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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.) — 681-781 focus

str. 1

Χορός

τίς ποτ᾽ ὠνόμαζεν ὧδ᾽

ἐς τὸ πᾶν ἐτητύμωσ—

μή τις ὅντιν᾽ οὐχ ὁρῶ-

μεν προνοίαισι τοῦ πεπρωμένου

γλῶσσαν ἐν τύχᾳ νέμων;—
685

τὰν δορίγαμβρον ἀμφινει-

κῆ θ᾽ Ἑλέναν; ἐπεὶ πρεπόντως

ἑλένας, ἕλανδρος, ἑλέπτολις,

ἐκ τῶν ἁβροτίυων¹
690

προκαλυμμάτων ἔπλευσε

ζεφύρου γίγαντος αὔρᾳ,

πολύανδροί τε φεράσπιδες

κυναγοὶ κατ᾽ ἴχνος πλατᾶν² ἄφαντον
695

κελσάντων Σιμόεντος

ἀκτὰς ἐπ᾽ ἀεξιφύλλους³

δι᾽ ἔριν αἱματόεσσαν.

ant. 1

699

Χορός

Ἰλίῳ δὲ κῆδος ὀρθ-

ώνυμον τελεσσίφρων
700

μῆνις ἤλασεν,⁴ τραπέ-

ζας ἀτίμωσιν⁵ ὑστέρῳ χρόνῳ

καὶ ξυνεστίου Διὸς

πρασσομένα τὸ νυμφότι-

μον μέλος ἐκφάτως τίοντας,

ὑμέναιον, ὃς τότ᾽ ἐπέρρεπεν

γαμβροῖσιν ἀείδειν.

μεταμανθάνουσα δ᾽ ὕμνον

Πριάμου πόλις γεραιὰ
710

πολύθρηνον μέγα που στένει

κικλήσκουσα Πάριν τὸν αἰνόλεκτρον,

παμπορθῆ⁶ πολύθρηνον⁷

αἰῶνα διαὶ⁸ πολιτᾶν
715

μέλεον αἷμ᾽ ἀνατλᾶσα.

str. 2

716

Χορός

ἔθρεψεν δὲ λέοντος ἶ-

νιν⁹ δόμοις ἀγάλακτον οὕ-

τως ἀνὴρ φιλόμαστον,¹⁰

ἐν βιότου προτελείοις
720

ἅμερον, εὐφιλόπαιδα

καὶ γεραροῖς ἐπίχαρτον.

πολέα δ᾽ ἔσκ᾽¹¹ ἐν ἀγκάλαις

νεοτρόφου τέκνου δίκαν,

φαιδρωπὸς ποτὶ χεῖρα σαί-
725

νων τε γαστρὸς ἀνάγκαις.

ant. 2

727

Χορός

χρονισθεὶς δ᾽ ἀπέδειξεν ἦ-

θος¹² τὸ πρὸς τοκέων:¹³ χάριν

γὰρ τροφεῦσιν¹⁴ ἀμείβων

μηλοφόνοισι σὺν¹⁵ ἄταις
730

δαῖτ᾽ ἀκέλευστος ἔτευξεν:

αἵματι δ᾽ οἶκος ἐφύρθη,

ἄμαχον ἄλγος οἰκέταις

μέγα σίνος πολύκτονον.

ἐκ θεοῦ δ᾽ ἱερεύς τις ἄ-
735

τας δόμοις προσεθρέφθη.¹⁶

str. 3

737

Χορός

πάραυτα δ᾽ ἐλθεῖν ἐς Ἰλίου πόλιν

λέγοιμ᾽ ἂν φρόνημα μὲν

νηνέμου γαλάνας,
740

ἀκασκαῖον <δ᾽>¹⁷ ἄγαλμα πλούτου,

μαλθακὸν ὀμμάτων βέλος,

δηξίθυμον ἔρωτος ἄνθος.

παρακλίνασ᾽ ἐπέκρανεν

δὲ γάμου πικρὰς τελευτάς,
745

δύσεδρος καὶ δυσόμιλος

συμένα Πριαμίδαισιν,

πομπᾷ Διὸς ξενίου,

νυμφόκλαυτος Ἐρινύς.

ant. 3

750

Χορός

παλαίφατος δ᾽ ἐν βροτοῖς γέρων λόγος
750

τέτυκται, μέγαν τελε-

σθέντα φωτὸς ὄλβον

τεκνοῦσθαι μηδ᾽ ἄπαιδα θνῄσκειν,

ἐκ δ᾽ ἀγαθᾶς τύχας γένει
755

βλαστάνειν ἀκόρεστον οἰζύν.

