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LE CORYPHÉE

Des maudits !

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.) — 736-759 focus

str. 1

περίφοβόν μ᾽ ἔχει τάρβος ἐτητύμως

πολυδρόμου φυγᾶς ὄφελος εἴ τί μοι.

παροίχομαι, πάτερ, δείματι.

739

Δαναος

ἐπεὶ τελεία ψῆφος Ἀργείων, τέκνα,

θάρσει, μαχοῦνται περὶ σέθεν, σάφ᾽ οἶδ᾽ ἐγώ.
740

<Χοροσ>

ἐξῶλές ἐστι μάργον Αἰγύπτου γένος

μάχης τ᾽ ἄπληστον: καὶ λέγω πρὸς εἰδότα.

743

ant. 1

δοριπαγεῖς¹ δ᾽ ἔχοντες κυανώπιδας

νῆας ἔπλευσαν ὧδ᾽ ἐπιτυχεῖ² κότῳ

πολεῖ³ μελαγχίμῳ⁴ σὺν στρατῷ.

745

746

Δαναος

πολλοὺς δέ γ᾽ εὑρήσουσιν ἐν μεσημβρίας⁵

θάλπει⁶ βραχίον᾽⁷ εὖ κατερρινημένους.

<Χοροσ>

μόνην δὲ μὴ πρόλειπε:⁸ λίσσομαι, πάτερ.

γυνὴ μονωθεῖσ᾽ οὐδέν: οὐκ ἔνεστ᾽ Ἄρης.

750

str. 2

οὐλόφρονες⁹ δὲ καὶ δολιομήτιδες¹⁰

750

δυσάγνοις φρεσίν, κόρακες ὥστε, βω-

μῶν ἀλέγοντες οὐδέν.

753

Δαναος

καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα,

εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.

<Χοροσ>

οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη¹¹
755

δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.

757

ant. 2

περίφρονες δ᾽ ἄγαν ἀνιέρῳ μένει

μεμαργωμένοι κυνοθρασεῖς, θεῶν

οὐδὲν ἐπαΐοντες.

760

Ἱκέτιδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 736-759 focus

736

Χορός

περίφοβόν μʼ ἔχει τάρβος ἐτητύμως

πολυδρόμου φυγᾶς ὄφελος εἴ τί μοι.

παροίχομαι, πάτερ, δείματι.

739

Δαναός

ἐπεὶ τελεία ψῆφος Ἀργείων, τέκνα,

θάρσει, μαχοῦνται περὶ σέθεν, σάφʼ οἶδʼ ἐγώ.
740

Χορός

ἐξῶλές ἐστι μάργον Αἰγύπτου γένος

μάχης τʼ ἄπληστον· καὶ λέγω πρὸς εἰδότα.

743

Χορός

δοριπαγεῖς δʼ ἔχοντες κυανώπιδας

νῆας ἔπλευσαν ὧδʼ ἐπιτυχεῖ κότῳ

πολεῖ μελαγχίμῳ σὺν στρατῷ.
745

746

Δαναός

πολλοὺς δέ γʼ εὑρήσουσιν ἐν μεσημβρίας

θάλπει βραχίονʼ εὖ κατερρινημένους.

Χορός

μόνην δὲ μὴ πρόλειπε· λίσσομαι, πάτερ.

γυνὴ μονωθεῖσʼ οὐδέν· οὐκ ἔνεστʼ Ἄρης.

750

Χορός

οὐλόφρονες, δὲ καὶ δολιομήτιδες
750

δυσάγνοις φρεσίν, κόρακες ὥστε, βω-

μῶν ἀλέγοντες οὐδέν.

753

Δαναός

καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτʼ ὦ τέκνα,

εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.

Χορός

οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη
755

δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρʼ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.

757

Χορός

περίφρονες δʼ ἄγαν ἀνιέρῳ μένει

μεμαργωμένοι κυνοθρασεῖς, θεῶν

οὐδὲν ἐπαΐοντες.

Greek (Editio princeps, 1518) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Suppliants, 1518 edition. Native printed lineation, page markers, and automated correspondence to the Perseus/Smyth edition.) — 743 focus

Χορός

δορυπαγεῖς δ' ἔχοντες κυανώπιδας.

νῆας ἔπλευσαν ὧ δ' ἐπὶ τύχῃ κότω.

