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Didicerunt uerò Latiuadi maris

Cani uento magno

Videre pontinum lucum, confift

Subtilibus perfuafionibus, machinationibus po

pulo prebitis.

Persians. Aeschylus. Ioannes Sanravius (Translator). Basileae. 1555.

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Funding provided by Schmidt Sciences.

Current edition Experimental

Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) (Latin) (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (7)

Πέρσαι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 65-158 focus

str. 1

Χορός

πεπέρακεν¹ μὲν ὁ περσέπτολις ἤδη
65

βασίλειος στρατὸς εἰς ἀν-

τίπορον γείτονα χώραν,

λινοδέσμῳ σχεδίᾳ πορ-

θμὸν ἀμείψας

Ἀθαμαντίδος Ἕλλας,
70

πολύγομφον ὅδισμα

ζυγὸν ἀμφιβαλὼν αὐχένι πόντου.

73

ant. 1

Χορός

πολυάνδρου δ᾽ Ἀσίας θούριος ἄρχων

ἐπὶ πᾶσαν χθόνα ποιμα-

νόριον θεῖον ἐλαύνει
75

διχόθεν, πεζονόμον² τ᾽ ἔκ

τε θαλάσσας,

ἐχυροῖσι πεποιθὼς

στυφελοῖς ἐφέταις, χρυ-

σογόνου³ γενεᾶς ἰσόθεος⁴ φώς.
80
81

str. 2

Χορός

κυανοῦν⁵ δ᾽ ὄμμασι λεύσσων

φονίου⁶ δέργμα⁷ δράκοντος,

πολύχειρ καὶ πολυναύτας,

Σύριόν θ᾽ ἅρμα διώκων,

ἐπάγει δουρικλύτοις ἀν-
85

δράσι τοξόδαμνον Ἄρη.

87

ant. 2

Χορός

δόκιμος δ᾽ οὔτις ὑποστὰς

μεγάλῳ ῥεύματι φωτῶν

ἐχυροῖς ἕρκεσιν εἴργειν

ἄμαχον κῦμα θαλάσσας:
90

ἀπρόσοιστος γὰρ ὁ Περσᾶν⁸

στρατὸς ἀλκίφρων τε λαός.

93

str. 3

Χορός

δολόμητιν δ᾽ ἀπάταν θεοῦ

τίς ἀνὴρ θνατὸς ἀλύξει;

τίς ὁ κραιπνῷ ποδὶ πήδη-
95

μα⁹ τόδ᾽ εὐπετῶς¹⁰ ἀνᾴσσων;¹¹

97

ant. 4

Χορός

φιλόφρων γὰρ παρασαίνει¹²

βροτὸν εἰς ἄρκυας Ἄτα,¹³

τόθεν οὐκ ἔστιν ὕπερθέν

νιν ἄνατον ἐξαλύξαι.¹⁴
100

θεόθεν γὰρ κατὰ Μοῖρ᾽

ἐκράτησεν τὸ παλαι-

όν, ἐπέσκηψε δὲ Πέρσαις

πολέμους πυργοδαΐκτους

διέπειν ἱππιοχάρμας
105

τε κλόνους

πόλεών τ᾽ ἀναστάσεις.

108

ant. 3

Χορός

ἔμαθον δ᾽¹⁵ εὐρυπόροι-

ο θαλάσσας πολιαι-

νομένας πνεύματι λάβρῳ
110

ἐσορᾶν πόντιον ἄλσος,

πίσυνοι λεπτοδόμοις πεί-

σμασι λα-

οπόροις τε μαχαναῖς.

115

str. 5

Χορός

ταῦτά μοι¹⁶ μελαγχίτων
115

φρὴν ἀμύσσεται φόβῳ,

ὀᾶ, Περσικοῦ στρατεύματος

τοῦδε, μὴ πόλις¹⁷ πύθη-

ται κένανδρον μέγ᾽ ἄστυ Σουσίδος,

120

ant. 5

Χορός

καὶ τὸ Κισσίων πόλισμ᾽
120

ἀντίδουπον ᾄσεται,¹⁸

ὀᾶ, τοῦτ᾽ ἔπος γυναικοπλη-

θὴς ὅμιλος ἀπύων,

βυσσίνοις δ᾽ ἐν πέπλοις πέσῃ λακίς.¹⁹
125
126

str. 6

Χορός

πᾶς γὰρ ἱππηλάτας

καὶ πεδοστιβὴς λεὼς

σμῆνος ὣς ἐκλέλοιπεν μελισ-

σᾶν²⁰ σὺν ὀρχάμῳ στρατοῦ,

τὸν ἀμφίζευκτον ἐξαμείψας
130

ἀμφοτέρας ἅλιον

πρῶνα κοινὸν αἴας.

133

ant. 6

Χορός

λέκτρα δ᾽ ἀνδρῶν πόθῳ²¹

πίμπλαται δακρύμασιν:

Περσίδες δ᾽ ἁβροπενθεῖς²² ἑκά-
135

στα²³ πόθῳ φιλάνορι

τὸν αἰχμάεντα θοῦρον εὐνα-

τῆρ᾽ ἀποπεμψαμένα²⁴

λείπεται μονόζυξ.

140

Χορός

ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε, Πέρσαι, τόδ᾽ ἐνεζόμενοι
140

στέγος²⁵ ἀρχαῖον,

φροντίδα κεδνὴν καὶ βαθύβουλον

θώμεθα, χρεία δὲ προσήκει,

πῶς ἄρα²⁶ πράσσει Ξέρξης βασιλεὺς

Δαρειογενής,
145

τὸ πατρωνύμιον γένος ἡμέτερον:

πότερον τόξου ῥῦμα τὸ νικῶν,

ἢ δορικράνου²⁷

λόγχης ἰσχὺς κεκράτηκεν.

ἀλλ᾽ ἥδε θεῶν ἴσον ὀφθαλμοῖς
150

φάος ὁρμᾶται μήτηρ βασιλέως,

βασίλεια δ᾽ ἐμή, προσπίτνω:²⁸

καὶ προσφθόγγοις δὲ χρεὼν αὐτὴν

πάντας μύθοισι προσαυδᾶν.

155

Χορός

ὦ βαθυζώνων ἄνασσα Περσίδων ὑπερτάτη,
155

μῆτερ ἡ Ξέρξου γεραιά, χαῖρε, Δαρείου γύναι:

θεοῦ μὲν εὐνάτειρα²⁹ Περσῶν, θεοῦ δὲ καὶ μήτηρ ἔφυς,

εἴ τι μὴ δαίμων παλαιὸς νῦν μεθέστηκε στρατῷ.

159

Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 65-158 focus

Χορός

πεπέρακεν μὲν ὁ περσέπτολις ἤδη
65

βασίλειος στρατὸς εἰς ἀν-

τίπορον γείτονα χώραν,

λινοδέσμῳ σχεδίᾳ πορθ-

μὸν ἀμείψας

Ἀθαμαντίδος Ἕλλας,
70

πολύγομφον ὅδισμα

ζυγὸν ἀμφιβαλὼν αὐχένι πόντου.

