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

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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.) — 290-547 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 290-547 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 353 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 353 focus
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 353 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 353 focus
ΑΓ. ἦρξεν μέν, ὦ δέσποινα, τοῦ παντὸς κακοῦ
φανεὶς ἀλάστωρ ἢ κακὸς δαίμων ποθέν.
ἀνὴρ γὰρ Ἕλλην ἐξ Ἀθηναίων στρατοῦ
ἐλθὼν ἔλεξε παιδὶ σῷ Ξέρξη τάδε,
ὡς εἰ μελαίνης νυκτὸς ἵξεται κνέφας,
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Ἕλληνες οὐ μενοῖεν, ἀλλὰ σέλμασιν
ναῶν ἐπενθορύντες ἄλλος ἄλλοσε
δρασμῷ κρυφαίῳ βίοτον ἐκσωσοίατο.
δ᾽ εὐθὺς ὡς ἤκουσεν, οὐ ξυνεὶς δόλον
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 353 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.)) — 290-545 focus
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 353 focus
It was some fiend, lady, or evil spirit appearing from some quarter or other that began all the mischief. For a Greek that had come from the host of the Athenians 1
, told thy son Xerxes this, that, when the gloom of murky night should come, the Greeks would not remain, but, springing on the benches of their vessels, would severally, in different directions, save their lives by stealthy flight. And he, as soon as he heard it, not aware of the stratagem of the Greek, nor ol the jealousy of the gods, publishes this order to all his captains, that when the sun should have ceased to illumine the earth with his rays, and darkness tenant the temple of the firmament, they should draw up the squadron of the ships in three lines, to guard the outlets, and the murmuring passes of the sea, and others in a circle around the isle of Ajax; so that if the Greeks should elude fatal destruction, by discovering any escape for their ships by stealth, it was decreed, that they all should be deprived of their heads. To this effect he spake from a frantic spirit; for he knew not that which was preordained of the gods. And they, without disorder, and with obedient mind, both provided supper for themselves, and the mariner lashed his oar to the well-fitted rowlock. And when the light of the sun had waned, and night had come on, every man, master of an oar, went on board his ship, and every one that had sway over arms; and one line of ships of war cheered on another line, and they make sail as each had been appointed, and all the live-long night the commanders of the ships were keeping the whole naval host occupied in sailing about. And night withdrew, and the force of the Greeks by no means made a stealthy escape in any direction. But when Day, drawn by white steeds, had occupied the whole earth, of radiance beautiful to behold, first of all a shout from the Greeks greeted Echo like a song, and Echo from the island-rock at the same instant shouted forth an inspiring cry: and terror fell on all the barbarians, baulked of their purpose; for not as in flight were the Greeks then chaunting the solemn paean, but speeding on to the fight with gallant daring of soul.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 353 focus
Ce qui commença, maîtresse, toute notre infortune, ce fut un génie vengeur, un dieu méchant,
surgi je ne sais d'où. Un Grec 1 vint en effet de l'armée athénienne dire à ton fils Xerxès que, sitôt tombées les ténèbres de la sombre nuit, les Grecs n'attendraient pas davantage et, se précipitant sur les bancs de leurs nefs,
chercheraient leur salut, chacun de son côté, dans une fuite furtive. A peine l'eut-il entendu, que, sans soupçonner là une ruse de Grec ni la jalousie des dieux, Xerxès à tous ses chefs d'escadre déclare ceci : quand le soleil aura cessé
d'échauffer la terre de ses rayons et que l'ombre aura pris possession de l'éther sacré, ils disposeront le gros de leurs navires sur trois rangs, pour garder les issues et les passes grondantes, tandis que d'autres, l'enveloppant, bloqueront l'île d'Ajax 2 ; car, si les Grecs échappent à la
male mort et trouvent sur la mer une voie d'évasion furtive, tous auront la tête tranchée : ainsi en ordonne le Roi. Un cœur trop confiant lui dictait tous ces mots : il ignorait l'avenir que lui ménageaient les dieux ! Eux, sans
