Aeschylus Persians 858

Ioannes Sanravius (Translator)

Que ad turres pertiment constituit.
Reditus ex bello ſine labore, ſine perpeßionibus,
Bene agentem duxerunt domum.
Quot cepit urbes, uadum non
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Persians. Aeschylus. Ioannes Sanravius (Translator). Basileae. 1555.

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

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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.) — 858 focus
πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμου στρατιᾶς ἀπεφαινόμεθ᾽,
ἠδὲ νομίσματα πύργινα
πάντ᾽ ἐπηύθυνον.
860
νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς
εὖ πράσσοντας ἆγον οἴκους.
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 858 focus
πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμους στρατιὰς ἀπε-
φαινόμεθ', οἳ δὲ νομίσματα πύργινα πάντ᾽ ἐπεύθυνον.
νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς εὖ πράσ-
860
σοντας ἄγον οἴκους.
στρ. β'.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 858 focus
Πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμους στρατιὰς εὐδοκίμου στρατιᾶς ἀπεφαινόμεθ' ἀπο-, αἳ δὲ ἠδὲ νομίσματα νομίματα (uel νόμιμα τὰ) πύργινα
Ant. 1.
πάντ' ἐπηύθυνον ἐπεύθυνον·
860
νόστοι δ' ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς
<αὖθις ἐς> om. εὖ πράσσοντας ἦγον οἴκους.
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 858 focus
πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμους
860
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 858 focus
πρῶτα μὲν εὐδοκίμους στρατιὰς ἀπε-
φαινόμεθ᾽, ἠδὲ νομίσματα πύργινα
πάντ᾽ ἐπηύθυνεν.
νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους ἀπαθεῖς
860
(εὔφρονας) εὖ πράσσοντας ἀγον [ἐς] οἴκους.
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.) — 858 focus
In the first place we were celebrated on account of our well-approved army, and the laws of the state directed all things 2 . And our returns too from our wars brought us without trouble, without suffering, in flourishing condition to our homes.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 858 focus
des armées à la gloire sans tache ; elles ne dirigeaient contre l'ennemi que l'art
coutumier des sièges 1 ; et des retours sans peine ni dommage ramenaient nos guerriers à leurs foyers heureux.

The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 858 focus
Then ſpread our arms their glory wide,
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Guarding to peace her golden reign;
Each tow'red city ſaw with pride
Safe from the toils of war her homeward-march-
ing train.
ANTISTROPHE 1.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 858 focus
Leggi solide come
torri, tutto reggean: v'erano eserciti
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di glorioso nome;
e dalle guerre, senza danno o cruccio,
ci radduceva fra le patrie mura
la prospera ventura.
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.) — 858 focus
Then could we show to the skies great hosts and a glorious name,
And laws that were stable in might; as towers they guarded our fame!
There without woe or disaster we came from the foe and the fight,
In triumph, enriched with the spoil, to the land and the city's delight.
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.) — 858 focus
Groß in der Schlacht und verherrlicht im Ruhme des
Heeres, verwalteten wir in des heiligen
Rechtes Hut Stadt und Land.
Aus dem Gewühle der Schlachten in harmlosem Glück
Führte des Sieges Arm die Kämpfer heimwärts.
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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

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φίλον:
φίλος
M. Vit. et supra scripto
φίλον
, quod ceteri habent, Colb. 2. Comma ante
φίλον
inde a Turnebo obtinuit, quo posito
πίασμα
nominativus est. Sed expungendum duxi, ut accusativo casu hoc nomen acciperetur et ab
oda
penderet, usitatissima Graecis constructione, qua
ἄρξει
idem est atque
άρδων παρασκευάζει
. De re ipsa v. Herod. IX. 15.
808

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ὕψιστ᾽ ἐπαμμένει: In cod. Vit. folium interiit, quod continebat versus 809 - 871.
ὕψιστεπαμμένει
, post
ύψιστ
supra scripto
.a.
Μ.
ὕψισεπαμ-μένει
Lips.
809

809. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-735

παθεῖν:
πατεῖν
Rob.
809

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φρονημάτων:
δωρημάτων
G. Cantabr. 2. Par. K. et, ut Butlerus ait, Ven. B. γρ.
καὶ δωρημάτων ἤγουν δεξιωμάτων
Par. B. Quae lectio Wakefieldio in silv. crit. vol. I. p. 100. ansam dedit coniiciendi Aeschylum scripsisse
ὁρμημάτων
. Vnde
δωρημάτων
venerit haud satis scio: illud video, quum permutentur interdum
p
et
β
,
δωρημάτων
oriri ex
λωβημάτων
potuisse.
810

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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Mit εἴπερ τάδ᾽ ἐστί wird die Voraussetzung nicht für den folgenden Satz, sondern für die ganze Vorhersagung gegeben. λείπει, Ξέρξης. Herod. IX 15: παρῆκε δὲ αὐτοῦ (des Mardonios) τὸ στρατόπεδον, ἀρξάμενον ἀπὸ Ἐρυθρέων, παρὰ ῾Υσιάς· κατέτεινε δὲ ἐς τὴν Πλαταιΐδα γῆν, παρὰ τὸν ᾿Ασωπὸν ποταμὸν τεταγμένον. πεδίον ἄρδει 487. πίασμα ἀντὶ τοῦ λίπασμα Schol., Apposi- tion zum Inhalt des vorhergehen- den Satzes wie ἄποινα 808. Vgl. Dionys. Perieg. 227 ὕδατι πιαίνων λιπαρὸν πέδον Αἰγύπτοιο. — Für σφιν erwartet man σφας oder νιν wie Prom. 605. ὅτι μ᾽ ἐπαμμένει παθεῖν. κακῶν ὕψιστα 331. Da die Handlung des Stückes ihren Standpunkt kurz nach der Schlacht bei Salamis nimmt, so liefs sich der Sieg bei Platää nur in der Form einer Weissagung einflechten.

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Herod. VIII 109 von Xerxes: ὃς τὰ ἱρὰ καὶ τὰ ἴδια ἐν ὁμοίῳ ἐποιέετο, ἐμπιπράς τε καὶ καταβάλλων τῶν θεῶν τὰ ἀγάλματα (vgl. oben S. 30f.). Andrerseits läfst Herodot VII 8, 2 durch Xerxes den Athenern vorwerfen, daſs sie ἐς Σάρδις ἐλθόντες ἐνέπρησαν τά τε ἄλσεα καὶ τὰ ἱρά. Vgl. VI 101: τὰ ἱρὰ συλήσαντες ἐνέπρησαν, ἀπο- τινύμενοι τῶν ἐν Σάρδισι κατακαυ- θέντων ἱρῶν. – 811 Ag. 527. — Für das viele Schlimme, das sie an- gerichtet, leiden sie u. s. w. δρά- σαντες πάσχουσι vgl. Ag. 1564 (u. 1527). Choeph. 313. μέλλουσι scil. πείσεσθαι. κρηπίς, Grund- lage, Sockel, beim Bauen das Erste (bei Pindar κρηπίδ᾽ ἀοιδᾶν, ἐπέων βάλλεσθαι), beim Niederreiſsen (oder Ausschöpfen) das Letzt- erreichte. – πιδύω = πιδάω quelle, sprudle; ungebr. Stamm πιδα (Quelle), vgl. πιδήεις.