Aeschylus, Supplices, 565

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Χορός

λήτης θύας ἥρας βροτοὶ δ' οἳ γᾶς τότ' ἦσαν

ἔννομοι .

χλωρῷ δείμακτι θυμόν . πάλλαν τ' ὄψιν ἀήθη ,

βοὴν δὲ ὁρῶντες δυσχερὲς μιξόμβροτον .
495

τὰν μὲν βοός . τὰν δ' αὖ γυναικός . τέρας δὲ

θαμβοῦν .

καὶ τόδε δὴ τίς ἦν ὁθέλ- ξας πολύπλαγκτον

ἀθλίαν .

οἰστροδόνητον ἰώ . ζεὺς αἰῶνος κρεῶν ἀπαύστου .
500

Supplices. Aeschylus. . 2026.

Current edition Experimental

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

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (8)

Ἱκέτιδες First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 600-629 focus

Δαναος

θαρσεῖτε παῖδες: εὖ τὰ τῶν ἐγχωρίων:
600

δήμου¹ δέδοκται παντελῆ ψηφίσματα.

Χορος

ὦ χαῖρε πρέσβυ, φίλτατ᾽ ἀγγέλλων ἐμοί:

ἔνισπε δ᾽² ἡμῖν ποῖ κεκύρωται³ τέλος,

δήμου κρατοῦσα χείρ θ᾽⁴ ὅπῃ πληθύνεται.

Δαναος

ἔδοξεν Ἀργείοισιν οὐ διχορρόπως,
605

ἀλλ᾽ ὥστ᾽ ἀνηβῆσαί με⁵ γηραιᾷ φρενί:

πανδημίᾳ γὰρ χερσὶ δεξιωνύμοις

ἔφριξεν αἰθὴρ τόνδε κραινόντων λόγον:

ἡμᾶς μετοικεῖν τῆσδε γῆς ἐλευθέρους

κἀρρυσιάστους ξύν τ᾽ ἀσυλίᾳ βροτῶν:
610

καὶ μήτ᾽ ἐνοίκων μήτ᾽ ἐπηλύδων τινὰ

ἄγειν: ἐὰν δὲ προστιθῇ τὸ καρτερόν,

τὸν μὴ βοηθήσαντα τῶνδε γαμόρων

ἄτιμον εἶναι ξὺν φυγῇ δημηλάτῳ.

τοιάνδ᾽ ἔπειθε ῥῆσιν ἀμφ᾽ ἡμῶν λέγων
615

ἄναξ Πελασγῶν, ἱκεσίου Ζηνὸς κότον

μέγαν προφωνῶν⁶ μήποτ᾽ εἰσόπιν χρόνου

πόλιν παχῦναι, ξενικὸν ἀστικόν θ᾽ ἅμα

λέγων διπλοῦν μίασμα πρὸς⁷ πόλεως φανὲν

ἀμήχανον βόσκημα πημονῆς πέλειν.
620

τοιαῦτ᾽ ἀκούων χερσὶν Ἀργεῖος λεὼς

ἔκραν᾽ ἄνευ κλητῆρος⁸ ὡς εἶναι τάδε.

δημηγόρους δ᾽ ἤκουσεν εὐπιθεῖς⁹ στροφὰς

δῆμος Πελασγῶν: Ζεὺς δ᾽ ἐπέκρανεν τέλος.

625

Χορος

ἄγε δή, λέξωμεν¹⁰ ἐπ᾽ Ἀργείοις
625

εὐχὰς ἀγαθάς, ἀγαθῶν ποινάς.

Ζεὺς δ᾽ ἐφορεύοι ξένιος ξενίου

στόματος τιμὰς ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείᾳ,

τέρμον᾽ ἀπαντᾶν πρὸς ἄμεμπτον.¹¹

630

Ἱκέτιδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 600-629 focus

Δαναός

θαρσεῖτε παῖδες. εὖ τὰ τῶν ἐγχωρίων·
600

δήμου δέδοκται παντελῆ ψηφίσματα.

