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O daß in Eile doch, ohne zu großen Schmerz,

Nicht uns fesselnd an's Lager,
1400

Der Tod sich uns nahte, ew'gen Schlafes

Ruhe zu bringen! Vermählt dem Staube,

Liegt er todt, der milde Hort,

Der vieles Leid unter Frau'ntücke litt,

Der durch Frau'ntücke nun den Geist verhaucht.
1405

Agamemnon. Aeschylus. Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator). . .

Current edition Experimental

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1854; OCR review) (OCR draft) (German) (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.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (8)

Ἀγαμέμνων First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 1448-1576 focus

str. 1

Χορός

φεῦ, τίς ἂν ἐν τάχει, μὴ περιώδυνος,

μηδὲ δεμνιοτήρης,

μόλοι τὸν ἀεὶ φέρουσ᾽ ἐν ἡμῖν
1450

Μοῖρ᾽ ἀτέλευτον ὕπνον, δαμέντος

φύλακος εὐμενεστάτου

πολέα¹ τλάντος γυναικὸς διαί;

πρὸς γυναικὸς δ᾽ ἀπέφθισεν βίον.

1455

Χορός

ἰὼ ἰὼ² παράνους³ Ἑλένα
1455

μία τὰς πολλάς, τὰς πάνυ πολλὰς

ψυχὰς ὀλέσασ᾽ ὑπὸ Τροίᾳ.

†νῦν δὲ τελείαν..⁴⁵

πολύμναστον ἐπηνθίσω δι᾽⁶ αἷμ᾽ ἄνιπτον,

ἥτις⁷ ἦν τότ᾽ ἐν δόμοις
1460

ἔρις ἐρίδματος ἀνδρὸς οἰζύσ†.

1462

Κλυταιμήστρα

μηδὲν θανάτου μοῖραν ἐπεύχου

τοῖσδε βαρυνθείς:

μηδ᾽ εἰς Ἑλένην κότον ἐκτρέψῃς,

ὡς ἀνδρολέτειρ᾽, ὡς μία πολλῶν
1465

ἀνδρῶν ψυχὰς Δαναῶν ὀλέσασ᾽

ἀξύστατον ἄλγος ἔπραξε.

ant. 1

1468

Χορός

δαῖμον, ὃς ἐμπίτνεις⁸ δώμασι καὶ

διφυίοισι⁹ Τανταλίδαισιν,¹⁰

κράτος <τ᾽>¹¹ ἰσόψυχον ἐκ γυναικῶν
1470

καρδιόδηκτον¹² ἐμοὶ κρατύνεις.

ἐπὶ δὲ σώματος δίκαν [μοι]¹³

κόρακος ἐχθροῦ σταθεῖσ᾽¹⁴ ἐκνόμως¹⁵

ὕμνον ὑμνεῖν ἐπεύχεται...¹⁶¹⁷<˘¯>

1475
Κλυταιμήστρα

νῦν δ᾽ ὤρθωσας στόματος γνώμην,
1475

τὸν τριπάχυντον¹⁸

δαίμονα γέννης τῆσδε κικλήσκων.

ἐκ τοῦ γὰρ ἔρως αἱματολοιχὸς

νείρῃ¹⁹ τρέφεται, πρὶν καταλῆξαι

τὸ παλαιὸν ἄχος, νέος ἰχώρ.
1480

str. 2

1481

Χορός

ἦ μέγαν οἰκονόμον²⁰

δαίμονα καὶ βαρύμηνιν αἰνεῖς,

φεῦ φεῦ, κακὸν αἶνον ἀτη-

ρᾶς τύχας ἀκορέστου:

ἰὴ ἰὴ διαὶ Διὸς
1485

παναιτίου πανεργέτα:²¹

τί γὰρ βροτοῖς ἄνευ Διὸς τελεῖται;

τί τῶνδ᾽ οὐ θεόκραντόν ἐστιν;

1489

Χορός

ἰὼ ἰὼ βασιλεῦ βασιλεῦ,

πῶς σε δακρύσω;
1490

φρενὸς ἐκ φιλίας τί ποτ᾽ εἴπω;

κεῖσαι δ᾽ ἀράχνης ἐν ὑφάσματι τῷδ᾽

ἀσεβεῖ θανάτῳ βίον ἐκπνέων.

ὤμοι μοι κοίταν τάνδ᾽ ἀνελεύθερον

δολίῳ μόρῳ δαμεὶς <δάμαρτοσ>²²
1495

ἐκ χερὸς ἀμφιτόμῳ βελέμνῳ.

1497

Κλυταιμήστρα

αὐχεῖς εἶναι τόδε τοὔργον ἐμόν:

μηδ᾽ ἐπιλεχθῇς²³

Ἀγαμεμνονίαν εἶναί μ᾽ ἄλοχον.

φανταζόμενος δὲ γυναικὶ νεκροῦ
1500

τοῦδ᾽ ὁ παλαιὸς δριμὺς ἀλάστωρ

Ἀτρέως χαλεποῦ θοινατῆρος

τόνδ᾽ ἀπέτισεν,

τέλεον νεαροῖς ἐπιθύσας.

ant. 2

1505

Χορός

ὡς μὲν ἀναίτιος εἶ
1505

τοῦδε φόνου τίς ὁ μαρτυρήσων;

πῶ πῶ; πατρόθεν δὲ συλλή-

πτωρ γένοιτ᾽ ἂν ἀλάστωρ.

βιάζεται δ᾽ ὁμοσπόροις

ἐπιρροαῖσιν αἱμάτων
1510

μέλας Ἄρης, ὅποι δίκαν²⁴ προβαίνων²⁵

πάχνᾳ κουροβόρῳ παρέξει.

1513

Χορός

ἰὼ ἰὼ βασιλεῦ βασιλεῦ,

πῶς σε δακρύσω;

φρενὸς ἐκ φιλίας τί ποτ᾽ εἴπω;
1515

κεῖσαι δ᾽ ἀράχνης ἐν ὑφάσματι τῷδ᾽

ἀσεβεῖ θανάτῳ βίον ἐκπνέων.

