Supplices. Aeschylus. ed. Gottfried Hermann. Lipsiae. 1852.
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Critical apparatus to The Suppliant Women (OCR draft) (Latin) (Latin and Greek critical apparatus to Gottfried Hermann's 1852 edition of The Suppliant Women.)
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Editions (9)
Ἱκέτιδες First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 600-629 focus
Δαναος
θαρσεῖτε παῖδες: εὖ τὰ τῶν ἐγχωρίων:
600
δήμου
1
δέδοκται παντελῆ ψηφίσματα.
Χορος
ὦ χαῖρε πρέσβυ, φίλτατ᾽ ἀγγέλλων ἐμοί:
δήμου κρατοῦσα χείρ θ᾽
4
ὅπῃ πληθύνεται.
Δαναος
ἔδοξεν Ἀργείοισιν οὐ διχορρόπως,
605
ἀλλ᾽ ὥστ᾽ ἀνηβῆσαί με
5
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 προφωνῶν
6
μήποτ᾽ εἰσόπιν χρόνου
πόλιν παχῦναι, ξενικὸν ἀστικόν θ᾽ ἅμα
λέγων διπλοῦν μίασμα πρὸς
7
πόλεως φανὲν
ἀμήχανον βόσκημα πημονῆς πέλειν.
620
τοιαῦτ᾽ ἀκούων χερσὶν Ἀργεῖος λεὼς
ἔκραν᾽ ἄνευ κλητῆρος
8
ὡς εἶναι τάδε.
δημηγόρους δ᾽ ἤκουσεν εὐπιθεῖς
9
στροφὰς
δῆμος Πελασγῶν: Ζεὺς δ᾽ ἐπέκρανεν τέλος.
625
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.
Greek (Editio princeps, 1518) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Suppliants, 1518 edition. Native printed lineation, page markers, and automated correspondence to the Perseus/Smyth edition.) — 590 focus
Χορός
κεκλοίμαν εὐλόγως ἐπ' ἔργοις . πατὴρ φυτουρ-
γός, αὐτόχειρ ἄναξ .
γένους παλαιόφρων μέγας . τέκτων, τόπαν, μή
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Joannes Cornelius de Pauw, 1745.) — 590 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 590 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 590 focus
ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 590 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 590 focus
Aeschyli Supplices (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Supplices. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 590 focus
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
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.) — 590 focus
LES SUPPLIANTES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SUPPLIANTES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 590 focus
LE CORYPHÉE.
Quel dieu donc encore plus désigné par ses actes puis-je raisonnablement invoquer? Notre sire et notre père, celui qui de ses mains a planté cette souche, l'antique et puissant auteur de ma race, c'est le
Quel dieu donc encore plus désigné par ses actes puis-je raisonnablement invoquer? Notre sire et notre père, celui qui de ses mains a planté cette souche, l'antique et puissant auteur de ma race, c'est le
The Suppliants (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliants. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 590 focus
DANAUS.
Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 590 focus
CORO
Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 590 focus
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.) — 590 focus
Justly his deed was done;
Unto what other one,
Of all the gods, should I for justice turn?
645
From him our race did spring;
Creator he and King,
Ancient of days and wisdom he, and might.
As bark before the wind,
So, wafted by his mind,
650
Moves every counsel, each device aright.
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.) — 590 focus
Zu wem kann mein Gebet gerechter
Um Beistand fleh'n, zu welchem Gotte?
O Vater alles Lebens, Herr durch eigne Macht,
Des Stammes alter großer Ahn,
Allwalter Zeus, alles Heiles Quelle!
570
Fünfte 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
573.
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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
533-607.
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