Aeschylus Persians 268

Anna Swanwick (Translator)

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

Sponsored by University of Leipzig.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition Experimental

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.) — 256-289 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 268 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 268 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 268 focus
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 268 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 268 focus
οτοτοτοῖ, μάταν
τὰ πολλὰ βέλεα παμμιγῆ
γᾶς ἀπ᾽ Ἀσίδος ἦλθ᾽ ἐπ᾽ αἶαν
δάιαν Ἑλλάδα χώραν.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 268 focus
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.)) — 268 focus
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 268 focus
Woe! woe! in vain did the multitude of shafts of every kind go from the land of Asia, against a hostile land, the realm of Hellas.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 268 focus
ô Perses, quels maux vous ont été préparés là-bas.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 268 focus
Woe to the towns thro' Aſia's peopled realms!
Woe to the land of Perſia, once the port
Of boundleſs wealth, how is thy glorious ſlate
310
Vaniſh'd at once, and all thy ſpreading honours
Fall'n, loſt!
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 268 focus
Indarno, indarno, ahimè,
delle commiste frecce il fitto stuolo
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dalle contrade d'Asia
all'inimico mosse elleno suolo!
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 268 focus
Heu heu fruftra
Multa iacula mixta,
A' terra Aſiatica uenerunt in terram
Sacram Græciam.
245
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.) — 268 focus
Alack, how vainly have they striven!
Our myriad hordes with shaft and bow
Went from the Eastland, to lay low
Hellas, beloved of Heaven!
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.) — 268 focus
Wehe! Vergeblich, daß
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So viel Geschosse buntgedrängt
Stolz aus Asia's Neich sich stürzten
Auf dich, göttliche Hellas!

Commentary

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

270. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-216

ἁλίδονα: Libri omnes
ἁλίδονα σώματα
, nisi quod Par. G. habet
ἁλίδονα σώματον
, in Par. B. autem, etiam Bekkero teste,
ἁλιδνὰ
adscriptum est. Hoc si verum putatur, servandum in strophico versu
τὰ πολλά
. V. Epit. doctr. metr. §. 253. et 271. ed. alt.

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

256-289. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-37

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Kommos, drei Stro- phenpaare des Chors, unterbrochen je durch zwei Trimeter des Boten.

268-273. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-40

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Zwei trochäische Verse (1. trip. catal.; 2. tetrap. cat. mit Anakrusis) und zwei logaödi- sche. Die ionische Form πολέα auch Ag. 723. ᾿ασίς (763. Suppl. 457), dagegen ᾿ασία κ. ᾿ασίας (12.57 61. 249. Prom. 735). – πλήθουσι (420) νεκρῶν Ag. 1220. – Σαλαμίνος 327, Westphal II S. 485.