Aeschylus, Persians, Ioannes Sanravius (Translator), 640

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Sed tu Terra, & alij

Terrestrium duces dij gloriofum

Annuite uenire ex ædibus Perfarum Sufigenam

Deum, ſurſum mittite quem nondum

Perſica terra occultauit.certe amicus,

605

Reuera amicus erat uir, reuera bufium

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

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

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.) — 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.) — 640 focus

ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλλοι χθονίων ἁγεμόνες

δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ

ἰόντ᾽ αἰνέσατ᾽ ἐκ δόμων, Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ

θεόν·

πέμπετε δ᾽ ἄνω τὸν οἷον οὔπω

645

Περσὶς αἷ᾽ ἐκάλυψεν.

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,

645

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

ΠΕΡΣΑΙ

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Περσὶς αἶ' ἐκάλυψεν.

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 640 focus

ἀλλὰ σύ μοι, Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλλοι

χθονίων ἀγεμόνες,

δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ

645

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

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.) — 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

LES PERSES

LE CHŒUR

Suse, qu'adorent les Perses. Guidez vers la lumière celui
dont jamais la terre des Perses n'a encore recouvert l'égal.

The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 640 focus

Thou, O Earth, and you, that lead

Thro' your ſable realms the dead,

780

Guide him as he takes his way,

And give him to th' ætherial light of day !

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

735

dal sotterraneo regno:

mandate il prence onde mai non coprirono

le zolle altro piú degno!

CORO

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!
665

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!
625

Sendet ihn an's Licht!

Keinen ihm Gleichen

Barg ein persisches Grab noch.

Erster Halbchor.
Zweite Strophe.

Commentary

Critical apparatus to The Persians (OCR draft) (Latin and Greek critical apparatus to Gottfried Hermann's 1852 edition of The Persians.) focus

601. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-458

ἔμπειρος: In Ven. A. posterior pars versus evanida est.

ἔμπορος

Μ. et plerique codices atque Ald. Turn.

1005

G. Vit. Lips. Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. L. Lambeth. Rob. Abutitur ingenio suo Valckenarius in Callimacheis p. 207.

uropos

defendens similiterque interpretans Callimachi

συνέμπορον

. Schutzius in minore editione scripsit

βίου μὲν ὅςτις ἔμπορος xvoεi

, quod significare voluit quicumque in hac vita tamquam in salo navigat. Aeschyli simplicitatem qui satis cognitam habet, non dubitabit quin et

έμπειρος

verum sit et

κακῶν

. Est autem

κακῶν

multo fortius quam

Biov

. Etenim si quaeras quid hoc sit,

ßíov

, nihil reperias aliud quam utramque fortunam. Atqui quum prius de adversa loquatur poeta,

zazov

ponit, quod et accommodatum ad hanc sententiam et per se ipsum etiam melius est. Secundam enim fortunam omnes plus minus notam habent, adversa vero non omnes affligit. Itaque qui hanc sunt experti, hi demum recte de vita iudicare possunt, quippe sine dubio etiam meliore aliquando fortuna usi: quod non praedicaveris de felicibus, fuisse eos aliquando etiam miseros. Quare non opus fuit ut utriusque fortunae gnaros commemoraret.

601

602. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-459

ἐπίσταται: Scholiastes etiam

επίστασο

scribi dicit, alteramque scripturam,

ἐπίσταται

, frigidam appellat. Habent

ἐπίστασο

Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. K. Non verum est

ἐπίστασαι

habere marginem G. qui codex tantum in scholio

επίστασο

ἐπίσταται

commemorat.

602

604. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-460

ὅταν δ᾽ ὁ δαίμων εὐροῇ:

ὅταν δ᾽ ὁμαίμων εὑροῦ

Vit.

604

605. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-461

ἀεὶ:

ἀεὶ

Cantabr. 2. Ceteri

αλεί

605

606. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-462

φόβου:

φόβων

Vit.

