Supplices. Aeschylus. ed. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff. Berolini. 1914.
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Ἱκέτιδες First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 630-709 focus
Χορος
νῦν ὄπ᾽ ἐμάν,
1
θεοὶ
630
Διογενεῖς, κλύοιτ᾽ εὐ-
κταῖα
2
γένει χεούσας:
μήποτε πυρίφατον
3
τάνδε
4
Πελασγίαν [πόλιν]
τὸν ἄκορον βοᾶς,
5
635
κτίσαι μάχλον Ἄρη,
τὸν ἀρότοις θερί-
ζοντα βροτοὺς ἐν ἄλλοις,
οὕνεκ᾽ ᾤκτισαν ἡμᾶς,
ψῆφον δ᾽ εὔφρον᾽ ἔθεντο,
640
αἰδοῦνται δ᾽ ἱκέτας Διός,
ποίμναν τάνδ᾽ ἀμέγαρτον:
643
Χορος
οὐδὲ μετ᾽ ἀρσένων
ψῆφον ἔθεντ᾽ ἀτιμώ-
σαντες ἔριν γυναικῶν,
645
Δῖον ἐπιδόμενοι
πράκτορ᾽ ἐπίσκοπον
6
δυσπόλεμον, τὸν
7
οὔ-
τις ἂν δόμος ἔχν
ἐπ᾽ ὀρόφων ἰαί-
650
νοιτο:
8
βαρὺς δ᾽ ἐφίζει.
ἅζονται γὰρ ὁμαίμους
Ζηνὸς ἵκτορας ἁγνοῦ.
τοιγάρτοι καθαροῖσι βω-
μοῖς θεοὺς ἀρέσονται.
655
656
Χορος
τοιγὰρ ὑποσκίων
ἐκ στομάτων ποτά-
σθω φιλότιμος εὐχά,
μήποτε λοιμὸς ἀνδρῶν
τάνδε
9
πόλιν κενώσαι:
660
μηδ᾽ ἐπιχωρίοις <στάσις
10
>
πτώμασιν αἱματίσαι πέδον γᾶς.
11
ἥβας δ᾽ ἄνθος ἄδρεπτον
ἔστω, μηδ᾽ Ἀφροδίτας
εὐνάτωρ βροτολοιγὸς Ἄ-
665
ρης κέρσειεν ἄωτον.
667
Χορος
†καὶ γεραροῖσι πρε-
σβυτοδόκοι γεμόν-
των θυμέλαι φλεγόντων.
12
†
τὼς πόλις εὖ νέμοιτο
670
Ζῆνα μέγαν
13
σεβόντων,
τὸν ξένιον δ᾽ ὑπερτάτως,
14
ὃς πολιῷ νόμῳ αἶσαν ὀρθοῖ.
τίκτεσθαι δὲ φόρους
15
γᾶς
ἄλλους εὐχόμεθ᾽ αἰεί,
16
675
Ἄρτεμιν δ᾽ ἑκάταν γυναι-
κῶν λόχους
17
ἐφορεύειν.
678
Χορος
μηδέ τις ἀνδροκμὴς
λοιγὸς ἐπελθέτω
τάνδε πόλιν δαΐζων,
18
680
ἄχορον ἀκίθαριν
19
δακρυογόνον Ἄρη
βοάν τ᾽ ἔνδημον ἐξοπλίζων.
20
νούσων δ᾽ ἑσμὸς
21
ἀπ᾽ ἀστῶν
ἵζοι κρατὸς
22
ἀτερπής:
685
εὐμενὴς δ᾽ ὁ Λύκειος
23
ἔσ-
τω πάσᾳ
24
νεολαίᾳ.
688
Χορος
καρποτελῆ
25
δέ τοι
Ζεὺς ἐπικραινέτω
φέρματι γᾶν πανώρῳ.
690
πρόνομα δὲ βοτὰ τὼς
26
πολύγονα τελέθοι:
τὸ πᾶν τ᾽ ἐκ δαιμόνων λάχοιεν.
