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.) — 568 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 568 focus
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 568 focus
Τοὶ δ' ἄρα
πρωτομόροιο
πρωτόμοροι,
φεῦ,
Str. 2.
ληφθέντες
λειφθέντες πρὸς
ἀνάγκας
ἀνάγκαν,
ἠέ,
570
ἀκτὰς ἀμφὶ Κυχρείας,
ὀᾶ,
<δινοῦνται>
om. στένε καὶ δακνά-
ζου, βαρὺ δ' ἀμβόασον
οὐράνι' ἄχη, ὀᾶ <
ὀᾶ
om.>,
575
τεῖνε δὲ δυσβάϋκτον
βοᾶτιν τάλαιναν αὐδάν.
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 568 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.) — 568 focus
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 568 focus
frappés, tournoient autour des caps que protège Kykhreus 1 , hélas ! Ah ! gémis, déchire-toi le cœur ! A pleine voix, crie tes souffrances jusqu'aux cieux ! hélas ! tends, dans un
appel de douleur hurlante, ta voix misérable ! Cruellement meurtris des flots, hélas ! ils sont aussi déchirés par les muets enfants, hélas ! de l'Incorruptible 2 ,
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 568 focus
Raiſe high the mournful ſtrain,
And let the voice of anguiſh pierce the ſky :-
700
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 568 focus
CORO
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 568 focus
Luge clama grauiter,
Clama cœlestes dolores,
545
Extende uocem clamoſam & miferŭ clamorem.
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.) — 568 focus
And snows of Thrace—but ah, the first who fell
Lie by the rocks or float upon Cychrea's bay!
Mourn, each and all! waft heavenward your cry,
595
Stung to the soul, bereaved, disconsolate!
Wail out your anguish, till it pierce the sky,
In shrieks of deep despair, ill-omened, desperate!
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.) — 568 focus
Jene, zu bald in den Tod
550
(Ach!)
Hingerafft vom Geschicke
(O Leid!)
Um Kychreia's Gestade,
Sind hin! Klage, mein Herz, und traure!
In den Aether schalle
Des Schmerzes Schrei,
555
(O Gram!)
Hebt mit Geheul, Gewinsel
Den Angstruf unsel'gen Jammers!
Zweiter Halbchor.
Zweite 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
568-575.
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576-583.
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