Aeschylus Persians 974

Anna Swanwick (Translator)

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

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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 (6)
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 974 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 974 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 974 focus
ἰώ, ἰώ μοι, τὰς ὠγυγίους κατιδόντες
στυγνὰς Ἀθάνας πάντες ἑνὶ πιτύλῳ,
ἐ ἔ,
τλάμονες ἀσπαίρουσι χέρσῳ.
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ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 974 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 974 focus
ἰώ ἰώ μοι,
τὰς ὠγυγίους κατιδόντες
στυγνὰς Ἀθάνας πάντες ἑνὶ πιτύλῳ,
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ὤ ὤ ὤ, τλάμονες ἀσπαίρουσι χέρσῳ.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 974 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.)) — 974 focus
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 974 focus
Alas for me! after having beheld ancient Athens the hateful, all in one shock of fight, ah! ah! ah! wretched, lie gasping on the ground.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 974 focus
où est ton Pharnoukos ? et le preux Ariomardos ? Où donc sire Seuakès ? Lilaios aux
nobles aïeux, Memphis, Tharybis ? Et Masistras, Artembarès, Hystaichmas ? Réponds à mes demandes.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 974 focus
Wretch that I am!
Theſe on th' abhorred town
Ogygian Athens d , roll'd their glowing eyes
Indignant;
THE PERSIANS.
Indignant;
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but at once in the fierce ſhock
Of battle fell, daſh'd breathleſs on the ground.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 974 focus
Ahimè, ahi!, procombettero
tutti ad un colpo. A la vetusta Atene
odïosa, le palpebre
fisse, ahi miseri! guizzan su le arene.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 974 focus
Heu beu antiquas uidentes
Molestas Athenas, omnes uno tumultu
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Heuheu, miferi eunt in terram.
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.) — 974 focus
Alas, alas, they came, their eyes surveyed
Ancestral Athens on that fatal day.
Then with a rending struggle were they laid
Upon the land, and gasped their life away!
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.) — 974 focus
Nach dem grauen Athen, dem verhaßten,
Den Blick gewendet, niedergeschmettert zumal,
Die Armen, ach!
Liegen sie zuckend am Ufer alle.
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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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