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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.) — 65-158 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 87 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 87 focus
δόκιμος δ᾽ οὔτις υποστὰς
μεγάλῳ δεύματι φωτῶν
ἐχυροῖς ἕρκεσιν εἴργειν
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ἄμαχον κῦμα θαλάσσης.
ἀπρόςοιστος γὰρ ὁ Περσῶν
στρατὸς ἀλκίφρων τε λαός.
δολόμητιν δ᾽ ἀπάταν θεοῦ
τίς ἀνὴρ θνατὸς ἀλύξει;
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τίς ὁ κραιπνῷ ποδι πήδημ
ἅλις εὐπετῶς ἀνάσσων;
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 87 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 87 focus
δόκιμος δ᾽ οὔτις ὑποστὰς
μεγάλῳ ῥεύματι φωτῶν
ἐχυροῖς ἕρκεσιν εἴργειν
90
ἄμαχον κῦμα θαλάσσης·
ἀπρόσοιστος γὰρ ὁ Περσῶν
στρατὸς ἀλκίφρων τε λαός.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 87 focus
δόκιμος δ᾽ οὔτις ὑποστὰς
μεγάλωι ῥεύματι φωτῶν
ἐχυροῖς ἕρκεσιν εἴργειν
ἄμαχον κύμα θαλάσσης·
ἀπρόσοιστος γὰρ ὁ Περσῶν
90
στρατὸς ἀλκίφρων τε λαός. –
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.)) — 87 focus
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 87 focus
And no one is of such approved prowess as that, having made stand against a mighty torrent of men, he can repulse, by mighty bulwarks, the irresistible billow of the sea. For terrible to approach is the army of Persians, and valiant of soul the host.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 87 focus
et mille vaisseaux, et, pressant son attelage
assyrien 1 , il conduit à l'attaque des héros qu'illustra la lance l'Arès à l'arc triomphant.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 87 focus
Bids the wing'd arrows' iron ſtorm advance,
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Againſt the ſlow and cumbrous lance.
What ſhall withſtand the torrent of his ſway,
When dreadful o'er the yielding ſhores
Th' impetuous tide of battle roars,
And ſweeps the weak-oppoſing mounds away?
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So Perſia with reſiſtleſs might
Rolls her unnumber'd hoſts of heroes to the fight.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 87 focus
Niun v'ha tanto valoroso
che, opponendosi di tanti uomini al flutto,
frenar possa con saldi argini
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l'invincibile maroso.
Niun potrebbe troppo è valido l'esercito
persïano, e il popol tutto.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 87 focus
Vt arceat inexpugnabilem fluctum maris.
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Inacceffus enim est Perſarum
Exercitus, fortis populus.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 87 focus
And none of valour proven against the mighty stream
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May stand, a living bulwark, and that fierce billow stem;
For Persia's host resistless is, and her stout-hearted men.
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.) — 87 focus
Can any make head and resist him, when he comes with the roll of a wave?
No barrier nor phalanx of might, no chief, be he ever so brave!
For stern is the onset of Persia, and gallant her children in fight.
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.) — 87 focus
Es vermag Keiner zu steh'n wider den stolzflutenden Heerstrom,
Und ein Bollwerk vor die unzwingbare Meerwoge zu thürmen.
Denn unnahbar in der Schlacht steht,
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Ungebeugt das Volk der Perser.
Nachgesang.

Commentary

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

87. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-71

τοξόδαμνον:
τοξόδαμνιν
Vit. Ἄρη:
Ἄρη
M. in quo supra versum ab alia manu additum, Par. C. Rob.
ἄρην. γρ. ἄρη. κοινῶς.
Par. B.
ἄρην
G. Vit. Lips. Ald. Turn.

88. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-72

ὑποστὰς:
ὑποστάς. γρ. ἐπιστὰς ἤγουν ἐναντιαθεὶς μαχεσάμενος
(sic apud Faehsium)
ὑποστάς
Par. B. Sensus est nemo adeo probatus est, ut, si id in se recipiat, magna multitudine virorum ut valido munimento arcere possit invictum maris fluctum. Audacter
κῦμα θαλάσσης
dicit copias navales, quas Graeci quamvis magno virorum numero non possint ab se propellere.

89. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-73

φωτῶν: Post
φωτῶν
Vit. addit
τάξεσιν οὐδ᾽ ἄρα ἔρη ἴσχει
, quorum ea quae post
τάξιν
leguntur, expuncta sunt. Colb. 1. addit
νάρεσι, οὐδ᾽ ἄρα ἕρκεα ἴσχει
. Quae ex notissimo Homeri versu sumpta esse vidit Vauvillersius. Eadem vero verba, sic scripta
τάξεσιν οὐτ᾽ ἄρα ἕρκει ἴσχει
, ut scholion adscripta sunt in M.

90. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-74

ἐχυροῖς:
ἐχυροῖς
M. G. aliique et Rob.
ἐχυροῖσιν
Ven. B.
ὀχυροῖς
Vit. Lips. Ven. A. aliique et Ald. Turn. ἕρκεσιν:
ἕρκοισιν
Ven. B. εἴργειν:
εἴργεις
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

87-92. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-15

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Unaufhaltsam ist das Heer der Perser und nach mensch- licher Berechnung kann ihm nie- mand widerstehen, wie man nie- manden zutrauen kann, daſs er durch starke Dämme die unbe- zwingliche Hochflut des Meeres zurückhalte. Der Dichter hat Gleich- nis und eigentlichen Ausdruck ohne Vermittlung verbunden.