Aeschylus Persians 548

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.) — 548-597 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 548 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 548 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 548 focus
νῦν γὰρ δὴ πρόπασα μὲν στένει
γαῖ' Ἀσὶς ἐκκεκενωμένα·
Ξέρξης μὲν ἤγαγεν, ποποῖ,
545
Ξέρξης δ᾽ ἀπώλεσεν, τοτοῖ,
Ξέρξης δὲ πάντ᾽ ἐπέσπε δυσφρόνως
βαρίδεσσι ποντίαις.
τίπτε Δαρεῖος μὲν οὕ-
τω τότ᾽ ἀβλαβὴς ἐπῆν
550
τόξαρχος πολιήταις,
Σουσίδος φίλος ἄκτωρ;
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 548 focus
Νῦν δὴ νῦν γὰρ δὴ πρόπασα μὲν στένει
Str. 1.
γαῖ' Ἀσὶς ἀσιὰς ἐκκενουμένα·
Ξέρξης μὲν γὰρ ἄγαγεν, ποποῖ,
Ξέρξης δ' ἀπώλεσεν, τοτοῖ,
550
Ξέρξης δὲ πάντ' ἐπέσπε δυσφρόνως
βάριδές τε πόντιαι βαρίδεσι ποντίαις.
Τίπτε Δαρεῖος μὲν οὕ-
τω τότ' ἀβλαβὴς ἐπῆν
τόξαρχος πολιήταις,
555
Σουσίδος σουσίδαις φίλος ἄκτωρ ;
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 548 focus
νῦν δὴ πρόπασα μὲν στένει
γαῖ᾽ Ἀσιὰς ἐκκενουμένα·
Ξέρξης μὲν ἤγαγεν, ποποῖ,
Ξέρξης δ᾽ ἀπώλεσεν, τοτοῖ,
Ξέρξης δὲ πάντ᾽ ἐπέσπε δυσφρόνως
555
βαρίδες τε ποντίαι.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 548 focus
νῦν γὰρ δὴ πρόπασα μὲν στένει γαῖ
᾿Ασιὰς ἐκκενουμένα·
Ξέρξης μὲν [γὰρ] ἄγαγεν,
550
ποποῖ,
Ξέρξης δ᾽ ἀπώλεσεν,
τοτοῖ,
Ξέρξης δὲ πάντ᾽ ἐπέσπε δυσφρόνως
βαρίδες τε ποντίαι.
τίπτε Δαρεῖος μὲν οὖ-
τω τότ᾽ ἀβλαβὴς ἐπῆν
555
τόξαρχος πολιήταις,
Σουσίδος φίλος ἄκτωρ;
Translations (8)
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 548 focus
Now, in truth, the whole of the land of Asia made desolate moans. For Xerxes led forth, O gods! and Xerxes lost, well-a-day! Xerxes managed all things haplessly in his ocean-barks. Oh! why was not Darius at that time in command, so safe a master of the bow to the citizens, beloved sovereign of Susa?
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 548 focus
trépas de ceux qui ont péri, source assurée pour nous d'innombrables douleurs.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 548 focus
Now her wailings wide deſpair
Pours theſe exhauſted regions o'er;
Xerxes, ill-fated, led the war;
Xerxes, ill-fated, leads no more;
680
Xerxes ſent forth th' unwife command,
The crouded ſhips unpeopled all the land;
That land, o'er which Darius held his reign,
Courting the arts of peace, in vain,
O'er all his grateful realms ador'd,
685
The ſtately Suſa's gentle lord.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 548 focus
Omai, vuoto di popolo,
geme d'Asia il suol tutto.
Serse condusse, ahimè!,
Serse distrusse, ahimè!,
Serse, e sul mar le navi, governarono
635
verso l'estremo lutto,
perché tuttora Dario
non vedea questa luce,
ai cittadini innocuo
condottiero, ai Susiani amico duce.
640
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 548 focus
Nunc enim omnis quidem luget
525
Regio Afie uacua.
Xerxes quidem duxit quo nam?
Xerxes uerò perdidit ibi nam,
Xerxes omnia ſecutus est impudenter,
Baridis nauibus, Darius ſis quid tandem
530
Tunc fuit innocuus dux ciuibus
Suidis gubernator,charus pedestres
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 548 focus
For now all Asia moans, left desolate.
550
Xerxes led forth, woe! woe!
Xerxes hath all laid low!
Xerxes hath wrought malignant overthrow
To many a sea-borne raft.
Why did Darius rule unharmed the state,
Lord of the archers' craft,
Susa's beloved leader?
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.) — 548 focus
Land of the East, thou mournest for the host,
Bereft of all thy sons, alas the day!
580
For them whom Xerxes led hath Xerxes lost—
Xerxes who wrecked the fleet, and flung our hopes away!
How came it that Darius once controlled,
And without scathe, the army of the bow,
Loved by the folk of Susa, wise and bold?
585
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.) — 548 focus
Denn jetzt klagt die ganze Asia,
530
Das weite menschenöde Land :
„Weh, Xerxes führte sie dahin,
Weh, Xerxes gab sie dem Tode hin!
Ja, Xerxes schuf all dieses Leid, der Thor,
Mit der Schiffe stolzem Zug!
535
Ach, warum beherrschte so
Sonder Harm Dareios einst
Sein Volk, Herrscher des Bogens,
Susa's theurer Gebieter?"

