Aeschylus Persians 697

Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator)

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But since persuaded by thy groanings I have come from below, in no wise utter a tedious tale, but concisely tell me, and complete the whole, laying aside thine awe for me.

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.) — 697 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 697 focus
ἀλλ᾽ ἐπεὶ κάτωθεν ἦλθον σοῖς γόοις πεπεισμένος,
μή τι μακιστῆρα μῦθον, ἀλλὰ σύντομον λέγων
εἰπὲ καὶ πέραινε πάντα, τὴν ἐμὴν αἰδῶ μεθείς.
700
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 697 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 697 focus
ἀλλ᾽ ἐπεὶ κάτωθεν ἦλθον σοῖς γόοις πεπεισμένος,
μή τι μακιστῆρα μῦθον, ἀλλὰ σύντομον λέγων
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εἰπὲ καὶ πέραινε πάντα, τὴν ἐμὴν αἰδῶ μεθείς.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 697 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.) — 697 focus
que lâcher. Mais j'ai auprès d'eux usé de mon crédit : me voici. Dis vite, afin qu'on ne me puisse reprocher un retard : quel malheur nouveau pèse donc
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 697 focus
Since from the realms below, by thy ſad ſtrains
Adjur'd, I come, ſpeak, let thy words be brief,
840
Say whence thy grief, tell me unaw'd by fear.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 697 focus
Or poiché di sotto terra sono accorso ai tuoi lamenti,
non mi far lunghe parole, ma favella brevi accenti:
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il discorso tuo sia pieno
né l'ossequio a te sia freno.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 697 focus
Dar. Sed postą ab inferis ueni tuis luctib.perfuafus,
Non longis uerbis, sed compendiosè loquens,
645
Dic, perfice dimittens pudorë quë habes de me.
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.) — 697 focus
Nay, but as I rose to earth again, obedient to your call,
Prithee, tarry not in parley! be one word enough for all—
Speak and gaze on me unshrinking, neither let my face appal!
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.) — 697 focus
Weil ich, folgsam deinem Wehruf, aus der Tiefe stieg an's Licht,
Melde denn in kurzer Rede, nicht in langgedehntem Wort,
Ohne Scheu vor meinem Antlik, Alles, was dein Herz beschwert.

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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αἴας:
γαίας
Vit.
αἴης
Par. A. B. et ut videtur Veneti.
αἴας
(non
αἴης
) M. G. Lips. edd. vett.

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.