Supplices. Aeschylus. ed. N. Wecklein. Berolini. 1885.
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Ἱκέτιδες First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 630-709 focus
Χορος
νῦν ὄπ᾽ ἐμάν,
1
θεοὶ
630
Διογενεῖς, κλύοιτ᾽ εὐ-
κταῖα
2
γένει χεούσας:
μήποτε πυρίφατον
3
τάνδε
4
Πελασγίαν [πόλιν]
τὸν ἄκορον βοᾶς,
5
635
κτίσαι μάχλον Ἄρη,
τὸν ἀρότοις θερί-
ζοντα βροτοὺς ἐν ἄλλοις,
οὕνεκ᾽ ᾤκτισαν ἡμᾶς,
ψῆφον δ᾽ εὔφρον᾽ ἔθεντο,
640
αἰδοῦνται δ᾽ ἱκέτας Διός,
ποίμναν τάνδ᾽ ἀμέγαρτον:
643
Χορος
οὐδὲ μετ᾽ ἀρσένων
ψῆφον ἔθεντ᾽ ἀτιμώ-
σαντες ἔριν γυναικῶν,
645
Δῖον ἐπιδόμενοι
πράκτορ᾽ ἐπίσκοπον
6
δυσπόλεμον, τὸν
7
οὔ-
τις ἂν δόμος ἔχν
ἐπ᾽ ὀρόφων ἰαί-
650
νοιτο:
8
βαρὺς δ᾽ ἐφίζει.
ἅζονται γὰρ ὁμαίμους
Ζηνὸς ἵκτορας ἁγνοῦ.
τοιγάρτοι καθαροῖσι βω-
μοῖς θεοὺς ἀρέσονται.
655
656
Χορος
τοιγὰρ ὑποσκίων
ἐκ στομάτων ποτά-
σθω φιλότιμος εὐχά,
μήποτε λοιμὸς ἀνδρῶν
τάνδε
9
πόλιν κενώσαι:
660
μηδ᾽ ἐπιχωρίοις <στάσις
10
>
πτώμασιν αἱματίσαι πέδον γᾶς.
11
ἥβας δ᾽ ἄνθος ἄδρεπτον
ἔστω, μηδ᾽ Ἀφροδίτας
εὐνάτωρ βροτολοιγὸς Ἄ-
665
ρης κέρσειεν ἄωτον.
667
Χορος
†καὶ γεραροῖσι πρε-
σβυτοδόκοι γεμόν-
των θυμέλαι φλεγόντων.
12
†
τὼς πόλις εὖ νέμοιτο
670
Ζῆνα μέγαν
13
σεβόντων,
τὸν ξένιον δ᾽ ὑπερτάτως,
14
ὃς πολιῷ νόμῳ αἶσαν ὀρθοῖ.
τίκτεσθαι δὲ φόρους
15
γᾶς
ἄλλους εὐχόμεθ᾽ αἰεί,
16
675
Ἄρτεμιν δ᾽ ἑκάταν γυναι-
κῶν λόχους
17
ἐφορεύειν.
678
Χορος
μηδέ τις ἀνδροκμὴς
λοιγὸς ἐπελθέτω
τάνδε πόλιν δαΐζων,
18
680
ἄχορον ἀκίθαριν
19
δακρυογόνον Ἄρη
βοάν τ᾽ ἔνδημον ἐξοπλίζων.
20
νούσων δ᾽ ἑσμὸς
21
ἀπ᾽ ἀστῶν
ἵζοι κρατὸς
22
ἀτερπής:
685
εὐμενὴς δ᾽ ὁ Λύκειος
23
ἔσ-
τω πάσᾳ
24
νεολαίᾳ.
688
Χορος
καρποτελῆ
25
δέ τοι
Ζεὺς ἐπικραινέτω
φέρματι γᾶν πανώρῳ.
690
πρόνομα δὲ βοτὰ τὼς
26
πολύγονα τελέθοι:
τὸ πᾶν τ᾽ ἐκ δαιμόνων λάχοιεν.
