Aeschylus Persians 41

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Behind them follows a throng of luxurious Lydians and those 1 who hold in subjection all the people of the mainland, whom Metrogathes and brave Arcteus, their regal commanders,
and Sardis rich in gold sent forth, riding in many a chariot, in ranks with three and four steeds abreast, a spectacle terrible to behold. They too who live by sacred Tmolus pledge themselves
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to cast the yoke of slavery upon Hellas—Mardon, Tharybis, anvils of the lance, and the Mysians, hurlers of the javelin. Babylon , also, teeming with gold, sends a mixed host arrayed in a long line, both mariners borne in galleys
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and those who rely on their skill in archery. The nation too which wears the sabre follows from every part of Asia in the fearful procession of the King.
  Such are the warriors, the flower of the Persian land,
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who have departed, and in fierce longing for them the whole land of Asia , their foster-nurse, laments, while parents and wives, as they count the days, shudder at the lengthening delay.
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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.) — 65-158 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 41 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 41 focus
ἁβροδιαίτων δ᾽ ἕπεται Λυδῶν
ὄχλος, οἵτ᾽ ἐπίπαν ἠπειρογενὲς
κατέχουσιν ἔθνος, τοὺς Μιτρογάθης
Ἀρκτεύς τ᾽ ἀγαθὸς, βασιλῆς δίοποι,
καὶ πολύχρυσοι Σάρδεις ἐπόχους
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πολλοῖς ἅρμασιν ἐξορμῶσιν,
δίρρυμά τε καὶ τρίρρυμα τέλη,
φοβερὰν ὄψιν προσιδέσθαι.
στεῦται δ᾽ ἱεροῦ Τμώλου πελάται
ζυγὸν ἀμφιβαλεῖν δούλιον Ἑλλάδι,
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Μάρδων, θάρυβις, λόγχης ἄκμονες,
καὶ ἀκουτισταὶ Μυσοί· Βαβυλὼν δ᾽
ἡ πολύχρυσος πάμμικτον ὄχλου
πέμπει σύρδην, ναῶν τ᾽ ἐπόχους·
τοξουλκῷ λήματι πιστούς·
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Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 41 focus
ἁβροδιαίτων δ᾽ ἕπεται Λυδῶν
ὄχλος, οἵτ᾽ ἐπίπαν ἠπειρογενὲς
κατέχουσιν ἔθνος, τοὺς Μιτρογαθής
Αρκτεύς τ᾿ ἀγαθός, βασιλῆς δίοποι,
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χαὶ πολύχρυσοι Σάρδεις ἐπόχους
πολλοῖς ἅρμασιν ἐξορμῶσιν,
δίρρυμά τε καὶ τρίρρυμα τέλη
φοβερὰν ὄψιν προςιδέσθαι.
στεῦται δ᾽ ἱεροῦ Τμώλου πελάται
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ζυγὸν ἀμφιβαλεῖν δούλιον Ἑλλάδι,
Μάρδων, θάρυβις, λόγχης άκμονες,
καὶ ἀκοντισταὶ Μυσοί· Βαβυλὼν δ᾽
ἡ πολύχρυσος πάμμικτον ὄχλον
πέμπει σύρδην, ναῶν τ᾽ ἐπόχους
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καὶ τοξουλκῷ λήματι πιστούς·
τὸ μαχαιροφόρον τ᾽ ἔθνος ἐκ πάσης
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 41 focus
ἁβροδιαίτων δ' ἕπεται Λυδῶν
ὄχλος, οἵτ' ἐπίπαν ἠπειρογενὲς
κατέχουσιν ἔθνος, τοὺς Μητρογάθης μιτρο- μιθρο- μιστρο- μιτρα- μητραγαθής
Ἀρκτεύς ἀρκεύς τ' ἀγαθός, βασιλῆς δίοποι,
καὶ πολύχρυσοι Σάρδεις ἐπόχους
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πολλοῖς ἅρμασιν ἐξορμῶσιν,
δίρρυμά τε καὶ τρίρρυμα τέλη,
φοβερὰν ὄψιν προσιδέσθαι·
στεῦται στεῦνται δ' ἱεροῦ Τμώλου πελάται
ζυγὸν ἀμφιβαλεῖν δούλιον δούλειον Ἑλλάδι,
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Μάρδων, θάρυβις, λόγχης ἄκμονες,
καὶ ἀκοντισταὶ Μυσοί· Βαβυλὼν δ'
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 41 focus
ἁβροδιαίτων δ᾽ ἕπεται Λυδῶν
ὄχλος, οἵ τ᾽ ἐπίπαν ἠπειρογενὲς
κατέχουσιν ἔθνος, τοὺς Μητρογαθὴς
Ἀρκτεύς τ᾽ ἀγαθὸς βασιλῆς δίοποι,
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Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 41 focus
ἁβροδιαίτων δ᾽ ἕπεται Λυδῶν
ὄχλος, οἵ τ᾽ ἐπίπαν ἠπειρογενές
Translations (8)
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 41 focus
There follows a crowd of Lydians, delicate in their habits of life, and they that hold every nation native on the continent 4
