Aeschylus, Persians, ed. Herbert Weir Smyth, 988

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Ξέρξης

ἰὼ ἰὼ δῆτα

ἴυγγʼ ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων μοι ὑπομιμνήσκεις

κινεῖς ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων.
990

βοᾷ βοᾷ μοι μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

Χορός

καὶ μὴν ἄλλους γε ποθοῦμεν,

Μάρδων ἀνδρῶν μυριοταγὸν

Ξάνθιν ἄρειόν τʼ Ἀγχάρην,

Δίαιξίν τʼ ἠδʼ Ἀρσάκην
995

ἱππιάνακτας,

Κηγδαδάταν καὶ Λυθίμναν

Τόλμον τʼ αἰχμᾶς ἀκόρεστον.

ἔταφον ἔταφον,

οὐκ ἀμφὶ σκηναῖς
1000

τροχηλάτοισιν ὄπιθεν δʼ· ἑπομένους.

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

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Current edition Perseus

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.) — 988 focus

ΞΕ.

ἴυγγά μοι δῆτ᾽

ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων ὑπομιμνήσκεις,

ἄλαστ᾽ ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων.
990

βοᾷ βοᾷ μοι μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

ΧΟ.

καὶ μὴν ἄλλους γε ποθοῦμεν,

Μάρδων ἀνδρῶν μυριοταγὸν

Ξάνθιν ἄρειόν τ' Ἀγχάρην,
995

Δίαιξίν τ' ἠδ᾽ Ἀρσάκην

ἱππιάνακτας,

Κηγδαδάταν καὶ Λυθίμναν

Τόλμον τ' αἰχμᾶς ἀκόρεστον.

ἔταφον ἔταφον, οὐκ ἀμφὶ σκηναῖς
1000

τροχηλάτοισιν ὄπιθεν ἑπόμενοι.

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 988 focus

ἵυγγά μοι δῆτ᾽ ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων ὑπομιμνῄσκεις,

960

ἄλαστ' ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων,

120 ΑΙΣΧΥΛΟΥ

Ξέρξης

βοᾷ βοᾷ

δὴ μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

Χορός

καὶ μὴν ἄλλον γε ποθοῦμεν,

Μάρδον ἀνδρῶν μυριάδαρχον,
965

Ξάνθιν, ἄρειόν τ' Ἀγχάρην,

Δίαιξίν τ' ἠδ' Ἀρσάκην

ἱππιάνακτας,

Κηγδαδάταν καὶ Λυθίμναν

Τόλμον τ' αἰχμᾶς ἀκόρεστον.
970

ἔταφον ἔταφον· οὐκ ἀμφὶ σκηναῖς

τροχηλάτοισιν, ὄπιθεν ἑπόμενοι.

Ξέρξης

στρ. δ'.

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 988 focus

ΞΕΡΞΗΣ

Ἴυγγά μοι δῆτ'

Ant. 3.

ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων ὑπομιμνήσκεις,

< ἄλαστ' om.> ἄλαστα

στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων·

βοᾷ βοᾷ < μοι om.> μελέων
985

ἔντοσθεν ἔνδοθεν ἦτορ.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Καὶ μὴν ἄλλους ἄλλο γε γ' ἔτι ποθοῦμεν,

Μάρδων ἀνδρῶν μυριοταγὸν

Ξάνθιν ξάνθην ἄρειόν τ' Ἀγχάρην,

Διάιξίν τ' ἠδ' Ἀρσάμην ἀρσάκην
990

ἱππιάνακτας·

καὶ Δαδάκαν κἠγδαδάταν seu κιγδ- seu καγδ- καὶ Λυθίμναν

Τόλμον τ' τόλμον αἰχμᾶς ἀκόρεστον

ἔταφον ἔταφον οὐκ ἀμφὶ σκηναῖς

τροχηλάτοισιν
995

ὄπιθεν ὄπισθεν ἑπομένους δ' ἑπόμενοι.