606

606. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-463

NA:

ὅτ' ἂν

Vit.

606

606. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-464

NA:

τύχη

Vit.

606

607. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-465

τἀνταῖα:

ἐν ὄμμασι τ' ἀνταῖα

M. Ald.

ἐν ὄμμασι τ᾽ ἀνταία

Rob.

ἐν ὄμμασί τ᾽ ἀνταῖα

G. Lips.

ἐν ὄμματ᾽ ἀνταῖα

Vit.

ἐν ὄμμασι τἀνταῖα

Turn.

ἐν ὄμμασιν τἀνταῖα

Victorius. Scholiastes utramque lectionem, et

τἀνταῖα

τ' ἀνταῖα

, commemorat. Verum est

τἀνταῖα

: adversa deorum mihi videntur plena metus. Pessime Blomfieldius

τὰ θεῶν

607

608. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-466

οὐ παιώνιος:

οὐπαι

pro

οὐ παιώνιος

Vit.

608

610. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-467

τοιγὰρ κέλευθον τήνδ᾽ ἄνευ τ᾽ ὀχημάτων:

τοὶ γὰρ

libri praeter Rob. et ut videtur Par. B.

τήν τ'

Rob.

ἄνευ τ' οχημάτων

Μ. G. Vit. Lips. Ven. Α. Β. Mosc. Ox. Par. Α. Β. G. F. Colb. 1.

ἄνευ οχημάτων

Ald. Rob. Turn. γρ.

καὶ τήνδ᾽ ἄνις εὐτυχημάτων

ex Par. B. Faehsius affert.

610

612. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-468

ἔστειλα, παιδὸς πατρὶ:

ἔστειλα παιδός

omittunt Vit. Mosc.

ἐστείλατο

pro

έστειλα

habet M.

ἔστειλα τῷ

Lips. Ven. A. Cantabr. 2. Colb. 1. Οx. Ald. Turn.

ἐστειλάμην

Ven. B. Rob.

παιδὸς πατρὶ εὐμενεῖς

Cantabr. 2. a pr. manu.

πατρὶ παιδὸς εὐμενεῖς

G. Cantabr. 1. Par. A. Ex Ven. Β.

πατρὸς

alfertur.

πρευμενεῖς

Vit. ex correctione: antea fuit

πρευμενής

612

613. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-469

μειλικτήρια:

νεκροῖσιν

Vit.

μηλικτήρια

Μ. omittunt hanc vocem Vit. Mosc.

613

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ἁγνῆς:

λευκῆς

, quod in scholiis codicum M. G. invenitur, errore scriptum est pro

ἁγνῆς

. Imitatus est hanc inferiarum descriptionem Euripides Iph. Taur. v. 162. in quam fabulam plura ex Aeschyli Persis transtulit, πηγάς τ' οὐρείων ἐκ μόσχων, Βάκχου τ' οἰνήρεις λοιβάς, ξουθᾶν τε πόνημα μελισσαν, ἃ νεκροῖς θελκτήρια κεῖται.

614

615. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-471

ἀνθεμουργοῦ:

αν

pro

ανθεμουργοῦ

Vit.

ἀνθεμοργού

Lips.

ἀνθερμους- γοῦ

Ven. A.

ἀνθεομουργοῦ

Ald. De epitheto quod sine substantivo positum est v. ad v. 579. Alludit ad hunc locum Tzetzes in exegesi ad II. p. 27, 21. et 127, 5.

615

616. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-472

λιβάσιν:

λιβᾶσιν

G. et a pr. manu M.

λιβάσι

Vit.

616

616. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-473

πηγῆς:

πηγής

Vit.

616

617. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-474

ἄπο:

pro

απο

Vit.

617

619. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-475

τῆς τ' αἰὲν ἐν φύλλοισι θαλλούσης:

τ' αἰὲν

omittit Vit.

θαλούσης

ὑδρηλεῖν παρ φύλοισι

Rob.

