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Anna Swanwick (Translator)

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Agamemnon. Aeschylus. Anna Swanwick (Translator). London. 1886.

Sponsored by University of Leipzig.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition Experimental

Agamemnon (OCR draft) (English) (Agamemnon. Anna Swanwick, 1886.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (8)
Ἀγαμέμνων First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 104-257 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 160 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 160 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 160 focus
Ζεύς, ὅςτις ποτ᾽ ἐστίν, εἰ τόδ᾽ αὐ-
τῷ φίλον κεκλημένῳ,
150
τοῦτό νιν προςεννέπω.
οὐκ ἔχω προςεικάσαι,
ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 160 focus
Ζεὺς ὅστις ποτ' ἐστίν, εἰ τόδ' αὐ-
Str. 1.
τῷ φίλον κεκλημένῳ,
τοῦτό νιν προσεννέπω·
οὐκ ἔχω προσεικάσαι
πάντ' ἐπισταθμώμενος
160
πλὴν Διός, εἰ τὸ μάταν ἀπὸ φροντίδος ἄχθος
χρὴ βαλεῖν ἐτητύμως·
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 160 focus
Ζεὺς ὅστις ποτ᾽ ἐστίν, εἰ τόδ᾽ αὐ-
170
τῷ φίλον κεκλημένῳ,
τοῦτό νιν προσεννέπω.
οὐκ ἔχω προσεικάσαι
πάντ᾽ ἐπισταθμώμενος
πλὴν Διός, εἰ τὸ μάταν
175
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 160 focus
Ζεύς, ὅστίς ποτ᾽ ἐστίν, εἰ τόδ᾽ αὐ-
τῶι φίλον κεκλημένωι,
τοῦτό νιν προσεννέπω·
οὐκ ἔχω προσεικάσαι
πάντ᾽ ἐπισταθμώμενος
πλὴν Διός, εἰ τὸ μάταν ἀπὸ φροντίδος ἄχθος
165
χρὴ βαλεῖν ἐτητύμως.
Aeschyli Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Agamemnon. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 160 focus
Ζεὺς ὅστις ποτ᾽ ἐστίν, εἰ τόδ᾽ αὐ-
160
τῶι φίλον κεκλημένωι,
τοῦτό νιν προσεννέπω.
οὐκ ἔχω προσεικάσαι
πάντ᾽ ἐπισταθμώμενος
πλὴν Διός, εἰ τὸ μάταν ἀπὸ φροντίδος ἄχθος
165
χρὴ βαλεῖν ἐτητύμως. –
Translations (10)
Agamemnon Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 160 focus
Agamemnon Perseus (Aeschylus. The poetical works of Robert Browning, Volume 13. Browning, Robert, translator; Berdoe, Edward, editor. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1889.) — 160 focus
The Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (The Agamemnon. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 160 focus
Jove—whosoever 7
he be, if this name be well-pleasing to him when invoked, by this do I address him; balancing all reasons. I am not able to make any further guess, except Jove, if in truth it behoves me to cast off the groundless burthen of anxiety.
AGAMEMNON (OCR draft) Experimental (AGAMEMNON. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 160 focus
biens sans prix, qu'en face des présages du départ Calchas proclama pour la maison de nos princes. — Et, d'accord avec ces présages, dis le chant lugubre, lugubre ; mais que triomphe le sort heureux !
Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Agamemnon. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 160 focus
O thou n
, that ſit’ſt ſupreme above,
Whatever name thou deign’ſt to hear,
Unblam’d may I pronounce thee Jove!
170
Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 160 focus
Strofe II
Giove! Sia qual Nume sia:
a tal nome, ov'ei ne giubili,
175
volerà la prece mia.
Invocar, per quanto ponderi,
io non so che Giove solo,
se veramente conviene gittare dall'anima
questo vano e greve duolo.
180
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Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 160 focus
Iupiter, quis tadein est fic hoc ipsi inuocato charum
Hoc ipfum alloquor.non poffum aßimilare,
170
Omnia ponderans,præter Iouem. fi hoc fruftra,
A cura dolorem oportet eijcere uerè,
Neq; qui antea erat magnus
Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 160 focus
aller der Tiere des Waldes,
160
selbst die Kätzchen der grimmen Leuen
freundlich behütet,
heißt so weit mich den Sinn des Zeichens enthüllen:
145 Glück verkündet, doch kann auch Unheil bergen der
Angang.
165
Bewahre Phoibos uns davor.
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.) — 160 focus
Zeus—if to The Unknown
That name of many names seem good—
200
Zeus, upon Thee I call.
Thro' the mind's every road
I passed, but vain are all,
Save that which names thee Zeus, the Highest One,
Were it but mine to cast away the load,
205
The weary load, that weighs my spirit down.
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.) — 160 focus
Zeus, wer Zeus auch immer sei, mit dem
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Namen ruf' ich jetzt ihn an,
Hört er so sich gern genannt.
Wäg' ich Alles sinnend ab,
Keinen weiß ich auszuspäh'n,
Keinen, als Zeus, auf den ich die nichtige Bürde der Sorge 1
155
Werfen mag mit Zuversicht.
Erste Gegenstrophe.

