Aeschylus Agamemnon 141

Anna Swanwick (Translator)

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CASSANDRA
In sooth the oracle no more shall peer
Forth from a veil, like newly wedded bride ;
But flashing on the soul, like wind that blows
Sunward, it dasheth 'gainst the orient beams
A mighty surge that doth this grief o'ertop.
No more through dark enigmas will I teach!
And bear me witness, how in eager chase
The track I scent of crimes wrought long ago.
For from this roof departeth never more
A choir, concordant but unmusical,
To evil tuned. Ay, drunk with human blood,
And by the draught made bold, within these halls
Abides a rout, not easy to eject,
Of sister Furies ; lodged within these walls
They chant in chorus the primeval curse.
Hostile to him his brother's couch who trod,
In turn they tell their loathing. Have I missed,
Or, like true archer, have I hit the mark?
Or strolling cheat, or lying prophet am I ?
Before I die, attest ye now on oath
That of these halls the hoary crimes I know.

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.) — 104-257 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 140 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 140 focus
τόσσον περ εὔφρων ἁ καλά,
δρόσοις ἀέπτοις μαλερῶν λεόντων
πάντων τ' ἀγρονόμων φιλομάστοις
θηρῶν ὀβρικάλοις ἔπι τερπνά,
135
τούτων αἰτεῖ ξύμβολα κρᾶναι,
δεξιὰ μέν, κατάμομφα δὲ φάσματα.
ἰήϊον δὲ καλέω Παιᾶνα,
μή τινας ἀντιπνόους Δαναοῖς χρονίας ἐχενῇδας ἀπλοίας
τεύξῃ, σπευδομένα θυσίαν ἑτέραν ἄνομόν τιν', ἄδαιτον,
140
νεικέων τέκτονα σύμφυτον, οὐ δεισήνορα 1
μίμνει γὰρ φοβερὰ παλίνορτος
οἰκονόμος δολία μνάμων μῆνις τεκνόποινος.
τοιάδε Κάλχας
ξὺν μεγάλοις ἀγαθοῖς ἀπέκλαγξεν
145
μόρσιμ᾽ ἀπ' ὀρνίθων ὁδίων οἴκοις βασιλείοις·
τοῖς δ᾽ ὁμόφωνον
αἴλινον αἴλινον εἰπέ, τὸ δ' εὖ νικάτω.
στρ. β'.
ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 140 focus
« Τόσον περ εὔφρων <ἁ> Καλά,
Epod.
δρόσοις ἀέπτοις μαλερῶν λεόντων
140
πάντων τ' ἀγρονόμων φιλομάστοις
θηρῶν ὀβρικάλοισιν τερπνά,
τούτων (μ') αἰτεῖ ξύμβολα κρῖναι,
δεξιὰ μέν, κατάμομφα δὲ φάσματα.
Ἰήϊον δὲ καλέω Παιᾶνα,
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μή τινας ἀντιπνόους Δαναοῖς χρονί-
ας ἐχενῇδας ἀπλοίας τεύξῃ,
σπευδομένα θυσίαν ἑτέραν ἄνομόν τιν' ἄδαιτον
νεικέων τέκτονα σύμφυτον, οὐ δεισήνορα· μίμνει
γὰρ φοβερὰ παλίνορτος
150
οἰκονόμος δολία μνάμων Μῆνις τεκνόποινος. »
Τοιάδε Κάλχας ξὺν μεγάλοις ἀγαθοῖς ἀπέκλαγξεν
μόρσιμ' ἀπ' ὀρνίθων ὁδίων οἴκοις βασιλείοις·
τοῖς δ' ὁμόφωνον
αἴλινον αἴλινον εἰπέ, τὸ δ' εὖ νικάτω.
155
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 140 focus
τόσσων περ εὔφρων καλὰ
δρόσοισιν ἀέλπτοις μαλερῶν λεόντων,
πάντων τ᾿ ἀγρονόμων φιλομάστοις
θηρῶν ὀβρικάλοισι, τερπνὰ
τούτων αἰτεῖ ξύμβολα κρᾶναι,
150
δεξιὰ μέν, κατάμομφα δὲ
φάσματα στρουθῶν.
ἰήιον δὲ καλέω Παιᾶνα,
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 140 focus
“τόσον περ εὔφρων Ἑκάτα
140
δρόσοις ἀέπτοις μαλερῶν λεόντων
πάντων τ᾽ ἀγρονόμων φιλομάστοις
θηρῶν ὀβρικάλοισι τερπνά·
τούτων αἰτεῖ ξύμβολα κρᾶναι.
δεξιὰ μέν, κατάμομφα δὲ φάσματα †στρουθῶν†.
145
ἰήϊον δὴ καλέω Παιῶνα,
μή τινας ἀντιπνόους Δαναοῖς
χρονίας ἐχενῆιδας ἀπλοίας
τεύξηι, σπευδομένα θυσίαν
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ἑτέραν, ἄνομόν τιν᾽, ἄδαιτον,
νεικέων τέκτονα σύμφυτον, οὐ δει-
σήνορα' μίμνει γὰρ φοβερὰ παλίνορτος
οἰκονόμος δολία, μνάμων Μῆνις τεκνόποινος.᾽
155
τοιάδε Κάλχας
ξὺν μεγάλοις ἀγαθοῖς ἀπέκλαγξεν
