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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.) — 548-597 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 548-597 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 558 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 558 focus
πεζούς τ' ἠδὲ καὶ θαλασσίους
ὁμόπτεροι κυανώπιδες
νᾶες μὲν ἄγαγον, ποποῖ,
555
νᾶες δ᾽ ἀπώλεσαν, τοτοῖ,
νᾶες πανωλέθροισιν ἐμβολαῖς,
διά γ' Ἰαόνων χέρας·
τυτθὰ δ᾽ ἐκφυγεῖν ἄνακτ᾽
αὐτὸν ὡς ἀκούομεν
560
θρήκης ἂμ πεδιήρεις
δυσχίμους τε κελεύθους.
τοὶ δ᾽ ἄρα πρωτόμοιροι,
λειφθέντες πρὸς ἀνάγκαν,
φεῦ,
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γέ,
ἀκτὰς ἀμφὶ Κυχρείας,
δά,
ἔρρανται. στένε καὶ δακνά-
ζου, βαρὺ δ᾽ ἀμβόασον
570
οὐράνι᾽ ἄχη,
δά,
τεῖνε δὲ δυσβάϋκτον
βοᾶτιν τάλαιναν αὐδάν.
γναπτόμενοι δὲ δίνᾳ,
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φεῦ,
σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων,
ἠέ,
παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου,
ὀά,
580
πενθεῖ δ᾽ ἄνδρα δόμος στερη-
θείς, τοκέες δ᾽ ἄπαιδες,
δαιμόνι᾽ ἄχη,
ὀά,
δυρόμενοι γέροντες,
585
τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.
τοὶ δ᾽ ἀνὰ γᾶν Ἀσίαν δὴν
οὐκ ἔτι περσονομοῦνται,
οὐκ ἔτι δασμοφοροῦσιν
δεσποσύνοισιν ἀνάγκαις,
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οὔτ᾽ ἐς γᾶν προπίτνοντες
ἄρξονται· βασιλεία
γὰρ διόλωλεν ἰσχύς.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 558 focus
Πεζούς τε καὶ τε γὰρ καὶ θαλασσίους
Ant. 1.
ὁμόπτεροι αἱ δ' ὁμόπτεροι κυανώπιδες
Τοὶ δ' ἄρα πρωτομόροιο πρωτόμοροι,
φεῦ,
Str. 2.
ληφθέντες λειφθέντες πρὸς ἀνάγκας ἀνάγκαν,
ἠέ,
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ἀκτὰς ἀμφὶ Κυχρείας,
ὀᾶ,
<δινοῦνται> om. στένε καὶ δακνά-
ζου, βαρὺ δ' ἀμβόασον
οὐράνι' ἄχη, ὀᾶ < ὀᾶ om.>,
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τεῖνε δὲ δυσβάϋκτον
βοᾶτιν τάλαιναν αὐδάν.
Γναπτόμενοι δ' ἁλὶ δεινά δεινᾷ,
Ant. 1.
σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων,
φεῦ,
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ἠέ,
παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου,
ὀᾶ·
πενθεῖ δ' ἄνδρα δόμος στερη-
θείς· τοκέες τοκῆες δ' ἄπαιδες
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δαιμόνι' ἔρα δαιμόνι' ἄχη, ὀᾶ < ὀᾶ om.>,
δυρόμενοι γέροντες
τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.
Τοὶ δ' ἀνὰ γᾶν Ἀσίαν δὴν
Str. 3.
οὐκέτι οὐδ' ἔτι περσονομοῦνται,
590
οὐκέτι δασμοφοροῦσιν
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 558 focus
πεζούς τε καὶ θαλασσίους
αἵ δ᾽ ὁμόπτεροι κυανώπιδες
νᾶες μὲν ἄγαγον, ποποῖ,
νᾶες δ᾽ ἀπώλεσαν, τοτοῖ,
νᾶες πανωλέθροισιν ἐμβολαῖς,
565
διὰ δ᾽ Ἰαόνων χέρας;
τυτθὰ δ᾽ ἐκφυγεῖν ἄνακτ᾽
αὐτὸν ὡς ἀκούομεν
θρήκης ἀμ πεδιήρεις
δυσχίμους τε κελεύθους.