πόλει μελαγχίμῳ σὺν στρατῷ.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Joannes Cornelius de Pauw, 1745.) — 743 focus

Δορυπαγεῖς δ᾽ ἔχοντες κυανώπιδας
750

Νῆας, ἔπλευσαν ὠδ᾽ ἐπιτυχεῖ κότως

Πόλει μελαγχίμῳ σὺν στρατῷ.

ἴαμβοι.

Δα.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 743 focus

δοριπαγεῖς δ᾽ ἔχοντες κυανώπιδας

νῆας ἔπλευσαν ὧδ᾽ ἐπιτυχεῖ κότῳ

πολεῖ μελαγχίμῳ σὺν στρατῷ.
745

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 743 focus

δορυπαγεῖς δ᾽ ἔχοντες κυανώπιδας

νῆας ἔπλευσαν ὧδ᾽ ἐπιτυχεῖ κότῳ,

πολλοὶ μελαγχίμῳ σὺν στρατῷ.
715

ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 743 focus

Δοριπαγεῖς Δορυπαγεῖς δ' ἔχοντες κυανώπιδας
745
Ant. 1.

νῆας ἔπλευσαν ὧδ' ἐπιτυχεῖ ἐπεὶ τάχει κότῳ

πολεῖ μελαγχίμῳ μελαχείμω σὺν στρατῷ.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 743 focus

δοριπαγεῖς δ᾽ ἔχοντες κυανώπιδας

νῆας ἔπλευσαν ὧδ᾽ ἐπιτυχεῖ κότῳ

πολεῖ μελαγχίμῳ σὺν στρατῷ.

ΔΑ.

Aeschyli Supplices (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Supplices. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 743 focus

δοριπαγεῖς δ᾽ ἔχοντες κυανώπιδας

νῆας ἔπλευσαν ὧδ᾽ ἐπιτυχεῖ κότωι

πολεῖ μελαγχίμωι σὺν στρατῶι.

745

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.)) — 736-775 focus

Chorus

I am possessed by dreadful fear if truly my long flight has been of no profit. Father, I am consumed with fright.

739

Danaus

Since the vote of the Argives was final,

be of good cheer, my children; they will fight in your defence, I know this well.
740

Chorus

Abominable is the lustful race of Aegyptus and insatiate of battle; and you know that all too well.

743

In ships, stout-timbered and dark-prowed, they have sailed here,

attended by a mighty black host, and in their wrath overtaken us.
745

746

Danaus

But they will find here a force with arms well-seasoned by the noonday heat.

Chorus

Do not leave me forlorn, I implore you, father. A woman abandoned to herself is nothing. There is no Ares in her.

750

They are of evil mind, and guileful of purpose, with impure hearts, thinking no more of altars than carrion birds.
750

753

Danaus

This would profit us well, my children, should they incur both Heaven’s hate and yours.

Chorus

Father, no fear of tridents or of things held sacred in the sight of Heaven will ever keep their hands from us.
755

757

They are overweening, maddened, with unholy rage, shameless dogs that do not respect the gods.

760

Danaus

Yet there is a saying that wolves are stronger than dogs; the papyrus-fruit does not conquer the wheat-ear.¹
760

Chorus

Since they have the tempers of lewd and impious beasts, we must guard against them quickly.

Danaus

A fleet in getting under way is not so speedy,

nor yet in anchoring, when the securing cables must be brought ashore; and even at anchorage shepherds of ships do not feel immediately secure, above all if they have arrived on a harborless coast when the sun is sinking into night.
765

In a cautious pilot night is likely to beget anxiety. Then, too, the disembarking of an army cannot be effected with success before a ship has gained confidence in her moorings. But, for all your terror, remember not to neglect the gods. I will return when I have secured aid. The city will find no fault with a messenger,
770

old in years, but with youth in his heart and on his tongue. Exit
775

The Suppliant Women. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliant Women.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 743 focus

and possessing black wood-compacted ships they have sailed here with wrath thus far successful, together with a numerous swarthy host.

DANAUS

The Suppliants (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliants. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 743 focus

Fatally fierce they are, and on their pride

Deſtruction waits, and neverfated war,

Theſe ſons of old Ægyptus, not to thee

Unknown: E'en now their firmcompacted ſhips

820

Black o'er the angry deep inſulting ride,

Eager to land their ſabletinctur'd hoſts.

