Aeschylus Persians 126

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.) — 126 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 126 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 126 focus
πᾶς γὰρ ἱππηλάτας
125
καὶ πεδοστιβὴς λεὼς
σμῆνος ὡς ἐκλέλοιπεν μελισ-
σᾶν σὺν ὀρχάμῳ στρατοῦ,
τὸν ἀμφίζευκτον ἐξαμείψας
ἀμφοτέρας ἅλιον
130
πρῶνα κοινὸν αἴας.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 126 focus
Πᾶς γὰρ ἱππηλάτας
Str. 2.
καὶ πεδοστιβὴς λεώς
σμῆνος ὣς ἐκλέλοι-
πεν μελισσᾶν σὺν ὀρχάμῳ στρατοῦ,
120
τὸν ἀμφίζευκτον ἐξαμείψας
ἀμφοτέρας ἅλιον
πρῶνα κοινὸν αἴας·
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 126 focus
Πᾶς γὰρ ἱππηλάτης
καὶ πεδοστιβὴς λεὼς
130
σμήνος ὡς ἐκλέλοι-
πεν μέλισσαι σὺν ὀρχάμῳ στρατοῦ,
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 126 focus
πᾶς γὰρ ἱππηλάτας
καὶ πεδοστιβὴς λεὼς
125
σμῆνος ὡς ἐκλέλοιπεν μελισ-
σᾶν σὺν ὀρχάμωι στρατοῦ,
τὸν ἀμφίζευκτον ἐξαμείψας
ἀμφοτέρας ἅλιον
πρῶνα κοινὸν αἴας. –
130
Translations (8)
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 126 focus
For all the host that drive the steed, and that tramp along the plain, hath gone off like a swarm of bees, along with the leader of the army, having crossed the ocean promontory common to both continents 2 , united to either side.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 126 focus
Oâh ! sur l'armée perse ! » est-ce là la nouvelle
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 126 focus
For all her youth in martial pride,
140
Like bees that, cluſt'ring round their king,
Their dark-embodied ſquadrons bring,
Attend their ſcepter'd monarch's ſide,
And ſtreich acroſs the watry way
From ſhore to ſhore their long array.
145
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 126 focus
Però che tutti mossero,
cavalieri e pedestri moltitudini,
simili a sciame d'api,
col signor delle schiere; e valicarono
135
lo stretto pei due capi
che l'una e l'altra terra
fanno comuni, e un giogo ora li serra.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 126 focus
Omnis enim equestris pedestris populus
95
Reliquit urbem, tanquam examen
Apum cum duce exercitus,
Fretum traijciens
Vtriufq; marinum prominens commune
Terre:lecti uerò uirorum amore
100
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 126 focus
For all the troops that draw the rein,
And all who tread the dusty plain,
Like swarming bees, with him who led
130
Their martial host, abroad have sped,
The bridge-joined headlands crossing o'er,
Washed by the sea, that link each adverse shore.
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.) — 126 focus
The charioteers went forth nor come again,
And all the marching men
Even as a swarm of bees have flown afar,
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Drawn by the king to war—
Crossing the sea-bridge, linked from side to side,
That doth the waves divide:
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.) — 126 focus
Alles Volk, kampfbereit,
Stürmte hin zu Fuß und Roß;
Einem Schwarm Bienen gleich, zog es aus,
Seinem Heergebieter nach,
115
Und schritt kühn über jenes Joch hin,
Das die Gestade vereint
Beider Länderveſten.
Fünfte Gegenstrophe.

Commentary

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

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καὶ πεδοστιβὴς λεὼς:
καὶ προδοστηβάς λεως
, ad
ο
superscripto
η
, Lips.
καὶ πεδοστιβὴς λεως
. γρ.
πεδοτριβὴς, τοῦτ᾽ ἔστι πεζός
Par. B.

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ὡς:
ὃς
pro
ὡς
ante correctionem Vit. ἐκλέλοιπεν:
ἐκλέλοιπεν
M. Par. L. Rob. Ceteri
ἐκλέλοιπε
. μελισσᾶν:
μέλισσα
M. Par. L.
μελισσάων
G. Ven. B. et adscripto, ut Faehsius ait,
μελισσών
Par. B.
μελισσῶν
Vit. Lips. Ald. Turn.
μελισσῶν
Cantabr. 1. Rob.

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ὀρχάμῳ:
ἀρχάμονι
adnotatum in Par. B.

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τὸν ἀμφίζευκτον ἐξαμείψας ἀμφοτέρας ἅλιον πρῶνα κοινὸν αἴας:
ἀμείψας
Vit. Fluctuant interpretes, quem dicat Aeschylus
τὸν ἀμφίζευκτον ἀμφοτέρας ἅλιον πρῶνα κοινὸν αἴας
. Dicit vero iunctum utriusque continentis socium litus. Litoris significatione
πρών
vocabulum usurpatum est v. 870.
νασοί θ' αἳ κατὰ πρῶν ἅλιον περίκλυστοι τῇδε γῇ προςήμεναι.
Pariterque in Agam. v. 291.
Σαρωνικού πορθμοῦ κάτοπτον πρῶν ὑπερβάλλειν πρόσω φλέγουσαν.
Sic enim, quae aliter in singulis horum locorum difficultas foret, sponte evanescit.
Κοινόν
, ex quo vocabulo ortae sunt dubitationes, sic dicitur, ut id ipsum effectum esse iungendis litoribus indicetur.

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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Begründung der Grösse der Besorgnis durch die Grösse der Gefahr. πεδοστιβής wie Suppl. 1000 κνώδαλα πτεροῦντα καὶ πεδοστιβῆ. καταλελοίπασι τὴν πόλιν ἀκολουθοῦντες Ξέρξη ὡς μέλισσαι τὸ σμῆνος Schol. Wie alle Bienen, wenn sie schwärmen, der Königin folgend, den Bienen- stock verlassen, so ist die ganze waffenfähige Mannschaft mit Xerxes ausgezogen. Für τὴν πόλιν (die Heimat) tritt gleich aus dem Gleich- nisse σμῆ σμῆνος ein; σὺν ὀρχάμῳ στρα- τοῦ gehört auch zum Gleichnisse. Die Anakrusis besteht in Str. und Gegenstr. aus τόν. – ἐξαμείψας (69) τὸν ἀμφίζευκτον ἀμφοτέρας αἴας ÄSCHYLOS, Perser. κοινὸν ἄλιον πρῶνα (879. Ag. 307), aggregative Häufung von Bestim- mungen. Πρών von der hohen vor- springenden Küste ( προβλῆτες ἀκταί) 1. ἅλιος πρών wie πόντου προβλής Soph. Phil. 1455. Die von beiden Seiten ( ἀμφι-) zusammen ( κοινόν) gejochte hohe Meeresküste beider Länder d. i. die die Küsten beider Kontinente verbindende Brücke; κοινόν ist eigentlich Attribut zu dem in ἀμφίζευκτον liegenden Be- griff ζυγό ζυγόν (das Brückenjoch ist beiden Kontinenten gemeinsam), hat sich aber in freier Weise an πρῶνα angeschlossen.