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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.) — 902-1017 focus
Ἱκέτιδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 902-1017 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.) — 966 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Joannes Cornelius de Pauw, 1745.) — 966 focus
Αλλ᾿ ἀντ᾿ ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθοῖς βρύοις
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Διε Πελασγῶν. 1
Πέμψον δὲ πρόφρων δεῦρ᾽ ἡμέτερον
Πατέρ᾽ εὐθαρσῆ Δαναὸν, πρόνους,
Καὶ βούλαρχον. τοῦ γὰρ προτέρα 2
Μῆτις, ὅπι χρὴ δώματά ναίειν,
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Καὶ τόπος εὔφρων. πᾶς τις ἐπειπεῖν
Ψόγον ἀλλοθρόοις
Εὔτυκτος εἴη δὲ τὰ λῷστα.
Ω παῖδες, Αργείοισιν εύχεσθαι χρεών,
θύειν τε λείβειν θ , ὡς θεοῖς ὀλυμπίας,
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Σπονδὰς, ἐπεὶ σωτῆρες οὐ διχοῤῥόπως.
Καί με τὰ μὲν πραχθέντα πρὸς τοὺς ἐκτενεῖς
Φίλες πικρῶς ἤκουσαν αὐτανεψίες·
Εμοῦ δ᾽ ὀπαδοὺς τούσδε καὶ δορυσσόυς
Έταξαν, ὡς ἔχοιμι τίμιον γέρας·
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Καὶ μήτ᾿ ἀέλπτως δορὶ ἀνημέρῳ θανών
Λάθοιμι, χώρα δ᾽ ἄχθος αἰεὶ ζῶν πέλα.
Τοιῶνδε τυγχάνοντας, εὐπρυμνῆ Φρενός
Χάριν σέβεσθε τιμιωτέραν ἐμοῦ. 3
Καὶ ταῦτα μὲν γράψεσθε πρὸς γεγραμμένοις
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Πολλοῖσιν ἄλλοις σωφρονίσμασιν πατρὸς, 4
Αγνῶθ᾽ ὅμιλον ὡς ἐλέγχεσθαι χρόνῳ.
Πᾶς δ ἐν μετοίκῳ γλῶσσαν εὔτυχον φέρει
Κακὴν, τό, τ᾽ εἰπεῖν εὐπετὲς μύσαγμά πως. 5
Υμᾶς δ᾽ ἐπαινῶ μὴ καταισχύνειν ἐμὲ,
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Ωραν ἐχούσας τήνδ᾽ ἐπίστρεπτον βροτοῖς. 6
Τέρην ὀπώρα δ᾽ εὐφύλακτος οὐδαμῶς.
θῆρες δὲ κηραίνεσι καὶ βροτοί τι μιν,
Καὶ κνώδαλα πτεροῦντα καὶ πιδοστιβή.
Καρπώματα στάζοντα κηρύσσει Κύπρις.
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Κάλωρα κωλύεσαν ὡς μένειν ἐρῶ.
Καὶ παρθένων χλιδαῖσιν εὐμέρφοις ἔπι
Πᾶς τις παρελθὼν ὅμματος θελκτήριον 7
Τόξευμ᾽ ἔπεμψεν, ἱμέρες νικώμενος.
Πρὸς ταῦτα μὴ πάθωμεν ἂν πολὺς πόνος,
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Πολὺς δὲ πόντος οὖν ἐκληρώθη δορί,
Μηδ αἶσχος ἡμῖν, ἡδονὴν δ᾽ ἐχθροῖς ἐμοῖς
Πράξωμεν. οἴκησις δὲ καὶ διπλῆ πάρα,
Τὴν μὲν Πελασγός, τὴν δὲ καὶ πόλις διδοῖ,
Οἰκεῖν λατρῶν ἅτερθεν· εὐπετῆ τάδε.
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Μόνον φύλαξαι τάσδ' ἐπιστολὰς πατρὸς,
Τὸ σωφρονεῖν τιμῶσα τοῦ βίε πλέον.
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 966 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 966 focus
ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 966 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 966 focus
ἀλλ᾽ ἀντ᾽ ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθοῖσι βρύοις,
διε Πελασγών.
