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μιάσμασιν

cum ν M. G. Rob.

252

Supplices. Aeschylus. ed. Gottfried Hermann. Lipsiae. 1852.

Current edition Experimental

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

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (9)

Ἱκέτιδες First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 348-437 focus

str. 1

Χορος

Παλαίχθονος τέκος, κλῦθί μου

πρόφρονι καρδίᾳ, Πελασγῶν ἄναξ.

ἴδε με τὰν¹ ἱκέτιν φυγάδα περίδρομον,
350

λυκοδίωκτον² ὡς δάμαλιν ἂμ πέτραις³

ἠλιβάτοις, ἵν᾽⁴ ἀλκᾷ πίσυνος μέμυ-

κε φράζουσα βοτῆρι μόχθους.

354

Βασιλευς

ὁρῶ κλάδοισι νεοδρόποις κατάσκιον

νεύονθ᾽⁵ ὅμιλον τόνδ᾽⁶ ἀγωνίων θεῶν.
355

εἴη δ᾽ ἄνατον πρᾶγμα τοῦτ᾽ ἀστοξένων.

μηδ᾽ ἐξ ἀέλπτων κἀπρομηθήτων πόλει

νεῖκος γένηται: τῶν γὰρ οὐ δεῖται πόλις.

359

ant. 1

Χορος

ἴδοιτο δῆτ᾽⁷ ἄνατον φυγὰν

ἱκεσία Θέμις Διὸς κλαρίου.
360

σὺ δὲ παρ᾽ ὀψιγόνου μάθε γεραιόφρων:⁸

ποτιτρόπαιον αἰδόμενος †οὖνπερ⁹

ἱεροδόκα† . .¹⁰

θεῶν λήματ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ἀνδρὸς ἁγνοῦ.

365

Βασιλευς

οὔτοι κάθησθε δωμάτων ἐφέστιοι
365

ἐμῶν. τὸ κοινὸν δ᾽ εἰ μιαίνεται πόλις,

ξυνῇ μελέσθω λαὸς ἐκπονεῖν¹¹ ἄκη.

ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἂν οὐ κραίνοιμ᾽ ὑπόσχεσιν πάρος,¹²

ἀστοῖς δὲ πᾶσι τῶνδε¹³ κοινώσας πέρι.

370

str. 2

Χορος

σύ τοι πόλις, σὺ δὲ τὸ δάμιον:
370

πρύτανις ἄκριτος ὤν,

κρατύνεις βωμόν, ἑστίαν χθονός,

μονοψήφοισι νεύμασιν σέθεν,

μονοσκήπτροισι δ᾽ ἐν θρόνοις¹⁴ χρέος

πᾶν ἐπικραίνεις: ἄγος¹⁵ φυλάσσου.
375
376

Βασιλευς

ἄγος μὲν εἴη τοῖς ἐμοῖς παλιγκότοις,

ὑμῖν δ᾽ ἀρήγειν οὐκ ἔχω βλάβης ἄτερ:

οὐδ᾽ αὖ τόδ᾽ εὖφρον, τάσδ᾽ ἀτιμάσαι λιτάς.

ἀμηχανῶ δὲ καὶ φόβος μ᾽ ἔχει φρένας

δρᾶσαί τε μὴ δρᾶσαί τε¹⁶ καὶ τύχην ἑλεῖν.
380
381

ant. 2

Χορος

τὸν ὑψόθεν σκοπὸν ἐπισκόπει,¹⁷

φύλακα πολυπόνων

βροτῶν, οἳ τοῖς πέλας προσήμενοι

δίκας οὐ τυγχάνουσιν ἐννόμου.

μένει τοι Ζηνὸς ἱκταίου κότος
385

δυσπαραθέλκτους¹⁸ παθόντος οἴκτοις.

387

Βασιλευς

εἴ τοι κρατοῦσι παῖδες Αἰγύπτου σέθεν

νόμῳ πόλεως, φάσκοντες ἐγγύτατα γένους

εἶναι, τίς¹⁹ ἂν τοῖσδ᾽ ἀντιωθῆναι θέλοι;²⁰

δεῖ τοί σε φεύγειν κατὰ νόμους τοὺς οἴκοθεν,
390

ὡς οὐκ ἔχουσι κῦρος οὐδὲν ἀμφὶ σοῦ.

392

str. 3

Χορος

μή τί ποτ᾽ οὖν γενοίμαν ὑποχείριος²¹

κράτεσιν ἀρσένων. ὕπαστρον δέ τοι

μῆχαρ ὁρίζομαι γάμου δύσφρονος

φυγάν:²² ξύμμαχον δ᾽ ἑλόμενος δίκαν
395

κρῖνε σέβας τὸ πρὸς θεῶν.

397

Βασιλευς

οὐκ εὔκριτον τὸ κρῖμα: μή μ᾽ αἱροῦ κριτήν.

εἶπον δὲ καὶ πρίν, οὐκ ἄνευ δήμου τάδε

πράξαιμ᾽ ἄν, οὐδέ περ κρατῶν, μὴ καί²³ ποτε

εἴπῃ λεώς, εἴ πού τι κἀλλοῖον²⁴ τύχοι,²⁵
400

“ἐπήλυδας²⁶ τιμῶν ἀπώλεσας πόλιν.”

402

ant. 3

Χορος

ἀμφοτέροις²⁷ ὁμαίμων τάδ᾽ ἐπισκοπεῖ

Ζεὺς ἑτερορρεπής, νέμων εἰκότως

ἄδικα μὲν κακοῖς, ὅσια δ᾽ ἐννόμοις.

τί τῶνδ᾽ ἐξ ἴσου ῥεπομένων μεταλ-
405

γὲς²⁸ τὸ δίκαιον ἔρξαι;

407

Βασιλευς

δεῖ τοι βαθείας φροντίδος σωτηρίου,

δίκην κολυμβητῆρος, ἐς βυθὸν μολεῖν

δεδορκὸς ὄμμα, μηδ᾽ ἄγαν ᾠνωμένον:²⁹

ὅπως ἄνατα ταῦτα πρῶτα μὲν πόλει,
410

αὐτοῖσί θ᾽ ἡμῖν ἐκτελευτήσει καλῶς,

καὶ μήτε δῆρις ῥυσίων ἐφάψεται

μήτ᾽ ἐν θεῶν ἕδραισιν ὧδ᾽ ἱδρυμένας

ἐκδόντες ὑμᾶς τὸν πανώλεθρον θεὸν

βαρὺν ξύνοικον θησόμεσθ᾽³⁰ ἀλάστορα,
415

ὃς³¹ οὐδ᾽³² ἐν Ἅιδου τὸν θανόντ᾽ ἐλευθεροῖ.

