Persians. Aeschylus. ed. Gottfried Hermann. Lipsiae. 1852.
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Critical apparatus to The Persians (OCR draft) (Latin) (Latin and Greek critical apparatus to Gottfried Hermann's 1852 edition of The Persians.)
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Πέρσαι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 256-289 focus
Χορός
ἄνι᾽ ἄνια κακὰ
νεόκοτα καὶ δάι᾽. αἰαῖ,
διαίνεσθε, Πέρσαι,
τόδ᾽ ἄχος κλύοντες.
260
Ἄγγελος
ὡς πάντα γ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἐκεῖνα διαπεπραγμένα:
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αὐτὸς δ᾽ ἀέλπτως νόστιμον βλέπω φάος.
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Χορός
ἦ μακροβίοτος
ὅδε γέ τις αἰὼν ἐφάνθη
γεραιοῖς, ἀκούειν
τόδε πῆμ᾽ ἄελπτον.
265
266
Ἄγγελος
καὶ μὴν παρών γε
1
κοὐ λόγους ἄλλων κλύων,
Πέρσαι, φράσαιμ᾽ ἂν οἷ᾽ ἐπορσύνθη κακά.
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Χορός
ὀτοτοτοῖ,
2
μάταν
τὰ πολέα
3
βέλεα παμμιγῆ
δᾴαν
6
Ἑλλάδα χώραν.
272
Ἄγγελος
πλήθουσι νεκρῶν δυσπότμως ἐφθαρμένων
Σαλαμῖνος ἀκταὶ πᾶς τε πρόσχωρος τόπος.
274
Χορός
ὀτοτοτοῖ, φίλων
ἁλίδονα μέλεα
7
πολυβαφῆ
275
κατθανόντα λέγεις φέρεσθαι
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Ἄγγελος
οὐδὲν γὰρ ἤρκει τόξα, πᾶς δ᾽ ἀπώλλυτο
στρατὸς δαμασθεὶς ναΐοισιν ἐμβολαῖς
280
Χορός
ἴυζ᾽ ἄποτμον Πέρσαις
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δυσαιανῆ βοὰν
10
δᾴος,
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ὡς πάντα παγκάκως
ἤνυσαν,
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αἰαῖ, στρατοῦ φθαρέντος.
284
Ἄγγελος
ὦ πλεῖστον ἔχθος ὄνομα Σαλαμῖνος κλύειν:
φεῦ, τῶν Ἀθηνῶν ὡς στένω μεμνημένος.
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286
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 256-289 focus
Χορός
ἄνιʼ ἄνια κακὰ
νεόκοτα καὶ δάιʼ·. αἰαῖ,
διαίνεσθε, Πέρσαι,
τόδʼ ἄχος κλύοντες.
260
Ἄγγελος
ὡς πάντα γʼ ἔστʼ ἐκεῖνα διαπεπραγμένα·
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αὐτὸς δʼ ἀέλπτως νόστιμον βλέπω φάος.
Χορός
ἦ μακροβίοτος
ὅδε γέ τις αἰὼν ἐφάνθη
γεραιοῖς, ἀκούειν
τόδε πῆμʼ ἄελπτον.
265
266
Ἄγγελος
καὶ μὴν παρών γε κοὐ λόγους ἄλλων κλύων,
Πέρσαι, φράσαιμʼ ἂν οἷʼ ἐπορσύνθη κακά.
Χορός
ὀτοτοτοῖ, μάταν
τὰ πολλὰ βέλεα παμμιγῆ
γᾶς ἀπʼ Ἀσίδος ἦλθε δᾴ-
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αν ἐφʼ Ἑλλάδα χώραν.
272
Ἄγγελος
πλήθουσι νεκρῶν δυσπότμως ἐφθαρμένων
Σαλαμῖνος ἀκταὶ πᾶς τε πρόσχωρος τόπος.
Χορός
ὀτοτοτοῖ, φίλων
ἁλίδονα μέλεα πολυβαφῆ
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κατθανόντα λέγεις φέρε-
σθαι πλάγκτʼ ἐν διπλάκεσσιν.
278
Ἄγγελος
οὐδὲν γὰρ ἤρκει τόξα, πᾶς δʼ ἀπώλλυτο
στρατὸς δαμασθεὶς ναΐοισιν ἐμβολαῖς
Χορός
ἴυζʼ ἄποτμον Πέρσαις
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δυσαιανῆ βοὰν
δᾴοις, ὡς πάντα παγκάκως
ἔφθισαν· αἰαῖ στρατοῦ φθαρέντος.
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Ἄγγελος
ὦ πλεῖστον ἔχθος ὄνομα Σαλαμῖνος κλύειν.
φεῦ, τῶν Ἀθηνῶν ὡς στένω μεμνημένος.
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Χορός
στυγναί γʼ Ἀθᾶναι δᾴοις·
μεμνῆσθαί τοι πάρα
ὡς πολλὰς Περσίδων μάταν
ἔκτισαν εὔνιδας ἠδʼ ἀνάνδρους.
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 249 focus
ΑΓΓΕΛΟΣ.
ὦ γῆς ἁπάσης Ἀσιάδος πολίσματα,
ὦ Περσὶς αἷα καὶ πολὺς πλούτου λιμὴν,
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ὡς ἐν μιᾷ πληγῇ κατέφθαρται πολὺς
ὄλβος, τὸ Περσῶν δ᾽ ἄνθος οἴχεται πεσόν.
