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ἰωὰ, βαλλὴν ἀρχαῖος, βαλλὴν ἔλθ᾽ ἱκοῦ

τόνδ᾽ ἐπ᾿ ἄκρον κόρυμβον ὄχθου,

κροκόβαπτον ποδὸς εὔμαριν ἀείρων,

660

βασιλείου τιάρας φάλαρον πιφαύσκων.

βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν.

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.) — 657 focus

βαλήν, ἀρχαῖος βαλήν, ἴθ᾽, ἴθ᾽, ἕκου,

660

ἔλθ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἄκρον κόρυμβον ὄχθου,

κροκόβαπτον ποδὸς εὔμαριν ἀείρων,

βασιλείου τιήρας

φάλαρον πιφαύσκων.

βάσκε, πάτερ ἄκακε Δαρειάν,

665

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 657 focus

Βαλὴν βαλλὴν ἀρχαῖος, βαλήν, ἴθ' ἴθ' ἱκοῦ ἴθι ἱκοῦ

Str. 3.

τόνδ' ἐπ' ἄκρον κόρυμβον ὄχθου,

κροκόβαπτον ποδὸς εὔμαριν ἀείρων,

βασιλείου τιήρας

φάλαρον πιφαύσκων·
660

βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν, οἴ.

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 657 focus

βαλλὴν ἀρχαῖος βαλλὴν

660

ἔθι, ἱκοῦ,

ἔλθ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἄκρον κόρυμ-

βον ὄχθου, κροκόβαπτον

ποδὸς εὔμαριν ἀείρων,

βασιλείου τιάρας

665

φάλαρον πιφαύσκων.

βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν, οἴ.

Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 657 focus

βαλλὴν ἀρχαῖος βαλλὴν †ἴθι ἱκοῦ,

ἔλθ᾽ ἐπ᾿ ἄκρον κόρυμβον ὄχθου, κροκόβα-

πτον ποδὸς εὔμαριν ἀείρων, βασιλεί-

ου τιήρας φάλαρον πιφαύσκων.

βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν.

660

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.) — 657 focus

Lord , ancient lord, come, draw nigh, appear on the topmost peak of the mound, raising the saffrou dyed sandal of thy foot, displaying the crest of thy royal tiara. Come forth, O Darius, author of no ill: Hoa !

LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 657 focus

dirigeait la barque de son peuple. Hé ! hé !

Antique monarque, antique monarque, ah ! viens, parais
au-dessus du faîte qui couronne ta tombe ; élève jusque-là

The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 657 focus

Riſe then, ſovereign lord, to light;

795

On this mound's ſepulchral height

Lift thy ſock in ſaffron died,

And rear thy rich Tiara's regal pride!

Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 657 focus

O nostro antico principe,

principe nostro, appari,

750

giungi, soccorri a me.

Sovra l'orlo del tumulo

poggino i tuoi calzari

di croco: fulga chiara

la tua regal tïara

755

o innocuo padre, o Dario, accorri! Ahimè!

CORO

Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 657 focus

Rex antique, rex accede, appropinqua,

Veni ad fummum cacumen tumuli crocotin Aum.

Tollens calceum pedis,

615

Regie tiare criſtam ostendens,

Accede Perfarum probe Dari,

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.) — 657 focus

Ancient of days and king, awake and come—

Rise o'er the mounded tomb!
675

Rise, plant thy foot, with saffron sandal shod

Father to us, and god!

Rise with thy diadem, O sire benign,

Upon thy brow!

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.) — 657 focus

O Bel, alter Gott, o Bel, komm, o komm!

Steige herauf zum Kranz des Grabes,

Mit der safranenen Goldsohle dich hebend,

In des Haupt's stolzem Schmuck strahlend, der Königsbinde!
640

Vater Dareios, o komm, gütiger Fürst!¹

Zweiter Halbchor.
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

657. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-531

ἐκικλήσκετο:

δὲ κικλύσκετο

G. et

supra scripto Lips.

δε

, omisso

κικλήσκετο

, Vit.

δ᾽ ἐκικλήσκετο

M. Ven. Α. Β. et cum ceteris ut videtur com dicibus edd. vett.

657

658. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-532

ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ τόν᾽ ὡδώκει: In Par. B. praeterea

ὡδήγει

adscriptum. Ferens Ionicam formam Porsonus ad Aristophanis Av. v. 1290.

ἐπωδώκει

(i. e.

