Euripides Ion 1177

ed. Gilbert Murray

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ἐπεὶ δʼ ἐς αὐλοὺς ἧκον ἐς κρατῆρά τε
κοινόν, γέρων ἔλεξʼ· Ἀφαρπάζειν χρεὼν
οἰνηρὰ τεύχη σμικρά, μεγάλα δʼ ἐσφέρειν,
ὡς θᾶσσον ἔλθωσʼ οἵδʼ ἐς ἡδονὰς φρενῶν.
1180
ἦν δὴ φερόντων μόχθος ἀργυρηλάτους
χρυσέας τε φιάλας· ὃ δὲ λαβὼν ἐξαίρετον,
ὡς τῷ νέῳ δὴ δεσπότῃ χάριν φέρων,
ἔδωκε πλῆρες τεῦχος, εἰς οἶνον βαλὼν
ὅ φασι δοῦναι φάρμακον δραστήριον
1185
δέσποιναν, ὡς παῖς ὁ νέος ἐκλίποι φάος·
κοὐδεὶς τάδʼ ᾔδειν. ἐν χεροῖν ἔχοντι δὲ
σπονδὰς μετʼ ἄλλων παιδὶ τῷ πεφηνότι
βλασφημίαν τις οἰκετῶν ἐφθέγξατο·
ὁ δʼ, ὡς ἐν ἱερῷ μάντεσίν τʼ ἐσθλοῖς τραφείς,
1190
οἰωνὸν ἔθετο, κἀκέλευσʼ ἄλλον νέον
κρατῆρα πληροῦν· τὰς δὲ πρὶν σπονδὰς θεοῦ
δίδωσι γαίᾳ, πᾶσί τʼ ἐκσπένδειν λέγει.
σιγὴ δʼ ὑπῆλθεν. ἐκ δʼ ἐπίμπλαμεν δρόσου
κρατῆρας ἱεροὺς Βυβλίνου τε πώματος.
1195
κἀν τῷδε μόχθῳ πτηνὸς ἐσπίπτει δόμοις
κῶμος πελειῶν — Λοξίου γὰρ ἐν δόμοις
ἄτρεστα ναίουσʼ — ὡς δʼ ἀπέσπεισαν μέθυ,
ἐς αὐτὸ χείλη πώματος κεχρημέναι
καθῆκαν, εἷλκον δʼ εὐπτέρους ἐς αὐχένας.
1200

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

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

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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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Ion Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906.) — 1177 focus
Now when they were come to the time for the flute-players and the general libation, cried out that aged servitor, Hence with these tiny cups! bring larger goblets,
that our guests may find a quicker route to joyousness. Thereon came servants bending ’neath the weight of goblets chased with silver and golden chalices; and that old man, as if to do his youthful lord a special service, chose out and offered to him a brimming bumper, when he had cast into the wine
1180
that potent philtre which, men say, his mistress gave to him to end the young man’s days on earth; and no man knew of this; but just as he so lately found held in his hand the drink-offering, the others following suit, some servant there uttered a word of evil import;
1185
whereat the stripling, as one who had been reared within the shrine amid reputed seers, deemed this an omen and bade them fill a fresh goblet, but that first drink-offering to the god he poured upon the ground and bade all others do the like. And silence stole upon them;
1190
while we with water and Phoenician wine were filling high the sacred bowls. While thus we were busied, comes a flight of doves and settles in the tent, for these dwell fearlessly in the courts of Loxias. Soon as the guests had poured away the luscious juice, those thirsty birds did dip their beaks therein,
1195
drawing it up into their feathered throats.
1200
Ion (OCR draft) Experimental (Ion. Robert Potter's English verse translation, first published in 1781–1783; text from the 1808 Oxford printing.)

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

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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.) — 1177 focus
Drauf als die Flåten klangen und der Rundpokal 1
Umging, begann der Alte: „schaffet ungesäumt
Hinweg die kleinen Becher und die großen bringt:
So zieht die Freude rascher ein in jede Brust!"
Da mühten sich die Knechte, brachten silberne
1160
Und goldne Becher, und den schönsten nimmt der Greis,
Damit er wohlgefällig sei dem neuen Herrn,
Und reicht den vollen Weinpokal, in welchen er
Schnellwirkend Gift geworfen, das, den neuen Sohn
Damit zu todten, sagt man, ihm die Herrin gab.
1165
Das wußte Niemand. Als der neugefundne Sohn
Trankopfer spenden wollte mit den Anderen:
Da scholl aus eines Dieners Mund ein arges Wort.
Er, der bei wackern Sehern groß im Tempel ward,
Nahm dies als Ungluckzeichen, ließ den Becher sich
1170
Mit neuem Weine fullen, und den ersten Trunk
Der Erde weihend, heißt er all' ein Gleiches thun. 2
Nun herrschte Schweigen, und mit Wasser füllten wir
- Geweihte Becher und mit Trank von Biblos' Höhn. 3
Indeß wir solches thaten, flog ein Taubenschwarm
1175
Zum Belt heran: denn ungefährdet wohnen sie
Am Haus Apollons. Als sie nun den Wein gesprengt:
Da tauchten jene voller Gier die Schnabel ein, 4
Und schlurften ihn den federreichen Hals hinab.