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Alas, I thrill with pain for Persia's woes—

Many fulfilled, and others hard at hand!

Atossa

O spirit of the race, what sorrows crowd

Upon me! and this anguish stings me worst,
875

That round my royal son's dishonoured form

Hang rags and tatters, degradation deep!

I will away, and, bringing from within

A seemly royal robe, will straightway strive

To meet and greet my son: foul scorn it were
880

To leave our dearest in his hour of shame.

[ Exit Atossa.

Chorus

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.) — 852-908 focus

str. 1

Χορός

ὦ πόποι ἦ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο-

λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν,

εὖθ᾽ ὁ γηραιὸς¹

πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας
855

ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἆρχε χώρας.

858

ant. 1

Χορός

πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμους στρατιὰς² ἀπε-

φαινόμεθ᾽,³ ἠδὲ πολίσματα⁴ πύργινα

πάντ᾽ ἐπέρθομεν.⁵
860

νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων

ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς

<ἀνέρασ>⁶ εὖ πράσσοντας ἆγον οἴκους.⁷

864

str. 2

Χορός

ὅσσας δ᾽ εἷλε πόλεις πόρον

οὐ διαβὰς Ἅλυος ποταμοῖο,
865

οὐδ᾽⁸ ἀφ᾽ ἑστίας συθείς,⁹

οἷαι Στρυμονίου πελά-

γους Ἀχελωίδες εἰσὶ πάροικοι

Θρῃκίων¹⁰ ἐπαύλων,
870
871

ant. 2

Χορός

λίμνας τ᾽ ἔκτοθεν αἳ κατὰ

χέρσον ἐληλαμέναι πέρι πύργον

τοῦδ᾽ ἄνακτος ἄιον,

Ἕλλας τ᾽¹¹ ἀμφὶ πόρον πλατὺν
875

εὐχόμεναι, μυχία τε Προποντίς,

καὶ στόμωμα Πόντου:

879

str. 3

Χορός

νᾶσοί θ᾽ αἳ κατὰ πρῶν᾽

ἅλιον περίκλυστοι
880

τᾷδε γᾷ προσήμεναι

οἵα¹² Λέσβος ἐλαι-

όφυτός τε Σάμος, Χίος,

ἠδὲ Πάρος, Νάξος, Μύκο-

νος, Τήνῳ τε συνάπτουσ᾽
885

Ἄνδρος¹³ ἀγχιγείτων,

889

ant. 3

Χορός

καὶ τὰς ἀγχιάλους

ἐκράτυνε μεσάκτους,¹⁴

Λῆμνον, Ἰκάρου θ᾽ ἕδος,
890

καὶ Ῥόδον ἠδὲ Κνίδον

Κυπρίας τε πόλεις, Πάφον,

ἠδὲ Σόλους, Σαλαμῖνά τε,

τᾶς νῦν ματρόπολις¹⁵ τῶνδ᾽

αἰτία στεναγμῶν.¹⁶

897

ep.

Χορός

καὶ τὰς εὐκτεάνους¹⁷ κατὰ

κλῆρον Ἰαόνιον¹⁸ πολυάνδρους

Ἑλλάνων ἐκράτει¹⁹ σφετέραις φρεσίν.
900

ἀκάματον δὲ παρῆν σθένος

ἀνδρῶν τευχηστήρων

παμμίκτων τ᾽ ἐπικούρων.

νῦν δ᾽ οὐκ ἀμφιλόγως

θεότρεπτα²⁰ τάδ᾽ αὖ
905

φέρομεν πολέμοισι

δμαθέντες μεγάλως

πλαγαῖσι ποντίαισιν.

909

Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 852-908 focus

Χορός

ὦ πόποι ἦ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο-

λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν,

εὖθʼ ὁ γηραιὸς

πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας
855

ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἆρχε χώρας.

858

Χορός

πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμους στρατιὰς ἀπε-

φαινόμεθʼ, ἠδὲ νομίσματα πύργινα

πάντʼ ἐπηύθυνε,
860

νόστοι δʼ ἐκ πολέμων

ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς

ἀνέρας εὖ πράσσοντας ἆγον οἴκους.

