Aeschylus Persians 120

Herbert Weir Smyth (Translator)

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Persians. Aeschylus. Herbert Weir Smyth (Translator). New York. 1922.

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Persians (English) (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Modernized by Perseus.))

Editions (7)
Πέρσαι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 159-255 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 120 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 120 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 120 focus
καὶ τὸ Κισσίων πόλισμ
ἀντίδουπον ἔσσεται,
120
ὀά,
τοῦτ᾽ ἔπος γυναικοπλη-
θὴς ὅμιλος ἀπύων, βυσσίνοις δ
ἐν πέπλοις πέσῃ λακίς.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 120 focus
καὶ τὸ Κισσίων πόλισμ'
Ant. 1.
ἀντίδουπον ἔσσεται ἔσεται,
« ὀᾶ », τοῦτ' ἔπος γυναικοπλη-
θὴς ὅμιλος ἀπύων,
115
βυσσίνοις δ' ἐν πέπλοις πέσῃ λακίς.
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 120 focus
καὶ τὸ Κισσίων πόλισμ᾽
ἀντίδουπον ᾄσεται,
δᾶ,
125
τοῦτ᾽ ἔπος γυναικοπλη-
θὴς ὅμιλος ἀπύων,
βυσσίνοις δ᾽ ἐν πέπλοις πέσῃ λακίς.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 120 focus
καὶ τὸ Κισσίων πόλισμ᾽
ἀντίδουπον ἄισεται
120
τοῦτ᾽ ἔπος, γυναικοπλη-
θὴς ὅμιλος ἀπύων·
βυσσίνοις δ᾽ ἐν πέπλοις πέσηι λακίς. =
Translations (8)
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 120 focus
and the fortress of the Cissians; (the crowded assemblage of women uttering 1 this word, alas! will re-echo the strain,) and rending shall fall upon the finely-woven vestments.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 120 focus
à contempler l'étendue sacrée des eaux, confiants dans de frêles édifices de cordes, dans des engins à transporter les hommes 1 !
Vif et mordant.

Voilà pourquoi mon âme en deuil est déchirée par l'angoisse. «
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 120 focus
Where, mighty Suſa, where thy pow'rs,
To wield the warrior's arms, and guard thy regal
tow'rs?
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 120 focus
E dei Cissi la città
125
al suo grido eco farà:
ahimè!
Leveranno un pianto simile
le caterve delle femmine;
ed il bisso
130
d'ogni manto cadrà scisso.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 120 focus
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 120 focus
Woe for the Persian army! hear
120
That Susa's mighty fort is desolate.
English (E. D. A. Morshead, 1908) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persians — Morshead translation. Wikisource transcription; speech corresp and card milestones aligned to Smyth perseus-grc2.) — 120 focus
Lest the grey Kissian fortress echo back
The wail, Alack, Alack!
110
The sound of women's shriek, who wail and mourn,
With fine-spun raiment torn!
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.) — 120 focus
Und die Mauer Kissia's,
Fürcht' ich, hallt die Klage nach;
( Gram!)
Jammernd zieht der Weheruf
Durch der Frauen dichte Reih'n; wild entzwei
110
Reißt der Schmerz das Byssoskleid,
Fünfte Strophe.

Commentary

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

120. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-95

ἔσσεται:
ἔσεται
M. Vit. Par. G. N. Nihil ineptius perversiusve fingi potuit quam C. Burnei
ᾄσεται
, ne scilicet
ἔσσεται
duplicato
σ
diceret scriptor Atticus. Quin ut omnis loci virtus periret Blomfieldius recepta Burnei coniectura verba
ἀντίδουπον — ἀπύων
ut parenthesin ab reliquis separavit. Neque in Wellaueri adnotatione quidquam sani est. Hoc dicit chorus, propterea mihi nigro obscuratum velo cor laceratur metu, hei, ne hoc Persico exercitu orbatam civitas audiat magnam urbem Susidis, et Cissiorum arces, hei clamitans turba feminarum, resonent, byssinaeque vestes rumpantur.

121. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-96

ὀά:
ὀά
M.

122. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-97

τοῦτ᾽ ἔπος: omittunt Ald. Turn. γυναικοπληθὴς:
γυναικοπληθὺς
Lips. et ante correctionem Vit.
γυναικοπληθὴς ἔσται
ex scholio Rob. Hi nominativi non sunt absoluti, sed inserviunt explicandis verbis
τὸ Κισσίων πόλισμα
.

123. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-98

δ:
δ'
omittunt Ald. Rob.

124. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-99

πέσῃ λακίς:
πέσηι λακίς
, quum prius omissa essent, inter versus adscripta sunt in M.

125. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-100

ἱππηλάτας:
ἱππηλάτης
, ultimae vocali superscripto
η
, M.
ἱππηλάτας
, superscripto
η
, Lips. Post hanc vocem
Τε
addit non M. sed Turnebus et qui hunc secuti sunt Vict. Cant. Stanl.

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

120-125. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-19

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Κισσίων 17. – φόβῳ μὴ ... στένηται καὶ ἄσεται καὶ .. πέσῃ, Kr. 54, 8. Α. 5. κ. 12. γυναι- κοπληθής όμιλος ist Apposition zu πόλισμα: die Volksmenge der Stadt besteht nur aus Frauen, da alle Männer in den Krieg gezogen sind ( κένανδρον ἄστυ 119). Im Schmerze werden die Frauen ihre Gewänder zerreiſsen, orientalisches Zeichen der Trauer, 199. 537. 835 f. 1060. Suppl. 131. Choeph. 27 ff.