Aeschylus Persians 262

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.) — 256-289 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 262 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 262 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 262 focus
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 262 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 262 focus
ἦ μακροβίοτος
265
ὅδε γέ τις αἰὼν ἐφάνθη
γεραιοῖς, ἀκούειν
τόδε πῆμ᾽ ἄελπτον.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 262 focus
Translations (8)
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 262 focus
Verily this life of ours appears too long protracted to us aged men, that we should hear of this unlooked-for calamity.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 262 focus
moi-même, c'est contre tout espoir que je vois le soleil du retour.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 262 focus
But, if I judge aright, thou ſoon ſhalt hear
Each circumſtance; for this way, mark him,
ſpeeds
305
A Perſian meſſenger; he bears, be ſure,
Tidings of high import, or good or ill.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 262 focus
Ahimè! Del nostro vivere
troppo son lunghi gli anni,
quando, o vegliardi, simili
295
udir dobbiamo inopinati affanni.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 262 focus
Longaua certè nobis hæc uita uiſa est,
Senibus ad audiendum infperatam hanc cladem.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 262 focus
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.) — 262 focus
Too long, alack, too long this life of mine,
That in mine age I see this sudden woe condign!
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.) — 262 focus
Wahrlich zu lange währte dies Leben mir,
Um solch niegeahnt Leiden, ein Greis, zu hören!

Commentary

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

262. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-208

Πέρσαι:
πέρσαις
, Rob. Ceteri
πέρσαι
, in iisque Lips. in quo supra scriptum γρ.
πέρσαις
. φράσαιμ᾽ ἂν οἷ᾽:
φράζαιμ᾽ ἂν οἷα
G.

263. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-209

ὀτοτοτοῖ:
ὦ το τοῖ τοῖ
M.
ὀττοτοτοῖ
G.
ὀττοτοὶ
Vit.
ὀττοτοῖ
Lips.
ὀττοτοτοίτοι
Ven. A.
ὀτοτοτοὶ τοὶ
Ald.
ὁτοτοιτοῖ τοὶ
Rob.
Ὀττοττοὶ
Turn.
ὀττοττοτοι
Ven. B. Vict. ceteraeque edd. ante Porsonum, qui
ὀτοτοτοῖ
restituit. μάταν:
μάτην
Vit.

264. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-210

τὰ πολέα:
τὰ πολλὰ
libri. Scripsi
τὰ πολέα
. Eodem modo Lachmannus. V. ad v. 270.

265. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-211

γᾶς:
γᾶς
, superscripto
η
, Lips.
γῆς
Ald. ἀπ' Ἀσίδος:
ἀπ' ἀσιάδος
G. Lips. aliique nonnulli et Rob.
ἐπ' ἀσιάδος
Vit. ἦλθ᾽:
ἦλθεν
Vit. Lips.

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

256-289. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-37

1
2
Kommos, drei Stro- phenpaare des Chors, unterbrochen je durch zwei Trimeter des Boten.

262-267. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-39

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4
Wahrlich unser Leben hat allzulange gewährt in unsern Augen, daſs wir solches Leid vernehmen müssen. ἀκούειν, Kr. II 55, 3. A. 20. - Die Sache ist nur zu gewiſs; ich war selbst Augen- zeuge.