ὤμοι μοι κοίταν τάνδ᾽ ἀνελεύθερον

δολίῳ μόρῳ δαμεὶς <δάμαρτοσ>

ἐκ χερὸς ἀμφιτόμῳ βελέμνῳ.
1520

1521
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[οὔτ᾽ ἀνελεύθερον οἶμαι θάνατον

τῷδε γενέσθαι.]²⁶

οὐδὲ γὰρ οὗτος δολίαν ἄτην

οἴκοισιν ἔθηκ᾽;

ἀλλ᾽ ἐμὸν ἐκ τοῦδ᾽ ἔρνος ἀερθέν,
1525

τὴν πολυκλαύτην²⁷ Ἰφιγενείαν,

ἄξια²⁸ δράσας ἄξια πάσχων

μηδὲν ἐν Ἅιδου μεγαλαυχείτω,

ξιφοδηλήτῳ,
θανάτῳ τίσας ἅπερ ἦρξεν.²⁹

1531

str. 3

Χορός

ἀμηχανῶ φροντίδος στερηθεὶς
1530

εὐπάλαμον μέριμναν

ὅπα τράπωμαι, πίτνοντος οἴκου.

δέδοικα δ᾽ ὄμβρου κτύπον δομοσφαλῆ

τὸν αἱματηρόν: ψακὰς δὲ λήγει.

δίκην³⁰ δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἄλλο πρᾶγμα θηγάνει³¹ βλάβης
1535

πρὸς ἄλλαις θηγάναισι Μοῖρα.

1537

Χορός

ἰὼ γᾶ γᾶ, εἴθ᾽ ἔμ᾽ ἐδέξω,

πρὶν τόνδ᾽ ἐπιδεῖν ἀργυροτοίχου

δροίτας κατέχοντα χαμεύνην.
1540

τίς ὁ θάψων νιν; τίς ὁ θρηνήσων;

ἦ σὺ τόδ᾽ ἔρξαι τλήσει, κτείνασ᾽

ἄνδρα τὸν αὑτῆς ἀποκωκῦσαι,

ψυχῇ τ᾽³² ἄχαριν χάριν ἀντ᾽ ἔργων
1545

μεγάλων ἀδίκως ἐπικρᾶναι;

τίς δ᾽ ἐπιτύμβιον αἶνον³³ ἐπ᾽ ἀνδρὶ θείῳ

σὺν δακρύοις ἰάπτων

ἀλαθείᾳ φρενῶν πονήσει;
1550
1551

Κλυταιμήστρα

οὐ σὲ προσήκει τὸ μέλημ᾽ ἀλέγειν³⁴³⁵

τοῦτο: πρὸς ἡμῶν

κάππεσε, κάτθανε, καὶ καταθάψομεν

οὐχ ὑπὸ κλαυθμῶν τῶν ἐξ οἴκων,..

ἀλλ᾽ Ἰφιγένειά νιν³⁶ ἀσπασίως
1555

θυγάτηρ, ὡς χρή,

πατέρ᾽ ἀντιάσασα πρὸς ὠκύπορον

πόρθμευμ᾽ ἀχέων

περὶ χεῖρε³⁷ βαλοῦσα φιλήσει.

1560

ant. 3

Χορός

ὄνειδος ἥκει τόδ᾽ ἀντ᾽ ὀνείδους.
1560

δύσμαχα δ᾽ ἔστι κρῖναι.

φέρει φέροντ᾽, ἐκτίνει δ᾽ ὁ καίνων.

μίμνει δὲ μίμνοντος ἐν θρόνῳ³⁸ Διὸς

παθεῖν τὸν ἔρξαντα: θέσμιον γάρ.

τίς ἂν γονὰν ἀραῖον³⁹ ἐκβάλοι δόμων;
1565

κεκόλληται γένος πρὸς ἄτᾳ.⁴⁰⁴¹

1567

Κλυταιμήστρα

ἐς τόνδ᾽ ἐνέβη ξὺν ἀληθείᾳ

χρησμός.⁴² ἐγὼ δ᾽ οὖν

ἐθέλω δαίμονι τῷ Πλεισθενιδῶν

ὅρκους θεμένη τάδε μὲν στέργειν,
1570

δύστλητά περ ὄνθ᾽: ὃ δὲ λοιπόν, ἰόντ᾽

ἐκ τῶνδε δόμων ἄλλην γενεὰν

τρίβειν θανάτοις αὐθένταισι:

κτεάνων τε μέρος

βαιὸν ἐχούσῃ πᾶν ἀπόχρη μοι⁴³
μανίας μελάθρων
1575

ἀλληλοφόνους⁴⁴ ἀφελούσῃ.

1577

Ἀγαμέμνων Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 1448-1576 focus

Χορός

φεῦ, τίς ἂν ἐν τάχει, μὴ περιώδυνος,

μηδὲ δεμνιοτήρης,

μόλοι τὸν αἰεὶ φέρουσʼ ἐν ἡμῖν
1450

Μοῖρʼ ἀτέλευτον ὕπνον, δαμέντος

φύλακος εὐμενεστάτου καὶ

πολλὰ τλάντος γυναικὸς διαί·

πρὸς γυναικὸς δʼ ἀπέφθισεν βίον.

1455

Χορός

ἰὼ ἰὼ παράνους Ἑλένα
1455

μία τὰς πολλάς, τάς πάνυ πολλὰς

ψυχὰς ὀλέσασʼ ὑπὸ Τροίᾳ.

νῦν δὲ τελέαν πολύμναστον ἐπηνθίσω

διʼ αἷμʼ ἄνιπτον. ἦ τις ἦν τότʼ ἐν δόμοις
1460

ἔρις ἐρίδματος ἀνδρὸς οἰζύς.

1462

Κλυταιμήστρα

μηδὲν θανάτου μοῖραν ἐπεύχου

τοῖσδε βαρυνθείς·

μηδʼ εἰς Ἑλένην κότον ἐκτρέψῃς,

ὡς ἀνδρολέτειρʼ, ὡς μία πολλῶν
1465

ἀνδρῶν ψυχὰς Δαναῶν ὀλέσασʼ

ἀξύστατον ἄλγος ἔπραξεν.