μῶν οὐ δοκεῖ δεῖν³³ φροντίδος σωτηρίου;

418

str. 4

Χορος

φρόντισον καὶ γενοῦ

πανδίκως εὐσεβὴς

πρόξενος: τὰν φυγάδα μὴ προδῷς,
420

τὰν ἕκαθεν ἐκβολαῖς

δυσθέοις ὀρμέναν:³⁴

423

ant. 4

Χορος

μηδ᾽ ἴδῃς μ᾽ ἐξ ἑδρᾶν

πολυθέων ῥυσια-

σθεῖσαν, ὦ πᾶν κράτος ἔχων χθονός.
425

γνῶθι δ᾽ ὕβριν ἀνέρων

καὶ φύλαξαι κότον.

428

str. 5

Χορος

μή τι τλῇς τὰν³⁵ ἱκέτιν εἰσιδεῖν

ἀπὸ βρετέων βίᾳ

δίκας ἀγομέναν
430

ἱππηδὸν ἀμπύκων,

πολυμίτων³⁶ πέπλων τ᾽ ἐπιλαβὰς ἐμῶν.

433

ant. 5

Χορος

ἴσθι γάρ: παισὶ τάδε καὶ δόμοις,

ὁπότερ᾽ ἂν κτίσῃς,

μένει ἄρ᾽ ἐκτίνειν³⁷
435

ὁμοιΐαν³⁸ θέμιν.

τάδε φράσαι δίκαια Διόθεν κράτη.

438

Ἱκέτιδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 348-437 focus

348

Χορός

Παλαίχθονος τέκος, κλῦθί μου

πρόφρονι καρδίᾳ, Πελασγῶν ἄναξ.

ἴδε με τὰν ἱκέτιν φυγάδα περίδρομον,
350

λυκοδίωκτον ὡς δάμαλιν ἂμ πέτραις

ἠλιβάτοις, ἵνʼ ἀλκᾷ πίσυνος μέμυ-

κε φράζουσα βοτῆρι μόχθους.

354

Βασιλεύς

ὁρῶ κλάδοισι νεοδρόποις κατάσκιον

νεύονθʼ ὅμιλον τόνδʼ ἀγωνίων θεῶν.
355

εἴη δʼ ἄνατον πρᾶγμα τοῦτʼ ἀστοξένων.

μηδʼ ἐξ ἀέλπτων κἀπρομηθήτων πόλει

νεῖκος γένηται· τῶν γὰρ οὐ δεῖται πόλις.

359

Χορός

ἴδοιτο δῆτʼ ἄνατον φυγὰν

ἱκεσία Θέμις Διὸς κλαρίου.
360

σὺ δὲ παρʼ ὀψιγόνου μάθε γεραιόφρων·

ποτιτρόπαιον αἰδόμενος οὖνπερ

ἱεροδόκα

θεῶν λήματʼ ἀπʼ ἀνδρὸς ἁγνοῦ.

365

Βασιλεύς

οὔτοι κάθησθε δωμάτων ἐφέστιοι
365

ἐμῶν. τὸ κοινὸν δʼ εἰ μιαίνεται πόλις,

ξυνῇ μελέσθω λαὸς ἐκπονεῖν ἄκη.

ἐγὼ δʼ ἂν οὐ κραίνοιμʼ ὑπόσχεσιν πάρος,

ἀστοῖς δὲ πᾶσι τῶνδε κοινώσας πέρι.

370

Χορός

σύ τοι πόλις, σὺ δὲ τὸ δάμιον.
370

πρύτανις ἄκριτος ὤν,

κρατύνεις βωμόν, ἑστίαν χθονός,

μονοψήφοισι νεύμασιν σέθεν,

μονοσκήπτροισι δʼ ἐν θρόνοις χρέος

πᾶν ἐπικραίνεις· ἄγος φυλάσσου.
375

376

Βασιλεύς

ἄγος μὲν εἴη τοῖς ἐμοῖς παλιγκότοις,

ὑμῖν δʼ ἀρήγειν οὐκ ἔχω βλάβης ἄτερ.

οὐδʼ αὖ τόδʼ εὖφρον, τάσδʼ ἀτιμάσαι λιτάς.

ἀμηχανῶ δὲ καὶ φόβος μʼ ἔχει φρένας

δρᾶσαί τε μὴ δρᾶσαί τε καὶ τύχην ἑλεῖν.
380

381

Χορός

τὸν ὑψόθεν σκοπὸν ἐπισκόπει,

φύλακα πολυπόνων

βροτῶν, οἳ τοῖς πέλας προσήμενοι

δίκας οὐ τυγχάνουσιν ἐννόμου.

μένει τοι Ζηνὸς ἱκταίου κότος
385

δυσπαραθέλκτους παθόντος οἴκτοις.

387

Βασιλεύς

εἴ τοι κρατοῦσι παῖδες Αἰγύπτου σέθεν

νόμῳ πόλεως, φάσκοντες ἐγγύτατα γένους

εἶναι, τίς ἂν τοῖσδʼ ἀντιωθῆναι θέλοι;

δεῖ τοί σε φεύγειν κατὰ νόμους τοὺς οἴκοθεν,
390

ὡς οὐκ ἔχουσιν κῦρος οὐδὲν ἀμφὶ σοῦ.

392

Χορός

μή τί ποτʼ οὖν γενοίμαν ὑποχείριος

κράτεσιν ἀρσένων. ὕπαστρον δέ τοι

μῆχαρ ὁρίζομαι γάμου δύσφρονος

φυγάν· ξύμμαχον δʼ ἑλόμενος δίκαν
395

κρῖνε σέβας τὸ πρὸς θεῶν.

397

Βασιλεύς

οὐκ εὔκριτον τὸ κρῖμα. μή μʼ αἱροῦ κριτήν.

εἶπον δὲ καὶ πρίν, οὐκ ἄνευ δήμου τάδε

πράξαιμʼ ἄν, οὐδέ περ κρατῶν, μὴ καί ποτε

εἴπῃ λεώς, εἴ πού τι μὴ τοῖον τύχοι,
400

ἐπήλυδας τιμῶν ἀπώλεσας πόλιν.

