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Παλαίχθονος τέκος κλῦθί μου

πρόφρονι καρδίαι, Πελασγῶν ἄναξ.

345

ἴδε με τὰν ἱκέτιν φυγάδα περίδρομον,

λυκοδίωκτον ὡς δάμαλιν ἀμ πέτραις

ἠλιβάτοις, ἵν᾿ ἀλ-

και πίσυνος μέμυκε φράζουσα βοτήρι μόχθους.

350

Supplices. Aeschylus. ed. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff. Berolini. 1914.

Current edition Experimental

Aeschyli Supplices (OCR draft) (Greek) (Aeschyli Supplices. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (8)

Ἱκέτιδες First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 348-437 focus

str. 1

Χορος

Παλαίχθονος τέκος, κλῦθί μου

πρόφρονι καρδίᾳ, Πελασγῶν ἄναξ.

ἴδε με τὰν¹ ἱκέτιν φυγάδα περίδρομον,
350

λυκοδίωκτον² ὡς δάμαλιν ἂμ πέτραις³

ἠλιβάτοις, ἵν᾽⁴ ἀλκᾷ πίσυνος μέμυ-

κε φράζουσα βοτῆρι μόχθους.

354

Βασιλευς

ὁρῶ κλάδοισι νεοδρόποις κατάσκιον

νεύονθ᾽⁵ ὅμιλον τόνδ᾽⁶ ἀγωνίων θεῶν.
355

εἴη δ᾽ ἄνατον πρᾶγμα τοῦτ᾽ ἀστοξένων.

μηδ᾽ ἐξ ἀέλπτων κἀπρομηθήτων πόλει

νεῖκος γένηται: τῶν γὰρ οὐ δεῖται πόλις.

359

ant. 1

Χορος

ἴδοιτο δῆτ᾽⁷ ἄνατον φυγὰν

ἱκεσία Θέμις Διὸς κλαρίου.
360

σὺ δὲ παρ᾽ ὀψιγόνου μάθε γεραιόφρων:⁸

ποτιτρόπαιον αἰδόμενος †οὖνπερ⁹

ἱεροδόκα† . .¹⁰

θεῶν λήματ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ἀνδρὸς ἁγνοῦ.

365

Βασιλευς

οὔτοι κάθησθε δωμάτων ἐφέστιοι
365

ἐμῶν. τὸ κοινὸν δ᾽ εἰ μιαίνεται πόλις,

ξυνῇ μελέσθω λαὸς ἐκπονεῖν¹¹ ἄκη.

ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἂν οὐ κραίνοιμ᾽ ὑπόσχεσιν πάρος,¹²

ἀστοῖς δὲ πᾶσι τῶνδε¹³ κοινώσας πέρι.

370

str. 2

Χορος

σύ τοι πόλις, σὺ δὲ τὸ δάμιον:
370

πρύτανις ἄκριτος ὤν,

κρατύνεις βωμόν, ἑστίαν χθονός,

μονοψήφοισι νεύμασιν σέθεν,

μονοσκήπτροισι δ᾽ ἐν θρόνοις¹⁴ χρέος

πᾶν ἐπικραίνεις: ἄγος¹⁵ φυλάσσου.
375
376

Βασιλευς

ἄγος μὲν εἴη τοῖς ἐμοῖς παλιγκότοις,

ὑμῖν δ᾽ ἀρήγειν οὐκ ἔχω βλάβης ἄτερ:

οὐδ᾽ αὖ τόδ᾽ εὖφρον, τάσδ᾽ ἀτιμάσαι λιτάς.

ἀμηχανῶ δὲ καὶ φόβος μ᾽ ἔχει φρένας

δρᾶσαί τε μὴ δρᾶσαί τε¹⁶ καὶ τύχην ἑλεῖν.
380
381

ant. 2

Χορος

τὸν ὑψόθεν σκοπὸν ἐπισκόπει,¹⁷

φύλακα πολυπόνων

βροτῶν, οἳ τοῖς πέλας προσήμενοι

δίκας οὐ τυγχάνουσιν ἐννόμου.

μένει τοι Ζηνὸς ἱκταίου κότος
385

δυσπαραθέλκτους¹⁸ παθόντος οἴκτοις.

387

Βασιλευς

εἴ τοι κρατοῦσι παῖδες Αἰγύπτου σέθεν

νόμῳ πόλεως, φάσκοντες ἐγγύτατα γένους

εἶναι, τίς¹⁹ ἂν τοῖσδ᾽ ἀντιωθῆναι θέλοι;²⁰

δεῖ τοί σε φεύγειν κατὰ νόμους τοὺς οἴκοθεν,
390

ὡς οὐκ ἔχουσι κῦρος οὐδὲν ἀμφὶ σοῦ.

392

str. 3

Χορος

μή τί ποτ᾽ οὖν γενοίμαν ὑποχείριος²¹

κράτεσιν ἀρσένων. ὕπαστρον δέ τοι

μῆχαρ ὁρίζομαι γάμου δύσφρονος

φυγάν:²² ξύμμαχον δ᾽ ἑλόμενος δίκαν
395

κρῖνε σέβας τὸ πρὸς θεῶν.

397

Βασιλευς

οὐκ εὔκριτον τὸ κρῖμα: μή μ᾽ αἱροῦ κριτήν.

εἶπον δὲ καὶ πρίν, οὐκ ἄνευ δήμου τάδε

πράξαιμ᾽ ἄν, οὐδέ περ κρατῶν, μὴ καί²³ ποτε

εἴπῃ λεώς, εἴ πού τι κἀλλοῖον²⁴ τύχοι,²⁵
400

“ἐπήλυδας²⁶ τιμῶν ἀπώλεσας πόλιν.”

