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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.) — 909-1076 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 909-931 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 898 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 898 focus
καὶ τὰς εὐκτεάνους κατὰ κλῆρον Ἰαόνιον πολυάνδρους
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ἐλαύνων ἐκράτει σφετέραις φρεσίν,
ἀκάματον δὲ παρῆν σθένος ἀνδρῶν τευχηστήρων,
παμμίκτων τ' ἐπικούρων.
νῦν δ᾽ οὐκ ἀμφιλόγως θεότρεπτα τάδ' ἀμπέρομεν πολέμοισι
δμαθέντες μεγάλως πλαγαῖσι ποντίαισιν.
885
ἰώ,
δύστηνος ἐγὼ στυγερᾶς μοίρας
τῆςδε κυρήσας ἀτεκμαρτοτάτης,
ὡς ὠμοφρόνως δαίμων ἐνέβη
Περσῶν γενεᾷ· τί πάθω τλήμων;
890
λέλυται γὰρ ἐμῶν γυίων ῥώμη
τήνδ᾽ ἡλικίαν ἐςιδόντ᾽ ἀστῶν.
νηριτοτρόφος
εἴθ᾽ ὄφελε, Ζεῦ, κἀμὲ μετ᾿ ἀνδρῶν
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τῶν οἰχομένων
θανάτου κάτα μοῖρα καλύψαι.
ὅδ᾽ ἐγών, οἰοῖ, αἰακτὸς
μέλεος γέννα γῇ τε πατρώα
κακὸν ἄρ᾽ ἐγενόμην.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 898 focus
καὶ τὰς εὐκτεάνους κατὰ κλῆρον Ἰ-
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Epod.
αόνιον ἰόνιον πολυάνδρους
Ἑλλάνων ἑλλάνων ἐκράτυνε σφετέραις φρεσίν,
ἀκάματον δὲ παρῆν σθένος ἀνδρῶν
τευχηστήρων
παμμείκτων παμμίκτων τ' ἐπικούρων.
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Νῦν δ' οὐκ ἀμφιλόγως θεότρεπτα τάδ'
αὖ φέρομεν πολέμοιο πολέμοισι
δμαθέντες μεγάλως πλα-
γαῖσι ποντίαισιν.
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 898 focus
καὶ τὰς εὐκτεάνους κατὰ κλῆρον
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Ἰαόνιον πολυάνδρους
Ἑλλάνων ἐκράτυνεν
σφετέραις φρεσίν. ἀκάματον δὲ παρῆν
σθένος ἀνδρῶν τευχηστήρων,
παμμίκτων τ᾽ ἐπικούρων.
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νῦν δ᾽ οὐκ ἀμφιλόγως
θεότρεπτα τάδ᾽ αὖ
φέρομεν πολέμοισι
δμαθέντες μεγάλως
πλαγαῖσι ποντίαισιν.
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ἰώ, δύστηνος ἐγὼ στυγερᾶς μοίρας
τῆσδε κυρήσας ἀτεκμαρτοτάτης,
ὡς ὠμοφρόνως δαίμων ἐνέβη
Περσῶν γενεᾷ· τί πάθω τλήμων;
λέλυται γὰρ ἐμῶν γυίων ῥώμη
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τήνδ᾽ ἡλικίαν ἐσιδόντ᾽ ἀστῶν.
ὅδ᾽ ἐγών, οἰοῖ, αἰακτὸς
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 898 focus
καὶ τὰς εὐκτεάνους κατὰ κλῆρον Ἰ-
αόνιον πολυάνδρους
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Ἑλλάνων [ἐκράτυνε] σφετέραις φρεσίν·
ἀκάματον δὲ παρῆν σθένος ἀνδρῶν
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.)) — 909-930 focus
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 898 focus
He ruled too, by his prudence, over the opulent populous cities of the Greeks in the Ionian district. And there was at hand an unconquerable power of armed men, and of allies gathered from every nation. But now we, in no dubious way, have to endure the overthrow of these things from the hand of the gods, being terribly beaten down by wars, and by disasters on the deep.
Alas! wretched that I am, having met with this hateful doom beyond all conjecture;-how ruthlessly hath the demon assailed the race of the Persians! What shall I suffer miserable? for the vigour of my limbs fails as I look upon this [aged] company of citizens here before me. O Jove! that the doom of death could enshroud me also along with the men that are departed.
