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ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλλοι χθονίων ἁγεμόνες

δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ

ἰόντ᾽ αἰνέσατ᾽ ἐκ δόμων, Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ

θεόν·

πέμπετε δ᾽ ἄνω τὸν οἷον οὔπω

645

Περσὶς αἷ᾽ ἐκάλυψεν.

Persians. Aeschylus. Guilielmus Dindorfius (Editor). Lipsiae. 1882.

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by Schmidt Sciences.

Current edition Experimental

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) (Greek) (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (6)

Πέρσαι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 633-680 focus

str. 1

Χορός

ἦ ῥ᾽ ἀίει μου¹ μακαρίτας

ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεὺς

βάρβαρ᾽ σαφηνῆ
635

ἱέντος τὰ παναίολ᾽ αἰ-

ανῆ δύσθροα βάγματ᾽, ἢ²

παντάλαν᾽ ἄχη διαμβοάσω;³

νέρθεν ἆρα κλύει μου;

640

ant. 1

Χορός

ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλλοι
640

χθονίων ἁγεμόνες

δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ⁴

ἰόντ᾽ αἰνέσατ᾽ ἐκ δόμων,

Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ θεόν:

πέμπετε⁵ δ᾽ ἄνω <τὸν>⁶ οἷον οὔπω
645

Περσὶς αἶ᾽ ἐκάλυψεν.

647

str. 2

Χορός

ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ,⁷ [ἦ⁸] φίλος ὄχθος:

φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.

Ἀιδωνεὺς δ᾽ ἀναπομπ-

ὸς⁹ ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς,
650

θεῖον¹⁰ ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ.

652

ant. 2

Χορός

οὐδὲ¹¹ γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτ᾽ ἀπώλλυ¹²

πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,

θεομήστωρ δ᾽ ἐκικλή-

σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δ᾽
655

ἔσκεν, ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει.¹³ ἠέ.

657

str. 3

Χορός

βαλήν,¹⁴ ἀρχαῖος βαλήν,

ἴθι, ἱκοῦ:

ἔλθ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἄκρον κόρυμβον ὄχθου,

κροκόβαπτον ποδὸς εὔμαριν ἀείρων,
660

βασιλείου τιάρας¹⁵

φάλαρον πιφαύσκων.

βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν,¹⁶ οἶ.

664

ant. 3

Χορός

ὅπως αἰανῆ κλύῃς

νέα τ᾽ ἄχη,
665

δέσποτα δεσποτᾶν¹⁷ φάνηθι.

Στυγία γάρ τις ἐπ᾽ ἀχλὺς πεπόταται:

νεολαία γὰρ ἤδη

κατὰ πᾶσ᾽ ὄλωλεν.
670

βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν,¹⁸ οἶ.

673

ep.

Χορός

αἰαῖ αἰαῖ:

ὦ πολύκλαυτε φίλοισι θανών,

†τί τάδε δυνάτα¹⁹ δυνάτα
675

περὶ τᾷ σᾷ δίδυμα διαγόεν ἁμάρτια;²⁰²¹†

πᾶσαι²² <γὰρ>²³ γᾷ τᾷδ᾽ ἐξ-

έφθινται²⁴ τρίσκαλμοι

νᾶες ἄναες ἄναες.
680
681

Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 633-680 focus

Χορός

ἦ ῥʼ ἀίει μου μακαρίτας

ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεὺς

βάρβαρʼ ἀσαφηνῆ
635

ἱέντος τὰ παναίολʼ αἰ-

ανῆ δύσθροα βάγματʼ, ἢ

παντάλανʼ ἄχη διαβοάσω;

νέρθεν ἆρα κλύει μου;

640

Χορός

ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλλοι
640

χθονίων ἁγεμόνες

δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ

ἰόντʼ αἰνέσατʼ ἐκ δόμων,

Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ θεόν·

πέμπετε δʼ ἄνω οἷον οὔπω
645

Περσὶς αἶʼ ἐκάλυψεν.

647

Χορός

ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ, φίλος ὄχθος·

φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.

Ἀιδωνεὺς δʼ ἀναπομ-

πὸς ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς,
650

θεῖον ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ.