402

ant. 3

Χορος

ἀμφοτέροις²⁷ ὁμαίμων τάδ᾽ ἐπισκοπεῖ

Ζεὺς ἑτερορρεπής, νέμων εἰκότως

ἄδικα μὲν κακοῖς, ὅσια δ᾽ ἐννόμοις.

τί τῶνδ᾽ ἐξ ἴσου ῥεπομένων μεταλ-
405

γὲς²⁸ τὸ δίκαιον ἔρξαι;

407

Βασιλευς

δεῖ τοι βαθείας φροντίδος σωτηρίου,

δίκην κολυμβητῆρος, ἐς βυθὸν μολεῖν

δεδορκὸς ὄμμα, μηδ᾽ ἄγαν ᾠνωμένον:²⁹

ὅπως ἄνατα ταῦτα πρῶτα μὲν πόλει,
410

αὐτοῖσί θ᾽ ἡμῖν ἐκτελευτήσει καλῶς,

καὶ μήτε δῆρις ῥυσίων ἐφάψεται

μήτ᾽ ἐν θεῶν ἕδραισιν ὧδ᾽ ἱδρυμένας

ἐκδόντες ὑμᾶς τὸν πανώλεθρον θεὸν

βαρὺν ξύνοικον θησόμεσθ᾽³⁰ ἀλάστορα,
415

ὃς³¹ οὐδ᾽³² ἐν Ἅιδου τὸν θανόντ᾽ ἐλευθεροῖ.

μῶν οὐ δοκεῖ δεῖν³³ φροντίδος σωτηρίου;

418

str. 4

Χορος

φρόντισον καὶ γενοῦ

πανδίκως εὐσεβὴς

πρόξενος: τὰν φυγάδα μὴ προδῷς,
420

τὰν ἕκαθεν ἐκβολαῖς

δυσθέοις ὀρμέναν:³⁴

423

ant. 4

Χορος

μηδ᾽ ἴδῃς μ᾽ ἐξ ἑδρᾶν

πολυθέων ῥυσια-

σθεῖσαν, ὦ πᾶν κράτος ἔχων χθονός.
425

γνῶθι δ᾽ ὕβριν ἀνέρων

καὶ φύλαξαι κότον.

428

str. 5

Χορος

μή τι τλῇς τὰν³⁵ ἱκέτιν εἰσιδεῖν

ἀπὸ βρετέων βίᾳ

δίκας ἀγομέναν
430

ἱππηδὸν ἀμπύκων,

πολυμίτων³⁶ πέπλων τ᾽ ἐπιλαβὰς ἐμῶν.

433

ant. 5

Χορος

ἴσθι γάρ: παισὶ τάδε καὶ δόμοις,

ὁπότερ᾽ ἂν κτίσῃς,

μένει ἄρ᾽ ἐκτίνειν³⁷
435

ὁμοιΐαν³⁸ θέμιν.

τάδε φράσαι δίκαια Διόθεν κράτη.

438

Ἱκέτιδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 348-437 focus

348

Χορός

Παλαίχθονος τέκος, κλῦθί μου

πρόφρονι καρδίᾳ, Πελασγῶν ἄναξ.

ἴδε με τὰν ἱκέτιν φυγάδα περίδρομον,
350

λυκοδίωκτον ὡς δάμαλιν ἂμ πέτραις

ἠλιβάτοις, ἵνʼ ἀλκᾷ πίσυνος μέμυ-

κε φράζουσα βοτῆρι μόχθους.

354

Βασιλεύς

ὁρῶ κλάδοισι νεοδρόποις κατάσκιον

νεύονθʼ ὅμιλον τόνδʼ ἀγωνίων θεῶν.
355

εἴη δʼ ἄνατον πρᾶγμα τοῦτʼ ἀστοξένων.

μηδʼ ἐξ ἀέλπτων κἀπρομηθήτων πόλει

νεῖκος γένηται· τῶν γὰρ οὐ δεῖται πόλις.

359

Χορός

ἴδοιτο δῆτʼ ἄνατον φυγὰν

ἱκεσία Θέμις Διὸς κλαρίου.
360

σὺ δὲ παρʼ ὀψιγόνου μάθε γεραιόφρων·

ποτιτρόπαιον αἰδόμενος οὖνπερ

ἱεροδόκα

θεῶν λήματʼ ἀπʼ ἀνδρὸς ἁγνοῦ.

365

Βασιλεύς

οὔτοι κάθησθε δωμάτων ἐφέστιοι
365

ἐμῶν. τὸ κοινὸν δʼ εἰ μιαίνεται πόλις,

ξυνῇ μελέσθω λαὸς ἐκπονεῖν ἄκη.

ἐγὼ δʼ ἂν οὐ κραίνοιμʼ ὑπόσχεσιν πάρος,

ἀστοῖς δὲ πᾶσι τῶνδε κοινώσας πέρι.

370

Χορός

σύ τοι πόλις, σὺ δὲ τὸ δάμιον.
370

πρύτανις ἄκριτος ὤν,

κρατύνεις βωμόν, ἑστίαν χθονός,

μονοψήφοισι νεύμασιν σέθεν,

μονοσκήπτροισι δʼ ἐν θρόνοις χρέος

πᾶν ἐπικραίνεις· ἄγος φυλάσσου.
375

376

Βασιλεύς

ἄγος μὲν εἴη τοῖς ἐμοῖς παλιγκότοις,

ὑμῖν δʼ ἀρήγειν οὐκ ἔχω βλάβης ἄτερ.

οὐδʼ αὖ τόδʼ εὖφρον, τάσδʼ ἀτιμάσαι λιτάς.

