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Agamemnon. Aeschylus. Ioannes Sanravius (Translator). Basileae. 1555.

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Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) (Latin) (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.)

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Editions (8)

Ἀγαμέμνων First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 1448-1576 focus

str. 1

Χορός

φεῦ, τίς ἂν ἐν τάχει, μὴ περιώδυνος,

μηδὲ δεμνιοτήρης,

μόλοι τὸν ἀεὶ φέρουσ᾽ ἐν ἡμῖν
1450

Μοῖρ᾽ ἀτέλευτον ὕπνον, δαμέντος

φύλακος εὐμενεστάτου

πολέα¹ τλάντος γυναικὸς διαί;

πρὸς γυναικὸς δ᾽ ἀπέφθισεν βίον.

1455

Χορός

ἰὼ ἰὼ² παράνους³ Ἑλένα
1455

μία τὰς πολλάς, τὰς πάνυ πολλὰς

ψυχὰς ὀλέσασ᾽ ὑπὸ Τροίᾳ.

†νῦν δὲ τελείαν..⁴⁵

πολύμναστον ἐπηνθίσω δι᾽⁶ αἷμ᾽ ἄνιπτον,

ἥτις⁷ ἦν τότ᾽ ἐν δόμοις
1460

ἔρις ἐρίδματος ἀνδρὸς οἰζύσ†.

1462

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μηδὲν θανάτου μοῖραν ἐπεύχου

τοῖσδε βαρυνθείς:

μηδ᾽ εἰς Ἑλένην κότον ἐκτρέψῃς,

ὡς ἀνδρολέτειρ᾽, ὡς μία πολλῶν
1465

ἀνδρῶν ψυχὰς Δαναῶν ὀλέσασ᾽

ἀξύστατον ἄλγος ἔπραξε.

ant. 1

1468

Χορός

δαῖμον, ὃς ἐμπίτνεις⁸ δώμασι καὶ

διφυίοισι⁹ Τανταλίδαισιν,¹⁰

κράτος <τ᾽>¹¹ ἰσόψυχον ἐκ γυναικῶν
1470

καρδιόδηκτον¹² ἐμοὶ κρατύνεις.

ἐπὶ δὲ σώματος δίκαν [μοι]¹³

κόρακος ἐχθροῦ σταθεῖσ᾽¹⁴ ἐκνόμως¹⁵

ὕμνον ὑμνεῖν ἐπεύχεται...¹⁶¹⁷<˘¯>

1475
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νῦν δ᾽ ὤρθωσας στόματος γνώμην,
1475

τὸν τριπάχυντον¹⁸

δαίμονα γέννης τῆσδε κικλήσκων.

ἐκ τοῦ γὰρ ἔρως αἱματολοιχὸς

νείρῃ¹⁹ τρέφεται, πρὶν καταλῆξαι

τὸ παλαιὸν ἄχος, νέος ἰχώρ.
1480

str. 2

1481

Χορός

ἦ μέγαν οἰκονόμον²⁰

δαίμονα καὶ βαρύμηνιν αἰνεῖς,

φεῦ φεῦ, κακὸν αἶνον ἀτη-

ρᾶς τύχας ἀκορέστου:

ἰὴ ἰὴ διαὶ Διὸς
1485

παναιτίου πανεργέτα:²¹

τί γὰρ βροτοῖς ἄνευ Διὸς τελεῖται;

τί τῶνδ᾽ οὐ θεόκραντόν ἐστιν;

1489

Χορός

ἰὼ ἰὼ βασιλεῦ βασιλεῦ,

πῶς σε δακρύσω;
1490

φρενὸς ἐκ φιλίας τί ποτ᾽ εἴπω;

κεῖσαι δ᾽ ἀράχνης ἐν ὑφάσματι τῷδ᾽

ἀσεβεῖ θανάτῳ βίον ἐκπνέων.

ὤμοι μοι κοίταν τάνδ᾽ ἀνελεύθερον

δολίῳ μόρῳ δαμεὶς <δάμαρτοσ>²²
1495

ἐκ χερὸς ἀμφιτόμῳ βελέμνῳ.

1497

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αὐχεῖς εἶναι τόδε τοὔργον ἐμόν:

μηδ᾽ ἐπιλεχθῇς²³

Ἀγαμεμνονίαν εἶναί μ᾽ ἄλοχον.

φανταζόμενος δὲ γυναικὶ νεκροῦ
1500

τοῦδ᾽ ὁ παλαιὸς δριμὺς ἀλάστωρ

Ἀτρέως χαλεποῦ θοινατῆρος

τόνδ᾽ ἀπέτισεν,

τέλεον νεαροῖς ἐπιθύσας.

ant. 2

1505

Χορός

ὡς μὲν ἀναίτιος εἶ
1505

τοῦδε φόνου τίς ὁ μαρτυρήσων;

πῶ πῶ; πατρόθεν δὲ συλλή-

πτωρ γένοιτ᾽ ἂν ἀλάστωρ.

βιάζεται δ᾽ ὁμοσπόροις

ἐπιρροαῖσιν αἱμάτων
1510

μέλας Ἄρης, ὅποι δίκαν²⁴ προβαίνων²⁵

πάχνᾳ κουροβόρῳ παρέξει.

1513

Χορός

ἰὼ ἰὼ βασιλεῦ βασιλεῦ,

πῶς σε δακρύσω;

φρενὸς ἐκ φιλίας τί ποτ᾽ εἴπω;
1515

κεῖσαι δ᾽ ἀράχνης ἐν ὑφάσματι τῷδ᾽

ἀσεβεῖ θανάτῳ βίον ἐκπνέων.

ὤμοι μοι κοίταν τάνδ᾽ ἀνελεύθερον

δολίῳ μόρῳ δαμεὶς <δάμαρτοσ>

ἐκ χερὸς ἀμφιτόμῳ βελέμνῳ.
1520

1521
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[οὔτ᾽ ἀνελεύθερον οἶμαι θάνατον

τῷδε γενέσθαι.]²⁶

οὐδὲ γὰρ οὗτος δολίαν ἄτην

οἴκοισιν ἔθηκ᾽;

ἀλλ᾽ ἐμὸν ἐκ τοῦδ᾽ ἔρνος ἀερθέν,
1525

τὴν πολυκλαύτην²⁷ Ἰφιγενείαν,

ἄξια²⁸ δράσας ἄξια πάσχων

μηδὲν ἐν Ἅιδου μεγαλαυχείτω,

ξιφοδηλήτῳ,
θανάτῳ τίσας ἅπερ ἦρξεν.²⁹

1531

str. 3

Χορός

ἀμηχανῶ φροντίδος στερηθεὶς
1530

εὐπάλαμον μέριμναν

ὅπα τράπωμαι, πίτνοντος οἴκου.

