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The ships, all winged alike and with dark-stained beaks, carried forth both our land forces and our marines, O gods! and ships destroyed them, ah! well-a-day! the ships with the deadly onslaughts of their beaks, and through the hands of the Ionians, as we hear, the king barely made his escape to the champagne and chilly tracts of Thrace.

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.) — 548-597 focus

str. 1

Χορός

νῦν δὴ¹ πρόπασα μὲν στένει

γαῖ᾽ Ἀσὶς² ἐκκεκενωμένα.

Ξέρξης μὲν³ ἄγαγεν,⁴ ποποῖ,
550

Ξέρξης δ᾽ ἀπώλεσεν, τοτοῖ,

Ξέρξης δὲ πάντ᾽ ἐπέσπε δυσφρόνως⁵

βαρίδεσσι ποντίαις.⁶

τίπτε⁷ Δαρεῖος μὲν οὕ-

τω τότ᾽ ἀβλαβὴς ἐπῆν
555

τόξαρχος πολιήταις,⁸

Σουσίδαις⁹ φίλος ἄκτωρ;

558

ant. 1

Χορός

πεζοὺς δὲ καὶ¹⁰ θαλασσίους

λινόπτεροι¹¹ κυανώπιδες

νᾶες μὲν ἄγαγον, ποποῖ,
560

νᾶες δ᾽ ἀπώλεσαν, τοτοῖ,

νᾶες πανωλέθροισιν¹² ἐμβολαῖς,

ἠδ᾽ Ἰαόνων χέρες.¹³

τυτθὰ δ᾽ ἐκφυγεῖν ἄνακτ᾽

αὐτὸν εἰσακούομεν¹⁴
565

Θρῄκης ἂμ πεδιήρεις

δυσχίμους¹⁵ τε κελεύθους.

568

str. 2

Χορός

τοὶ δ᾽ ἄρα πρωτόμοιροι,¹⁶¹⁷ φεῦ,

ληφθέντες¹⁸ πρὸς ἀνάγκας,¹⁹ ἠέ,

ἀκτὰς ἀμφὶ Κυχρείας,²⁰ ὀᾶ,
570

<ἔρρουσι:²¹> στένε καὶ δακνά-

ζου, βαρὺ δ᾽ ἀμβόασον

οὐράνι᾽ ἄχη, ὀᾶ:

τεῖνε δὲ δυσβάυκτον

βοᾶτιν τάλαιναν αὐδάν.
575
576

ant. 2

Χορός

γναπτόμενοι δὲ δίνᾳ,²² φεῦ,

σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων, ἠέ,

παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου, ὀᾶ.

πενθεῖ δ᾽ ἄνδρα δόμος στερη-

θείς, τοκέες²³ τ᾽ ἄπαιδες
580

δαιμόνι᾽²⁴ ἄχη, ὀᾶ,

δυρόμενοι γέροντες

τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.

584

str. 3

Χορός

τοὶ δ᾽ ἀνὰ γᾶν Ἀσίαν δὴν

οὐκέτι περσονομοῦνται,
585

οὐδ᾽ ἔτι δασμοφοροῦσιν

δεσποσύνοισιν ἀνάγκαις,

οὐδ᾽²⁵ ἐς γᾶν προπίτνοντες²⁶

ἅζονται:²⁷ βασιλεία²⁸

γὰρ διόλωλεν ἰσχύς.
590
591

ant. 3

Χορός

οὐδ᾽ ἔτι γλῶσσα βροτοῖσιν

ἐν φυλακαῖς: λέλυται γὰρ

λαὸς ἐλεύθερα βάζειν,

ὡς ἐλύθη ζυγὸν ἀλκᾶς.

αἱμαχθεῖσα δ᾽ ἄρουραν²⁹
595

Αἴαντος περικλύστα

νᾶσος ἔχει τὰ Περσᾶν.³⁰

598

Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 548-597 focus

Χορός

νῦν γὰρ δὴ πρόπασα μὲν στένει γαῖʼ

Ἀσιὰς ἐκκενουμένα.

