Woe's me, again! struck with a second blow.
CHORUS 2
Agamemnon. Aeschylus. Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator). London. 1849.
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Ἀγαμέμνων First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 1407-1430 focus
str.
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Χορός
τί κακόν, ὦ γύναι, χθονοτρεφὲς ἐδανὸν
τόδ᾽ ἐπέθου θύος, δημοθρόους τ᾽ ἀράς;
μῖσος ὄβριμον ἀστοῖς.
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τί κακόν, ὦ γύναι, χθονοτρεφὲς ἐδανὸν
τόδ᾽ ἐπέθου θύος, δημοθρόους τ᾽ ἀράς;
μῖσος ὄβριμον ἀστοῖς.
Κλυταιμήστρα
νῦν μὲν δικάζεις ἐκ πόλεως φυγὴν ἐμοὶ
καὶ μῖσος ἀστῶν δημόθρους τ᾽ ἔχειν ἀράς,
οὐδὲν τότ᾽
5
ἀνδρὶ τῷδ᾽ ἐναντίον φέρων:
ὃς οὐ προτιμῶν, ὡσπερεὶ βοτοῦ μόρον,
1415
μήλων φλεόντων εὐπόκοις νομεύμασιν,
ἔθυσεν αὑτοῦ παῖδα, φιλτάτην ἐμοὶ
ὠδῖν᾽, ἐπῳδὸν Θρῃκίων ἀημάτων.
6
οὐ τοῦτον ἐκ γῆς τῆσδε χρῆν
7
σ᾽ ἀνδρηλατεῖν,
μιασμάτων ἄποιν᾽; ἐπήκοος δ᾽ ἐμῶν
1420
ἔργων δικαστὴς τραχὺς εἶ. λέγω δέ σοι
τοιαῦτ᾽ ἀπειλεῖν, ὡς παρεσκευασμένης
ἐκ τῶν ὁμοίων χειρὶ νικήσαντ᾽ ἐμοῦ
ἄρχειν: ἐὰν δὲ τοὔμπαλιν κραίνῃ θεός,
γνώσει διδαχθεὶς ὀψὲ γοῦν τὸ σωφρονεῖν.
1425
νῦν μὲν δικάζεις ἐκ πόλεως φυγὴν ἐμοὶ
καὶ μῖσος ἀστῶν δημόθρους τ᾽ ἔχειν ἀράς,
οὐδὲν τότ᾽
5
ἀνδρὶ τῷδ᾽ ἐναντίον φέρων:
ὃς οὐ προτιμῶν, ὡσπερεὶ βοτοῦ μόρον,
1415
μήλων φλεόντων εὐπόκοις νομεύμασιν,
ἔθυσεν αὑτοῦ παῖδα, φιλτάτην ἐμοὶ
ὠδῖν᾽, ἐπῳδὸν Θρῃκίων ἀημάτων.
6
οὐ τοῦτον ἐκ γῆς τῆσδε χρῆν
7
σ᾽ ἀνδρηλατεῖν,
μιασμάτων ἄποιν᾽; ἐπήκοος δ᾽ ἐμῶν
1420
ἔργων δικαστὴς τραχὺς εἶ. λέγω δέ σοι
τοιαῦτ᾽ ἀπειλεῖν, ὡς παρεσκευασμένης
ἐκ τῶν ὁμοίων χειρὶ νικήσαντ᾽ ἐμοῦ
ἄρχειν: ἐὰν δὲ τοὔμπαλιν κραίνῃ θεός,
γνώσει διδαχθεὶς ὀψὲ γοῦν τὸ σωφρονεῖν.
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ant.
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Ἀγαμέμνων Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 1407-1430 focus
Χορός
τί κακόν, ὦ γύναι,
χθονοτρεφὲς ἐδανὸν ἢ ποτὸν
πασαμένα ῥυτᾶς ἐξ ἁλὸς ὀρόμενον
τόδʼ ἐπέθου θύος, δημοθρόους τʼ ἀράς;
ἀπέδικες ἀπέταμες· ἀπόπολις δʼ ἔσῃ
1410
μῖσος ὄβριμον ἀστοῖς.
