Aeschylus Persians 155

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Persians. Aeschylus. ed. Herbert Weir Smyth. New York. 1922.

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Πέρσαι (Greek) (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.)

Editions (6)
Πέρσαι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 159-255 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 155 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 155 focus
ὦ βαθυζώνων ἄνασσα Περσίδων ὑπερτάτη,
μῆτερ ἡ Ξέρξου γεραιά, χαῖρε, Δαρείου γύναι,
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θεοῦ μὲν εἰνήτειρα Περσῶν, θεοῦ δὲ καὶ μήτηρ ἔφυς,
εἴ τι μὴ δαίμων παλαιὸς νῦν μεθέστηκε στρατῷ. 1
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 155 focus
Ὦ βαθυζώνων ἄνασσα Περσίδων ὑπερτάτη,
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μῆτερ ἡ Ξέρξου γεραιά, χαῖρε, Δαρείου γύναι·
θεοῦ μὲν εὐνήτειρα Περσῶν, θεοῦ δὲ καὶ μήτηρ ἔφυς,
εἴ τι μὴ δαίμων παλαιὸς νῦν μεθέστηκε στρατῷ.
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 155 focus
ὦ βαθυζώνων ἄνασσα Περσίδων ὑπερτάτη,
μῆτερ ἡ Ξέρξου γεραία, χαῖρε, Δαρείου γύναι·
θεοῦ μὲν εὐνήτειρα Περσῶν, θεοῦ δὲ καὶ μήτηρ ἔφυς,
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εἴ τι μὴ δαίμων παλαιὸς νῦν μεθέστηκε στρατῷ.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 155 focus
ὦ βαθυζώνων ἄνασσα Περσίδων ὑπερτάτη,
μῆτερ ἡ Ξέρξου γεραιά χαῖρε, Δαρείου γύναι·
θεοῦ μὲν εὐνάτειρα Περσών, θεοῦ δὲ καὶ μήτηρ ἔφυς,
εἴ τι μὴ δαίμων παλαιὸς νῦν μεθέστηκε στρατῶι.
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Translations (9)
Persians Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 155 focus
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 155 focus
O queen, supreme of Persia's deep-waisted matrons, aged mother of Xerxes, hail to thee! spouse to Darius, consort of the Persians' god, and mother of a god thou art, unless in some respect our ancient fortune hath forsaken our host.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 155 focus
Souveraine maîtresse des femmes de la Perse aux ceintures profondes, ô vieille mère de Xerxès, femme de Darios, salut ! Tu partageas le lit d'un dieu des Perses, et tu auras été mère d'un dieu aussi — si du moins son antique fortune n'a pas aujourd'hui déserté notre peuple.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 155 focus
Hail queen, of Perſia's high-zoned dames ſu-
preme,
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Age-honour'd mother of the potent Xerxes,
Imperial confort of Darius, hail!
The wife, the mother of the Perſians' God,
If yet our former glories fade not from us.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 155 focus
O suprema tu fra quante son le belle donne perse,
salve a te, sposa di Dario, salve a te, madre di Serse.
Sposa al Dio dei Persïani, tu sei madre anche d'un Nume,
se per noi l'antico Dèmone non mutava il suo costume.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 155 focus
O late cinctarum regina Perſidum altißima,
Mater Xerxis ſenex, falue Darij uxor,
Dei quidem coniux Perſarum, Dei mater fuisti,
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Vtinam fortuna antiqua nõ eſſet nuc exercitus particeps.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 155 focus
With words of salutation her to greet.
[They prostrate themselves before her, touching the earth with their foreheads.]
Of Persia's deep-zoned daughters supreme in rank,
O Queen,
Hoar mother of King Xerxes, spouse of Darius, hail!
Once consort, now the mother of Persia's god art thou,
Unless our ancient fortune abandons now the host.
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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.) — 155 focus
Queen, among deep-girded Persian dames thou highest and most royal,
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Hoary mother, thou, of Xerxes, and Darius' wife of old!
To godlike sire, and godlike son, we bow us and are loyal—
Unless, on us, an adverse tide of destiny has rolled!
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.) — 155 focus
Tiefgeschürzter Perserfrauen hocherhabne Königin,
Du, des Xerxes greise Mutter, Heil dir, Heil, Dareios' Weib!
Gattin einem Gott der Perser, eines Gottes Mutter auch,
Wenn des Glückes alte Gottheit unser Heer jetzt nicht verließ!