Χορός

πολυάνδρου δʼ Ἀσίας θούριος ἄρχων

ἐπὶ πᾶσαν χθόνα ποιμα-

νόριον θεῖον ἐλαύνει
75

διχόθεν, πεζονόμον τʼ ἔκ

τε θαλάσσας,

ἐχυροῖσι πεποιθὼς

στυφελοῖς ἐφέταις, χρυ-

σογόνου γενεᾶς ἰσόθεος φώς.
80

Χορός

κυάνεον δʼ ὄμμασι λεύσσων

φονίου δέργμα δράκοντος,

πολύχειρ καὶ πολυναύτας,

Σύριόν θʼ ἅρμα διώκων,

ἐπάγει δουρικλύτοις ἀν-
85

δράσι τοξόδαμνον Ἄρη.

Χορός

δόκιμος δʼ οὔτις ὑποστὰς

μεγάλῳ ῥεύματι φωτῶν

ἐχυροῖς ἕρκεσιν εἴργειν

ἄμαχον κῦμα θαλάσσας·
90

ἀπρόσοιστος γὰρ ὁ Περσᾶν

στρατὸς ἀλκίφρων τε λαός.

Χορός

θεόθεν γὰρ κατὰ Μοῖρʼ

ἐκράτησεν τὸ παλαι-

όν, ἐπέσκηψε δὲ Πέρσαις
95

πολέμους πυργοδαΐκτους

διέπειν ἱππιοχάρμας

τε κλόνους

πόλεών τʼ ἀναστάσεις.

100

Χορός

ἔμαθον δʼ εὐρυπόροι-
100

ο θαλάσσας πολιαι-

νομένας πνεύματι λάβρῳ

ἐσορᾶν πόντιον ἄλσος,

πίσυνοι λεπτοδόμοις πεί-

σμασι λα-
105

οπόροις τε μαχαναῖς.

107

Χορός

δολόμητιν δʼ ἀπάταν θεοῦ

τίς ἀνὴρ θνατὸς ἀλύξει;

τίς ὁ κραιπνῷ ποδὶ πήδη-

μα τόδʼ εὐπετῶς ἀνᾴσσων;
110

111

Χορός

φιλόφρων γὰρ παρασαίνει

βροτὸν εἰς ἄρκυας Ἄτα,

τόθεν οὐκ ἔστιν ὕπερθέν

νιν ἄνατον ἐξαλύξαι.

115

Χορός

ταῦτά μοι μελαγχίτων
115

φρὴν ἀμύσσεται φόβῳ,

ὀᾶ, Περσικοῦ στρατεύματος

τοῦδε, μὴ πόλις πύθη-

ται κένανδρον μέγʼ ἄστυ Σουσίδος,

120

Χορός

καὶ τὸ Κισσίων πόλισμʼ
120

ἀντίδουπον ᾄσεται,

ὀᾶ, τοῦτʼ ἔπος γυναικοπλη-

θὴς ὅμιλος ἀπύων,

βυσσίνοις δʼ ἐν πέπλοις πέσῃ λακίς.
125

126

Χορός

πᾶς γὰρ ἱππηλάτας

καὶ πεδοστιβὴς λεὼς

σμῆνος ὣς ἐκλέλοιπεν μελισ-

σᾶν σὺν ὀρχάμῳ στρατοῦ,

τὸν ἀμφίζευκτον ἐξαμείψας
130

ἀμφοτέρας ἅλιον

πρῶνα κοινὸν αἴας.

133

Χορός

λέκτρα δʼ ἀνδρῶν πόθῳ

πίμπλαται δακρύμασιν·

Περσίδες δʼ ἁβροπενθεῖς ἑκά-
135

στα πόθῳ φιλάνορι

τὸν αἰχμάεντα θοῦρον εὐνα-

τῆρʼ ἀποπεμψαμένα

λείπεται μονόζυξ.

140

Χορός

ἀλλʼ ἄγε, Πέρσαι, τόδʼ ἐνεζόμενοι
140

στέγος ἀρχαῖον,

φροντίδα κεδνὴν καὶ βαθύβουλον

θώμεθα, χρεία δὲ προσήκει,

πῶς ἄρα πράσσει Ξέρξης βασιλεὺς

Δαρειογενής,
145

τὸ πατρωνύμιον γένος ἡμέτερον·

πότερον τόξου ῥῦμα τὸ νικῶν,

ἢ δορικράνου

λόγχης ἰσχὺς κεκράτηκεν.

ἀλλʼ ἥδε θεῶν ἴσον ὀφθαλμοῖς
150

φάος ὁρμᾶται μήτηρ βασιλέως,

βασίλεια δʼ ἐμή· προσπίτνω·

καὶ προσφθόγγοις δὲ χρεὼν αὐτὴν

πάντας μύθοισι προσαυδᾶν.

155

Χορός

ὦ βαθυζώνων ἄνασσα Περσίδων ὑπερτάτη,
155

μῆτερ ἡ Ξέρξου γεραιά, χαῖρε, Δαρείου γύναι·

θεοῦ μὲν εὐνάτειρα Περσῶν, θεοῦ δὲ καὶ μήτηρ ἔφυς,

εἴ τι μὴ δαίμων παλαιὸς νῦν μεθέστηκε στρατῷ.

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 100 focus

στάσεις.

ἔμαθον δ᾽ εὐρυπόροιο θαλάσσας πολιαινομένας

πνεύματι λάβρῳ

110

ἐσορᾶν πόντιον ἄλσος,

χαναῖς.

πίσυνοι λεπτοδόμοις πείσμασι λαοπόροις τε μα

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 100 focus

ἔμαθον δ᾽ εὐρυπόροιο θαλάσσης

πολιαινομένης πνεύματι λάβρῳ

ἐςορᾶν πόντιον ἄλσος,

110

πίσυνοι λεπτοδόμοις πει-

σμασι λαοπόροις τε μηχαναῖς.

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 100 focus

ἔμαθον δ' εὐρυπόροιο θαλάσσας

Ant. 4.

πολιαινομένας πνεύματι λάβρῳ

ἐσορᾶν πόντιον ἄλσος, πίσυνοι λεπ-

τοδόμοις πείσμασι λα-
105

οπόροις τε μηχαναῖς.

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 100 focus

ἔμαθον δ᾽ εὐρυπόροι-

110

ο θαλάσσης πολιαι-

νομένης πνεύματι λάβρῳ

ἐσορᾶν πόντιον ἄλσος,

πίσυνοι λεπτοδόμοις πεί-

σμασι λα-

115

οπόροις τε μηχαναῖς.

98. ἡ θεῶν ἀπάτη.

104. ἐξ ἀρχῆς (Gl.). τὸ παλαιόν: τὸ ἀνέκαθεν ἀνδρεῖοί εἰσι καὶ κατὰ εἱμαρμένην πολεμοῦσι. πολεμικοὶ δὲ ὄντες οὐχ ἡσσηθήσονται.

105. ἐπέσκηψε δέ: ἀντὶ τοῦ εἰδέναι ἐποίησεν.

