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πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμου στρατιᾶς ἀπεφαινόμεθ᾽,

ἠδὲ νομίσματα πύργινα

πάντ᾽ ἐπηύθυνον.
860

νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς

εὖ πράσσοντας ἆγον οἴκους.

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

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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.) — 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. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 858 focus

πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμους στρατιὰς ἀπε-

φαινόμεθ', οἳ δὲ νομίσματα πύργινα πάντ᾽ ἐπεύθυνον.

νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς εὖ πράσ-

860

σοντας ἄγον οἴκους.

στρ. β'.

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 858 focus

Πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμους στρατιὰς εὐδοκίμου στρατιᾶς ἀπεφαινόμεθ' ἀπο-, αἳ δὲ ἠδὲ νομίσματα νομίματα (uel νόμιμα τὰ) πύργινα

Ant. 1.

πάντ' ἐπηύθυνον ἐπεύθυνον·
860

νόστοι δ' ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς

<αὖθις ἐς> om. εὖ πράσσοντας ἦγον οἴκους.

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 858 focus

πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμους

860

¹²³⁴

ψυχῇ διδόντες ἡδονὴν ψυχὴν ... ἡδονῇ πόλλ᾽ ἐσέρχεται κακὰ πολλὰ εἰσέρχεται κακῶν γηραιός γηραιός γεραιὸς εὐδοκίμους στρατιὰς εὐδοκίμους στρατιὰς εὐδοκίμου στρατιᾶς

PERSAE. 47

ΧΟ.

στρατιὰς ἀπεφαινόμεθ᾽, ἠδὲ νομί-

σματα πύργινα πάντ᾽ ἐπηύθυνον.

νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων

ἀπόνους, ἀπαθεῖς,

εὖ πράσσοντας ἄγον οἴκους.
865

2

Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 858 focus

πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμους στρατιὰς ἀπε-

φαινόμεθ᾽, ἠδὲ νομίσματα πύργινα

πάντ᾽ ἐπηύθυνεν.

νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς

860

(εὔφρονας) εὖ πράσσοντας ἀγον [ἐς] οἴκους.

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.)) — 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

The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 858 focus

In the first place we were celebrated on account of our well-approved army, and the laws of the state directed all things . And our returns too from our wars brought us without trouble, without suffering, in flourishing condition to our homes.

LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 858 focus

des armées à la gloire sans tache ; elles ne dirigeaient contre l'ennemi que l'art
coutumier des sièges ¹ ; et des retours sans peine ni dommage ramenaient nos guerriers à leurs foyers heureux.

The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 858 focus

Then ſpread our arms their glory wide,

1060

Guarding to peace her golden reign;

Each tow'red city ſaw with pride

Safe from the toils of war her homeward-march-

ing train.

ANTISTROPHE 1.

Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 858 focus

Leggi solide come

torri, tutto reggean: v'erano eserciti

995

di glorioso nome;

e dalle guerre, senza danno o cruccio,

ci radduceva fra le patrie mura

la prospera ventura.

CORO

Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 858 focus

Que ad turres pertiment constituit.

Reditus ex bello ſine labore, ſine perpeßionibus,

Bene agentem duxerunt domum.

Quot cepit urbes, uadum non
810

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.) — 858 focus

Then could we show to the skies great hosts and a glorious name,

And laws that were stable in might; as towers they guarded our fame!

There without woe or disaster we came from the foe and the fight,

In triumph, enriched with the spoil, to the land and the city's delight.

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.) — 858 focus

Groß in der Schlacht und verherrlicht im Ruhme des

Heeres, verwalteten wir in des heiligen

Rechtes Hut Stadt und Land.

Aus dem Gewühle der Schlachten in harmlosem Glück

Führte des Sieges Arm die Kämpfer heimwärts.
835
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

857. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-795

ἦρχε:

ἄρχε

Μ.

857

858. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-796

εὐδοκίμους στρατιὰς ἀπεφαινόμεθ':

πρῶτον μὲν

G. Tum

εὐδοκίμου στρατιᾶς

omnes. Deinde

ἀπεφαινόμεθ'

M. G. aliique et

supra adscripto Par.C.

ἀπεφαίνόμεσθ'

Lips. Cantabr. 2.