δίχα δ᾽ ἄλλων μονόφρων εἰ-

μί. τὸ δυσσεβὲς γὰρ¹⁸ ἔργον

μετὰ μὲν πλείονα τίκτει,

σφετέρᾳ δ᾽ εἰκότα γέννᾳ.
760

οἴκων δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ εὐθυδίκων

καλλίπαις πότμος ἀεί.

str. 4

763

Χορός

φιλεῖ δὲ τίκτειν ὕβρις

μὲν παλαιὰ νεά-

ζουσαν ἐν κακοῖς βροτῶν
765

ὕβριν τότ᾽ ἢ τόθ᾽, ὅτε¹⁹ τὸ κύριον μόλῃ

φάος τόκου,²⁰

δαίμονά τε τὰν²¹ ἄμαχον,²² ἀπόλεμον,

ἀνίερον θράσος, μελαί-

νας μελάθροισιν Ἄτας,
770

εἰδομένας²³ τοκεῦσιν.

ant. 4

772

Χορός

Δίκα δὲ λάμπει μὲν ἐν

δυσκάπνοις δώμασιν,

τὸν δ᾽ ἐναίσιμον τίει [βίον].²⁴
775

τὰ χρυσόπαστα δ᾽ ἔδεθλα²⁵ σὺν πίνῳ χερῶν

παλιντρόποις

ὄμμασι λιποῦσ᾽, ὅσια προσέμολε²⁶

δύναμιν οὐ σέβουσα πλού-

του παράσημον αἴνῳ:
780

πᾶν δ᾽ ἐπὶ τέρμα νωμᾷ.

782

Ἀγαμέμνων Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 681-781 focus

Χορός

τίς ποτʼ ὠνόμαζεν ὧδʼ

ἐς τὸ πᾶν ἐτητύμως—

μή τις ὅντινʼ οὐχ ὁρῶμεν προνοί-

αισι τοῦ πεπρωμένου

γλῶσσαν ἐν τύχᾳ νέμων;—
685

τὰν δορίγαμβρον ἀμφινει-

κῆ θʼ Ἑλέναν; ἐπεὶ πρεπόντως

ἑλένας, ἕλανδρος, ἑλέ-

πτολις, ἐκ τῶν ἁβροτίμων
690

προκαλυμμάτων ἔπλευσε

ζεφύρου γίγαντος αὔρᾳ,

πολύανδροί τε φεράσπιδες κυναγοὶ

κατʼ ἴχνος πλατᾶν ἄφαντον
695

κελσάντων Σιμόεντος ἀ-

κτὰς ἐπʼ ἀεξιφύλλους

διʼ ἔριν αἱματόεσσαν.

699

Χορός

Ἰλίῳ δὲ κῆδος ὀρθ-

ώνυμον τελεσσίφρων
700

μῆνις ἤλασεν, τραπέζας ἀτί-

μωσιν ὑστέρῳ χρόνῳ

καὶ ξυνεστίου Διὸς

πρασσομένα τὸ νυμφότι-

μον μέλος ἐκφάτως τίοντας,

ὑμέναιον, ὃς τότʼ ἐπέρ-

ρεπεν γαμβροῖσιν ἀείδειν·

μεταμανθάνουσα δʼ ὕμνον

Πριάμου πόλις γεραιὰ
710

πολύθρηνον μέγα που στένει κικλήσκου-

σα Πάριν τὸν αἰνόλεκτρον,

παμπορθῆ πολύθρηνον

αἰῶνα διαὶ πολιτᾶν

μέλεον αἷμʼ ἀνατλᾶσα.
715

716

Χορός

ἔθρεψεν δὲ λέοντος ἶ-

νιν δόμοις ἀγάλακτον οὕ-

τως ἀνὴρ φιλόμαστον,

ἐν βιότου προτελείοις
720

ἅμερον, εὐφιλόπαιδα

καὶ γεραροῖς ἐπίχαρτον.

πολέα δʼ ἔσχʼ ἐν ἀγκάλαις

νεοτρόφου τέκνου δίκαν,

φαιδρωπὸς ποτὶ χεῖρα σαί-
725

νων τε γαστρὸς ἀνάγκαις.

