N. Wecklein Agamemnon 374.comm-374

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Wecklein’s commentary on Agamemnon (1888; German; OCR draft) (German) (Explanatory commentary, pp. 30–140; Iowa and Harvard OCR collated conservatively. Unresolved OCR and provisional reference mappings are explicitly marked.)

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Editions (8)
Ἀγαμέμνων First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 367-487 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 367-487 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 367 focus
Διὸς πλαγὰν ἔχουσιν εἰπεῖν,
πάρεστι τοῦτό γ᾽ ἐξιχνεῦσαι.
ἔπραξαν ὡς ἔκρανεν. οὐκ ἔφα τις
θεοὺς βροτῶν ἀξιοῦσθαι μέλειν
370
ὅσοις ἀθίκτων χάρις
πατοϊθ᾽· ὁ δ᾽ οὐκ εὐσεβής.
πέφανται δ᾽ ἐκγόνους
ἀτολμήτων Ἄρη
375
πνεόντων μεῖζον ἢ δικαίως,
φλεόντων δωμάτων ὑπέρφευ
ὑπὲρ τὸ βέλτιστον. ἔστω δ᾽ ἀπήμαντον, ὥστ᾽
ἀπαρκεῖν
εὖ πραπίδων λαχόντα.
380
οὐ γὰρ ἔστιν ἔπαλξις
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 367 focus
Διὸς πλαγὰν ἔχουσιν εἰπεῖν,
πάρεστι τοῦτό γ' ἐξιχνεῦσαι.
ἔπραξαν ὡς ἔκρανεν. οὐκ ἔφα τις
θεοὺς βροτῶν ἀξιοῦσθαι μέλειν,
355
ὅσοις ἀθίκτων χάρις
πατοῖθ᾽· ὁ δ᾽ οὐκ εὐσεβής.
πέφανται δ᾽ ἐκγόνοις
ἀτολμήτως Ἄρη
ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 367 focus
Διὸς πλαγὰν ἔχουσιν ἔχουσ' (prius ἔχουσαν) εἰπεῖν,
Str. 1.
πάρεστιν -στι τοῦτό γ' τοῦτ' ἐξιχνεῦσαι·
ἔπραξαν ὡς ἔπραξεν ὡς ἔκρανεν. Οὐκ ἔφα τις
θεοὺς βροτῶν ἀξιοῦσθαι μέλειν
370
ὅσοις ἀθίκτων χάρις
πατοῖθ'· ὃ δ' οὐκ εὐσεβής·
πέφανται δ' ἐκγόνοις
ἀτολμήτων ἐγγόνους (sed ἐκγ- Tr s.l.) ἀρή ἄρη,
πνεόντων μεῖζον ἢ δικαίως,
φλεόντων δωμάτων ὑπέρφευ
μέτρον ὑπὲρ τὸ βέλτιστον· ἔστω δ' ἀπή-
μαντον ὥστ' ἀπαρκεῖν ὥστε κἀπ-
εὖ πραπίδων λαχόντι -όντα.
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Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 367 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 367 focus
Διὸς πλαγὰν ἔχουσιν εἰπεῖν·
πάρεστιν τοῦτό γ᾽ ἐξιχνεῦσαι·
{ὡς} ἔπραξεν ὡς ἔκρανεν. οὐκ ἔφα τις
θεοὺς βροτῶν ἀξιοῦσθαι μέλειν
370
ὅσοις ἀθίκτων χάρις
πατοῖθ᾽- ὃ δ᾽ οὐκ εὐσεβής·
πέφανται δ᾽ †ἐγγόνους
ἀτολμήτων ἄρη†
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πνεόντων μεῖζον ἢ δικαίως,
φλεόντων δωμάτων ὑπέρφευ
ὑπὲρ τὸ βέλτιστον. ἔστω δ᾽ ἀπή-
μαντον, ὥστ᾽ ἀπαρκεῖν
εὖ πραπίδων λαχόντι.
380
οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἔπαλξις
πλούτου πρὸς κόρον ἀνδρί
λακτίσαντι μέγαν Δίκας
βωμὸν εἰς ἀφάνειαν.
