Supplices. Aeschylus. ed. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff. Berolini. 1914.
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Ἱκέτιδες First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 524-599 focus
Χορος
ἄναξ ἀνάκτων, μακάρων
μακάρτατε καὶ τελέων
525
τελειότατον κράτος, ὄλβιε Ζεῦ,
ἄλευσον ἀνδρῶν ὕβριν εὖ στυγήσας:
λίμνᾳ δ᾽ ἔμβαλε πορφυροειδεῖ
3
τὰν μελανόζυγ᾽ ἄταν.
530
531
Χορος
τὸ πρὸς γυναικῶν <δ᾽
4
> ἐπιδὼν
παλαίφατον ἁμέτερον
γένος φιλίας προγόνου γυναικὸς
νέωσον εὔφρον᾽ αἶνον,
γενοῦ πολυμνάστωρ, ἔφαπτορ
5
Ἰοῦς,
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Δῖαι
6
τοι γένος εὐχόμεθ᾽ εἶναι
γᾶς ἀπὸ τᾶσδ᾽ ἄποικοι.
7
538
Χορος
παλαιὸν δ᾽ εἰς ἴχνος μετέσταν
ματέρος ἀνθονόμους ἐπωπάς,
λειμῶνα βούχιλον, ἔνθεν Ἰὼ
540
οἴστρῳ ἐρεσσομένα
φεύγει ἁμαρτίνοος,
πολλὰ βροτῶν διαμειβομένα
φῦλα, διχῇ δ᾽ ἀντίπορον
γαῖαν ἐν αἴσᾳ διατέμ-
545
νουσα πόρον κυματίαν ὁρίζει:
547
Χορος
ἰάπτει δ᾽ Ἀσίδος
8
δι᾽ αἴας
μηλοβότου Φρυγίας διαμπάξ:
περᾷ δὲ Τεύθραντος ἄστυ Μυσῶν,
9
καὶ δι᾽ ὀρῶν
12
Κιλίκων
Παμφύλων τε [γένη
13
] διορνυμένα
καὶ βαθύπλουτον χθόνα καὶ
τὰν
16
Ἀφροδίτας πολύπυρον αἶαν.
555
556
Χορος
ἱκνεῖται δ᾽ †εἰσικνουμένου
17
βέλει
βουκόλου πτερόεντος
Δῖον πάμβοτον ἄλσος,
λειμῶνα χιονόβοσκον, ὅντ᾽ ἐπέρχεται
Τυφῶ μένος,
560
ὕδωρ τε
18
Νείλου νόσοις ἄθικτον,
μαινομένα πόνοις ἀτί-
μοις ὀδύναις τε κεντροδα-
λήτισι
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θυιὰς Ἥρας.
565
Χορος
βροτοὶ δ᾽, οἳ γᾶς τότ᾽ ἦσαν ἔννομοι,
565
χλωρῷ δείματι
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θυμὸν
πάλλοντ᾽ ὄψιν ἀήθη,
βοτὸν
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ἐσορῶντες δυσχερὲς μιξόμβροτον,
τὰν μὲν βοός,
τὰν δ᾽ αὖ γυναικός: τέρας δ᾽ ἐθάμβουν.
22
570
καὶ τότε
23
δὴ τίς ἦν ὁ θέλ-
ξας πολύπλαγκτον ἀθλίαν
οἰστροδόνητον Ἰώ;
574
Χορος
δι᾽
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αἰῶνος κρέων ἀπαύστου
χειρὸς
27
δ᾽ ἀπημάντῳ σθένει
καὶ θείαις ἐπιπνοίαις
παύεται, δακρύων δ᾽ ἀπο-
στάζει πένθιμον αἰδῶ.
λαβοῦσα δ᾽ ἕρμα Δῖον ἀψευδεῖ λόγῳ
580
γείνατο παῖδ᾽ ἀμεμφῆ,
582
Χορος
δι᾽ αἰῶνος μακροῦ πάνολβον:
ἔνθεν πᾶσα βοᾷ χθών,
Ζηνός ἐστιν ἀληθῶς:
585
τίς γὰρ ἂν κατέπαυσεν Ἥ-
ρας νόσους ἐπιβούλους;”
Διὸς τόδ᾽ ἔργον: καὶ τόδ᾽ ἂν γένος λέγων
ἐξ Ἐπάφου κυρήσαις.
