Aeschylus Persians 640

Robert Potter (Translator)

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Thou, O Earth, and you, that lead
Thro' your ſable realms the dead,
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Guide him as he takes his way,
And give him to th' ætherial light of day !

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.) — 633-680 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 633-680 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 640 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 640 focus
ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλλοι χθονίων ἁγεμόνες
δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ
ἰόντ᾽ αἰνέσατ᾽ ἐκ δόμων,
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Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ θεόν·
πέμπετε δ᾽ ἄνω
οἷον οὔπω
Περσὶς αἷα ἐκάλυψεν.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 640 focus
Ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλ-
640
Ant. 1
λοι χθονίων ἁγεμόνες
δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ μεγαλαυχῆ
ἰόντ' αἰνέσατ' ἐκ δόμων,
Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ θεόν·
πέμπετε δ' ἄνω οἷον οὔπω
645
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 640 focus
ἀλλὰ σύ μοι, Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλλοι
χθονίων ἀγεμόνες,
δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ
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ἰόντ᾽ αἰνέσατ᾽ ἐκ δόμων,
Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ θεόν·
πέμπετε δ᾽ ἄνω οἷον οὔπω
Περσὶς αἷ᾽ ἐκάλυψεν.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 640 focus
ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλλοι χθονίων ἁγεμόνες
δαίμονα μεγαυχή
ἰόντ᾽ αἰνέσατ᾽ ἐκ δόμων,
Περσᾶν Σουσιγενή θεόν·
πέμπετε δ᾽ ἄνω
οἷον οὔπω
645
Περσὶς αἷ᾽ ἐκάλυψεν. –
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.)) — 633-680 focus
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 640 focus
But do thou, O Earth, and ye other rulers of the infernal regions, suffer the illustrious divinity, the god of the Persians, born in Susa, to pass from your dwellings, and send him into upper air, such an one as never heretofore Persian mould covered.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 640 focus
haut mes souffrances infinies : du fond de l'ombre m'entend-il ?

Allons, Terre, et vous, princes du monde infernal, laissez sortir de vos demeures l'être divin et superbe, le dieu, fils de
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 640 focus
O terra, o degli spiriti
Dei condottieri, il duce
che in Susa nacque, il nobile
Re, mandate alla luce
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dal sotterraneo regno:
mandate il prence onde mai non coprirono
le zolle altro piú degno!
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 640 focus
Sed tu Terra, & alij
Terrestrium duces dij gloriofum
Annuite uenire ex ædibus Perfarum Sufigenam
Deum, ſurſum mittite quem nondum
Perſica terra occultauit.certe amicus,
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Reuera amicus erat uir, reuera bufium
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.) — 640 focus
O Earth, and ye Lords of the dead! release ye that spirit of might,
Who in Susa the palace was born! let him rise up once more to the light!
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There is none like him, none of all
That e'er were laid in Persian sepulchres!
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.) — 640 focus
Höre mich, Ge! Höret, ihr Gottheiten der Nacht, waltend im Grab!
Lasset den erhabnen
Geist empor aus den Gräbern zieh'n,
Susa's Sprößling, den Persergott!
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Sendet ihn an's Licht!
Keinen ihm Gleichen
Barg ein persisches Grab noch.

