Euripides Helen 362

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)) — 362 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.) — 362 focus
Unselige Stadt der Troër,
umblüht!
Durch Frevelthat sinkst du, Schweres littest du!
Kypris schuf durch meine Gaben vieles Blut und viele
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Thränen,
Daß du Gram zu Grame, Leid zu Leid empfingst!
Mütter weinten um der Söhne Tod,
Und die Jungfraun, Schwestern edler Todten, schoren sich
Am phrygischen Strome Skamandros.
das Haar
Geschrei, Geschrei erhob Hellas, und klagte
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In lautem Jammer;
An ihr Haupt die Hånde legend, fårbte sie mit blutigen
Schlägen zarte Wangen roth.