590
Χορος
τίν᾽ ἂν θεῶν ἐνδικωτέροισιν
590
κεκλοίμαν εὐλόγως ἐπ᾽ ἔργοις;
<αὐτὸς
30
> πατὴρ φυτουργὸς αὐτόχειρ ἄναξ
γένους παλαιόφρων μέγας
τέκτων, τὸ πᾶν μῆχαρ οὔριος Ζεύς.
595
Ἱκέτιδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 524-599 focus
Χορός
ἄναξ ἀνάκτων, μακάρων
μακάρτατε καὶ τελέων
525
τελειότατον κράτος, ὄλβιε Ζεῦ,
πιθοῦ τε καὶ γένει σῷ
ἄλευσον ἀνδρῶν ὕβριν εὖ στυγήσας.
λίμνᾳ δʼ ἔμβαλε πορφυροειδεῖ
τὰν μελανόζυγʼ ἄταν.
530
Χορός
τὸ πρὸς γυναικῶν
δʼ ἐπιδὼν
παλαίφατον ἁμέτερον
γένος φιλίας προγόνου γυναικὸς
νέωσον εὔφρονʼ αἶνον,
γενοῦ πολυμνάστωρ, ἔφαπτορ Ἰοῦς·
535
Δῖαί τοι γένος εὐχόμεθʼ εἶναι
γᾶς ἀπὸ τᾶσδʼ ἄποικοι.
Χορός
παλαιὸν, δʼ εἰς ἴχνος μετέσταν
ματέρος ἀνθονόμους ἐπωπάς,
λειμῶνα βούχιλον, ἔνθεν Ἰὼ
540
οἴστρῳ ἐρεθομένα
φεύγει ἁμαρτίνοος,
πολλὰ βροτῶν διαμειβομένα
φῦλα, διχῇ δʼ ἀντίπορον
γαῖαν ἐν αἴσᾳ διατέμ-
545
νουσα πόρον κυματίαν ὁρίζει·
Χορός
ἰάπτει δʼ Ἀσίδος διʼ αἴας
μηλοβότου Φρυγίας διαμπάξ.
περᾷ δὲ Τεύθραντος ἄστυ Μυσῶν,
Λύδιά τε γύαλα,
550
καὶ διʼ ὀρῶν Κιλίκων
Παμφύλων τε
γένη διορνυμένα
καί ποταμοὺς ἀενάους
καὶ βαθύπλουτον χθόνα καὶ
τὰν Ἀφροδίτας πολύπυρον αἶαν.
555
Χορός
ἱκνεῖται δὴ σινουμένα βέλει
βουκόλου πτερόεντος
Δῖον πάμβοτον ἄλσος,
λειμῶνα χιονόβοσκον, ὅντʼ ἐπέρχεται
Τυφῶ μένος,
560
ὕδωρ τε Νείλου νόσοις ἄθικτον,
μαινομένα πόνοις ἀτί-
μοις ὀδύναις τε κεντροδα-
λήτισι, θυιὰς Ἥρας.
Χορός
βροτοὶ δʼ, οἳ γᾶς τότʼ ἦσαν ἔννομοι
565
χλωρῷ δείματι θυμὸν
πάλλοντʼ ὄψιν ἀήθη,
βοτὸν ἐσορῶντες δυσχερὲς μειξόμβροτον,
τὰν μὲν βοός,
τὰν δʼ αὖ γυναικός· τέρας δʼ ἐθάμβουν.
570
καὶ τότε δὴ τίς ἦν ὁ θέλ-
ξας πολύπλαγκτον ἀθλίαν
οἰστροδόνητον Ἰώ;
Χορός
διʼ αἰῶνος κρέων ἀπαύστου
Ζεὺς
575
Διὸς δʼ ἀπημάντῳ σθένει
καὶ θείαις ἐπιπνοίαις
παύεται, δακρύων δʼ ἀπο-
στάζει πένθιμον αἰδῶ.