πέμψον δὲ πρόφρων δεῦρ᾽ ἡμέτερον
ὦ παῖδες, Ἀργείοισιν εὔχεσθαι χρεὼν
θύειν τε λείβειν θ', ὡς θεοῖς Ὀλυμπίοις,
σπονδάς, ἐπεὶ σωτῆρες οὐ διχορρόπως.
καί μου τὰ μὲν πραχθέντα πρὸς τοὺς ἐγγενεῖς
φίλους πικρῶς ἤκουσαν αὐτανεψίοις·
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ἐμοὶ δ᾽ ὀπαδοὺς τούσδε καὶ δορυσσόους
ἔταξαν, ὡς ἔχοιμι τίμιον γέρας,
καὶ μήτ᾽ ἀέλπτως δορικανεῖ μόρῳ θανὼν
λάθοιμι, χώρᾳ δ᾽ ἄχθος ἀείζων πέλοι.
τοιῶνδε τυγχάνοντας εὐπρυμνῆ φρενὸς
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χάριν σέβεσθαι τιμιωτέραν ἐμοῦ.
καὶ ταῦτα μὲν γράψεσθε πρὸς γεγραμμένοις
Aeschyli Supplices (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Supplices. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 966 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.)) — 902-1015 focus
The Suppliant Women. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliant Women.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 966 focus
But in return for good things may you abound with good, divine king of the Pelasgians. But benevolently send hither our father Danaus, of good courage, prudent, and our chief adviser. For his is the first counsel, where it behoves us to inhabit abodes, and [where is] a place not subject to envy. Every one is ready to speak reproach against foreigners: but may the best things befall.
O daughters, it is fitting to pay vows to the Argives, and to sacrifice and pour libations, as to the Olympian gods, since they are our preservers with one mind. And they have heard with indignation from me what things have been done with regard to our headstrong friends, our kindred: but they have appointed for me these attendants and armed guards, that I might have this mark of honour, and that I might not unexpectedly perish without their knowledge by the death of the spear, and an everlasting pollution be upon this city. I having obtained 1
such things, do you observe a proper gratitude of mind more precious 2
. And these things, indeed write down in addition to the many other written prudent sayings of your father, so as in time to convince the unknown band 3
. But every one bears a ready evil tongue against a stranger, and to speak slander is an easy thing. But I exhort you not to disgrace me, being of a time of life which is attractive to men. And by no means is the tender mature fruit easy to guard: but beasts and mortals harm it in somewise and winged and four-footed animals. Venus proclaims the dropping fruits: I affirm that rapine awaits them in whatever way they [try to] hinder it 4
. And on the fair-formed beauty of virgins every one that passes by sends forth a melting dart from his eye, overcome by desire. Therefore let us not suffer those things on account of which we have had much toil, and much sea has been† 5
passed over in a ship, nor let us cause disgrace to us, and pleasure to my enemies. But even a double dwelling is offered to us, the one, Pelasgus, and the other, the city gives, to dwell apart from servants: these things are easy. Only observe these injunctions of your father, honouring modesty more than life.
LES SUPPLIANTES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SUPPLIANTES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 966 focus
de plus qualifiés ?
Mes filles, il faut qu'aux Argiens vous offriez prières, sacrifices et libations, comme à des dieux de l'Olympe; car, sans se partager, tous ont été nos sauveurs. C'est ainsi qu'ils ont écouté mon récit avec la sympathie due à des proches, la colère que méritent vos cousins, et
qu'ils ont attaché à ma personne ces suivants, ces hommes
The Suppliants (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliants. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 966 focus
For these thy bounties may the bounteous Gods
Show'r bleſſings on thy head, thou gen'rous king
Of brave Pelaſgia! But benevolent
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Send us our father Danaus, on whoſe firm
And provident counſels we rely. His care
And ſage advice is needful, where to chuſe
Our dwelling, our ſecure retreat. The tongue
Of Slander is too prompt with wanton malice
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To wound the ſtranger: Act we then with caution.
Daughters, it well becomes you to theſe Argives,
As to th' immortal Gods, to offer vows,
Libation, ſacrifice, and ev'ry rite
Religion knows;
ſo liberal their protection,
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So readily they lent their friendly ears,
And favour'd all my deeds againſt theſe youths,
Theſe kindred youths, whoſe headlong pride thus
haunts you.
