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Πέρσαι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 65-158 focus
Χορός
πεπέρακεν
1
μὲν ὁ περσέπτολις ἤδη
65
βασίλειος στρατὸς εἰς ἀν-
τίπορον γείτονα χώραν,
λινοδέσμῳ σχεδίᾳ πορ-
θμὸν ἀμείψας
Ἀθαμαντίδος Ἕλλας,
70
πολύγομφον ὅδισμα
ζυγὸν ἀμφιβαλὼν αὐχένι πόντου.
73
Χορός
πολυάνδρου δ᾽ Ἀσίας θούριος ἄρχων
ἐπὶ πᾶσαν χθόνα ποιμα-
νόριον θεῖον ἐλαύνει
75
διχόθεν, πεζονόμον
2
τ᾽ ἔκ
τε θαλάσσας,
ἐχυροῖσι πεποιθὼς
στυφελοῖς ἐφέταις, χρυ-
81
Χορός
κυανοῦν
5
δ᾽ ὄμμασι λεύσσων
πολύχειρ καὶ πολυναύτας,
Σύριόν θ᾽ ἅρμα διώκων,
ἐπάγει δουρικλύτοις ἀν-
85
δράσι τοξόδαμνον Ἄρη.
87
Χορός
δόκιμος δ᾽ οὔτις ὑποστὰς
μεγάλῳ ῥεύματι φωτῶν
ἐχυροῖς ἕρκεσιν εἴργειν
ἄμαχον κῦμα θαλάσσας:
90
ἀπρόσοιστος γὰρ ὁ Περσᾶν
8
στρατὸς ἀλκίφρων τε λαός.
93
Χορός
δολόμητιν δ᾽ ἀπάταν θεοῦ
τίς ἀνὴρ θνατὸς ἀλύξει;
τίς ὁ κραιπνῷ ποδὶ πήδη-
95
97
Χορός
φιλόφρων γὰρ παρασαίνει
12
βροτὸν εἰς ἄρκυας Ἄτα,
13
τόθεν οὐκ ἔστιν ὕπερθέν
νιν ἄνατον ἐξαλύξαι.
14
100
θεόθεν γὰρ κατὰ Μοῖρ᾽
ἐκράτησεν τὸ παλαι-
όν, ἐπέσκηψε δὲ Πέρσαις
πολέμους πυργοδαΐκτους
διέπειν ἱππιοχάρμας
105
τε κλόνους
πόλεών τ᾽ ἀναστάσεις.
108
Χορός
ἔμαθον δ᾽
15
εὐρυπόροι-
ο θαλάσσας πολιαι-
νομένας πνεύματι λάβρῳ
110
ἐσορᾶν πόντιον ἄλσος,
πίσυνοι λεπτοδόμοις πεί-
σμασι λα-
οπόροις τε μαχαναῖς.
115
Χορός
ταῦτά μοι
16
μελαγχίτων
115
φρὴν ἀμύσσεται φόβῳ,
ὀᾶ, Περσικοῦ στρατεύματος
τοῦδε, μὴ πόλις
17
πύθη-
ται κένανδρον μέγ᾽ ἄστυ Σουσίδος,
120
Χορός
καὶ τὸ Κισσίων πόλισμ᾽
120
ἀντίδουπον ᾄσεται,
18
ὀᾶ, τοῦτ᾽ ἔπος γυναικοπλη-
θὴς ὅμιλος ἀπύων,
βυσσίνοις δ᾽ ἐν πέπλοις πέσῃ λακίς.
19
125
126
Χορός
πᾶς γὰρ ἱππηλάτας
καὶ πεδοστιβὴς λεὼς
σμῆνος ὣς ἐκλέλοιπεν μελισ-
σᾶν
20
σὺν ὀρχάμῳ στρατοῦ,
τὸν ἀμφίζευκτον ἐξαμείψας
130
ἀμφοτέρας ἅλιον
πρῶνα κοινὸν αἴας.
133
Χορός
λέκτρα δ᾽ ἀνδρῶν πόθῳ
21
πίμπλαται δακρύμασιν:
Περσίδες δ᾽ ἁβροπενθεῖς
22
ἑκά-
135
στα
23
πόθῳ φιλάνορι
τὸν αἰχμάεντα θοῦρον εὐνα-
τῆρ᾽ ἀποπεμψαμένα
24
λείπεται μονόζυξ.