652

Χορός

οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτʼ ἀπώλλυ

πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,

θεομήστωρ δʼ ἐκικλή-

σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δʼ
655

ἔσκεν,ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει. ἠέ.

657

Χορός

βαλήν, ἀρχαῖος βαλήν,

ἴθι, ἱκοῦ·

ἔλθʼ ἐπʼ ἄκρον κόρυμβον ὄχθου,

κροκόβαπτον ποδὸς εὔμαριν ἀείρων,
660

βασιλείου τιάρας

φάλαρον πιφαύσκων.

βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν, οἶ.

664

Χορός

ὅπως αἰανῆ κλύῃς

νέα τʼ ἄχη,
665

δέσποτα δεσπότου φάνηθι.

Στυγία γάρ τις ἐπʼ ἀχλὺς πεπόταται·

νεολαία γὰρ ἤδη

κατὰ πᾶσʼ ὄλωλεν.
670

βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν, οἶ.

673

Χορός

αἰαῖ αἰαῖ·

ὦ πολύκλαυτε φίλοισι θανών,

τί τάδε δυνάτα δυνάτα
675

περὶ τᾷ σᾷ δίδυμα διαγόεν ἁμάρτια;

πᾶσαι γᾷ τᾷδʼ

ἐξέφθινται τρίσκαλμοι

νᾶες ἄναες ἄναες.
680

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 640 focus

ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλλοι χθονίων ἁγεμόνες

δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ

ἰόντ᾽ αἰνέσατ᾽ ἐκ δόμων,

645

Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ θεόν·

πέμπετε δ᾽ ἄνω

οἷον οὔπω

Περσὶς αἷα ἐκάλυψεν.

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 640 focus

Ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλ-
640
Ant. 1

λοι χθονίων ἁγεμόνες

δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ μεγαλαυχῆ

ἰόντ' αἰνέσατ' ἐκ δόμων,

Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ θεόν·

πέμπετε δ' ἄνω οἷον οὔπω
645

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Περσὶς αἶ' ἐκάλυψεν.

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 640 focus

ἀλλὰ σύ μοι, Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλλοι

χθονίων ἀγεμόνες,

δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ

645

ἰόντ᾽ αἰνέσατ᾽ ἐκ δόμων,

Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ θεόν·

πέμπετε δ᾽ ἄνω οἷον οὔπω

Περσὶς αἷ᾽ ἐκάλυψεν.

Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 640 focus

ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλλοι χθονίων ἁγεμόνες

δαίμονα μεγαυχή

ἰόντ᾽ αἰνέσατ᾽ ἐκ δόμων,

Περσᾶν Σουσιγενή θεόν·

πέμπετε δ᾽ ἄνω

οἷον οὔπω

645

Περσὶς αἷ᾽ ἐκάλυψεν. –

Translations (8)

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

Chorus

Does our sainted and godlike king hear me as I utter,

in obscure barbaric speech, my dismal and dolorous cries? Or must I shout aloud the utter misery of my anguish so that it pierces the earth? Does he hear me from below?
635

640

Chorus

O Earth, and you other rulers of those who dwell in the nether world, ensure, I implore, that the glorious spirit, the god of the Persians, whom Susa bore, may quit his abode.
640

Send to the upper world him the likes of whom the Persian earth has never entombed.
645

647

Chorus

Beloved indeed was the hero, beloved is his burial mound; beloved are the qualities that lie buried there. O Aidoneus,

Aidoneus, who convey shades to the upper air, permit our divine lord Darius to come forth!
650

652

Chorus

For since he did not ever cause the destruction of his people by senseless and ruinous wars, he bore the name of divine counsellor

to the Persians; and a divine counsellor he was, since he guided his people well.
655

657

Chorus

King, our king of old, come forth, draw near! Rise to the barrow’s topmost point,

lift your saffron-dyed sandal, display the crest of your royal tiara! Come forth, O blameless father Darius.
660

664

Chorus

That you may hear

pitiable and unheard-of sorrows, O Lord of our lord, appear! For a gloom, like that of Styx, hovers over us, since all the youth of the land
665

is now utterly destroyed. Come forth, O blameless father Darius!
670

673

Chorus

Alas, alas! You whose death your friends bewailed with bitter tears,

why, my king, my king, why is it that our land has lost all its three-tiered galleys,
675

ships that are no more, no more?
680

The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 640 focus

But do thou, O Earth, and ye other rulers of the infernal regions, suffer the illustrious divinity, the god of the Persians, born in Susa, to pass from your dwellings, and send him into upper air, such an one as never heretofore Persian mould covered.

LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 640 focus

haut mes souffrances infinies : du fond de l'ombre m'entend-il ?

Allons, Terre, et vous, princes du monde infernal, laissez sortir de vos demeures l'être divin et superbe, le dieu, fils de

LES PERSES

LE CHŒUR

Suse, qu'adorent les Perses. Guidez vers la lumière celui
dont jamais la terre des Perses n'a encore recouvert l'égal.

The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 640 focus

Thou, O Earth, and you, that lead

Thro' your ſable realms the dead,

780

Guide him as he takes his way,

And give him to th' ætherial light of day !

Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 640 focus

O terra, o degli spiriti

Dei condottieri, il duce

che in Susa nacque, il nobile

Re, mandate alla luce

735

dal sotterraneo regno:

mandate il prence onde mai non coprirono

le zolle altro piú degno!

CORO

Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 640 focus

Sed tu Terra, & alij

Terrestrium duces dij gloriofum

Annuite uenire ex ædibus Perfarum Sufigenam

Deum, ſurſum mittite quem nondum

Perſica terra occultauit.certe amicus,

605

Reuera amicus erat uir, reuera bufium

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.) — 640 focus

O Earth, and ye Lords of the dead! release ye that spirit of might,

Who in Susa the palace was born! let him rise up once more to the light!
665

There is none like him, none of all

That e'er were laid in Persian sepulchres!

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.) — 640 focus

Höre mich, Ge! Höret, ihr Gottheiten der Nacht, waltend im Grab!

Lasset den erhabnen

Geist empor aus den Gräbern zieh'n,

Susa's Sprößling, den Persergott!
625

Sendet ihn an's Licht!

Keinen ihm Gleichen

Barg ein persisches Grab noch.

Erster Halbchor.
Zweite Strophe.

Commentary

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

638. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-503

ἱέντος:

livros

M. G. Vit. Lips. Ald. Rob.

638

638. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-504

αἰανῆ:

αἰανή

, Vit.

alarà

Ven. B.

638

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βάγματα:

Báoμara

G. Vit. Mosc. Rob.

639

639. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-506

παναίολα:

παναίολα

, omisso

aaviálaw'

G. Lips. Ven. A. Cantabr. 1.2. Colb. 1. Ask. A. Ald.

639

640. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-507

παντάλαν᾽: ἔστι δὲ τὸ

παντάλαινον

. εὕρηται δὲ ἐν πολλοῖς καὶ καλοῖς βιβλίοις. οὕτω καὶ μὴ οἰηθείη τις

παντάλαιναν

ἄξιον εἶναι γράφεσθαι scholion in G.

παντάλαινά τ'

Ven. Β.

παντάλανατ᾽

Rob. et sic fortasse etiam Рar. C. ex quo

navτákavav'

affertur.

navtákav'

recte M. ceterique libri.

640

640. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-508

ἄχη:

uz⁹n

Vit.

640

641. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-509

διαβοᾶσαι:

diapoάow

, quod in M. et ceteris plerisque libris est, omittunt Ven. B. Rob.

διαβάσω

Lips.

διαβ

Vit.

διαβὰς

Mosc.

διαβοάσω

nec coniunctivus esse potest, ut a Wordsworthio in Museo philologico I. p. 233. praecipitur, nec sane futurum, quod

diaßoάooμai

esse deberet, sed scribendum

Siapoãovi

, continuata structura cum praecedentibus. Non chori est

diapour

, sed eorum qui audiunt.

641

642. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-510

νέρθεν:

νέρθεν

omittit Vit.

642

642. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-511

ἄρα:

úga

, circumflexo accentu a sec. manu addito, M.

Lips. Ald. Rob.

