Aeschylus Persians 962

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 (5)
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 962 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 962 focus
ὀλοοὺς ἀπέλειπον
Τυρίας ἐκ ναὸς ἔρροντας ἐπ᾽ ἀκταῖς
Σαλαμινιάσι στυφέλου
θείνοντας ἐπ᾽ ἀκτᾶς.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 962 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 962 focus
ὀλοοὺς ἀπέλειπον
965
Τυρίας ἐκ ναὸς
ἔρροντας ἐπ᾽ ἀκταῖς
Σαλαμινιάσιν στυφέλου
θείνοντας ἐπ᾽ ἀκτᾶς.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 962 focus
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.)) — 962 focus
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 962 focus
I left them fallen in death out of a Tyrian ship on the shores of Salamis, striking on the rugged headland.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 962 focus
Las ! hélas ! crie et achève d'apprendre 1 . Où
donc est ce qui reste de la multitude des tiens ? Où sont tes lieutenants, Pharandakès, Sousas, Pélagôn, Dotamas et Agda-
batas, Psammis, Sousiskanès, qui naguère quittait Ecbatane 2 ?
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 962 focus
Daſh'd from the Tyrian veſſel on the rocks
1170
Of Salamis they ſunk, and ſmear'd with gore
The heroes on the dreary ſtrand are ſtretch'd.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 962 focus
Quando io li lasciai, giú da un tirio
navile piombavano.
1095
Erravano verso le spiagge
Salamine dispersi: i cadaveri
sbatteano alle rupi selvagge.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 962 focus
Miferos reliqui, Tyria
Ex naui pereuntes in littoribus Satamincis.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 962 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.) — 962 focus
I left them, mangled castaways,
Flung from their Tyrian deck, and tossed
975
On Salaminian water-ways,
From surging tides to rocky coast!
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.) — 962 focus
Todt ließ ich sie dort, sah
Aus dem tyrischen Schiffe
910
Sie stürzen am Strande
Von Salamis, sah sie zerschellt
An der zackigen Klippe.

Commentary

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

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ἔντοσθεν: Propter metrum
δὴ
inserui, quo libri carent, et pro
ἔνδοθεν
, quae librorum scriptura est, scripsi
έντοσθεν
. Et
ἔντοσθεν
quidem etiam Blomfieldius.
963

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ἄλλον γε:
ἄλλον γε
Schützius in minore editione et Blomfieldius.
20 γε
M. G. Vit. Lips. Par. A. Colb. 1. Ask. A. Cantabr. 1. Ven. 1. Ald. Rob. Turn.
ἄλλο γέ τι
Ven. Β.
ἄλλο τε
Par. G.
ἄλλο τὶ
Victori editio.
964

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Μάρδον:
μάρδον
Lips. Cantabr. 1. Par. L. et adscripto
μαχόδων
Par. C.
μάρδον
sic G.
965

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μυριάδαρχον: Libri
μυριόνταρχον
, nisi quod in M. prius
μυριστάρχον
, sine accentu et priore
v
, scriptum fuit, Vit. autem
μύριο-ταρχον
habet, sine accentu, relicto autem in media voce spatio appictaque ad
ταρχον
lineola, indice nominis proprii, Rob.
μυριόναρχον
. Non dubitavi scribere
μυριάδαρχον
, in quod etiam Blomfieldius incidit.
965

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Ξάνθιν:
ξάνθον
Ven. Β. Rob. Ceteri libri
ξάνθην
. Scripsi
Ξάνθιν
.
966

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Ἀγχάρην: Deinde Ven. A.
ἀγχάρην τοὺς ἄνακτας τῶν ἵππων
, ex interpretatione v. 968.
966

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Δίαιξίν τ':
δίαιξίν τ'
M. G. Vit. Lips. Ald. Rob.
Διαιξίν τ'
Turn.
967

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Ἀρσάκην:
ἠδ᾽ ἀρσάκον
Lips.
967

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Κηγδαδάταν:
κηγδαδάταν
sic M.
καγδαδάταν
Vit.
κιγδαδάταν
Ask. A.
κηδαδάταν
Colb. 1. Cantabr. 1. et
r
ad
v
supra scripto Colb. 2.
καὶ δαδάταν
Ven. Β.
κιγδάδων
G. Par. G. K. L.
κυγδάταν
Rob.
καγδα-γάταν
Αld.
Κιγδαγάταν
Turn.
τοὺς κηγδαγάτας
Lips.
969

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Λυθίμναν:
λυθίμναν
M. G. Vit. Lips. Ald. Rob. Turn. In Lips. ad
a
supra adscriptum.
2ıðíurar
Colb. 1.
2v9ipar
Par. A.
9viurar
Cantabr. 1.
969

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Τόλμον τ':
tókµov t'
M. Par. A. Ven. B.
Tókuor
, omisso
'
Vit. et cum plerisque, ut videtur, codicibus Turn.
tóµov
Ald.
τόλμav τ'
, ad
a
supra scripto, Lips.
Tókuar
Ask. A. Par. L.
Tókuar Tókuar
, adiecta interpretatione
τολμηρόν
, G.
970

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αἰχμᾶς:
αἰχμᾶς
G. Par. A.
αἰχμὰς
Μ.
αἰγχοῖς
Vit. Ceteri
αἰχμής
.
970