φίλοισι

Ald.

619

620. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-476

ξανθῆς ἐλαίας καρπὸς:

ξανθῆς ἐλ

, omissis syllabis

αίας καρπός

, Vit.

ἑλαίας

εὐώδης καρπὸς πάρος

Par. C.

620

621. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-477

πλεκτά, παμφόρου γαίας τέκνα:

πληκτά

, ad

a sec. manu

adscripto, M.

γαίας τέκνα

omittit Vit. In Mosc. totus versus deest, si recte Schützius refert neque id de proximo versu intelligendum est.

621

622. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-478

ἀλλ᾽, ὦ φίλοι, χοαῖσι ταῖςδε νερτέρων: Hunc versum omittit Vit.

622

623. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-479

ὕμνους:

uros

Lips. Par. L.

623

623. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-480

ἐπευφημεῖτε:

ταῖδε

Lips.

ἐπευφημεῖσθε

Ald.

623

623. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-481

τόν τε δαίμονα:

τόνδε δαί- pova

Lips. Mosc. Ox. Par. L. Ald. Rob.

torde duí

, omissis syllabis

pova

, Vit.

τὸν δὲ δαίμονα

Ven. A. Colb. 1.

τόν τ᾽ εὐδαίμονα

in litura a sec. manu Cantabr. 2.

tór te datuora

M. G. Turn. Recte. Idem hoc est ac

τόν τε δαίμονα ὄντα Δαρεῖον

623

624. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-482

ἀνακαλεῖσθε:

ἀνακαλεῖσθαι

M. Vit.

624

624. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-483

γαπότους:

γαπόνους

Mosc.

γατόπους

Par. C.

γ' ἀτόπους

Vit.

624

625. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-484

τιμὰς:

Tuas

omittit Vit. Idem habet

Tεoors

, relicto spatio.

625

625. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-485

νερτέροις:

νερτέρων

Par. L. Ven. Β.

νερτέροις

(supra scripto

ων

)

θεοῖς τόνδε δαίμονα

Lips.

625

626. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-486

βασίλεια:

Basíkɛia yra

affertur a Thoma M. p. 58, 8. tamquam si

βασίλεια

femininum esset a

βασίλειος

626

626. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-487

πρέσβος:

noloẞos

M. unde receptum a Victorio.

noέoßvs

Lips. Ven. A. aliique et Ald. Turn.

πρέσβις

Vit. Mosc.

πρέσβυσα

πρέσβα

Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. L. aliique et Rob.

626

627. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-488

πέμπε χοὰς:

in fine versus, et

oùs

in initio versus sequentis, pro

πέμπε χοὰς

Vit.

627

628. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-489

ἡμεῖς δ᾽:

queis d'

Vit. Lips. edd. vett.

quɛïç 9'

M. G. Ask. A. et ut videtur Veneti.

628

628. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-490

ὕμνοις:

ύπνοις

Lips.

628

628. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-491

αἰτησόμεθα:

αίτη

, omissis syllabis

σόμεθα

, Vit.

628

630. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-492

κατὰ γαίας:

καταγαίας

Μ.

κατὰ γαίης

Vit.

κατὰ γαῖαν

G. Lips. Cantabr. 1.2. Ox. Par. A. B. C. Colb.1. Ald. Rob. Turn. Dici potuit et

zarà yaîar

zarà yalas

: sed numerosiorem reddere versum videtur genitivus.

630

631. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-493

ἀλλά, χθόνιοι: Non recte Blomfieldius

ά22' & 79óvior

, ex scholiis, ut ait. At scholiastae est, consulto non positum a poeta, quia modo praecessit

q9quérov nouzovs

. Nam

est compellantis eum qui non ante memoratus erat.

631

632. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-494

βασιλεῦ τ᾽ ἐνέρων:

Buoikeõ te vegtéowv

G. Lips. Mosc. aliique nonnulli et Rob.

βασι νερτέρων

Vit.

