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Τὸν ὑψόθεν σκοπὸν ἐπισκόπει,

380

φύλακα πολυπόνων

βροτῶν, οἱ τοῖς πέλας προσήμενοι

δίκας οὐ τυγχάνουσιν ἐννόμου

μένει τοι Ζηνός Ικταίου κότος

δυσπαραθέλκτους ὦ δυσπαραθέλκτοις παθόντος οἴκτοις.

385

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

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by Schmidt Sciences.

Current edition Experimental

ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) (Greek) (ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (8)

Ἱκέτιδες First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 348-437 focus

str. 1

Χορος

Παλαίχθονος τέκος, κλῦθί μου

πρόφρονι καρδίᾳ, Πελασγῶν ἄναξ.

ἴδε με τὰν¹ ἱκέτιν φυγάδα περίδρομον,
350

λυκοδίωκτον² ὡς δάμαλιν ἂμ πέτραις³

ἠλιβάτοις, ἵν᾽⁴ ἀλκᾷ πίσυνος μέμυ-

κε φράζουσα βοτῆρι μόχθους.

354

Βασιλευς

ὁρῶ κλάδοισι νεοδρόποις κατάσκιον

νεύονθ᾽⁵ ὅμιλον τόνδ᾽⁶ ἀγωνίων θεῶν.
355

εἴη δ᾽ ἄνατον πρᾶγμα τοῦτ᾽ ἀστοξένων.

μηδ᾽ ἐξ ἀέλπτων κἀπρομηθήτων πόλει

νεῖκος γένηται: τῶν γὰρ οὐ δεῖται πόλις.

359

ant. 1

Χορος

ἴδοιτο δῆτ᾽⁷ ἄνατον φυγὰν

ἱκεσία Θέμις Διὸς κλαρίου.
360

σὺ δὲ παρ᾽ ὀψιγόνου μάθε γεραιόφρων:⁸

ποτιτρόπαιον αἰδόμενος †οὖνπερ⁹

ἱεροδόκα† . .¹⁰

θεῶν λήματ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ἀνδρὸς ἁγνοῦ.

365

Βασιλευς

οὔτοι κάθησθε δωμάτων ἐφέστιοι
365

ἐμῶν. τὸ κοινὸν δ᾽ εἰ μιαίνεται πόλις,

ξυνῇ μελέσθω λαὸς ἐκπονεῖν¹¹ ἄκη.

ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἂν οὐ κραίνοιμ᾽ ὑπόσχεσιν πάρος,¹²

ἀστοῖς δὲ πᾶσι τῶνδε¹³ κοινώσας πέρι.

370

str. 2

Χορος

σύ τοι πόλις, σὺ δὲ τὸ δάμιον:
370

πρύτανις ἄκριτος ὤν,

κρατύνεις βωμόν, ἑστίαν χθονός,

μονοψήφοισι νεύμασιν σέθεν,

μονοσκήπτροισι δ᾽ ἐν θρόνοις¹⁴ χρέος

πᾶν ἐπικραίνεις: ἄγος¹⁵ φυλάσσου.
375
376

Βασιλευς

ἄγος μὲν εἴη τοῖς ἐμοῖς παλιγκότοις,

ὑμῖν δ᾽ ἀρήγειν οὐκ ἔχω βλάβης ἄτερ:

οὐδ᾽ αὖ τόδ᾽ εὖφρον, τάσδ᾽ ἀτιμάσαι λιτάς.

ἀμηχανῶ δὲ καὶ φόβος μ᾽ ἔχει φρένας

δρᾶσαί τε μὴ δρᾶσαί τε¹⁶ καὶ τύχην ἑλεῖν.
380
381

ant. 2

Χορος

τὸν ὑψόθεν σκοπὸν ἐπισκόπει,¹⁷

φύλακα πολυπόνων

βροτῶν, οἳ τοῖς πέλας προσήμενοι

δίκας οὐ τυγχάνουσιν ἐννόμου.

μένει τοι Ζηνὸς ἱκταίου κότος
385

δυσπαραθέλκτους¹⁸ παθόντος οἴκτοις.

387

Βασιλευς

εἴ τοι κρατοῦσι παῖδες Αἰγύπτου σέθεν

νόμῳ πόλεως, φάσκοντες ἐγγύτατα γένους

εἶναι, τίς¹⁹ ἂν τοῖσδ᾽ ἀντιωθῆναι θέλοι;²⁰

δεῖ τοί σε φεύγειν κατὰ νόμους τοὺς οἴκοθεν,
390

ὡς οὐκ ἔχουσι κῦρος οὐδὲν ἀμφὶ σοῦ.

392

str. 3

Χορος

μή τί ποτ᾽ οὖν γενοίμαν ὑποχείριος²¹

κράτεσιν ἀρσένων. ὕπαστρον δέ τοι

μῆχαρ ὁρίζομαι γάμου δύσφρονος

φυγάν:²² ξύμμαχον δ᾽ ἑλόμενος δίκαν
395

κρῖνε σέβας τὸ πρὸς θεῶν.

397

Βασιλευς

οὐκ εὔκριτον τὸ κρῖμα: μή μ᾽ αἱροῦ κριτήν.

εἶπον δὲ καὶ πρίν, οὐκ ἄνευ δήμου τάδε

πράξαιμ᾽ ἄν, οὐδέ περ κρατῶν, μὴ καί²³ ποτε

εἴπῃ λεώς, εἴ πού τι κἀλλοῖον²⁴ τύχοι,²⁵
400

“ἐπήλυδας²⁶ τιμῶν ἀπώλεσας πόλιν.”