Notes on the current edition

Agamemnon

1. * The original being here in oracular style is purposely obscure, and cannot be fitly rendered otherwise in the translation.
2. * By a harsh metaphor the Greek army is called a curb forged against Troy.

Commentary

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

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αἰθέρι
ἐνθέρει
pro
αἰθέρι
Bess.
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ἀστέρας, ὅταν φθίνωσιν, ἀντολάς τε τῶν
ὅταν
Flor. Turn.
ὅτ' ἂν
M. G. Bess. Marc. Ven. Ald. Rob. ut solent. Quoniam Achilles Tatius non habet hunc versum, Valckenarius ad Phoen, v. 506. eum ut ineptum damnavit: cui assensi sunt quum alii, tum Porsonus in Appendice ad Toup. p. 479. et in editione Aeschyli. Tuiti eum sumus, Heathius, ego in Opusc. II. p. 78. Petersenus in Misc. Hafn. I. p. 45. Conzius, Vossius in Curis Aeschyleis p. 14. Orellius in Symbolis ad philol. ex Helvetia I. p. 193. Nam nec Tatio magna fides habenda, cuius liber non est emendatissimus, et in ipso versu potius cur servetur, quam cur abiiciatur, videtur inesse. Omisso enim, ut recte dicat excubitor se signa quae anni tempestates afferant contemplari, tamen hoc loco rectius addet observare se quando occidant atque oriantur. Numerare enim dies et computare tempora solent, quibus molesta est diuturna exspectatio. Quaerendum vero est, qua ratione iungenda sint verba. Si subiectum est
δυνάστας
, et interpungitur demum post
αἰθέρι
, friget sane addita explicatio
ἀστέρας
: sin, ut quibusdam placuit, iunguntur haec,
ἐμπρέποντας αἰθέρι ἀστέρας
, non est id multo melius, quia descriptio prope idem quod nomen ipsum significat, nec stellae sunt quae non sint in aethere. Quare
ἀστέρας
pro subiecto habendum videtur,
καὶ τοὺς φέροντας χεῖμα καὶ θέρος βροτοῖς ἀστέρας
, quibus adiiciatur amplificandi caussa non
λαμπροὺς δυνάστας, ἐμπρέποντας αἰθέρι
, sed
ἐμπρέποντας αἰθέρι λαμπροὺς δυνάστας
, sidera, quae lucidi in aethere reges micant. In
τῶν
non esse quod offendat monuit Boissonadus, afferens Suppl. 343.
τῶν γὰρ οὐ δεῖται πόλις
, 422.
ἢ τοῖσιν ἢ τοῖς πόλεμον αἴρεσθαι μέγαν
, Sept. ad Th. 178.
χὤτι τῶν μεταίχμιον
, 366.
ὑπ' ἀσπίδος δὲ τῷ χαλκήλατοι κλάζουσι κώδωνες φόβον
. Non est autem
ἀντολάς τε τῶν
interpretandum et ortus horum, sed et aliorum ortus.
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κρατεῖ γυναικὸς ἀνδρόβουλον ἐλπίζον κέαρ
κρατεῖ
codices et Rob.
κρατεῖν
Ald. Turn. Proximo versu
ἐλπίζον
M. Marc. Flor. Ven. Farn. Rob. In M.
ο
iterum super
ἐλπίζον
scriptum est.
ἐλπίζων
G. et
ο
supra adscripto Bess.
ἐλπίζω
Ald. Turn. Sic, inquit, imperat sperans virile mulieris cor. Placebat Reizio quoque haec scriptura,
κρατεῖν ἐλπίζων
, receptaque est ab novissimis editoribus, vellemque non essent alteram defendere conati Elmsleius in censura editionis Blomfieldianae et, qui eleganter in Anglicum sermonem hanc fabulam transtulit, I. Symmons. Elmsleium commoverant haec duo, quod nude dictum esset
ἐλπίζον
, quasi significaretur
εὔελπι
: adiiciendum enim fuisse aliquem accusativum: deinde quod in periphrasi, qualis esset
γυναικὸς κέαρ
, non locum haberet duplex epitheton, sicut non dicturum fuisse Homerum
ἱερὴ Ἂς Τηλεμάχοιο δεδεγμένη
. Fallitur in utroque. Nam
ἐλπίζον
, non participii, sed adiectivi potestate positum, non opus habet accusativo, quia quid speret Clytaemnestra ex re ipsa intelligitur. Ac fortasse consulto ita loqui putandus est excubitor, quo innuat aliquid illam amplius quam excidium Ilii sperare. Intelligit enim excubias eam propterea instituisse, ut ne ex improviso adveniens Agamemno deprehenderet indicia adulterii. Periphrasis autem non est qualis in illo
ἱερὴ ἲς Τηλεμάχοιο
, quae pro ipso est nomine proprio, sed pertinet ad illud genus, in quo singula verba vim suam habent, eoque aliis in construendo legibus tenentur: accedit quod cor sedes est spei, ut Clytaemnestra si sperat, proprie cor eius sperare dicatur. Praeterea, si
ἐλπίζω
, ut Elmsleio placet, pro
νομίζω
dictum esset, non apparet quid sibi velit excubitor illa sententia. Nam nisi Elmsleius
κρατεῖν
sic dictum voluit, quasi esset
κρατήσειν
, quomodo excubitor, quod certo scit, putare se scire dicat? Sin pro
κρατήσει
positum existimavit hoc sensu, sic victricem fore mulierem puto, multo id minus ferri potest. Non enim homo iste, etiamsi praesagiret quod minime praesagit, tam aperte proloqui, quid metueret, auderet. Quare non dubitandum est quin verum sit
κρατεῖ ἐλπίζον
. Rarius est
κρατεῖν
sic dictum ut aliquid imperare magis quam tenere imperium significet. Sic tamen in Hecuba v. 282.
οὐ τοὺς κρατοῦντας χρὴ κρατεῖν ἃ μὴ χρεών
. Neque quod apud Aeschylum excubitor dicit, proprie significat sic iubet, sed sic imperat, i. e. tam durum et grave est reginae hoc imperium. Severitatem enim eius imperii ipse quam maxime experitur. Ἀνδρόβουλον recte explicat Phrynichus in Bekkeri Anecd. p. 19, 23.
ἀνδρόβουλος γυνή, ἡ ἀνδρὸς βουλεύματα βουλευομένη· ἀνδρὸς δέ, τοῦ κατ᾽ ἔπαινον λεγομένου
. Sic infra v. 336.
γύναι, κατ' ἄνδρα σώφρον εὐφρόνως λέγεις.
Sophocles apud Stobaeum LXXIII. 54.
κατ' ὀρφανὸν γὰρ οἶκον ἀνδρόφρων γυνή
.

