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the sea-girt islands too, near the marine promontory, lying hard by this land, Lesbos, for instance, and olive-planted Samos, Chios, and Paros, Myconus, and Andros touching in close neighbourhood upon Tenos.

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

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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.) — 879 focus

νᾶσοί θ᾽ αἳ κατὰ πρῶν ἅλιον περίκλυστοι,

τᾷδε γᾷ προσήμεναι,
880

οἷα Λέσβος, ἐλαιόφυτός τε Σάμος, Χίος,

ἠδὲ Πάρος, Νάξος, Μύκονος, Τήνῳ τε συνάπτουσ᾽

885

῎Ανδρος ἀγχιγείτων,

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 879 focus

νᾶσοί ν' αἳ κατὰ πρῶν' ἅλιον περίκλυστοι

870

τῇδε γᾷ προςήμεναι·

οἷα Λέσβος, ἐλαιόφυτός τε Σάμος, Χίος,

ἠδὲ Πάρος, Νάξος, Μύκονος, Τήνῳ τε συνάπτουσ᾽

Ἄνδρος ἀγχιγείτων·

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. 117

Χορός

ἀντ. γ'.

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 879 focus

νασοί θ' αἱ κατὰ

Str. 3.

πρῶν' ἅλιον περίκλυστοι
880

τῇδε γᾷ προσήμεναι,

οἷα Λέσβος, ἐλαιόφυτός τε Σά-

μος, Χίος, ἠδὲ Πάρος, Νάξος, Μύκο-

νος, Τήνῳ τε συνάπτουσ'

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Ἄνδρος ἀγχιγείτων·

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 879 focus

νᾶσοί θ᾽ αἳ κατὰ πρῶν᾽

ἅλιον περίκλυστοι

τᾷδε γᾷ προσήμεναι,

οἷα Λέσβος, ἐλαι-

885

όφυτός τε Σάμος,

Χίος, ἠδὲ Πάρος,

Νάξος, Μύκονος,

Τήνῳ τε συνά-

πτουσ᾽ Ἄνδρος ἀγχιγείτων.

890

3

Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 879 focus

νᾶσοί θ᾽ αἳ κατὰ πρῶν᾽ ἅλιον περίκλυστοι

τᾶιδε γᾶι προσήμεναι,

οἷα Λέσβος ἐλαιόφυτός τε Σά-

μος, Χίος ἠδὲ Πάρος, Νάξος Μύκο-

880

νος, Τήνωι τε συνάπτουσ᾽

Ἄνδρος ἀγχιγείτων. –

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.) — 879 focus

et les bouches du Pont !

Et les îles baignées du flot, qui, groupées autour d'un cap marin, s'attachent à notre sol d'Asie, telles Lesbos, Samos, qui
nourrit l'olivier, Chios ; et aussi Paros, Naxos, Mycônos ; Andros enfin, voisine attachée à Ténos !

LES PERSES

LE CHŒUR

The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 879 focus

Each ſea-girt iſle around

1080

Bow'd to this monarch:

humbled Leſbos bow'd;

Paros, of its marble proud;

Naxos with vines, with olives Samos crown'd:

Him Myconus ador'd:

1085

Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 879 focus

E l'isole che cingono

i promontori delle nostre rive,

e i flutti le flagellano,

come Lesbo, d'ulive

ferace, e Samo e Paro

1020

e Chio, Nasso, Micòno,

ed Andro, e la finitima

Teno, che unite sono.

CORO

Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 879 focus

iuxta collem

Martinum in orbem diſpoſitæ huic terre,

820

Qualis est Lesbos, oleis inferta Samos,

Chios, fiue Parus, Naxus, Myconus,

Tenoq; adiacens Andrus uicina.

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.) — 879 focus

And the isles that lie fronting our sea-board, and the Eastland looks on each one,

Lesbos and Chios and Paros, and Samos with olive-trees grown,

And Naxos, and Myconos' rock, and Tenos with Andros hard by,

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.) — 879 focus

Auch Eilande, von Fluten umrauscht an dem Vorstrand,

Nachbarinnen Asia's,
845

Lesbos, dann, von Oliven umgrünt, die Gefilde von

Samos, und Chios und Paros und Mykonos, Naxos und Andros,

Dicht an Tenos' Mark gelehnt.

Dritte Gegenstrophe.

Commentary

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

879. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-827

στεναγμῶν:

στεναγμάτων

libri, nisi quod

τεναγμάτων

a pr. manu habuit M. Scripsi

στεναγμῶν

879

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

852-907. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-130

Drittes Stasimon. Loblied auf Dareios, aus Anlaſs seiner vorausgegangenen Erschei- nung. Glück und Gröfse des per- sischen Reichs unter ihm. Seine Verdienste werden vor dem Auf- treten des Xerxes noch einmal ver- gegenwärtigt, des Kontrastes wegen. Zugleich erhalten so seine Rat- schläge (790 ff. 824 ff.) doppeltes Gewicht. Altertümlicher Charakter, epische Aufzählung, auch viele epi- sche Formen und Wendungen, so- wie das Maſs überwiegend dakty- lisch und altertümlich einfach, in der Weise des Stesichoros. Vgl. Westphal2 II S 373 ff.