I here before you, alas! alas! meet subject for wailing, hapless have been born an evil to my family, and my father-land.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 898 focus
et les cités de Chypre : Paphos, Soli —
Salamine, dont la métropole aujourd'hui cause nos gémissements 1 !
Et les villes opulentes du domaine ionien, si peuplées de
Grecs ! Et cela, par sa seule pensée, appuyée sur l'infatigable vigueur de ses hommes d'armes, la foule confuse de ses auxiliaires ! Mais nous
subissons aujourd'hui un revire-
ment clairement voulu des dieux et ployons sous les coups formidables que la guerre nous a portés sur les eaux 2 .
sur nos vaillants soutiens ! — et l'Asie, roi de cette terre, pitoya-
blement, pitoyablement, a fléchi le genou.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 898 focus
E'en the proud towns, that rear'd
Sublime along th' Ionian coaſt their tow'rs,
Where wealth her treaſures pours,
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Peopled from Greece, his prudent reign rever'd.
With ſuch unconquer'd might
His hardy warriors ſhook th' embattled fields,
Heroes that Perſia yields,
And thoſe from diſtant realms that took their way,
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And wedg'd in cloſe array
Beneath his glitt'ring banners claim'd the ſight.
But now theſe glories are no more;
Farewell the big war's plumed pride:
The Gods have cruſh'd this trophied pow'r,
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Sunk are our vanquiſh'd arms beneath th' indignant tide.
Ah me, how ſudden have the ſtorms of Fate,
Beyond all thought, all apprehenſion, burſt
On my devoted head!
O Fortune, Fortune!
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With what relentleſs fury hath thy hand
Hurl'd deſolation on the Perſian race!
Wo unſupportable!
The tort'ring thought
Of our loſt youth comes ruſhing on my mind,
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And ſinks me to the ground.
O Jove, that I
Had died with thoſe brave men that died in ſight!
Your fall, heroic youths, diſtracts my ſoul.
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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.) — 898 focus
E le città, d'Ellèni
uomini fitte, prospere di beni,
per le contrade lonie
sparse, reggeva a suo talento.
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Indomito
fior di patrie milizie e d'ausiliarie
commiste schiere aveva in sua possanza.
Ma tutto, con sembianza
non ambigua, sconvolto ora dai Superi,
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su noi, già in terra vinti, adesso pesa
per la marina offesa.
Ahimè! Misero me, qual destino
odïoso, inatteso, m'oppresse!
Con quale impeto il Dèmone crudo
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s'abbatte' su la stirpe dei Persi!
Che farò, tristo me?
Dei ginocchi
mi si stempra il vigor, quando miro
tanti vecchi a me innanzi!
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Deh!, Giove,
deh!, se avesse anche me fra gli estinti
seppellito il destino di morte!
Questo io sono: e di pianto son degno,
tristo me!, che alla nostra progenie
di sciagura fui causa, e al mio regno.
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Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 898 focus
Haslocupletes iuxta fortem
Ionicam multos uiros habentes inſequës firmauit
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Suis mentibus, incruentum aderat
Robur uirorum armatorum,& mixtorum
Iuuantıŭ:nunc uerò no ambiguè à dijs nutritas
Has ferimus molestias domati bellis,
Admodumq; plagis marinis.
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O' infelix ego, adeptus hoc fatum odiofum,
Incomprehenfibile, quàm crudeliter fortuna
Ingreßa est Perſarü generatione?
quid patiar mifer,
Solutum est robur meorum membroru.hanc uerò
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Aetatem uidens ciuium, fiue debuit Iupiter
Me cum uiris proficifcentibus mortis
Sorte occultare.
Ipfe uerò heu heu deflendus mifer, generationi
Et terræ patriæ malum extiti.
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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.) — 898 focus
Yea, and all the Ionian tract, where the Greek-born inhabitants throng,
And the cities are teeming with gold—Darius was lord of them all,
And, great by his wisdom, he ruled, and ever there came to his call,
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In stalwart array and unfailing, the warrior chiefs of our land,
And mingled allies from the tribes who bowed to his conquering hand!
But now there are none to gainsay that the gods are against us; we lie
Subdued in the havoc of wreck, and whelmed by the wrath of the sky!
