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Supplices. N. Wecklein. . .

Current edition Experimental

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.) — 710-735 focus
Ἱκέτιδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 710-735 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.) — 710 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Joannes Cornelius de Pauw, 1745.) — 710 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 710 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 710 focus
ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 710 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 710 focus
εὐχὰς μὲν αἰνῶ τάσδε σώφρονας, φίλαι·
ὑμεῖς δὲ μὴ τρέσητ᾽ ἀκούσασαι πατρὸς
ἀπροσδοκήτους τούσδε καὶ νέους λόγους.
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ἱκεταδόκου γὰρ τῆσδ᾽ ἀπὸ σκοπῆς ὁρῶ
τὸ πλοῖον· εὔσημον γάρ. οὔ με λανθάνει
στολμοί τε λαίφους καὶ παραρρύσεις νεώς,
καὶ πρῷρα πρόσθεν ὄμμασιν βλέπουσ᾽ ὁδόν,
οἴακος εὐθυντῆρος ὑστάτου νεὼς
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ἄγαν καλῶς κλύουσα γλῶσσαν οὐ φίλην.
πρέπουσι δ᾽ ἄνδρες νήιοι μελαγχίμοις
Aeschyli Supplices (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Supplices. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 710 focus
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
The Suppliant Women. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliant Women.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 710 focus
I approve indeed of these wise prayers, oh, beloved: but be not you afraid hearing these unexpected and new tidings from your father: for from this suppliant-receiving mount I behold the ship: for conspicuous it escapes not my notice, and the breasts of the sails and the side-guards 1
of the vessel, and the prow in the fore part beholding with its eyes the way, too well obeying, as not being friendly to us, the directing helm in the hinder part of the vessel. And the sailors may be seen conspicuous with their black limbs out of white garments: and the other vessels and all the assistant band is conspicuous, but the leading ship, having furled her sails under the land, is rowed with oars sounding together. But it behooves you calmly and prudently looking to the matter, not to neglect these gods. But I will come, having taken assistants and patrons.
LES SUPPLIANTES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SUPPLIANTES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 710 focus
Que le Conseil qui commande en cette cité garde sans
trouble ses honneurs, pouvoir prévoyant qui pense pour le bien de tous ! Qu'aux étrangers, avant d'armer Arès, on offre, pour éviter des maux, des satisfactions réglées par traité 1 !
Et qu'aux dieux qui ont reçu cette terre en partage toujours
on rende, le front ceint de laurier, le culte des hécatombes transmis par les aïeux 2 ! Aussi bien le respect des pères est-il la troisième loi inscrite au livre de la Justice, à qui va le suprême hommage.
The Suppliants (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliants. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 710 focus
I like this well: wise are theſe votive ſtrains.
But tho' your father brings unwelcome tidings,
New, and unlook'd for, fear not you th' event.
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From yon' high mound, where firſt you ſuppliant ſtood,
I saw a ſhip, I mark'd its waving ſtreamer,
Its ſwelling fails, and all its gallant trim :
Its prow with heedful eye obſerves its way,
Obedient to the helm that guides behind;
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Unfriendly ſight! the ſailors too I mark'd,
Confpicuous in white robes their ſable limbs. e
Th' attendant veſſels, proudly riding, ſweep
The watry way; ſhe foremost near the land
Now furls her fails, and all the ſhouting crew
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Bend to the eager oar.
Behoves you now
Sedate and ſage attention, nor neglect
Theſe Gods.
I haſte to bring their gen'rous aid,
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The patrons, the protectors of your caufe.
Haply ſome herald may be ſent, with charge
To claim you as their prize: it ſhall not be:
Fear not th' event:
but ſhou'd our aid come ſlow,
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Forget not the protection of this place.
Be comforted: the day, the hour ſhall come,
When he, that dares affront the Gods, ſhall feel
Their chaſt'ning vengeance bursting on his head.
Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 710 focus
Saggi son questi voti, ed io li approvo.
Tremore adesso non vi colga, udendo
dal padre un nuovo ed inatteso evento.
lo da questa vedetta asil dei supplici
scorgo la nave. Assai chiara è l'insegna.
765
Distinguo i panni delle vele, e ai fianchi
della nave le stuoie; e gli occhi avanti
spinge la prora che la via distingue,
e del timone, che all'opposta banda
guida la nave, alla odïosa voce
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troppo obbedisce. Ed i nocchieri vedo,
negri le membra in vesti bianche, e tutta
dell'altre navi la cospicua flotta.
E l'ammiraglia già le vele ammaina,
e, presso a terra, a tutto scroscio remiga.
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Tranquille ora, serene or vi conviene
fissar gli eventi, ed in oblio non porre
questi Numi. Fra poco, aiuti d'arme
e patroni recando, io qui sarò.
Verrà forse un araldo o un qualche messo,
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per via condurvi, e rïaver la preda.
Ma di ciò nulla esito avrà. Timore
