Aeschylus Persians 268

ed. N. Wecklein

οτοτοτοῖ, μάταν
τὰ πολλὰ βέλεα παμμιγῆ
γᾶς ἀπ᾽ Ἀσίδος ἦλθ᾽ ἐπ᾽ αἶαν
δάιαν Ἑλλάδα χώραν.

Persians. Aeschylus. ed. N. Wecklein. Berolini. 1885.

Current edition Experimental

Πέρσαι (OCR draft) (Greek) (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (6)
Πέρσαι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 256-289 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 256-289 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 268 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 268 focus
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 268 focus
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 268 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.)) — 256-286 focus
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 268 focus
Woe! woe! in vain did the multitude of shafts of every kind go from the land of Asia, against a hostile land, the realm of Hellas.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 268 focus
ô Perses, quels maux vous ont été préparés là-bas.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 268 focus
Woe to the towns thro' Aſia's peopled realms!
Woe to the land of Perſia, once the port
Of boundleſs wealth, how is thy glorious ſlate
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Vaniſh'd at once, and all thy ſpreading honours
Fall'n, loſt!
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 268 focus
Indarno, indarno, ahimè,
delle commiste frecce il fitto stuolo
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dalle contrade d'Asia
all'inimico mosse elleno suolo!
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 268 focus
Heu heu fruftra
Multa iacula mixta,
A' terra Aſiatica uenerunt in terram
Sacram Græciam.
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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.) — 268 focus
Alack, how vainly have they striven!
Our myriad hordes with shaft and bow
Went from the Eastland, to lay low
Hellas, beloved of Heaven!
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.) — 268 focus
Wehe! Vergeblich, daß
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So viel Geschosse buntgedrängt
Stolz aus Asia's Neich sich stürzten
Auf dich, göttliche Hellas!

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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κατθανόντα:
καταθανόντα
Vit.

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πλαγκτοῖς:
πλακτοῖς
Vit. Lips. Lambeth. et Lips. quidem cum hac adnotatione, γρ.
πολυπλάκτοις, ἢ ἐν αἷς ταῦτα πλανῶνται
. διπλάκεσσιν:
διπλάκεσιν
G. Vit. Lips. Ven. B. Ald. Rob.
διπλάκεσσιν
edd. inde a Turn. et sic M. In explicando hoc vocabulo laborant scholiastae. Quorum qui hanc explicationem adscripsit,
ὡς ἂν εἴποι τις διαύλοις· τὰ γὰρ κύματα ἐκχεῖται καὶ ὑπονοστεῖ
, in mente habuit hoc Euripidis Hec. v. 29.
πολλοῖς διαύλοις κυμάτων φορουμένας.
Stanleius auctor fuit, ut de tabulis navium haec vox acciperetur. Sed haec quoque interpretatio fundamento caret. Solus Sanravius de vestibus mersorum in mari fluctuantibus cogitavit, vertit enim in errabundis diploidibus.
Δίπλαξ
quum proprie adiectivum esset, tamen etiam pro substantivo usurpari solitum est, sic quidem ut pallium significaret. Pallium autem quum grammatici duobus modis
δίπλακα
dici tradant, vel quod ex duplicato filo contextum sit, quod etiam
δίμιτον
vocetur, vel quod ob latitudinem in gestando duplicetur, haec posterior explicatio et ipsa per se probabilior videtur et valde confirmatur similium nominum comparatione. Hesychius
δίπλακα, διπλῆν, μεγάλην διπλοΐδα, ὥςτε διπλῇ χρῆσθαι
. Idem
διπλοΐδα, διπλουμένην χλανίδα ἐν τῷ φορεῖσθαι
. Idem
διπλῆν, διπλασίονα, καὶ μεγάλην
, quod pertinet ad Il. X. 134. ubi poeta
χλαῖναν
commemorat
διπλῆν, ἐκταδίην
. Idem Hesychius
δίβολον φάρος, διπλοῦν
, et
διβόλους χλαίνας, οἳ μὲν διμίτους, οἳ δὲ διπλᾶς
. In primis ea quam praetulimus explicatio eo confirmatur quod notam illam Cynicorum duplicem vestem Antipater Sidonius epigr. 61.
ἔσθος διπλάδιον
, epigr. autem 82.
δίπλακα
vocat. Plura in hanc rem collegerunt Salmasius ad Tertull. de pallio p. 396. seqq. Iungermannus ad Poll. VII. 47. Iacobsius Anthol. vol. II. p. I. p. 57. seqq. Videtur igitur Aeschylus
πλαγκτοὺς δίπλακας
amplas Persarum vestes dicere, quae in mari nantibus mortuis late expansae huc illuc ferebantur. Ita Rufinus epigr. 38. comas fuitantes dicit
τρίχας τὰς ἐπὶ τοῖς σοβαροῖς αὐχέσι πλαζομένας
.

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ἀπώλλυτο:
δ᾽ ἀπόλλυτο
, ad
υ
supra adscripto
οι
, Vit.
δὲ ἀπώλλετο
Lips.
ἀπώλετο
adscriptum in Par. B.

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στρατός:
λεὼς
G. Par. K. In G.
στρατός
tamquam explicatio supra scriptum. Lips. vulgatum
στρατὸς
habet, sed supra adscriptum γρ.
λεώς
. ναΐοισιν:
ναΐοισι
M. Vit. Lips. Ven. B. Par. B. edd. vett. Sed in Lips. penultimae syllabae
ι
superscriptum.
ναΐοισι
Ven. A.
ναΐοισιν
G. Par. A. N. et adscriptum in Par. B. ut ex Brunckii adnotatione colligas..
ναΐοισι
Cantabr. 1. ἐμβολαῖς:
ἐν βολαῖς
M.

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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2
Kommos, drei Stro- phenpaare des Chors, unterbrochen je durch zwei Trimeter des Boten.

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Zwei trochäische Verse (1. trip. catal.; 2. tetrap. cat. mit Anakrusis) und zwei logaödi- sche. Die ionische Form πολέα auch Ag. 723. ᾿ασίς (763. Suppl. 457), dagegen ᾿ασία κ. ᾿ασίας (12.57 61. 249. Prom. 735). – πλήθουσι (420) νεκρῶν Ag. 1220. – Σαλαμίνος 327, Westphal II S. 485.

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ἁλίδονα, mari agi- tata. παμβαφή, ganz mit Meer- wasser angefüllt (und aufgeschwol- len). – πλαγκτούς, nach dem Sinne ( φίλους). Vgl. 303. 307. 310. ναΐοισιν, wie Suppl. 2, vgl. ναμερτῆ 246 u. zu 157. Endung wie 336. ἐμβολαῖς 409; in der Seeschlacht.