110. ἔμαθον δ᾽ εὐρυπόροιο): οὐχ οἱ Πέρσαι ναυτικοί, ἀλλ᾽ οἱ ὑπήκοοι Περσῶν. τί (τινὲς Dindorf) δὲ τὸ ἔμαθον φησὶν (φασὶν Dindorf) ἀντὶ τοῦ μαθεῖν ἐποίησαν.

111. πολιαινομένας: ἀφριζομένης τῷ ἀφρῷ τῆς κωπηλασίας.

114. λεπτοδόμοις: τοῖς λεπτῶς κατεσκευασμένοις.

115sq. λαοπόροις τε μηχ(αναῖς): ταῖς τοὺς λαοὺς πορθμευούσαις, ἢ ταῖς ἀπὸ τῆς κωπηλασίας μηχαναῖς ταῖς ὑπὸ τῶν λαῶν γινομέναις· οὐχ ὡς αὐτῶν τῶν Περσῶν θαλασσίων ὄντων.

98-100. γὰρ παρασαίνει | βροτὸν Seidler. ἄρκυας ἄτα Hermann, ἄτας Hartung: ἀρκύστατα Μ.

101sq. ὕπερθεν, omisso θνατόν, Robortellus, fort. Ὕπερθέν νιν ἄνατον ἐξαλύξαι.

109. τ' recc. : δ' Μ.

111sq. θαλάσσας recc. πολιαινομένης Μ (α superscr. m).

115sq. λεωπόροις Heimsoeth.

10 AESCHYLI

Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 100 focus

ἔμαθον δ᾽ εὐρυπόροι-

ο θαλάσσας πολιαι-

νομένας πνεύματι λάβρωι

110

ἐσορᾶν πόντιον ἄλσος,

πίσυνοι λεπτοδόμοις πεί-

σμασι λαοπόροις τε μηχαναῖς.

Translations (8)

Persians Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 65-155 focus

Chorus

The royal army, dealing destruction to cities, has already passed to the neighboring land upon the facing shore, and this they did by crossing the Hellespont ,
65

named for the daughter of Athamas, on a bridge of boats made fast with cables, thereby casting a tightly constructed roadway as a yoke upon the neck of the sea.
70

Chorus

The fiery lord of populous Asia

is leading his wondrous warrior-flock against the whole earth in two divisions, on foot and by the sea, putting his trust in his stalwart and stern commanders; he himself,
75

a god-like hero whose race is sprung from gold.¹
80

Chorus

With eyes flashing with the dark glare of a deadly dragon, attended by soldiers and mariners in great numbers, and speeding his Syrian chariot,

he leads against a people renowned for the spear a warlike host of archers.
85

Chorus

And there is no man skilled to withstand the mighty stream of men, and with strong barriers keep out the sea’s invincible surge;

for Persia ’s host cannot be withstood, and her men are courageous.
90

Chorus

For by the will of the gods Fate has held sway

since ancient time, and has ordained for the Persians the pursuit of rampart-destroying war, the turmoil of fighting horsemen, and the storming of cities.
95

100

Chorus

And they have learned to look upon the precinct of the deep when the broad-wayed sea whitens to foam beneath the tempest’s blast, trusting in their finely wrought
100

cables and their devices which give passage to their army.
105

107

Chorus

Yet the insidious guile of god—what mortal man can escape it? Who with agile foot can lightly overleap

and escape its toils?
110

111

Chorus

For Delusion, with her fair appearance, lures men astray into her snares, from which it is not possible to escape without meeting with disaster.

115

Chorus

Therefore my heart is wrapped in gloom and is racked with fear for the Persian army lest the state learn that the mighty capital of Susa is empty of men.
115

120

Chorus

Fearful I am too that as bands of women cry aloud woe, the Cissian stronghold will raise a resounding shout responsive to the beating of breasts,
120

and that there will be a tearing of fine linen robes.
125

126

Chorus

For all the men-at-arms, those who urge on steeds and those who march along the plain, have left the city and gone forth, like bees in a swarm, together with the captain of the host.

They have crossed the headland, projecting into the sea and common to either continent, through which both shores are bridged.
130

133

Chorus

And marriage-beds are filled with tears through longing for husbands;

each Persian woman has sent to the field her warlike and fiery consort, and now in grief and longing for her beloved lord, is left forsaken by her mate.
135

140

Chorus

But come, Persians, let us take our place on the steps of this ancient palace and devise some wise and deeply-pondered counsel—for need of this has come upon us—as to how Xerxes our King,
140

Darius’ son, scion of our own race as his forefather’s name declares, is faring. Is it the drawing of the bow that has triumphed, or is it the might of the sharp spear-head which has prevailed? Enter Atossa, richly dressed, on a chariot and attended by a numerous retinue
145

But look, here is a light like the eyes of the god, the mother of our king, my Queen. I bow low before her. It is fitting also that we all address her with words of salutation. The elders prostrate themselves and then rise to their feet. Their leader continues
150

155

Chorus

O Queen, most exalted of Persia ’s deep-girdled women, venerable mother of Xerxes, wife of Darius, all hail! You were the consort of the Persian’s god, and of another god the mother, that is, unless its former good fortune has now forsaken our host.
155

The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 100 focus

They learned, too, to look upon the ocean fields of the wide-winding sea when it whitens with the violent blast, putting confidence in their slightly-constructed tackling, and the machines in which hosts are wafted [across the deep].

LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 100 focus

Até égare l'homme en ses panneaux, et nul mortel ne peut ensuite s'en évader d'un saut et fuir.

En élargissant.

Le destin que les dieux ont de tout temps fait aux Perses
leur impose de poursuivre les guerres où croulent les remparts, les mêlées où

The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 100 focus

Taught to behold with fearleſs eyes

The whitening billows foam beneath the gale,

120

They bid the naval foreſts riſe,

Mount the ſlight bark, unfurl the flying ſail,

And o'er the angry ocean bear

To diſtant realms the ſtorm of war.

Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 100 focus

The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 100 focus

CHORUS

STROPHE I.

Noble and blest in sooth our city-ruling life,

What time our monarch hoar,
850

Resourceful, blameless, unsubdued in strife,

Godlike Darius ruled our country o'er.

ANTISTROPHE I.

As chiefs of glorious hosts were we displayed,

†Firm laws did all things guide,

While scathless and unworn, when war was laid,

†In triumph to their homes our warriors hied.

STROPHE II.

858

How many a town he took, yet seldom he
860

The Halys crossed, or from his hearth would roam; *

The cities such of the Strymonian Sea,

The Achelôdès, near the Thracians’ home.

¹

ANTISTROPHE II.

864

And those tower-girded, distant from the coast,

Towns of the mainland, recognised his sway.

Those near Propontis' gulfs their site which boast,
870

Round Hellè’s ample frith and Pontos' bay.

STROPHE III.

871

And islands of the main,

Fronting the headland that o'erlooks the sea,

Hard by this Asian plain;

Lesbos, and Samos crowned with olive-trees,

Myconos, Paros, Naxos, Chios, these,

And Andros, joining Tenos neighbourly.

ANTISTROPHE III.

Ay, and each isle that lies

Midway between the mainlands he controlled;

879

Icaros' seat of old;

Rhodes, Lemnos, Cnidos; Cyprian towns of fame,
880

Paphos and Soli, Salamis, dread name,

Whose mother-city wakes these doleful cries.