Commentary

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

155. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-121

ἡ: omittit Lips. γεραιά:
γηραιά
Lips. Ald. Rob.

156. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-122

εὐνήτειρα:
εὐνήτειρα
M. Vit. Lips.
εὐνέτειρα
Tzetzes.
εὐνάτειρα
, secundae syllabae
η
superscripto, Par. B.
εὐνάτηρα
Ald.
εὐνάτειρα
G. Rob. Turn. Doricae formae hic nullus usus est. καὶ: omittunt Vit. Lips. Ven. A. B. Cantabr. 2. Ald. Rob. Sensum huius loci non videntur satis perspexisse qui
εὐνήτειρα
pro nominativo habuerunt, quod haud scio an fecerit etiam Tzetzes Chil. VII. v. 358.
Ἀσσύριοι καὶ Πέρσαι γὰρ τοὺς βασιλεῖς θεοῦσιν, ὡς καὶ Αἰσχύλος δράματι Πέρσαις δεικνύει τοῦτο. Ἄτοσσαν θέλων γὰρ εἰπεῖν σύζυγον βασιλέως, μητέρα βασιλέως τε ὁμοίως, εἶπεν οὕτω, “Θεοῦ Περσῶν εὐνέτειρα, θεοῦ τε μήτηρ ἔφυς.”
Neque enim senes aliud quam salvere reginam iubent: qui, si
εὐνήτειρα
nominativus esset, quasi obiter eam salutantes hoc ut primarium afferrent, tu et coniux Persarum dei et mater es. Quamobrem
εὐνήτειρα
vocativus est, cui quum alter deberet addi vocativus,
θεοῦ δὲ καὶ μῆτερ
, mutatur forma orationis, quia hac tantum conditione mater Persarum dei vocari potest Atossa, si Xerxes eadem qua Darius fortuna utatur.

157. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-123

μεθέστηκε: γρ.
ἐφέστηκε, ἠναντιώθη, ὑπεχώρησε
Par. B. στρατῷ:
στρατῷ
M. Vit. Ven. A. Par. B. (Fachsio teste) Turn.
στρατοῦ
G. Lips. Par. A. C. aliique et Rob.
ἀπὸ τοῦ στρατοῦ
margo Par. B.

158. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-124

λιποῦσ᾽:
λιποῦσι κευνῶ
G.
λιποῦσα, δ', ἱκάνω
Lips. χρυσεοστόλμους:
χρυσεοστόλμους
M. Vit. et adnotatum in Par. B.
χρυσεοστόλβους
Ven. A. Ald.
χρυσεοστίλβους
G. Ven. B. Par. C. F. L. Turn. et hoc quoque adnotatum in Par. B. et in margine Lips.
χρυσεοστόλους
Par. B. Rob.
χρυσεοστόλοις
Lips. δόμους:
δόμοις
Lips.

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

155-158. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-23

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Begrüfsung der Atossa durch den gesamten Chor ( πάντας 154). βαθύζωνος erst über der Hüfte gegürtet, daher groſser κόλπος, bei Homer vorzugsweise Tracht asiatischer Frauen, später ionischer und besonders von Göt- tinnen, z. Β. βαθύζωνος Λήδα, Pind. Ol. III 35. K. F. Hermann, griech. Privatalt. 22, 21. – μῆτερ ἡ γεραιά Kr. 45, 2. A. 7. – θεοῦ, von Dareios und Xerxes, nach orientalischer Sitte, Curt. VIII 5.11. - εὐνάτειραwie in dem Chorliede 138; vgl. 160 und zu Prom. 61. ἔφυς zeug- matisch, da die Parallelisierung der beiden Glieder durch urch μὲν ... δὲ die Auffassung des ersten ( εὐνάτ.) als Vokativ zu verbieten scheint. Nisi forte pristina fortuna (qualis erat sub Dario) nunc Persis mutata est, in welchem Falle Xerxes nicht als θεὸς (Herrscher von götter- gleicher Macht) zu bezeichnen wäre.