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Or roll beneath the roaring tide,

By monſters rent of touch abhor'd;

Whilſt thro' the widow'd manſion echoing wide

Sounds the deep groan, and wails its ſlaughter'd

lord:
705

Pale with his fears the helpleſs orphan there

Gives the full ſtream of plaintive grief to flow;

Whilſt age its hoary head in deep deſpair

Bends, liſt'ning to the ſhrieks of woe.

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

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

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.) — 598-632 focus

Ἄτοσσα

φίλοι, κακῶν μὲν ὅστις ἔμπειρος¹ κυρεῖ,

ἐπίσταται βροτοῖσιν ὡς ὅταν κλύδων

κακῶν ἐπέλθῃ πάντα δειμαίνειν φιλεῖ:
600

ὅταν δ᾽ ὁ δαίμων εὐροῇ, πεποιθέναι

τὸν αὐτὸν αἰεὶ δαίμον᾽ οὐριεῖν τύχην.²

ἐμοὶ γὰρ ἤδη πάντα μὲν φόβου πλέα

ἐν ὄμμασιν τἀνταῖα φαίνεται θεῶν,

βοᾷ δ᾽ ἐν ὠσὶ κέλαδος οὐ παιώνιος:
605

τοία κακῶν ἔκπληξις ἐκφοβεῖ φρένας.

τοιγὰρ κέλευθον τήνδ᾽ ἄνευ τ᾽ ὀχημάτων

χλιδῆς τε τῆς πάροιθεν ἐκ δόμων πάλιν

ἔστειλα,³ παιδὸς πατρὶ πρευμενεῖς χοὰς

φέρουσ᾽, ἅπερ νεκροῖσι μειλικτήρια,
610

βοός τ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ἁγνῆς λευκὸν εὔποτον γάλα,

τῆς τ᾽ ἀνθεμουργοῦ στάγμα, παμφαὲς μέλι,

λιβάσιν ὑδρηλαῖς παρθένου πηγῆς μέτα,

ἀκήρατόν τε μητρὸς ἀγρίας ἄπο

ποτὸν παλαιᾶς ἀμπέλου γάνος τόδε:
615

τῆς τ᾽ αἰὲν ἐν φύλλοισι θαλλούσης βίον⁴

ξανθῆς ἐλαίας καρπὸς εὐώδης πάρα,

ἄνθη τε πλεκτά,⁵ παμφόρου γαίας τέκνα.

ἀλλ᾽, ὦ φίλοι, χοαῖσι ταῖσδε νερτέρων

ὕμνους ἐπευφημεῖτε, τόν τε δαίμονα
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Δαρεῖον ἀγκαλεῖσθε,⁶ γαπότους δ᾽ ἐγὼ

τιμὰς προπέμψω τάσδε νερτέροις θεοῖς.

623

Χορός

βασίλεια γύναι, πρέσβος Πέρσαις,

σύ τε πέμπε χοὰς θαλάμους ὑπὸ γῆς,

ἡμεῖς θ᾽ ὕμνοις αἰτησόμεθα
625

φθιμένων πομποὺς

εὔφρονας εἶναι κατὰ γαίας.

ἀλλά, χθόνιοι δαίμονες ἁγνοί,

Γῆ τε καὶ Ἑρμῆ, βασιλεῦ τ᾽ ἐνέρων,

πέμψατ᾽ ἔνερθεν ψυχὴν ἐς φῶς:
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εἰ γάρ τι κακῶν ἄκος οἶδε πλέον,

μόνος ἂν θνητῶν πέρας εἴποι.

633

Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 598-632 focus

Ἄτοσσα

φίλοι, κακῶν μὲν ὅστις ἔμπειρος κυρεῖ,

ἐπίσταται βροτοῖσιν ὡς ὅταν κλύδων

κακῶν ἐπέλθῃ πάντα δειμαίνειν φιλεῖ·
600

ὅταν δʼ ὁ δαίμων εὐροῇ, πεποιθέναι

τὸν αὐτὸν αἰεὶ δαίμονʼ οὐριεῖν τύχην.

