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She arrives, driven along by the sting of the winged herdsman, at the divine all-fostering grove, the snow-fed mead, and on which comes [with] the might of Typho, the water of Nile untouched by diseases, maddened by her ignominious toils, and by the stinging pains of raging Juno.

Supplices. Aeschylus. Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator). London. 1849.

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The Suppliant Women. (OCR draft) (English) (The Suppliant Women.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (9)

Ἱκέτιδες First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 524-599 focus

str. 1

Χορος

ἄναξ ἀνάκτων, μακάρων

μακάρτατε καὶ τελέων
525

τελειότατον κράτος, ὄλβιε Ζεῦ,

πιθοῦ¹ τε καὶ γένει σῷ²

ἄλευσον ἀνδρῶν ὕβριν εὖ στυγήσας:

λίμνᾳ δ᾽ ἔμβαλε πορφυροειδεῖ³

τὰν μελανόζυγ᾽ ἄταν.
530
531

ant. 1

Χορος

τὸ πρὸς γυναικῶν <δ᾽⁴> ἐπιδὼν

παλαίφατον ἁμέτερον

γένος φιλίας προγόνου γυναικὸς

νέωσον εὔφρον᾽ αἶνον,

γενοῦ πολυμνάστωρ, ἔφαπτορ⁵ Ἰοῦς,
535

Δῖαι⁶ τοι γένος εὐχόμεθ᾽ εἶναι

γᾶς ἀπὸ τᾶσδ᾽ ἄποικοι.⁷

538

str. 2

Χορος

παλαιὸν δ᾽ εἰς ἴχνος μετέσταν

ματέρος ἀνθονόμους ἐπωπάς,

λειμῶνα βούχιλον, ἔνθεν Ἰὼ
540

οἴστρῳ ἐρεσσομένα

φεύγει ἁμαρτίνοος,

πολλὰ βροτῶν διαμειβομένα

φῦλα, διχῇ δ᾽ ἀντίπορον

γαῖαν ἐν αἴσᾳ διατέμ-
545

νουσα πόρον κυματίαν ὁρίζει:

547

ant. 2

Χορος

ἰάπτει δ᾽ Ἀσίδος⁸ δι᾽ αἴας

μηλοβότου Φρυγίας διαμπάξ:

περᾷ δὲ Τεύθραντος ἄστυ Μυσῶν,⁹

Λύδιά¹⁰ τ᾽ ἂγ¹¹ γύαλα,
550

καὶ δι᾽ ὀρῶν¹² Κιλίκων

Παμφύλων τε [γένη¹³] διορνυμένα

πὰρ¹⁴ ποταμοὺς¹⁵ ἀενάους

καὶ βαθύπλουτον χθόνα καὶ

τὰν¹⁶ Ἀφροδίτας πολύπυρον αἶαν.
555
556

str. 3

Χορος

ἱκνεῖται δ᾽ †εἰσικνουμένου¹⁷ βέλει

βουκόλου πτερόεντος

Δῖον πάμβοτον ἄλσος,

λειμῶνα χιονόβοσκον, ὅντ᾽ ἐπέρχεται

Τυφῶ μένος,
560

ὕδωρ τε¹⁸ Νείλου νόσοις ἄθικτον,

μαινομένα πόνοις ἀτί-

μοις ὀδύναις τε κεντροδα-

λήτισι¹⁹ θυιὰς Ἥρας.

565

ant. 3

Χορος

βροτοὶ δ᾽, οἳ γᾶς τότ᾽ ἦσαν ἔννομοι,
565

χλωρῷ δείματι²⁰ θυμὸν

πάλλοντ᾽ ὄψιν ἀήθη,

βοτὸν²¹ ἐσορῶντες δυσχερὲς μιξόμβροτον,

τὰν μὲν βοός,

τὰν δ᾽ αὖ γυναικός: τέρας δ᾽ ἐθάμβουν.²²
570

καὶ τότε²³ δὴ τίς ἦν ὁ θέλ-

ξας πολύπλαγκτον ἀθλίαν

οἰστροδόνητον Ἰώ;

574

str. 4

Χορος

δι᾽²⁴ αἰῶνος κρέων ἀπαύστου

Ζεὺς...²⁵²⁶
575

χειρὸς²⁷ δ᾽ ἀπημάντῳ σθένει

καὶ θείαις ἐπιπνοίαις

παύεται, δακρύων δ᾽ ἀπο-

στάζει πένθιμον αἰδῶ.