140
Χορός
ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε, Πέρσαι, τόδ᾽ ἐνεζόμενοι
140
στέγος
25
ἀρχαῖον,
φροντίδα κεδνὴν καὶ βαθύβουλον
θώμεθα, χρεία δὲ προσήκει,
πῶς ἄρα
26
πράσσει Ξέρξης βασιλεὺς
Δαρειογενής,
145
τὸ πατρωνύμιον γένος ἡμέτερον:
πότερον τόξου ῥῦμα τὸ νικῶν,
ἢ δορικράνου
27
λόγχης ἰσχὺς κεκράτηκεν.
ἀλλ᾽ ἥδε θεῶν ἴσον ὀφθαλμοῖς
150
φάος ὁρμᾶται μήτηρ βασιλέως,
βασίλεια δ᾽ ἐμή, προσπίτνω:
28
καὶ προσφθόγγοις δὲ χρεὼν αὐτὴν
πάντας μύθοισι προσαυδᾶν.
155
Χορός
ὦ βαθυζώνων ἄνασσα Περσίδων ὑπερτάτη,
155
μῆτερ ἡ Ξέρξου γεραιά, χαῖρε, Δαρείου γύναι:
θεοῦ μὲν εὐνάτειρα
29
Περσῶν, θεοῦ δὲ καὶ μήτηρ ἔφυς,
εἴ τι μὴ δαίμων παλαιὸς νῦν μεθέστηκε στρατῷ.
159
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 65-158 focus
Χορός
πεπέρακεν μὲν ὁ περσέπτολις ἤδη
65
βασίλειος στρατὸς εἰς ἀν-
τίπορον γείτονα χώραν,
λινοδέσμῳ σχεδίᾳ πορθ-
μὸν ἀμείψας
Ἀθαμαντίδος Ἕλλας,
70
πολύγομφον ὅδισμα
ζυγὸν ἀμφιβαλὼν αὐχένι πόντου.
Χορός
πολυάνδρου δʼ Ἀσίας θούριος ἄρχων
ἐπὶ πᾶσαν χθόνα ποιμα-
νόριον θεῖον ἐλαύνει
75
διχόθεν, πεζονόμον τʼ ἔκ
τε θαλάσσας,
ἐχυροῖσι πεποιθὼς
στυφελοῖς ἐφέταις, χρυ-
σογόνου γενεᾶς ἰσόθεος φώς.
80
Χορός
κυάνεον δʼ ὄμμασι λεύσσων
φονίου δέργμα δράκοντος,
πολύχειρ καὶ πολυναύτας,
Σύριόν θʼ ἅρμα διώκων,
ἐπάγει δουρικλύτοις ἀν-
85
δράσι τοξόδαμνον Ἄρη.
Χορός
δόκιμος δʼ οὔτις ὑποστὰς
μεγάλῳ ῥεύματι φωτῶν
ἐχυροῖς ἕρκεσιν εἴργειν
ἄμαχον κῦμα θαλάσσας·
90
ἀπρόσοιστος γὰρ ὁ Περσᾶν
στρατὸς ἀλκίφρων τε λαός.
Χορός
θεόθεν γὰρ κατὰ Μοῖρʼ
ἐκράτησεν τὸ παλαι-
όν, ἐπέσκηψε δὲ Πέρσαις
95
πολέμους πυργοδαΐκτους
διέπειν ἱππιοχάρμας
τε κλόνους
πόλεών τʼ ἀναστάσεις.
Χορός
ἔμαθον δʼ εὐρυπόροι-
100
ο θαλάσσας πολιαι-
νομένας πνεύματι λάβρῳ
ἐσορᾶν πόντιον ἄλσος,
πίσυνοι λεπτοδόμοις πεί-
σμασι λα-
105
οπόροις τε μαχαναῖς.
Χορός
δολόμητιν δʼ ἀπάταν θεοῦ
τίς ἀνὴρ θνατὸς ἀλύξει;
τίς ὁ κραιπνῷ ποδὶ πήδη-
μα τόδʼ εὐπετῶς ἀνᾴσσων;
110
Χορός
φιλόφρων γὰρ παρασαίνει
βροτὸν εἰς ἄρκυας Ἄτα,
τόθεν οὐκ ἔστιν ὕπερθέν
νιν ἄνατον ἐξαλύξαι.
Χορός
ταῦτά μοι μελαγχίτων
115
φρὴν ἀμύσσεται φόβῳ,
ὀᾶ, Περσικοῦ στρατεύματος
τοῦδε, μὴ πόλις πύθη-
ται κένανδρον μέγʼ ἄστυ Σουσίδος,
Χορός
καὶ τὸ Κισσίων πόλισμʼ
120
ἀντίδουπον ᾄσεται,
ὀᾶ, τοῦτʼ ἔπος γυναικοπλη-
θὴς ὅμιλος ἀπύων,
βυσσίνοις δʼ ἐν πέπλοις πέσῃ λακίς.
