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Va, je ne crains pas les dieux de ce pays : ils n'ont élevé mon enfance ni nourri mes vieux jours ¹.

LE CHŒUR

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.) — 902-1017 focus

Κηρυξ

εἰ μή τις ἐς ναῦν εἶσιν αἰνέσας τάδε,

λακὶς χιτῶνος ἔργον οὐ κατοικτιεῖ.

Χορος

ἰὼ πόλεως ἀγοὶ πρόμοι,¹ δάμναμαι.²

Κηρυχ

ἕλξειν ἔοιχ᾽ ὑμᾶς ἀποσπάσας κόμης,
905

ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἀκούετ᾽ ὀξὺ³ τῶν ἐμῶν λόγων.⁴⁵

<Χοροσ>

διωλόμεσθ᾽: ἄελπτ᾽, ἄναξ,⁶ πάσχομεν.⁷

<Κηρυξ>

πολλοὺς ἄνακτας παῖδας Αἰγύπτου, τάχα

ὄψεσθε: θαρσεῖτ᾽, οὐκ ἐρεῖτ᾽ ἀναρχίαν.⁸

Βασιλευς

οὗτος, τί ποιεῖς; ἐκ ποίου φρονήματος
910

ἀνδρῶν Πελασγῶν τήνδ᾽ ἀτιμάζεις χθόνα;

ἀλλ᾽ ἦ γυναικῶν ἐς πόλιν δοκεῖς μολεῖν;

κάρβανος ὢν δ᾽⁹ Ἕλλησιν ἐγχλίεις ἄγαν:

καὶ πόλλ᾽ ἁμαρτὼν οὐδὲν ὤρθωσας¹⁰ φρενί.¹¹
915

Κηρυξ

τί δ᾽ ἠμπλάκηται τῶνδ᾽ ἐμοὶ δίκης ἄτερ;

Βασιλευς

ξένος μὲν εἶναι πρῶτον οὐκ ἐπίστασαι.

Κηρυξ

πῶς δ᾽ οὐχί; τἄμ᾽ ὀλωλόθ᾽ εὑρίσκων ἄγω.¹²

Βασιλευς

ποίοισιν εἰπὼν προξένοις¹³ ἐγχωρίοις;

Κηρυξ

Ἑρμῇ μεγίστῳ προξένῳ μαστηρίῳ.
920

Βασιλευς

θεοῖσιν εἰπὼν τοὺς θεοὺς οὐδὲν σέβει.

Κηρυξ

τοὺς ἀμφὶ Νεῖλον δαίμονας σεβίζομαι.

Βασιλευς

οἱ δ᾽ ἐνθάδ᾽ οὐδέν, ὡς ἐγὼ σέθεν κλύω.¹⁴

Κηρυξ

ἄγοιμ᾽ ἄν, εἴ τις τάσδε μὴ ʼξαιρήσεται.

Βασιλευς

κλαίοις¹⁵ ἄν, εἰ ψαύσειας, οὐ¹⁶ μάλ᾽ ἐς μακράν.
925

Κηρυξ

ἤκουσα τοὔπος οὐδαμῶς φιλόξενον.

Βασιλευς

οὐ γὰρ ξενοῦμαι τοὺς θεῶν συλήτορας.

Κηρυξ

λέγοιμ᾽¹⁷ ἂν ἐλθὼν παισὶν Αἰγύπτου τάδε.

Βασιλευς

ἀβουκόλητον τοῦτ᾽ ἐμῷ φρονήματι.

930

Κηρυξ

ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἂν εἰδὼς ἐννέπω σαφέστερον,—
930

καὶ γὰρ πρέπει κήρυκ᾽ ἀπαγγέλλειν τορῶς

ἕκαστα,—πῶς φῶ, πρὸς τίνος τ᾽ ἀφαιρεθεὶς

ἥκειν¹⁸ γυναικῶν αὐτανέψιον στόλον;

οὔτοι δικάζει ταῦτα μαρτύρων ὕπο

Ἄρης: τὸ νεῖκος δ᾽ οὐκ ἐν ἀργύρου λαβῇ
935

ἔλυσεν: ἀλλὰ πολλὰ γίγνεται πάρος

πεσήματ᾽ ἀνδρῶν κἀπολακτισμοὶ βίου.¹⁹

<Βασιλευσ>

τί σοι λέγειν χρὴ τοὔνομ᾽; ἐν χρόνῳ μαθὼν

εἴσι σύ τ᾽ αὐτὸς χοἰ²⁰ ξυνέμποροι σέθεν.

ταύτας δ᾽ ἑκούσας μὲν κατ᾽ εὔνοιαν φρενῶν
940

ἄγοις ἄν, εἴπερ εὐσεβὴς πίθοι λόγος.²¹

τοιάδε δημόπρακτος ἐκ πόλεως μία

ψῆφος κέκρανται, μήποτ᾽ ἐκδοῦναι βίᾳ

στόλον γυναικῶν: τῶνδ᾽ ἐφήλωται τορῶς²²

γόμφος διαμπάξ, ὡς μένειν ἀραρότως.
945

ταῦτ᾽ οὐ πίναξίν ἐστιν ἐγγεγραμμένα

οὐδ᾽ ἐν πτυχαῖς βίβλων κατεσφραγισμένα,

σαφῆ δ᾽ ἀκούεις ἐξ ἐλευθεροστόμου

γλώσσης. κομίζου δ᾽ ὡς τάχιστ᾽ ἐξ ὀμμάτων.

<Κηρυξ>

ἔοιγμεν²³ ἤδη πόλεμον ἀρεῖσθαι²⁴ νέον.
950

εἴη δὲ νίκη καὶ κράτη τοῖς ἄρσεσιν.

<Βασιλευσ>

ἀλλ᾽ ἄρσενάς τοι τῆσδε γῆς οἰκήτορας

εὑρήσετ᾽ οὐ πίνοντας ἐκ κριθῶν μέθυ.

ὑμεῖς δὲ πᾶσαι ξὺν φίλαις²⁵ ὀπάοσι

θράσος λαβοῦσαι στείχετ᾽ εὐερκῆ πόλιν,
955

πύργων βαθείᾳ μηχανῇ κεκλῃμένην.²⁶

καὶ δώματ᾽ ἐστὶ πολλὰ μὲν τὰ δήμια,

δεδωμάτωμαι δ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἐγὼ σμικρᾷ χερί.

