Euripides, Rhesus, Gilbert Murray (Translator), 23

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CHORUS.
(various voices confusedly)¹

To arms! To arms, Lord Hector!—Send

First where the allied armies lie,

Bid them draw sword and make an end
25

Of sleep.—Let someone fly

And get the horses’ armour on!—

Who goes with me to Panthoös’ son?—

Who’s for Sarpêdon and the Lycians?—None

Hath seen the priest² go by?—
30

Ho, Captain of the Runners, ho!—

Ho, Trojans of the hornèd bow!

String, string! For need is nigh.

Rhesus. Euripides. Gilbert Murray (Translator). London. 1913.

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Current edition Perseus

Rhesus (English) (Euripides. The Rhesus of Euripides. Murray, Gilbert, translator. London: George Allen and Company, Ltd., 1913.)

Editions (1)

Ῥῆσος Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. III. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1920-1978)) — 23 focus

Χορός

— ὁπλίζου χέρα· συμμάχων,

Ἕκτορ, βᾶθι πρὸς εὐνάς,

ὄτρυνον ἔγχος αἴρειν, ἀφύπνισον.
25

— πέμπε φίλους ἰέναι ποτὶ σὸν λόχον,

ἁρμόσατε ψαλίοις ἵππους.

— τίς εἶσʼ ἐπὶ Πανθοΐδαν,

ἢ τὸν Εὐρώπας, Λυκίων ἀγὸν ἀνδρῶν;

— ποῦ σφαγίων ἔφοροι;
30

— ποῦ δὲ γυμνήτων μόναρχοι

τοξοφόροι τε Φρυγῶν;

— ζεύγνυτε κερόδετα τόξα νευραῖς.

Translations (2)

Rhesus Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 23 focus

Chorus

To arms! Hector, seek your allies’ sleeping camp!

Stir them up to wield the spear! Awake them! Despatch a friend to your own company, bridle the horses. Who will go to the son of Panthus? Who to Europa’s son, captain of the Lycian band?
25

Where are they who should inspect the victims? Where are the leaders of the light-armed troops and the Phrygian archers? String your horn-tipped bows!
30

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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Rhesus

1. [Strophe.

2. P. 5, 1. 30, The priest.]—He would be needed to make the sacrifice before battle.

Euripides Rhesus 23

Gilbert Murray (Translator)

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