σοί
τε
καὶ
θεοῖσιν, den Göt- tern ebenso wie dir. Vgl. Hom.
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αἴθε
θεοῖσι
φίλος
τοσσόνδε
γένοιτο
ὅσσον
ἐμοί.
Supplices. N. Wecklein. . .
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Editions (9)
Ἱκέτιδες First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 760-775 focus
Δαναος
ἀλλ᾽ ἔστι φήμη κρείσσονας λύκους
1
κυνῶν
760
εἶναι: βύβλου δὲ καρπὸς οὐ κρατεῖ στάχυν.
ἀλλ᾽ ἔστι φήμη κρείσσονας λύκους
1
κυνῶν
760
εἶναι: βύβλου δὲ καρπὸς οὐ κρατεῖ στάχυν.
<Χοροσ>
ὡς καὶ ματαίων ἀνοσίων τε κνωδάλων
2
ὡς καὶ ματαίων ἀνοσίων τε κνωδάλων
2
Δαναος
ἐς γῆν ἐνεγκεῖν, οὐδ᾽ ἐν
9
ἀγκυρουχίαις
θαρσοῦσι ναῶν ποιμένες παραυτίκα,
ἄλλως τε
10
καὶ μολόντες ἀλίμενον χθόνα
ἐς νύκτ᾽ ἀποστείχοντος ἡλίου. φιλεῖ
11
ὠδῖνα τίκτειν
12
νὺξ κυβερνήτῃ σοφῷ.
770
οὕτω γένοιτ᾽ ἂν οὐδ᾽ ἂν ἔκβασις στρατοῦ
καλή, πρὶν ὅρμῳ ναῦν θρασυνθῆναι. σὺ δὲ
πόλις γέρονθ᾽, ἡβῶντα δ᾽ εὐγλώσσῳ
17
φρενί.
775
776
ἐς γῆν ἐνεγκεῖν, οὐδ᾽ ἐν
9
ἀγκυρουχίαις
θαρσοῦσι ναῶν ποιμένες παραυτίκα,
ἄλλως τε
10
καὶ μολόντες ἀλίμενον χθόνα
ἐς νύκτ᾽ ἀποστείχοντος ἡλίου. φιλεῖ
11
ὠδῖνα τίκτειν
12
νὺξ κυβερνήτῃ σοφῷ.
770
οὕτω γένοιτ᾽ ἂν οὐδ᾽ ἂν ἔκβασις στρατοῦ
καλή, πρὶν ὅρμῳ ναῦν θρασυνθῆναι. σὺ δὲ
πόλις γέρονθ᾽, ἡβῶντα δ᾽ εὐγλώσσῳ
17
φρενί.
775
Ἱκέτιδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 760-775 focus
760
Δαναός
ἀλλʼ ἔστι φήμη τοὺς λύκους κρείσσους κυνῶν
760
εἶναι· βύβλου δὲ καρπὸς οὐ κρατεῖ στάχυν.
ἀλλʼ ἔστι φήμη τοὺς λύκους κρείσσους κυνῶν
760
εἶναι· βύβλου δὲ καρπὸς οὐ κρατεῖ στάχυν.
Χορός
ὡς καὶ ματαίων ἀνοσίων τε κνωδάλων
ἔχοντας ὀργάς, χρὴ φυλάσσεσθαι τάχος.
ὡς καὶ ματαίων ἀνοσίων τε κνωδάλων
ἔχοντας ὀργάς, χρὴ φυλάσσεσθαι τάχος.
Δαναός
οὔτοι ταχεῖα ναυτικοῦ στρατοῦ στολή,
οὐδʼ ὅρμος, οὗ δεῖ πεισμάτων σωτήρια
765
ἐς γῆν ἐνεγκεῖν, οὐδʼ ἐν ἀγκυρουχίαις
θαρσοῦσι ναῶν ποιμένες παραυτίκα,
ἄλλως τε καὶ μολόντες ἀλίμενον χθόνα
ἐς νύκτʼ ἀποστείχοντος ἡλίου. φιλεῖ
ὠδῖνα τίκτειν νὺξ κυβερνήτῃ σοφῷ.