δέδοικα δ᾽ ὄμβρου κτύπον δομοσφαλῆ

τὸν αἱματηρόν: ψακὰς δὲ λήγει.

δίκην³⁰ δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἄλλο πρᾶγμα θηγάνει³¹ βλάβης
1535

πρὸς ἄλλαις θηγάναισι Μοῖρα.

1537

Χορός

ἰὼ γᾶ γᾶ, εἴθ᾽ ἔμ᾽ ἐδέξω,

πρὶν τόνδ᾽ ἐπιδεῖν ἀργυροτοίχου

δροίτας κατέχοντα χαμεύνην.
1540

τίς ὁ θάψων νιν; τίς ὁ θρηνήσων;

ἦ σὺ τόδ᾽ ἔρξαι τλήσει, κτείνασ᾽

ἄνδρα τὸν αὑτῆς ἀποκωκῦσαι,

ψυχῇ τ᾽³² ἄχαριν χάριν ἀντ᾽ ἔργων
1545

μεγάλων ἀδίκως ἐπικρᾶναι;

τίς δ᾽ ἐπιτύμβιον αἶνον³³ ἐπ᾽ ἀνδρὶ θείῳ

σὺν δακρύοις ἰάπτων

ἀλαθείᾳ φρενῶν πονήσει;
1550
1551

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οὐ σὲ προσήκει τὸ μέλημ᾽ ἀλέγειν³⁴³⁵

τοῦτο: πρὸς ἡμῶν

κάππεσε, κάτθανε, καὶ καταθάψομεν

οὐχ ὑπὸ κλαυθμῶν τῶν ἐξ οἴκων,..

ἀλλ᾽ Ἰφιγένειά νιν³⁶ ἀσπασίως
1555

θυγάτηρ, ὡς χρή,

πατέρ᾽ ἀντιάσασα πρὸς ὠκύπορον

πόρθμευμ᾽ ἀχέων

περὶ χεῖρε³⁷ βαλοῦσα φιλήσει.

1560

ant. 3

Χορός

ὄνειδος ἥκει τόδ᾽ ἀντ᾽ ὀνείδους.
1560

δύσμαχα δ᾽ ἔστι κρῖναι.

φέρει φέροντ᾽, ἐκτίνει δ᾽ ὁ καίνων.

μίμνει δὲ μίμνοντος ἐν θρόνῳ³⁸ Διὸς

παθεῖν τὸν ἔρξαντα: θέσμιον γάρ.

τίς ἂν γονὰν ἀραῖον³⁹ ἐκβάλοι δόμων;
1565

κεκόλληται γένος πρὸς ἄτᾳ.⁴⁰⁴¹

1567

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ἐς τόνδ᾽ ἐνέβη ξὺν ἀληθείᾳ

χρησμός.⁴² ἐγὼ δ᾽ οὖν

ἐθέλω δαίμονι τῷ Πλεισθενιδῶν

ὅρκους θεμένη τάδε μὲν στέργειν,
1570

δύστλητά περ ὄνθ᾽: ὃ δὲ λοιπόν, ἰόντ᾽

ἐκ τῶνδε δόμων ἄλλην γενεὰν

τρίβειν θανάτοις αὐθένταισι:

κτεάνων τε μέρος

βαιὸν ἐχούσῃ πᾶν ἀπόχρη μοι⁴³
μανίας μελάθρων
1575

ἀλληλοφόνους⁴⁴ ἀφελούσῃ.

1577

Ἀγαμέμνων Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 1448-1576 focus

Χορός

φεῦ, τίς ἂν ἐν τάχει, μὴ περιώδυνος,

μηδὲ δεμνιοτήρης,

μόλοι τὸν αἰεὶ φέρουσʼ ἐν ἡμῖν
1450

Μοῖρʼ ἀτέλευτον ὕπνον, δαμέντος

φύλακος εὐμενεστάτου καὶ

πολλὰ τλάντος γυναικὸς διαί·

πρὸς γυναικὸς δʼ ἀπέφθισεν βίον.

1455

Χορός

ἰὼ ἰὼ παράνους Ἑλένα
1455

μία τὰς πολλάς, τάς πάνυ πολλὰς

ψυχὰς ὀλέσασʼ ὑπὸ Τροίᾳ.

νῦν δὲ τελέαν πολύμναστον ἐπηνθίσω

διʼ αἷμʼ ἄνιπτον. ἦ τις ἦν τότʼ ἐν δόμοις
1460

ἔρις ἐρίδματος ἀνδρὸς οἰζύς.

1462

Κλυταιμήστρα

μηδὲν θανάτου μοῖραν ἐπεύχου

τοῖσδε βαρυνθείς·

μηδʼ εἰς Ἑλένην κότον ἐκτρέψῃς,

ὡς ἀνδρολέτειρʼ, ὡς μία πολλῶν
1465

ἀνδρῶν ψυχὰς Δαναῶν ὀλέσασʼ

ἀξύστατον ἄλγος ἔπραξεν.

1468

Χορός

δαῖμον, ὃς ἐμπίτνεις δώμασι καὶ διφυί-

οισι Τανταλίδαισιν,

κράτος τʼ ἰσόψυχον ἐκ γυναικῶν
1470

καρδιόδηκτον ἐμοὶ κρατύνεις.

ἐπὶ δὲ σώματος δίκαν μοι

κόρακος ἐχθροῦ σταθεῖσʼ ἐκνόμως

ὕμνον ὑμνεῖν ἐπεύχεται ˘¯

1475

Κλυταιμήστρα

νῦν δʼ ὤρθωσας στόματος γνώμην,
1475

τὸν τριπάχυντον

δαίμονα γέννης τῆσδε κικλήσκων.

