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Lacerated by the swirling waters (alas!) they are gnawed (alas!) by the voiceless children of the undefiled sea (alas!). The home, bereaved of his presence, laments its head;

and parents, bereft of their children, in their old age bewail their heaven- sent woes (alas!), now that they learn the full measure of their afflictions.
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Persians. Aeschylus. Herbert Weir Smyth (Translator). New York. 1922.

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Editions (7)

Πέρσαι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 598-632 focus

Ἄτοσσα

φίλοι, κακῶν μὲν ὅστις ἔμπειρος¹ κυρεῖ,

ἐπίσταται βροτοῖσιν ὡς ὅταν κλύδων

κακῶν ἐπέλθῃ πάντα δειμαίνειν φιλεῖ:
600

ὅταν δ᾽ ὁ δαίμων εὐροῇ, πεποιθέναι

τὸν αὐτὸν αἰεὶ δαίμον᾽ οὐριεῖν τύχην.²

ἐμοὶ γὰρ ἤδη πάντα μὲν φόβου πλέα

ἐν ὄμμασιν τἀνταῖα φαίνεται θεῶν,

βοᾷ δ᾽ ἐν ὠσὶ κέλαδος οὐ παιώνιος:
605

τοία κακῶν ἔκπληξις ἐκφοβεῖ φρένας.

τοιγὰρ κέλευθον τήνδ᾽ ἄνευ τ᾽ ὀχημάτων

χλιδῆς τε τῆς πάροιθεν ἐκ δόμων πάλιν

ἔστειλα,³ παιδὸς πατρὶ πρευμενεῖς χοὰς

φέρουσ᾽, ἅπερ νεκροῖσι μειλικτήρια,
610

βοός τ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ἁγνῆς λευκὸν εὔποτον γάλα,

τῆς τ᾽ ἀνθεμουργοῦ στάγμα, παμφαὲς μέλι,

λιβάσιν ὑδρηλαῖς παρθένου πηγῆς μέτα,

ἀκήρατόν τε μητρὸς ἀγρίας ἄπο

ποτὸν παλαιᾶς ἀμπέλου γάνος τόδε:
615

τῆς τ᾽ αἰὲν ἐν φύλλοισι θαλλούσης βίον⁴

ξανθῆς ἐλαίας καρπὸς εὐώδης πάρα,

ἄνθη τε πλεκτά,⁵ παμφόρου γαίας τέκνα.

ἀλλ᾽, ὦ φίλοι, χοαῖσι ταῖσδε νερτέρων

ὕμνους ἐπευφημεῖτε, τόν τε δαίμονα
620

Δαρεῖον ἀγκαλεῖσθε,⁶ γαπότους δ᾽ ἐγὼ

τιμὰς προπέμψω τάσδε νερτέροις θεοῖς.

623

Χορός

βασίλεια γύναι, πρέσβος Πέρσαις,

σύ τε πέμπε χοὰς θαλάμους ὑπὸ γῆς,

ἡμεῖς θ᾽ ὕμνοις αἰτησόμεθα
625

φθιμένων πομποὺς

εὔφρονας εἶναι κατὰ γαίας.

ἀλλά, χθόνιοι δαίμονες ἁγνοί,

Γῆ τε καὶ Ἑρμῆ, βασιλεῦ τ᾽ ἐνέρων,

πέμψατ᾽ ἔνερθεν ψυχὴν ἐς φῶς:
630

εἰ γάρ τι κακῶν ἄκος οἶδε πλέον,

μόνος ἂν θνητῶν πέρας εἴποι.

633

Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 576 focus

Χορός

γναπτόμενοι δὲ δίνᾳ, φεῦ,

σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων, ἠέ,

παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου, ὀᾶ.

πενθεῖ δʼ ἄνδρα δόμος στερη-

θείς τοκέες τʼ ἄπαιδες
580

δαιμόνιʼ ἄχη, ὀᾶ,

δυρόμενοι γέροντες

τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 576 focus

κναπτόμενοι δ᾽ ἁλὸς αἰνὰ

σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων

παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου.