μόρσιμ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ὀρνίθων ὁδίων οἴκοις βασιλείοις·
τοῖς δ᾽ ὁμόφωνον
αἴλινον αἴλινον εἰπέ, τὸ δ᾽ εὖ νικάτω.
Aeschyli Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Agamemnon. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 140 focus
τόσονπερ εὔφρων ἁ καλά,
140
δρόσοις ἀέπτοις μαλερῶν λεόντων
πάντων τ᾽ ἀγρονόμων φιλομάστοις
θηρῶν ὀβρικάλοισι τερπνά,
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.) — 104-257 focus
The Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (The Agamemnon. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 140 focus
So kindly is the fair 2
goddess to the cubs of fierce lions unable to follow 3
[their dams], and to the suckling whelps of all the wild beasts that roam the field, and she beseeches [her father 4
] to bring to a favourable issue these omens; propitious indeed, yet open to complaint are the apparitions 5
. And I invoke Ieïan Paean, that she may not work any long ship-detaining stress of weather, with winds adverse to the Greeks, urging on another sacrifice, an impious one, banquetless, the framer of strife among kindred, having no awe for a husband: for there abides a fearful, recurring 6
, fraudful keeper of the house, a mindful child-avenging wrath."—Such destinies, drawn from birds seen upon the march, did Calchas along with great blessings chaunt forth to the royal households. And in harmony with these chaunt Aelinon, Aelinon! but may the good prevail.
AGAMEMNON (OCR draft) Experimental (AGAMEMNON. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 140 focus
son ombre le terrible mors qui doit brider Troie,
Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Agamemnon. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 140 focus
“The virgin Goddeſs of the chace,
“Fair from the ſpangled dew-drops that adorn
“The breathing flowrets of the morn,
“Protectreſs of the infant race
140
“Of all that haunt the tangled grove,
“Or o’er the rugged mountains rove,
“She, beauteous queen, commands me to declare
“What by the royal birds is ſhown,
“Signal of conqueſt, omen fair,
145
“But darken’d by her aweful frown.
Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 140 focus
Mesodo
« Sebbene tu sei, bella Diva,
150
benevola ai teneri parvoli
d'ardenti leoni, ed ai cuccioli
poppanti di fiere selvagge,
ti prego che questo presagio
commisto d'augurî felici e di biasimo,
155
tu arrechi a benevolo termine.
E supplico Apollo Peàne, che ai Dànai
la Dea non appresti
indugi di venti contrarî
che a lungo le navi trattengano,
160
Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 140 focus
Tantum enim imprudens
Curſibus in ſperatis, defatigatis
Omnibus rusticis charis
Venans catulis iucunditatem.
Horum petit figna perficere,
155
Dextras quidem accufaui uiſiones aquilarum.
Propriu uoco peana, ne aliquas cõtrariò refpirantes
Danais moras naues retinētes innauigabiles cõcilies,
Faciens facrificiu alienu, iniquũ, cõuiuio uacuũ,
Contentioni artificē cognatu non timentē uirũ. manet
160
Enim
Terribilis rurfus concitata rectrix fraudulenta
Memoriarum ira pariens dolores.
Talia Calchas cum
Magnis bonis clanxit,
165
Fata ab auibus fauftis. domibus regijs.
His uerò eiufdē mentis exiſlens, lamentationë lamen
Bene uincat.
Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 140 focus
Deutend sprach er, „der Tag wird kommen, wo unsere
140
Heerfahrt
