Aeschylus, Agamemnon, Paul Mazon (Editor), 1407

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ΧΟΡΟΣ

Τί κακόν, ὦ γύναι,

Str.

χθονοτρεφὲς ἐδανὸν ἢ ποτὸν

πασαμένα ῥυτᾶς ῥύσας ῥυσᾶς ἐξ ἁλὸς ὀρόμενον ὀρώμ- ὁρώμ-

τόδ' ἐπέθου ἐπεύθου θύος, δημοθρόους τ' ἀρὰς
1410

ἀπέδικες, ἀπέταμες ἀπέτεμες ; Ἀπόπολις ἄπολις δ' ἔσῃ,

μῖσος ὄβριμον ὄμβριμον ἀστοῖς.

Agamemnon. Aeschylus. Paul Mazon (Editor). Paris. 1920-1925.

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by Schmidt Sciences.

Current edition Experimental

ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ (OCR draft) (Greek) (ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (7)

Ἀγαμέμνων First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 1407-1430 focus

str. 1

Χορός

τί κακόν, ὦ γύναι, χθονοτρεφὲς ἐδανὸν

ἢ ποτὸν πασαμένα ῥυτᾶς¹ ἐξ ἁλὸς ὄρμενον²

τόδ᾽ ἐπέθου θύος, δημοθρόους τ᾽ ἀράς;

ἀπέδικες ἀπέταμές <τ᾽:>³ ἀπόπολις⁴ δ᾽ ἔσει
1410

μῖσος ὄβριμον ἀστοῖς.

1412

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 χρῆν⁷ 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

ant. 1

1426

Χορός

μεγαλόμητις εἶ, περίφρονα δ᾽ ἔλακες:

ὥσπερ οὖν φονολιβεῖ τύχᾳ φρὴν ἐπιμαίνεται:

λίβος⁸ ἐπ᾽ ὀμμάτων αἵματος ἐμπρέπει:⁹

ἀτίετον ἔτι σὲ χρὴ στερομέναν φίλων

τύμμα τύμματι¹⁰ τῖσαι.
1430
1431

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

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

1426

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.
1430

Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 1407 focus

ΧΟ.

τί κακὸν, ὦ γύναι, χθονοτρεφὲς ἐδανὸν

ἢ ποτὸν πασαμένα ῥυτᾶς ἐξ ἁλὸς ὄρμενον

τόδ᾽ ἐπέθου θύος, δαμοθρόους τ᾿ ἀρὰς

ἀπέδικες ἀπέτεμες; ἀπόπολις δ᾽ ἔσει
1410

μῖσος ὄβριμον ἀστοῖς.

Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 1407 focus

Χορὸς Πρεσβυτῶν
στρ.

τί κακόν, ὦ γύναι,

χθονοτρεφὲς ἐδανὸν ἢ ποτὸν

πασαμένα ῥυτᾶς ἐξ ἁλὸς ὄρμενον

τόδ᾽ ἐπέθου θύος, δημοθρόους τ' ἀράς;
1370

ἀπέδικες, ἀπέταμες· ἀπόπολις δ᾽ ἔσει,

μῖσος ὄβριμον ἀστοῖς.

Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 1407 focus

τί κακόν, ὦ γύναι,

¹²³

αὑτοῦ αὐτοῦ Διὸς νεκρῶν αὐτοῦ ὀρυγάνει διοσδότῳ γάνει διὸς νότῳ γᾶν (γαν superscr. η h) el σπόρητος τῷδ' τάδ' τοσόνδε fort. στήσας. μου omisit (δικαίως h) χθονοτρεφές | . . ῥύσας | . . θύος | . . ἀπέταμες | . . ἀστοῖς |

χθονοτρεφὲς ἐδανὸν ἢ ποτὸν

πασαμένα ῥυτᾶς ἐξ ἁλὸς ὄρμενον

τόδ᾽ ἐπέθου θύος δημοθρόους τ᾿ ἀράς;

ἀπέδικες, ἀπέταμες - ἀπόπολις δ᾽ ἔσῃ —

1410

μῖσος ὄβριμον ἀστοῖς.

