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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.) — 256-289 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 256 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 256 focus
ἄνι᾽ ἄνια νεόκοτα καὶ δάϊ, αἰαῖ.
255
διαίνεσθε, Πέρσαι, τόδ᾽ ἄχος κλύοντες.
ὡς πάντα γ' ἔστ' ἐκεῖνα διαπεπραγμένα
καὐτὸς δ᾽ ἀέλπτως νόστιμον βλέπω φάος.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 256 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 256 focus
ἄνι᾽ ἄνια κακά,
νεόκοτα καὶ δάι. αἰαῖ,
260
διαίνεσθε, Πέρσαι,
τόδ᾽ ἄχος κλύοντες.
ὡς πάντα γ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἐκεῖνα διαπεπραγμένα,
καὐτὸς δ᾽ ἀέλπτως νόστιμον βλέπω φάος.
ἦ μακροβίοτος
265
ὅδε γέ τις αἰὼν ἐφάνθη
γεραιοῖς, ἀκούειν
τόδε πῆμ᾽ ἄελπτον.
καὶ μὴν παρών γε κοὐ λόγους ἄλλων κλύων,
Πέρσαι, φράσαιμ᾽ ἂν οἷ᾽ ἐπορσύνθη κακά.
270
οτοτοτοῖ, μάταν
τὰ πολλὰ βέλεα παμμιγῆ
γᾶς ἀπ᾽ Ἀσίδος ἦλθ᾽ ἐπ᾽ αἶαν
δάιαν Ἑλλάδα χώραν.
πλήθουσι νεκρῶν δυσπότμως ἐφθαρμένων
275
Σαλαμῖνος ἀκταὶ πᾶς τε πρόσχωρος τόπος.
ὀτοτοτοῖ, φίλων
ἁλίδονα σώματα πολυβαφῆ
κατθανόντα λέγεις φέρεσθαι
πλαγκτοῖς ἐν διπλάκεσσιν.
280
οὐδὲν γὰρ ἤρκει τόξα, πᾶς δ᾽ ἀπώλλυτο
στρατὸς δαμασθεὶς ναΐοισιν ἐμβολαῖς.
ἴυζ᾽ ἄποτμον βοὰν
δυσαιανῆ Πέρσαις
δαίοις, ὡς πάντα παγκάκως
285
ἔθεσαν. αἰαῖ στρατοῦ φθαρέντος.
ὦ πλεῖστον ἔχθος ὄνομα Σαλαμῖνος κλύειν·
φεῦ, τῶν Ἀθηνῶν ὡς στένω μεμνημένος.
στυγναί γ᾽ Ἀθῆναι δᾴοις·
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 256 focus
Translations (8)
Persians Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 256-286 focus
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 256 focus
Dismal, dismal, strange evils, and adverse,-alas. Drench yourselves in tears, ye Persians, hearing of this sorrow.
How has all that armament gone to ruin! But I myself, beyond my hope, behold the day of my return.
Verily this life of ours appears too long protracted to us aged men, that we should hear of this unlooked-for calamity.
And in very deed I, being on the spot, and not having heard reports from others 1
, can tell how great ills have been dealt out to the Persians.
Woe! woe! in vain did the multitude of shafts of every kind go from the land of Asia, against a hostile land, the realm of Hellas.
The shores of Salamis, and all the adjoining region, are full of the corpses of those who miserably perished.
Woe! woe! thou tellest us that the dead bodies of our friends, tossed on the billow, oft immersed, are borne along on the twice-changing surface of the tide 2
.
Yes, for our bows availed us nought, and our whole host perished, beaten down by the collision of the beaks of the vessels.
Shriek forth a doleful outcry, full of woe to the wretched Persians; for ill did they succeed in all things, alas! when their host was destroyed.
O name of Salamis, most hateful to our ears. Alas! how I sigh when I remember Athens.
Hateful is Athens to us miserable: we have to remember, in sooth, how many of the Persian matrons it has made widows and bereft of their husbands to no gain 1
of ours!
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 256 focus
barbare tout entière a péri !
à l'annonce de telle douleur.
moi-même, c'est contre tout espoir que je vois le soleil du retour.
aujourd'hui trop longue, l'existence qui laisse les vieillards que nous sommes ouïr
ce coup inattendu !