DANAUS.

Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 743 focus

pugneranno per voi, certo: fate animo!

795

CORO

Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 743 focus

Hasta compactas nigroculorum habentes,

Naues nauigarunt sic celeri ira,

Vrbe cum nigro exercitu.

700

Da.

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.) — 743 focus

In their wrath they o'ertake us; the prow is deep-dark

In the which they have sped,

And dark is the bench and the crew of the bark!

Danaus

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.) — 743 focus

Und an gewölbter, blauschimmernder Kiele Bord

Schifften sie her (mit Glück zeigte der Zorn die Bahn)

Sammt dunkler Männer zahlreichem Zug.

Danaos.

Notes on the current edition

Supplices

1. Danaos veut dire: ils n'oseront pas commettre un sacrilège en t'arrachant des autels; et, s'ils l'osent, ils seront punis. Il reconnait donc qu'ils sont capables de l'oser et redouble ainsi la terreur de ses filles.

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LE CORYPHÉE Des maudits !

Current edition Experimental

Δαναος ἐπεὶ τελεία ψῆφος Ἀργείων, τέκνα, θάρσει, μαχοῦνται περὶ σέθεν, σάφ᾽ οἶδ᾽ ἐγώ. 740

<Χοροσ> ἐξῶλές ἐστι μάργον Αἰγύπτου γένος μάχης τ᾽ ἄπληστον: καὶ λέγω πρὸς εἰδότα. 743

Δαναος πολλοὺς δέ γ᾽ εὑρήσουσιν ἐν μεσημβρίας 5 θάλπει 6 βραχίον᾽ 7 εὖ κατερρινημένους.

<Χοροσ> μόνην δὲ μὴ πρόλειπε: 8 λίσσομαι, πάτερ. γυνὴ μονωθεῖσ᾽ οὐδέν: οὐκ ἔνεστ᾽ Ἄρης. 750

Δαναος καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα, εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.

<Χοροσ> οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη 11 755 δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ. 757

Χορός περίφοβόν μʼ ἔχει τάρβος ἐτητύμως πολυδρόμου φυγᾶς ὄφελος εἴ τί μοι. παροίχομαι, πάτερ, δείματι.

Δαναός ἐπεὶ τελεία ψῆφος Ἀργείων, τέκνα, θάρσει, μαχοῦνται περὶ σέθεν, σάφʼ οἶδʼ ἐγώ. 740

Χορός ἐξῶλές ἐστι μάργον Αἰγύπτου γένος μάχης τʼ ἄπληστον· καὶ λέγω πρὸς εἰδότα.

Χορός δοριπαγεῖς δʼ ἔχοντες κυανώπιδας νῆας ἔπλευσαν ὧδʼ ἐπιτυχεῖ κότῳ πολεῖ μελαγχίμῳ σὺν στρατῷ. 745

Δαναός πολλοὺς δέ γʼ εὑρήσουσιν ἐν μεσημβρίας θάλπει βραχίονʼ εὖ κατερρινημένους.

Χορός μόνην δὲ μὴ πρόλειπε· λίσσομαι, πάτερ. γυνὴ μονωθεῖσʼ οὐδέν· οὐκ ἔνεστʼ Ἄρης.

Χορός οὐλόφρονες, δὲ καὶ δολιομήτιδες 750 δυσάγνοις φρεσίν, κόρακες ὥστε, βω- μῶν ἀλέγοντες οὐδέν.

Δαναός καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτʼ ὦ τέκνα, εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.

Χορός οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη 755 δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρʼ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.

Χορός περίφρονες δʼ ἄγαν ἀνιέρῳ μένει μεμαργωμένοι κυνοθρασεῖς, θεῶν οὐδὲν ἐπαΐοντες.

Χορός δορυπαγεῖς δ' ἔχοντες κυανώπιδας. νῆας ἔπλευσαν ὧ δ' ἐπὶ τύχῃ κότω. πόλει μελαγχίμῳ σὺν στρατῷ.

Δορυπαγεῖς δ᾽ ἔχοντες κυανώπιδας 750 Νῆας, ἔπλευσαν ὠδ᾽ ἐπιτυχεῖ κότως Πόλει μελαγχίμῳ σὺν στρατῷ.

ἴαμβοι.

Δα.