ἀμηχανῶ δὲ καὶ φόβος μʼ ἔχει φρένας

δρᾶσαί τε μὴ δρᾶσαί τε καὶ τύχην ἑλεῖν.
380

381

Χορός

τὸν ὑψόθεν σκοπὸν ἐπισκόπει,

φύλακα πολυπόνων

βροτῶν, οἳ τοῖς πέλας προσήμενοι

δίκας οὐ τυγχάνουσιν ἐννόμου.

μένει τοι Ζηνὸς ἱκταίου κότος
385

δυσπαραθέλκτους παθόντος οἴκτοις.

387

Βασιλεύς

εἴ τοι κρατοῦσι παῖδες Αἰγύπτου σέθεν

νόμῳ πόλεως, φάσκοντες ἐγγύτατα γένους

εἶναι, τίς ἂν τοῖσδʼ ἀντιωθῆναι θέλοι;

δεῖ τοί σε φεύγειν κατὰ νόμους τοὺς οἴκοθεν,
390

ὡς οὐκ ἔχουσιν κῦρος οὐδὲν ἀμφὶ σοῦ.

392

Χορός

μή τί ποτʼ οὖν γενοίμαν ὑποχείριος

κράτεσιν ἀρσένων. ὕπαστρον δέ τοι

μῆχαρ ὁρίζομαι γάμου δύσφρονος

φυγάν· ξύμμαχον δʼ ἑλόμενος δίκαν
395

κρῖνε σέβας τὸ πρὸς θεῶν.

397

Βασιλεύς

οὐκ εὔκριτον τὸ κρῖμα. μή μʼ αἱροῦ κριτήν.

εἶπον δὲ καὶ πρίν, οὐκ ἄνευ δήμου τάδε

πράξαιμʼ ἄν, οὐδέ περ κρατῶν, μὴ καί ποτε

εἴπῃ λεώς, εἴ πού τι μὴ τοῖον τύχοι,
400

ἐπήλυδας τιμῶν ἀπώλεσας πόλιν.

402

Χορός

ἀμφοτέρους ὁμαίμων τάδʼ ἐπισκοπεῖ

Ζεὺς ἑτερορρεπής, νέμων εἰκότως

ἄδικα μὲν κακοῖς, ὅσια δʼ ἐννόμοις.

τί τῶνδʼ ἐξ ἴσου ῥεπομένων μεταλ-
405

γεῖς τὸ δίκαιον ἔρξας;

407

Βασιλεύς

δεῖ τοι βαθείας φροντίδος σωτηρίου,

δίκην κολυμβητῆρος, ἐς βυθὸν μολεῖν

δεδορκὸς ὄμμα, μηδʼ ἄγαν ᾠνωμένον,

ὅπως ἄνατα ταῦτα πρῶτα μὲν πόλει,
410

αὐτοῖσί θʼ ἡμῖν ἐκτελευτήσει καλῶς,

καὶ μήτε δῆρις ῥυσίων ἐφάψεται

μήτʼ ἐν θεῶν ἕδραισιν ὧδʼ ἱδρυμένας

ἐκδόντες ὑμᾶς τὸν πανώλεθρον θεὸν

βαρὺν ξύνοικον θησόμεσθʼ ἀλάστορα,
415

ὃς οὐδʼ ἐν Ἅιδου τὸν θανόντʼ ἐλευθεροῖ.

μῶν οὐ δοκεῖ δεῖν φροντίδος σωτηρίου;

418

Χορός

φρόντισον καὶ γενοῦ

πανδίκως εὐσεβὴς

πρόξενος· τὰν φυγάδα μὴ προδῷς,
420

τὰν ἕκαθεν ἐκβολαῖς

δυσθέοις ὀρμέναν·

423

Χορός

μηδʼ ἴδῃς μʼ ἐξ ἑδρᾶν

πολυθέων ῥυσια-

σθεῖσαν, ὦ πᾶν κράτος ἔχων χθονός.
425

γνῶθι δʼ ὕβριν ἀνέρων

καὶ φύλαξαι κότον.

428

Χορός

μή τι τλῇς τὰν ἱκέτιν εἰσιδεῖν

ἀπὸ βρετέων βίᾳ

δίκας ἀγομέναν
430

ἱππηδὸν ἀμπύκων,

πολυμίτων πέπλων τʼ ἐπιλαβὰς ἐμῶν.

433

Χορός

ἴσθι γάρ· παισὶ τάδε καὶ δόμοις,

ὁπότερʼ ἂν κτίσῃς,

μένει ἄρ ἐκτίνειν
435

ὁμοιΐαν θέμιν.

τάδε φράσαι δίκαια Διόθεν κράτη.

Greek (Editio princeps, 1518) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Suppliants, 1518 edition. Native printed lineation, page markers, and automated correspondence to the Perseus/Smyth edition.) — 348 focus

Χορός

παλαίχθονος τέκος κλῦθί με.

πρόφρονι καρδίᾳ πελασγῶν ἄναξ.

ἴδε μέγαν ἱκετὴν φυγάδα περίδρομον.

λυκόδικτον ὡς δάμαλιν ἀμπέτραις.

– ἠλιβάτοισιν ἀγκά. πίστως μέμυκε φράζου.
300

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Joannes Cornelius de Pauw, 1745.) — 348 focus

Παλαίχθονος τέκος, κλῦθί με

Πρόφρονι καρδία, Πελασγῶν ἄναξ.

Ιδε μέγαν ἱκέτην φυγάδα περίδρομον,

Λευκόστικτον ὡς δάμαλιν ἀμπέτραις

355

Ηλιβάτοισιν. ἀλκᾷ

Πίσυνος μέμυκε φράζε

σα βοτήρι μόχθους. ¹

IAMBΟΙ.