ἔνθ᾽ ὑμίν²⁷ ἐστιν εὐτύκους²⁸ ναίειν δόμους²⁹

πολλῶν μετ᾽ ἄλλων: εἰ δέ τις μείζων χάρις,
960

πάρεστιν οἰκεῖν καὶ μονορρύθμους³⁰ δόμους.

τούτων τὰ λῷστα καὶ τὰ θυμηδέστατα

πάρεστι, λωτίσασθε.³¹ προστάτης δ᾽ ἐγὼ

ἀστοί τε πάντες, ὧνπερ ἥδε κραίνεται

ψῆφος. τί τῶνδε κυριωτέρους μένεις;
965
966

Χορος

ἀλλ᾽ ἀντ᾽ ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθοῖσι³² βρύοις,

δῖε Πελασγῶν.

πέμψον δὲ πρόφρων δεῦρ᾽ ἡμέτερον

πατέρ᾽ εὐθαρσῆ Δαναόν, πρόνοον

καὶ βούλαρχον. τοῦ γὰρ προτέρα
970

μῆτις, ὅπου χρὴ δώματα ναίειν

καὶ τόπος εὔφρων. πᾶς τις ἐπειπεῖν

ψόγον ἀλλοθρόοις

εὔτυκος:³³ εἴη δὲ τὰ λῷστα.

ξύν τ᾽ εὐκλείᾳ καὶ ἀμηνίτῳ
975

βάξει λαῶν ἐν χώρῳ³⁴

τάσσεσθε, φίλαι δμωίδες, οὕτως

ὡς ἐφ᾽ ἑκάστῃ διεκλήρωσεν

Δαναὸς θεραποντίδα φερνήν.

980

Δαναος

ὦ παῖδες, Ἀργείοισιν εὔχεσθαι χρεών,
980

θύειν τε λείβειν θ᾽, ὡς θεοῖς Ὀλυμπίοις,

σπονδάς, ἐπεὶ σωτῆρες οὐ διχορρόπως.

καί μου τὰ μὲν πραχθέντα πρὸς τοὺς ἐγγενεῖς³⁵

φίλους³⁶ πικρῶς ἤκουσαν αὐτανεψίοις:³⁷

ἐμοὶ δ᾽³⁸ ὀπαδοὺς τούσδε καὶ δορυσσόους
985

ἔταξαν, ὡς ἔχοιμι τίμιον γέρας,

καὶ μὴ ʼξ ἀέλπτων³⁹ δορικανεῖ μόρῳ⁴⁰ θανὼν

λάθοιμι, χώρᾳ δ᾽ ἄχθος ἀείζων πέλοι.

τοιῶνδε τυγχάνοντας ἐκ πρυμνῆς⁴¹ φρενὸς

χάριν σέβεσθαι τιμιωτέραν λέγω.⁴²
990

καὶ ταῦθ᾽ ἅμ᾽ ἐγγράψασθε⁴³ πρὸς γεγραμμένοις⁴⁴

πολλοῖσιν ἄλλοις σωφρονίσμασιν πατρός,

ἀγνῶθ᾽ ὅμιλον ἐξελέγχεσθαι⁴⁵ χρόνῳ.

πᾶς δ᾽ ἐν μετοίκῳ γλῶσσαν εὔτυκον⁴⁶ φέρει

κακήν, τό τ᾽ εἰπεῖν εὐπετὲς μύσαγμά πως.
995

ὑμᾶς δ᾽ ἐπαινῶ μὴ καταισχύνειν ἐμέ,

ὥραν ἐχούσας τήνδ᾽ ἐπίστρεπτον βροτοῖς.

τέρειν᾽ ὀπώρα δ᾽ εὐφύλακτος οὐδαμῶς:

θῆρες δὲ κηραίνουσι καὶ βροτοί, τί μήν;⁴⁷

καὶ κνώδαλα πτεροῦντα καὶ πεδοστιβῆ.⁴⁸
1000

†καρπώματα στάζοντα κηρύσσει Κύπρις

καλωρα κωλύουσαν θωσμένειν ἐρῶ,†⁴⁹

καὶ παρθένων χλιδαῖσιν εὐμόρφοις ἔπι

πᾶς τις παρελθὼν ὄμματος θελκτήριον

τόξευμ᾽ ἔπεμψεν, ἱμέρου νικώμενος.
1005

πρὸς ταῦτα μὴ πάθωμεν ὧν πολὺς πόνος

πολὺς δὲ πόντος οὕνεκ᾽ ἠρόθη⁵⁰ δορί,

μηδ᾽ αἶσχος ἡμῖν, ἡδονὴν δ᾽ ἐχθροῖς ἐμοῖς

πράξωμεν. οἴκησις⁵¹ δὲ καὶ διπλῆ πάρα:

τὴν μὲν Πελασγός, τὴν δὲ καὶ πόλις διδοῖ,
1010

οἰκεῖν λάτρων⁵² ἄτερθεν: εὐπετῆ τάδε.

μόνον φύλαξαι⁵³ τάσδ᾽ ἐπιστολὰς πατρός,

τὸ σωφρονεῖν τιμῶσα τοῦ βίου πλέον.

Χορος

τἄλλ᾽ εὐτυχοῖμεν πρὸς θεῶν Ὀλυμπίων:

ἐμῆς δ᾽ ὀπώρας οὕνεκ᾽ εὖ θάρσει, πάτερ.
1015

εἰ γάρ τι μὴ θεοῖς⁵⁴ βεβούλευται νέον,

ἴχνος τὸ πρόσθεν οὐ διαστρέψω φρενός.

1018

Ἱκέτιδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 902-1017 focus

902

Κῆρυξ

εἰ μή τις ἐς ναῦν εἶσιν αἰνέσας τάδε,

λακὶς χιτῶνος ἔργον οὐ κατοικτιεῖ.