402

ant. 3

Χορος

ἀμφοτέροις²⁷ ὁμαίμων τάδ᾽ ἐπισκοπεῖ

Ζεὺς ἑτερορρεπής, νέμων εἰκότως

ἄδικα μὲν κακοῖς, ὅσια δ᾽ ἐννόμοις.

τί τῶνδ᾽ ἐξ ἴσου ῥεπομένων μεταλ-
405

γὲς²⁸ τὸ δίκαιον ἔρξαι;

407

Βασιλευς

δεῖ τοι βαθείας φροντίδος σωτηρίου,

δίκην κολυμβητῆρος, ἐς βυθὸν μολεῖν

δεδορκὸς ὄμμα, μηδ᾽ ἄγαν ᾠνωμένον:²⁹

ὅπως ἄνατα ταῦτα πρῶτα μὲν πόλει,
410

αὐτοῖσί θ᾽ ἡμῖν ἐκτελευτήσει καλῶς,

καὶ μήτε δῆρις ῥυσίων ἐφάψεται

μήτ᾽ ἐν θεῶν ἕδραισιν ὧδ᾽ ἱδρυμένας

ἐκδόντες ὑμᾶς τὸν πανώλεθρον θεὸν

βαρὺν ξύνοικον θησόμεσθ᾽³⁰ ἀλάστορα,
415

ὃς³¹ οὐδ᾽³² ἐν Ἅιδου τὸν θανόντ᾽ ἐλευθεροῖ.

μῶν οὐ δοκεῖ δεῖν³³ φροντίδος σωτηρίου;

418

str. 4

Χορος

φρόντισον καὶ γενοῦ

πανδίκως εὐσεβὴς

πρόξενος: τὰν φυγάδα μὴ προδῷς,
420

τὰν ἕκαθεν ἐκβολαῖς

δυσθέοις ὀρμέναν:³⁴

423

ant. 4

Χορος

μηδ᾽ ἴδῃς μ᾽ ἐξ ἑδρᾶν

πολυθέων ῥυσια-

σθεῖσαν, ὦ πᾶν κράτος ἔχων χθονός.
425

γνῶθι δ᾽ ὕβριν ἀνέρων

καὶ φύλαξαι κότον.

428

str. 5

Χορος

μή τι τλῇς τὰν³⁵ ἱκέτιν εἰσιδεῖν

ἀπὸ βρετέων βίᾳ

δίκας ἀγομέναν
430

ἱππηδὸν ἀμπύκων,

πολυμίτων³⁶ πέπλων τ᾽ ἐπιλαβὰς ἐμῶν.

433

ant. 5

Χορος

ἴσθι γάρ: παισὶ τάδε καὶ δόμοις,

ὁπότερ᾽ ἂν κτίσῃς,

μένει ἄρ᾽ ἐκτίνειν³⁷
435

ὁμοιΐαν³⁸ θέμιν.

τάδε φράσαι δίκαια Διόθεν κράτη.

438

Ἱκέτιδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 348-437 focus

348

Χορός

Παλαίχθονος τέκος, κλῦθί μου

πρόφρονι καρδίᾳ, Πελασγῶν ἄναξ.

ἴδε με τὰν ἱκέτιν φυγάδα περίδρομον,
350

λυκοδίωκτον ὡς δάμαλιν ἂμ πέτραις

ἠλιβάτοις, ἵνʼ ἀλκᾷ πίσυνος μέμυ-

κε φράζουσα βοτῆρι μόχθους.

354

Βασιλεύς

ὁρῶ κλάδοισι νεοδρόποις κατάσκιον

νεύονθʼ ὅμιλον τόνδʼ ἀγωνίων θεῶν.
355

εἴη δʼ ἄνατον πρᾶγμα τοῦτʼ ἀστοξένων.

μηδʼ ἐξ ἀέλπτων κἀπρομηθήτων πόλει

νεῖκος γένηται· τῶν γὰρ οὐ δεῖται πόλις.

359

Χορός

ἴδοιτο δῆτʼ ἄνατον φυγὰν

ἱκεσία Θέμις Διὸς κλαρίου.
360

σὺ δὲ παρʼ ὀψιγόνου μάθε γεραιόφρων·

ποτιτρόπαιον αἰδόμενος οὖνπερ

ἱεροδόκα

θεῶν λήματʼ ἀπʼ ἀνδρὸς ἁγνοῦ.

365

Βασιλεύς

οὔτοι κάθησθε δωμάτων ἐφέστιοι
365

ἐμῶν. τὸ κοινὸν δʼ εἰ μιαίνεται πόλις,

ξυνῇ μελέσθω λαὸς ἐκπονεῖν ἄκη.

ἐγὼ δʼ ἂν οὐ κραίνοιμʼ ὑπόσχεσιν πάρος,

ἀστοῖς δὲ πᾶσι τῶνδε κοινώσας πέρι.

370

Χορός

σύ τοι πόλις, σὺ δὲ τὸ δάμιον.
370

πρύτανις ἄκριτος ὤν,

κρατύνεις βωμόν, ἑστίαν χθονός,

μονοψήφοισι νεύμασιν σέθεν,

μονοσκήπτροισι δʼ ἐν θρόνοις χρέος

πᾶν ἐπικραίνεις· ἄγος φυλάσσου.
375

376

Βασιλεύς

ἄγος μὲν εἴη τοῖς ἐμοῖς παλιγκότοις,

ὑμῖν δʼ ἀρήγειν οὐκ ἔχω βλάβης ἄτερ.

