Euripides, The Trojan Women, ed. Gilbert Murray, 531

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Χορός

πᾶσα δὲ γέννα Φρυγῶν

πρὸς πύλας ὡρμάθη,

πεύκᾳ ἐν οὐρεΐᾳ ξεστὸν λόχον Ἀργείων

καὶ Δαρδανίας ἄταν θέᾳ δώσων,
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χάριν ἄζυγος ἀμβροτοπώλου·

κλωστοῦ δʼ ἀμφιβόλοις λίνοιο ναὸς ὡσεὶ

σκάφος κελαινόν, εἰς ἕδρανα

λάινα δάπεδά τε φόνια πατρί-
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δι Παλλάδος θέσαν θεᾶς.

ἐπὶ δὲ πόνῳ καὶ χαρᾷ

νύχιον ἐπεὶ κνέφας παρῆν,

Λίβυς τε λωτὸς ἐκτύπει

Φρύγιά τε μέλεα, παρθένοι δʼ
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ἀέριον ἀνὰ κρότον ποδῶν

βοὰν ἔμελπον εὔφρονʼ, ἐν

δόμοις δὲ παμφαὲς σέλας

πυρὸς μέλαιναν αἴγλαν

ἄκος ἔδωκεν ὕπνῳ.
550

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.)) — 531 focus

Chorus

Then hastened all the race of Phrygia to the gates, to make the goddess a present of an Argive band ambushed in the polished mountain-pine,

Dardania’s ruin, a welcome gift to be to her, the virgin queen of deathless steeds; and with nooses of cord they dragged it, as it had been a ship’s dark hull, to the stone-built
535

temple of the goddess Pallas, and set it on that floor so soon to drink our country’s blood. But, as they labored and made merry, came on the pitchy night; loud the Libyan flute was sounding,
540

and Phrygian songs awoke, while maidens beat the ground with airy foot, uplifting their glad song; and in the halls a blaze of torchlight shed its flickering shadows
545

on sleeping eyes.
550

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.) — 531 focus

Phrygia's Söhne gesammt
530

Stürmen hin zum Thore,

Wollen der Danaer Trug,

Das Fichtengebild vom Berg,

Dardania's Unheil, ihr

Zum Dank weihen,¹
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Der unsterblichen züchtigen Jungfrau.

Rings mit Schlingen von Lein

Umwunden ward's, wie des Schiffes

Bräunliches Boot, und zum marmornen Siz,

Zum Tempel Athene's, unserer Stadt
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Verderben, zog man es aufwärts.

Doch unter'm Werk, unter der Lust,

Brach die dustere Nacht herein.

Hell klang die Flöte Libya's

Bei Phrygerweisen; im Tanze schwang
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In die Lüfte sich der Mädchen Fuß

Zum Schalle froher Lieder: in

Den Häusern sprüht der Fackeln Strahl

Des Feuers dunklen Glanz aus,

Bescheint müde Schläfer.
550
Schlußgesang.

Euripides The Trojan Women 531

ed. Gilbert Murray

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