864

Χορός

ὅσσας δʼ εἷλε πόλεις πόρον

οὐ διαβὰς Ἅλυος ποταμοῖο,
865

οὐδʼ ἀφʼ ἑστίας συθείς,

οἷαι Στρυμονίου πελά-

γους Ἀχελωίδες εἰσὶ πάροικοι

Θρῃκίων ἐπαύλων,
870

871

Χορός

λίμνας τʼ ἔκτοθεν αἳ κατὰ

χέρσον ἐληλαμέναι πέρι πύργον

τοῦδʼ ἄνακτος ἄιον,

Ἕλλας τʼ ἀμφὶ πόρον πλατὺν
875

εὐχόμεναι, μυχία τε Προποντίς,

καὶ στόμωμα Πόντου·

879

Χορός

νᾶσοί θʼ αἳ κατὰ πρῶνʼ

ἅλιον περίκλυστοι
880

τᾷδε γᾷ προσήμεναι

οἵα Λέσβος ἐλαι-

όφυτός τε Σάμος, Χίος

ἠδὲ Πάρος, Νάξος, Μύκο-

νος, Τήνῳ τε συνάπτουσʼ
885

Ἀνδρος ἀγχιγείτων,

888

Χορός

καὶ τὰς ἀγχιάλους

ἐκράτυνε μεσάκτους,

Λῆμνον, Ἰκάρου θʼ ἕδος,
890

καὶ Ῥόδον ἠδὲ Κνίδον

Κυπρίας τε πόλεις, Πάφον,

ἠδὲ Σόλους, Σαλαμῖνά τε,

τᾶς νῦν ματρόπολις τῶνδʼ
895

αἰτία στεναγμῶν.

898

Χορός

καὶ τὰς εὐκτεάνους κατὰ

κλῆρον Ἰαόνιον πολυάνδρους

Ἑλλάνων ἐκράτει σφετέραις φρεσίν.
900

ἀκάματον δὲ παρῆν σθένος

ἀνδρῶν τευχηστήρων

παμμίκτων τʼ ἐπικούρων.

νῦν δʼ οὐκ ἀμφιλόγως

θεότρεπτα τάδʼ αὖ
905

φέρομεν πολέμοισι

δμαθέντες μεγάλως

πλαγαῖσι ποντίαισιν.

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 843 focus

ΧΟ.

ἦ πολλὰ καὶ παρόντα καὶ μέλλοντ ἔτι

ἤλγησ᾽ ἀκούσας βαρβάροισι πήματα.

ΑΤ.

ὦ δαίμον, ὥς με πόλλ᾽ ἐσέρχεται κακὰ
845

ἄλγη, μάλιστα δ᾽ ἥδε συμφορὰ δάκνει,

ἀτιμίαν γε παιδὸς ἀμφὶ σώματι

ἐσθημάτων κλύουσαν, ἥ νιν ἀμπέχει.

ἀλλ᾽ εἶμι, καὶ λαβοῦσα κόσμον ἐκ δόμων

ὑπαντιάζειν παιδί μου πειράσομαι.

850

οὐ γὰρ τὰ φίλτατ᾽ ἐν κακοῖς προδώσομεν.

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 843 focus

ἦ πολλὰ καὶ παρόντα καὶ μέλλοντ᾽ ἔτι

845

ἤλγησ᾽ ἀκούσας βαρβάροισι πήματα.

116 ΑΙΣΧΥΛΟΥ

Ἄτοσσα

ὦ δαῖμον, ὡς με πόλλ᾽ ἐςέρχεται κακὰ

ἄλγη, μάλιστα δ' ἥδε συμφορὰ δάκνει,

ἀτιμίαν γε παιδὸς ἀμφὶ σώματι

ἐσθημάτων κλύουσαν, ἥ νιν ἀμπέχει.
850

ἀλλ᾽ εἶμι, καὶ λαβοῦσα κόσμον ἐκ δόμων

ὑπαντιάζειν παιδὶ πειρασώμεθα.

οὐ γὰρ τὰ φίλτατ' ἐν κακοῖς προδώσομεν.

Χορός

στρ. α'.

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 843 focus

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Ἦ πολλὰ καὶ παρόντα καὶ μέλλοντ' ἔτι

ἤλγησ' ἀκούσας βαρβάροισι πήματα.

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑ

Ὦ δαῖμον, ὥς με πόλλ' ἐσέρχεται κακῶν εἰσέρχεται (uel ἐπ-) κακά
845

ἄλγη, μάλιστα δ' ἥδε συμφορὰ δάκνει,

ἀτιμίαν γε παιδὸς ἀμφὶ σώματι

ἐσθημάτων κλύουσαν ἥ νιν ἀμπέχει.

Ἀλλ' εἶμι, καὶ λαβοῦσα κόσμον ἐκ δόμων

ὑπαντιάζειν παιδί μου παιδί (uel παῖδ') ἐμῷ πειράσομαι·
850

οὐ γὰρ τὰ φίλτατ' ἐν κακοῖς προδώσομεν.

