Aeschylus Persians 568

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.) — 568 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 568 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 568 focus
τοὶ δ᾽ ἄρα πρωτόμοιροι,
λειφθέντες πρὸς ἀνάγκαν,
φεῦ,
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γέ,
ἀκτὰς ἀμφὶ Κυχρείας,
δά,
ἔρρανται. στένε καὶ δακνά-
ζου, βαρὺ δ᾽ ἀμβόασον
570
οὐράνι᾽ ἄχη,
δά,
τεῖνε δὲ δυσβάϋκτον
βοᾶτιν τάλαιναν αὐδάν.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 568 focus
Τοὶ δ' ἄρα πρωτομόροιο πρωτόμοροι,
φεῦ,
Str. 2.
ληφθέντες λειφθέντες πρὸς ἀνάγκας ἀνάγκαν,
ἠέ,
570
ἀκτὰς ἀμφὶ Κυχρείας,
ὀᾶ,
<δινοῦνται> om. στένε καὶ δακνά-
ζου, βαρὺ δ' ἀμβόασον
οὐράνι' ἄχη, ὀᾶ < ὀᾶ om.>,
575
τεῖνε δὲ δυσβάϋκτον
βοᾶτιν τάλαιναν αὐδάν.
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 568 focus
τοὶ δ᾽ ἄρα πρωτόμοροι, φεῦ,
λειφθέντες πρὸς ἀνάγκαν, ἠέ,
ἀκτὰς ἀμφὶ Κυχρείας, δᾶ,
στένε καὶ δακνάζου,
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 568 focus
τοὶ δ᾽ ἄρα πρωτομόροιο,
φεῦ,
ληφθέντες πρὸς ἀνάγκας,
ἠέ,
ἀκτὰς ἀμφὶ Κυχρείας
570
ὀᾶ,
.......· στένε καὶ δακνά-
ζου, βαρὺ δ᾽ ἀμβόασον
οὐράνι᾽ ἄχη,
ὀᾶ·
τεῖνε δὲ δυσβάυκτον
βοᾶτιν τάλαιναν αὐδάν.
575
γναπτόμενοι δ᾽ ἁλὶ δεινά,
Translations (8)
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 568 focus
They therefore, indeed, first met their doom, alas! left by necessity, ah! around the shores of Cychreia 1
, woe's me! they have been drenched by the billows 2
. Moan, and gnash the teeth, and raise aloud the cry of sorrow; laments that shall reach the heavens, woe's me! and lengthen out the dismally-sounding shout, the piteous cry.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 568 focus
par de cruels chemins. Les autres, victimes, hélas ! d'un sort qui les a les premiers
frappés, tournoient autour des caps que protège Kykhreus 1 , hélas ! Ah ! gémis, déchire-toi le cœur ! A pleine voix, crie tes souffrances jusqu'aux cieux ! hélas ! tends, dans un
appel de douleur hurlante, ta voix misérable ! Cruellement meurtris des flots, hélas ! ils sont aussi déchirés par les muets enfants, hélas ! de l'Incorruptible 2 ,
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 568 focus
The firſt in battle ſlain
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By Cychrea's craggy ſhore
Thro' ſad conſtraint, ah me! forſaken lie,
All pale and ſmear'd with gore;-
Raiſe high the mournful ſtrain,
And let the voice of anguiſh pierce the ſky :-
700
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 568 focus
E quei che primi lí caddero, ahimè!,
fu giocoforza abbandonarli, ahi, ahi!,
qua e là per le cicrèe marine. Oh guai!
Lagrima, il cuore morditi
per tanta ira celeste. Ascenda l'ètere
655
la querela profonda:
lungi con grida flebili
la voce tua miserrima s'effonda.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 568 focus
Qui primi fato funt functi heu,
Capti neceßitate beu.
Circa littora Cypriæ luctus,
Luge clama grauiter,
Clama cœlestes dolores,
545
Extende uocem clamoſam & miferŭ clamorem.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 568 focus
The first, alas! laid low,
570
Perforce unurned, woe! woe!
Around Kychreia's shores spray-drenchèd lie.
Pour the lament, uplift on high
To heaven deep notes of pain;
Raising the dismal cry,
Your voices strain.
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.) — 568 focus
And snows of Thrace—but ah, the first who fell
Lie by the rocks or float upon Cychrea's bay!
Mourn, each and all! waft heavenward your cry,
595
Stung to the soul, bereaved, disconsolate!
Wail out your anguish, till it pierce the sky,
In shrieks of deep despair, ill-omened, desperate!
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.) — 568 focus
Jene, zu bald in den Tod
550
(Ach!)
Hingerafft vom Geschicke
(O Leid!)
Um Kychreia's Gestade,
Sind hin! Klage, mein Herz, und traure!
In den Aether schalle
Des Schmerzes Schrei,
555
(O Gram!)
Hebt mit Geheul, Gewinsel
Den Angstruf unsel'gen Jammers!

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

568-575. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-85

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Grösstenteils logaö- dische Strophe, deren Verse meist durch klagende Interjektionen von einander getrennt sind. Der dritt- letzte Vers iambische Dipodie mit Interjektion; der letzte eine trochä- ische Tripodie mit iambischer Ana- krusis. Vgl. Westphal2 II S. 830. Klage über die zuerst bei Salamis Gefallenen. ληφθέντες πρὸς πρωτομόροιο ἀνάγκας (necessitate prioris fati oppressi) in Gegensatz zu den auf der Flucht in Thracien Umgekommenen. – Κυχρεύς, sala- minischer Heros, nach welchem die Insel früher Kychreia geheiſsen haben soll. Ein Κυχρεῖος πάγος daselbst bei Strab. IX p. 393 und Steph. Βyz. – στέμβονται ( στέμβω, ὃ σημαίνει τὸ κινεῖν συνεχῶς, οὗ μέμνηται Αἰσχύλος Etym. Gud. p. 85, 44), werden von der Flut hin und her bewegt (nachher γναπτό- μενοι). Das Wort, das vor στένε leicht ausfallen konnte, fehlt in der handschriftlichen Überlieferung. οὐράνια Suppl. 808. Soph. Ai. 194: οὐρανία ἄτα. Ar. ran. 781: ὁ δῆ- μος ἀνεβόα .. οὐράνιόν γ᾽ ὅσον. ἀμβόασον ἄχη, 636. 581 f. δυσ- βάϋκτον (13), infausto eiulatu editus. Häufung synonymer Ausdrücke wie 635 f.