Aeschylus Persians 81

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et sa flotte, il se fie à ses solides et rudes chefs, le fils de la pluie d'or 1 ,
mortel égal aux dieux.
Un peu mieux marqué.
En ses yeux luit le regard bleu sombre du dragon sanglant. Il meut mille bras

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.) — 65-158 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 65-158 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 81 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 81 focus
κυάνεον δ᾽ ὄμμασι λεύσσων
φονίου δέργμα δράκοντος,
πολύχειρ καὶ πολυναύτης,
Σύριόν θ' ἅρμα διώκων,
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ἐπάγει δουρικλύτοις ἀν-
δρασι τοξόδαμνον Αρη.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 81 focus
κυάνεον δ' ὄμμασι λεύσσων
Str. 2.
φονίου φοινίου δέργμα δράκοντος,
πολύχειρ καὶ πολυ ναύτας,
Σύριόν θ' ἅρμα διώκων,
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ἐπάγει δουρικλύτοις ἀν-
δράσι τοξόδαμνον Ἄρη·
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 81 focus
κυάνεον δ᾽ ὄμμασι λεύσσων
φονίου δέργμα δράκοντος,
πολύχειρ καὶ πολυναύτης,
Σύριόν θ᾽ ἅρμα διώκων,
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ἐπάγει δουρικλύτοις ἀν-
δράσι τοξόδαμνον Ἄρη.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 81 focus
κυάνεον δ᾽ ὄμμασι λεύσσων
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φονίου δέργμα δράκοντος
πολύχειρ καὶ πολυναύτης
Σύριόν θ᾽ ἅρμα διώκων
ἐπάγει δουρικλύτοις ἀν-
δράσι τοξόδαμνον ῎Αρη. –
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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.)) — 65-155 focus
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 81 focus
And flashing from his eyes the dark-blue glare of the deadly serpent, appointed with many a warrior and many a mariner, and urging on his Syrian 3
car, he is leading on a war victorious with the bow against men who are famous for the spear 4
.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 81 focus
Fierce as the dragon ſcal'd in gold
Thro' the deep files he darts his glowing eye;
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And pleas'd their order to behold,
His gorgeous ſtandard blazing to the ſky,
Rolls onward his Aſſyrian car,
Directs the thunder of the war,
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 81 focus
Saettando egli dall'occhio,
quasi drago sanguinario, azzurro sguardo,
con gran flotta, con molti uomini,
sospingendo assirio cocchio,
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contro genti valorose a trattar cuspidi e lancie
guida un'oste esperta al dardo.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 81 focus
Fufcum uerò oculis uidens,
Cruenti afpectum Draconis.
Multas habens naues, manus,
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Et Aßyrium currum impellens,
Adducit hafta inclytis uiris,
Arcu domantem Martem: infignis nullus reſiſtens
Magno fluento uirorum munimento firmo,
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 81 focus
DARIUS
O hapless son, of our allies the youth how hath he ruined?
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.) — 81 focus
And dark is the glare of his eyes, as eyes of a serpent blood-fed,
And with manifold troops in his train and with manifold ships hath he sped—
Yea, sped with his Syrian cars: he leads on the lords of the bow
To meet with the men of the West, the spear-armed force of the foe!
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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.) — 81 focus
Wie der morddürstende Felsdrache mit blaufunkelndem Glutblick,
So mit viel Armen und viel Schiffen beschwingt jener den Mordpfeil
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Von dem Streitwagen Assyriens
In die speerberühmten Festen.
Zweite Gegenstrophe.

Notes on the current edition

Persians

1. L'éponyme de la maison royale de Perse est Persée, fils de Danaos et de Zeus, descendu vers elle sous la forme d'une pluie d'or.

Commentary

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

80. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-64

στυφελοῖς:
στυφέλοις
libri.
στυφελοῖς
Blomfieldius. ἐφέταις:
ἀφέταις
Colb. 1. Rob. Hesychius
ἐφέτας, τοὺς ἡγεμόνας τῶν Περσῶν, καταχρηστικῶς
. χρυσογόνου:
χρυσονόμου
M. G. Vit. Lips. Ven. A. B. aliique et Ald. Turn.
χρυσογόνου
. γρ.
καὶ χρυσονόμου
Par. B.
χρυσογόνου
Rob. Vtramque scripturam commemorant scholia. Qui
χρυσονόμου
praeoptat, sic explicare debebit, ut idem sit quod
χρυσοῦς
, neglecto significatu terminationis. Sed in compositis ex
νέμω
hoc fieri non videtur exemplis posse demonstrari. Praestat
χρυσογόνου
.

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

73-80. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-13

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„Und überschwemmt und bedroht ganz Europa.“ θού- ριος 754. Um so ruhmvoller war es ihn zu besiegen. ἐπὶ πᾶσαν χθόνα, nicht bloſs Hellas. μανόριον von dem Heere wie ποι- μάνωρ 241 von dem Heerführer. θεῖον: die Grösse der Herde über- schreitet das menschliche Maſs, πεζονόμον τ᾽ ἔκ τε θαλάσσας für πεζονόμον τε καὶ θαλάσσιον ( ναυ- τικόν), Wechsel wie 19 f. - Unter zu- verlässigen tüchtigen Befehlshabern; χρυσο- ὀχυρός ( ἐχυρός) Ag. 44. γονου auro satae, sofern der mythische Stammvater der Perser, Perseus (Herod. VII 150), von seiner Mutter Danaë in Gestalt eines gol- denen Regens empfangen wurde. ἰσόθεος φώς homerisch.