27
εὔφαμον δ᾽ ἐπὶ βωμοῖς
μοῦσαν θείατ᾽
28
ἀοιδοί:
695
ἁγνῶν τ᾽ ἐκ στομάτων φερέ-
σθω φάμα φιλοφόρμιγξ.
698
Χορος
φυλάσσοι τ᾽ ἀτρεμαῖα
29
τιμὰς
τὸ δάμιον, τὸ πτόλιν κρατύνει,
προμαθὶς
30
εὐκοινόμητις ἀρχά:
700
ξένοισί τ᾽ εὐξυμβόλους,
πρὶν ἐξοπλίζειν Ἄρη,
δίκας ἄτερ πημάτων διδοῖεν.
704
Χορος
θεοὺς δ᾽, οἳ γᾶν ἔχουσιν, αἰεὶ
τίοιεν ἐγχωρίους πατρῴαις
705
δαφνηφόροις
31
βουθύτοισι τιμαῖς.
τὸ γὰρ τεκόντων σέβας
τρίτον τόδ᾽ ἐν θεσμίοις
Δίκας γέγραπται μεγιστοτίμου.
710
Ἱκέτιδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 630-709 focus
Χορός
νῦν ὅτε καί, θεοὶ
630
διογενεῖς, κλύοιτʼ εὐ-
κταῖα γένει χεούσας·
μήποτε πυρίφατον
γᾶν Πελασγίαν
πόλιν
τὸν ἄκορον βοᾶς,
635
κτίσαι μάχλον Ἄπη,
τὸν ἀρότοις θερί-
ζοντα βροτοὺς ἐν ἄλλοις,
οὕνεκʼ ᾤκτισαν ἡμᾶς,
ψῆφον δʼ εὔφρονʼ ἔθεντο,
640
αἰδοῦνται δʼ ἱκέτας Διός,
ποίμναν τάνδʼ ἀμέγαρτον·
Χορός
οὐδὲ μετʼ ἀρσένων
ψῆφον ἔθεντʼ ἀτιμώ-
σαντες ἔριν γυναικῶν,
645
Δῖον ἐπιδόμενοι
πράκτορά
τε σκοπὸν
δυσπολέμητον, ὃν
οὐ
τίς ἂν δόμος ἔχοι
ἐπʼ ὀρόφων μιαί-
650
νοντα; βαρὺς δʼ ἐφίζει.
ἅζονται γὰρ ὁμαίμους
Ζηνὸς ἵκτορας ἁγνοῦ.
τοιγάρτοι καθαροῖσι βω-
μοῖς θεοὺς ἀρέσονται.
655
Χορός
τοιγὰρ ὑποσκίων
ἐκ στομάτων ποτά-
σθω φιλότιμος εὐχά,
μήποτε λοιμὸς ἀνδρῶν
τάνδε πόλιν κενώσαι·
660
μηδʼ ἐπιχωρίοις
ἔρις
πτώμασιν αἱματίσαι πέδον γᾶς.
ἥβας δʼ ἄνθος ἄδρεπτον
ἔστω, μηδʼ Ἀφροδίτας
εὐνάτωρ βροτολοιγὸς Ἄ-
665
ρης κέρσειεν ἄωτον.
Χορός
καὶ γεραροῖσι πρε-
σβυτοδόκοι γεμόν-
των θυμέλαι φλεγόντων.
τὼς πόλις εὖ νέμοιτο
670
Ζῆνα μέγαν σεβόντων,
τὸν ξένιον δʼ ὑπερτάτως,
ὃς πολιῷ νόμῳ αἶσαν ὀρθοῖ.
τίκτεσθαι δʼ ἐφόρους γᾶς
ἄλλους εὐχόμεθʼ ἀεί,
675
Ἄρτεμιν δʼ Ἑκάταν γυναι-
κῶν λόχους ἐφορεύειν.
Χορός
μηδέ τις ἀνδροκμὴς
λοιγὸς ἐπελθέτω
τάνδε πόλιν δαΐζων,
680
ἄχορον ἀκίθαριν
δακρυογόνον Ἄρη
βοάν τʼ ἔνδημον ἐξοπλίζων.
