ἐπʼ εὐτυχεῖ

μολπᾷ Φοῖβος ἰαχεῖ

τὸν κάλλει φθιτόν, κιθάραν
350

ἐλαύνων πλήκτρῳ χρυσέῳ·

ἐγὼ δὲ τὸν γᾶς ἐνέρων τʼ

ἐς ὄρφναν μολόντα, παῖδʼ

εἴτε Διός νιν εἴπω,

εἴτʼ Ἀμφιτρύωνος ἶνιν,

ὑμνῆσαι στεφάνωμα μό-
355

χθων διʼ εὐλογίας θέλω.

γενναίων δʼ ἀρεταὶ πόνων

τοῖς θανοῦσιν ἄγαλμα.

359

Χορός

—πρῶτον μὲν Διὸς ἄλσος

ἠρήμωσε λέοντος,
360

πυρσῷ δʼ ἀμφεκαλύφθη

ξανθὸν κρᾶτʼ ἐπινωτίσας

δεινῷ χάσματι θηρός·

364

Χορός

—τάν τʼ ὀρεινόμον ἀγρίων

Κενταύρων ποτὲ γένναν
365

ἔστρωσεν τόξοις φονίοις,

ἐναίρων πτανοῖς βέλεσιν.

ξύνοιδε Πηνειὸς ὁ καλ-

λιδίνας μακραί τʼ ἄρου-

ραι πεδίων ἄκαρποι

καὶ Πηλιάδες θεράπναι
370

σύγχορτοί τʼ Ὀμόλας ἔναυ-

λοι, πεύκαισιν ὅθεν χέρας

πληροῦντες χθόνα Θεσσαλῶν

ἱππείαις ἐδάμαζον·

375

Χορός

—τάν τε χρυσοκάρανον
375

δόρκαν ποικιλόνωτον

συλήτειραν ἀγρωστᾶν

κτείνας, θηροφόνον θεὰν

Οἰνωᾶτιν ἀγάλλει·

380

Χορός

—τεθρίππων τʼ ἐπέβα
380

καὶ ψαλίοις ἐδάμασε πώλους

Διομήδεος, αἳ φονίαισι φάτναις ἀχάλινʼ ἐθόα-

ζον κάθαιμα σῖτα γένυσι,

χαρμοναῖσιν ἀνδροβρῶσι

δυστράπεζοι· πέραν δʼ
385

ἀργυρορρύτων Ἕβρου

διεπέρασεν ὄχθων,

Μυκηναίῳ πονῶν τυράννῳ.

389

Χορός

—ἄν τε Πηλιάδʼ ἀκτὰν

Ἀναύρου παρὰ πηγὰς
390

Κύκνον ξεινοδαΐκταν

τόξοις ὤλεσεν, Ἀμφαναί-

ας οἰκήτορʼ ἄμεικτον·

394

Χορός

—ὑμνῳδούς τε κόρας

ἤλυθεν ἑσπέριον ἐς αὐλάν,
395

χρυσέων πετάλων ἄπο μηλοφόρον χερὶ καρπὸν ἀμέρ-

ξων, δράκοντα πυρσόνωτον,

ὅς σφʼ ἄπλατον ἀμφελικτὸς

ἕλικʼ ἐφρούρει, κτανών·

ποντίας θʼ ἁλὸς μυχοὺς
400

εἰσέβαινε, θνατοῖς

γαλανείας τιθεὶς ἐρετμοῖς·

403

Χορός

—οὐρανοῦ θʼ ὑπὸ μέσσαν

ἐλαύνει χέρας ἕδραν,

Ἄτλαντος δόμον ἐλθών,
405

ἀστρωπούς τε κατέσχεν οἴ-

κους εὐανορίᾳ θεῶν·

408

Χορός

—τὸν ἱππευτάν τʼ Ἀμαζό-

νων στρατὸν Μαιῶτιν ἀμφὶ

πολυπόταμον ἔβα διʼ Ἄ-
410

ξεινον οἶδμα λίμνας,

τίνʼ οὐκ ἀφʼ Ἑλλανίας

ἄγορον ἁλίσας φίλων,

κόρας Ἀρείας πέπλων

χρυσεόστολον φάρος,

ζωστῆρος ὀλεθρίους ἄγρας.
415

τὰ κλεινὰ δʼ Ἑλλὰς ἔλαβε βαρ-

βάρου κόρας λάφυρα, καὶ

σῴζεται Μυκήναις.