727

Χορός

χρονισθεὶς δʼ ἀπέδειξεν ἦ-

θος τὸ πρὸς τοκέων· χάριν

γὰρ τροφεῦσιν ἀμείβων

μηλοφόνοισιν ἐν ἄταις
730

δαῖτʼ ἀκέλευστος ἔτευξεν·

αἵματι δʼ οἶκος ἐφύρθη,

ἄμαχον ἄλγος οἰκέταις

μέγα σίνος πολυκτόνον.

ἐκ θεοῦ δʼ ἱερεύς τις ἄ-
735

τας δόμοις προσεθρέφθη.

737

Χορός

πάραυτα δʼ ἐλθεῖν ἐς Ἰλίου πόλιν

λέγοιμʼ ἂν φρόνημα μὲν

νηνέμου γαλάνας,

ἀκασκαῖον δʼ ἄγαλμα πλούτου,
740

μαλθακὸν ὀμμάτων βέλος,

δηξίθυμον ἔρωτος ἄνθος.

παρακλίνασʼ ἐπέκρανεν

δὲ γάμου πικρὰς τελευτάς,
745

δύσεδρος καὶ δυσόμιλος

συμένα Πριαμίδαισιν,

πομπᾷ Διὸς ξενίου,

νυμφόκλαυτος Ἐρινύς.

750

Χορός

παλαίφατος δʼ ἐν βροτοῖς γέρων λόγος
750

τέτυκται, μέγαν τελε-

σθέντα φωτὸς ὄλβον

τεκνοῦσθαι μηδʼ ἄπαιδα θνῄσκειν,

ἐκ δʼ ἀγαθᾶς τύχας γένει
755

βλαστάνειν ἀκόρεστον οἰζύν.

δίχα δʼ ἄλλων μονόφρων εἰ-

μί· τὸ δυσσεβὲς γὰρ ἔργον

μετὰ μὲν πλείονα τίκτει,

σφετέρᾳ δʼ εἰκότα γέννᾳ.
760

οἴκων δʼ ἄρʼ εὐθυδίκων

καλλίπαις πότμος αἰεί.

763

Χορός

φιλεῖ δὲ τίκτειν Ὕβρις

μὲν παλαιὰ νεά-

ζουσαν ἐν κακοῖς βροτῶν
765

ὕβριν τότʼ ἢ τόθʼ, ὅτε τὸ κύρ-

ιον μόλῃ φάος τόκου,

δαίμονά τε τὰν ἄμαχον ἀπόλεμ-

ον, ἀνίερον Θράσος, μελαί-

νας μελάθροισιν Ἄτας,
770

εἰδομένας τοκεῦσιν.

772

Χορός

Δίκα δὲ λάμπει μὲν ἐν

δυσκάπνοις δώμασιν,

τὸν δʼ ἐναίσιμον τίει βίον.
775

τὰ χρυσόπαστα δʼ ἔδεθλα σὺν

πίνῳ χερῶν παλιντρόποις

ὄμμασι λιποῦσʼ, ὅσια προσέμολ-

ε, δύναμιν οὐ σέβουσα πλού-

του παράσημον αἴνῳ·
780

πᾶν δʼ ἐπὶ τέρμα νωμᾷ.

Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 727 focus

χρονισθεὶς δ᾽ ἀπέδειξεν

ἔθος τὸ πρόσθε τοκήων.

χάριν τροφᾶς γὰρ ἀμείβων

μηλοφόνοισιν ἐν ἄταις

730

δαῖτ᾽ ἀκέλευστος ἔτευξεν·

αἵματι δ᾽ οἶκος ἐφύρθη,

ἄμαχον ἄλγος οἰκέταις

μέγα σίνος πολύκτονον.

ἐκ θεοῦ δ᾽ ἱερεύς τις ἄτας δόμοις προσεθρέφθη.

735

Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 727 focus

χρονισθεὶς δ᾽ ἀπέδειξεν

ἦθος τὸ πρὸς τοκέων·

χάριν τροφᾶς γὰρ ἀμείβων,

μηλοφόνοισιν ἄγαισιν

δαῖτ᾽ ἀκέλευστος ἔτευξεν·
705

αἵματι δ᾽ οἶκος ἐφύρθη,

ἄμαχον ἄλγος οἰκέταις,

μέγα σίνος πολυκτόνον·

ἐκ θεοῦ δ᾽ ἱερεύς τις ἄ-

τας δόμοις προςεθρέφθη.
710
στρ. γ'.

Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 727 focus

χρονισθεὶς δ᾽ ἀπέδειξεν

ἦθος τὸ πρὸς τοκέων χά-

ριν γὰρ τροφᾶς ἀμείβων

730

μηλοφόνοισιν ἄταις

δαῖτ᾽ ἀκέλευστος ἔτευξεν

αἵματι δ᾽ οἶκος ἐφύρθη,

ἄμαχον ἄλγος οἰκέταις,

μέγα σίνος πολυκτόνον·

735

ἐκ θεοῦ δ᾽ ἱερεύς τις ἄ-

τας δόμοις προσεθρέφθη.

Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 727 focus

χρονισθεὶς δ᾽ ἀπέδειξεν ἦ-

θος τὸ πρὸς τοκέων· χάριν

γὰρ τροφεῦσιν ἀμείβων

μηλοφόνοισι σὺν ἄταις

730

δαῖτ᾽ ἀκέλευστος ἔτευξεν,

αἵματι δ᾽ οἶκος ἐφύρθη,

ἄμαχον ἄλγος οἰκέταις,

μέγα σίνος πολυκτόνον·

ἐκ θεοῦ δ᾽ ἱερεύς τις Ἄ-

735

τας δόμοις προσεθρέφθη.

Aeschyli Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Agamemnon. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 727 focus

χρονισθεὶς δ᾽ ἀπέδειξεν ἦ-

θος τὸ πρὸς τοκέων, χάριν

γὰρ τροφεῦσιν ἀμείβων

μηλοφόνοισιν (ἐν) ἄταις

δαῖτ᾽ ἀκέλευστος ἔτευξεν·

730

Apparatus Criticus

ἀτίμωσιν ἀτίμως ἵν᾿ ἀτίμως ἐπέρρεπε ἐπέπρεπεν λέοντος ἰνιν λέοντα σίνιν οὕτως οὗτος ἦθος ἔθος τοκέων τοκήων τροφεῦσιν τροφᾶς (ἐν) suppl. Bothe ἄταις ἄταισι

ΧΟ.

αἵματι δ᾽ οἶκος ἐφύρθη,

ἄμαχον ἄλγος οἰκέταις,

μέγα σίνος πολυκτόνον·

ἐκ θεοῦ δ᾽ ἱερεύς τις ἄ-

τας δόμοις προσεθρέφθη. =
735

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.) — 681-802 focus

CHOROS.

Who may he have been that named thus wholly with exactitude —

(Was he someone whom we see not, by forecastings of the future

Guiding tongue in happy mood?)

— Her with battle for a bridegroom, on all sides contention-wooed,

Helena? Since — mark the suture! —
685

Ship’s-Hell, Man’s-Hell, City’s-Hell,

From the delicately-pompous curtains that pavilion well,

Forth, by favour of the gale

Of earth-born Zephuros did she sail.

Many shield-bearers, leaders of the pack,
690

Sailed too upon their track,

Theirs who had directed oar,

Then visible no more,

To Simois’ leaf-luxuriant shore —

For sake of strife all gore!
695

699

To Ilion Wrath, fulfilling her intent,

This marriage-care — the rightly named so — sent:
700

In after-time, for the tables’ abuse

And that of the hearth-partaker Zeus,

Bringing to punishment

Those who honoured with noisy throat

The honour of the bride, the hymenseal note
705

Which did the kinsfolk then to singing urge.

But, learning a new hymn for that which was,

The ancient city of Priamos

Groans probably a great and general dirge,

Denominating Paris
710

The man that miserably marries: —

She who, all the while before,

A life, that was a general dirge

For citizens’ unhappy slaughter, bore.

716

And thus a man, by no milk’s help,

Within his household reared a lion’s whelp

That loved the teat

In life’s first festal stage:

Gentle as yet,
720

A true child-lover, and, to men of age,

A thing whereat pride warms;

And oft he had it in his arms

Like any new-born babe, bright-faced, to hand

Wagging its tail, at belly’s strict command.
725

727

But in due time upgrown,

The custom of progenitors was shown:

For-thanks for sustenance repaying

With ravage of sheep slaughtered —
730

It made unbidden feast;

With blood the house was watered,

To household came a woe there was no staying:

Great mischief many-slaying!

737

From God it was-some priest

Of Até, in the house, by nurture thus increased.

At first, then, to the city of Ilion went

A soul, as I might say, of windless calm —
740

Wealth’s quiet ornament,

An eyes’-dart bearing balm,

Love’s spirit-biting flower.