1468

Χορός

δαῖμον, ὃς ἐμπίτνεις δώμασι καὶ διφυί-

οισι Τανταλίδαισιν,

κράτος τʼ ἰσόψυχον ἐκ γυναικῶν
1470

καρδιόδηκτον ἐμοὶ κρατύνεις.

ἐπὶ δὲ σώματος δίκαν μοι

κόρακος ἐχθροῦ σταθεῖσʼ ἐκνόμως

ὕμνον ὑμνεῖν ἐπεύχεται ˘¯

1475

Κλυταιμήστρα

νῦν δʼ ὤρθωσας στόματος γνώμην,
1475

τὸν τριπάχυντον

δαίμονα γέννης τῆσδε κικλήσκων.

ἐκ τοῦ γὰρ ἔρως αἱματολοιχὸς

νείρᾳ τρέφεται, πρὶν καταλῆξαι

τὸ παλαιὸν ἄχος, νέος ἰχώρ.
1480

1481

Χορός

ἦ μέγαν οἰκονόμον

δαίμονα καὶ βαρύμηνιν αἰνεῖς,

φεῦ φεῦ, κακὸν αἶνον ἀτη-

ρᾶς τύχας ἀκορέστου·

ἰὴ ἰή, διαὶ Διὸς
1485

παναιτίου πανεργέτα·

τί γὰρ βροτοῖς ἄνευ Διὸς τελεῖται;

τί τῶνδʼ οὐ θεόκραντόν ἐστιν;

1489

Χορός

ἰὼ ἰὼ βασιλεῦ βασιλεῦ,

πῶς σε δακρύσω;
1490

φρενὸς ἐκ φιλίας τί ποτʼ εἴπω;

κεῖσαι δʼ ἀράχνης ἐν ὑφάσματι τῷδʼ

ἀσεβεῖ θανάτῳ βίον ἐκπνέων.

ὤμοι μοι κοίταν τάνδʼ ἀνελεύθερον

δολίῳ μόρῳ δαμεὶς δάμαρτος
1495

ἐκ χερὸς ἀμφιτόμῳ βελέμνῳ.

1497

Κλυταιμήστρα

αὐχεῖς εἶναι τόδε τοὔργον ἐμόν;

μηδʼ ἐπιλεχθῇς

Ἀγαμεμνονίαν εἶναί μʼ ἄλοχον.

φανταζόμενος δὲ γυναικὶ νεκροῦ
1500

τοῦδʼ ὁ παλαιὸς δριμὺς ἀλάστωρ

Ἀτρέως χαλεποῦ θοινατῆρος

τόνδʼ ἀπέτεισεν,

τέλεον νεαροῖς ἐπιθύσας.

1505

Χορός

ὡς μὲν ἀναίτιος εἶ
1505

τοῦδε φόνου τίς ὁ μαρτυρήσων;

πῶς πῶς; πατρόθεν δὲ συλλή-

πτωρ γένοιτʼ ἂν ἀλάστωρ.

βιάζεται δʼ ὁμοσπόροις

ἐπιρροαῖσιν αἱμάτων
1510

μέλας Ἄρης, ὅποι δίκαν προβαίνων

πάχνᾳ κουροβόρῳ παρέξει.

1513

Χορός

ἰὼ ἰὼ βασιλεῦ βασιλεῦ,

πῶς σε δακρύσω;

φρενὸς ἐκ φιλίας τί ποτʼ εἴπω;
1515

κεῖσαι δʼ ἀράχνης ἐν ὑφάσματι τῷδʼ

ἀσεβεῖ θανάτῳ βίον ἐκπνέων.

ὤμοι μοι κοίταν τάνδʼ ἀνελεύθερον

δολίῳ μόρῳ δαμεὶς

ἐκ χερὸς ἀμφιτόμῳ βελέμνῳ.
1520

1521

Κλυταιμήστρα

οὔτʼ ἀνελεύθερον οἶμαι θάνατον

τῷδε γενέσθαι.

οὐδὲ γὰρ οὗτος δολίαν ἄτην

οἴκοισιν ἔθηκʼ;

ἀλλʼ ἐμὸν ἐκ τοῦδʼ ἔρνος ἀερθέν.
1525

τὴν πολυκλαύτην Ἰφιγενείαν,

ἄξια δράσας ἄξια πάσχων

μηδὲν ἐν Ἅιδου μεγαλαυχείτω,

ξιφοδηλήτῳ,

θανάτῳ τείσας ἅπερ ἦρξεν.

1530

Χορός

ἀμηχανῶ φροντίδος στερηθεὶς
1530

εὐπάλαμον μέριμναν

ὅπα τράπωμαι, πίτνοντος οἴκου.

δέδοικα δʼ ὄμβρου κτύπον δομοσφαλῆ

τὸν αἱματηρόν· ψακὰς δὲ λήγει.

δίκην δʼ ἐπʼ ἄλλο πρᾶγμα θηγάνει βλάβης
1535

πρὸς ἄλλαις θηγάναισι μοῖρα.

1537

Χορός

ἰὼ γᾶ γᾶ, εἴθʼ ἔμʼ ἐδέξω,

πρὶν τόνδʼ ἐπιδεῖν ἀργυροτοίχου

δροίτης κατέχοντα χάμευναν.
1540

τίς ὁ θάψων νιν; τίς ὁ θρηνήσων;

ἦ σὺ τόδʼ ἔρξαι τλήσῃ, κτείνασʼ

ἄνδρα τὸν αὑτῆς ἀποκωκῦσαι

ψυχῇ τʼ ἄχαριν χάριν ἀντʼ ἔργων
1545

μεγάλων ἀδίκως ἐπικρᾶναι;

τίς δʼ ἐπιτύμβιον αἶνον ἐπʼ ἀνδρὶ θείῳ

σὺν δακρύοις ἰάπτων

ἀληθείᾳ φρενῶν πονήσει;
1550

1551

Κλυταιμήστρα

οὐ σὲ προσήκει τὸ μέλημʼ ἀλέγειν

τοῦτο· πρὸς ἡμῶν

κάππεσε, κάτθανε, καὶ καταθάψομεν,

οὐχ ὑπὸ κλαυθμῶν τῶν ἐξ οἴκων,

ἀλλʼ Ἰφιγένειά νιν ἀσπασίως
1555

θυγάτηρ, ὡς χρή,

πατέρʼ ἀντιάσασα πρὸς ὠκύπορον

πόρθμευμʼ ἀχέων

περὶ χεῖρε βαλοῦσα φιλήσει.