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 988 focus

ἴυγγά μοι δήτ'

ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων ὑπομιμνήσκεις,

ἄλαστ᾽ ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων.

βοᾷ βοᾷ μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

ΧΟ.

3

καὶ μὴν ἄλλους γε ποθοῦμεν,
995

Μάρδων ἀνδρῶν μυριόνταρχον

Ξάνθην, ἄρειόν τ᾽ Ἀγχάρην,

Δίαιξίν τ᾽ ἠδ᾽ Ἀρσάκην

ἱππιάνακτας,

Κηγδαδάταν καὶ Λυθίμναν
1000

Τόλμον τ᾽ αἰχμᾶς ἀκόρεστον.

ἔταφον ἔταφον,

οὐκ ἀμφὶ σκηναῖς

τροχηλάτοισιν ἔπιθεν ἑπόμενοι.

ΞΕ.

1

Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 988 focus

ΞΕ.

(ἰὼ ἰὼ) δῆτα,

ἴυγγ᾽ ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων μοι [ὑπομιμνήσκεις]

(κινεῖς) ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων.

βοᾶι βοᾶι (μοι) μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

ΧΟ.

καὶ μὴν ἄλλους γε ποθοῦμεν,

Μάρδων ἀνδρῶν μυριόταγον

Ξάνθην, ᾿Αρίων τ᾽ Ἀγχάρην,

Δίαιξίν τ᾽ ἠδ᾽ ᾿Αρσάμην
995

ἱππιάνακτας,

καὶ Δαδάκαν καὶ Λυθίμναν

Τόλμον τ᾽ αἰχμᾶς ἀκόρεστον.

ἔταφον ἔταφον οὐκ ἀμφὶ σκηναῖς

τροχηλάτοισιν ὄπιθεν [δ᾽] ἑπομένους =

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.)) — 988 focus

Xerxes

In truth you stir yearning in me for my gallant comrades

when you tell me of woe, surpassing woe, hateful and unforgettable. The heart within me cries out aloud for the wretched ones.
990

Chorus

And yet there are others too whom we miss: Xanthis, commander of a myriad Mardian men, and warlike Anchares,

Diaexis, too, and Arsaces, captains of the horse, Cegdadatas and Lythimnas, and Tolmus, insatiate in war. I marvel,
995

that they do not follow behind around your wheeled tent.
1000

The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 988 focus

Thou dost in sooth call to my mind a lament for my excellent friends, while thou speakest of baleful, hateful, exceeding hateful horrors. My heart within me moans aloud, moans aloud for them unhappy.

CHORUS

And, in truth, we regret another too, Xanthus, leader of ten thousand Mardians, and warlike Anehares, Diaexis too, and Arsames, chiefs of the cavalry, Cigdates and Lythimnes, and Tolmus that was never satisfied with the spear. 3

They

XERXES

were buried, they were buried, not following in our train, in tents mounted on wheels.

CHORUS

LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 988 focus

fidèle, Alpistos ¹, ... fils de Batanôkos, fils de Sésamas ? Et Parthos, et le grand Oïbarès ? Tu les as
donc laissés, laissés ? Ah ! ah ! misères ! pour les Perses altiers douleurs plus que douloureuses !

XERXÈS

Oui, tu réveilles en moi la nostalgie de mes
preux compagnons, avec tes mots affreux, affreux, cruels, plus que douloureux. Mon cœur crie au fond de mes membres !

LE CHŒUR

Il en est bien d'autres qu'ici nous regrettons
encore : celui

The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 988 focus

To my griev'd memory thy mournful voice,

Tuned to the ſaddeſt notes of woe, recals

My brave friends loſt; and my rent heart returns

In dreadful ſymphony the ſorrowing ſtrain.

1205

THE PERSIANS.

CHORUS.

Yet once more ſhall I aſk thee, yet once more,

Where is the Mardian Xanthes' might,

The daring chief, that from the Pontic ſhore

Led his ſtrong phalanx to the ſight?

Anchares where, whoſe high-raiſ'd ſhield
1210

Flamed foremoſt in th' embattled field?

