Aeschylus Persians 974

ed. N. Wecklein

Current edition Experimental

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

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (4)
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 974 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 974 focus
ἰώ, ἰώ μοι, τὰς ὠγυγίους κατιδόντες
στυγνὰς Ἀθάνας πάντες ἑνὶ πιτύλῳ,
ἐ ἔ,
τλάμονες ἀσπαίρουσι χέρσῳ.
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ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 974 focus
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 974 focus
Translations (7)
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 974 focus
Alas for me! after having beheld ancient Athens the hateful, all in one shock of fight, ah! ah! ah! wretched, lie gasping on the ground.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 974 focus
où est ton Pharnoukos ? et le preux Ariomardos ? Où donc sire Seuakès ? Lilaios aux
nobles aïeux, Memphis, Tharybis ? Et Masistras, Artembarès, Hystaichmas ? Réponds à mes demandes.
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 974 focus
Wretch that I am!
Theſe on th' abhorred town
Ogygian Athens d , roll'd their glowing eyes
Indignant;
THE PERSIANS.
Indignant;
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but at once in the fierce ſhock
Of battle fell, daſh'd breathleſs on the ground.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 974 focus
Ahimè, ahi!, procombettero
tutti ad un colpo. A la vetusta Atene
odïosa, le palpebre
fisse, ahi miseri! guizzan su le arene.
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 974 focus
Heu beu antiquas uidentes
Molestas Athenas, omnes uno tumultu
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Heuheu, miferi eunt in terram.
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.) — 974 focus
Alas, alas, they came, their eyes surveyed
Ancestral Athens on that fatal day.
Then with a rending struggle were they laid
Upon the land, and gasped their life away!
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.) — 974 focus
Nach dem grauen Athen, dem verhaßten,
Den Blick gewendet, niedergeschmettert zumal,
Die Armen, ach!
Liegen sie zuckend am Ufer alle.
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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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νώνυμοι: Hunc versum, qui in libris cum praecedentibus Xerxis est, choro tribuendum esse antistropha monstrat.
οι νώνυμνοι
Μ.
Ο νώνυμοι
G. Cantabr. 1. Colb. 1. 2. Par. G. Turn.
οἳ νώνυμοι
Vit. Ven. A.
οινώνυμοι
Lips. Ald.
ἀνώνυμοι
Rob.
οι οι νώνυμοι
Ven. B. ed. Vict.
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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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ὠγυγ. 37. – – στυγνάς 286. Die Klage des Xerxes ver- läuft metrisch frei; häufig alloio- metrische Reihen zwischen den Anapästen. Anders beim Chor. ᾿Αντιστρ. β΄. Στρ. γ΄. πίτυλος, das plätschernde Ein- schlagen des Ruders, hier der Schlag, durch welchen sie ins Wasser stürzen. Vgl. ἐν μιᾷ πληγῇ 251. - ἀσπαίρω (zapple) homerisch; später σπαίρω. G. Curtius, griech. Et.2 S. 651. – Περσᾶν abhängig von μύρια (wie von μυριάδας). αὐτοῦ τα ἔλιπες. πάντα πιστόν, Kr. 46, 4. Α. 4. - Hesych. : ἐπέμ- πετό τις ὑπὸ βασιλέως ἐπίσκοπος, ὃς ἐφεωρᾶτο τὰ πράγματα, ὃν τοῦ βασιλέως ὀφθαλμὸν ἐκάλουν. Vgl. Xen. Kyrup. VIII 2, 10: τοὺς βασι- λέως καλουμένους ὀφθαλμοὺς καὶ τὰ βασιλέως ώτα. - μύρια μύρια Zehntausende und (aber) Zehn- tausende; der Acc. abhängig von dem Verbalbegriff des Substantivs. Vgl. 523 u. Choeph. 23: χοὰς προ- πομπός. Herod. VII 60: ἐξηρίθ- μησαν δὲ τόνδε τὸν τρόπον. συνα- γαγόντες ἐς ἕνα χῶρον μυριάδα ἀνθρώπων etc., vgl. 81: οἱ διατά- ξαντες καὶ ἐξαριθμήσαντες οὗτοι ἔσαν. ἄλπνιστος (süfs, lieblich) auch Pind. Isthm. 5, 14. Der Name ist ausgefallen. ( παῖδα) τοῦ Σησάμα ( παιδὸς) τοῦ Μεγαβάτα, wenn nicht der ursprüngliche Text eine andere Beziehung gestattete. δάων, Schol. διακοπτικῶν πολε- μίων κακῶν.