οὐδʼ αὖ τόδʼ εὖφρον, τάσδʼ ἀτιμάσαι λιτάς.

ἀμηχανῶ δὲ καὶ φόβος μʼ ἔχει φρένας

δρᾶσαί τε μὴ δρᾶσαί τε καὶ τύχην ἑλεῖν.
380

381

Χορός

τὸν ὑψόθεν σκοπὸν ἐπισκόπει,

φύλακα πολυπόνων

βροτῶν, οἳ τοῖς πέλας προσήμενοι

δίκας οὐ τυγχάνουσιν ἐννόμου.

μένει τοι Ζηνὸς ἱκταίου κότος
385

δυσπαραθέλκτους παθόντος οἴκτοις.

387

Βασιλεύς

εἴ τοι κρατοῦσι παῖδες Αἰγύπτου σέθεν

νόμῳ πόλεως, φάσκοντες ἐγγύτατα γένους

εἶναι, τίς ἂν τοῖσδʼ ἀντιωθῆναι θέλοι;

δεῖ τοί σε φεύγειν κατὰ νόμους τοὺς οἴκοθεν,
390

ὡς οὐκ ἔχουσιν κῦρος οὐδὲν ἀμφὶ σοῦ.

392

Χορός

μή τί ποτʼ οὖν γενοίμαν ὑποχείριος

κράτεσιν ἀρσένων. ὕπαστρον δέ τοι

μῆχαρ ὁρίζομαι γάμου δύσφρονος

φυγάν· ξύμμαχον δʼ ἑλόμενος δίκαν
395

κρῖνε σέβας τὸ πρὸς θεῶν.

397

Βασιλεύς

οὐκ εὔκριτον τὸ κρῖμα. μή μʼ αἱροῦ κριτήν.

εἶπον δὲ καὶ πρίν, οὐκ ἄνευ δήμου τάδε

πράξαιμʼ ἄν, οὐδέ περ κρατῶν, μὴ καί ποτε

εἴπῃ λεώς, εἴ πού τι μὴ τοῖον τύχοι,
400

ἐπήλυδας τιμῶν ἀπώλεσας πόλιν.

402

Χορός

ἀμφοτέρους ὁμαίμων τάδʼ ἐπισκοπεῖ

Ζεὺς ἑτερορρεπής, νέμων εἰκότως

ἄδικα μὲν κακοῖς, ὅσια δʼ ἐννόμοις.

τί τῶνδʼ ἐξ ἴσου ῥεπομένων μεταλ-
405

γεῖς τὸ δίκαιον ἔρξας;

407

Βασιλεύς

δεῖ τοι βαθείας φροντίδος σωτηρίου,

δίκην κολυμβητῆρος, ἐς βυθὸν μολεῖν

δεδορκὸς ὄμμα, μηδʼ ἄγαν ᾠνωμένον,

ὅπως ἄνατα ταῦτα πρῶτα μὲν πόλει,
410

αὐτοῖσί θʼ ἡμῖν ἐκτελευτήσει καλῶς,

καὶ μήτε δῆρις ῥυσίων ἐφάψεται

μήτʼ ἐν θεῶν ἕδραισιν ὧδʼ ἱδρυμένας

ἐκδόντες ὑμᾶς τὸν πανώλεθρον θεὸν

βαρὺν ξύνοικον θησόμεσθʼ ἀλάστορα,
415

ὃς οὐδʼ ἐν Ἅιδου τὸν θανόντʼ ἐλευθεροῖ.

μῶν οὐ δοκεῖ δεῖν φροντίδος σωτηρίου;

418

Χορός

φρόντισον καὶ γενοῦ

πανδίκως εὐσεβὴς

πρόξενος· τὰν φυγάδα μὴ προδῷς,
420

τὰν ἕκαθεν ἐκβολαῖς

δυσθέοις ὀρμέναν·

423

Χορός

μηδʼ ἴδῃς μʼ ἐξ ἑδρᾶν

πολυθέων ῥυσια-

σθεῖσαν, ὦ πᾶν κράτος ἔχων χθονός.
425

γνῶθι δʼ ὕβριν ἀνέρων

καὶ φύλαξαι κότον.

428

Χορός

μή τι τλῇς τὰν ἱκέτιν εἰσιδεῖν

ἀπὸ βρετέων βίᾳ

δίκας ἀγομέναν
430

ἱππηδὸν ἀμπύκων,

πολυμίτων πέπλων τʼ ἐπιλαβὰς ἐμῶν.

433

Χορός

ἴσθι γάρ· παισὶ τάδε καὶ δόμοις,

ὁπότερʼ ἂν κτίσῃς,

μένει ἄρ ἐκτίνειν
435

ὁμοιΐαν θέμιν.

τάδε φράσαι δίκαια Διόθεν κράτη.

Greek (Editio princeps, 1518) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Suppliants, 1518 edition. Native printed lineation, page markers, and automated correspondence to the Perseus/Smyth edition.) — 381 focus

Χορός

ὸν ὕψόθεν σκοπὸν ἐπισκοπεῖ . φύλακα πολυ-

πόνων .

βροτῶν, οἳ τοῖς πέλας προσήμενοι .
330

δίκας οὐ τυγχάνουσιν ἐννόμου .

μέντοι ζηνὸς ἱκταίου κόρος .

ὦ δυσαρθέλκτοις παθόντες οἴκτοις .