ô Perses, quels maux vous ont été préparés là-bas.
rien qu'ensemble des milliers d'armes de toute espèce ont passé du
pays d'Asie sur une terre ennemie, sur le sol de Grèce !
heure le rivage de Salamine et tous ses alentours.
j'aime roulés du flot, où sans cesse ils replongent, corps sans vie emportés dans leurs larges saies errantes !
était impuissant, et toute notre armée succombait écrasée sous le choc des trières.
Clame sur notre misère une plainte
désolée, lugubre. Les dieux ont tout fait pour que tous les maux s'abattent sur les Perses. Hélas ! hélas ! sur notre armée anéantie !
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 256 focus
Slaves to no lord, they own no kingly pow'r g
.
Thy words ſtrike deep, and wound the parent's
300
breaſt,
Whoſe ſons are march'd to ſuch a dangerous field.
But, if I judge aright, thou ſoon ſhalt hear
Each circumſtance; for this way, mark him,
ſpeeds
305
A Perſian meſſenger; he bears, be ſure,
Tidings of high import, or good or ill.
Woe to the towns thro' Aſia's peopled realms!
Woe to the land of Perſia, once the port
Of boundleſs wealth, how is thy glorious ſlate
310
Vaniſh'd at once, and all thy ſpreading honours
Fall'n, loſt!
Ah me! unhappy is his taſk
That bears unhappy tidings: but conſtraint
Compels me to relate this tale of woe.
315
Perſians, the whole barbaric hoſt is fall'n.
O horror, horror! What a baleful train
Of recent ills!
Ah Perſians, as he ſpeaks
Of ruin, let your tears ſtream to the earth.
320
It is e'en ſo, all ruin; and myſelf,
Beyond all hope returning, view this light.
How tedious and oppreſſive is the weight
Of age, reſerv'd to hear theſe hopeleſs ills?
Woe, woe is me! Then has the iron ſtorm,
That darken'd from the realms of Aſia, pour'd
In vain its arrowy ſhow'r on ſacred Greece.
In heaps th' unhappy dead lie on the ſtrand
330
Of Salamis, and all the neighbouring ſhores.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 256 focus
Ahimè, miseri miseri,
mali novelli e immani!
Sgorghin le vostre lagrime
all'udir tanto strazio, o Persïani!
290
Tutto in rovina è andato.
Del ritorno contro ogni speme anch'io veduto ho il giorno.
Ahimè! Del nostro vivere
troppo son lunghi gli anni,
quando, o vegliardi, simili
295
udir dobbiamo inopinati affanni.
Vi narrerò, né per veduta altrui,
ciò che patimmo: ivi presente fui.
Indarno, indarno, ahimè,
delle commiste frecce il fitto stuolo
300
dalle contrade d'Asia
all'inimico mosse elleno suolo!
Piene le spiagge son di Salamina
di tristi spoglie, e ogni terra vicina.
Che dici? Ahimè, ahimè!
305
Senza piú vita i corpi erran dei Persi,
nel turbinio del pelago,
fra cozzo alterno di marosi immersi!
Gli archi nulla giovâr:
l'urto dei rostri tutti quanti distrusse i legni nostri.
310
Leva angoscioso un gemito
sui Persïani, un ululo di lutto.
Oh derelitti! Ahi sorte in tutto misera!
Oh esercito distrutto!
Oh Salamina, esoso nome!
Oh!, quanto d'Atene al sovvenir mi sciolgo in pianto!
Atene, oh! come t'odia
330
chi t'è avverso!
Il ricordo andrà lontano
di quante donne persïane furono
e spose e madri invano.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 256 focus
Triftia mala, triſtia molesta,
Recenter nata, hoſtilia heu heu.
Madefiamini lachrymis Perſæ audientes hunc dolorem.
235
Quoniam illa peracta ſunt,
Et ipfe præter ſpem gratam uideo lucem.
Longaua certè nobis hæc uita uiſa est,
