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Ce serait pour nous tout profit, ma fille, s'ils se faisaient haïr des dieux comme de toi.

LE CORYPHÉE

Ah ! ce ne sont pas ces tridents, ces majestés divines, dont la crainte retiendra leurs mains loin de nous, ô père.

LE CHOEUR
(Agité.)

Orgueilleux, tout dévorants d'audace impie, comme des chiens sans vergogne, ils

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

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Funding provided by Schmidt Sciences.

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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.) — 760-775 focus

Δαναος

ἀλλ᾽ ἔστι φήμη κρείσσονας λύκους¹ κυνῶν
760

εἶναι: βύβλου δὲ καρπὸς οὐ κρατεῖ στάχυν.

<Χοροσ>

ὡς καὶ ματαίων ἀνοσίων τε κνωδάλων²

ἔχοντας³ ὀργάς, χρὴ φυλάσσεσθαι κράτος.⁴

Δαναος

οὔτοι ταχεῖα⁵ ναυτικοῦ στρατοῦ στολή,⁶

οὐδ᾽ ὅρμος, οὐδὲ πεισμάτων⁷ σωτηρίαν⁸
765

ἐς γῆν ἐνεγκεῖν, οὐδ᾽ ἐν⁹ ἀγκυρουχίαις

θαρσοῦσι ναῶν ποιμένες παραυτίκα,

ἄλλως τε¹⁰ καὶ μολόντες ἀλίμενον χθόνα

ἐς νύκτ᾽ ἀποστείχοντος ἡλίου. φιλεῖ¹¹

ὠδῖνα τίκτειν¹² νὺξ κυβερνήτῃ σοφῷ.
770

οὕτω γένοιτ᾽ ἂν οὐδ᾽ ἂν ἔκβασις στρατοῦ

καλή, πρὶν ὅρμῳ ναῦν θρασυνθῆναι. σὺ δὲ

φρόνει¹³ μὲν ὡς ταρβοῦσα μἀμελεῖν¹⁴ θεῶν:

πράξω δ᾽¹⁵ ἀρωγήν: ἄγγελον δ᾽ οὐ μέμψεται¹⁶

πόλις γέρονθ᾽, ἡβῶντα δ᾽ εὐγλώσσῳ¹⁷ φρενί.
775
776

Ἱκέτιδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 760-775 focus

760

Δαναός

ἀλλʼ ἔστι φήμη τοὺς λύκους κρείσσους κυνῶν
760

εἶναι· βύβλου δὲ καρπὸς οὐ κρατεῖ στάχυν.

Χορός

ὡς καὶ ματαίων ἀνοσίων τε κνωδάλων

ἔχοντας ὀργάς, χρὴ φυλάσσεσθαι τάχος.

Δαναός

οὔτοι ταχεῖα ναυτικοῦ στρατοῦ στολή,

οὐδʼ ὅρμος, οὗ δεῖ πεισμάτων σωτήρια
765

ἐς γῆν ἐνεγκεῖν, οὐδʼ ἐν ἀγκυρουχίαις

θαρσοῦσι ναῶν ποιμένες παραυτίκα,

ἄλλως τε καὶ μολόντες ἀλίμενον χθόνα

ἐς νύκτʼ ἀποστείχοντος ἡλίου. φιλεῖ

ὠδῖνα τίκτειν νὺξ κυβερνήτῃ σοφῷ.
770

οὕτω γένοιτʼ ἂν οὐδʼ ἂν ἔκβασις στρατοῦ

καλή, πρὶν ὅρμῳ ναῦν θρασυνθῆναι. σὺ δὲ

φρόνει μὲν ὡς ταρβοῦσα μὴ ἀμελεῖν θεῶν·

πράξας ἀρωγήν· ἄγγελον δʼ οὐ μέμψεται

πόλις γέρονθʼ, ἡβῶντα δʼ εὐγλώσσῳ φρενί.
775

Greek (Editio princeps, 1518) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Suppliants, 1518 edition. Native printed lineation, page markers, and automated correspondence to the Perseus/Smyth edition.) — 753 focus

Δαναός

καλῶς ἂν ὑμῖν , ξυμφέροι ταῦτ' ὦ τέκνα.

εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαίροιαρ.

Χορός

οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάς δε καὶ θεῶν σέβη.

δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ' ἀπόσχονται πάτερ,

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Joannes Cornelius de Pauw, 1745.) — 753 focus

Καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα,
760

Εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο. ¹

Κο.

Οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη

Δείσαντες, ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 753 focus

ΔΑ.

καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα,

εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.

ΧΟ.

οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη
755

δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 753 focus

Δαναός

καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα,

εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθραίνοιντο.

Ἡμιχόριον Β
¹

οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη
725

δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.

ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 753 focus

ΔΑΝΑΟΣ

Καλώς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ', τέκνον τέκνα,
755

εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη

δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ' ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 753 focus

καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα,

εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.

ΧΟ.

οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη

δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.

Aeschyli Supplices (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Supplices. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 753 focus

ΔΑ.

καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα,

εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.

ΧΟ.

οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη
755

δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.

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.) — 753 focus

if they were hateful both to you and to the gods.

CHORUS

Not dreading these tridents and the majesty of the gods will they keep off their hands from us, father.

The Suppliants (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliants. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 753 focus

Now fair befall our cauſe, if their mad rage,

Inſulting thee, my child, inſults the Gods.

830

CHORUS.

Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 753 focus

Per noi vantaggio esser potrebbe, o figlie.

se ai Numi, oltre che a noi, vengono in odio.

CORO

Non timor del tridente o delle sacre

bende le mani lor frenerà, padre!

Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 753 focus

Nobis pulchrè conferunt hæc ò natæ,

Si tibi à dijs auerſetur.

Pu.

Non enim tridentes & cultus deorum

710

Veriti, à nostris manibus abstinebunt pater.

Cho.

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.) — 753 focus

Fair will befall us, children, in this chance,

If thus in wrath they wrong the gods and you.

Chorus

Alas, nor tridents nor the sanctity

Of shrines will drive them, O my sire, from us!
820

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.) — 753 focus

Ein großer Vortheil wäre das für uns, o Kind,

Wenn ihr vereint mit Göttern sie befeindetet.

Zweite Gegenstrophe.

führerin des zweiten Halbchors.

Nicht diesen Dreizack fürchten sie noch Göttermacht,

Nie zieh'n sie, Vater, ihren Arm von uns zurück.
720

Zweiter Halbchor.

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

755. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-586

κελαινόχρων δὲ πάλλεται πρὸ καρδίας: Libri

μελανόχρως δὲ πάλλεται μου καρδία

. Haec bonos dochmios praebent, si

μου

, quod inutiliter additum est, deletur. Quum in stropha trimeter iambicus sit, recte Lachmannus

κελαινόχρως

. Sed

μου

etiam trimetrum facit tam turpem, ut eiusmodi versus non possit ab Aeschylo profectus putari. Neque vero est quod apte in locum pronominis succedere possit. Quare aut putandus erit versus ex tribus iambis et dochmio constare, ut in strophico scribendum sit

τί πεισόμεσθα; ποῖ φύγω δ᾽ Ἀπίας

, aut, si versus est trimeter iambicus, alia opus est emendatione. Hoc iudicavi veri similius, etsi scholiastes adscripsit

αντὶ τεταραγμένη. ἡ μεταφορὰ ἀπὸ τῆς θαλάσσης, ἥτις ἐν τῷ ταράσσεσθαι μελαίνεται

. Ac dixit sane Aeschylus

μελαγχίτων φρήν

in Persis 113. et

σπλάγχνα δέ μοι κελαινοῦται

in Choeph. 408. Sed non minus ei usitatum est

πρὸ καρδίας

. Quod si recte

νόαρ

posui in praecedente versu, facile intelligi poterit, quo modo

μελανόχρως δὲ πάλλεταί μου καρδία

scribendum esse putaverint librarii, qui non intelligerent quid esset

κελαινόχρων δὲ πάλλεται πρὸ καρδίας

, de spectro isto praecone dictam. In Agam. 166.

