Aeschylus Persians 871

Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead (Translator)

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And those that stand back from the main, enringed by their fortified wall,
Gave o'er to Darius, the king, the sceptre and sway over all!
Those too by the channel of Helle, where southward it broadens and glides,
By the inlets, Propontis! of thee, and the strait of the Pontic tides,
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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
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 852-908 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 871 focus
λίμνας τ᾽ ἔκτοθεν αἳ κατὰ χέρσον ἐληλάμενα.
περὶ πύργον
τοῦδ᾽ ἄνακτος ἄϊον,
Ἕλλας τ᾽ ἀμφὶ πόρον πλατὺν εὐχόμεναι, μυχία τε Προποντὶς,
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καὶ στόμωμα Πόντου·
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 871 focus
λίμνας τ' ἔκτοθεν αἳ κατὰ χέρσον ἐληλαμέναι πέρι πύργον
τοῦδ᾽ ἄνακτος ἄϊον,
Ἕλλας τ᾽ ἀμφὶ πόρον πλατὺν ἀρχόμεναι, μυχία τε Προποντίς,
καὶ στόμωμα Πόντου·
στρ. γ'.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 871 focus
λίμνας τ' ἔκτοθεν αἳ κατὰ χέρσον ἐ-
Ant. 2.
ληλαμέναι περὶ πύργον
τοῦδ' ἄνακτος ἄϊον,
Ἕλλας τ' Ἕλλας ἀμφὶ πόρον πλατὺν εὐχόμε-
ναι, μυχία τε Προποντὶς
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καὶ στόμωμα Πόντου·
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 871 focus
λίμνας τ᾽ ἔκτοθεν αἳ
κατὰ χέρσον ἐλη-
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λαμέναι περὶ πύργον
τοῦδ᾽ ἄνακτος ἄιον,
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 871 focus
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
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 871 focus
and beyond the sea, those along the main land environed with fortresses obeyed this king, and those who boast 3
to dwell on both sides of the broad frith of Helle, and the gulfy Propontis, and the outlet of the Pontus:
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 871 focus
qui confinent aux bourgades thraces.
Et, en dehors de ce lac, celles qui, sur la terre ferme, portent ceinture de remparts ont obéi aussi à ce monarque.
Et les cités fièrement assises sur les bords du large détroit d'Hellé ; et le repli profond de la Propontide,
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 871 focus
Nor thoſe, that far th' extended ocean o'er
Stand girt with many' a tow'r;
Nor where the Helleſpont his broad wave ſpreads;
Nor the firm baſtions' rampir'd might,
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Whoſe foot the deep Propontis laves;
Nor thoſe, that glorying in their height
Frown o'er the Pontic ſea, and ſhade his darken'd
waves,
STROPHE 2.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 871 focus
E quelle che, lontano
dal mare, in terra surgono,
cinte di torri, omaggio
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prestarono al Sovrano;
e quante d'Elle al valico
han glorïosa voce,
e la curva Propontide,
e del Ponto la foce.
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Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 871 focus
Per terram ducte circum turrim.
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Huius uerò regisſpirarunt Helles circum uadum
Latum detente, abditać Propontis,
Et ostia Ponti, inſuleq;
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.) — 871 focus
Und die, ferne der See, sich im Schooße des Land's mit der Mauer umgürtet,
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Folgten dieses Herrschers Wort,
Dann an dem Sunde der Helle die prangenden Städt' und die Bucht der Propontis
Sammt des Pontos Mündung,
Dritte Strophe.

Commentary

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

892. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-852

τήνδ᾽:
τὴν δ'
a pr. manu M.
892

892. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-853

ἐςιδόντ᾽:
ἐσιδόντ'
M. Vit. et plerique, ut videtur, codices ac Turn.
εἰσιδόντ'
Par. L. Ald. Rob.
ἐσιδόντος
Colb. 1.
ἐσιδόντες
Ven. Β.
εἰσιδοῦσ᾽
Ask. A.
εἰσιδόντι
ex correctione, quum antea fuisset
εἰσιδῶντι
, Lips.
ἐσιδῶν τ'
sic G.
ἐςιδόντ'
accusativus est: v. Elmsl. ad Eur. Heracl. v. 693.
892

894. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-854

νηριτοτρόφος: Post hunc versum nonnulla excidisse non videtur dubitari posse, quum non solum ad sententiam aliquid desideretur, sed versus etiam paroemiacus exspectetur. Itaque
νησιτοτρόφους
, quod vocabulum Athenaeus III. p. 86. B. ex Aeschyli Persis affert, hic inserui, quod reliquum puto ex iis quae perierunt. Apud Athenaeum haec leguntur,
Αισχύλος δ᾽ ἐν Πέρσαις τίς ἀνήρει τοὺς νήσους (puto scripsisse Athenaeum 47-σχύλος δ᾽ ἐν Πέρσαις τὰς νήσους) νησιτοτρόφους εἴρηκεν
. Aptissime omnia sic procederent,
λέλυται γὰρ ἐμῶν γυίων ρώμη τήνδ᾽ ἡλικίαν ἐςιδόντ᾽ ἀστῶν, τὰς ἀμφιρύτους ἢ περὶ νήσους νηριτοτρόφους ἀπόλωλεν
. V. diss. de Aeschyli
Ιλίου πέρσει
p. 17.
894

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εἴθ᾽ ὄφελε, Ζεῦ:
εἶν᾿ ὄφελεν ζει
, litteris
λε
in litura, M.
εἶν᾿ ὄφελε Ζεὺς
sic Turn.
ὄφελε
eliam Ven. Β.
εἶθ' ὠφελε ζεῦ
Par. A.
εἴθ᾽ ὤφελε ζεὺς
G. Vit. Lips. et cum plerisque, ut videtur, reliquis codicibus Ald. Rob.
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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

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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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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).