Aeschylus, Persians, Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead (Translator), 988

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Bitter indeed the pang for comrades slain,
1000

The brave and bold! thou strikest to my soul

Pain, pain beyond forgetting, hateful pain.

My inner spirit sobs and sighs with dole!

Chorus

Another yet we yearn to see,

And see not! ah, thy chivalry,
1005

Xanthis, thou chief of Mardian men

Countless! and thou, Anchares bright,

And ye, whose cars controlled the fight,

Arsaces and Diaixis wight,

Kegdadatas, Lythimnas dear,
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And Tolmus, greedy of the spear!

I stand bereft! not in thy train

Come they, as erst! ah, ne'er again

Shall they return unto our eyes,

Car-borne, 'neath silken canopies!
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Xerxes

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 (5)

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 988 focus

ΞΕ.

ἴυγγά μοι δῆτ᾽

ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων ὑπομιμνήσκεις,

ἄλαστ᾽ ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων.
990

βοᾷ βοᾷ μοι μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

ΧΟ.

καὶ μὴν ἄλλους γε ποθοῦμεν,

Μάρδων ἀνδρῶν μυριοταγὸν

Ξάνθιν ἄρειόν τ' Ἀγχάρην,
995

Δίαιξίν τ' ἠδ᾽ Ἀρσάκην

ἱππιάνακτας,

Κηγδαδάταν καὶ Λυθίμναν

Τόλμον τ' αἰχμᾶς ἀκόρεστον.

ἔταφον ἔταφον, οὐκ ἀμφὶ σκηναῖς
1000

τροχηλάτοισιν ὄπιθεν ἑπόμενοι.

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 988 focus

ἵυγγά μοι δῆτ᾽ ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων ὑπομιμνῄσκεις,

960

ἄλαστ' ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων,

120 ΑΙΣΧΥΛΟΥ

Ξέρξης

βοᾷ βοᾷ

δὴ μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

Χορός

καὶ μὴν ἄλλον γε ποθοῦμεν,

Μάρδον ἀνδρῶν μυριάδαρχον,
965

Ξάνθιν, ἄρειόν τ' Ἀγχάρην,

Δίαιξίν τ' ἠδ' Ἀρσάκην

ἱππιάνακτας,

Κηγδαδάταν καὶ Λυθίμναν

Τόλμον τ' αἰχμᾶς ἀκόρεστον.
970

ἔταφον ἔταφον· οὐκ ἀμφὶ σκηναῖς

τροχηλάτοισιν, ὄπιθεν ἑπόμενοι.

Ξέρξης

στρ. δ'.

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 988 focus

ΞΕΡΞΗΣ

Ἴυγγά μοι δῆτ'

Ant. 3.

ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων ὑπομιμνήσκεις,

< ἄλαστ' om.> ἄλαστα

στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων·

βοᾷ βοᾷ < μοι om.> μελέων
985

ἔντοσθεν ἔνδοθεν ἦτορ.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Καὶ μὴν ἄλλους ἄλλο γε γ' ἔτι ποθοῦμεν,

Μάρδων ἀνδρῶν μυριοταγὸν

Ξάνθιν ξάνθην ἄρειόν τ' Ἀγχάρην,

Διάιξίν τ' ἠδ' Ἀρσάμην ἀρσάκην
990

ἱππιάνακτας·

καὶ Δαδάκαν κἠγδαδάταν seu κιγδ- seu καγδ- καὶ Λυθίμναν

Τόλμον τ' τόλμον αἰχμᾶς ἀκόρεστον

ἔταφον ἔταφον οὐκ ἀμφὶ σκηναῖς

τροχηλάτοισιν
995

ὄπιθεν ὄπισθεν ἑπομένους δ' ἑπόμενοι.

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 988 focus

ἴυγγά μοι δήτ'

ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων ὑπομιμνήσκεις,

ἄλαστ᾽ ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων.

βοᾷ βοᾷ μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

ΧΟ.

3

καὶ μὴν ἄλλους γε ποθοῦμεν,
995

Μάρδων ἀνδρῶν μυριόνταρχον

Ξάνθην, ἄρειόν τ᾽ Ἀγχάρην,

Δίαιξίν τ᾽ ἠδ᾽ Ἀρσάκην

ἱππιάνακτας,

Κηγδαδάταν καὶ Λυθίμναν
1000

Τόλμον τ᾽ αἰχμᾶς ἀκόρεστον.