Ξέρξης μὲν ἄγαγεν, ποποῖ,
550

Ξέρξης δʼ ἀπώλεσεν, τοτοῖ,

Ξέρξης δὲ πάντʼ ἐπέσπε δυσφρόνως

βαρίδεσσι ποντίαις.

τίπτε Δαρεῖος μὲν οὕ-

τω τότʼ ἀβλαβὴς ἐπῆν
555

τόξαρχος πολιήταις,

Σουσίδαις φίλος ἄκτωρ;

558

Χορός

πεζούς τε γὰρ καὶ θαλασσίους

λινόπτεροι κυανώπιδες

νᾶες μὲν ἄγαγον, ποποῖ,
560

νᾶες δʼ ἀπώλεσαν, τοτοῖ,

νᾶες πανωλέθροισιν ἐμβολαῖς,

αἵ τʼ Ἰαόνων χέρες.

τυτθὰ δʼ ἐκφυγεῖν ἄνακτʼ

αὐτὸν εἰσακούομεν
565

Θρῄκης ἂμ πεδιήρεις

δυσχίμους τε κελεύθους.

568

Χορός

τοὶ δʼ ἄρα πρωτόμοιροι, φεῦ,

λειφθέντες πρὸς ἀνάγκας, ἠέ,

ἀκτὰς ἀμφὶ Κυχρείας, ὀᾶ,
570

σύρονται· στένε καὶ δακνά-

ζου, βαρὺ δʼ ἀμβόασον

οὐράνιʼ ἄχη, ὀᾶ·

τεῖνε δὲ δυσβάυκτον

βοᾶτιν τάλαιναν αὐδάν.
575

576

Χορός

γναπτόμενοι δὲ δίνᾳ, φεῦ,

σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων, ἠέ,

παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου, ὀᾶ.

πενθεῖ δʼ ἄνδρα δόμος στερη-

θείς τοκέες τʼ ἄπαιδες
580

δαιμόνιʼ ἄχη, ὀᾶ,

δυρόμενοι γέροντες

τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.

584

Χορός

τοὶ δʼ ἀνὰ γᾶν Ἀσίαν δὴν

οὐκέτι περσονομοῦνται,
585

οὐδʼ ἔτι δασμοφοροῦσιν

δεσποσύνοισιν ἀνάγκαις,

οὐδʼ ἐς γᾶν προπίτνοντες

ἅζονται· βασιλεία

γὰρ διόλωλεν ἰσχύς.
590

591

Χορός

οὐδʼ ἔτι γλῶσσα βροτοῖσιν

ἐν φυλακαῖς· λέλυται γὰρ

λαὸς ἐλεύθερα βάζειν,

ὡς ἐλύθη ζυγὸν ἀλκᾶς.

αἱμαχθεῖσα δʼ ἄρουραν
595

Αἴαντος περικλύστα

νᾶσος ἔχει τὰ Περσᾶν.

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 558 focus

πεζοῖς τε καὶ θαλασσίοις,

νῦν δὲ κυανώπιδες θοαὶ

νᾶες μὲν ἄγαγον, τοτοῖ,

560

νᾶες δ᾽ ἀπώλεσαν, τοτοῖ,

ὁμοπτέροισιν ἐμβολαῖς,

ἠδ᾽ Ἰαόνων χέρες.

τυτθὰ δ᾽ ἐκφυγεῖν ἄνακτ᾽ αὐτόπουν ἀκουομεν

565

θρήκης ἂμ πεδιήρεις

δυσχίμους τε κελεύθους.

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 558 focus

πεζούς τ' ἠδὲ καὶ θαλασσίους

ὁμόπτεροι κυανώπιδες

νᾶες μὲν ἄγαγον, ποποῖ,

555

νᾶες δ᾽ ἀπώλεσαν, τοτοῖ,

νᾶες πανωλέθροισιν ἐμβολαῖς,

διά γ' Ἰαόνων χέρας·

τυτθὰ δ᾽ ἐκφυγεῖν ἄνακτ᾽

αὐτὸν ὡς ἀκούομεν

560

θρήκης ἂμ πεδιήρεις

δυσχίμους τε κελεύθους.