λαβοῦσα δʼ ἕρμα Δῖον ἀψευδεῖ λόγῳ
580
γείνατο παῖδʼ ἀμεμφῆ,
Χορός
διʼ αἰῶνος μακροῦ πάνολβον·
ἔνθεν πᾶσα βοᾷ χθών,
φυσιζόου γένος τόδε
Ζηνός ἐστιν ἀληθῶς·
585
τίς γὰρ ἂν κατέπαυσεν Ἥ-
ρας νόσους ἐπιβούλους;
Διὸς τόδʼ ἔργον καὶ τόδʼ ἂν γένος λέγων
ἐξ Ἐπάφου κυρήσαις.
Χορός
τίνʼ ἂν θεῶν ἐνδικωτέροισιν
590
κεκλοίμαν εὐλόγως ἐπʼ ἔργοις;
αὐτὸς ὁ πατὴρ φυτουργὸς αὐτόχειρ ἄναξ
γένους παλαιόφρων μέγας
τέκτων, τὸ πᾶν μῆχαρ οὔριος Ζεύς.
Χορός
ὑπʼ ἀρχᾶς δʼ οὔ τινος θοάζων
595
τὸ μεῖον κρεισσόνων κρατύνει.
οὔτινος ἄνωθεν ἡμένου σέβει κράτη.
πάρεστι δʼ ἔργον ὡς ἔπος
σπεῦσαί τι τῶν βούλιος φέρει φρήν.
Greek (Editio princeps, 1518) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Suppliants, 1518 edition. Native printed lineation, page markers, and automated correspondence to the Perseus/Smyth edition.) — 531 focus
Χορός
ζύγαταν.
τὸ πρὸς γυναικῶν ἐπιδών. παλαίφατον ἀμέτερον.
γένος, φιλίας προγόνου γυναικός.
νέωσον εὔφρον' αἶνον. γενοῦ πολυμνήστωρ ἐφά-
470
πτωρ ἰοῦς.
δῖάτοι γένος οἰχόμεθ' εἶναι. γᾶς ἀπὸ τᾶς δ' ἔνοικοι.
Ι Κ Ε Τ Ι Δ Ε Σ . 106
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Joannes Cornelius de Pauw, 1745.) — 531 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 531 focus
τὸ πρὸς γυναικῶν ἐπιδὼν
παλαίφατον ἁμέτερον
γένος φιλίας προγόνου γυναικὸς
νέωσον εὔφρον αἶνον,
γενοῦ πολυμνᾶστορ ἔφαπτορ Ἰοῦς,
535
δι ἷς τοι γένος εὐχόμεθ᾽ εἶναι
γᾶς ἀπὸ τᾶσδ᾽ ἔνοικοι.
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 531 focus
τὸ πρὸς γυναικῶν ἐπιδὼν
515
παλαίφατον ἁμέτερον
γένος φιλίας προγόνου γυναικός,
νέωσον εὔφρον αἶνον,
γενοῦ πολυμνῆστορ, ἐφάπτορ Ἰοῦς.
δίας τοι γένος εὐχόμεθ᾽ εἶναι
520
γᾶς ἀπὸ τᾶσδ᾽ ἔνοικοι.
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ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 531 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 531 focus
τὸ πρὸς γυναικῶν ἐπιδὼν
540
παλαίφατον ἁμέτερον
γένος φιλίας προγόνου γυναικὸς
νέωσον εὔφρον᾽ αἶνον,
γενοῦ πολυμνῆστορ ἔφαπτορ Ἰοῦς·
Δίας τοι γένος εὐχόμεθ᾽ εἶναι
545
γᾶς ἀπὸ τᾶσδ᾽ ἔνοικοι.
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.)) — 524-595 focus
Chorus
Lord of lords,
most blessed among the blessed, power most perfect among the perfect, O blessed Zeus, hear! And from your offspring ward off in utter abhorrence the lust of men, and into the purple sea cast
525
their black-benched madness!