Senibus ad audiendum infperatam hanc cladem.
Attamen preſens, & non uerba alioru audi
240
Perſe, dicerem qualia fint peracta mala.
Heu heu fruftra
Multa iacula mixta,
A' terra Aſiatica uenerunt in terram
Sacram Græciam.
245
Plena ſunt cadauerum corruptorum infœliciter
Salaminis littora, omnisq; finitimus locus.
Heu beu falſa corpora amicorum,
Demersa intereuntia dicis ferri,
In errabundis diploidibus.
250
Nihil iuuerunt arcus, omnis uerò perijt
Exercitus, domatus roftratis nauibus.
Clama miferum clamorem,lugubrem Perfis
Miseris, ut omnia admodum malè
Difpofita firm:heu heu, corruptus est exercitus.
255
O magnum odiū, nomen Salaminis audire:
Heu quam lugeo, memor Athenarum.
Mæſtæ ſunt quoq; Athene memores hoſtiu:
Quàm multas Perfidum fine cauſa
Fecerunt uiduas, aui uiris priuatas.
260
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.) — 256 focus
O ruin manifold, and woe, and fear!
Let the wild tears run down, for the great doom is here!
This blow hath fallen, to the utterance,
255
And I, past hope, behold my safe return!
Too long, alack, too long this life of mine,
That in mine age I see this sudden woe condign!
As one who saw, by no loose rumour led,
Lords, I would tell what doom was dealt to us.
260
Alack, how vainly have they striven!
Our myriad hordes with shaft and bow
Went from the Eastland, to lay low
Hellas, beloved of Heaven!
Piled with men dead, yea, miserably slain,
265
Is every beach, each reef of Salamis!
Thou sayest sooth—ah well-a-day!
Battered amid the waves, and torn,
On surges hither, thither, borne,
Dead bodies, bloodstained and forlorn,
270
In their long cloaks they toss and stray!
Their bows availed not! all have perished, all,
By charging galleys crushed and whelmed in death.
Shriek out your sorrow's wistful wail!
To their untimely doom they went;
275
Ill strove they, and to no avail,
And minished is their armament!
Out on thee, hateful name of Salamis,
Out upon Athens, mournful memory!
Woe upon this day's evil fame!
280
Thou, Athens, art our murderess;
Alack, full many a Persian dame
Is left forlorn and husbandless!
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.) — 256 focus
Traurig, o traurig, unerhört grimmig Leid!
O weint, Perser, weint über die schwere Kunde!
Wie fand doch Alles, Alles dort den Untergang!
Den Tag der Heimkehr schau' ich selber unverhofft.
245
Wahrlich zu lange währte dies Leben mir,
Um solch niegeahnt Leiden, ein Greis, zu hören!
Und als ein Augenzeuge, nicht aus Andrer Mund
Verkünd' ich euch, o Perser, was uns Schweres traf.
Wehe! Vergeblich, daß
250
So viel Geschosse buntgedrängt
Stolz aus Asia's Neich sich stürzten
Auf dich, göttliche Hellas!
Bedeckt mit Leichen kläglich Hingemordeter
Sind Salamis' Felsufer und die Gau'n umher.
255
Wehe! Gestürzt in's Meer,
Ein Spiel der Wogen, blutgefärbt,
Treiben, sagst du, der Freunde Leichen
Todt auf Trümmern der Schiffe?
Nicht schüste Pfeil und Bogen; nein, das ganze Heer
260
Erlag, bewältigt in der Schiffe wildem Kampf.
Hebt über euch Unselige
Des Weh's angstvollen Ruf!
Denn, ach! Leid häuften uns auf Leid
Durch des Heers Untergang die Götter!
265
O Salamis, o Name, tiefverhaft dem Ohr!
Weh dir, mit welchem Jammer denk' ich dein, Athen !
Wohl ist Athen der Feinde Fluch!
Und allzeit denk' ich sein,
Das so viel Perserfrauen, voll
270
Blinder Wuth, Söhne, Gatten raubte.