ἀποφαινόμεσθ'

Par. A. B. Ven. A. Ald. Rob. Turn. Ex scholiis colligi potest fuisse qui

ἄπο φαινόμεθ'

scriberent. Interpretum explicationes tam contortae sunt, ut refutare eas ne operae pretium quidem esse videatur. Eleganter Schützius scribendum esse coniecit

πρῶτα μὲν εὐδόκιμοι στρατιᾶς ἀπεφαινόμεθ'

. Sed scribendum est mutatione paene leniore

πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμους στρατιὰς ἀπεφαινόμεθ'

, primum prospererem gerentes exercitus ostendimus. Est autem

ἀποφαίνεσθαι

spectandum exhibere aliquid quod nostrum est, ut in Eum. v. 304.

ἄγε δὴ καὶ χορὸν ἅψωμεν, ἐπεὶ μοῦσαν στυγεράν ἀποφαίνεσθαι δεδόκηκεν

. Incidit in eandem emendationem Wellauerus.

858

859. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-797

οἳ δὲ νομίσματα πύργινα πάντ᾽ ἐπεύθυνον:

ἠδὲ νόμιμα τὰ πύργινα πάντ᾽ ἐπεύθυνον

vulgo.

ἢ δὲ νομίμα

Μ.

τὰ

omittit Colb. 2.

πάντ᾽ ἐπέ θυνον

, eraso

, Μ.

πάντα εύθυνον

Colb. 1.

νομίσματα πύργινα

scribendum esse olim dixi. Perfecisse mihi videor emendationem mutato

oî dé

859

860. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-798

νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς:

νόστοι δὲ ἐκ

Lips.

860

860. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-799

εὖ πράσσοντας:

εὖ πράσσοντα

Rob. Ante

εὖ πράσσοντας

, vel, ut scribit,

εὐπράσσοντας

, Brunckius

ἡμᾶς

inseruit, quod habet Par. B. Verum hoc manifesto nihil aliud est quam interpretatio. Dactylum qui excidit non male Schwenckius inserendo

εύφρονας

restituendum esse coniecit.

860

861. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-800

ἄγον οἴκους:

άγον οἴκους

Porsonus. Libri

ἆγον ἐς οἴκους

, nisi quod

ἄγον

habent M. Ald. Rob.

οἶκον

Ask. A.

861

862-863. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-801

ὅσσas δ' εἷλε πόλεις πόρον οὐ διαβὰς Ἅλυος ποταμοῖο, οὐδ᾽ ἀφ' ἑστίας συθείς:

ὅσσας

Μ. Ceteri

ὅσας

. Male interpretantur quam multas. Friget hoc, omninoque

ὅσος

aliquanto rarius, quam interpretibus visum est, exclamationibus inservit. Cohaerent haec ita,

ὅσσας δ' εἷλε πόλεις — τοῦδ᾽ ἄνακτος ἄΐον

, quotquot expugnavit urbes, adiecit imperio.

πόλεις

M. G. Lips. Par. Α. Β. C. Colb. 1. Ask. A. Ald. Rob.

πόλις

Turn.

ἄλυος

Lips. Ald. Rob.

αύλος

Par. G.

ποταμοῦ οὐδ᾽

vulgo.

ποταμοῦ δ'

, ita ut post

ποταμοῦ

unius aut duarum litterarum litura appareat, M.

ποταμοῦ γ' οὐδ᾽

Cantabr. 1.

ποτάμοὐδ᾽

Par. K. Turn.

ποταμ' οὐδ᾽

Par. G.

σκληροτέρα ἡ συναλοιφὴ ποταμοῦδ᾽ ἀφ' ἑστίας, οἷόν ἐστι τὸ τοῦ ἕνεκα, τούνεκα

scholiastes codicis M. Scribendum esse

ποταμοῖο, οὐδ'

olim dixi, et vidit eliam Burneius.

ἀφεστίας συνεὶς

Ald.

ἀφεστίας συνθεὶς

Μ.

ἀφ' ἑσυθεὶς

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

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.

