Aeschylus, Persians, Robert Potter (Translator), 652

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He in realm-unpeopling war

Waſted not his ſubjects' blood,

Godlike in his will to ſpare,

In his councils wiſe and good.

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.) — 633-680 focus

str. 1

Χορός

ἦ ῥ᾽ ἀίει μου¹ μακαρίτας

ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεὺς

βάρβαρ᾽ σαφηνῆ
635

ἱέντος τὰ παναίολ᾽ αἰ-

ανῆ δύσθροα βάγματ᾽, ἢ²

παντάλαν᾽ ἄχη διαμβοάσω;³

νέρθεν ἆρα κλύει μου;

640

ant. 1

Χορός

ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλλοι
640

χθονίων ἁγεμόνες

δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ⁴

ἰόντ᾽ αἰνέσατ᾽ ἐκ δόμων,

Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ θεόν:

πέμπετε⁵ δ᾽ ἄνω <τὸν>⁶ οἷον οὔπω
645

Περσὶς αἶ᾽ ἐκάλυψεν.

647

str. 2

Χορός

ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ,⁷ [ἦ⁸] φίλος ὄχθος:

φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.

Ἀιδωνεὺς δ᾽ ἀναπομπ-

ὸς⁹ ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς,
650

θεῖον¹⁰ ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ.

652

ant. 2

Χορός

οὐδὲ¹¹ γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτ᾽ ἀπώλλυ¹²

πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,

θεομήστωρ δ᾽ ἐκικλή-

σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δ᾽
655

ἔσκεν, ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει.¹³ ἠέ.

657

str. 3

Χορός

βαλήν,¹⁴ ἀρχαῖος βαλήν,

ἴθι, ἱκοῦ:

ἔλθ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἄκρον κόρυμβον ὄχθου,

κροκόβαπτον ποδὸς εὔμαριν ἀείρων,
660

βασιλείου τιάρας¹⁵

φάλαρον πιφαύσκων.

βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν,¹⁶ οἶ.

664

ant. 3

Χορός

ὅπως αἰανῆ κλύῃς

νέα τ᾽ ἄχη,
665

δέσποτα δεσποτᾶν¹⁷ φάνηθι.

Στυγία γάρ τις ἐπ᾽ ἀχλὺς πεπόταται:

νεολαία γὰρ ἤδη

κατὰ πᾶσ᾽ ὄλωλεν.
670

βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν,¹⁸ οἶ.

673

ep.

Χορός

αἰαῖ αἰαῖ:

ὦ πολύκλαυτε φίλοισι θανών,

†τί τάδε δυνάτα¹⁹ δυνάτα
675

περὶ τᾷ σᾷ δίδυμα διαγόεν ἁμάρτια;²⁰²¹†

πᾶσαι²² <γὰρ>²³ γᾷ τᾷδ᾽ ἐξ-

έφθινται²⁴ τρίσκαλμοι

νᾶες ἄναες ἄναες.
680
681

Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 633-680 focus

Χορός

ἦ ῥʼ ἀίει μου μακαρίτας

ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεὺς

βάρβαρʼ ἀσαφηνῆ
635

ἱέντος τὰ παναίολʼ αἰ-

ανῆ δύσθροα βάγματʼ, ἢ

παντάλανʼ ἄχη διαβοάσω;

νέρθεν ἆρα κλύει μου;

640

Χορός

ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλλοι
640

χθονίων ἁγεμόνες

δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ

ἰόντʼ αἰνέσατʼ ἐκ δόμων,

Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ θεόν·

πέμπετε δʼ ἄνω οἷον οὔπω
645

Περσὶς αἶʼ ἐκάλυψεν.

647

Χορός

ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ, φίλος ὄχθος·

φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.

Ἀιδωνεὺς δʼ ἀναπομ-

πὸς ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς,
650

θεῖον ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ.

652

Χορός

οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτʼ ἀπώλλυ

πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,

θεομήστωρ δʼ ἐκικλή-

σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δʼ
655

ἔσκεν,ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει. ἠέ.