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ἔταφον ἔταφον· οὐκ ἀμφὶ σκηναῖς τροχηλάτοισιν, ὄπιθεν ἑπόμενοι.: Versus 971 974. in libris Xerxi tribuuntur. Sed v. 971. 972. choro esse continuandos strophae comparatio docet, atque in ipsa librorum scriptura est quod moneat, ne temere vices personarum conturbatam esse censeamus. Nam quum omnes libri
ἔταφον ἔταφον
habeant, facilius crediderim scholiastas, qui id partim per
ἀπέθανον
vel
Davor
, partim per
étágyaav
interpretantur, errasse, quam ex Valckenarii ad Eur. Hipp. v. 1247. sententia scribendum esse
étager, étager
. Omninoque quae de sepultura Persarum hic in scholiis tradita sunt, ea vereor ne non petita sint ex idoneis fontibus, sed ficta ad proferendam probabilem loci explicationem. Deinde
oux
in sola ed. Rob. deest. Eadem cum Ven. B.
Tooyrλúrois
habet. A metrico aliquo mutatus est in hunc modum verborum ordo in Ven. Β.
σκηναῖσιν οὐκ ἀμφὶ τροχηλάτοις
. Alio modo in Vit. interpolata est scriptura,
οὐκ ἀμφὶ σκηναῖς δ᾽ ἦν τροχηλάτοισιν ὄπισθεν δ᾽ ἑπόμενοι
. Omnes autem libri
ὄπισθεν 3 Enovo
habent, praeter Par. C. Turn. in quibus
лóueros
legitur, quae mutatio facta est ab aliquo homine qui
etaqov
prima persona dictum esse putabat. Quid multa? Vitium non nisi in altero versu, idque satis leve et haud dubie ex perversa aliqua grammaticorum explicatione ortum, latet. Scribendum est enim, ut Wellauerus quoque vidit, verbis choro continuatis,
ἔταφον, ἔταφον· οὐκ ἀμφὶ σκηναῖς τροχηλάτοισιν, ἔπιθεν ἑπόμενοι
. At verò, inquit, alium quoque desideramus, Mardorum ducem Xanthim, et Ancharen, aliosque. Miror, miror: non circa carpentum tuum sunt, pone sequentes. Xerxes, ut regem decet, non pedibus, sed carpento vectus advenerat, ita, opinor, ut carpentum ex longinquo conspiceretur, unde ille quum descendisset, in conspectum et ad alloquium chori prodierat. Itaque chorus, alios quoque quos desideret commemorans, mirari se dicit, quod eos non videat in comitatu Xerxis, sequentes harmamaxam eius. Nam quas dicit
σκηνὰς τροχηλάτους
, non intelligit aliud quam carpentum vel harmamaxam, id quod vel ex vocabulo
ozý
, etiam aliis scriptoribus in harmamáxae mentione usitato, colligi potest, quum hic
σκηναὶ
istae vocentur
τροχήλατοι
. V. Schefferum de re vehiculari II. 17. p. 217. seq. et Wesselingium ad Herod. VII. 41. Carpento autem uti Xerxen, non curru, consentaneum erat, ut qui non in pompa prodiret, sed fatigatus non intermissis itineribus requie indigeret. Ab omni autem dubitatione tutam hanc interpretationem praestat Herodotus, qui de ipso Xerxe eiusque expeditione explicans, VII. 41. ita scribit ut paene ipsa verba Aeschyli confirmet. Nam quum dixisset Xerxen curru equis Nisaeis iuncto Sardes reliquisse, sic pergit,
ἐξήλασε μὲν οὕτω ἐκ Σαρδίων Ξέρξης, μετεκβαίνεσκε δέ, όκως μιν λόγος αἱρέοι, ἐκ τοῦ ἅρματος ἐς ἁρμάμαξαν. αὐτοῦ δὲ ὄπισθε αἰχμοφόροι Περσέων οἱ ἄριστοι τε καὶ γενναιότατοι, χίλιοι, κατὰ νόμον τὰς λόγχας ἔχοντες
.

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τοίπερ ἀκρότατοι: Libri
οίπερ
. Scribendum esse
τοίπερ
etiam Passovius vidit.
ἀγρόται
libri, praeter ed. Rob. quae
ακρόται
exhibet. In Lips. adscriptum est
γρ. ἀκρόται
. Plenius in margine M.
γρ. καὶ ἀκρόται. ἐξ οὗ ἔσται ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄκρου. εἰ δὲ ἀγρόται, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄγειν καὶ ἀγείρειν
, el inter versus
οἱ ἄρχοντες. εἰ δὲ ἀκρόται, οἱ ἄκροι
. Toupius ad Suidam t. IV. p. 353. scribendum coniecit
ἀγρέται
, conferens quod Hesychius habet,
ἀγρέταν, ἡγέμονα, θεόν
. Mihi in illo
ἀκρόται
latere visum est
ἀκρῶται
. V. ad v. 979.
973

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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1
2
τυρίας, φοινίσσης. ἐκ ναὸς 305. ἔρροντας 732. στυφ. 79. 303. – θείνοντας (in- transitiv), vgl. 303 und 310. Φαρνοῦχος 313. ᾿Αριόμαρδος 38. Λίλαιος 308. Θάρ. 51. 323. - Μασίστρας 30. - ᾿Αρτεμβ. 29. 302. – Ὑσταίχμας wohl nach Analogie von Υστάσπης selbstge- bildet. ἐπανερόμαν: der Aor. drückt Ungeduld aus (gleichsam ,,lange schon ist es her").

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3
4
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.