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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.) — 633-680 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 633-680 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 623 focus
ἡ ῥ᾽ ἀΐει μου μακαρίτας ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεὺς
βάρβαρα σαφηνῆ
ἱέντος τὰ παναίολ᾽ αἰανῆ δύσθροα βάγματ᾽, ἢ
635
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 623 focus
βασίλεια γύναι, πρέσβος Πέρσαις,
σύ τε πέμπε χοὰς θαλάμους ὕπο γῆς,
ἡμεῖς δ᾽ ὕμνοις αἰτησόμεθα
φθιμένων πομποὺς
εὔφρονας εἶναι κατὰ γαίας.
630
ἀλλά, χθόνιοι δαίμονες ἁγνοί,
Γῆ τε καὶ Ἑρμῆ, βασιλεῦ τ᾽ ἐνέρων,
πέμψατ᾽ ἔνερθεν ψυχὴν ἐς φῶς·
εἰ γάρ τι κακῶν ἄκος οἶδε πλέον,
μόνος ἂν θνητῶν πέρας εἴποι.
635
ἦ ῥ᾽ ἀΐει μου μακαρίτας ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεὺς
βάρβαρα σαφηνῆ
ἱέντος τὰ παναίολα αἰ-
ανῆ δύσθροα βάγματα,
παντάλαν᾽ ἄχη
640
διαβοᾶσαι;
νέρθεν ἄρα κλύει μου;
ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλλοι χθονίων ἁγεμόνες
δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ
ἰόντ᾽ αἰνέσατ᾽ ἐκ δόμων,
645
Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ θεόν·
πέμπετε δ᾽ ἄνω
οἷον οὔπω
Περσὶς αἷα ἐκάλυψεν.
ὦ φίλος ἀνήρ, φίλος ὄχθος·
650
φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.
Ἀϊδωνεὺς δ᾽ ἀναπομπὸς ἀνείης, Ἀϊδωνεύς,
δαΐον οἷον ἄνακτα Δαρεῖον.
ἠέ.
οὔτε γὰρ ἄνδρας πότ᾽ ἀπώλλυ
655
πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,
θεομήστωρ δ᾽ ἐκικλήσκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δ᾽
ἔσκεν, ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ τόν᾽ ὡδώκει.
ἠέ.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 623 focus
Ἦ ῥ' ἀΐει μου μακαρί-
Str. 1.
τας ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεὺς
βάρβαρα σαφηνῆ
635
ἱέντος τὰ παναίολ' αἰ-
ανῆ δύσθροα βάγματα ;
παντάλαν' ἄχη διαβοάσω·
νέρθεν ἆρα κλύει μου ;
Ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλ-
640
Ant. 1
λοι χθονίων ἁγεμόνες
δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ μεγαλαυχῆ
ἰόντ' αἰνέσατ' ἐκ δόμων,
Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ θεόν·
πέμπετε δ' ἄνω οἷον οὔπω
645
Ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ, φίλος ὄχθος ὄχθος· φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.
Str. 2.
Ἀϊδωνεὺς δ' ἀναπομ-
πὸς ἀνείης ἂν εἴη (uel εἴην) seu ἀνίη (uel ἀνίει), Ἀϊδωνεύς,
οἷον ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα Δαρεῖον οἷον (uel οἷον) ἄνακτα Δαρειάν· ἠέ.
650
Οὔτι Οὔτε γὰρ ἄνδρας πότ' ἀπώλ-
Ant. 2.
λυ πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,
θεομήστωρ δ' ἐκικλή-
σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δ'
ἔσκεν, ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει ὑπεδώκει εὖ ἐποδώκει· ἠέ.
655
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 623 focus
βασίλεια γύναι, πρέσβος Πέρσαις,
σύ τε πέμπε χοὰς θαλάμους ὑπὸ γῆς,
ἡμεῖς θ᾽ ὕμνοις αἰτησόμεθα
φθιμένων πομποὺς
εὔφρονας εἶναι κατὰ γαίας.
630
ἀλλὰ χθόνιοι δαίμονες ἁγνοί,
Γῆ τε καὶ Ἑρμῆ, βασιλεῦ τ᾽ ἐνέρων,
πέμψατ᾽ ἔνερθεν ψυχὴν ἐς φῶς·
εἰ γάρ τι κακῶν ἄκος οἶδε πλέον,
μόνος ἂν θνητῶν πέρας εἴποι.
635
ἦ ῥ' ἀίει μου μακαρίτας
ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεὺς
βάρβαρα σαφηνῆ
ἱέντος τὰ παναίολ' ἀ-
φανῆ δύσθροα βάγματα;
640
παντάλαν᾽ ἄχη διαβοάσω;
νέρθεν ἄρα κλύει μου;
ἀλλὰ σύ μοι, Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλλοι
χθονίων ἀγεμόνες,
δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ
645
ἰόντ᾽ αἰνέσατ᾽ ἐκ δόμων,
Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ θεόν·
πέμπετε δ᾽ ἄνω οἷον οὔπω
Περσὶς αἷ᾽ ἐκάλυψεν.
ἦ φίλος ἀνήρ, φίλος ὄχθος·
650
φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.
Ἀϊδωνεὺς δ᾽ ἀναπομ-
πὸς ἀνείης Ἀϊδωνεὺς
Δαρεῖον, οἷον ἄνακτα Δαρειάν, ἠέ.
οὔτε γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτ᾽ ἀπώλλυ
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πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,
θεομήστωρ δ᾽ ἐκικλή-
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 623 focus
ἢ ῥ᾽ ἀίει μου μακαρίτας ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεύς
βάρβαρα σαφηνή
ἱέντος τὰ παναίολ᾽ αἰανῆ δύσθροα βάγματα;
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παντάλαν᾽ ἄχη
διαβοάσω.
νέρθεν ἆρα κλύει μου; –
ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλλοι χθονίων ἁγεμόνες
δαίμονα μεγαυχή
ἰόντ᾽ αἰνέσατ᾽ ἐκ δόμων,
Περσᾶν Σουσιγενή θεόν·
πέμπετε δ᾽ ἄνω
οἷον οὔπω
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Περσὶς αἷ᾽ ἐκάλυψεν. –
ἢ φίλος ἁνήρ, φίλος ὄχθος·
φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.
᾿Αιδωνεὺς δ᾽ ἀναπομ-
πὸς ἀνείης ᾿Αιδωνεὺς
650
οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτ᾿ ἀπώλλυ
πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,
θεομήστωρ δ᾽ ἐκικλή-
σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ / δ᾽ ἔσκεν, ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὐ ποδούχει.
655
ἠέ. =
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.)) — 633-680 focus
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 623 focus
Royal dame, venerable majesty of the Persians, do thou convey libations to the chambers beneath the earth, and we, in our lays, will implore the conductors of the dead beneath the earth to be propitious. Come, O ye holy divinities below the earth, both Earth and Mercury, and thou. monarch of the dead, send from beneath the spirit into the light of day; for if he knows any remedy 2
of our ills, he alone could tell the termination more than mortals 3
.
Does then the godlike monarch, of blessed memory, hear me as I utter the all-varied barbaric clear plaintive dismal cries? A loud outcry will I make over our utterly wretched sorrows. Does he then hear me from beneath the earth?
But do thou, O Earth, and ye other rulers of the infernal regions, suffer the illustrious divinity, the god of the Persians, born in Susa, to pass from your dwellings, and send him into upper air, such an one as never heretofore Persian mould covered.
Aye, dear was the man, and dear is his sepulchre, for dear was the character that it entombs. And thou, Aldoneus, that dost send the shades to this upper world, set at liberty, Aidoneus, Darius, all kingly as he was. Alas 1
!
For as at no time he was the destroyer of men by the wasting calamities of war, so he was called by his Persians, counsellor divine; and counsellor divine he was, for he conducted the host well.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 623 focus
dirigerai vers les dieux infernaux ces hommages que boira la terre.
M'entend-il, le roi défunt, égal aux dieux ? M'entend-il lancer en langue barbare, claire à son oreille 2 , ces
appels gémissants, lugubres, où se mêlent tous les accents de la plainte ? Je clamerai
haut mes souffrances infinies : du fond de l'ombre m'entend-il ?