ἐμοὶ γὰρ ἤδη πάντα μὲν φόβου πλέα

ἐν ὄμμασιν τἀνταῖα φαίνεται θεῶν,

βοᾷ δʼ ἐν ὠσὶ κέλαδος οὐ παιώνιος·
605

τοία κακῶν ἔκπληξις ἐκφοβεῖ φρένας.

τοιγὰρ κέλευθον τήνδʼ ἄνευ τʼ ὀχημάτων

χλιδῆς τε τῆς πάροιθεν ἐκ δόμων πάλιν

ἔστειλα, παιδὸς πατρὶ πρευμενεῖς χοὰς

φέρουσʼ, ἅπερ νεκροῖσι μειλικτήρια,
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βοός τʼ ἀφʼ ἁγνῆς λευκὸν εὔποτον γάλα,

τῆς τʼ ἀνθεμουργοῦ στάγμα, παμφαὲς μέλι,

λιβάσιν ὑδρηλαῖς παρθένου πηγῆς μέτα,

ἀκήρατόν τε μητρὸς ἀγρίας ἄπο

ποτὸν παλαιᾶς ἀμπέλου γάνος τόδε·
615

τῆς τʼ αἰὲν ἐν φύλλοισι θαλλούσης βίον

ξανθῆς ἐλαίας καρπὸς εὐώδης πάρα,

ἄνθη τε πλεκτά, παμφόρου γαίας τέκνα,

ἀλλʼ, ὦ φίλοι, χοαῖσι ταῖσδε νερτέρων

ὕμνους ἐπευφημεῖτε, τόν τε δαίμονα
620

Δαρεῖον ἀνακαλεῖσθε, γαπότους δʼ ἐγὼ

τιμὰς προπέμψω τάσδε νερτέροις θεοῖς.

623

Χορός

βασίλεια γύναι, πρέσβος Πέρσαις,

σύ τε πέμπε χοὰς θαλάμους ὑπὸ γῆς,

ἡμεῖς θʼ ὕμνοις αἰτησόμεθα
625

φθιμένων πομποὺς

εὔφρονας εἶναι κατὰ γαίας.

ἀλλά, χθόνιοι δαίμονες ἁγνοί,

Γῆ τε καὶ Ἑρμῆ, βασιλεῦ τʼ ἐνέρων,

πέμψατʼ ἔνερθεν ψυχὴν ἐς φῶς·
630

εἰ γάρ τι κακῶν ἄκος οἶδε πλέον,

μόνος ἂν θνητῶν πέρας εἴποι.

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 576 focus

κναπτόμενοι δ᾽ ἁλὸς αἰνὰ

σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων

παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου.

πενθεῖ δ᾽ ἄνδρα δόμος στερηθείς,

τοκέες τ᾽ ἄπαιδες

580

δαιμόνι᾽ ἄχη, ὀα̃ ὀα̃,

δυρόμενοι γέροντες

τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 576 focus

γναπτόμενοι δὲ δίνᾳ,

575

φεῦ,

σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων,

ἠέ,

παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου,

ὀά,

580

πενθεῖ δ᾽ ἄνδρα δόμος στερη-

θείς, τοκέες δ᾽ ἄπαιδες,

δαιμόνι᾽ ἄχη,

ὀά,

δυρόμενοι γέροντες,

585

τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 576 focus

Γναπτόμενοι δ' ἁλὶ δεινά δεινᾷ,

Ant. 1.

σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων,

φεῦ,
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ἠέ,

παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου,

ὀᾶ·

πενθεῖ δ' ἄνδρα δόμος στερη-

θείς· τοκέες τοκῆες δ' ἄπαιδες
585

δαιμόνι' ἔρα δαιμόνι' ἄχη, ὀᾶ < ὀᾶ om.>,

δυρόμενοι γέροντες

τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 576 focus

γναπτόμενοι δ᾽ ἁλὶ δεινά, φεῦ,

σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων, ἠέ,

580

παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου, δᾶ,

πενθεῖ δ᾽ ἄνδρα δόμος στερηθείς·

τοκέες δ᾽ ἄπαιδες ἐραδαι-

μόνι᾽ ἄχη, δᾶ,

δυρόμενοι γέροντες

585

τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.

Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 576 focus

φεῦ,

σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων,

ἠέ,

παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου,

ὀᾶ.

568-75 = 576-83 tres trimetri dactylici in bisyllabum, sua cuique subiecta est interiectio. priapeus. monom. iamb. dim. choriamb., choephoricon.

Apparatus Criticus

πανωλέθροισιν πανωλ(ολ M corr. m)εθρίοισιν αἵ τ᾽ Ἰαόνων χέρες διὰ δ᾽ Ἰ. χέρας corr. Enger δυσχίμους δυσχειμέρους corr. Arnaldus τε om. πρωτομόροιο πρωτόμοροι (-μοιροι P) φεῦ φεῦ corr. Blomfield ληφθέντες ληφθέντες λειφθέντες ἀνάγκας ἀνάγκαν (-κην P2V) corr. Blomfield Κυχρείας Κυγχρείας (κιγχρείας P2) Κυχρ. Κυπρίας .......· στένε καὶ δακνά-¹ πένθει καὶ δ. δακρύζου ἀμβόασον ἀμάνα Αλβόησον δυσβάυκτον δυσβάικτον γναπτόμενοι γναμπτ. δεινά δεινά δεινᾶ σκύλλονται σκύλονται ἠέ ἠ ἠ

ΧΟΡΟΣ

πενθεῖ δ᾽ ἄνδρα δόμος στερη-

θείς, τοκέης δ᾽ ἄπαιδες
580

δαιμόνι᾽ ἄχη,

ὀᾶ,

δυρόμενοι γέροντες.

τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.

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.)) — 598-630 focus

Enter Atossa

Atossa

My friends, whoever has experience of misery knows that when a sea

of troubles comes upon mortal men, they view all things with alarm; but when fortune flows with prosperous tide, they believe that this same fortune will forever bring them success. Now in my case everything seems full of dread; before my eyes appears the enmity of the gods,
600

and in my ears there rings a sound that has no note of joy; such is my consternation at the evil tidings which terrify my soul.
It is for this reason that I have come here from the palace once again, without my chariot and my former pomp, and bring, as propitiatory libations for the father of my son,
605

offerings that soothe the dead, both white milk, pleasant to drink, from an unblemished cow, and bright honey, distillation wrought from blossoms by the bee, together with lustral water from a virgin spring;
610

and from a rustic source, this unmixed draught, the quickening juice of an ancient vine. Here too is the fragrant fruit of the pale-green olive that lives the entirety of its life in luxuriant foliage; and garlanded flowers, produce of the bounteous earth.
But come, my friends,
615

chant solemn songs as I make these libations to the dead, and summon forth the divine spirit of Darius, while I convey, in honor of the gods, these offerings for the earth to drink.
620

623

Chorus

Royal lady, august queen of the Persians, pour these libations down to the chambers of the earth,

while we, in solemn chant, beseech the guides of the dead beneath the earth to be gracious to our prayers. O holy divinities of the nether world, Earth and Hermes, and you, Lord of the dead,
625

send up to the light the spirit from below; for if, beyond our prayers, he knows any further remedy for our distress, he alone of mortals can declare how to bring it to accomplishment.
630

The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 576 focus

And torn dreadfully by the sea, alas! they are lacerated by the dumb children, alas! of the unpolluted [deep,] woe's me! And the dwelling mourns its lord, bereft of him, and parents that are left childless, woe's me! advanced in age, wailing the calamities sent on them by the divinities, now hear the whole of their sorrow.

LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 576 focus

hélas ! tandis que la maison porte le deuil de celui qu'elle a perdu et que
les vieux pères sans fils, gémissant de souffrances infinies, hélas ! apprennent à connaître la douleur totale.

Large et franc.

LE CHŒUR

Et de longtemps, sur la terre d'Asie, on n'obéira plus à la loi des Perses ;

Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 576 focus

Nel mar travolti orridamente, ahimè!,

dai muti figli dei marosi, ahi, ahi!,

660

a brani sono lacerati: oh guai!

