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voulons, ô mère, ni trop t'effrayer ni trop te rassurer. Adresse-toi d'abord aux dieux en suppliante et, si tu as eu quelque vision fâcheuse, demande aux dieux d'en détourner de toi l'achèvement, pour réaliser au contraire ce qui doit servir et toi et tes enfants, et ton pays et tous les tiens. Il te faut ensuite ver-
ser des libations à la Terre et aux morts ; puis, du fond de l'âme, supplie Darios, l'époux que tu dis avoir vu cette nuit, de ne t'envoyer de la terre au jour que des joies pour toi et ton enfant ; le reste, de le retenir, aboli à jamais, dans l'ombre souterraine. Voilà ce que, prophète inspiré par le cœur, je te conseille, du fond de l'âme ; et nous estimons
que pareils présages se réaliseront de tout point au mieux.

Persians. Aeschylus. Paul Mazon (Editor). Paris. 1920-1925.

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by Schmidt Sciences.

Current edition Experimental

LES PERSES (OCR draft) (fra) (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (7)
Πέρσαι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 256-289 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 256-289 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 215 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 215 focus
οὔ σε βουλόμεσθα, μῆτερ, οὔτ᾽ ἄγαν φοβεῖν λόγοις,
οὔτε θαρσύνειν· θεοὺς δὲ προςτροπαῖς ἱκνουμένη,
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εἴ τι φλαῦρον εἶδες, αὐτοῦ τῶνδ᾽ ἀποτροπὴν λαβεῖν,
τἀγαθ᾽ ἐκτελῆ γενέσθαι σοί τε καὶ τέκνοις σέθεν
καὶ πόλει φίλοις τε πᾶσι. δεύτερον δὲ χρὴ χοὰς
γῇ τε καὶ φθιτοῖς χέασθαι· πρευμενῶς δ᾽ αὐτοῦ τάδε
σὸν πόσιν Δαρεῖον, ὅνπερ φῂς ἰδεῖν κατ᾽ εὐφρόνην,
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ἐσθλά σοι πέμπειν τέκνῳ τε, γῆς ἔνερθεν ἐς φάος·
τἄμπαλιν δὲ τῶνδε γαίᾳ κάτοχα μαυροῦσθαι σκότῳ.
μαντικῶς ταῦτα θυμόμαντις ὢν σοὶ πρευμενῶς παρῄνεσα·
εὖ δὲ πανταχῇ τελεῖν σοι τῶνδε κρίνομεν πέρι.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 215 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 215 focus
οὔ σε βουλόμεσθα, μῆτερ, οὔτ᾽ ἄγαν φοβεῖν λόγοις
οὔτε θαρσύνειν, θεοὺς δὲ προστροπαῖς ἱκνουμένη,
εἴ τι φλαῦρον εἶδες, αὐτοῦ τῶνδ᾽ ἀποτροπὴν τελεῖν,
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τὰ δ᾽ ἀγάθ᾽ ἐκτελῆ γενέσθαι σοί τε καὶ τέκνοις σέθεν
καὶ πόλει φίλοις τε πᾶσι. δεύτερον δὲ χρὴ χοὰς
γῇ τε καὶ φθιτοῖς χέασθαι· πρευμενῶς δ᾽ αὐτοῦ τάδε
σὺν πόσιν Δαρεῖον, ὅνπερ φῂς ἰδεῖν κατ᾽ εὐφρόνην,
ἐσθλά σοι πέμπειν τέκνῳ τε γῆς ἔνερθεν ἐς φάος,
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τἄμπαλιν δὲ τῶνδε γαίᾳ κάτοχα μαυροῦσθαι σκότῳ.
ταῦτα θυμόμαντις ὤν σοι πρευμενῶς παρήνεσα·
εὖ δὲ πανταχῇ τελεῖν σοι τῶνδε κρίνομεν πέρι.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 215 focus
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.)) — 256-286 focus
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 215 focus
We wish not, O mother, either to terrify too much by our words, or to cheer thee; but do thou, if thou hast seen aught disastrous, approach the gods with supplications, and implore of them to grant it may be averted, but that what is favourable may be accomplished for thyself, and for thy children, and for the city, and for all thy friends. And in the second place it is proper that thou pour libations both to the earth and to the departed. And gently make thy prayer that thy husband Darius, whom thou sayest thou didst see by night, would send good things for thee and for thy child, into the light of day from beneath the earth: and that what is contrary to these, being detained beneath the earth, may fade away in gloom. This advice have I given thee with kindly intent, auguring by my mind's judgment. And, touching these things, we judge that in all things there will come to thee a favourable issue.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 215 focus
