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What towns ere the Halys he passed! what towns ere he came to the West,
890

To the main and the isles of the Strymon, and the Thracian region possess'd!

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.) — 864 focus

ὅσσας δ' εἶλε πόλεις πόρον οὐ διαβὰς ῞Αλυος ποταμοῖο,
865

οὐδ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ἑστίας συθεὶς,

οἷαι Στρυμονίου πελάγους Αχελωΐδες εἰσὶ πάροικοι

θρηκίων ἐπαύλων,
870

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 864 focus

ὅσσας δ' εἷλε πόλεις πόρον οὐ διαβὰς Ἅλυος ποταμοῖο,

οὐδ᾽ ἀφ' ἑστίας συθείς,

οἷαι Στρυμονίου πελάγους Ἀχελωΐδες εἰσὶ πάροικοι

θρηκίων ἐπαύλων,

865

ἀντ. β'.

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 864 focus

Ὅσσας δ' εἷλε πόλεις πόρον οὐ δια-

Str. 2.

βὰς Ἅλυος ποταμοῖο ποταμοῦ δ' seu ποταμοῦ οὐδ'
865

οὐδ' ἀφ' ἑστίας συθείς,

οἷαι Στρυμονίου πελάγους Ἀχε-

λωΐδες εἰσὶ πάροικοι

θρῃίκων θρηικίων ἐπαύλων·
870

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 864 focus

ὅσσας δ᾽ εἷλε πόλεις

πόρον οὐ διαβὰς

Ἅλυος ποταμοῖο,

οὐδ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ἑστίας συθείς,

οἷαι Στρυμονίου

870

πελάγους Ἀχελω-

ίδες εἰσὶ πάροικοι

θρηκίων ἐπαύλων,

2

Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 864 focus

ὅσσας δ᾽ εἶλε πόλεις πόρον οὐ δια-

βὰς Ἅλυος ποταμοῖο,

οὐδ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ἑστίας συθείς·

οἷαι Στρυμονίου πελάγους Ἀχε-

865

λωίδες εἰσὶ πάροικοι

θρηίκων ἐπαύλεις –

Testim.:

855 Hesych. πανταρκής· ὁ πᾶσιν ἀνταρκῶν.

864-70 = 871-77 7 dact. 2 tr. 7 dact. ithyph.

Apparatus Criticus

εὐθ᾽ εὐδ᾽ γηραιός γηραιός γεραιός πανταρκὴς παντάρχας ἀκάκας ἀκάκας ἀκάκης ἰσόθεος ἰσσόθεος εὐδοκίμους στρατιὰς εὐδοκίμου στρατιᾶς corr. Wellauer ἀπεφαινόμεθ᾽ ἀποφαινόμε(σ)θ' ἀπεφαινόμεθα νομίσματα νομίσματα νόμισμα τὰ νομίματα νόμιμα νόμιμα τὰ ἐπηύθυνεν ἐπέθυνε ἐπέθυνον ἐπεύθυνον (εὔφρονας) suppl. Schwenck ἡμᾶς [ἐς] ἐς οἴκους del. Tr ἐς del. Porson ὅσσας ὅσσας ὅσας ποταμοῖο ποταμου δ᾽ ποταμοῦ οὐδ᾽ π. γ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἅλ. τε π. οὐδ᾽ corr. Burney συθείς συνθείς θρηίκων θρηίκων θρηικίων ἐπαύλεις ἐπαύλων ἐπαυλέων correxi

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.) — 864 focus

And what a number of cities did he take without having crossed the river Halys, nor having sped forth from his home; such are the Acheloian cities on the Strymonian sea, adjoining the dwellings of the Thracians,

LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 864 focus

Que de cités il a prises sans franchir le cours de l'Halys ¹, sans même quitter sa demeure ! telles les villes fluviales du
lac strymonien ²,

The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 864 focus

Nor Halys' ſhallow ſtrand

1065

He paſs'd, nor from his palace mov'd his ſtate;

He ſpoke; his word was Fate :

What ſtrong-baſed cities cou'd his might withſtand?

Not thoſe that lift their heads

Where to the ſea the floods of Strymon paſs,
1070

Leaving the huts of Thrace;

THE PERSIANS.

Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 864 focus

E quante città prese,

1000

senza varcare i margini

dell'Ali, senza muovere

lungi dal suo paese,

come le fluviatili

allo Strimonio intorno,

1005

presso le coste inospiti

dove i Traci han soggiorno.

CORO

Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 864 focus

Traijciens Aliſis fluminis, neq;

A' laribus motus, quales Strymonij

Pelagij Achelonides funt incole,

Thraciæ ſtagnaq;, extra funt, hec

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.) — 864 focus

Wie viel Städte gewann er, und wandelte nicht durch die. Furthen des Halys,

Noch verließ er Susa's Herd!

Auch die längs dem strymonischen Meer, von den Wogen umspült, sich erheben,

Thrake's Thälern nahe,

Zweite Gegenstrophe.

Commentary

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

890. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-848

γενεᾷ:

γενιᾶ

Lips.