ΚΛ.

Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 1407 focus

τί κακὸν ὦ γύναι

χθονοτρεφὲς ἐδανὸν ἢ ποτόν

πασαμένα ῥυτᾶς ἐξ ἁλὸς ὀρόμενον τόδ᾽ ἐπέθου θύος δημοθρόους τ᾽ ἀράς;

ἀπέδικες ἀπέταμες, ἀ πόπολις δ᾽ ἔσηι,

1410

μῖσος ὄβριμον ἀστοῖς.

ΚΛ.

Aeschyli Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Agamemnon. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 1407 focus

ΧΟ.

τί κακόν, ὦ γύναι,

χθονοτρεφὲς ἐδανὸν ἢ ποτόν

πασαμένα ῥυτᾶς ἐξ ἁλὸς ὀρόμενον

τόδ᾽ ἐπέθου θύος
1410

δημοθρόους τ᾽ ἀρὰς

ἀπέδικες ἀπέταμες· ἀπόπολις δ᾽ ἔσηι,

μῖσος ὄβριμον ἀστοῖς.

Translations (9)

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?
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!

1412

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, —
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.
1425

1426

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

The Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (The Agamemnon. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 1407 focus

What horrid poison nourished by the earth, woman! or drink coming from the flowing sea, hast thou tasted, that thou laid on thyself this sacrifice and public curse Thou hast cast him off, thou hast cut him off; and an outlaw shalt thou be, a fearful abhorrence to thy countrymen.

CLYTEMNESTRA

AGAMEMNON (OCR draft) Experimental (AGAMEMNON. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1407 focus

quel breuvage jailli d'entre les flots marins as-tu donc absorbé, que tu aies cru pouvoir, infligeant tel trépas, écarter, supprimer les imprécations d'un peuple ? Non !
désormais tu es sans patrie, et la haine puissante de ta ville est sur toi.

CLYTEMNESTRE

Ainsi, tu me condamnes aujourd'hui à l'exil, à la haine d'Argos, aux

Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Agamemnon. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 1407 focus

What poiſon hath the baleful-teeming earth ,

Or the chaſ’d billows of the foamy ſea,

Giv’n thee for food, or mingled in thy cup,

To work thee to this frenzy?

1585

Thy curs’d hand

Hath ſtruck, hath ſlain. For this thy country’s wrath

Shall in juſt vengeance burſt upon thy head,

And with abhorrence drive thee from the city.

CLYTEMNESTRA.

Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 1407 focus

Qual tristo cibo nutrito dal suolo,

qual filtro attinto dai gorghi del mare

hai tu bevuto, che tanto furore

1640

e tante grida di popolo attiri

su te? Colpisti: scannasti: or t' abbomina

la città tutta: sarai messa in bando.

CLITENNESTRA

Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 1407 focus

Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 1407 focus

Des Menschen Unglück wird vergessen, schnell, so schnell,

wie nasser Schwamm die Zeichnung auf der Tafel löscht.

1330 Und das ist bitter, bitt'rer als Prophetenkunst.

Ab ins Schloß.

Chor.

Glück begehrt ein jeder unersättlich.
1410

Kommt das Glück und pocht an eine Pforte,

7* 100

Chor.

die als Sitz von Ruhmesglanz und Reichtum

jeder Finger weist, es ist willkommen.

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.) — 1407 focus

Woman, what deadly birth,

What venomed essence of the earth

Or dark distilment of the wave,

To thee such passion gave,

Nerving thine hand
1630

To set upon thy brow this burning crown,

The curses of thy land?

Our king by thee cut off, hewn down!

Go forth—they cry— accursèd and forlorn,

To hate and scorn!
1635

Clytemnestra.

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.) — 1407 focus

Was für ein Gift, o Frau,

Das dir die Erde zu kosten bot,

Oder das Meer zum Trank spendete, schlangst du hinab,

Daß dich so grause Wuth faßt' und des Volkes Fluch?

