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.) — 852-908 focus
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
πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμους στρατιὰς
2
ἀπε-
πάντ᾽ ἐπέρθομεν.
5
860
νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων
ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς
864
Χορός
ὅσσας δ᾽ εἷλε πόλεις πόρον
οὐ διαβὰς Ἅλυος ποταμοῖο,
865
οἷαι Στρυμονίου πελά-
γους Ἀχελωίδες εἰσὶ πάροικοι
Θρῃκίων
10
ἐπαύλων,
870
871
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
Χορός
νᾶσοί θ᾽ αἳ κατὰ πρῶν᾽
ἅλιον περίκλυστοι
880
τᾷδε γᾷ προσήμεναι
οἵα
12
Λέσβος ἐλαι-
όφυτός τε Σάμος, Χίος,
ἠδὲ Πάρος, Νάξος, Μύκο-
νος, Τήνῳ τε συνάπτουσ᾽
885
Ἄνδρος
13
ἀγχιγείτων,
889
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 ματρόπολις
15
τῶνδ᾽
αἰτία στεναγμῶν.
16
897
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.
Χορός
πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμους στρατιὰς ἀπε-
φαινόμεθʼ, ἠδὲ νομίσματα πύργινα
πάντʼ ἐπηύθυνε,
860
νόστοι δʼ ἐκ πολέμων
ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς
ἀνέρας εὖ πράσσοντας ἆγον οἴκους.
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
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·
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,
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.
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.) — 843 focus
ΧΟ.
ἦ πολλὰ καὶ παρόντα καὶ μέλλοντ ἔτι
ἤλγησ᾽ ἀκούσας βαρβάροισι πήματα.
ΑΤ.
ὦ δαίμον, ὥς με πόλλ᾽ ἐσέρχεται κακὰ
845
ἄλγη, μάλιστα δ᾽ ἥδε συμφορὰ δάκνει,
ἀτιμίαν γε παιδὸς ἀμφὶ σώματι
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 843 focus
Ἄτοσσα
ὦ δαῖμον, ὡς με πόλλ᾽ ἐςέρχεται κακὰ
ἄλγη, μάλιστα δ' ἥδε συμφορὰ δάκνει,
ἀτιμίαν γε παιδὸς ἀμφὶ σώματι
ἐσθημάτων κλύουσαν, ἥ νιν ἀμπέχει.
850
ἀλλ᾽ εἶμι, καὶ λαβοῦσα κόσμον ἐκ δόμων
ὑπαντιάζειν παιδὶ πειρασώμεθα.
οὐ γὰρ τὰ φίλτατ' ἐν κακοῖς προδώσομεν.
Χορός
στρ. α'.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 843 focus
ΧΟΡΟΣ
Ἦ πολλὰ καὶ παρόντα καὶ μέλλοντ' ἔτι
ἤλγησ' ἀκούσας βαρβάροισι πήματα.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑ
Ὦ δαῖμον, ὥς με πόλλ'
ἐσέρχεται κακῶν
εἰσέρχεται (uel ἐπ-) κακά
845
ἄλγη, μάλιστα δ' ἥδε συμφορὰ δάκνει,
ἀτιμίαν γε παιδὸς ἀμφὶ σώματι
ἐσθημάτων κλύουσαν ἥ νιν ἀμπέχει.
Ἀλλ' εἶμι, καὶ λαβοῦσα κόσμον ἐκ δόμων
ὑπαντιάζειν
παιδί μου
παιδί (uel παῖδ') ἐμῷ πειράσομαι·
850
οὐ γὰρ τὰ φίλτατ' ἐν κακοῖς προδώσομεν.
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 843 focus
ἡ πολλὰ καὶ παρόντα καὶ μέλλοντ᾽ ἔτι
845
ἤλγησ᾽ ἀκούσας βαρβάροισι πήματα.
ΑΤ.
ὦ δαῖμον, ὥς με πόλλ᾽ ἐσέρχεται κακὰ
ἄλγη, μάλιστα δ᾽ ἥδε συμφορὰ δάκνει,
ἀτιμίαν γε παιδὸς ἀμφὶ σώματι
ἐσθημάτων κλύουσαν, ἥ νιν ἀμπέχει.
850
ἀλλ᾽ εἶμι, καὶ λαβοῦσα κόσμον ἐκ δόμων
ὑπαντιάζειν ἐμῷ παιδὶ πειράσομαι·
οὐ γὰρ τὰ φίλτατ᾽ ἐν κακοῖς προδώσομεν.
ΧΟ.
1
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 843 focus
ΧΟ.
ἢ πολλὰ καὶ παρόντα καὶ μέλλοντ᾽ ἔτι
ἤλγησ᾽ ἀκούσας βαρβάροισι πήματα.
ΑΤ.
ὦ δαῖμον, ὥς με πόλλ᾽ ἐσέρχεται κακῶν
845
ἄλγη, μάλιστα δ᾽ ἥδε συμφορὰ δάκνει,
ἀτιμίαν γε παιδὸς ἀμφὶ σώματι
ἐσθημάτων κλυοῦσαν, ἥ νιν ἀμπέχει.
