Aeschylus Agamemnon 403

Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator)

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And she, leaving citizens shield-bearers, and the discomfiture of spears, and naval armaments, and bearing to Ilion destruction as her dowry, passed swiftly through the gates, having dared undarable deeds and much did the bards 5
of the house lament as they told this ditty. “Alas! alas! for the palace and the chiefs; alas! for the couch, and the footsteps of her who once loved her spouse 6
. He stands by silent, dishonored, uttering no reproach, not believing that he sees her eloped. And in yearning after her beyond the sea, a phantom will seem to rule the house, and the beauty of fair-formed statues is loathed by her husband, and in the unfed glance 1
of his eyes all their loveliness passes away.

Agamemnon. Aeschylus. Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator). London. 1849.

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The Agamemnon (OCR draft) (English) (The Agamemnon. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (8)
Ἀγαμέμνων First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 367-487 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 367-487 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 403 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 403 focus
λιποῦσα δ᾽ ἀστοῖσιν ἀσπίστορας
κλόνους λογχίμους τε καὶ ναυβάτας ὁπλισμούς,
ἄγουσά τ' ἀντίφερνον Ἰλίῳ φθοράν,
βέβακε ῥίμφα διὰ πυλᾶν,
ἄτλητα τλᾶσα· πολλὰ δ᾽ ἔστενον
390
τόδ᾽ ἐννέποντες δόμων προφῆται·
ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 403 focus
Λιποῦσα δ' ἀστοῖσιν ἀσπίστορας
Str. 2.
κλόνους τε καὶ λογχίμους λογχίμους τε καὶ
ναυβάτας <θ'> om. ὁπλισμούς,
405
ἄγουσά τ' ἀντίφερνον Ἰλίῳ φθοράν,
βέβακεν -κε ῥίμφα διὰ πυλᾶν ἄτλη-
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 403 focus
λιποῦσα δ᾽ ἀστοῖσιν ἀσπίστορας
κλόνους λογχίμους τε καὶ ναυβάτας ὁπλισμούς,
ἄγουσά τ᾿ ἀντίφερνον Ιλίῳ φθορὰν
415
βέβακεν ῥίμφα διὰ πυλᾶν,
ἄτλητα τλᾶσα· πολλὰ δ᾽ ἔστενον
τάδ᾽ ἐννέποντες δόμων προφῆται·
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 403 focus
λιποῦσα δ᾽ ἀστοῖσιν ἀσπίστορας
κλόνους λοχισμούς τε καὶ ναυβάτας ὁπλισμούς,
405
ἄγουσά τ᾽ ἀντίφερνον Ἰλίωι φθοράν,
βεβάκει ῥίμφα διὰ
πυλᾶν, ἄτλητα τλᾶσα“ πολλὰ δ᾽ ἔστενον
τόδ᾽ ἐννέποντες δόμων προφῆται·
“ἰώ, ἰὼ δῶμα δῶμα καὶ πρόμοι,
410
ἰὼ λέχος καὶ στίβοι φιλάνορες.
πάρεστι σιγὰς ἀτίμους ἀλοιδόρους ἀλίσ-
τους ἀφειμένων ἰδεῖν·
πόθωι δ᾽ ὑπερποντίας
φάσμα δόξει δόμων ἀνάσσειν.
415
εὐμόρφων δὲ κολοσσῶν
ἔχθεται χάρις ἀνδρί·
ὀμμάτων δ᾽ ἐν ἀχηνίαις
ἔρρει πᾶσ᾽ ἀφροδίτα.
Aeschyli Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Agamemnon. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 403 focus
λιποῦσα δ᾽ ἀστοῖσιν ἀσπίστορας
κλόνους τε καὶ λογχίμους ναυβάτας θ᾽ ὁπλισμούς,
ἄγουσά τ᾽ ἀντίφερνον Ἰλίωι φθοράν
βέβακεν ῥίμφα διὰ πυλᾶν, ἄτλα-
τα τλᾶσα· πολλὰ δ᾽ ἔστενον
405
τόδ᾽ ἐννέποντες δόμων προφῆται·
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.) — 367-487 focus
AGAMEMNON (OCR draft) Experimental (AGAMEMNON. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 403 focus