Χορός

διωλόμεσθʼ· ἄσεπτʼ, ἄναξ, πάσχομεν—

Κῆρυξ

πολλοὺς ἄνακτας, παῖδας Αἰγύπτου τάχα
905

ὄψεσθε· θαρσεῖτʼ, οὐκ ἐρεῖτʼ ἀναρχίαν.

Χορός

ἰὼ πόλεως ἀγοὶ πρόμοι, δάμναμαι.

Κῆρυξ

ἕλξειν ἔοιχʼ ὑμᾶς ἀποσπάσας κόμης,

ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἀκούετʼ ὀξὺ τῶν ἐμῶν λόγων.
910

Βασιλεύς

οὗτος, τί ποιεῖς; ἐκ ποίου φρονήματος

ἀνδρῶν Πελασγῶν τήνδʼ ἀτιμάζεις χθόνα;

ἀλλʼ ἦ γυναικῶν ἐς πόλιν δοκεῖς μολεῖν;

κάρβανος ὢν δʼ Ἕλλησιν ἐγχλίεις ἄγαν·

καὶ πόλλʼ ἁμαρτὼν οὐδὲν ὤρθωσας φρενί.
915

Κῆρυξ

τί δʼ ἠμπλάκηται τῶνδʼ ἐμοὶ δίκης ἄτερ;

Βασιλεύς

ξένος μὲν εἶναι πρῶτον οὐκ ἐπίστασαι.

Κῆρυξ

πῶς δʼ οὐχί; τἄμʼ ὀλωλόθʼ εὑρίσκων ἄγω.

Βασιλεύς

ποίοισιν εἰπὼν προξένοις ἐγχωρίοις;

Κῆρυξ

Ἑρμῇ μεγίστῳ προξένῳ μαστηρίῳ.
920

Βασιλεύς

θεοῖσιν εἰπὼν τοὺς θεοὺς οὐδὲν σέβῃ.

Κῆρυξ

τοὺς ἀμφὶ Νεῖλον δαίμονας σεβίζομαι.

Βασιλεύς

οἱ δʼ ἐνθάδʼ οὐδέν, ὡς ἐγὼ σέθεν κλύω;

Κῆρυξ

ἄγοιμʼ ἄν, εἴ τις τάσδε μὴ ʼξαιρήσεται.

Βασιλεύς

κλάοις ἄν, εἰ ψαύσειας, οὐ μάλʼ ἐς μακράν.
925

Κῆρυξ

ἤκουσα τοὔπος δʼ οὐδαμῶς φιλόξενον.

Βασιλεύς

οὐ γὰρ ξενοῦμαι τοὺς θεῶν συλήτορας.

Κῆρυξ

λέγοιμʼ ἂν ἐλθὼν παισὶν Αἰγύπτου τάδε.

Βασιλεύς

ἀβουκόλητον τοῦτʼ ἐμῷ, φρονήματι.

930

Κῆρυξ

ἀλλʼ ὡς ἂν εἰδὼς ἐννέπω σαφέστερον,—
930

καὶ γὰρ πρέπει κήρυκʼ ἀπαγγέλλειν τορῶς

ἕκαστα,—πῶς φῶ, πρὸς τίνος τʼ ἀφαιρεθεὶς

ἥκειν γυναικῶν αὐτανέψιον στόλον;

οὔτοι δικάζει ταῦτα μαρτύρων ὕπο

Ἄρης· τὸ νεῖκος δʼ οὐκ ἐν ἀργύρου λαβῇ
935

ἔλυσεν· ἀλλὰ πολλὰ γίγνεται πάρος

πεσήματʼ ἀνδρῶν κἀπολακτισμοὶ βίου.

Βασιλεύς

τί σοι λέγειν χρὴ τοὔνομʼ; ἐν χρόνῳ μαθὼν

εἴσῃ σύ τʼ αὐτὸς χοἰ ξυνέμποροι σέθεν.

ταύτας δʼ ἑκούσας μὲν κατʼ εὔνοιαν φρενῶν
940

ἄγοις ἄν, εἴπερ εὐσεβὴς πίθοι λόγος.

τοία δὲ δημόπρακτος ἐκ πόλεως μία

ψῆφος κέκρανται, μήποτʼ ἐκδοῦναι βίᾳ

στόλον γυναικῶν· τῶνδʼ ἐφήλωται τορῶς

γόμφος διαμπάξ, ὡς μένειν ἀραρότως.
945

ταῦτʼ οὐ πίναξίν ἐστιν ἐγγεγραμμένα

οὐδʼ ἐν πτυχαῖς βίβλων κατεσφραγισμένα,

σαφῆ δʼ ἀκούεις ἐξ ἐλευθεροστόμου

γλώσσης. κομίζου δʼ ὡς τάχιστʼ ἐξ ὀμμάτων.

Κῆρυξ

ἔοιγμεν ἤδη πόλεμον ἀρεῖσθαι νέον.
950

εἴη δὲ νίκη καὶ κράτη τοῖς ἄρσεσιν.

Βασιλεύς

ἀλλʼ ἄρσενάς τοι τῆσδε γῆς οἰκήτορας

εὑρήσετʼ οὐ πίνοντας ἐκ κριθῶν μέθυ.

ὑμεῖς δὲ πᾶσαι σὺν φίλαις ὀπάοσι

θράσος λαβοῦσαι στείχετʼ εὐερκῆ πόλιν,
955

πύργων βαθείᾳ μηχανῇ κεκλῃμένην.

καὶ δώματʼ ἐστὶ πολλὰ μὲν τὰ δήμια,

δεδωμάτωμαι δʼ οὐδʼ ἐγὼ σμικρᾷ χερί.

ἔνθʼ ὑμίν ἐστιν εὐτύκους ναίειν δόμους

πολλῶν μετʼ ἄλλων· εἰ δέ τις μείζων χάρις,
960

πάρεστιν οἰκεῖν καὶ μονορρύθμους δόμους.

τούτων τὰ λῷστα καὶ τὰ θυμηδέστατα

πάρεστι, λωτίσασθε. προστάτης δʼ ἐγὼ

ἀστοί τε πάντες, ὧνπερ ἥδε κραίνεται

ψῆφος. τί τῶνδε κυριωτέρους μένεις;
965

966

Χορός

ἀλλʼ ἀντʼ ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθοῖσι βρύοις,

δῖε Πελασγῶν.

