Aeschylus Agamemnon 281

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

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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.) — 258-366 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 258-366 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 281 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 281 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 281 focus
Ἥφαιστος, Ἴδης λαμπρὸν ἐκπέμπων σέλας.
φρυκτὸς δὲ φρυκτὸν δεῦρ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ἀγγάρου πυρὸς
ἔπεμπεν. Ἴδη μὲν πρὸς Ἑρμαῖον λέπας
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Λήμνου· μέγαν δὲ πανὸν ἐκ νήσου τρίτον
᾿Αθῷον αἶπος Ζηνὸς ἐξεδέξατο,
ὑπερτελής τε, πόντον ὥστε νωτίσαι,
ἰσχὺς πορευτοῦ λαμπάδος πρὸς ἡδονὴν
πεύκη τὸ χρυσοφεγγές, ὥς τις ἥλιος,
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Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 281 focus
Ἥφαιστος, Ἴδης λαμπρὸν ἐκπέμπων σέλας·
φρυκτὸς δὲ φρυκτῶι δεῦρ᾽ ἀπ’ ἀγγάρου πυρός
ἔπεμπεν, Ἴδη μὲν πρὸς Ἑρμαῖον λέπας
Λήμνου· μέγαν δὲ πανὸν ἐκ νήσου τρίτον
Ἀθῶιον αἶπος Ζηνὸς ἐξεδέξατο·
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ὑπερτελής τε, πόντον ὥστε νωτίσαι,
ἰσχὺς πορευτοῦ λαμπάδος πρὸς ἡδονήν
....
....
πεύκη, τὸ χρυσοφεγγὲς ὥς τις ἥλιος
σέλας παραγγείλασα Μαχίστου σκοπαῖς·
ὃ δ᾽ οὔ τι μέλλων οὐδ᾽ ἀφρασμόνως ὕπνωι
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νικώμενος παρῆκεν ἀγγέλου μέρος,
ἑκὰς δὲ φρυκτοῦ φῶς ἐπ’ Εὐρίπου ῥοὰς
Μεσσαπίου φύλαξι σημαίνει μολόν.
οἳ δ᾽ ἀντέλαμψαν καὶ παρήγγειλαν πρόσω,
γραίας ἐρείκης θωμὸν ἅψαντες πυρί·
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σθένουσα λαμπὰς δ᾽ οὐδέ πω μαυρουμένη
ὑπερθοροῦσα πεδίον Ἀσωποῦ δίκην
φαιδρᾶς σελήνης πρὸς Κιθαιρῶνος λέπας
ἤγειρεν ἄλλην ἐκδοχὴν πομποῦ πυρός.
φάος δὲ τηλέπομπον οὐκ ἠναίνετο
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φρουρά, πλέον καίουσα τῶν εἰρημένων·
λίμνην δ᾽ ὑπὲρ Γοργῶπιν ἔσκηψεν φάος,
ὄρος τ᾽ ἐπ’ Αἰγίπλαγκτον ἐξικνούμενον
ὤτρυνε θεσμὸν †μὴ χαρίζεσθαι† πυρός·
πέμπουσι δ᾽ ἀνδαίοντες ἀφθόνωι μένει
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φλογὸς μέγαν πώγωνα, καὶ Σαρωνικοῦ
πορθμοῦ κατόπτην πρῶν᾽ ὑπερβάλλειν πρόσω
φλέγουσαν᾽ εἶτ᾽ ἔσκηψεν, εἶτ᾽ ἀφίκετο
Ἀραχναῖον αἶπος, ἀστυγείτονας σκοπάς·
κἄπειτ᾽ Ἀτρειδῶν εἰς τόδε σκήπτει στέγος
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φάος τόδ᾽ οὐκ ἄπαππον Ἰδαίου πυρός.
τοιοίδε τοί μοι λαμπαδηφόρων νόμοι,
ἄλλος παρ᾽ ἄλλου διαδοχαῖς πληρούμενοι·
νικᾶι δ᾽ ὁ πρῶτος καὶ τελευταῖος δραμών.
τέκμαρ τοιοῦτον ξύμβολόν τέ σοι λέγω
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ἀνδρὸς παραγγείλαντος ἐκ Τροίας ἐμοί.
Aeschyli Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Agamemnon. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 281 focus
ΚΛ. Ήφαιστος, Ἴδης λαμπρὸν ἐκπέμπων σέλας·
φρυκτὸς δὲ φρυκτὸν δεῦρ᾽ ἀπ᾿ ἀγγάρου πυρός
ἔπεμπεν. Ἴδη μὲν πρὸς Ἑρμαῖον λέπας
Λήμνου· μέγαν δὲ πανὸν ἐκ νήσου τρίτον
᾿Αθῶιον αἶπος Ζηνὸς ἐξεδέξατο·
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ὑπερτελής τε πόντον ὥστε νωτίσαι
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.) — 258-366 focus
The Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (The Agamemnon. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 281 focus
Vulcan, sending forth a brilliant gleam from Ida; and beacon dispatched beacon of courier-fire 1
hitherward. Ida, first, to the Hermaean promontory of Lemnos, and third in order Athos, mount of Jove, received the great torch from the isle, and passing o'er so as to ridge the sea, the might of the lamp as it joyously 2
travelled, the pine-torch transmitting its gold-gleaming splendour, like a sun, to the watch-towers of Macistus. And [the watchman] omitted not his share of the messenger's duty, either by any delay, or by being carelessly overcome by sleep: but the light of the beacon coming from afar to the streams of the Euripus gives signal to the watchmen of Messapius; and they lighted a flame in turn, and sent the tidings onwards, having kindled with fire a pile of withered heath. And the lamp, in its strength not yet at all bedimmed, bounding over the plain of the Asopus, like the bright moon to the crag of Cithaeron, aroused another relay of the courier fire. And the watch refused not the light that was sent from afar, lighting a larger pile than those above mentioned; but it darted across the lake Gorgopis, and having reached mount Aegiplanctus, stirred it up, that the rule 3
