Aeschylus Persians 652

Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator)

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For as at no time he was the destroyer of men by the wasting calamities of war, so he was called by his Persians, counsellor divine; and counsellor divine he was, for he conducted the host well.

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.) — 633-680 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 633-680 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 652 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 652 focus
οὔτε γὰρ ἄνδρας πότ᾽ ἀπώλλυ
655
πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,
θεομήστωρ δ᾽ ἐκικλήσκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δ᾽
ἔσκεν, ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ τόν᾽ ὡδώκει.
ἠέ.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 652 focus
Οὔτι Οὔτε γὰρ ἄνδρας πότ' ἀπώλ-
Ant. 2.
λυ πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,
θεομήστωρ δ' ἐκικλή-
σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δ'
ἔσκεν, ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει ὑπεδώκει εὖ ἐποδώκει· ἠέ.
655
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 652 focus
οὔτε γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτ᾽ ἀπώλλυ
655
πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,
θεομήστωρ δ᾽ ἐκικλή-
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 652 focus
οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτ᾿ ἀπώλλυ
πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,
θεομήστωρ δ᾽ ἐκικλή-
σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ / δ᾽ ἔσκεν, ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὐ ποδούχει.
655
ἠέ. =
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.)) — 633-680 focus
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 652 focus
sans pareil, Darios. Hé ! hé !
Ce n'est pas lui qui perdait ses soldats dans des débâcles meurtrières ! Les Perses l'appelaient l'inspiré des dieux 1 , et
c'est en inspiré des dieux qu'il
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 652 focus
He in realm-unpeopling war
Waſted not his ſubjects' blood,
Godlike in his will to ſpare,
In his councils wiſe and good.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 652 focus
Ch'ei non condusse mai dei Persi il popolo
al guerresco sterminio, alla sconfitta:
745
esso fu detto, e fu Divin consiglio:
ché per la via diritta
sempre guidar seppe sue genti. Ahimè!
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 652 focus
Bellicis nocumentis.
610
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.) — 652 focus
He never wasted us with reckless war—
God, counsellor, and king, beneath a happy star!
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.) — 652 focus
Nicht in den Tod gab er die Männer,
In des Kriegs zermalmend Unheil,
Und ein Gottweiser genannt von dem Volk, war er in Wahrheit
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Göttlich, er lenkte die Heere zum Glück einst. 1

Commentary

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

652. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-527

ἀναπομπὸς ἀνείης, Ἀϊδωνεύς:
ἀναπομπός πὸς
(sic, non
αποπομπός
) Μ.
ἀναπομπτὸς
Mosc. ex correctione.
ἂν εἴη
M. idque adscriptum in Par. A. C. Colb. 1.
ἀνίη
Vit. Ven. A. Mose. Ox. Par. B. (Brunckio et Bekkero testibus) I. Colb. 1. Ald. Rob. et
et
supra adscripto Par. Β.
ἀνίει
G. Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. A. F. Turn.
ἂν ἴη
, ad
η
supra adscripto
et
, Lips.
ἂν εἴην
Ven. Β.
ἀνείης
restituit Brunckius ex interpretatione
εἶνε ἀναπέμποις
, quae in Par. A. adscripta est. Alterum
ἀϊδωνεύς
habent M. G. (sic, non
di δωνεῦ
, eliam G.) Vit. Lips. Cantabr. 1. 2. Mosc. Par. A. F. L. Omittunt Par. B. (in quo adscriptum
λείπει ἐνταῦθα
) aliique et edd. ante Brunckium.
652

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

652-656. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-96

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Nähere Begründung des vorhergehenden Lobes des Da- reios; vgl. 555. - οὔτε – δέ, Kr. 69, 16. A. 6. Vielleicht aber hat es ursprünglich οὐδὲ geheiſsen. ἄταις, aber der Skythenfeldzug und θεο- Marathon? vgl. oben S. 33. μήστωρ vgl. Hom. Η 366: θεόφιν μήστωρ ἀτάλαντος. Die episch- ionische Form ἔσκε bei Asch, nur hier, bei Soph. u. Eur. nie. δούχει, ἐκυβέρνα. πο-