νούσων δʼ ἑσμὸς ἀπʼ ἀστῶν
ἵζοι κρατὸς ἀτερπής·
685
εὐμενὴς δʼ ὁ Λύκειος ἔ-
στω πάσᾳ νεολαίᾳ.
Χορός
καρποτελῆ δέ τοι
Ζεὺς ἐπικραινέτω
φέρματι γᾶν πανώρῳ.
690
πρόνομα δὲ βότʼ ἀγροῖς
πολύγονα τελέθοι·
τὸ πᾶν τʼ ἐκ δαιμόνων λάχοιεν.
εὔφαμον δʼ ἐπὶ βωμοῖς
μοῦσαν θείατʼ ἀοιδοί.
695
ἁγνῶν τʼ ἐκ στομάτων φερέ-
σθω φάμα φιλοφόρμιγξ.
Χορός
φυλάσσοι τʼ ἀτρεμαῖα τιμὰς
τὸ δάμιον, τὸ πτόλιν κρατύνει,
προμαθὶς εὐκοινόμητις ἀρχά.
700
ξένοισί τʼ εὐξυμβόλους,
πρὶν ἐξοπλίζειν Ἄρη,
δίκας ἄτερ πημάτων διδοῖεν.
Χορός
θεοὺς δʼ, οἳ γᾶν ἔχουσιν ἀεὶ
τίοιεν ἐγχωρίοις πατρῴαις
705
δαφνηφόροις βουθύτοισι τιμαῖς.
τὸ γὰρ τεκόντων σέβας
τρίτον τόδʼ ἐν θεσμίοις
Δίκας γέγραπται μεγιστοτίμου.
Greek (Editio princeps, 1518) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Suppliants, 1518 edition. Native printed lineation, page markers, and automated correspondence to the Perseus/Smyth edition.) — 643 focus
Χορός
οὐδ᾽ μετ᾽ ἀρσένων. ψῆφον ἔθεντ᾽ ἀτιμά-
σαντες ἔριν γυναικῶν. δῖον ἐπιλόμενοι.
πράκτορά τε σκοπὸν δυσπολέμητον, ὃν ὔ
τις ἂν δόμος ἔχοι ἐπορόφων.
μιαίνοντα βαρὺς δ᾽ ἐφίζει. ἅζονται γὰρ ὁμαίμους.
560
ζηνὸς ἵκτορας ἁγνοῦ τοιγάρ τοι καθαροῖσι βω-
μοῖς θεοὺς ἀρέσονται. τόγαρ ὐπὸ σκιῶν ἐκ
o ij
ΑΙΣΧΥΛΟΥ
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Joannes Cornelius de Pauw, 1745.) — 643 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 643 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 643 focus
Ἡμιχόριον Β
1
οὐδὲ μετ᾿ ἀρσένων ψῆφον ἔθεντ᾽ ἀτιμώ-
σαντες ἔριν γυναικῶν,
Δῖον ἐπιδόμενοι πράκτορα πάνσκοπον
625
δυςπολέμητον, ὅςτις ἂν δόμος ἔχῃ σφ'
ἐπ' ὀρόφων ἰαύοντα· βαρὺς δ᾽ ἐφίζει.
ἅζονται γὰρ ὁμαίμους
Ζηνὸς ἕκτορας ἁγνοῦ.
τοιγάρτοι καθαροῖσι βω-
630
μοῖς θεοὺς ἀρέσονται.
ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 643 focus
Ἱκέτιδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἱκέτιδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 643 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.)) — 630-705 focus
Chorus
Divinely-born gods! Hear now as I pour forth libations for blessings upon our kindred. Never may the wanton lord of war,
630
insatiate of battle-cry, Ares, who reaps a human harvest in alien fields, destroy this Pelasgian land by fire; for they had compassion for us,
635
and cast a vote in our favor, respecting our pitiable flock, suppliants in the name of Zeus.
640
Chorus
Nor did they cast their votes for the side of the males,
disregarding the women’s cause, since they honored the avenging eye of Zeus, against which there is no battling, and what house would have it
645
defiling its roof?
