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Chorus

The deed is done, it seems—to judge by the groans of the king. But come, let us take counsel together if there is perhaps some safe plan of action.

Agamemnon. Aeschylus. Herbert Weir Smyth (Translator). New York. 1926.

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Current edition Perseus

Agamemnon (English) (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. (Modernized by Perseus.))

Editions (8)

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.) — 1346 focus

Χορός

τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγμασιν.

ἀλλὰ κοινωσώμεθʼ ἤν πως ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματα.

Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 1346 focus

β΄.

τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγματι.

γ΄.

ἀλλὰ κοινωσαίμεθ᾽ ἂν πῶς ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματα;

Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 1346 focus

Χοροῦ Β

τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγματι.

Χοροῦ Γ

ἀλλὰ κοινωσώμεθ᾽ ἂν πως ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματα.

ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1346 focus

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι -ᾶσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγμασιν·

ἀλλὰ κοινωσώμεθ', ἄνδρες ἄν πως, ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματα.

Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 1346 focus

τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγμασιν·
1345

ἀλλὰ κοινωσώμεθ᾽ ἄν πως ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματα.

Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 1346 focus

τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγμασιν.

ἀλλὰ κοινωσώμεθ᾽ ἤν πως ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματ᾽ ἦι.

Aeschyli Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Agamemnon. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 1346 focus

ΧΟΡΟΣ.

τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγμασιν.

ἀλλὰ κοινωσώμεθ᾽ ἄνδρες ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματα;

Apparatus Criticus

ἡλίου ἡλίωι τοῖς ἐμοῖς τιμαόροις, ἐχθροῖς φ. τοῖς ἐμοῖς τ. δυστυχοῖ δυστυχή πράσσειn πράττειν βροτοῖσιν βροτοῖς μηκέτ᾽ ἐσέλθηις μηκέτι δ᾽ εἰσέλθηις ἐπικραίνει θ. ἄγαν ἐπ. ἐπικρανεῖ (ποτ᾽) suppl. E. A. Ahrens πλευρῶν πληγήν ἀσφαλῆ ἄν πως ἀσφ.

Translations (10)

Agamemnon Perseus (Aeschylus. The poetical works of Robert Browning, Volume 13. Browning, Robert, translator; Berdoe, Edward, editor. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1889.) — 1346 focus

CHOROS.

This work seems to me completed by this Ah me of the king’s;

But we somehow may together share in solid counsellings.

The Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (The Agamemnon. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 1346 focus

To me it seems, from the cry of the king, that the deed hath been done .

CHORUS 3

But let us in some way or other concert unfailing measures.

CHORUS 4

AGAMEMNON (OCR draft) Experimental (AGAMEMNON. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1346 focus

Le crime est accompli : croyez-en les plaintes du roi ! Allons, amis, réunissons

Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Agamemnon. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 1346 focus

’Tis the king’s cry; the dreadful deed is doing.

What ſhall we do? What meaſures ſhall we form?

SEMICHORUS.

Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 1346 focus

E' del re questa la voce: dunque il fatto è già compito !

COREUTA II

Consigliamoci, avvisiamo quale sia miglior partito.
1570

COREUTA III

Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 1346 focus

Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 1346 focus

wie mich in diesem Kleide höhnten Freund und Feind,

die mein zu lachen einig waren. Und ich trug's,

Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Agamemnon. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 1346 focus

Choraphæus

By the groaning of the monarch, wrought methinks is now the deed ;

But together taking counsel, weave we now some prudent scheme.

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.) — 1346 focus

The bloody act is over—I have heard the monarch's cry—

Let us swiftly take some counsel, lest we too be doomed to die.

One of the Chorus.

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.) — 1346 focus

Aeschylus Agamemnon 1346

Herbert Weir Smyth (Translator)

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Chorus

The deed is done, it seems—to judge by the groans of the king. But come, let us take counsel together if there is perhaps some safe plan of action.

Current edition Perseus

Χορός

τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγμασιν.

ἀλλὰ κοινωσώμεθʼ ἤν πως ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματα.

β΄.

τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγματι.

γ΄.

ἀλλὰ κοινωσαίμεθ᾽ ἂν πῶς ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματα;

Χοροῦ Β

τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγματι.

Χοροῦ Γ

ἀλλὰ κοινωσώμεθ᾽ ἂν πως ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματα.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι -ᾶσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγμασιν·

ἀλλὰ κοινωσώμεθ', ἄνδρες ἄν πως, ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματα.

τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγμασιν·
1345

ἀλλὰ κοινωσώμεθ᾽ ἄν πως ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματα.

τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγμασιν.

ἀλλὰ κοινωσώμεθ᾽ ἤν πως ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματ᾽ ἦι.

ΧΟΡΟΣ.

τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγμασιν.

ἀλλὰ κοινωσώμεθ᾽ ἄνδρες ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματα;

Apparatus Criticus

CHOROS.

This work seems to me completed by this Ah me of the king’s;

But we somehow may together share in solid counsellings.

CHORUS 3

But let us in some way or other concert unfailing measures.

CHORUS 4

SEMICHORUS.

COREUTA II

Consigliamoci, avvisiamo quale sia miglior partito.
1570

COREUTA III

Choraphæus

By the groaning of the monarch, wrought methinks is now the deed ;

But together taking counsel, weave we now some prudent scheme.

The bloody act is over—I have heard the monarch's cry—

Let us swiftly take some counsel, lest we too be doomed to die.

One of the Chorus.

Mir bezeugt des Königs Angstruf, daß die That vollendet ist.
1295

Zweiter Halbchorführer.

Laßt gemeinsam uns berathen, was zu thun das Beste sei.

Erster Greis des Chores.

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Chorus The deed is done, it seems—to judge by the groans of the king. But come, let us take counsel together if there is perhaps some safe plan of action.

Current edition Perseus

Χορός τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγμασιν. ἀλλὰ κοινωσώμεθʼ ἤν πως ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματα.

β΄. τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγματι.

γ΄. ἀλλὰ κοινωσαίμεθ᾽ ἂν πῶς ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματα;

Χοροῦ Β τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγματι.

Χοροῦ Γ ἀλλὰ κοινωσώμεθ᾽ ἂν πως ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματα.

ΧΟΡΟΣ Τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι -ᾶσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγμασιν· ἀλλὰ κοινωσώμεθ', ἄνδρες ἄν πως, ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματα.

τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγμασιν· 1345 ἀλλὰ κοινωσώμεθ᾽ ἄν πως ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματα.

τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγμασιν. ἀλλὰ κοινωσώμεθ᾽ ἤν πως ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματ᾽ ἦι.

ΧΟΡΟΣ. τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγμασιν. ἀλλὰ κοινωσώμεθ᾽ ἄνδρες ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματα;

Apparatus Criticus

CHOROS. This work seems to me completed by this Ah me of the king’s; But we somehow may together share in solid counsellings.

CHORUS 3 But let us in some way or other concert unfailing measures.

CHORUS 4

SEMICHORUS.

COREUTA II Consigliamoci, avvisiamo quale sia miglior partito. 1570

COREUTA III

Choraphæus By the groaning of the monarch, wrought methinks is now the deed ; But together taking counsel, weave we now some prudent scheme.

The bloody act is over—I have heard the monarch's cry— Let us swiftly take some counsel, lest we too be doomed to die.

One of the Chorus.

Mir bezeugt des Königs Angstruf, daß die That vollendet ist. 1295

Zweiter Halbchorführer. Laßt gemeinsam uns berathen, was zu thun das Beste sei.

Erster Greis des Chores.

Stable identifiers

Chorus

The deed is done, it seems—to judge by the groans of the king. But come, let us take counsel together if there is perhaps some safe plan of action.

Χορός

τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγμασιν.

ἀλλὰ κοινωσώμεθʼ ἤν πως ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματα.

β΄.

τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγματι.

γ΄.

ἀλλὰ κοινωσαίμεθ᾽ ἂν πῶς ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματα;

Χοροῦ Β

τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγματι.

Χοροῦ Γ

ἀλλὰ κοινωσώμεθ᾽ ἂν πως ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματα.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι -ᾶσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγμασιν·

ἀλλὰ κοινωσώμεθ', ἄνδρες ἄν πως, ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματα.

τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγμασιν·
1345

ἀλλὰ κοινωσώμεθ᾽ ἄν πως ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματα.

τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγμασιν.

ἀλλὰ κοινωσώμεθ᾽ ἤν πως ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματ᾽ ἦι.

ΧΟΡΟΣ.

τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέως οἰμώγμασιν.

ἀλλὰ κοινωσώμεθ᾽ ἄνδρες ἀσφαλῆ βουλεύματα;

CHOROS.

This work seems to me completed by this Ah me of the king’s;

But we somehow may together share in solid counsellings.

CHORUS 3

But let us in some way or other concert unfailing measures.

COREUTA II

Consigliamoci, avvisiamo quale sia miglior partito.
1570

Choraphæus

By the groaning of the monarch, wrought methinks is now the deed ;

But together taking counsel, weave we now some prudent scheme.

The bloody act is over—I have heard the monarch's cry—

Let us swiftly take some counsel, lest we too be doomed to die.

Mir bezeugt des Königs Angstruf, daß die That vollendet ist.
1295

Zweiter Halbchorführer.

Laßt gemeinsam uns berathen, was zu thun das Beste sei.