Aeschylus, Persians, Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator), 858

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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.

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.) — 858 focus

πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμου στρατιᾶς ἀπεφαινόμεθ᾽,

ἠδὲ νομίσματα πύργινα

πάντ᾽ ἐπηύθυνον.
860

νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς

εὖ πράσσοντας ἆγον οἴκους.

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 (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.) — 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.

Commentary

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

831. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-766

κεχρημένοι:

zezonuévot

libri. In Par. B. supra adscriptum

yo. zeziŋ-péro

, quod ex Ask. A. affertur et receptum est a Brunckio. Schützius dedit

zezonuévor

, quod in scholiis commemoratur. Probaverunt hoc Blomfieldius et Elmsleius ad Eur. Heracl. v. 801. Potest servari

zɛzon-μévot

, i. e.

zoovtes

, ut scholia explicant. Vos, inquit, quorum interest illum sapere, monete eum.

831

832. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-767

νουθετήμασιν:

νουθετήμασιν

Μ.

νουθετήμασι

ceteri.

832

834. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-768

γεραιὰ:

ov d' av

Ald. Turn.

ngaid

Lips. Ven. A. Cantabr. 1. 2. Ald. Rob.

834

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

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

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 858

Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator)

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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.

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.

πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμου στρατιᾶς ἀπεφαινόμεθ᾽,

ἠδὲ νομίσματα πύργινα

πάντ᾽ ἐπηύθυνον.
860

νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς

εὖ πράσσοντας ἆγον οἴκους.

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.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

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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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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

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

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.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

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.

Χορός

ὦ πόποι ἦ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο-

λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν,

εὖθ᾽ ὁ γηραιὸς¹

πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας
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ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἆρχε χώρας.

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Χορός

ὦ πόποι ἦ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο-

λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν,

εὖθʼ ὁ γηραιὸς

πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας
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ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἆρχε χώρας.

πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμου στρατιᾶς ἀπεφαινόμεθ᾽,

ἠδὲ νομίσματα πύργινα

πάντ᾽ ἐπηύθυνον.
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νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς

εὖ πράσσοντας ἆγον οἴκους.

ΧΟ.

στρατιὰς ἀπεφαινόμεθ᾽, ἠδὲ νομί-

σματα πύργινα πάντ᾽ ἐπηύθυνον.

νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων

ἀπόνους, ἀπαθεῖς,

εὖ πράσσοντας ἄγον οἴκους.
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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.
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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.
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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
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the Thracian settlements.
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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 .
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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,
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and Andros which lies adjacent to Tenos .
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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 ,
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whose mother-city is now the cause of our lament.
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Reditus ex bello ſine labore, ſine perpeßionibus,

Bene agentem duxerunt domum.

Quot cepit urbes, uadum non
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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.