125
Χορός
πᾶς γὰρ ἱππηλάτας
καὶ πεδοστιβὴς λεὼς
σμῆνος ὣς ἐκλέλοιπεν μελισ-
σᾶν σὺν ὀρχάμῳ στρατοῦ,
τὸν ἀμφίζευκτον ἐξαμείψας
130
ἀμφοτέρας ἅλιον
πρῶνα κοινὸν αἴας.
Χορός
λέκτρα δʼ ἀνδρῶν πόθῳ
πίμπλαται δακρύμασιν·
Περσίδες δʼ ἁβροπενθεῖς ἑκά-
135
στα πόθῳ φιλάνορι
τὸν αἰχμάεντα θοῦρον εὐνα-
τῆρʼ ἀποπεμψαμένα
λείπεται μονόζυξ.
Χορός
ἀλλʼ ἄγε, Πέρσαι, τόδʼ ἐνεζόμενοι
140
στέγος ἀρχαῖον,
φροντίδα κεδνὴν καὶ βαθύβουλον
θώμεθα, χρεία δὲ προσήκει,
πῶς ἄρα πράσσει Ξέρξης βασιλεὺς
Δαρειογενής,
145
τὸ πατρωνύμιον γένος ἡμέτερον·
πότερον τόξου ῥῦμα τὸ νικῶν,
ἢ δορικράνου
λόγχης ἰσχὺς κεκράτηκεν.
ἀλλʼ ἥδε θεῶν ἴσον ὀφθαλμοῖς
150
φάος ὁρμᾶται μήτηρ βασιλέως,
βασίλεια δʼ ἐμή· προσπίτνω·
καὶ προσφθόγγοις δὲ χρεὼν αὐτὴν
πάντας μύθοισι προσαυδᾶν.
Χορός
ὦ βαθυζώνων ἄνασσα Περσίδων ὑπερτάτη,
155
μῆτερ ἡ Ξέρξου γεραιά, χαῖρε, Δαρείου γύναι·
θεοῦ μὲν εὐνάτειρα Περσῶν, θεοῦ δὲ καὶ μήτηρ ἔφυς,
εἴ τι μὴ δαίμων παλαιὸς νῦν μεθέστηκε στρατῷ.
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 65 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 65 focus
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 65 focus
Πεπέρακεν
πεπέρακε μὲν ὁ περσέπτολις ἤδη
65
Str. 1.
βασίλειος στρατὸς εἰς ἀντίπορον γεί-
τονα χώραν, λινοδέσμῳ σχεδίᾳ πορθ-
μὸν ἀμείψας Ἀθαμαντίδος Ἕλλας,
πολύγομφον ὅδισμα ζυγὸν ἀμ-
φιβαλὼν αὐχένι πόντου·
70
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 65 focus
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 65 focus
πεπέρακεν μὲν ὁ περσέπτολις ἤδη
65
βασίλειος στρατὸς εἰς ἀν-
Testim.:
Apparatus Criticus
Μητρογαθής μιτρογ. μιτραγ. μητραγ. μιστρογ. βασιλῆς βασιλῆς -λῆες -λεῖς δίοποι δίοποι δίοπτοι 1 καὶ 2 τρίρρυμα τίρρυμα στεῦται στεῦται στεῦνται δούλιον δούλειον Μάρδων μάργων θάρυβις θάρβις θάρυμις λόγχης λόγχαις πάμμεικτον πάμμικτον σύρδην σύδην μαχαιροφόρον μαχαιροφόνον αἴας αΐης γαίης γαίας οὓς πέρι οὔσπερ μαλερῶι μαλερῶς ἡμερολεγδὸn ἡμερόλεγδον 3 μὲn ... ἤδη om
ΧΟ.
τίπορον γείτονα χώραν,
λινοδέσμωι σχεδίαι πορθμὸν ἀμείψας
᾿Αθαμαντίδος Ἕλλας,
πολύγομφον ὅδισμα
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Ζυγὸν ἀμφιβαλὼν αὐχένι πόντου.
πολυάνδρου δ᾽
Translations (9)
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
Chorus
The royal army, dealing destruction to cities, has already passed to the neighboring land upon the facing shore, and this they did by crossing the
Hellespont
,
65
named for the daughter of Athamas, on a bridge of boats made fast with cables, thereby casting a tightly constructed roadway as a yoke upon the neck of the sea.