πενθεῖ δ᾽ ἄνδρα δόμος στερηθείς,

τοκέες τ᾽ ἄπαιδες

580

δαιμόνι᾽ ἄχη, ὀα̃ ὀα̃,

δυρόμενοι γέροντες

τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 576 focus

γναπτόμενοι δὲ δίνᾳ,

575

φεῦ,

σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων,

ἠέ,

παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου,

ὀά,

580

πενθεῖ δ᾽ ἄνδρα δόμος στερη-

θείς, τοκέες δ᾽ ἄπαιδες,

δαιμόνι᾽ ἄχη,

ὀά,

δυρόμενοι γέροντες,

585

τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 576 focus

Γναπτόμενοι δ' ἁλὶ δεινά δεινᾷ,

Ant. 1.

σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων,

φεῦ,
580

ἠέ,

παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου,

ὀᾶ·

πενθεῖ δ' ἄνδρα δόμος στερη-

θείς· τοκέες τοκῆες δ' ἄπαιδες
585

δαιμόνι' ἔρα δαιμόνι' ἄχη, ὀᾶ < ὀᾶ om.>,

δυρόμενοι γέροντες

τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 576 focus

γναπτόμενοι δ᾽ ἁλὶ δεινά, φεῦ,

σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων, ἠέ,

580

παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου, δᾶ,

πενθεῖ δ᾽ ἄνδρα δόμος στερηθείς·

τοκέες δ᾽ ἄπαιδες ἐραδαι-

μόνι᾽ ἄχη, δᾶ,

δυρόμενοι γέροντες

585

τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.

Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 576 focus

φεῦ,

σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων,

ἠέ,

παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου,

ὀᾶ.

568-75 = 576-83 tres trimetri dactylici in bisyllabum, sua cuique subiecta est interiectio. priapeus. monom. iamb. dim. choriamb., choephoricon.

Apparatus Criticus

πανωλέθροισιν πανωλ(ολ M corr. m)εθρίοισιν αἵ τ᾽ Ἰαόνων χέρες διὰ δ᾽ Ἰ. χέρας corr. Enger δυσχίμους δυσχειμέρους corr. Arnaldus τε om. πρωτομόροιο πρωτόμοροι (-μοιροι P) φεῦ φεῦ corr. Blomfield ληφθέντες ληφθέντες λειφθέντες ἀνάγκας ἀνάγκαν (-κην P2V) corr. Blomfield Κυχρείας Κυγχρείας (κιγχρείας P2) Κυχρ. Κυπρίας .......· στένε καὶ δακνά-¹ πένθει καὶ δ. δακρύζου ἀμβόασον ἀμάνα Αλβόησον δυσβάυκτον δυσβάικτον γναπτόμενοι γναμπτ. δεινά δεινά δεινᾶ σκύλλονται σκύλονται ἠέ ἠ ἠ

ΧΟΡΟΣ

πενθεῖ δ᾽ ἄνδρα δόμος στερη-

θείς, τοκέης δ᾽ ἄπαιδες
580

δαιμόνι᾽ ἄχη,

ὀᾶ,

δυρόμενοι γέροντες.

τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.

Translations (8)

The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 576 focus

And torn dreadfully by the sea, alas! they are lacerated by the dumb children, alas! of the unpolluted [deep,] woe's me! And the dwelling mourns its lord, bereft of him, and parents that are left childless, woe's me! advanced in age, wailing the calamities sent on them by the divinities, now hear the whole of their sorrow.

LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 576 focus

hélas ! tandis que la maison porte le deuil de celui qu'elle a perdu et que
les vieux pères sans fils, gémissant de souffrances infinies, hélas ! apprennent à connaître la douleur totale.

Large et franc.

LE CHŒUR

Et de longtemps, sur la terre d'Asie, on n'obéira plus à la loi des Perses ;

The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 576 focus

Or roll beneath the roaring tide,

By monſters rent of touch abhor'd;

Whilſt thro' the widow'd manſion echoing wide

Sounds the deep groan, and wails its ſlaughter'd

lord:
705

Pale with his fears the helpleſs orphan there

Gives the full ſtream of plaintive grief to flow;

Whilſt age its hoary head in deep deſpair

Bends, liſt'ning to the ſhrieks of woe.

Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 576 focus

Nel mar travolti orridamente, ahimè!,

dai muti figli dei marosi, ahi, ahi!,

660

a brani sono lacerati: oh guai!

Tutte le case piangono

i capi loro: orbi dei figli, gemono

per tanta ira celeste,

i vecchi padri ch'odono

665

tutte queste narrar doglie funeste.

CORO

Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 576 focus

Fracli mari atrociter, beu heu,

Vexantur à multis, heu heu,

Filijs immaculati maris heu.

Luget uirum domus deferta,

550

Parentes uerò liberis orbatirigantur lachrymis:

Lugentes ſenes mala à demone immiſſa,

Omnem audiunt dolorem. certè per Afiam terram

Non amplius legibus Perſarū regūtur, nõ amplius

The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 576 focus

By eddying currents torn,

Gnawed are their limbs, woe! woe!

By voiceless children of the unsullied deep.

580

Mourneth each dwelling, left forlorn;

Parents bereaved, and elders mourn

These heaven-sent griefs, and weep

Their sum of woe.

STROPHE III.

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.) — 576 focus

The dead are drifting, yea, are gnawed upon

By voiceless children of the stainless sea,
600

Or battered by the surge! we mourn and groan

For husbands gone to death, for childless agony!

Alas the aged men, who mourn to-day

The ruinous sorrows that the gods ordain!

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.) — 576 focus

Treibend in wirbelnder Flut,

(Ach!)

Hascht des heiligen Meeres

(O Leid!)

Stumme Brut und zerfleischt sie.
560

Einsam trauert dem Herrn das Haus nach;

Der verwaiste Vater,

Der arme Greis,

(O Gram!)

Jammert in wildem Schmerze,

Ihm ward nun das ganze Leid kund.
565

Erster Halbchor.
Dritte Strophe.

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

576-583. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-86

Erste Hälfte die Στρ. γ΄. Thatsache, zweite der Jammer dar- über (wie in der Strophe). Im Meere schrecklich herumgestofsen, werden sie von den Fischen zer- rissen. Herod. VI 44: θηριωδεστά- της ἐούσης τῆς θαλάσσης ὑπὸ τῶν θηρίων διεφθείροντο ἁρπαζό- μενοι. τᾶς ἀμιάντου ἁλοσύδνας (wie Hom. δ 404 καλῆς ἀλοσύδνης) 8. ν. 2. τῆς ἀμιάντου θαλάσσης. Schol. οὐ γὰρ μιαίνεται πώποτε καὶ πολλῶν μολυσμάτων ἐπιχυθέν- των αὐτῇ. Die kinderlosen Eltern, unendliches Leid beklagend, lassen den vollen (höchsten) Schmerz in Jammerrufen laut werden. ἀπύου- σιν 123. Mit τὸ πᾶν ἄλγος vgl. Herod. VII 3 ἡ γὰρ Ἄτοσσα εἶχε τὸ πᾶν κράτος.

Aeschylus Persians 576

Herbert Weir Smyth (Translator)

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ΧΟΡΟΣ

πενθεῖ δ᾽ ἄνδρα δόμος στερη-

θείς, τοκέης δ᾽ ἄπαιδες
580

δαιμόνι᾽ ἄχη,

ὀᾶ,

δυρόμενοι γέροντες.

τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.

LE CHŒUR

Et de longtemps, sur la terre d'Asie, on n'obéira plus à la loi des Perses ;

Whilſt thro' the widow'd manſion echoing wide

Sounds the deep groan, and wails its ſlaughter'd

lord:
705

Pale with his fears the helpleſs orphan there

Gives the full ſtream of plaintive grief to flow;

Whilſt age its hoary head in deep deſpair

Bends, liſt'ning to the ſhrieks of woe.

CORO

Parentes uerò liberis orbatirigantur lachrymis:

Lugentes ſenes mala à demone immiſſa,

Omnem audiunt dolorem. certè per Afiam terram

Non amplius legibus Perſarū regūtur, nõ amplius

STROPHE III.

