Aeschylus Persians 81

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.) — 65-158 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 81 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 81 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 81 focus
κυάνεον δ᾽ ὄμμασι λεύσσων
φονίου δέργμα δράκοντος,
πολύχειρ καὶ πολυναύτης,
Σύριόν θ' ἅρμα διώκων,
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ἐπάγει δουρικλύτοις ἀν-
δρασι τοξόδαμνον Αρη.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 81 focus
κυάνεον δ' ὄμμασι λεύσσων
Str. 2.
φονίου φοινίου δέργμα δράκοντος,
πολύχειρ καὶ πολυ ναύτας,
Σύριόν θ' ἅρμα διώκων,
80
ἐπάγει δουρικλύτοις ἀν-
δράσι τοξόδαμνον Ἄρη·
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 81 focus
κυάνεον δ᾽ ὄμμασι λεύσσων
φονίου δέργμα δράκοντος,
πολύχειρ καὶ πολυναύτης,
Σύριόν θ᾽ ἅρμα διώκων,
85
ἐπάγει δουρικλύτοις ἀν-
δράσι τοξόδαμνον Ἄρη.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 81 focus
κυάνεον δ᾽ ὄμμασι λεύσσων
80
φονίου δέργμα δράκοντος
πολύχειρ καὶ πολυναύτης
Σύριόν θ᾽ ἅρμα διώκων
ἐπάγει δουρικλύτοις ἀν-
δράσι τοξόδαμνον ῎Αρη. –
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Translations (8)
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 81 focus
And flashing from his eyes the dark-blue glare of the deadly serpent, appointed with many a warrior and many a mariner, and urging on his Syrian 3
car, he is leading on a war victorious with the bow against men who are famous for the spear 4
.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 81 focus
et sa flotte, il se fie à ses solides et rudes chefs, le fils de la pluie d'or 1 ,
mortel égal aux dieux.
Un peu mieux marqué.
En ses yeux luit le regard bleu sombre du dragon sanglant. Il meut mille bras
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 81 focus
Fierce as the dragon ſcal'd in gold
Thro' the deep files he darts his glowing eye;
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And pleas'd their order to behold,
His gorgeous ſtandard blazing to the ſky,
Rolls onward his Aſſyrian car,
Directs the thunder of the war,
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 81 focus
Saettando egli dall'occhio,
quasi drago sanguinario, azzurro sguardo,
con gran flotta, con molti uomini,
sospingendo assirio cocchio,
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contro genti valorose a trattar cuspidi e lancie
guida un'oste esperta al dardo.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 81 focus
Fufcum uerò oculis uidens,
Cruenti afpectum Draconis.
Multas habens naues, manus,
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Et Aßyrium currum impellens,
Adducit hafta inclytis uiris,
Arcu domantem Martem: infignis nullus reſiſtens
Magno fluento uirorum munimento firmo,
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 81 focus
From eyes like deadly dragon's, flashing a lurid gleam,
With men and galleys countless, driving his Syrian car,
'Gainst spear-famed men he leadeth his arrow-puissant war.
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.) — 81 focus
And dark is the glare of his eyes, as eyes of a serpent blood-fed,
And with manifold troops in his train and with manifold ships hath he sped—
Yea, sped with his Syrian cars: he leads on the lords of the bow
To meet with the men of the West, the spear-armed force of the foe!
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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.) — 81 focus
Wie der morddürstende Felsdrache mit blaufunkelndem Glutblick,
So mit viel Armen und viel Schiffen beschwingt jener den Mordpfeil
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Von dem Streitwagen Assyriens
In die speerberühmten Festen.
Zweite Gegenstrophe.

Commentary

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

81. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-65

γενεᾶς:
γεναιᾶς
G.
γεννεᾶς
Lips. ἰσόθεος φώς:
ἰσόθεον φώς
M.
ἰσόθεον φῶς
, ultima prioris vocabuli littera in
ς
mutata, G. γρ.
ἰσόθεον φῶς
Par. B.

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κυάνεον: Scribendum videri potest
κυανόν
. Sed videtur haec forma recentiorum scriptorum propria esse. Male Blomfieldius
κυανοῦν
, quod vulgaris linguae est. Peius etiam Wellauerus
κυάνεον
vocabuli non ultimas, sed primas duas syllabas contrahendas esse putavit. λεύσσων:
λεύσων
M. Cantabr. 1. 2. Ald. Rob.
βλέπων
Vit. sed antiquae sunt tantum litterae
λε
, ceterae a recentiore manu scriptae.

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φονίου:
φονίου
M. G. Vit. Lips. Ven. B. aliique et Ald. Rob.
φονίου
Turn. δέργμα:
δέρμα
M. Lips. aliique nonnulli.

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πολυναύτης:
πολυναύτας
Vit. Cantabr. 2.

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Σύριόν θ':
συριόν
M. ed. Vict.
δουριόν θ'
Vit. Lips. Ven. A. aliique et Ald.
δοσσυριόν θ'
G. Ven. B. aliique et Rob. Turn. Alludi ad oraculum de pugna Salaminia Atheniensibus datum, quod est apud Herodotum VII. 140. in quo erat
Συριγγενὲς ἅρμα διώκων
viderunt et Blomfieldius et Suevernius in diss. Berolini a. 1824. hoc titulo edita, Ueber einige historische und politische anspielungen in der alten tragoedie, p. 4.

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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1
2
Die Furchtbarkeit des Xerxes. κυάνεον, Hesiod. Scut. 7: βλεφάρων ἄπο κυανεάων. Ibyk. fr. 2: Ἔρως κυανέοισιν ὑπὸ βλεφάροις τάκερ᾽ ὄμμασι δερκόμε- νος. Den Blick der Schlangen hielt der Aberglaube für gefähr- lich; vgl. Basiliskenblick. Reich an Mannschaft, Schiffen u. (Streit-) Wagen (Herod. VII 63: οὗτοι ὑπὸ μὲν Ἑλλήνων ἐκαλέοντο Σύριοι, ὑπὸ δὲ τῶν βαρβάρων ᾿Ασσύριοι ἐκλήθη- σαν. - Auffallende und kaum unbe- wufste (vgl. 348. 727; oben S. 31, A. 12) Ähnlichkeit mit dem Orakel vor der Schlacht bei Salamis, Herod. VII 140: κατὰ γάρ μιν ἐρείπει πῦρ τε καὶ ὀξὺς Αρης, συριηγενὲς ἄρμα διώκων. Die nationale Angriffs- waffe der Hellenen ist das δόρυ ( αἰχμή), der Orientalen (neben αἰχ- μὴ βραχεῖα oder ἀκόντιον, 52. vgl. Jerem. 19, 35-38. Herod. V 49. VII 61) der Bogen. Vgl. 147 f. 239f. Quantität von " Αρη wie Sept. 115.