402

Χορός

ἀμφοτέρους ὁμαίμων τάδʼ ἐπισκοπεῖ

Ζεὺς ἑτερορρεπής, νέμων εἰκότως

ἄδικα μὲν κακοῖς, ὅσια δʼ ἐννόμοις.

τί τῶνδʼ ἐξ ἴσου ῥεπομένων μεταλ-
405

γεῖς τὸ δίκαιον ἔρξας;

407

Βασιλεύς

δεῖ τοι βαθείας φροντίδος σωτηρίου,

δίκην κολυμβητῆρος, ἐς βυθὸν μολεῖν

δεδορκὸς ὄμμα, μηδʼ ἄγαν ᾠνωμένον,

ὅπως ἄνατα ταῦτα πρῶτα μὲν πόλει,
410

αὐτοῖσί θʼ ἡμῖν ἐκτελευτήσει καλῶς,

καὶ μήτε δῆρις ῥυσίων ἐφάψεται

μήτʼ ἐν θεῶν ἕδραισιν ὧδʼ ἱδρυμένας

ἐκδόντες ὑμᾶς τὸν πανώλεθρον θεὸν

βαρὺν ξύνοικον θησόμεσθʼ ἀλάστορα,
415

ὃς οὐδʼ ἐν Ἅιδου τὸν θανόντʼ ἐλευθεροῖ.

μῶν οὐ δοκεῖ δεῖν φροντίδος σωτηρίου;

418

Χορός

φρόντισον καὶ γενοῦ

πανδίκως εὐσεβὴς

πρόξενος· τὰν φυγάδα μὴ προδῷς,
420

τὰν ἕκαθεν ἐκβολαῖς

δυσθέοις ὀρμέναν·

423

Χορός

μηδʼ ἴδῃς μʼ ἐξ ἑδρᾶν

πολυθέων ῥυσια-

σθεῖσαν, ὦ πᾶν κράτος ἔχων χθονός.
425

γνῶθι δʼ ὕβριν ἀνέρων

καὶ φύλαξαι κότον.

428

Χορός

μή τι τλῇς τὰν ἱκέτιν εἰσιδεῖν

ἀπὸ βρετέων βίᾳ

δίκας ἀγομέναν
430

ἱππηδὸν ἀμπύκων,

πολυμίτων πέπλων τʼ ἐπιλαβὰς ἐμῶν.

433

Χορός

ἴσθι γάρ· παισὶ τάδε καὶ δόμοις,

ὁπότερʼ ἂν κτίσῃς,

μένει ἄρ ἐκτίνειν
435

ὁμοιΐαν θέμιν.

τάδε φράσαι δίκαια Διόθεν κράτη.

Greek (Editio princeps, 1518) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Suppliants, 1518 edition. Native printed lineation, page markers, and automated correspondence to the Perseus/Smyth edition.) — 274 focus

Χορός

βραχύτορός θ’ ὁ μῦθος ἀργεῖαι γένος.

ἐξχόμεσθα σπέρματ’ εὐτέκνου βοὸς,

καὶ ταῦτ’ ἀμηθῆ πάντα προσφύσω λόγω.

Βασιλεύς

ἄπιστα μυθᾶσ’ ὦ ξέναι κλύειν ἐμοὶ,

ὅπως τὸ δ’ ὑμῖν ἔστιν ἀργεῖον γένος.
230

λιβυστικαῖς γὰρ μᾶλλον ἐμφερέστεραι,

γυναιξὶ δ’ ἐστὲ κὐδαμῶς ἐγχωρίαις

καὶ νεῖλος ἂν θρέψειεν τοῖον φυτὸν,

κύπριος χαρακτήρ τ’ ἐν γυναικίοις τύποις.

Βασιλεύς

εἰκὼς πέπληκται τεκτόνων πρὸς ἀρσένων.
235

ἰνδάς τ' ἀκούω νομάδας ἱπποβάμοισιν.

ἵναι κεμήλοις ἀστραβιζούσαις χθόνα,

παρ' αἰθίοψιν ἀστυγειτονουμένας.

καὶ τὰν ἀνάνδρους κρεοβρότους δ' ἀμαζόνας

εἴτ' ὀξοτοξεῖς ἦτε, κάρτ' ἂν ἤκισα
240

ὑμᾶς. διδαχθεὶς ἂν τόδ' εἰδείην πλέον.

ὅπως γένεθλαν σπέρματ' ἀργείων τόσον,

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Joannes Cornelius de Pauw, 1745.) — 274 focus

Βραχὺς τορός θ ὁ μῦθος, Αργεῖαι γένος

Εξευχόμεσθα, σπέρματ᾽ εὐτέκνω βοός

Καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἀληθῆ πάντα πρσφύσω λόγῳ.

Βα.

Απίστα μυθεῖσθ᾽, ξέναι, κλύειν ἐμοὶ, ¹

Οπως τίδ᾽ ὑμῖν ἐστιν Αργεῖον γένος.
285

Λιβυστικαῖς γὰρ μᾶλλον ἐμφερέστεραι

Γυναιξίν ἐστε, κ᾿ οὐδαμῶς ἐγχωρίαις.

Καὶ Νεῖλος ἂν θρέψειε τοιοῦτον φυτὸν,

Κύπριος χαρακτής τ᾽ ἐν γυναικείοις τύποις

Εἰκὼς πέπληκται τεκτόνων πρὸς ἀρσένων· ²
290

Ινδούς τ᾿ ἀκούω νομάδας ἱπποβάμοσιν

Εἶναι καμήλοις ἀστραβιζούσαις, χθόνα ³

Παρ᾿ Αἰθίοψιν ἀστυγειτονουμένας.

Καὶ τὰς ἀνάνδρες κρειβρότες δ' Αμαζόνας,

Εἰ τοξοτευχεῖς ἦτε, κάρτ᾽ ἂν ἤκασα ⁴
295

Υμᾶς. διδαχθεὶς ἂν τόδ᾽ εἰδείην πλέον,

Όπως γένεθλον σπέρμα τ᾿ Αργεῖον τὸ σόν.

Κο.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 274 focus

ΧΟ.

