Persians. Aeschylus. ed. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff. Berolini. 1914.
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Πέρσαι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 548-597 focus
Χορός
νῦν δὴ
1
πρόπασα μὲν στένει
γαῖ᾽ Ἀσὶς
2
ἐκκεκενωμένα.
Ξέρξης δ᾽ ἀπώλεσεν, τοτοῖ,
Ξέρξης δὲ πάντ᾽ ἐπέσπε δυσφρόνως
5
βαρίδεσσι ποντίαις.
6
τίπτε
7
Δαρεῖος μὲν οὕ-
τω τότ᾽ ἀβλαβὴς ἐπῆν
555
τόξαρχος πολιήταις,
8
Σουσίδαις
9
φίλος ἄκτωρ;
558
Χορός
πεζοὺς δὲ καὶ
10
θαλασσίους
λινόπτεροι
11
κυανώπιδες
νᾶες μὲν ἄγαγον, ποποῖ,
560
νᾶες δ᾽ ἀπώλεσαν, τοτοῖ,
νᾶες πανωλέθροισιν
12
ἐμβολαῖς,
ἠδ᾽ Ἰαόνων χέρες.
13
τυτθὰ δ᾽ ἐκφυγεῖν ἄνακτ᾽
αὐτὸν εἰσακούομεν
14
565
Θρῄκης ἂμ πεδιήρεις
δυσχίμους
15
τε κελεύθους.
568
Χορός
ἀκτὰς ἀμφὶ Κυχρείας,
20
ὀᾶ,
570
<ἔρρουσι:
21
> στένε καὶ δακνά-
ζου, βαρὺ δ᾽ ἀμβόασον
οὐράνι᾽ ἄχη, ὀᾶ:
τεῖνε δὲ δυσβάυκτον
βοᾶτιν τάλαιναν αὐδάν.
575
576
Χορός
γναπτόμενοι δὲ δίνᾳ,
22
φεῦ,
σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων, ἠέ,
παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου, ὀᾶ.
πενθεῖ δ᾽ ἄνδρα δόμος στερη-
θείς, τοκέες
23
τ᾽ ἄπαιδες
580
δαιμόνι᾽
24
ἄχη, ὀᾶ,
δυρόμενοι γέροντες
τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.
584
Χορός
τοὶ δ᾽ ἀνὰ γᾶν Ἀσίαν δὴν
οὐκέτι περσονομοῦνται,
585
οὐδ᾽ ἔτι δασμοφοροῦσιν
δεσποσύνοισιν ἀνάγκαις,
γὰρ διόλωλεν ἰσχύς.
590
591
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 548-597 focus
Χορός
νῦν γὰρ δὴ πρόπασα μὲν στένει γαῖʼ
Ἀσιὰς ἐκκενουμένα.
Ξέρξης μὲν ἄγαγεν, ποποῖ,
550
Ξέρξης δʼ ἀπώλεσεν, τοτοῖ,
Ξέρξης δὲ πάντʼ ἐπέσπε δυσφρόνως
βαρίδεσσι ποντίαις.
τίπτε Δαρεῖος μὲν οὕ-
τω τότʼ ἀβλαβὴς ἐπῆν
555
τόξαρχος πολιήταις,
Σουσίδαις φίλος ἄκτωρ;
Χορός
πεζούς τε γὰρ καὶ θαλασσίους
λινόπτεροι κυανώπιδες
νᾶες μὲν ἄγαγον, ποποῖ,
560
νᾶες δʼ ἀπώλεσαν, τοτοῖ,
νᾶες πανωλέθροισιν ἐμβολαῖς,
αἵ τʼ Ἰαόνων χέρες.
τυτθὰ δʼ ἐκφυγεῖν ἄνακτʼ
αὐτὸν εἰσακούομεν
565
Θρῄκης ἂμ πεδιήρεις
δυσχίμους τε κελεύθους.
Χορός
τοὶ δʼ ἄρα πρωτόμοιροι, φεῦ,
λειφθέντες πρὸς ἀνάγκας, ἠέ,
ἀκτὰς ἀμφὶ Κυχρείας, ὀᾶ,
570
σύρονται· στένε καὶ δακνά-
ζου, βαρὺ δʼ ἀμβόασον
οὐράνιʼ ἄχη, ὀᾶ·
τεῖνε δὲ δυσβάυκτον
βοᾶτιν τάλαιναν αὐδάν.
575
Χορός
γναπτόμενοι δὲ δίνᾳ, φεῦ,
σκύλλονται πρὸς ἀναύδων, ἠέ,
παίδων τᾶς ἀμιάντου, ὀᾶ.
πενθεῖ δʼ ἄνδρα δόμος στερη-
θείς τοκέες τʼ ἄπαιδες
580
δαιμόνιʼ ἄχη, ὀᾶ,
δυρόμενοι γέροντες
τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγος.
Χορός
τοὶ δʼ ἀνὰ γᾶν Ἀσίαν δὴν
οὐκέτι περσονομοῦνται,
585
οὐδʼ ἔτι δασμοφοροῦσιν
δεσποσύνοισιν ἀνάγκαις,
οὐδʼ ἐς γᾶν προπίτνοντες
ἅζονται· βασιλεία
γὰρ διόλωλεν ἰσχύς.
