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Zeus est l'auteur de la décision dernière ¹.

Mélodrame.

LE CORYPHÉE.

Allons, que nos vœux appellent sur Argos les biens qui paieront ses bienfaits, et que Zeus Hospitalier veille à réaliser pleinement et sans réserve les hommages que lui

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

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

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.) — 630-709 focus

str. 1

Χορος

νῦν ὄπ᾽ ἐμάν,¹ θεοὶ
630

Διογενεῖς, κλύοιτ᾽ εὐ-

κταῖα² γένει χεούσας:

μήποτε πυρίφατον³

τάνδε⁴ Πελασγίαν [πόλιν]

τὸν ἄκορον βοᾶς,⁵
635

κτίσαι μάχλον Ἄρη,

τὸν ἀρότοις θερί-

ζοντα βροτοὺς ἐν ἄλλοις,

οὕνεκ᾽ ᾤκτισαν ἡμᾶς,

ψῆφον δ᾽ εὔφρον᾽ ἔθεντο,
640

αἰδοῦνται δ᾽ ἱκέτας Διός,

ποίμναν τάνδ᾽ ἀμέγαρτον:

643

ant. 1

Χορος

οὐδὲ μετ᾽ ἀρσένων

ψῆφον ἔθεντ᾽ ἀτιμώ-

σαντες ἔριν γυναικῶν,
645

Δῖον ἐπιδόμενοι

πράκτορ᾽ ἐπίσκοπον⁶

δυσπόλεμον, τὸν⁷ οὔ-

τις ἂν δόμος ἔχν

ἐπ᾽ ὀρόφων ἰαί-
650

νοιτο:⁸ βαρὺς δ᾽ ἐφίζει.

ἅζονται γὰρ ὁμαίμους

Ζηνὸς ἵκτορας ἁγνοῦ.

τοιγάρτοι καθαροῖσι βω-

μοῖς θεοὺς ἀρέσονται.
655
656

str. 2

Χορος

τοιγὰρ ὑποσκίων

ἐκ στομάτων ποτά-

σθω φιλότιμος εὐχά,

μήποτε λοιμὸς ἀνδρῶν

τάνδε⁹ πόλιν κενώσαι:
660

μηδ᾽ ἐπιχωρίοις <στάσις¹⁰>

πτώμασιν αἱματίσαι πέδον γᾶς.¹¹

ἥβας δ᾽ ἄνθος ἄδρεπτον

ἔστω, μηδ᾽ Ἀφροδίτας

εὐνάτωρ βροτολοιγὸς Ἄ-
665

ρης κέρσειεν ἄωτον.

667

ant. 2

Χορος

†καὶ γεραροῖσι πρε-

σβυτοδόκοι γεμόν-

των θυμέλαι φλεγόντων.¹²†

τὼς πόλις εὖ νέμοιτο
670

Ζῆνα μέγαν¹³ σεβόντων,

τὸν ξένιον δ᾽ ὑπερτάτως,¹⁴

ὃς πολιῷ νόμῳ αἶσαν ὀρθοῖ.

τίκτεσθαι δὲ φόρους¹⁵ γᾶς

ἄλλους εὐχόμεθ᾽ αἰεί,¹⁶
675

Ἄρτεμιν δ᾽ ἑκάταν γυναι-

κῶν λόχους¹⁷ ἐφορεύειν.

678

str. 3

Χορος

μηδέ τις ἀνδροκμὴς

λοιγὸς ἐπελθέτω

τάνδε πόλιν δαΐζων,¹⁸
680

ἄχορον ἀκίθαριν¹⁹

δακρυογόνον Ἄρη

βοάν τ᾽ ἔνδημον ἐξοπλίζων.²⁰

νούσων δ᾽ ἑσμὸς²¹ ἀπ᾽ ἀστῶν

ἵζοι κρατὸς²² ἀτερπής:
685

εὐμενὴς δ᾽ ὁ Λύκειος²³ ἔσ-

τω πάσᾳ²⁴ νεολαίᾳ.