ἐκ τοῦ γὰρ ἔρως αἱματολοιχὸς

νείρᾳ τρέφεται, πρὶν καταλῆξαι

τὸ παλαιὸν ἄχος, νέος ἰχώρ.
1480

1481

Χορός

ἦ μέγαν οἰκονόμον

δαίμονα καὶ βαρύμηνιν αἰνεῖς,

φεῦ φεῦ, κακὸν αἶνον ἀτη-

ρᾶς τύχας ἀκορέστου·

ἰὴ ἰή, διαὶ Διὸς
1485

παναιτίου πανεργέτα·

τί γὰρ βροτοῖς ἄνευ Διὸς τελεῖται;

τί τῶνδʼ οὐ θεόκραντόν ἐστιν;

1489

Χορός

ἰὼ ἰὼ βασιλεῦ βασιλεῦ,

πῶς σε δακρύσω;
1490

φρενὸς ἐκ φιλίας τί ποτʼ εἴπω;

κεῖσαι δʼ ἀράχνης ἐν ὑφάσματι τῷδʼ

ἀσεβεῖ θανάτῳ βίον ἐκπνέων.

ὤμοι μοι κοίταν τάνδʼ ἀνελεύθερον

δολίῳ μόρῳ δαμεὶς δάμαρτος
1495

ἐκ χερὸς ἀμφιτόμῳ βελέμνῳ.

1497

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αὐχεῖς εἶναι τόδε τοὔργον ἐμόν;

μηδʼ ἐπιλεχθῇς

Ἀγαμεμνονίαν εἶναί μʼ ἄλοχον.

φανταζόμενος δὲ γυναικὶ νεκροῦ
1500

τοῦδʼ ὁ παλαιὸς δριμὺς ἀλάστωρ

Ἀτρέως χαλεποῦ θοινατῆρος

τόνδʼ ἀπέτεισεν,

τέλεον νεαροῖς ἐπιθύσας.

1505

Χορός

ὡς μὲν ἀναίτιος εἶ
1505

τοῦδε φόνου τίς ὁ μαρτυρήσων;

πῶς πῶς; πατρόθεν δὲ συλλή-

πτωρ γένοιτʼ ἂν ἀλάστωρ.

βιάζεται δʼ ὁμοσπόροις

ἐπιρροαῖσιν αἱμάτων
1510

μέλας Ἄρης, ὅποι δίκαν προβαίνων

πάχνᾳ κουροβόρῳ παρέξει.

1513

Χορός

ἰὼ ἰὼ βασιλεῦ βασιλεῦ,

πῶς σε δακρύσω;

φρενὸς ἐκ φιλίας τί ποτʼ εἴπω;
1515

κεῖσαι δʼ ἀράχνης ἐν ὑφάσματι τῷδʼ

ἀσεβεῖ θανάτῳ βίον ἐκπνέων.

ὤμοι μοι κοίταν τάνδʼ ἀνελεύθερον

δολίῳ μόρῳ δαμεὶς

ἐκ χερὸς ἀμφιτόμῳ βελέμνῳ.
1520

1521

Κλυταιμήστρα

οὔτʼ ἀνελεύθερον οἶμαι θάνατον

τῷδε γενέσθαι.

οὐδὲ γὰρ οὗτος δολίαν ἄτην

οἴκοισιν ἔθηκʼ;

ἀλλʼ ἐμὸν ἐκ τοῦδʼ ἔρνος ἀερθέν.
1525

τὴν πολυκλαύτην Ἰφιγενείαν,

ἄξια δράσας ἄξια πάσχων

μηδὲν ἐν Ἅιδου μεγαλαυχείτω,

ξιφοδηλήτῳ,

θανάτῳ τείσας ἅπερ ἦρξεν.

1530

Χορός

ἀμηχανῶ φροντίδος στερηθεὶς
1530

εὐπάλαμον μέριμναν

ὅπα τράπωμαι, πίτνοντος οἴκου.

δέδοικα δʼ ὄμβρου κτύπον δομοσφαλῆ

τὸν αἱματηρόν· ψακὰς δὲ λήγει.

δίκην δʼ ἐπʼ ἄλλο πρᾶγμα θηγάνει βλάβης
1535

πρὸς ἄλλαις θηγάναισι μοῖρα.

1537

Χορός

ἰὼ γᾶ γᾶ, εἴθʼ ἔμʼ ἐδέξω,

πρὶν τόνδʼ ἐπιδεῖν ἀργυροτοίχου

δροίτης κατέχοντα χάμευναν.
1540

τίς ὁ θάψων νιν; τίς ὁ θρηνήσων;

ἦ σὺ τόδʼ ἔρξαι τλήσῃ, κτείνασʼ

ἄνδρα τὸν αὑτῆς ἀποκωκῦσαι

ψυχῇ τʼ ἄχαριν χάριν ἀντʼ ἔργων
1545

μεγάλων ἀδίκως ἐπικρᾶναι;

τίς δʼ ἐπιτύμβιον αἶνον ἐπʼ ἀνδρὶ θείῳ

σὺν δακρύοις ἰάπτων

ἀληθείᾳ φρενῶν πονήσει;
1550

1551

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οὐ σὲ προσήκει τὸ μέλημʼ ἀλέγειν

τοῦτο· πρὸς ἡμῶν

κάππεσε, κάτθανε, καὶ καταθάψομεν,

οὐχ ὑπὸ κλαυθμῶν τῶν ἐξ οἴκων,

ἀλλʼ Ἰφιγένειά νιν ἀσπασίως
1555

θυγάτηρ, ὡς χρή,

πατέρʼ ἀντιάσασα πρὸς ὠκύπορον

πόρθμευμʼ ἀχέων

περὶ χεῖρε βαλοῦσα φιλήσει.

1560

Χορός

ὄνειδος ἥκει τόδʼ ἀντʼ ὀνείδους.
1560

δύσμαχα δʼ ἔστι κρῖναι.

φέρει φέροντʼ, ἐκτίνει δʼ ὁ καίνων.

μίμνει δὲ μίμνοντος ἐν θρόνῳ Διὸς

παθεῖν τὸν ἔρξαντα· θέσμιον γάρ.

τίς ἂν γονὰν ἀραῖον ἐκβάλοι δόμων;
1565

κεκόλληται γένος πρὸς ἄτᾳ.

