Aeschylus, Persians, Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead (Translator), 633

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Doth he hear me, the king we adored, who is god among gods of the dead?
660

Doth he hear me send out in my sorrow the pitiful, manifold cry,

The sobbing lament and appeal? is the voice of my suffering sped

To the realm of the shades? doth he hear me and pity my sorrowful sigh?

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.) — 633-680 focus

str. 1

Χορός

ἦ ῥ᾽ ἀίει μου¹ μακαρίτας

ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεὺς

βάρβαρ᾽ σαφηνῆ
635

ἱέντος τὰ παναίολ᾽ αἰ-

ανῆ δύσθροα βάγματ᾽, ἢ²

παντάλαν᾽ ἄχη διαμβοάσω;³

νέρθεν ἆρα κλύει μου;

640

ant. 1

Χορός

ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλλοι
640

χθονίων ἁγεμόνες

δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ⁴

ἰόντ᾽ αἰνέσατ᾽ ἐκ δόμων,

Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ θεόν:

πέμπετε⁵ δ᾽ ἄνω <τὸν>⁶ οἷον οὔπω
645

Περσὶς αἶ᾽ ἐκάλυψεν.

647

str. 2

Χορός

ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ,⁷ [ἦ⁸] φίλος ὄχθος:

φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.

Ἀιδωνεὺς δ᾽ ἀναπομπ-

ὸς⁹ ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς,
650

θεῖον¹⁰ ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ.

652

ant. 2

Χορός

οὐδὲ¹¹ γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτ᾽ ἀπώλλυ¹²

πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,

θεομήστωρ δ᾽ ἐκικλή-

σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δ᾽
655

ἔσκεν, ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει.¹³ ἠέ.

657

str. 3

Χορός

βαλήν,¹⁴ ἀρχαῖος βαλήν,

ἴθι, ἱκοῦ:

ἔλθ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἄκρον κόρυμβον ὄχθου,

κροκόβαπτον ποδὸς εὔμαριν ἀείρων,
660

βασιλείου τιάρας¹⁵

φάλαρον πιφαύσκων.

βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν,¹⁶ οἶ.

664

ant. 3

Χορός

ὅπως αἰανῆ κλύῃς

νέα τ᾽ ἄχη,
665

δέσποτα δεσποτᾶν¹⁷ φάνηθι.

Στυγία γάρ τις ἐπ᾽ ἀχλὺς πεπόταται:

νεολαία γὰρ ἤδη

κατὰ πᾶσ᾽ ὄλωλεν.
670

βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν,¹⁸ οἶ.

673

ep.

Χορός

αἰαῖ αἰαῖ:

ὦ πολύκλαυτε φίλοισι θανών,

†τί τάδε δυνάτα¹⁹ δυνάτα
675

περὶ τᾷ σᾷ δίδυμα διαγόεν ἁμάρτια;²⁰²¹†

πᾶσαι²² <γὰρ>²³ γᾷ τᾷδ᾽ ἐξ-

έφθινται²⁴ τρίσκαλμοι

νᾶες ἄναες ἄναες.
680
681

Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 633-680 focus

Χορός

ἦ ῥʼ ἀίει μου μακαρίτας

ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεὺς

βάρβαρʼ ἀσαφηνῆ
635

ἱέντος τὰ παναίολʼ αἰ-

ανῆ δύσθροα βάγματʼ, ἢ

παντάλανʼ ἄχη διαβοάσω;

νέρθεν ἆρα κλύει μου;

640

Χορός

ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλλοι
640

χθονίων ἁγεμόνες

δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ

ἰόντʼ αἰνέσατʼ ἐκ δόμων,

Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ θεόν·

πέμπετε δʼ ἄνω οἷον οὔπω
645

Περσὶς αἶʼ ἐκάλυψεν.

647

Χορός

ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ, φίλος ὄχθος·

φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.

Ἀιδωνεὺς δʼ ἀναπομ-

πὸς ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς,
650

θεῖον ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ.

652

Χορός

οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτʼ ἀπώλλυ

πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,

θεομήστωρ δʼ ἐκικλή-

σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δʼ
655

ἔσκεν,ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει. ἠέ.