ἀλλ᾽ εἶμι καὶ λαβοῦσα κόσμον ἐκ δόμων
ὑπαντιάζειν παιδί πως πειράσομαι·
850
οὐ γὰρ τὰ φίλτατ᾽ ἐν κακοῖς προδώσομεν.
Apparatus Criticus
κεχρημένον v. 1. in schol. κεχρημένοι κεκτημένοι γεραιὰ γηραιά οἴκους οἶκον εὐπρεπής εὐτρεπής πάντα πάντων παντᾶ ἢ πάντων μόνης μόνοις corr. Pγρ πρέσβεις πρέσβυς πόλλ᾽ ἐσέρχεται κακῶν πολλ(ὰ) εἰσέρχεται κακά π. κάκ᾽ εἰσέρχ. ἐπέρχεται κακὰ corr. Schütz μάλιστα μάλιστά γ' παιδί ἐμῶι παιδί παιδ(ὶ) ἐμῷ παιδί γ᾿ ἐμῷ correxi κακοῖς κακοῖσιTranslations (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
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
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
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.) — 843 focus
ATOSSA
O Fortune! how many bitter sorrows are coming upon me, and most of all doth this mischance prey upon my spirit, when I hear also of the dishonour of the robes about the person of my child
1
, which envelope him. But I will go, and having fetched vesture from the house, I will endeavour to meet my son. For we will not desert in their misfortunes those that are dearest to us.
ATOSSA enters the palace.
CHORUS
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 843 focus
LA REINE
O Destin, que de souffrances me pénètrent à la pensée de telles misères ! Mais le malheur qui surtout me point, c'est l'ignominie des vêtements qui maintenant couvrent le corps de mon fils. Je vais aller chercher dans le
palais une parure neuve ; puis j'essaierai de rencontrer mon enfant : je n'irai pas, dans le malheur, trahir ce que j'ai de plus cher.
Elle sort.
Très large.
palais une parure neuve ; puis j'essaierai de rencontrer mon enfant : je n'irai pas, dans le malheur, trahir ce que j'ai de plus cher.
LE CHŒUR
Ah ! la grande, la belle vie faite à nos bonnes
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 843 focus
ATOSSA.
Unhappy fortune, what a tide of ills
1040
Burſts o'er me!
Chief this foul diſgrace, which
ſhows
My ſon diveſted of his rich attire,
His royal robes all rent, diſtracts my thoughts.
1045
But I will go, chuſe the moſt gorgeouſveſt,
And haſte to meet my ſon.
Ne'er in his woes
Will I forſake whom my ſoul holds moſt dear.
CHORUS
STROPHE
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 843 focus
ATOSSA
Ahi!, quante doglie sciagurate, o Dèmone,
piombâr su me! Ma piú questa mi morde:
udir da quale disonesta foggia
975
di vesti è cinto il mio figliuolo.
Or vado, e, ornati panni presi entro la reggia,
tenterò farmi incontro a lui.
Ché mai
non abbandonerò nella sciagura
980
la creatura a me piú cara.
E voi,
di fidi ammonimenti in tal frangente
date soccorso ai fidi, e il figlio mio,
se pria di me qui giunge, confortatelo
985
con i consigli, e alla reggia spingetelo,
ché non s'aggiunga ai mali un nuovo male.
1
TERZO CANTO INTORNO ALL'ARA
3
1
CORO
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 843 focus
Ato.
O fortuna, quàm multi me occupant mali
Dolores, maximè hec calamitas pungit,
795
Dedecus filij circum corpus,
Au dientem ueſtimentorum quod ipſum ambit.
Sed proficifcor, accipiensq; ornamentum ex domo,
Obuiamq; ire filio meo conabor.
Non enim amicos in rebus aduerfis deferam.
800
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.) — 843 focus
Alas, I thrill with pain for Persia's woes—
Many fulfilled, and others hard at hand!
Atossa
O spirit of the race, what sorrows crowd
Upon me! and this anguish stings me worst,
875
That round my royal son's dishonoured form
Hang rags and tatters, degradation deep!
I will away, and, bringing from within
A seemly royal robe, will straightway strive
To meet and greet my son: foul scorn it were
880
To leave our dearest in his hour of shame.
[
Exit
Atossa.
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.) — 843 focus
Viel Leides, das gekommen, das noch kommen wird,
Mein Volk zu beugen, hört' ich, ach, in tiefem Schmerz!
Atoſſa.
O Schicksal, endlos schwere Noth kam über mich!
Doch tief vor Allem schneidet mir das Leid in's Herz,
820
Des Sohnes Schmach zu hören, dem das Herrscherkleid,
Zerrissen, kaum die königlichen Glieder hüllt.
Wohlan, ich eile, hole mir im Hause Schmuck,
Und will's versuchen, meinem Sohn entgegengeh'n.
In Mißgeschick verlass' ich meine Liebsten nicht.
825
(ab.)
Chor
Wechſelgesang des Chores.
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
844.
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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
843-851.
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