Euripides, Electra, Edward P. Coleridge (Translator), 859

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Chorus

Set your step to the dance, my dear,

like a fawn leaping high up to heaven with joy. Your brother is victorious and has accomplished the wearing of a crown . . . beside the streams of Alpheus. Come sing
860

a glorious victory ode, to my dance.
865

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)) — 859 focus

Χορός

θὲς ἐς χορόν, ὦ φίλα, ἴχνος,

ὡς νεβρὸς οὐράνιον
860

πήδημα κουφίζουσα σὺν ἀγλαΐᾳ.

νικᾷ στεφαναφορίαν

κρείσσω τοῖς παρʼ Ἀλφειοῦ ῥεέθροισι τελέσσας

κασίγνητος σέθεν· ἀλλʼ ἐπάειδε

καλλίνικον ᾠδὰν ἐμῷ χορῷ.
865

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.) — 859 focus

Auf, hebe zum Reigen die Füße,

Theure, den luftigen Tanz,

Wie Reh'n des Waldes, hupfend in reizendem Schwung!

Denn schönere Kranze des Siegs,¹
850

Als dort am Strom Alpheios im heiligen Kampf,

Errang dein Bruder. So stimme den schönen

Siegsgesang sofort an zu meinem Tanz!

Euripides Electra 859

Edward P. Coleridge (Translator)

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Chorus

Set your step to the dance, my dear,

like a fawn leaping high up to heaven with joy. Your brother is victorious and has accomplished the wearing of a crown . . . beside the streams of Alpheus. Come sing
860

a glorious victory ode, to my dance.
865

Current edition Perseus

Auf, hebe zum Reigen die Füße,

Theure, den luftigen Tanz,

Wie Reh'n des Waldes, hupfend in reizendem Schwung!

Denn schönere Kranze des Siegs,¹
850

Als dort am Strom Alpheios im heiligen Kampf,

Errang dein Bruder. So stimme den schönen

Siegsgesang sofort an zu meinem Tanz!

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Chorus Set your step to the dance, my dear, like a fawn leaping high up to heaven with joy. Your brother is victorious and has accomplished the wearing of a crown . . . beside the streams of Alpheus. Come sing 860 a glorious victory ode, to my dance. 865

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Auf, hebe zum Reigen die Füße, Theure, den luftigen Tanz, Wie Reh'n des Waldes, hupfend in reizendem Schwung! Denn schönere Kranze des Siegs, 1 850 Als dort am Strom Alpheios im heiligen Kampf, Errang dein Bruder. So stimme den schönen Siegsgesang sofort an zu meinem Tanz!

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Chorus

Set your step to the dance, my dear,

like a fawn leaping high up to heaven with joy. Your brother is victorious and has accomplished the wearing of a crown . . . beside the streams of Alpheus. Come sing
860

a glorious victory ode, to my dance.
865

Auf, hebe zum Reigen die Füße,

Theure, den luftigen Tanz,

Wie Reh'n des Waldes, hupfend in reizendem Schwung!

Denn schönere Kranze des Siegs,¹
850

Als dort am Strom Alpheios im heiligen Kampf,

Errang dein Bruder. So stimme den schönen

Siegsgesang sofort an zu meinem Tanz!