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 843 focus

ἡ πολλὰ καὶ παρόντα καὶ μέλλοντ᾽ ἔτι
845

ἤλγησ᾽ ἀκούσας βαρβάροισι πήματα.

ΑΤ.

ὦ δαῖμον, ὥς με πόλλ᾽ ἐσέρχεται κακὰ

ἄλγη, μάλιστα δ᾽ ἥδε συμφορὰ δάκνει,

ἀτιμίαν γε παιδὸς ἀμφὶ σώματι

ἐσθημάτων κλύουσαν, ἥ νιν ἀμπέχει.
850

ἀλλ᾽ εἶμι, καὶ λαβοῦσα κόσμον ἐκ δόμων

ὑπαντιάζειν ἐμῷ παιδὶ πειράσομαι·

οὐ γὰρ τὰ φίλτατ᾽ ἐν κακοῖς προδώσομεν.

ΧΟ.

1

Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 843 focus

ΧΟ.

ἢ πολλὰ καὶ παρόντα καὶ μέλλοντ᾽ ἔτι

ἤλγησ᾽ ἀκούσας βαρβάροισι πήματα.

ΑΤ.

ὦ δαῖμον, ὥς με πόλλ᾽ ἐσέρχεται κακῶν
845

ἄλγη, μάλιστα δ᾽ ἥδε συμφορὰ δάκνει,

ἀτιμίαν γε παιδὸς ἀμφὶ σώματι

ἐσθημάτων κλυοῦσαν, ἥ νιν ἀμπέχει.

ἀλλ᾽ εἶμι καὶ λαβοῦσα κόσμον ἐκ δόμων

ὑπαντιάζειν παιδί πως πειράσομαι·
850

οὐ γὰρ τὰ φίλτατ᾽ ἐν κακοῖς προδώσομεν.

carmen dactylicum, subiectis trochaeis 852-57=858-63 8 dact. + ithyphall. concisus, 5. dact. 2 dact. + ithyph.

Apparatus Criticus

κεχρημένον v. 1. in schol. κεχρημένοι κεκτημένοι γεραιὰ γηραιά οἴκους οἶκον εὐπρεπής εὐτρεπής πάντα πάντων παντᾶ ἢ πάντων μόνης μόνοις corr. Pγρ πρέσβεις πρέσβυς πόλλ᾽ ἐσέρχεται κακῶν πολλ(ὰ) εἰσέρχεται κακά π. κάκ᾽ εἰσέρχ. ἐπέρχεται κακὰ corr. Schütz μάλιστα μάλιστά γ' παιδί ἐμῶι παιδί παιδ(ὶ) ἐμῷ παιδί γ᾿ ἐμῷ correxi κακοῖς κακοῖσι

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.)) — 852-905 focus

Chorus

Oh yes, it was in truth a glorious and good life under civil government that we enjoyed so long as our aged

and all-powerful king, who did no wrong and did not favor war, god-like Darius, ruled the realm.
855

858

Chorus

In the first place we showed to the world armies worthy of our fame, and civil institutions, like towers in strength,

regulated all the state; and our return from war brought back our men, unworn and unsuffering, to happy homes.
860

864

Chorus

And what a number of cities he captured!—

without crossing the stream of Halys or even stirring from his own hearth: such as the Acheloan¹cities on the Strymonian sea which is located beside
865

the Thracian settlements.
870

871

Chorus

And those outside the lake, the cities on the mainland, surrounded with a rampart, obeyed him as their king;

those, too, that boast to be on both sides of the broad Hellespont and Propontis, deeply-recessed, and the outlet of Pontus .
875

879

Chorus

The sea-washed islands, also, off the projecting arm

of the sea, lying close to this land of ours, such as Lesbos , and olive-planted Samos , Chios and Paros , Naxos , Mykonos,
880

and Andros which lies adjacent to Tenos .
885

888

Chorus

And he held under his sway the sea-girt islands midway between the continents,

Lemnos , and the settlement of Icarus, and Rhodes , and Cnidos , and the Cyprian cities Paphos , Soli , and Salamis ,
890

whose mother-city is now the cause of our lament.
895

898

Chorus

And the rich and populous cities of the Hellenes in the Ionian heritage

he controlled by his own will; and at his command he had an unwearied strength of men-at-arms and of allies from every nation. But now,
900

worsted completely in war through disasters on the sea, we endure this change of fortune no doubt from the hand of god.
905

The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 843 focus

Verily I feel sorrow when I hear of the many woes that both even now press upon, and are hereafter to befall, the barbarians.