642

643. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-512

σύ μοι:

omittunt Ven. B. et Rob.

643

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Γᾶ:

Lips.

643

643. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-514

ἁγεμόνες:

ἀγεμόνες

Μ.

úɣaµóves

iyɛuóves

Vit. Lips. Mosc. Omittunt hanc vocem Ox. Ald.

643

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δαίμονα:

Saíuores

Rob.

644

644. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-516

μεγαυχῆ:

uεyavy

Par. A. et, ut videtur, M.

μeyahavz

Vit. Lips. Ven. A. B. Par. B. L. et edd. ante Brunckium.

uɛyahaoz

G. Cantabr. 1. Par. C.

μɛyahάoyŋ

in Par. A. adscriptum esse dicit Brunckius.

644

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ἰόντ᾽:

Par. C. et adscriptum in Par. B.

645

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αἰνέσατ᾽:

αἰνέσατε

δόμων

9ε

Par. C. F.

645

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ἐκ δόμων:

Ven. B.

645

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Περσᾶν:

περσῶν

Lips. Par. C.

περσανῶν

Mosc.

646

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

633-639. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-93

Anrufung des Da- reios. Zweifelnde Frage ob er sie auch höre. Der erste Vers chori- ambisch, der zweite trochäisch (mit Anakrusis); darauf nach zwei Gly- koneen ein trochäischer Vers (mit Anakrusis) und ein Pherekrateus. - Fünf Epitheta von βάγματα (lau- tes Klagelied). Oder soll (muſs) ich über die Maſsen laut rufen, damit er drunten mich hört?

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⁴

Bitte an die Götter der Unterwelt ihn heraufzulassen. ἰόντ᾽ αἰνέσατε nach Analogie von Kr. 56, 6. A. 1. u. 2. - Virum qualem (cuius similem) numquam Persis terra texit. τὸν οἷον.. ἐκάλυψεν wie οἱ οἷοίπερ ὑμεῖς ἄν- δρες, Kr. I 50, 8. A. 16.

Aeschylus Persians 640

Guilielmus Dindorfius (Editor)

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Χορός

ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ,⁷ [ἦ⁸] φίλος ὄχθος:

φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.

Ἀιδωνεὺς δ᾽ ἀναπομπ-

ὸς⁹ ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς,
650

θεῖον¹⁰ ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ.

652

Χορός

οὐδὲ¹¹ γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτ᾽ ἀπώλλυ¹²

πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,

θεομήστωρ δ᾽ ἐκικλή-

σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δ᾽
655

ἔσκεν, ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει.¹³ ἠέ.

657

Χορός

ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ, φίλος ὄχθος·

φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.

Ἀιδωνεὺς δʼ ἀναπομ-

πὸς ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς,
650

θεῖον ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ.

Χορός

οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτʼ ἀπώλλυ

πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,

θεομήστωρ δʼ ἐκικλή-

σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δʼ
655

ἔσκεν,ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει. ἠέ.

Ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλ-
640
Ant. 1

λοι χθονίων ἁγεμόνες

δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ μεγαλαυχῆ

ἰόντ' αἰνέσατ' ἐκ δόμων,

Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ θεόν·

πέμπετε δ' ἄνω οἷον οὔπω
645

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Περσὶς αἶ' ἐκάλυψεν.

Chorus

Does our sainted and godlike king hear me as I utter,

in obscure barbaric speech, my dismal and dolorous cries? Or must I shout aloud the utter misery of my anguish so that it pierces the earth? Does he hear me from below?
635

Chorus

O Earth, and you other rulers of those who dwell in the nether world, ensure, I implore, that the glorious spirit, the god of the Persians, whom Susa bore, may quit his abode.
640

Send to the upper world him the likes of whom the Persian earth has never entombed.
645

Chorus

Beloved indeed was the hero, beloved is his burial mound; beloved are the qualities that lie buried there. O Aidoneus,

Aidoneus, who convey shades to the upper air, permit our divine lord Darius to come forth!
650

Chorus

For since he did not ever cause the destruction of his people by senseless and ruinous wars, he bore the name of divine counsellor

to the Persians; and a divine counsellor he was, since he guided his people well.
655