27
εὔφαμον δ᾽ ἐπὶ βωμοῖς
μοῦσαν θείατ᾽
28
ἀοιδοί:
695
ἁγνῶν τ᾽ ἐκ στομάτων φερέ-
σθω φάμα φιλοφόρμιγξ.
698
Χορος
φυλάσσοι τ᾽ ἀτρεμαῖα
29
τιμὰς
τὸ δάμιον, τὸ πτόλιν κρατύνει,
προμαθὶς
30
εὐκοινόμητις ἀρχά:
700
ξένοισί τ᾽ εὐξυμβόλους,
πρὶν ἐξοπλίζειν Ἄρη,
δίκας ἄτερ πημάτων διδοῖεν.
704
Χορος
θεοὺς δ᾽, οἳ γᾶν ἔχουσιν, αἰεὶ
τίοιεν ἐγχωρίους πατρῴαις
705
δαφνηφόροις
31
βουθύτοισι τιμαῖς.
τὸ γὰρ τεκόντων σέβας
τρίτον τόδ᾽ ἐν θεσμίοις
Δίκας γέγραπται μεγιστοτίμου.
710
Ἱκέτιδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 630-709 focus
Χορός
νῦν ὅτε καί, θεοὶ
630
διογενεῖς, κλύοιτʼ εὐ-
κταῖα γένει χεούσας·
μήποτε πυρίφατον
γᾶν Πελασγίαν
πόλιν
τὸν ἄκορον βοᾶς,
635
κτίσαι μάχλον Ἄπη,
τὸν ἀρότοις θερί-
ζοντα βροτοὺς ἐν ἄλλοις,
οὕνεκʼ ᾤκτισαν ἡμᾶς,
ψῆφον δʼ εὔφρονʼ ἔθεντο,
640
αἰδοῦνται δʼ ἱκέτας Διός,
ποίμναν τάνδʼ ἀμέγαρτον·
Χορός
οὐδὲ μετʼ ἀρσένων
ψῆφον ἔθεντʼ ἀτιμώ-
σαντες ἔριν γυναικῶν,
645
Δῖον ἐπιδόμενοι
πράκτορά
τε σκοπὸν
δυσπολέμητον, ὃν
οὐ
τίς ἂν δόμος ἔχοι
ἐπʼ ὀρόφων μιαί-
650
νοντα; βαρὺς δʼ ἐφίζει.
ἅζονται γὰρ ὁμαίμους
Ζηνὸς ἵκτορας ἁγνοῦ.
τοιγάρτοι καθαροῖσι βω-
μοῖς θεοὺς ἀρέσονται.
655
Χορός
τοιγὰρ ὑποσκίων
ἐκ στομάτων ποτά-
σθω φιλότιμος εὐχά,
μήποτε λοιμὸς ἀνδρῶν
τάνδε πόλιν κενώσαι·
660
μηδʼ ἐπιχωρίοις
ἔρις
πτώμασιν αἱματίσαι πέδον γᾶς.
ἥβας δʼ ἄνθος ἄδρεπτον
ἔστω, μηδʼ Ἀφροδίτας
εὐνάτωρ βροτολοιγὸς Ἄ-
665
ρης κέρσειεν ἄωτον.
Χορός
καὶ γεραροῖσι πρε-
σβυτοδόκοι γεμόν-
των θυμέλαι φλεγόντων.
τὼς πόλις εὖ νέμοιτο
670
Ζῆνα μέγαν σεβόντων,
τὸν ξένιον δʼ ὑπερτάτως,
ὃς πολιῷ νόμῳ αἶσαν ὀρθοῖ.
τίκτεσθαι δʼ ἐφόρους γᾶς
ἄλλους εὐχόμεθʼ ἀεί,
675
Ἄρτεμιν δʼ Ἑκάταν γυναι-
κῶν λόχους ἐφορεύειν.
Χορός
μηδέ τις ἀνδροκμὴς
λοιγὸς ἐπελθέτω
τάνδε πόλιν δαΐζων,
680
ἄχορον ἀκίθαριν
δακρυογόνον Ἄρη
βοάν τʼ ἔνδημον ἐξοπλίζων.