ATOSSA

O Fortune! how many bitter sorrows are coming upon me, and most of all doth this mischance prey upon my spirit, when I hear also of the dishonour of the robes about the person of my child 1

, which envelope him. But I will go, and having fetched vesture from the house, I will endeavour to meet my son. For we will not desert in their misfortunes those that are dearest to us.

ATOSSA enters the palace.

CHORUS

LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 843 focus

Ah ! que je souffre d'ouïr combien de douleurs et dans le présent et dans l'avenir sont donc réservées aux Barbares !

LA REINE

O Destin, que de souffrances me pénètrent à la pensée de telles misères ! Mais le malheur qui surtout me point, c'est l'ignominie des vêtements qui maintenant couvrent le corps de mon fils. Je vais aller chercher dans le
palais une parure neuve ; puis j'essaierai de rencontrer mon enfant : je n'irai pas, dans le malheur, trahir ce que j'ai de plus cher.

Elle sort. Très large.

LE CHŒUR

Ah ! la grande, la belle vie faite à nos bonnes

The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 843 focus

Theſe many preſent, many future ills

Denounc'd on Perſia ſink my ſoul with grief.

ATOSSA.

Unhappy fortune, what a tide of ills
1040

Burſts o'er me!

Chief this foul diſgrace, which

ſhows

My ſon diveſted of his rich attire,

His royal robes all rent, diſtracts my thoughts.
1045

But I will go, chuſe the moſt gorgeouſveſt,

And haſte to meet my ſon.

Ne'er in his woes

Will I forſake whom my ſoul holds moſt dear.

CHORUS
STROPHE

Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 843 focus

Cruccio mi diè, dei Persïani udire

i cordogli presenti ed i futuri.

ATOSSA

Ahi!, quante doglie sciagurate, o Dèmone,

piombâr su me! Ma piú questa mi morde:

udir da quale disonesta foggia
975

di vesti è cinto il mio figliuolo.

Or vado, e, ornati panni presi entro la reggia,

tenterò farmi incontro a lui.

Ché mai

non abbandonerò nella sciagura
980

la creatura a me piú cara.

E voi,

di fidi ammonimenti in tal frangente

date soccorso ai fidi, e il figlio mio,

se pria di me qui giunge, confortatelo
985

con i consigli, e alla reggia spingetelo,

ché non s'aggiunga ai mali un nuovo male.

¹ TERZO CANTO INTORNO ALL'ARA 3 1

CORO

Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 843 focus

Certe multos cùm præſentes, tu etiä futuros

Audiens eße dolores barbaris, dolui.

Ato.

O fortuna, quàm multi me occupant mali

Dolores, maximè hec calamitas pungit,
795

Dedecus filij circum corpus,

Au dientem ueſtimentorum quod ipſum ambit.

Sed proficifcor, accipiensq; ornamentum ex domo,

Obuiamq; ire filio meo conabor.

Non enim amicos in rebus aduerfis deferam.
800

Cho.

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.) — 843 focus

Viel Leides, das gekommen, das noch kommen wird,

Mein Volk zu beugen, hört' ich, ach, in tiefem Schmerz!

Atoſſa.

O Schicksal, endlos schwere Noth kam über mich!

Doch tief vor Allem schneidet mir das Leid in's Herz,
820

Des Sohnes Schmach zu hören, dem das Herrscherkleid,

Zerrissen, kaum die königlichen Glieder hüllt.

Wohlan, ich eile, hole mir im Hause Schmuck,

Und will's versuchen, meinem Sohn entgegengeh'n.

In Mißgeschick verlass' ich meine Liebsten nicht.
825
(ab.)

Chor
Wechſelgesang des Chores. Erste Strophe.

Commentary

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

872. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-813

οἷα:

ola

, ut Schützius scribendum vidit, Ven. B.

ola

ceteri.

872

872. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-814

Χίος:

zios

M. Vit. Ven. B. Ald. Rob.

złos

G. Lips. Turn.

872

873. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-815

Νάξος, Μύκονος, Τήνῳ:

νάξος

μύκονος

Μ.

μύκονος

Ven. A. Ald.

μήκονος

Vit. Colb. 1.

uxor

G. Ven. B. Par. K. L. Rob. et adscripto

yo. uxoros

Cantabr. 1.

de zoor

Lips.

τήνεω δὲ

Vit.

873

874. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-816

Ἄνδρος:

ardoor

, ad ultimam syllabam

òg

a sec. manu supra adscripto, M.

vroos

G. Vit. Lips. Ven. A. Cantabr. 1. 2. Mose. Par. C. K.

r-TOOS T

Colb. 1.

