Aeschylus Persians 694-700

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.) — 694-702 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 694-702 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 694 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 694 focus
σέβομαι μὲν προςιδέσθαι,
695
σέβομαι δ᾽ ἀντία λέξαι
σέθεν ἀρχαίῳ περὶ τάρβει.
ἀλλ᾽ ἐπεὶ κάτωθεν ἦλθον σοῖς γόοις πεπεισμένος,
μή τι μακιστῆρα μῦθον, ἀλλὰ σύντομον λέγων
εἰπὲ καὶ πέραινε πάντα, τὴν ἐμὴν αἰδῶ μεθείς.
700
δίεμαι μὲν χαρίσασθαι,
δίεμαι δ᾽ ἀντία φάσθαι,
προλέγων δύςλεκτα φίλοισιν.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 694 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 694 focus
σέβομαι μὲν προσιδέσθαι,
ἀλλ᾽ ἐπεὶ κάτωθεν ἦλθον σοῖς γόοις πεπεισμένος,
μή τι μακιστῆρα μῦθον, ἀλλὰ σύντομον λέγων
700
εἰπὲ καὶ πέραινε πάντα, τὴν ἐμὴν αἰδῶ μεθείς.
δίεμαι μὲν χαρίσασθαι,
δίεμαι δ᾽ ἀντία φάσθαι,
λέξας δύσλεκτα φίλοισιν.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 694 focus
Translations (7)
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 694 focus
I shrink in awe from looking on thee, and I shrink in awe from speaking in thy presence, by reason of my ancient reverence for thee.
But since persuaded by thy groanings I have come from below, in no wise utter a tedious tale, but concisely tell me, and complete the whole, laying aside thine awe for me.
I dread 1
to comply, and I dread to speak in thy presence, telling things hateful to tell to friends.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 694 focus
de quitter les enfers : surtout, les dieux
d'en bas savent mieux prendre
que lâcher. Mais j'ai auprès d'eux usé de mon crédit : me voici. Dis vite, afin qu'on ne me puisse reprocher un retard : quel malheur nouveau pèse donc
sur les Perses ?
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 694 focus
My wonted awe u
o'ercomes me; in thy preſence
I dare not raiſe my eyes, I dare not ſpeak.
Since from the realms below, by thy ſad ſtrains
Adjur'd, I come, ſpeak, let thy words be brief,
840
Say whence thy grief, tell me unaw'd by fear.
I dread to forge a flatt'ring tale, I dread
To grieve thee with an harſh offenſive truth.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 694 focus
Parlare al tuo cospetto
non ardisco, né in te lo sguardo figgere,
per l'antico rispetto.
Or poiché di sotto terra sono accorso ai tuoi lamenti,
non mi far lunghe parole, ma favella brevi accenti:
795
il discorso tuo sia pieno
né l'ossequio a te sia freno.
Parlar non m'assecuro,
dire dinanzi a te quanto, se l'odano,
troppo agli amici è duro.
800
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 694 focus
Cho. Pudet me uidere te,
Pudore afficior coram loqui
Te, de timore antiquo.
Dar. Sed postą ab inferis ueni tuis luctib.perfuafus,
Non longis uerbis, sed compendiosè loquens,
645
Dic, perfice dimittens pudorë quë habes de me.
Cho. Vereor quidem gratificari,
Pudet me contraria dicere,
Dicens ingrata amicis.
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.) — 694 focus
With awe on thee I gaze,
And, standing face to face,
I tremble as I did in olden days!
710
Nay, but as I rose to earth again, obedient to your call,
Prithee, tarry not in parley! be one word enough for all—
Speak and gaze on me unshrinking, neither let my face appal!
I tremble to reveal,
Yet tremble to conceal
715
Things hard for friends to feel!
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.) — 694 focus
Mich erfüllt Scheu vor dem Anblick,
Mich erfüllt Scheu, und in Ehrfurcht
Vor dem alten Gebieter verstumm' ich.
670
Weil ich, folgsam deinem Wehruf, aus der Tiefe stieg an's Licht,
Melde denn in kurzer Rede, nicht in langgedehntem Wort,
Ohne Scheu vor meinem Antlik, Alles, was dein Herz beschwert.
Mir verbeut Furcht den Gehorsam,
Mir verbeut Furcht, dir in's Antliß
675
Solch Leid zu verkünden, dem Freunde.