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Joannes Cornelius de Pauw, 1745.) — 381 focus

Τὸν ὑψίθεν σκοπὸν ἐπισκόπει,

Φύλακα πολυπόνων ¹

Βροτῶν, οἱ τοῖς πέλας προσήμενοι

Δίκας οὐ τυγχάνωσιν ἐννόμου.

Μένει του Ζηνὸς ἱκταίε κότος ²
390

Εν δυσπαρθίλκτοις παθόντος οἴκτοις. ³

IAMBOI.

Βα.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 381 focus

ΧΟ.

τὸν ὑψόθεν σκοπὸν ἐπισκόπει,

φύλακα πολυπόνων

βροτῶν, οἳ τοῖς πέλας προσήμενοι

δίκας οὐ τυγχάνουσιν ἐννόμου.

μένει τοι Ζηνὸς ἱκτίου κότος
385

δυσπαράθελκτος παθόντος οἴκτοις.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 381 focus

Ἡμιχόριον Β
¹

τὸν ὑψόθεν σκοπὸν ἐπισκόπει,

Βασιλεύς Ἀργείων

φύλακα πολυπόνων

βροτῶν, οἳ τοῖς πέλας προςήμενοι

δίκας οὐ τυγχάνουσιν ἐννόμου.

μένει τοι Ζηνὸς ἱκτίου κότος
370

δυςπαράθελκτος παθόντος οἴκτοις.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 381 focus

τὸν ὑψόθεν σκοπὸν ἐπισκόπει,

φύλακα πολυπόνων

βροτῶν, οἱ τοῖς πέλας προσήμενοι

δίκας οὐ τυγχάνουσιν ἐννόμου.

μένει τοι Ζηνὸς ἱκταίου κότος
390

δυσπαραθέλκτους παθόντος οἴκτοις.

¹²³⁴⁵⁶

ἐμῶν ἐμῶν ἐμὸν Μ. ἐκπονεῖν ἐκπονεῖν ἐκπνοεῖν Μ. πάρος πάρος παρακροσ Μ. ἀστοῖς .. τῶνδε ἀστοῖς .. τῶνδε ἀσετῶν .. τοῖσδε Μ. νεύμασιν νεύμασι Μ. θρόνοις θρόνοις (θρόνοισι Sophianus) χρόνοισι Μ. ἄγος ἄγος ἄλγος Μ. μὴ δρᾶσαί τε μὴ δράσαι τε μηδράσητε Μ. ἐπισκόπει ἐπισκόπει ἐπισκοπεῖ Μ. δυσπαραθέλκτους δυσπαραθέλκτους ὦ δυσπαρθέλκτοισ (in marg. δυσπαρεθενήτοισ m) Μ.

ΒΑ.

Aeschyli Supplices (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Supplices. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 381 focus

ΧΟ.

τὸν ὑψόθεν σκοπὸν ἐπισκόπει,

φύλακα πολυπόνων

βροτῶν, οἳ τοῖς πέλας προσήμενοι

Testimonia

356 Pollux III 60 (Aristoph. Βyz.) ἀστόξενος ... ὁ φύσει μὲν ἀστὸς δόξηι δὲ ξένος, ὡς Δαναὸς ᾿Αργείοις ἀπὸ Ἰοῦς τῆς ᾿Αργείας ἔχων τὸ γένος.

Apparatus Criticus

δ᾽ ἄνατον δῆτα τὰν ἄνατον ¹ γεραιόφρων γεραφρόνων² οὐ λιπερνήτης³ †ἱεροδόκα θεῶν λήματ᾿ λήμματα θυλήματ᾿⁴ ἐμῶν ἐμόν ἐκπονεῖν ἐκπνοεῖν πάρος παρακρος ἀστοῖς ... τῶνδε ἀστῶν .... τοῖσδε θρόνοις χρόνοισι (θρόνοισι) ἄγος ἄλγος δρᾶσαί τε δράσητε

ΧΟ.

δίκας οὐ τυγχάνουσιν ἐννόμου.

μένει τοι Ζηνὸς ἱκταίου κότος,
385

δυσπαράθελκτος παθόντος οἴκτοις.

Translations (8)

Suppliant Maidens Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 348-435 focus

Son of Palaechthon, lord of the Pelasgians, hear me with a benign heart.

Behold me, your suppliant, a fugitive, running around like a heifer chased by wolves upon precipitous crags, where, confident in his help, she lows to tell the herdsman of her distress.
350

354

King

I see

a company of assembled gods assenting beneath the shade of fresh-plucked boughs. Nevertheless may this affair of claimants to the friendship of our city bring no mischief in its wake! And let no feud come upon the state from causes unforeseen and unforestalled; for the state has no need of such trouble.
355

359

Chorus

Indeed,

may Justice, daughter of Zeus the Apportioner, Justice who protects the suppliant, look upon our flight that it bring no mischief in its wake. But you, aged in experience, learn from one of younger birth. If you show mercy to a suppliant ... from a man of holiness.
360

365

King

It is not my own house at whose hearth you sit. If the state is stained by pollution in its commonalty, in common let the people strive to work out the cure. For myself, I will pledge no promise before I have communicated these events to all the citizens.
365

370

Chorus

You are the state, you are the people. Being subject to no judge, you rule the altar, your country’s hearth by your will’s sole ordinance; and, enthroned in sole sovereignty,
370

you determine every issue. Beware pollution!
375

376

King

Pollution on my enemies! But without harm I do not know how to help you. And yet again, it is not well advised to slight these supplications. I am perplexed, and fear possesses my soul

whether to act, or not to act and take what fortune sends.
380

381

Chorus

Look to him who looks down from above, to him, the guardian of mortals sore-distressed, who appeal to their neighbors, yet do not obtain the justice that is their right.