1567

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ἐς τόνδʼ ἐνέβης ξὺν ἀληθείᾳ

χρησμόν. ἐγὼ δʼ οὖν

ἐθέλω δαίμονι τῷ Πλεισθενιδῶν

ὅρκους θεμένη τάδε μὲν στέργειν,
1570

δύστλητά περ ὄνθʼ· ὃ δὲ λοιπόν, ἰόντʼ

ἐκ τῶνδε δόμων ἄλλην γενεὰν

τρίβειν θανάτοις αὐθένταισι.

κτεάνων τε μέρος

βαιὸν ἐχούσῃ πᾶν ἀπόχρη μοι

μανίας μελάθρων

ἀλληλοφόνους ἀφελούσῃ.

Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 1468 focus

ΧΟ.

δαῖμον, ὃς ἐμπίτνεις δώμασι καὶ διφυίοισι Ταν-

ταλίδαισιν,

κράτος τ ἰσόψυχον ἐκ γυναικῶν
1470

καρδιόδηκτον ἐμοὶ κρατύνεις.

ἐπὶ δὲ σώματος δίκαν

κόρακος ἐχθροῦ σταθεῖσ᾽ ἐκνόμως

ὕμνον ὑμνεῖν * * ἐπεύχεται.

Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 1468 focus

Ζυγὸς Α
ἀντ. α'.

δαῖμον, ὃς ἐμπίτνεις δώμασι καὶ διφυί-

οισι Τανταλίδαισιν,

Ζυγὸς Α

κράτος τ' ἰσόψυχον ἐκ γυναικῶν

καρδιόδηκτον ἐμοὶ κρατύνεις.

ἐπὶ δὲ σώματος δίκαν
1440

κόρακος ἐχθροῦ σταθεῖσ᾽ ἐκνόμως

ὕμνον ὑμνεῖν ἐπεύχεται.

ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1468 focus

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Δαῖμον, ὃς ἐμπίτνεις -πίπτεις δώμασι καὶ διφυί-
οισι διφυεῖσι Τανταλίδαισιν -δεσιν,

Ant. 1.

κράτος < τ' om.> ἰσόψυχον ἐκ γυναικῶν

καρδιόδηκτον καρδία(ι) δηκτὸν ἐμοὶ κρατύνεις·

ἐπὶ δὲ σώματος δίκαν μοι

ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ

ΧΟΡΟΣ

κόρακος ἐχθροῦ σταθεὶς ἐννόμως ἐκν-

ὕμνον ὑμνεῖν <τροπῆς> om. ἐπεύχεται —
1475
¹

(Ἰὼ ἰὼ παράνους Ἑλένα

μία τὰς πολλάς, τὰς πάνυ πολλὰς

ψυχὰς ὀλέσασ' ὑπὸ Τροίᾳ,

νῦν τελέαν πολύμναστον ἐπηνθίσω

δι' αἷμ' ἄνιπτον· ἦ τις ἦν τότ' ἐν δόμοις
1480

Ἔρις, ἐρίδματος ἀνδρὸς οἰζύς.)

Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 1468 focus

δαῖμον, ὃς ἐμπίτνεις δώμασι καὶ διφυί-

οισι Τανταλίδαισιν,
1470

priores partes trium stropharum et antistr. chori tres ordines, ephymniorum autem anapaestos coryphaeus, melica totus chorus canere videtur. fort. φέρουσ᾽ ὄνησιν. πνὸν corr. ex ὕμνον πολέα διά βίον delebat olim ἰὼ | . . τὰς πολλὰς | . . ψυχὰς | . . Τροίᾳ | ἰὼ ἰὼ cum παράνους² ὀλέσας ἐπηνθίσω (quod delevit eadem manus lineola transversa) | ἐπηνθίσω . ἄνιπτον | δϊζύς ἐκτρέχης ὀλέσαν ἐμπίτνεις ἐμπίπτεις διφυίοισι διφυεῖσι τανταλίδεσιν καὶ] · . τανταλίδεσιν |

κράτος ἰσόψυχον ἐκ γυναικῶν

καρδιόδηκτον ἐμοὶ κρατύνεις.

ἐπὶ δὲ σώματος δίκαν μοι

κόρακος ἐχθροῦ σταθεὶς ἐννόμως

ὕμνον ὑμνεῖν ἐπεύχεται.

1475

ΚΛ.

Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 1468 focus

δαῖμον, ὃς ἐμπίτνεις δώμασι καὶ διφυί-

οισι Τανταλίδαισιν,

κράτος τ᾽ ἰσόψυχον ἐκ γυναικῶν

1470

καρδιόδηκτον ἐμοὶ κρατύνεις·

ἐπὶ δὲ σώματος δίκαν {μοι}

κόρακος ἐχθροῦ σταθεὶς ἐκνόμως

ὕμνον ὑμνεῖν ἐπεύχεται u _

Aeschyli Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Agamemnon. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 1468 focus

ΧΟ.

δαῖμον, ὃς ἐμπίτνεις δώμασι καὶ διφυί-

οισι Τανταλίδαισιν,

κράτος (τ᾽) ἰσόψυχον ἐκ γυναικῶν,
1470

καρδιόδηκτον ἐμοί, κρατύνεις,

ἐπὶ δὲ σώματος δίκαν μοι

κόρακος ἐχθροῦ σταθεὶς ἐννόμως

ὕμνον ὑμνεῖν †ἐπεύχεται.

(ἰώ
1475

παράνους ῾Ελένα, μία τὰς πολλάς,

τὰς πάνυ πολλὰς

ψυχὰς ὀλέσασ᾽ ὑπὸ Τροίαι.

νῦν τελέαν πολύμναστον ἐπηνθίσω

Apparatus Criticus

διαί διά¹ παράνους παρανόμους² νῦn δὲ τελέαν νῦν δὲ τελείαν³ ἐκτρέψηις ἐκτρέχης⁴ ὀλέσασ᾽ ὀλέσαν⁵ ἐμπίτνεις ἐμπίπτεις⁶ διφυίοισι διφυεῖσι⁷ Τανταλίδαισιν τανταλίδεσι⁸ (τ᾽) suppl. Herm.⁹ καρδιόδηκτον καρδίαι δηκτόν¹⁰ ἐννόμως ἐκνόμως¹¹ †ἐπεύχεται ἀπεύχετον¹²

Translations (8)

Agamemnon Perseus (Aeschylus. The poetical works of Robert Browning, Volume 13. Browning, Robert, translator; Berdoe, Edward, editor. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1889.) — 1448-1576 focus

CHOROS.

