Aeschylus Persians 86

Anna Swanwick (Translator)

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ATOSSA
Ay, so prevaileth the report; in that is no dissension.

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.) — 87 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 87 focus
δόκιμος δ᾽ οὔτις υποστὰς
μεγάλῳ δεύματι φωτῶν
ἐχυροῖς ἕρκεσιν εἴργειν
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ἄμαχον κῦμα θαλάσσης.
ἀπρόςοιστος γὰρ ὁ Περσῶν
στρατὸς ἀλκίφρων τε λαός.
δολόμητιν δ᾽ ἀπάταν θεοῦ
τίς ἀνὴρ θνατὸς ἀλύξει;
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τίς ὁ κραιπνῷ ποδι πήδημ
ἅλις εὐπετῶς ἀνάσσων;
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 87 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 87 focus
δόκιμος δ᾽ οὔτις ὑποστὰς
μεγάλῳ ῥεύματι φωτῶν
ἐχυροῖς ἕρκεσιν εἴργειν
90
ἄμαχον κῦμα θαλάσσης·
ἀπρόσοιστος γὰρ ὁ Περσῶν
στρατὸς ἀλκίφρων τε λαός.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 87 focus
δόκιμος δ᾽ οὔτις ὑποστὰς
μεγάλωι ῥεύματι φωτῶν
ἐχυροῖς ἕρκεσιν εἴργειν
ἄμαχον κύμα θαλάσσης·
ἀπρόσοιστος γὰρ ὁ Περσῶν
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στρατὸς ἀλκίφρων τε λαός. –
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.) — 87 focus
And no one is of such approved prowess as that, having made stand against a mighty torrent of men, he can repulse, by mighty bulwarks, the irresistible billow of the sea. For terrible to approach is the army of Persians, and valiant of soul the host.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 87 focus
et mille vaisseaux, et, pressant son attelage
assyrien 1 , il conduit à l'attaque des héros qu'illustra la lance l'Arès à l'arc triomphant.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 87 focus
Bids the wing'd arrows' iron ſtorm advance,
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Againſt the ſlow and cumbrous lance.
What ſhall withſtand the torrent of his ſway,
When dreadful o'er the yielding ſhores
Th' impetuous tide of battle roars,
And ſweeps the weak-oppoſing mounds away?
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So Perſia with reſiſtleſs might
Rolls her unnumber'd hoſts of heroes to the fight.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 87 focus
Niun v'ha tanto valoroso
che, opponendosi di tanti uomini al flutto,
frenar possa con saldi argini
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l'invincibile maroso.
Niun potrebbe troppo è valido l'esercito
persïano, e il popol tutto.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 87 focus
Vt arceat inexpugnabilem fluctum maris.
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Inacceffus enim est Perſarum
Exercitus, fortis populus.
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.) — 87 focus
Can any make head and resist him, when he comes with the roll of a wave?
No barrier nor phalanx of might, no chief, be he ever so brave!
For stern is the onset of Persia, and gallant her children in fight.
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.) — 87 focus
Es vermag Keiner zu steh'n wider den stolzflutenden Heerstrom,
Und ein Bollwerk vor die unzwingbare Meerwoge zu thürmen.
Denn unnahbar in der Schlacht steht,
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Ungebeugt das Volk der Perser.
Nachgesang.

Commentary

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

86. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-70

δουρικλύτοις:
δουρικλύτοις
M. Rob. Turn.
δουρικλυτοῖς
G. Ald.
δορικλυτοῖς
Lips.
δορυκλύτοις
Vit.

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

81-86. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-14

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Die Furchtbarkeit des Xerxes. κυάνεον, Hesiod. Scut. 7: βλεφάρων ἄπο κυανεάων. Ibyk. fr. 2: Ἔρως κυανέοισιν ὑπὸ βλεφάροις τάκερ᾽ ὄμμασι δερκόμε- νος. Den Blick der Schlangen hielt der Aberglaube für gefähr- lich; vgl. Basiliskenblick. Reich an Mannschaft, Schiffen u. (Streit-) Wagen (Herod. VII 63: οὗτοι ὑπὸ μὲν Ἑλλήνων ἐκαλέοντο Σύριοι, ὑπὸ δὲ τῶν βαρβάρων ᾿Ασσύριοι ἐκλήθη- σαν. - Auffallende und kaum unbe- wufste (vgl. 348. 727; oben S. 31, A. 12) Ähnlichkeit mit dem Orakel vor der Schlacht bei Salamis, Herod. VII 140: κατὰ γάρ μιν ἐρείπει πῦρ τε καὶ ὀξὺς Αρης, συριηγενὲς ἄρμα διώκων. Die nationale Angriffs- waffe der Hellenen ist das δόρυ ( αἰχμή), der Orientalen (neben αἰχ- μὴ βραχεῖα oder ἀκόντιον, 52. vgl. Jerem. 19, 35-38. Herod. V 49. VII 61) der Bogen. Vgl. 147 f. 239f. Quantität von " Αρη wie Sept. 115.