Commentary

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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Das erste der drei Strophenpaare setzt sich aus kata- lekt. troch. Tetrapodieen teils mit, teils ohne Anakrusis zusammen. Nur der zweite Vers ist logaödisch, der fünfte eine katal. troch. Penta- podie, die beiden letzten Phere- krateen. Inhalt: So ist denn Persien durch Xerxes seiner Männer beraubt. Unter Dareios kam doch der- gleichen nicht vor. Sept. 330: βοᾷ δ᾽ ἐκκενουμένα πόλις. – Gleichheit des Subjekts ( Ξέρξης, Gegenstr. v ᾶες) bei denent- gegengesetzten Handlungen ( ἄγα- γεν . . ἀπώλεσεν), vgl. Eur. Phoen. 1689: ἓν ἡμάρ μ᾽ ὤλβισ᾽, ἕν μ᾿ ἀπώλεσεν und bes. Ovid. fast. II 235 f.: una dies Fabios ad bellum miserat omnes, Ad bellum missos perdidit una dies. Nach Atossas Abtreten übt der Chor freie Kritik. ἐπέσπε (ohne Aspiration wie bei Homer), administravit. Herod. ΙΙ 96: ἕλκει τὴν βᾶριν· τοῦτο γὰρ δὴ οὔνομά ἐστι τοῖσι πλοίοισι τού- τοισιν (in Ägypten, vgl. ib. 41. Diod. I 92. 96 s. fin. Prop.. IV 10, 44); Suppl. 836. 874 einem Ägypter in den Mund gelegt, wie hier Per- sern, und Eur. Iph. Α. 249 βαρβά- ρους βάριδας; in der spätern Litte- Στρ. β΄. ratur aber kurzweg für Schiff, Kahn gebraucht. - τίπτε, Ag. 975. Δαριαῖος, eine auch bei Xenophon u. Ktesias vorkommende Namens- form, welche dem persischen Darâjavaus am nächsten steht. τότε von einem dem Redenden im Sinne liegenden früheren Zeit- punkte (vgl. 495); zu Ar. nub. 1215. Die Greise loben den früheren König auf Kosten des jetzigen (Hor. A. p. 173); vgl. aber auch oben S. 32-34. – τόξαρχος, ἡγεμὼν τῶν τοξικωτάτων Περσών, Schol. B. ἄκτωρ, Eum. 399.