Euripides Ion 1061

ed. Gilbert Murray

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Χορός

εἰ δʼ ἀτελὴς θάνατος σπουδαί τε δεσποί-

νας, ὅ τε καιρὸς ἄπεισι τόλμας,

ᾇ νῦν ἐλπὶς ἐφαίνετʼ, ἢ θη-

κτὸν ξίφος ἢ δαίμων ἐξά-

ψει βρόχον ἀμφὶ δειρήν,
1065

πάθεσι πάθεα δʼ ἐξανύτουσʼ

εἰς ἄλλας βιότου κάτει-

σι μορφάς.

οὐ γὰρ δόμων γʼ ἑτέρους

ἄρχοντας ἀλλοδαποὺς
1070

ζῶσά ποτʼ ὄμμασι ἐν φαεν-

ναῖς ἀνέχοιτʼ ἂν αὐγαῖς

ἁ τῶν εὐπατριδᾶν γεγῶσʼ οἴκων.

Ion. Euripides. ed. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. 1913.

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Current edition Perseus

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

Editions (3)

Ion, Greek text (M. A. Bayfield, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (The Greek text and dramatic structure of M. A. Bayfield's second edition of 1924 (first edition 1889), aligned by line to the Murray reference edition.)

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Ion, Greek text (A. W. Verrall, 1890) (OCR draft) Experimental (The Greek text and dramatic structure of A. W. Verrall's 1890 edition, aligned by line to the Murray reference edition.)

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Ion, Greek text (Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1926) (OCR draft) Experimental (Wilamowitz's 1926 Greek edition with its critical apparatus, aligned by line to the Murray reference edition.)

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Translations (4)

Ion Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906.) — 1061 focus

Chorus

For if this deadly deed and my lady’s aims pass unfulfilled, and the right moment for her daring go by, and with it the hope which now sustains her, either will she seize the whetted knife

or fasten the noose about her neck, and by ending one sorrow by another will go down to other phases of existence. For never will that daughter of a noble line,
1065

while life is hers, endure within the sunshine of her eyes the sight of alien rulers in her halls.
1070

Ion (OCR draft) Experimental (Ion. Robert Potter's English verse translation, first published in 1781–1783; text from the 1808 Oxford printing.)

No corresponding passage available

Ion, English translation (A. W. Verrall, 1890) (OCR draft) Experimental (A. W. Verrall's English verse translation, passage-aligned to the Murray reference edition.)

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.) — 1061 focus

Aber misgluckte der Mord, mislang der Herrin

Streben, entschwand ihr die Zeit der Nache,

Floh die Hoffnung, worauf sie baute: so stoßt sie das Schwert

Sich in die Brust, sie schlingt um den Hals die Schlinge:
1045

Schmerzen durch Schmerzen endigend, steigt

Sie zu Gestalten hinab, die dem Leben fremd sind.

Denn nie vermochte sie's ja,

Mit der Augen leuchtendem Glanz

Lebend zu sehen, daß Andre, daß
1050

Fremdling' im Haus gebåten,

Sie, die Tochter aus edler Ahnherrn Blut!

Zweite Strophe.