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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Editions (7)
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:
260
αὐτὸς δ᾽ ἀέλπτως νόστιμον βλέπω φάος.
262
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.
268
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
278
Ἄγγελος
οὐδὲν γὰρ ἤρκει τόξα, πᾶς δ᾽ ἀπώλλυτο
στρατὸς δαμασθεὶς ναΐοισιν ἐμβολαῖς
280
Χορός
ἴυζ᾽ ἄποτμον Πέρσαις
280
δυσαιανῆ βοὰν
10
δᾴος,
11
ὡς πάντα παγκάκως
ἤνυσαν,
12
αἰαῖ, στρατοῦ φθαρέντος.
284
Ἄγγελος
ὦ πλεῖστον ἔχθος ὄνομα Σαλαμῖνος κλύειν:
φεῦ, τῶν Ἀθηνῶν ὡς στένω μεμνημένος.
285
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·
260
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
275
κατθανόντα λέγεις φέρε-
σθαι πλάγκτʼ ἐν διπλάκεσσιν.
278
Ἄγγελος
οὐδὲν γὰρ ἤρκει τόξα, πᾶς δʼ ἀπώλλυτο
στρατὸς δαμασθεὶς ναΐοισιν ἐμβολαῖς
Χορός
ἴυζʼ ἄποτμον Πέρσαις
280
δυσαιανῆ βοὰν
δᾴοις, ὡς πάντα παγκάκως
ἔφθισαν· αἰαῖ στρατοῦ φθαρέντος.
284
Ἄγγελος
ὦ πλεῖστον ἔχθος ὄνομα Σαλαμῖνος κλύειν.
φεῦ, τῶν Ἀθηνῶν ὡς στένω μεμνημένος.
285
Χορός
στυγναί γʼ Ἀθᾶναι δᾴοις·
μεμνῆσθαί τοι πάρα
ὡς πολλὰς Περσίδων μάταν
ἔκτισαν εὔνιδας ἠδʼ ἀνάνδρους.
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 256 focus
ΧΟ.
ἄνι᾽ ἄνια κακὰ νεόκοτα
καὶ δάϊ᾽. αἰαῖ, διαίνεσθε, Πέρσαι, τόδ᾽ ἄχος κλύοντες.
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 256 focus
Ἄγγελος.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 256 focus
ΧΟΡΟΣ
Ἄνι' ἄνια κακὰ νεόκοτα
Str. 1.
καὶ δάι'· αἰαῖ, διαίνεσθε, Πέρ-
σαι, τόδ' ἄχος κλύοντες.
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 256 focus
ΑΓ.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 256 focus
ΧΟ.
ἄνι᾽ ἄνια κακά, νεόκοτα
καὶ δάι. αἰαῖ, διαίνεσθε Πέρ-
σαι τόδ᾽ ἄχος κλυόντες.
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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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.) — 256 focus
MESSENGER
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 256 focus
LE CHŒUR
Horribles, horribles souffrances, imprévues et déchirantes ! Hélas ! pleurez donc, Perses,
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 256 focus
ATOSSA.
How can they then reſiſt th' invading foe?
CHORUS.
As to ſpread havoc thro' the numerous hoſt,
That round Darius form'd their glitt'ring files.
ATOSSA.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 256 focus
ARALDO
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 256 focus
Nun.
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.) — 256 focus
O ruin manifold, and woe, and fear!
Let the wild tears run down, for the great doom is here!
Messenger
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.) — 256 focus
Traurig, o traurig, unerhört grimmig Leid!
O weint, Perser, weint über die schwere Kunde!
Der Bote.
Commentary
Critical apparatus to The Persians (OCR draft) (Latin and Greek critical apparatus to Gottfried Hermann's 1852 edition of The Persians.) focus
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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
249-255.
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