657

Χορός

βαλήν, ἀρχαῖος βαλήν,

ἴθι, ἱκοῦ·

ἔλθʼ ἐπʼ ἄκρον κόρυμβον ὄχθου,

κροκόβαπτον ποδὸς εὔμαριν ἀείρων,
660

βασιλείου τιάρας

φάλαρον πιφαύσκων.

βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν, οἶ.

664

Χορός

ὅπως αἰανῆ κλύῃς

νέα τʼ ἄχη,
665

δέσποτα δεσπότου φάνηθι.

Στυγία γάρ τις ἐπʼ ἀχλὺς πεπόταται·

νεολαία γὰρ ἤδη

κατὰ πᾶσʼ ὄλωλεν.
670

βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν, οἶ.

673

Χορός

αἰαῖ αἰαῖ·

ὦ πολύκλαυτε φίλοισι θανών,

τί τάδε δυνάτα δυνάτα
675

περὶ τᾷ σᾷ δίδυμα διαγόεν ἁμάρτια;

πᾶσαι γᾷ τᾷδʼ

ἐξέφθινται τρίσκαλμοι

νᾶες ἄναες ἄναες.
680

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 652 focus

οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄνδρας πότ᾽ ἀπώλλυ πολεμοφθόροισιν

ἄταις,

θεομήστωρ δ᾽ ἐκικλήσκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δ᾽

ἔσκεν, ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει.

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 652 focus

οὔτε γὰρ ἄνδρας πότ᾽ ἀπώλλυ

655

πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,

θεομήστωρ δ᾽ ἐκικλήσκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δ᾽

ἔσκεν, ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ τόν᾽ ὡδώκει.

ἠέ.

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 652 focus

Οὔτι Οὔτε γὰρ ἄνδρας πότ' ἀπώλ-

Ant. 2.

λυ πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,

θεομήστωρ δ' ἐκικλή-

σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δ'

ἔσκεν, ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει ὑπεδώκει εὖ ἐποδώκει· ἠέ.
655

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 652 focus

οὔτε γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτ᾽ ἀπώλλυ

655

πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,

θεομήστωρ δ᾽ ἐκικλή-

636. μακαρίτης ὁ τεθνεώς, μακάριος ὁ ζῶν.

640. θρηνητικά.

645. τὸν καταχθόνιον.

646. αἰνέσατε ἐλθεῖν ἐξ Ἅιδου.

650. τάφος (scripsit M).

654. τὸν μόνον γενόμενον βασιλέα διὰ τὸ κηδεμονικόν. ἔοικε δὲ ὁ Δαρεῖος καὶ Δαρειὰν λέγεσθαι. ἢ τὴν Δαρείαν ψυχὴν ἀνάπεμψον.

636. μου recc.: μοι Μ.

639. ἱέντος Μ.

640. βάγματ', ή Dindorf.

641. fort. λίαν βοάσω;

645. μεγαυχῆ rec.: μεγαλαυχῆ Μ.

646. versui adscripsit m litteram α (sc. primam litteram scholii αἰνέσατε, quod postmodum alio loco exaravit).

648. πέμπεται Μ. τὸν οἷον Bothe.

650. ἀνήρ Burney: ἀνὴρ Μ. φίλος Arnaldus : ἢ φίλος Μ.

653. ἀνείης Brunck: ἂν εἴη Μ.

654. Δαρείαν Μ.

655. οὐδὲ Dindorf. ἀπώλλυ recc.: ἀπόλλυ Μ.

PERSAE. 37

σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δ'

ἔσκεν, ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ἐποδώκει, ἠέ.

Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 652 focus

οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτ᾿ ἀπώλλυ

πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,

θεομήστωρ δ᾽ ἐκικλή-

σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ / δ᾽ ἔσκεν, ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὐ ποδούχει.