Commentary

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

256. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-202

διαίνεσθε:
διαίνεσθαι
G. Ald.
σαίνεσθαι
, superscripto ultimis litteris
θε
, Mosc.
διαίνεσθαι δάκουσι
, inserta vitiose scripta interpretatione
δάκρυσι
, Rob.

257. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-203

ὡς πάντα γ' ἔστ' ἐκεῖνα:
ὡς πάντα γ' ἔσται κεῖνα
Vit. Mosc. In Vit. recentior manus
ἀκεῖνα
fecit.
ὡς πάντα γ᾽ ἔσ᾽ ἐκεῖνα
Lips.
ὡς πάντ᾽ ἔστ' ἐκεῖνα
Ald. Rob. In
ὡς
particula errat scholiastes: significat ea hic nam.

258. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-204

καὐτὸς δ᾽: Hunc versum omittit Lips.
αὐτὸς δ'
Porsonus,
καὐτός δ'
cum Cantabr. 2. Blomfieldius, ne scilicet
καί
et
δέ
in uno enuntiato coniungerentur.
δ'
secunda manus addidit in Vit.

259. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-205

μακροβίοτος ὅδε τις:
μακροβίωτος
Lips.
ὁ δέ γέ τις αἰὼν
M.
ὧδε γέ τις αἰὼν
Ald.
αἰὼν ὅδε γε τις
Cantabr. 2.
ὅδε γέ τις αἰὼν
ceteri. ἐφάνθη:
ἐφάνη
G. Vit. Cantabr. 2. Par. A. N. aliique nonnulli.
ἐφαάνθη
Ven. A. Cantabr. 1. Par. B. C. Ox. Ald. Turn. idque supra scriptum in G.
ἐφάνθη
recte M. Lips. Rob. Metrum unam syllabam deleri postulat, quod quum fieri possit scribendo
μακρόβιος
, tamen
γε
potius delendum est, quod hic rectius omittitur.

260. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-206

γεραιοῖς:
γηραιοῖς
Ven. A. Ald. Rob.
γεραιοῖς δ᾽
Lips.

261. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-207

παρών τε:
παρών τε
M. G. Vit. Lips. Cantabr. 2. Mosc. Par. N.
παρών γε
edd.

262. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-208

Πέρσαι:
πέρσαις
, Rob. Ceteri
πέρσαι
, in iisque Lips. in quo supra scriptum γρ.
πέρσαις
. φράσαιμ᾽ ἂν οἷ᾽:
φράζαιμ᾽ ἂν οἷα
G.

263. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-209

ὀτοτοτοῖ:
ὦ το τοῖ τοῖ
M.
ὀττοτοτοῖ
G.
ὀττοτοὶ
Vit.
ὀττοτοῖ
Lips.
ὀττοτοτοίτοι
Ven. A.
ὀτοτοτοὶ τοὶ
Ald.
ὁτοτοιτοῖ τοὶ
Rob.
Ὀττοττοὶ
Turn.
ὀττοττοτοι
Ven. B. Vict. ceteraeque edd. ante Porsonum, qui
ὀτοτοτοῖ
restituit. μάταν:
μάτην
Vit.

264. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-210

τὰ πολέα:
τὰ πολλὰ
libri. Scripsi
τὰ πολέα
. Eodem modo Lachmannus. V. ad v. 270.

265. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-211

γᾶς:
γᾶς
, superscripto
η
, Lips.
γῆς
Ald. ἀπ' Ἀσίδος:
ἀπ' ἀσιάδος
G. Lips. aliique nonnulli et Rob.
ἐπ' ἀσιάδος
Vit. ἦλθ᾽:
ἦλθεν
Vit. Lips.

266. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-212

δίαν:
δίαν
Vit. edd.
δίαν
M. G.
δία
Lips.
δαΐαν
codex Lambethanus, unde
δάϊαν
Blomfieldius. Ἑλλάδα:
Ἕλλάδα
Lips.

267. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-213

πλήθουσι:
πλήθοισι
Vit.

268. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-214

πρόςχωρος:
πρόχωρος
Lips. Ven. A. Mosc. Ox. Ald. quo spectat interpretatio
εὐρύχωρος
in Vit.

269. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-215

ὀτοτοτοῖ: hic recte M.
ὀττοτοῖ
G. Lips.
ὀττοτοὶ
Vit.
ὀττοτοτοὶ
Ven. A. Ald.
ὀττοτοιτοι
Rob.
ὀττοττοὶ
Turn.
ὀττοττοτοῖ
Ven. B. Vict. ceteraeque ante Porsonum editiones.

270. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-216

ἁλίδονα: Libri omnes
ἁλίδονα σώματα
, nisi quod Par. G. habet
ἁλίδονα σώματον
, in Par. B. autem, etiam Bekkero teste,
ἁλιδνὰ
adscriptum est. Hoc si verum putatur, servandum in strophico versu
τὰ πολλά
. V. Epit. doctr. metr. §. 253. et 271. ed. alt.

271. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-217

κατθανόντα:
καταθανόντα
Vit.

272. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-218

πλαγκτοῖς:
πλακτοῖς
Vit. Lips. Lambeth. et Lips. quidem cum hac adnotatione, γρ.
πολυπλάκτοις, ἢ ἐν αἷς ταῦτα πλανῶνται
. διπλάκεσσιν:
διπλάκεσιν
G. Vit. Lips. Ven. B. Ald. Rob.
διπλάκεσσιν
edd. inde a Turn. et sic M. In explicando hoc vocabulo laborant scholiastae. Quorum qui hanc explicationem adscripsit,
ὡς ἂν εἴποι τις διαύλοις· τὰ γὰρ κύματα ἐκχεῖται καὶ ὑπονοστεῖ
, in mente habuit hoc Euripidis Hec. v. 29.
πολλοῖς διαύλοις κυμάτων φορουμένας.
Stanleius auctor fuit, ut de tabulis navium haec vox acciperetur. Sed haec quoque interpretatio fundamento caret. Solus Sanravius de vestibus mersorum in mari fluctuantibus cogitavit, vertit enim in errabundis diploidibus.
Δίπλαξ
quum proprie adiectivum esset, tamen etiam pro substantivo usurpari solitum est, sic quidem ut pallium significaret. Pallium autem quum grammatici duobus modis
δίπλακα
dici tradant, vel quod ex duplicato filo contextum sit, quod etiam
δίμιτον
vocetur, vel quod ob latitudinem in gestando duplicetur, haec posterior explicatio et ipsa per se probabilior videtur et valde confirmatur similium nominum comparatione. Hesychius
δίπλακα, διπλῆν, μεγάλην διπλοΐδα, ὥςτε διπλῇ χρῆσθαι
. Idem
διπλοΐδα, διπλουμένην χλανίδα ἐν τῷ φορεῖσθαι
. Idem
διπλῆν, διπλασίονα, καὶ μεγάλην
, quod pertinet ad Il. X. 134. ubi poeta
χλαῖναν
commemorat
διπλῆν, ἐκταδίην
. Idem Hesychius
δίβολον φάρος, διπλοῦν
, et
διβόλους χλαίνας, οἳ μὲν διμίτους, οἳ δὲ διπλᾶς
. In primis ea quam praetulimus explicatio eo confirmatur quod notam illam Cynicorum duplicem vestem Antipater Sidonius epigr. 61.
ἔσθος διπλάδιον
, epigr. autem 82.
δίπλακα
vocat. Plura in hanc rem collegerunt Salmasius ad Tertull. de pallio p. 396. seqq. Iungermannus ad Poll. VII. 47. Iacobsius Anthol. vol. II. p. I. p. 57. seqq. Videtur igitur Aeschylus
πλαγκτοὺς δίπλακας
amplas Persarum vestes dicere, quae in mari nantibus mortuis late expansae huc illuc ferebantur. Ita Rufinus epigr. 38. comas fuitantes dicit
τρίχας τὰς ἐπὶ τοῖς σοβαροῖς αὐχέσι πλαζομένας
.

273. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-219

ἀπώλλυτο:
δ᾽ ἀπόλλυτο
, ad
υ
supra adscripto
οι
, Vit.
δὲ ἀπώλλετο
Lips.
ἀπώλετο
adscriptum in Par. B.

274. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-220

στρατός:
λεὼς
G. Par. K. In G.
στρατός
tamquam explicatio supra scriptum. Lips. vulgatum
στρατὸς
habet, sed supra adscriptum γρ.
λεώς
. ναΐοισιν:
ναΐοισι
M. Vit. Lips. Ven. B. Par. B. edd. vett. Sed in Lips. penultimae syllabae
ι
superscriptum.
ναΐοισι
Ven. A.
ναΐοισιν
G. Par. A. N. et adscriptum in Par. B. ut ex Brunckii adnotatione colligas..
ναΐοισι
Cantabr. 1. ἐμβολαῖς:
ἐν βολαῖς
M.

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ΐϋζ' ἀποτμον δαΐοις δυςαιανῆ βοάν, ὡς πάντα παγκάκως θεοὶ ἔθεσαν, αἰαῖ, στρατοῦ φθαρέντος.: Libri
ἴϋζ᾽ ἄποτμον βοὰν δυσαιανῆ πέρσαις δαίοις, ὡς πάντα παγκάκως ἔθεσαν, αἱ αἱ στρατοῦ φθαρέντος
, nisi quod in paucis variant.
ἴϋζε
M. Lips. Par. C. N. Ald. Turn.
ἴϋζε
Vit. Tum
βοάν
, superscripto
η
ad
α
, Lips. Deinde Faehsius ex Par. B. affert γρ.
καὶ δυσεανῆ ἤγουν πολυποίκιλον
. Tum
πέρσαισῶν
, duabus scripturis,
πέρσαις
et
περσῶν
coniunctis, Par. N. Deinde
ὡς πάντα παγκάκως
M. Vit. Cantabr. 1. 2. Mosc. Par. F. H. I. N. Ald. Rob. Sic etiam, ut Bekkerus adnotavit, Par. B. ex quo Faehsius p. 182.
ὡς παγκάκως πάντα
affert, quod est in edd. Turn. et Vict.
ὡς πάντα κάκως
G.
ὡς πάνπαγκάκως
Lips. Deinde
ἔθεαν
Ald. Denique
αἳ αἳ
M.
αἳ αἳ
G. Vit. Lips. edd. vett. Hae lectiones omnes quum nihil contineant quo metra, quae in antistropha valde diversa sunt, exaequentur, apertum est maiorem corruptelam aut hic aut in antistropha latere. Accedit quod dubitari non potest, quin, ut particula
ὡς
utrobique eundem in numeris locum obtinet, ita idem observatum fuerit in nomine
δαίοις
. Id igitur aut in stropha aut in antistropha ex sede sua dimovendum est. In antistropha id non videtur probabili ratione fieri posse. In stropha igitur vitium quaerendum est. Ac diu est quum
Πέρσαις
eiiciendum esse suspicatus sum, in qua coniectura confirmavit me illud quod in Par. N. scriptum est
πέρσαισῶν
, quod indicio esse videtur dubitasse interpretes utrum
δαίοις
de hostibus Persarum, an de ipsis Persis, clade bellica afflictis, intelligendum esset. Vicit tamen posterior explicatio, quae sane probanda est, ita ut, quum in margine adscriptum ab interprete esset
Πέρσαις δαίοις
, id pro emendata lectione habitum alieno loco in ipsa poetae verba illatum sit. Itaque
Πέρσαις
delevi. Praeterea verba
βοὰν δυσαιανῆ
inverso ordine collocanda esse antistropha docuit. Deinde sequenti versui aliquid ad integritatem deest. Atque hic quoque duae proditae sunt ab interpretibus explicationes verbi
ἔθεσαν
, quum in G.
οἱ Πέρσαι
, in Vit.
οἱ θεοὶ
adscriptum sit. Si de diis haec intelligenda sunt, nominari deos oportuit. Ac restituitur metrum, si ante
ἔθεσαν
hoc ipsum nomen
θεοὶ
inseritur praetereaque
πάντα
in
πάντα
mutatur. Scripsi igitur
ἴϋζ᾽ ἀποτμον δαίοις δυςαιανῆ βοάν, ὡς πάντα παγκάκως θεοὶ ἔθεσαν, αἰαῖ, στρατοῦ φθαρέντος.

