Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, Edward P. Coleridge (Translator), 185

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Chorus

Through the grove of Artemis, rich with sacrifice, I sped my course, my cheek stained with red from maiden modesty, in my eagerness to see the soldiers’ camp,
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the tents of the mail-clad Danaids, and their crowd of horses. ¹I saw two met together in council; one was Aias, son of Oileus; the other Aias, son of Telamon, crown of glory to the men of Salamis ;
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and I saw Protesilaus and Palamedes, sprung from the son of Poseidon, sitting there amusing themselves with intricate figures at checkers; Diomedes too
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at his favorite sport of hurling quoits; and Meriones, Ares’ son, a marvel to mankind, stood at his side; likewise I beheld the son of Laertes, who came from his island hills, and with him Nireus,
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handsomest of the Achaeans.
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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)) — 185 focus

Χορός

—πολύθυτον δὲ διʼ ἄλσος Ἀρ-
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τέμιδος ἤλυθον ὀρομένα,

φοινίσσουσα παρῇδʼ ἐμὰν

αἰσχύνᾳ νεοθαλεῖ,

ἀσπίδος ἔρυμα καὶ κλισίας

ὁπλοφόρους Δαναῶν θέλουσʼ
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ἵππων τʼ ὄχλον ἰδέσθαι.

κατεῖδον δὲ δύʼ Αἴαντε συνέδρω,

τὸν Οἰλέως Τελαμῶνός τε γόνον, τὸν

Σαλαμῖνος στέφανον· Πρω-

τεσίλαόν τʼ ἐπὶ θάκοις
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πεσσῶν ἡδομένους μορ-

φαῖσι πολυπλόκοις

Παλαμήδεά θʼ, ὃν τέκε παῖς ὁ Ποσει-

δᾶνος, Διομήδεά θʼ ἡδο-

ναῖς δίσκου κεχαρημένον,
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παρὰ δὲ Μηριόνην, Ἄρεος

ὄζον, θαῦμα βροτοῖσιν,

τὸν ἀπὸ νησαίων τʼ ὀρέων

Λαέρτα τόκον, ἅμα δὲ Νι-

ρέα, κάλλιστον Ἀχαιῶν.
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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.) — 185 focus

Durch den opferberuhmten

Hain der Artemis eilt' ich her,¹

Von jungfräulich blühender Scham

Meine Wange gerdthet,

Um der ehernen Schilde Wehr
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Und der Gewaffneten Zelt', und der

Rosse streitbares Heer zu schaun.

Hier erblickt' ich die zween Ajas vereinigt,

Deleus' Sprößling, und dich, Telamon's Sohn, Salamis'

Kranz;

Ihnen gesellt, lagerte sich Protesilaos;²
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Er vergnugt' an des Bretspiels

Wechselnden Bildern sich,

Palamedes mit ihm, den Poseidons Sohn³

Erzeugt. Diomeden auch sah ich dort

Sich erfreun an des Diskos Lust,
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Dann Meriones, Ares' Sohn,⁴

Ihn, ein Wunder den Menschen,

Dich, von den Inselbergen entschifft,

Sohn des Lartios, dich zugleich,⁵

Nireus, Schönster in Hellas!⁶
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Schlußgefang.

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Iphigenia in Aulis

1. The whole of the following long passage from l.192-302 is inclosed in brackets by Paley. Dindorf and Hermann condemn the greater part, retaining a few lines here and there.

Euripides Iphigenia in Aulis 185

Edward P. Coleridge (Translator)

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