but ſhou'd fortune frown,
The ſtate indeed preſumes not to arraign
His ſovereignty, yet how, his honour loſt,
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How ſhall he ſway the ſceptre of this land? e
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 215 focus
Troppo, o madre, sbigottirti non vogliam coi detti nostri,
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né che troppo imbaldanzisca.
Fa' che ai Superi ti prostri,
a implorar che spersi mandino da te lungi i tristi auspici,
ed i buoni per te avverino, pel tuo figlio, per gli amici
tutti quanti, e per la patria.
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Versa quindi libamenti
alla terra ed ai defunti.
E rivolgi preci ardenti
allo sposo visto in sogno, che dai baratri del suolo
ogni bene ai rai del giorno per te mandi e pel figliuolo,
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e sotterra il mal trattenga, fra le tenebre nascosto.
Questo a te consiglia l'animo mio, presago e al ben disposto.
E che l'esito a ogni modo seguirà prossimo io stimo.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 215 focus
Nolumus te ô mater neq; ualde uerbis terrere,
Neq; audaciorem reddere, deos uerò ſupplex ora.
Siue mala fuerint quæ uidisti, roga ipfos exitum ho
rum facere:
Hæc uerò bona eße perfecta tibi, filijs tuis,
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Vrbiq;,ac amicis omnibus. fecundò uerò oportet lis
bationes
Terræ mortuis fundere. propitie uerò ſupplica
ad hæc,
Maritum Darium, quem dicis te noctu uidiſse,
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Bona tibi mittere, & filio ex terra in lucem.
Contraria uerò his, detenta ſub terra tenebris obfcurari.
Hec tibi uates exiſtens, propoſui tibi manfuetė.
Bene tibi uerò undiq; accidere de his iudicamus.
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.) — 215 focus
Queen, it stands not with my purpose to abet these fears of thine,
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Nor to speak with glozing comfort! nay, betake thee to the shrine!
If thy dream foretold disaster, sue to gods to bar its way,
And, for thyself, son, state, and friends, to bring fair fate to-day!
Next, unto Earth and to the Dead be due libation poured,
And by thee let Darius' soul be wistfully implored—
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I saw thee, lord, in last night's dream, a phantom from the grave,
I pray thee, lord, from earth beneath come forth to help and save!
To me and to thy son send up the bliss of triumph now,
And hold the gloomy fates of ill, dim in the dark below!
Such be thy words! my inner heart good tidings doth foretell,
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And that fair fate will spring thereof, if wisdom guide us well.
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.) — 215 focus
Weder allzusehr beängsten, Mutter, soll dich unser Wort,
Noch dich allzusicher machen. An die Götter wende dich,
Flehe, daß sie's gnädig wehren, wenn du Grauenvolles sahst,
Und das Gute nur gewährend, segnen dich und deinen Sohn
Und das Reich und alle Treuen. Spende dann Trankopfer auch
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Für das Erdreich und die Todten; flehe, daß mit holdem Sinn
Dein Gemahl Dareios, der dir, sagst du, Nachts im Traum erschien,
Gutes aus der Erde Tiefen sende dir und deinem Sohn,
Doch das Leid in Dunkel hülle, tiefgebannt im Erdenschooß!
So mit ahnungsvollem Geiste rath' ich treuergeben dir;
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Doch vertrau'n wir, daß ein Gott dies Alles wohl zum Ziele lenkt.

