Euripides Orestes 971

Edward P. Coleridge (Translator)

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Orestes. Euripides. Edward P. Coleridge (Translator). London. 1891.

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Current edition Perseus

Orestes (English) (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. II. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1891. (Modernized by Perseus.))

Editions (1)
Ὀρέστης Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. III. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1920-1978)) — 971 focus
Translations (2)
Orestes (OCR draft) Experimental (Orestes. 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, 1841; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (Euripides. Deutsch in den Versmaßen der Urschrift. Volume 1, Heidelberg: C. F. Winter, 1841. 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.) — 971 focus
Geschwunden ist, geschwunden, hin der ganze Stamm
Der Kinder Pelops', und der Ruhm, der einst umstrahlt
Dieses Haus des Glückes:
960
Der Götter Neid ergriff es und das feindliche
Todesurtheil in Argos Stadt.
weh, weh, thrånenreich mühvoll Geschlecht
Der Tagessöhne, sehet, wie naht unverhofft
Uns das Schicksal!
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Stets andres Leid um andres schickt
Wechselnd uns die lange Zeit;
Stets ungewiß wankt der Menschen Leben.
Schlußgesang.