N. Wecklein Supplices 545.comm-545

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Commentary (N. Wecklein, 1902; German; OCR draft) (German) (Suppliants, explanatory commentary pp. 24–120. Single-witness OCR; source readings and all reference placements require scan review.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (9)
Ἱκέτιδες First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 524-599 focus
Ἱκέτιδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 524-599 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.) — 524 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Joannes Cornelius de Pauw, 1745.) — 524 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 524 focus
τὸ πρὸς γυναικῶν ἐπιδὼν
παλαίφατον ἁμέτερον
γένος φιλίας προγόνου γυναικὸς
νέωσον εὔφρον αἶνον,
γενοῦ πολυμνᾶστορ ἔφαπτορ Ἰοῦς,
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δι ἷς τοι γένος εὐχόμεθ᾽ εἶναι
γᾶς ἀπὸ τᾶσδ᾽ ἔνοικοι.
παλαιὸν δ᾽ εἰς ἴχνος μετέσταν
ματέρος ἀνθονόμους ἐπωπὰς,
λειμῶνα βούχιλον, ἔνθεν Ἰὼ
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Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 524 focus
τὸ πρὸς γυναικῶν ἐπιδὼν
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παλαίφατον ἁμέτερον
γένος φιλίας προγόνου γυναικός,
νέωσον εὔφρον αἶνον,
γενοῦ πολυμνῆστορ, ἐφάπτορ Ἰοῦς.
δίας τοι γένος εὐχόμεθ᾽ εἶναι
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γᾶς ἀπὸ τᾶσδ᾽ ἔνοικοι.
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παλαιὸν δ᾽ εἰς ἴχνος μετέσταν
ματέρος ἀνθονόμους ἐπωπάς,
λειμῶνα βούχιλον, ἔνθεν Ἰὼ
οἴστρῳ ἐρεσσομένα
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φεύγει ἁμαρτίπνοος,
πολλὰ βροτῶν διαμειβομένα
ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 524 focus
"Αναξ ἀνάκτων, μακάρων
μακάρτατε καὶ τελέων τελει
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ότατον κράτος, ὄλβιε Ζεῦ,
πιθοῦ πείθου τε καὶ γένει σῷ γενέσθω
ἄλευσον ἀνδρῶν ὕβριν εὖ στυγήσας·
λίμνα δ' ἔμβαλε πορφυροειδεῖ
τὰν μελανόζυγ' ἄταν.
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Τὸ πρὸς γυναικῶν ἐπιδὼν
παλαίφατον ἁμέτερον γένος
φιλίας προγόνου γυναικὸς
νέωσον εὔφρον αΐνον·
γενοῦ πολυμνήστωρ, ἔφαπτορ ἐφάπτωρ Ἰοῦς·
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Διαί δίας τοι γένος εὐχόμεθ' είναι
γᾶς ἀπὸ τᾶσδ᾽ ἄποικοι ἔνοικοι.
Παλαιὸν δ' εἰς ἴχνος μετέσταν
ματέρος ἀνθονόμους ἐπωπάς.
λειμῶνα βούχιλον, ἔνθεν Ἰὼ
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οἴστρῳ ἐρεσσομένα
φεύγει ἁμαρτίνοος,
πολλὰ βροτῶν διαμειβομένα
φύλα, διχῇ δ' ἀντίπορον
γαῖαν ἐν αἴσα διατέμνουσα πόρον
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κυματίαν ὁρίζει·
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 524 focus
ἄναξ ἀνάκτων, μακάρων
μακάρτατε καὶ τελέων
τελειότατον κράτος, ὄλβιε Ζεῦ,
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πιθοῦ τε καὶ γενέσθω
ἄλευσον ἀνδρῶν ὕβριν εὖ στυγήσας
λίμνᾳ δ᾽ ἔμβαλε πορφυροειδεῖ
τὰν μελανόζυγ᾽ ἄταν.
τὸ πρὸς γυναικῶν ἐπιδὼν
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παλαίφατον ἁμέτερον
γένος φιλίας προγόνου γυναικὸς
νέωσον εὔφρον᾽ αἶνον,
γενοῦ πολυμνῆστορ ἔφαπτορ Ἰοῦς·
Δίας τοι γένος εὐχόμεθ᾽ εἶναι
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γᾶς ἀπὸ τᾶσδ᾽ ἔνοικοι.
παλαιὸν δ᾽ εἰς ἴχνος μετέσταν
ματέρος ἀνθονόμους ἐπωπάς,
λειμῶνα βούχιλον, ἔνθεν Ἰὼ
οἴστρῳ ἐρεσσομένα
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φεύγει ἁμαρτίνοος,
πολλὰ βροτῶν διαμειβομένα
φῦλα, διχῇ δ᾽ ἀντίπορον
γαῖαν ἐν αἴσᾳ διατέ-
μνουσα πόρον κυματίαν ὁρίζει.
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Aeschyli Supplices (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Supplices. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 524 focus
τὸ πρὸς γυναικῶν (δ᾽) ἐπιδών
παλαίφατον ἁμέτερον γέ-
νος φιλίας προγόνου γυναικός,
νέωσον εὔφρον᾽ αἶνον,
γενοῦ πολυμνῆστορ ἔφαπτορ Ἰοῦς.
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Δίας τοι γένος εὐχόμεθ᾽ εἶναι
γᾶς ἀπὸ τᾶσδ᾽ ἔνοικοι. –
παλαιὸν δ᾽ εἰς ἴχνος μετέσταν
ματέρος ἀνθονόμους ἐπωπάς,
λειμῶνα βούχιλον, ἔνθεν Ἰώ
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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.)) — 524-595 focus
The Suppliant Women. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliant Women.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 524 focus
King of kings, most blest of the blest, and most perfect might of the perfect, blessed Jove, be persuaded, and may it come to pass 3
