Aeschylus Persians 268

Robert Potter (Translator)

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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
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Vaniſh'd at once, and all thy ſpreading honours
Fall'n, loſt!

Persians. Aeschylus. Robert Potter (Translator). London. 1779.

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The Persians (OCR draft) (English) (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (7)
Πέρσαι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 256-289 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 256-289 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 268 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 268 focus
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 268 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 268 focus
οτοτοτοῖ, μάταν
τὰ πολλὰ βέλεα παμμιγῆ
γᾶς ἀπ᾽ Ἀσίδος ἦλθ᾽ ἐπ᾽ αἶαν
δάιαν Ἑλλάδα χώραν.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 268 focus
Translations (7)
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.) — 268 focus
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.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 268 focus
ô Perses, quels maux vous ont été préparés là-bas.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 268 focus
Indarno, indarno, ahimè,
delle commiste frecce il fitto stuolo
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dalle contrade d'Asia
all'inimico mosse elleno suolo!
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 268 focus
Heu heu fruftra
Multa iacula mixta,
A' terra Aſiatica uenerunt in terram
Sacram Græciam.
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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.) — 268 focus
Alack, how vainly have they striven!
Our myriad hordes with shaft and bow
Went from the Eastland, to lay low
Hellas, beloved of Heaven!
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.) — 268 focus
Wehe! Vergeblich, daß
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So viel Geschosse buntgedrängt
Stolz aus Asia's Neich sich stürzten
Auf dich, göttliche Hellas!

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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Φαρνοῦχος, οἵδε ναὸς ἐκ μιᾶς πέσον:
καὶ φαρνοῦχος
Ven. A. Ox. Par. G. Ald.
καὶ φανοῦρχος
Rob.
οἵ τε
M. Vit. Lips. Par. C. N. aliique et Rob. Ex Par. B.
οἵγε
, supra scripto ad prius vocabulum γρ.
οἵτε
, notavit Bekkerus.
οἵ γ' ἡ
Cantabr. 1. Par. H.
οἵδε
G. Ald. Tum
ναὸς ἐκ μιᾶς πέσον
libri, nisi quod
νηὸς
habet Par. H. et Turn.
ναὸς
supra scripto
η
Vit. Cantabr. 1.
νεὼς
Ald. Rob.
πέσαν
G. Par. C.
πεσὼν
ante corr. M. Vauvillersius ad Soph. Phil. 374. vol. II. p. 47. scribendum coniecit
οἵδε ναὸς ἔπεσον ἐκ μιᾶς
, idque Porsono aliisque placuit. Sed hoc ingrato verborum ordine corrumpuntur numeri. Scribendum putavi
οἵδε ναὸς ἓν μιᾶς πέσος,
hi unius navis iactura fuerunt.

309. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-249

Μάταλλος:
μάταλλος
M. Vit.
μάταλος
Lips. Mosc.
μάτταλος
Ald.
μέταλλος
G.
μέταλλος
Ven. B. Par. C. L. Rob. Turn.

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πυρσὴν:
πυρσὴν
Porsonus.
πυρσὰν
M. et plerique, ut videtur, codices et Turn.
πυρσὰν
G. Vit. Lips. Cantabr. 1. Mosc. Par. C. Ald. Rob. δάσκιον:
δάσκειον
M. G. Lips. Mosc.

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ἔτεγγ':
ἔταγ'
Lips. πορφυρᾷ:
πορφυρέᾳ
M. Ceteri
πορφυρέᾳ
. Porsonus
πορφυρᾷ
. Sed videntur tragici a forma
πορφυροῦς
, ut vulgaris sermonis propria, abstinuisse, ideoque contractionem praetulisse eam in qua leviter audiretur
ε
, ita ut non efficeret syllabam. Non obstant versus ex Stheneboea Euripidis ab Athenaeo p. 421. F. allati, ubi
βιὸς δὲ πορφυροῦς θαλάσσιος
valde torsit criticos. Scribendum est enim
βίος δὲ πορφυρεὺς θαλάσσιος
. Loquitur, ut reliqua ostendunt, piscator, quem quo minus dubites unum ex illis intelligendum esse, qui
πορφυρεῖς
, captores purpurarum, vocabantur, facit alius Euripidis locus in Iph. Taur. v. 262.
ἦν τις διαρρὼξ κυμάτων πολλῷ σάλῳ κοιλωτὸς ἀγμός, πορφυρευτικαὶ στέγαι.

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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2
Zur Antwort auf Atossas Frage schüttet der Bote, ehe er sich auf eine geordnete Er- zählung einläſst (337 ff.), eine Fülle von Namen aus, teils um der Dar- stellung ein konkret nationales Ko- lorit zu geben, teils um einzelne tapfere Thaten in Erinnerung zu bringen. Über die Etymologie dieser Namen s. Einl. S. 35 A. 23. στυ-

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᾿Αρσάμης 37. πε- λειοθρέμμ. (vgl. 33), Salamis. Der Schol. vergleicht das bomerische πολυτρήρωνά τε Θίσβην ( Β 502). — κύρισσον (vgl. 313. 376. 416. 458. 490. 506. Kr. II § 28, 3. A. 4) von den Leichen, welche durch die Strömung mit dem Kopfe gegen das Land getrieben werden, s. v. a. κερατίζειν. - γειτονῶν Suppl. 780 vgl. 286. – Αρκτεύς 44 f. Φαρ- νοῦχος, bei Herod. VII 88 ein Φαρ- νούχης, der aber schon in Sardes verunglückte. – ναὸς ἐκ μιᾶς, drei aus einem Schiffe.