Euripides, Heracles, ed. Gilbert Murray, 107-137

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Χορός

—ὑπώροφα μέλαθρα καὶ

γεραιὰ δέμνιʼ, ἀμφὶ βάκτροις

ἔρεισμα θέμενος, ἐστάλην

ἰηλέμων γόων ἀοι-
110

δὸς ὥστε πολιὸς ὄρνις,

ἔπεα μόνον καὶ δόκη-

μα νυκτερωπὸν ἐννύχων ὀνείρων,

τρομερὰ μέν, ἀλλʼ ὅμως πρόθυμʼ.

ὦ τέκεα, τέκεα πατρὸς ἀπάτορʼ,

ὦ γεραιὲ σύ τε τάλαινα μᾶ-
115

τερ, ἃ τὸν Ἀίδα δόμοις

πόσιν ἀναστενάζεις.

119

Χορός

—μὴ προκάμητε πόδα βαρύ τε

κῶλον ὥστε πρὸς πετραῖον
120

λέπας ζυγηφόρον πῶλον

ἀνέντες ὡς βάρος φέρον

τροχηλάτοιο πώλου .

λαβοῦ χερῶν καὶ πέπλων,

ὅτου λέλοιπε ποδὸς ἀμαυρὸν ἴχνος·

γέρων γέροντα παρακόμιζʼ,
125

ᾧ ξύνοπλα δόρατα νέα νέῳ

τὸ πάρος ἐν ἡλίκων πόνοις

ξυνῆν ποτʼ, εὐκλεεστάτας

130

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.)) — 107-135 focus

Chorus

To the sheltering roof, to the old man’s couch, leaning on my staff have I set forth,

chanting a plaintive dirge like some bird grown grey, I that am only a voice and a fancy bred of the visions of sleep by night, palsied with age, yet meaning kindly. All hail! you orphaned children!
110

all hail, old friend! you too, unhappy mother, wailing for your husband in the halls of Hades!
115

119

Chorus

Do not faint too soon upon your way,

or let your limbs grow weary, as a colt beneath the yoke grows weary as he mounts some stony hill, dragging the weight of a wheeled chariot. Take hold of hand or robe, who ever feels his footsteps falter.
120

Old friend, escort another like yourself, who once amid his toiling peers in the days of our youth would take his place beside you, no blot upon his country’s glorious record.
125

130

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.) — 119 focus

Laßt die schweren Glieder nicht ermatten,

Dem Rosse gleich am Wagen, das die Felsenhöhn,¹
120

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
125

Junglingslanzen, als er Jungling war,

Zur Seite standen, nicht zur Schmach

Dir, gepries'nes Heimland!

(die Kinder betrachtend)

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

Strahlt in wilder Glut!
130

Und auch im Ungluck welkte nicht der Kinder Reiz,²

Nicht der Anmuth holdes Bild.

Hellas, ha! Welche Kampfhelden, welche

Verlierst du, raubt man diese dir!

Euripides Heracles 107-137

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,²

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, 2 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,²

Nicht der Anmuth holdes Bild.

Hellas, ha! Welche Kampfhelden, welche

Verlierst du, raubt man diese dir!