The wrath of Zeus, the suppliant’s god, remains, and will not be softened by a sufferer’s complaints.
385

387

King

If the sons of Aegyptus have authority over you by the law of your country claiming that they are nearest of kin, who would wish to contest it?

You must plead in accordance with the laws of the land you have fled, that they have no authority over you.
390

392

Chorus

Never, oh never, may I fall subject to the power and authority of these men. I am determined to flee to escape this marriage that offends my soul, piloting my course by the stars.

Take Justice as your ally, and render judgment for the cause deemed righteous by the gods.
395

397

King

The judgment is not easy—do not make me the judge. I have declared already that, though I am ruler, I will not do this thing without the consent of my people, lest hereafter,

if any evil befall, the people should say, You honored aliens and brought ruin upon your own land.
400

402

Chorus

Kindred to both in blood, Zeus surveys both sides alike in this dispute with an impartial scale, apportioning, as is due, to the wicked their wrongdoing and to the godly their works of righteousness.

When these things are thus equally balanced, why do you fear to act justly?
405

407

King

Surely there is need of deep and salutary counsel; need for a keen-sighted eye, not confused, to descend, like some diver, into the depths;

that to the state above all things this matter may not work mischief, but may end well for us; that strife may not seize you for its prize, nor yet that we surrender you from these seats of sanctuary,
410

and bring upon ourselves the dire, abiding vengeance of the all-destroying god, who, even in the realm of Death, does not set his victim free. Surely you cannot think there is no need of salutary counsel?
415

418

Chorus

Take counsel, and, as is your sacred duty, prove yourself our sacred

champion. Do not betray the fugitive who has been impiously cast out and driven from afar.
420

423

And see me not ravished from this sanctuary of many gods,

oh you who hold sovereign power over the land. Recognize men’s wantonness, and guard against wrath.
425

428

Do not see your suppliant dragged, in spite of justice, from the images of the gods,

like a horse by the bridle, and see rude hands laid upon my fine-woven robes.
430

433

For be assured of this—whichever end you bring to pass, to your children and house

does it remain to make full payment.¹Consider these just ordinances of God.
435

The Suppliant Women. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliant Women.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 381 focus

Look to the beholder on high, the protector of troubled mortals, who sitting [as suppliants] before their kindred, obtain not lawful justice. Therefore the wrath of Jove guardian of suppliants waits upon the wailing of the sufferer, that can not be appeased.

PELASGUS

LES SUPPLIANTES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SUPPLIANTES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 381 focus

celui qui d'en haut tout regarde, le protecteur des mortels douloureux qui, aux genoux de leurs frères, n'obtiennent pas le droit que la loi
leur donne. Songes-y:

The Suppliants (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliants. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 381 focus

On Heav'n's high throne he ſits, whoſe watch-

ful eye

Regards th' afflicted, when unfeeling pride

450

Denies that juſtice which the law aſks for them.

Reverence his pow'r; for when the ſufferer groans

With pangs unpitied, the fix'd wrath of Jove,

Protector of the ſuppliant, burns ſevere .

PELASGUS.

Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 381 focus

Pur dal superno custode guàrdati,

vigile ognor sui miseri,

410

quanti ai parenti chiedono supplici

giusto soccorso, ma non l' impètrano.

Chi degli afflitti non si commuove

pei lagni, irato lo aspetta Giove.

PELASGO

Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 381 focus

Speculatorem altum conſidera,

360

Cuſtodem laborioſorum

Mortalium, qui propinquis aſsidẽtes

Non aſsequuntur cauſam iuſtam.

Manet Iouis Icſei ira

In implacabilibus patientis miſerationibus.

365

Rex

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.) — 381 focus

Have heed of him who looketh from on high,

The guard of woeful mortals, whosoe'er

Unto their fellows cry,

And find no pity, find no justice there.
420

Abiding in his wrath, the suppliants' lord

Doth smite, unmoved by cries, unbent by prayerful word.

The King of Argos

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.) — 381 focus

O blick' auf Ihn, der aus den Höhen blickt,

Ihn, der Bedrängten Schirm

Und Hort, die flehend ihrem Nächsten nah'n,
365

Und Recht nicht finden noch Gerechtigkeit.

Wohl straft Zeus' Grimm, des Flüchtlingshortes, einst,

Wen das Geschrei nicht erbarmt des Armen.

Der König.

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

380. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-321

φυγᾷ:

φυγαὶ

Μ. G. E.

φυγάς

Rob.

φυγῇ

Turn.

φυγᾷ

Victorius.

380

382. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-322

εὔκριτον:

ἔκκριτον

Rob.

382

382. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-323

κρῖμα:

κρίμα

priore vocali in rasura M.

382

384. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-324

κοὐ μή ποτε: Libri

καὶ μήποτε

. Canterus

μὴ καί ποτε

. Recte Wordsworthius

κοὐ μή ποτε

384

385. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-325

εἴ πού τι μὴ τοῖον τύχοι:

εἴπουτι καὶ μὴ τοῖον τυχθῆ

(

τυχθῇ

G. Ε.) M. G. E. Rob.

εἴ που τὶ μὴ τοῖον τύχῃ

Turn.

τύχοι

Porsonus.