ἔταφον ἔταφον,

οὐκ ἀμφὶ σκηναῖς

τροχηλάτοισιν ἔπιθεν ἑπόμενοι.

ΞΕ.

1

Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 988 focus

ΞΕ.

(ἰὼ ἰὼ) δῆτα,

ἴυγγ᾽ ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων μοι [ὑπομιμνήσκεις]

(κινεῖς) ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων.

βοᾶι βοᾶι (μοι) μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

ΧΟ.

καὶ μὴν ἄλλους γε ποθοῦμεν,

Μάρδων ἀνδρῶν μυριόταγον

Ξάνθην, ᾿Αρίων τ᾽ Ἀγχάρην,

Δίαιξίν τ᾽ ἠδ᾽ ᾿Αρσάμην
995

ἱππιάνακτας,

καὶ Δαδάκαν καὶ Λυθίμναν

Τόλμον τ᾽ αἰχμᾶς ἀκόρεστον.

ἔταφον ἔταφον οὐκ ἀμφὶ σκηναῖς

τροχηλάτοισιν ὄπιθεν [δ᾽] ἑπομένους =

Translations (6)

The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 988 focus

Thou dost in sooth call to my mind a lament for my excellent friends, while thou speakest of baleful, hateful, exceeding hateful horrors. My heart within me moans aloud, moans aloud for them unhappy.

CHORUS

And, in truth, we regret another too, Xanthus, leader of ten thousand Mardians, and warlike Anehares, Diaexis too, and Arsames, chiefs of the cavalry, Cigdates and Lythimnes, and Tolmus that was never satisfied with the spear. 3

They

XERXES

were buried, they were buried, not following in our train, in tents mounted on wheels.

CHORUS

LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 988 focus

fidèle, Alpistos ¹, ... fils de Batanôkos, fils de Sésamas ? Et Parthos, et le grand Oïbarès ? Tu les as
donc laissés, laissés ? Ah ! ah ! misères ! pour les Perses altiers douleurs plus que douloureuses !

XERXÈS

Oui, tu réveilles en moi la nostalgie de mes
preux compagnons, avec tes mots affreux, affreux, cruels, plus que douloureux. Mon cœur crie au fond de mes membres !

LE CHŒUR

Il en est bien d'autres qu'ici nous regrettons
encore : celui

The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 988 focus

To my griev'd memory thy mournful voice,

Tuned to the ſaddeſt notes of woe, recals

My brave friends loſt; and my rent heart returns

In dreadful ſymphony the ſorrowing ſtrain.

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THE PERSIANS.

CHORUS.

Yet once more ſhall I aſk thee, yet once more,

Where is the Mardian Xanthes' might,

The daring chief, that from the Pontic ſhore

Led his ſtrong phalanx to the ſight?

Anchares where, whoſe high-raiſ'd ſhield
1210

Flamed foremoſt in th' embattled field?

Where the high leaders of thy mail-clad horſe,

Däixis and Arfaces where?

Where Cigdagatas, and Lythimnas' force,

Waving untir'd his purple ſpear?
1215

XERXES.

Entomb'd, I ſaw them in the earth entomb'd;

Nor did the rolling car with ſolemn ſtate

Attend their rites:

I follow'd:

low they lie,
1220

Ah me, the once great leaders of my hoſt

Low in the earth, without their honours lie.

CHORUS.

Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 988 focus

Ahimè! Ché tu dei validi

compagni in me rinnovi ora il desio.

1120

Mali estremi tu parli, infami, orribili.

Grida, grida pei miseri il cuor mio.

CORO

Ed altri invoca poi la nostra brama:

Mardone, che guidava una miríade,

e Dïàmide ed Arsame,
1125

cavalieri destrissimi,

e il prode Sante ed Ancare,

e Litimma e Cedàdate,

e Tolmo insaziabile

di battaglie. Stupor, stupor mi prende.
1130

Come mai non seguirono

te sui carri guerreschi entro le tende?

SERSE

Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 988 focus

Voluptate uidelicet bonorū fociorŭ in memoria reducis,

Intollerabilia odiofaq; mala dicēs.

