Persians. Aeschylus. ed. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff. Berolini. 1914.
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Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) (Greek) (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.)
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Editions (6)
Πέρσαι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 598-632 focus
Ἄτοσσα
φίλοι, κακῶν μὲν ὅστις ἔμπειρος
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κυρεῖ,
ἐπίσταται βροτοῖσιν ὡς ὅταν κλύδων
κακῶν ἐπέλθῃ πάντα δειμαίνειν φιλεῖ:
600
ὅταν δ᾽ ὁ δαίμων εὐροῇ, πεποιθέναι
τὸν αὐτὸν αἰεὶ δαίμον᾽ οὐριεῖν τύχην.
2
ἐμοὶ γὰρ ἤδη πάντα μὲν φόβου πλέα
ἐν ὄμμασιν τἀνταῖα φαίνεται θεῶν,
βοᾷ δ᾽ ἐν ὠσὶ κέλαδος οὐ παιώνιος:
605
τοία κακῶν ἔκπληξις ἐκφοβεῖ φρένας.
τοιγὰρ κέλευθον τήνδ᾽ ἄνευ τ᾽ ὀχημάτων
χλιδῆς τε τῆς πάροιθεν ἐκ δόμων πάλιν
ἔστειλα,
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παιδὸς πατρὶ πρευμενεῖς χοὰς
φέρουσ᾽, ἅπερ νεκροῖσι μειλικτήρια,
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βοός τ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ἁγνῆς λευκὸν εὔποτον γάλα,
τῆς τ᾽ ἀνθεμουργοῦ στάγμα, παμφαὲς μέλι,
λιβάσιν ὑδρηλαῖς παρθένου πηγῆς μέτα,
ἀκήρατόν τε μητρὸς ἀγρίας ἄπο
ποτὸν παλαιᾶς ἀμπέλου γάνος τόδε:
615
τῆς τ᾽ αἰὲν ἐν φύλλοισι θαλλούσης βίον
4
ξανθῆς ἐλαίας καρπὸς εὐώδης πάρα,
ἄνθη τε πλεκτά,
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παμφόρου γαίας τέκνα.
ἀλλ᾽, ὦ φίλοι, χοαῖσι ταῖσδε νερτέρων
ὕμνους ἐπευφημεῖτε, τόν τε δαίμονα
620
Δαρεῖον ἀγκαλεῖσθε,
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γαπότους δ᾽ ἐγὼ
τιμὰς προπέμψω τάσδε νερτέροις θεοῖς.
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τοιγὰρ κέλευθον τήνδ᾽ ἄνευ τ᾽ ὀχημάτων
ἀλλ᾽, ὦ φίλοι, χοαῖσι ταῖσδε νερτέρων
Χορός
βασίλεια γύναι, πρέσβος Πέρσαις,
σύ τε πέμπε χοὰς θαλάμους ὑπὸ γῆς,
ἡμεῖς θ᾽ ὕμνοις αἰτησόμεθα
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φθιμένων πομποὺς
εὔφρονας εἶναι κατὰ γαίας.
ἀλλά, χθόνιοι δαίμονες ἁγνοί,
Γῆ τε καὶ Ἑρμῆ, βασιλεῦ τ᾽ ἐνέρων,
πέμψατ᾽ ἔνερθεν ψυχὴν ἐς φῶς:
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εἰ γάρ τι κακῶν ἄκος οἶδε πλέον,
μόνος ἂν θνητῶν πέρας εἴποι.
633
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 598-632 focus
Ἄτοσσα
φίλοι, κακῶν μὲν ὅστις ἔμπειρος κυρεῖ,
ἐπίσταται βροτοῖσιν ὡς ὅταν κλύδων
κακῶν ἐπέλθῃ πάντα δειμαίνειν φιλεῖ·
600
ὅταν δʼ ὁ δαίμων εὐροῇ, πεποιθέναι
τὸν αὐτὸν αἰεὶ δαίμονʼ οὐριεῖν τύχην.
ἐμοὶ γὰρ ἤδη πάντα μὲν φόβου πλέα
ἐν ὄμμασιν τἀνταῖα φαίνεται θεῶν,
βοᾷ δʼ ἐν ὠσὶ κέλαδος οὐ παιώνιος·
605
τοία κακῶν ἔκπληξις ἐκφοβεῖ φρένας.
τοιγὰρ κέλευθον τήνδʼ ἄνευ τʼ ὀχημάτων
χλιδῆς τε τῆς πάροιθεν ἐκ δόμων πάλιν
ἔστειλα, παιδὸς πατρὶ πρευμενεῖς χοὰς
φέρουσʼ, ἅπερ νεκροῖσι μειλικτήρια,
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βοός τʼ ἀφʼ ἁγνῆς λευκὸν εὔποτον γάλα,
τῆς τʼ ἀνθεμουργοῦ στάγμα, παμφαὲς μέλι,
λιβάσιν ὑδρηλαῖς παρθένου πηγῆς μέτα,
ἀκήρατόν τε μητρὸς ἀγρίας ἄπο
ποτὸν παλαιᾶς ἀμπέλου γάνος τόδε·
615
τῆς τʼ αἰὲν ἐν φύλλοισι θαλλούσης βίον
ξανθῆς ἐλαίας καρπὸς εὐώδης πάρα,
ἄνθη τε πλεκτά, παμφόρου γαίας τέκνα,
ἀλλʼ, ὦ φίλοι, χοαῖσι ταῖσδε νερτέρων
ὕμνους ἐπευφημεῖτε, τόν τε δαίμονα
620
Δαρεῖον ἀνακαλεῖσθε, γαπότους δʼ ἐγὼ
τιμὰς προπέμψω τάσδε νερτέροις θεοῖς.
