Euripides Ion 128

ed. Gilbert Murray

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Ἴων

καλόν γε τὸν πόνον, ὦ

Φοῖβε, σοὶ πρὸ δόμων λατρεύ-

ω τιμῶν μαντεῖον ἕδραν·
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κλεινὸς δʼ ὁ πόνος μοι

θεοῖσιν δούλαν χέρʼ ἔχειν

οὐ θνατοῖς, ἀλλʼ ἀθανάτοις·

εὐφάμους δὲ πόνους

μοχθεῖν οὐκ ἀποκάμνω.
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Φοῖβός μοι γενέτωρ πατήρ·

τὸν βόσκοντα γὰρ εὐλογῶ,

τὸ δʼ ὠφέλιμον ἐμοὶ πατέρος

ὄνομα λέγω

Φοίβου τοῦ κατὰ ναόν.
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ὦ Παιὰν ὦ Παιάν,

εὐαίων εὐαίων

εἴης, ὦ Λατοῦς παῖ.

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.) — 128 focus

Ion

Fair the service that I render to thee, Phoebus, before thy house,

honouring thy seat of prophecy; a glorious task I count it, to serve not mortal man but deathless gods; wherefore I never weary
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of performing holy services. Phoebus is to me as the father that begot me, for as such I praise the god that gives me food. Whom I call by that helpful name of father,
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Tis Phoebus, who dwelleth in the temple, Hail Paean, healing god, good luck to thee and blessing, child of Latona!
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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.)

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.) — 128 focus

Wie schön ist, Phobos, der Dienst,

Den ich übe vor deinem Hause,

Fromm ehrend den Sehersiz:

Wie rühmlich die Mühe,
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Den Göttern die dienende Hand zu leihn,

Die nicht sterblich, die ewig sind!

In so loblichen Müh'n will ich

Nimmer ermüden.

Phobos ist mir Vater; denn hoch
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Preis' ich meinen Pfleger und Freund.

Ihn, treu mir und hold, nenn' ich ja meinen Vater wohl,

Phobos hier in dem Tempel.

Påan, Påan, sei glückselig, stets glückselig,

Herrlicher Sohn der Leto!
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