Clamat clamat miferorum intra cor.

890

Cho.

Attamen aliquid aliud defideramus,

Mardorum uirorum myriarcham

Xanthem, bellicofumq; Ancharem,

Didiximq Arfacem, equorum prefectos.

Cygdagatam, & Lythinnam
895

Audacem, hasta in ſatiatum.

Sepelij, fepelij non in ſcenis,

Curru uectis retrorfum fequentes.

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.) — 988 focus

Sehnsucht nach den tapferen Freunden,

Dein Wort erweckt mir Leid, unermeßliches Leid.

Es stöhnt, es stöhnt

Ueber dem Jammer das Herz im Busen.

Der Chor.

Und auch nach Andern verlangt uns,
940

Nach Xanthios, dem aus mardischem Volk

Myriaden gefolgt, nach dem Helden

Anchares, Diäxis, Arsakes,

Die den Reitern geboten,

Kigdadatas auch und Lythimnas
945

Und Tolmos, im Kampf unersättlich.

Sie ruhen im Grab! Kein Wagengespann,

Bedeckt mit Zelten, führte sie zur Gruft.

Vierte Strophe.

Xerres.

Commentary

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

1000. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-977

παπαῖ, παπαῖ:

лалаĩ палаî

, circumflexo in acutum aut contra mutato, M.

лaлai nanai

Vit. Lips. Rob.

лaлai

ter G. quater Ald. Turn. Bis hoc vocabulum legitur etiam in Colb. 2. ter in Cantabr. 1. Par. C. quinquies in Ask. A. sexies in Colb. 1. semel in Par. F. L.

1000

1001. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-978

καὶ πλέον, πλέον μὲν οὖν:

καὶ πλέον ἢ (a pr. manu ἦ M.) παπαῖ (παπαὶ G. Turn.) per our

M. G. Cantabr. 1. Par. C. L. Colb. 2. Turn.

xai nhɛtov nα-παὶ μὲν οὖν

Ven. Β. Rob.

καὶ πλέον ἢ παπαὶ μεν οὔ

Vit. Lips. Mosc.

èv ou

omittunt Colb. 1. Ven. 1. Ox. Ald. Interpretis est

nàñàí

, quo remoto scripsi

καὶ πλέον, πλέον μὲν οὖν

1001

1002. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-979

γάρ ἐστι:

γὰρ ἔστι

Vit.

1002

1003. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-980

χάρματα: Chori notam omittunt Ald. Turn.

χαρίσματα

Ven. A. Ald.

1003

1004. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-981

καὶ σθένος γ᾽ ἐκολούσθη:

xai oféros y

M. G. Vit. Lips. Cantabr. 1. Colb. 1. Par. A. B. C. Ven. A. Ald. (sic Ald.) Rob. Turn.

σ9έvos 9'

inde ab ed. Vict. propagatum erat. Ven. B. particulam omittit.

zolovn

G. Lips. Colb.1. Ven. A. Ox. Ald.

1004

1006. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-982

ποντίαισιν:

ποντίαισιν

Μ.

ποντίαισι

G. Vit. Lips. Ven. A. Ald. Rob. Turn.

novτías

Cantabr. 1. Rob. In Ven. B. hic versus ita interpolatus est,

φίλων τ᾽ ἐν ἄταις ποντίαις

1006

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δραῖνε, δραῖνε πῆμα, πρὸς δόμους δ᾽ ἴθι: Neque synizesis admittenda est, et multo minus, quod G. Dindorfio placuit,

δίαιν, díaure

. Videtur potius recitatum esse divisim

δίαινε, — δίαινε πῆμα, πρὸς δόμους δ᾽ ἴθι

, et in antistropha

ἔρεσσε, -- ἔρεσσε καὶ στένας' ἐμὴν χάριν

1007

1007. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-984

ἴθι:

191

Ald.

'91

Rob.

vide

Colb. 1.

Lips.

1007

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αἰαῖ, αἰαῖ:

ai ai aiaî

alaì alaì

Lips.

quater G. Vit. Ald. Turn. bis Rob. sexies Ven. A. Cantabr. 1. octies Colb. 1.

1008

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νυν: Libri

. Corrigendum vidit Pauwius.