688

ant. 3

Χορος

καρποτελῆ²⁵ δέ τοι

Ζεὺς ἐπικραινέτω

φέρματι γᾶν πανώρῳ.
690

πρόνομα δὲ βοτὰ τὼς²⁶

πολύγονα τελέθοι:

τὸ πᾶν τ᾽ ἐκ δαιμόνων λάχοιεν.²⁷

εὔφαμον δ᾽ ἐπὶ βωμοῖς

μοῦσαν θείατ᾽²⁸ ἀοιδοί:
695

ἁγνῶν τ᾽ ἐκ στομάτων φερέ-

σθω φάμα φιλοφόρμιγξ.

698

str. 4

Χορος

φυλάσσοι τ᾽ ἀτρεμαῖα²⁹ τιμὰς

τὸ δάμιον, τὸ πτόλιν κρατύνει,

προμαθὶς³⁰ εὐκοινόμητις ἀρχά:
700

ξένοισί τ᾽ εὐξυμβόλους,

πρὶν ἐξοπλίζειν Ἄρη,

δίκας ἄτερ πημάτων διδοῖεν.

704

ant. 4

Χορος

θεοὺς δ᾽, οἳ γᾶν ἔχουσιν, αἰεὶ

τίοιεν ἐγχωρίους πατρῴαις
705

δαφνηφόροις³¹ βουθύτοισι τιμαῖς.

τὸ γὰρ τεκόντων σέβας

τρίτον τόδ᾽ ἐν θεσμίοις

Δίκας γέγραπται μεγιστοτίμου.

710

Ἱκέτιδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 630-709 focus

630

Χορός

νῦν ὅτε καί, θεοὶ
630

διογενεῖς, κλύοιτʼ εὐ-

κταῖα γένει χεούσας·

μήποτε πυρίφατον

γᾶν Πελασγίαν πόλιν

τὸν ἄκορον βοᾶς,
635

κτίσαι μάχλον Ἄπη,

τὸν ἀρότοις θερί-

ζοντα βροτοὺς ἐν ἄλλοις,

οὕνεκʼ ᾤκτισαν ἡμᾶς,

ψῆφον δʼ εὔφρονʼ ἔθεντο,
640

αἰδοῦνται δʼ ἱκέτας Διός,

ποίμναν τάνδʼ ἀμέγαρτον·

643

Χορός

οὐδὲ μετʼ ἀρσένων

ψῆφον ἔθεντʼ ἀτιμώ-

σαντες ἔριν γυναικῶν,
645

Δῖον ἐπιδόμενοι

πράκτορά τε σκοπὸν

δυσπολέμητον, ὃν οὐ

τίς ἂν δόμος ἔχοι

ἐπʼ ὀρόφων μιαί-
650

νοντα; βαρὺς δʼ ἐφίζει.

ἅζονται γὰρ ὁμαίμους

Ζηνὸς ἵκτορας ἁγνοῦ.

τοιγάρτοι καθαροῖσι βω-

μοῖς θεοὺς ἀρέσονται.
655

656

Χορός

τοιγὰρ ὑποσκίων

ἐκ στομάτων ποτά-

σθω φιλότιμος εὐχά,

μήποτε λοιμὸς ἀνδρῶν

τάνδε πόλιν κενώσαι·
660

μηδʼ ἐπιχωρίοις ἔρις

πτώμασιν αἱματίσαι πέδον γᾶς.

ἥβας δʼ ἄνθος ἄδρεπτον

ἔστω, μηδʼ Ἀφροδίτας

εὐνάτωρ βροτολοιγὸς Ἄ-
665

ρης κέρσειεν ἄωτον.

667

Χορός

καὶ γεραροῖσι πρε-

σβυτοδόκοι γεμόν-

των θυμέλαι φλεγόντων.

τὼς πόλις εὖ νέμοιτο
670

Ζῆνα μέγαν σεβόντων,

τὸν ξένιον δʼ ὑπερτάτως,

ὃς πολιῷ νόμῳ αἶσαν ὀρθοῖ.

τίκτεσθαι δʼ ἐφόρους γᾶς

ἄλλους εὐχόμεθʼ ἀεί,
675

Ἄρτεμιν δʼ Ἑκάταν γυναι-

κῶν λόχους ἐφορεύειν.

678

Χορός

μηδέ τις ἀνδροκμὴς

λοιγὸς ἐπελθέτω

τάνδε πόλιν δαΐζων,
680

ἄχορον ἀκίθαριν

δακρυογόνον Ἄρη

βοάν τʼ ἔνδημον ἐξοπλίζων.