Allons, Terre, et vous, princes du monde infernal, laissez sortir de vos demeures l'être divin et superbe, le dieu, fils de
Cher nous est le héros, chère nous est cette tombe, car chère nous est l'âme qu'elle enferme. Aïdôneus 3 , fais remonter
au jour, ô Aïdôneus, le roi
sans pareil, Darios. Hé ! hé !
Ce n'est pas lui qui perdait ses soldats dans des débâcles meurtrières ! Les Perses l'appelaient l'inspiré des dieux 4 , et
c'est en inspiré des dieux qu'il
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 623 focus
Yes, royal lady, Perſia's honour'd grace,
760
To earth's dark chambers pour thy off'rings:
We
With choral hymns will ſupplicate the pow'rs
That guide the dead, to be propitious to us.
And you, that o'er the realms of night extend
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Your ſacred ſway, thee mighty earth, and thee
Hermes;
thee chief, tremendous king, whoſe throne
Awes with ſupreme dominion, I adjure:
THE PERSIANS.
Send, from your gloomy regions, ſend his ſhade
770
Once more to viſit this ætherial light;
That he alone, if ought of dread event
He ſees yet threat'ning Perſia, may diſcloſe
To us poor mortals Fate's extreme decree.
Hears the honour'd, godlike king?
775
Theſe barbaric notes of woe,
Taught in deſcant ſad to ring,
Hears he in the ſhades below?
Thou, O Earth, and you, that lead
Thro' your ſable realms the dead,
780
Guide him as he takes his way,
And give him to th' ætherial light of day !
Let th' illuſtrious ſhade ariſe
Glorious in his radiant ſtate,
More than blaz'd before our eyes,
785
E'er ſad Suſa mourn'd his fate.
THE PERSIANS.
Dear he liv'd, his tomb is dear,
Shrining virtues we revere :
Send then, monarch of the dead,
Such as Darius was, Darius' ſhade.
790
He in realm-unpeopling war
Waſted not his ſubjects' blood,
Godlike in his will to ſpare,
In his councils wiſe and good.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 623 focus
O regina, cui venera il popolo
persiano, i libami tu versa
della terra sui talami.
Ai Dèmoni
715
che guidan gli estinti
chiederem noi frattanto con gl'inni
che sotterra benigni ci siano.
Ascolti, o beatissimo
725
Sire, o pari ai Celesti,
me, che con persi limpidi
accenti, alzo dei mesti
lagni i lugubri modi?
lo griderò la mia doglia miserrima:
730
tu di sotterra m'odi?
O terra, o degli spiriti
Dei condottieri, il duce
che in Susa nacque, il nobile
Re, mandate alla luce
735
dal sotterraneo regno:
mandate il prence onde mai non coprirono
le zolle altro piú degno!
Diletto l'uomo, e pur diletto il tumulo
dov'è la cara sua virtú racchiusa.
740
Aidonèo, Aidonèo, fa' tu che libero
l'unico re di Susa,
salga alla luce, Dario, Dario. Ahimè!
Ch'ei non condusse mai dei Persi il popolo
al guerresco sterminio, alla sconfitta:
745
esso fu detto, e fu Divin consiglio:
ché per la via diritta
sempre guidar seppe sue genti. Ahimè!
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 623 focus
Terraq; Mercuri inferorum rex
Mittite ex inferis locis animam in lucem.
Audi fanè me beate dijs æqualis rex,
Sed tu Terra, & alij
Terrestrium duces dij gloriofum
Annuite uenire ex ædibus Perfarum Sufigenam
Deum, ſurſum mittite quem nondum
Perſica terra occultauit.certe amicus,
605
Reuera amicus erat uir, reuera bufium
Aidoneus mortuorum deductor
Mittet Darium uidelicet regem, aut eius animum.
Neq; enim uiros unquam perdidit
Bellicis nocumentis.
610
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.) — 623 focus
Queen, by the Persian land adored,
By thee be this libation poured,
Passing to those who hold command
Of dead men in the spirit-land!
And we will sue, in solemn chant,
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That gods who do escort the dead
In nether realms, our prayer may grant—
Back to us be Darius led!
O Earth, and Hermes, and the king
Of Hades, our Darius bring!
655
For if, beyond the prayers we prayed,
He knoweth aught of help or aid,
He, he alone, in realms below,
Can speak the limit of our woe!
Doth he hear me, the king we adored, who is god among gods of the dead?
660
Doth he hear me send out in my sorrow the pitiful, manifold cry,
The sobbing lament and appeal? is the voice of my suffering sped
To the realm of the shades? doth he hear me and pity my sorrowful sigh?
O Earth, and ye Lords of the dead! release ye that spirit of might,
Who in Susa the palace was born! let him rise up once more to the light!
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There is none like him, none of all
That e'er were laid in Persian sepulchres!
Borne forth he was to honoured burial,
A royal heart! and followed by our tears.
God of the dead, O give him back to us,
670
Darius, ruler glorious!
He never wasted us with reckless war—
God, counsellor, and king, beneath a happy star!
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.) — 623 focus
O Königin, Erste von Persis' Frau'n,
605
Auf, sende den Gruß in der Erde Gemach :
Wir flehen indeß im Gesange sie an,
Uns gnädig zu sein,
Die Geleiter der Todten im Hades!
Ihr heiligen Götter des Abgrunds, Ge
610
Und Hermes und du, der die Schatten beherrscht,
O sendet empor an die Sonne den Geist!
Denn weiß er im Leid noch weiteren Rath,
Er verkündet allein uns das Ende.
(Atossa spendet am Grabmal, während die folgenden Strophen ge. sungen werden.)
Hörst du mich, Herr, seliger Geist, hörst du mich, gottähnlicher Fürst,
615
Wie ich in der Heimat
Lauten sende zu dir hinab
Den helljammernden Klageruf?
Bittern Schmerzes Schrei
Heb' ich ohn' Ende:
620
Du dort unten, vernimmst du's?
Höre mich, Ge! Höret, ihr Gottheiten der Nacht, waltend im Grab!
Lasset den erhabnen
Geist empor aus den Gräbern zieh'n,
Susa's Sprößling, den Persergott!
625
Sendet ihn an's Licht!
Keinen ihm Gleichen
Barg ein persisches Grab noch.
Theuerstes Haupt! Theuerstes Grabmal!
Denn ein theures Herz verbirgst du.
630
Aïdoneus, o geleit' ihn empor, mächtiger Nachtgott,
Ihn, den alleinigen Schrecken der Feinde! 1
Nicht in den Tod gab er die Männer,
In des Kriegs zermalmend Unheil,
Und ein Gottweiser genannt von dem Volk, war er in Wahrheit
635
Göttlich, er lenkte die Heere zum Glück einst. 2

