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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.) — 909-1076 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 888 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 888 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 888 focus
καὶ τὰς ἀγχιάλους ἐκράτυνε μεσάκτους,
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Λῆμνον, Ἰκάρου θ᾽ ἕδος,
Ῥόδον τ' ἠδὲ Κνίδον, Κυπρίας τε πόλεις, Πάφον,
ἠδὲ Σόλους, Σαλαμῖνά τε, τᾶς νῦν ματρόπολις τῶνδ᾽
αἰτία στεναγμῶν·
ἐπῳδός.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 888 focus
καὶ τὰς ἀγχιά-
Ant. 3.
λους ἐκράτυνε μεσάκτους,
Λῆμνον, Ἰκάρου θ' ἕδος,
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καὶ Ῥόδον ἠδὲ Κνίδον Κυπρίας τε πό-
λεις, Πάφον ἠδὲ Σόλους Σαλαμῖνά τε,
τᾶς νῦν ματρόπολις τῶνδ'
αἰτία στεναγμῶν στεναγμάτων·
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 888 focus
καὶ τὰς ἀγχιάλους
ἐκράτυνε μεσάκτους,
Λῆμνον, Ἰκάρου θ᾽ ἕδος,
καὶ Ῥόδον ἠδὲ Κνίδον
Κυπρίας τε πόλεις,
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Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 888 focus
καὶ τὰς ἀγχιάλους ἐκράτυνε μεσάκτους,
Λήμνον Ἰκάρου θ᾽ ἕδος
καὶ Ῥόδον ἠδὲ Κνίδον Κυπρίας τε πό-
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λεις, Πάφον ἠδὲ Σόλους Σαλαμῖνά τε,
τᾶς νῦν ματρόπολις τῶνδ᾽
αἰτία στεναγμών. =
Translations (8)
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 888 focus
He was lord too of the sea-girt isles situate midway between the continents, Lemnos, and the dwelling of Icarus, and Rhodes, Cnidus too, and the cities of Venus, Paphos, and Soli, and
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 888 focus
Il commandait de même à celles qui s'élèvent au milieu de
la mer entre deux continents 1 , Lemnos, et le pays d'Icaros, et Rhodes, et Cnide,
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 888 focus
Chios, the ſeat of beauty;
Andros ſteep,
That ſtretches o'er the deep
To meet the watry Tenos;
him each bay
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Bound by th' Icarian ſea,
Him Melos, Gnidus, Rhodes confeſs'd their lord:
O'er Cyprus ſtre ch'd his ſceptred hand :
Paphos
THE PERSIANS.
Paphos and Solos own'd his pow'r,
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And Salamis, whoſe hoſtile ſtrand,
The cauſe of all our woe, is red with Perſian gore.
ANTISTROPHE 2.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 888 focus
E quelle che si levano
in mezzo al mar, tra l'uno e l'altro lido,
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governò. Lenno, e d'Icaro
la sede, e Rodi, e Cnído,
e le cittadi ciprie,
Pafo, Soli, e la figlia
di Salamina, causa
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del pianto che a noi bagna ora le ciglia.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 888 focus
Et alias maritimas obtinuit medias,
Lemnum, Icariq; fedem, Rhodum, Cnidum,
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Cyprieq; urbes, Paphum, aut Solos,
Salamimaq;, huius metropolis
Caufa est luctus.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 888 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.) — 888 focus
And isles that in midmost Aegean, aloof from the continent, lie—
And Lemnos and Icaros' hold—all these to his sceptre were bowed,
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And Cnidos and neighbouring Rhodes, and Soli, and Paphos the proud,
And Cyprian Salamis, name-child of her who hath wrought us this wrong!
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.) — 888 focus
Ihm auch dienten die Inseln, verstreut an der Küste,
Lemnos' Au'n und Ikaros',
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Rhodos und Knidos zugleich und die kyprischen Städte, die
Heilige Paphos und Solis und Salamis, Tochter der Mutter,
Die das Leid uns jetzt gebar.
Schlußgesang.