νούσων δʼ ἑσμὸς ἀπʼ ἀστῶν

ἵζοι κρατὸς ἀτερπής·
685

εὐμενὴς δʼ ὁ Λύκειος ἔ-

στω πάσᾳ νεολαίᾳ.

688

Χορός

καρποτελῆ δέ τοι

Ζεὺς ἐπικραινέτω

φέρματι γᾶν πανώρῳ.
690

πρόνομα δὲ βότʼ ἀγροῖς

πολύγονα τελέθοι·

τὸ πᾶν τʼ ἐκ δαιμόνων λάχοιεν.

εὔφαμον δʼ ἐπὶ βωμοῖς

μοῦσαν θείατʼ ἀοιδοί.
695

ἁγνῶν τʼ ἐκ στομάτων φερέ-

σθω φάμα φιλοφόρμιγξ.

698

Χορός

φυλάσσοι τʼ ἀτρεμαῖα τιμὰς

τὸ δάμιον, τὸ πτόλιν κρατύνει,

προμαθὶς εὐκοινόμητις ἀρχά.
700

ξένοισί τʼ εὐξυμβόλους,

πρὶν ἐξοπλίζειν Ἄρη,

δίκας ἄτερ πημάτων διδοῖεν.

704

Χορός

θεοὺς δʼ, οἳ γᾶν ἔχουσιν ἀεὶ

τίοιεν ἐγχωρίοις πατρῴαις
705

δαφνηφόροις βουθύτοισι τιμαῖς.

τὸ γὰρ τεκόντων σέβας

τρίτον τόδʼ ἐν θεσμίοις

Δίκας γέγραπται μεγιστοτίμου.

Greek (Editio princeps, 1518) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Suppliants, 1518 edition. Native printed lineation, page markers, and automated correspondence to the Perseus/Smyth edition.) — 625 focus

Χορός

ἄγε δὴ λέξωμεν ἐπ᾽ ἀργείοις.

„ εὐχὰς ἀγαθὰς, ἀγαθῶν ποινάς.
545

„ ζεύς δ᾽ ἐφορεύοι ξενίοις ξενίω.

στόματ᾽ ἀτιμάς ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείᾳ

τέρμον᾽ ἀμέμπτως πρὸς ἅπαντα . νῦν ὅτε

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Joannes Cornelius de Pauw, 1745.) — 625 focus

Αγε δη, λέξαμεν ἐπ᾿ Αργείοις ¹

Εὐχὰς ἀγαθὰς, ἀγαθῶν ποινάς.
630

Ζεὺς δ᾽ ἐφορεύοι ξένιος ξενίει

Στόματος τιμὰς ἐπ᾿ ἀληθείᾳ,

Τέρμον᾿ ἀμέμπτως πρὸς ἅπαντα.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 625 focus

ΧΟ.

ἄγε δὴ, λέξωμεν ἐπ᾿ Ἀργείοις
625

εὐχὰς ἀγαθὰς, ἀγαθῶν ποινάς.

Ζεὺς δ᾽ ἐφορεύοι ξένιος ξενίου

στόματος τιμὰς ἐπ᾿ ἀληθείᾳ,

τέρμον᾽ ἄμεμπτον πρὸς ἅπαντα.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 625 focus

Χορός Δαναΐδων

ἄγε δή, λέξωμεν ἐπ' Ἀργείοις

εὐχὰς ἀγαθὰς ἀγαθῶν ποινάς.
610

Ζεὺς δ᾽ ἐφορεύοι ξένιος ξενίου

στόματος τιμὰς ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείᾳ

τέρμον᾽ ἄμεμπτον πρὸς ἅπαντα.

ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 625 focus

ΧΟΡΟΣ

"Αγε δή, λέξωμεν λέξομεν ἐπ' Αργείοις

εὐχὰς ἀγαθάς, ἀγαθῶν ποινάς·
625

Ζεὺς δ' ἐφορεύοι Ξένιος ξενίου

στόματος τιμὰς ἐπ' ἀληθείᾳ

τέρμον' ἄμεμπτον ἀμέμπτων πρὸς ἅπαντα.

ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 625 focus

ἄγε δή, λέξωμεν ἐπ᾽ Ἀργείοις

εὐχὰς ἀγαθὰς ἀγαθῶν ποινάς.

Ζεὺς δ᾽ ἐφορεύοι ξένιος ξενίου
635

στόματος τιμὰς ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείᾳ

τέρμον᾽ ἀμέμπτων πρὸς ἅπαντα.

Aeschyli Supplices (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Supplices. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 625 focus

ΧΟ.

ἄγε δή, λέξωμεν ἐπ᾿ ᾿Αργείοις
625

εὐχὰς ἀγαθὰς ἀγαθῶν ποινάς.

Ζεὺς δ᾽ ἐφορεύοι ξένιος ξενίου

στόματος τιμὰς ἐπ᾿ ἀληθείαι

τέρμον᾿ ἀμέμπτους πρὸς ἅπαντα. ξ

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.)) — 630-705 focus

Chorus

Divinely-born gods! Hear now as I pour forth libations for blessings upon our kindred. Never may the wanton lord of war,
630

insatiate of battle-cry, Ares, who reaps a human harvest in alien fields, destroy this Pelasgian land by fire; for they had compassion for us,
635

and cast a vote in our favor, respecting our pitiable flock, suppliants in the name of Zeus.
640

643

Chorus

Nor did they cast their votes for the side of the males,

disregarding the women’s cause, since they honored the avenging eye of Zeus, against which there is no battling, and what house would have it
645

defiling its roof?¹For he sits heavily upon it. They take reverent heed of their kin, petitioners of holy Zeus; therefore with pure
650

altars shall they please the gods.
655

656

Chorus

Therefore let there fly forth from our overshadowed²lips a prayer of gratitude. Never may pestilence

empty this city of its men nor strife stain the soil of the land with the blood of slain inhabitants. But may the flower of its youth be unplucked, and may Ares,
660

the partner of Aphrodite’s bed, he who makes havoc of men, not shear off their bloom.
665

667

Chorus

And may the altars, where the elders gather, blaze in honor of venerable men.

Thus may their state be regulated well, if they hold in awe mighty Zeus, and, most of all, Zeus the warden of the guest, who by venerable enactment guides destiny straight.
670

We pray that other guardians be always renewed, and that Artemis-Hecate³watch over the childbirth of their women.
675

678

Chorus

And let no murderous havoc come upon

the realm to ravage it, by arming Ares—foe to the dance and lute, parent of tears—and the shout of civil strife.
680

And may the joyless swarm of diseases settle far from the heads of the inhabitants, and to all the young people may Lyceus⁴be graciously disposed.
685

688

Chorus

May Zeus cause the earth to bring forth its tribute of fruit

by the produce of every season; may their grazing cattle in the fields have abundant increase, and may they obtain all things from the heavenly powers.
690

May minstrels sing hymns of praise at the altars; and from pure lips let there proceed the phorminx-loving chant.
695

698

Chorus

May the people who control the state guard its privileges free from fear—

a prudent government counselling wisely for the public prosperity. And should they have recourse to arms may they inflict no loss, but grant just rights of covenant to the stranger within their gates.
700

704

Chorus

And may they worship forever the gods who possess the land

with native honors of laurel bough held aloft, and oxen slain, even as their fathers did before their time. Since reverence for parents stands written third among the statutes of Justice, to whom honor supreme is due.
705

The Suppliant Women. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliant Women.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 625 focus

Come now, let us pour forth for the Argives good prayers, a return for good. And may Jove, protector of strangers, regard the honors of the stranger's mouth truly blamelessly to full accomplishment.

The Suppliants (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliants. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 625 focus

Come then, my ſiſters, for theſe pious Argives

705

Breath we ſome pious pray'r, whoſe ſolemn ſtrain

May reach the ear of Jove. And thou, Supreme,

God of the ſtranger, hear a ſtranger's voice

Sincere, unblam'd; and ratify our vows!

Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 625 focus

Su via, dunque, in compenso ai favori.

fauste preci per Argo s'innalzino;

e sul labbro alle estranëe, Giove

che protegge gli estranî, tuteli

questi voti, ch' essi abbiano vero

680

compimento, e di biasimo immune.