570
τοὶ δ᾽ ἄρα πρωτόμοροι, φεῦ,
λειφθέντες πρὸς ἀνάγκαν, ἠέ,
ἀκτὰς ἀμφὶ Κυχρείας, δᾶ,
στένε καὶ δακνάζου,
γναπτόμενοι δ᾽ ἁλὶ δεινά, φεῦ,
σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων, ἠέ,
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παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου, δᾶ,
πενθεῖ δ᾽ ἄνδρα δόμος στερηθείς·
τοκέες δ᾽ ἄπαιδες ἐραδαι-
μόνι᾽ ἄχη, δᾶ,
δυρόμενοι γέροντες
585
τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.
τοὶ δ᾽ ἀνὰ γᾶν Ἀσίαν δὴν
οὐκέτι περσονομοῦνται,
οὐδ᾽ ἔτι δασμοφοροῦσιν
δεσποσύνοισιν ἀνάγκαις,
590
οὐδ᾽ ἐς γᾶν προπίτνοντες
ἄζονται· βασιλεία
γὰρ διόλωλεν ἰσχύς.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 558 focus
πεζούς τε γὰρ καὶ θαλασσίους λι-
νόπτεροι κυανώπιδες
τοὶ δ᾽ ἄρα πρωτομόροιο,
φεῦ,
ληφθέντες πρὸς ἀνάγκας,
ἠέ,
ἀκτὰς ἀμφὶ Κυχρείας
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ὀᾶ,
.......· στένε καὶ δακνά-
ζου, βαρὺ δ᾽ ἀμβόασον
οὐράνι᾽ ἄχη,
ὀᾶ·
τεῖνε δὲ δυσβάυκτον
βοᾶτιν τάλαιναν αὐδάν.
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γναπτόμενοι δ᾽ ἁλὶ δεινά,
φεῦ,
σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων,
ἠέ,
παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου,
ὀᾶ.
τοὶ δ᾽ ἀνὰ γᾶν Ασίαν δήν
οὐκέτι περσονομούνται,
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οὐκέτι δασμοφοοῦσιν
δεσποσύνοισιν ἀνάγκαις,
οὐδ᾽ ἐς γᾶν προπίτνοντες
ἄρξονται· βασιλεία
γὰρ διόλωλεν ἰσχύς.
590
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.)) — 548-595 focus
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 558 focus
The ships, all winged alike and with dark-stained beaks, carried forth both our land forces and our marines, O gods! and ships destroyed them, ah! well-a-day! the ships with the deadly onslaughts of their beaks, and through the hands of the Ionians, as we hear, the king barely made his escape to the champagne and chilly tracts of Thrace.
They therefore, indeed, first met their doom, alas! left by necessity, ah! around the shores of Cychreia 1
, woe's me! they have been drenched by the billows 2
. Moan, and gnash the teeth, and raise aloud the cry of sorrow; laments that shall reach the heavens, woe's me! and lengthen out the dismally-sounding shout, the piteous cry.
And torn dreadfully by the sea, alas! they are lacerated by the dumb children, alas! of the unpolluted [deep,] woe's me! And the dwelling mourns its lord, bereft of him, and parents that are left childless, woe's me! advanced in age, wailing the calamities sent on them by the divinities, now hear the whole of their sorrow.
