Aeschylus Persians 576

Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead (Translator)

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The dead are drifting, yea, are gnawed upon
By voiceless children of the stainless sea,
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Or battered by the surge! we mourn and groan
For husbands gone to death, for childless agony!
Alas the aged men, who mourn to-day
The ruinous sorrows that the gods ordain!

Persians. Aeschylus. Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead (Translator). . .

Current edition Experimental

English (E. D. A. Morshead, 1908) (OCR draft) (English) (Aeschylus, Persians — Morshead translation. Wikisource transcription; speech corresp and card milestones aligned to Smyth perseus-grc2.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (7)
Πέρσαι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 598-632 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 598-632 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 576 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 576 focus
γναπτόμενοι δὲ δίνᾳ,
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φεῦ,
σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων,
ἠέ,
παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου,
ὀά,
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πενθεῖ δ᾽ ἄνδρα δόμος στερη-
θείς, τοκέες δ᾽ ἄπαιδες,
δαιμόνι᾽ ἄχη,
ὀά,
δυρόμενοι γέροντες,
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τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 576 focus
Γναπτόμενοι δ' ἁλὶ δεινά δεινᾷ,
Ant. 1.
σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων,
φεῦ,
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ἠέ,
παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου,
ὀᾶ·
πενθεῖ δ' ἄνδρα δόμος στερη-
θείς· τοκέες τοκῆες δ' ἄπαιδες
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δαιμόνι' ἔρα δαιμόνι' ἄχη, ὀᾶ < ὀᾶ om.>,
δυρόμενοι γέροντες
τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 576 focus
γναπτόμενοι δ᾽ ἁλὶ δεινά, φεῦ,
σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων, ἠέ,
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παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου, δᾶ,
πενθεῖ δ᾽ ἄνδρα δόμος στερηθείς·
τοκέες δ᾽ ἄπαιδες ἐραδαι-
μόνι᾽ ἄχη, δᾶ,
δυρόμενοι γέροντες
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τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 576 focus
φεῦ,
σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων,
ἠέ,
παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου,
ὀᾶ.
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.)) — 598-630 focus
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 576 focus
And torn dreadfully by the sea, alas! they are lacerated by the dumb children, alas! of the unpolluted [deep,] woe's me! And the dwelling mourns its lord, bereft of him, and parents that are left childless, woe's me! advanced in age, wailing the calamities sent on them by the divinities, now hear the whole of their sorrow.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 576 focus
hélas ! tandis que la maison porte le deuil de celui qu'elle a perdu et que
les vieux pères sans fils, gémissant de souffrances infinies, hélas ! apprennent à connaître la douleur totale.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 576 focus
Or roll beneath the roaring tide,
By monſters rent of touch abhor'd;
Whilſt thro' the widow'd manſion echoing wide
Sounds the deep groan, and wails its ſlaughter'd
lord:
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Pale with his fears the helpleſs orphan there
Gives the full ſtream of plaintive grief to flow;
Whilſt age its hoary head in deep deſpair
Bends, liſt'ning to the ſhrieks of woe.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 576 focus
Nel mar travolti orridamente, ahimè!,
dai muti figli dei marosi, ahi, ahi!,
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a brani sono lacerati: oh guai!
Tutte le case piangono
i capi loro: orbi dei figli, gemono
per tanta ira celeste,
i vecchi padri ch'odono
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tutte queste narrar doglie funeste.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 576 focus
Fracli mari atrociter, beu heu,
Vexantur à multis, heu heu,
Filijs immaculati maris heu.
Luget uirum domus deferta,
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Parentes uerò liberis orbatirigantur lachrymis:
Lugentes ſenes mala à demone immiſſa,
Omnem audiunt dolorem. certè per Afiam terram
Non amplius legibus Perſarū regūtur, nõ amplius
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.) — 576 focus
Treibend in wirbelnder Flut,
(Ach!)
Hascht des heiligen Meeres
(O Leid!)
Stumme Brut und zerfleischt sie.
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Einsam trauert dem Herrn das Haus nach;
Der verwaiste Vater,
Der arme Greis,
(O Gram!)
Jammert in wildem Schmerze,
Ihm ward nun das ganze Leid kund.
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Commentary

