Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, Edward P. Coleridge (Translator), 1615

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Clytemnestra

Which of the gods, my child, has stolen you? How am I to address you? How can I be sure¹ that this is not an idle tale told to cheer me, to make me cease my piteous lamentation for you?
1615

Chorus

See! king Agamemnon approaches,

to confirm this story for you.
1620

Iphigenia in Aulis. Euripides. Edward P. Coleridge (Translator). London. 1891.

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Current edition Perseus

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

Editions (1)

Ἰφιγένεια ἐν Αὐλίδι Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. III. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1920-1978)) — 1615 focus

Κλυταιμήστρα

ὦ παῖ, θεῶν τοῦ κλέμμα γέγονας;
1615

πῶς σε προσείπω; πῶς δʼ οὐ φῶ

παραμυθεῖσθαι τούσδε μάτην μύθους,

ὥς σου πένθους λυγροῦ παυσαίμαν;

Χορός

καὶ μὴν Ἀγαμέμνων ἄναξ στείχει,

τούσδʼ αὐτοὺς ἔχων σοι φράζειν μύθους.
1620

Translations (2)

Iphigenia in Aulis (OCR draft) Experimental (Iphigenia in Aulis. 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.) — 1615 focus

Kind, welcher Unsterbliche hat dich entruckt?

Wie red' ich dich an?

Was sag' ich? Die Botschaft wurde doch nicht,
1590

Mich zu trösten, erdacht, mir den traurigen Gram

Um dich aus der Seele zu bannen?

Chor.

Sieh doch, hier kommt der Gebieter heran,

Agamemnon selbst;

Er kann dir das Gleiche verkunden.
1595

Agamemnon.

Notes on the current edition

Iphigenia in Aulis

1. By omitting the stop after φῶ as Nauck edits, and making the sentence continuous, perhaps the simplest explanation of this passage is obtained.

Euripides Iphigenia in Aulis 1615

Edward P. Coleridge (Translator)

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Clytemnestra

Which of the gods, my child, has stolen you? How am I to address you? How can I be sure¹ that this is not an idle tale told to cheer me, to make me cease my piteous lamentation for you?
1615

Chorus

See! king Agamemnon approaches,

to confirm this story for you.
1620

Current edition Perseus

Κλυταιμήστρα

ὦ παῖ, θεῶν τοῦ κλέμμα γέγονας;
1615

πῶς σε προσείπω; πῶς δʼ οὐ φῶ

παραμυθεῖσθαι τούσδε μάτην μύθους,

ὥς σου πένθους λυγροῦ παυσαίμαν;

Χορός

καὶ μὴν Ἀγαμέμνων ἄναξ στείχει,

τούσδʼ αὐτοὺς ἔχων σοι φράζειν μύθους.
1620

Kind, welcher Unsterbliche hat dich entruckt?

Wie red' ich dich an?

Was sag' ich? Die Botschaft wurde doch nicht,
1590

Mich zu trösten, erdacht, mir den traurigen Gram

Um dich aus der Seele zu bannen?

Chor.

Sieh doch, hier kommt der Gebieter heran,

Agamemnon selbst;

Er kann dir das Gleiche verkunden.
1595

Agamemnon.

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers

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Clytemnestra Which of the gods, my child, has stolen you? How am I to address you? How can I be sure 1 that this is not an idle tale told to cheer me, to make me cease my piteous lamentation for you? 1615

Chorus See! king Agamemnon approaches, to confirm this story for you. 1620

Current edition Perseus

Κλυταιμήστρα ὦ παῖ, θεῶν τοῦ κλέμμα γέγονας; 1615 πῶς σε προσείπω; πῶς δʼ οὐ φῶ παραμυθεῖσθαι τούσδε μάτην μύθους, ὥς σου πένθους λυγροῦ παυσαίμαν;

Χορός καὶ μὴν Ἀγαμέμνων ἄναξ στείχει, τούσδʼ αὐτοὺς ἔχων σοι φράζειν μύθους. 1620

Kind, welcher Unsterbliche hat dich entruckt? Wie red' ich dich an? Was sag' ich? Die Botschaft wurde doch nicht, 1590 Mich zu trösten, erdacht, mir den traurigen Gram Um dich aus der Seele zu bannen?

Chor. Sieh doch, hier kommt der Gebieter heran, Agamemnon selbst; Er kann dir das Gleiche verkunden. 1595

Agamemnon.

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers

Clytemnestra

Which of the gods, my child, has stolen you? How am I to address you? How can I be sure¹ that this is not an idle tale told to cheer me, to make me cease my piteous lamentation for you?
1615

Chorus

See! king Agamemnon approaches,

to confirm this story for you.
1620

Κλυταιμήστρα

ὦ παῖ, θεῶν τοῦ κλέμμα γέγονας;
1615

πῶς σε προσείπω; πῶς δʼ οὐ φῶ

παραμυθεῖσθαι τούσδε μάτην μύθους,

ὥς σου πένθους λυγροῦ παυσαίμαν;

Χορός

καὶ μὴν Ἀγαμέμνων ἄναξ στείχει,

τούσδʼ αὐτοὺς ἔχων σοι φράζειν μύθους.
1620

Kind, welcher Unsterbliche hat dich entruckt?

Wie red' ich dich an?

Was sag' ich? Die Botschaft wurde doch nicht,
1590

Mich zu trösten, erdacht, mir den traurigen Gram

Um dich aus der Seele zu bannen?

Chor.

Sieh doch, hier kommt der Gebieter heran,

Agamemnon selbst;

Er kann dir das Gleiche verkunden.
1595