Tutte le case piangono

i capi loro: orbi dei figli, gemono

per tanta ira celeste,

i vecchi padri ch'odono

665

tutte queste narrar doglie funeste.

CORO

Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 576 focus

Fracli mari atrociter, beu heu,

Vexantur à multis, heu heu,

Filijs immaculati maris heu.

Luget uirum domus deferta,

550

Parentes uerò liberis orbatirigantur lachrymis:

Lugentes ſenes mala à demone immiſſa,

Omnem audiunt dolorem. certè per Afiam terram

Non amplius legibus Perſarū regūtur, nõ amplius

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.) — 576 focus

The dead are drifting, yea, are gnawed upon

By voiceless children of the stainless sea,
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Or battered by the surge! we mourn and groan

For husbands gone to death, for childless agony!

Alas the aged men, who mourn to-day

The ruinous sorrows that the gods ordain!

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.) — 576 focus

Treibend in wirbelnder Flut,

(Ach!)

Hascht des heiligen Meeres

(O Leid!)

Stumme Brut und zerfleischt sie.
560

Einsam trauert dem Herrn das Haus nach;

Der verwaiste Vater,

Der arme Greis,

(O Gram!)

Jammert in wildem Schmerze,

Ihm ward nun das ganze Leid kund.
565

Erster Halbchor.
Dritte Strophe.

Commentary

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

701-702. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-579

δίεμαι μὲν χαρίσασθαι, δίεμαι δ᾽ ἀντία φάσθαι:

deíoua

in utroque versu M. Vit. Ven. A. Par. A. B. Ald. Rob. Turn. Pauwii commentum

déoμa

Brunckius, Schützius, Porsonus receperunt.

Sioua

G. Lips. Ven. B. Ne hoc quidem probari potest: nam hoc verbum ubique activam significationem habet. Non satis accurate disputatum est in Parisiensi editione Stephani in v.

Siw

. Duo verba sunt, unum

dío

, fugio, metuo, ex quo

díouai

, fugo, persequor. Ex hoc

δίον, δίε, δίηται, δίωνται, ἀποδίωμαι

apud Homerum et

διόμενοι, Sióμεvai

apud Aeschylum Suppl. 787. Eum. 352. 377. Alterum verbum est

diru, díɛua

, significatu cum forma consentiente. V. Etym. M. p. 273, 14. 280, 38. schol. ad II. XII. 276. XVIII. 584. XXIII. 475. Ex eo est

évdícoɑv

II. XVIII. 584. et

dintai

coniunctivus apud Apollonium Rhodium H. 330. Perperam coniunctivus in Etym. M. p. 280.

διῶμαι, διῶνται

, ut a

διόω

vel

διέω

, scriptus est. Hic coniunctivus verborum et

díɛuai

dioµai

eandem formam habet, aeque ut infinitivus

Siroda

, qui semel tantum apud Homerum ad

diɛua

referendus est, Ι. ΧΙΙ. 304.

οὐ ῥά τ' ἀπείρητος μέμονε σταθμοῖο δίεσθαι

, quod male Eustathius p. 906, 10.

Soy9va

, scholiastes

druzwoev

interpretantur. Apud Nicandrum Ther. 755.

dievrai

est fugiunt, apud Oppianum Cyn. 1. 425.

Síorra

(hoc enim verum) persequuntur. Stephanus quum Suidam

diɛucu

díru

memorare ait, confudit hunc cum Etymologico. Nihil Suidas nisi

δίεται, διέρχεται

. Apud Aeschylum aperte scribendum erat

δίεμαι

, et potest

δείομαι

ortum ex eo esse quod ad

δίομαι

supra scriptum erat

, ut id pro

ponendum esse indicaretur.

qão da

M. G. Vit. Lips. Ald. Rob. Turn. Correxit accentum Porsonus.

703. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-580

προλέγων:

λsas

, quod libri habent, ferri nequit, quum aut praesens requiratur aut futurum, et simul anapaestus. Itaque

оλéуш

scripsi.