1009

1010. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-987

δόσιν: Chori notam omittit Lips. in quo

zazàv

supra adscriptum est.

1010

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τιθείς: Habet Xerxis notam Lips.

ἐμοῦ

Ask. A.

1011

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ὀτοτοτοτοῖ:

ὀτοτοτοτοῖ

Μ. Ven. Β.

οτοτοιοτοὶ

Vit.

ἀττοττοτοῖ

G. Par. C.

oTToToToT

Colb. 2.

oToToToĩ

Cantabr. 2.

OTTOTOì

Lips. Colb. 1.

οττοττοὶ

Turn.

ἀτοτοτοῖ ὀτοττοὶ

Ven. A. Ald. Rob.

οττοττοττοττοτοῖ

Par. L.

1012

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γ᾽:

yao

pro

G. Lips. Par. C. L. Colb. 1. Ask. A.

1013

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ἅδε:

ἅδε

Μ. a pr. manu et G. Vit. Lips. Cantabr. 1. Par. A. C. K. et supra scriptum in Par. B.

adɛ

a sec. manu M.

æð' &

Par. B. Ald. Rob. Turn. Hoc versu finitur Vit. in quo deest folium.

1013

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μάλα τοι τόδ' ἀλγῶ: Pro

, Ald. Rob.

, pariterque

pot

deest in Colb. 2. Deinde

μάka

omittit Cantabr. 1. Ceteri

μάλα καὶ τόδ᾽ ἀλγῶ

habent, nisi quod

est in Par. C. Non intelligitur quid sibi velit

zaí

. Scripsi

μάλα τοι τόδ' ἀλγῶ

1014

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ἔρεσσε, ἔρεσσε: Libri

ἔρεσσ᾽ ἔρεσσε

, nisi quod

ἔρεσθ᾽ ἔρεσθε

habet Colb. 1. in Lips, autem

ooo'

omissum est.

1015

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

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ἴυγγα (Realenc. IV S. 696f.) ἐπισείεις μοι wie αἰγίδα τινὶ ἐπισείειν, du setzest den Zaubervogel gegen mich in Be- wegung, daſs ich wieder an meine edlen Gefährten denken muſs, d. i. ᾿Αντιστρ. γ΄. Στρ. δ΄. du weckst mir wieder mit Gewalt die schmerzliche Erinnerung an meine e. G. Sonst sagte man ἴυγγα ἕλκειν ἐπί τινι. Vgl. auch Eur. Or. 255. μυριόνταρχου, vgl. Anhang. – ἔταφον, τάφος, G. Curtius griech. Et. S. 198. Staunen muſs ich, daſs sie nicht folgen. - σκηνὴ τροχήλα- τος, carpentum, ἁρμάμαξα, Zelt- wagen, Herod. VII 41: Ξέρξης μετεκ- βαίνεσκε ἐκ τοῦ ἅρματος ἐς ἁρμάμαξαν, αὐτοῦ δὲ ὄπισθεν αἰχμοφόροι Περσέων οἱ ἄριστοί τε καὶ γενναιότατοι, χίλιοι.

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Vgl. Westphal 2 ΙΙ S. 524. βεβᾶσιν, vgl. 916. γὰρ, Grund warum sie nicht mit- gekommen ἀγρέται (Sammler, Führer), vgl. ἱππαγρέται, Hesych. ἀγρέταν· ἡγεμόνα κ. 981. διαist in διαπρέπον, im zweiten δίαινε 1038, wie Sept. 288, Suppl. 799 in καρδίας einsilbig zu lesen (Dindorf schreibt ζαπρέπον, κάρζας). Αn einem unverhofften Unglück habt ihr deutlich gezeigt, wie scharf der Blick der Ate ist.

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οἴᾳ . . τύχᾳ d. i. von einem solchen Unglück, das für alle Zeit währt. Ag. 554 τὸν δι᾿ αἰῶνος χρόνον, Cho. 26. Vgl. Kr. 51, 10, 6.