And they in sooth throughout the land of Asia, no longer own the Persian sway, nor any longer pay their tribute under constraint imposed by their sovereign, nor prostrating themselves on the ground will they hold themselves in subjection: for the might of our monarch hath utterly perished.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 558 focus
aimé de Susiane 1 ? Fantassins et marins, tel un grand vol d'oiseaux vêtus de
sombre azur, les nefs les ont emmenés, hélas ! les nefs les ont
par de cruels chemins. Les autres, victimes, hélas ! d'un sort qui les a les premiers
frappés, tournoient autour des caps que protège Kykhreus 2 , hélas ! Ah ! gémis, déchire-toi le cœur ! A pleine voix, crie tes souffrances jusqu'aux cieux ! hélas ! tends, dans un
appel de douleur hurlante, ta voix misérable ! Cruellement meurtris des flots, hélas ! ils sont aussi déchirés par les muets enfants, hélas ! de l'Incorruptible 3 ,
hélas ! tandis que la maison porte le deuil de celui qu'elle a perdu et que
les vieux pères sans fils, gémissant de souffrances infinies, hélas ! apprennent à connaître la douleur totale.
on ne paiera plus le tribut sous la contrainte
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 558 focus
Black o'er the waves his burden'd veſſels ſweep,
For Greece elate the warlike ſquadrons fly;
Now cruſh'd, and whelm'd beneath th' indignant
deep
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The ſhatter'd wrecks and lifeleſs heroes lie:
Whilſt, from the arms of Greece eſcap'd, with toil
Th' unſhelter'd monarch roams o'er Thracia's
dreary ſoil,
EPODE. THE PERSIANS.
The firſt in battle ſlain
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By Cychrea's craggy ſhore
Thro' ſad conſtraint, ah me! forſaken lie,
All pale and ſmear'd with gore;-
Raiſe high the mournful ſtrain,
And let the voice of anguiſh pierce the ſky :-
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Or roll beneath the roaring tide,
By monſters rent of touch abhor'd;
Whilſt thro' the widow'd manſion echoing wide
Sounds the deep groan, and wails its ſlaughter'd
lord:
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Pale with his fears the helpleſs orphan there
Gives the full ſtream of plaintive grief to flow;
Whilſt age its hoary head in deep deſpair
Bends, liſt'ning to the ſhrieks of woe.
With ſacred awe
710
The Perſian law
No more ſhall Aſia's realms revere;
To their lord's hand,
At his command,
No more th' exacted tribute bear.
715
THE PERSIANS.
Who now falls proſtrate at the monarch's throne?
His regal greatneſs is no more.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 558 focus
Guidâr le navi aligere
dalle azzurrine prore
fanti e nocchieri, ahimè!,
nel rovinoso, ahimè!,
cozzo dei rostri, tutti li distrussero!
645
Appena il mio signore
poteva, a ciò che narrano,
scampare al ionio braccio,
sui piani della Tracia
fuggendo, e sopra vie converse in ghiaccio.
650
E quei che primi lí caddero, ahimè!,
fu giocoforza abbandonarli, ahi, ahi!,
qua e là per le cicrèe marine. Oh guai!
Lagrima, il cuore morditi
per tanta ira celeste. Ascenda l'ètere
655
la querela profonda:
lungi con grida flebili
la voce tua miserrima s'effonda.
Nel mar travolti orridamente, ahimè!,
dai muti figli dei marosi, ahi, ahi!,
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a brani sono lacerati: oh guai!
Tutte le case piangono
i capi loro: orbi dei figli, gemono
per tanta ira celeste,
i vecchi padri ch'odono
665
tutte queste narrar doglie funeste.
Né piú sarà che i popoli
d'Asia il nostro dominio omai sopportino,
che al cenno dei padroni,
i tributi piú rechino;
670
né innanzi ad essi proni
chineranno la testa:
del potere dei Re, nulla piú resta.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 558 focus
marinas
Proprijs alis euntibus nigræ eos
Naues duxerunt quo name
535
Naues uerò ipfas perdideruntibi'nam
Neues perniciofis incursionibus,
Per Ionum manus paulo post effugere
Regem ipfum,ipfos audiuimus per Thraciæ fubli-
Et tempestuosas uias.
540
Qui primi fato funt functi heu,
Capti neceßitate beu.
Circa littora Cypriæ luctus,
Luge clama grauiter,
Clama cœlestes dolores,
545
Extende uocem clamoſam & miferŭ clamorem.
Fracli mari atrociter, beu heu,
Vexantur à multis, heu heu,
Filijs immaculati maris heu.
