Aeschylus Persians 974

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 (6)
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 974 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 974 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 974 focus
ἰώ, ἰώ μοι, τὰς ὠγυγίους κατιδόντες
στυγνὰς Ἀθάνας πάντες ἑνὶ πιτύλῳ,
ἐ ἔ,
τλάμονες ἀσπαίρουσι χέρσῳ.
950
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 974 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 974 focus
ἰώ ἰώ μοι,
τὰς ὠγυγίους κατιδόντες
στυγνὰς Ἀθάνας πάντες ἑνὶ πιτύλῳ,
980
ὤ ὤ ὤ, τλάμονες ἀσπαίρουσι χέρσῳ.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 974 focus
Translations (8)
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 974 focus
Alas for me! after having beheld ancient Athens the hateful, all in one shock of fight, ah! ah! ah! wretched, lie gasping on the ground.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 974 focus
où est ton Pharnoukos ? et le preux Ariomardos ? Où donc sire Seuakès ? Lilaios aux
nobles aïeux, Memphis, Tharybis ? Et Masistras, Artembarès, Hystaichmas ? Réponds à mes demandes.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 974 focus
Wretch that I am!
Theſe on th' abhorred town
Ogygian Athens d
, roll'd their glowing eyes
Indignant;
THE PERSIANS.
Indignant;
1185
but at once in the fierce ſhock
Of battle fell, daſh'd breathleſs on the ground.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 974 focus
Ahimè, ahi!, procombettero
tutti ad un colpo. A la vetusta Atene
odïosa, le palpebre
fisse, ahi miseri! guizzan su le arene.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 974 focus
Heu beu antiquas uidentes
Molestas Athenas, omnes uno tumultu
880
Heuheu, miferi eunt in terram.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 974 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.) — 974 focus
Alas, alas, they came, their eyes surveyed
Ancestral Athens on that fatal day.
Then with a rending struggle were they laid
Upon the land, and gasped their life away!
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.) — 974 focus
Nach dem grauen Athen, dem verhaßten,
Den Blick gewendet, niedergeschmettert zumal,
Die Armen, ach!
Liegen sie zuckend am Ufer alle.
925

Notes on the current edition

Persians

1. The Persian kings had in their service officers called their eyes and ears, charged to make report of what they saw and heard.

Commentary

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

974. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-954

νώνυμοι: Hunc versum, qui in libris cum praecedentibus Xerxis est, choro tribuendum esse antistropha monstrat.
οι νώνυμνοι
Μ.
Ο νώνυμοι
G. Cantabr. 1. Colb. 1. 2. Par. G. Turn.
οἳ νώνυμοι
Vit. Ven. A.
οινώνυμοι
Lips. Ald.
ἀνώνυμοι
Rob.
οι οι νώνυμοι
Ven. B. ed. Vict.
974

975-978. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-955

ἰὴ ἰή, ἰω ἰώ. ἰω ἰώ, δαίμονες δ᾽ ἔθεντ᾽ ἄελπτον κακόν, πάγκακον οἷον δέδρακεν ἄτα.: Xerxi dedi hunc versum, quem libri cum sequentibus choro tribuunt.
δὴ τὴ ἰὼ ἐω ] ἰὼ ἐὼ δαίμονες
Μ.
δὴ τὴ ἰὼ τὰ ἰὼ δαίμονες
Vit. Lips.
ἰὴ τὴς τὴ τὴ. ἰὼ ἰ. ἰω ἰω. ὦ δαίμονες
G.
ἰὴ τὴ ἰὼ ἰὼ ὦ δαίμονες
Rob.
i
quinquies,
Ζω
octies Colb. 1. Ox. et omisso
δαίμονες
Ald.
ή
sexies et deinde
ω ἰὼ δυσδαίμονες
sic Ven. A.
ὴ τὴ ἰὼ ἰὼ ἰὼ ἰὼ δυςδαίμονες
Turn.
δαίμονες
enotatum ex Ask. A. Mosc.
ὦ δαίμονες
ex Cantabr. 1. Par. K. L. Colb. 2. Ven. B. Tum omnes libri,
δ'
non addito,
ἔθετ᾽ ἄελπτον κακὸν διαπρέπον οἷον δέδορκεν ἄτα
, nisi quod
έλθετ'
habent Vit. Mosc. Colb. 1.
κακὸν
bis et
διαπρεπή
Vit.
οἵαν
Colb. 1.
ἄτα
ad alterum
a
supra scripto
η
Lips.
ἄταν
Colb. 1. Οx. Ven. A. Ald. Rob. Corrupta haec esse facile ex antistropha, quae optimos habet et certissimos numeros, intelligitur. Ac primum quidem
eť
mutandum esse in
ἔθεσθ'
olim putavi, nunc
δ'
inserto scripsi
ἔθεντο
. Deinde
διαπρέπον
neque synizesi fieri posse videtur trisyllabum, neque probabile est Dindorfii
ζαπρέπον
, sed
διαπρέπον
, vocabulum satis tenne, interpretatio videtur alius vocabuli, quod
πρόκακον
vel
πάγκακον
fuisse puto. Denique
oἷον δέδορκεν ἄτα
scholiastae ita explicant,
οἷον κακόν ἡ Ἄτη ἐφορᾷ
et
εθεάσατο ἡ βλαβή
. Hoc vero Graeca verba ne posse quidem significare mihi videntur. Puto restituisse quod Aeschylus scripsit,
ἰὼ ἐώ, δαίμονες δ' ἔθεντ᾽ ἄελπτον κακόν, πάγκακον οἷον δέδρακεν ἄτα
.

979. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-956

δι' αἰῶνος τύχαι: Hic versus in M. Vit. scriptus est in margine et in M. quidem in litura praeter ultimas quattuor syllabas, sed, ut videtur, a prima manu: adscriptum autem supra est
γρ. δαίμονος τύχαι
. In illo
δαίμονος
latere videtur
διαίμονες
, cruentae, quam vocem Marklandus Euripidi Iph. Aul. v.1514. restituit. Eadem sententia est Dindorfii. Sed puto tamen
δι' αἰῶνος
verum esse, neque in stropha v. 973.
ἀγρέται
scribendum esse, sed
ἀκρῶται
.
οἶαι δὴ δι' αἰῶνος τύχαι
Ven. B. Rob. quod grammatici inventum est senarium exhibere volentis.
τύχα
G.
979

980. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-957

εὔδηλα γάρ: Personae notam omittunt Ald. Turn. In Vit. Xerxi haec usque ad
εὐτυχῶς
tribuuntur, versus autem 984. choro.
εύδηλον
, omnisso
γάρ
, Rob.
980

981. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-958

νέαι νέαι δύαι δύαι: Hunc versum Xerxi dedi.
νέα νέα δύαι δύαι
Ald.
981

982. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-959

Ἰαόνων ναυβατᾶν:
Ιαόνων
Lips. Cantabr. 1. Colb. 1. Turn.
ἰαώνων
Ven. A. Colb. 2.
ἰώνων
Rob. Ald.
λάνων
Μ. G. Vit. Ven. B. Par. L.
ναυ-βάτων
sic M. Turn.
ναυατῶν
Ven. A. Cantabr. 1. Colb. 1.
ναβατῶν
Ald.
ναυάτων
Vit.
ναυάτοις
, supra scripto
wr
, Lips.
ναυατᾶν
G. (sic G.) Par. A. Inde Brunckius
ναυβατᾶν
restituit, atque ita iam Rob. In Par. C. totus versus ita scriptus est,
ἰάνωναν βάτων
, supra scripto ad ultimam syllabam
or
.
982

984. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-960

γένος τὸ Περσῶν:
γένος τὸ περσῶν
Μ. Ven. A.
γένος τὸ περσῶν
G. Vit. Lips. Ald. Turn.
γένος περσῶν
Rob.
τὸ γένος περσῶν
Ven. Β.
τὸ γένος τὸ περσῶν
Colb. 2.
τὸ γένος τῶν περσῶν
Cantabr. 1.
984

985. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-961

πῶς δ᾽ οὐ:
πῶς δ᾽ οὐ
sine interpunctione M. Vit. Ald.
πῶς δ᾽ οὔ
. G. Lips. et commate addito Turn.
πῶς θ᾽ οὐ;
Rob.
985

985. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-962

στρατὸν γὰρ: Libri
στρατὸν μὲν
, nisi quod Rob. cum scholiasta metrico
uèv
omittit. Mutavi
μὲν
in
γάρ
.
985

985. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-963

τοσοῦτον:
τί δ᾽ οὐ
Ven. Β. In
τοσοῦτον
littera
σ
a sec. manu reficta in M.
985

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

973-987. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-145

1
2
ὠγυγ. 37. – – στυγνάς 286. Die Klage des Xerxes ver- läuft metrisch frei; häufig alloio- metrische Reihen zwischen den Anapästen. Anders beim Chor. ᾿Αντιστρ. β΄. Στρ. γ΄. πίτυλος, das plätschernde Ein- schlagen des Ruders, hier der Schlag, durch welchen sie ins Wasser stürzen. Vgl. ἐν μιᾷ πληγῇ 251. - ἀσπαίρω (zapple) homerisch; später σπαίρω. G. Curtius, griech. Et.2 S. 651. – Περσᾶν abhängig von μύρια (wie von μυριάδας). αὐτοῦ τα ἔλιπες. πάντα πιστόν, Kr. 46, 4. Α. 4. - Hesych. : ἐπέμ- πετό τις ὑπὸ βασιλέως ἐπίσκοπος, ὃς ἐφεωρᾶτο τὰ πράγματα, ὃν τοῦ βασιλέως ὀφθαλμὸν ἐκάλουν. Vgl. Xen. Kyrup. VIII 2, 10: τοὺς βασι- λέως καλουμένους ὀφθαλμοὺς καὶ τὰ βασιλέως ώτα. - μύρια μύρια Zehntausende und (aber) Zehn- tausende; der Acc. abhängig von dem Verbalbegriff des Substantivs. Vgl. 523 u. Choeph. 23: χοὰς προ- πομπός. Herod. VII 60: ἐξηρίθ- μησαν δὲ τόνδε τὸν τρόπον. συνα- γαγόντες ἐς ἕνα χῶρον μυριάδα ἀνθρώπων etc., vgl. 81: οἱ διατά- ξαντες καὶ ἐξαριθμήσαντες οὗτοι ἔσαν. ἄλπνιστος (süfs, lieblich) auch Pind. Isthm. 5, 14. Der Name ist ausgefallen. ( παῖδα) τοῦ Σησάμα ( παιδὸς) τοῦ Μεγαβάτα, wenn nicht der ursprüngliche Text eine andere Beziehung gestattete. δάων, Schol. διακοπτικῶν πολε- μίων κακῶν.