armer, boucliers et lances
à froisser dans les mêlées, apportant pour dot à Ilion la mort 1 , légère, elle a franchi les portes, osant ce qu'on n'osa jamais 2 .
Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Agamemnon. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 403 focus
To Greece ſhe left the ſhield, the ſpear,
The naval armament of war;
And, bold in ill, to Troy’s devoted ſhore
Deſtruction for her dowry bore.
Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 403 focus
Strofe II
460
Lasciando ai cittadini suoi per retaggio il turbine
degli scudi e dell'aste, e dei navigli l'impeto,
recando per sua dote ad Ilio lo sterminio,
audace oltre ogni audacia,
Elena a franco passo le porte valicò.
465
Molto, narrando il fatto, gl'indovini gemerono
della reggia : « Ahimè !, casa, ahimè !, casa, e voi, principi!
Ahi!, talamo, e vestigia de l'amor che passò!
Vedi l'obbrobrio muto,
nella doglia acutissima
470
in disparte seduto.
Un'ombra d'oltre il pelago,
bramata, i tetti regger sembrerà.
Delle statue la vista
bella, lo sposo attrista:
475
ché dove occhi non brillano
l'amore in bando va.
2
Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 403 focus
Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 403 focus
führe, nicht einschlüge vor dem Ziel.
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.) — 403 focus
And she, unto her country and her kin
Leaving the clash of shields and spears and arming ships,
And bearing unto Troy destruction for a dower,
And overbold in sin,
Went fleetly thro' the gates, at midnight hour.
480
Oft from the prophets' lips
Moaned out the warning and the wail—Ah woe!
Woe for the home, the home! and for the chieftains, woe!
Woe for the bride-bed, warm
Yet from the lovely limbs, the impress of the form
485
Of her who loved her lord, awhile ago!
And woe! for him who stands
Shamed, silent, unreproachful, stretching hands
That finds her not, and sees, yet will not see,
That she is far away!
490
And his sad fancy, yearning o'er the sea,
Shall summon and recall
Her wraith, once more to queen it in his hall.
And sad with many memories,
The fair cold beauty of each sculptured face—
495
And all to hatefulness is turned their grace,
Seen blankly by forlorn and hungering eyes!
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.) — 403 focus
Sie ließ Mykens Volke kampfrüstiges
Gewühl, Schildesklang, Speergeklirr, Schiffervolk in Rüstung,
Bringt statt der Mitgift Ilion den Untergang;
385
So schritt sie flugs die Pforten durch,
Verwegnes wagend. Und es klagten laut
Des Hauses Wahrsager, also rufend :
O Haus, o Haus, wehe dir, weh, Fürsten, euch!
bräutlich Bett! Spuren alter Liebe, weh!
390
Da steht er stumm, der Entehrte, doch er schmäht sie nicht,
Und trauert, daß die Falsche floh.
Wohl scheint's, ersehnt, herrscht als Geist
Noch im Haus, die das Meer entführte.
Denn liebreizender Bilder
395
Anmuth ist ihm zuwider:
Nun ihr Blick ihm entschwunden, floh
Alle Lust Aphrodita's.
Zweite Gegenstrophe.

Commentary

Critical apparatus to Agamemnon (OCR draft) (Latin and Greek critical apparatus to Gottfried Hermann's 1852 edition of Agamemnon.) focus

