Aeschylus, Persians, Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator), 871

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and beyond the sea, those along the main land environed with fortresses obeyed this king, and those who boast to dwell on both sides of the broad frith of Helle, and the gulfy Propontis, and the outlet of the Pontus:

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.) — 852-908 focus

str. 1

Χορός

ὦ πόποι ἦ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο-

λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν,

εὖθ᾽ ὁ γηραιὸς¹

πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας
855

ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἆρχε χώρας.

858

ant. 1

Χορός

πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμους στρατιὰς² ἀπε-

φαινόμεθ᾽,³ ἠδὲ πολίσματα⁴ πύργινα

πάντ᾽ ἐπέρθομεν.⁵
860

νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων

ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς

<ἀνέρασ>⁶ εὖ πράσσοντας ἆγον οἴκους.⁷

864

str. 2

Χορός

ὅσσας δ᾽ εἷλε πόλεις πόρον

οὐ διαβὰς Ἅλυος ποταμοῖο,
865

οὐδ᾽⁸ ἀφ᾽ ἑστίας συθείς,⁹

οἷαι Στρυμονίου πελά-

γους Ἀχελωίδες εἰσὶ πάροικοι

Θρῃκίων¹⁰ ἐπαύλων,
870
871

ant. 2

Χορός

λίμνας τ᾽ ἔκτοθεν αἳ κατὰ

χέρσον ἐληλαμέναι πέρι πύργον

τοῦδ᾽ ἄνακτος ἄιον,

Ἕλλας τ᾽¹¹ ἀμφὶ πόρον πλατὺν
875

εὐχόμεναι, μυχία τε Προποντίς,

καὶ στόμωμα Πόντου:

879

str. 3

Χορός

νᾶσοί θ᾽ αἳ κατὰ πρῶν᾽

ἅλιον περίκλυστοι
880

τᾷδε γᾷ προσήμεναι

οἵα¹² Λέσβος ἐλαι-

όφυτός τε Σάμος, Χίος,

ἠδὲ Πάρος, Νάξος, Μύκο-

νος, Τήνῳ τε συνάπτουσ᾽
885

Ἄνδρος¹³ ἀγχιγείτων,

889

ant. 3

Χορός

καὶ τὰς ἀγχιάλους

ἐκράτυνε μεσάκτους,¹⁴

Λῆμνον, Ἰκάρου θ᾽ ἕδος,
890

καὶ Ῥόδον ἠδὲ Κνίδον

Κυπρίας τε πόλεις, Πάφον,

ἠδὲ Σόλους, Σαλαμῖνά τε,

τᾶς νῦν ματρόπολις¹⁵ τῶνδ᾽

αἰτία στεναγμῶν.¹⁶

897

ep.

Χορός

καὶ τὰς εὐκτεάνους¹⁷ κατὰ

κλῆρον Ἰαόνιον¹⁸ πολυάνδρους

Ἑλλάνων ἐκράτει¹⁹ σφετέραις φρεσίν.
900

ἀκάματον δὲ παρῆν σθένος

ἀνδρῶν τευχηστήρων

παμμίκτων τ᾽ ἐπικούρων.

νῦν δ᾽ οὐκ ἀμφιλόγως

θεότρεπτα²⁰ τάδ᾽ αὖ
905

φέρομεν πολέμοισι

δμαθέντες μεγάλως

πλαγαῖσι ποντίαισιν.

909

Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 852-908 focus

Χορός

ὦ πόποι ἦ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο-

λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν,

εὖθʼ ὁ γηραιὸς

πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας
855

ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἆρχε χώρας.

858

Χορός

πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμους στρατιὰς ἀπε-

φαινόμεθʼ, ἠδὲ νομίσματα πύργινα

πάντʼ ἐπηύθυνε,
860

νόστοι δʼ ἐκ πολέμων

ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς

ἀνέρας εὖ πράσσοντας ἆγον οἴκους.