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ἔχθος:
ἔχθος
ad
ἔχθος
adscriptum in Par. B.

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Ἀθηνῶν: Post
Ἀθηνῶν
comma habent Ald. Rob. Turn. Omittunt interpunctionem Vict. et reliquae editiones, male, si quid video. Inficetum enim videtur nuntium de eo loqui, quam ipse ingemiscat. Gravis autem est sententia, si dicit nam ingemisco, quum recordor, quo indicat vel recordationem mali tantam vim habere ut a gemitibus temperare sibi nequeat, ex quo colligi posse quantum praesentibus videri istud malum debuerit.

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στυγναί γ': Brunckius dedit
στυγναί γ' Ἀθῆναι
. Et habet M.
στυγναί γ' ἀθῆναι
. Ex Par. B.
δ'
, superscripto
γ'
, ex Par. C.
γ'
, superscripto
γ'
, ex Ven. A. et Ox.
θ'
adnotatum est.
στυγναὶ δ' ἀθῆναι
G. Ald. Rob.
στυγναὶ δ᾽ ἀθῆναι
Vit. Lips.
στυγναὶ δ᾽ Ἀθῆναι
Turn.
στυγναὶ ἀθῆναι
Ven. B. Et
ἀθῆναι
quidem habent etiam Par. B. F. I. N. Acquiescendum erat in plerorumque librorum lectione. Nam
δέ
particula continuat orationem iis quae chorus postrema dixerat ut v. 297. 475. Ceterum Lips. Ald. Rob. interpungunt post
Ἀθῆναι
, nomine
δαίοις
ad sequentia relato. Recte inde a Turn. post
δαίοις
interpunctum est.

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μεμνῆσθαί τοι:
μεμνῆσθαί τε
Vit. Lips. Ven. A. Mosc. Par. N. πάρα:
παρεὶς
pro
πάρα
Ven. A. quod natum ex interpretatione
πάρεισι
.

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Περσίδων:
τῶν περσίδων
Vit. Lips. Mosc.

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ἠδ᾽ ἀνάνδρους: omittit Lips. Boeckhius in praefatione lectionum aestivarum a. 1827. p. 12. scribendum esse coniecit
εὔνιδας ἔκτισσαν ἠδ᾽ ἀνάνδρους
.

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NA: Praeclare Atossa regiam maiestatem et huc usque silentio conservavit et nunc gravitate orationis tuetur.

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κακοῖς:
κακοῖσιν
Lips. ὑπερβάλλει:
ὑπερβάλλοι
Vit.