874

874. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-817

ἀγχιγείτων: In

αγχιχείτων

in M.

in litura.

ἀχιγείτων

Lips.

874

875. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-818

ἐκράτυνε:

ἐκράτηνε

Αld. Rob.

875

875. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-819

μεσάκτους:

μɛoάzrovs

Vit. Lips. Ven. A. B. Cantabr. 1. 2. Colb. 1. Par. A. B. Rob. Turn.

Tovę µɛσúzτovę

Par. C.

μεσάγκτους

M. G. Ald.

μεσάγκτους δέ, μεσακτίους, παραθαλασσίους

schol. M.

875

876. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-820

Ἰκάρου θ᾽ ἕδος:

ixágov 9'

"zapor9'

Lips.

dos

codices, ut videtur, omnes et Ald. Rob. Turn.

Victorius. Id legisse videtur scholiastes, qui

Ικάρου τὸν κλύδωνα

adscripsit.

876

877. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-821

Ῥόδον τ': Libri

zai gódor

, non ferendo in basi dactylo. Itaque

Pódov τ'

edidi.

877

877. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-822

ἠδὲ:

ἠδὲ

G. Vit. Lips. Ven. Α. Β. aliique et ex correctione M.

ide

Ald. Rob. Turn. et ante correctionem M.

877

877. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-823

Κνίδον:

κνίδος

Rob. In Lips. ad

κνίδον

supra adscriptum

γρ. κίδνον

877

878. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-824

ἠδὲ:

ἢ δὲ

Lips.

878

878. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-825

τᾶς:

τᾶς

Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. A. B. C. et simul etiam cum gravi accentu Lips.

τὰς

M. (sic M.) G. Vit. Ask. Α.

τῆς

Ald. Rob. Turn.

878

878. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-826

ματρόπολις:

ματροπόλεις

Μ. Vit. Ask. A.

878

879. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-827

στεναγμῶν:

στεναγμάτων

libri, nisi quod

τεναγμάτων

a pr. manu habuit M. Scripsi

στεναγμῶν

879

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εὐκτεάνους:

εὐκταιάνους

M. In G.

εὐκτεάνους

εὐτέκνους

factum.

880

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Ἰαόνιον: Libri

λόνιον

, nisi quod

ἰώνιον

habent Lips. Ask. A. Scribendum erat

Ἰαόνιον

880

880. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-830

πολυάνδρους: Post

πολυάνδρους

in Ask. A.

ἰωνίδας πόλεις

ex scholiis additum.

880

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ἐλαύνων ἐκράτει:

ἑλλάνων

M. Vit. Lips.

ἑλάνων

Cantabr. 1.

ἑλλήνων

Ald. Turn.

ἑλλάνων

. γρ.

καὶ ἐλάνων ἐλαύνων ἤγουν πορθών

ex Par. Β. Faelsius affert.

ἐλαύνων

G. Cantabr. 2. Par. F.K. Rob.

διώκων

glossa in G. Aperte verum est

ἐλαύνων

. Tum libri omnes

ἐκράτυνε

, nisi quod

ἐκράτυνεν

est in M. Sed hoc verbo et metrum perturbatur et displicet eiusdem verbi repetitio. Nam etsi nihil frequentius est in Graecorum tragoediis quam eorundem vocabulorum iteratio, tamen quis practer omnem necessitatem in eiusdem rei continuata expositione idem verbum facile repetat? Quare olim

ἐκράτυνε

eiiciendum putavi: nunc rectius visum est scribere

ἐκράτει

881

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σφετέραις φρεσίν: Pro

φρεσὶν

G. Cantabr. 2. Par. A. F. K. Rob.

χερσίν

, idemque adscriptum in Lips. Cantabr. 1. Par. B.

881

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

852-907. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-130

Drittes Stasimon. Loblied auf Dareios, aus Anlaſs seiner vorausgegangenen Erschei- nung. Glück und Gröfse des per- sischen Reichs unter ihm. Seine Verdienste werden vor dem Auf- treten des Xerxes noch einmal ver- gegenwärtigt, des Kontrastes wegen. Zugleich erhalten so seine Rat- schläge (790 ff. 824 ff.) doppeltes Gewicht. Altertümlicher Charakter, epische Aufzählung, auch viele epi- sche Formen und Wendungen, so- wie das Maſs überwiegend dakty- lisch und altertümlich einfach, in der Weise des Stesichoros. Vgl. Westphal2 II S 373 ff.

