Aeschylus Persians 41

Anna Swanwick (Translator)

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MESSENGER
Her sons surviving, she firm bulwark hath.

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 (7)
Πέρσαι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 65-158 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 65-158 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 41 focus
ἁβροδιαίτων δ᾽ ἕπεται Λυδῶν
ὄχλος, οἵτ᾽ ἐπίπαν ἠπειρογενὲς
κατέχουσιν ἔθνος, τοὺς Μιτρογάθης
Ἀρκτεύς τ᾽ ἀγαθὸς, βασιλῆς δίοποι,
καὶ πολύχρυσοι Σάρδεις ἐπόχους
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πολλοῖς ἅρμασιν ἐξορμῶσιν,
δίρρυμά τε καὶ τρίρρυμα τέλη,
φοβερὰν ὄψιν προσιδέσθαι.
στεῦται δ᾽ ἱεροῦ Τμώλου πελάται
ζυγὸν ἀμφιβαλεῖν δούλιον Ἑλλάδι,
50
Μάρδων, θάρυβις, λόγχης ἄκμονες,
καὶ ἀκουτισταὶ Μυσοί· Βαβυλὼν δ᾽
ἡ πολύχρυσος πάμμικτον ὄχλου
πέμπει σύρδην, ναῶν τ᾽ ἐπόχους·
τοξουλκῷ λήματι πιστούς·
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Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 41 focus
ἁβροδιαίτων δ᾽ ἕπεται Λυδῶν
ὄχλος, οἵτ᾽ ἐπίπαν ἠπειρογενὲς
κατέχουσιν ἔθνος, τοὺς Μιτρογαθής
Αρκτεύς τ᾿ ἀγαθός, βασιλῆς δίοποι,
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χαὶ πολύχρυσοι Σάρδεις ἐπόχους
πολλοῖς ἅρμασιν ἐξορμῶσιν,
δίρρυμά τε καὶ τρίρρυμα τέλη
φοβερὰν ὄψιν προςιδέσθαι.
στεῦται δ᾽ ἱεροῦ Τμώλου πελάται
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ζυγὸν ἀμφιβαλεῖν δούλιον Ἑλλάδι,
Μάρδων, θάρυβις, λόγχης άκμονες,
καὶ ἀκοντισταὶ Μυσοί· Βαβυλὼν δ᾽
ἡ πολύχρυσος πάμμικτον ὄχλον
πέμπει σύρδην, ναῶν τ᾽ ἐπόχους
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καὶ τοξουλκῷ λήματι πιστούς·
τὸ μαχαιροφόρον τ᾽ ἔθνος ἐκ πάσης
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 41 focus
ἁβροδιαίτων δ' ἕπεται Λυδῶν
ὄχλος, οἵτ' ἐπίπαν ἠπειρογενὲς
κατέχουσιν ἔθνος, τοὺς Μητρογάθης μιτρο- μιθρο- μιστρο- μιτρα- μητραγαθής
Ἀρκτεύς ἀρκεύς τ' ἀγαθός, βασιλῆς δίοποι,
καὶ πολύχρυσοι Σάρδεις ἐπόχους
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πολλοῖς ἅρμασιν ἐξορμῶσιν,
δίρρυμά τε καὶ τρίρρυμα τέλη,
φοβερὰν ὄψιν προσιδέσθαι·
στεῦται στεῦνται δ' ἱεροῦ Τμώλου πελάται
ζυγὸν ἀμφιβαλεῖν δούλιον δούλειον Ἑλλάδι,
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Μάρδων, θάρυβις, λόγχης ἄκμονες,
καὶ ἀκοντισταὶ Μυσοί· Βαβυλὼν δ'
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 41 focus
ἁβροδιαίτων δ᾽ ἕπεται Λυδῶν
ὄχλος, οἵ τ᾽ ἐπίπαν ἠπειρογενὲς
κατέχουσιν ἔθνος, τοὺς Μητρογαθὴς
Ἀρκτεύς τ᾽ ἀγαθὸς βασιλῆς δίοποι,
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Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 41 focus
ἁβροδιαίτων δ᾽ ἕπεται Λυδῶν
ὄχλος, οἵ τ᾽ ἐπίπαν ἠπειρογενές
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.)) — 65-155 focus
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 41 focus
There follows a crowd of Lydians, delicate in their habits of life, and they that hold every nation native on the continent 4
, whom Mithragathes and valiant Arcteus, inspector-princes, and Sardis that teems with gold, send forth in many chariots, in ranks of double and treble yokes 5
, a spectacle fearful to look upon. The borderers too on sacred Tmolus are bent on casting the yoke of servitude around Hellas, Mardon, Tharybis, [twin] anvils of the spear, and the Mysians who launch the javelin. Babylon too, that teems with gold, sends forth her mingled multitude in long array, both those who embark in ships, and are trust in their valor to draw the bow. And the scimitar-wielding populace from all Asia follows in their train, under the dread mandates of the king. Such a flower of men is gone from the Persian land; concerning whom the Asiatic soil which reared them is shrivelled with vehement anxiety: and parents and wives, as they count the day, shudder at the lengthening date.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 41 focus
marais, multitude innombrable et terrible.
Derrière suit la foule des Lydiens délicats, qui dominent tous les peuples de leur continent 1 . Les preux Métrogathès,
Arcteus, connétables rois, et Sardes, la cité de l'or, les envoient au combat sur des milliers de chars à quatre et six chevaux rangés en escadrons, spectacle de terreur.
Les voisins du Tmôlos sacré se flattent aussi de jeter sur
la Grèce le joug de l'esclavage, Mardôn, Tharybis, enclumes de la lance 2 , avec leurs Mysiens, lanceurs de javelots. Et de Babylone, autre cité de l'or, arrive en torrent une foule
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 41 focus
Pegaſtagon, that from Ægyptus draws
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His high birth; Suſiſcanes; and the chief
That reigns o'er ſacred Memphis, great Arſames;
And Ariomardus, that o'er ancient Thebes
Bears the ſupreme dominion; and with theſe
Drawn from their watry marſhes numbers train'd
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To the ſtout oar.
Next theſe the Lycian troops,
Soft ſons of luxury; and thoſe that dwell