ἐφωδώκει

) scribi voluit. Suspectum

ἐποδώκει

Lobeckio ad Αi. p. 357. ed. sec. qui dicit eo spe clare videri Suidae glossam quae post

Εφ᾽ ᾧ

legatur,

ἐφωδόκει ἐποδήγει δέ

, ubi Kusterus tacite

εφωδήγει

ediderit. Sed ut Kusterus, ita Portus ex ed. Mediolanensi et Favorinus: solae Ald. et Bas.

ἐφωδόγει

: optimus cod. Par.

ἐφωδήγει. ἐποδήγει δέ

, quibus Bruxellensis

μικρόν

addit: omittit hanc glossam cod. Leidensis. In Aeschyli versu scripsi quod aptum esse videbatur,

ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὐ τόθ᾽ ὡδώκει

, ut supra v. 549. dixit

τίπτε Δαρεῖος μὲν οὕτω τότ᾽ ἀβλαβὴς ἐπῆν τόξαρχος πολιήταις, Σουσίδαις φίλος ἄκτωρ

? Tan. Faber Epist. I. 67. p. 223. scribendum coniecit

εὖ ἐποδόχει

, conferens quae Pollux dicit 1. 98.

ὁ κυβερνήτης ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν οἰάκων καθήμενος, ὁ τῆς νεὼς ἡγεμών, ὁ τῶν ναυτῶν ἄρχων, ὁ ἐπὶ τοῖς οἴαξιν ἑστώς, καὶ κατ᾽ Ἀντιφῶντα ὁ ποδοχῶν, ἢ μᾶλλον κατ' ἐμὲ ὁ ποδηγῶν

. Accedit testimonium grammatici in Bekkeri Anecd. I. p. 297, 5.

ποδοκεῖν, τὸ τῷ ποδὶ κυβερνᾶν. ποὺς γάρ ἐστι τοῦ ἱστοῦ τὸ ἀντίον (ser. τοῦ ἱστίου τὸ σχοινίον) τὸ κάτω πρὸς τῇ νηΐ

. Itaque Fabri illud

εὖ ἐποδόχει

sane magnam verisimilitudinem habet. Quod si verum est, strophicus versus aliter atque ego feci emendandus est.

658

660. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-533

βαλήν, ἀρχαῖος βαλήν:

βαλλὴν

utrobique M. G. Lips. Ven. B. Cantabr. 2. Par. L. Rob.

βαλὴν ἀρχαῖος βαλλὴν

Vit.

βαλὴν

utrobique Ald. Turn. Eustathius ad Il. p. 381, 16.

Αἰσχύλος ὀβρίκαλα φησι τοὺς λεοντιδεῖς, καὶ βαλῆνα τὸν βασιλέα ἐν τῷ “βαλήν, ἀρχαῖος βαλήν” γλώσσης δὲ τοῦτο· ἐξ οὗ καὶ ὄρος βαληναῖον, ὅ ἐστι βασιλικόν, παρὰ Πλουτάρχῳ ἐν τῷ περὶ ποταμῶν (12, 3. p. 1157. C.)

Idem ad Od. p. 1954.

λέγει δὲ καὶ Αἰσχύλος εθνικώτερον καὶ οὐ κατὰ Ἀττικοὺς βαλῆνα τὸν βασιλέα ἐν τῷ “βαλήν, ἀρχαῖος βαλήν.” ὅθεν καὶ βαληναῖον ὄρος παρὰ Πλουτάρχῳ ἐν τῷ περὶ ποταμῶν, ἀντὶ τοῦ βασιλικόν.

660

660. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-534

ἴθ᾽, ἴθ᾽, ἕκου:

ίθι ΐκου

Μ.

ἴθι ἴκου

Ald. Rob.

ἴθι ίκου

Turn.

ἴσθι ίκου

Vit.

19' xov

G. Ven. A. Par. B. C. F.

19' eixov

Par. I. Excusari potest hiatus: sed credibilius tamen scripsisse Aeschylum

19, 19', izov

. Ita Seidlerus de vers. dochm. p. 198.

izov

pro

"zov

scripsit Dindorfius.

660

661. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-535

ἄκρον:

ἄκρων

ante correctionem Lips.

661

661. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-536

κόρυμβον:

κόρυβον

Vit. Mosc.

661

661. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-537

ὄχθου:

ὄχθον

661

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κροκόβαπτον:

κροκόβατον

Lips.

κοκόβαπτον

Vit.