—avert from thy race the insolence of men, justly hating it, and plunge into the purple deep the black-benched pest 4
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Regarding the woman's side, renew the pleasing story of the beloved woman our ancestress; be mindful O you who embraced Io, 1
by whom we boast ourselves to be your race, settlers from this land.
But I have returned into the ancient track, and the flowery scenes of the watchings of our mother, the herd-feeding mead, from whence Io driven 2
by the brize, flies distracted, passing through many tribes of mortals: and twice by fate having cut through the billowy way she reaches the opposite continent.
LES SUPPLIANTES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SUPPLIANTES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 524 focus
Seigneur des seigneurs 1 , Bienheureux entre
les bienheureux, Puissance souveraine entre les puissances, du haut de ta félicité, Zeus, entends-nous ! Éloigne de ta race la démesure mâle, digne objet de ta haine, et dans la sombre
mer plonge le Malheur aux
flancs noirs 2 .
Propice à la cause des femmes, vois l'antiquité de leur race ; leur aïeule jadis te fut chère : renouvelle la légende de ta
bonté. Souviens-toi, toi dont la main toucha Io! Nous sommes filles de Zeus, et c'est de ce rivage qu'est
partie notre colonie.
Une trace ancienne me ramène aujourd'hui aux lieux où
sous l'œil d'un gardien jadis paissait ma mère. C'est là la prairie qui nourrit les génisses, d'où Io, pourchassée par le taon, s'enfuit un jour, l'esprit perdu, traverse cent peuples divers,
et, fendant le détroit houleux, sur l'ordre du destin, dépasse la limite des deux continents
The Suppliants (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliants. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 524 focus
Might of the mighty, king of kings,
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Supremely bleſt amidſt the bleſt above,
Enthron'd in glory, righteous Jove,
From whom perfection to the perfect ſprings,
Hear us, O hear our fond request,
To pity melt each gen'rous breast;
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View this bold outrage with indignant eye,
And shield us from the injury:
O'ertake their proud bark on the purple main,
Sink it with all its ſable train;
Our female band with pity view,
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And think from whoſe rich blood our honour'd
race we drew.
If Argive lö's blooming grace
Cou'd e'er thy fond enamour'd boſom move
To warm deſire, and rapt'rous love,
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The pleaſing memory of her charms retrace.
From her our race divine we boaſt,
Not foreign to this Argive coaft.
Her foot, in times of old, where now we tread,
Trod the flow'renamell'd mead;
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And made with lowings loud the forests ring,
As from the bryze's tort'ring ſting
O'er many' a realm ſhe wander'd wide,
And dar'd the bounding waves, that world from
world divide y
.
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Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 524 focus
Re dei re, beatissimo
tu fra i Beati, adempî
i voti miei: l'ingiuria
frena, come l'aborri, di questi empî.
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Tu che il poter supremo
possiedi, o Giove, nei purpurei vortici
inabissa il flagel negro del remo.
Gli occhi volgi alla supplice
progenie antica nostra:
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l'amor che alla nostra avola
portavi un giorno, anche una volta mostra,
memore ivi di quando
lo disfiorasti. D'esser tua progenie
ci glorïam, dal nostro suolo in bando.
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E impressi i pie', dell'avola
su l'orme antiche, per vedette floride
e sovra erbosi pascoli,
donde lo, punta dall'estro,
fugge nel suo delirio
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per molte tribú d'uomini,
e, limitando il confin manco e il destro
d'opposte terre, il tramite marino
scende, com'è destino.
Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 524 focus
Rex regum, beatorum
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Beatiſsime & perfectorum
Perfectiſsime robore felix Iupiter,
Approba, & ſic fiat,
Vita uirorum contumeliam odio habens.
Nauem mari purpureo inijce tetricam,
