Euripides Ion 472

ed. Gilbert Murray

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Χορός

ὑπερβαλλούσας γὰρ ἔχει

θνατοῖς εὐδαιμονίας

ἀκίνητον ἀφορμάν,

τέκνων οἷς ἂν καρποτρόφοι
475

λάμπωσιν ἐν θαλάμοις

πατρίοισι νεάνιδες ἧβαι,

διαδέκτορα πλοῦτον

ὡς ἕξοντες ἐκ πατέρων

ἑτέροις ἐπὶ τέκνοις.
480

ἀλκά τε γὰρ ἐν κακοῖς

σύν τʼ εὐτυχίαις φίλον,

δορί τε γᾷ πατρίᾳ φέρει

σωτήριον ἀλκάν.

ἐμοὶ μὲν πλούτου τε πάρος
485

βασιλικῶν τʼ εἶεν θαλάμων

τροφαὶ κήδειοι κεδνῶν γε τέκνων.

τὸν ἄπαιδα δʼ ἀποστυγῶ

βίον, ᾧ τε δοκεῖ ψέγω·

μετὰ δὲ κτεάνων μετρίων βιοτᾶς
490

εὔπαιδος ἐχοίμαν.

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))

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.) — 472 focus

Chorus

For this brings to man a settled source of all-surpassing bliss,

even to such as see in their ancestral halls a splendid race of strong young parents blest with offspring, to inherit from their sires
475

their wealth in due succession after other children; yea, for they are a defence in time of trouble, and add a charm to weal, affording to their fatherland a saving help in battle.
480

Give me before the pomp of wealth or royal marriages the careful nurture of noble children. The childless life I do abhor, and him who thinks it good I blame;
485

to a happy life amongst my children, blest with moderate wealth, may I hold fast.
490

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.) — 472 focus

Denn das baut ja den Sterblichen
470

Für überschwängliches Gluck

Den nie wankenden Grund auf,

Wenn im Glanze der Jugend ein

Geschlecht, frischgrunend und stark,

Aufblüht in den heimischen Hallen,
475

Um der Våter ererbten

Reichthum fortzupflanzen vom Ahn

Auf andre Geschlechter.

Denn das ist Schirm in der Noth

Und Wonn' in den Tagen des Glücks,
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Ist im Kriege dem Heimatland

Die rettende Schuzwehr.

Mir gilt höher, als Reichthum, als

Königlicher Gemåcher Prunk,

485/ Die sorgfältige Zucht edler Kinder.
485

Doch ein kinderlos Leben hass' ich,

Und tadele, wem es gefällt.

O wår' ich bei måßigem Gut an ein Loos,

Das Kinder begluckten, gekettet!

Schlußgesang.