Chorus

King, our king of old, come forth, draw near! Rise to the barrow’s topmost point,

lift your saffron-dyed sandal, display the crest of your royal tiara! Come forth, O blameless father Darius.
660

Chorus

That you may hear

pitiable and unheard-of sorrows, O Lord of our lord, appear! For a gloom, like that of Styx, hovers over us, since all the youth of the land
665

is now utterly destroyed. Come forth, O blameless father Darius!
670

Chorus

Alas, alas! You whose death your friends bewailed with bitter tears,

why, my king, my king, why is it that our land has lost all its three-tiered galleys,
675

ships that are no more, no more?
680

Allons, Terre, et vous, princes du monde infernal, laissez sortir de vos demeures l'être divin et superbe, le dieu, fils de

LE CHŒUR

Suse, qu'adorent les Perses. Guidez vers la lumière celui
dont jamais la terre des Perses n'a encore recouvert l'égal.

CORO

O Earth, and ye Lords of the dead! release ye that spirit of might,

Who in Susa the palace was born! let him rise up once more to the light!
665

There is none like him, none of all

That e'er were laid in Persian sepulchres!

Höre mich, Ge! Höret, ihr Gottheiten der Nacht, waltend im Grab!

Lasset den erhabnen

Geist empor aus den Gräbern zieh'n,

Susa's Sprößling, den Persergott!
625

Sendet ihn an's Licht!

Keinen ihm Gleichen

Barg ein persisches Grab noch.

Erster Halbchor.
Zweite Strophe.

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Χορός ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ, 7 [ἦ 8 ] φίλος ὄχθος: φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη. Ἀιδωνεὺς δ᾽ ἀναπομπ- ὸς 9 ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς, 650 θεῖον 10 ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ. 652

Χορός οὐδὲ 11 γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτ᾽ ἀπώλλυ 12 πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις, θεομήστωρ δ᾽ ἐκικλή- σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δ᾽ 655 ἔσκεν, ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει. 13 ἠέ. 657

Χορός ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ, φίλος ὄχθος· φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη. Ἀιδωνεὺς δʼ ἀναπομ- πὸς ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς, 650 θεῖον ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ.

Χορός οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτʼ ἀπώλλυ πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις, θεομήστωρ δʼ ἐκικλή- σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δʼ 655 ἔσκεν,ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει. ἠέ.

Ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλ- 640 Ant. 1 λοι χθονίων ἁγεμόνες δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ μεγαλαυχῆ ἰόντ' αἰνέσατ' ἐκ δόμων, Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ θεόν· πέμπετε δ' ἄνω οἷον οὔπω 645

ΧΟΡΟΣ Περσὶς αἶ' ἐκάλυψεν.

Chorus Does our sainted and godlike king hear me as I utter, in obscure barbaric speech, my dismal and dolorous cries? Or must I shout aloud the utter misery of my anguish so that it pierces the earth? Does he hear me from below? 635

Chorus O Earth, and you other rulers of those who dwell in the nether world, ensure, I implore, that the glorious spirit, the god of the Persians, whom Susa bore, may quit his abode. 640 Send to the upper world him the likes of whom the Persian earth has never entombed. 645

Chorus Beloved indeed was the hero, beloved is his burial mound; beloved are the qualities that lie buried there. O Aidoneus, Aidoneus, who convey shades to the upper air, permit our divine lord Darius to come forth! 650

Chorus For since he did not ever cause the destruction of his people by senseless and ruinous wars, he bore the name of divine counsellor to the Persians; and a divine counsellor he was, since he guided his people well. 655

Chorus King, our king of old, come forth, draw near! Rise to the barrow’s topmost point, lift your saffron-dyed sandal, display the crest of your royal tiara! Come forth, O blameless father Darius. 660

Chorus That you may hear pitiable and unheard-of sorrows, O Lord of our lord, appear! For a gloom, like that of Styx, hovers over us, since all the youth of the land 665 is now utterly destroyed. Come forth, O blameless father Darius! 670

Chorus Alas, alas! You whose death your friends bewailed with bitter tears, why, my king, my king, why is it that our land has lost all its three-tiered galleys, 675 ships that are no more, no more? 680

Allons, Terre, et vous, princes du monde infernal, laissez sortir de vos demeures l'être divin et superbe, le dieu, fils de

LE CHŒUR Suse, qu'adorent les Perses. Guidez vers la lumière celui dont jamais la terre des Perses n'a encore recouvert l'égal.