βραχὺς τορός θ᾽ ὁ μῦθος· Ἀργεῖαι γένος

ἐξευχόμεσθα, σπέρματ᾽ εὐτέκνου βοός·
275

καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἀληθῆ πάντα προσφύσω λόγῳ.

ΒΑ.

ἄπιστα μυθεῖσθ᾽, ὦ ξέναι, κλύειν ἐμοὶ,

ὅπως τόδ᾽ ὑμῖν ἐστιν Ἀργεῖον γένος.

Λιβυστικαῖς γὰρ μᾶλλον ἐμφερέστεραι

γυναιξίν ἐστε κοὐδαμῶς ἐγχωρίαις.
280

καὶ Νεῖλος ἂν θρέψειε τοιοῦτον φυτὸν,

Κύπριος χαρακτήρ τ᾽ ἐν γυναικείοις τύποις

εἰκὼς πέπληκται τεκτόνων πρὸς ἀρσένων·

Ἰνδάς τ' ἀκούω νομάδας ἱπποβάμοσιν

εἶναι καμήλοις ἀστραβιζούσας, χθόνα

285

παρ᾿ Αἰθίοψιν ἀστυγειτονουμένας.

καὶ τὰς ἀνάνδρους κρεοβόρους τ' Ἀμαζόνας,

εἰ τοξοτευχεῖς ἦτε, κάρτ᾽ ἂν ᾔκασα

ὑμᾶς. διδαχθεὶς δ᾽ ἂν τόδ᾽ εἰδείην πλέον,

ὅπως γένεθλον σπέρμα τ᾽ Ἀργεῖον τὸ σόν.

290

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 274 focus

Χορός Δαναΐδων

βραχὺς τορός θ' ὁ μῦθος· Ἀργεῖαι γένος

ἐξευχόμεσθα, σπέρματ᾽ εὐτέκνου βοός.

καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἀληθῆ πάντα προςφύσω λόγῳ.

Βασιλεύς Ἀργείων

ἄπιστα μυθεῖσθ᾽, ὦ ξέναι, κλύειν ἐμοί,

ὅπως τόδ᾽ ὑμῖν ἐστιν Ἀργεῖον γένος.
265

Λιβυστικαῖς γὰρ μᾶλλον ἐμφερέστεραι

γυναιξίν ἐστε, κοὐδαμῶς ἐγχωρίαις.

καὶ Νεῖλος ἂν θρέψειε τοιοῦτον φυτόν,

Κύπριος χαρακτήρ τ' ἐν γυναικείοις τύποις

εἰκὼς πέπληκται τεκτόνων πρὸς ἀρσένων·
270

Ἰνδάς τ᾿ ἀκούων νομάδας, ἱπποβάμοσιν

οἶμαι καμήλοις ἀστραβιζούσας, χθόνα

παρ' Αἰθίοψιν ἀστυγειτονουμένας.

καὶ τἄν ἀνάνδρους κρεοβόρους Ἀμαζόνας,

εἰ τοξοτευχεῖς ἦτε, κάρτ' ἂν ἤκασα
275

ὑμᾶς· διδαχθεὶς δ᾽ ἂν τόδ᾽ εἰδείην πλέον,

ὅπως γένεθλον σπέρμα τ' Ἀργεῖον τὸ σόν.

ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 274 focus

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Βραχὺς τορός θ' δ μύθος· 'Αργείαι γένος

ἐξευχόμεσθα σπέρμα τ' εὐτέκνου βοός·

καὶ ταῦτ' ἀληθῆ πάντα προσφύσω λόγῳ.

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ

Απιστα μυθείσθ᾽, ὦ ξέναι, κλύειν ἐμοί,
275

ὅπως τόδ' ὑμῖν ἐστιν Αργείον γένος·

Λιβυστικαῖς γὰρ μᾶλλον ἐμφερέστεραι

γυναιξίν γυναιξὶ δ' ἐστε κοὐδαμῶς ἐγχωρίαις·

καὶ Νείλος ἂν θρέψειε τοιοῦτον φυτόν·

Κύπριος χαρακτήρ τ' ἐν γυναικείοις τύποις
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εἰκὼς πέπληκται τεκτόνων πρὸς ἀρσένων·

Ινδούς τ᾿ ἀκούω ἀκούων νομάδας ἱπποβάμοσιν ἱπποβάμοισιν

εἶναι καμήλοις ἀστραβιζούσας, χθόνα

παρ' Αἰθίοψιν ἀστυγειτονουμένας·

καὶ τὰς ἀνάνδρους κρεοβόρους χρεοβρότους δ' χρεοβόρους δ' ᾿Αμαζόνας,
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εἰ τοξοτευχεῖς ἦτε, κάρτ' ἂν ᾖκασα

ὑμᾶς. Διδαχθεὶς δ' ἂν τόδ' εἰδείην πλέον,

ὅπως γένεθλον σπέρμα τ' Αργεῖον τὸ σόν.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 274 focus

βραχὺς τορός θ᾽ ὁ μῦθος, Ἀργεῖαι γένος
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ἐξευχόμεσθα, σπέρματ᾽ εὐτέκνου βοός·

καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἀληθῆ πάντα προσφύσω λόγῳ.

ΒΑ.

ἄπιστα μυθεῖσθ᾽, ὦ ξέναι, κλύειν ἐμοί,

ὅπως τόδ᾽ ὑμῖν ἐστιν Ἀργεῖον γένος.

Λιβυστικαῖς γὰρ μᾶλλον ἐμφερέστεραι
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γυναιξίν ἐστε κοὐδαμῶς ἐγχωρίαις.

καὶ Νεῖλος ἂν θρέψειε τοιοῦτον φυτόν,

Κύπριος χαρακτήρ τ᾽ ἐν γυναικείοις τύποις

εἰκὼς πέπληκται τεκτόνων πρὸς ἀρσένων·

Ἰνδάς τ᾿ ἀκούω νομάδας ἱπποβάμοσιν
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εἶναι καμήλοις ἀστραβιζούσας, χθόνα

παρ' Αἰθίοψιν ἀστυγειτονουμένας.

καὶ τὰς ἀνάνδρους κρεοβόρους δ' Ἀμαζόνας,

εἰ τοξοτευχεῖς ἦτε, κάρτ᾽ ἂν ἤκασα

ὑμᾶς. διδαχθεὶς δ᾽ ἂν τόδ᾽ εἰδείην πλέον,
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ὅπως γένεθλον σπέρμα τ' Ἀργεῖον τὸ σόν.