632

633. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-495

ἔνερθεν:

vegε

M. Par. B. Ask. A.

érɛg9ɛr

G. Vit. Lips. Ven. B. et cum ceteris libris edd. vett. Quod praeferendum putavi.

633

633. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-496

ψυχὴν:

M. G. Vit. Lips. Cantabr. 2. Mosc. Par. A. B. C. L.

yuzar

edd. vett.

Tr dagɛíov yvyyr

Ask. A.

633

633. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-497

φῶς:

gos

M. Vit. Ven. B. Mosc. Par. L. Ask. A.

qúoç

G. Lips. edd. vett.

633

634. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-498

εἰ γάρ τι κακῶν ἄκος:

εἰ γάρ τι κακῶν

omittit Mose. In Vit.

τι κακῶν

deest.

τε

pro

τι

Rob.

κακὸν

pro

κακῶν

G. Pauwii commentum

ἄχος

non debebat a Porsono aliisque probari. Verissimum est

❝zos

, quod omnes libri habent, nisi quod

zaxos

est in Cantabr. 2. Hoc dicit, si quod praeterea (praeter institutam supplicationem) remedium habet Darius, hic solus finem malorum poterit indicare.

634

635. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-499

πέρας:

пέoɑs

M. G. Lips. Par. B. Rob. Turn.

zégoɑs

Vit. Par. F. K.

πέρας

πέρσας

mulatum in Ven. A. γρ.

πέρσας

supra adscriptum in Lips.

népouis

Cantabr. 1. Ox. Par. A. Ask. A. Ald. Idem adscriptum in G. Cantabr. 2. Par. B.

635

635. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-500

εἴποι:

eno

M. G. Lips. aliique et Rob.

Ven. A. Par. C. Ald. Turn.

635

636. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-501

μου:

M. Vit. Par. L.

uov

, supra adscripto

, Ven. B.

636

637. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-502

βάρβαρα:

Tε

post

puoẞuga

adiiciunt Ven. B. Rob.

637

638. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-503

ἱέντος:

livros

M. G. Vit. Lips. Ald. Rob.

638

638. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-504

αἰανῆ:

αἰανή

, Vit.

alarà

Ven. B.

638

639. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-505

βάγματα:

Báoμara

G. Vit. Mosc. Rob.

639

639. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-506

παναίολα:

παναίολα

, omisso

aaviálaw'

G. Lips. Ven. A. Cantabr. 1.2. Colb. 1. Ask. A. Ald.

639

640. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-507

παντάλαν᾽: ἔστι δὲ τὸ

παντάλαινον

. εὕρηται δὲ ἐν πολλοῖς καὶ καλοῖς βιβλίοις. οὕτω καὶ μὴ οἰηθείη τις

παντάλαιναν

ἄξιον εἶναι γράφεσθαι scholion in G.

παντάλαινά τ'

Ven. Β.

παντάλανατ᾽

Rob. et sic fortasse etiam Рar. C. ex quo

navτákavav'

affertur.

navtákav'

recte M. ceterique libri.

640

640. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-508

ἄχη:

uz⁹n

Vit.

640

641. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-509

διαβοᾶσαι:

diapoάow

, quod in M. et ceteris plerisque libris est, omittunt Ven. B. Rob.

διαβάσω

Lips.

διαβ

Vit.

διαβὰς

Mosc.

διαβοάσω

nec coniunctivus esse potest, ut a Wordsworthio in Museo philologico I. p. 233. praecipitur, nec sane futurum, quod

diaßoάooμai

esse deberet, sed scribendum

Siapoãovi

, continuata structura cum praecedentibus. Non chori est

diapour

, sed eorum qui audiunt.

641

642. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-510

νέρθεν:

νέρθεν

omittit Vit.

642

642. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-511

ἄρα:

úga

, circumflexo accentu a sec. manu addito, M.

