Aeschylus Persians 647

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.) — 633-680 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 647 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 647 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 647 focus
ὦ φίλος ἀνήρ, φίλος ὄχθος·
650
φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.
Ἀϊδωνεὺς δ᾽ ἀναπομπὸς ἀνείης, Ἀϊδωνεύς,
δαΐον οἷον ἄνακτα Δαρεῖον.
ἠέ.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 647 focus
Ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ, φίλος ὄχθος ὄχθος· φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.
Str. 2.
Ἀϊδωνεὺς δ' ἀναπομ-
πὸς ἀνείης ἂν εἴη (uel εἴην) seu ἀνίη (uel ἀνίει), Ἀϊδωνεύς,
οἷον ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα Δαρεῖον οἷον (uel οἷον) ἄνακτα Δαρειάν· ἠέ.
650
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 647 focus
ἦ φίλος ἀνήρ, φίλος ὄχθος·
650
φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.
Ἀϊδωνεὺς δ᾽ ἀναπομ-
πὸς ἀνείης Ἀϊδωνεὺς
Δαρεῖον, οἷον ἄνακτα Δαρειάν, ἠέ.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 647 focus
ἢ φίλος ἁνήρ, φίλος ὄχθος·
φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.
᾿Αιδωνεὺς δ᾽ ἀναπομ-
πὸς ἀνείης ᾿Αιδωνεὺς
650
Translations (8)
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 647 focus
Aye, dear was the man, and dear is his sepulchre, for dear was the character that it entombs. And thou, Aldoneus, that dost send the shades to this upper world, set at liberty, Aidoneus, Darius, all kingly as he was. Alas 1
!
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 647 focus
Cher nous est le héros, chère nous est cette tombe, car chère nous est l'âme qu'elle enferme. Aïdôneus 1 , fais remonter
au jour, ô Aïdôneus, le roi
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 647 focus
Let th' illuſtrious ſhade ariſe
Glorious in his radiant ſtate,
More than blaz'd before our eyes,
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E'er ſad Suſa mourn'd his fate.
THE PERSIANS.
Dear he liv'd, his tomb is dear,
Shrining virtues we revere :
Send then, monarch of the dead,
Such as Darius was, Darius' ſhade.
790
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 647 focus
Diletto l'uomo, e pur diletto il tumulo
dov'è la cara sua virtú racchiusa.
740
Aidonèo, Aidonèo, fa' tu che libero
l'unico re di Susa,
salga alla luce, Dario, Dario. Ahimè!
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 647 focus
Aidoneus mortuorum deductor
Mittet Darium uidelicet regem, aut eius animum.
Neq; enim uiros unquam perdidit
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 647 focus
Dear was the hero, dear his tomb,
For dear the manners it doth hide;
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Aidoneus, thou, from nether gloom,
Éscort and guide,
Aidoneus, hear our prayer,—
†The king of Persians send, true king, to upper air.
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.) — 647 focus
Borne forth he was to honoured burial,
A royal heart! and followed by our tears.
God of the dead, O give him back to us,
670
Darius, ruler glorious!
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.) — 647 focus
Theuerstes Haupt! Theuerstes Grabmal!
Denn ein theures Herz verbirgst du.
630
Aïdoneus, o geleit' ihn empor, mächtiger Nachtgott,
Ihn, den alleinigen Schrecken der Feinde! 1

Commentary

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

647. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-521

πέμπετε δ᾽:
лéunɛτ
a pr. manu M.
néμлer'
, omisso
d'
, Ven. B. Rob.
647

648. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-522

οἷον οὔπω:
οἷον ὅπου
Ven. A. Ald.
οἷον ούπερ
G.
648

649. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-523

αἷα:
ala
Vit. Mosc. Ask. A.
alar
Lips.
649

649. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-524

ἐκάλυψεν:
κάλυψεν
Ask. A.
649

650. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-525

ὦ φίλος ἀνήρ, φίλος ὄχθος:
ἦ φίλος ἀνὴρ. ή φίλος ὄχθος
M. G. Lips. aliique et Rob.
ἢ φίλος ἀνὴρ ἡ φίλος ὄχθ
Vit.
ή φίλος, ή φίλος ἀνὴρ, ὦ φίλος by Jos tagov
Ald. Turn. Et
oz9os túqov
habent etiam Ox. Par. F. Colb. 1.
ὄχθος τάφος
Ven. A. ut
τάφος
interpretationis caussa in M. adscriptum est. Plerorumque librorum scripturam deleto altero
correxit
Arnaldus. Tumulus in scena conspicitur, editus locus, fortasse aliqua columna ornatus, ante quam deinde apparet umbra Darii. Non est enim veri simile eam ex sacello prodire, sed per
ávaníɛoμa
ex tumulo summo emergere. Si quid discriminis fuit inter
αναπίεσμα
et
κλίμακα Χαρώνιον
, de quibus Pollux IV.132. dicit, fuerunt
zhuaxes Xagúvioi
aperti hiatus et voragines, per quas aditus ad inferos pateret.
650

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

647-651. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-95

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Begründung der Bitte und Erneuerung derselben. Der erste Vers choriambisch-logaö- disch, der zweite ionisch, der dritte logaödisch. – ὄχθος 658. vgl. Cho. 4: τύμβου δ᾽ ἐπ᾿ ὄχθῳ τῷδε. – ἀνάκτορα wie Cho. 357 σεμνότιμος ἀνάκτωρ. Δαριαῖον 554.