Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, ed. Gilbert Murray, 573

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Χορός

—ἔμολες, ὦ Πάρις, ᾗτε σύ γε

βουκόλος ἀργενναῖς ἐτράφης

Ἰδαίαις παρὰ μόσχοις,
575

βάρβαρα συρίζων, Φρυγίων

αὐλῶν Ὀλύμπου καλάμοις

μιμήματα πνείων.

εὔθηλοι δὲ τρέφοντο βόες,

ὅτε σε κρίσις ἔμηνε θεᾶν,
580

ἅ σʼ Ἑλλάδα πέμπει·

ἐλεφαντοδέτων πάροι-

θεν δόμων δὲ στὰς Ἑλένας

ἐν ἀντωποῖς βλεφάροισιν

ἔρωτά τʼ ἔδωκας, ἔρωτι δʼ
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αὐτὸς ἐπτοάθης.

ὅθεν ἔρις ἔριν

Ἑλλάδα σὺν δορὶ ναυσί τʼ ἄγει

ἐς Τροίας πέργαμα

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.)) — 573 focus

Chorus

You came, O Paris , to the place where you were reared to herd the cows

among the white heifers of Ida, piping in foreign strain and breathing on your reeds an echo of the Phrygian airs Olympus played. Full-uddered cows were browsing at the spot
575

where¹ that verdict between goddesses was awaiting you—the cause of your going to Hellas to stand before the ivory palace, kindling love in Helen’s
580

entranced eyes and feeling its flutter in your own breast; from which the fiend of strife brought Hellas with her spear and ships to the towers of Troy .
585

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.) — 573 focus

Wårst du doch nie zum Ida gelangt,¹

Paris, und nicht erwachsen als Hirt

Bei weißschimmernden Rindern,

Phrygische Weisen tonend, und kühn

Auf einheimischem Rohr dem Olympos²
570

Nacheifernd im Spiele!³

Blühende Rinder weidetest du,

Als die Göttinnen deines Spruchs

Harrten, welcher nach Hellas

Vor die Palåste von Elfenbein
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Dich geführt, wo Helena du⁴

Mit holdanlächelnden Blicken⁵

Zur Liebe verlocktest,

Von Liebe selbst bezwungen glühtest,

Daß Streit, daß Streit
580

Hellas mit Speeren und Schiffen heran

Wider Troja's Zinnen führt.

Ha, schaut!

Euripides Iphigenia in Aulis 573

ed. Gilbert Murray

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