Where the high leaders of thy mail-clad horſe,

Däixis and Arfaces where?

Where Cigdagatas, and Lythimnas' force,

Waving untir'd his purple ſpear?
1215

XERXES.

Entomb'd, I ſaw them in the earth entomb'd;

Nor did the rolling car with ſolemn ſtate

Attend their rites:

I follow'd:

low they lie,
1220

Ah me, the once great leaders of my hoſt

Low in the earth, without their honours lie.

CHORUS.

Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 988 focus

Ahimè! Ché tu dei validi

compagni in me rinnovi ora il desio.

1120

Mali estremi tu parli, infami, orribili.

Grida, grida pei miseri il cuor mio.

CORO

Ed altri invoca poi la nostra brama:

Mardone, che guidava una miríade,

e Dïàmide ed Arsame,
1125

cavalieri destrissimi,

e il prode Sante ed Ancare,

e Litimma e Cedàdate,

e Tolmo insaziabile

di battaglie. Stupor, stupor mi prende.
1130

Come mai non seguirono

te sui carri guerreschi entro le tende?

SERSE

Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 988 focus

Voluptate uidelicet bonorū fociorŭ in memoria reducis,

Intollerabilia odiofaq; mala dicēs.

Clamat clamat miferorum intra cor.

890

Cho.

Attamen aliquid aliud defideramus,

Mardorum uirorum myriarcham

Xanthem, bellicofumq; Ancharem,

Didiximq Arfacem, equorum prefectos.

Cygdagatam, & Lythinnam
895

Audacem, hasta in ſatiatum.

Sepelij, fepelij non in ſcenis,

Curru uectis retrorfum fequentes.

The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 988 focus

XERXES

Woe! Woe! Alas! Woe! Woe!

CHORUS

Woe! Woe! in sooth, for lo!

Ill so unlooked-for and pre-eminent

As Atè ne'er beheld, the gods have sent.

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.) — 988 focus

Bitter indeed the pang for comrades slain,
1000

The brave and bold! thou strikest to my soul

Pain, pain beyond forgetting, hateful pain.

My inner spirit sobs and sighs with dole!

Chorus

Another yet we yearn to see,

And see not! ah, thy chivalry,
1005

Xanthis, thou chief of Mardian men

Countless! and thou, Anchares bright,

And ye, whose cars controlled the fight,

Arsaces and Diaixis wight,

Kegdadatas, Lythimnas dear,
1010

And Tolmus, greedy of the spear!

I stand bereft! not in thy train

Come they, as erst! ah, ne'er again

Shall they return unto our eyes,

Car-borne, 'neath silken canopies!
1015

Xerxes

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.) — 988 focus

Sehnsucht nach den tapferen Freunden,

Dein Wort erweckt mir Leid, unermeßliches Leid.

Es stöhnt, es stöhnt

Ueber dem Jammer das Herz im Busen.

Der Chor.

Und auch nach Andern verlangt uns,
940

Nach Xanthios, dem aus mardischem Volk

Myriaden gefolgt, nach dem Helden

Anchares, Diäxis, Arsakes,

Die den Reitern geboten,

Kigdadatas auch und Lythimnas
945

Und Tolmos, im Kampf unersättlich.

Sie ruhen im Grab! Kein Wagengespann,

Bedeckt mit Zelten, führte sie zur Gruft.

Vierte Strophe.

Xerres.

Commentary

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

988. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-965

τᾶς ἐμᾶς στολᾶς:

τόδε τὰς ἐμὰς στολάς

Vit.

τάσδε τὰς ἐμὰς στολάς

τᾶσδε (simul cum acuto accentu) τὰς ἐμὰς στολάς

, supra scripto ad singulas voces

, Lips.

τάς δὲ τὰς

affertur ex Colb. 2.

τᾶσδε τᾶς

ex Cantabr. 1.

988

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τόνδε δ' οἰστοδέγμονα: Hunc et sequentes duos versus omittunt Ox. Ald.

πανδίτ'

Ven. Α.

τάνδε τ'

Ven. B. Rob.