Behold these ſpears around, to me aſſign'd
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An honorable guard, that no rude hand
With barb'rous rage may lift the ſecret ſword,
And with my blood pollute the pious land.
This grace, this condeſcenſion claims my thanks,
And you with grateful minds honour it ever.
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To all the wise inſtructions of your father,
Grav'd in your faithful tablets, grave theſe alſo,
That aftertimes may hold this ſtranger train
In reverence. Know then this, The tongue of malice
Is ever prompt to wound the ſtranger's fame
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With ſtings of infamy: I charge you then
Diſgrace me not. I ſee your blooming age,
Inforcing ſoft deſire; I know how hard
To guard the lovely flow'rs that grace that ſeaſon.
Beasts love to riot on their ſweets m
, and man,
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Each insect, and each wantonwinged bird.
The Queen of Love proclaims their opening bloom;
Ah, wou'd ſhe ſuffer it remain uncropt!
And on the delicate tints, that kindling glow
On beauty's vermeil cheek, each roving youth
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With melting wiſhes darts the amorous glance.
We brook not this: elſe why these various toils,
Theſe wand'rings o'er the wideextended main ?
Let us not work this ſcandal to ourſelves,
And triumph to our foes.
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Two manſions here
Are offer'd to your choice; Pelaſgus one
Wou'd give, and one the ſtate; beneath whoſe roof
No male attendant waits: the choice is eaſy.
Only obſerve these precepts of your father,
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And guard with heedful care your virgin honour.
Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 966 focus
In compenso dei beni largiti,
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possa tu d'ogni bene fiorire,
signor dei Pelasgi!
Né ti spiaccia inviarne qui Danao
nostro padre, che l'animo ha saldo,
che provvede e consiglia. A lui primo
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stabilir quali cose convengano,
quale posto abitare: ché pronto
è ciascuno a gittare l'obbrobrio
sugli estranei. Sia tutto pel meglio!
Con decoro, e con fama dal biasimo
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popolare non tocca, anche voi,
predilette ministre, ciascuna
rimarrà con ciascuna, siccome
v'ebbe in dote a noi Danao concesse.
Figlie, preci agli Argivi offrir conviene
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e sacrifici e libagioni, come
ai Numi Olimpî: ché salvezza a noi
non ambigua offerian. Li mosse a sdegno
udir da me quanto i cugini oprarono
contro amici congiunti. E m'assegnarono
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questi seguaci arcieri, a fin che insigne
fosse il mio stato, né da lancia infesta
fossi trafitto, e sempiterno fio
sulla città pesasse. Or gratitudine
piú che per me, per essi in cuor vi gitti
1055
profonde stirpi. E ancor questo scrivete
fra gli altri molti moniti paterni:
che col tempo si saggia ignota schiera,
e contro lo stranier pronta ha ciascuno
la lingua; ed una macchia è presto impressa.
1060
A non coprirmi d'onta ora io v'esorto:
ché gli anni avete onde il mortale è attratto,
né conservare il molle fiore è agevole:
ché lo voglion distrutto e fiere ed uomini
e quante belve in terra e in mare vivono.
1065
E quando i pomi son gonfi di succo,
la Dea di Cipro, che gli acerbi vieta, / un bando fa, perché li spicchi Amore.
Su la molle beltà de le fanciulle
ciascun che passa, dello sguardo lancia
la freccia, il filtro dell'amore, come
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brama lo vince. Or qui non sia perduto
ciò che con tanta pena, e tanti arando
flutti, serbato fu: ché a noi vergogna
non si procuri, ed ai nemici gaudio.
Duplice casa è a noi profferta: l'una
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l'offre Pelasgo, e l'altra la città, / senza mercede. E' pur ventura questa.
Ma tieni a mente i moniti del padre, / e la saggezza al vivere prepara.
Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 966 focus
Sed pro bonis, bonis abundes diue Pelaſgorum.
Mittito uerò promptus huc noſtrum
Patrem confidentem Danaū prouidentia adhibentes
Et conſilij principem. nam hinc priores
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Nullum oportet ædes adhabitare.
Et locus lætus, quis dicet
Conuicia in peregrinos, fortunatus erit. hæc uerò optima sunt.
Ordinamini, charæ famulæ fic,
Quemadmodum pro quaq; fortitus est
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Danaus seruienti propter dotem.