Schänderin, Mörderin! Fleuch, aus der Stadt verbannt,
1360

Fleuch, den Bürgern ein Abscheu!

Klytämnestra.

Commentary

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

1407-1408. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-818

κύκνου δίκην

affert Tzetzes ad Lycophr. v. 426.

1409. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-819

φιλήτως τῷδ'

φιλήτως

Flor. Reliqui

φιλήτωρ

. In

τοῦδ'

consentire videntur libri. Sed quum scholiastes adnotaverit

ἐκ ψυχῆς φιλουμένη τῷ Ἀγαμέμνονι

, videtur ille

φιλήτως τῷδ'

habuisse. Idque recepi, quum quod recte ille

φιλήτωρ

, quod Hesychius a verbo cognato factum

ἐραστής

interpretatur, ex

φίλος

ἦτορ

compositum esse iudicavit, tum quod sic rectius procedit sententiae ratio. Nam his,

φιλήτως τῷδ'

, opponitur

ἐμοὶ δὲ χλιδῆς παροψώνημα

. Addendum est

φιλήτως

κακοήτως

μεγαλήτωρ

, de quibus Lobeckius Paralip. p. 217. A

φιλεῖν

Nonnus

φιλήτορι κόλπῳ

dixit XXI. 27. Quae Strabo X. p. 484. de Cretensibus habet,

τὸν μὲν ἐρώμενον καλοῦσι κλεινόν, τὸν δ᾽ ἐραστὴν φιλήτορα

, attulit Blomfieldius, male ille vituperans scholiastam Aeschyleum vocabulum a

φίλος

ἦτορ

derivantem.

1409

1410. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-820

εὐνῆς παροψώνημα τῆς ἐμῆς χλιδῆς Libri

εὐνῆς παροψώνημα τῆς ἐμῆς χλιδῆς

. Errorem librariorum

παροψώνημα

correxit Casaubonus. Inutilibus coniecturis viri docti, in duplici genitivo haerentes, hunc versum tentarunt. Putaverunt enim scribendum esse Casaubonus aliique

εὐνῆς

, Pauwius

εὐνῇ

, H. Vossius

ἔτι

, Auratus

χλιδήν

, Musgravius et Blomfieldius

τῇδ'

. Sed ineptum est ipsum vocabulum

εὐνῆς

. Scribendum erat

χλιδῆς

, voti, quod ei contigerat Agamemnonem interficere.

1410

1411. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-821

NA De stropharum huius carminis ratione expositum est in Elem. doctr. metr. p. 737. seq. et in Epitome §. 695. Blomfieldius etsi neminem sanum haec mihi concessurum dixit, fuerunt tamen qui mallent insani videri. Ipse paullum mutatam Butleri descriptionem probat. Is, perturbata aequalitate, duas integras antistrophas, miro profecto casu, excidisse putabat. Blomfieldius aequalitatem quidem restituit, sed ita ut ipse quoque necesse haberet non duas tantum, sed quattuor integras antistrophas, quae nullo in libro scriptae sunt, ad auxilium adhibere: quarum duas quidem Burneii monitu repetendis stropharum verbis lucratus est: sed illud lucrum damnosum est carmini. Nam quum post v. 1533. iteravit versus 1504–1515. chorum fecit dicere quod ille isto loco diceret ineptissime, Clytemnestram autem non his chori dictis respondere, sed loqui de iis quae usque ad v. 1533. hemichorium significaverat. Ipse enim, quum in edd. vett. omnia quae non Clytaemnestrae sunt choro tributa essent, choro dedit quae anapaestis scripta sunt, melica autem hemichoriis, recte fortasse, si, ubi chori personam adscripsit, coryphaeum loqui existimavit. Hemichoria, sed temere nec certa ratione in Porsoni editione introducta sunt. Veri simile est hic quoque, quum aperte nihil a toto choro canatur, singulos de quindecim choreutis suas partes habuisse. Quumque quater anapaestos recitet chorus, decies autem melica habeat, videntur terni semper cecinisse, anapaestos autem pronuntiasse vel idem omnes coryphaeus vel ex quattuor

ζυγοῖς

qui medius staret. Itaque ego quoque anapaestos choro, sed melica

ζυγοῖς

tribui. Ita in his quoque summa est aequalitas.

