Aeschylus Supplices 590

Herbert Weir Smyth (Translator)

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Supplices. Aeschylus. Herbert Weir Smyth (Translator). New York. 1922.

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Current edition Perseus

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

Editions (9)
Ἱκέτιδες First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 600-629 focus
Ἱκέτιδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 590 focus
Greek (Editio princeps, 1518) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Suppliants, 1518 edition. Native printed lineation, page markers, and automated correspondence to the Perseus/Smyth edition.) — 590 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Joannes Cornelius de Pauw, 1745.) — 590 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 590 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 590 focus
τίν᾽ ἂν θεῶν ἐνδικωτέροισιν
κεκλοίμαν εὐλόγως ἐπ᾽ ἔργοις;
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1 πατὴρ φυτουργὸς αὐτόχειρ ἄναξ
γένους παλαιόφρων μέγας
τέκτων, τὸ πᾶν μῆχαρ οὔριος Ζεύς.
2
ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 590 focus
Τίν' ἂν θεῶν ἐνδικωτέροισιν
κεκλοίμαν εὐλόγως ἐπ' ἔργοις ;
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<αὐτὸς ὁ 1 πατὴρ φυτουργὸς αὐτόχειρ ἄναξ
γένους παλαιόφρων μέγας
τέκτων, τὸ πᾶν μήχαρ, οὔριος Ζεύς.
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 590 focus
Aeschyli Supplices (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Supplices. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 590 focus
τίν᾽ ἂν θεῶν ἐνδικωτέροισιν
590
κεκλοίμαν εὐλόγως ἐπ᾿ ἔργοις;
αὐτὸς ὁ πατήρ φυτουργὸς αὐτόχειρ ἄναξ,
γένους παλαιόφρων μέγας
τέκτων, τὸ πᾶν μῆχαρ, οὔριος Ζεύς. –
Translations (8)
The Suppliant Women. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliant Women.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 590 focus
Whom of the gods could I more rightly invoke than you for just deeds? the creative sire who by the touch of your hand became lord of Io, great all-prudent author of our race, Jove wafting every needful device.
LES SUPPLIANTES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SUPPLIANTES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 590 focus
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The Suppliants (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliants. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 590 focus
To whom, for juſtice when I raiſe the ſtrain,
To whom, ſave Jove, ſhou'd I complain?
670
Great, aweful author of our ancient line,
Creative parent, independent lord,
Diſpoſer of the world, righteous, benign,
Sovereign, above the highest high ador'd;
Whene'er he deigns to grace ſome favour'd head,
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Eaſy alike to him the will, the word, the deed.
Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 590 focus
Quale s' addice piú chiamar dei Superi
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a cosí giuste imprese? Il Dio sovrano
che piantò di sua mano
la stirpe nostra, il sommo fabbro, il saggio
di sapïenza antica, il rifugio unico
Giove, che guida ogni mortal viaggio.
640
Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 590 focus
Quem deorum iuſtioribus
Inuocarem meritò operibus?
Pater plantator ipſa manu rex
555
Gereris antiqua magnus
Artifex omni machinamento Iupiter.
The Suppliants (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliants. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 590 focus
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.) — 590 focus
Justly his deed was done;
Unto what other one,
Of all the gods, should I for justice turn?
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From him our race did spring;
Creator he and King,
Ancient of days and wisdom he, and might.
As bark before the wind,
So, wafted by his mind,
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Moves every counsel, each device aright.
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.) — 590 focus
Zu wem kann mein Gebet gerechter
Um Beistand fleh'n, zu welchem Gotte?
O Vater alles Lebens, Herr durch eigne Macht,
Des Stammes alter großer Ahn,
Allwalter Zeus, alles Heiles Quelle!
570
Fünfte Gegenstrophe.

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

590. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-455

ὡς τ᾿ ἀνηβῆσαί με:
ὥστ᾽ ἂν ἡβήσαιμι
Μ. G.
ὡς τ᾿ ἂν ἡυλήσαιμι
Rob.
ὥστ᾽ ἂν ἡγήσαιμι
Ε.
ἀνηβῆσαί με
Tyrwhittus.
590

590. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-456

γηραιᾷ:
γηραιῶ
Rob.
590

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

533-607. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-wecklein1902-com-ger1-337

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erstes Stasimon: Gebet zu Gott (Zeus). Schütze uns gegen den Übermut der Männer; als Nachkommen der Io rufen wir zu dir als unserem Stammvater. Wir stehen jetzt wieder auf der Flur, von welcher Io fortgetrieben wurde hinauf zum Bosporus, über diesen nach Klein- asien, durch Phrygien, Mysien, Lydien, Pamphylien, Kilikien, Phönikien nach Ägypten, wo sie erschien zum Staunen der Be- wohner, welche sich über das niegesehene Wesen, halb Kuh, halb Frau, entsetzten. Dort in Ägypten aber legtest du deine heilende Hand auf sie und sie erhielt wieder ihre Gestalt und gebar von dir den Epaphos, den Ahnherrn unseres Geschlechts. Wir haben also ein Anrecht auf deine Hilfe, und du kannst helfen; denn wer ist mäch- tiger als Zeus, dessen Wort sofort zur Tat wird!" Auch hier benutzt der Dichter die Gelegenheit seine geographischen Kenntnisse zu ver- werten. Vgl. zu 261.