590
Χορός
οὐδʼ ἔτι γλῶσσα βροτοῖσιν
ἐν φυλακαῖς· λέλυται γὰρ
λαὸς ἐλεύθερα βάζειν,
ὡς ἐλύθη ζυγὸν ἀλκᾶς.
αἱμαχθεῖσα δʼ ἄρουραν
595
Αἴαντος περικλύστα
νᾶσος ἔχει τὰ Περσᾶν.
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 548 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 548 focus
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 548 focus
Νῦν δὴ
νῦν γὰρ δὴ πρόπασα μὲν στένει
Str. 1.
γαῖ'
Ἀσὶς
ἀσιὰς ἐκκενουμένα·
Ξέρξης
μὲν
γὰρ ἄγαγεν, ποποῖ,
Ξέρξης δ' ἀπώλεσεν, τοτοῖ,
550
Ξέρξης δὲ πάντ' ἐπέσπε δυσφρόνως
βάριδές τε πόντιαι
βαρίδεσι ποντίαις.
Τίπτε Δαρεῖος μὲν οὕ-
τω τότ' ἀβλαβὴς ἐπῆν
τόξαρχος πολιήταις,
555
Σουσίδος
σουσίδαις φίλος ἄκτωρ ;
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 548 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.)) — 548-595 focus
Chorus
For now in truth the whole land of
Asia
, decimated, moans:
Xerxes led forth (woe!), Xerxes laid low (woe!), Xerxes disposed all things imprudently with his sea-going vessels. Why then was Darius
550
in his time so unscathed by disaster, he who was ruler of archers, to the men of
Susa
a beloved leader?
555
Chorus
For infantry and seamen both, the ships, dark-eyed
1
and linen-winged,
led forth (woe!), the ships laid them low (woe!), the ships, under the deadly impact of the foe and by the hands of Ionians.
560
The King himself, as we learn, has barely made his escape over the wintry paths which traverse the plains of
Thrace
.
565
Chorus
And they who were first to meet their doom (alas!), left behind by dire necessity (alas!),
are swept along the Cychrean strand (woe!). Groan and gnash your teeth; in grievous strain shout forth our woes till they reach the heavens (alas!), raise high
570
your wailing clamor in cries of misery.
575
Chorus
Lacerated by the swirling waters (alas!) they are gnawed (alas!) by the voiceless children of the undefiled sea (alas!). The home, bereaved of his presence, laments its head;
and parents, bereft of their children, in their old age bewail their heaven- sent woes (alas!), now that they learn the full measure of their afflictions.
580
Chorus
Not now for long will those who dwell throughout the length and breadth of
Asia
abide under the sway of the Persians, nor will they pay further tribute at the compulsion of their lord, nor will they prostrate themselves to the earth and do him reverence;
585
for the royal power has perished utterly.
590
No longer will men keep a curb upon their tongues; for the people are set free to utter their thoughts at will, now that the yoke of power has been broken.
The blood-stained soil of Ajax’ sea-washed isle holds all that once was
Persia
.
595
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 548 focus
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 548 focus
LE CHŒUR
Oui, l'heure est venue où l'Asie entière
gémit de se sentir vider. Xerxès les a emmenés, hélas ! Xerxès les a perdus, hélas ! Xerxès a tout conduit follement, hélas ! Xerxès et ses galiotes marines ! Ah ! pourquoi Darios fut-il,
lui, un roi si clément aux siens, Darios, l'archer, le chef
gémit de se sentir vider. Xerxès les a emmenés, hélas ! Xerxès les a perdus, hélas ! Xerxès a tout conduit follement, hélas ! Xerxès et ses galiotes marines ! Ah ! pourquoi Darios fut-il,
lui, un roi si clément aux siens, Darios, l'archer, le chef
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 548 focus
Xerxes ſent forth th' unwife command,
The crouded ſhips unpeopled all the land;
That land, o'er which Darius held his reign,
Courting the arts of peace, in vain,
O'er all his grateful realms ador'd,
685
The ſtately Suſa's gentle lord.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 548 focus
CORO
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 548 focus
Xerxes quidem duxit quo nam?
Xerxes uerò perdidit ibi nam,
Xerxes omnia ſecutus est impudenter,
Baridis nauibus, Darius ſis quid tandem
530
Tunc fuit innocuus dux ciuibus
Suidis gubernator,charus pedestres
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.) — 548 focus
Land of the East, thou mournest for the host,
Bereft of all thy sons, alas the day!
580
For them whom Xerxes led hath Xerxes lost—
Xerxes who wrecked the fleet, and flung our hopes away!
How came it that Darius once controlled,
And without scathe, the army of the bow,
Loved by the folk of Susa, wise and bold?
585
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.) — 548 focus
Denn jetzt klagt die ganze Asia,
530
Das weite menschenöde Land :
„Weh, Xerxes führte sie dahin,
Weh, Xerxes gab sie dem Tode hin!
Ja, Xerxes schuf all dieses Leid, der Thor,
Mit der Schiffe stolzem Zug!
535
Ach, warum beherrschte so
Sonder Harm Dareios einst
Sein Volk, Herrscher des Bogens,
Susa's theurer Gebieter?"
Zweiter Halbchor.
Erste Gegenstrophe.
Commentary
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
548-557.
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