106 ΑΙΣΧΥΛΟΥ

Χορός

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 558 focus

Πεζούς τε καὶ τε γὰρ καὶ θαλασσίους

Ant. 1.

ὁμόπτεροι αἱ δ' ὁμόπτεροι κυανώπιδες

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ

ΧΟΡΟΣ

νᾶες μὲν ἄγαγον, ποποῖ,

νᾶες δ' ἀπώλεσαν, τοτοῖ,
560

νᾶες πανωλέθροισιν ἐμβολαῖς,

αἱ δ' διὰ δ' Ἰαόνων χέρες.

Τυτθὰ δ' ἐκφυγεῖν ἄνακτ'

αὐτόν, ὡς ἀκούομεν,

θρῄκης ἂμ πεδιήρεις
565

δυσχίμους δυσχειμέρους τε κελεύθους.

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 558 focus

πεζούς τε καὶ θαλασσίους

αἵ δ᾽ ὁμόπτεροι κυανώπιδες

νᾶες μὲν ἄγαγον, ποποῖ,

νᾶες δ᾽ ἀπώλεσαν, τοτοῖ,

νᾶες πανωλέθροισιν ἐμβολαῖς,

565

διὰ δ᾽ Ἰαόνων χέρας;

τυτθὰ δ᾽ ἐκφυγεῖν ἄνακτ᾽

αὐτὸν ὡς ἀκούομεν

θρήκης ἀμ πεδιήρεις

δυσχίμους τε κελεύθους.

570

Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 558 focus

πεζούς τε γὰρ καὶ θαλασσίους λι-

νόπτεροι κυανώπιδες

548-57 = 558-97 trochaei 5. 2. interiectio 2. interiectio 3. 2. 4. (bis 2.) 2 pherecratei. primum fere cuiusque versus trochaici metrum palimbaccheum; libera huius in primo versu responsio, nisi Tr recte emendavit.

Apparatus Criticus

διαμυδαλέους διαμυδαλέους -λέοις τέγγουσ᾽ τέγγουσιν ἄλγους ἄχους ποθέουσιν ἰδεῖn ποθεοῦσ᾿ ἰδ. ποθεοῦσαι ἰδ. correxi ἀρτιζυγίαν ἀρτισυζυγίαν τ᾽ om. ἀκορεστοτάτοις ἀκορεστάτοις δὴ om. ἐκκενουμένα ἐκκενουμένη -μένης ἐκμαινομ. [γὰρ] ἄγαγεν μέν γάρ μὲn γάρ ἄγαγεν ἤγαγεν βαρίδες τε ποντίαι βάριδές τε πόντιαι β. θ' αἱ π. βαρίδεσιν (γε inserit Tr) ποντίαις τίπτε τίπτε τί ποτε τόξαρχος τοξάρχης πολιήταις πολιήταις πολίταις Σουσίδος σουσίδες σουσίδαις τε om. γὰρ om. γάρ τε καί λινόπτεροι λινόπτεροι αἱ δ᾽ ὁμόπτεροι

ΧΟΡΟΣ

νᾶες μὲν ἄγαγον,
560

ποποῖ,

νᾶες δ᾽ ἀπώλεσαν,

τοτοῖ,

νᾶες πανωλέθροισιν ἐμβολαῖς,

αἵ τ᾽ Ἰαόνων χέρες;

τυτθὰ δ᾽ ἐκφυγεῖν ἄνακτ᾽

αὐτὸν ὡς ἀκούομεν
565

θρήικης ἀμ πεδιήρεις

δυσχίμους τε κελεύθους.