623
τοιγὰρ κέλευθον τήνδʼ ἄνευ τʼ ὀχημάτων
ἀλλʼ, ὦ φίλοι, χοαῖσι ταῖσδε νερτέρων
Χορός
βασίλεια γύναι, πρέσβος Πέρσαις,
σύ τε πέμπε χοὰς θαλάμους ὑπὸ γῆς,
ἡμεῖς θʼ ὕμνοις αἰτησόμεθα
625
φθιμένων πομποὺς
εὔφρονας εἶναι κατὰ γαίας.
ἀλλά, χθόνιοι δαίμονες ἁγνοί,
Γῆ τε καὶ Ἑρμῆ, βασιλεῦ τʼ ἐνέρων,
πέμψατʼ ἔνερθεν ψυχὴν ἐς φῶς·
630
εἰ γάρ τι κακῶν ἄκος οἶδε πλέον,
μόνος ἂν θνητῶν πέρας εἴποι.
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 584 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 584 focus
Χορός
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 584 focus
Τοὶ δ' ἀνὰ γᾶν Ἀσίαν δὴν
Str. 3.
οὐκέτι
οὐδ' ἔτι περσονομοῦνται,
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οὐκέτι δασμοφοροῦσιν
ΧΟΡΟΣ
δεσποσύνοισιν ἀνάγκαις,
οὐδ' ἐς
οὔτ' ἐς γᾶν προπίτνοντες
ἄρξονται· βασιλεία
γὰρ διόλωλεν ἰσχύς.
590
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 584 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.)) — 598-630 focus
Atossa
My friends, whoever has experience of misery knows that when a sea
of troubles comes upon mortal men, they view all things with alarm; but when fortune flows with prosperous tide, they believe that this same fortune will forever bring them success. Now in my case everything seems full of dread; before my eyes appears the enmity of the gods,
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and in my ears there rings a sound that has no note of joy; such is my consternation at the evil tidings which terrify my soul.
It is for this reason that I have come here from the palace once again, without my chariot and my former pomp, and bring, as propitiatory libations for the father of my son,
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offerings that soothe the dead, both white milk, pleasant to drink, from an unblemished cow, and bright honey, distillation wrought from blossoms by the bee, together with lustral water from a virgin spring;
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and from a rustic source, this unmixed draught, the quickening juice of an ancient vine. Here too is the fragrant fruit of the pale-green olive that lives the entirety of its life in luxuriant foliage; and garlanded flowers, produce of the bounteous earth.
But come, my friends,
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chant solemn songs as I make these libations to the dead, and summon forth the divine spirit of Darius, while I convey, in honor of the gods, these offerings for the earth to drink.
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It is for this reason that I have come here from the palace once again, without my chariot and my former pomp, and bring, as propitiatory libations for the father of my son,
But come, my friends,
Chorus
Royal lady, august queen of the Persians, pour these libations down to the chambers of the earth,
while we, in solemn chant, beseech the guides of the dead beneath the earth to be gracious to our prayers. O holy divinities of the nether world, Earth and Hermes, and you, Lord of the dead,
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send up to the light the spirit from below; for if, beyond our prayers, he knows any further remedy for our distress, he alone of mortals can declare how to bring it to accomplishment.
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The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 584 focus
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 584 focus
LE CHŒUR
impériale ; on ne tombera plus à genoux pour recevoir des
commandements : la force du Grand Roi n'est
commandements : la force du Grand Roi n'est
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 584 focus
THE PERSIANS.
Who now falls proſtrate at the monarch's throne?
His regal greatneſs is no more.
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 584 focus
CORO
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 584 focus
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.) — 584 focus
O'er the wide Asian land, the Persian sway
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Can force no tribute now, and can no rule sustain.
Yea, men will crouch no more to fallen power
And kingship overthrown! the whole land o'er,
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.) — 584 focus
Asia's Völker, sie beugen
Nimmer hinfort sich dem Perser;
Nicht den Geboten des Zwanges
Huldigend, zollen sie Schoßgeld,
Nicht zur Erde sich werfend,
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Fröhnen sie mehr; denn des Königs
Scepter zerbrach im Staube.
Zweiter Halbchor.
Dritte Gegenstrophe.
Commentary
Critical apparatus to The Persians (OCR draft) (Latin and Greek critical apparatus to Gottfried Hermann's 1852 edition of The Persians.) focus
588.
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589.
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589.
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590.
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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
584-590.
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