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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.) — 681-693 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 681-693 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 681 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 681 focus
ὦ πιστὰ πιστῶν ἡλικές θ' ἥβης ἐμῆς,
Πέρσαι γεραιοί, τίνα πόλις πονεῖ πόνον;
στένει, κέκοπται, καὶ χαράσσεται πέδον·
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 681 focus
ὦ πιστὰ πιστῶν ἥλικές θ᾽ ἥβης ἐμῆς,
Πέρσαι γεραιοί, τίνα πόλις πονεῖ πόνον;
στένει, κέκοπται, καὶ χαράσσεται πέδον.
685
λεύσσων δ᾽ ἄκοιτιν τὴν ἐμὴν τάφου πέλας
ταρβῶ, χοὰς δὲ πρευμενὴς ἐδεξάμην.
ὑμεῖς δὲ θρηνεῖτ᾽ ἐγγὺς ἑστῶτες τάφου
καὶ ψυχαγωγοῖς ὀρθιάζοντες γόοις
οἰκτρῶς καλεῖσθέ μ᾽, ἐστὶ δ᾽ οὐκ εὐέξοδον,
690
ἄλλως τε πάντως χοὶ κατὰ χθονὸς θεοὶ
λαβεῖν ἀμείνους εἰσὶν ἢ μεθιέναι.
ὅμως δ᾽ ἐκείνοις ἐνδυναστεύσας ἐγὼ
ἥκω· τάχυνε δ᾽, ὡς ἄμεμπτος ὦ χρόνου.
τί ἐστι Πέρσαις νεοχμὸν ἐμβριθὲς κακόν;
695
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 681 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.)) — 681-690 focus
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 681 focus
O ye most trusty of the trusty! ye compeers of my youth, aged Persians, with what trouble is our city troubled? the ground groans, is smitten and torn 8
. And beholding my consort here near my sepulchre, I am in fear, I have received soothing libations. And ye arc wailing, standing near my sepulchre, and shouting shrill in cries that evoke the shades, ye piteously summon me. And exit is no easy matter, both in all other respects, and also inasmuch as the gods beneath the ground are better at receiving than at letting go. Notwithstanding, I having rule among them, am come; and be thou quick, that I may not be censured for the time [of my absence]. What new heavy calamity bath befallen the Persians?
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 681 focus
père bienfaisant, Darios ! Ah ! ah !

Hélas ! hélas ! ô mort que pleurent des milliers d'amis 1 .
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 681 focus
Ye faithful Perſians t
, honour'd now in age,
815
Once the companions of my youth, what ills
THE PERSIANS.
Afflict the ſtate?
The firm earth groans, it opes,
Diſcloſing its vaſt deeps;
and near my tomb
820
I ſee my wife: this ſhakes my troubled ſoul
With fearful apprehenſions;
yet her off'rings
Pleas'd I receiv'd.
And you around my tomb
825
Chanting the lofty ſtrain, whoſe ſolemn air
Draws forth the dead, with grief-attemper'd notes
Mournfully call me:
not with eaſe the way
Leads to this upper air;
830
and the ſtern Gods,
Prompt to admit, yield not a paſſage back
But with reluctance:
much with them my pow'r
Availing, with no tardy ſtep I come.
835
Say then, with what new ill doth Perſia groan?
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 681 focus
O voi fidi tra i fidi, o voi, compagni
della mia gioventú, persi vegliardi,
da qual travaglio afflitta è la città?
775
Pianti odo, e palme al sen percosse, e al suolo
batter di piedi;
e presso alla mia tomba
veggo, e temo, la sposa, i cui libami
graditi accolsi.
780
E voi, presso il mio tumulo
piangete, e me chiamate ad alte grida
evocatrici di defunti. Facile
non è l'uscita:
assai piú pronti a prendere,
785
che a rilasciare i Numi inferni sono.
Pure, prevalsi, ed eccomi.
Ma spacciati
ora, che a me l'indugio non sia biasimo.
Qual nuovo male s'aggravò sui Persi?
790
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 681 focus
Perſe ſenes, quo labore urbs laborat:
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.) — 681 focus
Ye aged Persians, truest of the true,
Coevals of the youth that once was mine,
What troubleth now our city? harken, how
It moans and beats the breast and rends the plain!
And I, beholding how my consort stood
695
Beside my tomb, was moved with awe, and took
The gift of her libation graciously.
But ye are weeping by my sepulchre,
And, shrilling forth a sad, evoking cry,
Summon me mournfully, Arise, arise.
700
No light thing is it, to come back from death,
For, in good sooth, the gods of nether gloom
Are quick to seize but late and loth to free!
Yet among them I dwell as one in power—
And lo, I come! now speak, and speed your words,
705
Lest I be blamed for tarrying overlong!
What new disaster broods o'er Persia's realm?
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.) — 681 focus
Der Treuen Treuste, Freunde meiner Jugend einst,
655
Ihr greisen Perser, welches Leid bedrängt die Stadt?
Wild hallt von Schlägen, auseinander reißt der Grund.
Mit Schrecken seh' ich mein Gemahl am Grabe hier;
Doch ihre Spenden nahm ich wohlgefällig auf.
Ihr aber drängt euch weinend her um meine Gruft,
660
Und ruft mich jammernd unter geisterbannenden
Wehklagelauten; doch der Weg zum Sonnenlicht
Ist immer schwierig, und der Todesgötter Fürst
Empfängt begierig seinen Raub, und läßt ihn nicht.
Doch auch im Hades Herrscher noch, erschein' ich schnell,
665
Damit der Säumniß wegen mich kein Tadel trifft.
Welch neues Unheil lastet auf der Perser Volk?

