Euripides, The Trojan Women, Edward P. Coleridge (Translator), 840

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Chorus

Ah! Love, Love, who once sought these Dardanian halls, deep-seated in the hearts of heavenly gods, how high you made Troy to tower in those days,
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allying her with deities! But I will cease to urge reproaches against Zeus; for white-winged dawn, whose light is dear to man,
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turned a baleful eye upon our land and watched the ruin of our citadel, though she had within her bridal bower a husband to give her children, ¹ from this land,
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whom once a chariot of gold spangled stars caught up and carried there, great source of hope to his native country ; but all the love the gods once had for Troy is passed away.
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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.))

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Τρῳάδες Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. II. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1921-1962)) — 840 focus

Χορός

Ἔρως Ἔρως, ὃς τὰ Δαρδάνεια μέλαθρά ποτʼ ἦλθες
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οὐρανίδαισι μέλων,

ὡς τότε μὲν μεγάλως Τροίαν ἐπύργωσας, θεοῖσι

κῆδος ἀναψάμενος. τὸ μὲν οὖν Διὸς
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οὐκέτʼ ὄνειδος ἐρῶ·

τὸ τᾶς δὲ λευκοπτέρου

φίλιον Ἁμέρας βροτοῖς

φέγγος ὀλοὸν εἶδε γαῖαν,
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εἶδε περγάμων ὄλεθρον,

τεκνοποιὸν ἔχουσα τᾶσδε

γᾶς πόσιν ἐν θαλάμοις,

ὃν ἀστέρων τέθριππος ἔλα-
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βε χρύσεος ὄχος ἀναρπάσας,

ἐλπίδα γᾷ πατρίᾳ μεγάλαν· τὰ θεῶν δὲ

φίλτρα φροῦδα Τροίᾳ.

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.) — 840 focus

O Liebe, Lieb', einst erschienst
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Du, waltend in himmlischer Götter

Busen, in Dardanos' Haus: machtig erhobest du da

Die Zinnen Troja's, knupftest zwischen

Göttern und Menschen den Bund! Deines Verrathes, o Zeus,

Will ich nimmer gedenken; doch auch¹
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Der weißbeschwingten Eos Licht, den Menschen hold,²

Blickte nieder auf das Land,

Auf die Veste Pergamos, Verderben sinnend,³

Obwohl sie den Jungling aus Troja's

Flur zum Gemahl sich erwählt,
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Den einst der Sterne strahlendes,

Goldenes Viergespann himmelempor entführt,

Glanzende Hoffnung dem Land! Doch die Liebe der Götter

War dahin für Troja!

Menelaos mit Kriegern und Sclaven. Hekabe. Der Chor.

Menelaos.

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The Trojan Women

1. Referring to he union of Aurora and Tithonus

Euripides The Trojan Women 840

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