770
οὕτω γένοιτʼ ἂν οὐδʼ ἂν ἔκβασις στρατοῦ
καλή, πρὶν ὅρμῳ ναῦν θρασυνθῆναι. σὺ δὲ
φρόνει μὲν ὡς ταρβοῦσα μὴ ἀμελεῖν θεῶν·
πράξας ἀρωγήν· ἄγγελον δʼ οὐ μέμψεται
πόλις γέρονθʼ, ἡβῶντα δʼ εὐγλώσσῳ φρενί.
775
οὔτοι ταχεῖα ναυτικοῦ στρατοῦ στολή,
οὐδʼ ὅρμος, οὗ δεῖ πεισμάτων σωτήρια
765
ἐς γῆν ἐνεγκεῖν, οὐδʼ ἐν ἀγκυρουχίαις
θαρσοῦσι ναῶν ποιμένες παραυτίκα,
ἄλλως τε καὶ μολόντες ἀλίμενον χθόνα
ἐς νύκτʼ ἀποστείχοντος ἡλίου. φιλεῖ
ὠδῖνα τίκτειν νὺξ κυβερνήτῃ σοφῷ.
770
οὕτω γένοιτʼ ἂν οὐδʼ ἂν ἔκβασις στρατοῦ
καλή, πρὶν ὅρμῳ ναῦν θρασυνθῆναι. σὺ δὲ
φρόνει μὲν ὡς ταρβοῦσα μὴ ἀμελεῖν θεῶν·
πράξας ἀρωγήν· ἄγγελον δʼ οὐ μέμψεται
πόλις γέρονθʼ, ἡβῶντα δʼ εὐγλώσσῳ φρενί.
775
Greek (Editio princeps, 1518) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Suppliants, 1518 edition. Native printed lineation, page markers, and automated correspondence to the Perseus/Smyth edition.) — 753 focus
Δαναός
καλῶς ἂν ὑμῖν , ξυμφέροι ταῦτ' ὦ τέκνα.
εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαίροιαρ.
καλῶς ἂν ὑμῖν , ξυμφέροι ταῦτ' ὦ τέκνα.
εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαίροιαρ.
Χορός
οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάς δε καὶ θεῶν σέβη.
δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ' ἀπόσχονται πάτερ,
οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάς δε καὶ θεῶν σέβη.
δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ' ἀπόσχονται πάτερ,
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Joannes Cornelius de Pauw, 1745.) — 753 focus
Καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα,
760
Εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.
1
Καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα,
760
Εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.
1
Κο.
Οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη
Δείσαντες, ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.
Οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη
Δείσαντες, ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 753 focus
ΔΑ.
καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα,
εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.
καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα,
εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.
ΧΟ.
οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη
755
δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.
οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη
755
δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 753 focus
Δαναός
καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα,
εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθραίνοιντο.
καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα,
εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθραίνοιντο.
Ἡμιχόριον Β
1
οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη
725
δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.
οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη
725
δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.
ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 753 focus
ΔΑΝΑΟΣ
Καλώς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ',
τέκνον
τέκνα,
755
εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.
Καλώς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ',
τέκνον
τέκνα,
755
εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.
ΧΟΡΟΣ
Οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη
δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ' ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.
Οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη
δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ' ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 753 focus
καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα,
εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.
καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα,
εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.
ΧΟ.
οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη
δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.
οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη
δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.
Aeschyli Supplices (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Supplices. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 753 focus
ΔΑ.
καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα,
εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.
καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτ᾽, ὦ τέκνα,
εἰ σοί τε καὶ θεοῖσιν ἐχθαιροίατο.
ΧΟ.
οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη
755
δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.
οὐ μὴ τριαίνας τάσδε καὶ θεῶν σέβη
755
δείσαντες ἡμῶν χεῖρ᾽ ἀπόσχωνται, πάτερ.
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.)) — 736-775 focus
Chorus
I am possessed by dreadful fear if truly my long flight has been of no profit. Father, I am consumed with fright.
739
I am possessed by dreadful fear if truly my long flight has been of no profit. Father, I am consumed with fright.
Danaus
Since the vote of the Argives was final,
be of good cheer, my children; they will fight in your defence, I know this well.