, whom Mithragathes and valiant Arcteus, inspector-princes, and Sardis that teems with gold, send forth in many chariots, in ranks of double and treble yokes 5
, a spectacle fearful to look upon. The borderers too on sacred Tmolus are bent on casting the yoke of servitude around Hellas, Mardon, Tharybis, [twin] anvils of the spear, and the Mysians who launch the javelin. Babylon too, that teems with gold, sends forth her mingled multitude in long array, both those who embark in ships, and are trust in their valor to draw the bow. And the scimitar-wielding populace from all Asia follows in their train, under the dread mandates of the king. Such a flower of men is gone from the Persian land; concerning whom the Asiatic soil which reared them is shrivelled with vehement anxiety: and parents and wives, as they count the day, shudder at the lengthening date.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 41 focus
marais, multitude innombrable et terrible.
Derrière suit la foule des Lydiens délicats, qui dominent tous les peuples de leur continent 1 . Les preux Métrogathès,
Arcteus, connétables rois, et Sardes, la cité de l'or, les envoient au combat sur des milliers de chars à quatre et six chevaux rangés en escadrons, spectacle de terreur.
Les voisins du Tmôlos sacré se flattent aussi de jeter sur
la Grèce le joug de l'esclavage, Mardôn, Tharybis, enclumes de la lance 2 , avec leurs Mysiens, lanceurs de javelots. Et de Babylone, autre cité de l'or, arrive en torrent une foule
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 41 focus
Pegaſtagon, that from Ægyptus draws
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His high birth; Suſiſcanes; and the chief
That reigns o'er ſacred Memphis, great Arſames;
And Ariomardus, that o'er ancient Thebes
Bears the ſupreme dominion; and with theſe
Drawn from their watry marſhes numbers train'd
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To the ſtout oar.
Next theſe the Lycian troops,
Soft ſons of luxury; and thoſe that dwell
Amidſt the inland foreſts, from the ſea
Far diſtant; theſe Metragathes commands,
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And virtuous Arceus, royal chiefs, that ſhine
In burniſh'd gold, and many' a whirling car
Drawn by ſix generous ſteeds from Sardis lead,
A glorious, and a dreadful ſpectacle.
And from the foot of Tmolus, ſacred mount,
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Eager to bind on Greece the ſervile yoke,
Mardon and Tharybis the maſſy ſpear
Graſp with unwearied vigor;
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 41 focus
E li segue la turba dei Lidî
delicati, e quanti ebber la culla
nelle interne contrade.
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Li guida
Metrogate e Arteo prode, signori
ambi e re.
Sardi, rutila d'oro,
li sospinge su innumeri carri
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aggiogati con quattro, con sei
corridori, tremendo spettacolo.
E Mardonio e Taríbide, incudini
delle lance al cozzar, che dimorano
presso a Tmolo santissima, e i Misî
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lanciator' di zagaglie, minacciano
pure all'Ellade il giogo servile.
Babilonia che sfolgora d'oro,
inviò lunghe turbe commiste,
e su navi i guerrieri sicuri
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nell'ardire che lancia le frecce.
E ogni gente che stringa la spada,
dall'Asia universa
segue gli ordini fieri del Re.
Tale fiore di giovani mosse
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dalle plaghe di Persia.
E per essi
tutta or piange la terra asïàna
che nutriali, ch'or n'arde di brama.
Ed il tempo che tanto prolungasi
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i padri e le spose
giorno a giorno misurano, e tremano.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 41 focus
Mollium ſequitur Lydorum
Turba, qui omnino continentigenam
