Aeschylus Persians 673

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.) — 681-693 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 673 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 673 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 673 focus
αἰαῖ, αἰαῖ,
ὦ πολύκλαυτε φίλοισι θανών,
675
τί τῇδε, δυνάστα, δυνάστα,
περὶ τὰ σὰ διδύμα
δι᾽ ἄνοιαν ἁμαρτία
πᾶσα γᾷ τᾷδ᾽
ἐξέφθινται τρίσκαλμοι
680
νᾶες, ἄναες νᾶες;
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 673 focus
Αἰαὶ αἰαῖ·
Epod.
ὦ πολύκλαυτε φίλοισι θανών,
† τί τάδε δυνατα δυνάτα
670
περὶ τῷ σῷ δίδυμα διαγόεν διάγοιεν ἁμάρτια δ' ἁμάρτια
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 673 focus
αἰαῖ αἰαῖ.
ὦ πολύκλαυτε φίλοισι θανών,
τί τάδε δυνατὰ δυνατὰ
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 673 focus
Translations (8)
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 673 focus
alas! alas! O thou that didst die deeply deplored by thy friends! 7
O king, O king! why should these redoubled mishaps pass throughout all this thy land? All the three-banked galleys of this our land have utterly perished, so as to be no longer galleys.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 673 focus
flotte une brume de mort :
toute notre jeunesse a péri. Viens,
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 673 focus
Riſe, Darius, aweful pow'r;
Long for thee our tears ſhall flow.
Why thy ruin'd empire o'er
Swells this double flood of woe?
810
Sweeping o'er the azure tide
Rode thy navy's gallant pride;
Navy now no more, for all
Beneath the whelming wave-
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 673 focus
Ahimè, ahimè,
765
tu pel cui fine tanto
versâr gli amici pianto,
nostro Re, nostro Re,
perché mai questo duplice
error sovra il tuo regno ora s'abbatte!
770
Ahi, le nostre triremi! Ahimè, ridotta
a nulla è omai la flotta!
1
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 673 focus
Quid hæc dynastæ dynastas
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 673 focus
All her lost triremes we deplore,
No triremes now, alas, no, never more.
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.) — 673 focus
Alas, we wept thee once, and weep again!
O Lord of lords, by recklessness twofold
685
The land is wasted of its men,
And down to death are rolled
Wreckage of sail and oar,
Ships that are ships no more,
And bodies of the slain!
690
[ The Ghost of Darius rises.
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.) — 673 focus
Weh, weh! Du schiedst,
Ewigbeweint von den Deinen, hinab!
Wer, wenn, o Herr, dein Herrscherstab noch
Waltete, klagte dann
650
Um solchen Weh's zwiefachen Schlag,
Der Persis' Land schlug?
Hin sind die gewaltigen Schiffe,
Treiben entmastet, entmastet!
(Aus der stygischen Pforte schwebt der Geist des Dareios herauf, und schreitet auf die Höhe seines Grabes; die Greise sinken auf die Kniee.)

Commentary

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

672-673. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-548

βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε, Δαρειάν. οἶ:
βάσκεπες
Vit.
βάσκε περῶν
Lips. Mosc. Rob.
βάσκε πατὴρ
Ald. Turn.
δαρειὰν οἶ
M. Ald. Turn.
δαρειὰν δὲ
G.
δα- ρείων οἳ
Vit.
δαρεῖς οἱ
Mosc.
δαρεῖε οι
Rob.
δαρειὰν
omisso
of
Lips.
pro of
Ven. B.

674. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-549

αἰαῖ, αἰαῖ,:
ai
quater M. G.
a
quater Vit. Turn.
a
ter Ox. Ald. Rob.
a
quinquies Lips.
674

676. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-550

τί τῇδε, δυνάστα, δυνάστα:
τί τάδε
libri omnes. Deinde
δυνατα δυνατα
M. cui
ἀντὶ τοῦ δυνάστα
adscriptum est.
δυνατα δυνάστα
Vit.
δυνάστα
semel tantum Par. A.
Svrάota dvrúota
G. Lips. Cantabr. 1. 2. Ven. A. B. Par. B. C. F. Colb. 1. Ask. A. Ald. Rob. Turn. Dindorfius in Stephani Thes. in ν.
δυνάστης
scribendum putat
δυνάστα δυναστῶν
.
676

677. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-551

περὶ τὰ σὰ διδύμα:
περὶ τὰ σὰ
Lips.
περὶ τὰ σὰ
Ald.
περὶ ταῖ σαῖ
, a sec. manu ad utrumque
a
supra adscripto, M.
пεоì τ σ
G. Vit. (sic Vit.) et cum ceteris ut videtur codicibus Turn.
Ta ou
omittit Rob. Deinde
di-Svua
libri: sed in Par. B. adscriptum
yo. didóμa
.
677

678. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-552

δι᾽ ἄνοιαν ἁμαρτία:
diaróer
sic M.
Stúyos
Vit. Ven. B. Mosc. Colb.1.
diáryov
Rob.
διάγοι ἐν
Par. I.
διάνοιεν
Ald. Turn.
διάγοιεν
G. Lips. et ceteri. Post hanc vocem
άuάoria
habent M. Rob. Turn. sed accentus in M. a sec. manu additus est, quae eadem
d'
ante
auάoria
inseruit.
d'aµáo-Tia
Par. B. F. Colb. 1.
d'úquáqtia
Vit.
d'auaoría
Par. I. Ald.
d'ἁμάρτα
Par. C.
δαμάρτα
Bekkero teste Par. L.
δαμαρτία
G. Ven. B. quod scholiastes per synaeresin ex
diauaoría
fieri dicit. Aliud scholion etiam
άuaotμata
scribi tradit.
678

679. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-553

πᾶσα γᾷ τᾷδ᾽: Non deest
лúog
in M. ut ait Butlerus, sed habet
nάomi yãi Tuide
, ita tamen ut in
nάou
accentus acutus a sec. manu ex circumflexo factus sit eademque manus
rãide
hoc accentu notaverit, quum a pr. manu
tuídɛ
scriptum fuisset: est autem in tribus
a
inter
a
et aliquid liturae.
πάσα γῇ σῇ τῇδε
Turn.
πᾶσα γᾶ
G. Lips. Ald. Rob. lidem libri cum Vit et reliquis ut videtur codicibus cunctis additum a Turnebo
ou
omittunt. Porro
Túde
Vit. Par. C. I. L. Colb. 1.
тwdɛ
Lips.
Tad
Par. B. et fortasse Ven. A. B.
tadɛ
reliqui et edd. ante Brunckium.
679

680. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-554

ἐξέφθινται:
¿¿éqvví' ui
, ad
v
a sec. manu
o
(nisi potius
9
est) supra adscripto M.
qur' ai
Vit. Lips.
¿éai
ceteri.
680

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

673-680. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-99

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2
πολύκλαυτε, vgl. Soph. Αi. 695 ὦ Πὰν Πὰν ἁλί- πλαγκτε φάνηθι, Theokr. 17, 660 ὄλβιε κῶρε γένοιο, Aen. II 283: quibus, Hector, ab oris exspectate venis? Kr. II 45, 2. A. 4. Über das Nachfolgende s. Anhang. Un- zweifelhaft ist nur, daſs an die Vernichtung des Landheers ( Αν- τιστρ. γ΄) hier nun auch die der Flotte angereiht wird; daſs der volltönende A-Laut am Schlusse mit Absichtlichkeit gehäuft ist (vgl. 539 f.); dafs τρίσκαλμοι (376) νᾶες = τριήρεις, und νᾶες ἄναες ein Ausdruck ist wie ἄχαρις χάρις (Prom. 545 u. a.), νόμος ἄνομος (Ag. 1142), ἄπολις πόλις (Eum. 547), παῖδες ἄπαιδες (Eum. 1033). Infolge des Opfers der Atossa und der Anrufung des Chores er- scheint das εἴδωλον Δαρείου aus der Unterwelt herauf an seinem Grabe. Vgl. S. 36. Erst jetzt wird Dareios sichtbar, wie das Schweigen des Chors im Vorhergehenden und dessen nunmehriges Verhalten be- weist. Er wendet sich zuerst an den vor ihm stehenden Chor (Atossa steht auf der Seite).