1411

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

1412-1413. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-wecklein1888-com-ger1-765

νῦν μέν, wie wenn τότε δὲ οὐδὲν .. ἔφερες (1414) folgte. φυγήν ist direkt von δικάζεις, dagegen μίσος und ἀράς von ἔχειν abhängig.

Aeschylus Agamemnon 1407

Paul Mazon (Editor)

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τί κακόν, ὦ γύναι,

ΚΛ.

ΚΛ.

CLYTEMNESTRA

CLYTEMNESTRE

Ainsi, tu me condamnes aujourd'hui à l'exil, à la haine d'Argos, aux

Thy curs’d hand

Hath ſtruck, hath ſlain. For this thy country’s wrath

Shall in juſt vengeance burſt upon thy head,

And with abhorrence drive thee from the city.

CLYTEMNESTRA.

su te? Colpisti: scannasti: or t' abbomina

la città tutta: sarai messa in bando.

CLITENNESTRA

Chor.

Glück begehrt ein jeder unersättlich.
1410

Kommt das Glück und pocht an eine Pforte,

Chor.

die als Sitz von Ruhmesglanz und Reichtum

jeder Finger weist, es ist willkommen.

Clytemnestra.

Was für ein Gift, o Frau,

Das dir die Erde zu kosten bot,

Oder das Meer zum Trank spendete, schlangst du hinab,

Daß dich so grause Wuth faßt' und des Volkes Fluch?

Schänderin, Mörderin! Fleuch, aus der Stadt verbannt,
1360

Fleuch, den Bürgern ein Abscheu!

Klytämnestra.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

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τί κακόν, ὦ γύναι,

ΚΛ.

ΚΛ.

CLYTEMNESTRA

CLYTEMNESTRE Ainsi, tu me condamnes aujourd'hui à l'exil, à la haine d'Argos, aux

Thy curs’d hand Hath ſtruck, hath ſlain. For this thy country’s wrath Shall in juſt vengeance burſt upon thy head, And with abhorrence drive thee from the city.

CLYTEMNESTRA.

su te? Colpisti: scannasti: or t' abbomina la città tutta: sarai messa in bando.

CLITENNESTRA

Chor. Glück begehrt ein jeder unersättlich. 1410 Kommt das Glück und pocht an eine Pforte,

Chor. die als Sitz von Ruhmesglanz und Reichtum jeder Finger weist, es ist willkommen.

Clytemnestra.

Was für ein Gift, o Frau, Das dir die Erde zu kosten bot, Oder das Meer zum Trank spendete, schlangst du hinab, Daß dich so grause Wuth faßt' und des Volkes Fluch? Schänderin, Mörderin! Fleuch, aus der Stadt verbannt, 1360 Fleuch, den Bürgern ein Abscheu!

Klytämnestra.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

CLYTEMNESTRE

Ainsi, tu me condamnes aujourd'hui à l'exil, à la haine d'Argos, aux

Thy curs’d hand

Hath ſtruck, hath ſlain. For this thy country’s wrath

Shall in juſt vengeance burſt upon thy head,

And with abhorrence drive thee from the city.

su te? Colpisti: scannasti: or t' abbomina

la città tutta: sarai messa in bando.

Chor.

Glück begehrt ein jeder unersättlich.
1410

Kommt das Glück und pocht an eine Pforte,

Chor.

die als Sitz von Ruhmesglanz und Reichtum

jeder Finger weist, es ist willkommen.

Was für ein Gift, o Frau,

Das dir die Erde zu kosten bot,

Oder das Meer zum Trank spendete, schlangst du hinab,

Daß dich so grause Wuth faßt' und des Volkes Fluch?

Schänderin, Mörderin! Fleuch, aus der Stadt verbannt,
1360

Fleuch, den Bürgern ein Abscheu!