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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.) — 697 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 697 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 697 focus
ἀλλ᾽ ἐπεὶ κάτωθεν ἦλθον σοῖς γόοις πεπεισμένος,
μή τι μακιστῆρα μῦθον, ἀλλὰ σύντομον λέγων
εἰπὲ καὶ πέραινε πάντα, τὴν ἐμὴν αἰδῶ μεθείς.
700
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 697 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 697 focus
ἀλλ᾽ ἐπεὶ κάτωθεν ἦλθον σοῖς γόοις πεπεισμένος,
μή τι μακιστῆρα μῦθον, ἀλλὰ σύντομον λέγων
700
εἰπὲ καὶ πέραινε πάντα, τὴν ἐμὴν αἰδῶ μεθείς.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 697 focus
Translations (8)
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 697 focus
But since persuaded by thy groanings I have come from below, in no wise utter a tedious tale, but concisely tell me, and complete the whole, laying aside thine awe for me.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 697 focus
que lâcher. Mais j'ai auprès d'eux usé de mon crédit : me voici. Dis vite, afin qu'on ne me puisse reprocher un retard : quel malheur nouveau pèse donc
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 697 focus
Since from the realms below, by thy ſad ſtrains
Adjur'd, I come, ſpeak, let thy words be brief,
840
Say whence thy grief, tell me unaw'd by fear.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 697 focus
Or poiché di sotto terra sono accorso ai tuoi lamenti,
non mi far lunghe parole, ma favella brevi accenti:
795
il discorso tuo sia pieno
né l'ossequio a te sia freno.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 697 focus
Dar. Sed postą ab inferis ueni tuis luctib.perfuafus,
Non longis uerbis, sed compendiosè loquens,
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Dic, perfice dimittens pudorë quë habes de me.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 697 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.) — 697 focus
Nay, but as I rose to earth again, obedient to your call,
Prithee, tarry not in parley! be one word enough for all—
Speak and gaze on me unshrinking, neither let my face appal!
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.) — 697 focus
Weil ich, folgsam deinem Wehruf, aus der Tiefe stieg an's Licht,
Melde denn in kurzer Rede, nicht in langgedehntem Wort,
Ohne Scheu vor meinem Antlik, Alles, was dein Herz beschwert.

Commentary

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

697. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-574

περὶ:
neqiaoßeł
Ald.
Tɛgì
omittunt Par. C. Turn.
697

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

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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.