Aeschylus Persians 657

Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead (Translator)

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Ancient of days and king, awake and come—
Rise o'er the mounded tomb!
675
Rise, plant thy foot, with saffron sandal shod
Father to us, and god!
Rise with thy diadem, O sire benign,
Upon thy brow!

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
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 633-680 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 657 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 657 focus
βαλήν, ἀρχαῖος βαλήν, ἴθ᾽, ἴθ᾽, ἕκου,
660
ἔλθ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἄκρον κόρυμβον ὄχθου,
κροκόβαπτον ποδὸς εὔμαριν ἀείρων,
βασιλείου τιήρας
φάλαρον πιφαύσκων.
βάσκε, πάτερ ἄκακε Δαρειάν,
665
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 657 focus
Βαλὴν βαλλὴν ἀρχαῖος, βαλήν, ἴθ' ἴθ' ἱκοῦ ἴθι ἱκοῦ
Str. 3.
τόνδ' ἐπ' ἄκρον κόρυμβον ὄχθου,
κροκόβαπτον ποδὸς εὔμαριν ἀείρων,
βασιλείου τιήρας
φάλαρον πιφαύσκων·
660
βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν, οἴ.
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 657 focus
βαλλὴν ἀρχαῖος βαλλὴν
660
ἔθι, ἱκοῦ,
ἔλθ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἄκρον κόρυμ-
βον ὄχθου, κροκόβαπτον
ποδὸς εὔμαριν ἀείρων,
βασιλείου τιάρας
665
φάλαρον πιφαύσκων.
βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν, οἴ.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 657 focus
βαλλὴν ἀρχαῖος βαλλὴν †ἴθι ἱκοῦ,
ἔλθ᾽ ἐπ᾿ ἄκρον κόρυμβον ὄχθου, κροκόβα-
πτον ποδὸς εὔμαριν ἀείρων, βασιλεί-
ου τιήρας φάλαρον πιφαύσκων.
βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν.
660
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
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 657 focus
Lord 2
, ancient lord, come, draw nigh, appear on the topmost peak 3
of the mound, raising the saffrou dyed sandal of thy foot, displaying the crest of thy royal tiara. Come forth, O Darius, author of no ill: Hoa 4
!
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 657 focus
dirigeait la barque de son peuple. Hé ! hé !
Antique monarque, antique monarque, ah ! viens, parais
au-dessus du faîte qui couronne ta tombe ; élève jusque-là
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 657 focus
Riſe then, ſovereign lord, to light;
795
On this mound's ſepulchral height
Lift thy ſock in ſaffron died,
And rear thy rich Tiara's regal pride!
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 657 focus
O nostro antico principe,
principe nostro, appari,
750
giungi, soccorri a me.
Sovra l'orlo del tumulo
poggino i tuoi calzari
di croco: fulga chiara
la tua regal tïara
755
o innocuo padre, o Dario, accorri! Ahimè!
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 657 focus
Rex antique, rex accede, appropinqua,
Veni ad fummum cacumen tumuli crocotin Aum.
Tollens calceum pedis,
615
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.) — 657 focus
O Bel, alter Gott, o Bel, komm, o komm!
Steige herauf zum Kranz des Grabes,
Mit der safranenen Goldsohle dich hebend,
In des Haupt's stolzem Schmuck strahlend, der Königsbinde!
640
Vater Dareios, o komm, gütiger Fürst! 1

Commentary

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

674. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-549

αἰαῖ, αἰαῖ,:
ai
quater M. G.
a
quater Vit. Turn.
a
ter Ox. Ald. Rob.
a
quinquies Lips.
674

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

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

673-680. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-99

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2
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).