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The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 41 focus
And Lydians, a luxurious train,
Who the whole native people hold,
Of Asia's mainland; these the twain,
Metragathes and Arkteus brave,
Kingly commanders, lead to war,
Sent forth by Sardis rich in gold,
Mounted upon full many a car,
With steeds yoked three and four abreast,
Terrific to behold.
And dwellers sacred Tmolos near
On Hellas rush the yoke to cast
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Of bondage;—Mardon, Tharubis,
Dread anvils of the spear;
And Mysians skilled the dart to throw;
While Babylon, the golden, sends
Her motley throng, which sweeps along,
Some upon galleys borne, and those
Whose valour trusts the bow.
Thus 'neath the King's commandment dread
Each sabre-wielding race has sped
From Asia's every reign.
Such bloom of men from Persia's plain
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Hath gone, and all the Asian earth,
Yearning for those whom from their birth
She fostered, groans amain;
While wives and parents count each day,
Still trembling at the long delay.
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.) — 41 focus
And next, the dainty Lydians went—
Soft rulers of a continent—
Mitragathes and Arcteus bold
In twin command their ranks controlled,
And Sardis town, that teems with gold,
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Sent forth its squadrons to the war—
Horse upon horse, and car on car,
Double and triple teams, they rolled,
In onset awful to behold.
From Tmolus' sacred hill there came
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The native hordes to join the fray,
And upon Hellas' neck to lay
The yoke of slavery and shame;
Mardon and Tharubis were there,
Bright anvils for the foemen's spear!
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The Mysian dart-men sped to war,
And the long crowd that onward rolled
From Babylon enriched with gold—
Captains of ships and archers skilled
To speed the shaft, and those who wield
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The scimitar;—the eastern band
Who, by the great king's high command,
Swept to subdue the western land!
Gone are they, gone—ah, welladay!
The flower and pride of our array;
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And all the Eastland, from whose breast
Came forth her bravest and her best,
Craves longingly with boding dread—
Parents for sons, and brides new-wed
For absent lords, and, day by day,
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Shudder with dread at their delay!
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.) — 41 focus
Ein üppiger Schwarm aus Lydia folgt
Mit den Völkern, die rings auf dem Festland hier
Anbauen das Feld, die Mitrogathes führt
Und Arkteus, Könige, waltend mit Macht;
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Auch Sardes, die Goldstadt, sendet zum Kampf
Viel reisiges Volk auf Wagen daher,
Vierspännige Reih'n, sechsspännige Reih'n,
Ein grausenerregender Anblick!
Und die Schleudererschaar aus mysischen Gau'n
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Und das Volk am heiligen Tmolos droht,
Will Hellas umfah'n mit der Knechtschaft Joch,
Von Mardon geführt, von Tharybis auch,
Ambossen des Speers. Auch Babylon schickt
Aus dem goldenen Sik in rauschendem Zug
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Buntwimmelndes Volk, hier Kämpfer zu Schiff,
Dort Meister, der Kunst des Geschosses gewiß.
Aus Asia folgt, was im weiten Gebiet
Sich mit Schwertern bewehrt,
Dem gewaltigen Rufe des Königs.
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Solch blühendes Volk aus Persis' Reich
Zog fern in den Kampf:
Ganz Asia seufzt als die Mutter um sie
In der Sehnsucht heißem, zermalmendem Schmerz,
Und es ängstigen sich um die schleichende Zeit
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Tagzählende Frauen und Mütter.
Erste Strophe.