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⁴

Die Städte aufser- halb des Prasiassees, die nicht wie die Pfahlbauten durch ihre Lage gesichert waren, bedurften der schützenden Burgen. – ἐληλαμέναι περὶ πύργον d. 1. περιεληλαμέναι πύργον, turribus circumdatae, be- festigt; statt περὶ ἃς πύργος ἐλή- λαται. Vgl. ἠμφίεσταί τις χιτῶνα, laevo suspensi loculos tabulamque lacerto. πλατὺν wie Hom. H 86. P 432. Als Strom ( ποταμός, Herod. VII 35) betrachtet (vgl. 746) ver- dient der Hellespont den Beinamen. εὐρύχοροι, das homerische Epi- theton. στόμωμα Πόντου der thrakische Bosporos. Juv. IV 43: torrentis ad ostia Ponti.

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⁵

⁶

Daktylisches Pen- tametron; di. tr. c.; dakt. Pent. u. Hexametron; Ithyphallikos. Auf- zählung der von Dareios unterwor- fenen hellenischen Inseln. Zuerst ᾿Αντιστρ. γ΄. die drei groſsen am asiatischen Festland liegenden, dann westlich davon die Kykladen. Als zweite Gruppe das nördliche Lemnos; dar- auf das zwischen Samos und den Kykladen gelegene Ikaria; sodann nach Süden herab Rhodos bis Kypros (Hartung). πρῶν᾽ ἅλιον etwas anders 131 f. τᾶδε γᾷ, 679. Herod. VI 31: ὁ ναυτικὸς στρατὸς ὁ Περσέων αἱρέει (J. 493) εὐπετέως τὰς νήσους τὰς πρὸς τῇ ἠπείρῳ κειμένας, Χίον καὶ Λέσβον καὶ Τέ- νεδον. Noch Apuleius Flor. 15 sagt von Samos: ager frumento piger,.. fecundior oliveto. Über ihre Stellung zu den Persern s. Herod. VI 13 f.; die von Chios ib. 15 f. 26; Paros und Naxos V 28-31. 96; Andros V 31 vgl. VIII 66. Herod. II 75: τὸ πεδίον τοῦτο συνάπτει τῷ αἰγυπτίῳ πεδίω.

Aeschylus Persians 843

Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead (Translator)

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Alas, I thrill with pain for Persia's woes—

Many fulfilled, and others hard at hand!

Chorus

Current edition Experimental

Χορός

ὦ πόποι ἦ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο-

λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν,

εὖθ᾽ ὁ γηραιὸς¹

πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας
855

ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἆρχε χώρας.

858

Χορός

ὦ πόποι ἦ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο-

λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν,

εὖθʼ ὁ γηραιὸς

πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας
855

ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἆρχε χώρας.

ΧΟ.

ἦ πολλὰ καὶ παρόντα καὶ μέλλοντ ἔτι

ἤλγησ᾽ ἀκούσας βαρβάροισι πήματα.

ΑΤ.

ὦ δαίμον, ὥς με πόλλ᾽ ἐσέρχεται κακὰ
845

ἄλγη, μάλιστα δ᾽ ἥδε συμφορὰ δάκνει,

ἀτιμίαν γε παιδὸς ἀμφὶ σώματι

Χορός

στρ. α'.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Ἦ πολλὰ καὶ παρόντα καὶ μέλλοντ' ἔτι

ἤλγησ' ἀκούσας βαρβάροισι πήματα.

ἡ πολλὰ καὶ παρόντα καὶ μέλλοντ᾽ ἔτι
845

ἤλγησ᾽ ἀκούσας βαρβάροισι πήματα.

ΧΟ.

1

ΧΟ.

ἢ πολλὰ καὶ παρόντα καὶ μέλλοντ᾽ ἔτι

ἤλγησ᾽ ἀκούσας βαρβάροισι πήματα.

Apparatus Criticus

Chorus

Oh yes, it was in truth a glorious and good life under civil government that we enjoyed so long as our aged

and all-powerful king, who did no wrong and did not favor war, god-like Darius, ruled the realm.
855

Chorus

In the first place we showed to the world armies worthy of our fame, and civil institutions, like towers in strength,

regulated all the state; and our return from war brought back our men, unworn and unsuffering, to happy homes.
860

Chorus

And what a number of cities he captured!—

without crossing the stream of Halys or even stirring from his own hearth: such as the Acheloan¹cities on the Strymonian sea which is located beside
865

the Thracian settlements.
870

Chorus

And those outside the lake, the cities on the mainland, surrounded with a rampart, obeyed him as their king;

those, too, that boast to be on both sides of the broad Hellespont and Propontis, deeply-recessed, and the outlet of Pontus .
875