1560

Χορός

ὄνειδος ἥκει τόδʼ ἀντʼ ὀνείδους.
1560

δύσμαχα δʼ ἔστι κρῖναι.

φέρει φέροντʼ, ἐκτίνει δʼ ὁ καίνων.

μίμνει δὲ μίμνοντος ἐν θρόνῳ Διὸς

παθεῖν τὸν ἔρξαντα· θέσμιον γάρ.

τίς ἂν γονὰν ἀραῖον ἐκβάλοι δόμων;
1565

κεκόλληται γένος πρὸς ἄτᾳ.

1567

Κλυταιμήστρα

ἐς τόνδʼ ἐνέβης ξὺν ἀληθείᾳ

χρησμόν. ἐγὼ δʼ οὖν

ἐθέλω δαίμονι τῷ Πλεισθενιδῶν

ὅρκους θεμένη τάδε μὲν στέργειν,
1570

δύστλητά περ ὄνθʼ· ὃ δὲ λοιπόν, ἰόντʼ

ἐκ τῶνδε δόμων ἄλλην γενεὰν

τρίβειν θανάτοις αὐθένταισι.

κτεάνων τε μέρος

βαιὸν ἐχούσῃ πᾶν ἀπόχρη μοι

μανίας μελάθρων

ἀλληλοφόνους ἀφελούσῃ.

Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 1448 focus

ΧΟ.

φεῦ, τίς ἂν ἐν τάχει, μὴ περιώδυνος, μηδὲ δε-

μνιοτήρης,

μόλοι τὸν ἀεὶ φέρουσ᾽ ἐν ἡμῖν
1450

Μοῖρ᾽ ἀτέλευτον ὕπνον, δαμέντος

φύλακος εὐμενεστάτου

πολλὰ τλάντος γυναικὸς διαί;

πρὸς γυναικὸς δ᾽ ἀπέφθισεν βίον.

Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 1448 focus

Ζυγὸς Α
στρ. α'.

φεῦ, τίς ἂν ἐν τάχει, μὴ περιώδυνος,

μηδὲ δεμνιοτήρης,

μόλοι τὸν αἰεὶ φέρουσ᾽ ἐφ' ἡμῖν

Μοῖρ᾽ ἀτέλευτον ὕπνον, δαμέντος

φύλακος εὐμενεστάτου,
1415

καὶ πολλὰ τλάντος γυναικὸς διαί;

πρὸς γυναικὸς δ᾽ ἀπέφθισεν βίον.

ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1448 focus

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Φεῦ, τίς ἂν ἐν τάχει, μὴ περιώδυνος
1450
Str. 1.

μηδὲ δεμνιοτήρης,

μόλοι τὸν αἰεὶ φέρουσ' ἐν ἡμῖν

μοῖρ' ἀτέλευτον ὕπνον, δαμέντος

φύλακος εὐμενεστάτου καὶ

πολλὰ τλάντος γυναικὸς διαί διά·
1455

πρὸς γυναικὸς δ' ἀπέφθισεν βίον.

Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 1448 focus

φεῦ, τίς ἂν ἐν τάχει, μὴ περιώδυνος,

μηδὲ δεμνιοτήρης,
1450

μόλοι τὸν αἰεὶ φέρουσ᾽ ἐν ἡμῖν

Μοῖρ᾽ ἀτέλευτον ὕπνον, δαμέντος

φύλακος εὐμενεστάτου καὶ

πολλὰ τλάντος γυναικὸς διαί·

πρὸς γυναικὸς δ᾽ ἀπέφθισεν βίον.
1455

Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 1448 focus

φεῦ, τίς ἂν ἐν τάχει μὴ περιώδυνος

μηδὲ δεμνιοτήρης

μόλοι τὸν αἰεὶ φέρουσ᾽ ἐν ἡμῖν

1450

μοῖρ᾽ ἀτέλευτον ὕπνον, δαμέντος

φύλακος εὐμενεστάτου, {καὶ}

πολέα τλάντος γυναικὸς διαί·

πρὸς γυναικὸς δ᾽ ἀπέφθισεν βίον.

ephymn. 1

Aeschyli Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Agamemnon. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 1448 focus

ΧΟ.

φεῦ, τίς ἂν ἐν τάχει μὴ περιώδυνος

μηδὲ δεμνιοτήρης

ἡμῖν τὸν αἰεὶ μόλοι φέρουσα
1450

μοῖρ᾽ ἀτέλευτον ὕπνον, δαμέντος

Testim.:

1449 Hesych. δεμνιοτήρη· ἔγκοιτον· τὰ δέμνια τηροῦντα.

Apparatus Criticus

ἄντιτον ἀντίετον ἀτίετον corr. Weil¹ τύμμα τύμματι τύμμα τύμμα² ³ ἐμῆς ἐμάς⁴ σμικρὰ μικρά⁵ καὶ τερασκόπος καὶ κοινόλεκτρος τοῦδε sustuli dittographias⁶ ἰσοτριβής ἱστοτριβής ἱσοτρ.⁷ φιλήτωρ φιλήτως⁸ αὐτὴν εὐνῆς⁹ ἡμῖn τὸν αἰεὶ μόλοι φέρουσα μόλοι τ. α. φ. ἐν ἡμῖν traieci¹⁰

ΧΟ.

φύλακος εὐμενεστάτου καὶ

πολλὰ τλάντος γυναικὸς διαί·

πρὸς γυναικὸς δ᾽ ἀπέφθισεν βίον.

ἰώ
1455

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.) — 1448-1576 focus

CHOROS.

