Euripides The Trojan Women 595

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)) — 595 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.) — 595 focus
Wir, groß waren wir einst! Dies Leiden erdulden wir, Arme,
Nun hinstürzte die Stadt; zu dem Jammer gesellt sich der
Jammer,
Feindlicher Götter Geschick, seit Paris entsloh dem Verhängniß,
Der durch frevelnde Liebe die troische Feste zerstört hat.
Blutige Leichname liegen am heiligen Tempel Athenes,
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Geiern zum Raube geweiht, und auf Ilion lastet die Knecht-

Notes on the current edition

The Trojan Women

1. i.e., Paris, who had been exposed to die on account of an oracle foretelling the misery he would cause if he grew to man’s estate; but shepherds had found him on the hills and reared him.