Amidſt the inland foreſts, from the ſea
Far diſtant; theſe Metragathes commands,
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And virtuous Arceus, royal chiefs, that ſhine
In burniſh'd gold, and many' a whirling car
Drawn by ſix generous ſteeds from Sardis lead,
A glorious, and a dreadful ſpectacle.
And from the foot of Tmolus, ſacred mount,
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Eager to bind on Greece the ſervile yoke,
Mardon and Tharybis the maſſy ſpear
Graſp with unwearied vigor;
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 41 focus
E li segue la turba dei Lidî
delicati, e quanti ebber la culla
nelle interne contrade.
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Li guida
Metrogate e Arteo prode, signori
ambi e re.
Sardi, rutila d'oro,
li sospinge su innumeri carri
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aggiogati con quattro, con sei
corridori, tremendo spettacolo.
E Mardonio e Taríbide, incudini
delle lance al cozzar, che dimorano
presso a Tmolo santissima, e i Misî
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lanciator' di zagaglie, minacciano
pure all'Ellade il giogo servile.
Babilonia che sfolgora d'oro,
inviò lunghe turbe commiste,
e su navi i guerrieri sicuri
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nell'ardire che lancia le frecce.
E ogni gente che stringa la spada,
dall'Asia universa
segue gli ordini fieri del Re.
Tale fiore di giovani mosse
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dalle plaghe di Persia.
E per essi
tutta or piange la terra asïàna
che nutriali, ch'or n'arde di brama.
Ed il tempo che tanto prolungasi
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i padri e le spose
giorno a giorno misurano, e tremano.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 41 focus
Mollium ſequitur Lydorum
Turba, qui omnino continentigenam
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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.) — 41 focus
And next, the dainty Lydians went—
Soft rulers of a continent—
Mitragathes and Arcteus bold
In twin command their ranks controlled,
And Sardis town, that teems with gold,
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Sent forth its squadrons to the war—
Horse upon horse, and car on car,
Double and triple teams, they rolled,
In onset awful to behold.
From Tmolus' sacred hill there came
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The native hordes to join the fray,
And upon Hellas' neck to lay
The yoke of slavery and shame;
Mardon and Tharubis were there,
Bright anvils for the foemen's spear!
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The Mysian dart-men sped to war,
And the long crowd that onward rolled
From Babylon enriched with gold—
Captains of ships and archers skilled
To speed the shaft, and those who wield
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The scimitar;—the eastern band
Who, by the great king's high command,
Swept to subdue the western land!
Gone are they, gone—ah, welladay!
The flower and pride of our array;
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And all the Eastland, from whose breast
Came forth her bravest and her best,
Craves longingly with boding dread—
Parents for sons, and brides new-wed
For absent lords, and, day by day,
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Shudder with dread at their delay!
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.) — 41 focus
Ein üppiger Schwarm aus Lydia folgt
Mit den Völkern, die rings auf dem Festland hier
Anbauen das Feld, die Mitrogathes führt
Und Arkteus, Könige, waltend mit Macht;
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Auch Sardes, die Goldstadt, sendet zum Kampf
Viel reisiges Volk auf Wagen daher,
Vierspännige Reih'n, sechsspännige Reih'n,
Ein grausenerregender Anblick!
Und die Schleudererschaar aus mysischen Gau'n
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Und das Volk am heiligen Tmolos droht,
Will Hellas umfah'n mit der Knechtschaft Joch,
Von Mardon geführt, von Tharybis auch,
Ambossen des Speers. Auch Babylon schickt
Aus dem goldenen Sik in rauschendem Zug
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Buntwimmelndes Volk, hier Kämpfer zu Schiff,
Dort Meister, der Kunst des Geschosses gewiß.
Aus Asia folgt, was im weiten Gebiet
Sich mit Schwertern bewehrt,
Dem gewaltigen Rufe des Königs.
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Solch blühendes Volk aus Persis' Reich
Zog fern in den Kampf:
Ganz Asia seufzt als die Mutter um sie
In der Sehnsucht heißem, zermalmendem Schmerz,
Und es ängstigen sich um die schleichende Zeit
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Tagzählende Frauen und Mütter.
Erste 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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ἀνάριθμοι:
ἀνάριθμοι
Ven. B. Colb. 1. Par. C. Turn.
ἀνάριθμοι
Cantabr. 2.
πλῆθος τ' ἀνάριθμοι
. γρ.
πλῆθος καὶ τ' ἀνάριθμον
Par. B.