But — from the true course bending —

She brought about, of marriage, bitter ending:
745

Ill-resident, ill-mate, in power

Passing to the Priamidai — by sending

Of Hospitable Zeus —

Erinus for a bride, — to make brides mourn, her dower.

750

Spoken long ago
750

Was the ancient saying

Still among mortals staying:

Man’s great prosperity at height of rise

Engenders offspring nor unchilded dies;

And, from good fortune, to such families,
755

Buds forth insatiate woe.

Whereas, distinct from any,

Of my own mind I am:

For ’t is the unholy deed begets the many,

Resembling each its dam.
760

Of households that correctly estimate,

Ever a beauteous child is born of Fate.

763

But ancient Arrogance delights to generate

Arrogance, young and strong mid mortals’ sorrow,

Or now, or then, when comes the appointed morrow.
765

And she bears young Satiety;

And, fiend with whom nor fight nor war can be,

Unholy Daring — twin black Curses

Within the household, children like their nurses.

772

But Justice shines in smoke-grimed habitations,

And honours the well-omened life;

While, — gold-besprinkled stations

Where the hands’ filth is rife,
775

With backward-turning eyes

Leaving, — to holy seats she hies,

Not worshipping the power of wealth

Stamped with applause by stealth:

And to its end directs each thing begun.
780

782

Approach then, my monarch, of Troia the sacker, of Atreus the son!

How ought I address thee, how ought I revere thee, — nor yet overhitting

Nor yet underbending the grace that is fitting?

Many of mortals hasten to honour the seeming-to-be —
785

Passing by justice: and, with the ill-faring, to groan as he groans all are free.

But no bite of the sorrow their liver has reached to:

They say with the joyful, — one outside on each, too,

As they force to a smile smileless faces.

But whoever is good at distinguishing races
790

In sheep of his flock — it is not for the eyes

Of a man to escape such a shepherd’s surprise,

As they seem, from a well-wishing mind,

In watery friendship to fawn and be kind.

Thou to me, then, indeed, sending an army for Helena’s sake,
795

(I will not conceal it) wast — oh, by no help of the Muses! — depicted

Not well of thy midriff the rudder directing. — convicted

Of bringing a boldness they did not desire to the men with existence at stake.

But now — from no outside of mind, nor unlovingly — gracious thou art

To those who have ended the labour, fulfilling their part;
800

And in time shalt thou know, by inquiry instructed,

Who of citizens justly, and who not to purpose, the city conducted.

The Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (The Agamemnon. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 727 focus

But advanced in age, he displayed the disposition of his parents; for by way of making a return for his nurture, an unbidden guest he hath prepared a banquet by crunching slaughters of sheep, and the house hath been dabbled in gore; a sorrow not to be resisted by the domestics, a mighty widely slaying pest; and by the will of God some minister of Atè hath been fostered in his house.

AGAMEMNON (OCR draft) Experimental (AGAMEMNON. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 727 focus

Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Agamemnon. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 727 focus

Till, conſcious of his firmer age,

His lion-race the lordly ſavage ſhows;

No more his youth-protecting cottage knows,

But with infatiate rage

825

Flies on the flocks, a baleful gueſt,

And riots in th’ unbidden feaſt:

Whilſt thro’ his mangled folds the hapleſs ſwain

With horror ſees th’ unbounded carnage ſpread;

And learns too late that from th’ infernal reign

830

A prieſt of Ate in his houſe was bred.

ANTISTROPHE 2.

Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 727 focus

Antistrofe II

Ma, fatto adulto, l'indole

dei genitori suoi mostra; e, per grazia,

le greggi sgozza, e siede ad un convivio

a cui niun l' invitò.

840

Tutta la casa bulica

di sangue incombe affanno

sui famigliari, e danno

e rovina e sterminio :

tal ministro funereo

845

entro la casa, avverso un Dio mandò.

3

Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 727 focus

Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 727 focus

das gleiche denken. Also steht es. Mög' es nur

sich noch zum besten wenden. Menelaos wird

675 noch kommen, des vor allem darfst du dich verseh'n.

Denn wenn ihn lebend und gesund ein Sonnenstrahl

nur irgendwo erspähen kann, so wird ihn Zeus,

730

der unsres Herrscherhauses Sturz noch nicht beschloß,

den Rückweg finden lassen in das Vaterland.