Alas, that some

Fate would come

Upon us in quickness —

Neither much sickness

Neither bed-keeping —
1450

And bear unended sleeping,

Now that subdued

Is our keeper, the kindest of mood!

Having borne, for a woman’s sake, much strife —

By a woman he withered from life!

1455

Ah me!
1455

Law-breaking Helena who, one,

Hast many, so many souls undone

’Neath Troia! and now the consummated

Much-memorable curse

Hast thou made flower-forth, red

With the blood no rains disperse,
1460

That which was then in the House —

Strife all-subduing, the woe of a spouse.

1462

KLUTAIMNESTRA.

Nowise, of death the fate —

Burdened by these things — supplicate!

Nor on Helena turn thy wrath

As the man-destroyer, as she who hath,
1465

Being but one,

Many and many a soul undone

Of the men, the Danaoi —

And wrought immense annoy!

1468

CHOROS.

Daimon, who fallest

Upon this household and the double-raced

Tantalidai, a rule, minded like theirs displaced,

Thou rulest me with, now,
1470

Whose heart thou gallest!

And on the body, like a hateful crow,

Stationed, all out of tune, his chant to chant

Doth Something vaunt!

1475

KLUTAIMNESTRA.

Now, of a truth, hast thou set upright
1475

Thy mouth’s opinion, —

Naming the Sprite,

The triply gross,

O’er the race that has dominion:

For through him it is that Eros

The carnage-licker

In the belly is bred: ere ended quite

Is the elder throe — new ichor!
1480

1481

CHOROS.

Certainly, great of might

And heavy of wrath, the Sprite

Thou tellest of, in the palace

(Woe, woe!)

— An evil tale of a fate
1485

By Até’s malice

Rendered insatiate!

1489

Oh, oh, —

King, king, how shall I beweep thee?
1490

From friendly soul whatever say?

Thou liest where webs of the spider o’ersweep thee

In impious death, life breathing away.

O me — me!

This couch, not free.

By a slavish death subdued thou art,
1495

From the hand, by the two-edged dart.

1497

KLUTAIMNESTRA.

Thou boastest this deed to be mine:

But leave off styling me

The Agamemnonian wife!

For, showing himself in sign
1500

Of the spouse of the corpse thou dost see,

Did the ancient bitter avenging-ghost

Of Atreus, savage host,

Pay the man here as price —

A full-grown for the young one’s sacrifice.

1505

CHOROS.

That no cause, indeed, of this killing art thou,
1505

Who shall be witness-bearer?

How shall he bear it — how?

But the sire’s avenging-ghost might be in the deed a sharer.

He is forced on and on

By the kin-born flowing of blood,
1510

— Black Ares: to where, having gone,

He shall leave off, flowing done,

At the frozen-child’s-flesh food.

1513

King, king, how shall I beweep thee?

From friendly soul whatever say?

Thou liest where webs of the spider o’ersweep thee
1515

In impious death, life breathing away.

O me — me!

This couch, not free!

By a slavish death subdued thou art,

From the hand, by the two-edged dart.
1520

1521

KLUTAIMNESTRA.

No death unfit for the free

Do I think this man’s to be:

For did not himself a slavish curse

To his household decree?

But the scion of him, myself did nurse —
1525

That much-bewailed Iphigeneia, he

Having done well by, — and as well, nor worse,

Been done to, — let him not in Haides loudly

Bear himself proudly!

Being by sword-destroying death amerced

For that sword’s punishment himself inflicted first.

1530

CHOROS.

I at a loss am left —
1530

Of a feasible scheme of mind bereft —

Where I may turn: for the house is falling:

I fear the bloody crash of the rain

That ruins the roof as it bursts amain:

The warning-drop

Has come to a stop.

Destiny doth Justice whet
1535

For other deed of hurt, on other whetstones yet.

1537

Woe, earth, earth — would thou hadst taken me

Ere I saw the man I see,

On the pallet-bed

Of the silver-sided bath-vase, dead!
1540

Who is it shall bury him, who

Sing his dirge? Can it be true

That thou wilt dare this same to do —

Having slain thy husband, thine own,

To make his funeral moan:

And for the soul of him, in place
1545

Of his mighty deeds, a graceless grace

To wickedly institute? By whom

Shall the tale of praise o’er the tomb

At the god-like man be sent —

From the truth of his mind as he toils intent?
1550

1551

KLUTAIMNESTRA.

It belongs not to thee to declare

This object of care!

By us did he fall — down there!

Did he die — down there! and down, no less,

We will bury him there, and not beneath

The wails of the household over his death:

But Iphigeneia, — with kindliness, —
1555

His daughter, — as the case requires,

Facing him full, at the rapid-flowing

Passage of Groans shall — both hands throwing

Around him — kiss that kindest of sires!

1560

CHOROS.

This blame comes in the place of blame:
1560

Hard battle it is to judge each claim.

He is borne away who bears away:

And the killer has all to pay.

And this remains while Zeus is remaining,

The doer shall suffer in time — for, such his ordaining.

Who may cast out of the House its cursed brood?
1565

The race is to Até glued!

1567

KLUTAIMNESTRA.

Thou hast gone into this oracle

With a true result. For me, then, — I will

— To the Daimon of the Pleisthenidai

Making an oath — with all these things comply
1570

Hard as they are to bear. For the rest —

Going from out this House, a guest,

May he wear some other family

To nought, with the deaths of kin by kin!

And, — keeping a little part of my goods, —

Wholly am I contented in

Having expelled from the royal House

These frenzied moods
1575

The mutually-murderous.

The Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (The Agamemnon. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 1468 focus

O daemon, that fallest on this dwelling, and the double line of Tantalus, and through women exertest a prowess matching mine , that gnaws my heart. And stand- ing over the corpse in defiance of what is right, like an odious raven in my eyes, she exults to hymn her hymn .

CLYTEMNESTRA

AGAMEMNON (OCR draft) Experimental (AGAMEMNON. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1468 focus

se ferme pas.

Même mouvement.