Βα.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 348 focus

Παλαίχθονος τέκος, κλῦθί μου

πρόφρονι καρδίᾳ, Πελασγῶν ἄναξ.

ἴδε με τὰν ἱκέτιν φυγάδα περίδρομον,

λυκοδίωκτον ὡς δάμαλιν ἂμ πέτραις

350

ἠλιβάτοις, ἵν᾿ ἀλκᾷ πίσυνος μέμυκε

φράζουσα βοτῆρι μόχθους.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 348 focus

Παλαίχθονος τέκος, κλύθί μου

πρόφρονι καρδίᾳ, Πελασγῶν ἄναξ.

ἴδε με τὰν ἱκέτιν φυγάδα περίδρομον,
335

λυκοδίωκτον ὡς δάμαλιν ἂμ πέτραις

ἠλιβάτοις, ἵν᾽ ἀλκᾷ πίσυνος μέμυ-

κε φράζουσα βοτῆρι μόχθους.

ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 348 focus

Παλαίχθονος τέκος, κλύθί μου

πρόφρονι καρδίᾳ, Πελασγῶν ἄναξ·

ἴδε με τὰν ἱκέτιν φυγάδα περίδρομον,

λυκοδίωκτον ὡς δάμαλιν ἂμ πέτραις

ἠλιβάτοις, ἵν᾿ ἀλ

350

ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ

ΧΟΡΟΣ

κᾷ πίσυνος μέμυκε φρά-

ζουσα βοτῆρι μόχθους.

Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 348 focus

Παλαίχθονος τέκος, κλύθί μου
350

πρόφρονι καρδίᾳ, Πελασγῶν ἄναξ.

ἴδε με τὸν ἱκέτιν φυγάδα περίδρομον,

¹²³⁴

νεοδρέπτους νεοδρέπτοισ κλάδοισ ante corr. M. paragraphus praefixa in M. nullae personarum notae in M. ὠνοῖτο ὤνοιτο Μ. μεῖζον μείζων ante corr. Μ. γ' γ' τ' supra lineam m. paragraphi praefixae in M. ἐκδοὺς 'κδοὺς 'κδῷσ Μ. ἄρασθαι ἄρασθαι αἴρασθαι (accentu super pa eraso) M. κοινωνὸς κοινωνὸς κοινὸσ (ὸσ in litura) M. πόλεος . . ἐστεμμένην πόλεος . . ἐστεμμένην πόλεωσ . . ἐστεμμένη Μ. nullae personarum notae in M. πέφρικα πέφρικα πέφυκα Μ. λεύσσων λεύσων Μ. τάσδ᾽ ἕδρας τάσδ᾽ ἕδρας τὰσ δέδρα Μ. τέκος τέκοσ τόκοσ Μ. με τὸν με τὰν μέγαν Μ. ἱκέτιν ἱκέτην mut. in ἱκέτιν Μ.

λυκοδίωκτον ὡς

δάμαλιν ἂμ πέτραις

ἠλιβάτοις, ἵν᾿ ἀλκᾷ

355

πίσυνος μέμυκε

φράζουσα βοτῆρι μόχθους.

ΒΑ.

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.)) — 348-435 focus

Son of Palaechthon, lord of the Pelasgians, hear me with a benign heart.

Behold me, your suppliant, a fugitive, running around like a heifer chased by wolves upon precipitous crags, where, confident in his help, she lows to tell the herdsman of her distress.
350

354

King

I see

a company of assembled gods assenting beneath the shade of fresh-plucked boughs. Nevertheless may this affair of claimants to the friendship of our city bring no mischief in its wake! And let no feud come upon the state from causes unforeseen and unforestalled; for the state has no need of such trouble.
355

359

Chorus

Indeed,

may Justice, daughter of Zeus the Apportioner, Justice who protects the suppliant, look upon our flight that it bring no mischief in its wake. But you, aged in experience, learn from one of younger birth. If you show mercy to a suppliant ... from a man of holiness.
360

365

King

It is not my own house at whose hearth you sit. If the state is stained by pollution in its commonalty, in common let the people strive to work out the cure. For myself, I will pledge no promise before I have communicated these events to all the citizens.
365

370

Chorus

You are the state, you are the people. Being subject to no judge, you rule the altar, your country’s hearth by your will’s sole ordinance; and, enthroned in sole sovereignty,
370

you determine every issue. Beware pollution!
375

376

King

Pollution on my enemies! But without harm I do not know how to help you. And yet again, it is not well advised to slight these supplications. I am perplexed, and fear possesses my soul

whether to act, or not to act and take what fortune sends.
380

381

Chorus

Look to him who looks down from above, to him, the guardian of mortals sore-distressed, who appeal to their neighbors, yet do not obtain the justice that is their right.

The wrath of Zeus, the suppliant’s god, remains, and will not be softened by a sufferer’s complaints.
385

387

King

If the sons of Aegyptus have authority over you by the law of your country claiming that they are nearest of kin, who would wish to contest it?

You must plead in accordance with the laws of the land you have fled, that they have no authority over you.
390

392

Chorus

Never, oh never, may I fall subject to the power and authority of these men. I am determined to flee to escape this marriage that offends my soul, piloting my course by the stars.

Take Justice as your ally, and render judgment for the cause deemed righteous by the gods.
395

397

King

The judgment is not easy—do not make me the judge. I have declared already that, though I am ruler, I will not do this thing without the consent of my people, lest hereafter,

if any evil befall, the people should say, You honored aliens and brought ruin upon your own land.
400

402

Chorus

Kindred to both in blood, Zeus surveys both sides alike in this dispute with an impartial scale, apportioning, as is due, to the wicked their wrongdoing and to the godly their works of righteousness.