864

Χορός

ὅσσας δʼ εἷλε πόλεις πόρον

οὐ διαβὰς Ἅλυος ποταμοῖο,
865

οὐδʼ ἀφʼ ἑστίας συθείς,

οἷαι Στρυμονίου πελά-

γους Ἀχελωίδες εἰσὶ πάροικοι

Θρῃκίων ἐπαύλων,
870

871

Χορός

λίμνας τʼ ἔκτοθεν αἳ κατὰ

χέρσον ἐληλαμέναι πέρι πύργον

τοῦδʼ ἄνακτος ἄιον,

Ἕλλας τʼ ἀμφὶ πόρον πλατὺν
875

εὐχόμεναι, μυχία τε Προποντίς,

καὶ στόμωμα Πόντου·

879

Χορός

νᾶσοί θʼ αἳ κατὰ πρῶνʼ

ἅλιον περίκλυστοι
880

τᾷδε γᾷ προσήμεναι

οἵα Λέσβος ἐλαι-

όφυτός τε Σάμος, Χίος

ἠδὲ Πάρος, Νάξος, Μύκο-

νος, Τήνῳ τε συνάπτουσʼ
885

Ἀνδρος ἀγχιγείτων,

888

Χορός

καὶ τὰς ἀγχιάλους

ἐκράτυνε μεσάκτους,

Λῆμνον, Ἰκάρου θʼ ἕδος,
890

καὶ Ῥόδον ἠδὲ Κνίδον

Κυπρίας τε πόλεις, Πάφον,

ἠδὲ Σόλους, Σαλαμῖνά τε,

τᾶς νῦν ματρόπολις τῶνδʼ
895

αἰτία στεναγμῶν.

898

Χορός

καὶ τὰς εὐκτεάνους κατὰ

κλῆρον Ἰαόνιον πολυάνδρους

Ἑλλάνων ἐκράτει σφετέραις φρεσίν.
900

ἀκάματον δὲ παρῆν σθένος

ἀνδρῶν τευχηστήρων

παμμίκτων τʼ ἐπικούρων.

νῦν δʼ οὐκ ἀμφιλόγως

θεότρεπτα τάδʼ αὖ
905

φέρομεν πολέμοισι

δμαθέντες μεγάλως

πλαγαῖσι ποντίαισιν.

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 871 focus

λίμνας τ᾽ ἔκτοθεν αἳ κατὰ χέρσον ἐληλάμενα.

περὶ πύργον

τοῦδ᾽ ἄνακτος ἄϊον,

Ἕλλας τ᾽ ἀμφὶ πόρον πλατὺν εὐχόμεναι, μυχία τε Προποντὶς,
875

καὶ στόμωμα Πόντου·

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 871 focus

λίμνας τ' ἔκτοθεν αἳ κατὰ χέρσον ἐληλαμέναι πέρι πύργον

τοῦδ᾽ ἄνακτος ἄϊον,

Ἕλλας τ᾽ ἀμφὶ πόρον πλατὺν ἀρχόμεναι, μυχία τε Προποντίς,

καὶ στόμωμα Πόντου·

στρ. γ'.

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 871 focus

λίμνας τ' ἔκτοθεν αἳ κατὰ χέρσον ἐ-

Ant. 2.

ληλαμέναι περὶ πύργον

τοῦδ' ἄνακτος ἄϊον,

Ἕλλας τ' Ἕλλας ἀμφὶ πόρον πλατὺν εὐχόμε-

ναι, μυχία τε Προποντὶς
875

καὶ στόμωμα Πόντου·

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 871 focus

λίμνας τ᾽ ἔκτοθεν αἳ

κατὰ χέρσον ἐλη-

875

λαμέναι περὶ πύργον

τοῦδ᾽ ἄνακτος ἄιον,

¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰

ἀπεφαινόμεθ᾽ ἀπεφαινόμεθ' ἀποφαινόμενο νομίσματα νομίσματα νομίματα ἐπηύθυνον ἐπέκθυνον, eraso υ ante κ οἴκους οἴκους ἐς οἴκους ποταμοῖο οὐδ᾽ ποταμοιο οὐδ᾽ ποταμοῦ δ' ποταμοῦ οὐδ᾽ vel ποταμοῦ γ᾽ οὐδ᾽ συθείς συνείς συνθείς θρηκίων θρηϊκίων θρηΐκων ἐληλαμέναι ἐληλά | μεναι

48 AESCHYLI

ΧΟ.

Ἕλλας τ᾽ ἀμφὶ πόρον

πλατὺν εὐχόμεναι,

μυχία τε Προποντίς,
880

καὶ στόμωμα Πόντου.

