Euripides, Electra, Edward P. Coleridge (Translator), 1190

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Orestes

Ah, Phoebus! you proclaimed in song unclear justice, but you have brought about clear woes, and granted me a bloody destiny far from the land of Hellas . To what other city can I go?
1190

What host, what pious man will look at me, who killed my mother?
1195

Electra

Ah me! Where can I go, to what dance, to what marriage? What husband will receive me

into the bridal bed?
1200

Chorus

Again, again your thought changes with the breeze; for now you think piously, though you did not before, and you did dreadful things,

my dear, to your unwilling brother.
1205

Electra. Euripides. Edward P. Coleridge (Translator). London. 1891.

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Current edition Perseus

Electra (English) (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. II. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1891. (Modernized by Perseus.))

Editions (1)

Ἠλέκτρα Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. II. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1921-1962)) — 1190 focus

Ὀρέστης

ἰὼ Φοῖβʼ, ἀνύμνησας δίκαιʼ
1190

ἄφαντα, φανερὰ δʼ ἐξέπρα-

ξας ἄχεα, φόνια δʼ ὤπασας

λάχεʼ ἀπὸ γᾶς τᾶς Ἑλλανίδος.

τίνα δʼ ἑτέραν μόλω πόλιν;

τίς ξένος, τίς εὐσεβὴς
1195

ἐμὸν κάρα προσόψεται

ματέρα κτανόντος;

Ἠλέκτρα

ἰὼ ἰώ μοι. ποῖ δʼ ἐγώ, τίνʼ ἐς χορόν,

τίνα γάμον εἶμι; τίς πόσις με δέξεται

νυμφικὰς ἐς εὐνάς;
1200

Χορός

πάλιν, πάλιν φρόνημα σὸν

μετεστάθη πρὸς αὔραν·

φρονεῖς γὰρ ὅσια νῦν, τότʼ οὐ

φρονοῦσα, δεινὰ δʼ εἰργάσω,

φίλα, κασίγνητον οὐ θέλοντα.
1205

Translations (2)

Electra (OCR draft) Experimental (Electra. 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.) — 1190 focus

O weh, daß du mir die Rach' anbefahlst,

Phobos, unaussprechlich unverhehlbar blutiges Leid mir schusst!¹
1175

In welch andre Stadt entflieh' ich?

Welcher Fremdling, welcher Fromme, scheute nicht mich an-

Der den Schooß der Mutter schlug?

Elektra.

zuschaun,

Wohin, wohin, ach, werd' ich gehn? Zu welchem Tanz,

zu welchem Hochzeitseste? Welcher Gemahl empfångt
1180

Mich im Brautgemache?

Drestes.

In andern Sinn ist dein Gemuth gewandelt nach dem

Winde!

Fromm denkst du jezt, und anders dachtest du zuvor:

Grausam, Liebe, thatest du

An mir, der sich straubte, Schwester.
1185

Euripides Electra 1190

Edward P. Coleridge (Translator)

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Orestes

Ah, Phoebus! you proclaimed in song unclear justice, but you have brought about clear woes, and granted me a bloody destiny far from the land of Hellas . To what other city can I go?
1190

What host, what pious man will look at me, who killed my mother?
1195

Electra

Ah me! Where can I go, to what dance, to what marriage? What husband will receive me

into the bridal bed?
1200

Chorus

Again, again your thought changes with the breeze; for now you think piously, though you did not before, and you did dreadful things,

my dear, to your unwilling brother.
1205

Current edition Perseus

Ἠλέκτρα

ἰὼ ἰώ μοι. ποῖ δʼ ἐγώ, τίνʼ ἐς χορόν,

τίνα γάμον εἶμι; τίς πόσις με δέξεται

νυμφικὰς ἐς εὐνάς;
1200

Χορός

πάλιν, πάλιν φρόνημα σὸν

μετεστάθη πρὸς αὔραν·

φρονεῖς γὰρ ὅσια νῦν, τότʼ οὐ

φρονοῦσα, δεινὰ δʼ εἰργάσω,

φίλα, κασίγνητον οὐ θέλοντα.
1205

O weh, daß du mir die Rach' anbefahlst,

Phobos, unaussprechlich unverhehlbar blutiges Leid mir schusst!¹
1175

In welch andre Stadt entflieh' ich?

