Aeschylus Persians 694

Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator)

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I shrink in awe from looking on thee, and I shrink in awe from speaking in thy presence, by reason of my ancient reverence for thee.

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

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Current edition Experimental

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.) — 694-702 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 694-702 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 694 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 694 focus
σέβομαι μὲν προςιδέσθαι,
695
σέβομαι δ᾽ ἀντία λέξαι
σέθεν ἀρχαίῳ περὶ τάρβει.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 694 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 694 focus
σέβομαι μὲν προσιδέσθαι,
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 694 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.)) — 694-700 focus
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 694 focus
de quitter les enfers : surtout, les dieux
d'en bas savent mieux prendre
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 694 focus
My wonted awe u
o'ercomes me; in thy preſence
I dare not raiſe my eyes, I dare not ſpeak.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 694 focus
Parlare al tuo cospetto
non ardisco, né in te lo sguardo figgere,
per l'antico rispetto.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 694 focus
Cho. Pudet me uidere te,
Pudore afficior coram loqui
Te, de timore antiquo.
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.) — 694 focus
With awe on thee I gaze,
And, standing face to face,
I tremble as I did in olden days!
710
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.) — 694 focus
Mich erfüllt Scheu vor dem Anblick,
Mich erfüllt Scheu, und in Ehrfurcht
Vor dem alten Gebieter verstumm' ich.
670

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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ὑπὸ πομπαῖς: Libri
ὑποπομπαῖς
, nisi forte Veneti habent
ὑπὸ πομπαῖς
. Illa scribendum esse Abreschius vidit.

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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Zusammenfassung. Stimmung der Zurückgebliebenen hinsichtlich d. Ausgezogenen. Über- leitung vom epischen Teile zum lyrischen. στένεται, Sept. 872. Vgl. τρομέονται 64; εἰδόμην 179; φάσθαι 701; zu Aristoph. nub. 281. τείνοντα, μηκυνόμενον Schol. Zweiter Teil, V. 65-113. Vier Strophenpaare, vorgetragen von dem Gesamtchore, bestehend aus ionici a minori, teilweise anakla- stischen (v. 86-92. 96-101. 107= 113) oder durch Synkope in Ana- päste verwandelten. Das Maſs malt das unruhige Auf- und Abwogen der Empfindungen, das Schwanken zwischen Furcht und Hoffnung. Vgl. Westphal¹ III S. 291 ff. 314f. Nebst II 2. S. 526.