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Paul Mazon (Editor)

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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.) — 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.) — 320 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 320 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 320 focus
Τροίαν Ἀχαιοὶ τῇδ᾽ ἔχουσ᾽ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ.
οἶμαι βοὴν ἄμικτον ἐν πόλει πρέπειν.
ὄξος τ᾽ ἄλειφά τ᾽ ἐγχέας ταὐτῷ κύτει
διχοστατοῦντ᾽ ἄν, οὐ φίλω, προσεννέποις.
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καὶ τῶν ἁλόντων καὶ κρατησάντων δίχα
φθογγὰς ἀκούειν ἔστι συμφορᾶς διπλῆς·
οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἀμφὶ σώμασιν πεπτωκότες
ἀνδρῶν κασιγνήτων τε καὶ φυταλμίων
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 320 focus
Τροίαν Ἀχαιοὶ τῆιδ᾽ ἔχουσ᾽ ἐν ἡμέραι.
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οἶμαι βοὴν ἄμικτον ἐν πόληι πρέπειν·
ὄξος τ᾽ ἄλειφά τ’ ἐγχέας ταὐτῶι κύτει
διχοστατοῦντ᾽ ἂν οὐ φίλως προσεννέποις,
καὶ τῶν ἁλόντων καὶ κρατησάντων δίχα
φθογγὰς ἀκούειν ἐστὶ συμφορᾶς διπλῆς.
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οἳ μὲν γάρ, ἀμφὶ σώμασιν πεπτωκότες
ἀνδρῶν κασιγνήτων τε καὶ φυταλμίων
παῖδες γερόντων, οὐκέτ᾽ ἐξ ἐλευθέρου
δέρης ἀποιμῴζουσι φιλτάτων μόρον·
Aeschyli Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Agamemnon. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 320 focus
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.) — 367-487 focus
The Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (The Agamemnon. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 320 focus
On this very day the Greeks are in possession of Troy: I think that a discordant clamour is loud in the city. If you pour into the same vessel both vinegar and oil, you will pronounce that they are foemen, and not friends. So you may hear the voices of the captured and the conquerors distinct [because of] a double result; for the one party having fallen about the corpses of men, both those of brothers, and children those of their aged parents, are bewailing, from a throat that is no longer free, the death of those that were dearest to them. But the other party, on the contrary is hungry, fatigue from roaming all the night after the battle arranging at meals of such things as the city furnishes, by no fixed law in the distribution, but as each hath drawn the lot of fortune 3
. Already are they dwelling in the captured houses of the Trojans, freed from the frost beneath the sky, and from the dews, thus will they, poor wretches 4
, sleep the whole night through without sentries. And if they reverence well the tutelary gods of the land which they have conquered, and the fanes of the god, assuredly, after having been captors, they shall not in their turn become captives. But let no lust first fall upon the army of making havoc of things forbidden, overcome by lucre. For, in order to a safe return, they must turn back through the other length of the race. But if the host return in guilt 5
, the curse of those slain might awake in the [minds of the] gods, even though fresh mischances should not befall them. Such words thou mayest hear from me a woman. But may the good prevail, so that we may see it in no wavering balance; for I have received in this an enjoyment of many blessings.
AGAMEMNON (OCR draft) Experimental (AGAMEMNON. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 320 focus
vraiment, as-tu un sûr indice ?
Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Agamemnon. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 320 focus
This day the conquering Greeks are lords of Troy.
Methinks I hear the various clamours riſe
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Diſcordant through the city. Pour thou oil
In the ſame vaſe and vinegar, in vain
Wou’dſt thou perſuade th’ unſocial ſtreams to mix:
The captives’ and the conqueror’s voice diſtinct,
Marks
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Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 320 focus
Oggi stesso gli Achivi han presa Troia.
Dòmina, penso, un ululo discorde
per la città: ché se nel vaso istesso
l'olio mischi e l'aceto, li vedrai
nimicamente scindersi.
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Cosí
per la sorte diversa udrai diverse
voci levare vincitori e vinti.
Questi, prostrati su le morte membra
degli sposi e i fratelli, ed i vegliardi
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sui figli ch' essi han generato, piangono,
già chini al giogo il collo, la sventura
dei carissimi loro.
I vincitori
digiuni, spinge la fatica, e il lungo
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errar notturno per la zuffa, ovunque
offra pastura la città. Né v'è
ordine certo: ove la sorte spinse
ciascuno, entro le case dei Troiani
prigionieri, han dimora;
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e omai securi
dalle notturne brine e le rugiade,
senza piú scolte, sino alla nuova alba
dormiranno felici.
Ove rispettino
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gli Dei che Troia hanno in tutela, ei templi
della terra predata non saranno
vinti a lor volta, quelli che già vinsero.
Deh! Non colga l'esercito desio
di predar quanto non si deve, o brama
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di lucro!
Ancora un braccio dello stadio,
del felice ritorno ancor la via
Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 320 focus
Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 320 focus
empfing der Athos das Signal, Zeus' Lieblingssitz.
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Da schlug der Wanderlohe Kraft gewaltig auf,
weit übers Meer warf sie zum Spiel den hellen Schein,
noch lang' nachdem er zu Makistos' Warte hin
goldleuchtend wie der Morgenstrahl gedrungen war.
290 Auch der Makistos war nicht träge noch vergaß
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schlaftrunken seiner Wache, sondern meldete
des Feuers Ankunft über des Euripos Furt
hinüber an den Posten des Messaperbergs.
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.) — 320 focus
Think you—this very morn—the Greeks in Troy,
And loud therein the voice of utter wail!
Within one cup pour vinegar and oil,
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And look! unblent, unreconciled, they war.
So in the twofold issue of the strife
Mingle the victor's shout, the captives' moan,
For all the conquered whom the sword has spared
Cling weeping—some unto a brother slain,
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Some childlike to a nursing father's form,
And wail the loved and lost, the while their neck
Bows down already 'neath the captive's chain.
And lo! the victors, now the fight is done,
Goaded by restless hunger, far and wide
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Range all disordered thro' the town, to snatch
Such victual and such rest as chance may give
Within the captive halls that once were Troy—
Joyful to rid them of the frost and dew,
Wherein they couched upon the plain of old—
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Joyful to sleep the gracious night all through,
Unsummoned of the watching sentinel.
Yet let them reverence well the city's gods,
The lords of Troy, tho' fallen, and her shrines;
So shall the spoilers not in turn be spoiled.
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Yea, let no craving for forbidden gain
Bid conquerors yield before the darts of greed.
For we need yet, before the race be won,
Homewards, unharmed, to round the course once more.
For should the host wax wanton ere it come,
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Then, tho' the sudden blow of fate be spared,
Yet in the sight of gods shall rise once more
The great wrong of the slain, to claim revenge.
Now, hearing from this woman's mouth of mine,
The tale and eke its warning, pray with me,
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Luck sway the scale, with no uncertain poise,
For my fair hopes are changed to fairer joys.
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.) — 320 focus
In Argos' Hand ist Ilion an diesem Tag.
Mir dünkt, Geschrei zwieträchtig hallt die Stadt hindurch.
Wer Del und Essig mischend gießt in Ein Gefäß,
Wird stets gesondert beide, nie vereinigt seh'n,
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Wie nun von Unterjochten und von Siegern dort
Zwiefacher Nuf, zwiefachen Looses Zeuge, schallt.
Die Troer, hingesunken über Leichnamen
Erschlagner Gatten, Brüder, - zarte Kinder hier
Bei Leichen grauer Väter, sie bejammern nicht
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Aus freier Brust mehr dieses Loos der Theuersten.
Die Andern treibt des Kampfes nachtumschauertes
Gewühl zum Morgenmahle, wie's die Stadt gewährt,
Zerstreut in regellosem Schwarm, die Hungernden.
Und sowie blindlings jeder zog des Glückes Loos,
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So sind sie jekt in speererstürmten Wohnungen
Troja's gelagert, unter Daches Hut geschirmt
Vor Frost und Himmelsthaue; fortan schlummern sie
Die ganze Nacht durch unbewacht, den Göttern gleich.
Und wenn sie fromm im eingenommnen Lande nun
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Der Städte Götter ehren und der Götter Sik,
So wird den Siegern nimmerdar der Sieg geraubt.
Daß nur nach Unerlaubtem allzufrühe nicht
Das Heer gelüste, durch Gewinnes Reiz bethört!
Denn wenn der Heimkehr süßes Glück ihm lächeln soll,
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Muß erst der Rennbahn zweiter Lauf vollendet sein.
Doch wenn vor Göttern schuldbewußt heimzieht das Heer,
So mag der Abgeschiednen Blut zur Nache wohl
Erwachen, wenn auch neues Leid sich nicht erhebt.
Von mir, von einem Weibe, habt ihr das gehört.
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Das Gute siege, zweifellos für jeden Blick!
Vor vielem Glücke wünsch' ich mir nur den Genuß.

