Aeschylus, Persians, Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator), 852

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Götter, ein strahlendes Loos, ein geselliges,

Glückliches Leben im Staate beseligte

Dieses Volk, als der Greis,

Allengenügend und mild, den Unsterblichen gleich,

Nimmerbestegt, im Land gebot, - Dareios!
830
Erste Gegenstrophe.

Persians. Aeschylus. Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator). . .

Current edition Experimental

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1854; OCR review) (OCR draft) (German) (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.)

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.) — 852 focus

ΧΟ.

ὦ πόποι, ἡ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πολισσονόμου

βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν,

εὖθ᾽ ὁ γηραιὸς

πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς
855

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἄρχε χώρας.

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 852 focus

ὦ πόποι, ἦ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο-

λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν, εἶτ᾽ ὁ γηραιός

855

πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς ἰσόθεος Δα-

ρεῖος ἦρχε χώρας.

ἀντ. α'.

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 852 focus

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Ὦ πόποι, ἦ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο-

Str. 1.

λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν,

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ

ΧΟΡΟΣ

εὖθ' ὁ γηραιὸς γεραιός

πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς
855

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἦρχε χώρας.

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 852 focus

ὦ πόποι, ἦ μεγάλας

ἀγαθᾶς τε πολισσονόμου βιοτᾶς

855

ἐπεκύρσαμεν, εὔθ᾽ ὁ γηραιός

πανταρκής, ἀκάκης,

ἄμαχος βασιλεύς,

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἄρχε χώρας.

1

Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 852 focus

ΧΟΡΟΣ

ὦ πόποι, ἢ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο-

λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν,

εὐθ᾽ ὁ γηραιός

πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας ἄμαχος βασιλεύς,
855

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἄρχε χώρας. –

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

The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 852 focus

O ye gods! we surely enjoyed a noble and goodly life, under civic rule, when the aged monarch, aider of all, author of no ill, not given to war, godlike Darius ruled the realm.

LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 852 focus

villes, quand le vieux roi, le tout-puissant, le bienfai-

LES PERSES

LE CHŒUR

sant, l'invincible, Darios égal aux dieux, régnait sur cette terre ! Surtout, nous montrions au monde

The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 852 focus

Ye pow'rs that rule the ſkies,

1050

Memory recalls our great, our happy fate,

Our well-appointed ſtate,

The ſcenes of glory opening to our eyes,

When this vaſt empire o'er

The good Darius, with each virtue bleſt

1055

That forms a monarch's breaſt,

Shielding his ſubjects with a father's care,

Invincible in war,

Extended like a God his aweful pow'r.

Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 852 focus

La nostra vita, ahimè,

ebbe ministri l'opulenza e l'ordine,

quando l'antico Re,

990

scevro d'ogni nequizia, a tutti provvido,

Dario, simile ai Numi, invitto in guerra,

reggea la nostra terra.

CORO

Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 852 focus

O Demones, certè magnam bonam

Bene gubernatam uitam aßecuti ſumus,

Quando ſenex omnia adminiſtrans, probus

Dijs equalis Darius, imperauit regioni:

Primò quidem chari

805

Exercitus uiſi ſumus eße, & omnia iura

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.) — 852 focus

Ah glorious and goodly they were, the life and the lot that we gained,

The cities we held in our hand when the monarch invincible reigned,

The king that was good to his realm, sufficing, fulfilled of his sway,

A lord that was peer of the gods, the pride of the bygone day!
885

Commentary

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

826. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-761

μηδέ:

μὴ δέ

τις M. Ald. Rob.

826

827. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-762

ὑπερφρονήσας:

ὑπερφρονήσας. γρ. περιφρονήσας

Faelsius ex Par. B.

827

828. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-763

ἐκχέῃ:

ἐκχέει

Lips. Mosc.

828

829. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-764

Ζεύς τοι κολαστὴς τῶν ὑπερκόμπων ἄγαν: Hunc versum omittunt Lips. Mosc.

829

830. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-765

ἔπεστιν: Non debebat Valckenario ad Phoen. v. 192.

Enɛotiv

, quod omnes libri habent, in

noi

mutandum videri.

830

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

823-828. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-125

Umkehrung des be- kannten δέσποτα, μέμνεο τῶν ᾿Αθη- ναίων (Herod. V 105). Vgl. auch 285. δαίμονα 8. ν. 8. τύχην. ἄλλων als τὰ παρόντα, also Weiteres, mehr, und Fremdes. - ὑπερφρονήσας · · ἐρασθεὶς . . ἐκχέῃ 468 Ε. ὄλβον ἐκχέῃ 163 f. Soph. Ant. 127 f.: Ζεὺς γὰρ μεγάλης γλώσσης κόμπους ὑπερεχθαίρει. Eur. Heraklid. 387 f.: φρονημάτων ὁ Ζεὺς κολαστὴς τῶν ἄγαν ὑπερφρόνων.