non concepite.
Ad ogni modo è meglio
che, qualora indugiar debba il soccorso,
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non poniate in oblio questo rifugio.
Fa' cuor. Col tempo, al giorno scritto, l'uomo
che i Numi spregia, sconterà la pena.
Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 710 focus
Preces quidem laudo has prudentes ò amicæ.
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Vos uerò ne turbet audire patris
Inſperatos hos & nouos ſermones.
Supplicis uideo ab hac ſpecula
Nauem, neq; me latet inſigne
ornatus, & uela funesq; nauis.
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Et prora ante oculos uidens uiam.
Claui gubernator postremi nauis.
Admodum pulchrè audiens, tanquam non amica-
Ornant uiri nautæ nigri.
Membri peplis albis uisu.
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Et alia nauigia omne enim auxilium
Bene ornatum, ipſa uerò dux ſub terra.
Mittens uelum croceo tinctum remigat.
Sed quietè oportet & ſapienter
Ad negotium reſpiciens, hos non negligere deos.
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Ego uerò ueniam accipiens in auxilium conſcios.
Fortè aut præco aliquis aut legatus uenit.
Duxere uolentes liberatorum attrectaturos,
Sed nihil horum erit. ne trematis nunc.
Tamen melius erit ſi submisse loquamur.
685
Subſidium hoc latere tandem haudquaquam potest.
Audacia, tempore, & propria die.
Deos ſpernens aliquis mortalium dabit pænas.
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.) — 710 focus
Dear children, well and wisely have ye prayed;
I bid you now not shudder, though ye hear
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New and alarming tidings from your sire.
From this high place beside the suppliants' shrine
The bark of our pursuers I behold,
By divers tokens recognized too well.
Lo, the spread canvas and the hides that screen
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The gunwale; lo, the prow, with painted eyes
That seem her onward pathway to descry,
Heeding too well the rudder at the stern
That rules her, coming for no friendly end.
And look, the seamen—all too plain their race—
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Their dark limbs gleam from out their snow-white garb;
Plain too the other barks, a fleet that comes
All swift to aid the purpose of the first,
That now, with furled sail and with pulse of oars
Which smite the wave together, comes aland.
785
But ye, be calm, and, schooled not scared by fear,
Confront this chance, be mindful of your trust
In these protecting gods. And I will hence,
And champions who shall plead your cause aright
Will bring unto your side. There come perchance
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Heralds or envoys, eager to lay hand
And drag you captive hence; yet fear them not;
Foiled shall they be. Yet well it were for you,
(If, ere with aid I come, I tarry long),
Not by one step this sanctuary to leave.
795
Farewell, fear nought: soon shall the hour be born
When he that scorns the gods shall rue his scorn.
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.) — 710 focus
O Kinder, um so weise Wünsche lob' ich euch.
Doch zittert nicht, wenn aus des Vaters Munde nun
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Ein unerwartet neues Wort das Ohr vernimmt.
Von dieses Schußgestades Höh'n gewahr' ich dort
Das Schiff, (es ist wohlkenntlich, daß es meinen Blick
Nicht irrt,) die Segeltücher und das Doppeldeck,
Die Stirne, vorwärts ihren Blick hierher gewandt,
680
Dem Steuerruder, welches herrscht am Spiegelrand,
Nur allzufolgsam, aber uns nicht holdgesinnt.
Die Schiffer auch erkenn' ich, — ihre dunkelen
Gestalten schimmern aus den weißen Hemden vor,
Dort auch die andern Boote sammt des Hülfsgefolgs
685
Mannschaft; das Hauptschiff rudert selbst mit Macht heran,
Es zog, dem Ufer nahe, schon die Segel ein.
Nun schaut mit ungestörtem Ernst in stiller Ruh
Zum Strand und fleht hier unverwandt die Götter an:
Ich will nach Rechtsbeiständen, will nach Helfern geh'n.
690
Denn wohl ein Herold oder auch ein Bote kommt,
Der euch von hinnen führen will als Eigenthum.
Nichts soll gescheh'n von diesem; seid ganz unbesorgt.
Doch ist es wohl gerath'ner, wenn die Hülfe säumt,
Der Götterhut hier immer eingedenk zu sein.
695
Getrost! Dereinst am festgesekten Tage muß
Ein Frevler büßen, der die Götter frech entehrt.
Erste Strophe.

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: 1885 correspondence corroborated by source Greek on this page. 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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Μ. G. Rob. Correxit Turnebus.
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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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drittes Epeisodion: 1. Danaos, welcher bisher auf dem Götteraltare stand und nach der Meerseite spähte (721), kündigt das Nahen der Ägyptischen Flotte an und gibt seine Absicht kund Hilfe zu holen. 2. In dem Kommos 742-769 drücken die Danaiden dem Vater ihre Angst aus, während dieser sie zu beruhigen sucht. 3. Danaos bleibt bei seinem Ent- schlusse in der Hoffnung vor dem Ausschiffen der ägyptischen Mann- schaft mit Hilfe zurückzukommen. (Der Dichter braucht eben den Schauspieler, welcher den Danaos gegeben hat, für den Herold der Ägyptiaden.)

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εὐχὰς μὲν - ὑμεῖς δέ: euer Flehen zwar ist gut und verständig, aber eure Aufmerksamkeit wird jetzt durch eine andere Sache in Anspruch genommen, die euch nicht erschrecken darf.