Euripides Bacchae 64

T. A. Buckley (Translator)

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Bacchae. Euripides. T. A. Buckley (Translator). London. 1850.

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Current edition Perseus

The Bacchae (English) (Euripides. The Tragedies of Euripides. Vol. I. Buckley, Theodore Alois, translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1850. (Modernized by Perseus.))

Editions (1)
Βάκχαι Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. III. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1920-1978)) — 64 focus
Translations (2)
The Bacchae (OCR draft) Experimental (The Bacchae. 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.) — 64 focus
Von dem asischen Land
(ab.)
Und von dir, heiliger Berg Tmolos, entschwang ich mich daher 1
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Zu der leichtfertigen Arbeit, zu dem anmuthigen Werk,
Singe den Gott Bromios, jauchz' ihm laut.
Wer weilt auf dem Pfad? Wer in den Wohnungen? Er entweiche, 2
Und zu Worten der Weihe heilige Jeder den Mund!
Denn nach dem Brauch seier' ich ihn hoch im Gesang, den
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Bromios.
Erste Strophe.

Notes on the current edition

Bacchae

1. Lit. shouting the ritual cry εὐοῖ.
2. E. R. Dodds takes this passage
Let everyone come outside being sure to keep his mouth pure
. He does not believe that there should be a full stop after the third τίς.