O filiæ, Argiuos orare opus est.
Sacrificare illis, fundereq; tanquam dijs Olympijs
Libamina, poſtq; seruatores nō duplici momēto ſunt.
Et mea quidem opera ad internos
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Amicos acerbè audiſti patrueles.
Meos uerò affectatores hos bellicoſos
Ordinarunt, ut haberem donum honoratum,
Et neq; inſperatè haſta ſæua moriens
Laterem, regioni uerò uiuens ſemper pondus eſset.
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Hæc aſsecuti penitus mentis
Gratiam colent me digniorem.
Hæ quidem inſcribite ad inſcriptos,
Multis alijs conſilijs patris.
Ignoratis ut reprehenditur conuerſatio tempore.
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Omnis uerò in colonum linguam felicem fertur
Malam hoc inquinatè dicere, facile.
Vos uerò iubẽo ne uereamini me,
Occasionem habentes hanc conuerſam mortalibus.
Tenera mala non facilè seruantur.
920
Feræ moriuntur & homines quid ipſum,
Et bestiæ uolucres, & gradientes.
Oblationes ſtillantes edicet Venus.
Et prædam impedientem ut maneat amor,
Et in delicijs uirginum pulchris
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Omnis præteriens blantam oculis
Iaculationem miſit, uincens desiderium.
Ad hæc ne patiamur ubi multus est labor,
Multus uerò pontus poſseſſus est hasta.
Neq; turpitudinem nobis uoluptatem inimicis meis
930
Faciamus. habitatio uerò dupliciter adest,
Hanc quidem Pelasgus, illam uerò ciuitas det
Inhabitare ſine seruis. hæc facilia ſunt.
Tantum ut custodias mandata patris,
Plus honorans sapientiam ipſa uita.
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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.) — 966 focus
O godlike chief, God grant my prayer:
Fair blessings on thy proffers fair,
Lord of Pelasgia's race!
Yet, of thy grace, unto our side
Send thou the man of courage tried,
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Of counsel deep and prudent thought,—
Be Danaus to his children brought;
For his it is to guide us well
And warn where it behoves to dwell—
What place shall guard and shelter us
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From malice and tongues slanderous:
Swift always are the lips of blame
A stranger-maiden to defame—
But Fortune give us grace!
High thanks, my children, unto Argos con,
And to this folk, as to Olympian gods,
Give offerings meet of sacrifice and wine;
For saviours are they in good sooth to you.
From me they heard, and bitter was their wrath,
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How those your kinsmen strove to work you wrong,
And how of us were thwarted: then to me
This company of spearmen did they grant,
That honoured I might walk, nor unaware
Die by some secret thrust and on this land
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Bring down the curse of death, that dieth not.
Such boons they gave me: it behoves me pay
A deeper reverence from a soul sincere.
Ye, to the many words of wariness
Spoken by me your father, add this word,
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That, tried by time, our unknown company
Be held for honest: over-swift are tongues
To slander strangers, over-light is speech
To bring pollution on a stranger's name.
Therefore I rede you, bring no shame on me
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Now when man's eye beholds your maiden prime.
Lovely is beauty's ripening harvest-field,
But ill to guard; and men and beasts, I wot,
And birds and creeping things make prey of it.
And when the fruit is ripe for love, the voice
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Of Aphrodite bruiteth it abroad,
The while she guards the yet unripened growth.
On the fair richness of a maiden's bloom
Each passer looks, o'ercome with strong desire,
With eyes that waft the wistful dart of love.
1055
Then be not such our hap, whose livelong toil
Did make our pinnace plough the mighty main:
Nor bring we shame upon ourselves, and joy
Unto my foes. Behold, a twofold home—
One of the king's and one the people's gift—
1060
Unbought, 'tis yours to hold,—a gracious boon.
Go—but remember ye your sire's behest,
And hold your life less dear than chastity.
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.) — 966 focus
Reich lohne für Heil euch Fülle des Heils,
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O pelasgischer Held!
Nun sende voll Huld uns den Danaos her,
Der die Töchter mit Rath umsichtig bedenkt,
Ein getreu vorsorgender Vater.
Er möge zuvor auswählen ein Haus
920
Und ein freundliches Dach, wo zu wohnen uns ziemt.