δοριπαγεῖς δ᾽ ἔχοντες κυανώπιδας νῆας ἔπλευσαν ὧδ᾽ ἐπιτυχεῖ κότῳ πολεῖ μελαγχίμῳ σὺν στρατῷ. 745

δορυπαγεῖς δ᾽ ἔχοντες κυανώπιδας νῆας ἔπλευσαν ὧδ᾽ ἐπιτυχεῖ κότῳ, πολλοὶ μελαγχίμῳ σὺν στρατῷ. 715

Δοριπαγεῖς Δορυπαγεῖς δ' ἔχοντες κυανώπιδας 745 Ant. 1. νῆας ἔπλευσαν ὧδ' ἐπιτυχεῖ ἐπεὶ τάχει κότῳ πολεῖ μελαγχίμῳ μελαχείμω σὺν στρατῷ.

δοριπαγεῖς δ᾽ ἔχοντες κυανώπιδας νῆας ἔπλευσαν ὧδ᾽ ἐπιτυχεῖ κότῳ πολεῖ μελαγχίμῳ σὺν στρατῷ.

ΔΑ.

Chorus I am possessed by dreadful fear if truly my long flight has been of no profit. Father, I am consumed with fright.

Danaus Since the vote of the Argives was final, be of good cheer, my children; they will fight in your defence, I know this well. 740

Chorus Abominable is the lustful race of Aegyptus and insatiate of battle; and you know that all too well.

In ships, stout-timbered and dark-prowed, they have sailed here, attended by a mighty black host, and in their wrath overtaken us. 745

Danaus But they will find here a force with arms well-seasoned by the noonday heat.

Chorus Do not leave me forlorn, I implore you, father. A woman abandoned to herself is nothing. There is no Ares in her.

They are of evil mind, and guileful of purpose, with impure hearts, thinking no more of altars than carrion birds. 750

Danaus This would profit us well, my children, should they incur both Heaven’s hate and yours.

Chorus Father, no fear of tridents or of things held sacred in the sight of Heaven will ever keep their hands from us. 755

They are overweening, maddened, with unholy rage, shameless dogs that do not respect the gods.

Danaus Yet there is a saying that wolves are stronger than dogs; the papyrus-fruit does not conquer the wheat-ear. 1 760

Chorus Since they have the tempers of lewd and impious beasts, we must guard against them quickly.

DANAUS

DANAUS.

CORO

Da.

In their wrath they o'ertake us; the prow is deep-dark In the which they have sped, And dark is the bench and the crew of the bark!

Danaus

Und an gewölbter, blauschimmernder Kiele Bord Schifften sie her (mit Glück zeigte der Zorn die Bahn) Sammt dunkler Männer zahlreichem Zug.

Danaos.

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers

LE CORYPHÉE

Des maudits !

Δαναος

ἐπεὶ τελεία ψῆφος Ἀργείων, τέκνα,

θάρσει, μαχοῦνται περὶ σέθεν, σάφ᾽ οἶδ᾽ ἐγώ.
740

<Χοροσ>

ἐξῶλές ἐστι μάργον Αἰγύπτου γένος

μάχης τ᾽ ἄπληστον: καὶ λέγω πρὸς εἰδότα.

743

Δαναος

πολλοὺς δέ γ᾽ εὑρήσουσιν ἐν μεσημβρίας⁵

θάλπει⁶ βραχίον᾽⁷ εὖ κατερρινημένους.

<Χοροσ>

μόνην δὲ μὴ πρόλειπε:⁸ λίσσομαι, πάτερ.

γυνὴ μονωθεῖσ᾽ οὐδέν: οὐκ ἔνεστ᾽ Ἄρης.

750

Δαναος

καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα,

εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.

<Χοροσ>

οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη¹¹
755

δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.

757

Χορός

περίφοβόν μʼ ἔχει τάρβος ἐτητύμως

πολυδρόμου φυγᾶς ὄφελος εἴ τί μοι.

παροίχομαι, πάτερ, δείματι.

Δαναός

ἐπεὶ τελεία ψῆφος Ἀργείων, τέκνα,

θάρσει, μαχοῦνται περὶ σέθεν, σάφʼ οἶδʼ ἐγώ.
740

Χορός

ἐξῶλές ἐστι μάργον Αἰγύπτου γένος

μάχης τʼ ἄπληστον· καὶ λέγω πρὸς εἰδότα.