740
Since the vote of the Argives was final,
be of good cheer, my children; they will fight in your defence, I know this well.
740
Chorus
Abominable is the lustful race of
Aegyptus
and insatiate of battle; and you know that all too well.
Abominable is the lustful race of
Aegyptus
and insatiate of battle; and you know that all too well.
In ships, stout-timbered and dark-prowed, they have sailed here,
attended by a mighty black host, and in their wrath overtaken us.
745
746
In ships, stout-timbered and dark-prowed, they have sailed here,
attended by a mighty black host, and in their wrath overtaken us.
745
Danaus
But they will find here a force with arms well-seasoned by the noonday heat.
But they will find here a force with arms well-seasoned by the noonday heat.
Chorus
Do not leave me forlorn, I implore you, father. A woman abandoned to herself is nothing. There is no Ares in her.
Do not leave me forlorn, I implore you, father. A woman abandoned to herself is nothing. There is no Ares in her.
They are of evil mind, and guileful of purpose, with impure hearts, thinking no more of altars than carrion birds.
750
753
They are of evil mind, and guileful of purpose, with impure hearts, thinking no more of altars than carrion birds.
750
Danaus
This would profit us well, my children, should they incur both Heaven’s hate and yours.
This would profit us well, my children, should they incur both Heaven’s hate and yours.
Chorus
Father, no fear of tridents or of things held sacred in the sight of Heaven will ever keep their hands from us.
755
Father, no fear of tridents or of things held sacred in the sight of Heaven will ever keep their hands from us.
755
They are overweening, maddened, with unholy rage, shameless dogs that do not respect the gods.
They are overweening, maddened, with unholy rage, shameless dogs that do not respect the gods.
Danaus
Yet there is a saying that wolves are stronger than dogs; the papyrus-fruit does not conquer the wheat-ear.
1
760
Yet there is a saying that wolves are stronger than dogs; the papyrus-fruit does not conquer the wheat-ear.
1
760
Chorus
Since they have the tempers of lewd and impious beasts, we must guard against them quickly.
Since they have the tempers of lewd and impious beasts, we must guard against them quickly.
Danaus
A fleet in getting under way is not so speedy,
nor yet in anchoring, when the securing cables must be brought ashore; and even at anchorage shepherds of ships do not feel immediately secure, above all if they have arrived on a harborless coast when the sun is sinking into night.
765
In a cautious pilot night is likely to beget anxiety. Then, too, the disembarking of an army cannot be effected with success before a ship has gained confidence in her moorings. But, for all your terror, remember not to neglect the gods.
I will return when I have secured aid. The city will find no fault with a messenger,
770
old in years, but with youth in his heart and on his tongue.
Exit
775
A fleet in getting under way is not so speedy,
nor yet in anchoring, when the securing cables must be brought ashore; and even at anchorage shepherds of ships do not feel immediately secure, above all if they have arrived on a harborless coast when the sun is sinking into night.
765
In a cautious pilot night is likely to beget anxiety. Then, too, the disembarking of an army cannot be effected with success before a ship has gained confidence in her moorings. But, for all your terror, remember not to neglect the gods.
I will return when I have secured aid. The city will find no fault with a messenger,
770
old in years, but with youth in his heart and on his tongue.
Exit
775
The Suppliant Women. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliant Women.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 753 focus
if they were hateful both to you and to the gods.
CHORUS
Not dreading these tridents and the majesty of the gods will they keep off their hands from us, father.
Not dreading these tridents and the majesty of the gods will they keep off their hands from us, father.
LES SUPPLIANTES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SUPPLIANTES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 753 focus
Ce serait pour nous tout profit, ma fille, s'ils se faisaient haïr des dieux comme de toi.
LE CORYPHÉE
Ah ! ce ne sont pas ces tridents, ces majestés divines, dont la crainte retiendra leurs mains loin de nous, ô père.
Ah ! ce ne sont pas ces tridents, ces majestés divines, dont la crainte retiendra leurs mains loin de nous, ô père.
LE CHOEUR
(Agité.)