657

Χορός

βαλήν, ἀρχαῖος βαλήν,

ἴθι, ἱκοῦ·

ἔλθʼ ἐπʼ ἄκρον κόρυμβον ὄχθου,

κροκόβαπτον ποδὸς εὔμαριν ἀείρων,
660

βασιλείου τιάρας

φάλαρον πιφαύσκων.

βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν, οἶ.

664

Χορός

ὅπως αἰανῆ κλύῃς

νέα τʼ ἄχη,
665

δέσποτα δεσπότου φάνηθι.

Στυγία γάρ τις ἐπʼ ἀχλὺς πεπόταται·

νεολαία γὰρ ἤδη

κατὰ πᾶσʼ ὄλωλεν.
670

βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν, οἶ.

673

Χορός

αἰαῖ αἰαῖ·

ὦ πολύκλαυτε φίλοισι θανών,

τί τάδε δυνάτα δυνάτα
675

περὶ τᾷ σᾷ δίδυμα διαγόεν ἁμάρτια;

πᾶσαι γᾷ τᾷδʼ

ἐξέφθινται τρίσκαλμοι

νᾶες ἄναες ἄναες.
680

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 633 focus

ἡ ῥ᾽ ἀΐει μου μακαρίτας ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεὺς

βάρβαρα σαφηνῆ

ἱέντος τὰ παναίολ᾽ αἰανῆ δύσθροα βάγματ᾽, ἢ
635

παντάλαν᾽ ἄγη διαμβοάσω;

νέρθεν ἆρα κλύει μου;

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 633 focus

ἦ ῥ᾽ ἀΐει μου μακαρίτας ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεὺς

βάρβαρα σαφηνῆ

ἱέντος τὰ παναίολα αἰ-

ανῆ δύσθροα βάγματα,

παντάλαν᾽ ἄχη

640

διαβοᾶσαι;

νέρθεν ἄρα κλύει μου;

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 633 focus

Ἦ ῥ' ἀΐει μου μακαρί-

Str. 1.

τας ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεὺς

βάρβαρα σαφηνῆ
635

ἱέντος τὰ παναίολ' αἰ-

ανῆ δύσθροα βάγματα ;

παντάλαν' ἄχη διαβοάσω·

νέρθεν ἆρα κλύει μου ;

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 633 focus

ἦ ῥ' ἀίει μου μακαρίτας

ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεὺς

βάρβαρα σαφηνῆ

ἱέντος τὰ παναίολ' ἀ-

φανῆ δύσθροα βάγματα;

640

παντάλαν᾽ ἄχη διαβοάσω;

νέρθεν ἄρα κλύει μου;

Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 633 focus

ἢ ῥ᾽ ἀίει μου μακαρίτας ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεύς

βάρβαρα σαφηνή

ἱέντος τὰ παναίολ᾽ αἰανῆ δύσθροα βάγματα;

635

παντάλαν᾽ ἄχη

διαβοάσω.

νέρθεν ἆρα κλύει μου; –

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.)) — 633-680 focus

Chorus

Does our sainted and godlike king hear me as I utter,

in obscure barbaric speech, my dismal and dolorous cries? Or must I shout aloud the utter misery of my anguish so that it pierces the earth? Does he hear me from below?
635

640

Chorus

O Earth, and you other rulers of those who dwell in the nether world, ensure, I implore, that the glorious spirit, the god of the Persians, whom Susa bore, may quit his abode.
640

Send to the upper world him the likes of whom the Persian earth has never entombed.
645

647

Chorus

Beloved indeed was the hero, beloved is his burial mound; beloved are the qualities that lie buried there. O Aidoneus,

Aidoneus, who convey shades to the upper air, permit our divine lord Darius to come forth!
650

652

Chorus

For since he did not ever cause the destruction of his people by senseless and ruinous wars, he bore the name of divine counsellor

to the Persians; and a divine counsellor he was, since he guided his people well.
655

657

Chorus

King, our king of old, come forth, draw near! Rise to the barrow’s topmost point,

lift your saffron-dyed sandal, display the crest of your royal tiara! Come forth, O blameless father Darius.
660

664

Chorus

That you may hear

pitiable and unheard-of sorrows, O Lord of our lord, appear! For a gloom, like that of Styx, hovers over us, since all the youth of the land
665

is now utterly destroyed. Come forth, O blameless father Darius!
670

673

Chorus

Alas, alas! You whose death your friends bewailed with bitter tears,

why, my king, my king, why is it that our land has lost all its three-tiered galleys,
675

ships that are no more, no more?
680

The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 633 focus

Does then the godlike monarch, of blessed memory, hear me as I utter the all-varied barbaric clear plaintive dismal cries? A loud outcry will I make over our utterly wretched sorrows. Does he then hear me from beneath the earth?

LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 633 focus

M'entend-il, le roi défunt, égal aux dieux ? M'entend-il lancer en langue barbare, claire à son oreille ¹, ces
appels gémissants, lugubres, où se mêlent tous les accents de la plainte ? Je clamerai

The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 633 focus

Hears the honour'd, godlike king?

775

Theſe barbaric notes of woe,

Taught in deſcant ſad to ring,

Hears he in the ſhades below?

Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 633 focus

Ascolti, o beatissimo

725

Sire, o pari ai Celesti,

me, che con persi limpidi

accenti, alzo dei mesti

lagni i lugubri modi?

lo griderò la mia doglia miserrima:

730

tu di sotterra m'odi?

CORO

Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 633 focus

Audi fanè me beate dijs æqualis rex,

Barbara manifeſta mittentem, uariaq; &

Obscura ac dictu difficilia uerba,

Miferos dolores reboabo,

Sub Terra audi me.

600

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.) — 633 focus

Hörst du mich, Herr, seliger Geist, hörst du mich, gottähnlicher Fürst,
615

Wie ich in der Heimat

Lauten sende zu dir hinab

Den helljammernden Klageruf?

Bittern Schmerzes Schrei

Heb' ich ohn' Ende:
620

Du dort unten, vernimmst du's?

Zweiter Halbchor.
Erste Gegenstrophe.

Commentary

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

660. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-533

βαλήν, ἀρχαῖος βαλήν:

βαλλὴν

utrobique M. G. Lips. Ven. B. Cantabr. 2. Par. L. Rob.

βαλὴν ἀρχαῖος βαλλὴν

Vit.

βαλὴν

utrobique Ald. Turn. Eustathius ad Il. p. 381, 16.

Αἰσχύλος ὀβρίκαλα φησι τοὺς λεοντιδεῖς, καὶ βαλῆνα τὸν βασιλέα ἐν τῷ “βαλήν, ἀρχαῖος βαλήν” γλώσσης δὲ τοῦτο· ἐξ οὗ καὶ ὄρος βαληναῖον, ὅ ἐστι βασιλικόν, παρὰ Πλουτάρχῳ ἐν τῷ περὶ ποταμῶν (12, 3. p. 1157. C.)

Idem ad Od. p. 1954.

λέγει δὲ καὶ Αἰσχύλος εθνικώτερον καὶ οὐ κατὰ Ἀττικοὺς βαλῆνα τὸν βασιλέα ἐν τῷ “βαλήν, ἀρχαῖος βαλήν.” ὅθεν καὶ βαληναῖον ὄρος παρὰ Πλουτάρχῳ ἐν τῷ περὶ ποταμῶν, ἀντὶ τοῦ βασιλικόν.

660

660. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-534

ἴθ᾽, ἴθ᾽, ἕκου:

ίθι ΐκου

Μ.

ἴθι ἴκου

Ald. Rob.

ἴθι ίκου

Turn.

ἴσθι ίκου

Vit.

19' xov

G. Ven. A. Par. B. C. F.

19' eixov

Par. I. Excusari potest hiatus: sed credibilius tamen scripsisse Aeschylum

19, 19', izov

. Ita Seidlerus de vers. dochm. p. 198.

izov

pro

"zov

scripsit Dindorfius.

660

661. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-535

ἄκρον:

ἄκρων

ante correctionem Lips.

661

661. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-536

κόρυμβον:

κόρυβον

Vit. Mosc.

661

661. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-537

ὄχθου:

ὄχθον

661

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κροκόβαπτον:

κροκόβατον

Lips.

κοκόβαπτον

Vit.

662

663. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-539

τιήρας: Vulgato

τιάρας

, quod habet etiam Lips. sed supra adscripto ad mediam syllabam

, non dubitavi praeferre, ut magis poeticum, quia minus usitatum Atticis,

τήρας

, quod habent M. G. Vit. Cantabr. 2. Οx. Ask. A.