Priamos' Veste bewältigt und alle die Habe des Volkes,
alle die Fülle der Herden, die hinter den Wällen sich
bergen,
130 fällt dem Geschick der Vernichtung anheim.
145
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.) — 140 focus
For well she loves—the goddess kind and mild—
The tender new-born cubs of lions bold,
Too weak to range—and well the sucking child
175
Of every beast that roams by wood and wold.
So to the Lord of Heaven she prayeth still
"Nay, if it must be, be the omen true!
Yet do the visioned eagles presage ill;
The end be well, but crossed with evil too!"
180
Healer Apollo! be her wrath controlled,
Nor weave the long delay of thwarting gales,
To war against the Danaans and withhold
From the free ocean-waves their eager sails!
She craves, alas! to see a second life
185
Shed forth, a curst unhallowed sacrifice—
'Twixt wedded souls, artificer of strife,
And hate that knows not fear, and fell device.
At home there tarries like a lurking snake,
Biding its time, a wrath unreconciled,
190
A wily watcher, passionate to slake
In blood, resentment for a murdered child.
Such was the mighty warning, pealed of yore—
Amid good tidings, such the word of fear,
What time the fateful eagles hovered o'er
195
The kings, and Calchas read the omen clear.
(In strains like his, once more,
Sing woe and well-a-day! but be the issue fair!)
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.) — 140 focus
„Die Holde, die so liebevoll 1
Dem grimmen Leu'n hütet die zarten Sprossen, 2
Die sich der milchverlangenden Jungen
135
Freut der schweifenden Thiere des Waldes, 3
Wünscht doch, daß sich das Zeichen erfülle,
Das Heilvolles verhieß, und zugleich uns schreckte mit Unheil.
Zu Phöbos ruf' ich, dem Gott des Heiles,
Daß sie dem Danaervolk durch Hemmungen feindlicher Winde
140
Nicht aufhalte die Fahrt,
Heischend ein anderes Mahl, ein verrucht unseliges Opfer
Welches gebäre den Streit, scheulos zu vertilgen den Gatten. 4
Fürchterlich harrt ja des einst heimkehrenden,
Tückisch im Haus ingeheim um das Kind fortglühend, die Rachsucht."
145
Solches verkündete Kalchas zugleich mit unendlichem Glücke,
Was von den Vögeln des Weges dem Königeshause verhängt ward.
Diesem entsprechend
Hebe den klagenden Ruf! Doch siegreich walte das Gute!

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

40-269. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-wecklein1888-com-ger1-26

Parodos, bestehend (wie die Parodos der Perser und der Hiketides) aus drei Teilen, dem Recitativ des Chorführers in Anapästen 40-103, dem Gesang des Chorführers mit ἐπιφθέγματα (124) des Gesamtchores 104-169, dem Chorgesang 170-269. Der erste Teil beginnt mit der Schuld und Sühne der Trojaner, legt die äufseren Verhältnisse dar und giebt mit dem Verlangen zu erfahren, was die überall auf den Altären der Stadt angezündeten Opferfeuer zu bedeuten haben (83-87) die Motivierung für das Auftreten des Chors. Der zweite Teil berichtet eine Weissagung des Kalchas, welche ängstliche Besorgnis in betreff des Heerführers weckt. Der dritte begründet diese Besorgnis mit sittlichen Grundsätzen und erklärt das Leiden, das den siegreichen Agamemnon erwartet, als Sühne für eine Schuld, für die unerhörte Opferung der eigenen Tochter.

51. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-wecklein1888-com-ger1-35

Hom. II 792 στρεφεδίνηθεν δέ οἱ ὄσσε. Ebenso will L. Dindorf hier στρεφεδινοῦνται schreiben.