Commentary

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

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τῆςδε:
τῆς δὲ
Ald. Rob.
τήδε
Turn.
τῆς
, omisso
δε
, Lips.
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ἀτεκμαρτοτάτης:
ἀτεκμαρτωτάτης
Lips.
ἀτεκμαρτοτάτως
Vit.
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ὠμοφρόνως:
ὁμοφρόνως
Mosc.
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ἐνέβη:
ἀνέβη
Colb. 1.
ἐνέθη
Par. G.
ἐνέ-βαλε
Cantabr. 1.
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γενεᾷ:
γενιᾶ
Lips.
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ἐμῶν:
ἐμῶν
, quod in omnibus libris est, non debebat Schutzius in
ἐμοὶ
mutare, quod in G. Lips. interpretationis caussa supra scriptum est.
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γυίων:
γύων
Vit. Ald. Rob.
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ῥώμη:
μελέων
Ven. B. Colb. 1. et supra scripto
γυίων
Par. C.
μελῶν
supra scriptum in Vit. Lips.
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τήνδ᾽:
τὴν δ'
a pr. manu M.
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ἐςιδόντ᾽:
ἐσιδόντ'
M. Vit. et plerique, ut videtur, codices ac Turn.
εἰσιδόντ'
Par. L. Ald. Rob.
ἐσιδόντος
Colb. 1.
ἐσιδόντες
Ven. Β.
εἰσιδοῦσ᾽
Ask. A.
εἰσιδόντι
ex correctione, quum antea fuisset
εἰσιδῶντι
, Lips.
ἐσιδῶν τ'
sic G.
ἐςιδόντ'
accusativus est: v. Elmsl. ad Eur. Heracl. v. 693.
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νηριτοτρόφος: Post hunc versum nonnulla excidisse non videtur dubitari posse, quum non solum ad sententiam aliquid desideretur, sed versus etiam paroemiacus exspectetur. Itaque
νησιτοτρόφους
, quod vocabulum Athenaeus III. p. 86. B. ex Aeschyli Persis affert, hic inserui, quod reliquum puto ex iis quae perierunt. Apud Athenaeum haec leguntur,
Αισχύλος δ᾽ ἐν Πέρσαις τίς ἀνήρει τοὺς νήσους (puto scripsisse Athenaeum 47-σχύλος δ᾽ ἐν Πέρσαις τὰς νήσους) νησιτοτρόφους εἴρηκεν
. Aptissime omnia sic procederent,
λέλυται γὰρ ἐμῶν γυίων ρώμη τήνδ᾽ ἡλικίαν ἐςιδόντ᾽ ἀστῶν, τὰς ἀμφιρύτους ἢ περὶ νήσους νηριτοτρόφους ἀπόλωλεν
. V. diss. de Aeschyli
Ιλίου πέρσει
p. 17.
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εἴθ᾽ ὄφελε, Ζεῦ:
εἶν᾿ ὄφελεν ζει
, litteris
λε
in litura, M.
εἶν᾿ ὄφελε Ζεὺς
sic Turn.
ὄφελε
eliam Ven. Β.
εἶθ' ὠφελε ζεῦ
Par. A.
εἴθ᾽ ὤφελε ζεὺς
G. Vit. Lips. et cum plerisque, ut videtur, reliquis codicibus Ald. Rob.
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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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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.

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Athen. III 86 B Αἰσχύλος δ᾽ ἐν Πέρσαις τὰς ἀνα- ρίτας (Meerschnecken) τρεφούσας νήσους νηριτοτρόφους εἴρηκεν. – μετάκτους ( νήσους), die man vom Festlande aus gleich hinter der Küste (in der Nähe der Küste) sieht, also s. v. a. ἀγχιάλους. Vgl. μέταυ- λος, die hinter der αὐλή gelegene Thüre. Herod. V 26: Ὀτάνης .. εἶλε Λῆμνόν τε καὶ Ἴμβρον, ἀμφο- τέρας ἔτι τότε ὑπὸ Πελασγῶν οἰκεο- μένας. Von Lemnos nach Ikaros (später Ikaria) ist ein groſser Sprung nach Süden. Ικάρου ἕδος wie Hom. Ω 544 Λέσβος ἄνω, Μάκαρος ἕδος. Κνίδον, Herod. I 174. Κυπρ. Herod. ΙΙΙ 19: δόντες Κύ- πριοι σφέας αὐτοὺς Πέρσησι (unter Kambyses), vgl. ib. 91. V 104.108 ff. Das dortige Salamis galt für eine Gründung des Salaminiers Teukros (Enkels des Aiakos).