Alas, that some

Fate would come

Upon us in quickness —

Neither much sickness

Neither bed-keeping —
1450

And bear unended sleeping,

Now that subdued

Is our keeper, the kindest of mood!

Having borne, for a woman’s sake, much strife —

By a woman he withered from life!

1455

Ah me!
1455

Law-breaking Helena who, one,

Hast many, so many souls undone

’Neath Troia! and now the consummated

Much-memorable curse

Hast thou made flower-forth, red

With the blood no rains disperse,
1460

That which was then in the House —

Strife all-subduing, the woe of a spouse.

1462

KLUTAIMNESTRA.

Nowise, of death the fate —

Burdened by these things — supplicate!

Nor on Helena turn thy wrath

As the man-destroyer, as she who hath,
1465

Being but one,

Many and many a soul undone

Of the men, the Danaoi —

And wrought immense annoy!

1468

CHOROS.

Daimon, who fallest

Upon this household and the double-raced

Tantalidai, a rule, minded like theirs displaced,

Thou rulest me with, now,
1470

Whose heart thou gallest!

And on the body, like a hateful crow,

Stationed, all out of tune, his chant to chant

Doth Something vaunt!

1475

KLUTAIMNESTRA.

Now, of a truth, hast thou set upright
1475

Thy mouth’s opinion, —

Naming the Sprite,

The triply gross,

O’er the race that has dominion:

For through him it is that Eros

The carnage-licker

In the belly is bred: ere ended quite

Is the elder throe — new ichor!
1480

1481

CHOROS.

Certainly, great of might

And heavy of wrath, the Sprite

Thou tellest of, in the palace

(Woe, woe!)

— An evil tale of a fate
1485

By Até’s malice

Rendered insatiate!

1489

Oh, oh, —

King, king, how shall I beweep thee?
1490

From friendly soul whatever say?

Thou liest where webs of the spider o’ersweep thee

In impious death, life breathing away.

O me — me!

This couch, not free.

By a slavish death subdued thou art,
1495

From the hand, by the two-edged dart.

1497

KLUTAIMNESTRA.

Thou boastest this deed to be mine:

But leave off styling me

The Agamemnonian wife!

For, showing himself in sign
1500

Of the spouse of the corpse thou dost see,

Did the ancient bitter avenging-ghost

Of Atreus, savage host,

Pay the man here as price —

A full-grown for the young one’s sacrifice.

1505

CHOROS.

That no cause, indeed, of this killing art thou,
1505

Who shall be witness-bearer?

How shall he bear it — how?

But the sire’s avenging-ghost might be in the deed a sharer.

He is forced on and on

By the kin-born flowing of blood,
1510

— Black Ares: to where, having gone,

He shall leave off, flowing done,

At the frozen-child’s-flesh food.

1513

King, king, how shall I beweep thee?

From friendly soul whatever say?

Thou liest where webs of the spider o’ersweep thee
1515

In impious death, life breathing away.

O me — me!

This couch, not free!

By a slavish death subdued thou art,

From the hand, by the two-edged dart.
1520

1521

KLUTAIMNESTRA.

No death unfit for the free

Do I think this man’s to be:

For did not himself a slavish curse

To his household decree?

But the scion of him, myself did nurse —
1525

That much-bewailed Iphigeneia, he

Having done well by, — and as well, nor worse,

Been done to, — let him not in Haides loudly

Bear himself proudly!

Being by sword-destroying death amerced

For that sword’s punishment himself inflicted first.

1530

CHOROS.

I at a loss am left —
1530

Of a feasible scheme of mind bereft —

Where I may turn: for the house is falling:

I fear the bloody crash of the rain

That ruins the roof as it bursts amain:

The warning-drop

Has come to a stop.

Destiny doth Justice whet
1535

For other deed of hurt, on other whetstones yet.

1537

Woe, earth, earth — would thou hadst taken me

Ere I saw the man I see,

On the pallet-bed

Of the silver-sided bath-vase, dead!
1540

Who is it shall bury him, who

Sing his dirge? Can it be true

That thou wilt dare this same to do —

Having slain thy husband, thine own,

To make his funeral moan:

And for the soul of him, in place
1545

Of his mighty deeds, a graceless grace

To wickedly institute? By whom

Shall the tale of praise o’er the tomb

At the god-like man be sent —

From the truth of his mind as he toils intent?
1550

1551

KLUTAIMNESTRA.

It belongs not to thee to declare

This object of care!

By us did he fall — down there!

Did he die — down there! and down, no less,

We will bury him there, and not beneath

The wails of the household over his death:

But Iphigeneia, — with kindliness, —
1555

His daughter, — as the case requires,

Facing him full, at the rapid-flowing

Passage of Groans shall — both hands throwing

Around him — kiss that kindest of sires!

1560

CHOROS.

This blame comes in the place of blame:
1560

Hard battle it is to judge each claim.

He is borne away who bears away:

And the killer has all to pay.

And this remains while Zeus is remaining,

The doer shall suffer in time — for, such his ordaining.

Who may cast out of the House its cursed brood?
1565

The race is to Até glued!

1567

KLUTAIMNESTRA.

Thou hast gone into this oracle

With a true result. For me, then, — I will

— To the Daimon of the Pleisthenidai

Making an oath — with all these things comply
1570

Hard as they are to bear. For the rest —

Going from out this House, a guest,

May he wear some other family

To nought, with the deaths of kin by kin!

And, — keeping a little part of my goods, —

Wholly am I contented in

Having expelled from the royal House

These frenzied moods
1575

The mutually-murderous.

The Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (The Agamemnon. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 1448 focus

Alas! what doom, not of sharp extreme anguish, nor keeping to the couch, may come with speed, bringing upon us the endless sleep that is for ever, now that my most gracious guardian has been smitten down, and after having suffered much in a woman's cause? by a woman's hand too he lost his life.

CHORUS 2

AGAMEMNON (OCR draft) Experimental (AGAMEMNON. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1448 focus

pour pimenter mon triomphe !

Agité.

