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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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Current edition Perseus

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.) — 65-158 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 73 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 73 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 73 focus
πολυάνδρου δ Ασίας ού-
ριος ἄρχων ἐπὶ πᾶσαν
75
χθόνα ποιμανόριον θεῖ-
ον ἐλαύνει διχόθεν, πε-
ζονόμοις ἔκ τε θαλάσσης
ἐχυροῖσι πεποιθὼς
στυφελοῖς ἐφέταις, χρυ-
80
σογόνου γενεῖς ἰσόθεος φώς.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 73 focus
πολυάνδρου δ' Ἀσίας θούριος ἄρχων
Ant. 1.
ἐπὶ πᾶσαν χθόνα ποιμανόριον θεῖ-
ον ἐλαύνει διχόθεν, πεζονόμοις ἔκ
τε θαλάσσας ὀχυροῖσι ἐχυροῖσι πεποιθὼς
στυφελοῖς ἐφέταις, χρυσογόνου χρυσονόμου
75
γενεᾶς ἰσόθεος φώς·
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 73 focus
πολυάνδρου δ᾽ Ἀσίας θούριος ἄρχων
ἐπὶ πᾶσαν χθόνα ποιμα-
75
νύριον θεῖον ἐλαύνει
διχόθεν, πεζονόμοις ἔκ
τε θαλάσσης
ἐχυροῖσι πεποιθὼς
στυφέλοις ἐφέταις, χρυ-
80
σογόνου γενεᾶς ἰσόθεος φώς.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 73 focus
᾿Ασίας θούριος ἄρχων
ἐπὶ πᾶσαν χθόνα ποιμα-
νόριον θεῖον ἐλαύνει,
75
διχόθεν πεζονόμοις ἔκ τε θαλάσσης
ἐχυροῖσι πεποιθὼς
στυφέλοις ἐφέταις, χρυ-
σογόνου γενεῖς ἰσόθεος φώς.
Translations (8)
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 73 focus
And against every land does the impetuous lord of many-peopled Asia urge forward his godlike armament in two divisions, of infantry, and of forces drawn from the sea, trusting in his strong sturdy commanders, a man equal to the gods of the race that sprung from gold 2
.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 73 focus
aux mille chevilles 1 comme un joug au cou de la mer.
L'impétueux monarque de l'Asie populeuse pousse à la conquête du monde son monstrueux troupeau humain par
deux routes à la fois : pour guider son armée
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 73 focus
many' an anxious look
Their wives, their parents ſend, count the slow
days,
And tremble at the long-protracted time.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 73 focus
Il Signore dei frequenti asíaci popoli
80
furioso, da due bande spinse d'uomini
una greggia innumerevole
su la terra dei nemici, qua pedoni, là dal pelago.
Fieri i duci saldi, affidano alla prova
questo principe che, ai Numi pari, è germine
85
della stirpe che nascea dall'aurea piova.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 73 focus
Multos uiros habens Afie bellicofus princeps
In regionem agit gregem regiam
Bipartito, pedibus mari.
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Duris confifus afperis iaculatoribus,
Diuitæ generatione uir deo æqualis.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 73 focus
Thus the fierce king, who holds command
O'er populous Asia, drives through all the land,
In twofold armament, his flock divine,
Land troops, and those who stem the brine;
Strong in his stalwart captains, he
Of gold-born * race the god-like progeny.
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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.) — 73 focus
From the land to the land they pass over, a herd at the high king's hest;
Some by the way of the waves, and some o'er the planking have pressed.
For the king is a lord and a god: he was born of the golden seed
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That erst upon Danae fell—his captains are strong at the need!
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.) — 73 focus
Der im volkreichen Gefild' Asia's stolzthronende Fürst,
Weit in das Land treibt er die wildstürmende Heerde:
Er gebeut Streitern zu Fuß, Kämpfern des Meeres,
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Von gewaltigen Feldherrn,
Von verwegnen geschirmt,
Goldenen Thau's himmlischer Sohn, ähnlich den Göttern.
Zweite Strophe.

Notes on the current edition

Persians

1. The hero Perseus, here regarded as the ancestor of Xerxes, and in l. 146 as giving his name to the whole Persian race, was the son of Zeus, who descended to Danae in a shower of gold.

Commentary

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

74. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-59

Ἀσίας:
ἀσίης
ante correctionem G.

76. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-60

χθόνα:
χώραν
pro
χθόνα
G. Lips. aliique et Rob. Eustathius p. 212, 42.
τὸ δὲ ποιμὴν λαῶν, ταὐτὸν ἂν τῷ ἀνδρῶν ποιμάνωρ, συνθέτως Αἰσχύλος εἴρηκε, καὶ τὸ τοιοῦτον ποιμνιον ποιμανύριον
. θεῖον:
θεῖτ'
pro
θεῖον
Lips.

77. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-61

ἐλαύνει διχόθεν:
ἐλαύνοι δειχόθεν
G.

78. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-62

θαλάσσης:
θαλάσσας
Blomfieldius. Idem recte sustulit comma quod vulgo post hanc vocem ponebatur, coniungens
ἐχυροῖς ἐκ θαλάσσης στυφελοῖς ἐφέταις
.

79. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-63

ἐχυροῖσι:
ἐχυροῖσι
Cantabr. 1. Par. B. L. N. et
o
ad primam syllabam superscripto M. γρ.
ὀχυροῦσι
Par. B.
ὀχυροῖσι
ceteri.

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στυφελοῖς:
στυφέλοις
libri.
στυφελοῖς
Blomfieldius. ἐφέταις:
ἀφέταις
Colb. 1. Rob. Hesychius
ἐφέτας, τοὺς ἡγεμόνας τῶν Περσῶν, καταχρηστικῶς
. χρυσογόνου:
χρυσονόμου
M. G. Vit. Lips. Ven. A. B. aliique et Ald. Turn.
χρυσογόνου
. γρ.
καὶ χρυσονόμου
Par. B.
χρυσογόνου
Rob. Vtramque scripturam commemorant scholia. Qui
χρυσονόμου
praeoptat, sic explicare debebit, ut idem sit quod
χρυσοῦς
, neglecto significatu terminationis. Sed in compositis ex
νέμω
hoc fieri non videtur exemplis posse demonstrari. Praestat
χρυσογόνου
.

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

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„Und überschwemmt und bedroht ganz Europa.“ θού- ριος 754. Um so ruhmvoller war es ihn zu besiegen. ἐπὶ πᾶσαν χθόνα, nicht bloſs Hellas. μανόριον von dem Heere wie ποι- μάνωρ 241 von dem Heerführer. θεῖον: die Grösse der Herde über- schreitet das menschliche Maſs, πεζονόμον τ᾽ ἔκ τε θαλάσσας für πεζονόμον τε καὶ θαλάσσιον ( ναυ- τικόν), Wechsel wie 19 f. - Unter zu- verlässigen tüchtigen Befehlshabern; χρυσο- ὀχυρός ( ἐχυρός) Ag. 44. γονου auro satae, sofern der mythische Stammvater der Perser, Perseus (Herod. VII 150), von seiner Mutter Danaë in Gestalt eines gol- denen Regens empfangen wurde. ἰσόθεος φώς homerisch.