Aeschylus Persians 657

Robert Potter (Translator)

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Riſe then, ſovereign lord, to light;
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On this mound's ſepulchral height
Lift thy ſock in ſaffron died,
And rear thy rich Tiara's regal pride!

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
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.) — 657 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 657 focus
βαλήν, ἀρχαῖος βαλήν, ἴθ᾽, ἴθ᾽, ἕκου,
660
ἔλθ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἄκρον κόρυμβον ὄχθου,
κροκόβαπτον ποδὸς εὔμαριν ἀείρων,
βασιλείου τιήρας
φάλαρον πιφαύσκων.
βάσκε, πάτερ ἄκακε Δαρειάν,
665
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 657 focus
Βαλὴν βαλλὴν ἀρχαῖος, βαλήν, ἴθ' ἴθ' ἱκοῦ ἴθι ἱκοῦ
Str. 3.
τόνδ' ἐπ' ἄκρον κόρυμβον ὄχθου,
κροκόβαπτον ποδὸς εὔμαριν ἀείρων,
βασιλείου τιήρας
φάλαρον πιφαύσκων·
660
βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν, οἴ.
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 657 focus
βαλλὴν ἀρχαῖος βαλλὴν
660
ἔθι, ἱκοῦ,
ἔλθ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἄκρον κόρυμ-
βον ὄχθου, κροκόβαπτον
ποδὸς εὔμαριν ἀείρων,
βασιλείου τιάρας
665
φάλαρον πιφαύσκων.
βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν, οἴ.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 657 focus
βαλλὴν ἀρχαῖος βαλλὴν †ἴθι ἱκοῦ,
ἔλθ᾽ ἐπ᾿ ἄκρον κόρυμβον ὄχθου, κροκόβα-
πτον ποδὸς εὔμαριν ἀείρων, βασιλεί-
ου τιήρας φάλαρον πιφαύσκων.
βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν.
660
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.) — 657 focus
Lord 2
, ancient lord, come, draw nigh, appear on the topmost peak 3
of the mound, raising the saffrou dyed sandal of thy foot, displaying the crest of thy royal tiara. Come forth, O Darius, author of no ill: Hoa 4
!
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 657 focus
dirigeait la barque de son peuple. Hé ! hé !
Antique monarque, antique monarque, ah ! viens, parais
au-dessus du faîte qui couronne ta tombe ; élève jusque-là
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 657 focus
O nostro antico principe,
principe nostro, appari,
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giungi, soccorri a me.
Sovra l'orlo del tumulo
poggino i tuoi calzari
di croco: fulga chiara
la tua regal tïara
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o innocuo padre, o Dario, accorri! Ahimè!
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 657 focus
Rex antique, rex accede, appropinqua,
Veni ad fummum cacumen tumuli crocotin Aum.
Tollens calceum pedis,
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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.) — 657 focus
Ancient of days and king, awake and come—
Rise o'er the mounded tomb!
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Rise, plant thy foot, with saffron sandal shod
Father to us, and god!
Rise with thy diadem, O sire benign,
Upon thy brow!
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.) — 657 focus
O Bel, alter Gott, o Bel, komm, o komm!
Steige herauf zum Kranz des Grabes,
Mit der safranenen Goldsohle dich hebend,
In des Haupt's stolzem Schmuck strahlend, der Königsbinde!
640
Vater Dareios, o komm, gütiger Fürst! 1

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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λιμῷ:
λοιμῷ
Par. C.
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ὑπερπόλλους:
υπερπόλλους
scribendum esse dixi Opusc. II. p. 232.
ὑπερπώλους
M. Ox. Par. B. C. H. quod unus scholiastarum
πολυίππους
interpretatur. γρ.
υπερκόμπους
adscriptum in Par. B.
ὑπερκόπους
Ven. A. Ceteri
υπερκόμπους
.
795

796. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-726

ἀλλ᾽ εὐσταλῆ τοι λεκτὸν ἀροῦμεν στόλον:
ἀλλ᾽ εὐσταλή τοι
Ven. Β. Οx. Ask. A. Par. Β.
ἀλλ᾽ εὐστελῆ τοι
M. et ad
εὐστελή
supra scripto
a
Par. L. In M.
εὔμετρον
in margine adscriptum.
ἀλλ᾽ εὐσταλῆ τε
G. Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. C. Colb. 1. 2. Ald. Rob.
ἀλλ᾽ εὐστελῆ τε
Ven. A.
ἀλλ᾽ εὐδαλῆ τε
Lips.
ἀλλ᾽ εὐσταλῆ καὶ
Mosc. Par. A. Turn. Deinde
λεκτρὸν
Par. G. Tum
ἀροῦμεν
Μ. G. Lips. Ven. A. B. Par. A. B. L. Ald. et ceteri, ut videtur, praeter Mosc. qui
ἀροῖμεν
habet, et Ven. B. Rob. qui habent
ἄρωμεν
. Brunckius, quum in Par. B. adscriptum videret
γρ. εύτε
, dedit
ἀλλ᾽ εἶτε λεκτὸν κεὐσταλῆ δροῦμεν στόλον
, quod non minus monstruosum est quam Dawesii inventum in Misc. crit. p. 327. (273.)
ἀλλ᾽ εὐσταλῆ καὶ λεκτὸν ἠροῦμεν στόλον
, quod ex
εἰ ἀροῦμεν
contractum esse voluit. Illud
εὖτε
pertinet ad lectionem
εὐτελή
, quae est in Vit. qui habet a pr. manu
ἀλλ᾽ εὐτελῆ τοι λεκτὸν ἀροῦμεν στόλον
. Correctione
ευσταλή
factum est, et supra scriptum
γρ. εὐστελῆ
. De futuro
ἀρῶ
egerunt Porsonus ad Med. S48. Elmsleius ad Heracl. 323.
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νῦν ἐν Ἑλλάδος τόποις:
νῦν ἐν ἑλλάδος τρόποις
Μ.
νῦν ἑλλάδος τόποις
Lips. Par. C.
νῦν τόποις τῆς ἑλλάδος
Ven. Β.
ἐν τόποις τῆς ἑλλάδος
Ask. A.
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κυρήσει:
κηρύσσει
Vit. et a pr. manu Cantabr. 2.
κύρσει
Rob.
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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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1
2
Eur. Hek. 1141 Φρυγῶν ἐς αἶαν .. ἄρειαν στόλον. Nur wenige, aber Auserlesene und wohl Ausgestattete. οὐδ᾽ ge- schweige denn ein neues Heer. Von dem Zurückbleiben eines Heeres unter Mardonios kann Dareios kaum aus den θέσφατα (V. 739 ff.) Kennt- nis haben, so daſs hier wohl eine kleine Inkonsequenz des Dichters vorliegt. - Das praes. περᾷ, weil es bereits geschehen kann. Die Erfüllung eines Teils ist eine Bürg- schaft für das Eintreffen auch des andern.