λαβοῦσα δ᾽ ἕρμα Δῖον ἀψευδεῖ λόγῳ
580

γείνατο παῖδ᾽ ἀμεμφῆ,

582

ant. 4

Χορος

δι᾽ αἰῶνος μακροῦ πάνολβον:

ἔνθεν πᾶσα βοᾷ χθών,

“φυσιζόου²⁸ γένος τόδε²⁹

Ζηνός ἐστιν ἀληθῶς:
585

τίς γὰρ ἂν κατέπαυσεν Ἥ-

ρας νόσους ἐπιβούλους;”

Διὸς τόδ᾽ ἔργον: καὶ τόδ᾽ ἂν γένος λέγων

ἐξ Ἐπάφου κυρήσαις.

590

str. 5

Χορος

τίν᾽ ἂν θεῶν ἐνδικωτέροισιν
590

κεκλοίμαν εὐλόγως ἐπ᾽ ἔργοις;

<αὐτὸς³⁰> πατὴρ φυτουργὸς αὐτόχειρ ἄναξ

γένους παλαιόφρων μέγας

τέκτων, τὸ πᾶν μῆχαρ οὔριος Ζεύς.

595

ant. 5

Χορος

ὑπ᾽ ἀρχᾶς³¹ δ᾽ οὔτινος θοάζων
595

τὸ μεῖον κρεισσόνων³² κρατύνει;³³

οὔτινος³⁴ ἄνωθεν ἡμένου³⁵ σέβει κάτω.

πάρεστι δ᾽ ἔργον ὡς ἔπος

σπεῦσαί τι τῶν βούλιος³⁶ φέρει φρήν.

600

Ἱκέτιδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 524-599 focus

Χορός

ἄναξ ἀνάκτων, μακάρων

μακάρτατε καὶ τελέων
525

τελειότατον κράτος, ὄλβιε Ζεῦ,

πιθοῦ τε καὶ γένει σῷ

ἄλευσον ἀνδρῶν ὕβριν εὖ στυγήσας.

λίμνᾳ δʼ ἔμβαλε πορφυροειδεῖ

τὰν μελανόζυγʼ ἄταν.
530

531

Χορός

τὸ πρὸς γυναικῶν δʼ ἐπιδὼν

παλαίφατον ἁμέτερον

γένος φιλίας προγόνου γυναικὸς

νέωσον εὔφρονʼ αἶνον,

γενοῦ πολυμνάστωρ, ἔφαπτορ Ἰοῦς·
535

Δῖαί τοι γένος εὐχόμεθʼ εἶναι

γᾶς ἀπὸ τᾶσδʼ ἄποικοι.

538

Χορός

παλαιὸν, δʼ εἰς ἴχνος μετέσταν

ματέρος ἀνθονόμους ἐπωπάς,

λειμῶνα βούχιλον, ἔνθεν Ἰὼ
540

οἴστρῳ ἐρεθομένα

φεύγει ἁμαρτίνοος,

πολλὰ βροτῶν διαμειβομένα

φῦλα, διχῇ δʼ ἀντίπορον

γαῖαν ἐν αἴσᾳ διατέμ-
545

νουσα πόρον κυματίαν ὁρίζει·

547

Χορός

ἰάπτει δʼ Ἀσίδος διʼ αἴας

μηλοβότου Φρυγίας διαμπάξ.

περᾷ δὲ Τεύθραντος ἄστυ Μυσῶν,

Λύδιά τε γύαλα,
550

καὶ διʼ ὀρῶν Κιλίκων

Παμφύλων τε γένη διορνυμένα

καί ποταμοὺς ἀενάους

καὶ βαθύπλουτον χθόνα καὶ

τὰν Ἀφροδίτας πολύπυρον αἶαν.
555

556

Χορός

ἱκνεῖται δὴ σινουμένα βέλει

βουκόλου πτερόεντος

Δῖον πάμβοτον ἄλσος,

λειμῶνα χιονόβοσκον, ὅντʼ ἐπέρχεται

Τυφῶ μένος,
560

ὕδωρ τε Νείλου νόσοις ἄθικτον,

μαινομένα πόνοις ἀτί-

μοις ὀδύναις τε κεντροδα-

λήτισι, θυιὰς Ἥρας.

