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Persians. W. S. Teuffel. ed. N. Wecklein. . .

Current edition Experimental

Commentary (W. S. Teuffel; revised by N. Wecklein, 1886; German; OCR draft) (German) (Persians, explanatory commentary pp. 43–97. Single-witness OCR; source readings and all reference placements require scan review.)

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.) — 256-289 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 232 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 232 focus
ὦ γῆς ἁπάσης Ασιάδος πολίσματα,
ὦ Περσίς αἷα καὶ πολὺς πλούτου λιμήν,
ὡς ἐν μιᾷ πληγῇ κατέφθαρται πολὺς
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ὄλβος, τὸ Περσῶν δ᾽ ἄνθος οἴχεται πεσόν.
ὤμοι, κακὸν μὲν πρῶτον ἀγγέλλειν κακά·
ὅμως δ᾽ ἀνάγκη πᾶν ἀναπτύξαι πάθος,
Πέρσαι· στρατὸς γὰρ πᾶς ὄλωλε βαρβάρων.
ἄνι᾽ ἄνια νεόκοτα καὶ δάϊ, αἰαῖ.
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διαίνεσθε, Πέρσαι, τόδ᾽ ἄχος κλύοντες.
ὡς πάντα γ' ἔστ' ἐκεῖνα διαπεπραγμένα
καὐτὸς δ᾽ ἀέλπτως νόστιμον βλέπω φάος.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 232 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 232 focus
τῆλε πρὸς δυσμαῖς ἄνακτος Ἡλίου φθινασμάτων.
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ὦ γῆς ἁπάσης Ἀσιάδος πολίσματα,
ὦ Περσὶς αἶα καὶ πολὺς πλούτου λιμήν,
ὡς ἐν μιᾷ πληγῇ κατέφθαρται πολὺς
ὄλβος, τὸ Περσῶν δ᾽ ἄνθος οἴχεται πεσόν.
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ὤμοι, κακὸν μὲν πρῶτον ἀγγέλλειν κακά,
ὅμως δ᾽ ἀνάγκη πᾶν ἀναπτύξαι πάθος,
Πέρσαι· στρατὸς γὰρ πᾶς ὄλωλε βαρβάρων.
ἄνι᾽ ἄνια κακά,
νεόκοτα καὶ δάι. αἰαῖ,
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διαίνεσθε, Πέρσαι,
τόδ᾽ ἄχος κλύοντες.
ὡς πάντα γ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἐκεῖνα διαπεπραγμένα,
καὐτὸς δ᾽ ἀέλπτως νόστιμον βλέπω φάος.
ἦ μακροβίοτος
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ὅδε γέ τις αἰὼν ἐφάνθη
γεραιοῖς, ἀκούειν
τόδε πῆμ᾽ ἄελπτον.
καὶ μὴν παρών γε κοὐ λόγους ἄλλων κλύων,
Πέρσαι, φράσαιμ᾽ ἂν οἷ᾽ ἐπορσύνθη κακά.
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Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 232 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.)) — 256-286 focus
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 232 focus
Far hence, towards the west, where are the wanings of the sovereign sun.
O ye cities of the whole land of Asia! O realm of Persia, and mighty haven of opulence, how hath the ample weal been demolished by a single stroke, and the flower of the Persians is fallen and gone. Woe's me, 'tis an ill office to be the first messenger of ill, but yet it is necessary to unfold the whole of the disaster of the Persians, for all the army of the barbarians hath perished.
Dismal, dismal, strange evils, and adverse,-alas. Drench yourselves in tears, ye Persians, hearing of this sorrow.
How has all that armament gone to ruin! But I myself, beyond my hope, behold the day of my return.
Verily this life of ours appears too long protracted to us aged men, that we should hear of this unlooked-for calamity.
And in very deed I, being on the spot, and not having heard reports from others 1
, can tell how great ills have been dealt out to the Persians.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 232 focus
Très loin, au couchant même, où disparaît monseigneur le Soleil.
O cités de l'Asie entière, ô terre de
Perse, havre de richesse infinie, voici donc, d'un seul coup, anéanti un immense bonheur, abattue et détruite la fleur de la Perse ! — Hélas ! c'est un malheur déjà que d'annoncer le premier un malheur. Et pourtant il me faut déployer
devant vous toute notre misère, Perses : l'armée
barbare tout entière a péri !
à l'annonce de telle douleur.
moi-même, c'est contre tout espoir que je vois le soleil du retour.
aujourd'hui trop longue, l'existence qui laisse les vieillards que nous sommes ouïr
ce coup inattendu !
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 232 focus
gently call
Him that was once thy husband, whom thou
ſaw'ſt
In viſions of the night; entreat his ſhade
From the deep realms beneath to ſend to light
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Triumph to thee, and to thy ſon;
whate'er
Bears other import, to enwrap, to hide it
Cloſe in the covering earth's profoundeſt gloom.
This, in the preſage of my thoughts that flow
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Benevolent to thee, have I propos'd;
And all, we truſt, ſhall be ſucceſsful to thee.
Send they embattled numbers to the field?