Notes on the current edition

Persians

1. A covert reference to the Ionians, kinsmen of the Athenians, who served under compulsion in the expedition against Greece .

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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ἁβροδιαίτων:
ἁβραδιαίτων
Lips. ἕπεται:
ὅπεται
Vit. Ald. Rob.

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ἐπίπαν:
ἐπὶ πᾶν
, ut ante lituram
πᾶν
scriptum fuisse videatur, M. De mensura vocis
ἐπίπαν
, de qua etiam Blomfieldius dixit, videndus est in primis Boeckhius in dissertatione quam Germanice scripsit de critica tractatione Pindari p. 82. seqq. ἠπειρογενὲς:
ἠπειρογενεῖς
ante sec. manus correctionem Vit. Blomfieldium, qui recte observavit noluisse Aeschylum Ionum mentionem facere, sed comprehendere eos nomine Lydorum, quorum intra fines sex urbes Ionicas sitas esse dixerit Herodotus I. 142. miror in constructione verborum haesisse. Nam ex illa ipsa observatione patet sensum esse Lydi, qui omnes continentis incolas comprehendunt, i. e. etiam eos qui non sunt Lydi, Ionas.

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Μιτρογαθής:
μιτρογαθὴς
M. G. Cantabr. 1. Par. C.
μιτραγαθὴς
Vit.
μιτραγαθὴς
Ven. A, Ald. Rob. Turn. et
ι
primae syllabae, alteri
o
superscriptis, Par. B.
μιτρογαθὴς
Par. L.
μιτρογαθὴς
Lips. Par. A. Hoc cum Brunckio praeferendum videtur. Persica nomina apud Herodotum sunt
Μιτραδάτης
I. 121. οι
Μιτροβάτης
III. 120. 126. 127.

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Ἀρκτεύς:
ἀρκτεὺς
M. Lips. Ven. A. aliique et ex corr. G. quum antea
ἀρκτὸς
fuisset.
ἀρητεὺς
Rob.
ἀρκεὺς
Vit. Ald. Turn.
ἀρτεύς
, supra scripto
κ
, Par. C. βασιλῆς:
βασιλῆς
M.
βασιλεῖς
Vit. Mosc. edd. vett.
βασιλῆες
G.
βασιλεῖες
Lips. δίοποι:
δίοποι
M. Turn.
δίοπτοι
G. Vit. Lips. Ven. A. B. aliique et Ald. Rob. Dicit de Aeschyleo vocabulo
δίοποι
Eustathius p. 98, 46. 203, 11. Idem p. 1705, 53. alium Aeschyli locum spectare videtur. V. fragm. 244.

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καὶ:
καὶ
libri.
χαὶ
Blomfieldius. Hoc recepi: nam in consociatione rerum diversarum rectius adest quam abest articulus.

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ἐξορμῶσιν:
ἐξορμῶσιν
M.
ἐξορμῶσι
G. Vit. Lips. et edd. ante Brunckium.

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τρίρρυμα:
τίρρυμα
pro
τρίρρυμα
M.

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στεῦται: Hic versus deest in Ox. Posterius additus est in Ven. A. Post sequentem versum collocatus est in Ald. Rob.
στεῦνται
, sed
ν
littera puncto notata, M.
στεῖται
Mosc. Explicat singularem scholion in M. Ceteri
στεῦνται
.

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δούλιον:
δούλειον
libri.
δούλιον
scribendum esse monuit ante Stanleium Scaliger. Ἑλλάδι:
ἐλάδι
Lips.

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Θάρυβις:
θάρυβις
. γρ.
θάρβις
G.
θάρυμβος
. γρ.
βάρβις
Lips.
θάρύθις
Ven. B.
τ' Ἀρύβις
Turn.

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δ':
δὲ
plene Vit.

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σύρδην:
πέμπει σύρδην. ἴσθι δέ
. γρ.
σύδην ἀντὶ τοῦ ὁρμητικῶς, οὗ ἡ χρῆσις ἐν τοῖς ἑξῆς
Par. B. Aliter quam hic
σύρδην
dictum est in Rheso v. 56.
ὦ δαῖμον, ὅςτις μ' εὐτυχοῦντ᾽ ἐνόσφισας θοίνης λέοντα, πρὶν τὸν Ἀργείων στρατὸν σύρδην ἅπαντα τῷδ᾽ ἀναλῶσαι δορί.
Ibi enim haec est sententia, priusquam ruens omnem Argivorum exercitum perderem. Magis proprie Aeschylus
σύρδην
de longo tractu magnisque catervis dicit, quibus incedentes Babylonii vias impleverint. Nam
σύρεσθαι
de fluviis et maribus frequens est apud Dionysium periegeten. Comparari potest cum nostro verbo schwemmen, ut apud eundem Dionysium legitur v. 1076.
κείμενον, οἷα κύλινδρον ἐπὶ χθονός, ὃν δ᾽ ἀπὸ πέτρης χειμερίου ποταμοῖο κάτω σύρουσι χαράδραι.
Est ergo
σύρδην
de magnis copiis dictum, quae longis tractibus quasi inundant vias, ut nos überschwemmen etiam in communi sermone de numeroso exercitu dicimus, qua metaphora Aeschylus v. 89. seqq. utitur,
μεγάλῳ ρεύματι φωτῶν
dicens et
ἄμαχον κῦμα θαλάσσης
. ναῶν:
ναῶν
, superscripto
η
ad
α
, Lips.

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καὶ:
καὶ
omittit G. λήματι:
λήμματα
Vit. Lips. aliique et Rob.

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ἕπεται: Post
ἕπεται
Ox. Ven. A. Ald. addunt
προτροπαῖς
. Ea voce in scholiis sequente versu
ὑποπομπαῖς
explicatur.

