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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.) — 898 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 898 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 898 focus
καὶ τὰς εὐκτεάνους κατὰ κλῆρον Ἰαόνιον πολυάνδρους
880
ἐλαύνων ἐκράτει σφετέραις φρεσίν,
ἀκάματον δὲ παρῆν σθένος ἀνδρῶν τευχηστήρων,
παμμίκτων τ' ἐπικούρων.
νῦν δ᾽ οὐκ ἀμφιλόγως θεότρεπτα τάδ' ἀμπέρομεν πολέμοισι
δμαθέντες μεγάλως πλαγαῖσι ποντίαισιν.
885
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 898 focus
καὶ τὰς εὐκτεάνους κατὰ κλῆρον Ἰ-
895
Epod.
αόνιον ἰόνιον πολυάνδρους
Ἑλλάνων ἑλλάνων ἐκράτυνε σφετέραις φρεσίν,
ἀκάματον δὲ παρῆν σθένος ἀνδρῶν
τευχηστήρων
παμμείκτων παμμίκτων τ' ἐπικούρων.
900
Νῦν δ' οὐκ ἀμφιλόγως θεότρεπτα τάδ'
αὖ φέρομεν πολέμοιο πολέμοισι
δμαθέντες μεγάλως πλα-
γαῖσι ποντίαισιν.
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 898 focus
καὶ τὰς εὐκτεάνους κατὰ κλῆρον
900
Ἰαόνιον πολυάνδρους
Ἑλλάνων ἐκράτυνεν
σφετέραις φρεσίν. ἀκάματον δὲ παρῆν
σθένος ἀνδρῶν τευχηστήρων,
παμμίκτων τ᾽ ἐπικούρων.
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νῦν δ᾽ οὐκ ἀμφιλόγως
θεότρεπτα τάδ᾽ αὖ
φέρομεν πολέμοισι
δμαθέντες μεγάλως
πλαγαῖσι ποντίαισιν.
910
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 898 focus
καὶ τὰς εὐκτεάνους κατὰ κλῆρον Ἰ-
αόνιον πολυάνδρους
890
Ἑλλάνων [ἐκράτυνε] σφετέραις φρεσίν·
ἀκάματον δὲ παρῆν σθένος ἀνδρῶν
Translations (8)
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 898 focus
He ruled too, by his prudence, over the opulent populous cities of the Greeks in the Ionian district. And there was at hand an unconquerable power of armed men, and of allies gathered from every nation. But now we, in no dubious way, have to endure the overthrow of these things from the hand of the gods, being terribly beaten down by wars, and by disasters on the deep.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 898 focus
et les cités de Chypre : Paphos, Soli —
Salamine, dont la métropole aujourd'hui cause nos gémissements 1 !
Et les villes opulentes du domaine ionien, si peuplées de
Grecs ! Et cela, par sa seule pensée, appuyée sur l'infatigable vigueur de ses hommes d'armes, la foule confuse de ses auxiliaires ! Mais nous
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 898 focus
E'en the proud towns, that rear'd
Sublime along th' Ionian coaſt their tow'rs,
Where wealth her treaſures pours,
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Peopled from Greece, his prudent reign rever'd.
With ſuch unconquer'd might
His hardy warriors ſhook th' embattled fields,
Heroes that Perſia yields,
And thoſe from diſtant realms that took their way,
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And wedg'd in cloſe array
Beneath his glitt'ring banners claim'd the ſight.
But now theſe glories are no more;
Farewell the big war's plumed pride:
The Gods have cruſh'd this trophied pow'r,
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Sunk are our vanquiſh'd arms beneath th' indignant tide.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 898 focus
E le città, d'Ellèni
uomini fitte, prospere di beni,
per le contrade lonie
sparse, reggeva a suo talento.
1035
Indomito
fior di patrie milizie e d'ausiliarie
commiste schiere aveva in sua possanza.
Ma tutto, con sembianza
non ambigua, sconvolto ora dai Superi,
1040
su noi, già in terra vinti, adesso pesa
per la marina offesa.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 898 focus
Haslocupletes iuxta fortem
Ionicam multos uiros habentes inſequës firmauit
830
Suis mentibus, incruentum aderat
Robur uirorum armatorum,& mixtorum
Iuuantıŭ:nunc uerò no ambiguè à dijs nutritas
Has ferimus molestias domati bellis,
Admodumq; plagis marinis.
835
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 898 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.) — 898 focus
Yea, and all the Ionian tract, where the Greek-born inhabitants throng,
And the cities are teeming with gold—Darius was lord of them all,
And, great by his wisdom, he ruled, and ever there came to his call,
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In stalwart array and unfailing, the warrior chiefs of our land,
And mingled allies from the tribes who bowed to his conquering hand!
But now there are none to gainsay that the gods are against us; we lie
Subdued in the havoc of wreck, and whelmed by the wrath of the sky!
[ Enter Xerxes in disarray.
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.) — 898 focus
Auch in der Joner Gefilden die reichen gesegneten Städte, gedrängt von
Hellas' Volke bewohnt, zwang er mit weisem Sinn.
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Und unermüdliche Kraft der Gewappneten, Helfer aus allen
Völkern standen ihm nahe.
Doch jetzt dulden wir das; so ward es gewandt von den Göttern: sie schlugen
Graunvoll uns mit des Krieges Noth, des Meeres Unheil.
(Von der Seite der Fremde her vernimmt man Wehgeschrei; bald darauf erscheint Xerres, von einigen Kriegern gefolgt, mit Bogen und Köcher um die Schultern.)

