Euripides, Heracles, ed. Gilbert Murray, 130

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Χορός

—ἴδετε, πατέρος ὡς γορ-
130

γῶπες αἵδε προσφερεῖς

ὀμμάτων αὐγαί,

τὸ δὲ κακοτυχὲς οὐ λέλοιπεν ἐκ τέκνων

οὐδʼ ἀποίχεται χάρις.

Ἑλλὰς ὦ ξυμμάχους
135

οἵους οἵους ὀλέσα-

σα τούσδʼ ἀποστερήσῃ.

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.)) — 130 focus

Chorus

See, how like their father’s sternly flash these children’s eyes! Misfortune has not failed his children, nor yet has his comeliness been denied them.
130

O Hellas ! if you lose these, of what allies will you rob yourself!
135

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.) — 130 focus

O seht, wie, des Vaters Blicken gleich, der Söhne Blick

Strahlt in wilder Glut!
130

Und auch im Ungluck welkte nicht der Kinder Reiz,¹

Nicht der Anmuth holdes Bild.

Hellas, ha! Welche Kampfhelden, welche

Verlierst du, raubt man diese dir!

Euripides Heracles 130

ed. Gilbert Murray

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Chorus

See, how like their father’s sternly flash these children’s eyes! Misfortune has not failed his children, nor yet has his comeliness been denied them.
130

O Hellas ! if you lose these, of what allies will you rob yourself!
135

O seht, wie, des Vaters Blicken gleich, der Söhne Blick

Strahlt in wilder Glut!
130

Und auch im Ungluck welkte nicht der Kinder Reiz,¹

Nicht der Anmuth holdes Bild.

Hellas, ha! Welche Kampfhelden, welche

Verlierst du, raubt man diese dir!

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Chorus See, how like their father’s sternly flash these children’s eyes! Misfortune has not failed his children, nor yet has his comeliness been denied them. 130 O Hellas ! if you lose these, of what allies will you rob yourself! 135

O seht, wie, des Vaters Blicken gleich, der Söhne Blick Strahlt in wilder Glut! 130 Und auch im Ungluck welkte nicht der Kinder Reiz, 1 Nicht der Anmuth holdes Bild. Hellas, ha! Welche Kampfhelden, welche Verlierst du, raubt man diese dir!

Stable identifiers

Chorus

See, how like their father’s sternly flash these children’s eyes! Misfortune has not failed his children, nor yet has his comeliness been denied them.
130

O Hellas ! if you lose these, of what allies will you rob yourself!
135

O seht, wie, des Vaters Blicken gleich, der Söhne Blick

Strahlt in wilder Glut!
130

Und auch im Ungluck welkte nicht der Kinder Reiz,¹

Nicht der Anmuth holdes Bild.

Hellas, ha! Welche Kampfhelden, welche

Verlierst du, raubt man diese dir!