désordre, l'âme docile, préparent leur repas ; chaque marin lie sa rame au tolet qui la soutiendra ; et, à l'heure où s'est éteinte la clarté du jour et où se lève la nuit, tous les maîtres de rame 3 montent dans leurs vaisseaux, ainsi que
tous les hommes d'armes 4 . D'un banc à l'autre, on
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 353 focus
Know then, in numbers the barbaric fleet
Was far ſuperior: in ten ſquadrons, each
405
Of thirty ſhips, Greece plough'd the deep; of
theſe
One held a diſtant ſtation.
Xerxes led
A thouſand ſhips; their number well I know;
410
Two hundred more, and ſeven, that ſwept the ſeas
With ſpeedieſt ſail: this was their full amount.
And in th' engagement ſeem'd we not ſecure
Of victory? But unequal fortune ſunk
Our ſcale in fight, diſcomfiting our hoſt.
415
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 353 focus
A iniziare il mal, Regina, apparve
un tristo genio, un Dèmone maligno.
395
Dalle schiere d'Atene giunse un èlleno,
e a Serse figliuol tuo narrò, che appena
la foschia scenda della notte negra,
gli Elleni, senza attender piú, sui fianchi
balzeranno dei legni, e in fuga occulta
400
chi qua chi là scamperanno la vita.
Com'egli udí, senza la frode intendere
di quell'uom, né l'invidia dei Celesti,
tali parole ai suoi navarchi volge:
che appena il sol desisterà dall'ardere
405
coi suoi raggi la terra, e buia tenebra
i sacri templi occuperà dell'ètere,
s'addensino le navi in fila triplice,
a custodire ogni sbocco, ogni tramite,
e cingano altre l'isola d'Aiace.
410
Ché se gli Elleni qualche via di fuga
nascostamente troveran pei legni,
e sfuggiranno al triste fato, tutti
i suoi navarchi mozzo il capo avranno.
Con baldo cuor queste parole disse,
415
ché non sapea ciò che apprestava il Nume.
Quelli con pronte voglie e con bell'ordine
apprestaron le cene; indi i nocchieri
ai bene adatti scalmi i remi legano.
E poi che spento fu del sole il raggio,
420
e discesa la notte, alla sua nave,
mastri d'armi e di remi, ognuno balza.
Partia la nave capitana gli ordini;
e, come cenno aveva, ognuno naviga;
e per tutta la notte i duci schierano
425
l'intera armata in ordine sul mare.
E trascorrea la notte;
e non tentarono,
donde che fosse, ascosa fuga gli Elleni.
Poi, come il dí coi suoi puledri bianchi
430
tutta occupò del fulgor suo la terra,
pria con gran rombo dalle schiere d'Ellade
suonò festoso armonioso strepito;
ed alta un'eco subito rispose
dalle isolane rupi. Sbigottirono
435
tutti, delusi dall'attesa, i barbari:
ché non di fuga era preludio, questo
sacro peana degli Ellèni: a pugna
anzi con temerario ardor rompevano.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 353 focus
Cæptum est omne malum domina.
Apparēs tandē peßimus Genius, aut malus demon.
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Vir enim Grecus ex Athenienfium exercitu
Veniens, dixit filio tuo Xerxi hec:
Vt ſi uenirent nigra noctis tenebra,
Greci non manerent, fed ad tranſtra
Nauium irruentes, alius alià
330
Occulta fuga uitam feruaret.
Ille ftatim ut audiuit, non intelligens fraudem
Greci uiri, neq; deorum iram,
Omnibus clamat nauarchis hunc fermonem:
Quando comburens fuisradijs fol terram
335
Ceßauerit, tenebræ uerò ſolum etheris occupauerint,
Ordinate caterua nauiu, agmine triparito,
Ad custodiendum egreffus & meatus impetuosos.
Alias uerò circulo circum Aiacis inſulam,
Vi si mortem malam fugereni Greci,
340
Nauibus occultè fugam aliquam inuenientes,
Omnibus effet propofitum robur confirmare.
Talia dixit effafe ex alacritate mentis,
Nefciebat autem futura à dijs.
Ili uerò non incompte, sed obedienti mente
345
Coœnam pararunt,nautaq; uir
Religauit remi manubrium circum ſcalmum.
Postquam ſolóccidit,
Et nox uenit, omnis remi præfectus
In nauem proficifcebatur, et omnis armorú præſes,
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Ordo ordinem hortatur longe nauis.
Nauigant uerò, quiſq; ut erat ordinatus.
Et per totam noctem traiectum conftituerunt
Nauium gubernatores, totamq; claſſem populo-
rum.
355
Et nox aduentabat, et nõualde Græcorŭ exercitus
Egreßionem occultam ulla ex parte conſtituebat.
Postquam uerò clara dies
Omnem continuit regionem lucida uisu,
Primo quidem fonitu à Græcis clamor
360
Acclamauit cantionem, carmen uerò simul
Jubilauit inſulane petre
Echo.metus omnibus Barbaris aderat,
A fententia aberrantibus.non enim ut fuge
Paana canebant grauem tunc Greci,
365
Sed ad pugnam ruentes animosa audacid,