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.)) — 548-595 focus

Chorus

For now in truth the whole land of Asia , decimated, moans:

Xerxes led forth (woe!), Xerxes laid low (woe!), Xerxes disposed all things imprudently with his sea-going vessels. Why then was Darius
550

in his time so unscathed by disaster, he who was ruler of archers, to the men of Susa a beloved leader?
555

558

Chorus

For infantry and seamen both, the ships, dark-eyed¹and linen-winged,

led forth (woe!), the ships laid them low (woe!), the ships, under the deadly impact of the foe and by the hands of Ionians.
560

The King himself, as we learn, has barely made his escape over the wintry paths which traverse the plains of Thrace .
565

568

Chorus

And they who were first to meet their doom (alas!), left behind by dire necessity (alas!),

are swept along the Cychrean strand (woe!). Groan and gnash your teeth; in grievous strain shout forth our woes till they reach the heavens (alas!), raise high
570

your wailing clamor in cries of misery.
575

576

Chorus

Lacerated by the swirling waters (alas!) they are gnawed (alas!) by the voiceless children of the undefiled sea (alas!). The home, bereaved of his presence, laments its head;

and parents, bereft of their children, in their old age bewail their heaven- sent woes (alas!), now that they learn the full measure of their afflictions.
580

584

Chorus

Not now for long will those who dwell throughout the length and breadth of Asia

abide under the sway of the Persians, nor will they pay further tribute at the compulsion of their lord, nor will they prostrate themselves to the earth and do him reverence;
585

for the royal power has perished utterly.
590

591

No longer will men keep a curb upon their tongues; for the people are set free to utter their thoughts at will, now that the yoke of power has been broken.

The blood-stained soil of Ajax’ sea-washed isle holds all that once was Persia .
595

LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 558 focus

aimé de Susiane ¹ ? Fantassins et marins, tel un grand vol d'oiseaux vêtus de
sombre azur, les nefs les ont emmenés, hélas ! les nefs les ont

LES PERSES

LE CHŒUR

perdus, hélas ! les nefs aux abordages de désastre ! les nefs et les bras des Ioniens ! C'est à peine si mon roi a pu seul
s'enfuir, à ce que j'entends, par les plaines de la Thrace et

The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 558 focus

Black o'er the waves his burden'd veſſels ſweep,

For Greece elate the warlike ſquadrons fly;

Now cruſh'd, and whelm'd beneath th' indignant

deep

690

The ſhatter'd wrecks and lifeleſs heroes lie:

Whilſt, from the arms of Greece eſcap'd, with toil

Th' unſhelter'd monarch roams o'er Thracia's

dreary ſoil,

EPODE. THE PERSIANS.

Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 558 focus

Guidâr le navi aligere

dalle azzurrine prore

fanti e nocchieri, ahimè!,

nel rovinoso, ahimè!,

cozzo dei rostri, tutti li distrussero!

645

Appena il mio signore

poteva, a ciò che narrano,

scampare al ionio braccio,

sui piani della Tracia

fuggendo, e sopra vie converse in ghiaccio.

650

CORO

Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 558 focus

marinas

Proprijs alis euntibus nigræ eos

Naues duxerunt quo name
535

Naues uerò ipfas perdideruntibi'nam

Neues perniciofis incursionibus,

Per Ionum manus paulo post effugere

Regem ipfum,ipfos audiuimus per Thraciæ fubli-

Et tempestuosas uias.
540

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.) — 558 focus

Now is the land-force lost, the shipmen sunk below!

Ah for the ships that bore them, woe is me!

Bore them to death and doom! the crashing prows

Of fierce Ionian oarsmen swept the sea,

And death was in their wake, and shipwreck murderous!
590

Late, late and hardly—if true tales they tell—

Did Xerxes flee along the wintry way

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.) — 558 focus

Landheer zog und Seevolk aus zum Kampf;
540

Die leinbeschwingten, dunkelen¹

Meerschiffe trugen's, ach, dahin,

Meerschiffe trugen's zum Tode hin,

Meerschiffe, mit des Todes Zahn bewehrt!

Kaum entrann der König selbst
545

(Wie die Sage mir erzählt)

Aus der Joner Händen, floh

Durch Blachfelder von Thrake

Auf Sturmpfaden des Winters.

Erster Halbchor.
Zweite Strophe.