3

Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 871 focus

ΧΟΡΟΣ

λίμνας τ᾽ ἔκτοθεν αἱ κατὰ χέρσον ἐ-

ληλαμέναι περὶ πύργον

τοῦδ᾽ ἄνακτος ἄιον,

Ἕλλας τ᾽ ἀμφὶ πόρον πλατὺν εὐχόμε-

ναι, μυχία τε Προποντίς,
875

καὶ στόμωμα Πόντου· =

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.)) — 852-905 focus

Chorus

Oh yes, it was in truth a glorious and good life under civil government that we enjoyed so long as our aged

and all-powerful king, who did no wrong and did not favor war, god-like Darius, ruled the realm.
855

858

Chorus

In the first place we showed to the world armies worthy of our fame, and civil institutions, like towers in strength,

regulated all the state; and our return from war brought back our men, unworn and unsuffering, to happy homes.
860

864

Chorus

And what a number of cities he captured!—

without crossing the stream of Halys or even stirring from his own hearth: such as the Acheloan¹cities on the Strymonian sea which is located beside
865

the Thracian settlements.
870

871

Chorus

And those outside the lake, the cities on the mainland, surrounded with a rampart, obeyed him as their king;

those, too, that boast to be on both sides of the broad Hellespont and Propontis, deeply-recessed, and the outlet of Pontus .
875

879

Chorus

The sea-washed islands, also, off the projecting arm

of the sea, lying close to this land of ours, such as Lesbos , and olive-planted Samos , Chios and Paros , Naxos , Mykonos,
880

and Andros which lies adjacent to Tenos .
885

888

Chorus

And he held under his sway the sea-girt islands midway between the continents,

Lemnos , and the settlement of Icarus, and Rhodes , and Cnidos , and the Cyprian cities Paphos , Soli , and Salamis ,
890

whose mother-city is now the cause of our lament.
895

898

Chorus

And the rich and populous cities of the Hellenes in the Ionian heritage

he controlled by his own will; and at his command he had an unwearied strength of men-at-arms and of allies from every nation. But now,
900

worsted completely in war through disasters on the sea, we endure this change of fortune no doubt from the hand of god.
905

LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 871 focus

qui confinent aux bourgades thraces.

Et, en dehors de ce lac, celles qui, sur la terre ferme, portent ceinture de remparts ont obéi aussi à ce monarque.
Et les cités fièrement assises sur les bords du large détroit d'Hellé ; et le repli profond de la Propontide,

The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 871 focus

Nor thoſe, that far th' extended ocean o'er

Stand girt with many' a tow'r;

Nor where the Helleſpont his broad wave ſpreads;

Nor the firm baſtions' rampir'd might,
1075

Whoſe foot the deep Propontis laves;

Nor thoſe, that glorying in their height

Frown o'er the Pontic ſea, and ſhade his darken'd

waves,

STROPHE 2.

Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 871 focus

E quelle che, lontano

dal mare, in terra surgono,

cinte di torri, omaggio

1010

prestarono al Sovrano;

e quante d'Elle al valico

han glorïosa voce,

e la curva Propontide,

e del Ponto la foce.

1015

CORO

Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 871 focus

Per terram ducte circum turrim.

815

Huius uerò regisſpirarunt Helles circum uadum

Latum detente, abditać Propontis,

Et ostia Ponti, inſuleq;

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.) — 871 focus

And those that stand back from the main, enringed by their fortified wall,

Gave o'er to Darius, the king, the sceptre and sway over all!

Those too by the channel of Helle, where southward it broadens and glides,

By the inlets, Propontis! of thee, and the strait of the Pontic tides,
895

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.) — 871 focus

Und die, ferne der See, sich im Schooße des Land's mit der Mauer umgürtet,
840

Folgten dieses Herrschers Wort,

Dann an dem Sunde der Helle die prangenden Städt' und die Bucht der Propontis

Sammt des Pontos Mündung,

Dritte Strophe.

Commentary

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

90. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-74

ἐχυροῖς:

ἐχυροῖς

M. G. aliique et Rob.

ἐχυροῖσιν

Ven. B.

ὀχυροῖς

Vit. Lips. Ven. A. aliique et Ald. Turn. ἕρκεσιν:

ἕρκοισιν

Ven. B. εἴργειν:

εἴργεις

Lips.

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

87-92. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-15

Unaufhaltsam ist das Heer der Perser und nach mensch- licher Berechnung kann ihm nie- mand widerstehen, wie man nie- manden zutrauen kann, daſs er durch starke Dämme die unbe- zwingliche Hochflut des Meeres zurückhalte. Der Dichter hat Gleich- nis und eigentlichen Ausdruck ohne Vermittlung verbunden.

Aeschylus Persians 871

Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator)

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Χορός

ὦ πόποι ἦ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο-

λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν,

εὖθ᾽ ὁ γηραιὸς¹

πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας
855

ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἆρχε χώρας.

858

Χορός

ὦ πόποι ἦ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο-

λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν,

εὖθʼ ὁ γηραιὸς

πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας
855

ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἆρχε χώρας.

ΧΟ.