πέμψον δὲ πρόφρων δεῦρʼ ἡμέτερον

πατέρʼ εὐθαρσῆ Δαναόν, πρόνοον

καὶ βούλαρχον. τοῦ γὰρ προτέρα
970

μῆτις, ὅπου χρὴ δώματα ναίειν

καὶ τόπος εὔφρων. πᾶς τις ἐπειπεῖν

ψόγον ἀλλοθρόοις

εὔτυκος· εἴη δὲ τὰ λῷστα.

σύν τʼ εὐκλείᾳ καὶ ἀμηνίτῳ
975

βάξει λαῶν ἐγχώρων

τάσσεσθε, φίλαι δμωίδες, οὕτως

ὡς ἐφʼ ἑκάστῃ διεκλήρωσεν

Δαναὸς θεραποντίδα φερνήν.

980

Δαναός

ὦ παῖδες, Ἀργείοισιν εὔχεσθαι χρεών,
980

θύειν τε λείβειν θʼ, ὡς θεοῖς, Ὀλυμπίοις,

σπονδάς, ἐπεὶ σωτῆρες οὐ διχορρόπως.

καί μου τὰ μὲν πραχθέντα πρὸς τοὺς ἐγγενεῖς

φίλους πικρῶς ἤκουσαν αὐτανεψίοις·

ἐμοὶ δʼ ὀπαδοὺς τούσδε καὶ δορυσσόους
985

ἔταξαν, ὡς ἔχοιμι τίμιον γέρας,

καὶ μὴ ʼξ ἀέλπτων δορικανεῖ μόρῳ θανὼν

λάθοιμι, χώρᾳ δʼ ἄχθος ἀείζων πέλοι.

τοιῶνδε τυγχάνοντας ἐκ πρυμνῆς φρενὸς

χάριν σέβεσθαι τιμιωτέραν χρεών.
990

καὶ ταῦθʼ ἅμʼ ἐγγράψασθε πρὸς γεγραμμένοις

πολλοῖσιν ἄλλοις σωφρονίσμασιν πατρός,

ἀγνῶθʼ ὅμιλον ἐξελέγχεσθαι χρόνῳ.

πᾶς δʼ ἐν μετοίκῳ γλῶσσαν εὔτυκον φέρει

κακήν, τό τʼ εἰπεῖν εὐπετὲς μύσαγμά πως.
995

ὑμᾶς δʼ ἐπαινῶ μὴ καταισχύνειν ἐμέ,

ὥραν ἐχούσας τήνδʼ ἐπίστρεπτον βροτοῖς.

τέρεινʼ ὀπώρα δʼ εὐφύλακτος οὐδαμῶς·

θῆρες δὲ κηραίνουσι καὶ βροτοί, τί μήν;

καὶ κνώδαλα πτεροῦντα καὶ πεδοστιβῆ.
1000

καρπώματα στάζοντα κηρύσσει Κύπρις

καλωρα κωλύουσαν θωσμένειν ἐρῶ,

καὶ παρθένων χλιδαῖσιν εὐμόρφοις ἔπι

πᾶς τις παρελθὼν ὄμματος θελκτήριον

τόξευμʼ ἔπεμψεν, ἱμέρου νικώμενος.
1005

πρὸς ταῦτα μὴ πάθωμεν ὧν πολὺς πόνος

πολὺς δὲ πόντος οὕνεκʼ ἠρόθη δορί,

μηδʼ αἶσχος ἡμῖν, ἡδονὴν δʼ ἐχθροῖς ἐμοῖς

πράξωμεν. οἴκησις δὲ καὶ διπλῆ πάρα

τὴν μὲν Πελασγός, τὴν δὲ καὶ πόλις διδοῖ,
1010

οἰκεῖν λάτρων ἄτερθεν· εὐπετῆ τάδε.

μόνον φύλαξαι τάσδʼ ἐπιστολὰς πατρός,

τὸ σωφρονεῖν τιμῶσα τοῦ βίου πλέον.

Χορός

τἄλλʼ εὐτυχοῖμεν πρὸς θεῶν Ὀλυμπίων.

ἐμῆς δʼ ὀπώρας οὕνεκʼ εὖ θάρσει, πάτερ.
1015

εἰ γάρ τι μὴ θεοῖς βεβούλευται νέον,

ἴχνος τὸ πρόσθεν οὐ διαστρέψω φρενός.

Greek (Editio princeps, 1518) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Suppliants, 1518 edition. Native printed lineation, page markers, and automated correspondence to the Perseus/Smyth edition.) — 893 focus

Κῆρυξ

ἤτοι φοβοῦμαι δαίμονας τὺς ἐνθάδε,

οὐ γάρ μ' ἐθρέψαν, οὐδ' ἐγήρασαν τροφῇ.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Joannes Cornelius de Pauw, 1745.) — 893 focus

Ούτοι φοβοῦμαι δαίμονας τοὺς ἐνθάδε ¹

Οὐ γάρ μ ἔθρεψαν, οὐδ᾽ ἐγήρασαν τροφή.

Κο.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 893 focus

ΚΗ.

οὔτοι φοβοῦμαι δαίμονας τοὺς ἐνθάδε·

οὐ γάρ μ᾽ ἔθρεψαν, οὐδ᾽ ἐγήρασαν τροφῇ.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 893 focus

Κῆρυξ

οὔτοι φοβοῦμαι δαίμονας τοὺς ἐνθάδε.

οὐ γάρ μ' ἔθρεψαν, οὐδ᾽ ἐγήρασαν τροφῇ.

ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 893 focus

ΚΗΡΥΞ

Οὔτοι φοβοῦμαι δαίμονας τοὺς ἐνθάδε·

οὐ γάρ μ' ἔθρεψαν, οὐδ' ἐγήρασαν τροφῇ.
895

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 893 focus

οὔτοι φοβοῦμαι δαίμονας τοὺς ἐνθάδε·

οὐ γάρ μ' ἔθρεψαν οὐδ᾽ ἐγήρασαν τροφῇ.
905

ΧΟ.