Commentary

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

558-567. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-84

Umfang der Nieder- lage. Xerxes selbst rettete kaum das Leben. λινόπτεροι, velivolae, wie λινόπτερα . . ναυτίλων ὀχήματα Prom. 467. κυανῶπις (Suppl. 743) s. v. a. κυανόπρωρος, κυανέμ- βολος (Eur. Εl. 436), vgl. Suppl. 716. – νᾶες dreimal die persischen. Ἰαόνων, der Hellenen, 178. ἐκφυγεῖν, wie 189: sei entkommen, wie wir hören. δυσχίμους (Sept. 509. Cho. 184. Fragm. 333 N.), un- wirtlich, wild.

Aeschylus Persians 558

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Χορός

Πεζούς τε καὶ τε γὰρ καὶ θαλασσίους

Ant. 1.

ὁμόπτεροι αἱ δ' ὁμόπτεροι κυανώπιδες

Apparatus Criticus

No longer will men keep a curb upon their tongues; for the people are set free to utter their thoughts at will, now that the yoke of power has been broken.

The blood-stained soil of Ajax’ sea-washed isle holds all that once was Persia .
595

LE CHŒUR

perdus, hélas ! les nefs aux abordages de désastre ! les nefs et les bras des Ioniens ! C'est à peine si mon roi a pu seul
s'enfuir, à ce que j'entends, par les plaines de la Thrace et

Whilſt, from the arms of Greece eſcap'd, with toil

Th' unſhelter'd monarch roams o'er Thracia's

dreary ſoil,

EPODE. THE PERSIANS.

CORO

Proprijs alis euntibus nigræ eos

Naues duxerunt quo name
535

Naues uerò ipfas perdideruntibi'nam

Neues perniciofis incursionibus,

Per Ionum manus paulo post effugere

Regem ipfum,ipfos audiuimus per Thraciæ fubli-

Et tempestuosas uias.
540

Erster Halbchor.
Zweite Strophe.

Commentary

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No longer will men keep a curb upon their tongues; for the people are set free to utter their thoughts at will, now that the yoke of power has been broken. The blood-stained soil of Ajax’ sea-washed isle holds all that once was Persia . 595

LE CHŒUR perdus, hélas ! les nefs aux abordages de désastre ! les nefs et les bras des Ioniens ! C'est à peine si mon roi a pu seul s'enfuir, à ce que j'entends, par les plaines de la Thrace et

Whilſt, from the arms of Greece eſcap'd, with toil Th' unſhelter'd monarch roams o'er Thracia's dreary ſoil, EPODE. THE PERSIANS.

CORO

Proprijs alis euntibus nigræ eos Naues duxerunt quo name 535 Naues uerò ipfas perdideruntibi'nam Neues perniciofis incursionibus, Per Ionum manus paulo post effugere Regem ipfum,ipfos audiuimus per Thraciæ fubli- Et tempestuosas uias. 540

Erster Halbchor. Zweite Strophe.

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Πεζούς τε καὶ τε γὰρ καὶ θαλασσίους

Ant. 1.

ὁμόπτεροι αἱ δ' ὁμόπτεροι κυανώπιδες

No longer will men keep a curb upon their tongues; for the people are set free to utter their thoughts at will, now that the yoke of power has been broken.

The blood-stained soil of Ajax’ sea-washed isle holds all that once was Persia .
595

LE CHŒUR

perdus, hélas ! les nefs aux abordages de désastre ! les nefs et les bras des Ioniens ! C'est à peine si mon roi a pu seul
s'enfuir, à ce que j'entends, par les plaines de la Thrace et

Whilſt, from the arms of Greece eſcap'd, with toil

Th' unſhelter'd monarch roams o'er Thracia's

dreary ſoil,

EPODE. THE PERSIANS.

Proprijs alis euntibus nigræ eos

Naues duxerunt quo name
535

Naues uerò ipfas perdideruntibi'nam

Neues perniciofis incursionibus,

Per Ionum manus paulo post effugere

Regem ipfum,ipfos audiuimus per Thraciæ fubli-

Et tempestuosas uias.
540

Erster Halbchor.
Zweite Strophe.