LE CHŒUR

Génie, qui t'abats sur la maison et les têtes des deux petits-fils de Tantale, tu te sers de femmes
aux âmes pareilles ¹ pour triompher en déchirant nos cœurs... Voyez-le moi, qui perché sur le cadavre, tel un corbeau de

AGAMEMNON

LE CHŒUR

malheur, se flatte de chanter suivant l'usage son chant (de victoire) ² !

Mélodrame.

LE CORYPHÉE

Ah ! Hélène, folle Hélène, qui, seule, as détruit sous Troie des centaines, des milliers de vies !...

LE CHŒUR
(Un peu retenu.)

Tu as donné à ton œuvre un suprême, inoubliable couronnement, en répandant un sang impossible à laver. Oui, c'était bien une Querelle qui en ce temps habitait la maison, une Querelle appliquée à la perte d'un époux.

Mélodrame.

CLYTEMNESTRE

Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Agamemnon. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 1468 focus

Tremendous fiend, that breatheſt thro’ this house

Thy baleful ſpirit, and with equal daring

1655

Haſt ſteel’d these royal ſiſters to fierce deeds

That rend my ſoul, now, like the baleful raven,

Incumbent o’er the body doſt thou joy

T' affright us with thy harſh and diſſonant notes!

CLYTEMNESTRA.

Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 1468 focus

Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 1468 focus

er auf und bricht zusammen, und den dritten Streich

geb' ich ihm, wie er daliegt, als den Dankeszoll

dem Zeus, der drunten in dem Totenreich regiert.

1470

Stürzend und ächzend haucht er so sein Leben aus.

Und von dem Blutstrom, der dem Munde jäh entquillt,

1390 spritzt mir ein schwarzer Tropfen bis an meine Stirn.

Willkommner ist des Himmels feuchter Segen nicht

1475

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.) — 1468 focus

Fiend of the race! that swoopest fell

Upon the double stock of Tantalus,

Lording it o'er me by a woman's will,
1715

Stern, manful, and imperious—

A bitter sway to me!

Thy very form I see,

Like some grim raven, perched upon the slain,

Exulting o'er the crime aloud in tuneless strain!
1720

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.) — 1468 focus

Feindlicher Dämon, der wider des Tantalos

Haus und Zwillingsgeschlecht stürmt,
1420

Du zeigst, in gleich wilden Weibern rasend,

Deine Gewalt, und empörst das Herz mir!

Auf die Leiche tritt sie kühn,

Die Mörd'rin, stimmt, Raben gleich, zornentbrannt,

Siegsgesang grausenvoll frohlockend an!
1425

Klytämnestra.

Commentary

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

1157. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-691

ὅρκου πῆγμα Libri

ὅρκος πῆμα

. Aurati emendationem,

ὅρκου πῆγμα

, cum aliis recepit Blomfieldius, spreto, quod Porsonus dedit,

ὅρκος, πῆγμα γενναίως παγέν

, scilicet quia negabat

πῶς ἄν

apud Aeschylum

utinam

significare. At inepte addidisset Aeschylus

γενναίως παγέν

, si quaereret chorus, quid prodesse iusiurandum posset. Hoc potius dicit, atque utinam iusiurandum, firmamentum generose firmatum, medelam afferre possit! quo indicat, quamvis sanctissimum iusiurandum tamen nihil profuturum esse.

1157

1158. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-692

παιώνιος

παιώνιον

Ven. Flor. Vict.

παιώνιος

Farn. Elmsleio teste, non enim adnotavit Bekkerus. Praestat fortasse

παιώνιος

. θαυμάζω δέ σε Deinde

θαυμάζω δέ σε

, ut Blomfieldius ait, scribendum coniecit Auratus.

1158

1159. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-693

περάν τε Permira est Blomfieldii adnotatio, “Elmsleius ad Sophocl. Oed. T. 867. citat

πόντου πέρα τραφεῖσαν

, nescio quare, quum satis recte dicatur

πέραν

pro

κατὰ πέραν

, quae vox occurrit v. 183.

Χαλκίδος πέραν ἔχων

.” Si

πέραν

et illic (v. 178.) et hic substantivum esse putaret, Supplicum v. 249. afferre debebat,

τίς γὰρ ἐλθὼν ἐκ πέρας Ναυπακτίας

. At

πέραν

in utroque Agamemnonis versu adverbium est, quod hic quidem nullo pacto

πέρα

dici potuit. V. ad Soph. Oed. Col. v. 885. Ceterum inanes interpretum de sequentibus verbis dubitationes iam olim sustuli remota quae post

πόλιν

posita erat virgula. Miror, inquit, te transmarinam de peregrina urbe sic loqui ut si praesens fuisses.

1159

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

1056-1176. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-wecklein1888-com-ger1-593

Kommos, welcher die Vorgänge im Innern des Hauses gewissermafsen auf die Bühne verlegt, bestehend aus drei Teilen. Im ersten Teile (1056-1100), welcher die Vorbereitung der blutigen That beschreibt, spricht der Chor (d. i. Chorführer) nur in Trimetern, während die Partieen der Kasandra melisch sind. Kasandra steigt jetzt vom Wagen. Über d ᾶ zu Eum. 844. -

1129-1176. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-wecklein1888-com-ger1-622

dritter Teil: Schicksal und Anteil der Kasandra. Die Chorpartieen scheinen Halbchöre vorzutragen, jedes Strophenpaar ein Halbchor.

1158. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-wecklein1888-com-ger1-636

ἠνυτόμαν, ηυξόμην Schol.

1159. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-wecklein1888-com-ger1-637

Vgl. Pind. Pyth. ΧΙ 19 ὁπότε Δαρδανίδα κόραν Πριάμου Κασάνδραν πολιῷ χαλκῷ σὺν ᾿Αγαμεμνονία ψυχᾶ πόρευσ᾽ Αχέροντος ἀκτὰν παρ εὔσκιον νηλὴς γυνά. ψηλης

Aeschylus Agamemnon 1468

Ioannes Sanravius (Translator)

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Ζυγὸς Α
ἀντ. α'.

δαῖμον, ὃς ἐμπίτνεις δώμασι καὶ διφυί-

οισι Τανταλίδαισιν,

Ζυγὸς Α

κράτος τ' ἰσόψυχον ἐκ γυναικῶν

καρδιόδηκτον ἐμοὶ κρατύνεις.