663

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

657-664. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-97

Speziellere Auffor- derung zu erscheinen, jetzt an Da- reios selbst gerichtet. Rascher Wech- sel der Rhythmen, entsprechend der Erregung des Chors. βαλήν, hebräisch בַּעֲלֵנוּ unser Herr; vgl. אֲדוֹנִי ," Άδωνις, mein Herr. Im Munde der Semiten trat das Wort den Hellenen meist in der Suffixform entgegen, und diese wurde daher von ihnen für die eigentliche Na- mensform gehalten. Sext. Emp. p. 672, 26 Bk.: οἱ παρὰ τῷ Σοφοκλεί ποιμένες ῾ἰὼ βαλλήν᾽ λέγοντες ἰὼ βασιλεῦ λέγουσι φρυγιστί. Hesych. Ιρ. 685: βαλλήν· βασιλεύς, φρυγιστί. So das phrygische βαληναῖον ὄρος bei Pseud.-Plut. fluv. 12, 3 s. v. a. βασιλικόν und das phryg. Königs- fest βαληναῖος ἑορτή. – Ζυ ἀρχαῖος vergleicht Westphal Aelian. v. h. XIII 3 in.: Ξέρξης .. τοῦ Βήλου τοῦ ἀρχαίου διασκάψας τὸ μνῆμα (vgl. Strab. XVI p. 738), und be- zieht es auf den stehenden Beinamen ἴθι steht wie eine Interjektion (sla), daher ist - בֵּל אֵיתָן des Baal Ἐπῳδός. der Hiatus statthaft. Ebenso bei ἄνα Soph. Αi. 193. Vorausankün- digung des (königlichen) Kostüms, in welchem Dareios erscheint. Fuſs- bekleidung: εὔμαρις (Eur. Or. 1370), kothurnartig und safranfarbig (vgl. luteus soccus, Catull 59,8; puniceus cothurnus, Vergil. ecl. 7, 31); Kopf- bedeckung die tiara recta (Sen. benef. VI 31, 12: ut curru vectus intraret rectam capite tiaram ge- rens, id solis datum regibus etc.), kronenartig (steif und oben gezackt, nach Abbildungen, s. Caylus Re- cueil d'ant. II p. 124). – φάλαρον, apex. In der Ilias immer βάσκ ἴθι. – πιφαύσκων, Schol. φαίνων, leuchten lassend. Herod. III 89: διὰ ταύτην τὴν ἐπίταξιν τοῦ φόρου καὶ παραπλήσια ταύτῃ ἄλλα λέγουσι Πέρσαι ὡς Δαρείος μὲν ἦν κάπηλος, Καμβύσης δὲ δεσπότης, Κύρος δὲ πατήρ, letzterer ὅτι ἤπιόςτε ( ἦν) καὶ ἀγαθά σφι πάντα ἐμηχανήσατο.

Aeschylus Persians 633

Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead (Translator)

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Doth he hear me, the king we adored, who is god among gods of the dead?
660

Doth he hear me send out in my sorrow the pitiful, manifold cry,

The sobbing lament and appeal? is the voice of my suffering sped

To the realm of the shades? doth he hear me and pity my sorrowful sigh?

Current edition Experimental

Χορός

ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ,⁷ [ἦ⁸] φίλος ὄχθος:

φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.

Ἀιδωνεὺς δ᾽ ἀναπομπ-

ὸς⁹ ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς,
650

θεῖον¹⁰ ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ.

652

Χορός

οὐδὲ¹¹ γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτ᾽ ἀπώλλυ¹²

πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,

θεομήστωρ δ᾽ ἐκικλή-

σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δ᾽
655

ἔσκεν, ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει.¹³ ἠέ.

657

Χορός

ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ, φίλος ὄχθος·

φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.

Ἀιδωνεὺς δʼ ἀναπομ-

πὸς ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς,
650

θεῖον ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ.

Χορός

οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτʼ ἀπώλλυ

πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,

θεομήστωρ δʼ ἐκικλή-

σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δʼ
655

ἔσκεν,ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει. ἠέ.