Chorus

The sea-washed islands, also, off the projecting arm

of the sea, lying close to this land of ours, such as Lesbos , and olive-planted Samos , Chios and Paros , Naxos , Mykonos,
880

and Andros which lies adjacent to Tenos .
885

Chorus

And he held under his sway the sea-girt islands midway between the continents,

Lemnos , and the settlement of Icarus, and Rhodes , and Cnidos , and the Cyprian cities Paphos , Soli , and Salamis ,
890

whose mother-city is now the cause of our lament.
895

CHORUS

LE CHŒUR

Ah ! la grande, la belle vie faite à nos bonnes

CHORUS
STROPHE

CORO

Ato.

O fortuna, quàm multi me occupant mali

Dolores, maximè hec calamitas pungit,
795

Dedecus filij circum corpus,

Au dientem ueſtimentorum quod ipſum ambit.

Sed proficifcor, accipiensq; ornamentum ex domo,

Obuiamq; ire filio meo conabor.

Non enim amicos in rebus aduerfis deferam.
800

Cho.

Viel Leides, das gekommen, das noch kommen wird,

Mein Volk zu beugen, hört' ich, ach, in tiefem Schmerz!

Chor
Wechſelgesang des Chores. Erste Strophe.

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Alas, I thrill with pain for Persia's woes— Many fulfilled, and others hard at hand!

Chorus

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Χορός ὦ πόποι ἦ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο- λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν, εὖθ᾽ ὁ γηραιὸς 1 πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας 855 ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἆρχε χώρας. 858

Χορός ὦ πόποι ἦ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο- λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν, εὖθʼ ὁ γηραιὸς πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας 855 ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἆρχε χώρας.

Χορός ὅσσας δʼ εἷλε πόλεις πόρον οὐ διαβὰς Ἅλυος ποταμοῖο, 865 οὐδʼ ἀφʼ ἑστίας συθείς, οἷαι Στρυμονίου πελά- γους Ἀχελωίδες εἰσὶ πάροικοι Θρῃκίων ἐπαύλων, 870

ΧΟ. ἦ πολλὰ καὶ παρόντα καὶ μέλλοντ ἔτι ἤλγησ᾽ ἀκούσας βαρβάροισι πήματα.

ΑΤ. ὦ δαίμον, ὥς με πόλλ᾽ ἐσέρχεται κακὰ 845 ἄλγη, μάλιστα δ᾽ ἥδε συμφορὰ δάκνει, ἀτιμίαν γε παιδὸς ἀμφὶ σώματι

Χορός στρ. α'.

ΧΟΡΟΣ Ἦ πολλὰ καὶ παρόντα καὶ μέλλοντ' ἔτι ἤλγησ' ἀκούσας βαρβάροισι πήματα.

ἡ πολλὰ καὶ παρόντα καὶ μέλλοντ᾽ ἔτι 845 ἤλγησ᾽ ἀκούσας βαρβάροισι πήματα.

ΧΟ. 1

ΧΟ. ἢ πολλὰ καὶ παρόντα καὶ μέλλοντ᾽ ἔτι ἤλγησ᾽ ἀκούσας βαρβάροισι πήματα.

Apparatus Criticus

Chorus Oh yes, it was in truth a glorious and good life under civil government that we enjoyed so long as our aged and all-powerful king, who did no wrong and did not favor war, god-like Darius, ruled the realm. 855

Chorus In the first place we showed to the world armies worthy of our fame, and civil institutions, like towers in strength, regulated all the state; and our return from war brought back our men, unworn and unsuffering, to happy homes. 860

Chorus And what a number of cities he captured!— without crossing the stream of Halys or even stirring from his own hearth: such as the Acheloan 1 cities on the Strymonian sea which is located beside 865 the Thracian settlements. 870

Chorus And those outside the lake, the cities on the mainland, surrounded with a rampart, obeyed him as their king; those, too, that boast to be on both sides of the broad Hellespont and Propontis, deeply-recessed, and the outlet of Pontus . 875

Chorus The sea-washed islands, also, off the projecting arm of the sea, lying close to this land of ours, such as Lesbos , and olive-planted Samos , Chios and Paros , Naxos , Mykonos, 880 and Andros which lies adjacent to Tenos . 885

Chorus And he held under his sway the sea-girt islands midway between the continents, Lemnos , and the settlement of Icarus, and Rhodes , and Cnidos , and the Cyprian cities Paphos , Soli , and Salamis , 890 whose mother-city is now the cause of our lament. 895

CHORUS

LE CHŒUR Ah ! la grande, la belle vie faite à nos bonnes

CHORUS STROPHE

CORO

Ato. O fortuna, quàm multi me occupant mali Dolores, maximè hec calamitas pungit, 795 Dedecus filij circum corpus, Au dientem ueſtimentorum quod ipſum ambit. Sed proficifcor, accipiensq; ornamentum ex domo, Obuiamq; ire filio meo conabor. Non enim amicos in rebus aduerfis deferam. 800

Cho.

