Aeschylus Persians 62

Anna Swanwick (Translator)

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ATOSSA
O thou in happy fortune blest beyond the lot of mortals,
In envied glory, while thine eyes still gazed upon the sunlight,
Leading a life of happiness, a god unto the Persians.
Happy, in sooth, I deem thee now, dying before thou sawest
Our depth of ill. Thou in brief space the tale shall hear, Darius.
In utter ruin, so to speak, prostrate lies Persia's fortune.
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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 (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.) — 65 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 65 focus
πεπέρακεν μὲν ὁ περσέ-
πτολις ἤδη βασίλειος
στρατὸς εἰς ἀντίπορον γεί-
τονα χώραν, λινοδέσμῳ
σχεδίᾳ πορθμὸν ἀμείψας
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Αθαμαντίδος Ἕλλας,
πολύγομφον ὅδισμα,
ζυγὸν ἀμφιβαλὼν αὐχένι πόντου.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 65 focus
Πεπέρακεν πεπέρακε μὲν ὁ περσέπτολις ἤδη
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Str. 1.
βασίλειος στρατὸς εἰς ἀντίπορον γεί-
τονα χώραν, λινοδέσμῳ σχεδίᾳ πορθ-
μὸν ἀμείψας Ἀθαμαντίδος Ἕλλας,
πολύγομφον ὅδισμα ζυγὸν ἀμ-
φιβαλὼν αὐχένι πόντου·
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Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 65 focus
πεπέρακεν μὲν ὁ περσέπτολις ἤδη
βασίλειος στρατὸς εἰς ἀν-
τίπορον γείτονα χώραν,
λινοδέσμῳ σχεδίᾳ πορ-
θμὸν ἀμείψας
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Ἀθαμαντίδος Ἕλλας,
πολύγομφον ὅδισμα
ζυγὸν ἀμφιβαλὼν αὐχένι πόντου.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 65 focus
πεπέρακεν μὲν ὁ περσέπτολις ἤδη
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βασίλειος στρατὸς εἰς ἀν-
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.) — 65 focus
The royal armament that makes havoc of cities, hath some time since passed over to the adjoining opposite region, having crossed the frith of Helle daughter of Athamas 1
, on a cable-fastened raft, after flinging a many-rivetted causeway by way of yoke over the neck of Ocean.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 65 focus
doute, elle a atteint déjà, la royale armée dévastatrice, le rivage adverse du continent voisin et, sur sa passerelle aux câbles de lin, franchi le détroit d'Hellé
l'Athamantide 1 , en jetant sa route
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 65 focus
the light lance
The Myſians ſhake. A mingled multitude
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Swept from her wide dominions, ſkill'd to draw
Th' unerring bow, in ſhips Euphrates ſends
From golden Babylon.
With falchions arm'd
From all th' extent of Aſia move the hoſts
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Obedient to their monarch's ſtern command.
Thus march'd the flow'r of Perſia, whoſe lov'd
youth
The world of Aſia nouriſh'd, and with ſighs
Laments their abſence;
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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.) — 65 focus
A sterminio di città mosse l'esercito
del Gran Re, la terra invase che finitima
surge contro il suolo d'Asia:
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su compagini di tronchi, su compagini di canapi,
superò d'Elle Atamàntide il tragitto,
poi che un giogo, un ponte tutto irto di cunei
del mar sopra la cervice ebbe confitto.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 65 focus
Pertranſiuit iam urbium euerfor
Regius exercitus in contraria
Vicinam regionem, funibus uinta,
Rate fretum traijciens
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Athamatidis Helles, multis clauis adaptatum ſuſtenaculum
Iugum inijciens ceruice ponti.
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.) — 65 focus
Ere now they have passed o'er the sea, the manifold host of the king—
They have gone forth to sack and to burn; ashore on the Westland they spring!
With cordage and rope they have bridged the sea-way of Helle, to pass
O'er the strait that is named by thy name, O daughter of Athamas!
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They have anchored their ships in the current, they have bridled the neck of the sea—
The Shepherd and Lord of the East hath bidden a roadway to be!
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.) — 65 focus
In die jenseitigen nachbarlichen Gau'n brachen die burg-
ftürmenden Heerschaaren des Großkönigs hindurch schon
In dem wohlfugenden Boot über den Sund der
Athamantischen Helle:
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Um den Nacken der See
Schlang sich das Joch, schlang sich der dichtbalkige Heerpfad.
Erste Gegenstrophe.

Commentary

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

710. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-596

εὐτυχεῖ πότμῳ:
εvτv пóτuor
M. Vit. Ven. A. Mosc. Ox. Ald. sed in M. in litura.
εὐτυχῆ πότμω
Lips.
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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

709-714. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-104

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