TERZO CANTO INTORNO ALL'ARA¹ 1

CORO

Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 625 focus

Age dicamus pro Argiuis

Preces bonas, bonorum retributiones.

Iupiter uerò inſpexit hoſpitalis hoſpitem

590

Oris preces in ueritate,

Ad omnem finem ſine reprehenſione.

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.) — 625 focus

Arouse we now to chant our prayer

For fair return of service fair

And Argos' kindly will.

Zeus, lord of guestright, look upon
690

The grace our stranger lips have won.

In right and truth, as they begun,

Guide them, with favouring hand, until

Thou dost their blameless wish fulfil!

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.) — 625 focus

Auf, laßt uns Argos' Volke das Heil

Anwünschen, wie Heil uns wurde von ihm!

Zeus, gastlicher Gott, o vernimm das Gebet

Aus gastlichem Mund, und geleit' es in Huld

Zu dem herrlichsten Ziel der Vollendung!
605

Chor
Wechselgesang des Chores. Erste Strophe.

Notes on the current edition

Supplices

1. C'est la crainte de Zeus Suppliant qui a déterminé les Argiens comme leur roi (cf. 478 sqq.).

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

625. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-484

πράκτορα πάνσκοπον: Libri

πράκτορά τε σκοπόν

. Scholiastes

Διὸς σκοπόν, τὸν Διὸς ὀφθαλμὸν τὸν πάντα σκοποῦντα

, ut

πάνσκοπον

legisse videatur. Certe id probum est.

625

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

608-632. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-wecklein1902-com-ger1-381

zweites Epeisodion: Danaos kommt zurück und be- richtet, daß sich das Volk der Pelasger einstimmig für die Auf- nahme und die Beschützung der Danaiden entschieden habe.

Aeschylus Supplices 625

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LE CORYPHÉE.

Allons, que nos vœux appellent sur Argos les biens qui paieront ses bienfaits, et que Zeus Hospitalier veille à réaliser pleinement et sans réserve les hommages que lui

Current edition Experimental

Αγε δη, λέξαμεν ἐπ᾿ Αργείοις ¹

Εὐχὰς ἀγαθὰς, ἀγαθῶν ποινάς.
630

Ζεὺς δ᾽ ἐφορεύοι ξένιος ξενίει

Στόματος τιμὰς ἐπ᾿ ἀληθείᾳ,

Τέρμον᾿ ἀμέμπτως πρὸς ἅπαντα.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

ἄγε δή, λέξωμεν ἐπ᾽ Ἀργείοις

εὐχὰς ἀγαθὰς ἀγαθῶν ποινάς.

Ζεὺς δ᾽ ἐφορεύοι ξένιος ξενίου
635

στόματος τιμὰς ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείᾳ

τέρμον᾽ ἀμέμπτων πρὸς ἅπαντα.

Chorus

May the people who control the state guard its privileges free from fear—

a prudent government counselling wisely for the public prosperity. And should they have recourse to arms may they inflict no loss, but grant just rights of covenant to the stranger within their gates.
700

Chorus

And may they worship forever the gods who possess the land

with native honors of laurel bough held aloft, and oxen slain, even as their fathers did before their time. Since reverence for parents stands written third among the statutes of Justice, to whom honor supreme is due.
705

CORO

Arouse we now to chant our prayer

For fair return of service fair

And Argos' kindly will.

Zeus, lord of guestright, look upon
690

The grace our stranger lips have won.

In right and truth, as they begun,

Guide them, with favouring hand, until

Thou dost their blameless wish fulfil!

Auf, laßt uns Argos' Volke das Heil

Anwünschen, wie Heil uns wurde von ihm!

Zeus, gastlicher Gott, o vernimm das Gebet

Aus gastlichem Mund, und geleit' es in Huld

Zu dem herrlichsten Ziel der Vollendung!
605

Chor
Wechselgesang des Chores. Erste Strophe.

Notes on the current edition

Commentary

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LE CORYPHÉE. Allons, que nos vœux appellent sur Argos les biens qui paieront ses bienfaits, et que Zeus Hospitalier veille à réaliser pleinement et sans réserve les hommages que lui

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Αγε δη, λέξαμεν ἐπ᾿ Αργείοις 1 Εὐχὰς ἀγαθὰς, ἀγαθῶν ποινάς. 630 Ζεὺς δ᾽ ἐφορεύοι ξένιος ξενίει Στόματος τιμὰς ἐπ᾿ ἀληθείᾳ, Τέρμον᾿ ἀμέμπτως πρὸς ἅπαντα.