LE CHŒUR

Las ! quelle mort viendra, rapide, sans souffrance aiguë, sans lit d'agonie, apporter à nos cœurs le sommeil que rien n'interrompt ni ne termine, puisqu'il a succombé, celui dont la bonté veillait sur nous, celui qui tant souffrit pour une femme et, maintenant, par une femme perd la vie !

Mélodrame.

LE CORYPHÉE

Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Agamemnon. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 1448 focus

No ſlow-consuming pains, to torture us

Fix'd to the groaning couch, await us now;

But Fate comes ruſhing on, and brings the ſleep

That wakes no more.

There lies the king, whoſe virtues
1640

Were truly royal. In a woman’s cauſe

He ſuffer'd much; and by a woman periſh’d.

Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 1448 focus

Deh! Su noi scenda una súbita morte,

che senza tormento,

1690

che senza nel morbo giacere, ci rechi

un sonno senza mai fine, perenne,

ora che spento è il benigno mio duce,

dopo che tanto sofferse per una

donna; e una donna gli tolse la luce!

1695

COREUTA

Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 1448 focus

Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 1448 focus

Sind Agamemnons Klagerufe denn für uns

wirklich genügender Beweis für seinen Tod?

Vierzehnter Greis.

Jähzorn ist erst am Platze, wenn man Sicherheit
1450

erlangt hat. Wissen und Verdacht ist zweierlei.

Fünfzehnter Greis.

1370 Dem stimm' ich bei, denn alles spricht dafür, zunächst

gewiß zu werden, wie es um den König steht.

Als sie eindringen wollen, öffnet sich die Hinterwand der Bühne. Man sieht das Badezimmer, in dem der Mord geschehen ist. In der Wanne liegt die Leiche Agamemnons ganz verhüllt von einem großen Tuche mit Fransen. Daneben die Leiche Kassandras. 102

Klytaimestra
tritt dem Chore entgegen, der zurückweicht. Sie hält das Beil in der Rechten, ihre Stirn ist blutbespritzt.

Von manchem Worte, das ich sonst dem Augenblick

mich fügend aussprach, sag' ich jetzt das Gegenteil.
1455

1375

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.) — 1448 focus

Ah woe and well-a-day! I would that Fate
1685

Not bearing agony too great,

Nor stretching me too long on couch of pain—

Would bid mine eyelids keep

The morningless and unawakening sleep!¹

For life is weary, now my lord is slain,
1690

The gracious among kings!

Hard fate of old he bore and many grievous things,

And for a woman's sake, on Ilian land—

Now is his life hewn down, and by a woman's hand.

Commentary

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

1400. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-816

λυμαντήριος Nullus interpretum aut criticorum hic obhaesit. Adeo in verbis occupati, quid res, quid recta ratio, quid poesis flagitet, negligere consueverunt. Graviter quidem hoc verbo

κεῖται

hanc sententiam incipit Clytaemnestra: sed quis, obsecro, qui non omni aptae orationis sensu destitutus sit, Agamemnonem isto adiectivo

λυμαντήριος

recte designari credet, nec censebit Aeschylum, si dicere quod illo adiectivo continetur voluisset,

λυμαντὴς ὅδε

vel

λυμαντὴς νεκρός

fuisse dicturum? Nam ne articulum quidem si addidisset,

κεῖται γυναικὸς τῆςδ᾽ ὁ λυμαντήριος

, satis apte esset locutus. Nulla tamen in hoc versu vitii suspicio est. Ex quo consequitur, quod certissimum esse arbitror, excidisse aut ante hunc versum alium versum, in quo nomen aliquod substantivum fuerit, aut post eum. Ac vel hebetior aliquis, opinor, sentiet quantum ab librorum illa debili atque imperfecta oratione distet plene enuntiata sententia, ut si eiusmodi versum, qualem potuit saltem facere Aeschylus, adiicias,

κεῖται γυναικὸς τῆςδε λυμαντήριος ἀνήρ, θυγατρὸς τῆς ἐμῆς φονεὺς ὅδε, Χρυσηίδων μείλιγμα τῶν ὑπ᾽ Ἰλίῳ.

Choeph. v. 751.

στείχω δ᾽ ἐπ' ἄνδρα τῶνδε λυμαντήριον οἴκων

. Itaque versum excidisse indicavi.

1400

1405-1406. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-817

ναυτίλοις δὲ σελμάτων ἰσοτριβής Libri

ναυτίλων δὲ σελμάτων ἱστοτρίβης

. Wellauerus in Lexico Aeschyleo scribendum esse suspicabatur

ναυτικῶν

. Idem, ut Blomfieldius dicit, coniecerat Casaubonus. Pauwius

ἰσοτριβής

, quod receperunt Schützius et Porsonus. Porsonus haec quomodo intellexerit nescio: ceteros nihil expedivisse video. Schützii interpretatio, itineris maritimi consors, neque cum verbis poetae congruit, qui si illud in mente habuisset, non

ἰσοτριβής

, sed

ὁμοτριβής

dixisset; neque continet, quod exspectamus, aliquid exprobationis.

Σέλματα

potuerunt fortasse

ναυτίλα

dici, si intelligebantur navigantia. Sic Sophocles Phil. v. 220.

τίνες πότ᾽ ἐς γῆν τήνδε ναυτίλῳ πλάτῃ κατέσχετ';

et Euripides initio Archelai

Αἴγυπτος, ὡς ὁ πλεῖστος ἔσπαρται λόγος, σὺν παισὶ πεντήκοντα ναυτίλῳ πλάτῃ Ἄργος κατασχών.

Sed Aeschylum scripsisse puto

ναυτίλοις δὲ σελμάτων ἰσοτριβής

. Captiva ista, inquit, et prodigiorum interpres et tori socia huic fatidica fida conius, nautis vero aeque cum transtris trita.

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

1399. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-wecklein1888-com-ger1-760

ἀνδρί, marito.

1400. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-wecklein1888-com-ger1-761

πειρᾶσθε ist Indikativ.

