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ed. Herbert Weir Smyth

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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.) — 598-632 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 576 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 576 focus
γναπτόμενοι δὲ δίνᾳ,
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φεῦ,
σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων,
ἠέ,
παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου,
ὀά,
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πενθεῖ δ᾽ ἄνδρα δόμος στερη-
θείς, τοκέες δ᾽ ἄπαιδες,
δαιμόνι᾽ ἄχη,
ὀά,
δυρόμενοι γέροντες,
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τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 576 focus
Γναπτόμενοι δ' ἁλὶ δεινά δεινᾷ,
Ant. 1.
σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων,
φεῦ,
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ἠέ,
παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου,
ὀᾶ·
πενθεῖ δ' ἄνδρα δόμος στερη-
θείς· τοκέες τοκῆες δ' ἄπαιδες
585
δαιμόνι' ἔρα δαιμόνι' ἄχη, ὀᾶ < ὀᾶ om.>,
δυρόμενοι γέροντες
τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 576 focus
γναπτόμενοι δ᾽ ἁλὶ δεινά, φεῦ,
σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων, ἠέ,
580
παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου, δᾶ,
πενθεῖ δ᾽ ἄνδρα δόμος στερηθείς·
τοκέες δ᾽ ἄπαιδες ἐραδαι-
μόνι᾽ ἄχη, δᾶ,
δυρόμενοι γέροντες
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τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 576 focus
φεῦ,
σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων,
ἠέ,
παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου,
ὀᾶ.
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.)) — 576 focus
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 576 focus
And torn dreadfully by the sea, alas! they are lacerated by the dumb children, alas! of the unpolluted [deep,] woe's me! And the dwelling mourns its lord, bereft of him, and parents that are left childless, woe's me! advanced in age, wailing the calamities sent on them by the divinities, now hear the whole of their sorrow.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 576 focus
hélas ! tandis que la maison porte le deuil de celui qu'elle a perdu et que
les vieux pères sans fils, gémissant de souffrances infinies, hélas ! apprennent à connaître la douleur totale.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 576 focus
Or roll beneath the roaring tide,
By monſters rent of touch abhor'd;
Whilſt thro' the widow'd manſion echoing wide
Sounds the deep groan, and wails its ſlaughter'd
lord:
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Pale with his fears the helpleſs orphan there
Gives the full ſtream of plaintive grief to flow;
Whilſt age its hoary head in deep deſpair
Bends, liſt'ning to the ſhrieks of woe.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 576 focus
Nel mar travolti orridamente, ahimè!,
dai muti figli dei marosi, ahi, ahi!,
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a brani sono lacerati: oh guai!
Tutte le case piangono
i capi loro: orbi dei figli, gemono
per tanta ira celeste,
i vecchi padri ch'odono
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tutte queste narrar doglie funeste.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 576 focus
Fracli mari atrociter, beu heu,
Vexantur à multis, heu heu,
Filijs immaculati maris heu.
Luget uirum domus deferta,
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Parentes uerò liberis orbatirigantur lachrymis:
Lugentes ſenes mala à demone immiſſa,
Omnem audiunt dolorem. certè per Afiam terram
Non amplius legibus Perſarū regūtur, nõ amplius
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 576 focus
By eddying currents torn,
Gnawed are their limbs, woe! woe!
By voiceless children of the unsullied deep.
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Mourneth each dwelling, left forlorn;
Parents bereaved, and elders mourn
These heaven-sent griefs, and weep
Their sum of woe.
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.) — 576 focus
The dead are drifting, yea, are gnawed upon
By voiceless children of the stainless sea,
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Or battered by the surge! we mourn and groan
For husbands gone to death, for childless agony!
Alas the aged men, who mourn to-day
The ruinous sorrows that the gods ordain!
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.) — 576 focus
Treibend in wirbelnder Flut,
(Ach!)
Hascht des heiligen Meeres
(O Leid!)
Stumme Brut und zerfleischt sie.
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Einsam trauert dem Herrn das Haus nach;
Der verwaiste Vater,
Der arme Greis,
(O Gram!)
Jammert in wildem Schmerze,
Ihm ward nun das ganze Leid kund.
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Commentary

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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Erste Hälfte die Στρ. γ΄. Thatsache, zweite der Jammer dar- über (wie in der Strophe). Im Meere schrecklich herumgestofsen, werden sie von den Fischen zer- rissen. Herod. VI 44: θηριωδεστά- της ἐούσης τῆς θαλάσσης ὑπὸ τῶν θηρίων διεφθείροντο ἁρπαζό- μενοι. τᾶς ἀμιάντου ἁλοσύδνας (wie Hom. δ 404 καλῆς ἀλοσύδνης) 8. ν. 2. τῆς ἀμιάντου θαλάσσης. Schol. οὐ γὰρ μιαίνεται πώποτε καὶ πολλῶν μολυσμάτων ἐπιχυθέν- των αὐτῇ. Die kinderlosen Eltern, unendliches Leid beklagend, lassen den vollen (höchsten) Schmerz in Jammerrufen laut werden. ἀπύου- σιν 123. Mit τὸ πᾶν ἄλγος vgl. Herod. VII 3 ἡ γὰρ Ἄτοσσα εἶχε τὸ πᾶν κράτος.