890

891. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-849

ἐμῶν:

ἐμῶν

, quod in omnibus libris est, non debebat Schutzius in

ἐμοὶ

mutare, quod in G. Lips. interpretationis caussa supra scriptum est.

891

891. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-850

γυίων:

γύων

Vit. Ald. Rob.

891

891. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-851

ῥώμη:

μελέων

Ven. B. Colb. 1. et supra scripto

γυίων

Par. C.

μελῶν

supra scriptum in Vit. Lips.

891

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.

888-896. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-136

⁴

Athen. III 86 B Αἰσχύλος δ᾽ ἐν Πέρσαις τὰς ἀνα- ρίτας (Meerschnecken) τρεφούσας νήσους νηριτοτρόφους εἴρηκεν. – μετάκτους ( νήσους), die man vom Festlande aus gleich hinter der Küste (in der Nähe der Küste) sieht, also s. v. a. ἀγχιάλους. Vgl. μέταυ- λος, die hinter der αὐλή gelegene Thüre. Herod. V 26: Ὀτάνης .. εἶλε Λῆμνόν τε καὶ Ἴμβρον, ἀμφο- τέρας ἔτι τότε ὑπὸ Πελασγῶν οἰκεο- μένας. Von Lemnos nach Ikaros (später Ikaria) ist ein groſser Sprung nach Süden. Ικάρου ἕδος wie Hom. Ω 544 Λέσβος ἄνω, Μάκαρος ἕδος. Κνίδον, Herod. I 174. Κυπρ. Herod. ΙΙΙ 19: δόντες Κύ- πριοι σφέας αὐτοὺς Πέρσησι (unter Kambyses), vgl. ib. 91. V 104.108 ff. Das dortige Salamis galt für eine Gründung des Salaminiers Teukros (Enkels des Aiakos).

Aeschylus Persians 864

Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead (Translator)

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What towns ere the Halys he passed! what towns ere he came to the West,
890

To the main and the isles of the Strymon, and the Thracian region possess'd!

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.

ὅσσας δ' εἶλε πόλεις πόρον οὐ διαβὰς ῞Αλυος ποταμοῖο,
865

οὐδ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ἑστίας συθεὶς,

οἷαι Στρυμονίου πελάγους Αχελωΐδες εἰσὶ πάροικοι

θρηκίων ἐπαύλων,
870

2

Testim.:

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

What ſtrong-baſed cities cou'd his might withſtand?

Not thoſe that lift their heads

Where to the ſea the floods of Strymon paſs,
1070

Leaving the huts of Thrace;

THE PERSIANS.

CORO

A' laribus motus, quales Strymonij

Pelagij Achelonides funt incole,

Thraciæ ſtagnaq;, extra funt, hec

Wie viel Städte gewann er, und wandelte nicht durch die. Furthen des Halys,

Noch verließ er Susa's Herd!

Auch die längs dem strymonischen Meer, von den Wogen umspült, sich erheben,

Thrake's Thälern nahe,

Zweite Gegenstrophe.

Commentary

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What towns ere the Halys he passed! what towns ere he came to the West, 890 To the main and the isles of the Strymon, and the Thracian region possess'd!

Current edition Experimental

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

ὅσσας δ' εἶλε πόλεις πόρον οὐ διαβὰς ῞Αλυος ποταμοῖο, 865 οὐδ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ἑστίας συθεὶς, οἷαι Στρυμονίου πελάγους Αχελωΐδες εἰσὶ πάροικοι θρηκίων ἐπαύλων, 870

2

Testim.:

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

What ſtrong-baſed cities cou'd his might withſtand? Not thoſe that lift their heads Where to the ſea the floods of Strymon paſs, 1070 Leaving the huts of Thrace; THE PERSIANS.

CORO

A' laribus motus, quales Strymonij Pelagij Achelonides funt incole, Thraciæ ſtagnaq;, extra funt, hec

Wie viel Städte gewann er, und wandelte nicht durch die. Furthen des Halys, Noch verließ er Susa's Herd! Auch die längs dem strymonischen Meer, von den Wogen umspült, sich erheben, Thrake's Thälern nahe, Zweite Gegenstrophe.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

What towns ere the Halys he passed! what towns ere he came to the West,
890

To the main and the isles of the Strymon, and the Thracian region possess'd!

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.

ὅσσας δ' εἶλε πόλεις πόρον οὐ διαβὰς ῞Αλυος ποταμοῖο,
865

οὐδ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ἑστίας συθεὶς,

οἷαι Στρυμονίου πελάγους Αχελωΐδες εἰσὶ πάροικοι

θρηκίων ἐπαύλων,
870

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

What ſtrong-baſed cities cou'd his might withſtand?

Not thoſe that lift their heads

Where to the ſea the floods of Strymon paſs,
1070

Leaving the huts of Thrace;

THE PERSIANS.

A' laribus motus, quales Strymonij

Pelagij Achelonides funt incole,

Thraciæ ſtagnaq;, extra funt, hec

Wie viel Städte gewann er, und wandelte nicht durch die. Furthen des Halys,

Noch verließ er Susa's Herd!

Auch die längs dem strymonischen Meer, von den Wogen umspült, sich erheben,

Thrake's Thälern nahe,

Zweite Gegenstrophe.