ΧΟ.

Aeschyli Supplices (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Supplices. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 274 focus

ΧΟ.

βραχὺς τορός θ᾽ ὁ μύθος· ᾿Αργεῖαι γένος

ἐξευχόμεσθα, σπέρματ᾽ εὐτέκνου βοός·
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καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἀληθῆ πάντα προσφύσω λόγωι.

ΠΕΛ.

ἄπιστα μυθεῖσθ᾽, ὦ ξέναι, κλύειν ἐμοί,

ὅπως τόδ᾽ ὑμῖν ἐστιν ᾿Αργεῖον γένος.

Λιβυστικαῖς γὰρ μᾶλλον ἐμφερέστεραι

γυναιξίν ἐστε κοὐδαμῶς ἐγχωρίαις.
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καὶ Νεῖλος ἂν θρέψειε τοιοῦτον φυτόν,

† Κύπριος χαρακτήρ τ᾽ ἐν γυναικείοις τύποις

εἰκὼς πέπληκται τεκτόνων πρὸς ἀρσένων·

Ἰνδάς τ᾽ ἀκούω νομάδας ἱπποβάμοσιν

εἶναι καμήλοις ἀστραβιζούσας χθόνα
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παρ᾽ Αἰθίοψιν ἀστυγειτονουμένας.

καὶ τὰς ἀνάνδρους κρεοβόρους [δ᾽] ᾿Αμαζόνας,

Apparatus Criticus

¹ τὰ δὴ τὰ δὲ μηνίσασ᾽ ἄχη μηνεῖται ἄκη δρακονθόμιλον δράκων θ᾽ ὁμιλῶν ἀμέμπτως ᾿Απις μεμπτῶς ἀπεῖσ᾽ ηὕρετ᾽ πονταντινεισθον εὕρετ᾿ ἔχουσα δ᾽ ἔχον δ᾽ ἂν ἔχουσαν λέγοις πρόσω γένοιτ᾽ ἂν λέγοι πρόσως γε μὲν δὴ ῥῆσιν γεμιν δηρίσιν λόγωι λόγων ἄπιστα ἄπειστα ² γυναιξίν γυναιξί δ' Κύπριος κύπρις³ Ἰνδάς Ἰνδούς ἀκούω ἀκούων ἱπποβάμοσιν ἱπποβάμοισιν ἀστραβιζούσας ἀστραβιζούσαις κρεοβόρους κρεοβρότους [δ᾽] d' del. Wellauer

ΠΕΛ.

εἰ τοξοτευχεῖς ἦτε, κάρτ᾽ ἂν ἤικασα

ὑμᾶς. διδαχθεὶς (δ᾽) ἂν τόδ᾽ εἰδείην πλέον,

ὅπως γένεθλον σπέρμα τ᾽ ᾿Αργεῖον τὸ σόν.
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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.)) — 348-435 focus

Son of Palaechthon, lord of the Pelasgians, hear me with a benign heart.

Behold me, your suppliant, a fugitive, running around like a heifer chased by wolves upon precipitous crags, where, confident in his help, she lows to tell the herdsman of her distress.
350

354

King

I see

a company of assembled gods assenting beneath the shade of fresh-plucked boughs. Nevertheless may this affair of claimants to the friendship of our city bring no mischief in its wake! And let no feud come upon the state from causes unforeseen and unforestalled; for the state has no need of such trouble.
355

359

Chorus

Indeed,

may Justice, daughter of Zeus the Apportioner, Justice who protects the suppliant, look upon our flight that it bring no mischief in its wake. But you, aged in experience, learn from one of younger birth. If you show mercy to a suppliant ... from a man of holiness.
360

365

King

It is not my own house at whose hearth you sit. If the state is stained by pollution in its commonalty, in common let the people strive to work out the cure. For myself, I will pledge no promise before I have communicated these events to all the citizens.
365

370

Chorus

You are the state, you are the people. Being subject to no judge, you rule the altar, your country’s hearth by your will’s sole ordinance; and, enthroned in sole sovereignty,
370

you determine every issue. Beware pollution!
375

376

King

Pollution on my enemies! But without harm I do not know how to help you. And yet again, it is not well advised to slight these supplications. I am perplexed, and fear possesses my soul

whether to act, or not to act and take what fortune sends.
380

381

Chorus

Look to him who looks down from above, to him, the guardian of mortals sore-distressed, who appeal to their neighbors, yet do not obtain the justice that is their right.

The wrath of Zeus, the suppliant’s god, remains, and will not be softened by a sufferer’s complaints.
385

387

King

If the sons of Aegyptus have authority over you by the law of your country claiming that they are nearest of kin, who would wish to contest it?

You must plead in accordance with the laws of the land you have fled, that they have no authority over you.
390

392

Chorus

Never, oh never, may I fall subject to the power and authority of these men. I am determined to flee to escape this marriage that offends my soul, piloting my course by the stars.

Take Justice as your ally, and render judgment for the cause deemed righteous by the gods.
395

397

King

The judgment is not easy—do not make me the judge. I have declared already that, though I am ruler, I will not do this thing without the consent of my people, lest hereafter,

if any evil befall, the people should say, You honored aliens and brought ruin upon your own land.
400

402

Chorus

Kindred to both in blood, Zeus surveys both sides alike in this dispute with an impartial scale, apportioning, as is due, to the wicked their wrongdoing and to the godly their works of righteousness.

When these things are thus equally balanced, why do you fear to act justly?
405

407

King

Surely there is need of deep and salutary counsel; need for a keen-sighted eye, not confused, to descend, like some diver, into the depths;

that to the state above all things this matter may not work mischief, but may end well for us; that strife may not seize you for its prize, nor yet that we surrender you from these seats of sanctuary,
410

and bring upon ourselves the dire, abiding vengeance of the all-destroying god, who, even in the realm of Death, does not set his victim free. Surely you cannot think there is no need of salutary counsel?
415

418

Chorus

Take counsel, and, as is your sacred duty, prove yourself our sacred

champion. Do not betray the fugitive who has been impiously cast out and driven from afar.
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423

And see me not ravished from this sanctuary of many gods,

oh you who hold sovereign power over the land. Recognize men’s wantonness, and guard against wrath.
425

428

Do not see your suppliant dragged, in spite of justice, from the images of the gods,

like a horse by the bridle, and see rude hands laid upon my fine-woven robes.
430

433

For be assured of this—whichever end you bring to pass, to your children and house

does it remain to make full payment.¹Consider these just ordinances of God.
435

The Suppliant Women. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliant Women.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 274 focus

My speech shall be short and clear. We boast ourselves Argives as to our race, the seed of the heifer happy in her son: and I will prove all these things I say to be true.