703

703. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-581

δύςλεκτα:

δυσλεκτρα

Ven. Β.

δύσκολα

Lips.

703

703. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-582

φίλοισιν:

qihoot

Cantabr. 1. Ald. Rob.

703

704. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-583

παλαιὸν:

паhair

Cantabr. 1. et circumflexo a sec. manu ex acuto facto Vit.

παλαιῶν σοι φρενῶν ἀνθίσταμαι

G. cum hoc scholio,

παλαιῶν φρενῶν, τῶν πάλαι προςόντων σοι ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐμῆς αἰδοῦς λο-your

. M. Lips. Ald. Rob. Turn.

nakaóv σo

. Correxit, ut metrum indicabat, accentum Porsonus.

704

705. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-584

γύναι:

road

Ven. A. Ox. Ald. Rob.

náλa

teste Blomfieldio Cantabr. 1.

705

705. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-585

ξύννομ᾽:

ξύνομ'

G. Cantabr. 1. Ald.

ξύννομε

Vit. Lips.

705

705. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-586

εὐγενὲς:

εὐγενὴς

705

706. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-587

κλαυμάτων:

κλαυσμάτων

Vit. Colb. 1.

706

706. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-588

σαφές:

aq és

a pr. manu M. quod sec. manus in

σαφές

mutavit. In Par. C. hic versus post sequentem positus est.

706

707. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-589

ἀνθρώπεια:

ἀνεῖσα

pro

ανθρώπεια

707

707. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-590

ἄν τοι:

δ᾽ ἄν τι

Ask. A.

γὰρ δ᾽

Par. L.

707

707. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-591

ἂν τύχοι:

av tuzo

Ven. A. Mosc. Ox. Colb. 1. et a pr. manu M. a sec. accentus particulae deletus est.

ἀντύχοι

Ald.

ἂν τύχη

Vit.

ἐντύχοι

Rob. Turn.

vtúyn

Ask. A.

707

709. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-592

γίγνεται:

γίνεται

libri.

γίγνεται

Porsonus.

709

709. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-593

θνητοῖς:

γνητοῖς

Ald.

709

709. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-594

βίοτος ἢν ταθῇ:

βίο-Tos y tu (vel ta97)

M. Vit. Lips. Par. A. K. L. aliique.

Biotos (non βίοτον) ἐνταθῆ

βίοτα ἢν ταθῇ

Colb. 1.

βίος ἢν παθῆ

Αld.

βίος Ta Par. B. C. Rob.

ex quo Turnebus

Bios Ta9

fecit.

709

709. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-595

πρόσω:

πρώσω

Vit.

πρόσθεν

Colb. 1.

709

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

703-708. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-103

Die angestammte Furcht stellt sich beim Chor der Besinnung gegenüber, sie verdun- kelnd. Über das Maſs des Mensch- lichen wird es nicht hinausgehen. αν... ἂν ἂν 429 f. Prom. 537 τὸν μακρὸν τείνειν βίον ἐλπίσι. Anrede des D. und Antwort der Atossa je 6 Verse.

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Aeschylus Persians 576

Robert Potter (Translator)

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Whilſt thro' the widow'd manſion echoing wide

Sounds the deep groan, and wails its ſlaughter'd

lord:
705

Pale with his fears the helpleſs orphan there

Gives the full ſtream of plaintive grief to flow;

Whilſt age its hoary head in deep deſpair

Bends, liſt'ning to the ſhrieks of woe.

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ΧΟΡΟΣ

πενθεῖ δ᾽ ἄνδρα δόμος στερη-

θείς, τοκέης δ᾽ ἄπαιδες
580

δαιμόνι᾽ ἄχη,

ὀᾶ,

δυρόμενοι γέροντες.

τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.

LE CHŒUR

Et de longtemps, sur la terre d'Asie, on n'obéira plus à la loi des Perses ;

CORO

Parentes uerò liberis orbatirigantur lachrymis:

Lugentes ſenes mala à demone immiſſa,

Omnem audiunt dolorem. certè per Afiam terram

Non amplius legibus Perſarū regūtur, nõ amplius

The dead are drifting, yea, are gnawed upon

By voiceless children of the stainless sea,
600

Or battered by the surge! we mourn and groan

For husbands gone to death, for childless agony!