τανδέ τ'

Vit.

τὰν δέ τ'

Μ. G.

τάνδ᾽

, supra scripto

, Lips.

τάνδε τ'

Par. G. Ask. A. Turn. Non scripsit Aeschylus

τάνδε

. Nam si

οἰστοδέγμων

per se esset pharetra, non quaesivisset chorus

τι τόδε λέγεις σεσωσμένων;

Itaque scribendum est

τόνδε τ' οἰστοδέγμονα – θησαυρὸν βελέεσσιν

, Viderunt hoc etiam Porsonus Adv. p. 157. et Butlerus.

οἰστοδέγμονα

Porsonus.

οϊστοδέγμονα

libri, eliam M.

990

991. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-967

σεσωσμένον: Verbum

σɛwouérov

sequentibus Xerxis verbis adnumeratur in G. Lips. Par. A. B. F. Rob. Choro recte tribuunt ceteri libri.

991

992. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-968

βελέεσσιν: Hunc versum choro continuat Turn.

βέλεσσιν

Μ.

βέλεσι

Cantabr. 1. Ceteri

Béhɛor

, nisi quod hanc vocem omittunt Ven. A. B. Rob. Scribendum esse

Beléɛoσiv

, metrum docet.

992

993. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-969

βαία γ᾽ ὡς ἀπὸ πολλῶν: Xerxi hunc versum cum sequente tribuunt Ald. Turn.

βαία γ᾽ ὡς ἀπολλῶν

993

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ἐσπανίσμεθ᾽:

ἐσπανίμεθ'

Lips.

994

995. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-971

Ἰάων: Libri

laóvæv

, nisi quod

laárov

habent Ald. Rob. Scribendum est aut

'Tovor

aut

'Túwr

. Hoc praetuli, quia in hac fabula Iones nusquam aliter quam aut

Ἴανες

aut

Τάονες

vocantur, etsi

Ἰωνία

bis est v. 771. Metrici correctoris lectionem habet Ven. B.

iaórov δὲ λαὸς οὐκ ἐκφυγαίχμας

995

996. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-972

ἀγανόρειος:

zarógios

M. G. Vit. Lips. Ven. A. Cantabr. 1. Colb. 1.

dya-νόρεος

Rob.

ἀγανάριος

Ald. Turn.

996

997. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-973

δὲ:

omittunt Vit. Rob.

997

997. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-974

ἄελπτον:

ἄελπον

Lips.

997

998. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-975

ναύφρακτον:

ναύφρακταν

Ald.

ναύπρουκτον

Colb. 2.

ναύκρατον

Ask. Α.

ναύαρχον

Par. L.

998

999. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-976

ἐπέρρηξ᾽:

néoors'

M. G. Ven. A. Colb. 1. 2. Par. C. Ald. Rob. Turn.

ἐπίρρηξ᾽

Ask. A.

ἐπέρρηξα

plene Vit. Lips.

ἀπέρρηξ'

edidit Brunckius, nescio unde. Satis elumbem trimetrum habent Ven. B. et ed. Vict.

ἐ-πλον δ᾽ ἐπίρρηξά γ᾽ ἐπὶ συμφορά κακοῦ

999

1000. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-977

παπαῖ, παπαῖ:

лалаĩ палаî

, circumflexo in acutum aut contra mutato, M.

лaлai nanai

Vit. Lips. Rob.

лaлai

ter G. quater Ald. Turn. Bis hoc vocabulum legitur etiam in Colb. 2. ter in Cantabr. 1. Par. C. quinquies in Ask. A. sexies in Colb. 1. semel in Par. F. L.

1000

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καὶ πλέον, πλέον μὲν οὖν:

καὶ πλέον ἢ (a pr. manu ἦ M.) παπαῖ (παπαὶ G. Turn.) per our

M. G. Cantabr. 1. Par. C. L. Colb. 2. Turn.

xai nhɛtov nα-παὶ μὲν οὖν

Ven. Β. Rob.