Commentary

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

352. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-235

ἔχουσιν εἰπεῖν
ἔχουσ'
Vict. Quod Stanleius scribendum esse vidit,
ἔχουσιν
, inventum est in Farn. Ex Flor.
ἔχουσαν
affertur, sed mihi notatum est
ἔχουσιν
esse in eo codice, ita tamen ut
ιν
a correctore scriptum sit. Dictionis numerorumque concinnitate contempta Blomfieldius
Διὸς πλαγὰν ἔχουσιν. εἰπεῖν πάρεστι τοῦτο κἀξιχνεῦσαι
. Nec melius Boissonadus
εἰπεῖν πάρεστι, τοῦτό τ᾽ ἐξιχνεῦσαι
.
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τοῦτό γ' ἐξιχνεῦσαι
τοῦτό γ' ἐξιχνεῦσαι
Farn. Vict.
τοῦτ᾽ ἐξιχνεῦσαι
Flor.
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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.

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ἑλόντες ἀνθαλοῖεν sarkastisch. Vgl. Soph. Oed. K. 1025 γνῶθι δ᾽ ὡς ἔχων ἔχῃ καὶ σ᾽ εἶλε θηρῶνθ᾽ ἡ Δίκη und das sprichwörtliche αἱροῦντες ἡρήμεθα Zenob. I 35, Diog. I 33, Apostol. I 69 ( ἐπὶ τῶν ἐλπισάντων κρατεῖν τινων καὶ ὑπ᾽ ἐκείνων ἁλόντων), auch Hor. epist. II 1, 156 Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit.

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Thuk. VI 24 ἔρως ἐνέπεσε τοῖς πᾶσιν ὁμοίως ἐκπλεῦσαι. μὴ . . ἐμπίπτη: vgl. zu 136 und Hom. Π 128 μὴ δὴ νῆας ἕλησι (scil. πῦρ) καὶ οὐκέτι φυκτὰ πέλωνται, Σ8 μὴ δή μοι τελέσωσι θεοὶ κακὰ μήδεα θυμῷ, ε 356 ὦ μοι ἐγώ, μή u. s. w. τις μοι υφαίνῃσιν δόλον αυτε, Eur. Alk. 315 μή σοί τιν' αἰσχρὰν προσβαλοῦσα κληδόνα σοὺς διαφθείρῃ γάμους. πρότερον d. i. vor der Heimkehr.
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