Aeschyli Supplices (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Supplices. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 893 focus

ΚΗ.

οὔτοι φοβοῦμαι δαίμονας τοὺς ἐνθάδε·

οὐ γάρ μ᾽ ἔθρεψαν οὐδ᾽ ἐγήρασαν τροφῆι. -

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.)) — 902-1015 focus

Herald

If you will not resign yourself and get to the ship, rending will have no pity on the fabric of your garments.

Chorus

We are lost! O King, we are suffering impious violence!¹

Herald

²Oh, you will soon see many kings in Aegyptus ’ sons. Be of good cheer: you will not have to blame lack of government.
905

Chorus

Listen! Chiefs and rulers of the city, I am threatened with violence!³

Herald

I think I will have to seize you by the hair and drag you off⁴

since you are slow to heed my orders.
910

Enter the King with retainers

King

You there! What are you doing? What kind of arrogance has incited you to do such dishonor to this realm of Pelasgian men? Indeed, do you think you have come to a land of women? For a barbarian dealing with Hellenes, you act insolently.

Many are the misses of your wits, and your hits are none.
915

Herald

And in this case where have I gone wrong and transgressed my right?

King

First of all, you do not know how to act as a stranger.

Herald

I not know? How so, when I simply find and take my own that I had lost?

King

To what patrons of your land was your notice given?

Herald

To Hermes, the Searcher, greatest of patrons.
920

King

For all your notice to the gods, you do them no reverence.

Herald

I revere the deities by the Nile .

King

While ours are nothing, as I understand you?

Herald

I shall carry off these maids unless someone tears them away.

King

If you so much as touch them, you will regret it, and right soon.
925

Herald

I hear you; and your speech is far from hospitable.

King

No, since I have no hospitality for despoilers of the gods.

Herald

I will go and tell Aegyptus ’ sons about this.

King

My proud spirit will not ponder on this threat.

930

Herald

But that I may know and tell a plainer tale —for it is fitting that a herald make exact report on each detail—what message am I to deliver? Who is it, am I to tell on my return, that has despoiled me of this band of women, their own cousins? It is not, I suppose, by voice of witnesses that the god of battle judges cases like this;
930

nor is it by the gift of silver that he settles dispute; no! If that be the case, many a one shall fall and shuffle off his life.
935

King

My name? Why should I tell you? In due course of time you will learn it, you and your companions.

As for these maids, if, convinced by god-fearing argument, they consent of their own free will and heartily, you may take them. But to this purpose a decree has been passed by the unanimous resolve of the people of the State, never, under compulsion, to surrender this association of women. Through their resolve
940

the rivet has been driven home, to remain fixed and fast. Not on tablets is this inscribed, nor has it been sealed in folds of books: you hear the truth from free-spoken lips. Now get out of my sight immediately!
945

Herald

I think we are about to involve ourselves in a new war. But may victory and authority rest with the men!
950

King

It is men, I believe, you will find in the dwellers of this land; and they are no drinkers of diluted wine. Exit Herald. But

take courage, all of you, and together with your handmaidens, proceed to our well-fenced town, encircled by sturdy devices of towers. As for places inside to lodge, there are plenty of the public sort. For on no modest scale do I myself live, where,
955

in company with many others, you may occupy abodes suitably prepared; or, if it is more pleasing to you, it is free for you also to make your home in dwellings of separate sort. Of these select what is best and most to your desires. A protector you have in me and in all the inhabitants, whose resolve this is that now takes effect.
960

Why wait for others of higher authority?
965

966

Chorus

In blessings may you abound, noble Pelasgian, in requital for your blessings! But, if it pleases you, send our brave father Danaus here to be our adviser

and leader of our counsels. For it befits him, rather than ourselves, to advise us where we should establish our home and what neighborhood is friendly. All the world is ready to cast reproach on those who speak a foreign tongue. But may all be for the best! Exit the King.
970

And you, dear handmaidens, preserving your fair fame and provoking no angry utterances on the part of the native folk, take up your stations even as Danaus has allotted her duty of attendance unto each.
975

980 Enter Danaus with a bodyguard

Danaus

My children, it is right to offer prayers to the Argives and to sacrifice and pour libations to them as to Olympian gods; for they are our saviors in no doubtful manner. They heard from my lips the conduct of your cousins toward their own kinfolk, and were moved to bitterness against them;
980

but to me they assigned this escort of spearmen, that I might have rank and honor, and might not be ambushed and perish by the death of the spear, and so an ever-living burden come upon the land. Recipients of such favors as these,
985

it becomes us to hold gratitude in yet higher honor from the bottom of our hearts. And in addition to the many other wise injunctions of your father recorded in your memory, inscribe this too—that an unknown company is proved by time. For in an alien’s case, all the world bears an evil tongue in readiness,
990

and it is easy lightly to utter defiling slander. Therefore I would have you bring no shame upon me, now when your youthful loveliness attracts men’s gaze. The tender ripeness of summer fruit is in no way easy to protect; beasts despoil it—and men, why not?—
995

and brutes that fly and those that walk the earth. Love’s goddess spreads news abroad of fruit bursting ripe. . . . So all men, as they pass,
1000

mastered by desire, shoot an alluring arrow of the eye at the delicate beauty of virgins. See to it, therefore, that we do not suffer that in fear for which we have endured great toil and ploughed the great waters with our ship; and that we bring no shame to ourselves and exultation to our enemies. Housing of two kinds is at our disposition,
1005

the one Pelasgus offers, the other, the city, and to occupy free of cost. These terms are easy. Only pay heed to these behests of your father, and count your chastity more precious than your life.
1010

Chorus

May the Olympian gods grant us good fortune in all the rest!

But, concerning the bloom of my virginity, father, be of good cheer, for, unless some evil has been devised of Heaven, I will not swerve from the former pathway of my thoughts.
1015

The Suppliant Women. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliant Women.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 893 focus

By no means do I dread the deities here; for they have not nourished me, nor brought me to old age by their rearing.

CHORUS

The Suppliants (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliants. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 893 focus

Gods of this land! They awe not me; my youth

970

They nouriſh'd not, nor to old age upheld me.

CHORUS.

Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 893 focus

Di questa terra i Dèmoni non temo.