385

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

182-532. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-wecklein1902-com-ger1-85

erstes Epeisodion. 1. Szene (182—239): Danaos und der Koryphaios. Danaos kündigt das Nahen des Königs an und gibt seinen Töchtern Verhaltungsmaß- regeln. 2. Szene (240 - 349): Pelas- gos und die Vorigen. Die Danaiden erklären ihre Herkunft von Argos und erflehen als ungerecht Ver- folgte den Schutz des Argivischen Königs. Dieser ist bedenklich wegen der schweren Folgen, welche die Zusage des Schutzes für sein Land haben kann. 3. Kommos (350-422): Fortsetzung der Bitte. 4. Chorikon (423-446), welches das Nachsinnen des Königs zu Gunsten der Da- naiden zu wenden sucht. 5. Dialog des Königs, des Koryphaios und des Danaos (447-532): Der König offenbart seinen Entschluß die Entscheidung dem Volke anheim- zugeben.

350-422. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-wecklein1902-com-ger1-208

⁴

Kommos, in welchem die Gründe für und gegen erörtert werden. Auf jede Strophe und Antistrophe des Chors folgen fünf Trimeter des Königs; nur den Ab- schluß der Partie bilden 11 Tri- meter. im

379-380. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-wecklein1902-com-ger1-231

⁵

⁶

Als Alleinherrscher hast du jegliches Anliegen zu ent- scheiden und bist für alles ver- antwortlich; drum hüte dich vor Sünde." Das Verhältnis der Sätze ist das gleiche wie Prom. 72 δρᾶν ταῦτ᾽ ἀνάγκη, μηδὲν ἐγκέλευ᾽ ἄγαν. ἄγος, weil durch gewaltsame Wegführung der Schutzflehenden das Heiligtum geschändet wird. Vgl. 429f.

381. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-wecklein1902-com-ger1-232

⁷

⁸

Die Änderung von Paley ἐμοί dient dem Wohllaute. παλιγκότοις, Schol. ἐχθροῖς (Wider- sachern). Der Wunsch wie 1044, Prom. 890 τοιάδ᾽ ἐπ' ἐχθροὺς τοὺς ἐμοὺς ἔλθοι Κύπρις, Ovid. Amor.III 11, 16 eveniat nostris hostibus ille pudor, Tac. hist. III 10 conversus ad signa et bellorum deos hostium potius exercitibus illum furorem, illam discordiam inicerent orabat.

383. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-wecklein1902-com-ger1-233

⁹

¹⁰

εὖφρον, verständig, wohl- beraten, wie Cho. 87 πῶς εὔφρον εἴπω. Vielleicht aber ist (mit Burges) ebenso wie Cho. 194 ἔμφρον herzustellen. ἀτιμάσαι: die Ablehnung der Bitte ist mit einer Mißachtung des Bittenden verbunden, zu 177.

384. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-wecklein1902-com-ger1-234

¹¹

¹²

μ' ἔχει φρένας nach Home- rischer Weise wie Eum. 88 μὴ φόβος σε νικάτω φρένας.

385. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-wecklein1902-com-ger1-235

¹³

¹⁴

τύχην ἑλεῖν, Schol. τοῦ συμφέροντος ἐπιτυχεῖν, vielmehr das Los zu wählen" (,, das Risiko zu ergreifen"). Nachgeahmt ist die Stelle Eur. Iph. Α. 55 τὸ πρᾶγμα δ᾽ ἀπόρως εἶχε Τυνδάρεω πατρὶ δοῦναι τε μὴ δοῦναί τε τῆς τύχης θ᾽ ὅπως ἅψαιτ' ἄριστα.

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Χορος φρόντισον καὶ γενοῦ πανδίκως εὐσεβὴς πρόξενος: τὰν φυγάδα μὴ προδῷς, 420 τὰν ἕκαθεν ἐκβολαῖς δυσθέοις ὀρμέναν: 34 423

Χορος μηδ᾽ ἴδῃς μ᾽ ἐξ ἑδρᾶν πολυθέων ῥυσια- σθεῖσαν, ὦ πᾶν κράτος ἔχων χθονός. 425 γνῶθι δ᾽ ὕβριν ἀνέρων καὶ φύλαξαι κότον. 428

Χορος μή τι τλῇς τὰν 35 ἱκέτιν εἰσιδεῖν ἀπὸ βρετέων βίᾳ δίκας ἀγομέναν 430 ἱππηδὸν ἀμπύκων, πολυμίτων 36 πέπλων τ᾽ ἐπιλαβὰς ἐμῶν. 433

Χορος ἴσθι γάρ: παισὶ τάδε καὶ δόμοις, ὁπότερ᾽ ἂν κτίσῃς, μένει ἄρ᾽ ἐκτίνειν 37 435 ὁμοιΐαν 38 θέμιν. τάδε φράσαι δίκαια Διόθεν κράτη. 438

Χορός φρόντισον καὶ γενοῦ πανδίκως εὐσεβὴς πρόξενος· τὰν φυγάδα μὴ προδῷς, 420 τὰν ἕκαθεν ἐκβολαῖς δυσθέοις ὀρμέναν·

Χορός μηδʼ ἴδῃς μʼ ἐξ ἑδρᾶν πολυθέων ῥυσια- σθεῖσαν, ὦ πᾶν κράτος ἔχων χθονός. 425 γνῶθι δʼ ὕβριν ἀνέρων καὶ φύλαξαι κότον.

Χορός μή τι τλῇς τὰν ἱκέτιν εἰσιδεῖν ἀπὸ βρετέων βίᾳ δίκας ἀγομέναν 430 ἱππηδὸν ἀμπύκων, πολυμίτων πέπλων τʼ ἐπιλαβὰς ἐμῶν.

