Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, ed. Gilbert Murray, 206

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Χορός

—τὸν ἰσάνεμόν τε ποδοῖν

λαιψηροδρόμον Ἀχιλῆα,

τὸν ἁ Θέτις τέκε καὶ Χείρων

ἐξεπόνησεν, εἶδον

αἰγιαλοῖς παρά τε κροκάλαις
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δρόμον ἔχοντα σὺν ὅπλοις·

ἅμιλλαν δʼ ἐπόνει ποδοῖν

πρὸς ἅρμα τέτρωρον

ἑλίσσων περὶ νίκας.
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ὁ δὲ διφρηλάτας ἐβοᾶτʼ,

Εὔμηλος Φερητιάδας,

ᾧ καλλίστους ἰδόμαν

χρυσοδαιδάλτους στομίοις

πώλους κέντρῳ θεινομένους,
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τοὺς μὲν μέσους ζυγίους

λευκοστίκτῳ τριχὶ βαλιούς,

τοὺς δʼ ἔξω σειροφόρους

ἀντήρεις καμπαῖσι δρόμων,

πυρσότριχας, μονόχαλα δʼ ὑπὸ σφυρὰ
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ποικιλοδέρμονας· οἷς παρεπάλλετο

Πηλεΐδας σὺν ὅπλοισι παρʼ ἄντυγα καὶ σύ-

ριγγας ἁρματείους.
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Iphigenia in Aulis. Euripides. ed. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. 1913.

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

Translations (3)

Iphigenia at Aulis Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. II. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1891. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 206 focus

Chorus

Achilles next, that nimble runner, swift on his feet as the wind, whom Thetis bore and Chiron trained, I saw

upon the beach, racing in full armor along the shingle, and straining every nerve to beat a team of four horses,
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as he sped round the track on foot; and Eumelus, the grandson of Pheres, their driver, was shouting when I saw him, goading on his lovely steeds,
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with their bits of chased gold-work; the center pair, that bore the yoke, had dappled coats picked out with white, while the tracehorses, on the outside, facing the turning-post in the course,¹
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were bays with spotted fetlocks. Close beside them Peleus’ son leapt on his way, in all his harness, keeping abreast
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the rail by the axle-box.
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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.) — 206 focus

Ihn, schnell, wie das Wehen des Windes,

Den flüchtigen Kenner Achilleus,

Den Nereus' Tochter gebar,

Cheiron bildete, sah ich,

Als er über die Kiesel
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Am Gestade dahin

Hurtig rannt' in den Waffen.

Dem vierspånnigen Wagen

Schwang er sich nach um die Wette,

Schwang sich sturmend dem Sieg nach.
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Doch der Wagenführer rief,

Pheres' Enkel, Eumelos; ich sah,

Wie die schönsten Rosse der,

Wunderwürdig prangend mit goldnen Baumen

Trieb mit geißelndem Schwung:
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Die zweie mitten am Joch

Mit weißscheckigem Haar gefleckt,

Die äußern, die sich am Seil

Gleich hin drehten auf krümmender -Bahn,

Röthlichbehaart und am Hufe mit farbigen
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Flecken gesprenkelt. An ihnen vorüber schwang

Sich der Pelcid' in den Waffen am Kranze des

Wagens und der Råder Naben.

Zweite Strophe.

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