Χορός

ὦ χαῖρε πρέσβυ, φίλτατʼ ἀγγέλλων ἐμοί

ἔνισπε δʼ ἡμῖν ποῖ κεκύρωται τέλος,

δήμου κρατοῦσα χεὶρ ὅπῃ πληθύνεται.

Δαναός

ἔδοξεν Ἀργείοισιν οὐ διχορρόπως,
605

ἀλλʼ ὥστʼ ἀνηβῆσαί με γηραιᾷ φρενί·

πανδημίᾳ γὰρ χερσὶ δεξιωνύμοις

ἔφριξεν αἰθὴρ τόνδε κραινόντων λόγον·

ἡμᾶς μετοικεῖν τῆσδε γῆς ἐλευθέρους

κἀρρυσιάστους ξύν τʼ ἀσυλίᾳ βροτῶν·
610

καὶ μήτʼ ἐνοίκων μήτʼ ἐπηλύδων τινὰ

ἄγειν· ἐὰν δὲ προστιθῇ τὸ καρτερόν,

τὸν μὴ βοηθήσαντα τῶνδε γαμόρων

ἄτιμον εἶναι ξὺν φυγῇ δημηλάτῳ.

τοιάνδʼ ἔπειθεν ῥῆσιν ἀμφʼ ἡμῶν λέγων
615

ἄναξ Πελασγῶν, ἱκεσίου Ζηνὸς κότον

μέγαν προφωνῶν μήποτʼ εἰσόπιν χρόνου

πόλιν παχῦναι, ξενικὸν ἀστικόν θʼ ἅμα

λέγων διπλοῦν μίασμα πρὸ πόλεως φανὲν

ἀμήχανον βόσκημα πημονῆς πέλειν.
620

τοιαῦτʼ ἀκούων χερσὶν Ἀργεῖος λεὼς

ἔκρανʼ ἄνευ κλητῆρος ὡς εἶναι τάδε.

δημηγόρους δʼ ἤκουσεν εὐπιθὴς στροφὰς

δῆμος Πελασγῶν· Ζεὺς δʼ ἐπέκρανεν τέλος

625

Χορός

ἄγε δή, λέξωμεν ἐπʼ Ἀργείοις
625

εὐχὰς ἀγαθάς, ἀγαθῶν ποινάς.

Ζεὺς δʼ ἐφορεύοι ξένιος ξενίου

στόματος τιμὰς ἐπʼ ἀληθείᾳ,

τέρμονʼ ἄμεμπτον προσαπαντᾶν.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Joannes Cornelius de Pauw, 1745.) — 565 focus

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 565 focus

βροτοὶ δ᾽, οἳ γᾶς τότ᾽ ἦσαν ἔννομοι,

565

χλωρῷ δείματι θυμὸν

πάλλοντ᾽ ὄψιν ἀήθη,

βοός,

βοτὸν ἐσορῶντες δυσχερές μιξόμβροτον, τὰν μὲν

τὰν δ᾽ αὖ γυναικός· τέρας δ᾽ ἐθάμβουν.

570

καὶ τότε δὴ τίς ἦν ὁ θέλξας πολύπλαγκτον ἀ-

θλίαν

οἰστροδόνητον Ἰώ;

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 565 focus

βροτοὶ δ', οἳ γᾶς τότ᾽ ἦσαν ἔννομοι,

χλωρῷ δείματι θυμὸν
550

πάλλοντ' ὄψιν ἀήθη,

βοτὸν ¹ δυςχερὲς μιξόμβροτον,

τὰν μὲν βοός,

τὰ δ᾽ αὖ γυναικός· τέρας δ᾽ ἐθάμβουν.

καὶ τότε δὴ τίς ἦν ὁ θέλ-
555

ξας πολύπλαγκτον ἀθλίαν

οἰστροδόνητον Ἰώ;

ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 565 focus

βροτοί δ' οἳ γᾶς τότ' ἦσαν ἔννομοι

565

χλωρῷ δείματι δείμακτι θυμὸν

πάλλοντ' ὄψιν ἀήθη,

βοτὸν ἐσορῶντες δυσχερὲς

μειξόμβροτον μιξο-, τὰ μὲν τὰν μὲν βοός,

τὰ δ᾽ τὰν δ' αὖ γυναικός· τέρας δ' ἐθάμβουν.