Man tadelt so gern, was Fremdlinge thun:
O wende sich Alles zum Besten!
Euch ziemt, o Kinder, Argos' Söhne durch Gebet
Und Opferduft und Spenden, gleich Olympiern,
930
Zu feiern; denn sie waren eure Retter, traun!
Was naher Vettern Uebermuth mit dreister That
An uns gefrevelt, hörten sie voll bittern Zorns,
Und gaben, diesem greisen Haupt zur Ehre, dann
Mir als Geleiter diese Lanzenknechte mit,
935
Daß nicht ein Speerstoß ungeahnt von Meuchlerarm
Mir bringe Tod, ein ewig Blutmal ihrem Land.
Da solches mir geworden, wahrt ihr euren Schmuck,
Der Seele Reinheit, - noch zu höh'rer Ehre mir!
Und schreibt zu vielem Andern, was der Vater euch
940
An's Herz gesprochen, dieses auch in euer Herz:
Den neuen Umgang richtet und bewährt die Zeit!
Denn frech erhebt sich wider Eingewanderte
Die Lästerzunge, leicht beschmust ein böser Mund.
Euch mahn' ich denn, bereitet keine Schande mir,
945
Nun ihr erblüht zum Alter, das die Männer lockt.
Nicht leicht zu hüten, wahrlich, ist die zarte Frucht;
Verfolgend bringen Männer ihr den Untergang.
Was hoch in Lüften flattert, was am Boden schleicht,
Was tief in Wassern wimmelt, hascht die Früchte gern,
950
Die, kaum entfaltet, Aphrodite's Stimme preist,
Und rohgesinnter Lüsternheit den Raub verwehrt.
Auch nach der Jungfrau'n zarten Huldgestalten wirft
Der liebetrunk'nen Blicke zaubermächtiges
Geschoß in süßem Sehnen, wer vorübergeht.
955
Drum duldet niemals, was zu flieh'n, so viele Noth,
So weiten Meeres lange Bahn ihr durchgekämpft,
Und wehrt von uns die Schande, wehrt dem Feind die Lust!
Ein Haus zur Wohnung bietet sich zwiefach sogar;
Denn eins gewährt Pelasgos, eins gewährt die Stadt,
960
Von allen Zinsen ledig: schon ein großes Glück!
Nur dieses treue Vaterwort, bewahrt es treu,
Und ehrt die Tugend höher als das Leben selbst!

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

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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viertes Epeisodion: 1. Die Danaiden werden mit Ent- setzen des nahenden Herolds der Ägyptiaden gewahr und flüchten zum Altare. Der Herold erscheint und herrscht die Danaiden an (832-855). 2. Kommos (856-921), eine aufgeregte Szene, in welcher der Herold die Danaiden mit Drohungen und Gewalt bewegen will ihm zu den Schiffen zu folgen. 3. Der König weist den gewalt- tätigen Herold ab, welcher vor seinem Abtreten Krieg ankündigt. Den Danaiden überläßt der König die Wahl ihres Aufenthalts (922-976). 4. Die Danaiden wollen diese Wahl ihrem Vater anheimgeben und befehlen ihren Dienerinnen neben ihnen sich aufzustellen (977-990). 5. Danaos kommt mit einer Leibwache zu- rück um seine Töchter nach Argos zu bringen (991-1028). Die Partie 832-909 ist in einer sehr verderbten Gestalt überliefert, so daß sich an mehreren Stellen kaum nur der Sinn des ursprünglichen Textes erkennen läßt. Außer Pers. 678-680 findet sich glücklicher- weise im ganzen Äschylos keine Stelle, die auch nur annähernd einen so entstellten Text hätte. Vgl.,,Über die Textüberlieferung des Aschylos" in den Sitzungsb. der Münch. Ak. d. W. 1888 II S. 347 f.

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Das erste anapästische System (977-985) begleitet das Abtreten des Königs; während des zweiten stellen sich die Dienerinnen als Nebenchor zur Seite der Da- naiden auf.

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Schol. ἐπεὶ πᾶς ἄνθρωπός ἐστιν ἕτοιμος εἰς τὸ ψέγειν τοὺς ξένους. εὔτυκός ( ἐστι), er ist ge- schickt (beredt). Vgl. 1005f.