106-107. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-65

μολπάν, ἀλκᾷ σύμφυτος αἰών
μολπάν
etiam M. Deinde omnes libri
ἀλκὰν σύμφυτος αἰών
. Scholiastes
ὁ γὰρ σύμφυτός μοι αἰών, ὃ ἐστι τὸ γῆρας, διὰ τὴν εἰς θεοὺς πειθὼ μολπήν μοι καὶ ἀλκὴν καταπνεῖ. ὅ ἐστιν, εἰ καὶ γέρων εἰμί, ὅμως μέλψω τὰ γεγονότα· πέποιθα γὰρ ὅτι εἰς πέρας αὐτὰ ἄξουσιν οἱ θεοί.
Patet haec neque cum verbis poetae congruere, nec, si congruerent, aptam sententiam praebere. Non minus inepta sunt quae recentiores, vel ut similem sententiam extunderent interpretando, vel temere coniectando attulerunt. Quid dici oporteat, res ipsa monstrat. Nam chorus quum dicit adhuc mihi fiducia cantum inspirat, quo augurio suscepta sit expeditio, quid aliud indicat quam adhuc se confidere ratum fore augurium? Cur autem adhuc? Nempe quia destinatum tempus nondum est exactum. Ex quo manifestum est ad
πειθώ
per appositionem adiectum fuisse id quo niteretur ea fiducia. Quare scripsi
ἀλκᾷ σύμφυτος αἰών
. Saepe
ἀλκή
pugnam et bellum significat, ut in Sept. ad Th. v. 855. Bello autem
σύμφυτος αἰών
tempus est coniunctum cum eo, satis usitato genere dicendi. Sophocles Oed. C. v. 7.
στέργειν γὰρ αἱ πάθαι με χὦ χρόνος ξυνὼν μακρὸς διδάσκει.
Oed. R. v. 1082.
οἱ δὲ συγγενεῖς μῆνές με μικρὸν καὶ μέγαν διώρισαν.
Ita Euripidi Herc. fur. v. 1293.
συγγενῶς δύστηνος ὤν
dicitur qui per omnem vitam infelix fuit. Saepe autem
σύμμετρος
eodem modo dicitur, ut in Choeph. v. 602. et in Oed. R. v. 1113. vel
συμμετρούμενος
, ut ibidem v. 73. 963. Aliter paullo, sed tamen non plane dissimiliter persona indutus
Αἰών
apud Nonnum VII. 9.
καὶ Διὶ παμμεδέοντι δυηπαθέων γένος ἀνδρῶν ἄμμορον εὐφροσύνης ἐπεδείκνυε σύντροφος Αἰών.
Insolentius autem Aeschylus
αἰῶνα
, aetatem, de spatio temporis dixit. Sic tamen etiam Apollonius IV. 1216.
ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν στείχοντος ἄδην αἰῶνος ἐτύχθη
.

108. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-66

ἥβας Hunc quoque versum habet Aristophanes Ran. v.1317. (1284.) apud quem vulgo ut in Aeschyli libris
ἥβαν
legitur, sed codices Rav. Ven. aliique veram lectionem
ἥβας
conservarunt. Scholiastes ibi
δίθρονον δὲ κράτος, αὐτόν τε καὶ τὸν Μενέλαον. ἀκμὴν δὲ τὴν νεότητα. ἔστι δὲ ἀναπόδοτον.
Scilicet
ἥβαν
erant
ἀκμήν
interpretati, ex quo in nonnullis Aristophanis codicibus ad
ἥβας
adscriptum est
ἀκμῆς, ἰσχύος
.
108

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.

106-107. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-wecklein1888-com-ger1-70

ἐκτελέων, der völlig ausgewachsenen (Eur. Ion 780 ἐκτελῆ νεανίαν) d. h. der kriegstüchtigen, welche die ἤβη ἀκμαία ( Sept. 11 ) haben, in Gegensatz zu den ἔξηβοι, den Greisen (72). ἔτι γὰρ κτἑ., denn noch haucht von Gott her durch Erweckung von Zuversicht mein Alter mir Kraft zum Singen ein d. h. denn wenn nicht zum Kämpfen, so hat doch infolge Gottvertrauens zum Singen mein Alter noch Kraft genug. Vgl. Eur. Herc. 678 ἔτι τοι γέρων ἀοιδὸς κελαδεὶ Μναμοσύναν. Ζα σύμφυτος αἰών vgl. Soph. Oed. Κ. 7 ὁ χρόνος ξυνών, Oed. Τ. 1082 οἱ δὲ συγγενεῖς μῆνες.