879-887. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-135

⁴

Daktylisches Pen- tametron; di. tr. c.; dakt. Pent. u. Hexametron; Ithyphallikos. Auf- zählung der von Dareios unterwor- fenen hellenischen Inseln. Zuerst ᾿Αντιστρ. γ΄. die drei groſsen am asiatischen Festland liegenden, dann westlich davon die Kykladen. Als zweite Gruppe das nördliche Lemnos; dar- auf das zwischen Samos und den Kykladen gelegene Ikaria; sodann nach Süden herab Rhodos bis Kypros (Hartung). πρῶν᾽ ἅλιον etwas anders 131 f. τᾶδε γᾷ, 679. Herod. VI 31: ὁ ναυτικὸς στρατὸς ὁ Περσέων αἱρέει (J. 493) εὐπετέως τὰς νήσους τὰς πρὸς τῇ ἠπείρῳ κειμένας, Χίον καὶ Λέσβον καὶ Τέ- νεδον. Noch Apuleius Flor. 15 sagt von Samos: ager frumento piger,.. fecundior oliveto. Über ihre Stellung zu den Persern s. Herod. VI 13 f.; die von Chios ib. 15 f. 26; Paros und Naxos V 28-31. 96; Andros V 31 vgl. VIII 66. Herod. II 75: τὸ πεδίον τοῦτο συνάπτει τῷ αἰγυπτίῳ πεδίω.

Aeschylus Persians 879

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.

νᾶσοί θ᾽ αἳ κατὰ πρῶν ἅλιον περίκλυστοι,

τᾷδε γᾷ προσήμεναι,
880

οἷα Λέσβος, ἐλαιόφυτός τε Σάμος, Χίος,

Χορός

ἀντ. γ'.

νασοί θ' αἱ κατὰ

Str. 3.

πρῶν' ἅλιον περίκλυστοι
880

τῇδε γᾷ προσήμεναι,

οἷα Λέσβος, ἐλαιόφυτός τε Σά-

μος, Χίος, ἠδὲ Πάρος, Νάξος, Μύκο-

νος, Τήνῳ τε συνάπτουσ'

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Ἄνδρος ἀγχιγείτων·

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 les îles baignées du flot, qui, groupées autour d'un cap marin, s'attachent à notre sol d'Asie, telles Lesbos, Samos, qui
nourrit l'olivier, Chios ; et aussi Paros, Naxos, Mycônos ; Andros enfin, voisine attachée à Ténos !

LE CHŒUR

CORO

And the isles that lie fronting our sea-board, and the Eastland looks on each one,

Lesbos and Chios and Paros, and Samos with olive-trees grown,

And Naxos, and Myconos' rock, and Tenos with Andros hard by,

Auch Eilande, von Fluten umrauscht an dem Vorstrand,

Nachbarinnen Asia's,
845

Lesbos, dann, von Oliven umgrünt, die Gefilde von

Samos, und Chios und Paros und Mykonos, Naxos und Andros,

Dicht an Tenos' Mark gelehnt.

Dritte Gegenstrophe.

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

νᾶσοί θ᾽ αἳ κατὰ πρῶν ἅλιον περίκλυστοι, τᾷδε γᾷ προσήμεναι, 880 οἷα Λέσβος, ἐλαιόφυτός τε Σάμος, Χίος,

Χορός ἀντ. γ'.

νασοί θ' αἱ κατὰ Str. 3. πρῶν' ἅλιον περίκλυστοι 880 τῇδε γᾷ προσήμεναι, οἷα Λέσβος, ἐλαιόφυτός τε Σά- μος, Χίος, ἠδὲ Πάρος, Νάξος, Μύκο- νος, Τήνῳ τε συνάπτουσ'

ΧΟΡΟΣ Ἄνδρος ἀγχιγείτων·

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 les îles baignées du flot, qui, groupées autour d'un cap marin, s'attachent à notre sol d'Asie, telles Lesbos, Samos, qui nourrit l'olivier, Chios ; et aussi Paros, Naxos, Mycônos ; Andros enfin, voisine attachée à Ténos !

LE CHŒUR

CORO

And the isles that lie fronting our sea-board, and the Eastland looks on each one, Lesbos and Chios and Paros, and Samos with olive-trees grown, And Naxos, and Myconos' rock, and Tenos with Andros hard by,

Auch Eilande, von Fluten umrauscht an dem Vorstrand, Nachbarinnen Asia's, 845 Lesbos, dann, von Oliven umgrünt, die Gefilde von Samos, und Chios und Paros und Mykonos, Naxos und Andros, Dicht an Tenos' Mark gelehnt. Dritte Gegenstrophe.

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
855

ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἆρχε χώρας.

νᾶσοί θ᾽ αἳ κατὰ πρῶν ἅλιον περίκλυστοι,

τᾷδε γᾷ προσήμεναι,
880

οἷα Λέσβος, ἐλαιόφυτός τε Σάμος, Χίος,

Χορός

ἀντ. γ'.

νασοί θ' αἱ κατὰ

Str. 3.

πρῶν' ἅλιον περίκλυστοι
880

τῇδε γᾷ προσήμεναι,

οἷα Λέσβος, ἐλαιόφυτός τε Σά-

μος, Χίος, ἠδὲ Πάρος, Νάξος, Μύκο-

νος, Τήνῳ τε συνάπτουσ'

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Ἄνδρος ἀγχιγείτων·

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 les îles baignées du flot, qui, groupées autour d'un cap marin, s'attachent à notre sol d'Asie, telles Lesbos, Samos, qui
nourrit l'olivier, Chios ; et aussi Paros, Naxos, Mycônos ; Andros enfin, voisine attachée à Ténos !

And the isles that lie fronting our sea-board, and the Eastland looks on each one,

Lesbos and Chios and Paros, and Samos with olive-trees grown,

And Naxos, and Myconos' rock, and Tenos with Andros hard by,

Auch Eilande, von Fluten umrauscht an dem Vorstrand,

Nachbarinnen Asia's,
845

Lesbos, dann, von Oliven umgrünt, die Gefilde von

Samos, und Chios und Paros und Mykonos, Naxos und Andros,

Dicht an Tenos' Mark gelehnt.

Dritte Gegenstrophe.