PELASGUS

You relate incredible things, O strangers, for me to hear, that this your race is Argive. For you are more like to Libyan women, and by no means to the natives of my country. The Nile might nurture such an offspring, and a like Cyprian image is stamped in female forms by male artists; and I hear that the wandering Indians ride on pannier-packed camels fleet as steeds, in their land bordering on the Ethiopians : and by all means I had conjectured that you were the unwedded flesh-eating Amazons, if you had carried bows. Instructed I would know this farther, how your race and seed is Argive.

CHORUS

LES SUPPLIANTES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SUPPLIANTES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 274 focus

mais n'oublie pas que ce pays répugne aux longs discours.

LE CORYPHÉE.

Je parlerai bref et net. Nous nous
honorons d'être de race argienne et de descendre d'une génisse féconde. Tout cela est vrai, et, si je puis parler, je saurai l'établir.

LE ROI.

Votre langage, étrangères, semble incroyable à mes oreilles d'où vous viendrait telle origine? Ce
sont les Libyennes que vous rappelez, bien plutôt que les Argiennes. Le Nil encore pourrait nourrir plantes pareilles. Le type chypriote que, comme dans un moule, frappent les mâles au sein des femmes, ressemble également au vôtre. J'ai ouï parler aussi d'Indiennes nomades, qui vont che-
vauchant des mules sur des selles à dossier à travers les régions qui avoisinent l'Éthiopie. Ou des Amazones, vierges carnassières! voilà peut-être encore pour qui je vous prendrais, si

The Suppliants (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliants. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 274 focus

Brief will I be, and plain. Of Argive race

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We boaſt ourſelves, and draw our vaunted lineage

From her, the lowing mother, in her ſon

Supremely bleſt.

All this my words ſhall prove.

PELASGUS.

Unplauſible your tale.
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Can it be, ſtrangers,

That you're of Argive race?

Liker, I ween,

The Lybian damſels, in no wiſe reſembling p

Our daughters:
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ſuch perchance the Nile might

rear,

Such in the glowing tint the artiſt's hand

Might mark the Colchian dame;

and ſuch, I hear,
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The wand'ring Indians, mounted on their camels,

Along the tented plains outſtretching wide

To Æthiopia's cities;

ſuch the troops

Of warlike Amazons;
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and were your hands

Arm'd with the poliſh'd bow, I might conjecture

You were of these;

therefore I thirſt to know

More fully, how you are of Argive race.
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CHORUS.

Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 274 focus

Breve sarà la mia risposta, e chiara.

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Vantiamo argivo sangue; e siamo stirpe

della giovenca che fu madre ad Epafo.

Molte prove darò che il vero dico.

PELASGO

Non so credere, udendo, o stranïere,

che d'Argo sia la discendenza vostra.
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Somigliate piú presto a donne libiche,

non ad argive: il Nilo educa genti

simili a voi nei visi alle lor figlie

gli uomini Ciprî ugual sigillo imprimono:

tali anche sono, a quanto odo, le nomadi
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femmine d'India, che i cammelli inforcano

quasi cavalli, e le terre propinque

al suolo etíope scorazzando vanno.

Se l'arco in pugno aveste, alle carnivore

schive dei maschi Amazzoni potrei
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anche simili dirvi. Or parla, e mostrami

come sia d'Argo il tuo sangue e la stirpe.

CORIFEA

Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 274 focus

Breuis & uerus tuus ſermo est, Argiuæ genere

Exinimus ex ſemine filij bouis,

Et omnia hæc uera, dicam ſermone.

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Rex

Incredibilia auditu narratis mihi hoſpites,

Nempe uestrum eſse Argiuum genus.

Libyſticis magis ſimiles

Mulieribus estis, & nequaquam patrijs.

Et Nilus aluit hanc plantam,
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Cyprius characterq; in mulieribus formis,

Imago cuſsa est à fabris maſculis.

Indos audio Nomadas equis ſimilibus

Eſse camelis dorſo ferentibus, terram

Apud Aethiopas
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Et uirilibus carentes carnibus Amazonas

Siue iaculatrices admodum aſsimilaui

Vobis, doctus hoc uiderem adhuc

Quomodo genitale ſemen tuum Argiuum sit.

Pu.

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.) — 274 focus

Short is my word and clear. Of Argive race

We come, from her, the ox-horned maiden who

Erst bare the sacred child. My word shall give

Whate'er can stablish this my soothfast tale.
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The King of Argos

O stranger maids, I may not trust this word,

That ye have share in this our Argive race.

No likeness of our country do ye bear,

But semblance as of Libyan womankind.

Even such a stock by Nilus' banks might grow;
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Yea, and the Cyprian stamp, in female forms,

Shows, to the life, what males impressed the same.

And, furthermore, of roving Indian maids

Whose camping-grounds by Aethiopia lie,

And camels burdened even as mules, and bearing
320

Riders, as horses bear, mine ears have heard;

And tales of flesh-devouring mateless maids

Called Amazons: to these, if bows ye bare,

I most had deemed you like. Speak further yet,

That of your Argive birth the truth I learn.
325

Chorus

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.) — 274 focus

Wir sind Argeierinnen, hör' es kurz und klar,
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Der Sterke Sprossen, welche hoch ihr Sohn beglückt.

Daß lautre Wahrheit alles dies, erweis' ich dir.

Der König.

Unglaublich klingt es meinem Ohr, ihr fremden Frau'n,

Daß euer Stamm hier Argos' Blut entsprossen sei.

Denn eher gleicht ihr Frauen, die in Libya,
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Nicht solchen, die in diesem Lande heimisch sind.-

Die Flut des Neilos nährte wohl ein solch Geschlecht,

Und Kypros' Züge wurden wohl durch Manneskraft

In treuem Bild dem Mädchenantlik aufgeprägt.