νούσων δʼ ἑσμὸς ἀπʼ ἀστῶν
ἵζοι κρατὸς ἀτερπής·
685
εὐμενὴς δʼ ὁ Λύκειος ἔ-
στω πάσᾳ νεολαίᾳ.
Χορός
καρποτελῆ δέ τοι
Ζεὺς ἐπικραινέτω
φέρματι γᾶν πανώρῳ.
690
πρόνομα δὲ βότʼ ἀγροῖς
πολύγονα τελέθοι·
τὸ πᾶν τʼ ἐκ δαιμόνων λάχοιεν.
εὔφαμον δʼ ἐπὶ βωμοῖς
μοῦσαν θείατʼ ἀοιδοί.
695
ἁγνῶν τʼ ἐκ στομάτων φερέ-
σθω φάμα φιλοφόρμιγξ.
Χορός
φυλάσσοι τʼ ἀτρεμαῖα τιμὰς
τὸ δάμιον, τὸ πτόλιν κρατύνει,
προμαθὶς εὐκοινόμητις ἀρχά.
700
ξένοισί τʼ εὐξυμβόλους,
πρὶν ἐξοπλίζειν Ἄρη,
δίκας ἄτερ πημάτων διδοῖεν.
Χορός
θεοὺς δʼ, οἳ γᾶν ἔχουσιν ἀεὶ
τίοιεν ἐγχωρίοις πατρῴαις
705
δαφνηφόροις βουθύτοισι τιμαῖς.
τὸ γὰρ τεκόντων σέβας
τρίτον τόδʼ ἐν θεσμίοις
Δίκας γέγραπται μεγιστοτίμου.
Greek (Editio princeps, 1518) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Suppliants, 1518 edition. Native printed lineation, page markers, and automated correspondence to the Perseus/Smyth edition.) — 667 focus
Χορός
καὶ γαραροῖσι πρεσβυτοδόκοι γεμόντων.
θυμελίαι. φλεγόντων. τῶς πόλις εὖ νέμοιτο.
ζῆνα μέγαν σεβόντων. ὸν ξένιον δ' ὑπέρτατον.
570
ὃς πολιῶ νόμω αἶσαν ὀρθοῖ, τίκτεσθαι δ' ἐφ'
ὀργῶς.
ἄλλους εὐχόμεθ' ἀεί. ἄρτεμιν δ' ἑκάταν γυναι=
κῶν λόγους ἐφορεύειν. μὴ θέτις ἀνδροκμὴς.
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Joannes Cornelius de Pauw, 1745.) — 667 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 667 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 667 focus
ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 667 focus
Aeschyli Supplices (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Supplices. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 667 focus
Apparatus Criticus
βοὰν βοᾶν 1 2 ὤικτισαν ὤικτεισαν 3 [τε] del. Bergk 4 5 6 ὑποσκίων ὑπόσκιον 7 τάνδε τῶνδε (Ἔρις) (Ἔρις) στάσις 8 γᾶς τᾶς
ΧΟ.
σβυτοδόκοι †γεμόντων θυμέλαι φλεγόντων.
τὼς πόλις εὖ νέμοιτο
Ζῆνα μέγαν σεβόντων,
670
τὸν ξένιον δ᾽ ὑπερτάτως,
ὃς πολιῶι νόμωι αἶσαν ὀρθοῖ.
τίκτεσθαι δ᾽ ἐφόρους γᾶς
ἄλλους εὐχόμεθ᾽ ἀεί,
Ἄρτεμιν δ᾽ ἑκάταν γυναι-
675
κῶν λόχους ἐφορεύειν. =
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.)) — 630-705 focus
Chorus
Divinely-born gods! Hear now as I pour forth libations for blessings upon our kindred. Never may the wanton lord of war,
630
insatiate of battle-cry, Ares, who reaps a human harvest in alien fields, destroy this Pelasgian land by fire; for they had compassion for us,
635
and cast a vote in our favor, respecting our pitiable flock, suppliants in the name of Zeus.
