Euripides, Heracles, ed. Gilbert Murray, 425

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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

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.)) — 425 focus

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

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.) — 425 focus

Noch viel anderer Kämpfe Siegesbahn

Durchlief er, schiffte zum Hades dann,

Dem schmerzenreichen, Ziel seiner Mühen,

Und endet dort (Armer!) sein
420

Leben, kam nicht mehr zurück.

Von Freunden leer trauert das Haus;

Auf dem Todespfade, wo

Niemand zurückkehrt, harrt der Kahn

Charon's der Heldensohne schon: o Sund', o Graul!
425

Auf deinen Arm blickt dein Haus: du kommst nicht!¹

Euripides Heracles 425

ed. Gilbert Murray

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