1412
τί κακόν, ὦ γύναι,
χθονοτρεφὲς ἐδανὸν ἢ ποτὸν
πασαμένα ῥυτᾶς ἐξ ἁλὸς ὀρόμενον
τόδʼ ἐπέθου θύος, δημοθρόους τʼ ἀράς;
ἀπέδικες ἀπέταμες· ἀπόπολις δʼ ἔσῃ
1410
μῖσος ὄβριμον ἀστοῖς.
Κλυταιμήστρα
νῦν μὲν δικάζεις ἐκ πόλεως φυγὴν ἐμοὶ
καὶ μῖσος ἀστῶν δημόθρους τʼ ἔχειν ἀράς,
οὐδὲν τότʼ ἀνδρὶ τῷδʼ ἐναντίον φέρων·
ὃς οὐ προτιμῶν, ὡσπερεὶ βοτοῦ μόρον,
1415
μήλων φλεόντων εὐπόκοις νομεύμασιν,
ἔθυσεν αὑτοῦ παῖδα, φιλτάτην ἐμοὶ
ὠδῖνʼ, ἐπῳδὸν Θρῃκίων ἀημάτων.
οὐ τοῦτον ἐκ γῆς τῆσδε χρῆν σʼ ἀνδρηλατεῖν,
μιασμάτων ἄποινʼ; ἐπήκοος δʼ ἐμῶν
1420
ἔργων δικαστὴς τραχὺς εἶ. λέγω δέ σοι
τοιαῦτʼ ἀπειλεῖν, ὡς παρεσκευασμένης
ἐκ τῶν ὁμοίων χειρὶ νικήσαντʼ ἐμοῦ
ἄρχειν· ἐὰν δὲ τοὔμπαλιν κραίνῃ θεός,
γνώσῃ διδαχθεὶς ὀψὲ γοῦν τὸ σωφρονεῖν.
1425
νῦν μὲν δικάζεις ἐκ πόλεως φυγὴν ἐμοὶ
καὶ μῖσος ἀστῶν δημόθρους τʼ ἔχειν ἀράς,
οὐδὲν τότʼ ἀνδρὶ τῷδʼ ἐναντίον φέρων·
ὃς οὐ προτιμῶν, ὡσπερεὶ βοτοῦ μόρον,
1415
μήλων φλεόντων εὐπόκοις νομεύμασιν,
ἔθυσεν αὑτοῦ παῖδα, φιλτάτην ἐμοὶ
ὠδῖνʼ, ἐπῳδὸν Θρῃκίων ἀημάτων.
οὐ τοῦτον ἐκ γῆς τῆσδε χρῆν σʼ ἀνδρηλατεῖν,
μιασμάτων ἄποινʼ; ἐπήκοος δʼ ἐμῶν
1420
ἔργων δικαστὴς τραχὺς εἶ. λέγω δέ σοι
τοιαῦτʼ ἀπειλεῖν, ὡς παρεσκευασμένης
ἐκ τῶν ὁμοίων χειρὶ νικήσαντʼ ἐμοῦ
ἄρχειν· ἐὰν δὲ τοὔμπαλιν κραίνῃ θεός,
γνώσῃ διδαχθεὶς ὀψὲ γοῦν τὸ σωφρονεῖν.
1425
Χορός
μεγαλόμητις εἶ,
περίφρονα δʼ ἔλακες. ὥσπερ οὖν
φονολιβεῖ τύχᾳ φρὴν ἐπιμαίνεται,
λίπος ἐπʼ ὀμμάτων αἵματος εὖ πρέπει·
ἀτίετον ἔτι σὲ χρὴ στερομέναν φίλων
τύμμα τύμματι τεῖσαι.
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μεγαλόμητις εἶ,
περίφρονα δʼ ἔλακες. ὥσπερ οὖν
φονολιβεῖ τύχᾳ φρὴν ἐπιμαίνεται,
λίπος ἐπʼ ὀμμάτων αἵματος εὖ πρέπει·
ἀτίετον ἔτι σὲ χρὴ στερομέναν φίλων
τύμμα τύμματι τεῖσαι.