Tuba clamore uerò omnia illa incendebat.
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.) — 353 focus
O queen, our whole disaster thus befell,
Through intervention of some fiend or fate—
1 know not what—that had ill will to us.
360
From the Athenian host some Greek came o'er,
To thy son Xerxes whispering this tale—
Once let the gloom of night have gathered in,
The Greeks will tarry not, but swiftly spring
Each to his galley-bench, in furtive flight,
365
Softly contriving safety for their life.
Thy son believed the word and missed the craft
Of that Greek foeman, and the spite of Heaven,
And straight to all his captains gave this charge—
As soon as sunlight warms the ground no more,
370
And gloom enwraps the sanctuary of sky,
Range we our fleet in triple serried lines
To bar the passage from the seething strait,
This way and that: let other ships surround
The isle of Ajax, with this warning word—
375
That if the Greeks their jeopardy should scape
By wary craft, and win their ships a road,
Each Persian captain shall his failure pay
By forfeit of his head. So spake the king,
Inspired at heart with over-confidence,
380
Unwitting of the gods' predestined will.
Thereon our crews, with no disordered haste,
Did service to his bidding and purveyed
The meal of afternoon: each rower then
Over the fitted rowlock looped his oar.
385
Then, when the splendour of the sun had set,
And night drew on, each master of the oar
And each armed warrior straightway went aboard.
Forward the long ships moved, rank cheering rank,
Each forward set upon its ordered course.
390
And all night long the captains of the fleet
Kept their crews moving up and down the strait.
So the night waned, and not one Grecian ship
Made effort to elude and slip away.
But as dawn came and with her coursers white
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Shone in fair radiance over all the earth,
First from the Grecian fleet rang out a cry,
A song of onset! and the island crags
Re-echoed to the shrill exulting sound.
Then on us Eastern men amazement fell
400
And fear in place of hope; for what we heard
Was not a call to flight! the Greeks rang out
Their holy, resolute, exulting chant,
Like men come forth to dare and do and die!
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.) — 353 focus
Des ganzen Leids Urheber war ein feindlicher
335
Fluchgott, ein Dämon, Herrin, der im Zorn erschien.
Ein Mann aus Hellas' Volke kam vom Heer Athens
Daher zu Xerxes, deinem Sohn, und meldete,
Sobald die Nacht in schwarzem Dunkel angenaht,
Nicht säumten Hellas' Söhne dann, nein, würden flugs
340
An Bord sich stürzen, Andre je auf anderm Weg
Das Leben sich zu retten in geheimer Flucht.
Als Xerxes das vernommen, gleich (er ahnte nicht
Den Trug des fremden Mannes noch der Götter Neid,)
Verkündet er der Schiffe Führern allzumal :
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Wann Helios der Erde seiner Flamme Strahl
Entrückt, und Dunkel eingehüllt des Aethers Hain,
Dann soll' ein Schiffsgeschwader in drei Ordnungen
Ausgäng' und Pfade hüten, die das Meer durchzieh'n,
Und andre rings um Ajas' Inselland sich reih'n;
350
Entrönnen Hellas' Söhne dann dem Untergang,
Ausweg gewinnend etwa durch geheime Flucht,
So büße jeder Führer ihm mit seinem Haupt.
So sprach er stolz in allzukühner Zuversicht;
Ihm ahnte nicht, was Götter über ihn verhängt.
355
Die Männer, wohlgeordnet flugs, bereiteten
Das Mahl, gehorsam seinem Ruf, und jeglicher
Der Fergen band sein Ruder um den Riemenpflock.
Doch als der Sonne jüngster Strahl erloschen war,
Und Nacht heraufzog, eilte, was die Ruder schwang,
360
Und was die Waffen führte, nach dem Schiffe hin,
Und einem Schiffsgeschwader rief das andre zu.
Sie fahren, sowie Jeder angewiesen war;
Die ganze Nacht durch halten auf rastloser Fahrt
Der Schiffe Führer alles Volk im Dienste wach.
365
Die Nacht entschwand, und wahrlich Hellas' Kriegerheer
Versuchte nirgend ingeheim davonzuflieh'n.
Doch als der Tag auf glänzendweißem Roßgespann
Die ganze Landschaft sonnenhell erleuchtete;
Da scholl von Hellas' Volke Lärm wie freudigen
370
Gesanges heller Jubel, und mit lautem Ruf
Vom Felseneiland jauchzte nach der Widerhall.
Furcht überkam der Perser Herzen allzumal,
Die so getäuscht sich sahen; denn nicht als zur Flucht
Erhoben Hellas' Söhne stolzen Schlachtgesang,
375
Nein, kühn zum Kampf zu stürzen heißentbrannten Muths,

