Aeschylus Persians 584

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.) — 598-632 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 584 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 584 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 584 focus
τοὶ δ᾽ ἀνὰ γᾶν Ἀσίαν δὴν
οὐκ ἔτι περσονομοῦνται,
οὐκ ἔτι δασμοφοροῦσιν
δεσποσύνοισιν ἀνάγκαις,
590
οὔτ᾽ ἐς γᾶν προπίτνοντες
ἄρξονται· βασιλεία
γὰρ διόλωλεν ἰσχύς.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 584 focus
Τοὶ δ' ἀνὰ γᾶν Ἀσίαν δὴν
Str. 3.
οὐκέτι οὐδ' ἔτι περσονομοῦνται,
590
οὐκέτι δασμοφοροῦσιν
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 584 focus
τοὶ δ᾽ ἀνὰ γᾶν Ἀσίαν δὴν
οὐκέτι περσονομοῦνται,
οὐδ᾽ ἔτι δασμοφοροῦσιν
δεσποσύνοισιν ἀνάγκαις,
590
οὐδ᾽ ἐς γᾶν προπίτνοντες
ἄζονται· βασιλεία
γὰρ διόλωλεν ἰσχύς.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 584 focus
τοὶ δ᾽ ἀνὰ γᾶν Ασίαν δήν
οὐκέτι περσονομούνται,
585
οὐκέτι δασμοφοοῦσιν
δεσποσύνοισιν ἀνάγκαις,
οὐδ᾽ ἐς γᾶν προπίτνοντες
ἄρξονται· βασιλεία
γὰρ διόλωλεν ἰσχύς.
590
Translations (8)
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 584 focus
And they in sooth throughout the land of Asia, no longer own the Persian sway, nor any longer pay their tribute under constraint imposed by their sovereign, nor prostrating themselves on the ground will they hold themselves in subjection: for the might of our monarch hath utterly perished.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 584 focus
on ne paiera plus le tribut sous la contrainte
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 584 focus
With ſacred awe
710
The Perſian law
No more ſhall Aſia's realms revere;
To their lord's hand,
At his command,
No more th' exacted tribute bear.
715
THE PERSIANS.
Who now falls proſtrate at the monarch's throne?
His regal greatneſs is no more.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 584 focus
Né piú sarà che i popoli
d'Asia il nostro dominio omai sopportino,
che al cenno dei padroni,
i tributi piú rechino;
670
né innanzi ad essi proni
chineranno la testa:
del potere dei Re, nulla piú resta.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 584 focus
Tributa pendunt dominis,
555
Neq; in terram procidere
Incipiunt:nam perijt robur regium.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 584 focus
Already through all Asia's land
None owneth Persia's sway;
None, at their sovereign lord's command,
Henceforth will tribute pay:
Nor, falling prostrate, own his right
590
Them to enthrall; for kingly might
Hath passed away.
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.) — 584 focus
O'er the wide Asian land, the Persian sway
605
Can force no tribute now, and can no rule sustain.
Yea, men will crouch no more to fallen power
And kingship overthrown! the whole land o'er,
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.) — 584 focus
Asia's Völker, sie beugen
Nimmer hinfort sich dem Perser;
Nicht den Geboten des Zwanges
Huldigend, zollen sie Schoßgeld,
Nicht zur Erde sich werfend,
570
Fröhnen sie mehr; denn des Königs
Scepter zerbrach im Staube.

Commentary

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

588. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-442

οὐκ ἔτι:
οὐκέτι
Μ.
588

589. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-443

οὐκ ἔτι:
oudere
M. G. Vit. Lips. Par. N. adscriptumque in Par. A. B.
Ovxéri
Rob. Ceteri
ovx it
. Praestat oratio copulae defectu commotior.
589

589. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-444

δασμοφοροῦσιν:
δασμοφοροῦσιν
Μ. Par. L.
δασμοφοροῦσι
ceteri, nisi quod ex Par. B. yo. xai
daμosqopovrτai
(sic editum) Faehsius affert.
589

590. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-445

δεσποσύνοισιν:
δεσποσύνοισιν
Μ. G. Lips. et plerique reliqui.
δεσποσύνῃ
o Vit. Cantabr. 1. Par. C. Ald. Rob. Turn. et adscriptum in Par. B.
δεσποσύναισιν
Ven. B. Par. N.
590

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

584-590. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-87

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Daktylisch-trochäi- sche Logaöden. An die Darstellung des Eindrucks der Niederlage auf die nächsten Angehörigen schliefst sich an die der Wirkung auf weitere Kreise: Furcht, daſs jetzt die unter- worfenen Völker das persische Joch abschütteln und dadurch der Zer- fall des ganzen Reiches eintrete. Neque amplius tributa pendunt necessitatibus quae a dominis impo- nuntur. Eur. Andr. 132 δεσποτῶν ἀνάγκαις. προπιτν. vgl. 152. ἄζονται, bezeigen ihre Ehrfurcht dadurch dass sie auf die Kniee fallen.