When these things are thus equally balanced, why do you fear to act justly?
405

407

King

Surely there is need of deep and salutary counsel; need for a keen-sighted eye, not confused, to descend, like some diver, into the depths;

that to the state above all things this matter may not work mischief, but may end well for us; that strife may not seize you for its prize, nor yet that we surrender you from these seats of sanctuary,
410

and bring upon ourselves the dire, abiding vengeance of the all-destroying god, who, even in the realm of Death, does not set his victim free. Surely you cannot think there is no need of salutary counsel?
415

418

Chorus

Take counsel, and, as is your sacred duty, prove yourself our sacred

champion. Do not betray the fugitive who has been impiously cast out and driven from afar.
420

423

And see me not ravished from this sanctuary of many gods,

oh you who hold sovereign power over the land. Recognize men’s wantonness, and guard against wrath.
425

428

Do not see your suppliant dragged, in spite of justice, from the images of the gods,

like a horse by the bridle, and see rude hands laid upon my fine-woven robes.
430

433

For be assured of this—whichever end you bring to pass, to your children and house

does it remain to make full payment.¹Consider these just ordinances of God.
435

The Suppliant Women. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliant Women.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 348 focus

Son of Palacthon, hear me with willing heart, king of the Pelasgians. Behold me a suppliant, an exile, a wanderer, like a white-spotted heifer on the lofty rocks, where trusting for aid she lows telling to the herdsman her troubles.

PELASGUS

LES SUPPLIANTES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SUPPLIANTES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 348 focus

Respecte pareilles offrandes à la poupe du vaisseau argien.

LE ROI.

Je frémis à voir nos autels ombragés de ces rameaux.

LE CORYPHÉE.

Avoue-le: il est terrible aussi le cour- roux de Zeus Suppliant!

Agité.

LE CHOEUR.

O fils de Palaichtôn, prince des Pélasges, prête-moi un cœur bienveillant. Vois ici une suppliante, une
fugitive éperdue, semblable à la génisse pourchassée du loup,

LES SUPPLIANTES

LE CHOEUR.

qui s'assure au secours de rocs

The Suppliants (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliants. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 348 focus

Son of Palæcthon, hear me; with an heart

Prompt to relieve, king of Pelafgia, hear.

Behold me ſupplicant, an exile, wand'ring,.

415

Like the poor lamb, that on the craggy ſteep

Raiſes her mournful voice, ſecure of help,

And warns her faithful keeper of her danger.

PELASGUS.

Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 348 focus

O di Palètone figliuolo, ascoltami,

370

re dei Pelasgi, con cuor benevolo.

Vedi me supplice, raminga, profuga,

come giovenca che il lupo incalza

sovra erta balza,

che al sommo vertice giunta, secura

375

leva il suo mugghio,

narra al bifolco la sua iattura.

PELASGO

Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 348 focus

Antiquæ terræ fili audi me,

Prompto corde Pelaſgorum rex.

Vide magnum ſupplicem exulem circa currentem

330

Tanqnam albam uitulam in petris

Excelsis ſubſidium credulum reboat

Dicens labores bubulco.

Rex

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.) — 348 focus

Child of Palaichthon, royal chief

Of thy Pelasgians, hear!

Bow down thine heart to my relief—

A fugitive, a suppliant, swift with fear,

A creature whom the wild wolves chase
385

O'er toppling crags; in piteous case

Aloud, afar she lows,

Calling the herdsman's trusty arm to save her from her foes!

The King of Argos

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.) — 348 focus

Palächthons theurer Sohn, höre mich
330

Mit huldreichem Sinn, hoher Pelasgerfürst!

Schaue mich flüchtige, schußflehende, zitternde,

Gleich dem gescheuchten Lamm, das an der Felsenwand

Schwindelnden Höhen irrt! Hoffend auf Hülfe, blöckt es,

Und kündet sein Leid dem Hirten.
335

Der König.

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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ἴδοιτο δῆτ᾽ ἄνατον: Libri

ἰδοῖτο δῆτα τὰν ἄνατον

. Turn.

ἴδοι τὰν ἄνατον

. Correxit Pauwius.

344

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κλαρίου:

ἱλαρίου

G. Pausanias VIII. 53, 9.

τὸ δὲ χωρίον τὸ ὑψηλόν, ἐφ᾽ οὗ καὶ οἱ βωμοὶ Τεγεάταις εἰσὶν οἱ πολλοί, καλεῖται μὲν Διὸς κλαρίου, δῆλα δὲ ὡς ἐγένετο ἡ ἐπίκλησις τῷ θεῷ τοῦ κλήρου τῶν παίδων εἵνεκα τῶν ᾿Αρκάδος

345

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γεραιόφρων: Libri

γεραφρόνων

. Turnebus

γέρων ὤν

. Scribendum esse

γεραιόφρων

vidit etiam Burgesius. Audacius rupes

οἰόφρων

dicitur v. 764.

346

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αἰδόμενος οὐ πενεῖ καλλιπότμου τύχας. ἱεροδόκα πέλει θεῶν λήματ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ἀνδρὸς:

αιδόμενος

Μ. G.

αιδούμενος

Ald. Rob. Turn.

οὖνπερ ἱεροδόκα θεῶν

Μ. G. E. Rob.

οὗπερ ἱεροδόκα θεῶν

Turnebus. In librorum scriptura scholiastae indicio, qui

οὐ πτωχεύσεις

adscripsit, latere

où πενεῖ

indicavi in praefatione Ionis Euripidei p. XIV. Excidit qui sequebatur dochmiacus, ea sententia quam his verbis,

καλλιπότμου τύχας

, indicavi. Alteram in hoc versu lacunam, quae post

ἱεροδόκα

est, addito

πέλει

explevi.