CORO

O Earth, and ye Lords of the dead! release ye that spirit of might, Who in Susa the palace was born! let him rise up once more to the light! 665 There is none like him, none of all That e'er were laid in Persian sepulchres!

Höre mich, Ge! Höret, ihr Gottheiten der Nacht, waltend im Grab! Lasset den erhabnen Geist empor aus den Gräbern zieh'n, Susa's Sprößling, den Persergott! 625 Sendet ihn an's Licht! Keinen ihm Gleichen Barg ein persisches Grab noch.

Erster Halbchor. Zweite Strophe.

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Χορός

ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ,⁷ [ἦ⁸] φίλος ὄχθος:

φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.

Ἀιδωνεὺς δ᾽ ἀναπομπ-

ὸς⁹ ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς,
650

θεῖον¹⁰ ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ.

652

Χορός

ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ, φίλος ὄχθος·

φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.

Ἀιδωνεὺς δʼ ἀναπομ-

πὸς ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς,
650

θεῖον ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ.

Χορός

οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτʼ ἀπώλλυ

πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,

θεομήστωρ δʼ ἐκικλή-

σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δʼ
655

ἔσκεν,ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει. ἠέ.

Ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλ-
640
Ant. 1

λοι χθονίων ἁγεμόνες

δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ μεγαλαυχῆ

ἰόντ' αἰνέσατ' ἐκ δόμων,

Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ θεόν·

πέμπετε δ' ἄνω οἷον οὔπω
645

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Περσὶς αἶ' ἐκάλυψεν.

Chorus

Does our sainted and godlike king hear me as I utter,

in obscure barbaric speech, my dismal and dolorous cries? Or must I shout aloud the utter misery of my anguish so that it pierces the earth? Does he hear me from below?
635

Chorus

O Earth, and you other rulers of those who dwell in the nether world, ensure, I implore, that the glorious spirit, the god of the Persians, whom Susa bore, may quit his abode.
640

Send to the upper world him the likes of whom the Persian earth has never entombed.
645

Chorus

Beloved indeed was the hero, beloved is his burial mound; beloved are the qualities that lie buried there. O Aidoneus,

Aidoneus, who convey shades to the upper air, permit our divine lord Darius to come forth!
650

Chorus

For since he did not ever cause the destruction of his people by senseless and ruinous wars, he bore the name of divine counsellor

to the Persians; and a divine counsellor he was, since he guided his people well.
655

Chorus

King, our king of old, come forth, draw near! Rise to the barrow’s topmost point,

lift your saffron-dyed sandal, display the crest of your royal tiara! Come forth, O blameless father Darius.
660

Chorus

That you may hear

pitiable and unheard-of sorrows, O Lord of our lord, appear! For a gloom, like that of Styx, hovers over us, since all the youth of the land
665

is now utterly destroyed. Come forth, O blameless father Darius!
670

Chorus

Alas, alas! You whose death your friends bewailed with bitter tears,

why, my king, my king, why is it that our land has lost all its three-tiered galleys,
675

ships that are no more, no more?
680

LE CHŒUR

Suse, qu'adorent les Perses. Guidez vers la lumière celui
dont jamais la terre des Perses n'a encore recouvert l'égal.

O Earth, and ye Lords of the dead! release ye that spirit of might,

Who in Susa the palace was born! let him rise up once more to the light!
665

There is none like him, none of all

That e'er were laid in Persian sepulchres!

Höre mich, Ge! Höret, ihr Gottheiten der Nacht, waltend im Grab!

Lasset den erhabnen

Geist empor aus den Gräbern zieh'n,

Susa's Sprößling, den Persergott!
625

Sendet ihn an's Licht!

Keinen ihm Gleichen

Barg ein persisches Grab noch.

Erster Halbchor.
Zweite Strophe.