Χορός ἴσθι γάρ· παισὶ τάδε καὶ δόμοις, ὁπότερʼ ἂν κτίσῃς, μένει ἄρ ἐκτίνειν 435 ὁμοιΐαν θέμιν. τάδε φράσαι δίκαια Διόθεν κράτη.

IAMBOI.

Βα.

Ἡμιχόριον Β 1 τὸν ὑψόθεν σκοπὸν ἐπισκόπει,

ΒΑ.

ΧΟ. τὸν ὑψόθεν σκοπὸν ἐπισκόπει, φύλακα πολυπόνων βροτῶν, οἳ τοῖς πέλας προσήμενοι

Testimonia

Apparatus Criticus

ΧΟ. δίκας οὐ τυγχάνουσιν ἐννόμου. μένει τοι Ζηνὸς ἱκταίου κότος, 385 δυσπαράθελκτος παθόντος οἴκτοις.

Son of Palaechthon, lord of the Pelasgians, hear me with a benign heart. Behold me, your suppliant, a fugitive, running around like a heifer chased by wolves upon precipitous crags, where, confident in his help, she lows to tell the herdsman of her distress. 350

Chorus Indeed, may Justice, daughter of Zeus the Apportioner, Justice who protects the suppliant, look upon our flight that it bring no mischief in its wake. But you, aged in experience, learn from one of younger birth. If you show mercy to a suppliant ... from a man of holiness. 360

King It is not my own house at whose hearth you sit. If the state is stained by pollution in its commonalty, in common let the people strive to work out the cure. For myself, I will pledge no promise before I have communicated these events to all the citizens. 365

Chorus You are the state, you are the people. Being subject to no judge, you rule the altar, your country’s hearth by your will’s sole ordinance; and, enthroned in sole sovereignty, 370 you determine every issue. Beware pollution! 375

King Pollution on my enemies! But without harm I do not know how to help you. And yet again, it is not well advised to slight these supplications. I am perplexed, and fear possesses my soul whether to act, or not to act and take what fortune sends. 380

Chorus Look to him who looks down from above, to him, the guardian of mortals sore-distressed, who appeal to their neighbors, yet do not obtain the justice that is their right. The wrath of Zeus, the suppliant’s god, remains, and will not be softened by a sufferer’s complaints. 385

King If the sons of Aegyptus have authority over you by the law of your country claiming that they are nearest of kin, who would wish to contest it? You must plead in accordance with the laws of the land you have fled, that they have no authority over you. 390

Chorus Never, oh never, may I fall subject to the power and authority of these men. I am determined to flee to escape this marriage that offends my soul, piloting my course by the stars. Take Justice as your ally, and render judgment for the cause deemed righteous by the gods. 395

King The judgment is not easy—do not make me the judge. I have declared already that, though I am ruler, I will not do this thing without the consent of my people, lest hereafter, if any evil befall, the people should say, You honored aliens and brought ruin upon your own land. 400

Chorus Kindred to both in blood, Zeus surveys both sides alike in this dispute with an impartial scale, apportioning, as is due, to the wicked their wrongdoing and to the godly their works of righteousness. When these things are thus equally balanced, why do you fear to act justly? 405

Chorus Take counsel, and, as is your sacred duty, prove yourself our sacred champion. Do not betray the fugitive who has been impiously cast out and driven from afar. 420

And see me not ravished from this sanctuary of many gods, oh you who hold sovereign power over the land. Recognize men’s wantonness, and guard against wrath. 425

Do not see your suppliant dragged, in spite of justice, from the images of the gods, like a horse by the bridle, and see rude hands laid upon my fine-woven robes. 430

For be assured of this—whichever end you bring to pass, to your children and house does it remain to make full payment. 1 Consider these just ordinances of God. 435

PELASGUS

PELASGUS.

PELASGO

Rex

Have heed of him who looketh from on high, The guard of woeful mortals, whosoe'er Unto their fellows cry, And find no pity, find no justice there. 420 Abiding in his wrath, the suppliants' lord Doth smite, unmoved by cries, unbent by prayerful word.

The King of Argos

O blick' auf Ihn, der aus den Höhen blickt, Ihn, der Bedrängten Schirm Und Hort, die flehend ihrem Nächsten nah'n, 365 Und Recht nicht finden noch Gerechtigkeit. Wohl straft Zeus' Grimm, des Flüchtlingshortes, einst, Wen das Geschrei nicht erbarmt des Armen.

Der König.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

Χορος

φρόντισον καὶ γενοῦ

πανδίκως εὐσεβὴς

πρόξενος: τὰν φυγάδα μὴ προδῷς,
420

τὰν ἕκαθεν ἐκβολαῖς

δυσθέοις ὀρμέναν:³⁴

423

Χορος

μηδ᾽ ἴδῃς μ᾽ ἐξ ἑδρᾶν

πολυθέων ῥυσια-

σθεῖσαν, ὦ πᾶν κράτος ἔχων χθονός.
425

γνῶθι δ᾽ ὕβριν ἀνέρων

καὶ φύλαξαι κότον.

428

Χορος

μή τι τλῇς τὰν³⁵ ἱκέτιν εἰσιδεῖν

ἀπὸ βρετέων βίᾳ

δίκας ἀγομέναν
430

ἱππηδὸν ἀμπύκων,

πολυμίτων³⁶ πέπλων τ᾽ ἐπιλαβὰς ἐμῶν.