EPODE.

And to his will Ionia's towns he bent,

Well peopled by Hellenès, opulent;

And strength exhaustless his of mailed array,

Of allies too, a motley band;

But now, not dubiously, by God's own hand,

Smitten with mighty blow

Through naval overthrow,
890

Behold we former glories swept away.

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.) — 100 focus

They have learned to behold the forbidden, the sacred enclosure of sea,

Where the waters are wide and in stress of the wind the billows roll hoary to lee!
100

And their trust is in cable and cordage, too weak in the power of the blast,

And frail are the links of the bridge whereby unto Hellas they passed.

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.) — 100 focus

Und das Volk lernte die weiten Gefilde,

Von des wilden Orkans Schauern erschäumend,

Und der See wogenden Hain schau'n,

Dem Geflecht schwankender Taue
100

Und der völkergeleitenden Brücke trau'n.

Vierte Strophe.

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83. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-67

φονίου:

φονίου

M. G. Vit. Lips. Ven. B. aliique et Ald. Rob.

φονίου

Turn. δέργμα:

δέρμα

M. Lips. aliique nonnulli.

84. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-68

πολυναύτης:

πολυναύτας

Vit. Cantabr. 2.

85. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-69

Σύριόν θ':

συριόν

M. ed. Vict.

δουριόν θ'

Vit. Lips. Ven. A. aliique et Ald.

δοσσυριόν θ'

G. Ven. B. aliique et Rob. Turn. Alludi ad oraculum de pugna Salaminia Atheniensibus datum, quod est apud Herodotum VII. 140. in quo erat

Συριγγενὲς ἅρμα διώκων

viderunt et Blomfieldius et Suevernius in diss. Berolini a. 1824. hoc titulo edita, Ueber einige historische und politische anspielungen in der alten tragoedie, p. 4.

86. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-70

δουρικλύτοις:

δουρικλύτοις

M. Rob. Turn.

δουρικλυτοῖς

G. Ald.

δορικλυτοῖς

Lips.

δορυκλύτοις

Vit.

87. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-71

τοξόδαμνον:

τοξόδαμνιν

Vit. Ἄρη:

Ἄρη

M. in quo supra versum ab alia manu additum, Par. C. Rob.

ἄρην. γρ. ἄρη. κοινῶς.

Par. B.

ἄρην

G. Vit. Lips. Ald. Turn.

88. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-72

ὑποστὰς:

ὑποστάς. γρ. ἐπιστὰς ἤγουν ἐναντιαθεὶς μαχεσάμενος

(sic apud Faehsium)

ὑποστάς

Par. B. Sensus est nemo adeo probatus est, ut, si id in se recipiat, magna multitudine virorum ut valido munimento arcere possit invictum maris fluctum. Audacter

κῦμα θαλάσσης

dicit copias navales, quas Graeci quamvis magno virorum numero non possint ab se propellere.

89. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-73

φωτῶν: Post

φωτῶν

Vit. addit

τάξεσιν οὐδ᾽ ἄρα ἔρη ἴσχει

, quorum ea quae post

τάξιν

leguntur, expuncta sunt. Colb. 1. addit

νάρεσι, οὐδ᾽ ἄρα ἕρκεα ἴσχει

. Quae ex notissimo Homeri versu sumpta esse vidit Vauvillersius. Eadem vero verba, sic scripta

τάξεσιν οὐτ᾽ ἄρα ἕρκει ἴσχει

, ut scholion adscripta sunt in M.

90. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-74

ἐχυροῖς:

ἐχυροῖς

M. G. aliique et Rob.

ἐχυροῖσιν

Ven. B.

ὀχυροῖς

Vit. Lips. Ven. A. aliique et Ald. Turn. ἕρκεσιν:

ἕρκοισιν

Ven. B. εἴργειν:

εἴργεις

Lips.

93. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-75

λαός:

λαός

M. G. Vit. Lips. aliique et Ald.

λεὼς

Rob. Turn.

94. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-76

δολόμητιν δ᾽ ἀπάταν:

δολόμητιν δ᾽ ἀπάτην

G. et

ἀπάτην

etiam Vit.

ἀπάταν

, ultimo

superscripto

, Lips.

95. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-77

θνατὸς:

θνητὸς

Vit.

θνατὸς

, superscripto

, Lips.

96-97. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-78

πήδημἅλις εὐπετῶς ἀνάσσων:

πηδήματος

libri omnes. Tum, post hoc ipsum vocabulum,

εὐπετέος

M. G. Vit. aliique et Ald. Rob. Turn.

εὐπατέος

Lips.

εὐπετέως

Mosc. Par. L.

Εὐπετοῦς

Porsonus. In Vit. post hanc vocem

εὐπετέος

, qua in eo libro versus finitur, a sec. manu additum est

τῆς

, superne quidem hoc modo

εὐπετέος ἄτης

sed initiali ductu

litterae usque ad praegressum

descendente, ut non videatur dubitandum esse quin, qui adscripsit

ἄτης

, id Aeschyli verbum esse putaverit, praesertim quum in versu qui infra hunc scriptus est simile quid factum sit in vocabulo

ἀρκύστατα

, cuius primae quattuor litterae ab antiqua manu sunt, '

στατα

autem ab eadem illa manu, quae

ἄτης

scripsit, adiecta. Non deerit fortasse qui suspicetur scriptum alicubi fuisse

πήματος

, eiusque vocabuli explicationem esse

ἄτης

. Sed scholiastes in Vit. coniunxit

πηδήματος τῆς ἄτης ἀνάσσων καὶ κρατῶν

. Porro

ἀνάσσων

M. G. Vit. Lips. ceterique, ut videtur, codd. omnes et Ald. Rob.

ἀναίσσων

Turn.

ἀναΐσσων

Vict. unde Brunckius et qui eum secuti sunt

ἀνάσσων

dederunt. Scholiastae

ἀνάσσων

sequuntur, genitivo

πηδήματος

moti. Sed haud dubie verum est

ἀνάσσων

. Brunckius genitivum illum

ποδί

constructum esse putavit. Nimirum, ut dubium illud

εὐπετέος

mittamus,

ποὺς κραιπνὸς πηδήματος

esset

ποὺς κραιπνῶς πηδῶν

. Verum tamen ista loquendi ratio a gravi simplicitate Aeschyli alienior est quam ut videatur probari posse. Scripsit ille, nisi fallor,

τίς ὁ κραιπνῷ ποδὶ πήδημ᾽ ἅλις εὐπετῶς ἀνάσσων;

Sic infra v. 300.

πήδημα κοῦφον ἐκ νεὼς ἀφήλατο.

Et in Agam. v. 792.

ἵππου νεοσσός, ἀσπιδηφόρος λεώς, πήδημ᾽ ὀρούσας ἀμφὶ Πλειάδων δύσιν.

Apud Euripidem Iph. Taur. v. 315 (308.).

ἔμφρων δ᾽ ἀνάξας ὁ ξένος πεσήματος.

98. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-79

ποτισαίνουσα: Libri

σαίνουσα

. Scholiastes

ἡ γὰρ ἐκ θεοῦ, φησίν, ἀμαύρωσις καὶ δόλωσις ἀφυκτός ἐστιν. ἅμα γὰρ δολοῖ καὶ προσαίνει (Γ. προςσαίνει) καὶ κακοποιεῖ

. Scripsi

ποτισαίνουσα

. Lenius hoc quam ingeniosae coniecturae quibus Seidlerus in libro de versibus dochm. p. 407. metra restituere conatus est. Non est autem haec epodus in stropham et antistropham mutanda. παράγει:

παράγε

Lips.

100. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-80

βροτὸν:

βροτῶν

Ven. B. et

superscripto Lips. εἰς ἄρκυας ἄτα:

εἰς ἀρκύστατα

libri praeter Rob. in qua est Turnebo memorata scriptura

ἀρκύσακτα

. Diu iam est quum scribendum vidi

εἰς ἄρκυας ἄτα

. Nam scholiastas nomen

ἄτη

in his versibus invenisse ex eo apparet, quod Homericos de

Ἄτῃ

versus afferunt.

101. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-81

ὑπὲκ θνατὸν:

ὑπὲρ θνατὸν

M. G. Vit. et ceteri plerique.

ὕπερ θνατὸν

Ald.

ὑπερθνατὸν

Lips.

ὕπερθεν

, omisso

θνατόν

, Rob.

ὕπερθεν τὸν

adnotavit Stephanus.. Ex scholio codicis Vit. in quo est

διὸ οὐκ ἔστιν ἄνθρωπον ὑπεκδραμόντα τὴν ἄτην φυγείν

, optimam et elegantissimam lectionem nanciscimur,

ὑπὲκ θνατόν

102. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-82

ἀλύξαντα:

ἀλύξατα

Lips. φυγεῖν:

φυγεῖν

omittit Ven. B.

103. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-83

κάτα:

κατὰ

libri. ἐκράτησεν:

ἐκράτησεν

ἐκράτησε

G. Vit. Lips. et edd, ante Brunckium.

104. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-84

τὸ:

καὶ

pro

τὸ

Vit.

106. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-85

ἱππιοχάρμας:

ἱπποχάρμας

Ald.

ἱππιοχάρμους

Cantabr. 1.

ἱππειοχάρμους

Ven. B.

ἱππιοχάρμονας

Vit. Mosc.

107. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-86

πόλεών τ᾿ ἀναστάσεις:

πόλεων δ᾽ ἀναστάσεις

M. (non

ἀνστάσεις

) Vit. Lips. Ven. A. aliique et Ald.

τ'

omittit Ven. B.

πόλεών τ' ἀναστάσεις

G. aliique et Rob.

πόλεων τε ἀνστάσεις

Turn.

108-109. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-87

θαλάσσης πολιαινομένης:

θαλάσσης πολιαινομένης

M. G. Lips. Ald. Turn. In Lips. participii

ης

a recentiore manu est.

θαλάσσης

(superscripto

ας

)

πολιαινομένας

Vit.

θαλάσσας πολιαινομένας

Par. A. B. Rob. et, ut videtur, Ven. A. B. λάβρῳ:

λάβρῳ

G. Ald. Rob.

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Die Furchtbarkeit des Xerxes. κυάνεον, Hesiod. Scut. 7: βλεφάρων ἄπο κυανεάων. Ibyk. fr. 2: Ἔρως κυανέοισιν ὑπὸ βλεφάροις τάκερ᾽ ὄμμασι δερκόμε- νος. Den Blick der Schlangen hielt der Aberglaube für gefähr- lich; vgl. Basiliskenblick. Reich an Mannschaft, Schiffen u. (Streit-) Wagen (Herod. VII 63: οὗτοι ὑπὸ μὲν Ἑλλήνων ἐκαλέοντο Σύριοι, ὑπὸ δὲ τῶν βαρβάρων ᾿Ασσύριοι ἐκλήθη- σαν. - Auffallende und kaum unbe- wufste (vgl. 348. 727; oben S. 31, A. 12) Ähnlichkeit mit dem Orakel vor der Schlacht bei Salamis, Herod. VII 140: κατὰ γάρ μιν ἐρείπει πῦρ τε καὶ ὀξὺς Αρης, συριηγενὲς ἄρμα διώκων. Die nationale Angriffs- waffe der Hellenen ist das δόρυ ( αἰχμή), der Orientalen (neben αἰχ- μὴ βραχεῖα oder ἀκόντιον, 52. vgl. Jerem. 19, 35-38. Herod. V 49. VII 61) der Bogen. Vgl. 147 f. 239f. Quantität von " Αρη wie Sept. 115.

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⁴

Unaufhaltsam ist das Heer der Perser und nach mensch- licher Berechnung kann ihm nie- mand widerstehen, wie man nie- manden zutrauen kann, daſs er durch starke Dämme die unbe- zwingliche Hochflut des Meeres zurückhalte. Der Dichter hat Gleich- nis und eigentlichen Ausdruck ohne Vermittlung verbunden.

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⁵

⁶

Aber dem Truge der Götter kann niemand entrinnen; durch Vorspiegelung von Glück und Macht lockt er den Menschen ins Netz des Verderbens, aus dem dieser ohne Schaden zu nehmen nicht entkommt. Die Schuld, die ὕβρις, welche den Neid der Götter weckt, giebt der Dichter 742ff., 782, 808 an.

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⁷

⁸

Der Chor deutet die trügerische Lockung an, der die Perser Gehör geschenkt haben: sie haben die altbewährte Krieg- führung, zu der das Schicksal sie berufen, verlassen (vgl. den Chorges. 852 ff.) und sich ohne Beruf auf das Meergewagt. παρασαίνει d.i. σαίνου- σα παράγει. – Mit ἄρκυας ἄτας vgl. δίκτυον ἄτης Prom. 1078. Hom. T 91 ἄτην ἢ πάντας ἀᾶται. – θεόθεν ( ἡ ἐκ θεῶν) μοῖρα, Nägelsbach, nachhom. Theol. S. 149f. κατὰ Μοῖρ᾽ ἐκράτησεν (Kr. 11 § 68, 48. A. 4.), sie hat es durchgesetzt und den Persern auferlegt u. s. w. Der Gedanke ist in zwei selbständige Sätze auseinandergelegt wie Ag. 750 λόγος τέτυκται, μέγαν τελεσθέντα φωτὸς ὄλβον τεκνοῦσθαι ἐκ δ᾽ ἀγαθᾶς τύχας γένει βλαστάνειν ἀκόρεστον οἰζύν. πυργοδάϊκτος aktive Bedeutung der passiven Wort- bildung wie ἀνδροδάϊκτος Choeph. 860 u. Ar. ran. 1264; vgl. Ag. 116. ἱππιοχάρμας κλόνους (Ag. 405), rossetummelndes Toben. ἀνα- στάσεις Ag. 589. πολιαινομένας vom gewaltigen Windhauch auf- schäumend, vgl. Hom. πολιῆς ἁλός etc. Catull 64, 13: tortaque remigio spumis incanuit unda. ἐσορᾶν Hor. od. I 3, 19: qui (siccis oculis) vidit mare turgidum. - ἄλσος, vgl. Suppl. 868 ἁλίρρυτον ἄλσος. Das heilige Meer. Vgl. Plaut. Mil. Gl. II 5,3 in locis Neptuniis templisque turbulentis (das Original παρετρα- γώδει). – - λεπτοδόμοις dünngebaut; Meineke λεπτοτόνοις, dünngespannt, aus schwachen Strängen bestehende Taue (der Schiffe). Leichtsinn und Vermessenheit auf dergleichen sich zu verlassen, λαοπόροις μαχαναῖς Schiffe. Dritter Teil, V. 114-139. Zwei Strophenpaare, das erste in kata- lekt. trochäischen Dipodieen (teil- weise auch synkopiert); das zweite in den zwei ersten Versen aus syn- kopierten (katalekt.) troch. Dipo- dieen (= Kretikern), V. 3 aus einem trochäisch - daktylischen Logaöden mit Anakrusis, V. 4 aus einer troch. Tripodie (Ithyphallikus) bestehend. Vgl. Westphal2 11 S. 463 ff. 472 f. Wahrscheinlich wird das erste Strophenpaar von dem einen, das zweite von dem anderen Halbchore vorgetragen. Angst der Zurück- gebliebenen um die Ausgezogenen, lyrische Ausführung von V. 59-64.