στάζει ἐν ὕπνῳ πρὸ καρδίας μνησιπήμων πόνος

. 943.

δεῖμα προστατήριον καρδίας τερασκόπου ποτᾶται

. Choeph. 385.

φρενὸς οἷον ἔμπας ποτᾶται πάροιθε πρώρας δριμυστάκτου κραδίας θύματος ἔγκοτον στύγος

755

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

718-783. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-wecklein1902-com-ger1-446

drittes Epeisodion: 1. Danaos, welcher bisher auf dem Götteraltare stand und nach der Meerseite spähte (721), kündigt das Nahen der Ägyptischen Flotte an und gibt seine Absicht kund Hilfe zu holen. 2. In dem Kommos 742-769 drücken die Danaiden dem Vater ihre Angst aus, während dieser sie zu beruhigen sucht. 3. Danaos bleibt bei seinem Ent- schlusse in der Hoffnung vor dem Ausschiffen der ägyptischen Mann- schaft mit Hilfe zurückzukommen. (Der Dichter braucht eben den Schauspieler, welcher den Danaos gegeben hat, für den Herold der Ägyptiaden.)

742-769. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-wecklein1902-com-ger1-461

⁴

Kommos. Jede Strophe und Antistrophe beginnt mit zwei Trimetern, welche, wie es scheint, der κορυφαῖος vorträgt, während die melische Partie der Chor singt. Jeder Strophe und Antistrophe folgen zwei Trimeter des Danaos.

754-755. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-wecklein1902-com-ger1-472

⁵

⁶

γέ hebt die Beziehung auf πολεῖ μελαγχίμῳ hervor: wenn ihrer viele sind, so werden sie auch hier viele Gegner finden, die gleich- falls dunkelfarbig sind, weil die Mittagsonne sie bei ihren körper- lichen Übungen verbrannt hat". μεσημβρίας für μεσημβρία Schütz. κατερρινωμένους (wie mit Leder überzogen hat H. Voß für κατερρι- νημένους geschrieben nach Hesych. κατερρινωμένον καταπεπυκασμένον, καταδεδερματωμένον. Für κατερρι- νημένους (ausgefeilt) verweist man auf Quint. or. VIII 3, 12 quorum lacertos exercitatio expressit ac constrinxit, Tac. Germ. 30 strictos artus, Lucret. III 214 nil ibi lima- tum de toto corpore cernas. Aber κατερρινωμένους eignet sich beson- ders gut wegen der Beziehung auf die schwarze Haut der Ägypter. Mit Stolz hebt der Grieche die Wirkung der Gymnastik hervor, während σκιατραφής, σκιατροφία verächtliche Bezeichnung einer ver- weichlichten Lebensweise ist. Vgl. Eur. Bakch. 458, Plat. Phaedr. S. 239 C. οὐκ

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LE CORYPHÉE Ah ! ce ne sont pas ces tridents, ces majestés divines, dont la crainte retiendra leurs mains loin de nous, ô père.

LE CHOEUR (Agité.) Orgueilleux, tout dévorants d'audace impie, comme des chiens sans vergogne, ils

Current edition Experimental

Δαναος ἀλλ᾽ ἔστι φήμη κρείσσονας λύκους 1 κυνῶν 760 εἶναι: βύβλου δὲ καρπὸς οὐ κρατεῖ στάχυν.

<Χοροσ> ὡς καὶ ματαίων ἀνοσίων τε κνωδάλων 2 ἔχοντας 3 ὀργάς, χρὴ φυλάσσεσθαι κράτος. 4

Δαναός ἀλλʼ ἔστι φήμη τοὺς λύκους κρείσσους κυνῶν 760 εἶναι· βύβλου δὲ καρπὸς οὐ κρατεῖ στάχυν.

Χορός ὡς καὶ ματαίων ἀνοσίων τε κνωδάλων ἔχοντας ὀργάς, χρὴ φυλάσσεσθαι τάχος.

Δαναός καλῶς ἂν ὑμῖν , ξυμφέροι ταῦτ' ὦ τέκνα. εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαίροιαρ.