570

Καὶ τότε τόδε δὴ τίς ἦν ὁ θέλ-

ξας πολύπλαγκτον ἀθλίαν

οἰστροδόνητον Ιώ;

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 565 focus

βροτοὶ δ᾽ οἳ γᾶς τότ᾽ ἦσαν ἔννομοι

χλωρῷ δείματι θυμὸν
575

πάλλοντ᾽ ὄψιν ἀήθη

βοτὸν ἐσορῶντες δυσχερὲς μιξόμβροτον,

τὰν μὲν βούς,

τὴν δ᾽ αὖ γυναικός· τέρας δ᾽ ἐθάμβουν.

καὶ τότε δὴ τίς ἦν ὁ θέλ-
580

ξας πολύπλαγκτον ἀθλίαν

οἰστροδόνητον Ἰώ;

Aeschyli Supplices (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Supplices. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 565 focus

βροτοὶ δ᾽ οἳ γᾶς τότ᾽ ἦσαν ἔννομοι

565

χλωρῶι δείματι θυμόν

πάλλοντ᾽, ὄψιν ἀήθη

βόσκημ᾽ ὁρῶντες δυσχερὲς μειζόμβροτον,

τὰν μὲν βοός,

τὰν δ᾽ αὖ γυναικός· τέρας δ᾽ ἐθάμβουν.

570

καὶ τότε δὴ τίς ἦν ὁ θέλ-

ξας πολύπλαγκτον ἀθλίαν

οἰστροδόνητον Ἰώ; =

Translations (8)

Suppliant Maidens Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 600-625 focus

Re-enter Danaus

Danaus

Be of good cheer, my children, all goes well on the part of the citizens. Decrees, carrying full authority, have been passed.
600

Chorus

Hail, our envoy, harbinger of tidings most welcome, But tell us—to what end has the decision been carried, and to what course does the majority of the people’s votes incline?

Danaus

Action was taken by the Argives, not by any doubtful vote but in such a way as to make my aged heart renew its youth. For the air bristled with right hands held aloft as, in full vote, they ratified this resolution into law: That we are settlers in this land, and are free, subject to no seizure, and secure from robbery of man; that no one, native or alien, lead us captive; but, if they turn to violence, any landholder who refuses to rescue us, should both forfeit his rights and suffer public banishment.
605

Such was the persuasive speech that the king of the Pelasgians delivered on our behalf, uttering the solemn warning that never in the future should the city feed the great wrath of Zeus, protector of the suppliant; and declaring that, should a twofold defilement—from strangers and from natives at once—arise before the city,
615

it would become fodder for distress past all relief. Hearing these words, the Argive people, waiting for no proclamation of crier, voted by uplifted hand that this should be so. It was the Pelasgian people, won readily to assent, who heard the subtle windings of his speech; but it was Zeus who brought the end to pass.
620

625

Chorus

Come, let us invoke blessings upon the Argives in return for blessings. And may Zeus, god of strangers, behold the offerings of gratitude voiced by a stranger’s lips, that they may in true fulfilment reach their perfect goal.
625

The Suppliant Women. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliant Women.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 565 focus

But the mortals who then were dwellers in the land, were seized in their minds by pale fear, beholding an unwonted sight, an intractable heifer mingled with a mortal, in part a heifer, and in part again a woman, and they were astonished at the prodigy. And then who was it in truth who soothed the much-wandering wretched Io, driven by the brize?

LES SUPPLIANTES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SUPPLIANTES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 565 focus

Et voici que les mortels qui lors habitaient ces contrées soudain ont senti leurs cœurs bondir d'épouvante pâle devant un spectacle inconnu: à leurs yeux s'offrait,repoussante, une bête mêlée d'être humain, partie génisse, partie femme, et
devant ce prodige ils demeuraient stupides. — Mais, alors, quel magicien vint donc guérir l'errante et misérable Io, tournoyante au vol du taon?