Commentary

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

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

ὀτοτοῖ:
oToTot
Blomfieldius, et hoc ex
oTToToT
factum in Cantabr. 2.
oToToì
Turn.
OTTOTOT
Vit. Lips.
OTTOTOì
G. Ven. A. Cantabr. 1. Par. C. Colb. 1. Ald.
ὁττοτοὶ
Rob.
οτοτοτοῖ
Μ.
898

898. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-861

βασιλεῦ:
βασιλεῦς
sic M. Vit.
898

899. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-862

Περσονόμου:
περσιόμου
G.
899

901. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-863

οὓς:
ὃς
Ox. Ald.
901

901. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-864

νῦν:
vor
omittit Colb. 1.
901

901. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-865

ἐπέκειρεν:
ἐπέκειρεν
recepi ex M. Vit. Ven. B. Par. L.
nézege
Lips. Par. H. Colb. 2.
úлézeige
G. (sic G.) ceterique. Hesychius
ἐπικεῖραι, διακόψαι, διαφθείραι
.
901

902. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-866

γᾶ δ᾽: Hic dialecto mutata proodus incipit.
ya '
M. G. Turn.
yata d'
Lips. Ven. A. aliique et Ald. Rob.
yã d'
Vit.
902

902. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-867

αἰάζει:
αλάξει
Ald. Rob.
902

902. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-868

τὰν ἐγγαίαν:
τ᾽ ἂν ἐγγαίαν
Ald.
τὴν ἀγγαίαν
Vit. Lips. Ven. B. in Lips. ad utramque vocem supra scripto communis dialecti, in Vit. addita explicatione
tηr dvayyaíar, sic
.
902

903. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-869

ἥβαν:
av
a pluribus manibus refictum in M.
903

903. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-870

Ξέρξᾳ:
ἥβαν ξέρξη, zatquérar
, ad primam vocem supra scripto
η
, Lips.
ξέρξαι
, ultimis duabus litteris fortasse refictis, M.
osa
G. Vit. Turn.
¿éoσa
Ald. Rob.
903

904. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-871

σάκτορι Περσῶν:
σάκτορπερσῶν
, addito a sec. manu
a
post
σάκτορ
, Μ.
σά-XτоQI пEQσйν
ceteri, nisi quod
oúzτoooç
, supra scripto, habet Colb. 1. et idem et Lips. Cantabr. 2. Ask. A.
πɛдõшν
. Non ipse chorus hoc opprobrio Xerxem excipit, sed quid cives dicant exponit. Neque vero dubitandum est, quin constructio haec sit,
κταμέναν Ξέρξα, Αιδου σάκτορι Περσῶν
, i. e.
τὸν Αιδην σάττοντι ПIεgσor, vel Пégoas
, occisam a Xerxe, Orcum Persis implente.
904

904. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-872

ᾅδοβάται:
aydaßára
M. Vit. Ven. B. Turn.
aydaßáraç
G. (sic G.) Lips. sed in Lips.
as
in
at
mutatum.
ἀδαγβάται
Ven. A. Ox. Ald.
ἀδαβάται
Rob.
ἀδάματα
Par. I.
ἀδάμαται
Ask. A. In
ἀγδαβάται
, quod gentis nomen esse putant scholiastae, aut verbum, aut nomen, quod verbi instar sit, obscuratum latere per se intelligitur. Quare lenissima mutatione scripsi
adoßára
, scilicet
aloív
. Similiter Aeschylus paludicolas Aegyptios v. 40. vocavit
ἑλειοβάτας
. Simillimo vocabulo
άδοφοῖται
usus est Aristophanes in Gerytade apud Athenaeum XII. p. 551. B. quod vocabulum Hemsterhusius Hesychio pro corrupto
Adogóλo
restituendum putabat. Iam sententia optime procedit: multi enim Orcicolae sunt fortes viri: innumerabiles enim periere. Wellauerus et Scholefieldius hanc et alias emendationes Passovio tribuerunt, qui eas a me accepit, nec dixit suas esse.
904

905. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-873

φῶτες:
gates
omittit Ven. A.
905

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.

897-907. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-137

3
4
Der daktylische Grundcharakter des ganzen Liedes ist hier besonders scharf ausgeprägt, das trochäische Element erst am Schlusse der ganzen Strophe ver- treten. Abschluſs der Aufzählung durch die ionischen Städte des Fest- lands und nochmalige Gegenüber- stellung der jetzigen Lage. – σφε- τέραις φρεσίν, durch seine Weis- heit, nicht dadurch, daſs er selbst zu Felde zog. Vgl. 864 f. σφέτερος von Einem wie Ag. 760. Vgl. Kr. II 51, 1. A. 14. ἀκάματον hat die erste Silbe lang nach epischer Messung wie ἀθάνατος, Prom. 185 ἀπαράμυθος. - τευχηστήρων, vgl. Sept. 644. - θεότρεπτα παλάμαισι 8. ν. α. θεῶν παλάμαισι τετραμμένα, deorum consiliis mutata, in calami- tatem conversa; vgl. Pind. Ol. 10, 25 θεοῦ σὺν παλάμᾳ u. unten 941 f. In dem was wir jetzt zu tragen haben zeigt sich unzweifelhaft die Hand der Gottheit; vgl. 739. 801 f. Die Hinweisung auf das jetzige Unglück vermittelt das Auftreten von dessen Urheber.