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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ἕκτος δὲ Μάραφις, ἑβδομός τ' Ἀρταφρένης:
ágagis
M. Vit. Ven. B. Turn. et adscriptum in Par. B. -
oagris
G. Lips. Cantabr. 1. Colb. 2. Par. B. F. H.
uάoqis
Ven. A. Ald. Rob.
donos
G. Ven. B. Par. C. F. I. L. quod recipiendum erat.
B-douós
'Lips. Ald. Rob. Turn.
ßdouos
omissa particula M. Vit. Ven. A. Colb. 1. Par. B. Inter
μαραφες
et
έβδομος
in M. supra versum
IB
scriptum est.
doraqtorns
G. Lips. Cantabr. 2. Par. F. H. Vncis inclusit hunc versum Porsonus, ex Schützii sententia, qui putavit, quum septem principes Persarum ad Smerdin tollendum coniurasse notum esset, scholiastam quendam ad explicanda Aeschyli verba,
olę róð zoos
, adiecisse septem coniuratorum nomina, tribus senariis inclusa, e quibus tertius eo facilius in textum irrepere potuerit, quod numerus
Extos
ordini regum ab Aeschylo enumeratorum responderet. Aut hoc statuendum est, aut excidisse post v. 778. aliquot versus, quibus quinque reliquorum coniuratorum nomina continebantur. Atque hoc quidem Bentleium suspicatum esse Butlerus refert, eandemque sententiam Siebelis p. 131. seq. protulit, in eo tantum falsus, quod singulos coniuratorum per aliquod temporis spațium deinceps regnum tenuisse opinatus est, qua re splendidiorem fieri regum Persicorum seriem. Ut quinque coniuratorum nomina excidisse putarem et proinde ante v. 779. lacunae signa ponerem, maxime ea me moverunt quae sequuntur. Nam si deleto hoc versu,
ἕκτος δὲ Μάραφις, ἕβδομος δ' Αρταφρένης
, proximos versus cum commemoratione quinti regis coniungi volumus, non modo per aliam particulam quam per
zaí
adnecti debebant, sed etiam illa,
úhov ť ἔκυρσα τοῦπερ ἤθελον κἀπεστράτευσα πολλὰ σὺν πολλῷ στρατῷ
, aliter dicenda erant. Nam quis ex eo, quod Darius, quinto rege commemorato, ea se quam volebat sorte potitum dicit, intelligat eam sortem in regia dignitate potius quam in alia re positam fuisse? Itaque si apte et perspicue loqui vellet, certe eam se sortem, quam nunc teneret, se obtinuisse diceret. Quod si cum Artaphernis eiusque sociorum mentione haec coniungamus, non minus laborabit orationis concinnitas. Nam ne sic quidem intelligi potest sortem illam, qua se ex voto potitum dicit, occiso a coniuratis rege, imperium esse. Quae quum ita sint, non videtur dubitandum esse, quin pluribus de ista coniuratione exposuerit, ita ut indicaret uni ex coniuratis regnum obtingere debuisse. Ex iis quae interciderunt unum fortasse vocabulum superest, servatum a scholiasta Hermogenis apud Bastium ad Gregorium Cor. p. 241. et in Walzii Rhet. Graecis vol. V. p. 486. Verba, quibus explicatur quid sit
vлóğvλor
, haec sunt,
κεῖται δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν λαμπρῶν μὲν ἔξωθεν καὶ ἐπιεικών, πουνηρῶν δὲ τὰ ἔνδον. Αισχύλος ἐν Πέρσαις· μέμνηται καὶ Διογενιανὸς ἐν τῇ λέξει τούτου καὶ Διονύσιος ἐν τῇ ἐκλογῇ τῶν ὀνομάτων, ὅτι Μένανδρος ἐν τῇ Περινθίᾳ φησί οὐδ᾽ αὐτός εἶμι σὺν θεοῖς ὑπόξυλος,
οἷον
κίβδηλος καὶ οὐ γνήσιος, οὐδὲ ἀληθής. ἀπὸ τῶν ξυλίνων καὶ περιηργυρωμένων σκευῶν
. Nam Smerdin, quem coniurati illi obtruncarunt,
υπόξυλον
dici potuisse significavi in dissertatione, qua ostendi non videri Aeschylum
Ιλίου πέρσιν
scripsisse, p. 17.
779

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κἀγὼ πάλου τ᾽ ἔκυρσα τοῦπερ ἤθελον:
κἀγὼ πάλου τ' ἔκυρσα τοῦπερ ἤθελον
G. Par. A. B. Colb. 1. et Lips. nisi quod
πώλου τ'
habet.
δ'
pro
τ'
M. Vit. Ven. B. Cantabr. 1. 2. Ask. A. Par. H.
ὁ δέ ἀντὶ τοῦ δὴ νῦν
margo M.
κἀγὼ δ᾽ ἔκυρσα πάλου (πάλλου Ald.) τοῦπερ ἤθελον
Ven. A. Ald.
κἀγὼ ἔκυρσα πά-λους τοῦπερ ἤθελον
Rob.
κἀγὼ δ᾽ ἔκυρσα τοῦπερ ἤθελον πάλου
margo Par. B. et sic Turn.
780

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

κἀπεστράτευσα πολλὰ σὺν πολλῷ στρατῷ:
πολλὰς συνπολῶ στρατῶ
, addito a sec. manu accentu in
συν
et altero
i
in
πολῶ
, Μ.
πολλὰ σὺν
omittit Lips.
781

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

προσέβαλον:
προσέβαλλον
Lips. et supra addito altero
2
M.
782

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

778-781. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-118

1
2
Nach Tilgung des unechten Verses (s. Anhang) setzt Dareios stillschweigend als bekannt voraus, daſs einer dieser ἄνδρες φίλοι er selbst gewesen sei. κἀπεστράτευσα πολλά, nach vielen Richtungen; jetzt im einzelnen be- kannt durch die groſse Inschrift von Behistan; s. Spiegel, Keilinschr. S. 9ff. nebst Erân S. 326: ,,Dareios mufste sich das Reich, das er be- herrschen sollte, erst wieder erobern. Auch nachdem diese Eroberung schon gelungen ist, tauchen immer wieder neue Versuche auf. Jede Provinz macht ihre Empörung für sich ab, ohne sich mit der andern zu verbinden, wodurch es dem Da- reios möglich wurde die Aufstände nach und nach zu unterdrücken. Die gefährlichsten waren die des Naditabira in Babylon und die des Fravartis in Medien; gegen beide zieht auch Dareios persönlich zu Felde."

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3
4
Ξέρξης, persisch Khsajarsâ. – οὐ μνημονεύει: viel- mehr hatte Dareios selbst die Ab- sicht an den Athenern Rache zu nehmen und muſste Xerxes in seinem Zuge eine Ausführung des Willens seines Vaters erblicken, s. 475 f. Herod. VI 94 vgl. 98. VII 1-5. 8, 2, εὖ σαφῶς wie Cho. 197 εὖ σάφ' ἦν