Celui dont

The Suppliants (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliants. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 565 focus

The race that then poſſeſs'd the land,

Struck with aſtoniſhment and pale affright,

645

Beheld the ſtrange, prodigious ſight:

Diſdaining to be touch'd ſhe trod the ſtrand,

The likeneſs of the lowing race

Now ſoft'ning ſweet to virgin grace :

They ſaw, and trembled. All her toils at laſt,

650

Her wand'rings wild, her tortures paſt,

What gentle handEternal Lord 'twas thine;

Thy gentle hand, thy pow'r divine

Sooth, ſoftly ſooth'd her frantic fear,

And from her glowing cheek wip'd ſorrow's modeſt tear.

655

Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 565 focus

Le genti che dominio

su quella terra aveano allor, per livido

terrore sbigottirono,

610

di quella fiera all'insuëta vista:

ché aveva ella figura

di giovenca e di donna insiem commista.

E innanzi al mostro, stettero

meravigliate. D'lo raminga e misera

615

punta dall' estro, allor chi si die' cura?

CORO

Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 565 focus

Mortales uerò qui terræ tunc erant incolæ,

530

Pallido terriculo animum

Quatientem, uiſione inſolita

Bouem uidentes difficulter mixthominem,

Hanc quidem bouis,

Hanc rurſus mulieris participem monstrum uerò ti-

535

Et hoc iam aliquis erat demulgens,

Errantem miſeram

Oestro iſtam Io.

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.) — 565 focus

And they within the land
620

With terror shook and wanned,

So strange the sight they saw, and were afraid—

A wild twy-natured thing, half heifer and half maid.

Whose hand was laid at last on Io, thus forlorn,

With many roamings worn?
625

Who bade the harassed maiden's peace return?

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.) — 565 focus

Das Volk, damals im Lande heimisch dort,

Bleiches Grausen erfaßt' es,

Da solch seltsamer Anblick

Sich bot, die grauenvolle Menschenmißgestalt,

Zur Hälfte Kuh,
545

Zur Hälfte Weib; Alles stand verwundert.

Wer, sich erbarmend, labte da

Jo, die unglückselige, wild

Umgetriebne von Wahnsinn?

Vierte Strophe.

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

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ἐπιστρέφου:

ἐπιστρέφω

M. G. E. quod chorus loqui putabatur.

ἐπιστρέφου

Rob.

492

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ἄλσος ἂν ῥύοιτό με:

ἂν ἄλσος φύοιτό με

M. a m. prima.

493

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ἁρπαγαῖς σ᾽:

ἅρπαγες ἐκδώσομεν

M. G. E. Rob.

ἁρπαγαῖς

Turn. Pronomen addidit Porsonus.

494

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ἀλλ᾽ ἢ: Libri

ἀλλ' εἰ

. Emendavit Porsonus.

495

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NA: Fausta sit oratio fausta audienti.

496

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φόβῳ:

φόβῳ

omittit Rob.

497

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ἀνάρχων: Libri

ἀνάκτων

. Apertum est poetam

ἀνάρκτων

scripsisse. Sunt enim virgines

ἄναρκτοι

absente patre.

498

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φρένα: Libri

φρενί

. Emendavit Heathius.

499

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ἀλλ᾽ οὔτι δαρόν σ᾽ ἐξερημώσει πατήρ: Libri

ἀλλ᾽ οὔτι δαρὸν χρόνον ἐρημώσει πατήρ

. Deest pronomen, neque Aeschylus

χρόνον

utraque brevi in medio trimetro posuisset. Quare

ἀλλ᾽ οὔτι δαρόν σ' ἐξηρημώσει πατήρ

scripsi.

500

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

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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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⁴

ἀφίξεως, ἱκετείας wie ἀφι- κτόρων 247 s. v. a. ἱκετῶν.