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λήματ':

λήματ'

Μ. G. Rob.

λήμματ'

inde a Turnebo vulgatum.

349

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ἀπ᾽ ἀνδρὸς:

ἀπ' ἀνδρὸς

etiam M.

349

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

182-532. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg001-wecklein1902-com-ger1-85

erstes Epeisodion. 1. Szene (182—239): Danaos und der Koryphaios. Danaos kündigt das Nahen des Königs an und gibt seinen Töchtern Verhaltungsmaß- regeln. 2. Szene (240 - 349): Pelas- gos und die Vorigen. Die Danaiden erklären ihre Herkunft von Argos und erflehen als ungerecht Ver- folgte den Schutz des Argivischen Königs. Dieser ist bedenklich wegen der schweren Folgen, welche die Zusage des Schutzes für sein Land haben kann. 3. Kommos (350-422): Fortsetzung der Bitte. 4. Chorikon (423-446), welches das Nachsinnen des Königs zu Gunsten der Da- naiden zu wenden sucht. 5. Dialog des Königs, des Koryphaios und des Danaos (447-532): Der König offenbart seinen Entschluß die Entscheidung dem Volke anheim- zugeben.

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⁴

Schweren Bedenken unter- liegt dein Wunsch, wenn du ver- langst, daß ich mich in einen aben- teuerlichen Krieg stürze". νέον wie 720, 961, 1027, νέα ἄχη Pers.

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⁵

⁶

„,Da uns das Recht zur Seite steht, so erfreuen sich unsere Helfer des Schutzes der Dike, müssen also siegen". Andere fassen die Worte in dem Sinne:,,Dike schützt diejenigen, welche mit ihr im Bunde stehen (vgl. 400)". Aber diesem Gedanken entspricht die folgende Einschränkung nicht.

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⁸

Mit den Worten,,Ich glaube es, wenn anders euer Handeln von Anfang an mit den Grundsätzen des Rechts übereinstimmte" läßt der König die Möglichkeit offen, daß das Verfahren der Danaiden gegen die Ägyptiaden nicht ganz einwandfrei gewesen. Damit wer- den spätere Verhandlungen in den folgenden Stücken der Trilogie vor- bereitet und wird die Niederlage der Argiver motiviert.

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¹⁰

Die Bedenken des Königs fertigt die Danaide kurz und ent- schieden ab mit dem Hinweis auf die Pflichten gegen Schutzflehende. Vgl. 397 ff. πρύμνα (als Sitz des Steuermanns) πόλεος (Sieb. 2, vgl. πρυμνήτης ἄναξ Eum. 16) von dem Altare, welcher als πρυτανείον und Regierungssitz betrachtet wird.

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¹¹

¹²

κατασκίους: ἐστεμμένους, Schol. τοῖς θαλλοῖς ἱκετηρίων κλά- δων πεπληρωμένους.

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¹⁴

Vgl. Apoll. Rhod. II 215 ἱκεσίου πρὸς Ζηνὸς ὅτις ῥίγιστος ἀλιτροῖς ἀνδράσι.

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¹⁶

Kommos, in welchem die Gründe für und gegen erörtert werden. Auf jede Strophe und Antistrophe des Chors folgen fünf Trimeter des Königs; nur den Ab- schluß der Partie bilden 11 Tri- meter. im

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Χορος φρόντισον καὶ γενοῦ πανδίκως εὐσεβὴς πρόξενος: τὰν φυγάδα μὴ προδῷς, 420 τὰν ἕκαθεν ἐκβολαῖς δυσθέοις ὀρμέναν: 34 423

Χορος μηδ᾽ ἴδῃς μ᾽ ἐξ ἑδρᾶν πολυθέων ῥυσια- σθεῖσαν, ὦ πᾶν κράτος ἔχων χθονός. 425 γνῶθι δ᾽ ὕβριν ἀνέρων καὶ φύλαξαι κότον. 428

Χορος μή τι τλῇς τὰν 35 ἱκέτιν εἰσιδεῖν ἀπὸ βρετέων βίᾳ δίκας ἀγομέναν 430 ἱππηδὸν ἀμπύκων, πολυμίτων 36 πέπλων τ᾽ ἐπιλαβὰς ἐμῶν. 433

Χορος ἴσθι γάρ: παισὶ τάδε καὶ δόμοις, ὁπότερ᾽ ἂν κτίσῃς, μένει ἄρ᾽ ἐκτίνειν 37 435 ὁμοιΐαν 38 θέμιν. τάδε φράσαι δίκαια Διόθεν κράτη. 438

Χορός φρόντισον καὶ γενοῦ πανδίκως εὐσεβὴς πρόξενος· τὰν φυγάδα μὴ προδῷς, 420 τὰν ἕκαθεν ἐκβολαῖς δυσθέοις ὀρμέναν·

Χορός μηδʼ ἴδῃς μʼ ἐξ ἑδρᾶν πολυθέων ῥυσια- σθεῖσαν, ὦ πᾶν κράτος ἔχων χθονός. 425 γνῶθι δʼ ὕβριν ἀνέρων καὶ φύλαξαι κότον.

Χορός μή τι τλῇς τὰν ἱκέτιν εἰσιδεῖν ἀπὸ βρετέων βίᾳ δίκας ἀγομέναν 430 ἱππηδὸν ἀμπύκων, πολυμίτων πέπλων τʼ ἐπιλαβὰς ἐμῶν.