1430
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 1345 focus
ΑΓ.
ὤμοι μάλ᾽ αὖθις, δευτέραν πεπληγμένος.
1345
ὤμοι μάλ᾽ αὖθις, δευτέραν πεπληγμένος.
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Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 1345 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων
ὤμοι, μάλ' αὖθις δευτέραν πεπληγμένος.
1305
ὤμοι, μάλ' αὖθις δευτέραν πεπληγμένος.
1305
ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1345 focus
ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ
Ὤμοι μάλ' αὖθις, δευτέραν πεπληγμένος.
1345
Ὤμοι μάλ' αὖθις, δευτέραν πεπληγμένος.
1345
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 1345 focus
ὤμοι μάλ' αὖθις, δευτέραν πεπληγμένος.
ὤμοι μάλ' αὖθις, δευτέραν πεπληγμένος.
ΧΟ.
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 1345 focus
ὤιμοι μάλ᾽ αὖθις, δευτέραν πεπληγμένος.
1345
ὤιμοι μάλ᾽ αὖθις, δευτέραν πεπληγμένος.
1345
ΧΟ.
Aeschyli Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Agamemnon. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 1345 focus
ΑΓ.
ὤμοι μάλ᾽ αὖθις, δευτέραν πεπληγμένος.
1345
ὤμοι μάλ᾽ αὖθις, δευτέραν πεπληγμένος.
1345
Translations (8)
Agamemnon Perseus (Aeschylus. The poetical works of Robert Browning, Volume 13. Browning, Robert, translator; Berdoe, Edward, editor. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1889.) — 1407-1430 focus
CHOROS.
What evil, O woman, food or drink, earth-bred
Or sent from the flowing sea,
Of such having fed
Didst thou set on thee
This sacrifice
And popular cries
Of a curse on thy head?
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Off thou hast thrown him, off hast cut
The man from the city: but —
Off from the city thyself shalt be
Cut — to the citizens
A hate immense!
1412
What evil, O woman, food or drink, earth-bred
Or sent from the flowing sea,
Of such having fed
Didst thou set on thee
This sacrifice
And popular cries
Of a curse on thy head?
1410
Off thou hast thrown him, off hast cut
The man from the city: but —
Off from the city thyself shalt be
Cut — to the citizens
A hate immense!
KLUTAIMNESTRA.
Now, indeed, thou adjudgest exile to me,
And citizens’ hate, and to have popular curses:
Nothing of this against the man here bringing,
Who, no more awe-checked than as ’t were a beast’s fate, —
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With sheep abundant in the well-fleeced graze-flocks, —
Sacrificed his child, — dearest fruit of travail
To me, — as song-spell against Threkian blowings.
Not him did it behove thee hence to banish
— Pollution’s penalty? But hearing mzy deeds
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Justicer rough thou art! Now, this I tell thee:
To threaten thus — me, one prepared to have thee
(On like conditions, thy hand conquering) o’er me
Rule: but if God the opposite ordain us,
Thou shalt learn — late taught, certes — to be modest.
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Now, indeed, thou adjudgest exile to me,
And citizens’ hate, and to have popular curses:
Nothing of this against the man here bringing,
Who, no more awe-checked than as ’t were a beast’s fate, —
1415
With sheep abundant in the well-fleeced graze-flocks, —
Sacrificed his child, — dearest fruit of travail
To me, — as song-spell against Threkian blowings.
Not him did it behove thee hence to banish
— Pollution’s penalty? But hearing mzy deeds
1420
Justicer rough thou art! Now, this I tell thee:
To threaten thus — me, one prepared to have thee
(On like conditions, thy hand conquering) o’er me
Rule: but if God the opposite ordain us,
Thou shalt learn — late taught, certes — to be modest.
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CHOROS.
