Aeschylus Persians 568

Robert Potter (Translator)

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The firſt in battle ſlain
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By Cychrea's craggy ſhore
Thro' ſad conſtraint, ah me! forſaken lie,
All pale and ſmear'd with gore;-
Raiſe high the mournful ſtrain,
And let the voice of anguiſh pierce the ſky :-
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Persians. Aeschylus. Robert Potter (Translator). London. 1779.

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Current edition Experimental

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.) — 548-597 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 548-597 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 568 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 568 focus
τοὶ δ᾽ ἄρα πρωτόμοιροι,
λειφθέντες πρὸς ἀνάγκαν,
φεῦ,
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γέ,
ἀκτὰς ἀμφὶ Κυχρείας,
δά,
ἔρρανται. στένε καὶ δακνά-
ζου, βαρὺ δ᾽ ἀμβόασον
570
οὐράνι᾽ ἄχη,
δά,
τεῖνε δὲ δυσβάϋκτον
βοᾶτιν τάλαιναν αὐδάν.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 568 focus
Τοὶ δ' ἄρα πρωτομόροιο πρωτόμοροι,
φεῦ,
Str. 2.
ληφθέντες λειφθέντες πρὸς ἀνάγκας ἀνάγκαν,
ἠέ,
570
ἀκτὰς ἀμφὶ Κυχρείας,
ὀᾶ,
<δινοῦνται> om. στένε καὶ δακνά-
ζου, βαρὺ δ' ἀμβόασον
οὐράνι' ἄχη, ὀᾶ < ὀᾶ om.>,
575
τεῖνε δὲ δυσβάϋκτον
βοᾶτιν τάλαιναν αὐδάν.
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 568 focus
τοὶ δ᾽ ἄρα πρωτόμοροι, φεῦ,
λειφθέντες πρὸς ἀνάγκαν, ἠέ,
ἀκτὰς ἀμφὶ Κυχρείας, δᾶ,
στένε καὶ δακνάζου,
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 568 focus
τοὶ δ᾽ ἄρα πρωτομόροιο,
φεῦ,
ληφθέντες πρὸς ἀνάγκας,
ἠέ,
ἀκτὰς ἀμφὶ Κυχρείας
570
ὀᾶ,
.......· στένε καὶ δακνά-
ζου, βαρὺ δ᾽ ἀμβόασον
οὐράνι᾽ ἄχη,
ὀᾶ·
τεῖνε δὲ δυσβάυκτον
βοᾶτιν τάλαιναν αὐδάν.
575
γναπτόμενοι δ᾽ ἁλὶ δεινά,
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.)) — 548-595 focus
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 568 focus
They therefore, indeed, first met their doom, alas! left by necessity, ah! around the shores of Cychreia 1
, woe's me! they have been drenched by the billows 2
. Moan, and gnash the teeth, and raise aloud the cry of sorrow; laments that shall reach the heavens, woe's me! and lengthen out the dismally-sounding shout, the piteous cry.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 568 focus
par de cruels chemins. Les autres, victimes, hélas ! d'un sort qui les a les premiers
frappés, tournoient autour des caps que protège Kykhreus 1 , hélas ! Ah ! gémis, déchire-toi le cœur ! A pleine voix, crie tes souffrances jusqu'aux cieux ! hélas ! tends, dans un
appel de douleur hurlante, ta voix misérable ! Cruellement meurtris des flots, hélas ! ils sont aussi déchirés par les muets enfants, hélas ! de l'Incorruptible 2 ,
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 568 focus
E quei che primi lí caddero, ahimè!,
fu giocoforza abbandonarli, ahi, ahi!,
qua e là per le cicrèe marine. Oh guai!
Lagrima, il cuore morditi
per tanta ira celeste. Ascenda l'ètere
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la querela profonda:
lungi con grida flebili
la voce tua miserrima s'effonda.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 568 focus
Qui primi fato funt functi heu,
Capti neceßitate beu.
Circa littora Cypriæ luctus,
Luge clama grauiter,
Clama cœlestes dolores,
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Extende uocem clamoſam & miferŭ clamorem.
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.) — 568 focus
And snows of Thrace—but ah, the first who fell
Lie by the rocks or float upon Cychrea's bay!
Mourn, each and all! waft heavenward your cry,
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Stung to the soul, bereaved, disconsolate!
Wail out your anguish, till it pierce the sky,
In shrieks of deep despair, ill-omened, desperate!
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.) — 568 focus
Jene, zu bald in den Tod
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(Ach!)
Hingerafft vom Geschicke
(O Leid!)
Um Kychreia's Gestade,
Sind hin! Klage, mein Herz, und traure!
In den Aether schalle
Des Schmerzes Schrei,
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(O Gram!)
Hebt mit Geheul, Gewinsel
Den Angstruf unsel'gen Jammers!

