Euripides Helen 1137

Edward P. Coleridge (Translator)

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Helen. Euripides. Edward P. Coleridge (Translator). London. 1906.

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Current edition Perseus

Helen (English) (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906. (Modernized by Perseus.))

Editions (1)
Ἑλένη Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. III. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1920-1978)) — 1137 focus
Translations (2)
Helen (OCR draft) Experimental (Helen. 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.) — 1137 focus
Was Gott, was nicht Gott sei, was Mittelnatur,
Welch Sterblicher gründet es aus,
Der die fernsten Gränzen durchspåht, daß er schaue der
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Götter Thun,
Welches sich hierhin, dorthin, dann auf feindliche Bahn
Durch ungeahnte Loose schlingt?
Du warst des Zeus Tochter, o Helena, du;
Ein Vogel, zeugt' am Busen Leda's
Dein Vater dich einst:
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Und doch nennt der Ruf in Hellas' Volke dich
„Gottlos, Verruchte, Frevlerin, Verråtherin."
Unsicher dünkt mir Menschenwiz;
Der Götter Wort nur fand ich wahrhaft.
Zweite Gegenstrophe.