of fire might not be stint. And lighting it up in unscanting strength, they send on a mighty beard of flame, so that it passed glaring beyond the headland that looks down upon the Saronic frith, then it darted down until it reached the Arachnaean height, the neighbouring post of observation, and thereupon to this roof of the Atreidae here darts this light, no new descendant 1
of the fire of Ida. Such, in truth, were my regulations for the bearers of the torch fulfilled by succession from one to another; and the first and the last in the course 2
surpass [the rest]. Such proof and signal do I tell thee of my husband having sent me tidings from Troy.
AGAMEMNON (OCR draft) Experimental (AGAMEMNON. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 281 focus
Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Agamemnon. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 281 focus
The fire, that from the height of Ida ſent
Its ſtreaming light, as from th’ announcing flame
Torch blaz’d to torch. Firſt Ida to the ſteep
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Of Lemnos; Athos’ ſacred height receiv’d
The mighty ſplendor;
Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 281 focus
Efesto, che lanciò dall' Ida un rutilo
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primo fulgore; ed una fiamma accese
l'altra fiamma sin qui, grazie all' araldo
fuoco. L'Ida all'Ermèa rupe di Lemno:
da Lemno poi l'Atòo, picco di Giove,
terzo accolse la gran fiaccola; ed alta
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sovra il dorso del pelago, la furia
della lampada in corsa, allegra scaglia
la vampa d'oro del Macisto ai vertici,
simile a un sole: né il Macisto indugia,
né la sua parte di messaggio oblia,
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vinto dal sonno o smemorato.
Ed oltre,
alle fluenti dell'Eurípo, giunge
il balenio del rogo; e del Messapio
Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 281 focus
Vulcanus ex Ida lucidum mittens iubar,
Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 281 focus
soll
man lernen, und die Zukunft hört man, wenn sie da
ist, früh genug.
Ich biet' ihr nicht Gruß voraus noch Fluch voraus.
Erscheinen wird sie, leuchtend wie der Morgen.
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O, daß er uns Entscheidung bringe,
255 Triumph des Guten, wie vor allem sie,
die Nächstbetroffne, wünscht,
in deren Hand
das Heil von Argos einzig ruht.
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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.) — 281 focus
From Ida's top Hephæstus, lord of fire,
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Sent forth his sign; and on, and ever on,
Beacon to beacon sped the courier-flame.
From Ida to the crag, that Hermes loves,
Of Lemnos; thence unto the steep sublime
Of Athos, throne of Zeus, the broad blaze flared.
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Thence, raised aloft to shoot across the sea,
The moving light, rejoicing in its strength,
Sped from the pyre of pine, and urged its way,
In golden glory, like some strange new sun,
Onward, and reached Macistus' watching heights.
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There, with no dull delay nor heedless sleep,
The watcher sped the tidings on in turn,
Until the guard upon Messapius' peak
Saw the far flame gleam on Euripus' tide,
And from the high-piled heap of withered furze
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Lit the new sign and bade the message on.
Then the strong light, far-flown and yet undimmed,
Shot thro' the sky above Asopus' plain,
Bright as the moon, and on Cithæron's crag
Aroused another watch of flying fire.
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And there the sentinels no whit disowned,