Ἕλλας τ᾽ ἀμφὶ πόρον

πλατὺν εὐχόμεναι,

μυχία τε Προποντίς,
880

καὶ στόμωμα Πόντου.

3

Chorus

Oh yes, it was in truth a glorious and good life under civil government that we enjoyed so long as our aged

and all-powerful king, who did no wrong and did not favor war, god-like Darius, ruled the realm.
855

Chorus

In the first place we showed to the world armies worthy of our fame, and civil institutions, like towers in strength,

regulated all the state; and our return from war brought back our men, unworn and unsuffering, to happy homes.
860

Chorus

And what a number of cities he captured!—

without crossing the stream of Halys or even stirring from his own hearth: such as the Acheloan¹cities on the Strymonian sea which is located beside
865

the Thracian settlements.
870

Chorus

And those outside the lake, the cities on the mainland, surrounded with a rampart, obeyed him as their king;

those, too, that boast to be on both sides of the broad Hellespont and Propontis, deeply-recessed, and the outlet of Pontus .
875

Chorus

The sea-washed islands, also, off the projecting arm

of the sea, lying close to this land of ours, such as Lesbos , and olive-planted Samos , Chios and Paros , Naxos , Mykonos,
880

and Andros which lies adjacent to Tenos .
885

Chorus

And he held under his sway the sea-girt islands midway between the continents,

Lemnos , and the settlement of Icarus, and Rhodes , and Cnidos , and the Cyprian cities Paphos , Soli , and Salamis ,
890

whose mother-city is now the cause of our lament.
895

Et, en dehors de ce lac, celles qui, sur la terre ferme, portent ceinture de remparts ont obéi aussi à ce monarque.
Et les cités fièrement assises sur les bords du large détroit d'Hellé ; et le repli profond de la Propontide,

Nor the firm baſtions' rampir'd might,
1075

Whoſe foot the deep Propontis laves;

Nor thoſe, that glorying in their height

Frown o'er the Pontic ſea, and ſhade his darken'd

waves,

STROPHE 2.

CORO

Huius uerò regisſpirarunt Helles circum uadum

Latum detente, abditać Propontis,

Et ostia Ponti, inſuleq;

And those that stand back from the main, enringed by their fortified wall,

Gave o'er to Darius, the king, the sceptre and sway over all!

Those too by the channel of Helle, where southward it broadens and glides,

By the inlets, Propontis! of thee, and the strait of the Pontic tides,
895

Und die, ferne der See, sich im Schooße des Land's mit der Mauer umgürtet,
840

Folgten dieses Herrschers Wort,

Dann an dem Sunde der Helle die prangenden Städt' und die Bucht der Propontis

Sammt des Pontos Mündung,

Dritte Strophe.

Commentary

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Χορός ὦ πόποι ἦ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο- λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν, εὖθ᾽ ὁ γηραιὸς 1 πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας 855 ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἆρχε χώρας. 858

Χορός ὦ πόποι ἦ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο- λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν, εὖθʼ ὁ γηραιὸς πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας 855 ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἆρχε χώρας.

Χορός ὅσσας δʼ εἷλε πόλεις πόρον οὐ διαβὰς Ἅλυος ποταμοῖο, 865 οὐδʼ ἀφʼ ἑστίας συθείς, οἷαι Στρυμονίου πελά- γους Ἀχελωίδες εἰσὶ πάροικοι Θρῃκίων ἐπαύλων, 870

ΧΟ. Ἕλλας τ᾽ ἀμφὶ πόρον πλατὺν εὐχόμεναι, μυχία τε Προποντίς, 880 καὶ στόμωμα Πόντου. 3

Chorus Oh yes, it was in truth a glorious and good life under civil government that we enjoyed so long as our aged and all-powerful king, who did no wrong and did not favor war, god-like Darius, ruled the realm. 855

Chorus In the first place we showed to the world armies worthy of our fame, and civil institutions, like towers in strength, regulated all the state; and our return from war brought back our men, unworn and unsuffering, to happy homes. 860

Chorus And what a number of cities he captured!— without crossing the stream of Halys or even stirring from his own hearth: such as the Acheloan 1 cities on the Strymonian sea which is located beside 865 the Thracian settlements. 870

Chorus And those outside the lake, the cities on the mainland, surrounded with a rampart, obeyed him as their king; those, too, that boast to be on both sides of the broad Hellespont and Propontis, deeply-recessed, and the outlet of Pontus . 875

Chorus The sea-washed islands, also, off the projecting arm of the sea, lying close to this land of ours, such as Lesbos , and olive-planted Samos , Chios and Paros , Naxos , Mykonos, 880 and Andros which lies adjacent to Tenos . 885