ὤμοι, κακὸν μὲν πρῶτον ἀγγέλλειν κακά·
ὅμως δ᾽ ἀνάγκη πᾶν ἀναπτύξαι πάθος,
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 249 focus
Χορὸς Γερόντων.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 249 focus
ΑΓΓΕΛΟΣ
Ὦ γῆς ἁπάσης Ἀσιάδος πολίσματα,
ὦ Περσὶς αἶα καὶ πολὺς πλούτου λιμήν,
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ὡς ἐν μιᾷ πληγῇ κατέφθαρται πολὺς
ὄλβος, τὸ Περσῶν δ' ἄνθος οἴχεται πεσόν.
Ὤμοι, κακὸν μὲν πρῶτον ἀγγέλλειν κακά·
ὅμως δ' ἀνάγκη πᾶν ἀναπτύξαι πάθος,
Πέρσαι· στρατὸς γὰρ πᾶς ὄλωλε βαρβάρων.
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Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 249 focus
ΧΟ.
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Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 249 focus
ΑΓΓΕΛΟΣ
ὦ γῆς ἁπάσης Ασιάδος πολίσματα,
ὦ Περσὶς αἷα καὶ πολὺς πλούτου λιμήν,
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ὡς ἐν μιᾶι πληγῆι κατέφθαρται πολύς
ὄλβος, τὸ Περσῶν δ᾽ ἄνθος οἴχεται πεσόν.
ὤμοι, κακὸν μὲν πρῶτον ἀγγέλλειν κακά,
ὅμως δ᾽ ἀνάγκη πᾶν ἀναπτύξαι πάθος,
Πέρσαι· στρατὸς γὰρ πᾶς ὄλωλε βαρβάρων.
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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.)) — 256-286 focus
Chorus
Grievous, grievous disaster, strange and cruel. Alas, Persians, weep now that you hear of this calamity.
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Messenger
Yes, weep, for you hear that the whole army is utterly destroyed; and I myself unexpectedly behold the day of my return.
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Chorus
The life which has been given to us elders is too long, for we have now heard
of this unexpected misery.
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266
Messenger
Since I myself was present and did not merely hear what happened from the report of others, I can tell you exactly what kind of disaster was wrought.
Chorus
Alas, alas! In vain did our vast and variously armed host
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Messenger
Full of the bodies of men who perished by a miserable fate are the shores of
Salamis
and all the neighboring coasts.
Chorus
Alas, alas! You say that the bodies of our loved ones,
battered by the brine and drenched, are tossing, washed back and forth among the reefs.
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Messenger
Our bows were of no use, and the whole host has perished, overwhelmed when ship charged on ship.
Chorus
Raise a doleful and mournful wail for the Persians, the wretched Persians, since they have met with complete and utter ruin. Alas for the destruction of our host!
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Messenger
O name of
Salamis
most odious to my ears!
Alas, how I groan when I recall the memory of
Athens
!
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Chorus
Ah, hateful indeed is
Athens
to her foes. Now must we remember how many Persian women she has deprived of sons and husbands, lost all in vain.
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 249 focus
CHORUS
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 249 focus
Perse, havre de richesse infinie, voici donc, d'un seul coup, anéanti un immense bonheur, abattue et détruite la fleur de la Perse ! — Hélas ! c'est un malheur déjà que d'annoncer le premier un malheur. Et pourtant il me faut déployer
devant vous toute notre misère, Perses : l'armée
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 249 focus
CHORUS.
A force, that to the Medes hath wrought much
woe.
ATOSSA.
Have they ſufficient treaſures in their houſes?
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CHORUS.
Their rich earth yields a copious fount of ſilver
f
.
ATOSSA.
From the ſtrong bow wing they the barbed ſhaft?
CHORUS.
They graſp the ſtout ſpear, and the maſſy ſhield.
ATOSSA.
What monarch reigns, whoſe power commands
their ranks?
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CHORUS.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 249 focus
CORO
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 249 focus
Vt in uno cõflictu interijt ingens
Fœlicitas, flos autem Perſarum profligatus uenit.
Heu malum quidem est, primò nunciare mala.
Tamen neceſse est omnem calamitatem aperire:
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Amat nullus nuncium malorum fermonum.
O Perſe, exercitus omnis barborum interijt.
Cho.
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.) — 249 focus
O walls and towers of all the Asian realm,
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O Persian land, O treasure-house of gold!
How, by one stroke, down to destruction, down,
Hath sunk our pride, and all the flower of war
That once was Persia's, lieth in the dust!
Woe on the man who first announceth woe—
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Yet must I all the tale of death unroll!
Hark to me, Persians! Persia's host lies low.
Chorus
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.) — 249 focus
Weh euch, des ganzen Asia's Burgfesten ihr,
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Weh, Perserland, des stolzen Reichthums weiter Port !
Wie ist in Einem Schlage doch das große Glück
Vernichtet; Persis' Blüte welkt dahingestürzt!
Fluchvolles Amt, des Fluches erster Bote sein!
Und doch - die Noth will, daß ich euch das ganze Leid
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Enthülle, Perser: ganz vertilgt ist euer Heer!
Erster Halbchor.
Erste Strophe.
Commentary
Critical apparatus to The Persians (OCR draft) (Latin and Greek critical apparatus to Gottfried Hermann's 1852 edition of The Persians.) focus
248.
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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
239-248.
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