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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Πέρσαι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 633-680 focus
Χορός
ἦ ῥ᾽ ἀίει μου
1
μακαρίτας
ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεὺς
βάρβαρ᾽ σαφηνῆ
635
ἱέντος τὰ παναίολ᾽ αἰ-
ανῆ δύσθροα βάγματ᾽, ἢ
2
παντάλαν᾽ ἄχη διαμβοάσω;
3
νέρθεν ἆρα κλύει μου;
640
Χορός
ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλλοι
640
χθονίων ἁγεμόνες
δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ
4
ἰόντ᾽ αἰνέσατ᾽ ἐκ δόμων,
Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ θεόν:
Περσὶς αἶ᾽ ἐκάλυψεν.
647
Χορός
φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.
Ἀιδωνεὺς δ᾽ ἀναπομπ-
ὸς
9
ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς,
650
θεῖον
10
ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ.
652
Χορός
πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,
θεομήστωρ δ᾽ ἐκικλή-
σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δ᾽
655
ἔσκεν, ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει.
13
ἠέ.
657
Χορός
βαλήν,
14
ἀρχαῖος βαλήν,
ἴθι, ἱκοῦ:
ἔλθ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἄκρον κόρυμβον ὄχθου,
κροκόβαπτον ποδὸς εὔμαριν ἀείρων,
660
βασιλείου τιάρας
15
φάλαρον πιφαύσκων.
βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν,
16
οἶ.
664
Χορός
ὅπως αἰανῆ κλύῃς
νέα τ᾽ ἄχη,
665
δέσποτα δεσποτᾶν
17
φάνηθι.
Στυγία γάρ τις ἐπ᾽ ἀχλὺς πεπόταται:
νεολαία γὰρ ἤδη
κατὰ πᾶσ᾽ ὄλωλεν.
670
βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν,
18
οἶ.
673
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 633-680 focus
Χορός
ἦ ῥʼ ἀίει μου μακαρίτας
ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεὺς
βάρβαρʼ ἀσαφηνῆ
635
ἱέντος τὰ παναίολʼ αἰ-
ανῆ δύσθροα βάγματʼ, ἢ
παντάλανʼ ἄχη διαβοάσω;
νέρθεν ἆρα κλύει μου;
Χορός
ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλλοι
640
χθονίων ἁγεμόνες
δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ
ἰόντʼ αἰνέσατʼ ἐκ δόμων,
Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ θεόν·
πέμπετε δʼ ἄνω οἷον οὔπω
645
Περσὶς αἶʼ ἐκάλυψεν.
Χορός
ἦ φίλος ἁνήρ, φίλος ὄχθος·
φίλα γὰρ κέκευθεν ἤθη.
Ἀιδωνεὺς δʼ ἀναπομ-
πὸς ἀνείης, Ἀιδωνεύς,
650
θεῖον ἀνάκτορα Δαριᾶνα. ἠέ.
Χορός
οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄνδρας ποτʼ ἀπώλλυ
πολεμοφθόροισιν ἄταις,
θεομήστωρ δʼ ἐκικλή-
σκετο Πέρσαις, θεομήστωρ δʼ
655
ἔσκεν,ἐπεὶ στρατὸν εὖ ποδούχει. ἠέ.
Χορός
βαλήν, ἀρχαῖος βαλήν,
ἴθι, ἱκοῦ·
ἔλθʼ ἐπʼ ἄκρον κόρυμβον ὄχθου,
κροκόβαπτον ποδὸς εὔμαριν ἀείρων,
660
βασιλείου τιάρας
φάλαρον πιφαύσκων.
βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν, οἶ.
Χορός
ὅπως αἰανῆ κλύῃς
νέα τʼ ἄχη,
665
δέσποτα δεσπότου φάνηθι.
Στυγία γάρ τις ἐπʼ ἀχλὺς πεπόταται·
νεολαία γὰρ ἤδη
κατὰ πᾶσʼ ὄλωλεν.
670
βάσκε πάτερ ἄκακε Δαριάν, οἶ.
Χορός
αἰαῖ αἰαῖ·
ὦ πολύκλαυτε φίλοισι θανών,
τί τάδε δυνάτα δυνάτα
675
περὶ τᾷ σᾷ δίδυμα
διαγόεν ἁμάρτια;
πᾶσαι γᾷ τᾷδʼ
ἐξέφθινται τρίσκαλμοι
νᾶες ἄναες ἄναες.
680
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 633 focus
ἡ ῥ᾽ ἀΐει μου μακαρίτας ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεὺς
βάρβαρα σαφηνῆ
ἱέντος τὰ παναίολ᾽ αἰανῆ δύσθροα βάγματ᾽, ἢ
635
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 633 focus
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 633 focus
Ἦ ῥ' ἀΐει μου μακαρί-
Str. 1.
τας ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεὺς
βάρβαρα σαφηνῆ
635
ἱέντος τὰ παναίολ' αἰ-
ανῆ δύσθροα βάγματα ;
παντάλαν' ἄχη διαβοάσω·
νέρθεν ἆρα κλύει μου ;
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 633 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.)) — 633-680 focus
Chorus
Does our sainted and godlike king hear me as I utter,
in obscure barbaric speech, my dismal and dolorous cries? Or must I shout aloud the utter misery of my anguish so that it pierces the earth? Does he hear me from below?
635
Chorus
O Earth, and you other rulers of those who dwell in the nether world, ensure, I implore, that the glorious spirit, the god of the Persians, whom
Susa
bore, may quit his abode.
640
Send to the upper world him the likes of whom the Persian earth has never entombed.
645
Chorus
Beloved indeed was the hero, beloved is his burial mound; beloved are the qualities that lie buried there. O Aidoneus,
Aidoneus, who convey shades to the upper air, permit our divine lord Darius to come forth!
650
Chorus
For since he did not ever cause the destruction of his people by senseless and ruinous wars, he bore the name of divine counsellor
to the Persians; and a divine counsellor he was, since he guided his people well.
655
Chorus
King, our king of old, come forth, draw near! Rise to the barrow’s topmost point,
lift your saffron-dyed sandal, display the crest of your royal tiara! Come forth, O blameless father Darius.
660
Chorus
That you may hear
pitiable and unheard-of sorrows, O Lord of our lord, appear! For a gloom, like that of Styx, hovers over us, since all the youth of the land
665
is now utterly destroyed. Come forth, O blameless father Darius!
670
Chorus
Alas, alas! You whose death your friends bewailed with bitter tears,
why, my king, my king, why is it that our land has lost all its three-tiered galleys,
675
ships that are no more, no more?
680
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 633 focus
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 633 focus
appels gémissants, lugubres, où se mêlent tous les accents de la plainte ? Je clamerai
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 633 focus
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 633 focus
CORO
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 633 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.) — 633 focus
Doth he hear me, the king we adored, who is god among gods of the dead?
660
Doth he hear me send out in my sorrow the pitiful, manifold cry,
The sobbing lament and appeal? is the voice of my suffering sped
To the realm of the shades? doth he hear me and pity my sorrowful sigh?
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.) — 633 focus
Hörst du mich, Herr, seliger Geist, hörst du mich, gottähnlicher Fürst,
615
Wie ich in der Heimat
Lauten sende zu dir hinab
Den helljammernden Klageruf?
Bittern Schmerzes Schrei
Heb' ich ohn' Ende:
620
Du dort unten, vernimmst du's?
Zweiter Halbchor.
Erste Gegenstrophe.
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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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
633-639.
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