ἡ ῥ᾽ ἀΐει μου μακαρίτας ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεὺς

βάρβαρα σαφηνῆ

ἱέντος τὰ παναίολ᾽ αἰανῆ δύσθροα βάγματ᾽, ἢ
635

Chorus

Does our sainted and godlike king hear me as I utter,

in obscure barbaric speech, my dismal and dolorous cries? Or must I shout aloud the utter misery of my anguish so that it pierces the earth? Does he hear me from below?
635

Chorus

O Earth, and you other rulers of those who dwell in the nether world, ensure, I implore, that the glorious spirit, the god of the Persians, whom Susa bore, may quit his abode.
640

Send to the upper world him the likes of whom the Persian earth has never entombed.
645

Chorus

Beloved indeed was the hero, beloved is his burial mound; beloved are the qualities that lie buried there. O Aidoneus,

Aidoneus, who convey shades to the upper air, permit our divine lord Darius to come forth!
650

Chorus

For since he did not ever cause the destruction of his people by senseless and ruinous wars, he bore the name of divine counsellor

to the Persians; and a divine counsellor he was, since he guided his people well.
655

Chorus

King, our king of old, come forth, draw near! Rise to the barrow’s topmost point,

lift your saffron-dyed sandal, display the crest of your royal tiara! Come forth, O blameless father Darius.
660

Chorus

That you may hear

pitiable and unheard-of sorrows, O Lord of our lord, appear! For a gloom, like that of Styx, hovers over us, since all the youth of the land
665

is now utterly destroyed. Come forth, O blameless father Darius!
670

Chorus

Alas, alas! You whose death your friends bewailed with bitter tears,

why, my king, my king, why is it that our land has lost all its three-tiered galleys,
675

ships that are no more, no more?
680

CORO

Hörst du mich, Herr, seliger Geist, hörst du mich, gottähnlicher Fürst,
615

Wie ich in der Heimat

Lauten sende zu dir hinab

Den helljammernden Klageruf?

Bittern Schmerzes Schrei

Heb' ich ohn' Ende:
620

Du dort unten, vernimmst du's?

Zweiter Halbchor.
Erste Gegenstrophe.

Commentary

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Doth he hear me, the king we adored, who is god among gods of the dead? 660 Doth he hear me send out in my sorrow the pitiful, manifold cry, The sobbing lament and appeal? is the voice of my suffering sped To the realm of the shades? doth he hear me and pity my sorrowful sigh?

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Χορός ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ, 7 [ἦ 8 ] φίλος ὄχθος: φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη. Ἀιδωνεὺς δ᾽ ἀναπομπ- ὸς 9 ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς, 650 θεῖον 10 ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ. 652

Χορός οὐδὲ 11 γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτ᾽ ἀπώλλυ 12 πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις, θεομήστωρ δ᾽ ἐκικλή- σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δ᾽ 655 ἔσκεν, ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει. 13 ἠέ. 657

Χορός ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ, φίλος ὄχθος· φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη. Ἀιδωνεὺς δʼ ἀναπομ- πὸς ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς, 650 θεῖον ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ.

Χορός οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτʼ ἀπώλλυ πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις, θεομήστωρ δʼ ἐκικλή- σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δʼ 655 ἔσκεν,ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει. ἠέ.

ἡ ῥ᾽ ἀΐει μου μακαρίτας ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεὺς βάρβαρα σαφηνῆ ἱέντος τὰ παναίολ᾽ αἰανῆ δύσθροα βάγματ᾽, ἢ 635

Ἦ ῥ' ἀΐει μου μακαρί- Str. 1. τας ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεὺς βάρβαρα σαφηνῆ 635 ἱέντος τὰ παναίολ' αἰ- ανῆ δύσθροα βάγματα ; παντάλαν' ἄχη διαβοάσω· νέρθεν ἆρα κλύει μου ;

Chorus Does our sainted and godlike king hear me as I utter, in obscure barbaric speech, my dismal and dolorous cries? Or must I shout aloud the utter misery of my anguish so that it pierces the earth? Does he hear me from below? 635

Chorus O Earth, and you other rulers of those who dwell in the nether world, ensure, I implore, that the glorious spirit, the god of the Persians, whom Susa bore, may quit his abode. 640 Send to the upper world him the likes of whom the Persian earth has never entombed. 645

Chorus Beloved indeed was the hero, beloved is his burial mound; beloved are the qualities that lie buried there. O Aidoneus, Aidoneus, who convey shades to the upper air, permit our divine lord Darius to come forth! 650