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⁵

⁶

ἀπορριφθῇ ἐμοῦ: eig. „,da- mit nicht eine (böse) Rede nach mir geschleudert wird", vgl. Eur. Kykl. 51 ῥίψω πέτρον τάχα σου (nach Analogie von τοξεύειν, στοχάζεσθαί τινος), Prom. 964 πῶς δ᾽ οὐχὶ ταρβεῖς τοιάδ᾽ ἐκρίπτων ἔπη; Was Conington durch die Änderung von λόγος in ψόγος zum Ausdruck bringen will, liegt schon in ἀπορ- ριφθῇ κατ' ἀρχῆς φιλαίτιος λεώς: vgl. Sieb. 4 ff.

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⁷

⁸

,,Damit dürfte ja auch der Vorteil gewonnen werden u. s. w.“ — οἰκτίσας ἰδὼν für οἶκτος εἰσιδὼν Hermann.

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⁹

¹⁰

ἄρσενος στόλου wie ἀρσένων 378 von den Ägyptiaden.

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¹¹

¹²

εὐνοίας wie Αρτέμιδος εὐ- νοίαισι Sieb. 437, ὀργάς unten 771. - Schol. ὡς καὶ πρὸς τὸν εὖ ἔχοντα ὁ φθόνος ἔρπει (Soph. Αi. 157.)

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¹³

¹⁴

αἰδοῖον, erbarmend, mit- leidig, vgl. 200, 464 und zu 198. εὐθενοῦντα (für εὖ ῥέοντα): vgl. εὐθενεῖν Eum. 896, Hesych. εὐθηνῶν καὶ < εὐθενῶν > εὐδαιμονῶν, πλου- τῶν. Tucker vermutet εὐσεβοῦντα. πρόξενον: zu 245.

Aeschylus Supplices 565

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Δαναος

θαρσεῖτε παῖδες: εὖ τὰ τῶν ἐγχωρίων:
600

δήμου¹ δέδοκται παντελῆ ψηφίσματα.

Χορος

ὦ χαῖρε πρέσβυ, φίλτατ᾽ ἀγγέλλων ἐμοί:

ἔνισπε δ᾽² ἡμῖν ποῖ κεκύρωται³ τέλος,

δήμου κρατοῦσα χείρ θ᾽⁴ ὅπῃ πληθύνεται.

Δαναός

θαρσεῖτε παῖδες. εὖ τὰ τῶν ἐγχωρίων·
600

δήμου δέδοκται παντελῆ ψηφίσματα.

Χορός

ὦ χαῖρε πρέσβυ, φίλτατʼ ἀγγέλλων ἐμοί

ἔνισπε δʼ ἡμῖν ποῖ κεκύρωται τέλος,

δήμου κρατοῦσα χεὶρ ὅπῃ πληθύνεται.

καὶ τότε δὴ τίς ἦν ὁ θέλ-

ξας πολύπλαγκτον ἀθλίαν

οἰστροδόνητον Ἰώ; =

Danaus

Be of good cheer, my children, all goes well on the part of the citizens. Decrees, carrying full authority, have been passed.
600

Chorus

Hail, our envoy, harbinger of tidings most welcome, But tell us—to what end has the decision been carried, and to what course does the majority of the people’s votes incline?

Chorus

Come, let us invoke blessings upon the Argives in return for blessings. And may Zeus, god of strangers, behold the offerings of gratitude voiced by a stranger’s lips, that they may in true fulfilment reach their perfect goal.
625

Celui dont

CORO

Et hoc iam aliquis erat demulgens,

Errantem miſeram

Oestro iſtam Io.

And they within the land
620

With terror shook and wanned,

So strange the sight they saw, and were afraid—

A wild twy-natured thing, half heifer and half maid.

Whose hand was laid at last on Io, thus forlorn,

With many roamings worn?
625

Who bade the harassed maiden's peace return?

Commentary

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Δαναος θαρσεῖτε παῖδες: εὖ τὰ τῶν ἐγχωρίων: 600 δήμου 1 δέδοκται παντελῆ ψηφίσματα.

Χορος ὦ χαῖρε πρέσβυ, φίλτατ᾽ ἀγγέλλων ἐμοί: ἔνισπε δ᾽ 2 ἡμῖν ποῖ κεκύρωται 3 τέλος, δήμου κρατοῦσα χείρ θ᾽ 4 ὅπῃ πληθύνεται.