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Χορός

δολόμητιν δ᾽ ἀπάταν θεοῦ

τίς ἀνὴρ θνατὸς ἀλύξει;

τίς ὁ κραιπνῷ ποδὶ πήδη-
95

μα⁹ τόδ᾽ εὐπετῶς¹⁰ ἀνᾴσσων;¹¹

97

Χορός

ἔμαθον δ᾽¹⁵ εὐρυπόροι-

ο θαλάσσας πολιαι-

νομένας πνεύματι λάβρῳ
110

ἐσορᾶν πόντιον ἄλσος,

πίσυνοι λεπτοδόμοις πεί-

σμασι λα-

οπόροις τε μαχαναῖς.

115

Χορός

ταῦτά μοι¹⁶ μελαγχίτων
115

φρὴν ἀμύσσεται φόβῳ,

ὀᾶ, Περσικοῦ στρατεύματος

τοῦδε, μὴ πόλις¹⁷ πύθη-

ται κένανδρον μέγ᾽ ἄστυ Σουσίδος,

120

Χορός

καὶ τὸ Κισσίων πόλισμ᾽
120

ἀντίδουπον ᾄσεται,¹⁸

ὀᾶ, τοῦτ᾽ ἔπος γυναικοπλη-

θὴς ὅμιλος ἀπύων,

βυσσίνοις δ᾽ ἐν πέπλοις πέσῃ λακίς.¹⁹
125
126

Χορός

κυάνεον δʼ ὄμμασι λεύσσων

φονίου δέργμα δράκοντος,

πολύχειρ καὶ πολυναύτας,

Σύριόν θʼ ἅρμα διώκων,

ἐπάγει δουρικλύτοις ἀν-
85

δράσι τοξόδαμνον Ἄρη.

Χορός

θεόθεν γὰρ κατὰ Μοῖρʼ

ἐκράτησεν τὸ παλαι-

όν, ἐπέσκηψε δὲ Πέρσαις
95

πολέμους πυργοδαΐκτους

διέπειν ἱππιοχάρμας

τε κλόνους

πόλεών τʼ ἀναστάσεις.

Χορός

ἔμαθον δʼ εὐρυπόροι-
100

ο θαλάσσας πολιαι-

νομένας πνεύματι λάβρῳ

ἐσορᾶν πόντιον ἄλσος,

πίσυνοι λεπτοδόμοις πεί-

σμασι λα-
105

οπόροις τε μαχαναῖς.

Χορός

δολόμητιν δʼ ἀπάταν θεοῦ

τίς ἀνὴρ θνατὸς ἀλύξει;

τίς ὁ κραιπνῷ ποδὶ πήδη-

μα τόδʼ εὐπετῶς ἀνᾴσσων;
110

Χορός

φιλόφρων γὰρ παρασαίνει

βροτὸν εἰς ἄρκυας Ἄτα,

τόθεν οὐκ ἔστιν ὕπερθέν

νιν ἄνατον ἐξαλύξαι.

Χορός

ταῦτά μοι μελαγχίτων
115

φρὴν ἀμύσσεται φόβῳ,

ὀᾶ, Περσικοῦ στρατεύματος

τοῦδε, μὴ πόλις πύθη-

ται κένανδρον μέγʼ ἄστυ Σουσίδος,

Χορός

καὶ τὸ Κισσίων πόλισμʼ
120

ἀντίδουπον ᾄσεται,

ὀᾶ, τοῦτʼ ἔπος γυναικοπλη-

θὴς ὅμιλος ἀπύων,

βυσσίνοις δʼ ἐν πέπλοις πέσῃ λακίς.
125

ἔμαθον δ' εὐρυπόροιο θαλάσσας

Ant. 4.

πολιαινομένας πνεύματι λάβρῳ

ἐσορᾶν πόντιον ἄλσος, πίσυνοι λεπ-

τοδόμοις πείσμασι λα-
105

οπόροις τε μηχαναῖς.

Chorus

The fiery lord of populous Asia

is leading his wondrous warrior-flock against the whole earth in two divisions, on foot and by the sea, putting his trust in his stalwart and stern commanders; he himself,
75

a god-like hero whose race is sprung from gold.¹
80

Chorus

With eyes flashing with the dark glare of a deadly dragon, attended by soldiers and mariners in great numbers, and speeding his Syrian chariot,

he leads against a people renowned for the spear a warlike host of archers.
85

Chorus

And there is no man skilled to withstand the mighty stream of men, and with strong barriers keep out the sea’s invincible surge;

for Persia ’s host cannot be withstood, and her men are courageous.
90

Chorus

For by the will of the gods Fate has held sway

since ancient time, and has ordained for the Persians the pursuit of rampart-destroying war, the turmoil of fighting horsemen, and the storming of cities.
95

Chorus

And they have learned to look upon the precinct of the deep when the broad-wayed sea whitens to foam beneath the tempest’s blast, trusting in their finely wrought
100

cables and their devices which give passage to their army.
105

Chorus

Yet the insidious guile of god—what mortal man can escape it? Who with agile foot can lightly overleap

and escape its toils?
110

Chorus

For Delusion, with her fair appearance, lures men astray into her snares, from which it is not possible to escape without meeting with disaster.

Chorus

Therefore my heart is wrapped in gloom and is racked with fear for the Persian army lest the state learn that the mighty capital of Susa is empty of men.
115

Chorus

Fearful I am too that as bands of women cry aloud woe, the Cissian stronghold will raise a resounding shout responsive to the beating of breasts,
120

and that there will be a tearing of fine linen robes.
125

Chorus

And marriage-beds are filled with tears through longing for husbands;

each Persian woman has sent to the field her warlike and fiery consort, and now in grief and longing for her beloved lord, is left forsaken by her mate.
135

Chorus

O Queen, most exalted of Persia ’s deep-girdled women, venerable mother of Xerxes, wife of Darius, all hail! You were the consort of the Persian’s god, and of another god the mother, that is, unless its former good fortune has now forsaken our host.
155

En élargissant.