419

Χορός

—τάν τε μυριόκρανον

πολύφονον κύνα Λέρνας
420

ὕδραν ἐξεπύρωσεν,

βέλεσί τʼ ἀμφέβαλʼ ἰόν,

τὸν τρισώματον οἷσιν ἔ-

κτα βοτῆρʼ Ἐρυθείας.

425

Χορός

—δρόμων τʼ ἄλλων ἀγάλματʼ
425

εὐτυχῆ διῆλθε· τόν τε

πολυδάκρυον ἔπλευσʼ ἐς Ἅι-

δαν, πόνων τελευτάν,

ἵνʼ ἐκπεραίνει τάλας

βίοτον, οὐδʼ ἔβα πάλιν.

στέγαι δʼ ἔρημοι φίλων,
430

τὰν δʼ ἀνόστιμον τέκνων

Χάρωνος ἐπιμένει πλάτα

βίου κέλευθον ἄθεον ἄδι-

κον· ἐς δὲ σὰς χέρας βλέπει

δώματʼ οὐ παρόντος.
435

436

Χορός

—εἰ δʼ ἐγὼ σθένος ἥβων

δόρυ τʼ ἔπαλλον ἐν αἰχμᾷ,

Καδμείων τε σύνηβοι,

τέκεσιν ἂν προπαρέσταν

ἀλκᾷ· νῦν δʼ ἀπολείπομαι
440

τᾶς εὐδαίμονος ἥβας.

Translations (2)

Heracles Mad Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. II. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1891. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 348-440 focus

Chorus

Phoebus is singing a dirge, after his happier strains,

for Linus dead in his beauty, striking his lyre with key of gold; but I wish to sing a song of praise, a crown to all his toil, on the one who has gone to the gloom beneath the nether world,
350

whether I am to call him son of Zeus or of Amphitryon. For the virtue of noble toils is a glory to the dead.
355

359

Chorus

First he cleared the grove of Zeus

of a lion, and put its skin upon his back, hiding his yellow auburn hair in its fearful gaping jaws.
360

364

Chorus

And then one day with murderous bow he wounded

the race of wild Centaurs, that range the hills, slaying them with winged shafts. Peneus, the river of fair eddies, knows him well, and those far fields unharvested,
365

and the steadings on Pelion and neighboring caves of Homole, from where the Centaurs rode forth to conquer Thessaly , arming themselves with pines.
370

375

Chorus

And he slew that dappled deer with horns of gold, that preyed upon the country-folk, glorifying Artemis, huntress queen of Oenoe.
375

380

Chorus

Next he mounted on a chariot and tamed with the bit the horses of Diomedes, that greedily champed their bloody food at gory mangers with unbridled jaws, devouring with hideous joy the flesh of men;
380

then crossing the heights of Hebrus that flow with silver, he still toiled on for the tyrant of Mycenae .
385

389

Chorus

And at the strand of the Pelian gulf

by the streams of Anaurus, he slew with his arrows Cycnus, murderer of his guests, the savage wretch who dwelt in Amphanae.
390

394

Chorus

And he came to those minstrel maids,

to their orchard in the west, to pluck from the leafy apple-tree its golden fruit, when he had slain the tawny dragon, whose terrible coils were twined all round to guard it;
395

and he made his way into ocean’s lairs, bringing calm to men that use the oar.
400

403

Chorus

And he stretched out his hands to uphold the firmament,

seeking the home of Atlas, and on his manly shoulders took the starry mansions of the gods.
405

408

Chorus

Then he went through the waves of heaving Euxine against the mounted host of Amazons dwelling round Maeotis,

the lake that is fed by many a stream, having gathered to his standard all his friends from Hellas , to fetch the gold-embroidered raiment of the warrior queen,
410

a deadly quest for a girdle. Hellas won those glorious spoils of the barbarian maid, and they are safe in Mycenae .
415

419

Chorus

He burned to ashes Lerna ’s murderous hound,

the many-headed water-snake, and smeared its venom on his darts, with which he slew the shepherd of Erytheia, a monster with three bodies.
420

425

Chorus

And many another glorious achievement he brought to a happy issue; to Hades’ house of tears has he now sailed, the goal of his labors, where he is ending his career of toil, nor does he come back again.
425

Now your house is left without a friend, and Charon’s boat awaits your children to bear them on that journey out of life, without return, contrary to the gods’ law and man’s justice; and it is to your prowess
430

that your house is looking although you are not here.
435

436

Chorus

Had I been strong and lusty, able to brandish the spear in battle’s onset, and my Theban companions too, I would have stood by your children

to champion them; but now my happy youth is gone and I am left.
440

Hercules (OCR draft) Experimental (Hercules. Robert Potter's English verse translation, first published in 1781–1783; text from the 1808 Oxford printing.)

