Aeschylus Persians 115

Anna Swanwick (Translator)

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Confide they now in naval craft,
Cables fine-wove, device to waft
Armies across the main.

Persians. Aeschylus. Anna Swanwick (Translator). London. 1886.

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The Persians (OCR draft) (English) (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (7)
Πέρσαι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 159-255 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 115 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 115 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 115 focus
ταῦτά μοι μελαγχίτων
φρὴν ἀμύσσεται φόβῳ,
ὀά,
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Περσικοῦ στρατεύματος
τοῦδε μὴ πόλις πύθηται κέναν-
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 115 focus
Ταῦτά μου μοι μελαγχίτων
Str. 1.
φρὴν ἀμύσσεται φόβῳ,
« ὀᾶ Περσικοῦ στρατεύματος »,
τοῦδε μὴ πόλις πύθη-
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Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 115 focus
Ταῦτά μου μελαγχίτων
φρὴν ἀμύσσεται φόβῳ,
δᾶ
Περσικοῦ στρατεύματος
120
τοῦδε μὴ πόλις πύθη-
ται κένανδρον μέγ᾽ ἄστυ Σουσίδος,
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 115 focus
ταῦτά μοι μελαγχίτων
φρὴν ἀμύσσεται φόβωι,
115
Περσικοῦ στρατεύματος
τοῦδε μὴ πόλις πύθη-
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.)) — 115 focus
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 115 focus
By reason of these things my soul, wrapt in gloom, is torn by terror, alas! for this army of the Persians! lest the state should learn that the mighty city of the Susian district is drained of its warriors,
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 115 focus
se vont heurtant les cavaliers, les renversements de cités.
Mais voici qu'ils ont appris, sur les larges routes des mers,
que blanchit le vent fougueux,
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 115 focus
For this with many' a ſad and gloomy thought
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My tortur'd breaſt is fraught:
Ah me! for Perſia's abſent ſons I ſigh;
For whilſt in foreign fields they fight,
Our towns expos'd to wild affright
An eaſy prey to the invader lie:
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Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 115 focus
Però, cinto di gramaglia,
il mio cuore si travaglia:
ahimè!
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Temo ognor pel nostro esercito,
e che a Susa tal notizia
non arrivi
che dei suoi figli la privi.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 115 focus
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.) — 115 focus
Therefore my gloom-wrapped heart is rent with sorrow
For what may hap to-morrow!
Alack, for all the Persian armament—
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Alack, lest there be sent
Dread news of desolation, Susa's land
Bereft, forlorn, unmanned—
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.) — 115 focus
Drum zerreißt mir bange Furcht
Meine nachtumhüllte Brust,
(O Gram!)
Furcht, das Volk vernehme bald,
Daß, beraubt des Perserheers, männerleer
105
Stehe Susa's große Stadt.
Vierte Gegenstrophe.

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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Parodos ohne Prologos. Der Chor durchschreitet die Orchestra unter dem Takte der Anapäste des Koryphaios: erster Teil der Paro- dos, 1-64. Anapästische Dime- ter; vgl. Westphal¹ II. S. 413f. Das Auftreten des Chors wird V. 140- 149 motiviert.

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In altertümlicher Ein- fachheit giebt der Chorführer selbst Aufschluſs darüber was der Chor diesmal vorstelle. τάδε, νοη näherer Bestimmung absehend, s. Kr. 43, 4. A. 15f. Vgl. 681.851. Eum. 482. Auch s. oben S. 27. πιστά, 171. 681. Xen. Anab. I 5, 15: ( Κῦρος) σὺν τοῖς παροῦσι τῶν πιστῶν. ἕδρανα, der Palast des Xerxes in Susa, wo das Schatzhaus des Königs war (Herod. V 49, Strab. XV p. 731). - κατὰ πρεσβείαν wegen ihrer Ehrwürdigkeit eit und darauf sich gründenden Zuverlässigkeit. – ἐφο- ρεύειν, Kr. 55, 3. A. 20.