Chorus For since he did not ever cause the destruction of his people by senseless and ruinous wars, he bore the name of divine counsellor to the Persians; and a divine counsellor he was, since he guided his people well. 655

Chorus King, our king of old, come forth, draw near! Rise to the barrow’s topmost point, lift your saffron-dyed sandal, display the crest of your royal tiara! Come forth, O blameless father Darius. 660

Chorus That you may hear pitiable and unheard-of sorrows, O Lord of our lord, appear! For a gloom, like that of Styx, hovers over us, since all the youth of the land 665 is now utterly destroyed. Come forth, O blameless father Darius! 670

Chorus Alas, alas! You whose death your friends bewailed with bitter tears, why, my king, my king, why is it that our land has lost all its three-tiered galleys, 675 ships that are no more, no more? 680

CORO

Hörst du mich, Herr, seliger Geist, hörst du mich, gottähnlicher Fürst, 615 Wie ich in der Heimat Lauten sende zu dir hinab Den helljammernden Klageruf? Bittern Schmerzes Schrei Heb' ich ohn' Ende: 620 Du dort unten, vernimmst du's?

Zweiter Halbchor. Erste Gegenstrophe.

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Doth he hear me, the king we adored, who is god among gods of the dead?
660

Doth he hear me send out in my sorrow the pitiful, manifold cry,

The sobbing lament and appeal? is the voice of my suffering sped

To the realm of the shades? doth he hear me and pity my sorrowful sigh?

Χορός

ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ,⁷ [ἦ⁸] φίλος ὄχθος:

φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.

Ἀιδωνεὺς δ᾽ ἀναπομπ-

ὸς⁹ ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς,
650

θεῖον¹⁰ ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ.

652

Χορός

ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ, φίλος ὄχθος·

φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.

Ἀιδωνεὺς δʼ ἀναπομ-

πὸς ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς,
650

θεῖον ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ.

Χορός

οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτʼ ἀπώλλυ

πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,

θεομήστωρ δʼ ἐκικλή-

σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δʼ
655

ἔσκεν,ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει. ἠέ.

ἡ ῥ᾽ ἀΐει μου μακαρίτας ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεὺς

βάρβαρα σαφηνῆ

ἱέντος τὰ παναίολ᾽ αἰανῆ δύσθροα βάγματ᾽, ἢ
635

Chorus

Does our sainted and godlike king hear me as I utter,

in obscure barbaric speech, my dismal and dolorous cries? Or must I shout aloud the utter misery of my anguish so that it pierces the earth? Does he hear me from below?
635

Chorus

O Earth, and you other rulers of those who dwell in the nether world, ensure, I implore, that the glorious spirit, the god of the Persians, whom Susa bore, may quit his abode.
640

Send to the upper world him the likes of whom the Persian earth has never entombed.
645

Chorus

Beloved indeed was the hero, beloved is his burial mound; beloved are the qualities that lie buried there. O Aidoneus,

Aidoneus, who convey shades to the upper air, permit our divine lord Darius to come forth!
650

Chorus

For since he did not ever cause the destruction of his people by senseless and ruinous wars, he bore the name of divine counsellor

to the Persians; and a divine counsellor he was, since he guided his people well.
655

Chorus

King, our king of old, come forth, draw near! Rise to the barrow’s topmost point,

lift your saffron-dyed sandal, display the crest of your royal tiara! Come forth, O blameless father Darius.
660

Chorus

That you may hear

pitiable and unheard-of sorrows, O Lord of our lord, appear! For a gloom, like that of Styx, hovers over us, since all the youth of the land
665

is now utterly destroyed. Come forth, O blameless father Darius!
670

Chorus

Alas, alas! You whose death your friends bewailed with bitter tears,

why, my king, my king, why is it that our land has lost all its three-tiered galleys,
675

ships that are no more, no more?
680

Hörst du mich, Herr, seliger Geist, hörst du mich, gottähnlicher Fürst,
615

Wie ich in der Heimat

Lauten sende zu dir hinab

Den helljammernden Klageruf?

Bittern Schmerzes Schrei

Heb' ich ohn' Ende:
620

Du dort unten, vernimmst du's?

Zweiter Halbchor.
Erste Gegenstrophe.