1014-1025. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-149

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στρατόν.. πέπληγ- μαι, ich habe durch den Verlust des Heeres einen Schlag erlitten. Der Acc. also wie bei ἀπεστέρημαι. Verb. τί Περσᾶν οὐκ ὄλωλεν. μέγ᾽ ἄλαστος wie μέγα εὐδαίμων (Prom. 647), μέγα σεμνός (Suppl. 141). Hom. X 261 Εκτορ ἄλαστε. — στολᾶς δ. ν. α. στόλου (Schol.). Weil zu ὀϊστοδέγμονα das Substan- tiv θησαυρόν noch fehl fehlt, fragt der Chor:,,was meinst du, das gerettet sein soll?" θησαυρόν, receptacu- lum. Lanzenscheu s. v. a. feig.

Aeschylus Persians 988

Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead (Translator)

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Bitter indeed the pang for comrades slain,
1000

The brave and bold! thou strikest to my soul

Pain, pain beyond forgetting, hateful pain.

My inner spirit sobs and sighs with dole!

Xerxes

Current edition Experimental

ΞΕ.

ἴυγγά μοι δῆτ᾽

ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων ὑπομιμνήσκεις,

ἄλαστ᾽ ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων.
990

βοᾷ βοᾷ μοι μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

Ξέρξης

βοᾷ βοᾷ

δὴ μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

Ξέρξης

στρ. δ'.

ΞΕΡΞΗΣ

Ἴυγγά μοι δῆτ'

Ant. 3.

ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων ὑπομιμνήσκεις,

< ἄλαστ' om.> ἄλαστα

στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων·

βοᾷ βοᾷ < μοι om.> μελέων
985

ἔντοσθεν ἔνδοθεν ἦτορ.

ΞΕ.

1

ΞΕ.

(ἰὼ ἰὼ) δῆτα,

ἴυγγ᾽ ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων μοι [ὑπομιμνήσκεις]

(κινεῖς) ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων.

βοᾶι βοᾶι (μοι) μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

CHORUS

And, in truth, we regret another too, Xanthus, leader of ten thousand Mardians, and warlike Anehares, Diaexis too, and Arsames, chiefs of the cavalry, Cigdates and Lythimnes, and Tolmus that was never satisfied with the spear. 3

They

XERXES

were buried, they were buried, not following in our train, in tents mounted on wheels.

CHORUS

XERXÈS

Oui, tu réveilles en moi la nostalgie de mes
preux compagnons, avec tes mots affreux, affreux, cruels, plus que douloureux. Mon cœur crie au fond de mes membres !

LE CHŒUR

Il en est bien d'autres qu'ici nous regrettons
encore : celui

XERXES.

Entomb'd, I ſaw them in the earth entomb'd;

Nor did the rolling car with ſolemn ſtate

Attend their rites:

I follow'd:

low they lie,
1220

Ah me, the once great leaders of my hoſt

Low in the earth, without their honours lie.

CHORUS.

SERSE

Cho.

Attamen aliquid aliud defideramus,

Mardorum uirorum myriarcham

Xanthem, bellicofumq; Ancharem,

Didiximq Arfacem, equorum prefectos.

Cygdagatam, & Lythinnam
895

Audacem, hasta in ſatiatum.

Sepelij, fepelij non in ſcenis,

Curru uectis retrorfum fequentes.

Sehnsucht nach den tapferen Freunden,

Dein Wort erweckt mir Leid, unermeßliches Leid.

Es stöhnt, es stöhnt

Ueber dem Jammer das Herz im Busen.

Xerres.

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Bitter indeed the pang for comrades slain, 1000 The brave and bold! thou strikest to my soul Pain, pain beyond forgetting, hateful pain. My inner spirit sobs and sighs with dole!

Xerxes

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ΞΕ. ἴυγγά μοι δῆτ᾽ ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων ὑπομιμνήσκεις, ἄλαστ᾽ ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων. 990 βοᾷ βοᾷ μοι μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

Ξέρξης βοᾷ βοᾷ δὴ μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

Ξέρξης στρ. δ'.

ΞΕΡΞΗΣ Ἴυγγά μοι δῆτ' Ant. 3. ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων ὑπομιμνήσκεις, < ἄλαστ' om.> ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων· βοᾷ βοᾷ < μοι om.> μελέων 985 ἔντοσθεν ἔνδοθεν ἦτορ.

