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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.)
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Editions (9)
Ἱκέτιδες First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 710-735 focus
Δαναος
εὐχὰς μὲν αἰνῶ τάσδε σώφρονας, φίλαι:
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ὑμεῖς δὲ μὴ τρέσητ᾽
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ἀκούσασαι πατρὸς
ἀπροσδοκήτους τούσδε καὶ νέους λόγους.
ἱκεταδόκου γὰρ τῆσδ᾽ ἀπὸ σκοπῆς ὁρῶ
τὸ πλοῖον. εὔσημον γὰρ οὔ με λανθάνει:
στολμοί τε λαίφους καὶ παραρρύσεις νεώς,
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καὶ πρῷρα πρόσθεν ὄμμασιν βλέπουσ᾽ ὁδόν,
οἴακος εὐθυντῆρος
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ὑστάτου νεὼς
ἄγαν καλῶς κλύουσα, τοῖσιν
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οὐ φίλη.
πρέπουσι δ᾽ ἄνδρες νάιοι
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μελαγχίμοις
γυίοισι
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λευκῶν ἐκ πεπλωμάτων ἰδεῖν,
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καὶ τἄλλα πλοῖα πᾶσά θ᾽ ἡ ʼπικουρία
εὔπρεπτος: αὐτὴ δ᾽ ἡγεμὼν ὑπὸ χθόνα
στείλασα λαῖφος παγκρότως ἐρέσσεται.
ἀλλ᾽ ἡσύχως χρὴ καὶ σεσωφρονισμένως
πρὸς πρᾶγμ᾽ ὁρώσας τῶνδε μὴ ἀμελεῖν
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θεῶν.
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ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἀρωγοὺς ξυνδίκους θ᾽ ἥξω
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λαβών.
ἄγειν θέλοντες ῥυσίων ἐφάπτορες.
ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲν ἔσται τῶνδε: μὴ τρέσητέ νιν.
ὅμως <δ᾽
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> ἄμεινον, εἰ βραδύνοιμεν βοῇ,
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ἀλκῆς λαθέσθαι τῆσδε μηδαμῶς ποτε.
θάρσει:
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χρόνῳ τοι κυρίῳ τ᾽ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ
θεοὺς ἀτίζων τις βροτῶν δώσει δίκην.
Χορος
πάτερ, φοβοῦμαι, νῆες ὡς ὠκύπτεροι
ἥκουσι: μῆκος δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐν μέσῳ χρόνου.
735
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Ἱκέτιδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 710-735 focus
Δαναός
εὐχὰς μὲν αἰνῶ τάσδε σώφρονας, φίλαι.
710
ὑμεῖς δὲ μὴ τρέσητʼ ἀκούσασαι πατρὸς
ἀπροσδοκήτους τούσδε καὶ νέους λόγους.
ἱκεταδόκου γὰρ τῆσδʼ ἀπὸ σκοπῆς ὁρῶ
τὸ πλοῖον. εὔσημον γὰρ οὔ με λανθάνει·
στολμοί τε λαίφους καὶ παραρρύσεις νεώς,
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καὶ πρῷρα πρόσθεν ὄμμασιν βλέπουσʼ ὁδόν,
οἴακος εὐθυντῆρος ὑστάτου νεὼς
ἄγαν καλῶς κλύουσα, τοῖσιν οὐ φίλη.
πρέπουσι δʼ ἄνδρες νάιοι μελαγχίμοις
γυίοισι λευκῶν ἐκ πεπλωμάτων ἰδεῖν,
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καὶ τἄλλα πλοῖα πᾶσά θʼ ἡ ʼπικουρία
εὔπρεπτος· αὐτὴ δʼ ἡγεμὼν ὑπὸ χθόνα
στείλασα λαῖφος παγκρότως ἐρέσσεται.
ἀλλʼ ἡσύχως χρὴ καὶ σεσωφρονισμένως
πρὸς πρᾶγμʼ ὁρώσας τῶνδε μὴ ἀμελεῖν θεῶν.
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ἐγὼ δʼ ἀρωγοὺς ξυνδίκους θʼ ἥξω λαβών.
ἴσως γὰρ ἂν κῆρυξ τις ἢ πρέσβη μόλοι,
ἄγειν θέλοντες ῥυσίων ἐφάπτορες.
ἀλλʼ οὐδὲν ἔσται τῶνδε· μὴ τρέσητέ νιν.
ὅμως
δʼ ἄμεινον, εἰ βραδύνοιμεν βοῇ,
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ἀλκῆς λαθέσθαι τῆσδε μηδαμῶς ποτε.
θάρσει· χρόνῳ τοι κυρίῳ τʼ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ
θεοὺς ἀτίζων τις βροτῶν δώσει δίκην.
Χορός
πάτερ, φοβοῦμαι, νῆες ὡς ὠκύπτεροι
ἥκουσι· μῆκος δʼ οὐδὲν ἐν μέσῳ χρόνου.
735
Greek (Editio princeps, 1518) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Suppliants, 1518 edition. Native printed lineation, page markers, and automated correspondence to the Perseus/Smyth edition.) — 698 focus
Χορός
τιμὼς,
τὸ δήμιον τὸ, πόλιν κρατύνει. προμαθὶς οἶκοι
νομήτις ἀρχᾶ.