655

ἠέ. =

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

Chorus

Does our sainted and godlike king hear me as I utter,

in obscure barbaric speech, my dismal and dolorous cries? Or must I shout aloud the utter misery of my anguish so that it pierces the earth? Does he hear me from below?
635

640

Chorus

O Earth, and you other rulers of those who dwell in the nether world, ensure, I implore, that the glorious spirit, the god of the Persians, whom Susa bore, may quit his abode.
640

Send to the upper world him the likes of whom the Persian earth has never entombed.
645

647

Chorus

Beloved indeed was the hero, beloved is his burial mound; beloved are the qualities that lie buried there. O Aidoneus,

Aidoneus, who convey shades to the upper air, permit our divine lord Darius to come forth!
650

652

Chorus

For since he did not ever cause the destruction of his people by senseless and ruinous wars, he bore the name of divine counsellor

to the Persians; and a divine counsellor he was, since he guided his people well.
655

657

Chorus

King, our king of old, come forth, draw near! Rise to the barrow’s topmost point,

lift your saffron-dyed sandal, display the crest of your royal tiara! Come forth, O blameless father Darius.
660

664

Chorus

That you may hear

pitiable and unheard-of sorrows, O Lord of our lord, appear! For a gloom, like that of Styx, hovers over us, since all the youth of the land
665

is now utterly destroyed. Come forth, O blameless father Darius!
670

673

Chorus

Alas, alas! You whose death your friends bewailed with bitter tears,

why, my king, my king, why is it that our land has lost all its three-tiered galleys,
675

ships that are no more, no more?
680

The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 652 focus

For as at no time he was the destroyer of men by the wasting calamities of war, so he was called by his Persians, counsellor divine; and counsellor divine he was, for he conducted the host well.

LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 652 focus

sans pareil, Darios. Hé ! hé !

Ce n'est pas lui qui perdait ses soldats dans des débâcles meurtrières ! Les Perses l'appelaient l'inspiré des dieux ¹, et
c'est en inspiré des dieux qu'il

Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 652 focus

Ch'ei non condusse mai dei Persi il popolo

al guerresco sterminio, alla sconfitta:

745

esso fu detto, e fu Divin consiglio:

ché per la via diritta

sempre guidar seppe sue genti. Ahimè!

CORO

Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 652 focus

Bellicis nocumentis.

610

Diuina cõfulens uocabatur à Perficis, diuina confulebat,

Gubernabatq; bene exercitu.heu

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.) — 652 focus

He never wasted us with reckless war—

God, counsellor, and king, beneath a happy star!

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.) — 652 focus

Nicht in den Tod gab er die Männer,

In des Kriegs zermalmend Unheil,

Und ein Gottweiser genannt von dem Volk, war er in Wahrheit
635

Göttlich, er lenkte die Heere zum Glück einst.¹

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

791. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-716

στρατεύοισθ᾽:

στρατεύησθ'

Cantabr. 2.

791

791. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-717

τόπον:

τόπον

. γρ.

στρατόν

Par. B.

791

792. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-718

μήδ᾽ εἰ:

μηδ᾽ ἣν

Brunckius, ne ei cum coniunctivo construeretur. V. ad Soph. Ant. 706. Oed. R. 198.

792

792. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-719

ᾖ:

G. Vit. Lips.

τὸ μὴ δικόν

Vit.

792

792. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-720

πλεῖον:

πλεῖστον

Cantabr. 1.

792

792. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-721

ᾖ:

ἢ

pro

G. Vit. Lips.

792

793. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-722

αὐτὴ:

αὕτη

Vit. Mosc. Turn.

793

794. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-723

συμμαχεῖ:

ξυμμαχεῖ

male Ven. A. Par. B.

794

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

787-794. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-120

τί οὖν, Sept. 704. Eum. 902. Soph. Phil. 100. ἐκ τούτων unter diesen Umständen. Ἑλλήνων τόπον, vgl. 447, 796, Ελ- λάδος τόπων Suppl. 232. – εἰ . . Kr. II 54, 12. A. 2. λιμῷ, vgl. 489 ff. u. Herod. VII. 49.

Aeschylus Persians 652

Robert Potter (Translator)

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Χορός

ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ,⁷ [ἦ⁸] φίλος ὄχθος:

φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.

Ἀιδωνεὺς δ᾽ ἀναπομπ-

ὸς⁹ ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς,
650

θεῖον¹⁰ ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ.