[ Enter Xerxes in disarray.
Alas the day, that I should fall
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Into this grimmest fate of all,
This ruin doubly unforeseen!
On Persia's land what power of Fate
Descends, what louring gloom of hate?
How shall I bear my teen?
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My limbs are loosened where they stand,
When I behold this aged band—
Oh God! I would that I too, I,
Among the men who went to die,
Were whelmed in earth by Fate's command!
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Alas, a lamentable sound,
A cry of ruth! for I am found
A curse to land and lineage,
With none my sorrow to assuage!
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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.) — 898 focus
Auch in der Joner Gefilden die reichen gesegneten Städte, gedrängt von
Hellas' Volke bewohnt, zwang er mit weisem Sinn.
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Und unermüdliche Kraft der Gewappneten, Helfer aus allen
Völkern standen ihm nahe.
Doch jetzt dulden wir das; so ward es gewandt von den Göttern: sie schlugen
Graunvoll uns mit des Krieges Noth, des Meeres Unheil.
(Von der Seite der Fremde her vernimmt man Wehgeschrei; bald darauf erscheint Xerres, von einigen Kriegern gefolgt, mit Bogen und Köcher um die Schultern.)
Weh!
Und Ich Unseliger hier, weh!
Ich Armer, wie ward ich dem Volke zum Fluch
Und dem heimischen Land!
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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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δαϊπανέα σέβων ἁλίτυπά τε βάρη: Legebatur
λαοπαθῆ τε σεβίζων ἁλίτυπά τε βάρη
, nisi quod prius
te
in Ven. A. Ald. Rob. Turn. deest. Deesse puto etiam in Par. C. in quo non hoc, sed alterum
tɛ
deesse indicat Vauvillersius. Praeterea
σεβάζων
Colb. 1.
ἁλιτύπα τε
G.
ἁλιτικά τε
, posteriore accentu facto ex circumflexo, Vit. In Lips. ante
άλírvná te
chori nomen adscriptum est. Vitiosum esse hunc versum strophicus versus docet. Scripsi
δαϊπαθές σέβων ἁλίτυπά τε βάρη
.
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924. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-900

κλάγξω κλάγξω δ᾽ ἀρίδακρυν ἰαχάν: Libri
κλάγξω δ᾽ αὖ γόον ἀρίδακρυν
, nisi quod
κλαύσω
est in Colb. 1.
7o. so
adnotatum in margine Lips.
agudazovy
in Ven. A. Ald. Turn. Quum in stropha libri omnes
néo
iterent, neque veri simile sit vocabula
πολύδακρυν
et
ἀρίδακρυν
aliter posita esse, quam ut in eodem versus loco sibi invicem responderent, apparet corrupta haec esse. Scripsi, remoto interpretamento,
κλάγξω, κλάγξω δ᾽ ἀρίδακρυν λαχάν
,
924

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Ἰάνων γὰρ ἀπηύρα, Ἰάνων ναύφρακτος Ἄρης ἑτεραλκὴς νυχίαν πλάκα κερσάμενος δυσδαίμονά τ᾽ ἀκτάν.: Libri omnes versus 925-928 choro continuant. Xerxi eos dandos esse antistropha monstrat. Vidit hoc etiam Lachmannus.

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Ἰάνων:
lávov
utrobique G. Vit. Ven. B. Cantabr. 1. Colb. 2.
lávov
in priore versu, in altero
iúov
a pr. manu, addito supra a sec. manu
v
, M.
aóvav
utrobique Colb. 1. Ask. A. Par. C.
lávov
priore loco,
laóvor
posteriore Lips.
Torov
vulgo utrobique. "Taves nominis tenuia, sed certa vestigia sunt apud Hesychium in v.
Tarva
et apud Stephanum Byz. in v.
Túoor
. Corripuit autem Aeschylus alteram vocalem.

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ναύφρακτος:
κάφρακτος
Vit.
νεόφρακτος
Ald.
ναύκρατος
Lips. Ἰάων.
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νυχίαν: Libri omnes
víav
. Arnaldus
Bovziar
, Pauwius et Heathius, si quid mutandum esset,
μυχίαν
scribendum putaverunt.