640
Chorus
Nor did they cast their votes for the side of the males,
disregarding the women’s cause, since they honored the avenging eye of Zeus, against which there is no battling, and what house would have it
645
defiling its roof?
1
For he sits heavily upon it. They take reverent heed of their kin, petitioners of holy Zeus; therefore with pure
650
altars shall they please the gods.
655
Chorus
Therefore let there fly forth from our overshadowed
2
lips a prayer of gratitude. Never may pestilence
empty this city of its men nor strife stain the soil of the land with the blood of slain inhabitants. But may the flower of its youth be unplucked, and may Ares,
660
the partner of Aphrodite’s bed, he who makes havoc of men, not shear off their bloom.
665
Chorus
And may the altars, where the elders gather, blaze in honor of venerable men.
Thus may their state be regulated well, if they hold in awe mighty Zeus, and, most of all, Zeus the warden of the guest, who by venerable enactment guides destiny straight.
670
We pray that other guardians be always renewed, and that Artemis-Hecate
3
watch over the childbirth of their women.
675
Chorus
And let no murderous havoc come upon
the realm to ravage it, by arming Ares—foe to the dance and lute, parent of tears—and the shout of civil strife.
680
And may the joyless swarm of diseases settle far from the heads of the inhabitants, and to all the young people may Lyceus
4
be graciously disposed.
685
Chorus
May Zeus cause the earth to bring forth its tribute of fruit
by the produce of every season; may their grazing cattle in the fields have abundant increase, and may they obtain all things from the heavenly powers.
690
May minstrels sing hymns of praise at the altars; and from pure lips let there proceed the phorminx-loving chant.
695
Chorus
May the people who control the state guard its privileges free from fear—
a prudent government counselling wisely for the public prosperity. And should they have recourse to arms may they inflict no loss, but grant just rights of covenant to the stranger within their gates.
700
Chorus
And may they worship forever the gods who possess the land
with native honors of laurel bough held aloft, and oxen slain, even as their fathers did before their time. Since reverence for parents stands written third among the statutes of Justice, to whom honor supreme is due.
705
The Suppliant Women. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliant Women.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 667 focus
LES SUPPLIANTES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SUPPLIANTES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 667 focus
LE CHŒUR.
(Plus calme.) Mais que la fleur de leur jeunesse demeure sur
sa tige et que l'amant meurtrier d'Aphrodite, Arès, n'en fauche point l'espoir!
Que les vieillards emplissent les salles où ils s'assemblent
autour des autels qui
sa tige et que l'amant meurtrier d'Aphrodite, Arès, n'en fauche point l'espoir!
autour des autels qui
The Suppliants (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliants. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 667 focus
Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 667 focus
CORO
Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 667 focus
Iouem magnum colentium,
Hoſpitalem ſupremum
Qui ciuica lege fatum dirigit.
Parere uerò rectè
Alios optamus ſemper.
635
Dianam uatem mulierum
Sermones gubernare,
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.) — 667 focus
Long may the old
725
Crowd to the altars kindled to consume
Gifts rich and manifold—
Offered to win from powers divine
A benison on city and on shrine:
Let all the sacred might adore
730
Of Zeus most high, the lord
Of guestright and the hospitable board,
Whose immemorial law doth rule Fate's scales aright:
The garners of earth's store
Be full for evermore,
735
And grace of Artemis make women's travail light;
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.) — 667 focus
Und in der Greise Hut flamme der Herde Glut,
Schwellend umhäuft von Gaben,
Daß die Gemeine blühe!
Ehre sie Zeus, den großen,
Gastlichen Gott, vor allen, ihn,
640
Welcher mit grauem Gesek das Recht wahrt!
Mag die Saat des Gefildes
Immer neu sich gebären!
Huldvoll bringe der Leto Kind
Hülfe kreißenden Frauen!
645
Dritte Strophe.
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
675.
mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-516
676.
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678.
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681.
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683.
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684.
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685.
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685.
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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
638-717.
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675.
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678.
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679.
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680.
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681.
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682.
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684.
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