Euripides, Heracles, Edward P. Coleridge (Translator), 359

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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

Heracles. Euripides. Edward P. Coleridge (Translator). London. 1891.

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Current edition Perseus

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

Editions (1)

Ἡρακλῆς Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. II. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1921-1962)) — 359 focus

Χορός

—πρῶτον μὲν Διὸς ἄλσος

ἠρήμωσε λέοντος,
360

πυρσῷ δʼ ἀμφεκαλύφθη

ξανθὸν κρᾶτʼ ἐπινωτίσας

δεινῷ χάσματι θηρός·

Translations (2)

Hercules (OCR draft) Experimental (Hercules. 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.) — 359 focus

Erst erlöst' er Kronions

Heiligen Hain von dem Löwen;

Ihm umhüllte das blonde

Haupt der furchtbare Rachen des feurigen

Unthiers, deckt' ihm den Rücken.
360
Erste Gegenstrophe.

Euripides Heracles 359

Edward P. Coleridge (Translator)

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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

Current edition Perseus

Χορός

—πρῶτον μὲν Διὸς ἄλσος

ἠρήμωσε λέοντος,
360

πυρσῷ δʼ ἀμφεκαλύφθη

ξανθὸν κρᾶτʼ ἐπινωτίσας

δεινῷ χάσματι θηρός·

Erst erlöst' er Kronions

Heiligen Hain von dem Löwen;

Ihm umhüllte das blonde

Haupt der furchtbare Rachen des feurigen

Unthiers, deckt' ihm den Rücken.
360
Erste Gegenstrophe.

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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

Current edition Perseus

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

Erst erlöst' er Kronions Heiligen Hain von dem Löwen; Ihm umhüllte das blonde Haupt der furchtbare Rachen des feurigen Unthiers, deckt' ihm den Rücken. 360 Erste Gegenstrophe.

Stable identifiers

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

Χορός

—πρῶτον μὲν Διὸς ἄλσος

ἠρήμωσε λέοντος,
360

πυρσῷ δʼ ἀμφεκαλύφθη

ξανθὸν κρᾶτʼ ἐπινωτίσας

δεινῷ χάσματι θηρός·

Erst erlöst' er Kronions

Heiligen Hain von dem Löwen;

Ihm umhüllte das blonde

Haupt der furchtbare Rachen des feurigen

Unthiers, deckt' ihm den Rücken.
360
Erste Gegenstrophe.