1401-1402. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-wecklein1888-com-ger1-762

πρὸς εἰδότας λέγω: vgl. - ἀπόπολις δ᾽ ἔσῃ – Suppl. 750 λέγω πρὸς εἰδότα und zu Prom. 457 εἰδυίαισιν ἂν ὑμῖν λέγοιμι. - λέγω, nämlich οὗτός ἐστιν κτέ., denn σὺ ὅμοιον steht parenthetisch. εἴτε für εἴτε wie Cho. 992 μύραινά γ᾽ εἰτ᾽ ἔχιδν᾽ ἔφν. Krüger I 69, 25, 1. εἴτε

1404. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-wecklein1888-com-ger1-763

,,ein Toter als Werk" u.s. w.

Aeschylus Agamemnon 1448

Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator)

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O daß in Eile doch, ohne zu großen Schmerz,

Nicht uns fesselnd an's Lager,
1400

Der Tod sich uns nahte, ew'gen Schlafes

Ruhe zu bringen! Vermählt dem Staube,

Liegt er todt, der milde Hort,

Der vieles Leid unter Frau'ntücke litt,

Der durch Frau'ntücke nun den Geist verhaucht.
1405

Current edition Experimental

ephymn. 1

ephymn. 1

ΧΟ.

φεῦ, τίς ἂν ἐν τάχει μὴ περιώδυνος

μηδὲ δεμνιοτήρης

ἡμῖν τὸν αἰεὶ μόλοι φέρουσα
1450

μοῖρ᾽ ἀτέλευτον ὕπνον, δαμέντος

Testim.:

Apparatus Criticus

ΧΟ.

φύλακος εὐμενεστάτου καὶ

πολλὰ τλάντος γυναικὸς διαί·

πρὸς γυναικὸς δ᾽ ἀπέφθισεν βίον.

ἰώ
1455

CHOROS.

Alas, that some

Fate would come

Upon us in quickness —

Neither much sickness

Neither bed-keeping —
1450

And bear unended sleeping,

Now that subdued

Is our keeper, the kindest of mood!

Having borne, for a woman’s sake, much strife —

By a woman he withered from life!

Ah me!
1455

Law-breaking Helena who, one,

Hast many, so many souls undone

’Neath Troia! and now the consummated

Much-memorable curse

Hast thou made flower-forth, red

With the blood no rains disperse,
1460

That which was then in the House —

Strife all-subduing, the woe of a spouse.

KLUTAIMNESTRA.

Nowise, of death the fate —

Burdened by these things — supplicate!

Nor on Helena turn thy wrath

As the man-destroyer, as she who hath,
1465

Being but one,

Many and many a soul undone

Of the men, the Danaoi —

And wrought immense annoy!

CHOROS.

Daimon, who fallest

Upon this household and the double-raced

Tantalidai, a rule, minded like theirs displaced,

Thou rulest me with, now,
1470

Whose heart thou gallest!

And on the body, like a hateful crow,

Stationed, all out of tune, his chant to chant

Doth Something vaunt!

KLUTAIMNESTRA.

Now, of a truth, hast thou set upright
1475

Thy mouth’s opinion, —

Naming the Sprite,

The triply gross,

O’er the race that has dominion:

For through him it is that Eros

The carnage-licker

In the belly is bred: ere ended quite

Is the elder throe — new ichor!
1480

CHOROS.

Certainly, great of might

And heavy of wrath, the Sprite

Thou tellest of, in the palace

(Woe, woe!)

— An evil tale of a fate
1485

By Até’s malice

Rendered insatiate!

King, king, how shall I beweep thee?

From friendly soul whatever say?

Thou liest where webs of the spider o’ersweep thee
1515

In impious death, life breathing away.

O me — me!

This couch, not free!

By a slavish death subdued thou art,

From the hand, by the two-edged dart.
1520

CHORUS 2

LE CORYPHÉE

There lies the king, whoſe virtues
1640

Were truly royal. In a woman’s cauſe

He ſuffer'd much; and by a woman periſh’d.

COREUTA

wirklich genügender Beweis für seinen Tod?

Vierzehnter Greis.

Jähzorn ist erst am Platze, wenn man Sicherheit
1450

erlangt hat. Wissen und Verdacht ist zweierlei.

Fünfzehnter Greis.

1370 Dem stimm' ich bei, denn alles spricht dafür, zunächst

gewiß zu werden, wie es um den König steht.

Klytaimestra
tritt dem Chore entgegen, der zurückweicht. Sie hält das Beil in der Rechten, ihre Stirn ist blutbespritzt.

Von manchem Worte, das ich sonst dem Augenblick

mich fügend aussprach, sag' ich jetzt das Gegenteil.
1455

1375

Commentary

Stable identifiers

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O daß in Eile doch, ohne zu großen Schmerz, Nicht uns fesselnd an's Lager, 1400 Der Tod sich uns nahte, ew'gen Schlafes Ruhe zu bringen! Vermählt dem Staube, Liegt er todt, der milde Hort, Der vieles Leid unter Frau'ntücke litt, Der durch Frau'ntücke nun den Geist verhaucht. 1405

Current edition Experimental

ephymn. 1

ephymn. 1

ΧΟ. φεῦ, τίς ἂν ἐν τάχει μὴ περιώδυνος μηδὲ δεμνιοτήρης ἡμῖν τὸν αἰεὶ μόλοι φέρουσα 1450 μοῖρ᾽ ἀτέλευτον ὕπνον, δαμέντος

Testim.:

Apparatus Criticus

ΧΟ. φύλακος εὐμενεστάτου καὶ πολλὰ τλάντος γυναικὸς διαί· πρὸς γυναικὸς δ᾽ ἀπέφθισεν βίον. ἰώ 1455

CHOROS. Alas, that some Fate would come Upon us in quickness — Neither much sickness Neither bed-keeping — 1450 And bear unended sleeping, Now that subdued Is our keeper, the kindest of mood! Having borne, for a woman’s sake, much strife — By a woman he withered from life!

Ah me! 1455 Law-breaking Helena who, one, Hast many, so many souls undone ’Neath Troia! and now the consummated Much-memorable curse Hast thou made flower-forth, red With the blood no rains disperse, 1460 That which was then in the House — Strife all-subduing, the woe of a spouse.

