Aeschylus, Supplices, Paul Mazon (Editor), 590

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Très appuyé et très franc.

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

Supplices. Aeschylus. Paul Mazon (Editor). Paris. 1920-1925.

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Funding provided by Schmidt Sciences.

Current edition Experimental

LES SUPPLIANTES (OCR draft) (fra) (LES SUPPLIANTES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (9)

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.

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

τίν᾽ ἂν θεῶν ἐνδικωτέροισιν

590

κεκλοίμαν εὐλόγως ἐπ᾽ ἔργοις;

πατήρ φυτουργὸς αὐτόχειρ ἄναξ

- γένους παλαιόφρων μέγας

τέκτων, τὸ πᾶν μῆχαρ οὔριος Ζεύς.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 590 focus

τίν᾽ ἂν θεῶν ἐνδικωτέροισιν

κεκλοίμαν εὐλόγως ἐπ᾽ ἔργοις;
575

¹ πατὴρ φυτουργὸς αὐτόχειρ ἄναξ

γένους παλαιόφρων μέγας

τέκτων, τὸ πᾶν μῆχαρ οὔριος Ζεύς.

²

ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 590 focus

Τίν' ἂν θεῶν ἐνδικωτέροισιν

κεκλοίμαν εὐλόγως ἐπ' ἔργοις ;

590

<αὐτὸς ὁ ¹ πατὴρ φυτουργὸς αὐτόχειρ ἄναξ

γένους παλαιόφρων μέγας

τέκτων, τὸ πᾶν μήχαρ, οὔριος Ζεύς.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 590 focus

τίν᾽ ἂν θεῶν ἐνδικωτέροισιν

κεκλοίμαν εὐλόγως ἐπ᾽ ἔργοις;

πατὴρ φυτουργὸς αὐτόχειρ ἄναξ

600

γένους παλαιόφρων μέγας

τέκτων, τὸ πᾶν μῆχαρ οὔριος Ζεύς.

Aeschyli Supplices (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Supplices. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 590 focus

τίν᾽ ἂν θεῶν ἐνδικωτέροισιν

590

κεκλοίμαν εὐλόγως ἐπ᾿ ἔργοις;

αὐτὸς ὁ πατήρ φυτουργὸς αὐτόχειρ ἄναξ,

γένους παλαιόφρων μέγας

τέκτων, τὸ πᾶν μῆχαρ, οὔριος Ζεύς. –

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.)) — 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.) — 590 focus

Whom of the gods could I more rightly invoke than you for just deeds? the creative sire who by the touch of your hand became lord of Io, great all-prudent author of our race, Jove wafting every needful device.

The Suppliants (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliants. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 590 focus

To whom, for juſtice when I raiſe the ſtrain,

To whom, ſave Jove, ſhou'd I complain?

670

Great, aweful author of our ancient line,

Creative parent, independent lord,

Diſpoſer of the world, righteous, benign,

Sovereign, above the highest high ador'd;

Whene'er he deigns to grace ſome favour'd head,

675

Eaſy alike to him the will, the word, the deed.

DANAUS, CHORUS.

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

Quale s' addice piú chiamar dei Superi

635

a cosí giuste imprese? Il Dio sovrano

che piantò di sua mano

la stirpe nostra, il sommo fabbro, il saggio

di sapïenza antica, il rifugio unico

Giove, che guida ogni mortal viaggio.

640

CORO

Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 590 focus

Quem deorum iuſtioribus

Inuocarem meritò operibus?

Pater plantator ipſa manu rex

555

Gereris antiqua magnus

Artifex omni machinamento Iupiter.

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

590. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-455

ὡς τ᾿ ἀνηβῆσαί με:

ὥστ᾽ ἂν ἡβήσαιμι

Μ. G.

ὡς τ᾿ ἂν ἡυλήσαιμι

Rob.

ὥστ᾽ ἂν ἡγήσαιμι

Ε.

ἀνηβῆσαί με

Tyrwhittus.

590

590. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-456

γηραιᾷ:

γηραιῶ

Rob.

590

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. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-wecklein1902-com-ger1-337

erstes Stasimon: Gebet zu Gott (Zeus). Schütze uns gegen den Übermut der Männer; als Nachkommen der Io rufen wir zu dir als unserem Stammvater. Wir stehen jetzt wieder auf der Flur, von welcher Io fortgetrieben wurde hinauf zum Bosporus, über diesen nach Klein- asien, durch Phrygien, Mysien, Lydien, Pamphylien, Kilikien, Phönikien nach Ägypten, wo sie erschien zum Staunen der Be- wohner, welche sich über das niegesehene Wesen, halb Kuh, halb Frau, entsetzten. Dort in Ägypten aber legtest du deine heilende Hand auf sie und sie erhielt wieder ihre Gestalt und gebar von dir den Epaphos, den Ahnherrn unseres Geschlechts. Wir haben also ein Anrecht auf deine Hilfe, und du kannst helfen; denn wer ist mäch- tiger als Zeus, dessen Wort sofort zur Tat wird!" Auch hier benutzt der Dichter die Gelegenheit seine geographischen Kenntnisse zu ver- werten. Vgl. zu 261.

Aeschylus Supplices 590

Paul Mazon (Editor)

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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

Current edition Experimental

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.

Χορός

κεκλοίμαν εὐλόγως ἐπ' ἔργοις . πατὴρ φυτουρ-

γός, αὐτόχειρ ἄναξ .

γένους παλαιόφρων μέγας . τέκτων, τόπαν, μή

τίν᾽ ἂν θεῶν ἐνδικωτέροισιν

κεκλοίμαν εὐλόγως ἐπ᾽ ἔργοις;
575

¹ πατὴρ φυτουργὸς αὐτόχειρ ἄναξ

γένους παλαιόφρων μέγας

τέκτων, τὸ πᾶν μῆχαρ οὔριος Ζεύς.

²

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

DANAUS.

CORO

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.

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

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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

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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.

Χορός κεκλοίμαν εὐλόγως ἐπ' ἔργοις . πατὴρ φυτουρ- γός, αὐτόχειρ ἄναξ . γένους παλαιόφρων μέγας . τέκτων, τόπαν, μή

τίν᾽ ἂν θεῶν ἐνδικωτέροισιν κεκλοίμαν εὐλόγως ἐπ᾽ ἔργοις; 575 1 πατὴρ φυτουργὸς αὐτόχειρ ἄναξ γένους παλαιόφρων μέγας τέκτων, τὸ πᾶν μῆχαρ οὔριος Ζεύς. 2

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

DANAUS.

CORO

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.

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

Stable identifiers

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

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.

Χορός

κεκλοίμαν εὐλόγως ἐπ' ἔργοις . πατὴρ φυτουρ-

γός, αὐτόχειρ ἄναξ .

γένους παλαιόφρων μέγας . τέκτων, τόπαν, μή

τίν᾽ ἂν θεῶν ἐνδικωτέροισιν

κεκλοίμαν εὐλόγως ἐπ᾽ ἔργοις;
575

¹ πατὴρ φυτουργὸς αὐτόχειρ ἄναξ

γένους παλαιόφρων μέγας

τέκτων, τὸ πᾶν μῆχαρ οὔριος Ζεύς.

²

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

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.

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!
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Fünfte Gegenstrophe.