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Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator)

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Χορός

—πρῶτον μὲν Διὸς ἄλσος

ἠρήμωσε λέοντος,
360

πυρσῷ δʼ ἀμφεκαλύφθη

ξανθὸν κρᾶτʼ ἐπινωτίσας

δεινῷ χάσματι θηρός·

Χορός

—τάν τε χρυσοκάρανον
375

δόρκαν ποικιλόνωτον

συλήτειραν ἀγρωστᾶν

κτείνας, θηροφόνον θεὰν

Οἰνωᾶτιν ἀγάλλει·

Χορός

—ἄν τε Πηλιάδʼ ἀκτὰν

Ἀναύρου παρὰ πηγὰς
390

Κύκνον ξεινοδαΐκταν

τόξοις ὤλεσεν, Ἀμφαναί-

ας οἰκήτορʼ ἄμεικτον·

Χορός

—οὐρανοῦ θʼ ὑπὸ μέσσαν

ἐλαύνει χέρας ἕδραν,

Ἄτλαντος δόμον ἐλθών,
405

ἀστρωπούς τε κατέσχεν οἴ-

κους εὐανορίᾳ θεῶν·

Χορός

—τάν τε μυριόκρανον

πολύφονον κύνα Λέρνας
420

ὕδραν ἐξεπύρωσεν,

βέλεσί τʼ ἀμφέβαλʼ ἰόν,

τὸν τρισώματον οἷσιν ἔ-

κτα βοτῆρʼ Ἐρυθείας.

Χορός

—εἰ δʼ ἐγὼ σθένος ἥβων

δόρυ τʼ ἔπαλλον ἐν αἰχμᾷ,

Καδμείων τε σύνηβοι,

τέκεσιν ἂν προπαρέσταν

ἀλκᾷ· νῦν δʼ ἀπολείπομαι
440

τᾶς εὐδαίμονος ἥβας.

Chorus

First he cleared the grove of Zeus

of a lion, and put its skin upon his back, hiding his yellow auburn hair in its fearful gaping jaws.
360

Chorus

And he slew that dappled deer with horns of gold, that preyed upon the country-folk, glorifying Artemis, huntress queen of Oenoe.
375

Chorus

And at the strand of the Pelian gulf

by the streams of Anaurus, he slew with his arrows Cycnus, murderer of his guests, the savage wretch who dwelt in Amphanae.
390

Chorus

And he stretched out his hands to uphold the firmament,

seeking the home of Atlas, and on his manly shoulders took the starry mansions of the gods.
405

Chorus

He burned to ashes Lerna ’s murderous hound,

the many-headed water-snake, and smeared its venom on his darts, with which he slew the shepherd of Erytheia, a monster with three bodies.
420

Chorus

Had I been strong and lusty, able to brandish the spear in battle’s onset, and my Theban companions too, I would have stood by your children

to champion them; but now my happy youth is gone and I am left.
440

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Χορός —πρῶτον μὲν Διὸς ἄλσος ἠρήμωσε λέοντος, 360 πυρσῷ δʼ ἀμφεκαλύφθη ξανθὸν κρᾶτʼ ἐπινωτίσας δεινῷ χάσματι θηρός·

Χορός —τάν τε χρυσοκάρανον 375 δόρκαν ποικιλόνωτον συλήτειραν ἀγρωστᾶν κτείνας, θηροφόνον θεὰν Οἰνωᾶτιν ἀγάλλει·

Χορός —ἄν τε Πηλιάδʼ ἀκτὰν Ἀναύρου παρὰ πηγὰς 390 Κύκνον ξεινοδαΐκταν τόξοις ὤλεσεν, Ἀμφαναί- ας οἰκήτορʼ ἄμεικτον·

Χορός —οὐρανοῦ θʼ ὑπὸ μέσσαν ἐλαύνει χέρας ἕδραν, Ἄτλαντος δόμον ἐλθών, 405 ἀστρωπούς τε κατέσχεν οἴ- κους εὐανορίᾳ θεῶν·

Χορός —τάν τε μυριόκρανον πολύφονον κύνα Λέρνας 420 ὕδραν ἐξεπύρωσεν, βέλεσί τʼ ἀμφέβαλʼ ἰόν, τὸν τρισώματον οἷσιν ἔ- κτα βοτῆρʼ Ἐρυθείας.