Auch gleicht ihr Inderfrauen, die auf trabender
270

Kamele Rücken, hört' ich einst, unstät das Land

Durchziehen längs den Marken Aethiopia's.

Doch, führtet ihr den Bogen, möcht' ich lieber euch

Mannlosen Amazonen, menschenschlachtenden,

Vergleichen. Unterrichte mich genauer denn,
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Wiefern aus Argos euer Blut und Same stammt.

Die Chorführerin.

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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τὰ δὴ:

τὰ δὲ

Μ. G. E. Rob.

τὰ δὴ

Turnebus.

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μιάσμασιν:

μιάσμασιν

cum ν M. G. Rob.

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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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ΠΕΛ. εἰ τοξοτευχεῖς ἦτε, κάρτ᾽ ἂν ἤικασα ὑμᾶς. διδαχθεὶς (δ᾽) ἂν τόδ᾽ εἰδείην πλέον, ὅπως γένεθλον σπέρμα τ᾽ ᾿Αργεῖον τὸ σόν. 290

Son of Palaechthon, lord of the Pelasgians, hear me with a benign heart. Behold me, your suppliant, a fugitive, running around like a heifer chased by wolves upon precipitous crags, where, confident in his help, she lows to tell the herdsman of her distress. 350

Chorus Indeed, may Justice, daughter of Zeus the Apportioner, Justice who protects the suppliant, look upon our flight that it bring no mischief in its wake. But you, aged in experience, learn from one of younger birth. If you show mercy to a suppliant ... from a man of holiness. 360

King It is not my own house at whose hearth you sit. If the state is stained by pollution in its commonalty, in common let the people strive to work out the cure. For myself, I will pledge no promise before I have communicated these events to all the citizens. 365

Chorus You are the state, you are the people. Being subject to no judge, you rule the altar, your country’s hearth by your will’s sole ordinance; and, enthroned in sole sovereignty, 370 you determine every issue. Beware pollution! 375

King Pollution on my enemies! But without harm I do not know how to help you. And yet again, it is not well advised to slight these supplications. I am perplexed, and fear possesses my soul whether to act, or not to act and take what fortune sends. 380

Chorus Look to him who looks down from above, to him, the guardian of mortals sore-distressed, who appeal to their neighbors, yet do not obtain the justice that is their right. The wrath of Zeus, the suppliant’s god, remains, and will not be softened by a sufferer’s complaints. 385

King If the sons of Aegyptus have authority over you by the law of your country claiming that they are nearest of kin, who would wish to contest it? You must plead in accordance with the laws of the land you have fled, that they have no authority over you. 390

Chorus Never, oh never, may I fall subject to the power and authority of these men. I am determined to flee to escape this marriage that offends my soul, piloting my course by the stars. Take Justice as your ally, and render judgment for the cause deemed righteous by the gods. 395

King The judgment is not easy—do not make me the judge. I have declared already that, though I am ruler, I will not do this thing without the consent of my people, lest hereafter, if any evil befall, the people should say, You honored aliens and brought ruin upon your own land. 400

Chorus Kindred to both in blood, Zeus surveys both sides alike in this dispute with an impartial scale, apportioning, as is due, to the wicked their wrongdoing and to the godly their works of righteousness. When these things are thus equally balanced, why do you fear to act justly? 405

Chorus Take counsel, and, as is your sacred duty, prove yourself our sacred champion. Do not betray the fugitive who has been impiously cast out and driven from afar. 420

And see me not ravished from this sanctuary of many gods, oh you who hold sovereign power over the land. Recognize men’s wantonness, and guard against wrath. 425

Do not see your suppliant dragged, in spite of justice, from the images of the gods, like a horse by the bridle, and see rude hands laid upon my fine-woven robes. 430

For be assured of this—whichever end you bring to pass, to your children and house does it remain to make full payment. 1 Consider these just ordinances of God. 435

CHORUS

LE CORYPHÉE. Je parlerai bref et net. Nous nous honorons d'être de race argienne et de descendre d'une génisse féconde. Tout cela est vrai, et, si je puis parler, je saurai l'établir.

CHORUS.

CORIFEA

Pu.

Short is my word and clear. Of Argive race We come, from her, the ox-horned maiden who Erst bare the sacred child. My word shall give Whate'er can stablish this my soothfast tale. 310

Chorus

Wir sind Argeierinnen, hör' es kurz und klar, 260 Der Sterke Sprossen, welche hoch ihr Sohn beglückt. Daß lautre Wahrheit alles dies, erweis' ich dir.

Die Chorführerin.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

Χορος

φρόντισον καὶ γενοῦ

πανδίκως εὐσεβὴς

πρόξενος: τὰν φυγάδα μὴ προδῷς,
420

τὰν ἕκαθεν ἐκβολαῖς

δυσθέοις ὀρμέναν:³⁴

423

Χορος

μηδ᾽ ἴδῃς μ᾽ ἐξ ἑδρᾶν

πολυθέων ῥυσια-

σθεῖσαν, ὦ πᾶν κράτος ἔχων χθονός.
425

γνῶθι δ᾽ ὕβριν ἀνέρων

καὶ φύλαξαι κότον.

428

Χορος

μή τι τλῇς τὰν³⁵ ἱκέτιν εἰσιδεῖν

ἀπὸ βρετέων βίᾳ

δίκας ἀγομέναν
430

ἱππηδὸν ἀμπύκων,

πολυμίτων³⁶ πέπλων τ᾽ ἐπιλαβὰς ἐμῶν.

433

Χορος

ἴσθι γάρ: παισὶ τάδε καὶ δόμοις,

ὁπότερ᾽ ἂν κτίσῃς,

μένει ἄρ᾽ ἐκτίνειν³⁷
435

ὁμοιΐαν³⁸ θέμιν.

τάδε φράσαι δίκαια Διόθεν κράτη.

438

Χορός

φρόντισον καὶ γενοῦ

πανδίκως εὐσεβὴς

πρόξενος· τὰν φυγάδα μὴ προδῷς,
420

τὰν ἕκαθεν ἐκβολαῖς

δυσθέοις ὀρμέναν·

Χορός

μηδʼ ἴδῃς μʼ ἐξ ἑδρᾶν

πολυθέων ῥυσια-

σθεῖσαν, ὦ πᾶν κράτος ἔχων χθονός.
425

γνῶθι δʼ ὕβριν ἀνέρων

καὶ φύλαξαι κότον.