KLUTAIMNESTRA. Nowise, of death the fate — Burdened by these things — supplicate! Nor on Helena turn thy wrath As the man-destroyer, as she who hath, 1465 Being but one, Many and many a soul undone Of the men, the Danaoi — And wrought immense annoy!

CHOROS. Daimon, who fallest Upon this household and the double-raced Tantalidai, a rule, minded like theirs displaced, Thou rulest me with, now, 1470 Whose heart thou gallest! And on the body, like a hateful crow, Stationed, all out of tune, his chant to chant Doth Something vaunt!

KLUTAIMNESTRA. Now, of a truth, hast thou set upright 1475 Thy mouth’s opinion, — Naming the Sprite, The triply gross, O’er the race that has dominion: For through him it is that Eros The carnage-licker In the belly is bred: ere ended quite Is the elder throe — new ichor! 1480

CHOROS. Certainly, great of might And heavy of wrath, the Sprite Thou tellest of, in the palace (Woe, woe!) — An evil tale of a fate 1485 By Até’s malice Rendered insatiate!

Oh, oh, — King, king, how shall I beweep thee? 1490 From friendly soul whatever say? Thou liest where webs of the spider o’ersweep thee In impious death, life breathing away. O me — me! This couch, not free. By a slavish death subdued thou art, 1495 From the hand, by the two-edged dart.

King, king, how shall I beweep thee? From friendly soul whatever say? Thou liest where webs of the spider o’ersweep thee 1515 In impious death, life breathing away. O me — me! This couch, not free! By a slavish death subdued thou art, From the hand, by the two-edged dart. 1520

CHORUS 2

LE CORYPHÉE

There lies the king, whoſe virtues 1640 Were truly royal. In a woman’s cauſe He ſuffer'd much; and by a woman periſh’d.

COREUTA

wirklich genügender Beweis für seinen Tod?

Vierzehnter Greis. Jähzorn ist erst am Platze, wenn man Sicherheit 1450 erlangt hat. Wissen und Verdacht ist zweierlei.

Fünfzehnter Greis. 1370 Dem stimm' ich bei, denn alles spricht dafür, zunächst gewiß zu werden, wie es um den König steht.

Klytaimestra tritt dem Chore entgegen, der zurückweicht. Sie hält das Beil in der Rechten, ihre Stirn ist blutbespritzt. Von manchem Worte, das ich sonst dem Augenblick mich fügend aussprach, sag' ich jetzt das Gegenteil. 1455 1375

Commentary

Stable identifiers

O daß in Eile doch, ohne zu großen Schmerz,

Nicht uns fesselnd an's Lager,
1400

Der Tod sich uns nahte, ew'gen Schlafes

Ruhe zu bringen! Vermählt dem Staube,

Liegt er todt, der milde Hort,

Der vieles Leid unter Frau'ntücke litt,

Der durch Frau'ntücke nun den Geist verhaucht.
1405

ΧΟ.

φεῦ, τίς ἂν ἐν τάχει μὴ περιώδυνος

μηδὲ δεμνιοτήρης

ἡμῖν τὸν αἰεὶ μόλοι φέρουσα
1450

μοῖρ᾽ ἀτέλευτον ὕπνον, δαμέντος

ΧΟ.

φύλακος εὐμενεστάτου καὶ

πολλὰ τλάντος γυναικὸς διαί·

πρὸς γυναικὸς δ᾽ ἀπέφθισεν βίον.

ἰώ
1455

CHOROS.

Alas, that some

Fate would come

Upon us in quickness —

Neither much sickness

Neither bed-keeping —
1450

And bear unended sleeping,

Now that subdued

Is our keeper, the kindest of mood!

Having borne, for a woman’s sake, much strife —

By a woman he withered from life!

Ah me!
1455

Law-breaking Helena who, one,

Hast many, so many souls undone

’Neath Troia! and now the consummated

Much-memorable curse

Hast thou made flower-forth, red

With the blood no rains disperse,
1460

That which was then in the House —

Strife all-subduing, the woe of a spouse.

KLUTAIMNESTRA.

Nowise, of death the fate —

Burdened by these things — supplicate!

Nor on Helena turn thy wrath

As the man-destroyer, as she who hath,
1465

Being but one,

Many and many a soul undone

Of the men, the Danaoi —

And wrought immense annoy!

CHOROS.

Daimon, who fallest

Upon this household and the double-raced

Tantalidai, a rule, minded like theirs displaced,

Thou rulest me with, now,
1470

Whose heart thou gallest!

And on the body, like a hateful crow,

Stationed, all out of tune, his chant to chant

Doth Something vaunt!

KLUTAIMNESTRA.

Now, of a truth, hast thou set upright
1475

Thy mouth’s opinion, —

Naming the Sprite,

The triply gross,

O’er the race that has dominion:

For through him it is that Eros

The carnage-licker

In the belly is bred: ere ended quite

Is the elder throe — new ichor!
1480

CHOROS.

Certainly, great of might

And heavy of wrath, the Sprite

Thou tellest of, in the palace

(Woe, woe!)

— An evil tale of a fate
1485

By Até’s malice

Rendered insatiate!

King, king, how shall I beweep thee?

From friendly soul whatever say?

Thou liest where webs of the spider o’ersweep thee
1515

In impious death, life breathing away.

O me — me!

This couch, not free!

By a slavish death subdued thou art,

From the hand, by the two-edged dart.
1520

There lies the king, whoſe virtues
1640

Were truly royal. In a woman’s cauſe

He ſuffer'd much; and by a woman periſh’d.

Vierzehnter Greis.

Jähzorn ist erst am Platze, wenn man Sicherheit
1450

erlangt hat. Wissen und Verdacht ist zweierlei.

Fünfzehnter Greis.

1370 Dem stimm' ich bei, denn alles spricht dafür, zunächst

gewiß zu werden, wie es um den König steht.

Klytaimestra
tritt dem Chore entgegen, der zurückweicht. Sie hält das Beil in der Rechten, ihre Stirn ist blutbespritzt.

Von manchem Worte, das ich sonst dem Augenblick

mich fügend aussprach, sag' ich jetzt das Gegenteil.
1455

1375