Viel Leides, das gekommen, das noch kommen wird, Mein Volk zu beugen, hört' ich, ach, in tiefem Schmerz!

Chor Wechſelgesang des Chores. Erste Strophe.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

Alas, I thrill with pain for Persia's woes—

Many fulfilled, and others hard at hand!

Χορός

ὦ πόποι ἦ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο-

λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν,

εὖθ᾽ ὁ γηραιὸς¹

πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας
855

ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἆρχε χώρας.

858

Χορός

ὦ πόποι ἦ μεγάλας ἀγαθᾶς τε πο-

λισσονόμου βιοτᾶς ἐπεκύρσαμεν,

εὖθʼ ὁ γηραιὸς

πανταρκὴς ἀκάκας
855

ἄμαχος βασιλεὺς

ἰσόθεος Δαρεῖος ἆρχε χώρας.

ΧΟ.

ἦ πολλὰ καὶ παρόντα καὶ μέλλοντ ἔτι

ἤλγησ᾽ ἀκούσας βαρβάροισι πήματα.

ΑΤ.

ὦ δαίμον, ὥς με πόλλ᾽ ἐσέρχεται κακὰ
845

ἄλγη, μάλιστα δ᾽ ἥδε συμφορὰ δάκνει,

ἀτιμίαν γε παιδὸς ἀμφὶ σώματι

Χορός

στρ. α'.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Ἦ πολλὰ καὶ παρόντα καὶ μέλλοντ' ἔτι

ἤλγησ' ἀκούσας βαρβάροισι πήματα.

ἡ πολλὰ καὶ παρόντα καὶ μέλλοντ᾽ ἔτι
845

ἤλγησ᾽ ἀκούσας βαρβάροισι πήματα.

ΧΟ.

1

ΧΟ.

ἢ πολλὰ καὶ παρόντα καὶ μέλλοντ᾽ ἔτι

ἤλγησ᾽ ἀκούσας βαρβάροισι πήματα.

Chorus

Oh yes, it was in truth a glorious and good life under civil government that we enjoyed so long as our aged

and all-powerful king, who did no wrong and did not favor war, god-like Darius, ruled the realm.
855

Chorus

In the first place we showed to the world armies worthy of our fame, and civil institutions, like towers in strength,

regulated all the state; and our return from war brought back our men, unworn and unsuffering, to happy homes.
860

Chorus

And what a number of cities he captured!—

without crossing the stream of Halys or even stirring from his own hearth: such as the Acheloan¹cities on the Strymonian sea which is located beside
865

the Thracian settlements.
870

Chorus

And those outside the lake, the cities on the mainland, surrounded with a rampart, obeyed him as their king;

those, too, that boast to be on both sides of the broad Hellespont and Propontis, deeply-recessed, and the outlet of Pontus .
875

Chorus

The sea-washed islands, also, off the projecting arm

of the sea, lying close to this land of ours, such as Lesbos , and olive-planted Samos , Chios and Paros , Naxos , Mykonos,
880

and Andros which lies adjacent to Tenos .
885

Chorus

And he held under his sway the sea-girt islands midway between the continents,

Lemnos , and the settlement of Icarus, and Rhodes , and Cnidos , and the Cyprian cities Paphos , Soli , and Salamis ,
890

whose mother-city is now the cause of our lament.
895

LE CHŒUR

Ah ! la grande, la belle vie faite à nos bonnes

CHORUS
STROPHE

Ato.

O fortuna, quàm multi me occupant mali

Dolores, maximè hec calamitas pungit,
795

Dedecus filij circum corpus,

Au dientem ueſtimentorum quod ipſum ambit.

Sed proficifcor, accipiensq; ornamentum ex domo,

Obuiamq; ire filio meo conabor.

Non enim amicos in rebus aduerfis deferam.
800

Viel Leides, das gekommen, das noch kommen wird,

Mein Volk zu beugen, hört' ich, ach, in tiefem Schmerz!

Chor
Wechſelgesang des Chores. Erste Strophe.