Χορός

μή τι τλῇς τὰν ἱκέτιν εἰσιδεῖν

ἀπὸ βρετέων βίᾳ

δίκας ἀγομέναν
430

ἱππηδὸν ἀμπύκων,

πολυμίτων πέπλων τʼ ἐπιλαβὰς ἐμῶν.

Χορός

ἴσθι γάρ· παισὶ τάδε καὶ δόμοις,

ὁπότερʼ ἂν κτίσῃς,

μένει ἄρ ἐκτίνειν
435

ὁμοιΐαν θέμιν.

τάδε φράσαι δίκαια Διόθεν κράτη.

Χορός

βραχύτορός θ’ ὁ μῦθος ἀργεῖαι γένος.

ἐξχόμεσθα σπέρματ’ εὐτέκνου βοὸς,

καὶ ταῦτ’ ἀμηθῆ πάντα προσφύσω λόγω.

Βραχὺς τορός θ ὁ μῦθος, Αργεῖαι γένος

Εξευχόμεσθα, σπέρματ᾽ εὐτέκνω βοός

Καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἀληθῆ πάντα πρσφύσω λόγῳ.

ΧΟ.

βραχὺς τορός θ᾽ ὁ μῦθος· Ἀργεῖαι γένος

ἐξευχόμεσθα, σπέρματ᾽ εὐτέκνου βοός·
275

καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἀληθῆ πάντα προσφύσω λόγῳ.

Χορός Δαναΐδων

βραχὺς τορός θ' ὁ μῦθος· Ἀργεῖαι γένος

ἐξευχόμεσθα, σπέρματ᾽ εὐτέκνου βοός.

καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἀληθῆ πάντα προςφύσω λόγῳ.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Βραχὺς τορός θ' δ μύθος· 'Αργείαι γένος

ἐξευχόμεσθα σπέρμα τ' εὐτέκνου βοός·

καὶ ταῦτ' ἀληθῆ πάντα προσφύσω λόγῳ.

βραχὺς τορός θ᾽ ὁ μῦθος, Ἀργεῖαι γένος
280

ἐξευχόμεσθα, σπέρματ᾽ εὐτέκνου βοός·

καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἀληθῆ πάντα προσφύσω λόγῳ.

ΧΟ.

βραχὺς τορός θ᾽ ὁ μύθος· ᾿Αργεῖαι γένος

ἐξευχόμεσθα, σπέρματ᾽ εὐτέκνου βοός·
275

καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἀληθῆ πάντα προσφύσω λόγωι.

ΠΕΛ.

εἰ τοξοτευχεῖς ἦτε, κάρτ᾽ ἂν ἤικασα

ὑμᾶς. διδαχθεὶς (δ᾽) ἂν τόδ᾽ εἰδείην πλέον,

ὅπως γένεθλον σπέρμα τ᾽ ᾿Αργεῖον τὸ σόν.
290

Son of Palaechthon, lord of the Pelasgians, hear me with a benign heart.

Behold me, your suppliant, a fugitive, running around like a heifer chased by wolves upon precipitous crags, where, confident in his help, she lows to tell the herdsman of her distress.
350

Chorus

Indeed,

may Justice, daughter of Zeus the Apportioner, Justice who protects the suppliant, look upon our flight that it bring no mischief in its wake. But you, aged in experience, learn from one of younger birth. If you show mercy to a suppliant ... from a man of holiness.
360

King

It is not my own house at whose hearth you sit. If the state is stained by pollution in its commonalty, in common let the people strive to work out the cure. For myself, I will pledge no promise before I have communicated these events to all the citizens.
365

Chorus

You are the state, you are the people. Being subject to no judge, you rule the altar, your country’s hearth by your will’s sole ordinance; and, enthroned in sole sovereignty,
370

you determine every issue. Beware pollution!
375

King

Pollution on my enemies! But without harm I do not know how to help you. And yet again, it is not well advised to slight these supplications. I am perplexed, and fear possesses my soul

whether to act, or not to act and take what fortune sends.
380

Chorus

Look to him who looks down from above, to him, the guardian of mortals sore-distressed, who appeal to their neighbors, yet do not obtain the justice that is their right.

The wrath of Zeus, the suppliant’s god, remains, and will not be softened by a sufferer’s complaints.
385

King

If the sons of Aegyptus have authority over you by the law of your country claiming that they are nearest of kin, who would wish to contest it?

You must plead in accordance with the laws of the land you have fled, that they have no authority over you.
390

Chorus

Never, oh never, may I fall subject to the power and authority of these men. I am determined to flee to escape this marriage that offends my soul, piloting my course by the stars.

Take Justice as your ally, and render judgment for the cause deemed righteous by the gods.
395

King

The judgment is not easy—do not make me the judge. I have declared already that, though I am ruler, I will not do this thing without the consent of my people, lest hereafter,

if any evil befall, the people should say, You honored aliens and brought ruin upon your own land.
400

Chorus

Kindred to both in blood, Zeus surveys both sides alike in this dispute with an impartial scale, apportioning, as is due, to the wicked their wrongdoing and to the godly their works of righteousness.

When these things are thus equally balanced, why do you fear to act justly?
405

Chorus

Take counsel, and, as is your sacred duty, prove yourself our sacred

champion. Do not betray the fugitive who has been impiously cast out and driven from afar.
420

And see me not ravished from this sanctuary of many gods,

oh you who hold sovereign power over the land. Recognize men’s wantonness, and guard against wrath.
425

Do not see your suppliant dragged, in spite of justice, from the images of the gods,

like a horse by the bridle, and see rude hands laid upon my fine-woven robes.
430

For be assured of this—whichever end you bring to pass, to your children and house

does it remain to make full payment.¹Consider these just ordinances of God.
435

LE CORYPHÉE.

Je parlerai bref et net. Nous nous
honorons d'être de race argienne et de descendre d'une génisse féconde. Tout cela est vrai, et, si je puis parler, je saurai l'établir.

Short is my word and clear. Of Argive race

We come, from her, the ox-horned maiden who

Erst bare the sacred child. My word shall give

Whate'er can stablish this my soothfast tale.
310

Wir sind Argeierinnen, hör' es kurz und klar,
260

Der Sterke Sprossen, welche hoch ihr Sohn beglückt.

Daß lautre Wahrheit alles dies, erweis' ich dir.