Greatly-intending thou art:
Much-mindful, too, hast thou cried
(Since thy mind, with its slaughter-outpouring part,
Is frantic) that over the eyes, a patch
Of blood — with blood to match —
Is plain for a pride!
Yet still, bereft of friends, thy fate
Is — blow with blow to expiate!
1430
Greatly-intending thou art:
Much-mindful, too, hast thou cried
(Since thy mind, with its slaughter-outpouring part,
Is frantic) that over the eyes, a patch
Of blood — with blood to match —
Is plain for a pride!
Yet still, bereft of friends, thy fate
Is — blow with blow to expiate!
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AGAMEMNON (OCR draft) Experimental (AGAMEMNON. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1345 focus
atteint d'un coup mortel ?
AGAMEMNON
Hélas ! deux fois hélas ! encore un autre coup !
Hélas ! deux fois hélas ! encore un autre coup !
LE CORYPHÉE
(Du même ton.)
Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Agamemnon. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 1345 focus
Wounded again, Oh, baſely, baſely murder'd.
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SEMICHORUS.
Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 1345 focus
Ahimè! Che un nuovo colpo m' ha percosso!
COREUTA I
Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 1345 focus
Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 1345 focus
das seine Kunst bezeichnet. Selber sah er zu,
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English (E. D. A. Morshead, 1889, second edition) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon — Morshead translation. Wikisource transcription; speech corresp and card milestones aligned to Smyth perseus-grc2.) — 1345 focus
O! O! again, another, another blow!
O! O! again, another, another blow!
Chorus.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1854; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylos, Band I, Agamemnon. Independent Donner line citations, Smyth card correspondence, twelve located textual notes and opening metrical facsimiles. Unfinished OCR proofreading and note attribution are documented in the review inventory.) — 1345 focus
Weh!
Zum zweitenmale traf mich, ach! der Todesstreich.
Weh!
Zum zweitenmale traf mich, ach! der Todesstreich.
Erster Halbchorführer.
Commentary
Wecklein’s commentary on Agamemnon (1888; German; OCR draft) (Explanatory commentary, pp. 30–140; Iowa and Harvard OCR collated conservatively. Unresolved OCR and provisional reference mappings are explicitly marked.) focus
40-269.
mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-wecklein1888-com-ger1-26
Parodos, bestehend (wie die Parodos der Perser und der Hiketides) aus drei Teilen, dem Recitativ des Chorführers in Anapästen
40-103, dem Gesang des Chorführers mit
ἐπιφθέγματα (124) des Gesamtchores 104-169, dem Chorgesang 170-269.
Der erste Teil beginnt mit der Schuld und Sühne der Trojaner, legt die äufseren Verhältnisse dar und giebt mit dem Verlangen zu erfahren, was die überall auf den Altären der Stadt angezündeten Opferfeuer zu bedeuten haben (83-87) die Motivierung für das Auftreten des Chors. Der zweite Teil berichtet eine Weissagung des Kalchas, welche ängstliche Besorgnis in betreff des Heerführers weckt. Der dritte begründet diese Besorgnis mit sittlichen Grundsätzen und erklärt das Leiden, das den siegreichen Agamemnon erwartet, als Sühne für eine Schuld, für die unerhörte Opferung der eigenen Tochter.
157-158.
mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-wecklein1888-com-ger1-96
σπευδομένα, für sich betreibend. Das Medium kommt in transitivem Sinne sonst nicht vor (
Eum. 361
ist das überlieferte
σπευδόμεναι δ᾽ τη σπεύδομεν
αΐδ᾽ ver
ἑτέραν
θυσίαν, ein
anbessert). deres Schlachtopfer (die Opferung der Iphigenie) für die Vertilgung (
θυομένοισιν 143) der Hasen.
θυσίαν ἄδαιτον wie
θυσίαν ἄθυτον. Mit
ἄνομον ἄδαιτον vgl.
ἄναγνον ἀνίερον 230,
ἀτίμους ἀλοιδόρους 421,
ἄμαχον ἀπόλεμον ἀνίερον 763,
ἀκέλευστος ἄμισθος 969.