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ὑπὸ πομπαῖς: Libri
ὑποπομπαῖς
, nisi forte Veneti habent
ὑπὸ πομπαῖς
. Illa scribendum esse Abreschius vidit.

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αἴας:
γαίας
Vit.
αἴης
Par. A. B. et ut videtur Veneti.
αἴας
(non
αἴης
) M. G. Lips. edd. vett.

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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2
Parodos ohne Prologos. Der Chor durchschreitet die Orchestra unter dem Takte der Anapäste des Koryphaios: erster Teil der Paro- dos, 1-64. Anapästische Dime- ter; vgl. Westphal¹ II. S. 413f. Das Auftreten des Chors wird V. 140- 149 motiviert.

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Spezifikation der aus- gezogenen Generale und Völker, in epischer Weise. Die Namen nicht alle genau persisch, sondern nach ungefährem Klange gebildet. ( τὰ μὲν τῶν ὀνομάτων ἱστόρησεν, τὰ δὲ τελείως ἔπλασεν Schol.). Vgl. zu 302. Ihre Häufung erweckte in den Hörern immer von neuem das frohe Gefühl des Sieges. Τ. 21-28. Αρταφρένης Άρτα 778. Ein Führer der Lyder und Myser Αρτ. bei Herod. VII 74. Μεγαβάτης: Namen dieser Art bei Herod. VII 82. 97. – Αστάσπης: ein Υστάσπης Herod. VII 64. σοῦνται vgl. Suppl. 836. Sept. 31. Das epische τ' ἠδέ findet sich bei Äschylos noch zweimal um des Versmaſses willen (996. Sept. 862). τὲ ἠδὲ Cho. 232, sonst ἠδέ. - ψυχῆς ἐν τλήμονι πείση (in ausdauerndem Halte der Seele) nach Hom. v 23 τῷ δ᾽ ἄρα τ᾽ ἐν πείσῃ κραδίη μένε τετληυῖα.

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στεῦται, Hom. Г 83: στεῦται γάρ τι ἔπος εἰπεῖν, vgl. Hom. ρ 525: στεῦται δ᾽ Ὀδυσῆος ἀκοῦσαι. ἱεροῦ, dem Dionysos. Vgl. Eur. Bacch. 64 ᾿Ασίας ἀπὸ γαίας ἱερὸν Τμῶλον ἀμείψασα θο- άζω – Βάκχιον εὐαζομένα. – Τμώ- λου πελάτης kollektiv. Die nähere Bestimmung wird im folgenden ge- geben. – λόγχης ἄκμονες, ἀκίνητοι ὑπὸ λόγχης, ὡς ἄκμων ὑπὸ σφυρῶν Schol., qui incudum instar hastae (hostilis) ictus inconcussi ferunt. Μυσοί nördlich von den Lydern; ἀκοντίοισι ἐχρέοντο ἐπικαύτοισι (Herod. VII 74). Zur Zeit des jüngeren Kyros waren sie vom Groſskönig nahezu unabhängig (Xen. An. III 2, 23 f.) – πολύχρυσος 9. 45. σύρδην de longo tractu magnisque catervis quibus incedentes Babylonii vias impleverint (G.H.). — τοξουλκῷ λήματι πιστούς, vertrauend auf den Mut, mit dem sie den Bogen spannen. Vgl. μονομάχον ἐπὶ φρέν᾽ ἦλθέτην Eur. Phoen. 200, μουσοποιός μέριμνα Hipp. 1428, βοηδρόμου σπουδῆς Οr. 1571.

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Zusammenfassung. Stimmung der Zurückgebliebenen hinsichtlich d. Ausgezogenen. Über- leitung vom epischen Teile zum lyrischen. στένεται, Sept. 872. Vgl. τρομέονται 64; εἰδόμην 179; φάσθαι 701; zu Aristoph. nub. 281. τείνοντα, μηκυνόμενον Schol. Zweiter Teil, V. 65-113. Vier Strophenpaare, vorgetragen von dem Gesamtchore, bestehend aus ionici a minori, teilweise anakla- stischen (v. 86-92. 96-101. 107= 113) oder durch Synkope in Ana- päste verwandelten. Das Maſs malt das unruhige Auf- und Abwogen der Empfindungen, das Schwanken zwischen Furcht und Hoffnung. Vgl. Westphal¹ III S. 291 ff. 314f. Nebst II 2. S. 526.