Euripides Heracles 119

ed. Gilbert Murray

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Heracles. Euripides. ed. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. 1913.

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

Translations (3)
Heracles Mad Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. II. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1891. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 119 focus
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.) — 119 focus
Laßt die schweren Glieder nicht ermatten,
Dem Rosse gleich am Wagen, das die Felsenhöhn, 1
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Gebeugt von Arbeit, schweren Schritt's hinanstrebt!
Fass an die Hand, fasse mein Gewand,
Wenn meines Fußes schwache Tritte wanken!
Ein Greis, geleite du den Greisen,
Dem einst in tapfrer Männer Kampf
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Junglingslanzen, als er Jungling war,
Zur Seite standen, nicht zur Schmach
Dir, gepries'nes Heimland!
(die Kinder betrachtend)