ἐπὶ δὲ σώματος δίκαν
1440

κόρακος ἐχθροῦ σταθεῖσ᾽ ἐκνόμως

ὕμνον ὑμνεῖν ἐπεύχεται.

δαῖμον, ὃς ἐμπίτνεις δώμασι καὶ διφυί-

οισι Τανταλίδαισιν,
1470

ΚΛ.

Apparatus Criticus

CHOROS.

Alas, that some

Fate would come

Upon us in quickness —

Neither much sickness

Neither bed-keeping —
1450

And bear unended sleeping,

Now that subdued

Is our keeper, the kindest of mood!

Having borne, for a woman’s sake, much strife —

By a woman he withered from life!

Ah me!
1455

Law-breaking Helena who, one,

Hast many, so many souls undone

’Neath Troia! and now the consummated

Much-memorable curse

Hast thou made flower-forth, red

With the blood no rains disperse,
1460

That which was then in the House —

Strife all-subduing, the woe of a spouse.

KLUTAIMNESTRA.

Nowise, of death the fate —

Burdened by these things — supplicate!

Nor on Helena turn thy wrath

As the man-destroyer, as she who hath,
1465

Being but one,

Many and many a soul undone

Of the men, the Danaoi —

And wrought immense annoy!

CHOROS.

Daimon, who fallest

Upon this household and the double-raced

Tantalidai, a rule, minded like theirs displaced,

Thou rulest me with, now,
1470

Whose heart thou gallest!

And on the body, like a hateful crow,

Stationed, all out of tune, his chant to chant

Doth Something vaunt!

KLUTAIMNESTRA.

Now, of a truth, hast thou set upright
1475

Thy mouth’s opinion, —

Naming the Sprite,

The triply gross,

O’er the race that has dominion:

For through him it is that Eros

The carnage-licker

In the belly is bred: ere ended quite

Is the elder throe — new ichor!
1480

CHOROS.

Certainly, great of might

And heavy of wrath, the Sprite

Thou tellest of, in the palace

(Woe, woe!)

— An evil tale of a fate
1485

By Até’s malice

Rendered insatiate!

King, king, how shall I beweep thee?

From friendly soul whatever say?

Thou liest where webs of the spider o’ersweep thee
1515

In impious death, life breathing away.

O me — me!

This couch, not free!

By a slavish death subdued thou art,

From the hand, by the two-edged dart.
1520

CLYTEMNESTRA

LE CHŒUR

Génie, qui t'abats sur la maison et les têtes des deux petits-fils de Tantale, tu te sers de femmes
aux âmes pareilles ¹ pour triompher en déchirant nos cœurs... Voyez-le moi, qui perché sur le cadavre, tel un corbeau de

LE CHŒUR

malheur, se flatte de chanter suivant l'usage son chant (de victoire) ² !

LE CORYPHÉE

Ah ! Hélène, folle Hélène, qui, seule, as détruit sous Troie des centaines, des milliers de vies !...

LE CHŒUR
(Un peu retenu.)

Tu as donné à ton œuvre un suprême, inoubliable couronnement, en répandant un sang impossible à laver. Oui, c'était bien une Querelle qui en ce temps habitait la maison, une Querelle appliquée à la perte d'un époux.

CLYTEMNESTRE

CLYTEMNESTRA.

Stürzend und ächzend haucht er so sein Leben aus.

Und von dem Blutstrom, der dem Munde jäh entquillt,

1390 spritzt mir ein schwarzer Tropfen bis an meine Stirn.

Willkommner ist des Himmels feuchter Segen nicht

1475

Fiend of the race! that swoopest fell

Upon the double stock of Tantalus,

Lording it o'er me by a woman's will,
1715

Stern, manful, and imperious—

A bitter sway to me!

Thy very form I see,

Like some grim raven, perched upon the slain,

Exulting o'er the crime aloud in tuneless strain!
1720

Clytemnestra.

Klytämnestra.

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Ζυγὸς Α ἀντ. α'. δαῖμον, ὃς ἐμπίτνεις δώμασι καὶ διφυί- οισι Τανταλίδαισιν,

Ζυγὸς Α κράτος τ' ἰσόψυχον ἐκ γυναικῶν καρδιόδηκτον ἐμοὶ κρατύνεις. ἐπὶ δὲ σώματος δίκαν 1440 κόρακος ἐχθροῦ σταθεῖσ᾽ ἐκνόμως ὕμνον ὑμνεῖν ἐπεύχεται.

δαῖμον, ὃς ἐμπίτνεις δώμασι καὶ διφυί- οισι Τανταλίδαισιν, 1470

ΚΛ.

Apparatus Criticus

CHOROS. Alas, that some Fate would come Upon us in quickness — Neither much sickness Neither bed-keeping — 1450 And bear unended sleeping, Now that subdued Is our keeper, the kindest of mood! Having borne, for a woman’s sake, much strife — By a woman he withered from life!

Ah me! 1455 Law-breaking Helena who, one, Hast many, so many souls undone ’Neath Troia! and now the consummated Much-memorable curse Hast thou made flower-forth, red With the blood no rains disperse, 1460 That which was then in the House — Strife all-subduing, the woe of a spouse.

KLUTAIMNESTRA. Nowise, of death the fate — Burdened by these things — supplicate! Nor on Helena turn thy wrath As the man-destroyer, as she who hath, 1465 Being but one, Many and many a soul undone Of the men, the Danaoi — And wrought immense annoy!

CHOROS. Daimon, who fallest Upon this household and the double-raced Tantalidai, a rule, minded like theirs displaced, Thou rulest me with, now, 1470 Whose heart thou gallest! And on the body, like a hateful crow, Stationed, all out of tune, his chant to chant Doth Something vaunt!

KLUTAIMNESTRA. Now, of a truth, hast thou set upright 1475 Thy mouth’s opinion, — Naming the Sprite, The triply gross, O’er the race that has dominion: For through him it is that Eros The carnage-licker In the belly is bred: ere ended quite Is the elder throe — new ichor! 1480

CHOROS. Certainly, great of might And heavy of wrath, the Sprite Thou tellest of, in the palace (Woe, woe!) — An evil tale of a fate 1485 By Até’s malice Rendered insatiate!

Oh, oh, — King, king, how shall I beweep thee? 1490 From friendly soul whatever say? Thou liest where webs of the spider o’ersweep thee In impious death, life breathing away. O me — me! This couch, not free. By a slavish death subdued thou art, 1495 From the hand, by the two-edged dart.