Slaves to no lord, they own no kingly pow'r g
.
Thy words ſtrike deep, and wound the parent's
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breaſt,
Whoſe ſons are march'd to ſuch a dangerous field.
But, if I judge aright, thou ſoon ſhalt hear
Each circumſtance; for this way, mark him,
ſpeeds
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A Perſian meſſenger; he bears, be ſure,
Tidings of high import, or good or ill.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 232 focus
Lungi molto, verso i luoghi dove il sol cade e s'oscura.
O voi, città dell'Asia tutte, o terra
di Persia, porto di ricchezza immenso,
come ad un colpo solo andò distrutta
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la gran felicità, come dei Persi
cade il fiore e si perde!
Ahimè! Che male
è mirar primo i mali! E pure, è forza
che intiero il danno, o Persi, io sveli.
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Tutto distrutto fu dei barbari l'esercito !
Ahimè, miseri miseri,
mali novelli e immani!
Sgorghin le vostre lagrime
all'udir tanto strazio, o Persïani!
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Tutto in rovina è andato.
Del ritorno contro ogni speme anch'io veduto ho il giorno.
Ahimè! Del nostro vivere
troppo son lunghi gli anni,
quando, o vegliardi, simili
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udir dobbiamo inopinati affanni.
Vi narrerò, né per veduta altrui,
ciò che patimmo: ivi presente fui.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 232 focus
Procul ad occafum deceſſuum regis ſolis.
O terræ totius Afiæ urbes,
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O Perſica terra, magnus diuitiarum portus,
Vt in uno cõflictu interijt ingens
Fœlicitas, flos autem Perſarum profligatus uenit.
Heu malum quidem est, primò nunciare mala.
Tamen neceſse est omnem calamitatem aperire:
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Amat nullus nuncium malorum fermonum.
O Perſe, exercitus omnis barborum interijt.
Triftia mala, triſtia molesta,
Recenter nata, hoſtilia heu heu.
Madefiamini lachrymis Perſæ audientes hunc dolorem.
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Quoniam illa peracta ſunt,
Et ipfe præter ſpem gratam uideo lucem.
Longaua certè nobis hæc uita uiſa est,
Senibus ad audiendum infperatam hanc cladem.
Attamen preſens, & non uerba alioru audi
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Perſe, dicerem qualia fint peracta mala.
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.) — 232 focus
Far hence, even where, in evening land, goes down our Lord the Sun.
O walls and towers of all the Asian realm,
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O Persian land, O treasure-house of gold!
How, by one stroke, down to destruction, down,
Hath sunk our pride, and all the flower of war
That once was Persia's, lieth in the dust!
Woe on the man who first announceth woe—
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Yet must I all the tale of death unroll!
Hark to me, Persians! Persia's host lies low.
O ruin manifold, and woe, and fear!
Let the wild tears run down, for the great doom is here!
This blow hath fallen, to the utterance,
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And I, past hope, behold my safe return!
Too long, alack, too long this life of mine,
That in mine age I see this sudden woe condign!
As one who saw, by no loose rumour led,
Lords, I would tell what doom was dealt to us.
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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.) — 232 focus
Ferne, wo des Sonnenherrschers lekter Strahl in Nacht erlischt.
Weh euch, des ganzen Asia's Burgfesten ihr,
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Weh, Perserland, des stolzen Reichthums weiter Port !
Wie ist in Einem Schlage doch das große Glück
Vernichtet; Persis' Blüte welkt dahingestürzt!
Fluchvolles Amt, des Fluches erster Bote sein!
Und doch - die Noth will, daß ich euch das ganze Leid
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Enthülle, Perser: ganz vertilgt ist euer Heer!
Traurig, o traurig, unerhört grimmig Leid!
O weint, Perser, weint über die schwere Kunde!
Wie fand doch Alles, Alles dort den Untergang!
Den Tag der Heimkehr schau' ich selber unverhofft.
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Wahrlich zu lange währte dies Leben mir,
Um solch niegeahnt Leiden, ein Greis, zu hören!
Und als ein Augenzeuge, nicht aus Andrer Mund
Verkünd' ich euch, o Perser, was uns Schweres traf.