καὶ πλέον ἢ παπαὶ μεν οὔ

Vit. Lips. Mosc.

èv ou

omittunt Colb. 1. Ven. 1. Ox. Ald. Interpretis est

nàñàí

, quo remoto scripsi

καὶ πλέον, πλέον μὲν οὖν

1001

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

988-1001. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-146

ἴυγγα (Realenc. IV S. 696f.) ἐπισείεις μοι wie αἰγίδα τινὶ ἐπισείειν, du setzest den Zaubervogel gegen mich in Be- wegung, daſs ich wieder an meine edlen Gefährten denken muſs, d. i. ᾿Αντιστρ. γ΄. Στρ. δ΄. du weckst mir wieder mit Gewalt die schmerzliche Erinnerung an meine e. G. Sonst sagte man ἴυγγα ἕλκειν ἐπί τινι. Vgl. auch Eur. Or. 255. μυριόνταρχου, vgl. Anhang. – ἔταφον, τάφος, G. Curtius griech. Et. S. 198. Staunen muſs ich, daſs sie nicht folgen. - σκηνὴ τροχήλα- τος, carpentum, ἁρμάμαξα, Zelt- wagen, Herod. VII 41: Ξέρξης μετεκ- βαίνεσκε ἐκ τοῦ ἅρματος ἐς ἁρμάμαξαν, αὐτοῦ δὲ ὄπισθεν αἰχμοφόροι Περσέων οἱ ἄριστοί τε καὶ γενναιότατοι, χίλιοι.

Aeschylus Persians 988

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Ξέρξης

ἰὼ ἰὼ δῆτα

ἴυγγʼ ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων μοι ὑπομιμνήσκεις

κινεῖς ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων.
990

βοᾷ βοᾷ μοι μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

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ΞΕ.

ἴυγγά μοι δῆτ᾽

ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων ὑπομιμνήσκεις,

ἄλαστ᾽ ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων.
990

βοᾷ βοᾷ μοι μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

Ξέρξης

βοᾷ βοᾷ

δὴ μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

Ξέρξης

στρ. δ'.

ΞΕΡΞΗΣ

Ἴυγγά μοι δῆτ'

Ant. 3.

ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων ὑπομιμνήσκεις,

< ἄλαστ' om.> ἄλαστα

στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων·

βοᾷ βοᾷ < μοι om.> μελέων
985

ἔντοσθεν ἔνδοθεν ἦτορ.

ΞΕ.

1

ΞΕ.

(ἰὼ ἰὼ) δῆτα,

ἴυγγ᾽ ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων μοι [ὑπομιμνήσκεις]

(κινεῖς) ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων.

βοᾶι βοᾶι (μοι) μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

Xerxes

In truth you stir yearning in me for my gallant comrades

when you tell me of woe, surpassing woe, hateful and unforgettable. The heart within me cries out aloud for the wretched ones.
990

Chorus

And yet there are others too whom we miss: Xanthis, commander of a myriad Mardian men, and warlike Anchares,

Diaexis, too, and Arsaces, captains of the horse, Cegdadatas and Lythimnas, and Tolmus, insatiate in war. I marvel,
995

that they do not follow behind around your wheeled tent.
1000

CHORUS

And, in truth, we regret another too, Xanthus, leader of ten thousand Mardians, and warlike Anehares, Diaexis too, and Arsames, chiefs of the cavalry, Cigdates and Lythimnes, and Tolmus that was never satisfied with the spear. 3

They

XERXES

were buried, they were buried, not following in our train, in tents mounted on wheels.

CHORUS

XERXÈS

Oui, tu réveilles en moi la nostalgie de mes
preux compagnons, avec tes mots affreux, affreux, cruels, plus que douloureux. Mon cœur crie au fond de mes membres !

LE CHŒUR

Il en est bien d'autres qu'ici nous regrettons
encore : celui

XERXES.

Entomb'd, I ſaw them in the earth entomb'd;

Nor did the rolling car with ſolemn ſtate

Attend their rites:

I follow'd:

low they lie,
1220

Ah me, the once great leaders of my hoſt

Low in the earth, without their honours lie.

