Aeschylus Persians 249

Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator)

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O ye cities of the whole land of Asia! O realm of Persia, and mighty haven of opulence, how hath the ample weal been demolished by a single stroke, and the flower of the Persians is fallen and gone. Woe's me, 'tis an ill office to be the first messenger of ill, but yet it is necessary to unfold the whole of the disaster of the Persians, for all the army of the barbarians hath perished.

Persians. Aeschylus. Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator). London. 1849.

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The Persians. (OCR draft) (English) (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (7)
Πέρσαι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 256-289 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 256-289 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 249 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 249 focus
ὦ γῆς ἁπάσης Ασιάδος πολίσματα,
ὦ Περσίς αἷα καὶ πολὺς πλούτου λιμήν,
ὡς ἐν μιᾷ πληγῇ κατέφθαρται πολὺς
250
ὄλβος, τὸ Περσῶν δ᾽ ἄνθος οἴχεται πεσόν.
ὤμοι, κακὸν μὲν πρῶτον ἀγγέλλειν κακά·
ὅμως δ᾽ ἀνάγκη πᾶν ἀναπτύξαι πάθος,
Πέρσαι· στρατὸς γὰρ πᾶς ὄλωλε βαρβάρων.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 249 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 249 focus
ὦ γῆς ἁπάσης Ἀσιάδος πολίσματα,
ὦ Περσὶς αἶα καὶ πολὺς πλούτου λιμήν,
ὡς ἐν μιᾷ πληγῇ κατέφθαρται πολὺς
ὄλβος, τὸ Περσῶν δ᾽ ἄνθος οἴχεται πεσόν.
255
ὤμοι, κακὸν μὲν πρῶτον ἀγγέλλειν κακά,
ὅμως δ᾽ ἀνάγκη πᾶν ἀναπτύξαι πάθος,
Πέρσαι· στρατὸς γὰρ πᾶς ὄλωλε βαρβάρων.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 249 focus
Translations (7)
Persians Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 256-286 focus
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 249 focus
O cités de l'Asie entière, ô terre de
Perse, havre de richesse infinie, voici donc, d'un seul coup, anéanti un immense bonheur, abattue et détruite la fleur de la Perse ! — Hélas ! c'est un malheur déjà que d'annoncer le premier un malheur. Et pourtant il me faut déployer
devant vous toute notre misère, Perses : l'armée
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 249 focus
Send they embattled numbers to the field?
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 249 focus
O voi, città dell'Asia tutte, o terra
di Persia, porto di ricchezza immenso,
come ad un colpo solo andò distrutta
280
la gran felicità, come dei Persi
cade il fiore e si perde!
Ahimè! Che male
è mirar primo i mali! E pure, è forza
che intiero il danno, o Persi, io sveli.
285
Tutto distrutto fu dei barbari l'esercito !
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 249 focus
O terræ totius Afiæ urbes,
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O Perſica terra, magnus diuitiarum portus,
Vt in uno cõflictu interijt ingens
Fœlicitas, flos autem Perſarum profligatus uenit.
Heu malum quidem est, primò nunciare mala.
Tamen neceſse est omnem calamitatem aperire:
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Amat nullus nuncium malorum fermonum.
O Perſe, exercitus omnis barborum interijt.
English (E. D. A. Morshead, 1908) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persians — Morshead translation. Wikisource transcription; speech corresp and card milestones aligned to Smyth perseus-grc2.) — 249 focus
O walls and towers of all the Asian realm,
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O Persian land, O treasure-house of gold!
How, by one stroke, down to destruction, down,
Hath sunk our pride, and all the flower of war
That once was Persia's, lieth in the dust!
Woe on the man who first announceth woe—
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Yet must I all the tale of death unroll!
Hark to me, Persians! Persia's host lies low.
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.) — 249 focus
Weh euch, des ganzen Asia's Burgfesten ihr,
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Weh, Perserland, des stolzen Reichthums weiter Port !
Wie ist in Einem Schlage doch das große Glück
Vernichtet; Persis' Blüte welkt dahingestürzt!
Fluchvolles Amt, des Fluches erster Bote sein!
Und doch - die Noth will, daß ich euch das ganze Leid
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Enthülle, Perser: ganz vertilgt ist euer Heer!

Commentary

Critical apparatus to The Persians (OCR draft) (Latin and Greek critical apparatus to Gottfried Hermann's 1852 edition of The Persians.) focus

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Μεγαβάτης:
μεγαβάτης
M. Vit. Ven. A. B.
μεταβάτης
Mosc. Ald.
μεγαβάζης
G. Lips. Rob. Turn. et sic apud Triclinium. Ab Herodoto VII. 97. commemoratur
Μεγάβαζος ὁ Μεγαβάτεω
. ἠδ':
ἠδ'
M. Lips. Ἀστάσπης:
ἀστάσπης
M. G. Lips. Par. B. Turn.
ἀστάπης
Ven. A. Mosc. aliique et Ald. Rob. et a sec. manu Vit.
ἀσπάτης
a pr. manu Vit.
ἀστάπης
Par. G. γρ.
καὶ ἀστάσπις
Par. B.
Ἀσπάσπης
varia lectio apud Turnebum. Non inepte quaerit Stanleius idemne sit hic qui ad Herodoto VII. 64.
Ὑστάσπης
vocetur.

Commentary (W. S. Teuffel; revised by N. Wecklein, 1886; German; OCR draft) (Persians, explanatory commentary pp. 43–97. Single-witness OCR; source readings and all reference placements require scan review.) focus

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Parodos ohne Prologos. Der Chor durchschreitet die Orchestra unter dem Takte der Anapäste des Koryphaios: erster Teil der Paro- dos, 1-64. Anapästische Dime- ter; vgl. Westphal¹ II. S. 413f. Das Auftreten des Chors wird V. 140- 149 motiviert.

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Spezifikation der aus- gezogenen Generale und Völker, in epischer Weise. Die Namen nicht alle genau persisch, sondern nach ungefährem Klange gebildet. ( τὰ μὲν τῶν ὀνομάτων ἱστόρησεν, τὰ δὲ τελείως ἔπλασεν Schol.). Vgl. zu 302. Ihre Häufung erweckte in den Hörern immer von neuem das frohe Gefühl des Sieges. Τ. 21-28. Αρταφρένης Άρτα 778. Ein Führer der Lyder und Myser Αρτ. bei Herod. VII 74. Μεγαβάτης: Namen dieser Art bei Herod. VII 82. 97. – Αστάσπης: ein Υστάσπης Herod. VII 64. σοῦνται vgl. Suppl. 836. Sept. 31. Das epische τ' ἠδέ findet sich bei Äschylos noch zweimal um des Versmaſses willen (996. Sept. 862). τὲ ἠδὲ Cho. 232, sonst ἠδέ. - ψυχῆς ἐν τλήμονι πείση (in ausdauerndem Halte der Seele) nach Hom. v 23 τῷ δ᾽ ἄρα τ᾽ ἐν πείσῃ κραδίη μένε τετληυῖα.