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

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παντάλαν᾽: ἔστι δὲ τὸ
παντάλαινον
. εὕρηται δὲ ἐν πολλοῖς καὶ καλοῖς βιβλίοις. οὕτω καὶ μὴ οἰηθείη τις
παντάλαιναν
ἄξιον εἶναι γράφεσθαι scholion in G.
παντάλαινά τ'
Ven. Β.
παντάλανατ᾽
Rob. et sic fortasse etiam Рar. C. ex quo
navτákavav'
affertur.
navtákav'
recte M. ceterique libri.
640

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ἄχη:
uz⁹n
Vit.
640

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διαβοᾶσαι:
diapoάow
, quod in M. et ceteris plerisque libris est, omittunt Ven. B. Rob.
διαβάσω
Lips.
διαβ
Vit.
διαβὰς
Mosc.
διαβοάσω
nec coniunctivus esse potest, ut a Wordsworthio in Museo philologico I. p. 233. praecipitur, nec sane futurum, quod
diaßoάooμai
esse deberet, sed scribendum
Siapoãovi
, continuata structura cum praecedentibus. Non chori est
diapour
, sed eorum qui audiunt.
641

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νέρθεν:
νέρθεν
omittit Vit.
642

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ἄρα:
úga
, circumflexo accentu a sec. manu addito, M.
ou
Lips. Ald. Rob.
642

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σύ μοι:
o
omittunt Ven. B. et Rob.
643

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Γᾶ:
ya
Lips.
643

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ἁγεμόνες:
ἀγεμόνες
Μ.
úɣaµóves
G.
iyɛuóves
Vit. Lips. Mosc. Omittunt hanc vocem Ox. Ald.
643

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δαίμονα:
Saíuores
Rob.
644

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μεγαυχῆ:
uεyavy
Par. A. et, ut videtur, M.
μeyahavz
Vit. Lips. Ven. A. B. Par. B. L. et edd. ante Brunckium.
uɛyahaoz
G. Cantabr. 1. Par. C.
μɛyahάoyŋ
in Par. A. adscriptum esse dicit Brunckius.
644

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ἰόντ᾽:
vt
Par. C. et adscriptum in Par. B.
645

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αἰνέσατ᾽:
αἰνέσατε
δόμων
9ε
Par. C. F.
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ἐκ δόμων:
Ven. B.
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Περσᾶν:
περσῶν
Lips. Par. C.
περσανῶν
Mosc.
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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

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1
2
Bitte an die Götter der Unterwelt ihn heraufzulassen. ἰόντ᾽ αἰνέσατε nach Analogie von Kr. 56, 6. A. 1. u. 2. - Virum qualem (cuius similem) numquam Persis terra texit. τὸν οἷον.. ἐκάλυψεν wie οἱ οἷοίπερ ὑμεῖς ἄν- δρες, Kr. I 50, 8. A. 16.