Aeschylus Persians 694

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.) — 694-702 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 694 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 694 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 694 focus
σέβομαι μὲν προςιδέσθαι,
695
σέβομαι δ᾽ ἀντία λέξαι
σέθεν ἀρχαίῳ περὶ τάρβει.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 694 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 694 focus
σέβομαι μὲν προσιδέσθαι,
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 694 focus
Translations (8)
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 694 focus
I shrink in awe from looking on thee, and I shrink in awe from speaking in thy presence, by reason of my ancient reverence for thee.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 694 focus
de quitter les enfers : surtout, les dieux
d'en bas savent mieux prendre
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 694 focus
My wonted awe u
o'ercomes me; in thy preſence
I dare not raiſe my eyes, I dare not ſpeak.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 694 focus
Parlare al tuo cospetto
non ardisco, né in te lo sguardo figgere,
per l'antico rispetto.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 694 focus
Cho. Pudet me uidere te,
Pudore afficior coram loqui
Te, de timore antiquo.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 694 focus
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.) — 694 focus
With awe on thee I gaze,
And, standing face to face,
I tremble as I did in olden days!
710
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.) — 694 focus
Mich erfüllt Scheu vor dem Anblick,
Mich erfüllt Scheu, und in Ehrfurcht
Vor dem alten Gebieter verstumm' ich.
670

Commentary

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

694. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-570

τί δ᾽ ἐστὶ:
τί čoti
M. Ven. A. Mosc. Ox. Ald. Rob. et
d'
a sec. manu supra addito Vit.
Tí d'orì
G. Lips. Turn.
694

694. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-571

Πέρσαις:
πέρσαι
Ven. Β. Bene hic collocabitur v. 684. si sic scribimus, τί δή, τί Πέρσαις νεοχμὸν ἐμβριθὲς κακὸν στένει, κέκοπται, καὶ χαράσσεται πέδον;
694

695. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-572

σέβομαι:
σεßoμε
, sed a pr. manu
au
supra scripto, M.
695

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

694-699. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-102

1
2
Ionici (bezeichnend für die verlegene Unsicherheit des Chors), geschlossen durch einen Parömiakus. Anders Westphal2 II S. 428 f. Das Schweigen des in stummer Ehrfurcht zu Boden ge- worfenen Chors bringt den Dialog wieder in seine normale Bahn. ἀντία λέξαι, dir gegenüber reden, 701 ἀντία φάσθαι, dir gegenüber es sagen. Vgl. Hom. ο 377 ἀντία δε- σποίνης φάσθαι und zum Gedanken ψ 106 οὐδέ τι προσφάσθαι δύναμαι ἔπος οὐδ᾽ ἐρέεσθαι οὐδ᾽ εἰς ὦπα ἰδέσθαι ἐναντίον. Cho. 35: περὶ φόβῳ. Pind. Pyth. V 77: λέοντες περὶ δείματι φύγον. - πέραινε vgl. Sept. 1051. - τὴν ἐμὴν αἰδῶ, vgl. Prom. 388 θρῆνος οὑμός, Kr. 47, 7. A. 8. V. 700-702-694-696. δίημι δ. ν. α. διώκω, δίεμαι fugio. Hom. M 304: οὗ ῥά τ᾿ ἀπείρητος· μέμονε σταθμοῖο δίεσθαι; id. Σ 584 ἐν- δίεσαν. χαρίσασθαι, τὰ κατὰ χάριν εἰπεῖν Schol. A. Vielmehr : willfahren. – φάσθαι, Medialform, 8. 62. 64. 179. ἀντία φάσθαι ver- hält sich zu χαρίσασθαι wie 694 f. ἀντία λέξαι zu προσιδέσθαι ( σέ- βομαι προσιδέσθαι καὶ ἀντία λέξαι, δίεμαι χαρίσασθαι καὶ ἀντία φά- σθαι). Über den Aor. des Partic. λέξας Kr. 53, 6. Α. 8.