ΞΕ. 1

ΞΕ. (ἰὼ ἰὼ) δῆτα, ἴυγγ᾽ ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων μοι [ὑπομιμνήσκεις] (κινεῖς) ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων. βοᾶι βοᾶι (μοι) μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

CHORUS And, in truth, we regret another too, Xanthus, leader of ten thousand Mardians, and warlike Anehares, Diaexis too, and Arsames, chiefs of the cavalry, Cigdates and Lythimnes, and Tolmus that was never satisfied with the spear. 3 They

XERXES were buried, they were buried, not following in our train, in tents mounted on wheels.

CHORUS

XERXÈS Oui, tu réveilles en moi la nostalgie de mes preux compagnons, avec tes mots affreux, affreux, cruels, plus que douloureux. Mon cœur crie au fond de mes membres !

LE CHŒUR Il en est bien d'autres qu'ici nous regrettons encore : celui

XERXES. Entomb'd, I ſaw them in the earth entomb'd; Nor did the rolling car with ſolemn ſtate Attend their rites: I follow'd: low they lie, 1220 Ah me, the once great leaders of my hoſt Low in the earth, without their honours lie.

CHORUS.

SERSE

Cho. Attamen aliquid aliud defideramus, Mardorum uirorum myriarcham Xanthem, bellicofumq; Ancharem, Didiximq Arfacem, equorum prefectos. Cygdagatam, & Lythinnam 895 Audacem, hasta in ſatiatum. Sepelij, fepelij non in ſcenis, Curru uectis retrorfum fequentes.

Sehnsucht nach den tapferen Freunden, Dein Wort erweckt mir Leid, unermeßliches Leid. Es stöhnt, es stöhnt Ueber dem Jammer das Herz im Busen.

Xerres.

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Bitter indeed the pang for comrades slain,
1000

The brave and bold! thou strikest to my soul

Pain, pain beyond forgetting, hateful pain.

My inner spirit sobs and sighs with dole!

ΞΕ.

ἴυγγά μοι δῆτ᾽

ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων ὑπομιμνήσκεις,

ἄλαστ᾽ ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων.
990

βοᾷ βοᾷ μοι μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

Ξέρξης

βοᾷ βοᾷ

δὴ μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

Ξέρξης

στρ. δ'.

ΞΕΡΞΗΣ

Ἴυγγά μοι δῆτ'

Ant. 3.

ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων ὑπομιμνήσκεις,

< ἄλαστ' om.> ἄλαστα

στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων·

βοᾷ βοᾷ < μοι om.> μελέων
985

ἔντοσθεν ἔνδοθεν ἦτορ.

ΞΕ.

1

ΞΕ.

(ἰὼ ἰὼ) δῆτα,

ἴυγγ᾽ ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων μοι [ὑπομιμνήσκεις]

(κινεῖς) ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων.

βοᾶι βοᾶι (μοι) μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

CHORUS

And, in truth, we regret another too, Xanthus, leader of ten thousand Mardians, and warlike Anehares, Diaexis too, and Arsames, chiefs of the cavalry, Cigdates and Lythimnes, and Tolmus that was never satisfied with the spear. 3

They

XERXES

were buried, they were buried, not following in our train, in tents mounted on wheels.

XERXÈS

Oui, tu réveilles en moi la nostalgie de mes
preux compagnons, avec tes mots affreux, affreux, cruels, plus que douloureux. Mon cœur crie au fond de mes membres !

LE CHŒUR

Il en est bien d'autres qu'ici nous regrettons
encore : celui

XERXES.

Entomb'd, I ſaw them in the earth entomb'd;

Nor did the rolling car with ſolemn ſtate

Attend their rites:

I follow'd:

low they lie,
1220

Ah me, the once great leaders of my hoſt

Low in the earth, without their honours lie.

Cho.

Attamen aliquid aliud defideramus,

Mardorum uirorum myriarcham

Xanthem, bellicofumq; Ancharem,

Didiximq Arfacem, equorum prefectos.

Cygdagatam, & Lythinnam
895

Audacem, hasta in ſatiatum.

Sepelij, fepelij non in ſcenis,

Curru uectis retrorfum fequentes.

Sehnsucht nach den tapferen Freunden,

Dein Wort erweckt mir Leid, unermeßliches Leid.

Es stöhnt, es stöhnt

Ueber dem Jammer das Herz im Busen.