Aeschylus Persians 871

Robert Potter (Translator)

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Nor thoſe, that far th' extended ocean o'er
Stand girt with many' a tow'r;
Nor where the Helleſpont his broad wave ſpreads;
Nor the firm baſtions' rampir'd might,
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Whoſe foot the deep Propontis laves;
Nor thoſe, that glorying in their height
Frown o'er the Pontic ſea, and ſhade his darken'd
waves,
STROPHE 2.

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.) — 852-908 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 852-908 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 871 focus
λίμνας τ᾽ ἔκτοθεν αἳ κατὰ χέρσον ἐληλάμενα.
περὶ πύργον
τοῦδ᾽ ἄνακτος ἄϊον,
Ἕλλας τ᾽ ἀμφὶ πόρον πλατὺν εὐχόμεναι, μυχία τε Προποντὶς,
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καὶ στόμωμα Πόντου·
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 871 focus
λίμνας τ' ἔκτοθεν αἳ κατὰ χέρσον ἐληλαμέναι πέρι πύργον
τοῦδ᾽ ἄνακτος ἄϊον,
Ἕλλας τ᾽ ἀμφὶ πόρον πλατὺν ἀρχόμεναι, μυχία τε Προποντίς,
καὶ στόμωμα Πόντου·
στρ. γ'.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 871 focus
λίμνας τ' ἔκτοθεν αἳ κατὰ χέρσον ἐ-
Ant. 2.
ληλαμέναι περὶ πύργον
τοῦδ' ἄνακτος ἄϊον,
Ἕλλας τ' Ἕλλας ἀμφὶ πόρον πλατὺν εὐχόμε-
ναι, μυχία τε Προποντὶς
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καὶ στόμωμα Πόντου·
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 871 focus
λίμνας τ᾽ ἔκτοθεν αἳ
κατὰ χέρσον ἐλη-
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λαμέναι περὶ πύργον
τοῦδ᾽ ἄνακτος ἄιον,
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 871 focus
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.)) — 852-905 focus
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 871 focus
and beyond the sea, those along the main land environed with fortresses obeyed this king, and those who boast 3
to dwell on both sides of the broad frith of Helle, and the gulfy Propontis, and the outlet of the Pontus:
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 871 focus
qui confinent aux bourgades thraces.
Et, en dehors de ce lac, celles qui, sur la terre ferme, portent ceinture de remparts ont obéi aussi à ce monarque.
Et les cités fièrement assises sur les bords du large détroit d'Hellé ; et le repli profond de la Propontide,
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 871 focus
E quelle che, lontano
dal mare, in terra surgono,
cinte di torri, omaggio
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prestarono al Sovrano;
e quante d'Elle al valico
han glorïosa voce,
e la curva Propontide,
e del Ponto la foce.
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Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 871 focus
Per terram ducte circum turrim.
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Huius uerò regisſpirarunt Helles circum uadum
Latum detente, abditać Propontis,
Et ostia Ponti, inſuleq;
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.) — 871 focus
And those that stand back from the main, enringed by their fortified wall,
Gave o'er to Darius, the king, the sceptre and sway over all!
Those too by the channel of Helle, where southward it broadens and glides,
By the inlets, Propontis! of thee, and the strait of the Pontic tides,
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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.) — 871 focus
Und die, ferne der See, sich im Schooße des Land's mit der Mauer umgürtet,
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Folgten dieses Herrschers Wort,
Dann an dem Sunde der Helle die prangenden Städt' und die Bucht der Propontis
Sammt des Pontos Mündung,
Dritte Strophe.

Commentary

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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Augenscheinlich ist die durch die Verteilung zwischen Xerxes u. den Chor bedingte Respon- sion, zweifelhaft, ob sie auch bei diesem letzten Teile sich auf anti- strophische Gliederung erstreckte. αἰακτός 8. ν. α. αἰάζων vgl. 931. κίε Suppl. 504. Cho. 680. Begriffe selbst in den Palast ein- zutreten, den er unter so ganz Im anderen Verkältnissen verlassen, empfindet Xerxes dessen Anblick als einen Vorwurf. ἁβροβάται die weiche Fufsbekleidung als nationales Kennzeichen. Vgl. Λυδὲ ποδαβρέ bei Herod. I 55. τρί- σκαλμος 679. βάρισιν 554. πέμψω 8. v. a. προπέμψω (Schol.). Vgl. 530. δυσθρόοις 941. Der Chor ist inzwischen auf der Bühne angelangt (vgl. 1038) und zieht dem Xerxes nach durch die Mittel- thür (im Hintergrund) in den Palast hinein. ÄSCHYLOS, Perser.