70
Chorus
The fiery lord of populous
Asia
is leading his wondrous warrior-flock against the whole earth in two divisions, on foot and by the sea, putting his trust in his stalwart and stern commanders; he himself,
75
a god-like hero whose race is sprung from gold.
1
80
Chorus
With eyes flashing with the dark glare of a deadly dragon, attended by soldiers and mariners in great numbers, and speeding his Syrian chariot,
he leads against a people renowned for the spear a warlike host of archers.
85
Chorus
And there is no man skilled to withstand the mighty stream of men, and with strong barriers keep out the sea’s invincible surge;
for
Persia
’s host cannot be withstood, and her men are courageous.
90
Chorus
For by the will of the gods Fate has held sway
since ancient time, and has ordained for the Persians the pursuit of rampart-destroying war, the turmoil of fighting horsemen, and the storming of cities.
95
Chorus
And they have learned to look upon the precinct of the deep when the broad-wayed sea whitens to foam beneath the tempest’s blast, trusting in their finely wrought
100
cables and their devices which give passage to their army.
105
Chorus
Yet the insidious guile of god—what mortal man can escape it? Who with agile foot can lightly overleap
and escape its toils?
110
Chorus
For Delusion, with her fair appearance, lures men astray into her snares, from which it is not possible to escape without meeting with disaster.
Chorus
Therefore my heart is wrapped in gloom and is racked with fear for the Persian army lest the state learn that the mighty capital of
Susa
is empty of men.
115
Chorus
Fearful I am too that as bands of women cry aloud
woe, the Cissian stronghold will raise a resounding shout responsive to the beating of breasts,
120
and that there will be a tearing of fine linen robes.
125
Chorus
For all the men-at-arms, those who urge on steeds and those who march along the plain, have left the city and gone forth, like bees in a swarm, together with the captain of the host.
They have crossed the headland, projecting into the sea and common to either continent, through which both shores are bridged.
130
Chorus
And marriage-beds are filled with tears through longing for husbands;
each Persian woman has sent to the field her warlike and fiery consort, and now in grief and longing for her beloved lord, is left forsaken by her mate.
135
Chorus
But come, Persians, let us take our place on the steps of this ancient palace and devise some wise and deeply-pondered counsel—for need of this has come upon us—as to how Xerxes our King,
140
Darius’ son, scion of our own race as his forefather’s name declares, is faring. Is it the drawing of the bow that has triumphed, or is it the might of the sharp spear-head which has prevailed?
Enter Atossa, richly dressed, on a chariot and attended by a numerous retinue
145
But look, here is a light like the eyes of the god, the mother of our king, my Queen. I bow low before her. It is fitting also that we all address her with words of salutation.
The elders prostrate themselves and then rise to their feet. Their leader continues
150
Chorus
O Queen, most exalted of
Persia
’s deep-girdled women, venerable mother of Xerxes, wife of Darius, all hail! You were the consort of the Persian’s god, and of another god the mother, that is, unless its former good fortune has now forsaken our host.
155
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 65 focus
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 65 focus
l'Athamantide 1 , en jetant sa route
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 65 focus
With falchions arm'd
From all th' extent of Aſia move the hoſts
65
Obedient to their monarch's ſtern command.
Thus march'd the flow'r of Perſia, whoſe lov'd
youth
The world of Aſia nouriſh'd, and with ſighs
Laments their abſence;
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Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 65 focus
CORO
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 65 focus
Rate fretum traijciens
65
Athamatidis Helles, multis clauis adaptatum ſuſtenaculum
Iugum inijciens ceruice ponti.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 64 focus
ATOSSA
By neither, but near Athens' walls hath our whole host been routed.
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.) — 65 focus
Ere now they have passed o'er the sea, the manifold host of the king—
They have gone forth to sack and to burn; ashore on the Westland they spring!
With cordage and rope they have bridged the sea-way of Helle, to pass
O'er the strait that is named by thy name, O daughter of Athamas!
80
They have anchored their ships in the current, they have bridled the neck of the sea—
The Shepherd and Lord of the East hath bidden a roadway to be!
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.) — 65 focus
In die jenseitigen nachbarlichen Gau'n brachen die burg-
ftürmenden Heerschaaren des Großkönigs hindurch schon
In dem wohlfugenden Boot über den Sund der
Athamantischen Helle:
70
Um den Nacken der See
Schlang sich das Joch, schlang sich der dichtbalkige Heerpfad.
Erste Gegenstrophe.
Notes on the current edition
Persians
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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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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