Chorus And he held under his sway the sea-girt islands midway between the continents, Lemnos , and the settlement of Icarus, and Rhodes , and Cnidos , and the Cyprian cities Paphos , Soli , and Salamis , 890 whose mother-city is now the cause of our lament. 895

Et, en dehors de ce lac, celles qui, sur la terre ferme, portent ceinture de remparts ont obéi aussi à ce monarque. Et les cités fièrement assises sur les bords du large détroit d'Hellé ; et le repli profond de la Propontide,

Nor the firm baſtions' rampir'd might, 1075 Whoſe foot the deep Propontis laves; Nor thoſe, that glorying in their height Frown o'er the Pontic ſea, and ſhade his darken'd waves, STROPHE 2.

CORO

Huius uerò regisſpirarunt Helles circum uadum Latum detente, abditać Propontis, Et ostia Ponti, inſuleq;

And those that stand back from the main, enringed by their fortified wall, Gave o'er to Darius, the king, the sceptre and sway over all! Those too by the channel of Helle, where southward it broadens and glides, By the inlets, Propontis! of thee, and the strait of the Pontic tides, 895

Und die, ferne der See, sich im Schooße des Land's mit der Mauer umgürtet, 840 Folgten dieses Herrschers Wort, Dann an dem Sunde der Helle die prangenden Städt' und die Bucht der Propontis Sammt des Pontos Mündung, Dritte Strophe.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

Χορός

ὦ πόποι ἦ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο-

λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν,

εὖθ᾽ ὁ γηραιὸς¹

πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας
855

ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἆρχε χώρας.

858

Χορός

ὦ πόποι ἦ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο-

λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν,

εὖθʼ ὁ γηραιὸς

πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας
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ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἆρχε χώρας.

ΧΟ.

Ἕλλας τ᾽ ἀμφὶ πόρον

πλατὺν εὐχόμεναι,

μυχία τε Προποντίς,
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καὶ στόμωμα Πόντου.

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Chorus

Oh yes, it was in truth a glorious and good life under civil government that we enjoyed so long as our aged

and all-powerful king, who did no wrong and did not favor war, god-like Darius, ruled the realm.
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Chorus

In the first place we showed to the world armies worthy of our fame, and civil institutions, like towers in strength,

regulated all the state; and our return from war brought back our men, unworn and unsuffering, to happy homes.
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Chorus

And what a number of cities he captured!—

without crossing the stream of Halys or even stirring from his own hearth: such as the Acheloan¹cities on the Strymonian sea which is located beside
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the Thracian settlements.
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Chorus

And those outside the lake, the cities on the mainland, surrounded with a rampart, obeyed him as their king;

those, too, that boast to be on both sides of the broad Hellespont and Propontis, deeply-recessed, and the outlet of Pontus .
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Chorus

The sea-washed islands, also, off the projecting arm

of the sea, lying close to this land of ours, such as Lesbos , and olive-planted Samos , Chios and Paros , Naxos , Mykonos,
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and Andros which lies adjacent to Tenos .
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Chorus

And he held under his sway the sea-girt islands midway between the continents,

Lemnos , and the settlement of Icarus, and Rhodes , and Cnidos , and the Cyprian cities Paphos , Soli , and Salamis ,
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whose mother-city is now the cause of our lament.
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Et, en dehors de ce lac, celles qui, sur la terre ferme, portent ceinture de remparts ont obéi aussi à ce monarque.
Et les cités fièrement assises sur les bords du large détroit d'Hellé ; et le repli profond de la Propontide,

Nor the firm baſtions' rampir'd might,
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Whoſe foot the deep Propontis laves;

Nor thoſe, that glorying in their height

Frown o'er the Pontic ſea, and ſhade his darken'd

waves,

STROPHE 2.

Huius uerò regisſpirarunt Helles circum uadum

Latum detente, abditać Propontis,

Et ostia Ponti, inſuleq;

And those that stand back from the main, enringed by their fortified wall,

Gave o'er to Darius, the king, the sceptre and sway over all!

Those too by the channel of Helle, where southward it broadens and glides,

By the inlets, Propontis! of thee, and the strait of the Pontic tides,
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Und die, ferne der See, sich im Schooße des Land's mit der Mauer umgürtet,
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Folgten dieses Herrschers Wort,

Dann an dem Sunde der Helle die prangenden Städt' und die Bucht der Propontis

Sammt des Pontos Mündung,

Dritte Strophe.