Commentary

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

695. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-572

σέβομαι:
σεßoμε
, sed a pr. manu
au
supra scripto, M.
695

696. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-573

ἀντία:
avtíov
Mosc. et pauci alii.
696

697. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-574

περὶ:
neqiaoßeł
Ald.
Tɛgì
omittunt Par. C. Turn.
697

698. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-575

ἦλθον:
ἥκω
pro
ἦλθον
G. et pauci alii. γρ.
ἥκω
supra adscriptum in Lips.
698

698. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-576

πεπεισμένος:
πεπεισμένος
a sec. manu additum in M.
πεπεισμάνος
Rob.
πεπεισμένοι
Mosc.
698

699. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-577

μακιστῆρα:
μаxioτoа
M. Vit. (sic Vit.) Ask. A. Par. L. Sed in M.
µ
a sec. manu ex
x
factum. '
úzeτñoa
(sic) G. Ceteri
pazɛστñoα
. In ambiguo relinquit scripturam Lobeckius Paral. p. 451. Analogiae convenientius videri potest
e
, quum habeamus
μακεδνός
,
μακεσίκρανος
. Sed
i
tuetur litterarum ordo apud Hesychium, qui haec habet
μακιστής, βέλος. τάσ-oetai dè zaì ènì tov μɛyákov
. Quod in Suppl. v. 449. legebatur
ua-Zoτñoa
, mutandum erat.
699

699. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-578

λέγων:
Léyor
omittit G. et pauci alii.
699

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

694-699. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-102

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2
Ionici (bezeichnend für die verlegene Unsicherheit des Chors), geschlossen durch einen Parömiakus. Anders Westphal2 II S. 428 f. Das Schweigen des in stummer Ehrfurcht zu Boden ge- worfenen Chors bringt den Dialog wieder in seine normale Bahn. ἀντία λέξαι, dir gegenüber reden, 701 ἀντία φάσθαι, dir gegenüber es sagen. Vgl. Hom. ο 377 ἀντία δε- σποίνης φάσθαι und zum Gedanken ψ 106 οὐδέ τι προσφάσθαι δύναμαι ἔπος οὐδ᾽ ἐρέεσθαι οὐδ᾽ εἰς ὦπα ἰδέσθαι ἐναντίον. Cho. 35: περὶ φόβῳ. Pind. Pyth. V 77: λέοντες περὶ δείματι φύγον. - πέραινε vgl. Sept. 1051. - τὴν ἐμὴν αἰδῶ, vgl. Prom. 388 θρῆνος οὑμός, Kr. 47, 7. A. 8. V. 700-702-694-696. δίημι δ. ν. α. διώκω, δίεμαι fugio. Hom. M 304: οὗ ῥά τ᾿ ἀπείρητος· μέμονε σταθμοῖο δίεσθαι; id. Σ 584 ἐν- δίεσαν. χαρίσασθαι, τὰ κατὰ χάριν εἰπεῖν Schol. A. Vielmehr : willfahren. – φάσθαι, Medialform, 8. 62. 64. 179. ἀντία φάσθαι ver- hält sich zu χαρίσασθαι wie 694 f. ἀντία λέξαι zu προσιδέσθαι ( σέ- βομαι προσιδέσθαι καὶ ἀντία λέξαι, δίεμαι χαρίσασθαι καὶ ἀντία φά- σθαι). Über den Aor. des Partic. λέξας Kr. 53, 6. Α. 8.