Lips. Ald. Rob.

642

643. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-512

σύ μοι:

omittunt Ven. B. et Rob.

643

643. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-513

Γᾶ:

Lips.

643

643. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-514

ἁγεμόνες:

ἀγεμόνες

Μ.

úɣaµóves

iyɛuóves

Vit. Lips. Mosc. Omittunt hanc vocem Ox. Ald.

643

644. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-515

δαίμονα:

Saíuores

Rob.

644

644. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-516

μεγαυχῆ:

uεyavy

Par. A. et, ut videtur, M.

μeyahavz

Vit. Lips. Ven. A. B. Par. B. L. et edd. ante Brunckium.

uɛyahaoz

G. Cantabr. 1. Par. C.

μɛyahάoyŋ

in Par. A. adscriptum esse dicit Brunckius.

644

645. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-517

ἰόντ᾽:

Par. C. et adscriptum in Par. B.

645

645. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-518

αἰνέσατ᾽:

αἰνέσατε

δόμων

9ε

Par. C. F.

645

645. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-519

ἐκ δόμων:

Ven. B.

645

646. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-520

Περσᾶν:

περσῶν

Lips. Par. C.

περσανῶν

Mosc.

646

647. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-521

πέμπετε δ᾽:

лéunɛτ

a pr. manu M.

néμлer'

, omisso

, Ven. B. Rob.

647

648. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-522

οἷον οὔπω:

οἷον ὅπου

Ven. A. Ald.

οἷον ούπερ

648

649. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-523

αἷα:

ala

Vit. Mosc. Ask. A.

alar

Lips.

649

649. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-524

ἐκάλυψεν:

κάλυψεν

Ask. A.

649

650. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-525

ὦ φίλος ἀνήρ, φίλος ὄχθος:

ἦ φίλος ἀνὴρ. ή φίλος ὄχθος

M. G. Lips. aliique et Rob.

ἢ φίλος ἀνὴρ ἡ φίλος ὄχθ

Vit.

ή φίλος, ή φίλος ἀνὴρ, ὦ φίλος by Jos tagov

Ald. Turn. Et

oz9os túqov

habent etiam Ox. Par. F. Colb. 1.

ὄχθος τάφος

Ven. A. ut

τάφος

interpretationis caussa in M. adscriptum est. Plerorumque librorum scripturam deleto altero

correxit

Arnaldus. Tumulus in scena conspicitur, editus locus, fortasse aliqua columna ornatus, ante quam deinde apparet umbra Darii. Non est enim veri simile eam ex sacello prodire, sed per

ávaníɛoμa

ex tumulo summo emergere. Si quid discriminis fuit inter

αναπίεσμα

κλίμακα Χαρώνιον

, de quibus Pollux IV.132. dicit, fuerunt

zhuaxes Xagúvioi

aperti hiatus et voragines, per quas aditus ad inferos pateret.

650

651. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-526

φίλα:

φίλια

Vit. Mosc.

651

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

598-606. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-89

A Atossa kehrt aus dem Palaste zurück, zu Fuſs, ohne königlichen Schmuck. Dienerinnen tragen ihr Gegenstände zum Opfern nach. βροτείων, rerum huma- narum. – ἐμπερής, eine auch bei Sophokles (fr. 412 D.) vorkom- mende Form für ἔμπειρος. Äschylos wählte diese Form, weil er im 5. Fuſse dem Spondeus den Jambus vorzog. φιλεῖ, das Subjekt er- giebt sich aus τινά. Ebenso wie der Glückliche leicht allzu sicher wird. εὐροῇ vgl. die stoische εύροια τοῦ βίου. πεποιθέναι abhängig νοη φιλεί. Der Ausdruck δαί- μονα τύχης ist auffallend. Vgl. Anhang. - πάντα μὲν, als ob folgen sollte πάντα δὲ θορύβου πλέα. Da aber dieser Gedanke bei der Ausführung von πάντα in unter- geordneter Weise gebracht wird ( βοᾷ δ᾽ κτέ.), so fällt der Gegen- satz zu πάντα μὲν weg. Vgl. 482 ff. ἐν ὄμμασίν τε: dem würde ἐν ὠσί τε entsprechen. Weil der Satz eine andere Wendung erhält, tritt d ὲ für τὲ ein. Überall Ängstigen- des: in den Augen erscheinen widrige Zeichen der Götter, in den Ohren tönt ein Klang, der kein Heil verkündet.