Νυχίαν πλάκα
si scribitur, non videtur nisi duplex explicandi via relinqui, una, ut obscurum mare, altera, ut metaphorice exitiosum intelligi poeta voluerit. Neutrum satis ex more fecisset. Nam Orci quidem tenebrosam domum recte potuit
hadga vízia
dicere Euripides in Helena v. 177. mari autem neque apud Aeschylum neque in Euripidis Medea v. 211. hoc vocabulum satis convenit. Apud Euripidem Themis dicitur Medeam duxisse
Ἑλλάδ᾽ ἐς ἀντίπορον δι᾽ ἅλα νύχιον ἐφ᾽ ἁλμυρὰν πόντου κλῇδ᾽ ἀπέραντον
. Aplissimum ibi videtur
δὲ ἅλα μύχιον
, quemadmodum
μυχία Tε Пoолorris
est apud Aeschylum supra v. 868. et apud Dionysium ν. 688.
πὰρ δὲ μυχὸν Πόντοιο, μετὰ χθόνα Τυνδαριδάων, Κόλχοι ναιετάουσι
. Quod si in Persarum versu cum scholiasta funestum mare atque exitiosum intelligi placeat, erit hoc et sine exemplo dictum et nimis ambigue. Haec me moverunt, ut quamvis repugnantibus libris
μυχίαν πλάκα
scriberem. Recte autem apteque recessum maris, in quo pugnatum est, simul cum obiecto litore Salaminio commemorari apertum est. Accedit, quod paulo ante Aeschylus dixerat
μυχία Προποντίς
. Nam diligens poetae lectio docet, saepe eum verbum recenti adhuc memoriae obversans paullo post iterum ponere.
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ἀκτάν: Ad
ἀκτάν
supra scriptum
η
in Lips.
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οἰοιοῖ βόα, καὶ πάντ᾽ ἐκπεύθου:
of of où
libri, nisi quod
of of of
habet M.
ololoì
Vit.
of où
Lips. Ven. B. Scribendum
olotof
ex regula Apollonii Dyscoli in Bekkeri Anecd. p. 588, 26. V. Dindorfium ad Aristophanis Pac. v. 257. Hic versus in libris omnibus Xerxi tribuitur: chori eum esse ex antistropha apparet. Vidit hoc etiam Lachmannus. Error ex eo ortus est, quod male intellectum est
ἐκπεύθου
, pro quo
ἐκπεύθοι
habet M. Dictum hic est passive, interrogare omnia, sine omnia ex te quaeri.
929

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ποῦ δὲ φίλων ἄλλος ὄχλος:
ποῦ δὴ φίλων ἄλλος ὄχλος
G.
ποῦ σοι φίλων ὄχλος
Rob. Scribi etiam
ποῦ δέ σοι φίλων ὄχλος
dicit H. Stephanus, recte animadvertens hanc lectionem secutum esse scholiastam metricum. Recte M. ceterique libri
ποῦ δὲ φίλων ἄλλος ὄχλος
.
930

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
Der Threnos besteht aus 7 Strophenpaaren nebst προ- ῳδὸς und ἐπωδός. Über seine me- trische Anlage s. S. 101 ff. u. West- phal II S. 427 f. Sein melischer Charakter ist sogleich sehr bemerk- bar gemacht durch den stark aus- Προῳδός. Στρ. α΄. geprägten dorischen Dialekt (A- Laut, vgl. 679) und die freie Be- handlung der Anapäste. - ἐγγαίαν Suppl. 59. Pubem occisam a Xerxe, Orcum Persis implente. Die Form κτάμενος (mit passiver Be- deutung) homerisch. Αιδου σά- κτορι Περσᾶν Κr. 47, 9. Α. 6. Dolus ist dem Xerxes damit nicht vorge- worfen, und Tadel des Xerxes hat der Chor schon bisher oft genug ausgesproche chen. ἀδοβάται, ναι. das von Aristophanes (frg. 198) gebildete ᾅδοφοίτης. τοξοδά- μαντες, 26.30. Densissima multi- tudo virorum, ταρφύς als Femin. auch Sept. 535 ταρφὺς ἀντέλλουσα θρίξ. κεδν. 735. - ἐπὶ γόνυ Westphal II S. 424. Herod. VI 27: ἡ ναυμαχίη ἐς γόνυ τὴν πόλιν ἔβαλε.