Commentary

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

676. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-550

τί τῇδε, δυνάστα, δυνάστα:
τί τάδε
libri omnes. Deinde
δυνατα δυνατα
M. cui
ἀντὶ τοῦ δυνάστα
adscriptum est.
δυνατα δυνάστα
Vit.
δυνάστα
semel tantum Par. A.
Svrάota dvrúota
G. Lips. Cantabr. 1. 2. Ven. A. B. Par. B. C. F. Colb. 1. Ask. A. Ald. Rob. Turn. Dindorfius in Stephani Thes. in ν.
δυνάστης
scribendum putat
δυνάστα δυναστῶν
.
676

677. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-551

περὶ τὰ σὰ διδύμα:
περὶ τὰ σὰ
Lips.
περὶ τὰ σὰ
Ald.
περὶ ταῖ σαῖ
, a sec. manu ad utrumque
a
supra adscripto, M.
пεоì τ σ
G. Vit. (sic Vit.) et cum ceteris ut videtur codicibus Turn.
Ta ou
omittit Rob. Deinde
di-Svua
libri: sed in Par. B. adscriptum
yo. didóμa
.
677

678. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-552

δι᾽ ἄνοιαν ἁμαρτία:
diaróer
sic M.
Stúyos
Vit. Ven. B. Mosc. Colb.1.
diáryov
Rob.
διάγοι ἐν
Par. I.
διάνοιεν
Ald. Turn.
διάγοιεν
G. Lips. et ceteri. Post hanc vocem
άuάoria
habent M. Rob. Turn. sed accentus in M. a sec. manu additus est, quae eadem
d'
ante
auάoria
inseruit.
d'aµáo-Tia
Par. B. F. Colb. 1.
d'úquáqtia
Vit.
d'auaoría
Par. I. Ald.
d'ἁμάρτα
Par. C.
δαμάρτα
Bekkero teste Par. L.
δαμαρτία
G. Ven. B. quod scholiastes per synaeresin ex
diauaoría
fieri dicit. Aliud scholion etiam
άuaotμata
scribi tradit.
678

679. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-553

πᾶσα γᾷ τᾷδ᾽: Non deest
лúog
in M. ut ait Butlerus, sed habet
nάomi yãi Tuide
, ita tamen ut in
nάou
accentus acutus a sec. manu ex circumflexo factus sit eademque manus
rãide
hoc accentu notaverit, quum a pr. manu
tuídɛ
scriptum fuisset: est autem in tribus
a
inter
a
et aliquid liturae.
πάσα γῇ σῇ τῇδε
Turn.
πᾶσα γᾶ
G. Lips. Ald. Rob. lidem libri cum Vit et reliquis ut videtur codicibus cunctis additum a Turnebo
ou
omittunt. Porro
Túde
Vit. Par. C. I. L. Colb. 1.
тwdɛ
Lips.
Tad
Par. B. et fortasse Ven. A. B.
tadɛ
reliqui et edd. ante Brunckium.
679

680. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-554

ἐξέφθινται:
¿¿éqvví' ui
, ad
v
a sec. manu
o
(nisi potius
9
est) supra adscripto M.
qur' ai
Vit. Lips.
¿éai
ceteri.
680

681. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-555

νᾶες, ἄναες νᾶες:
rães araç araes
M. G.Vit. Ven. A. Ald. Turn. Sic etiam Bekkero teste Par. B. I. nisi quod I.
vñes
pro
vãɛç
, uterque autem post haec verba additum habet
ποι τριήρεις
. Sed
vᾶες ἄναες νᾶες
Lips. Cantabr. 1. 2. Ox. Par. A. Colb. 1. Rob. quae scriptura pro varia lectione adscripta est in G. et Par. B. In Lips. ad primum
vues
supra adscriptum est.
rães, vaes rães
recte recepit Brunckius. Finitur carmen dochmio. Male Porsonus in fine huius carminis lacunae signa addidit. Schützii aliorumque coniecturas praeterire licebit. Equidem, si quicquam, illud puto certissimum esse, totam hanc epodum una verborum complexione contineri. Nam si ultima,
πάσα γα ταδ᾽ ἐξέφθιθ' αἱ τρίσκαλμοι νάες, ἄναες νες
, π reliquis separantur, sententia illa nimis frigida est, quam quae apte carmen finiat. Itaque lenissima mutatione haec restitui,
ὦ πολύκλαυτε φίλοισι θανών, τί τάδε, δυνάστα, δυνάστα, περὶ τὰ σὰ διδύμα δι᾽ ἄνοιαν ἁμαρτία πάσα γῇ τῇδ ἐξέφθινται τρίσκαλμοι νᾶες, ἄναες νέες;
o qui multum deflendus amicis obisti, cur hoc, rex, rex, circa tuas opes duplici per insaniam irrito successu universae huic terrae perierunt triremes naves, nenaves naves? Et
διδύμα δι᾽ ἄνοιαν ἁμαρτίᾳ
atque
égivra
etiam Blomfieldius invenit, in reliquis falsus.
681

682. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-556

πιστῶν:
ὦ πολλὰ
Rob.
682

682. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-557

ἥβης:
ixeo
Lips.
682

683. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-558

γεραιοί:
reparoi
, ad primam syllabam supra scripto, Lips.
nowol
Ven. A. Cantabr. 2. Ald.
yngɑhéor
adscriptum in Par. B.
683

684. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-559

στένει:
στένειν
Vit.
684

684. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-560

χαράσσεται:
ταράσσεται
Par. L.
χαράσσει
Ven. Β. Interpretationes in scholiis duae prostant, una, qua rupta tellus, ut Darius ab inferis exire posset, intelligitur, quae et ab usu verbi abhorret et ad sensum absurda est, altera, qua lamentis lacerari regio significatur. Schützii interpretationem, gemit, pulsatur, ac tantum non scinditur solum, ex eo ductam quod, qui manes evocarent, solum manibus pulsare solebant, nemo elegantem esse sibi persuadebit. Nihil hic aliud quam civium gemitus, pectora manibus pulsantium, intelligi videtur. Sed non satis tamen aple
πέδον
cum
χαράσσεται
coniungitur, verbo quod de solo dictum non metaphoricum, sed proprium est, nisi tota oratio ostendit, metaphorice accipiendum esse illud verbum. Itaque quod comparavi Opusc. VII. p. 360. seq.
στένουσι πύργοι, στένει πέδον φίλανδρον
(Sept. ad Th. 876.), tamen aliter dictum est. Quare vereor, ne aut alius versus hic exciderit, aut hic versus alio loco ab Aeschylo scriptus fuerit. V. ad v. 694.
684

685. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-561

λεύσσων:
Levour
G. Ven. A. Cantabr. 1. 2. Ald. Rob.
685

685. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-562

τάφου πέλας:
τάφου πέ-λas
M. G. Vit. Cantabr. 2. Par. A. B. Colb. 1.
πέλας τάφου
Lips. Ven. A. edd. ante Brunckium.
685

686. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-563

πρευμενὴς:
лgevμεris
M. G. Lips. Cantabr. 2. Rob. Idem pro varia lectione in Par. A. B.
пgevµereis
Vit. aliique et Ald. Turn.
686

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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πολύκλαυτε, vgl. Soph. Αi. 695 ὦ Πὰν Πὰν ἁλί- πλαγκτε φάνηθι, Theokr. 17, 660 ὄλβιε κῶρε γένοιο, Aen. II 283: quibus, Hector, ab oris exspectate venis? Kr. II 45, 2. A. 4. Über das Nachfolgende s. Anhang. Un- zweifelhaft ist nur, daſs an die Vernichtung des Landheers ( Αν- τιστρ. γ΄) hier nun auch die der Flotte angereiht wird; daſs der volltönende A-Laut am Schlusse mit Absichtlichkeit gehäuft ist (vgl. 539 f.); dafs τρίσκαλμοι (376) νᾶες = τριήρεις, und νᾶες ἄναες ein Ausdruck ist wie ἄχαρις χάρις (Prom. 545 u. a.), νόμος ἄνομος (Ag. 1142), ἄπολις πόλις (Eum. 547), παῖδες ἄπαιδες (Eum. 1033). Infolge des Opfers der Atossa und der Anrufung des Chores er- scheint das εἴδωλον Δαρείου aus der Unterwelt herauf an seinem Grabe. Vgl. S. 36. Erst jetzt wird Dareios sichtbar, wie das Schweigen des Chors im Vorhergehenden und dessen nunmehriges Verhalten be- weist. Er wendet sich zuerst an den vor ihm stehenden Chor (Atossa steht auf der Seite).

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πιστά, 1. 623. πιστῶν, wohl nicht Gen. der An- gehörigkeit, sondern partitivus; Soph. Ο. R. 465: ἄρρητ᾽ ἀρρήτων. Ο. Κ. 1237: κακὰ κακῶν. Phil. 65: ἔσχατ᾽ ἐσχάτων κακά. Er setzt voraus, daſs ein Reichsunglück der Anlaſs zu seiner Berufung sei; vgl. 693. Allitteration wie 751. Sept. 1004. Ag. 233 f. 1167 u. sonst. στένει, κέκοπται scil. πόλις. Sitte bei einem Gebet an die θεοὶ χθόνιοι mit Schlag oder Fufsstofs (hier beim tripudium des Chors) gleichsam an den Eingang zu ihrer Wohnung, die Erde, zu pochen s. Hom. I 568 u. Nägelsbach, nach- homer. Theol. S. 214, vgl. S. 102. Zur ταρβῶ, Schlimmes ahnend.

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6
ὀρθιάζ. (389), Ag. 29. 1120. Cho. 271. Zu den all- gemeinen Schwierigkeiten kommt noch die besondere, in der Natur der Beherrscher liegende, hinzu. ἄλλως τε πάντως Prom. 636. Eum. 726. Plat. Apol. p. 35 D: ἄλλως τε μέντοι νὴ Δία πάντως καὶ ἀσεβείας φεύγοντα. Die selbständige Wen- dung nach ἄλλως τε καί ist selten. Auctoritate mea perfeci ut veni- rem, vgl. Xen. Hell. VIII 1,42: ἐνδυναστεύει ὁ Ἐπαμεινώνδας ώστε μὴ φυγαδεῦσαι τοὺς κρατίστους. — τάχυνε, vgl. 697 ff. Propert. V 7, 91 luce iubent leges Lethaea ad stagna reverti.