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

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Prolog. Man erblickt den Wächter auf dem Dache des Atridenpalastes liegend. - Der Prolog besteht in den drei Stücken dieser Trilogie aus einem Monologe, welcher gut motiviert erscheint, auch in den Eumeniden (vgl. zu 1). Einer ausführlicheren Exposition bedarf es hier nicht. Das aufregende Moment wird. 18 f. und 36 ff. von ferne angedeutet. Aus denselben Stellen ergiebt sich, dafs der immer wieder durchbrechende Unmut des treuen Dieners (34 f.) einen tieferen Grund hat. So erweckt schon der Prolog die der Tragödie entsprechende Stimmung. Für die Illusion beginnt die Handlung vor Tagesanbruch. Troja fiel um Mitternacht (Eur. Hek. 914 μεσονύκτιος ὠλλύμαν, wozu der Schol. den Vers der kleinen Ilias: νὺξ μὲν ἔην μέσση, λαμπρὰ δ᾽ ἐπέτελλε σελήνη anführt).

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δυνάστας, weil sie aus der ὁμήγυρις der anderen Sterne hervorglänzen ( ἐμπρέποντας). Dicit Sirium, Arcturum, Orionem, Pleiades, Hyades, quarum ortus et occasus hiemem et aestatem hominibus disterminat (Klausen). Vgl. Athen. p. 489 Ε τὰς πλειάδας, πρὸς ἃς σπόρος τε καὶ ἄμητος καὶ τῶν καρπῶν ἀρχὴ γενέσεως καὶ συναίρεσις, καθά φησι καὶ Ἡσίοδος· Πληιάδων άτλαγενέων ἐπιτελλομενάων ἄρχεσθ᾽ ἀμήτου, ἀρότοιο δὲ δυσομενάων" καὶ Ἄρατος· „ αἳ μὲν ὅμως ὀλίγαι καὶ ἀφεγγέες, ἀλλ᾽ ὀνομασταὶ ἦρι καὶ ἑσπέριαι, Ζεὺς δ᾽ αἴτιος, εἶλίσσονται· ὅς σφισι καὶ θέρεος καὶ χείματος ἀρχομένοιο σημαίνειν ἐπένευσεν, ἐπερχομένου τ᾿ ἀρότοιο.

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Der überflüssige Vers, der die vorausgehende Metapher prosaisch erklärt, giebt sich als nachträglicher Zusatz zu erkennen. Das demonstrative τῶν ist ohne rechte Beziehung und am Schlusse des Satzes schleppend. Der Daktylus kommt im ersten Fuſse gewöhnlich nur bei Eigennamen vor. Auch fehlt der V. in des Achill. Tat. Εἰσαγωγὴ εἰς τὰ ᾿Αράτου Φαινόμενα p. 122, wo 4-6 angeführt werden.

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ἁλώσιμον βάξιν (Kunde von der Einnahme, vgl. Sept. 622 ἁλώσιμον παιᾶνα) tritt als nähere Bestimmung zu φάτιν.
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