950

Non mi nutrivano essi e non mi crebbero.

CORO

Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 893 focus

Non ſanè timeo dæmones qui ibi sunt.

Non enim me aluerunt,

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.) — 893 focus

Peace! I fear not this country's deities.

They fostered not my childhood nor mine age.

Chorus

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.) — 893 focus

Ich fürchte, traun, die Götter dieses Landes nicht,

Die nicht als Kind mich pflegten, nicht mich altern sah'n.

Zweite Gegenstrophe.

Zweiter Halbchor.

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Κηρυξ εἰ μή τις ἐς ναῦν εἶσιν αἰνέσας τάδε, λακὶς χιτῶνος ἔργον οὐ κατοικτιεῖ.

Χορος ἰὼ πόλεως ἀγοὶ πρόμοι, 1 δάμναμαι. 2

Κηρυχ ἕλξειν ἔοιχ᾽ ὑμᾶς ἀποσπάσας κόμης, 905 ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἀκούετ᾽ ὀξὺ 3 τῶν ἐμῶν λόγων. 4 5

<Χοροσ> διωλόμεσθ᾽: ἄελπτ᾽, ἄναξ, 6 πάσχομεν. 7

<Κηρυξ> πολλοὺς ἄνακτας παῖδας Αἰγύπτου, τάχα ὄψεσθε: θαρσεῖτ᾽, οὐκ ἐρεῖτ᾽ ἀναρχίαν. 8

Κηρυξ τί δ᾽ ἠμπλάκηται τῶνδ᾽ ἐμοὶ δίκης ἄτερ;

Βασιλευς ξένος μὲν εἶναι πρῶτον οὐκ ἐπίστασαι.

Κηρυξ πῶς δ᾽ οὐχί; τἄμ᾽ ὀλωλόθ᾽ εὑρίσκων ἄγω. 12

Βασιλευς ποίοισιν εἰπὼν προξένοις 13 ἐγχωρίοις;

Κηρυξ Ἑρμῇ μεγίστῳ προξένῳ μαστηρίῳ. 920

Βασιλευς θεοῖσιν εἰπὼν τοὺς θεοὺς οὐδὲν σέβει.

Κηρυξ τοὺς ἀμφὶ Νεῖλον δαίμονας σεβίζομαι.

Βασιλευς οἱ δ᾽ ἐνθάδ᾽ οὐδέν, ὡς ἐγὼ σέθεν κλύω. 14

Κηρυξ ἄγοιμ᾽ ἄν, εἴ τις τάσδε μὴ ʼξαιρήσεται.

Βασιλευς κλαίοις 15 ἄν, εἰ ψαύσειας, οὐ 16 μάλ᾽ ἐς μακράν. 925

Κηρυξ ἤκουσα τοὔπος οὐδαμῶς φιλόξενον.

Βασιλευς οὐ γὰρ ξενοῦμαι τοὺς θεῶν συλήτορας.

Κηρυξ λέγοιμ᾽ 17 ἂν ἐλθὼν παισὶν Αἰγύπτου τάδε.

Βασιλευς ἀβουκόλητον τοῦτ᾽ ἐμῷ φρονήματι. 930

<Κηρυξ> ἔοιγμεν 23 ἤδη πόλεμον ἀρεῖσθαι 24 νέον. 950 εἴη δὲ νίκη καὶ κράτη τοῖς ἄρσεσιν.

Κῆρυξ εἰ μή τις ἐς ναῦν εἶσιν αἰνέσας τάδε, λακὶς χιτῶνος ἔργον οὐ κατοικτιεῖ.

Χορός διωλόμεσθʼ· ἄσεπτʼ, ἄναξ, πάσχομεν—

Κῆρυξ πολλοὺς ἄνακτας, παῖδας Αἰγύπτου τάχα 905 ὄψεσθε· θαρσεῖτʼ, οὐκ ἐρεῖτʼ ἀναρχίαν.

Χορός ἰὼ πόλεως ἀγοὶ πρόμοι, δάμναμαι.

Κῆρυξ ἕλξειν ἔοιχʼ ὑμᾶς ἀποσπάσας κόμης, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἀκούετʼ ὀξὺ τῶν ἐμῶν λόγων. 910

Κῆρυξ τί δʼ ἠμπλάκηται τῶνδʼ ἐμοὶ δίκης ἄτερ;

Βασιλεύς ξένος μὲν εἶναι πρῶτον οὐκ ἐπίστασαι.

Κῆρυξ πῶς δʼ οὐχί; τἄμʼ ὀλωλόθʼ εὑρίσκων ἄγω.

Βασιλεύς ποίοισιν εἰπὼν προξένοις ἐγχωρίοις;

Κῆρυξ Ἑρμῇ μεγίστῳ προξένῳ μαστηρίῳ. 920

Βασιλεύς θεοῖσιν εἰπὼν τοὺς θεοὺς οὐδὲν σέβῃ.

Κῆρυξ τοὺς ἀμφὶ Νεῖλον δαίμονας σεβίζομαι.

Βασιλεύς οἱ δʼ ἐνθάδʼ οὐδέν, ὡς ἐγὼ σέθεν κλύω;

Κῆρυξ ἄγοιμʼ ἄν, εἴ τις τάσδε μὴ ʼξαιρήσεται.

Βασιλεύς κλάοις ἄν, εἰ ψαύσειας, οὐ μάλʼ ἐς μακράν. 925

Κῆρυξ ἤκουσα τοὔπος δʼ οὐδαμῶς φιλόξενον.

Βασιλεύς οὐ γὰρ ξενοῦμαι τοὺς θεῶν συλήτορας.

Κῆρυξ λέγοιμʼ ἂν ἐλθὼν παισὶν Αἰγύπτου τάδε.

Βασιλεύς ἀβουκόλητον τοῦτʼ ἐμῷ, φρονήματι.

Κῆρυξ ἔοιγμεν ἤδη πόλεμον ἀρεῖσθαι νέον. 950 εἴη δὲ νίκη καὶ κράτη τοῖς ἄρσεσιν.

Κῆρυξ ἤτοι φοβοῦμαι δαίμονας τὺς ἐνθάδε, οὐ γάρ μ' ἐθρέψαν, οὐδ' ἐγήρασαν τροφῇ.