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⁴

Begründung durch des Dareios kriegerische Tüchtig- keit. πρῶτα μὲν . . νόστοι δέ. Wir zeigten der Welt ruhmvolle Feldzüge d. i. führten sie vor deren Augen Augen aus. στρατιάς im Sinne von στρατείας. πολίσματα πύργινα, vgl. Eur. Bacch. 19 καλλιπυργώτους πόλεις. ἀνέρας (fehlt in den Handschriften) als episches Wort mit epischer Messung wie ἀνέρων Suppl. 426. - εὐ πράσσοντας: auch vom Skythenfeldzuge (Herod. VII 10, 1) und von Marathon (ib. VI 102 ff.)?

Aeschylus Persians 858

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πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμου στρατιᾶς ἀπεφαινόμεθ᾽,

ἠδὲ νομίσματα πύργινα

πάντ᾽ ἐπηύθυνον.
860

νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς

εὖ πράσσοντας ἆγον οἴκους.

Current edition Experimental

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.

στρατιὰς ἀπεφαινόμεθ᾽, ἠδὲ νομί-

σματα πύργινα πάντ᾽ ἐπηύθυνον.

νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων

ἀπόνους, ἀπαθεῖς,

εὖ πράσσοντας ἄγον οἴκους.
865

2

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

ANTISTROPHE 1.

CORO

Reditus ex bello ſine labore, ſine perpeßionibus,

Bene agentem duxerunt domum.

Quot cepit urbes, uadum non
810

Then could we show to the skies great hosts and a glorious name,

And laws that were stable in might; as towers they guarded our fame!

There without woe or disaster we came from the foe and the fight,

In triumph, enriched with the spoil, to the land and the city's delight.

Groß in der Schlacht und verherrlicht im Ruhme des

Heeres, verwalteten wir in des heiligen

Rechtes Hut Stadt und Land.

Aus dem Gewühle der Schlachten in harmlosem Glück

Führte des Sieges Arm die Kämpfer heimwärts.
835
Zweite Strophe.

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πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμου στρατιᾶς ἀπεφαινόμεθ᾽, ἠδὲ νομίσματα πύργινα πάντ᾽ ἐπηύθυνον. 860 νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς εὖ πράσσοντας ἆγον οἴκους.

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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. στρατιὰς ἀπεφαινόμεθ᾽, ἠδὲ νομί- σματα πύργινα πάντ᾽ ἐπηύθυνον. νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους, ἀπαθεῖς, εὖ πράσσοντας ἄγον οἴκους. 865 2

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

ANTISTROPHE 1.

CORO

Reditus ex bello ſine labore, ſine perpeßionibus, Bene agentem duxerunt domum. Quot cepit urbes, uadum non 810

Then could we show to the skies great hosts and a glorious name, And laws that were stable in might; as towers they guarded our fame! There without woe or disaster we came from the foe and the fight, In triumph, enriched with the spoil, to the land and the city's delight.

Groß in der Schlacht und verherrlicht im Ruhme des Heeres, verwalteten wir in des heiligen Rechtes Hut Stadt und Land. Aus dem Gewühle der Schlachten in harmlosem Glück Führte des Sieges Arm die Kämpfer heimwärts. 835 Zweite Strophe.

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πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμου στρατιᾶς ἀπεφαινόμεθ᾽,

ἠδὲ νομίσματα πύργινα

πάντ᾽ ἐπηύθυνον.
860

νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς

εὖ πράσσοντας ἆγον οἴκους.

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.

στρατιὰς ἀπεφαινόμεθ᾽, ἠδὲ νομί-

σματα πύργινα πάντ᾽ ἐπηύθυνον.

νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων

ἀπόνους, ἀπαθεῖς,

εὖ πράσσοντας ἄγον οἴκους.
865

2

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

Reditus ex bello ſine labore, ſine perpeßionibus,

Bene agentem duxerunt domum.

Quot cepit urbes, uadum non
810

Then could we show to the skies great hosts and a glorious name,

And laws that were stable in might; as towers they guarded our fame!

There without woe or disaster we came from the foe and the fight,

In triumph, enriched with the spoil, to the land and the city's delight.

Groß in der Schlacht und verherrlicht im Ruhme des

Heeres, verwalteten wir in des heiligen

Rechtes Hut Stadt und Land.

Aus dem Gewühle der Schlachten in harmlosem Glück

Führte des Sieges Arm die Kämpfer heimwärts.
835
Zweite Strophe.