Euripides The Trojan Women 1100

Edward P. Coleridge (Translator)

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The Trojan Women. Euripides. Edward P. Coleridge (Translator). London. 1906.

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Current edition Perseus

The Trojan Women (English) (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906. (Modernized by Perseus.))

Editions (1)
Τρῳάδες Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. II. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1921-1962)) — 1100 focus
Translations (2)
The Trojan Dames (OCR draft) Experimental (The Trojan Dames. 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.) — 1100 focus
Wenn das unselige Boot
Mitten die See durchschneidet,
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Dann schmettre nieder in die Bark' ein heiliger
Strahl im Aegåermeere von Zeus her, 1
Weil es von Ilion mich lautweinende,
Vom Vaterland, als Sclavin führt nach Hellas,
Und goldne Spiegel, Wonnelust
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Der Mädchen, trågt für Helena,
Die Tochter Zeus'! Daß er niemals
Zur Flur Sparta's komme, nie
Zum uralten Herd, der Ahnen Siz,
Oder in Pitane's Stadt, oder, o Pallas, in dein 2
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Ehernes Haus, der Mann, der durch das schåndliche Weib
Trauer dem Simois bringt
Und Schmach der großen Hellas!

Notes on the current edition

The Trojan Women

1. Part of Sparta was so called.
2. Athena of the Brazen House, a temple on the acropolis.