ξένοισί τ' εὐξυμβόλους. πρὶν ἐξοπλίζειν ἄρη.
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δίκας ἄτερ πημάτων διδοῖεν. θεὸς δ' οἳ γᾶν
Χορός
ἔχουσιν ἀεί.
Ι Κ Ε Τ Ι Δ Ε Σ. 108
Χορός
πίοισιν ἐν χωρίοις παβωτίοις.
δαφνοφόροισιν βυθύτοισι τιμαῖς.
τὸ γάρ τε πόντων σέβας βίην τ' ἐν θεσμίοις.
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δίκας γέγραπται μεγισοτίμῳ
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Joannes Cornelius de Pauw, 1745.) — 698 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 698 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 698 focus
Ἡμιχόριον Α
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φυλάσσοι τ' ἀστέμεια τιμάς,
τὸ δήμιον, τὸ πτόλιν κρατύνει,
προμαθὶς εὐκοινόμητις ἀρχά.
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ξένοισί τ᾽ εὐξυμβόλους,
πρὶν ἐξοπλίζειν Ἄρη,
δίκας ἄτερ πημάτων διδοῖεν.
Ἡμιχόριον Β
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θεοὺς δ', οἳ γᾶν ἔχουσιν, ἀεὶ
τίοιεν ἐγχωρίους πατρῴαις
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δαφνηφόροις βουθύτοισι τιμαῖς.
τὸ γὰρ τεκόντων σέβας
Ἡμιχόριον Β
τρίτον τόδ' ἐν θεσμίοις
δίκας γέγραπται μεγιστοτίμου.
ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 698 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 698 focus
ΔΑ.
Aeschyli Supplices (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Supplices. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 698 focus
ΧΟ.
φυλάσσοι τ᾽ ἀσφάδαστα τιμάς
τὸ δήμιον, τὸ πτόλιν κρατύνει,
προμαθὶς εὐκοινόμητις ἀρχά.
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ξένοισί τ᾽ εὐξυμβόλους,
πρὶν ἐξοπλίζειν Ἄρη,
δίκας ἄτερ πημάτων διδοῖεν.
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.)) — 710-735 focus
Danaus
I commend these sensible prayers, dear children; but do not be troubled yourselves when you hear the unexpected and startling tidings your father has to tell. From my post of look-out here on the sanctuary of suppliants I see that ship; for it is well-marked and does not escape me:
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the trimming of its sail, its side-guards, and the prow that with its eyes scans its onward course, obeying—all too well for those to whom it is unfriendly—the guiding rudder at the stern. The men on board are plainly seen, their black
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limbs showing from their white attire. The rest of the ships and all the assisting fleet stand clear in view: but the leading ship herself has furled her sail and draws near the shore with full sweep of sounding oars. Yet
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you must face the matter calmly and with self-control, and not be unmindful of these gods. For my part, I will secure allies and advocates to urge our cause, and return. Perhaps some herald or envoys may come, eager to seize you as a prize and drag you away, but nothing will happen: do not fear them.
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Yet in the event that we should be slow in bringing aid, it would be better not to forget for a moment the means of help you have here at hand. Courage! In good time, assuredly, and on the day ordained, he who dishonors the gods will suffer punishment.
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Chorus
Father, I am afraid. With what swift wings the ships
approach! There is not much time left.
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The Suppliant Women. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliant Women.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 698 focus
DANAUS
LES SUPPLIANTES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SUPPLIANTES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 698 focus
Que Zeus enfin fasse à jamais cette terre fertile en toute
saison! Que les brebis
saison! Que les brebis
LE CHŒUR.
(Plus calme.) Que devant leurs autels les aèdes fassent
retentir de pieux accents; et que de lèvres virginales un chant s'envole marié à la cithare!
Large et décidé.
retentir de pieux accents; et que de lèvres virginales un chant s'envole marié à la cithare!
LE CHŒUR.
The Suppliants (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliants. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 698 focus
DANAUS.
Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 698 focus
CORO
DANAO
Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 698 focus
Parentum uerò cultus tertius hic in legibus
Iuſticiæ ſcriptus est magnanimè.
Da.
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.) — 698 focus
And let the people's voice, the power
That sways the State, in danger's hour
Be wary, wise for all;
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Nor honour in dishonour hold,
But—ere the voice of war be bold—
Let them to stranger peoples grant
Fair and unbloody covenant—
Justice and peace withal;
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And to the Argive powers divine
The sacrifice of laurelled kine,
By rite ancestral, pay.
Among three words of power and awe,
Stands this, the third, the mighty law—
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Your gods, your fathers deified,
Ye shall adore. Let this abide
For ever and for aye.
Danaus
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.) — 698 focus
Behutsam wahre seiner Ehren
Das freie Volk, dessen Wort die Stadt lenkt,
Mit weisem Geist sinnend auf Gemeinwohl.
Versöhnlich stets, mög' es gern
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Dem Fremdling, eh wild der Kampf
Erwacht, sein Recht ohne Leid gewähren !
Vierte Gegenstrophe.
Der Heimat Götter ehret allzeit,
Den Vätern gleich, all' ihr Argossöhne,
Im Lorberschmuck Opferstiere weihend!
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Der Aeltern Furcht ist von drei
Gesezen, die Dike's Hand
In eh'rne Denktafeln grub, das dritte.
Danaos.
Notes on the current edition
Supplices
Commentary
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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