Χορός οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάς δε καὶ θεῶν σέβη. δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ' ἀπόσχονται πάτερ,

Καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα, 760 Εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο. 1

Κο. Οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη Δείσαντες, ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.

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

ΧΟ. οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη 755 δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.

Δαναός καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα, εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθραίνοιντο.

Ἡμιχόριον Β 1 οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη 725 δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.

ΔΑΝΑΟΣ Καλώς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ', τέκνον τέκνα, 755 εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.

ΧΟΡΟΣ Οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ' ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.

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

ΧΟ. οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.

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

ΧΟ. οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη 755 δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.

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.

CHORUS Not dreading these tridents and the majesty of the gods will they keep off their hands from us, father.

CHORUS.

CORO Non timor del tridente o delle sacre bende le mani lor frenerà, padre!

Cho.

Fair will befall us, children, in this chance, If thus in wrath they wrong the gods and you.

Chorus Alas, nor tridents nor the sanctity Of shrines will drive them, O my sire, from us! 820

Ein großer Vortheil wäre das für uns, o Kind, Wenn ihr vereint mit Göttern sie befeindetet. Zweite Gegenstrophe.

führerin des zweiten Halbchors. Nicht diesen Dreizack fürchten sie noch Göttermacht, Nie zieh'n sie, Vater, ihren Arm von uns zurück. 720

Zweiter Halbchor.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

LE CORYPHÉE

Ah ! ce ne sont pas ces tridents, ces majestés divines, dont la crainte retiendra leurs mains loin de nous, ô père.

LE CHOEUR
(Agité.)

Orgueilleux, tout dévorants d'audace impie, comme des chiens sans vergogne, ils

Δαναος

ἀλλ᾽ ἔστι φήμη κρείσσονας λύκους¹ κυνῶν
760

εἶναι: βύβλου δὲ καρπὸς οὐ κρατεῖ στάχυν.

<Χοροσ>

ὡς καὶ ματαίων ἀνοσίων τε κνωδάλων²

ἔχοντας³ ὀργάς, χρὴ φυλάσσεσθαι κράτος.⁴

Δαναός

ἀλλʼ ἔστι φήμη τοὺς λύκους κρείσσους κυνῶν
760

εἶναι· βύβλου δὲ καρπὸς οὐ κρατεῖ στάχυν.

Χορός

ὡς καὶ ματαίων ἀνοσίων τε κνωδάλων

ἔχοντας ὀργάς, χρὴ φυλάσσεσθαι τάχος.

Δαναός

καλῶς ἂν ὑμῖν , ξυμφέροι ταῦτ' ὦ τέκνα.

εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαίροιαρ.

Χορός

οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάς δε καὶ θεῶν σέβη.

δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ' ἀπόσχονται πάτερ,

Καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα,
760

Εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο. ¹

Κο.

Οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη

Δείσαντες, ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.

ΔΑ.

καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα,

εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.

ΧΟ.

οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη
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δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.

Δαναός

καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα,

εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθραίνοιντο.

Ἡμιχόριον Β
¹

οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη
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δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.

ΔΑΝΑΟΣ

Καλώς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ', τέκνον τέκνα,
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εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη

δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ' ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.

καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα,

εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.

ΧΟ.

οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη

δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.

ΔΑ.

καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα,

εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.

ΧΟ.

οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη
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δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.

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.
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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.
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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.
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Danaus

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

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

CHORUS

Not dreading these tridents and the majesty of the gods will they keep off their hands from us, father.

CORO

Non timor del tridente o delle sacre

bende le mani lor frenerà, padre!

Fair will befall us, children, in this chance,

If thus in wrath they wrong the gods and you.

Chorus

Alas, nor tridents nor the sanctity

Of shrines will drive them, O my sire, from us!
820

Ein großer Vortheil wäre das für uns, o Kind,

Wenn ihr vereint mit Göttern sie befeindetet.

Zweite Gegenstrophe.

führerin des zweiten Halbchors.

Nicht diesen Dreizack fürchten sie noch Göttermacht,

Nie zieh'n sie, Vater, ihren Arm von uns zurück.
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