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

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Current edition Experimental

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) (Greek) (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (6)
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.) — 249 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 249 focus
ὦ γῆς ἁπάσης Ασιάδος πολίσματα,
ὦ Περσίς αἷα καὶ πολὺς πλούτου λιμήν,
ὡς ἐν μιᾷ πληγῇ κατέφθαρται πολὺς
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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.
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 249 focus
ὦ γῆς ἁπάσης Ἀσιάδος πολίσματα,
ὦ Περσὶς αἶα καὶ πολὺς πλούτου λιμήν,
ὡς ἐν μιᾷ πληγῇ κατέφθαρται πολὺς
ὄλβος, τὸ Περσῶν δ᾽ ἄνθος οἴχεται πεσόν.
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ὤμοι, κακὸν μὲν πρῶτον ἀγγέλλειν κακά,
ὅμως δ᾽ ἀνάγκη πᾶν ἀναπτύξαι πάθος,
Πέρσαι· στρατὸς γὰρ πᾶς ὄλωλε βαρβάρων.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 249 focus
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
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 249 focus
O ye cities of the whole land of Asia! O realm of Persia, and mighty haven of opulence, how hath the ample weal been demolished by a single stroke, and the flower of the Persians is fallen and gone. Woe's me, 'tis an ill office to be the first messenger of ill, but yet it is necessary to unfold the whole of the disaster of the Persians, for all the army of the barbarians hath perished.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 249 focus
O cités de l'Asie entière, ô terre de
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
Send they embattled numbers to the field?
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 249 focus
O voi, città dell'Asia tutte, o terra
di Persia, porto di ricchezza immenso,
come ad un colpo solo andò distrutta
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la gran felicità, come dei Persi
cade il fiore e si perde!
Ahimè! Che male
è mirar primo i mali! E pure, è forza
che intiero il danno, o Persi, io sveli.
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Tutto distrutto fu dei barbari l'esercito !
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 249 focus
O terræ totius Afiæ urbes,
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O Perſica terra, magnus diuitiarum portus,
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:
230
Amat nullus nuncium malorum fermonum.
O Perſe, exercitus omnis barborum interijt.
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.
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!

Commentary

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

249. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-196

αἷα:
ἄνα
pro
αἷα
Lips.
γαῖα
Rob. Imitatur hunc versum Euripides Or. v. 1083.
καὶ δῶμα πατρὸς καὶ μέγας πλούτου λιμήν.
Ceterum animadvertat lector artem poetae, qui partim ut magnitudinem cladis apte demonstraret, partim ut a Persa haec dici spectatoribus indicaret, nuntium fecit non, ut solent fere nuntii, referre tantum quae gesta essent, sed cum magno motu et vociferatione accurrentem, priusquam rem enarret, deplorare sortem Persarum.

251. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-197

τὸ Περσῶν δ᾽:
τὸ δὲ περσῶν
Ven. A. Ald. Rob.
τὸ περσικὸν δ'
Vit. Lips. Colb. 2. sed in Vit. a sec. manu
περσικὸν
mutatum in
περσῶν
, et in Lips. supra scriptum γρ.
Τὸ περσῶν
. Ex Par. B. Faehsius affert
τὸ Περσῶν. γρ. καὶ Πέρσαις
.

252. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-198

ὤμοι:
ὤμοι
libri, etiam G. Solus Cantabr. 2.
ἰώ μοί μοί
. ἀγγέλλειν:
ἀγγέλειν
Vit. Lips. Post hunc versum G. Lips. Par. N. hunc inserunt,
στέργει γὰρ οὐδεὶς ἄγγελον κακῶν ἐπῶν
(
κακακῶν ἐπῶν
Lips.), qui versus est 277. Antigonae Sophocleae. Adscriptus est hic versus, sic quidem ut prius
εἰπών
fuerit, in margine M. Post sequentem versum eadem Sophoclis verba habet Rob.

253. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-199

ἀνάγκη:
ἀνάγκα
Ald. Rob. Eaedem et Ven. A.
ἀναπτύσαι
. πάθος: Post
πάθος
Ald. addit
πέρσας
.

254. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-200

Πέρσαι:
πέρσαι
M. G. Vit. Ven. A. B. edd. ante Brunckium. Merito hoc revocavit Porsonus. Neque enim iam nuntius haec secum ipse loquitur, sed Persas compellat. Atque egregie, ut in tanto malo, non reginam ab eo salutari, sed, quo est animi motu, simul omnes qui adsunt comprehendi facit poeta. Brunckius ex Par. B. receperat
Πέρσαις
, quod habet etiam Lips. Atque in Vit. quoque a sec. manu
σ
supra scriptum est. Neque quod Aldina, quae hic
πέρσαι
exhibet, in fine praecedentis versus habet,
πέρσας
, aliud est quam vitiose scripta varia lectio
πέρσαις
.

255. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-201

ἄνι᾽ ἄνια νεόκοτα καὶ δάϊ, αἰαῖ:
ἄνι᾽ ἄνια κακὰ
M. Lips.
ἄνι᾽ ἄνια καὶ
Vit.
ἄνια, ἄνια κακὰ
G. Turn.
ἄνια, ἄνια, κακὰ λυπηρὰ, λυπηρὰ
Ven. A. Ox. Ald. Rob. Ante
νεόκοτα
litura aliquot litterarum in M.
νεότοκα
Rob. γρ.
νεοτόκα
superscriptum vulgato
νεόκοτα
in Lips.
καὶ δάϊ αἱ αἱ
M.
καὶ δάϊ' αἳ αἳ
Vit. Lips.
δάϊ αἳ αἴ
, omisso
καὶ
, G.
καὶ δάϊα. αἳ αἳ
edd. vett. Patet
λυπηρά, λυπηρά
explicationis caussa adscriptum esse. Sed
κακὰ
non minus interpretis est. Scribendum
ἄνι᾽ ἄνια νεόκοτα καὶ δάϊ, αἰαῖ.
Constat versus ex dochmio et dochmio hypercatalecto.

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. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-36

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2
Summarischer Be- richt, zuerst lyrisch (wie Ag. 503 ff.). Hesych. · ταῦς· μέγας. – πλούτου λιμὴν (nachgeahmt von Eur. Or. 1077 καὶ δῶμα πατρὸς καὶ μέγας πλούτου λιμήν), von allen Seiten ist der Reichtum in die Stadt (Susa) eingelaufen und hat in ihr Anker geworfen. - Zu 251 (vgl. 352 und zu 465) s. Westphal II S. 482. Zu 253 vgl. Soph. Ant. 277: στέργει γὰρ οὐδεὶς ἄγγελον κακῶν ἐπῶν. Πέρσαι, 171. Der Bote erblickt zuerst nur den Chor; Atossa bleibt nach der altertümlichen Ökonomie aus dem Spiele, solange der Bote und der Chor mit einander reden. βαρβάρων 187.