Alas the aged men, who mourn to-day

The ruinous sorrows that the gods ordain!

Treibend in wirbelnder Flut,

(Ach!)

Hascht des heiligen Meeres

(O Leid!)

Stumme Brut und zerfleischt sie.
560

Einsam trauert dem Herrn das Haus nach;

Der verwaiste Vater,

Der arme Greis,

(O Gram!)

Jammert in wildem Schmerze,

Ihm ward nun das ganze Leid kund.
565

Erster Halbchor.
Dritte Strophe.

Commentary

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Whilſt thro' the widow'd manſion echoing wide Sounds the deep groan, and wails its ſlaughter'd lord: 705 Pale with his fears the helpleſs orphan there Gives the full ſtream of plaintive grief to flow; Whilſt age its hoary head in deep deſpair Bends, liſt'ning to the ſhrieks of woe.

Current edition Experimental

Apparatus Criticus

ΧΟΡΟΣ πενθεῖ δ᾽ ἄνδρα δόμος στερη- θείς, τοκέης δ᾽ ἄπαιδες 580 δαιμόνι᾽ ἄχη, ὀᾶ, δυρόμενοι γέροντες. τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.

LE CHŒUR Et de longtemps, sur la terre d'Asie, on n'obéira plus à la loi des Perses ;

CORO

Parentes uerò liberis orbatirigantur lachrymis: Lugentes ſenes mala à demone immiſſa, Omnem audiunt dolorem. certè per Afiam terram Non amplius legibus Perſarū regūtur, nõ amplius

The dead are drifting, yea, are gnawed upon By voiceless children of the stainless sea, 600 Or battered by the surge! we mourn and groan For husbands gone to death, for childless agony! Alas the aged men, who mourn to-day The ruinous sorrows that the gods ordain!

Treibend in wirbelnder Flut, (Ach!) Hascht des heiligen Meeres (O Leid!) Stumme Brut und zerfleischt sie. 560 Einsam trauert dem Herrn das Haus nach; Der verwaiste Vater, Der arme Greis, (O Gram!) Jammert in wildem Schmerze, Ihm ward nun das ganze Leid kund. 565

Erster Halbchor. Dritte Strophe.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

Whilſt thro' the widow'd manſion echoing wide

Sounds the deep groan, and wails its ſlaughter'd

lord:
705

Pale with his fears the helpleſs orphan there

Gives the full ſtream of plaintive grief to flow;

Whilſt age its hoary head in deep deſpair

Bends, liſt'ning to the ſhrieks of woe.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

πενθεῖ δ᾽ ἄνδρα δόμος στερη-

θείς, τοκέης δ᾽ ἄπαιδες
580

δαιμόνι᾽ ἄχη,

ὀᾶ,

δυρόμενοι γέροντες.

τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.

LE CHŒUR

Et de longtemps, sur la terre d'Asie, on n'obéira plus à la loi des Perses ;

Parentes uerò liberis orbatirigantur lachrymis:

Lugentes ſenes mala à demone immiſſa,

Omnem audiunt dolorem. certè per Afiam terram

Non amplius legibus Perſarū regūtur, nõ amplius

The dead are drifting, yea, are gnawed upon

By voiceless children of the stainless sea,
600

Or battered by the surge! we mourn and groan

For husbands gone to death, for childless agony!

Alas the aged men, who mourn to-day

The ruinous sorrows that the gods ordain!

Treibend in wirbelnder Flut,

(Ach!)

Hascht des heiligen Meeres

(O Leid!)

Stumme Brut und zerfleischt sie.
560

Einsam trauert dem Herrn das Haus nach;

Der verwaiste Vater,

Der arme Greis,

(O Gram!)

Jammert in wildem Schmerze,

Ihm ward nun das ganze Leid kund.
565

Erster Halbchor.
Dritte Strophe.