CHORUS.

SERSE

Cho.

Attamen aliquid aliud defideramus,

Mardorum uirorum myriarcham

Xanthem, bellicofumq; Ancharem,

Didiximq Arfacem, equorum prefectos.

Cygdagatam, & Lythinnam
895

Audacem, hasta in ſatiatum.

Sepelij, fepelij non in ſcenis,

Curru uectis retrorfum fequentes.

XERXES

Woe! Woe! Alas! Woe! Woe!

CHORUS

Woe! Woe! in sooth, for lo!

Ill so unlooked-for and pre-eminent

As Atè ne'er beheld, the gods have sent.

Bitter indeed the pang for comrades slain,
1000

The brave and bold! thou strikest to my soul

Pain, pain beyond forgetting, hateful pain.

My inner spirit sobs and sighs with dole!

Xerxes

Sehnsucht nach den tapferen Freunden,

Dein Wort erweckt mir Leid, unermeßliches Leid.

Es stöhnt, es stöhnt

Ueber dem Jammer das Herz im Busen.

Xerres.

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Ξέρξης ἰὼ ἰὼ δῆτα ἴυγγʼ ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων μοι ὑπομιμνήσκεις κινεῖς ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων. 990 βοᾷ βοᾷ μοι μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

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ΞΕ. ἴυγγά μοι δῆτ᾽ ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων ὑπομιμνήσκεις, ἄλαστ᾽ ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων. 990 βοᾷ βοᾷ μοι μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

Ξέρξης βοᾷ βοᾷ δὴ μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

Ξέρξης στρ. δ'.

ΞΕΡΞΗΣ Ἴυγγά μοι δῆτ' Ant. 3. ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων ὑπομιμνήσκεις, < ἄλαστ' om.> ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων· βοᾷ βοᾷ < μοι om.> μελέων 985 ἔντοσθεν ἔνδοθεν ἦτορ.

ΞΕ. 1

ΞΕ. (ἰὼ ἰὼ) δῆτα, ἴυγγ᾽ ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων μοι [ὑπομιμνήσκεις] (κινεῖς) ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων. βοᾶι βοᾶι (μοι) μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

Xerxes In truth you stir yearning in me for my gallant comrades when you tell me of woe, surpassing woe, hateful and unforgettable. The heart within me cries out aloud for the wretched ones. 990

Chorus And yet there are others too whom we miss: Xanthis, commander of a myriad Mardian men, and warlike Anchares, Diaexis, too, and Arsaces, captains of the horse, Cegdadatas and Lythimnas, and Tolmus, insatiate in war. I marvel, 995 that they do not follow behind around your wheeled tent. 1000

CHORUS And, in truth, we regret another too, Xanthus, leader of ten thousand Mardians, and warlike Anehares, Diaexis too, and Arsames, chiefs of the cavalry, Cigdates and Lythimnes, and Tolmus that was never satisfied with the spear. 3 They

XERXES were buried, they were buried, not following in our train, in tents mounted on wheels.

CHORUS

XERXÈS Oui, tu réveilles en moi la nostalgie de mes preux compagnons, avec tes mots affreux, affreux, cruels, plus que douloureux. Mon cœur crie au fond de mes membres !

LE CHŒUR Il en est bien d'autres qu'ici nous regrettons encore : celui

XERXES. Entomb'd, I ſaw them in the earth entomb'd; Nor did the rolling car with ſolemn ſtate Attend their rites: I follow'd: low they lie, 1220 Ah me, the once great leaders of my hoſt Low in the earth, without their honours lie.

CHORUS.

SERSE

Cho. Attamen aliquid aliud defideramus, Mardorum uirorum myriarcham Xanthem, bellicofumq; Ancharem, Didiximq Arfacem, equorum prefectos. Cygdagatam, & Lythinnam 895 Audacem, hasta in ſatiatum. Sepelij, fepelij non in ſcenis, Curru uectis retrorfum fequentes.

