Euripides, Helen, ed. Gilbert Murray, 1301

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Χορός

Ὀρεία ποτὲ δρομάδι κώ-

λῳ μάτηρ θεῶν ἐσύθη ἀνʼ

ὑλάεντα νάπη

ποτάμιόν τε χεῦμʼ ὑδάτων

βαρύβρομόν τε κῦμʼ ἅλιον
1305

πόθῳ τᾶς ἀποιχομένας

ἀρρήτου κούρας.

κρόταλα δὲ βρόμια διαπρύσιον

ἱέντα κέλαδον ἀνεβόα,

θηρῶν ὅτε ζυγίους
1310

ζευξάσᾳ θεᾷ σατίνας

τὰν ἁρπασθεῖσαν κυκλίων

χορῶν ἔξω παρθενίων

μετὰ κούραν, ἀελλόποδες,

ἃ μὲν τόξοις Ἄρτεμις, ἃ δʼ
1315

ἔγχει Γοργῶπις πάνοπλος,

συνείποντο. Ζεὺς δʼ ἑδράνων

αὐγάζων ἐξ οὐρανίων

ἄλλαν μοῖραν ἔκραινε.

Helen. Euripides. ed. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. 1913.

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Current edition Perseus

Ἑλένη (Greek) (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. III. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1920-1978))

Translations (3)

Helen Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 1301 focus

Chorus

Once with swift foot the mountain mother of the gods rushed through the wooded glen, and the river’s streams

and the deep-thundering sea wave, yearning for her lost daughter, whose name may not be spoken. The loudly rattling castanets cried out a shrill sound,
1305

when they, swift-footed as whirlwinds, followed the goddess on her chariot yoked to wild creatures, after the girl that was snatched away from the circling chorus of maidens—
1310

here Artemis with her bow, and there the grim-eyed goddess, in full armor, with her spear. But Zeus, who sees clearly from his throne in heaven, brought to pass another destiny.
1315

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.) — 1301 focus

Die bergliebende Göttermutter

Sturmt' einst auf waldigen Höhn

Dahin mit flüchtigem Fuß,
1250

Durch hinwallender Strome Lauf,

Durch lautdonnernde Meeresflut,

Nach der Hehren verlangend, die

Der Nachtgott entführt.

Der Bacchosklappern eherner Ton scholl hell in Berg' und¹
1255

Wälder hin,

und rief

Nachdem sie der Löwen Gespann' in die Joche geschirrt,

Ihr, die der Schattenherrscher entrückt

Aus der Jungfraun kreisendem Chor.

Und es folgt auf den Schwingen des Sturms

Artemis, mit Pfeilen bewehrt, Pallas mit Speer und Gorgoschild.
1260

Doch vom Himmel schauend, verhångt' andre Loose die

Gottheit.

Erste Gegenstrophe.

Euripides Helen 1301

ed. Gilbert Murray

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