Χορός ἴσθι γάρ· παισὶ τάδε καὶ δόμοις, ὁπότερʼ ἂν κτίσῃς, μένει ἄρ ἐκτίνειν 435 ὁμοιΐαν θέμιν. τάδε φράσαι δίκαια Διόθεν κράτη.

IAMBΟΙ.

Βα.

Παλαίχθονος τέκος, κλῦθί μου

ΧΟΡΟΣ κᾷ πίσυνος μέμυκε φρά- ζουσα βοτῆρι μόχθους.

Παλαίχθονος τέκος, κλύθί μου 350 πρόφρονι καρδίᾳ, Πελασγῶν ἄναξ. ἴδε με τὸν ἱκέτιν φυγάδα περίδρομον,

ΒΑ.

Son of Palaechthon, lord of the Pelasgians, hear me with a benign heart. Behold me, your suppliant, a fugitive, running around like a heifer chased by wolves upon precipitous crags, where, confident in his help, she lows to tell the herdsman of her distress. 350

Chorus Indeed, may Justice, daughter of Zeus the Apportioner, Justice who protects the suppliant, look upon our flight that it bring no mischief in its wake. But you, aged in experience, learn from one of younger birth. If you show mercy to a suppliant ... from a man of holiness. 360

King It is not my own house at whose hearth you sit. If the state is stained by pollution in its commonalty, in common let the people strive to work out the cure. For myself, I will pledge no promise before I have communicated these events to all the citizens. 365

Chorus You are the state, you are the people. Being subject to no judge, you rule the altar, your country’s hearth by your will’s sole ordinance; and, enthroned in sole sovereignty, 370 you determine every issue. Beware pollution! 375

King Pollution on my enemies! But without harm I do not know how to help you. And yet again, it is not well advised to slight these supplications. I am perplexed, and fear possesses my soul whether to act, or not to act and take what fortune sends. 380

Chorus Look to him who looks down from above, to him, the guardian of mortals sore-distressed, who appeal to their neighbors, yet do not obtain the justice that is their right. The wrath of Zeus, the suppliant’s god, remains, and will not be softened by a sufferer’s complaints. 385

King If the sons of Aegyptus have authority over you by the law of your country claiming that they are nearest of kin, who would wish to contest it? You must plead in accordance with the laws of the land you have fled, that they have no authority over you. 390

Chorus Never, oh never, may I fall subject to the power and authority of these men. I am determined to flee to escape this marriage that offends my soul, piloting my course by the stars. Take Justice as your ally, and render judgment for the cause deemed righteous by the gods. 395

King The judgment is not easy—do not make me the judge. I have declared already that, though I am ruler, I will not do this thing without the consent of my people, lest hereafter, if any evil befall, the people should say, You honored aliens and brought ruin upon your own land. 400

Chorus Kindred to both in blood, Zeus surveys both sides alike in this dispute with an impartial scale, apportioning, as is due, to the wicked their wrongdoing and to the godly their works of righteousness. When these things are thus equally balanced, why do you fear to act justly? 405

Chorus Take counsel, and, as is your sacred duty, prove yourself our sacred champion. Do not betray the fugitive who has been impiously cast out and driven from afar. 420

And see me not ravished from this sanctuary of many gods, oh you who hold sovereign power over the land. Recognize men’s wantonness, and guard against wrath. 425

Do not see your suppliant dragged, in spite of justice, from the images of the gods, like a horse by the bridle, and see rude hands laid upon my fine-woven robes. 430

For be assured of this—whichever end you bring to pass, to your children and house does it remain to make full payment. 1 Consider these just ordinances of God. 435

PELASGUS

LE ROI. Je frémis à voir nos autels ombragés de ces rameaux.

LE CORYPHÉE. Avoue-le: il est terrible aussi le cour- roux de Zeus Suppliant!

LE CHOEUR. O fils de Palaichtôn, prince des Pélasges, prête-moi un cœur bienveillant. Vois ici une suppliante, une fugitive éperdue, semblable à la génisse pourchassée du loup,

LE CHOEUR. qui s'assure au secours de rocs

PELASGUS.

PELASGO

Rex

Child of Palaichthon, royal chief Of thy Pelasgians, hear! Bow down thine heart to my relief— A fugitive, a suppliant, swift with fear, A creature whom the wild wolves chase 385 O'er toppling crags; in piteous case Aloud, afar she lows, Calling the herdsman's trusty arm to save her from her foes!

The King of Argos

Palächthons theurer Sohn, höre mich 330 Mit huldreichem Sinn, hoher Pelasgerfürst! Schaue mich flüchtige, schußflehende, zitternde, Gleich dem gescheuchten Lamm, das an der Felsenwand Schwindelnden Höhen irrt! Hoffend auf Hülfe, blöckt es, Und kündet sein Leid dem Hirten. 335

Der König.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

Χορος

φρόντισον καὶ γενοῦ

πανδίκως εὐσεβὴς

πρόξενος: τὰν φυγάδα μὴ προδῷς,
420

τὰν ἕκαθεν ἐκβολαῖς

δυσθέοις ὀρμέναν:³⁴

423

Χορος

μηδ᾽ ἴδῃς μ᾽ ἐξ ἑδρᾶν

πολυθέων ῥυσια-

σθεῖσαν, ὦ πᾶν κράτος ἔχων χθονός.
425

γνῶθι δ᾽ ὕβριν ἀνέρων

καὶ φύλαξαι κότον.

428

Χορος

μή τι τλῇς τὰν³⁵ ἱκέτιν εἰσιδεῖν

ἀπὸ βρετέων βίᾳ

δίκας ἀγομέναν
430

ἱππηδὸν ἀμπύκων,

πολυμίτων³⁶ πέπλων τ᾽ ἐπιλαβὰς ἐμῶν.

