Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, ed. Gilbert Murray, 407

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Χορός

ἦ ῥοθίοις εἰλατίνας

δικρότοισι κώπας ἔπλευ-

σαν ἐπὶ πόντια κύματα, νά-

ιον ὄχημα λινοπόροις αὔραις,
410

φιλόπλουτον ἅμιλλαν

αὔξοντες μελάθροισιν;

φίλα γὰρ ἐλπίς γʼ, ἐπί τε πήμασιν βροτῶν

ἄπληστος ἀνθρώποις, ὄλ-
415

βου βάρος οἳ φέρονται

πλάνητες ἐπʼ οἶδμα πόλεις τε βαρβάρους περῶντες,

κοινᾷ δόξᾳ·

γνώμα δʼ οἷς μὲν ἄκαιρος ὄλ-

βου, τοῖς δʼ ἐς μέσον ἥκει.
420

Iphigenia in Tauris. Euripides. ed. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. 1913.

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

Translations (3)

Iphigenia Among the Tauri Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. II. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1891. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 407 focus

Chorus

Did they sail the pine-wood oars with double beat of surge, over the waves of the sea,

a chariot of a ship in breezes that move the linen sails, to increase the contest of wealth for their halls? For hope is sweet, and
410

insatiable in mortals, to their hurt, for those who bear away the weight of wealth, wandering over the wave and crossing to barbarian cities, with one expectation. But thought of wealth comes at the wrong time for some,
415

while for others it comes moderately.
420

Iphigenia in Tauris (OCR draft) Experimental (Iphigenia in Tauris. 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, 1845; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (Euripides. Deutsch in den Versmaßen der Urschrift. Volume 2, Heidelberg: C. F. Winter, 1845. 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.) — 407 focus

Trieben sie wohl, rauschende tannene Doppelruder

Schwingend, durch wogende Fluten den schwimmenden

Wagen, (in die Segel bliesen die Winde schwellend,)¹

Um die Wette den Reichthum ihres Hauses zu mehren?

Denn süße Hoffnung ist es, die, den Sterblichen
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Zum Leid, sich nicht erschöpft;

Aus ziehn sie, das Glück zu gewinnen,

Durchirren die Meere, besuchen fremder Menschen Städte,

Voll thörichten Wahns.²

Harrst du still auf des Glückes Zeit,³
400

Ungerufen erscheint es.

Zweite Strophe.

Euripides Iphigenia in Tauris 407

ed. Gilbert Murray

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