Commentary

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

220. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-169

εὐφρόνην:
κατ' εὐφροσύνην
Lips. et bis quidem scriptis his verbis.

221. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-170

σοι:
σος
pro
σοι
Lips. τέκνῳ τε, γῆς:
τέκνω τ᾽ ἐγῆς
G.

222. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-171

τἄμπαλιν:
τούμπαλιν
Vit. aliique nonnulli et Ald. Rob. γαίᾳ:
γαία
M. Par. H. L.
γαίᾳ. γρ. γαῖαν
ex Par. B. Faehsius affert.
γαῖα
Vit.
γαία
G. Lips. Ven. A. B. aliique et Ald. Rob.
γῆ
Par. G.
γαίας
Turn. κάτοχα:
κάτοχος ἀμαυροῦσθαι
Ven. B.
κάτοχ᾽ ἀμαυροῦ
Ald.
κάτοχ᾽ ἀμαυροῦσθαι
ceteri. Correxit Blomfieldius gloss. ad Sept. ad Th. v. 47.

223. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-172

ὢν σοὶ:
ὦν σοι
a pr. manu,
ὤν σοι
a sec. M.
ὧν σοι
, sed mutatum in
ὢν σοι
, Vit.
ὢν σοι
Lips. et cum commate post
σοι
G. Ald. Rob.
ὢν, σοὶ
male Turn. πρευμενῶς:
προσευμένως
Lips. sed in marg. γρ.
πρευμενῶς
.

225. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-173

ἀλλὰ μὴν:
ἀλλαμὴν
M. γ᾽: omittunt Vit. Lips.

226. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-174

παιδὶ:
παισὶ
Lips. Cantabr. 2. Par. H. K. L. τῶνδ':
τῶν δ'
M. τήνδ':
τὴν δ᾽
M. ἐκύρωσας:
ἐχύρωσε
vel Faehsio teste
ἐκύρωσεν
Par. L.
ἔκυρσας
Rob. φάτιν:
φάτην
Lips. Ald.

227. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-175

ἐκτελοῖτο:
ἐξιλεοῖτο
Mosc. et erasa priore scriptura Vit. idemque adscriptum in Par. B.
εἶπε δὲ ἡ ἐξιλέωσις εἰς ἀγαθὸν ἀποβαίη
scholiastes. Ceteri
ἐκτελοῖτο
. δὴ τὰ:
δὲ τὰ
M. G. Vit. Lips. Ven. A. Par. G. Ald. Rob.
δὴ
, omisso
τὰ
, Turn.

228. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-176

θήσομεν:
θήσομαι
Ven. B. Rob. θεοῖσι:
θεοῖσιν
M. τοῖς τ᾽:
τοῖς δ᾽
Vit. ἔνερθε γῆς:
ἔνερθεν
G. Vit. Lips. Ald.
γῆς
omittunt Ven. A. Ox. Ald.

229. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-177

ἐς:
ἐς
G. Lips. κεῖνα:
'κεῖνα
Lips.

230. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-178

φασὶν:
φησὶν
Lips. ἱδρῦσθαι:
ἱδρῦσθαι
Vit. Ceteri pravo accentu
ἱδρύσθαι
.

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

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Antwort des Chor- führers (in feierlichen troch. Tetra- metern). Vgl. Soph. O. R. 89 f.: οὔτε θρασὺς οὔτ᾽ οὖν προδείσας εἰμὶ τῷ γε νῦν λόγῳ. samste ist unter allen Umständen die Götter anzurufen. μῆτερ, als Königin-Mutter (156), doch vgl. 664. προστροπαῖς, supplicatione. φλαῦρον, infaustum. Vgl. Soph. El. 646 εἰ μὲν πέφηνεν ἐσθλά (nämlich φάσματα ὀνείρων), δὸς τελεσφόρα, εἰ δ᾽ ἐχθρά, τοῖς ἐχθροῦσιν ἐμπαλιν μέθες. - Eustath. Hom. Od. κ 518: οἰκεῖον νεκροῖς ἡ χοή. – γῇ vgl. 628 f. 640. πρευμενῶς mit αὐτοῦ (nicht πέμπειν) zu verbinden (bitte freundlich) gestattet V. 224. Vgl. 609. – τάδε, um folgendes, nämlich das πέμπειν u. s. w. – θυμόμαντις (vgl. θυμόσοφος, Ar. nub. 877), ἐκ τοῦ θυμοῦ μαντευόμενος, Gegenteil νοη θεόμαντις. παρήνεσα, zu Ar. nub. 174 u. Kr. 53, 6. А. 3. - τελεῖν intrs. Kr. II § 52, 2. A. 1. Unsere Traumdeutung geht dahin, es werde für dich alles gut sich er- füllen. Der Chorführer schliefst mit einem glückverheiſsenden Worte.

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Es ist für mich ermutigend alsbald einer so wohl- wollenden Auslegung zu begegnen. κριτής, 520. Cho. 37. ἐκύρωσας, du hast diese glaubwürdige Aus- legung gegeben. Vgl. 521. - θεοῖσι, 216-219; τοῖς τε φίλοις 220 f. εὖτε, Κr. 69, 28. vgl. Sept. 338. Genauere Erkundigung nach Athen, das (wie dem Dichter so auch) Atossa (als das unmittelbare Ziel des Feldzugs) besonders wichtig ist. Die Frage der Atossa erinnert an die Frage, welche Dareios auf die Kunde von der Verbrennung der Stadt Sardes durch die Athener u. Ionier an seine Umgebung richtete, οἵτινες εἶεν οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι (Herod. V 105). Mit hoher Befriedigung mufste der athenische Zuschauer bei sich denken: „du wirst die un- beachtete Stadt näher kennen ler- nen".