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

599. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-456

περικλύστα:
περικλύστα
, ad
a
supra scripto
η
, Lips.
περικλύστρα
Vit.
599

600. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-457

Περσῶν:
vuoos
, ad
a
supra scripto
77
, Lips.
τὰ περσῶν σώματα
Rob. Scilicet
ouata
explicationis caussa habent scholia. Recte Schützius monet
noάuara
potius intelligi debere.
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601. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-458

ἔμπειρος: In Ven. A. posterior pars versus evanida est.
ἔμπορος
Μ. et plerique codices atque Ald. Turn.
1005
G. Vit. Lips. Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. L. Lambeth. Rob. Abutitur ingenio suo Valckenarius in Callimacheis p. 207.
uropos
defendens similiterque interpretans Callimachi
συνέμπορον
. Schutzius in minore editione scripsit
βίου μὲν ὅςτις ἔμπορος xvoεi
, quod significare voluit quicumque in hac vita tamquam in salo navigat. Aeschyli simplicitatem qui satis cognitam habet, non dubitabit quin et
έμπειρος
verum sit et
κακῶν
. Est autem
κακῶν
multo fortius quam
Biov
. Etenim si quaeras quid hoc sit,
ßíov
, nihil reperias aliud quam utramque fortunam. Atqui quum prius de adversa loquatur poeta,
zazov
ponit, quod et accommodatum ad hanc sententiam et per se ipsum etiam melius est. Secundam enim fortunam omnes plus minus notam habent, adversa vero non omnes affligit. Itaque qui hanc sunt experti, hi demum recte de vita iudicare possunt, quippe sine dubio etiam meliore aliquando fortuna usi: quod non praedicaveris de felicibus, fuisse eos aliquando etiam miseros. Quare non opus fuit ut utriusque fortunae gnaros commemoraret.
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ἐπίσταται: Scholiastes etiam
επίστασο
scribi dicit, alteramque scripturam,
ἐπίσταται
, frigidam appellat. Habent
ἐπίστασο
Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. K. Non verum est
ἐπίστασαι
habere marginem G. qui codex tantum in scholio
επίστασο
et
ἐπίσταται
commemorat.
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604. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-460

ὅταν δ᾽ ὁ δαίμων εὐροῇ:
ὅταν δ᾽ ὁμαίμων εὑροῦ
Vit.
604

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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A Atossa kehrt aus dem Palaste zurück, zu Fuſs, ohne königlichen Schmuck. Dienerinnen tragen ihr Gegenstände zum Opfern nach. βροτείων, rerum huma- narum. – ἐμπερής, eine auch bei Sophokles (fr. 412 D.) vorkom- mende Form für ἔμπειρος. Äschylos wählte diese Form, weil er im 5. Fuſse dem Spondeus den Jambus vorzog. φιλεῖ, das Subjekt er- giebt sich aus τινά. Ebenso wie der Glückliche leicht allzu sicher wird. εὐροῇ vgl. die stoische εύροια τοῦ βίου. πεποιθέναι abhängig νοη φιλεί. Der Ausdruck δαί- μονα τύχης ist auffallend. Vgl. Anhang. - πάντα μὲν, als ob folgen sollte πάντα δὲ θορύβου πλέα. Da aber dieser Gedanke bei der Ausführung von πάντα in unter- geordneter Weise gebracht wird ( βοᾷ δ᾽ κτέ.), so fällt der Gegen- satz zu πάντα μὲν weg. Vgl. 482 ff. ἐν ὄμμασίν τε: dem würde ἐν ὠσί τε entsprechen. Weil der Satz eine andere Wendung erhält, tritt d ὲ für τὲ ein. Überall Ängstigen- des: in den Augen erscheinen widrige Zeichen der Götter, in den Ohren tönt ein Klang, der kein Heil verkündet.