Le destin que les dieux ont de tout temps fait aux Perses
leur impose de poursuivre les guerres où croulent les remparts, les mêlées où

STROPHE I.

ANTISTROPHE I.

STROPHE II.

ANTISTROPHE II.

STROPHE III.

ANTISTROPHE III.

EPODE.

Und das Volk lernte die weiten Gefilde,

Von des wilden Orkans Schauern erschäumend,

Und der See wogenden Hain schau'n,

Dem Geflecht schwankender Taue
100

Und der völkergeleitenden Brücke trau'n.

Vierte Strophe.

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Χορός κυανοῦν 5 δ᾽ ὄμμασι λεύσσων φονίου 6 δέργμα 7 δράκοντος, πολύχειρ καὶ πολυναύτας, Σύριόν θ᾽ ἅρμα διώκων, ἐπάγει δουρικλύτοις ἀν- 85 δράσι τοξόδαμνον Ἄρη. 87

Χορός δολόμητιν δ᾽ ἀπάταν θεοῦ τίς ἀνὴρ θνατὸς ἀλύξει; τίς ὁ κραιπνῷ ποδὶ πήδη- 95 μα 9 τόδ᾽ εὐπετῶς 10 ἀνᾴσσων; 11 97

Χορός ἔμαθον δ᾽ 15 εὐρυπόροι- ο θαλάσσας πολιαι- νομένας πνεύματι λάβρῳ 110 ἐσορᾶν πόντιον ἄλσος, πίσυνοι λεπτοδόμοις πεί- σμασι λα- οπόροις τε μαχαναῖς. 115

Χορός ταῦτά μοι 16 μελαγχίτων 115 φρὴν ἀμύσσεται φόβῳ, ὀᾶ, Περσικοῦ στρατεύματος τοῦδε, μὴ πόλις 17 πύθη- ται κένανδρον μέγ᾽ ἄστυ Σουσίδος, 120

Χορός καὶ τὸ Κισσίων πόλισμ᾽ 120 ἀντίδουπον ᾄσεται, 18 ὀᾶ, τοῦτ᾽ ἔπος γυναικοπλη- θὴς ὅμιλος ἀπύων, βυσσίνοις δ᾽ ἐν πέπλοις πέσῃ λακίς. 19 125 126

Χορός κυάνεον δʼ ὄμμασι λεύσσων φονίου δέργμα δράκοντος, πολύχειρ καὶ πολυναύτας, Σύριόν θʼ ἅρμα διώκων, ἐπάγει δουρικλύτοις ἀν- 85 δράσι τοξόδαμνον Ἄρη.

Χορός δόκιμος δʼ οὔτις ὑποστὰς μεγάλῳ ῥεύματι φωτῶν ἐχυροῖς ἕρκεσιν εἴργειν ἄμαχον κῦμα θαλάσσας· 90 ἀπρόσοιστος γὰρ ὁ Περσᾶν στρατὸς ἀλκίφρων τε λαός.

Χορός θεόθεν γὰρ κατὰ Μοῖρʼ ἐκράτησεν τὸ παλαι- όν, ἐπέσκηψε δὲ Πέρσαις 95 πολέμους πυργοδαΐκτους διέπειν ἱππιοχάρμας τε κλόνους πόλεών τʼ ἀναστάσεις.

Χορός ἔμαθον δʼ εὐρυπόροι- 100 ο θαλάσσας πολιαι- νομένας πνεύματι λάβρῳ ἐσορᾶν πόντιον ἄλσος, πίσυνοι λεπτοδόμοις πεί- σμασι λα- 105 οπόροις τε μαχαναῖς.

Χορός δολόμητιν δʼ ἀπάταν θεοῦ τίς ἀνὴρ θνατὸς ἀλύξει; τίς ὁ κραιπνῷ ποδὶ πήδη- μα τόδʼ εὐπετῶς ἀνᾴσσων; 110

Χορός φιλόφρων γὰρ παρασαίνει βροτὸν εἰς ἄρκυας Ἄτα, τόθεν οὐκ ἔστιν ὕπερθέν νιν ἄνατον ἐξαλύξαι.

Χορός ταῦτά μοι μελαγχίτων 115 φρὴν ἀμύσσεται φόβῳ, ὀᾶ, Περσικοῦ στρατεύματος τοῦδε, μὴ πόλις πύθη- ται κένανδρον μέγʼ ἄστυ Σουσίδος,

Χορός καὶ τὸ Κισσίων πόλισμʼ 120 ἀντίδουπον ᾄσεται, ὀᾶ, τοῦτʼ ἔπος γυναικοπλη- θὴς ὅμιλος ἀπύων, βυσσίνοις δʼ ἐν πέπλοις πέσῃ λακίς. 125

ἔμαθον δ' εὐρυπόροιο θαλάσσας Ant. 4. πολιαινομένας πνεύματι λάβρῳ ἐσορᾶν πόντιον ἄλσος, πίσυνοι λεπ- τοδόμοις πείσμασι λα- 105 οπόροις τε μηχαναῖς.

Chorus The fiery lord of populous Asia is leading his wondrous warrior-flock against the whole earth in two divisions, on foot and by the sea, putting his trust in his stalwart and stern commanders; he himself, 75 a god-like hero whose race is sprung from gold. 1 80

Chorus With eyes flashing with the dark glare of a deadly dragon, attended by soldiers and mariners in great numbers, and speeding his Syrian chariot, he leads against a people renowned for the spear a warlike host of archers. 85

Chorus And there is no man skilled to withstand the mighty stream of men, and with strong barriers keep out the sea’s invincible surge; for Persia ’s host cannot be withstood, and her men are courageous. 90

Chorus For by the will of the gods Fate has held sway since ancient time, and has ordained for the Persians the pursuit of rampart-destroying war, the turmoil of fighting horsemen, and the storming of cities. 95

Chorus And they have learned to look upon the precinct of the deep when the broad-wayed sea whitens to foam beneath the tempest’s blast, trusting in their finely wrought 100 cables and their devices which give passage to their army. 105

Chorus Yet the insidious guile of god—what mortal man can escape it? Who with agile foot can lightly overleap and escape its toils? 110

Chorus For Delusion, with her fair appearance, lures men astray into her snares, from which it is not possible to escape without meeting with disaster.

Chorus Therefore my heart is wrapped in gloom and is racked with fear for the Persian army lest the state learn that the mighty capital of Susa is empty of men. 115

Chorus Fearful I am too that as bands of women cry aloud woe, the Cissian stronghold will raise a resounding shout responsive to the beating of breasts, 120 and that there will be a tearing of fine linen robes. 125

Chorus And marriage-beds are filled with tears through longing for husbands; each Persian woman has sent to the field her warlike and fiery consort, and now in grief and longing for her beloved lord, is left forsaken by her mate. 135

Chorus O Queen, most exalted of Persia ’s deep-girdled women, venerable mother of Xerxes, wife of Darius, all hail! You were the consort of the Persian’s god, and of another god the mother, that is, unless its former good fortune has now forsaken our host. 155

En élargissant. Le destin que les dieux ont de tout temps fait aux Perses leur impose de poursuivre les guerres où croulent les remparts, les mêlées où

STROPHE I.

