Aeschylus Agamemnon 167

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.) — 167 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 167 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 167 focus
οὐδ᾽ ὅςτις πάροιθεν ἦν μέγας,
παμμάχῳ θράσει βρύων,
οὐδὲ λέξεται πρὶν ὤν·
ὃς δ᾽ ἔπειτ᾽ ἔφυ, τρια-
κτῆρος οἴχεται τυχών.
160
Ζῆνα δέ τις προφρόνως ἐπινίκια κλάζων
τεύξεται φρενῶν τὸ πᾶν·
στρ. γ'.
ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 167 focus
οὐδ' ὅστις πάροιθεν ἦν μέγας,
Ant. 1.
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 167 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 167 focus
οὔθ᾽ ὅστις πάροιθεν ἦν μέγας
παμμάχωι θράσει βρύων,
οὐδὲ λέξ εται πρὶν ὤν·
170
ὅς τ᾽ ἔπειτ᾽ ἔφυ. τριακ-
τῆρος οἴχεται τυχών·
Ζῆνα δέ τις προφρόνως ἐπινίκια κλάζων
τεύξεται φρενῶν τὸ πᾶν,
175
Aeschyli Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Agamemnon. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 167 focus
οὐδ᾽ ὅστις πάροιθεν ἦν μέγας
παμμάχωι θράσει βρύων,
οὐδὲ λέξεται πρὶν ὤν·
170
ὃς δ᾽ ἔπειτ᾽ ἔφυ, τρια-
κτῆρος οἴχεται τυχών.
Ζῆνα δέ τις προφρόνως ἐπινίκια κλάζων
τεύξεται φρενῶν τὸ πᾶν· =
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.)) — 167 focus
Agamemnon Perseus (Aeschylus. The poetical works of Robert Browning, Volume 13. Browning, Robert, translator; Berdoe, Edward, editor. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1889.) — 167 focus
The Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (The Agamemnon. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 167 focus
Nor can he who before was great, flourishing in unconquerable boldness say aught, as one that has passed away 1
; and he who existed next has passed away, having found his third thrower 2
. But any one that cheerfully celebrates Jove in songs of triumph shall completely attain to understanding;
AGAMEMNON (OCR draft) Experimental (AGAMEMNON. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 167 focus
celui dont je l'appelle. J'ai tout pesé : je ne reconnais
que Zeus propre à me décharger vraiment du poids de ma stérile angoisse.
Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Agamemnon. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 167 focus
Feeble and helpleſs to the light
The proudeſt of man’s race aroſe,
Tho’ now, exulting in his might,
Dauntleſs he ruſhes on his foes;
Great as he is, in duſt he lies;
180
He meets a greater, and he dies.
Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 167 focus
Antistrofe II
Chi primo ebbe e possa e gloria,
e fiori d'ardor belligero,
n'è sin persa la memoria:
chi secondo ebbe il dominio,
185
dal piú forte fu sconfitto:
chi preferisce per Giove cantar l'epinicio,
batterà cammin diritto.
Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 167 focus
Bellicosa audacia florens. nihil diceret prius,
Qui uerò deinde fuit,it aßecutus uictum,
175
Iouem uerò quis alacriter epinicia clamans
Mente obtinebit omnirio
Deducentem mortales ut faperent,
Molestie moleftiam propriè facientcm habere,
Stillat uerò intus ſono ad cor labor recordatu tristis,
180
Et ad inuitos uenit ſapere.
Deorum gratia uerò uiolenta.
Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 167 focus
Möge sie nicht den Achäern mit widrig wehenden
Winden
hindern die Fahrt und hemmen die Flotte.
150 Möge sie nicht ein anderes
170
widernatürliches Opfer
fordern, das unüberwindlichen,
Gattenliebe vernichtenden
Hader entfache.
Sonst bleibt nimmer vergessende,
175
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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.) — 167 focus
He that was Lord of old,
In full-blown pride of place and valour bold,
Hath fallen and is gone, even as an old tale told!
And he that next held sway,
210
By stronger grasp o'erthrown
Hath pass'd away! 1
And whoso now shall bid the triumph-chant arise
To Zeus, and Zeus alone,
He shall be found the truly wise.
215
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.) — 167 focus
Denn der ehedem gewaltig war,
Alles stürmte trozigfrech,
Seiner wird nicht mehr gedacht. 1
Der nach ihm erstand, auch er
160
Fand den Sieger und erlag.
Doch wer fromm im Gesange des Siegs den Kroniden verherrlicht,
Pflückt des Geistes schönsten Kranz.
Zweite Strophe.

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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ἄγκαθεν
ἔγκαθεν
G. Ald. Hesychius mendose
ἀγρίαθεν, ἀνέκαθεν. Αἰσχύλος Ἀγαμέμνονι
. Idem
ἄκκαθεν, ἀνέκαθεν
. Sed ibi codex
ἀγκάθεν, ἀνέκαθεν
. Disertius grammaticus in Bekkeri Anecd. p. 337, 25.
ἄγκαθεν, κατὰ ἀποκοπὴν ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀνέκαθεν. οὕτως Αἰσχύλος
. Sic etiam scholiastes. Mira apocope, qua vocalis necessarius abiicitur. Et licebat hic
ἀνέκαθεν
dicere, ut factum est in Choeph. v. 422. Fierique potuit, ut quemadmodum in Eum. v. 361. male scriptum erat
ἄγκαθεν
, ubi metrum
ἀνέκαθεν
ab Aeschylo profectum ostendit, ita hic quoque peccarent librarii. Diversum est
ἀγκάθεν
ex
ἀγκάς
derivatum, quo utitur Aeschylus in Eum. v. 83. quod est
ἐν ἀγκάλαις
, quae interpretatio in Farn. Agamemnonis versui adscripta est. Videtur ea vera esse. Nam etsi
ἀγκάς, ἀγκάλη, ἀγκαλίζω
de interiore parte brachii dici solent, ut
ἀγκάς, ἄγκαθεν
sit in ulnis, tamen, ut
ἀγκών
, quo vocabulo exterior pars significatur, de interiore dicitur non solum apud Longum I. 6. sed etiam apud Sophoclem Ant. 1237. et apud Euripidem Suppl. 817. Iph. Aul. 131. ita
ἄγκαθεν
significabit quod
ἐπ' ἀγκῶνος
dicitur. Aptissimus Aeschyli loco versus Homeri est Od. XIV. 494.
ἦ, καὶ ἐπ' ἀγκῶνος κεφαλὴν σχέθεν, εἶπε τε μῦθον
.
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νυκτέρων
νεκτέρων
G. Marc. Ald.
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θέρος βροτοῖς M. Bess. et edd. Ita etiam Achilles Tatius, qui in Isagoge in Arati Phaenomena p. 81. sive in Petavii Vranologio p. 122. versus 4. 5. 6. affert.
θόος βροτοῖς
G.
βροτοῖς θέρος
Ven. Flor. Farn.
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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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ἄγκαθεν, mit aufgestützten Armen, wie der wachende Hund die Vorderfüfse stellt. Der Wächter, der nach einem Feuerzeichen ausspäht, braucht nur nachts zu wachen. Die Erklärung des Schol. κατὰ συγκοπὴν ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀνέκαθεν, welcher zuliebe Schneidewin στέγης geschrieben hat, ist unrichtig. Allerdings steht ἄγκαθεν Eum. 375 in diesem Sinne nach der handschriftlichen Überlieferung; aber das Versmafs verlangt dort ἀνέκαθεν.

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κάτοιδα, ich habe sie mir genau gemerkt.

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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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