Ούτοι φοβοῦμαι δαίμονας τοὺς ἐνθάδε 1 Οὐ γάρ μ ἔθρεψαν, οὐδ᾽ ἐγήρασαν τροφή.

Κο.

ΚΗ. οὔτοι φοβοῦμαι δαίμονας τοὺς ἐνθάδε· οὐ γάρ μ᾽ ἔθρεψαν, οὐδ᾽ ἐγήρασαν τροφῇ.

Κῆρυξ οὔτοι φοβοῦμαι δαίμονας τοὺς ἐνθάδε. οὐ γάρ μ' ἔθρεψαν, οὐδ᾽ ἐγήρασαν τροφῇ.

ΚΗΡΥΞ Οὔτοι φοβοῦμαι δαίμονας τοὺς ἐνθάδε· οὐ γάρ μ' ἔθρεψαν, οὐδ' ἐγήρασαν τροφῇ. 895

οὔτοι φοβοῦμαι δαίμονας τοὺς ἐνθάδε· οὐ γάρ μ' ἔθρεψαν οὐδ᾽ ἐγήρασαν τροφῇ. 905

ΧΟ.

ΚΗ. οὔτοι φοβοῦμαι δαίμονας τοὺς ἐνθάδε· οὐ γάρ μ᾽ ἔθρεψαν οὐδ᾽ ἐγήρασαν τροφῆι. -

Herald If you will not resign yourself and get to the ship, rending will have no pity on the fabric of your garments.

Chorus We are lost! O King, we are suffering impious violence! 1

Herald 2 Oh, you will soon see many kings in Aegyptus ’ sons. Be of good cheer: you will not have to blame lack of government. 905

Chorus Listen! Chiefs and rulers of the city, I am threatened with violence! 3

Herald I think I will have to seize you by the hair and drag you off 4 since you are slow to heed my orders. 910

Herald And in this case where have I gone wrong and transgressed my right?

King First of all, you do not know how to act as a stranger.

Herald I not know? How so, when I simply find and take my own that I had lost?

King To what patrons of your land was your notice given?

Herald To Hermes, the Searcher, greatest of patrons. 920

King For all your notice to the gods, you do them no reverence.

Herald I revere the deities by the Nile .

King While ours are nothing, as I understand you?

Herald I shall carry off these maids unless someone tears them away.

King If you so much as touch them, you will regret it, and right soon. 925

Herald I hear you; and your speech is far from hospitable.

King No, since I have no hospitality for despoilers of the gods.

Herald I will go and tell Aegyptus ’ sons about this.

King My proud spirit will not ponder on this threat.

Herald I think we are about to involve ourselves in a new war. But may victory and authority rest with the men! 950

Chorus May the Olympian gods grant us good fortune in all the rest! But, concerning the bloom of my virginity, father, be of good cheer, for, unless some evil has been devised of Heaven, I will not swerve from the former pathway of my thoughts. 1015

CHORUS

CHORUS.

CORO

Peace! I fear not this country's deities. They fostered not my childhood nor mine age.

Chorus

Ich fürchte, traun, die Götter dieses Landes nicht, Die nicht als Kind mich pflegten, nicht mich altern sah'n. Zweite Gegenstrophe.

Κηρυξ

εἰ μή τις ἐς ναῦν εἶσιν αἰνέσας τάδε,

λακὶς χιτῶνος ἔργον οὐ κατοικτιεῖ.

Χορος

ἰὼ πόλεως ἀγοὶ πρόμοι,¹ δάμναμαι.²

Κηρυχ

ἕλξειν ἔοιχ᾽ ὑμᾶς ἀποσπάσας κόμης,
905

ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἀκούετ᾽ ὀξὺ³ τῶν ἐμῶν λόγων.⁴⁵

<Χοροσ>

διωλόμεσθ᾽: ἄελπτ᾽, ἄναξ,⁶ πάσχομεν.⁷

<Κηρυξ>

πολλοὺς ἄνακτας παῖδας Αἰγύπτου, τάχα

ὄψεσθε: θαρσεῖτ᾽, οὐκ ἐρεῖτ᾽ ἀναρχίαν.⁸

Κηρυξ

τί δ᾽ ἠμπλάκηται τῶνδ᾽ ἐμοὶ δίκης ἄτερ;

Βασιλευς

ξένος μὲν εἶναι πρῶτον οὐκ ἐπίστασαι.

Κηρυξ

πῶς δ᾽ οὐχί; τἄμ᾽ ὀλωλόθ᾽ εὑρίσκων ἄγω.¹²

Βασιλευς

ποίοισιν εἰπὼν προξένοις¹³ ἐγχωρίοις;

Κηρυξ

Ἑρμῇ μεγίστῳ προξένῳ μαστηρίῳ.
920

Βασιλευς

θεοῖσιν εἰπὼν τοὺς θεοὺς οὐδὲν σέβει.

Κηρυξ

τοὺς ἀμφὶ Νεῖλον δαίμονας σεβίζομαι.

Βασιλευς

οἱ δ᾽ ἐνθάδ᾽ οὐδέν, ὡς ἐγὼ σέθεν κλύω.¹⁴

Κηρυξ

ἄγοιμ᾽ ἄν, εἴ τις τάσδε μὴ ʼξαιρήσεται.

Βασιλευς

κλαίοις¹⁵ ἄν, εἰ ψαύσειας, οὐ¹⁶ μάλ᾽ ἐς μακράν.
925

Κηρυξ

ἤκουσα τοὔπος οὐδαμῶς φιλόξενον.

Βασιλευς

οὐ γὰρ ξενοῦμαι τοὺς θεῶν συλήτορας.

Κηρυξ

λέγοιμ᾽¹⁷ ἂν ἐλθὼν παισὶν Αἰγύπτου τάδε.

Βασιλευς

ἀβουκόλητον τοῦτ᾽ ἐμῷ φρονήματι.

930

<Κηρυξ>

ἔοιγμεν²³ ἤδη πόλεμον ἀρεῖσθαι²⁴ νέον.
950

εἴη δὲ νίκη καὶ κράτη τοῖς ἄρσεσιν.

