Euripides The Trojan Women 386

ed. Gilbert Murray

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Τρῶες δὲ πρῶτον μέν, τὸ κάλλιστον κλέος,
ὑπὲρ πάτρας ἔθνῃσκον· οὓς δʼ ἕλοι δόρυ,
νεκροί γʼ ἐς οἴκους φερόμενοι φίλων ὕπο
ἐν γῇ πατρῴᾳ περιβολὰς εἶχον χθονός,
χερσὶν περισταλέντες ὧν ἐχρῆν ὕπο·
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ὅσοι δὲ μὴ θάνοιεν ἐν μάχῃ Φρυγῶν,
ἀεὶ κατʼ ἦμαρ σὺν δάμαρτι καὶ τέκνοις
ᾤκουν, Ἀχαιοῖς ὧν ἀπῆσαν ἡδοναί.
τὰ δʼ Ἕκτορός σοι λύπρʼ ἄκουσον ὡς ἔχει·
δόξας ἀνὴρ ἄριστος οἴχεται θανών,
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καὶ τοῦτʼ Ἀχαιῶν ἵξις ἐξεργάζεται·
εἰ δʼ ἦσαν οἴκοι, χρηστὸς ὢν ἐλάνθανεν.
Πάρις δʼ ἔγημε τὴν Διός· γήμας δὲ μή,
σιγώμενον τὸ κῆδος εἶχεν ἐν δόμοις.
φεύγειν μὲν οὖν χρὴ πόλεμον ὅστις εὖ φρονεῖ·
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εἰ δʼ ἐς τόδʼ ἔλθοι, στέφανος οὐκ αἰσχρὸς πόλει
καλῶς ὀλέσθαι, μὴ καλῶς δὲ δυσκλεές.
ὧν οὕνεκʼ οὐ χρή, μῆτερ, οἰκτίρειν σε γῆν,
οὐ τἀμὰ λέκτρα· τοὺς γὰρ ἐχθίστους ἐμοὶ
καὶ σοὶ γάμοισι τοῖς ἐμοῖς διαφθερῶ.
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The Trojan Women. Euripides. ed. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. 1913.

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

Translations (3)
The Trojan Women Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 386 focus
But the Trojans were dying, first for their fatherland, fairest fame to win; whomever the sword took, all these found friends to bear their bodies home and were laid to rest in the embrace of their native land,
their funeral rites all duly paid by duteous hands. And all such Phrygians as escaped the warrior’s death lived always day by day with wife and children by them, joys the Achaeans had left behind. As for Hector and his griefs, hear how the case stands;
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he is dead and gone, but still his fame remains as bravest of the brave, and this was a result of the Achaeans’ coming; for had they remained at home, his worth would have gone unnoticed. And Paris married the daughter of Zeus, whereas, had he never done so, the alliance he made in his family would have been forgotten.
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Whoever is wise should fly from making war; but if he come to this, a noble death will crown his city with glory, a coward’s end with shame. Therefore, mother, you should not pity your country or my bed, for this my marriage
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will destroy those whom you and I most hate.
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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.) — 386 focus
Den Troërn aber Ehre, die (der schonste Ruhm!)
Für ihre Heimat fielen! Die das Schwert erschlug,
Todt heimgetragen wurden sie von Freundeshand,
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Und fanden ihres Grabes Hüll' im Vaterland,
Beschickt von Hånden, welchen das die Pflicht gebot.
Doch jene Phryger, welche nicht der Kampf entseelt,
Sie waren täglich bei Gemahl und Kind daheim,
Der Lust sich freuend, welche kein Achåer fand.
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Nun hore noch von deines Hektor Jammerloos: 1
Als erster Held geachtet fand er seinen Tod.
Der Griechen Ankunft ist es, der du dieses dankst,
Weil, kamen sie nicht, Hektors Nuhm im Dunkel blieb.
Paris gewann Zeus' Tochter; ward ihm diese nicht,
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Ein Mädchen ohne Namen hått' er heimgefuhrt.
Wohl ziemt es, wenn man weise denkt, den Krieg zu fliehn;
Doch, kam es dahin, ist es kein ruhmloser Kranz
Dem Vaterlande, wenn du stirbst des Helden Tod,
Indeß ein feiger Untergang ihm Schande bringt.
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Deßhalb, o Mutter, jammre nicht um mein Geschick
Und nicht um Troja; Jenen, die vor Allen mir
Und dir verhaßt sind, bringt mein Hochzeitfest den Tod.