565

Χορός

βροτοὶ δʼ, οἳ γᾶς τότʼ ἦσαν ἔννομοι
565

χλωρῷ δείματι θυμὸν

πάλλοντʼ ὄψιν ἀήθη,

βοτὸν ἐσορῶντες δυσχερὲς μειξόμβροτον,

τὰν μὲν βοός,

τὰν δʼ αὖ γυναικός· τέρας δʼ ἐθάμβουν.
570

καὶ τότε δὴ τίς ἦν ὁ θέλ-

ξας πολύπλαγκτον ἀθλίαν

οἰστροδόνητον Ἰώ;

574

Χορός

διʼ αἰῶνος κρέων ἀπαύστου

Ζεὺς
575

Διὸς δʼ ἀπημάντῳ σθένει

καὶ θείαις ἐπιπνοίαις

παύεται, δακρύων δʼ ἀπο-

στάζει πένθιμον αἰδῶ.

λαβοῦσα δʼ ἕρμα Δῖον ἀψευδεῖ λόγῳ
580

γείνατο παῖδʼ ἀμεμφῆ,

582

Χορός

διʼ αἰῶνος μακροῦ πάνολβον·

ἔνθεν πᾶσα βοᾷ χθών,

φυσιζόου γένος τόδε

Ζηνός ἐστιν ἀληθῶς·
585

τίς γὰρ ἂν κατέπαυσεν Ἥ-

ρας νόσους ἐπιβούλους;

Διὸς τόδʼ ἔργον καὶ τόδʼ ἂν γένος λέγων

ἐξ Ἐπάφου κυρήσαις.

590

Χορός

τίνʼ ἂν θεῶν ἐνδικωτέροισιν
590

κεκλοίμαν εὐλόγως ἐπʼ ἔργοις;

αὐτὸς ὁ πατὴρ φυτουργὸς αὐτόχειρ ἄναξ

γένους παλαιόφρων μέγας

τέκτων, τὸ πᾶν μῆχαρ οὔριος Ζεύς.

595

Χορός

ὑπʼ ἀρχᾶς δʼ οὔ τινος θοάζων
595

τὸ μεῖον κρεισσόνων κρατύνει.

οὔτινος ἄνωθεν ἡμένου σέβει κράτη.

πάρεστι δʼ ἔργον ὡς ἔπος

σπεῦσαί τι τῶν βούλιος φέρει φρήν.

Greek (Editio princeps, 1518) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Suppliants, 1518 edition. Native printed lineation, page markers, and automated correspondence to the Perseus/Smyth edition.) — 556 focus

Χορός

ἱκνεῖται δ' εἰσικνουμένη βέλει . βυκόλου πτερόεντος

δῖον πάμβοτον ἄλσος .

λειμῶνα χιονόβοσκον ὄντ' ἐπέρχεται .

τυφώμενος . ὕδωρ τε νείλου νόσοις ἄθικτον .
490

μαινομένα πόνοις ὰτί μοις ὀδύναις τε κεντροδα

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Joannes Cornelius de Pauw, 1745.) — 556 focus

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 556 focus

ἱκνεῖται δ᾽ εἰσικνουμένου βέλει

βουκόλου πτερόεντος

Δῖον πάμβοτον ἄλσος,

λειμῶνα χιονόβοσκον, ὅντ᾽ ἐπέρχεται Τυφὼ μέ-

νος,

560

ὕδωρ τὸ Νείλου νόσοις ἄθικτον,

μαινομένα πόνοις ἀτίμοις ὀδύναις τε κεντροδα-

λήτισι θυιὰς Ἥρας.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 556 focus

ἱκνεῖται δ᾽ ἐγκεχριμένα βέλει
540

βουκόλου πτερόεντος

Δῖον πάμβοτον ἄλσος,

λειμῶνα χιονόβοσκον, ὅντ᾽ ἐπέρχεται

Τυφῶ μένος,

ὕδωρ τὸ Νείλου νόσοις ἄθικτον,
545

μαινομένα πόνοις ἀτί-

μοις ὀδύναις τε κεντροδα-

λήτισι θυιὰς Ἥρας.

¹

ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 556 focus

ἱκνεῖται δ' ἐγκεχριμένα εἰσ ἱκνουμένου ¹ βέλει

βουκόλου πτερόεντος

Δῖον πάμβοτον ἄλσος,

λειμώνα χιονόβοσκον ὅντ'

ἐπέρχεται Τυφῶ μένος

560

ὕδωρ τε τὸ Νείλου νόσοις ἄθικτον,

μαινομένα πόνοις ἀτί-

μοις οδύναις τε κεντροδα- κεντροδα-

λήτισι λήτοις θυιὰς Ἥρας·

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 556 focus

ἱκνεῖται δ᾽ εἰσικνουμένου βέλει

565

βουκόλου πτερόεντος

Δῖον πάμβοτον ἄλσος,

λειμῶνα χιονόβοσκον, ὅντ᾽ ἐπέρχεται

Τυφῶ μένος,

ὕδωρ τὸ Νείλου νόσοις ἄθικτον,

570

μαινομένα πόνοις ἀτί-

μοις ὀδύναις τε κεντροδα-

λήτισι θυιὰς Ἥρας.

¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷

δ' Ἀσίδος δ' Ἀσίδος βασίδος Μ. Μυσῶν Μυσῶν μουσῶν Μ. Λύδιά Λύδια λόγια Μ. τε γύαλα τ᾽ ἂγ γύαλα ὅρων ὀρῶν ὅρων e in margine δρῶν Μ, corr. in ὄρων m. τε τε τε γένη Μ. γᾶν γᾶν τὰν Μ. ποταμοὺς ποταμοὺς ποταμοὺσ δ Μ. τῆς τὰν Ἀφροδίτας Ἀφροδίτας ἀφροδίτησ Μ. εἰσικνουμένου εἰσ ἱκνουμένου, literis ultimis ου in rasura et .χ super κ ab eadem manu scripto M.

ΧΟ.

Aeschyli Supplices (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Supplices. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 556 focus

ἱκνεῖται δ᾽ †εἰσικνουμένου βέλει

βουκόλου πτερόεντος

Δῖον πάμβοτον ἄλσος,

Apparatus Criticus

¹ διατέμνοντα διατέμνουσα² ἰάπτει δ᾽ ᾿Ασίδος ἰ. βασίδος Μυσόν Μουσών Μυσῶν³ †Λύγιά τε γύαλα λύδια⁴ [γένη] [γένη]⁵ καὶ ποταμοὺς [δ᾽] τὰν ποταμοὺς δ᾽ δ᾽ del.⁶ τὰν ᾿Αφροδίτας τᾶς ᾿Αφροδίτης †εἰσικνουμένου βέλει⁷

ΧΟΡΟΣ

λειμῶνα χιονόβοσκον, ὅντ᾽ ἐπέρχεται

Τυφῶ μένος,
560

ὕδωρ τὸ Νείλου νόσοις ἄθικτον,

μαινομένα πόνοις ἀτί-

μοις ὀδύναις τε κεντροδα-

λητίσι θυιὰς Ἥρας.

Translations (7)

Suppliant Maidens Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 524-595 focus

Chorus

Lord of lords,

most blessed among the blessed, power most perfect among the perfect, O blessed Zeus, hear! And from your offspring ward off in utter abhorrence the lust of men, and into the purple sea cast
525

their black-benched madness!
530

531

Chorus

Look benignly upon the women’s cause, look upon our race ancient in story, and recall the happy tale of our ancestress, the woman of your love.

Show that you remember all, you who laid your hand upon Io. It is from Zeus that we claim descent, and it is from this, our homeland, that we went forth.
535

538

Chorus

I have come here to the prints of ancient feet, my mother’s, even to the region where she was watched while she browsed among the flowers—

into that pasture, from which Io, tormented by the gad-fly’s sting, fled in frenzy, traversing many tribes of men, and
540

according to fate, cut in two the surging strait, marking off the land upon the farther shore.
545

547

Chorus

And through the land of Asia she gallops, straight through sheep-pasturing Phrygia , and she passes the city of Teuthras among the Mysians,

and the hollow vales of Lydia , across the mountains of the Cilicians and the Pamphylians, speeding over ever-flowing rivers and earth deep and rich, and
550

the land of Aphrodite that teems with wheat.
555

556

Chorus

Harassed by the sting of the winged herdsman she gains at last the fertile groves sacred to Zeus, that snow-fed pasture assailed

by Typho’s fury, and the water of the Nile that no disease may touch—maddened by her ignominious toils and frenzied with the pain of Hera’s torturing goad.
560

565

Chorus

And mortals, who in those days dwelled in the land, shook with pallid terror at the terrible sight as they beheld a being fearsome, half-human, part cow
565

and part of woman; and they were astonished at the monstrous thing. And then, at last, who was it who calmed the far-wandering, the wretched, the sting-tormented Io?
570

574

Chorus

Zeus, it was, through endless time, the lord,

. . . and by the unharming might of his hand, and by his divine breath, she gained rest, and let fall the sorrowing shame of tears.
575

And, taking Zeus as her support, according to a true story, she bore a blameless son—
580

582

Chorus

Throughout long ages blessed. All the earth cries aloud, This is in very truth the offspring of life-giving Zeus; for who else could have endured the suffering plotted by Hera? Call this the work of Zeus and this his race sprung from Epaphus and you will hit the truth.