King, king, how shall I beweep thee? From friendly soul whatever say? Thou liest where webs of the spider o’ersweep thee 1515 In impious death, life breathing away. O me — me! This couch, not free! By a slavish death subdued thou art, From the hand, by the two-edged dart. 1520

CLYTEMNESTRA

LE CHŒUR Génie, qui t'abats sur la maison et les têtes des deux petits-fils de Tantale, tu te sers de femmes aux âmes pareilles 1 pour triompher en déchirant nos cœurs... Voyez-le moi, qui perché sur le cadavre, tel un corbeau de

LE CHŒUR malheur, se flatte de chanter suivant l'usage son chant (de victoire) 2 !

LE CORYPHÉE Ah ! Hélène, folle Hélène, qui, seule, as détruit sous Troie des centaines, des milliers de vies !...

LE CHŒUR (Un peu retenu.) Tu as donné à ton œuvre un suprême, inoubliable couronnement, en répandant un sang impossible à laver. Oui, c'était bien une Querelle qui en ce temps habitait la maison, une Querelle appliquée à la perte d'un époux.

CLYTEMNESTRE

CLYTEMNESTRA.

Stürzend und ächzend haucht er so sein Leben aus. Und von dem Blutstrom, der dem Munde jäh entquillt, 1390 spritzt mir ein schwarzer Tropfen bis an meine Stirn. Willkommner ist des Himmels feuchter Segen nicht 1475

Fiend of the race! that swoopest fell Upon the double stock of Tantalus, Lording it o'er me by a woman's will, 1715 Stern, manful, and imperious— A bitter sway to me! Thy very form I see, Like some grim raven, perched upon the slain, Exulting o'er the crime aloud in tuneless strain! 1720

Clytemnestra.

Feindlicher Dämon, der wider des Tantalos Haus und Zwillingsgeschlecht stürmt, 1420 Du zeigst, in gleich wilden Weibern rasend, Deine Gewalt, und empörst das Herz mir! Auf die Leiche tritt sie kühn, Die Mörd'rin, stimmt, Raben gleich, zornentbrannt, Siegsgesang grausenvoll frohlockend an! 1425

Klytämnestra.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

Ζυγὸς Α
ἀντ. α'.

δαῖμον, ὃς ἐμπίτνεις δώμασι καὶ διφυί-

οισι Τανταλίδαισιν,

Ζυγὸς Α

κράτος τ' ἰσόψυχον ἐκ γυναικῶν

καρδιόδηκτον ἐμοὶ κρατύνεις.

ἐπὶ δὲ σώματος δίκαν
1440

κόρακος ἐχθροῦ σταθεῖσ᾽ ἐκνόμως

ὕμνον ὑμνεῖν ἐπεύχεται.

δαῖμον, ὃς ἐμπίτνεις δώμασι καὶ διφυί-

οισι Τανταλίδαισιν,
1470

CHOROS.

Alas, that some

Fate would come

Upon us in quickness —

Neither much sickness

Neither bed-keeping —
1450

And bear unended sleeping,

Now that subdued

Is our keeper, the kindest of mood!

Having borne, for a woman’s sake, much strife —

By a woman he withered from life!

Ah me!
1455

Law-breaking Helena who, one,

Hast many, so many souls undone

’Neath Troia! and now the consummated

Much-memorable curse

Hast thou made flower-forth, red

With the blood no rains disperse,
1460

That which was then in the House —

Strife all-subduing, the woe of a spouse.

KLUTAIMNESTRA.

Nowise, of death the fate —

Burdened by these things — supplicate!

Nor on Helena turn thy wrath

As the man-destroyer, as she who hath,
1465

Being but one,

Many and many a soul undone

Of the men, the Danaoi —

And wrought immense annoy!

CHOROS.

Daimon, who fallest

Upon this household and the double-raced

Tantalidai, a rule, minded like theirs displaced,

Thou rulest me with, now,
1470

Whose heart thou gallest!

And on the body, like a hateful crow,

Stationed, all out of tune, his chant to chant

Doth Something vaunt!

KLUTAIMNESTRA.

Now, of a truth, hast thou set upright
1475

Thy mouth’s opinion, —

Naming the Sprite,

The triply gross,

O’er the race that has dominion:

For through him it is that Eros

The carnage-licker

In the belly is bred: ere ended quite

Is the elder throe — new ichor!
1480

CHOROS.

Certainly, great of might

And heavy of wrath, the Sprite

Thou tellest of, in the palace

(Woe, woe!)

— An evil tale of a fate
1485

By Até’s malice

Rendered insatiate!

King, king, how shall I beweep thee?

From friendly soul whatever say?

Thou liest where webs of the spider o’ersweep thee
1515

In impious death, life breathing away.

O me — me!

This couch, not free!

By a slavish death subdued thou art,

From the hand, by the two-edged dart.
1520

LE CHŒUR

Génie, qui t'abats sur la maison et les têtes des deux petits-fils de Tantale, tu te sers de femmes
aux âmes pareilles ¹ pour triompher en déchirant nos cœurs... Voyez-le moi, qui perché sur le cadavre, tel un corbeau de

LE CHŒUR

malheur, se flatte de chanter suivant l'usage son chant (de victoire) ² !

LE CORYPHÉE

Ah ! Hélène, folle Hélène, qui, seule, as détruit sous Troie des centaines, des milliers de vies !...

LE CHŒUR
(Un peu retenu.)

Tu as donné à ton œuvre un suprême, inoubliable couronnement, en répandant un sang impossible à laver. Oui, c'était bien une Querelle qui en ce temps habitait la maison, une Querelle appliquée à la perte d'un époux.

Stürzend und ächzend haucht er so sein Leben aus.

Und von dem Blutstrom, der dem Munde jäh entquillt,

1390 spritzt mir ein schwarzer Tropfen bis an meine Stirn.

Willkommner ist des Himmels feuchter Segen nicht

1475

Fiend of the race! that swoopest fell

Upon the double stock of Tantalus,

Lording it o'er me by a woman's will,
1715

Stern, manful, and imperious—

A bitter sway to me!

Thy very form I see,

Like some grim raven, perched upon the slain,

Exulting o'er the crime aloud in tuneless strain!
1720