680 Ich bin am Ziel. Die ganze Wahrheit wißt ihr nun.

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Chor.

Wer hat diesen Höllennamen so bezeichnend sich ersonnen?

685 Fand ihn eines Dämons Zunge, zukunftahnend, schicksaldeutend,
735

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.) — 727 focus

But waxing time and growth betrays

The blood-thirst of the lion-race,
850

And for the house's fostering care,

Unbidden all it revels there,

And bloody recompense repays—

Rent flesh of kine, its talons tare:

A mighty beast, that slays, and slays,
855

And mars with blood the household fair,

A God-sent pest invincible,

A minister of fate and hell.

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.) — 727 focus

Erstarkt endlich, enthüllt er

Den Erbsinn seines Geschlechtes.

Denn die Pflege vergeltend,
700

Schafft er ein Mahl ungeheißen

Sich von gemordeten Lämmern,

Röthet mit Blut die Gemächer.

Alle seh'n in tiefem Schmerz,

Wie der Mörder rast und würgt.
705

Also nährte dem Haus ein Gott

Einen Priester des Unheils.

Dritte Strophe.

Commentary

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

686-773. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-wecklein1888-com-ger1-393

zweites Stasimon. Helena, die gefeierte liebliche Braut, hat sich den Trojanern in einen unseligen Geist des Fluches verwandelt, wie sich aus jenem zahmen und sanft spielenden Löwenjungen mit den Jahren eine blutgierige Bestie entwickelte. Der Frevel ist gebüfst. Ja der Frevel erscheint als der Grund ihres Untergangs, nicht der Wohlstand, und falsch ist, was man in dieser Beziehung vom Neide der Gottheit fabelt. Nur hatte der Wohlstand den Übermut im Gefolge (vgl. 387 f.) und dieser verblendet den Sinn. Diese Verführung zum Übermute fehlt in der Hütte der Armut, wo deshalb die Gerechtigkeit wohnt (vgl. Eur. frg. 441 ὕβριν τε τίκτει πλοῦτος, οὐ φειδώ βίου). So trägt an dem Sturze der hohen Häuser die Gottlosigkeit des Sinnes, nicht das hohe Glück die Schuld. Das Chorlied singt der Gesamtchor.

Aeschylus Agamemnon 727

Paul Mazon (Editor)

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ΧΟ.

αἵματι δ᾽ οἶκος ἐφύρθη,

ἄμαχον ἄλγος οἰκέταις,

μέγα σίνος πολυκτόνον·

ἐκ θεοῦ δ᾽ ἱερεύς τις ἄ-

τας δόμοις προσεθρέφθη. =
735

But in due time upgrown,

The custom of progenitors was shown:

For-thanks for sustenance repaying

With ravage of sheep slaughtered —
730

It made unbidden feast;

With blood the house was watered,

To household came a woe there was no staying:

Great mischief many-slaying!

3

Chor.

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685 Fand ihn eines Dämons Zunge, zukunftahnend, schicksaldeutend,
735

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ΧΟ. αἵματι δ᾽ οἶκος ἐφύρθη, ἄμαχον ἄλγος οἰκέταις, μέγα σίνος πολυκτόνον· ἐκ θεοῦ δ᾽ ἱερεύς τις ἄ- τας δόμοις προσεθρέφθη. = 735

But in due time upgrown, The custom of progenitors was shown: For-thanks for sustenance repaying With ravage of sheep slaughtered — 730 It made unbidden feast; With blood the house was watered, To household came a woe there was no staying: Great mischief many-slaying!

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Chor. Wer hat diesen Höllennamen so bezeichnend sich ersonnen? 685 Fand ihn eines Dämons Zunge, zukunftahnend, schicksaldeutend, 735

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ΧΟ.

αἵματι δ᾽ οἶκος ἐφύρθη,

ἄμαχον ἄλγος οἰκέταις,

μέγα σίνος πολυκτόνον·

ἐκ θεοῦ δ᾽ ἱερεύς τις ἄ-

τας δόμοις προσεθρέφθη. =
735

But in due time upgrown,

The custom of progenitors was shown:

For-thanks for sustenance repaying

With ravage of sheep slaughtered —
730

It made unbidden feast;

With blood the house was watered,

To household came a woe there was no staying:

Great mischief many-slaying!

Chor.

Wer hat diesen Höllennamen so bezeichnend sich ersonnen?

685 Fand ihn eines Dämons Zunge, zukunftahnend, schicksaldeutend,
735