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Ad mulierum reſpiciens
Diu uocatum noſtrum
Genus charæ progenitricis mulieris.
Renoua laudem lætam.
Esto multam habens memoriam attrectator Ius.
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Diuum genus optamus eſse
Terræ, à qua incolæ
Antiquum ad uestigium tranſmiſerunt
Matris inspectores contrarios
In pratum bubus præbens cibum, inde Io
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Oestro impulſa
Fugit errans,
Multas mortalium lustrans
Nationes, bifariam uerò contra uadam
Terram fatò disſecans,
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Vadum tempeſtuoſum metitur.
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.) — 524 focus
O King of Kings, among the blest
Thou highest and thou happiest,
Listen and grant our prayer,
And, deeply loathing, thrust
Away from us the young men's lust,
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And deeply drown
In azure waters, down and ever down,
Benches and rowers dark,
The fatal and perfidious bark!
Unto the maidens turn thy gracious care;
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Think yet again upon the tale of fame,
How from the maiden loved of thee there sprung
Mine ancient line, long since in many a legend sung!
Remember, O remember, thou whose hand
Did Io by a touch to human shape reclaim.
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For from this Argos erst our mother came
Driven hence to Egypt's land,
Yet sprung of Zeus we were, and hence our birth we claim.
And now have I roamed back
Unto the ancient track
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Where Io roamed and pastured among flowers,
Watched o'er by Argus' eyes,
Through the lush grasses and the meadow bowers.
Thence, by the gadfly maddened, forth she flies
Unto far lands and alien peoples driven
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And, following fate, through paths of foam and surge,
Sees, as she goes, the cleaving strait divide
Greece, from the Eastland riven.
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.) — 524 focus
Der Götter Gott, Seligster du der Seligen,
Aller Gewalt Gewaltigster, ewiger Zeus, erhör' uns!
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Wend' ab von deinen Kindern
Der Männer Frechheit in gerechtem Zorne!
Stürz' in die brandenden Wogen das Fluchschiff
Dieser verruchten Schwarzen!
Erste Gegenstrophe.
Auf unser Fleh'n hörend, erneue du den Ruhm
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Unserem alten Stamm, dem Geschlechte der theuren Ahnfrau,
Der Gnade Ruhm erneue!
Ja, denke mein huldvoll, Geliebter Jo's!
Ihrem Geschlechte ja sind wir entblüht, sind
Heimisch in Argos' Lande.
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Zweite Strophe.
Ich fand hier alte Spuren wieder,
Au'n, wo die Mutter auf Blumen geweidet,
Die fette Grasflur, von wannen Jo
Einst von der Bremse verfolgt
Flüchtete, rasend im Geist;
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Viele Geschlechter der Menschen hindurch
Schweifte sie; zwier kam ste zum jenseitigen Strand,
Nach des Geschicks Willen der See wogende Flut durchschneidend.
Zweite Gegenstrophe.

Notes on the current edition

Supplices

1. Single-witness OCR: uncollated. Source layout and readings require scan review; automatic flags are not exhaustive.
2. Reference placement provisional: provisional local reference window from running Greek. Verify the printed source numbering and note scope against the scan.

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

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ὕδωρ τὸ Νείλου: Schutzius
ὕδωρ τε Νείλου
. Tenendam duxi librorum scripturam, de qua recte scholiastes,
ἐπεξηγήσατο δὲ τί ἐστι τὸ μένος τοῦ τυφῶ, εἰπὼν τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦ Νείλου
. Tueri videtur ipse Aeschylus in versibus de incremento Nili (fr. 305.) apud Athenaeum in fine libri II.
ἔνθα Νεῖλος ἑπτάρους γάνος κυλίνδει πνευμάτων ἐπομβρία, ἐν δ᾽ ἥλιος πυρωπὸς ἐκλάμψας χθονὶ τήκει πετραίαν χιόνα, πᾶσα δ᾽ εὐθαλὴς Αἴγυπτος ἁγνοῦ νάματος πληρουμένη φερέσβιον Δήμητρος ἀντέλλει στάχυν
.
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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

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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.

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Δίον (so Butler für δίας) γένος: vgl. 41, 588, 1068.