XERXES Woe! Woe! Alas! Woe! Woe!

CHORUS Woe! Woe! in sooth, for lo! Ill so unlooked-for and pre-eminent As Atè ne'er beheld, the gods have sent.

Bitter indeed the pang for comrades slain, 1000 The brave and bold! thou strikest to my soul Pain, pain beyond forgetting, hateful pain. My inner spirit sobs and sighs with dole!

Xerxes

Sehnsucht nach den tapferen Freunden, Dein Wort erweckt mir Leid, unermeßliches Leid. Es stöhnt, es stöhnt Ueber dem Jammer das Herz im Busen.

Xerres.

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Stable identifiers

Ξέρξης

ἰὼ ἰὼ δῆτα

ἴυγγʼ ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων μοι ὑπομιμνήσκεις

κινεῖς ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων.
990

βοᾷ βοᾷ μοι μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

ΞΕ.

ἴυγγά μοι δῆτ᾽

ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων ὑπομιμνήσκεις,

ἄλαστ᾽ ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων.
990

βοᾷ βοᾷ μοι μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

Ξέρξης

βοᾷ βοᾷ

δὴ μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

Ξέρξης

στρ. δ'.

ΞΕΡΞΗΣ

Ἴυγγά μοι δῆτ'

Ant. 3.

ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων ὑπομιμνήσκεις,

< ἄλαστ' om.> ἄλαστα

στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων·

βοᾷ βοᾷ < μοι om.> μελέων
985

ἔντοσθεν ἔνδοθεν ἦτορ.

ΞΕ.

1

ΞΕ.

(ἰὼ ἰὼ) δῆτα,

ἴυγγ᾽ ἀγαθῶν ἑτάρων μοι [ὑπομιμνήσκεις]

(κινεῖς) ἄλαστα στυγνὰ πρόκακα λέγων.

βοᾶι βοᾶι (μοι) μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦτορ.

Xerxes

In truth you stir yearning in me for my gallant comrades

when you tell me of woe, surpassing woe, hateful and unforgettable. The heart within me cries out aloud for the wretched ones.
990

CHORUS

And, in truth, we regret another too, Xanthus, leader of ten thousand Mardians, and warlike Anehares, Diaexis too, and Arsames, chiefs of the cavalry, Cigdates and Lythimnes, and Tolmus that was never satisfied with the spear. 3

They

XERXES

were buried, they were buried, not following in our train, in tents mounted on wheels.

XERXÈS

Oui, tu réveilles en moi la nostalgie de mes
preux compagnons, avec tes mots affreux, affreux, cruels, plus que douloureux. Mon cœur crie au fond de mes membres !

LE CHŒUR

Il en est bien d'autres qu'ici nous regrettons
encore : celui

XERXES.

Entomb'd, I ſaw them in the earth entomb'd;

Nor did the rolling car with ſolemn ſtate

Attend their rites:

I follow'd:

low they lie,
1220

Ah me, the once great leaders of my hoſt

Low in the earth, without their honours lie.

Cho.

Attamen aliquid aliud defideramus,

Mardorum uirorum myriarcham

Xanthem, bellicofumq; Ancharem,

Didiximq Arfacem, equorum prefectos.

Cygdagatam, & Lythinnam
895

Audacem, hasta in ſatiatum.

Sepelij, fepelij non in ſcenis,

Curru uectis retrorfum fequentes.

XERXES

Woe! Woe! Alas! Woe! Woe!

CHORUS

Woe! Woe! in sooth, for lo!

Ill so unlooked-for and pre-eminent

As Atè ne'er beheld, the gods have sent.

Bitter indeed the pang for comrades slain,
1000

The brave and bold! thou strikest to my soul

Pain, pain beyond forgetting, hateful pain.

My inner spirit sobs and sighs with dole!

Sehnsucht nach den tapferen Freunden,

Dein Wort erweckt mir Leid, unermeßliches Leid.

Es stöhnt, es stöhnt

Ueber dem Jammer das Herz im Busen.