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βροτοῖς:
βροτοὺς
Lips. Rob. sed in Lips.
οις
supra scriptum.
βροτοῖς
M. G. aliique et Ald. Turn. Idem ex corr. Vit. quum antea
βροτοὺς
scriptum fuisset. Propter exquisitiorem structuram praeferendum videtur
βροτοῖς
. Nam ne quis putet traiectionem verborum indicio esse potius
βροτοὺς
scriptum fuisse a poeta, hoc argumentum nihil probare moneo. Etenim
βροτοῖς
ideo ante
φέρειν
collocatum est, quia non
φέρειν
, sed
βροτοῖς
primariam notionem esse poeta voluit, quod idem est ac
νοῖς οὖσι βροτοῖς
, quoniam mortales sumus.

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
Kommos, drei Stro- phenpaare des Chors, unterbrochen je durch zwei Trimeter des Boten.

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3
4
Der Anfang besteht aus lauter (elf) Kürzen, entsprechend dem wimmernden Charakter des Lieds; die zwei ersten Kürzen (in der Gegenstrophe vertreten durch eine Länge) bilden den Auftakt (Anakrusis), die neun andern eine trochäische Tripodie; vgl. Westphal II S. 863. ἄνιος (1055. 1061) 8. ν. α. ἀνιηρός. - νεόκοτος (Sept. 803) s. v. α. νέος. Der zweite Vers ist kretisch-logaödisch, mit einsilbiger Anakrusis. διαίνεσθε (1047. 1064) benetzet euch (mit Thränen). ὡς, ja thut es nur, dennu, s. w. διαπεπρ. 517. καὐτὸς δὲ und auch ich, 153. νόστιμον φάος wie Homer νόστιμον ἦμαρ.

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5
6
Wahrlich unser Leben hat allzulange gewährt in unsern Augen, daſs wir solches Leid vernehmen müssen. ἀκούειν, Kr. II 55, 3. A. 20. - Die Sache ist nur zu gewiſs; ich war selbst Augen- zeuge.

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7
8
Zwei trochäische Verse (1. trip. catal.; 2. tetrap. cat. mit Anakrusis) und zwei logaödi- sche. Die ionische Form πολέα auch Ag. 723. ᾿ασίς (763. Suppl. 457), dagegen ᾿ασία κ. ᾿ασίας (12.57 61. 249. Prom. 735). – πλήθουσι (420) νεκρῶν Ag. 1220. – Σαλαμίνος 327, Westphal II S. 485.

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9
10
ἁλίδονα, mari agi- tata. παμβαφή, ganz mit Meer- wasser angefüllt (und aufgeschwol- len). – πλαγκτούς, nach dem Sinne ( φίλους). Vgl. 303. 307. 310. ναΐοισιν, wie Suppl. 2, vgl. ναμερτῆ 246 u. zu 157. Endung wie 336. ἐμβολαῖς 409; in der Seeschlacht.

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11
12
Drei iambische Verse (1. katal. Pentapodie mit Synkope des dritten u. vierten Iambus, 2. u. 3. Tetrapodie, bez. Pentapodie ᾿Αντιστρ. γ΄. mit Synkope im zweiten u. dritten Iambus) u. ein logaödischer, be- stehend aus Choriambus (d. h. Dak- tylus u. synk. Trochäus) und drei Trochäen. δᾶοι wie 239. – όνομα Σαλαμίνος πλεῖστον ἔχθος κλύειν wie ἔχθιστον κλύειν. αἰαῖ στρα- τοῦ φθαρέντος ist wie 116 der an- zustimmende Klageruf. δάοις, Athen seinen Feinden, also hier den Persern. ὡς . . . ἔκτισαν ist nicht ein von μεμνῆσθαι abhängiger Satz, sondern ein kausaler Nebensatz, da sich zu μεμνῆσθαι aus dem Vor- hergehenden ᾿Αθηνῶν ergänzt. - μάταν εὔπαιδας, weil sie die Söhne, καταπαίδας, ἀνάνδρους, weil sie die Gatten ver- loren haben.