Welcher Fremdling, welcher Fromme, scheute nicht mich an-

Der den Schooß der Mutter schlug?

Elektra.

zuschaun,

Wohin, wohin, ach, werd' ich gehn? Zu welchem Tanz,

zu welchem Hochzeitseste? Welcher Gemahl empfångt
1180

Mich im Brautgemache?

Drestes.

In andern Sinn ist dein Gemuth gewandelt nach dem

Winde!

Fromm denkst du jezt, und anders dachtest du zuvor:

Grausam, Liebe, thatest du

An mir, der sich straubte, Schwester.
1185

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Orestes Ah, Phoebus! you proclaimed in song unclear justice, but you have brought about clear woes, and granted me a bloody destiny far from the land of Hellas . To what other city can I go? 1190 What host, what pious man will look at me, who killed my mother? 1195

Electra Ah me! Where can I go, to what dance, to what marriage? What husband will receive me into the bridal bed? 1200

Chorus Again, again your thought changes with the breeze; for now you think piously, though you did not before, and you did dreadful things, my dear, to your unwilling brother. 1205

Current edition Perseus

Ἠλέκτρα ἰὼ ἰώ μοι. ποῖ δʼ ἐγώ, τίνʼ ἐς χορόν, τίνα γάμον εἶμι; τίς πόσις με δέξεται νυμφικὰς ἐς εὐνάς; 1200

Χορός πάλιν, πάλιν φρόνημα σὸν μετεστάθη πρὸς αὔραν· φρονεῖς γὰρ ὅσια νῦν, τότʼ οὐ φρονοῦσα, δεινὰ δʼ εἰργάσω, φίλα, κασίγνητον οὐ θέλοντα. 1205

O weh, daß du mir die Rach' anbefahlst, Phobos, unaussprechlich unverhehlbar blutiges Leid mir schusst! 1 1175 In welch andre Stadt entflieh' ich? Welcher Fremdling, welcher Fromme, scheute nicht mich an- Der den Schooß der Mutter schlug?

Elektra. zuschaun, Wohin, wohin, ach, werd' ich gehn? Zu welchem Tanz, zu welchem Hochzeitseste? Welcher Gemahl empfångt 1180 Mich im Brautgemache?

Drestes. In andern Sinn ist dein Gemuth gewandelt nach dem Winde! Fromm denkst du jezt, und anders dachtest du zuvor: Grausam, Liebe, thatest du An mir, der sich straubte, Schwester. 1185

Stable identifiers

Orestes

Ah, Phoebus! you proclaimed in song unclear justice, but you have brought about clear woes, and granted me a bloody destiny far from the land of Hellas . To what other city can I go?
1190

What host, what pious man will look at me, who killed my mother?
1195

Electra

Ah me! Where can I go, to what dance, to what marriage? What husband will receive me

into the bridal bed?
1200

Chorus

Again, again your thought changes with the breeze; for now you think piously, though you did not before, and you did dreadful things,

my dear, to your unwilling brother.
1205

Ἠλέκτρα

ἰὼ ἰώ μοι. ποῖ δʼ ἐγώ, τίνʼ ἐς χορόν,

τίνα γάμον εἶμι; τίς πόσις με δέξεται

νυμφικὰς ἐς εὐνάς;
1200

Χορός

πάλιν, πάλιν φρόνημα σὸν

μετεστάθη πρὸς αὔραν·

φρονεῖς γὰρ ὅσια νῦν, τότʼ οὐ

φρονοῦσα, δεινὰ δʼ εἰργάσω,

φίλα, κασίγνητον οὐ θέλοντα.
1205

O weh, daß du mir die Rach' anbefahlst,

Phobos, unaussprechlich unverhehlbar blutiges Leid mir schusst!¹
1175

In welch andre Stadt entflieh' ich?

Welcher Fremdling, welcher Fromme, scheute nicht mich an-

Der den Schooß der Mutter schlug?

Elektra.

zuschaun,

Wohin, wohin, ach, werd' ich gehn? Zu welchem Tanz,

zu welchem Hochzeitseste? Welcher Gemahl empfångt
1180

Mich im Brautgemache?

Drestes.

In andern Sinn ist dein Gemuth gewandelt nach dem

Winde!

Fromm denkst du jezt, und anders dachtest du zuvor:

Grausam, Liebe, thatest du

An mir, der sich straubte, Schwester.
1185