590

Chorus

Which of the gods has accomplished deeds which, with good reason, warrant more justly my appeal to him? Father himself and lord, he planted us with his own hand; he is the mighty fashioner of our race, ancient in wisdom, who devises everything, whose breath makes all things prosper, Zeus himself.
590

595

Chorus

He does not sit upon his throne by mandate of another and hold his dominion beneath a mightier. No one sits above him whose power he holds in awe. He speaks, and it is done—he hastens to execute whatever his counselling mind conceives.¹
595

LES SUPPLIANTES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SUPPLIANTES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 556 focus

riche en froment ¹.

En animant peu à peu.

LE CHŒUR.

Mais, toujours taraudée par le trait du bouvier ailé, elle atteint la terre sacrée de Zeus où naissent tous les fruits, la
prairie fertilisée des neiges ² qu'assaille la fureur de Typhon ³, et le Nil aux eaux inviolablement saines ⁴ - affolée des humi- liantes peines, des souffrances dont l'aiguillonne Héra, délirante!

The Suppliants (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliants. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 556 focus

Thro' whoſe rich meads, impregn'd with

ſnow,

Temper'd with torrid beams Nile's healthful waters flow.

Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 556 focus

E va, poi che l' aligero

pastor la punge col suo dardo, al fertile

600

bosco di Giove, al pascolo

cui la neve feconda, ove s'abbatte

la furia di Tifone,

ed all' acque del Nil dai morbi intatte,

come furente Mènade

605

per il pungolo d'Era che la stermina,

per l'obbrobrio, che il suo viso scompone.

CORO

Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 556 focus

Peragrat telō bubulci impulſa aligeri,

Diuum omnia paſcens nemus.

Pratum niuem paſcens, inde proficiſcitur

Typhonis furor,

525

Aqua Nili morbis non illibata,

Furens laboribus ignominioſis,

Doloribus pungentibus

Diuæ Iunonis.

English (E. D. A. Morshead, 1908) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens — Morshead translation. Wikisource transcription; speech corresp and card milestones aligned to Smyth perseus-grc2.) — 556 focus

And thence, deep-stung by wild unrest,

By the winged fly that goaded her and drave,

Unto the fertile land, the god-possest,

(Where, fed from far-off snows,
615

Life-giving Nilus flows,

Urged on by Typho's strength, a fertilizing wave),

She roves, in harassed and dishonoured flight,

Scathed by the blasting pangs of Hera's dread despite.

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1854; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylos. Deutsch in den Versmaßen der Urschrift. Stuttgart: Hoffmann, 1854. Native Donner line citations, Smyth card correspondence, selected textual readings and metrical facsimiles. Remaining OCR differences and unattributed reading notes are documented in the linked review inventory.) — 556 focus

Sie floh (rasch trieb sie fort der Flügelpfeil

Ihres Treibers) zum hehren,

Zum allnährenden Fruchthain,

Der schneegetränkten Ebne, die des Typhos Hauch
535

Mit Macht durchweht,

Zu Neilos' Flut, wo die Seuchen fliehen;

Rasend von grauser Mühen Schmach,

Kam sie, vom Schmerz, den die Stacheln gebohrt

Der zorntrunkenen Hera.
540
Dritte Gegenstrophe.

Commentary

Critical apparatus to The Suppliant Women (OCR draft) (Latin and Greek critical apparatus to Gottfried Hermann's 1852 edition of The Suppliant Women.) focus

223. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-177

προςφωνοῦμεν; οὐ γὰρ:

προσφωνουμένου γὰρ

M. G.

προσφωνοῦμεν, οὐ γὰρ

Rob.

223

Commentary (N. Wecklein, 1902; German; OCR draft) (Suppliants, explanatory commentary pp. 24–120. Single-witness OCR; source readings and all reference placements require scan review.) focus

182-532. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-wecklein1902-com-ger1-85

erstes Epeisodion. 1. Szene (182—239): Danaos und der Koryphaios. Danaos kündigt das Nahen des Königs an und gibt seinen Töchtern Verhaltungsmaß- regeln. 2. Szene (240 - 349): Pelas- gos und die Vorigen. Die Danaiden erklären ihre Herkunft von Argos und erflehen als ungerecht Ver- folgte den Schutz des Argivischen Königs. Dieser ist bedenklich wegen der schweren Folgen, welche die Zusage des Schutzes für sein Land haben kann. 3. Kommos (350-422): Fortsetzung der Bitte. 4. Chorikon (423-446), welches das Nachsinnen des Königs zu Gunsten der Da- naiden zu wenden sucht. 5. Dialog des Königs, des Koryphaios und des Danaos (447-532): Der König offenbart seinen Entschluß die Entscheidung dem Volke anheim- zugeben.