829-838. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-126

⁴

Quare vos, quorum interest (777) illum sapere (nicht aber ὑπέρφευ φρονεῖν). – θεοβλα- βεῖν sich Schädigung (Strafe) durch die Götter zuziehen. στημορρα- γοῦσι, staminibus ruptis scissae sunt. Die Erwähnung der zerrissenen Kleider teils zur Vermittelung zwi- schen 468 und dem nachherigen königlichen Auftreten des Xerxes teils um Atossa von der Bühne zu bringen und den betr. Schau- spieler für die Rolle des Xerxes verwendbar zu machen. Vgl. S. 36. κλύων Kr. 56, 6. A. 1.

Aeschylus Persians 852

Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator)

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Götter, ein strahlendes Loos, ein geselliges,

Glückliches Leben im Staate beseligte

Dieses Volk, als der Greis,

Allengenügend und mild, den Unsterblichen gleich,

Nimmerbestegt, im Land gebot, - Dareios!
830
Erste Gegenstrophe.

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.

ὦ πόποι, ἡ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πολισσονόμου

βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν,

εὖθ᾽ ὁ γηραιὸς

πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς
855

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἄρχε χώρας.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Ὦ πόποι, ἦ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο-

Str. 1.

λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν,

ΧΟΡΟΣ

εὖθ' ὁ γηραιὸς γεραιός

πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς
855

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἦρχε χώρας.

1

ΧΟΡΟΣ

ὦ πόποι, ἢ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο-

λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν,

εὐθ᾽ ὁ γηραιός

πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας ἄμαχος βασιλεύς,
855

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἄρχε χώρας. –

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

LE CHŒUR

sant, l'invincible, Darios égal aux dieux, régnait sur cette terre ! Surtout, nous montrions au monde

CORO

Ah glorious and goodly they were, the life and the lot that we gained,

The cities we held in our hand when the monarch invincible reigned,

The king that was good to his realm, sufficing, fulfilled of his sway,

A lord that was peer of the gods, the pride of the bygone day!
885

Commentary

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Götter, ein strahlendes Loos, ein geselliges, Glückliches Leben im Staate beseligte Dieses Volk, als der Greis, Allengenügend und mild, den Unsterblichen gleich, Nimmerbestegt, im Land gebot, - Dareios! 830 Erste Gegenstrophe.

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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. ὦ πόποι, ἡ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πολισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν, εὖθ᾽ ὁ γηραιὸς πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς 855 ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἄρχε χώρας.

ΧΟΡΟΣ Ὦ πόποι, ἦ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο- Str. 1. λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν,

ΧΟΡΟΣ εὖθ' ὁ γηραιὸς γεραιός πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς 855 ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἦρχε χώρας.

1

ΧΟΡΟΣ ὦ πόποι, ἢ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο- λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν, εὐθ᾽ ὁ γηραιός πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας ἄμαχος βασιλεύς, 855 ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἄρχε χώρας. –

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

LE CHŒUR sant, l'invincible, Darios égal aux dieux, régnait sur cette terre ! Surtout, nous montrions au monde

CORO

Ah glorious and goodly they were, the life and the lot that we gained, The cities we held in our hand when the monarch invincible reigned, The king that was good to his realm, sufficing, fulfilled of his sway, A lord that was peer of the gods, the pride of the bygone day! 885

Commentary

Stable identifiers

Götter, ein strahlendes Loos, ein geselliges,

Glückliches Leben im Staate beseligte

Dieses Volk, als der Greis,

Allengenügend und mild, den Unsterblichen gleich,

Nimmerbestegt, im Land gebot, - Dareios!
830
Erste Gegenstrophe.

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.

ὦ πόποι, ἡ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πολισσονόμου

βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν,

εὖθ᾽ ὁ γηραιὸς

πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς
855

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἄρχε χώρας.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Ὦ πόποι, ἦ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο-

Str. 1.

λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν,

ΧΟΡΟΣ

εὖθ' ὁ γηραιὸς γεραιός

πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς
855

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἦρχε χώρας.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

ὦ πόποι, ἢ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο-

λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν,

εὐθ᾽ ὁ γηραιός

πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας ἄμαχος βασιλεύς,
855

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἄρχε χώρας. –

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

LE CHŒUR

sant, l'invincible, Darios égal aux dieux, régnait sur cette terre ! Surtout, nous montrions au monde

Ah glorious and goodly they were, the life and the lot that we gained,

The cities we held in our hand when the monarch invincible reigned,

The king that was good to his realm, sufficing, fulfilled of his sway,

A lord that was peer of the gods, the pride of the bygone day!
885