Euripides, Rhesus, Edward P. Coleridge (Translator), 34

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Hector

Your tidings inspire now fear,

now confidence; nothing is plainly set forth. Can it be that you are smitten with wild fear by Pan, the son of Cronion? Leaving your watch you rouse the army. What does your noisy summons mean? What tidings can I say you bring? Your words are many,
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but no plain statement have you made.
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Rhesus. Euripides. Edward P. Coleridge (Translator). London. 1906.

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Current edition Perseus

Rhesus (English) (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906. (Modernized by Perseus.))

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Ῥῆσος Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. III. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1920-1978)) — 34 focus

Ἕκτωρ

τὰ μὲν ἀγγέλλεις δείματʼ ἀκούειν,

τὰ δὲ θαρσύνεις, κοὐδὲν καθαρῶς.
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ἀλλʼ ἦ Κρονίου Πανὸς τρομερᾷ

μάστιγι φοβῇ; φυλακὰς δὲ λιπὼν

κινεῖς στρατιάν. τί θροεῖς; τί σε φῶ

νέον ἀγγέλλειν; πολλὰ γὰρ εἰπὼν

οὐδὲν τρανῶς ἀπέδειξας.
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Translations (2)

Rhesus Perseus (Euripides. The Rhesus of Euripides. Murray, Gilbert, translator. London: George Allen and Company, Ltd., 1913.) — 34 focus

HECTOR.

Ha, silence there! . . .

First words of fear,
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Then comfort. All an empty swell!

It seems The lash of trembling Pan¹

Hath caught you. Speak, if speak ye can.

What tidings? Not a word is clear

Of the whole tale ye tell.
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[The turmoil subsides, the LEADER comes forward.

Rhesus (OCR draft) Experimental (Rhesus. Robert Potter's English verse translation, first published in 1781–1783; text from the 1808 Oxford printing.)

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Euripides Rhesus 34

Edward P. Coleridge (Translator)

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HECTOR.

Ha, silence there! . . .

First words of fear,
35

Then comfort. All an empty swell!

It seems The lash of trembling Pan¹

Hath caught you. Speak, if speak ye can.

What tidings? Not a word is clear

Of the whole tale ye tell.
40

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HECTOR. Ha, silence there! . . . First words of fear, 35 Then comfort. All an empty swell! It seems The lash of trembling Pan 1 Hath caught you. Speak, if speak ye can. What tidings? Not a word is clear Of the whole tale ye tell. 40

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HECTOR.

Ha, silence there! . . .

First words of fear,
35

Then comfort. All an empty swell!

It seems The lash of trembling Pan¹

Hath caught you. Speak, if speak ye can.

What tidings? Not a word is clear

Of the whole tale ye tell.
40