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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Spezifikation der aus- gezogenen Generale und Völker, in epischer Weise. Die Namen nicht alle genau persisch, sondern nach ungefährem Klange gebildet. ( τὰ μὲν τῶν ὀνομάτων ἱστόρησεν, τὰ δὲ τελείως ἔπλασεν Schol.). Vgl. zu 302. Ihre Häufung erweckte in den Hörern immer von neuem das frohe Gefühl des Sieges. Τ. 21-28. Αρταφρένης Άρτα 778. Ein Führer der Lyder und Myser Αρτ. bei Herod. VII 74. Μεγαβάτης: Namen dieser Art bei Herod. VII 82. 97. – Αστάσπης: ein Υστάσπης Herod. VII 64. σοῦνται vgl. Suppl. 836. Sept. 31. Das epische τ' ἠδέ findet sich bei Äschylos noch zweimal um des Versmaſses willen (996. Sept. 862). τὲ ἠδὲ Cho. 232, sonst ἠδέ. - ψυχῆς ἐν τλήμονι πείση (in ausdauerndem Halte der Seele) nach Hom. v 23 τῷ δ᾽ ἄρα τ᾽ ἐν πείσῃ κραδίη μένε τετληυῖα.

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Vom Süden wendet sich die Aufzählung nach Norden und dann nach Osten. „Und die- jenigen (leisten Heerfolge), welche das ganze Volk auf dem Fest- land (Kleinasien) einnehmen (aus- machen)", insbesondere die klein- asiatischen Ionier (Herod. I 142), die aus Schonung hier nur indirekt genannt sind und für die in ἐξορ- μῶσιν vielleicht eine leise Ent- schuldigung (der Unfreiwilligkeit) liegt. δίοποι, ἐπιμεληταί, War- deine. Quos Arcteus et Sardes multis curribus vectos (vgl. 54) excitant. Rhythmischer und wahr- scheinlich ursprünglich ist ἅρμασι πολλοῖς, da nur die anapästisc Dipodie _normal ist, nicht tische τέλη, τάγματα, Ge- schwader. ἅρματα τέθριππα καὶ ἑξάϊππα, Schol. V. 48 vgl. 27.