Κῆρυξ

εἰ μή τις ἐς ναῦν εἶσιν αἰνέσας τάδε,

λακὶς χιτῶνος ἔργον οὐ κατοικτιεῖ.

Χορός

διωλόμεσθʼ· ἄσεπτʼ, ἄναξ, πάσχομεν—

Κῆρυξ

πολλοὺς ἄνακτας, παῖδας Αἰγύπτου τάχα
905

ὄψεσθε· θαρσεῖτʼ, οὐκ ἐρεῖτʼ ἀναρχίαν.

Χορός

ἰὼ πόλεως ἀγοὶ πρόμοι, δάμναμαι.

Κῆρυξ

ἕλξειν ἔοιχʼ ὑμᾶς ἀποσπάσας κόμης,

ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἀκούετʼ ὀξὺ τῶν ἐμῶν λόγων.
910

Κῆρυξ

τί δʼ ἠμπλάκηται τῶνδʼ ἐμοὶ δίκης ἄτερ;

Βασιλεύς

ξένος μὲν εἶναι πρῶτον οὐκ ἐπίστασαι.

Κῆρυξ

πῶς δʼ οὐχί; τἄμʼ ὀλωλόθʼ εὑρίσκων ἄγω.

Βασιλεύς

ποίοισιν εἰπὼν προξένοις ἐγχωρίοις;

Κῆρυξ

Ἑρμῇ μεγίστῳ προξένῳ μαστηρίῳ.
920

Βασιλεύς

θεοῖσιν εἰπὼν τοὺς θεοὺς οὐδὲν σέβῃ.

Κῆρυξ

τοὺς ἀμφὶ Νεῖλον δαίμονας σεβίζομαι.

Βασιλεύς

οἱ δʼ ἐνθάδʼ οὐδέν, ὡς ἐγὼ σέθεν κλύω;

Κῆρυξ

ἄγοιμʼ ἄν, εἴ τις τάσδε μὴ ʼξαιρήσεται.

Βασιλεύς

κλάοις ἄν, εἰ ψαύσειας, οὐ μάλʼ ἐς μακράν.
925

Κῆρυξ

ἤκουσα τοὔπος δʼ οὐδαμῶς φιλόξενον.

Βασιλεύς

οὐ γὰρ ξενοῦμαι τοὺς θεῶν συλήτορας.

Κῆρυξ

λέγοιμʼ ἂν ἐλθὼν παισὶν Αἰγύπτου τάδε.

Βασιλεύς

ἀβουκόλητον τοῦτʼ ἐμῷ, φρονήματι.

Κῆρυξ

ἔοιγμεν ἤδη πόλεμον ἀρεῖσθαι νέον.
950

εἴη δὲ νίκη καὶ κράτη τοῖς ἄρσεσιν.

Κῆρυξ

ἤτοι φοβοῦμαι δαίμονας τὺς ἐνθάδε,

οὐ γάρ μ' ἐθρέψαν, οὐδ' ἐγήρασαν τροφῇ.

Ούτοι φοβοῦμαι δαίμονας τοὺς ἐνθάδε ¹

Οὐ γάρ μ ἔθρεψαν, οὐδ᾽ ἐγήρασαν τροφή.

ΚΗ.

οὔτοι φοβοῦμαι δαίμονας τοὺς ἐνθάδε·

οὐ γάρ μ᾽ ἔθρεψαν, οὐδ᾽ ἐγήρασαν τροφῇ.

Κῆρυξ

οὔτοι φοβοῦμαι δαίμονας τοὺς ἐνθάδε.

οὐ γάρ μ' ἔθρεψαν, οὐδ᾽ ἐγήρασαν τροφῇ.

ΚΗΡΥΞ

Οὔτοι φοβοῦμαι δαίμονας τοὺς ἐνθάδε·

οὐ γάρ μ' ἔθρεψαν, οὐδ' ἐγήρασαν τροφῇ.
895

οὔτοι φοβοῦμαι δαίμονας τοὺς ἐνθάδε·

οὐ γάρ μ' ἔθρεψαν οὐδ᾽ ἐγήρασαν τροφῇ.
905

ΚΗ.

οὔτοι φοβοῦμαι δαίμονας τοὺς ἐνθάδε·

οὐ γάρ μ᾽ ἔθρεψαν οὐδ᾽ ἐγήρασαν τροφῆι. -

Herald

If you will not resign yourself and get to the ship, rending will have no pity on the fabric of your garments.

Chorus

We are lost! O King, we are suffering impious violence!¹

Herald

²Oh, you will soon see many kings in Aegyptus ’ sons. Be of good cheer: you will not have to blame lack of government.
905

Chorus

Listen! Chiefs and rulers of the city, I am threatened with violence!³

Herald

I think I will have to seize you by the hair and drag you off⁴

since you are slow to heed my orders.
910

Herald

And in this case where have I gone wrong and transgressed my right?

King

First of all, you do not know how to act as a stranger.

Herald

I not know? How so, when I simply find and take my own that I had lost?

King

To what patrons of your land was your notice given?

Herald

To Hermes, the Searcher, greatest of patrons.
920

King

For all your notice to the gods, you do them no reverence.

Herald

I revere the deities by the Nile .

King

While ours are nothing, as I understand you?

Herald

I shall carry off these maids unless someone tears them away.

King

If you so much as touch them, you will regret it, and right soon.
925

Herald

I hear you; and your speech is far from hospitable.

King

No, since I have no hospitality for despoilers of the gods.

Herald

I will go and tell Aegyptus ’ sons about this.

King

My proud spirit will not ponder on this threat.

Herald

I think we are about to involve ourselves in a new war. But may victory and authority rest with the men!
950

Chorus

May the Olympian gods grant us good fortune in all the rest!

But, concerning the bloom of my virginity, father, be of good cheer, for, unless some evil has been devised of Heaven, I will not swerve from the former pathway of my thoughts.
1015

Peace! I fear not this country's deities.

They fostered not my childhood nor mine age.

Ich fürchte, traun, die Götter dieses Landes nicht,

Die nicht als Kind mich pflegten, nicht mich altern sah'n.

Zweite Gegenstrophe.