Χορός

δοριπαγεῖς δʼ ἔχοντες κυανώπιδας

νῆας ἔπλευσαν ὧδʼ ἐπιτυχεῖ κότῳ

πολεῖ μελαγχίμῳ σὺν στρατῷ.
745

Δαναός

πολλοὺς δέ γʼ εὑρήσουσιν ἐν μεσημβρίας

θάλπει βραχίονʼ εὖ κατερρινημένους.

Χορός

μόνην δὲ μὴ πρόλειπε· λίσσομαι, πάτερ.

γυνὴ μονωθεῖσʼ οὐδέν· οὐκ ἔνεστʼ Ἄρης.

Χορός

οὐλόφρονες, δὲ καὶ δολιομήτιδες
750

δυσάγνοις φρεσίν, κόρακες ὥστε, βω-

μῶν ἀλέγοντες οὐδέν.

Δαναός

καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτʼ ὦ τέκνα,

εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.

Χορός

οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη
755

δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρʼ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.

Χορός

περίφρονες δʼ ἄγαν ἀνιέρῳ μένει

μεμαργωμένοι κυνοθρασεῖς, θεῶν

οὐδὲν ἐπαΐοντες.

Χορός

δορυπαγεῖς δ' ἔχοντες κυανώπιδας.

νῆας ἔπλευσαν ὧ δ' ἐπὶ τύχῃ κότω.

πόλει μελαγχίμῳ σὺν στρατῷ.

Δορυπαγεῖς δ᾽ ἔχοντες κυανώπιδας
750

Νῆας, ἔπλευσαν ὠδ᾽ ἐπιτυχεῖ κότως

Πόλει μελαγχίμῳ σὺν στρατῷ.

δοριπαγεῖς δ᾽ ἔχοντες κυανώπιδας

νῆας ἔπλευσαν ὧδ᾽ ἐπιτυχεῖ κότῳ

πολεῖ μελαγχίμῳ σὺν στρατῷ.
745

δορυπαγεῖς δ᾽ ἔχοντες κυανώπιδας

νῆας ἔπλευσαν ὧδ᾽ ἐπιτυχεῖ κότῳ,

πολλοὶ μελαγχίμῳ σὺν στρατῷ.
715

Δοριπαγεῖς Δορυπαγεῖς δ' ἔχοντες κυανώπιδας
745
Ant. 1.

νῆας ἔπλευσαν ὧδ' ἐπιτυχεῖ ἐπεὶ τάχει κότῳ

πολεῖ μελαγχίμῳ μελαχείμω σὺν στρατῷ.

δοριπαγεῖς δ᾽ ἔχοντες κυανώπιδας

νῆας ἔπλευσαν ὧδ᾽ ἐπιτυχεῖ κότῳ

πολεῖ μελαγχίμῳ σὺν στρατῷ.

Chorus

I am possessed by dreadful fear if truly my long flight has been of no profit. Father, I am consumed with fright.

Danaus

Since the vote of the Argives was final,

be of good cheer, my children; they will fight in your defence, I know this well.
740

Chorus

Abominable is the lustful race of Aegyptus and insatiate of battle; and you know that all too well.

In ships, stout-timbered and dark-prowed, they have sailed here,

attended by a mighty black host, and in their wrath overtaken us.
745

Danaus

But they will find here a force with arms well-seasoned by the noonday heat.

Chorus

Do not leave me forlorn, I implore you, father. A woman abandoned to herself is nothing. There is no Ares in her.

They are of evil mind, and guileful of purpose, with impure hearts, thinking no more of altars than carrion birds.
750

Danaus

This would profit us well, my children, should they incur both Heaven’s hate and yours.

Chorus

Father, no fear of tridents or of things held sacred in the sight of Heaven will ever keep their hands from us.
755

Danaus

Yet there is a saying that wolves are stronger than dogs; the papyrus-fruit does not conquer the wheat-ear.¹
760

Chorus

Since they have the tempers of lewd and impious beasts, we must guard against them quickly.

In their wrath they o'ertake us; the prow is deep-dark

In the which they have sped,

And dark is the bench and the crew of the bark!

Und an gewölbter, blauschimmernder Kiele Bord

Schifften sie her (mit Glück zeigte der Zorn die Bahn)

Sammt dunkler Männer zahlreichem Zug.