607-618. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-90

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ἄνευ τ᾿ ὀχημάτωνHyperbaton. κέλευθον ἔστειλα wie Eurip. Tro. 168: στέλλουσ᾽ ᾿Αρ- γεῖοι νόστον. Vgl. Pers. 177. Prom. 392. Agam. 1113. - Einfacher ist der Apparat bei der Nekromantie nach Hom. x 518 ff. ( χοὴν χεῖσθαι πᾶσιν νεκύεσσιν, πρῶτα μελικρήτῳ, μετέ- πειτα δὲ ἡδέι οἴνῳ, τὸ τρίτον αὐθ᾽ ὕδατι; vgl. 1 26 ff.). Nachahmung unserer Stelle bei Eur. Iph. Taur. 160 ff. vgl. ibid. 633 ff. Übrigens vgl. zu V. 203. – ἁγνῆς gesund, ohne Körperfehler. – ἡ ἀνθεμουρ- γός die Biene, wie φερέοικος die Schnecke Hes. Op. 571, πέντοζος die Hand ebd. 742. – λιβάσιν ... μέτα, Κr. ΙΙ 68, 27 a. παρθένου, Schol. καθαρᾶς. – άγ · ἀγρίας ex agris provenientis. παλαιᾶς ἀμπέ- λου, Übertragung der Eigenschaft des Weins auf den Weinstock; vgl. Eur. Alk. 757 : πίνει μελαίνης μητρὸς εὔζωρον μέθυ. - Eur. bei Ar, ran. 1321: οἰνάνθας γάνος ἀμπέλου. – Ovid. met. VIII 295: cum ramis semper frondentis olivae. Sid. Apoll. XV 5: aeternum virens oliva. βίον vgl. Theokr. XXV 15: μελιη- δέα ποίην λειμῶνες θαλέθουσιν. Ar. nub. 570: αἰθέρα . βιοθρέμ- μονα πάντων. Verg. Aen. V 304 flava oliva; aber Anakr. fr. 78 Bgk. χλωρὰ ἐλαία, und Soph. O. K. 701 γλαυκᾶς ἐλαίας. καρπ. hier vom Öl selbst. Kranz zur Aus- schmückung des Grabes, Soph. El. 895. — Chairem. fr. 5 Ν.: κισσός, ἐνιαυτοῦ παῖς; fr. 9 ἀνθηροῦ τέκνα ἔαρος πέριξ στρώσαντες; fr. 10: ( ἄνθη) τὰ λειμώνων τέκνα.

619-622. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-91

⁵

⁶

χοαῖσι νερτέρων an die Gestorbenen (inferi), wie Cho. 15; anders 622. Inhalt des Lieds bestimmt durch ὕμνους und ἀγκα- λεῖσθε. – δαίμονα, vgl. Manes und Divus. γαπότους proleptisch, terra bibendos. Während Atossa mit dem Totenopfer beschäftigt ist, singt der Chor sein Lied. a