But sent redoubled on, the hest of flame—
Swift shot the light, above Gorgopis' bay,
To Ægiplanctus' mount; and bade the peak
Fail not the onward ordinance of fire.
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And like a long beard streaming in the wind,
Full-fed with fuel, roared and rose the blaze,
And onward flaring, gleamed above the cape,
Beneath which shimmers the Saronic bay,
And thence leapt light unto Arachne's peak,
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The mountain watch that looks upon our town.
Thence to th' Atrides' roof—in lineage fair,
A bright posterity of Ida's fire.
So sped from stage to stage, fulfilled in turn,
Flame after flame, along the course ordained,
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And lo! the last to speed upon its way
Sights the end first, and glows unto the goal.
And Troy is ta'en, and by this sign my lord
Tells me the tale, and ye have learned my word.
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.) — 281 focus
Hephästos, der vom Ida hellen Glanz gesandt.
Brand flog auf Brand, in stetem Flammenlaufe sich
Fortwindend, hierher. Ida strahlt' auf Hermes' Fels
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In Lemnos' Eiland, und von hier den großen Strahl
Empfingen drittens Athos' Höh'n, dem Zeus geweiht.
Hochhin des Meeres Rücken überleuchtete
Des Wanderlichtes mächtige Glut; froh loderte
Die Fackel, die goldstrahlend, einer Sonne gleich,
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Makistos' Hüter ihren Glanz verkündigte.
Und dieser, nimmer säumig, noch achtlosen Sinns
Vom Schlaf bewältigt, wahrte treu sein Botenamt.
Fern eilt die Flammenleuchte nach Euripos' Flut,
Den Wächtern Kunde bringend auf Messapios.
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Den Glanz erwiedernd sandten sie die Kunde fort,
Und brannten dürres Heidekraut in Haufen an.
Die Leuchte, rüstig, ungeschwächt im vollsten Glanz,
Hinüberzuckend durch Asopos' Ebene,
Wie helles Mondlicht, traf Kithärons hohen Fels,
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Und rief in andrer Folge wach die Feuerpost.
Der Wächter dort entflammte fernhinströmenden
Lichtglanz, der heller leuchtet als die früheren.
Gorgopis' See hinüber schlug der Flamme Licht;
Und als ihr Strahl auf Aegiplanktos' Höhen traf,
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Trieb's, nicht zu fehlen ihrer Pflicht, die Wache dort.
Die Lohe schürend, sandten sie die mächtige
Glutsäule prasselnd weiter, daß saronischen
Meerbusens weitsichtbaren Strand ihr Glanz sogar
Fern überstrahlte; leuchtend schoß sie fort und kam
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Zur Arachnäoswarte nächst an dieser Stadt.
Und dann zum Königshause hier gelangt der Strahl,
Des Idafeuers lekter ächtgeborner Sohn.
So war der Fackelboten Dienst von uns bestellt,
Der rasch in steter Folge sich vollendete.
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Doch siegt der leste Läufer wie der erste hier.
Und solche Zeichen nenn' ich euch und Zeugnisse,
Die fern von Troja mein Gemahl mir zugesandt.

Commentary

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

281. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-187

λαμπάς
λαμπάδ'
G.
λαμπὰ δ'
Ald. μαυρουμένη Deinde
οὐδέπω 'μαυρουμένη
Rob.
281

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

270-378. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-wecklein1888-com-ger1-158

erstes Epeisodion. Für die tragische Entwicklung wird in der Schilderung der siegreichen Einnahme Trojas der Schein des Glückes gegeben. Der Chorführer schickt, bevor er seine Bitte anbringt, einen Ausdruck seiner Ergebenheit und Huldigung voraus: ,,ich bin unterthänig und wenn du meinen Wunsch erfüllest, bin ich dir dankbar ( εὔφρων 275); wenn nicht, verarge ich ( φθόνος ἐστί, νεμεσῶ) es dir nicht." Grofs ist der Kontrast dem Schluſs der Handlung gegenüber, wo der Chor derselben Fürstin drohend gegenüber steht.

281. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-wecklein1888-com-ger1-161

οὖσαν scil. φημί oder λέγω. Soph. El. 676 θανόντ᾽ Ὀρέστην νῦν τε καὶ πάλαι λέγω u. oben 180 ὤν.