652

Χορός

οὐδὲ¹¹ γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτ᾽ ἀπώλλυ¹²

πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,

θεομήστωρ δ᾽ ἐκικλή-

σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δ᾽
655

ἔσκεν, ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει.¹³ ἠέ.

657

Χορός

ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ, φίλος ὄχθος·

φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.

Ἀιδωνεὺς δʼ ἀναπομ-

πὸς ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς,
650

θεῖον ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ.

Χορός

οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτʼ ἀπώλλυ

πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,

θεομήστωρ δʼ ἐκικλή-

σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δʼ
655

ἔσκεν,ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει. ἠέ.

Chorus

Does our sainted and godlike king hear me as I utter,

in obscure barbaric speech, my dismal and dolorous cries? Or must I shout aloud the utter misery of my anguish so that it pierces the earth? Does he hear me from below?
635

Chorus

O Earth, and you other rulers of those who dwell in the nether world, ensure, I implore, that the glorious spirit, the god of the Persians, whom Susa bore, may quit his abode.
640

Send to the upper world him the likes of whom the Persian earth has never entombed.
645

Chorus

Beloved indeed was the hero, beloved is his burial mound; beloved are the qualities that lie buried there. O Aidoneus,

Aidoneus, who convey shades to the upper air, permit our divine lord Darius to come forth!
650

Chorus

For since he did not ever cause the destruction of his people by senseless and ruinous wars, he bore the name of divine counsellor

to the Persians; and a divine counsellor he was, since he guided his people well.
655

Chorus

King, our king of old, come forth, draw near! Rise to the barrow’s topmost point,

lift your saffron-dyed sandal, display the crest of your royal tiara! Come forth, O blameless father Darius.
660

Chorus

That you may hear

pitiable and unheard-of sorrows, O Lord of our lord, appear! For a gloom, like that of Styx, hovers over us, since all the youth of the land
665

is now utterly destroyed. Come forth, O blameless father Darius!
670

Chorus

Alas, alas! You whose death your friends bewailed with bitter tears,

why, my king, my king, why is it that our land has lost all its three-tiered galleys,
675

ships that are no more, no more?
680

Ce n'est pas lui qui perdait ses soldats dans des débâcles meurtrières ! Les Perses l'appelaient l'inspiré des dieux ¹, et
c'est en inspiré des dieux qu'il

CORO

He never wasted us with reckless war—

God, counsellor, and king, beneath a happy star!

Nicht in den Tod gab er die Männer,

In des Kriegs zermalmend Unheil,

Und ein Gottweiser genannt von dem Volk, war er in Wahrheit
635

Göttlich, er lenkte die Heere zum Glück einst.¹

Erster Halbchor.
Dritte Strophe.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

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Χορός ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ, 7 [ἦ 8 ] φίλος ὄχθος: φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη. Ἀιδωνεὺς δ᾽ ἀναπομπ- ὸς 9 ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς, 650 θεῖον 10 ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ. 652

Χορός οὐδὲ 11 γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτ᾽ ἀπώλλυ 12 πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις, θεομήστωρ δ᾽ ἐκικλή- σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δ᾽ 655 ἔσκεν, ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει. 13 ἠέ. 657

Χορός ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ, φίλος ὄχθος· φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη. Ἀιδωνεὺς δʼ ἀναπομ- πὸς ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς, 650 θεῖον ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ.

Χορός οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτʼ ἀπώλλυ πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις, θεομήστωρ δʼ ἐκικλή- σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δʼ 655 ἔσκεν,ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει. ἠέ.