623-632. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-92

⁷

⁸

Die Übergangsana- pästen (vgl. 532 ff.) zerfallen in zwei Systeme, deren erstes an Atossa, das zweite an die chthonischen Gottheiten gerichtet ist. – πρέσβος Ag. 855. 1393. ὑπὸ θαλάμους γῆς, zu Prom. 67. Dreizahl der an- gerufenen Götter, zu Ar. nub. 1234. βασιλεῦ, s. 650. ψυχήν, τὴν Δαρείου (Schol.). – ἐς φῶς, zu Ar, nub. 632. Wenn es ein weiteres Mittel der Abhilfe giebt, und er es kennt, wird er es ge- wiſs mitteilen (vermöge seines Wohlwollens für Persiens Land und Volk). - μόνος θνητῶν wie solus omnium ante se principum (zu 184): er allein dürfte können, was kein Sterblicher vermag. Vgl. Anhang. Das zweite Stasimon (633-680) besteht aus 7 Strophen und enthält eine Beschwörung des Schattens von Dareios.

633-639. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-93

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¹⁰

Anrufung des Da- reios. Zweifelnde Frage ob er sie auch höre. Der erste Vers chori- ambisch, der zweite trochäisch (mit Anakrusis); darauf nach zwei Gly- koneen ein trochäischer Vers (mit Anakrusis) und ein Pherekrateus. - Fünf Epitheta von βάγματα (lau- tes Klagelied). Oder soll (muſs) ich über die Maſsen laut rufen, damit er drunten mich hört?

640-646. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-94

¹¹

¹²

Bitte an die Götter der Unterwelt ihn heraufzulassen. ἰόντ᾽ αἰνέσατε nach Analogie von Kr. 56, 6. A. 1. u. 2. - Virum qualem (cuius similem) numquam Persis terra texit. τὸν οἷον.. ἐκάλυψεν wie οἱ οἷοίπερ ὑμεῖς ἄν- δρες, Kr. I 50, 8. A. 16.

647-651. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-95

¹³

¹⁴

Begründung der Bitte und Erneuerung derselben. Der erste Vers choriambisch-logaö- disch, der zweite ionisch, der dritte logaödisch. – ὄχθος 658. vgl. Cho. 4: τύμβου δ᾽ ἐπ᾿ ὄχθῳ τῷδε. – ἀνάκτορα wie Cho. 357 σεμνότιμος ἀνάκτωρ. Δαριαῖον 554.

Aeschylus Persians 640

Ioannes Sanravius (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.

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

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Περσὶς αἶ' ἐκάλυψεν.

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

Allons, Terre, et vous, princes du monde infernal, laissez sortir de vos demeures l'être divin et superbe, le dieu, fils de

LE CHŒUR

Suse, qu'adorent les Perses. Guidez vers la lumière celui
dont jamais la terre des Perses n'a encore recouvert l'égal.

CORO

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!
665

There is none like him, none of all

That e'er were laid in Persian sepulchres!

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!
625

Sendet ihn an's Licht!

Keinen ihm Gleichen

Barg ein persisches Grab noch.

Erster Halbchor.
Zweite Strophe.

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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.

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

ΧΟΡΟΣ Περσὶς αἶ' ἐκάλυψεν.

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

Allons, Terre, et vous, princes du monde infernal, laissez sortir de vos demeures l'être divin et superbe, le dieu, fils de

LE CHŒUR Suse, qu'adorent les Perses. Guidez vers la lumière celui dont jamais la terre des Perses n'a encore recouvert l'égal.

CORO

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! 665 There is none like him, none of all That e'er were laid in Persian sepulchres!

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! 625 Sendet ihn an's Licht! Keinen ihm Gleichen Barg ein persisches Grab noch.

Erster Halbchor. Zweite Strophe.

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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

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.

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

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Περσὶς αἶ' ἐκάλυψεν.

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

LE CHŒUR

Suse, qu'adorent les Perses. Guidez vers la lumière celui
dont jamais la terre des Perses n'a encore recouvert l'égal.

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!
665

There is none like him, none of all

That e'er were laid in Persian sepulchres!

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!
625

Sendet ihn an's Licht!

Keinen ihm Gleichen

Barg ein persisches Grab noch.

Erster Halbchor.
Zweite Strophe.