Χορός —εἰ δʼ ἐγὼ σθένος ἥβων δόρυ τʼ ἔπαλλον ἐν αἰχμᾷ, Καδμείων τε σύνηβοι, τέκεσιν ἂν προπαρέσταν ἀλκᾷ· νῦν δʼ ἀπολείπομαι 440 τᾶς εὐδαίμονος ἥβας.

Chorus First he cleared the grove of Zeus of a lion, and put its skin upon his back, hiding his yellow auburn hair in its fearful gaping jaws. 360

Chorus And he slew that dappled deer with horns of gold, that preyed upon the country-folk, glorifying Artemis, huntress queen of Oenoe. 375

Chorus And at the strand of the Pelian gulf by the streams of Anaurus, he slew with his arrows Cycnus, murderer of his guests, the savage wretch who dwelt in Amphanae. 390

Chorus And he stretched out his hands to uphold the firmament, seeking the home of Atlas, and on his manly shoulders took the starry mansions of the gods. 405

Chorus He burned to ashes Lerna ’s murderous hound, the many-headed water-snake, and smeared its venom on his darts, with which he slew the shepherd of Erytheia, a monster with three bodies. 420

Chorus Had I been strong and lusty, able to brandish the spear in battle’s onset, and my Theban companions too, I would have stood by your children to champion them; but now my happy youth is gone and I am left. 440

Stable identifiers

Χορός

—πρῶτον μὲν Διὸς ἄλσος

ἠρήμωσε λέοντος,
360

πυρσῷ δʼ ἀμφεκαλύφθη

ξανθὸν κρᾶτʼ ἐπινωτίσας

δεινῷ χάσματι θηρός·

Χορός

—τάν τε χρυσοκάρανον
375

δόρκαν ποικιλόνωτον

συλήτειραν ἀγρωστᾶν

κτείνας, θηροφόνον θεὰν

Οἰνωᾶτιν ἀγάλλει·

Χορός

—ἄν τε Πηλιάδʼ ἀκτὰν

Ἀναύρου παρὰ πηγὰς
390

Κύκνον ξεινοδαΐκταν

τόξοις ὤλεσεν, Ἀμφαναί-

ας οἰκήτορʼ ἄμεικτον·

Χορός

—οὐρανοῦ θʼ ὑπὸ μέσσαν

ἐλαύνει χέρας ἕδραν,

Ἄτλαντος δόμον ἐλθών,
405

ἀστρωπούς τε κατέσχεν οἴ-

κους εὐανορίᾳ θεῶν·

Χορός

—τάν τε μυριόκρανον

πολύφονον κύνα Λέρνας
420

ὕδραν ἐξεπύρωσεν,

βέλεσί τʼ ἀμφέβαλʼ ἰόν,

τὸν τρισώματον οἷσιν ἔ-

κτα βοτῆρʼ Ἐρυθείας.

Χορός

—εἰ δʼ ἐγὼ σθένος ἥβων

δόρυ τʼ ἔπαλλον ἐν αἰχμᾷ,

Καδμείων τε σύνηβοι,

τέκεσιν ἂν προπαρέσταν

ἀλκᾷ· νῦν δʼ ἀπολείπομαι
440

τᾶς εὐδαίμονος ἥβας.

Chorus

First he cleared the grove of Zeus

of a lion, and put its skin upon his back, hiding his yellow auburn hair in its fearful gaping jaws.
360

Chorus

And he slew that dappled deer with horns of gold, that preyed upon the country-folk, glorifying Artemis, huntress queen of Oenoe.
375

Chorus

And at the strand of the Pelian gulf

by the streams of Anaurus, he slew with his arrows Cycnus, murderer of his guests, the savage wretch who dwelt in Amphanae.
390

Chorus

And he stretched out his hands to uphold the firmament,

seeking the home of Atlas, and on his manly shoulders took the starry mansions of the gods.
405

Chorus

He burned to ashes Lerna ’s murderous hound,

the many-headed water-snake, and smeared its venom on his darts, with which he slew the shepherd of Erytheia, a monster with three bodies.
420

Chorus

Had I been strong and lusty, able to brandish the spear in battle’s onset, and my Theban companions too, I would have stood by your children

to champion them; but now my happy youth is gone and I am left.
440