Commentary

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

694. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-570

τί δ᾽ ἐστὶ:
τί čoti
M. Ven. A. Mosc. Ox. Ald. Rob. et
d'
a sec. manu supra addito Vit.
Tí d'orì
G. Lips. Turn.
694

694. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-571

Πέρσαις:
πέρσαι
Ven. Β. Bene hic collocabitur v. 684. si sic scribimus, τί δή, τί Πέρσαις νεοχμὸν ἐμβριθὲς κακὸν στένει, κέκοπται, καὶ χαράσσεται πέδον;
694

695. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-572

σέβομαι:
σεßoμε
, sed a pr. manu
au
supra scripto, M.
695

696. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-573

ἀντία:
avtíov
Mosc. et pauci alii.
696

697. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-574

περὶ:
neqiaoßeł
Ald.
Tɛgì
omittunt Par. C. Turn.
697

698. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-575

ἦλθον:
ἥκω
pro
ἦλθον
G. et pauci alii. γρ.
ἥκω
supra adscriptum in Lips.
698

698. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-576

πεπεισμένος:
πεπεισμένος
a sec. manu additum in M.
πεπεισμάνος
Rob.
πεπεισμένοι
Mosc.
698

699. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-577

μακιστῆρα:
μаxioτoа
M. Vit. (sic Vit.) Ask. A. Par. L. Sed in M.
µ
a sec. manu ex
x
factum. '
úzeτñoa
(sic) G. Ceteri
pazɛστñoα
. In ambiguo relinquit scripturam Lobeckius Paral. p. 451. Analogiae convenientius videri potest
e
, quum habeamus
μακεδνός
,
μακεσίκρανος
. Sed
i
tuetur litterarum ordo apud Hesychium, qui haec habet
μακιστής, βέλος. τάσ-oetai dè zaì ènì tov μɛyákov
. Quod in Suppl. v. 449. legebatur
ua-Zoτñoa
, mutandum erat.
699

699. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-578

λέγων:
Léyor
omittit G. et pauci alii.
699

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

694-699. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-102

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2
Ionici (bezeichnend für die verlegene Unsicherheit des Chors), geschlossen durch einen Parömiakus. Anders Westphal2 II S. 428 f. Das Schweigen des in stummer Ehrfurcht zu Boden ge- worfenen Chors bringt den Dialog wieder in seine normale Bahn. ἀντία λέξαι, dir gegenüber reden, 701 ἀντία φάσθαι, dir gegenüber es sagen. Vgl. Hom. ο 377 ἀντία δε- σποίνης φάσθαι und zum Gedanken ψ 106 οὐδέ τι προσφάσθαι δύναμαι ἔπος οὐδ᾽ ἐρέεσθαι οὐδ᾽ εἰς ὦπα ἰδέσθαι ἐναντίον. Cho. 35: περὶ φόβῳ. Pind. Pyth. V 77: λέοντες περὶ δείματι φύγον. - πέραινε vgl. Sept. 1051. - τὴν ἐμὴν αἰδῶ, vgl. Prom. 388 θρῆνος οὑμός, Kr. 47, 7. A. 8. V. 700-702-694-696. δίημι δ. ν. α. διώκω, δίεμαι fugio. Hom. M 304: οὗ ῥά τ᾿ ἀπείρητος· μέμονε σταθμοῖο δίεσθαι; id. Σ 584 ἐν- δίεσαν. χαρίσασθαι, τὰ κατὰ χάριν εἰπεῖν Schol. A. Vielmehr : willfahren. – φάσθαι, Medialform, 8. 62. 64. 179. ἀντία φάσθαι ver- hält sich zu χαρίσασθαι wie 694 f. ἀντία λέξαι zu προσιδέσθαι ( σέ- βομαι προσιδέσθαι καὶ ἀντία λέξαι, δίεμαι χαρίσασθαι καὶ ἀντία φά- σθαι). Über den Aor. des Partic. λέξας Kr. 53, 6. Α. 8.