530
Chorus
Look benignly upon the women’s cause, look upon our race ancient in story, and recall the happy tale of our ancestress, the woman of your love.
Show that you remember all, you who laid your hand upon Io. It is from Zeus that we claim descent, and it is from this, our homeland, that we went forth.
535
Chorus
I have come here to the prints of ancient feet, my mother’s, even to the region where she was watched while she browsed among the flowers—
into that pasture, from which Io, tormented by the gad-fly’s sting, fled in frenzy, traversing many tribes of men, and
540
according to fate, cut in two the surging strait, marking off the land upon the farther shore.
545
Chorus
and the hollow vales of
Lydia
, across the mountains of the Cilicians and the Pamphylians, speeding over ever-flowing rivers and earth deep and rich, and
550
the land of Aphrodite that teems with wheat.
555
Chorus
Harassed by the sting of the winged herdsman she gains at last the fertile groves sacred to Zeus, that snow-fed pasture assailed
by Typho’s fury, and the water of the
Nile
that no disease may touch—maddened by her ignominious toils and frenzied with the pain of Hera’s torturing goad.
560
Chorus
And mortals, who in those days dwelled in the land, shook with pallid terror at the terrible sight as they beheld a being fearsome, half-human, part cow
565
and part of woman; and they were astonished at the monstrous thing. And then, at last, who was it who calmed the far-wandering, the wretched, the sting-tormented Io?
570
Chorus
Zeus, it was, through endless time, the lord,
. . . and by the unharming might of his hand, and by his divine breath, she gained rest, and let fall the sorrowing shame of tears.
575
And, taking Zeus as her support, according to a true story, she bore a blameless son—
580
Chorus
Throughout long ages blessed. All the earth cries aloud,
This is in very truth the offspring of life-giving Zeus; for who else could have endured the suffering plotted by Hera? Call this the work of Zeus and this his race sprung from Epaphus and you will hit the truth.
Chorus
Which of the gods has accomplished deeds which, with good reason, warrant more justly my appeal to him? Father himself and lord, he planted us with his own hand; he is the mighty fashioner of our race, ancient in wisdom, who devises everything, whose breath makes all things prosper, Zeus himself.
590
Chorus
He does not sit upon his throne by mandate of another and hold his dominion beneath a mightier. No one sits above him whose power he holds in awe. He speaks, and it is done—he hastens to execute whatever his counselling mind conceives.
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595
The Suppliant Women. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliant Women.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 531 focus
LES SUPPLIANTES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SUPPLIANTES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 531 focus
Propice à la cause des femmes, vois l'antiquité de leur race ; leur aïeule jadis te fut chère : renouvelle la légende de ta
bonté. Souviens-toi, toi dont la main toucha Io! Nous sommes filles de Zeus, et c'est de ce rivage qu'est
bonté. Souviens-toi, toi dont la main toucha Io! Nous sommes filles de Zeus, et c'est de ce rivage qu'est
The Suppliants (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliants. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 531 focus
If Argive lö's blooming grace
Cou'd e'er thy fond enamour'd boſom move
To warm deſire, and rapt'rous love,
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The pleaſing memory of her charms retrace.
From her our race divine we boaſt,
Not foreign to this Argive coaft.
Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 531 focus
CORO
Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 531 focus
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.) — 531 focus
Unto the maidens turn thy gracious care;
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Think yet again upon the tale of fame,
How from the maiden loved of thee there sprung
Mine ancient line, long since in many a legend sung!
Remember, O remember, thou whose hand
Did Io by a touch to human shape reclaim.
590
For from this Argos erst our mother came
Driven hence to Egypt's land,
Yet sprung of Zeus we were, and hence our birth we claim.
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.) — 531 focus
Auf unser Fleh'n hörend, erneue du den Ruhm
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Unserem alten Stamm, dem Geschlechte der theuren Ahnfrau,
Der Gnade Ruhm erneue!
Ja, denke mein huldvoll, Geliebter Jo's!
Ihrem Geschlechte ja sind wir entblüht, sind
Heimisch in Argos' Lande.
515
Zweite Strophe.
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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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.
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533-607.
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