Δαναός θαρσεῖτε παῖδες. εὖ τὰ τῶν ἐγχωρίων· 600 δήμου δέδοκται παντελῆ ψηφίσματα.

Χορός ὦ χαῖρε πρέσβυ, φίλτατʼ ἀγγέλλων ἐμοί ἔνισπε δʼ ἡμῖν ποῖ κεκύρωται τέλος, δήμου κρατοῦσα χεὶρ ὅπῃ πληθύνεται.

Χορός ἄγε δή, λέξωμεν ἐπʼ Ἀργείοις 625 εὐχὰς ἀγαθάς, ἀγαθῶν ποινάς. Ζεὺς δʼ ἐφορεύοι ξένιος ξενίου στόματος τιμὰς ἐπʼ ἀληθείᾳ, τέρμονʼ ἄμεμπτον προσαπαντᾶν.

καὶ τότε δὴ τίς ἦν ὁ θέλ- ξας πολύπλαγκτον ἀθλίαν οἰστροδόνητον Ἰώ; =

Danaus Be of good cheer, my children, all goes well on the part of the citizens. Decrees, carrying full authority, have been passed. 600

Chorus Hail, our envoy, harbinger of tidings most welcome, But tell us—to what end has the decision been carried, and to what course does the majority of the people’s votes incline?

Chorus Come, let us invoke blessings upon the Argives in return for blessings. And may Zeus, god of strangers, behold the offerings of gratitude voiced by a stranger’s lips, that they may in true fulfilment reach their perfect goal. 625

Celui dont

CORO

Et hoc iam aliquis erat demulgens, Errantem miſeram Oestro iſtam Io.

And they within the land 620 With terror shook and wanned, So strange the sight they saw, and were afraid— A wild twy-natured thing, half heifer and half maid. Whose hand was laid at last on Io, thus forlorn, With many roamings worn? 625 Who bade the harassed maiden's peace return?

Commentary

Stable identifiers

Δαναος

θαρσεῖτε παῖδες: εὖ τὰ τῶν ἐγχωρίων:
600

δήμου¹ δέδοκται παντελῆ ψηφίσματα.

Χορος

ὦ χαῖρε πρέσβυ, φίλτατ᾽ ἀγγέλλων ἐμοί:

ἔνισπε δ᾽² ἡμῖν ποῖ κεκύρωται³ τέλος,

δήμου κρατοῦσα χείρ θ᾽⁴ ὅπῃ πληθύνεται.

Δαναός

θαρσεῖτε παῖδες. εὖ τὰ τῶν ἐγχωρίων·
600

δήμου δέδοκται παντελῆ ψηφίσματα.

Χορός

ὦ χαῖρε πρέσβυ, φίλτατʼ ἀγγέλλων ἐμοί

ἔνισπε δʼ ἡμῖν ποῖ κεκύρωται τέλος,

δήμου κρατοῦσα χεὶρ ὅπῃ πληθύνεται.

καὶ τότε δὴ τίς ἦν ὁ θέλ-

ξας πολύπλαγκτον ἀθλίαν

οἰστροδόνητον Ἰώ; =

Danaus

Be of good cheer, my children, all goes well on the part of the citizens. Decrees, carrying full authority, have been passed.
600

Chorus

Hail, our envoy, harbinger of tidings most welcome, But tell us—to what end has the decision been carried, and to what course does the majority of the people’s votes incline?

Chorus

Come, let us invoke blessings upon the Argives in return for blessings. And may Zeus, god of strangers, behold the offerings of gratitude voiced by a stranger’s lips, that they may in true fulfilment reach their perfect goal.
625

Et hoc iam aliquis erat demulgens,

Errantem miſeram

Oestro iſtam Io.

And they within the land
620

With terror shook and wanned,

So strange the sight they saw, and were afraid—

A wild twy-natured thing, half heifer and half maid.

Whose hand was laid at last on Io, thus forlorn,

With many roamings worn?
625

Who bade the harassed maiden's peace return?