Chorus Does our sainted and godlike king hear me as I utter, in obscure barbaric speech, my dismal and dolorous cries? Or must I shout aloud the utter misery of my anguish so that it pierces the earth? Does he hear me from below? 635

Chorus O Earth, and you other rulers of those who dwell in the nether world, ensure, I implore, that the glorious spirit, the god of the Persians, whom Susa bore, may quit his abode. 640 Send to the upper world him the likes of whom the Persian earth has never entombed. 645

Chorus Beloved indeed was the hero, beloved is his burial mound; beloved are the qualities that lie buried there. O Aidoneus, Aidoneus, who convey shades to the upper air, permit our divine lord Darius to come forth! 650

Chorus For since he did not ever cause the destruction of his people by senseless and ruinous wars, he bore the name of divine counsellor to the Persians; and a divine counsellor he was, since he guided his people well. 655

Chorus King, our king of old, come forth, draw near! Rise to the barrow’s topmost point, lift your saffron-dyed sandal, display the crest of your royal tiara! Come forth, O blameless father Darius. 660

Chorus That you may hear pitiable and unheard-of sorrows, O Lord of our lord, appear! For a gloom, like that of Styx, hovers over us, since all the youth of the land 665 is now utterly destroyed. Come forth, O blameless father Darius! 670

Chorus Alas, alas! You whose death your friends bewailed with bitter tears, why, my king, my king, why is it that our land has lost all its three-tiered galleys, 675 ships that are no more, no more? 680

Ce n'est pas lui qui perdait ses soldats dans des débâcles meurtrières ! Les Perses l'appelaient l'inspiré des dieux 1 , et c'est en inspiré des dieux qu'il

CORO

He never wasted us with reckless war— God, counsellor, and king, beneath a happy star!

Nicht in den Tod gab er die Männer, In des Kriegs zermalmend Unheil, Und ein Gottweiser genannt von dem Volk, war er in Wahrheit 635 Göttlich, er lenkte die Heere zum Glück einst. 1

Erster Halbchor. Dritte Strophe.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

Χορός

ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ,⁷ [ἦ⁸] φίλος ὄχθος:

φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.

Ἀιδωνεὺς δ᾽ ἀναπομπ-

ὸς⁹ ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς,
650

θεῖον¹⁰ ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ.

652

Χορός

ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ, φίλος ὄχθος·

φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.

Ἀιδωνεὺς δʼ ἀναπομ-

πὸς ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς,
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θεῖον ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ.

Χορός

οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτʼ ἀπώλλυ

πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,

θεομήστωρ δʼ ἐκικλή-

σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δʼ
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ἔσκεν,ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει. ἠέ.

Chorus

Does our sainted and godlike king hear me as I utter,

in obscure barbaric speech, my dismal and dolorous cries? Or must I shout aloud the utter misery of my anguish so that it pierces the earth? Does he hear me from below?
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Chorus

O Earth, and you other rulers of those who dwell in the nether world, ensure, I implore, that the glorious spirit, the god of the Persians, whom Susa bore, may quit his abode.
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Send to the upper world him the likes of whom the Persian earth has never entombed.
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Chorus

Beloved indeed was the hero, beloved is his burial mound; beloved are the qualities that lie buried there. O Aidoneus,

Aidoneus, who convey shades to the upper air, permit our divine lord Darius to come forth!
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Chorus

For since he did not ever cause the destruction of his people by senseless and ruinous wars, he bore the name of divine counsellor

to the Persians; and a divine counsellor he was, since he guided his people well.
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Chorus

King, our king of old, come forth, draw near! Rise to the barrow’s topmost point,

lift your saffron-dyed sandal, display the crest of your royal tiara! Come forth, O blameless father Darius.
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Chorus

That you may hear

pitiable and unheard-of sorrows, O Lord of our lord, appear! For a gloom, like that of Styx, hovers over us, since all the youth of the land
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is now utterly destroyed. Come forth, O blameless father Darius!
670

Chorus

Alas, alas! You whose death your friends bewailed with bitter tears,

why, my king, my king, why is it that our land has lost all its three-tiered galleys,
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ships that are no more, no more?
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Ce n'est pas lui qui perdait ses soldats dans des débâcles meurtrières ! Les Perses l'appelaient l'inspiré des dieux ¹, et
c'est en inspiré des dieux qu'il

He never wasted us with reckless war—

God, counsellor, and king, beneath a happy star!

Nicht in den Tod gab er die Männer,

In des Kriegs zermalmend Unheil,

Und ein Gottweiser genannt von dem Volk, war er in Wahrheit
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Göttlich, er lenkte die Heere zum Glück einst.¹

Erster Halbchor.
Dritte Strophe.