STROPHE III.

The dead are drifting, yea, are gnawed upon

By voiceless children of the stainless sea,
600

Or battered by the surge! we mourn and groan

For husbands gone to death, for childless agony!

Alas the aged men, who mourn to-day

The ruinous sorrows that the gods ordain!

Treibend in wirbelnder Flut,

(Ach!)

Hascht des heiligen Meeres

(O Leid!)

Stumme Brut und zerfleischt sie.
560

Einsam trauert dem Herrn das Haus nach;

Der verwaiste Vater,

Der arme Greis,

(O Gram!)

Jammert in wildem Schmerze,

Ihm ward nun das ganze Leid kund.
565

Erster Halbchor.
Dritte Strophe.

Commentary

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ΧΟΡΟΣ πενθεῖ δ᾽ ἄνδρα δόμος στερη- θείς, τοκέης δ᾽ ἄπαιδες 580 δαιμόνι᾽ ἄχη, ὀᾶ, δυρόμενοι γέροντες. τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.

LE CHŒUR Et de longtemps, sur la terre d'Asie, on n'obéira plus à la loi des Perses ;

Whilſt thro' the widow'd manſion echoing wide Sounds the deep groan, and wails its ſlaughter'd lord: 705 Pale with his fears the helpleſs orphan there Gives the full ſtream of plaintive grief to flow; Whilſt age its hoary head in deep deſpair Bends, liſt'ning to the ſhrieks of woe.

CORO

Parentes uerò liberis orbatirigantur lachrymis: Lugentes ſenes mala à demone immiſſa, Omnem audiunt dolorem. certè per Afiam terram Non amplius legibus Perſarū regūtur, nõ amplius

STROPHE III.

STROPHE III.

The dead are drifting, yea, are gnawed upon By voiceless children of the stainless sea, 600 Or battered by the surge! we mourn and groan For husbands gone to death, for childless agony! Alas the aged men, who mourn to-day The ruinous sorrows that the gods ordain!

Treibend in wirbelnder Flut, (Ach!) Hascht des heiligen Meeres (O Leid!) Stumme Brut und zerfleischt sie. 560 Einsam trauert dem Herrn das Haus nach; Der verwaiste Vater, Der arme Greis, (O Gram!) Jammert in wildem Schmerze, Ihm ward nun das ganze Leid kund. 565

Erster Halbchor. Dritte Strophe.

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ΧΟΡΟΣ

πενθεῖ δ᾽ ἄνδρα δόμος στερη-

θείς, τοκέης δ᾽ ἄπαιδες
580

δαιμόνι᾽ ἄχη,

ὀᾶ,

δυρόμενοι γέροντες.

τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.

LE CHŒUR

Et de longtemps, sur la terre d'Asie, on n'obéira plus à la loi des Perses ;

Whilſt thro' the widow'd manſion echoing wide

Sounds the deep groan, and wails its ſlaughter'd

lord:
705

Pale with his fears the helpleſs orphan there

Gives the full ſtream of plaintive grief to flow;

Whilſt age its hoary head in deep deſpair

Bends, liſt'ning to the ſhrieks of woe.

Parentes uerò liberis orbatirigantur lachrymis:

Lugentes ſenes mala à demone immiſſa,

Omnem audiunt dolorem. certè per Afiam terram

Non amplius legibus Perſarū regūtur, nõ amplius

The dead are drifting, yea, are gnawed upon

By voiceless children of the stainless sea,
600

Or battered by the surge! we mourn and groan

For husbands gone to death, for childless agony!

Alas the aged men, who mourn to-day

The ruinous sorrows that the gods ordain!

Treibend in wirbelnder Flut,

(Ach!)

Hascht des heiligen Meeres

(O Leid!)

Stumme Brut und zerfleischt sie.
560

Einsam trauert dem Herrn das Haus nach;

Der verwaiste Vater,

Der arme Greis,

(O Gram!)

Jammert in wildem Schmerze,

Ihm ward nun das ganze Leid kund.
565

Erster Halbchor.
Dritte Strophe.