Notes on the current edition

Persians

1. Single-witness OCR: uncollated. Source layout and readings require scan review; automatic flags are not exhaustive.
2. Reference placement provisional: provisional local reference window from running Greek. Verify the printed source numbering and note scope against the scan.

Commentary

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

262. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-208

Πέρσαι:
πέρσαις
, Rob. Ceteri
πέρσαι
, in iisque Lips. in quo supra scriptum γρ.
πέρσαις
. φράσαιμ᾽ ἂν οἷ᾽:
φράζαιμ᾽ ἂν οἷα
G.

263. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-209

ὀτοτοτοῖ:
ὦ το τοῖ τοῖ
M.
ὀττοτοτοῖ
G.
ὀττοτοὶ
Vit.
ὀττοτοῖ
Lips.
ὀττοτοτοίτοι
Ven. A.
ὀτοτοτοὶ τοὶ
Ald.
ὁτοτοιτοῖ τοὶ
Rob.
Ὀττοττοὶ
Turn.
ὀττοττοτοι
Ven. B. Vict. ceteraeque edd. ante Porsonum, qui
ὀτοτοτοῖ
restituit. μάταν:
μάτην
Vit.

264. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-210

τὰ πολέα:
τὰ πολλὰ
libri. Scripsi
τὰ πολέα
. Eodem modo Lachmannus. V. ad v. 270.

265. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-211

γᾶς:
γᾶς
, superscripto
η
, Lips.
γῆς
Ald. ἀπ' Ἀσίδος:
ἀπ' ἀσιάδος
G. Lips. aliique nonnulli et Rob.
ἐπ' ἀσιάδος
Vit. ἦλθ᾽:
ἦλθεν
Vit. Lips.

266. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-212

δίαν:
δίαν
Vit. edd.
δίαν
M. G.
δία
Lips.
δαΐαν
codex Lambethanus, unde
δάϊαν
Blomfieldius. Ἑλλάδα:
Ἕλλάδα
Lips.

267. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-213

πλήθουσι:
πλήθοισι
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

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2
Kommos, drei Stro- phenpaare des Chors, unterbrochen je durch zwei Trimeter des Boten.

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Wahrlich unser Leben hat allzulange gewährt in unsern Augen, daſs wir solches Leid vernehmen müssen. ἀκούειν, Kr. II 55, 3. A. 20. - Die Sache ist nur zu gewiſs; ich war selbst Augen- zeuge.