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: 1885 correspondence corroborated by source Greek on this page. 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

355. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-289

βίοτον:
βίου
Vit. et aliquot alii. ἐκσωσοίατο:
ἐκσωσαίατο
libri. V. ad v. 353.

356. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-290

ὃ δ᾽:
ὃ
M.
ὃ δ'
Vit. Lips. Ald. Rob. Vulgo
ὃ δ'
.

357. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-291

τὸν:
τῶν
pro
τὸν
Lips. Par. L. et ante correctionem M.
τὸν θεοῦ
Par. N.

358. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-292

πᾶσιν:
πᾶσιν
Porsonus, et sic M. Ceteri
πᾶσι
. προφωνεῖ:
προσφωνεῖ
Vit. Lips. Ven. A. aliique nonnulli et Ald. Rob. τόνδε:
τοιόνδε
Ven. A. ναυάρχοις:
ναυάρχαις
Ald. et
οις
minio supra scripto G.

359. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-293

χθόνα:
φλόγα
pro
χθόνα
Par. C. K. L. Rob. γρ.
φλόγα
adscriptum in Lips. Par. B.
θονὸς
adscriptum in Par. C.

360. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-294

λήξῃ:
λέξη
Ven. A.

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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1
2
Beschreibung des Verlaufes der Schlacht bei Salamis (355-432). ἀνὴρ Ἕλλην, der οἰκέ- της und παιδαγωγός im Hause des Themistokles, Σίκινος, im Auf- trage seines Herrn, Herod. VIII 75 (Diod. XI 17), wo auch: φράσοντα ὅτι οἱ Ἕλληνες δρησμὸν βουλεύ- ονται καταρρωδηκότες. Δρασμός war wohl das authentische gering- schätzige Wort.