433

Χορος

ἴσθι γάρ: παισὶ τάδε καὶ δόμοις,

ὁπότερ᾽ ἂν κτίσῃς,

μένει ἄρ᾽ ἐκτίνειν³⁷
435

ὁμοιΐαν³⁸ θέμιν.

τάδε φράσαι δίκαια Διόθεν κράτη.

438

Χορός

φρόντισον καὶ γενοῦ

πανδίκως εὐσεβὴς

πρόξενος· τὰν φυγάδα μὴ προδῷς,
420

τὰν ἕκαθεν ἐκβολαῖς

δυσθέοις ὀρμέναν·

Χορός

μηδʼ ἴδῃς μʼ ἐξ ἑδρᾶν

πολυθέων ῥυσια-

σθεῖσαν, ὦ πᾶν κράτος ἔχων χθονός.
425

γνῶθι δʼ ὕβριν ἀνέρων

καὶ φύλαξαι κότον.

Χορός

μή τι τλῇς τὰν ἱκέτιν εἰσιδεῖν

ἀπὸ βρετέων βίᾳ

δίκας ἀγομέναν
430

ἱππηδὸν ἀμπύκων,

πολυμίτων πέπλων τʼ ἐπιλαβὰς ἐμῶν.

Χορός

ἴσθι γάρ· παισὶ τάδε καὶ δόμοις,

ὁπότερʼ ἂν κτίσῃς,

μένει ἄρ ἐκτίνειν
435

ὁμοιΐαν θέμιν.

τάδε φράσαι δίκαια Διόθεν κράτη.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

κᾷ πίσυνος μέμυκε φρά-

ζουσα βοτῆρι μόχθους.

Παλαίχθονος τέκος, κλύθί μου
350

πρόφρονι καρδίᾳ, Πελασγῶν ἄναξ.

ἴδε με τὸν ἱκέτιν φυγάδα περίδρομον,

Son of Palaechthon, lord of the Pelasgians, hear me with a benign heart.

Behold me, your suppliant, a fugitive, running around like a heifer chased by wolves upon precipitous crags, where, confident in his help, she lows to tell the herdsman of her distress.
350

Chorus

Indeed,

may Justice, daughter of Zeus the Apportioner, Justice who protects the suppliant, look upon our flight that it bring no mischief in its wake. But you, aged in experience, learn from one of younger birth. If you show mercy to a suppliant ... from a man of holiness.
360

King

It is not my own house at whose hearth you sit. If the state is stained by pollution in its commonalty, in common let the people strive to work out the cure. For myself, I will pledge no promise before I have communicated these events to all the citizens.
365

Chorus

You are the state, you are the people. Being subject to no judge, you rule the altar, your country’s hearth by your will’s sole ordinance; and, enthroned in sole sovereignty,
370

you determine every issue. Beware pollution!
375

King

Pollution on my enemies! But without harm I do not know how to help you. And yet again, it is not well advised to slight these supplications. I am perplexed, and fear possesses my soul

whether to act, or not to act and take what fortune sends.
380

Chorus

Look to him who looks down from above, to him, the guardian of mortals sore-distressed, who appeal to their neighbors, yet do not obtain the justice that is their right.

The wrath of Zeus, the suppliant’s god, remains, and will not be softened by a sufferer’s complaints.
385

King

If the sons of Aegyptus have authority over you by the law of your country claiming that they are nearest of kin, who would wish to contest it?

You must plead in accordance with the laws of the land you have fled, that they have no authority over you.
390

Chorus

Never, oh never, may I fall subject to the power and authority of these men. I am determined to flee to escape this marriage that offends my soul, piloting my course by the stars.

Take Justice as your ally, and render judgment for the cause deemed righteous by the gods.
395

King

The judgment is not easy—do not make me the judge. I have declared already that, though I am ruler, I will not do this thing without the consent of my people, lest hereafter,

if any evil befall, the people should say, You honored aliens and brought ruin upon your own land.
400

Chorus

Kindred to both in blood, Zeus surveys both sides alike in this dispute with an impartial scale, apportioning, as is due, to the wicked their wrongdoing and to the godly their works of righteousness.

When these things are thus equally balanced, why do you fear to act justly?
405

Chorus

Take counsel, and, as is your sacred duty, prove yourself our sacred

champion. Do not betray the fugitive who has been impiously cast out and driven from afar.
420

And see me not ravished from this sanctuary of many gods,

oh you who hold sovereign power over the land. Recognize men’s wantonness, and guard against wrath.
425

Do not see your suppliant dragged, in spite of justice, from the images of the gods,

like a horse by the bridle, and see rude hands laid upon my fine-woven robes.
430

For be assured of this—whichever end you bring to pass, to your children and house

does it remain to make full payment.¹Consider these just ordinances of God.
435

LE ROI.

Je frémis à voir nos autels ombragés de ces rameaux.

LE CORYPHÉE.

Avoue-le: il est terrible aussi le cour- roux de Zeus Suppliant!

LE CHOEUR.

O fils de Palaichtôn, prince des Pélasges, prête-moi un cœur bienveillant. Vois ici une suppliante, une
fugitive éperdue, semblable à la génisse pourchassée du loup,

LE CHOEUR.

qui s'assure au secours de rocs

Palächthons theurer Sohn, höre mich
330

Mit huldreichem Sinn, hoher Pelasgerfürst!

Schaue mich flüchtige, schußflehende, zitternde,

Gleich dem gescheuchten Lamm, das an der Felsenwand

Schwindelnden Höhen irrt! Hoffend auf Hülfe, blöckt es,

Und kündet sein Leid dem Hirten.
335