ΧΟ. ἄγε δὴ, λέξωμεν ἐπ᾿ Ἀργείοις 625 εὐχὰς ἀγαθὰς, ἀγαθῶν ποινάς. Ζεὺς δ᾽ ἐφορεύοι ξένιος ξενίου στόματος τιμὰς ἐπ᾿ ἀληθείᾳ, τέρμον᾽ ἄμεμπτον πρὸς ἅπαντα.

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ἄγε δή, λέξωμεν ἐπ᾽ Ἀργείοις εὐχὰς ἀγαθὰς ἀγαθῶν ποινάς. Ζεὺς δ᾽ ἐφορεύοι ξένιος ξενίου 635 στόματος τιμὰς ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείᾳ τέρμον᾽ ἀμέμπτων πρὸς ἅπαντα.

Chorus May the people who control the state guard its privileges free from fear— a prudent government counselling wisely for the public prosperity. And should they have recourse to arms may they inflict no loss, but grant just rights of covenant to the stranger within their gates. 700

Chorus And may they worship forever the gods who possess the land with native honors of laurel bough held aloft, and oxen slain, even as their fathers did before their time. Since reverence for parents stands written third among the statutes of Justice, to whom honor supreme is due. 705

CORO

Arouse we now to chant our prayer For fair return of service fair And Argos' kindly will. Zeus, lord of guestright, look upon 690 The grace our stranger lips have won. In right and truth, as they begun, Guide them, with favouring hand, until Thou dost their blameless wish fulfil!

Auf, laßt uns Argos' Volke das Heil Anwünschen, wie Heil uns wurde von ihm! Zeus, gastlicher Gott, o vernimm das Gebet Aus gastlichem Mund, und geleit' es in Huld Zu dem herrlichsten Ziel der Vollendung! 605

Chor Wechselgesang des Chores. Erste Strophe.

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LE CORYPHÉE.

Allons, que nos vœux appellent sur Argos les biens qui paieront ses bienfaits, et que Zeus Hospitalier veille à réaliser pleinement et sans réserve les hommages que lui

Αγε δη, λέξαμεν ἐπ᾿ Αργείοις ¹

Εὐχὰς ἀγαθὰς, ἀγαθῶν ποινάς.
630

Ζεὺς δ᾽ ἐφορεύοι ξένιος ξενίει

Στόματος τιμὰς ἐπ᾿ ἀληθείᾳ,

Τέρμον᾿ ἀμέμπτως πρὸς ἅπαντα.

ἄγε δή, λέξωμεν ἐπ᾽ Ἀργείοις

εὐχὰς ἀγαθὰς ἀγαθῶν ποινάς.

Ζεὺς δ᾽ ἐφορεύοι ξένιος ξενίου
635

στόματος τιμὰς ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείᾳ

τέρμον᾽ ἀμέμπτων πρὸς ἅπαντα.

Chorus

May the people who control the state guard its privileges free from fear—

a prudent government counselling wisely for the public prosperity. And should they have recourse to arms may they inflict no loss, but grant just rights of covenant to the stranger within their gates.
700

Chorus

And may they worship forever the gods who possess the land

with native honors of laurel bough held aloft, and oxen slain, even as their fathers did before their time. Since reverence for parents stands written third among the statutes of Justice, to whom honor supreme is due.
705

Arouse we now to chant our prayer

For fair return of service fair

And Argos' kindly will.

Zeus, lord of guestright, look upon
690

The grace our stranger lips have won.

In right and truth, as they begun,

Guide them, with favouring hand, until

Thou dost their blameless wish fulfil!

Auf, laßt uns Argos' Volke das Heil

Anwünschen, wie Heil uns wurde von ihm!

Zeus, gastlicher Gott, o vernimm das Gebet

Aus gastlichem Mund, und geleit' es in Huld

Zu dem herrlichsten Ziel der Vollendung!
605

Chor
Wechselgesang des Chores. Erste Strophe.