Euripides Rhesus 242

Editions (1)

Ῥῆσος Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. III. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1920-1978)) — 242 focus

Χορός

ἐπεὶ πρό τʼ οἴκων πρό τε γᾶς ἔτλα μόνος

ναύσταθμα βὰς κατιδεῖν· ἄγαμαι

λήματος· ἦ σπανία τις

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τῶν ἀγαθῶν, ὅταν ᾖ

δυσάλιος ἐν πελάγει

καὶ σαλεύῃ

πόλις. ἔστι Φρυγῶν τις ἔστιν ἄλκιμος·

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ἔνι δὲ θράσος ἐν αἰχ-

μᾷ· πόθι Μυσῶν ὃς ἐμὰν

συμμαχίαν ἀτίζει;

Translations (2)

Rhesus Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 242 focus

Chorus

For he alone had heart enough for home and country to go and spy on the naval station; I admire

his spirit; how few stout hearts there are, when on the sea the sunlight dies and the city labors in the surge.

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Phrygia yet has left a valiant few, and bold hearts in the battle’s press; it is only Mysia ’s sons who scorn us as allies.

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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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