Orgueilleux, tout dévorants d'audace impie, comme des chiens sans vergogne, ils
Orgueilleux, tout dévorants d'audace impie, comme des chiens sans vergogne, ils
The Suppliants (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliants. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 753 focus
Now fair befall our cauſe, if their mad rage,
Inſulting thee, my child, inſults the Gods.
830
CHORUS.
Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 753 focus
Per noi vantaggio esser potrebbe, o figlie.
se ai Numi, oltre che a noi, vengono in odio.
2
CORO
Non timor del tridente o delle sacre
bende le mani lor frenerà, padre!
Non timor del tridente o delle sacre
bende le mani lor frenerà, padre!
Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 753 focus
Nobis pulchrè conferunt hæc ò natæ,
Si tibi à dijs auerſetur.
Pu.
Non enim tridentes & cultus deorum
710
Veriti, à nostris manibus abstinebunt pater.
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.) — 753 focus
Fair will befall us, children, in this chance,
If thus in wrath they wrong the gods and you.
Fair will befall us, children, in this chance,
If thus in wrath they wrong the gods and you.
Chorus
Alas, nor tridents nor the sanctity
Of shrines will drive them, O my sire, from us!
820
Alas, nor tridents nor the sanctity
Of shrines will drive them, O my sire, from us!
820
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.) — 753 focus
Ein großer Vortheil wäre das für uns, o Kind,
Wenn ihr vereint mit Göttern sie befeindetet.
Zweite Gegenstrophe.
Ein großer Vortheil wäre das für uns, o Kind,
Wenn ihr vereint mit Göttern sie befeindetet.
führerin des zweiten Halbchors.
Nicht diesen Dreizack fürchten sie noch Göttermacht,
Nie zieh'n sie, Vater, ihren Arm von uns zurück.
720
Nicht diesen Dreizack fürchten sie noch Göttermacht,
Nie zieh'n sie, Vater, ihren Arm von uns zurück.
720
Zweiter Halbchor.
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
762.
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πρὸς ὃν χύδην ὑδρηλὰ γίγνεται χιών:
762
πρὸς ὃν νέφη δ᾽ ὑδρηλὰ γείνεται (
γίνεται Rob.)
χιών (
χιων Μ.) M. G. E. Rob.
δι' υδρηλὰ Turn. Illud
νέφη δ᾽ ὑδρηλά quum Porsonus in praefatione Hecubae p. IX. probasset, in fine supplementi, ne se errasse confiteretur, in alios graviores errores incidit, ut fit, quum quis sibi potius consulendum existimat. Nam quum istud suum iudicium male defendisset, videns ipse defendi non posse ad panaceam suam, traiectionem verborum confugit scribique voluit
πρὸς ὃν κατὰ ὑδρηλὰ γίγνεται νέφη. Id probans Schaeferus ridicule
δ' existimavit numeri notam esse, qua
νέφη quarto loco ponendum significaretur. Illud ambo non viderunt, rhetoricum vitium orationi inferri, si
χιών eo loco poneretur, ubi collocatum opponi nives imbri aut nescio cui alii rei significaret. G. Dindorfius
κύφελα ὑδρηλά coniecit, in Thesauro Stephani magis probans
νέφη δένδρα. Recipiendum duxi
κύφελλα, licet, quod sciam, ex Alexandrinis tantum poetis Callimacho et Lycophrone allatum. Hesychius
κύφελλα, τὰ νέφη, νεφέλη γνοφώδης, ὁμίχλη, ὁμιχλῶδες κατάστημα. V. Suidam, Etym. Μ. p. 90, 42. 549, 17. Zonar. p. 1270. Crameri Anecd. Oxon. II. p. 453, 28. Schol. Lycophr. ad v. 1426.
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
718-783.
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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.)
742-769.
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Kommos. Jede Strophe und Antistrophe beginnt mit zwei Trimetern, welche, wie es scheint, der
κορυφαῖος vorträgt, während die melische Partie der Chor singt. Jeder Strophe und Antistrophe folgen zwei Trimeter des Danaos.
762.
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σοί
τε
καὶ
θεοῖσιν, den Göt- tern ebenso wie dir. Vgl. Hom.
Χ 41
αἴθε
θεοῖσι
φίλος
τοσσόνδε
γένοιτο
ὅσσον
ἐμοί.