433

Χορος

ἴσθι γάρ: παισὶ τάδε καὶ δόμοις,

ὁπότερ᾽ ἂν κτίσῃς,

μένει ἄρ᾽ ἐκτίνειν³⁷
435

ὁμοιΐαν³⁸ θέμιν.

τάδε φράσαι δίκαια Διόθεν κράτη.

438

Χορός

φρόντισον καὶ γενοῦ

πανδίκως εὐσεβὴς

πρόξενος· τὰν φυγάδα μὴ προδῷς,
420

τὰν ἕκαθεν ἐκβολαῖς

δυσθέοις ὀρμέναν·

Χορός

μηδʼ ἴδῃς μʼ ἐξ ἑδρᾶν

πολυθέων ῥυσια-

σθεῖσαν, ὦ πᾶν κράτος ἔχων χθονός.
425

γνῶθι δʼ ὕβριν ἀνέρων

καὶ φύλαξαι κότον.

Χορός

μή τι τλῇς τὰν ἱκέτιν εἰσιδεῖν

ἀπὸ βρετέων βίᾳ

δίκας ἀγομέναν
430

ἱππηδὸν ἀμπύκων,

πολυμίτων πέπλων τʼ ἐπιλαβὰς ἐμῶν.

Χορός

ἴσθι γάρ· παισὶ τάδε καὶ δόμοις,

ὁπότερʼ ἂν κτίσῃς,

μένει ἄρ ἐκτίνειν
435

ὁμοιΐαν θέμιν.

τάδε φράσαι δίκαια Διόθεν κράτη.

Ἡμιχόριον Β
¹

τὸν ὑψόθεν σκοπὸν ἐπισκόπει,

ΧΟ.

τὸν ὑψόθεν σκοπὸν ἐπισκόπει,

φύλακα πολυπόνων

βροτῶν, οἳ τοῖς πέλας προσήμενοι

ΧΟ.

δίκας οὐ τυγχάνουσιν ἐννόμου.

μένει τοι Ζηνὸς ἱκταίου κότος,
385

δυσπαράθελκτος παθόντος οἴκτοις.

Son of Palaechthon, lord of the Pelasgians, hear me with a benign heart.

Behold me, your suppliant, a fugitive, running around like a heifer chased by wolves upon precipitous crags, where, confident in his help, she lows to tell the herdsman of her distress.
350

Chorus

Indeed,

may Justice, daughter of Zeus the Apportioner, Justice who protects the suppliant, look upon our flight that it bring no mischief in its wake. But you, aged in experience, learn from one of younger birth. If you show mercy to a suppliant ... from a man of holiness.
360

King

It is not my own house at whose hearth you sit. If the state is stained by pollution in its commonalty, in common let the people strive to work out the cure. For myself, I will pledge no promise before I have communicated these events to all the citizens.
365

Chorus

You are the state, you are the people. Being subject to no judge, you rule the altar, your country’s hearth by your will’s sole ordinance; and, enthroned in sole sovereignty,
370

you determine every issue. Beware pollution!
375

King

Pollution on my enemies! But without harm I do not know how to help you. And yet again, it is not well advised to slight these supplications. I am perplexed, and fear possesses my soul

whether to act, or not to act and take what fortune sends.
380

Chorus

Look to him who looks down from above, to him, the guardian of mortals sore-distressed, who appeal to their neighbors, yet do not obtain the justice that is their right.

The wrath of Zeus, the suppliant’s god, remains, and will not be softened by a sufferer’s complaints.
385

King

If the sons of Aegyptus have authority over you by the law of your country claiming that they are nearest of kin, who would wish to contest it?

You must plead in accordance with the laws of the land you have fled, that they have no authority over you.
390

Chorus

Never, oh never, may I fall subject to the power and authority of these men. I am determined to flee to escape this marriage that offends my soul, piloting my course by the stars.

Take Justice as your ally, and render judgment for the cause deemed righteous by the gods.
395

King

The judgment is not easy—do not make me the judge. I have declared already that, though I am ruler, I will not do this thing without the consent of my people, lest hereafter,

if any evil befall, the people should say, You honored aliens and brought ruin upon your own land.
400

Chorus

Kindred to both in blood, Zeus surveys both sides alike in this dispute with an impartial scale, apportioning, as is due, to the wicked their wrongdoing and to the godly their works of righteousness.

When these things are thus equally balanced, why do you fear to act justly?
405

Chorus

Take counsel, and, as is your sacred duty, prove yourself our sacred

champion. Do not betray the fugitive who has been impiously cast out and driven from afar.
420

And see me not ravished from this sanctuary of many gods,

oh you who hold sovereign power over the land. Recognize men’s wantonness, and guard against wrath.
425

Do not see your suppliant dragged, in spite of justice, from the images of the gods,

like a horse by the bridle, and see rude hands laid upon my fine-woven robes.
430

For be assured of this—whichever end you bring to pass, to your children and house

does it remain to make full payment.¹Consider these just ordinances of God.
435

Have heed of him who looketh from on high,

The guard of woeful mortals, whosoe'er

Unto their fellows cry,

And find no pity, find no justice there.
420

Abiding in his wrath, the suppliants' lord

Doth smite, unmoved by cries, unbent by prayerful word.

O blick' auf Ihn, der aus den Höhen blickt,

Ihn, der Bedrängten Schirm

Und Hort, die flehend ihrem Nächsten nah'n,
365

Und Recht nicht finden noch Gerechtigkeit.

Wohl straft Zeus' Grimm, des Flüchtlingshortes, einst,

Wen das Geschrei nicht erbarmt des Armen.