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εἴ τοι κρατοῦσι παῖδες Αἰγύπτου σέθεν

νόμῳ πόλεως, φάσκοντες ἐγγύτατα γένους

εἶναι, τίς ἂν τοῖσδ᾽ ἀντιωθῆναι θέλοι;

δεῖ τοί σε φεύγειν κατὰ νόμους τοὺς οἴκοθεν,
395

ὡς οὐκ ἔχουσιν κῦρος οὐδὲν ἀμφὶ σοῦ.

ΧΟ.

Supplices. Aeschylus. ed. N. Wecklein. Berolini. 1885.

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Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) (Greek) (Ἱκέτιδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.)

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.) — 387 focus

Βασιλεύς

εἴποι κρατῆσι παῖδας αἰγύπτου σέθεν .

νόμῳ πόλεως φάσκοντας ἐγγύτατα γένους,
335

εἶναι . τίς δ' ἂν τίς δ' ἀντιωθῆναι θέλοι ;

δεῖ τοῖσδε φεύγειν κατὰ νόμους τοὺς οἴκοθεν,

ὡς οὐκ ἔχουσιν κῦρος ἑδῶν ἀμφὶ σέ .

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Joannes Cornelius de Pauw, 1745.) — 387 focus

Εἴ τοι κρατοῦσι παῖδες Αἰγύπτε σέθεν,

Νόμῳ πόλεως φάσκοντες ἐγγύτατα γένες

Εἶναι, τις ἂν τοῖσδ᾽ ἀντιωθῆναι θέλοι;

Δεῖ τα σὲ φεύγειν κατὰ νόμους τοὺς οἴκοθεν,
395

Ως οὐκ ἔχουσι κῦρος οὐδὲν ἀμφὶ σοῦ.

Χο.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 387 focus

ΒΑ.

εἰ τοι κρατοῦσι παῖδες Αἰγύπτου σέθεν

νόμῳ πόλεως, φάσκοντες ἐγγύτατα γένους

εἶναι, τίς ἂν τοῖσδ᾽ ἀντιωθῆναι θέλοι;

δεῖ τοι σὲ φεύγειν κατὰ νόμους τοὺς οἴκοθεν,
390

ὡς οὐκ ἔχουσι κῦρος οὐδὲν ἀμφὶ σοῦ.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 387 focus

εἴ τοι κρατοῦσι παῖδες Αἰγύπτου σέθεν

νόμῳ πόλεως, φάσκοντες ἐγγύτατα γένους

εἶναι, τίς ἂν τοῖςδ᾽ ἀντιωθῆναι θέλοι;

δεῖ τοί σε φεύγειν κατὰ νόμους τοὺς οἴκοθεν,
375

ὡς οὐκ ἔχουσι κῦρος οὐδὲν ἀμφὶ σοῦ.

ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 387 focus

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ

Εἴ τοι κρατοῦσι παῖδες Αἰγύπτου σέθεν

νόμῳ πόλεως φάσκοντες ἐγγύτατα γένους

εἶναι, τίς τίς δ' ἂν τοῖσδ᾽ ἀντιωθῆναι θέλοι;

δεῖ τοι σὲ φεύγειν κατὰ νόμους τοὺς οἴκοθεν

ὡς οὐκ ἔχουσι κῦρος οὐδὲν ἀμφὶ σοῦ.
390

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Aeschyli Supplices (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Supplices. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 387 focus

ΠΕΛ.

εἴ τοι κρατοῦσι παῖδες Αἰγύπτου σέθεν,

νόμωι πόλεως φάσκοντες ἐγγύτατα γένους

εἶναι, τίς [δ᾽] ἂν τοῖσδ᾽ ἀντιωθῆναι θέλοι;

δεῖ τοί σ᾽ ἐφευρεῖν, κατὰ νόμους τοὺς οἴκοθεν
390

ὡς οὐκ ἔχουσιν κῦρος οὐδὲν ἀμφὶ σοῦ. =

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.) — 387 focus

If the sons of Ægyptus have power over you by the law of your state, saying that they are nearest of kin, who would wish to oppose them? Ye needs must therefore prove according to the laws of your home that they have no authority over you.

CHORUS

LES SUPPLIANTES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SUPPLIANTES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 387 focus

le courroux de Zeus Suppliant attend tous ceux qui restent insensibles aux plaintes de qui souffre.

LE ROI.

Si les fils d'Égyptos ont pouvoir sur toi, de par la loi de ton pays, dès lors qu'ils se déclarent tes plus proches
parents, qui pourrait s'opposer à eux ?

The Suppliants (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliants. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 387 focus

If by your country's laws Ægyptus' ſons,

455

As next of blood, aſſert a right in you,

Who ſhou'd oppoſe them? It behoves thee then

By your own laws to prove ſuch claim unjuſt,

CHORUS.

Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 387 focus

E se i figli d'Egitto sostenessero

415

ch'àn diritto su te, sendo i piú prossimi

parenti tuoi, per legge patria, opporsi

chi a lor potrebbe? Dimostrar t'è d'uopo

che diritto non han per quella legge.

CORO

Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 387 focus

Si uerò ſuperent te filij Aegypti

Iure ciuitatis dicentes propinquitatem generis.

Eſse, quis contrà ire uoluerit?

Oportet iuxta leges has domo fugere,

Vt non habeant ullam poteſtatem in te.

370

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.) — 387 focus

But if Aegyptus' children grasp you here,

Claiming, their country's right, to hold you theirs

As next of kin, who dares to counter this?
425

Plead ye your country's laws, if plead ye may,

That upon you they lay no lawful hand.

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.) — 387 focus

Doch wenn Aegyptos' Söhne dich bewältigen,

Und als die nächsten Vettern auf die heimischen
370

Geseze sich berufen: wer wehrt ihnen dann?

Ihr müßt erweisen nach des Vaterlandes Recht,

Daß ihrer keiner über euch Gewalt besikt.

Dritte Strophe.

Erster 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

394. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-331

ᾠνωμένον:

ὠνωμένων

M. G. P. E.

ὀνωμένων

Rob.

οἰνωμένον

Turn. Correxit Porsonus.

394

396. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-332

αὐτοῖσί θ' ἡμῖν:

αὐτοῖσί θ' ὑμῖν

396

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

393-394. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-wecklein1902-com-ger1-240

⁵

⁶

κρατοῦσι, Gewalt haben. - Mit φάσκοντες ἐγγύτατα γένους εἶναι berücksichtigt der Dichter das attische Recht inbetreff der Erbtöchter ( ἐπίκληροι), vgl. Isae. Χ § 5 προσῆκον αὐτῇ μετὰ τῶν χρημάτων τῷ ἐγγύτατα γένους συνοικεῖν, nach Diod. XII 18 ein Gesetz des Solon ( τῇ ἐπικλήρῳ ἐπιδικάζεσθαι τὸν ἔγγιστα γένους).

395-396. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-wecklein1902-com-ger1-241

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⁸

,, Du must nach den heimischen (ägyptischen) Gesetzen dich dagegen rechtfertigen, daß sie ein Anrecht auf dich haben." ὡς οὐ nach φεύγειν wie nach ἀντιλέγειν. Phot. κῦρος· ἐξουσία.

Aeschylus Supplices 387

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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 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.

Χο.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

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

CHORUS

LE ROI.

Si les fils d'Égyptos ont pouvoir sur toi, de par la loi de ton pays, dès lors qu'ils se déclarent tes plus proches
parents, qui pourrait s'opposer à eux ?

CHORUS.

CORO

Cho.

But if Aegyptus' children grasp you here,

Claiming, their country's right, to hold you theirs

As next of kin, who dares to counter this?
425

Plead ye your country's laws, if plead ye may,

That upon you they lay no lawful hand.

Chorus

Doch wenn Aegyptos' Söhne dich bewältigen,

Und als die nächsten Vettern auf die heimischen
370

Geseze sich berufen: wer wehrt ihnen dann?

Ihr müßt erweisen nach des Vaterlandes Recht,

Daß ihrer keiner über euch Gewalt besikt.

Dritte Strophe.

Erster Halbchor.

Commentary

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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.

Χο.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

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

CHORUS

LE ROI. Si les fils d'Égyptos ont pouvoir sur toi, de par la loi de ton pays, dès lors qu'ils se déclarent tes plus proches parents, qui pourrait s'opposer à eux ?

CHORUS.

CORO

Cho.

But if Aegyptus' children grasp you here, Claiming, their country's right, to hold you theirs As next of kin, who dares to counter this? 425 Plead ye your country's laws, if plead ye may, That upon you they lay no lawful hand.

Chorus

Doch wenn Aegyptos' Söhne dich bewältigen, Und als die nächsten Vettern auf die heimischen 370 Geseze sich berufen: wer wehrt ihnen dann? Ihr müßt erweisen nach des Vaterlandes Recht, Daß ihrer keiner über euch Gewalt besikt. Dritte Strophe.

Erster Halbchor.

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.

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

LE ROI.

Si les fils d'Égyptos ont pouvoir sur toi, de par la loi de ton pays, dès lors qu'ils se déclarent tes plus proches
parents, qui pourrait s'opposer à eux ?

But if Aegyptus' children grasp you here,

Claiming, their country's right, to hold you theirs

As next of kin, who dares to counter this?
425

Plead ye your country's laws, if plead ye may,

That upon you they lay no lawful hand.

Doch wenn Aegyptos' Söhne dich bewältigen,

Und als die nächsten Vettern auf die heimischen
370

Geseze sich berufen: wer wehrt ihnen dann?

Ihr müßt erweisen nach des Vaterlandes Recht,

Daß ihrer keiner über euch Gewalt besikt.

Dritte Strophe.