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Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator)

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ΧΟΡΟΣ

λειμῶνα χιονόβοσκον, ὅντ᾽ ἐπέρχεται

Τυφῶ μένος,
560

ὕδωρ τὸ Νείλου νόσοις ἄθικτον,

μαινομένα πόνοις ἀτί-

μοις ὀδύναις τε κεντροδα-

λητίσι θυιὰς Ἥρας.

Chorus

Lord of lords,

most blessed among the blessed, power most perfect among the perfect, O blessed Zeus, hear! And from your offspring ward off in utter abhorrence the lust of men, and into the purple sea cast
525

their black-benched madness!
530

Chorus

Zeus, it was, through endless time, the lord,

. . . and by the unharming might of his hand, and by his divine breath, she gained rest, and let fall the sorrowing shame of tears.
575

And, taking Zeus as her support, according to a true story, she bore a blameless son—
580

Chorus

Throughout long ages blessed. All the earth cries aloud, This is in very truth the offspring of life-giving Zeus; for who else could have endured the suffering plotted by Hera? Call this the work of Zeus and this his race sprung from Epaphus and you will hit the truth.

Chorus

He does not sit upon his throne by mandate of another and hold his dominion beneath a mightier. No one sits above him whose power he holds in awe. He speaks, and it is done—he hastens to execute whatever his counselling mind conceives.¹
595

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ΧΟΡΟΣ λειμῶνα χιονόβοσκον, ὅντ᾽ ἐπέρχεται Τυφῶ μένος, 560 ὕδωρ τὸ Νείλου νόσοις ἄθικτον, μαινομένα πόνοις ἀτί- μοις ὀδύναις τε κεντροδα- λητίσι θυιὰς Ἥρας.

Chorus Lord of lords, most blessed among the blessed, power most perfect among the perfect, O blessed Zeus, hear! And from your offspring ward off in utter abhorrence the lust of men, and into the purple sea cast 525 their black-benched madness! 530

Chorus Zeus, it was, through endless time, the lord, . . . and by the unharming might of his hand, and by his divine breath, she gained rest, and let fall the sorrowing shame of tears. 575 And, taking Zeus as her support, according to a true story, she bore a blameless son— 580

Chorus Throughout long ages blessed. All the earth cries aloud, This is in very truth the offspring of life-giving Zeus; for who else could have endured the suffering plotted by Hera? Call this the work of Zeus and this his race sprung from Epaphus and you will hit the truth.

Chorus He does not sit upon his throne by mandate of another and hold his dominion beneath a mightier. No one sits above him whose power he holds in awe. He speaks, and it is done—he hastens to execute whatever his counselling mind conceives. 1 595

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ΧΟΡΟΣ

λειμῶνα χιονόβοσκον, ὅντ᾽ ἐπέρχεται

Τυφῶ μένος,
560

ὕδωρ τὸ Νείλου νόσοις ἄθικτον,

μαινομένα πόνοις ἀτί-

μοις ὀδύναις τε κεντροδα-

λητίσι θυιὰς Ἥρας.

Chorus

Lord of lords,

most blessed among the blessed, power most perfect among the perfect, O blessed Zeus, hear! And from your offspring ward off in utter abhorrence the lust of men, and into the purple sea cast
525

their black-benched madness!
530

Chorus

Zeus, it was, through endless time, the lord,

. . . and by the unharming might of his hand, and by his divine breath, she gained rest, and let fall the sorrowing shame of tears.
575

And, taking Zeus as her support, according to a true story, she bore a blameless son—
580

Chorus

Throughout long ages blessed. All the earth cries aloud, This is in very truth the offspring of life-giving Zeus; for who else could have endured the suffering plotted by Hera? Call this the work of Zeus and this his race sprung from Epaphus and you will hit the truth.

Chorus

He does not sit upon his throne by mandate of another and hold his dominion beneath a mightier. No one sits above him whose power he holds in awe. He speaks, and it is done—he hastens to execute whatever his counselling mind conceives.¹
595