Luget uirum domus deferta,
550
Parentes uerò liberis orbatirigantur lachrymis:
Lugentes ſenes mala à demone immiſſa,
Omnem audiunt dolorem. certè per Afiam terram
Non amplius legibus Perſarū regūtur, nõ amplius
Tributa pendunt dominis,
555
Neq; in terram procidere
Incipiunt:nam perijt robur regium.
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.) — 558 focus
Now is the land-force lost, the shipmen sunk below!
Ah for the ships that bore them, woe is me!
Bore them to death and doom! the crashing prows
Of fierce Ionian oarsmen swept the sea,
And death was in their wake, and shipwreck murderous!
590
Late, late and hardly—if true tales they tell—
Did Xerxes flee along the wintry way
And snows of Thrace—but ah, the first who fell
Lie by the rocks or float upon Cychrea's bay!
Mourn, each and all! waft heavenward your cry,
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Stung to the soul, bereaved, disconsolate!
Wail out your anguish, till it pierce the sky,
In shrieks of deep despair, ill-omened, desperate!
The dead are drifting, yea, are gnawed upon
By voiceless children of the stainless sea,
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Or battered by the surge! we mourn and groan
For husbands gone to death, for childless agony!
Alas the aged men, who mourn to-day
The ruinous sorrows that the gods ordain!
O'er the wide Asian land, the Persian sway
605
Can force no tribute now, and can no rule sustain.
Yea, men will crouch no more to fallen power
And kingship overthrown! the whole land o'er,
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.) — 558 focus
Landheer zog und Seevolk aus zum Kampf;
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Die leinbeschwingten, dunkelen 1
Meerschiffe trugen's, ach, dahin,
Meerschiffe trugen's zum Tode hin,
Meerschiffe, mit des Todes Zahn bewehrt!
Kaum entrann der König selbst
545
(Wie die Sage mir erzählt)
Aus der Joner Händen, floh
Durch Blachfelder von Thrake
Auf Sturmpfaden des Winters.
Jene, zu bald in den Tod
550
(Ach!)
Hingerafft vom Geschicke
(O Leid!)
Um Kychreia's Gestade,
Sind hin! Klage, mein Herz, und traure!
In den Aether schalle
Des Schmerzes Schrei,
555
(O Gram!)
Hebt mit Geheul, Gewinsel
Den Angstruf unsel'gen Jammers!
Treibend in wirbelnder Flut,
(Ach!)
Hascht des heiligen Meeres
(O Leid!)
Stumme Brut und zerfleischt sie.
560
Einsam trauert dem Herrn das Haus nach;
Der verwaiste Vater,
Der arme Greis,
(O Gram!)
Jammert in wildem Schmerze,
Ihm ward nun das ganze Leid kund.
565
Asia's Völker, sie beugen
Nimmer hinfort sich dem Perser;
Nicht den Geboten des Zwanges
Huldigend, zollen sie Schoßgeld,
Nicht zur Erde sich werfend,
570
Fröhnen sie mehr; denn des Königs
Scepter zerbrach im Staube.

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

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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Erste Hälfte die Στρ. γ΄. Thatsache, zweite der Jammer dar- über (wie in der Strophe). Im Meere schrecklich herumgestofsen, werden sie von den Fischen zer- rissen. Herod. VI 44: θηριωδεστά- της ἐούσης τῆς θαλάσσης ὑπὸ τῶν θηρίων διεφθείροντο ἁρπαζό- μενοι. τᾶς ἀμιάντου ἁλοσύδνας (wie Hom. δ 404 καλῆς ἀλοσύδνης) 8. ν. 2. τῆς ἀμιάντου θαλάσσης. Schol. οὐ γὰρ μιαίνεται πώποτε καὶ πολλῶν μολυσμάτων ἐπιχυθέν- των αὐτῇ. Die kinderlosen Eltern, unendliches Leid beklagend, lassen den vollen (höchsten) Schmerz in Jammerrufen laut werden. ἀπύου- σιν 123. Mit τὸ πᾶν ἄλγος vgl. Herod. VII 3 ἡ γὰρ Ἄτοσσα εἶχε τὸ πᾶν κράτος.