662

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

657-664. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-97

Speziellere Auffor- derung zu erscheinen, jetzt an Da- reios selbst gerichtet. Rascher Wech- sel der Rhythmen, entsprechend der Erregung des Chors. βαλήν, hebräisch בַּעֲלֵנוּ unser Herr; vgl. אֲדוֹנִי ," Άδωνις, mein Herr. Im Munde der Semiten trat das Wort den Hellenen meist in der Suffixform entgegen, und diese wurde daher von ihnen für die eigentliche Na- mensform gehalten. Sext. Emp. p. 672, 26 Bk.: οἱ παρὰ τῷ Σοφοκλεί ποιμένες ῾ἰὼ βαλλήν᾽ λέγοντες ἰὼ βασιλεῦ λέγουσι φρυγιστί. Hesych. Ιρ. 685: βαλλήν· βασιλεύς, φρυγιστί. So das phrygische βαληναῖον ὄρος bei Pseud.-Plut. fluv. 12, 3 s. v. a. βασιλικόν und das phryg. Königs- fest βαληναῖος ἑορτή. – Ζυ ἀρχαῖος vergleicht Westphal Aelian. v. h. XIII 3 in.: Ξέρξης .. τοῦ Βήλου τοῦ ἀρχαίου διασκάψας τὸ μνῆμα (vgl. Strab. XVI p. 738), und be- zieht es auf den stehenden Beinamen ἴθι steht wie eine Interjektion (sla), daher ist - בֵּל אֵיתָן des Baal Ἐπῳδός. der Hiatus statthaft. Ebenso bei ἄνα Soph. Αi. 193. Vorausankün- digung des (königlichen) Kostüms, in welchem Dareios erscheint. Fuſs- bekleidung: εὔμαρις (Eur. Or. 1370), kothurnartig und safranfarbig (vgl. luteus soccus, Catull 59,8; puniceus cothurnus, Vergil. ecl. 7, 31); Kopf- bedeckung die tiara recta (Sen. benef. VI 31, 12: ut curru vectus intraret rectam capite tiaram ge- rens, id solis datum regibus etc.), kronenartig (steif und oben gezackt, nach Abbildungen, s. Caylus Re- cueil d'ant. II p. 124). – φάλαρον, apex. In der Ilias immer βάσκ ἴθι. – πιφαύσκων, Schol. φαίνων, leuchten lassend. Herod. III 89: διὰ ταύτην τὴν ἐπίταξιν τοῦ φόρου καὶ παραπλήσια ταύτῃ ἄλλα λέγουσι Πέρσαι ὡς Δαρείος μὲν ἦν κάπηλος, Καμβύσης δὲ δεσπότης, Κύρος δὲ πατήρ, letzterer ὅτι ἤπιόςτε ( ἦν) καὶ ἀγαθά σφι πάντα ἐμηχανήσατο.

Aeschylus Persians 657

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.

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

Antique monarque, antique monarque, ah ! viens, parais
au-dessus du faîte qui couronne ta tombe ; élève jusque-là

CORO

Ancient of days and king, awake and come—

Rise o'er the mounded tomb!
675

Rise, plant thy foot, with saffron sandal shod

Father to us, and god!

Rise with thy diadem, O sire benign,

Upon thy brow!

O Bel, alter Gott, o Bel, komm, o komm!

Steige herauf zum Kranz des Grabes,

Mit der safranenen Goldsohle dich hebend,

In des Haupt's stolzem Schmuck strahlend, der Königsbinde!
640

Vater Dareios, o komm, gütiger Fürst!¹

Zweiter Halbchor.
Dritte Gegenstrophe.

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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.

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

Antique monarque, antique monarque, ah ! viens, parais au-dessus du faîte qui couronne ta tombe ; élève jusque-là

CORO

Ancient of days and king, awake and come— Rise o'er the mounded tomb! 675 Rise, plant thy foot, with saffron sandal shod Father to us, and god! Rise with thy diadem, O sire benign, Upon thy brow!

O Bel, alter Gott, o Bel, komm, o komm! Steige herauf zum Kranz des Grabes, Mit der safranenen Goldsohle dich hebend, In des Haupt's stolzem Schmuck strahlend, der Königsbinde! 640 Vater Dareios, o komm, gütiger Fürst! 1

Zweiter Halbchor. Dritte Gegenstrophe.

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Stable identifiers

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.

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

Antique monarque, antique monarque, ah ! viens, parais
au-dessus du faîte qui couronne ta tombe ; élève jusque-là

Ancient of days and king, awake and come—

Rise o'er the mounded tomb!
675

Rise, plant thy foot, with saffron sandal shod

Father to us, and god!

Rise with thy diadem, O sire benign,

Upon thy brow!

O Bel, alter Gott, o Bel, komm, o komm!

Steige herauf zum Kranz des Grabes,

Mit der safranenen Goldsohle dich hebend,

In des Haupt's stolzem Schmuck strahlend, der Königsbinde!
640

Vater Dareios, o komm, gütiger Fürst!¹

Zweiter Halbchor.
Dritte Gegenstrophe.