1
For he sits heavily upon it. They take reverent heed of their kin, petitioners of holy Zeus; therefore with pure
650
altars shall they please the gods.
655
Chorus
Therefore let there fly forth from our overshadowed
2
lips a prayer of gratitude. Never may pestilence
empty this city of its men nor strife stain the soil of the land with the blood of slain inhabitants. But may the flower of its youth be unplucked, and may Ares,
660
the partner of Aphrodite’s bed, he who makes havoc of men, not shear off their bloom.
665
Chorus
And may the altars, where the elders gather, blaze in honor of venerable men.
Thus may their state be regulated well, if they hold in awe mighty Zeus, and, most of all, Zeus the warden of the guest, who by venerable enactment guides destiny straight.
670
We pray that other guardians be always renewed, and that Artemis-Hecate
3
watch over the childbirth of their women.
675
Chorus
And let no murderous havoc come upon
the realm to ravage it, by arming Ares—foe to the dance and lute, parent of tears—and the shout of civil strife.
680
And may the joyless swarm of diseases settle far from the heads of the inhabitants, and to all the young people may Lyceus
4
be graciously disposed.
685
Chorus
May Zeus cause the earth to bring forth its tribute of fruit
by the produce of every season; may their grazing cattle in the fields have abundant increase, and may they obtain all things from the heavenly powers.
690
May minstrels sing hymns of praise at the altars; and from pure lips let there proceed the phorminx-loving chant.
695
Chorus
May the people who control the state guard its privileges free from fear—
a prudent government counselling wisely for the public prosperity. And should they have recourse to arms may they inflict no loss, but grant just rights of covenant to the stranger within their gates.
700
Chorus
And may they worship forever the gods who possess the land
with native honors of laurel bough held aloft, and oxen slain, even as their fathers did before their time. Since reverence for parents stands written third among the statutes of Justice, to whom honor supreme is due.
705
The Suppliant Women. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliant Women.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 643 focus
LES SUPPLIANTES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SUPPLIANTES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 643 focus
Ils n'ont pas, par dédain de la cause des femmes, voté en fa- veur des mâles; ils ont entrevu le vengeur vigilant de Zeus contre qui on ne lutte pas et que nulle maison ne saurait écarter,
quand, pour marquer son
Ils n'ont pas, par dédain de la cause des femmes, voté en fa- veur des mâles; ils ont entrevu le vengeur vigilant de Zeus contre qui on ne lutte pas et que nulle maison ne saurait écarter,
quand, pour marquer son
The Suppliants (OCR draft) Experimental (The Suppliants. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 643 focus
Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Supplici: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 643 focus
CORO
Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Supplices: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 643 focus
Diuinum inſpicientes
Actorem & speculatorem
610
Inexpugnabilem, quem nulla
Domus habebit tectum
Inquinantem, grauis uerò ſedet.
Venerantur enim fratres
Iouis puri ſupplices,
615
Certè puris aris
Placabunt deos.
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.) — 643 focus
They scornèd not the pleas of maidenhood,
705
Nor with the young men's will hath their will stood.
They knew right well
Th' unearthly watching fiend invincible,
The foul avenger—let him not draw near!
For he, on roofs ill-starred,
710
Defiling and polluting, keeps a ghastly ward!
They knew his vengeance, and took holy heed
To us, the sister suppliants, who cry
To Zeus, the lord of purity:
Therefore with altars pure they shall the gods revere.
715
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.) — 643 focus
Nicht zu der Vettern Gunst
Fällte die Stadt den Spruch; sie
Chrte der Frauen Klage,
Und zu dem Nächer Zeus blickte sie auf, dem all-
siegenden Wächter, dessen Fluch, traun, kein Haus
620
Ueber dem Dache sich wünscht; denn er lastet schwer dort.
Uns Verwandte, des heil'gen
Zeus Schußflehende, scheut sie;
Darum lächeln die Götter ihr
Stets an reinen Altären.
625
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
642-644.
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645.
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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
638-717.
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641-642.
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649.
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