Aeschylus Persians 858

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.) — 852-908 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 858 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 858 focus
πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμου στρατιᾶς ἀπεφαινόμεθ᾽,
ἠδὲ νομίσματα πύργινα
πάντ᾽ ἐπηύθυνον.
860
νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς
εὖ πράσσοντας ἆγον οἴκους.
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 858 focus
πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμους στρατιὰς ἀπε-
φαινόμεθ', οἳ δὲ νομίσματα πύργινα πάντ᾽ ἐπεύθυνον.
νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς εὖ πράσ-
860
σοντας ἄγον οἴκους.
στρ. β'.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 858 focus
Πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμους στρατιὰς εὐδοκίμου στρατιᾶς ἀπεφαινόμεθ' ἀπο-, αἳ δὲ ἠδὲ νομίσματα νομίματα (uel νόμιμα τὰ) πύργινα
Ant. 1.
πάντ' ἐπηύθυνον ἐπεύθυνον·
860
νόστοι δ' ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς
<αὖθις ἐς> om. εὖ πράσσοντας ἦγον οἴκους.
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 858 focus
πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμους
860
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 858 focus
πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμους στρατιὰς ἀπε-
φαινόμεθ᾽, ἠδὲ νομίσματα πύργινα
πάντ᾽ ἐπηύθυνεν.
νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς
860
(εὔφρονας) εὖ πράσσοντας ἀγον [ἐς] οἴκους.
Translations (8)
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 858 focus
In the first place we were celebrated on account of our well-approved army, and the laws of the state directed all things 2
. And our returns too from our wars brought us without trouble, without suffering, in flourishing condition to our homes.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 858 focus
des armées à la gloire sans tache ; elles ne dirigeaient contre l'ennemi que l'art
coutumier des sièges 1 ; et des retours sans peine ni dommage ramenaient nos guerriers à leurs foyers heureux.

The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 858 focus
Then ſpread our arms their glory wide,
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Guarding to peace her golden reign;
Each tow'red city ſaw with pride
Safe from the toils of war her homeward-march-
ing train.
ANTISTROPHE 1.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 858 focus
Leggi solide come
torri, tutto reggean: v'erano eserciti
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di glorioso nome;
e dalle guerre, senza danno o cruccio,
ci radduceva fra le patrie mura
la prospera ventura.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 858 focus
Que ad turres pertiment constituit.
Reditus ex bello ſine labore, ſine perpeßionibus,
Bene agentem duxerunt domum.
Quot cepit urbes, uadum non
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The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 858 focus
How many a town he took, yet seldom he
860
The Halys crossed, or from his hearth would roam; *
The cities such of the Strymonian Sea,
The Achelôdès, near the Thracians’ home.
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.) — 858 focus
Then could we show to the skies great hosts and a glorious name,
And laws that were stable in might; as towers they guarded our fame!
There without woe or disaster we came from the foe and the fight,
In triumph, enriched with the spoil, to the land and the city's delight.
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.) — 858 focus
Groß in der Schlacht und verherrlicht im Ruhme des
Heeres, verwalteten wir in des heiligen
Rechtes Hut Stadt und Land.
Aus dem Gewühle der Schlachten in harmlosem Glück
Führte des Sieges Arm die Kämpfer heimwärts.
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Zweite Strophe.

Commentary

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

858. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-796

εὐδοκίμους στρατιὰς ἀπεφαινόμεθ':
πρῶτον μὲν
G. Tum
εὐδοκίμου στρατιᾶς
omnes. Deinde
ἀπεφαινόμεθ'
M. G. aliique et
σ
ad
9
supra adscripto Par.C.
ἀπεφαίνόμεσθ'
Lips. Cantabr. 2.
ἀποφαινόμεσθ'
Par. A. B. Ven. A. Ald. Rob. Turn. Ex scholiis colligi potest fuisse qui
ἄπο φαινόμεθ'
scriberent. Interpretum explicationes tam contortae sunt, ut refutare eas ne operae pretium quidem esse videatur. Eleganter Schützius scribendum esse coniecit
πρῶτα μὲν εὐδόκιμοι στρατιᾶς ἀπεφαινόμεθ'
. Sed scribendum est mutatione paene leniore
πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμους στρατιὰς ἀπεφαινόμεθ'
, primum prospererem gerentes exercitus ostendimus. Est autem
ἀποφαίνεσθαι
spectandum exhibere aliquid quod nostrum est, ut in Eum. v. 304.
ἄγε δὴ καὶ χορὸν ἅψωμεν, ἐπεὶ μοῦσαν στυγεράν ἀποφαίνεσθαι δεδόκηκεν
. Incidit in eandem emendationem Wellauerus.
858

859. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-797

οἳ δὲ νομίσματα πύργινα πάντ᾽ ἐπεύθυνον:
ἠδὲ νόμιμα τὰ πύργινα πάντ᾽ ἐπεύθυνον
vulgo.
ἢ δὲ νομίμα
Μ.
τὰ
omittit Colb. 2.
πάντ᾽ ἐπέ θυνον
, eraso
υ
, Μ.
πάντα εύθυνον
Colb. 1.
νομίσματα πύργινα
scribendum esse olim dixi. Perfecisse mihi videor emendationem mutato
de
in
oî dé
.
859

860. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-798

νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς:
νόστοι δὲ ἐκ
Lips.
860

860. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-799

εὖ πράσσοντας:
εὖ πράσσοντα
Rob. Ante
εὖ πράσσοντας
, vel, ut scribit,
εὐπράσσοντας
, Brunckius
ἡμᾶς
inseruit, quod habet Par. B. Verum hoc manifesto nihil aliud est quam interpretatio. Dactylum qui excidit non male Schwenckius inserendo
εύφρονας
restituendum esse coniecit.
860

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

852-907. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-130

1
2
Drittes Stasimon. Loblied auf Dareios, aus Anlaſs seiner vorausgegangenen Erschei- nung. Glück und Gröfse des per- sischen Reichs unter ihm. Seine Verdienste werden vor dem Auf- treten des Xerxes noch einmal ver- gegenwärtigt, des Kontrastes wegen. Zugleich erhalten so seine Rat- schläge (790 ff. 824 ff.) doppeltes Gewicht. Altertümlicher Charakter, epische Aufzählung, auch viele epi- sche Formen und Wendungen, so- wie das Maſs überwiegend dakty- lisch und altertümlich einfach, in der Weise des Stesichoros. Vgl. Westphal2 II S 373 ff.

857-863. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-132

3
4
Begründung durch des Dareios kriegerische Tüchtig- keit. πρῶτα μὲν . . νόστοι δέ. Wir zeigten der Welt ruhmvolle Feldzüge d. i. führten sie vor deren Augen Augen aus. στρατιάς im Sinne von στρατείας. πολίσματα πύργινα, vgl. Eur. Bacch. 19 καλλιπυργώτους πόλεις. ἀνέρας (fehlt in den Handschriften) als episches Wort mit epischer Messung wie ἀνέρων Suppl. 426. - εὐ πράσσοντας: auch vom Skythenfeldzuge (Herod. VII 10, 1) und von Marathon (ib. VI 102 ff.)?