ANTISTROPHE I.

STROPHE II.

ANTISTROPHE II.

STROPHE III.

ANTISTROPHE III.

EPODE.

Und das Volk lernte die weiten Gefilde, Von des wilden Orkans Schauern erschäumend, Und der See wogenden Hain schau'n, Dem Geflecht schwankender Taue 100 Und der völkergeleitenden Brücke trau'n. Vierte Strophe.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

Subtilibus perfuafionibus, machinationibus po

pulo prebitis.

Χορός

δολόμητιν δ᾽ ἀπάταν θεοῦ

τίς ἀνὴρ θνατὸς ἀλύξει;

τίς ὁ κραιπνῷ ποδὶ πήδη-
95

μα⁹ τόδ᾽ εὐπετῶς¹⁰ ἀνᾴσσων;¹¹

97

Χορός

ἔμαθον δ᾽¹⁵ εὐρυπόροι-

ο θαλάσσας πολιαι-

νομένας πνεύματι λάβρῳ
110

ἐσορᾶν πόντιον ἄλσος,

πίσυνοι λεπτοδόμοις πεί-

σμασι λα-

οπόροις τε μαχαναῖς.

115

Χορός

ταῦτά μοι¹⁶ μελαγχίτων
115

φρὴν ἀμύσσεται φόβῳ,

ὀᾶ, Περσικοῦ στρατεύματος

τοῦδε, μὴ πόλις¹⁷ πύθη-

ται κένανδρον μέγ᾽ ἄστυ Σουσίδος,

120

Χορός

καὶ τὸ Κισσίων πόλισμ᾽
120

ἀντίδουπον ᾄσεται,¹⁸

ὀᾶ, τοῦτ᾽ ἔπος γυναικοπλη-

θὴς ὅμιλος ἀπύων,

βυσσίνοις δ᾽ ἐν πέπλοις πέσῃ λακίς.¹⁹
125
126

Χορός

κυάνεον δʼ ὄμμασι λεύσσων

φονίου δέργμα δράκοντος,

πολύχειρ καὶ πολυναύτας,

Σύριόν θʼ ἅρμα διώκων,

ἐπάγει δουρικλύτοις ἀν-
85

δράσι τοξόδαμνον Ἄρη.

Χορός

θεόθεν γὰρ κατὰ Μοῖρʼ

ἐκράτησεν τὸ παλαι-

όν, ἐπέσκηψε δὲ Πέρσαις
95

πολέμους πυργοδαΐκτους

διέπειν ἱππιοχάρμας

τε κλόνους

πόλεών τʼ ἀναστάσεις.

Χορός

ἔμαθον δʼ εὐρυπόροι-
100

ο θαλάσσας πολιαι-

νομένας πνεύματι λάβρῳ

ἐσορᾶν πόντιον ἄλσος,

πίσυνοι λεπτοδόμοις πεί-

σμασι λα-
105

οπόροις τε μαχαναῖς.

Χορός

δολόμητιν δʼ ἀπάταν θεοῦ

τίς ἀνὴρ θνατὸς ἀλύξει;

τίς ὁ κραιπνῷ ποδὶ πήδη-

μα τόδʼ εὐπετῶς ἀνᾴσσων;
110

Χορός

φιλόφρων γὰρ παρασαίνει

βροτὸν εἰς ἄρκυας Ἄτα,

τόθεν οὐκ ἔστιν ὕπερθέν

νιν ἄνατον ἐξαλύξαι.

Χορός

ταῦτά μοι μελαγχίτων
115

φρὴν ἀμύσσεται φόβῳ,

ὀᾶ, Περσικοῦ στρατεύματος

τοῦδε, μὴ πόλις πύθη-

ται κένανδρον μέγʼ ἄστυ Σουσίδος,

Χορός

καὶ τὸ Κισσίων πόλισμʼ
120

ἀντίδουπον ᾄσεται,

ὀᾶ, τοῦτʼ ἔπος γυναικοπλη-

θὴς ὅμιλος ἀπύων,

βυσσίνοις δʼ ἐν πέπλοις πέσῃ λακίς.
125

ἔμαθον δ' εὐρυπόροιο θαλάσσας

Ant. 4.

πολιαινομένας πνεύματι λάβρῳ

ἐσορᾶν πόντιον ἄλσος, πίσυνοι λεπ-

τοδόμοις πείσμασι λα-
105

οπόροις τε μηχαναῖς.

Chorus

The fiery lord of populous Asia

is leading his wondrous warrior-flock against the whole earth in two divisions, on foot and by the sea, putting his trust in his stalwart and stern commanders; he himself,
75

a god-like hero whose race is sprung from gold.¹
80

Chorus

With eyes flashing with the dark glare of a deadly dragon, attended by soldiers and mariners in great numbers, and speeding his Syrian chariot,

he leads against a people renowned for the spear a warlike host of archers.
85

Chorus

And there is no man skilled to withstand the mighty stream of men, and with strong barriers keep out the sea’s invincible surge;

for Persia ’s host cannot be withstood, and her men are courageous.
90

Chorus

For by the will of the gods Fate has held sway

since ancient time, and has ordained for the Persians the pursuit of rampart-destroying war, the turmoil of fighting horsemen, and the storming of cities.
95

Chorus

And they have learned to look upon the precinct of the deep when the broad-wayed sea whitens to foam beneath the tempest’s blast, trusting in their finely wrought
100

cables and their devices which give passage to their army.
105

Chorus

Yet the insidious guile of god—what mortal man can escape it? Who with agile foot can lightly overleap

and escape its toils?
110

Chorus

For Delusion, with her fair appearance, lures men astray into her snares, from which it is not possible to escape without meeting with disaster.

Chorus

Therefore my heart is wrapped in gloom and is racked with fear for the Persian army lest the state learn that the mighty capital of Susa is empty of men.
115

Chorus

Fearful I am too that as bands of women cry aloud woe, the Cissian stronghold will raise a resounding shout responsive to the beating of breasts,
120

and that there will be a tearing of fine linen robes.
125

Chorus

And marriage-beds are filled with tears through longing for husbands;

each Persian woman has sent to the field her warlike and fiery consort, and now in grief and longing for her beloved lord, is left forsaken by her mate.
135

Chorus

O Queen, most exalted of Persia ’s deep-girdled women, venerable mother of Xerxes, wife of Darius, all hail! You were the consort of the Persian’s god, and of another god the mother, that is, unless its former good fortune has now forsaken our host.
155

En élargissant.

Le destin que les dieux ont de tout temps fait aux Perses
leur impose de poursuivre les guerres où croulent les remparts, les mêlées où

Und das Volk lernte die weiten Gefilde,

Von des wilden Orkans Schauern erschäumend,

Und der See wogenden Hain schau'n,

Dem Geflecht schwankender Taue
100

Und der völkergeleitenden Brücke trau'n.

Vierte Strophe.