Aeschyli Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Agamemnon. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 367 focus
Διὸς πλαγὰν ἔχουσιν εἰπεῖν,
πάρεστιν τοῦτό γ᾽ ἐξιχνεῦσαι.
ὡς ἔπραξεν ὡς ἔκρανεν. οὐκ ἔφα τις
θεοὺς βροτῶν ἀξιοῦσθαι μέλειν,
370
ὅσοις ἀθίκτων χάρις
πατοῖθ᾽· ὁ δ᾽ οὐκ εὐσεβής.
πέφανται δ᾽ ἐγγόνοις
ἀτολμήτων ἔρον
πνεόντων μεῖζον ἢ δικαίως,
375
φλεόντων δωμάτων ὑπέρφευ,
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.) — 367-487 focus
The Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (The Agamemnon. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 367 focus
They have to say that they feel the stroke of Jove. This we may trace out exactly 3
. He hath fared according as he hath wrought. Some one denied that the gods deigned to have the care of mortals, by whom the honor of hallowed things might be trampled on 4
. Not holy was he; and it is upon the descendants of those who were breathing forth, more violently than just, a war which they ought not to have dared, while their dwellings were teeming beyond all measure, beyond what is best. 1
But may an untroubled lot be mine, so as for a man well disposed in disposition to have sufficient strength 2
. For there is no bulwark in wealth against destruction to the man who, in the wantonness of his heart, has spurned the great altar of Justice:
AGAMEMNON (OCR draft) Experimental (AGAMEMNON. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 367 focus
Ils peuvent dire que le coup vient de Zeus ; il est aisé de remonter jusqu'à son origine : leur sort est celui que Zeus a
voulu. Le Ciel ne daigne avoir souci, dit-on, des mortels qui foulent aux pieds le respect des choses sacrées. C'est là
langage d'impie. La Ruine se révèle fille des audaces interdites, chez ceux qui respirent un orgueil coupable, du jour où leur maison déborde d'opulence 1 . La mesure est le bien
suprême ; souhaitons fortune sans péril qui suffise à une âme sage.
Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Agamemnon. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 367 focus
The hand of Jove will they not own *
;
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And, as his marks they trace,
Confess he will’d, and it was done?
Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 367 focus
Strofe I
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Come Giove colpisca
posson dire: visibili
son le vestigia: essi il destino s'ebbero
ch' egli prescrisse. Dice alcun che i Superi
non curano degli uomini
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la sorte, chi calpesti le intangibili
cose sacre: ben empio è chi ciò reputa!
Nei discendenti vedilo
di quanti, oltre Giustizia,
superbamente, a Marte il dritto affidano,
430
sí che lor casa prospera
oltremisura; e pur, misura è ottima.
Beni scevri d'ambascia
chi ha senno elegga.
A chi superbo calcitra,
435
per abbattere il grande
altare di Giustizia, la ricchezza
non offrirà salvezza.
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Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 367 focus
Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 367 focus
sie hungert nach dem Wirrsal einer nächt'gen Schlacht.
Und keiner sucht mit einem Zettel sich Quartier.
Heut ist Fourier der Zufall, und sie machen schon
in den eroberten Palästen sich's bequem.
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335 Der Nachtthau und der Reif des Biwaks ist vorbei,
wie große Herren können sie die ganze Nacht
durchschlafen, und kein Posten wird mehr ausgesetzt.
Wofern sie nur die Götter der besiegten Stadt
und ihre heil'gen Stätten schonen, frommer Scheu,
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340 so hoff' ich, folgt kein jäher Sturz auf ihren Sieg.
Wohl muß das Heer sich hüten, nicht von Goldesgier
verführt zu rühren an das Unverletzliche.
Zur Fahrt nach Hause brauchen sie noch guten Glücks,
gelingen soll des Doppellaufes zweiter Gang.
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345 Doch kann es glücken, wenn das Heer am heil'gen Gut
347 sich nicht vergreift: bleib' uns des Schicksals Rück-
schlag fern.
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.) — 367 focus
Zeus the high God!—whate'er be dim in doubt,
This can our thought track out—
The blow that fells the sinner is of God,
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And as he wills, the rod
Of vengeance smiteth sore. One said of old,
The Gods list not to hold
A reckoning with him whose feet oppress
The grace of holiness—
445
An impious word! for whensoe'er the sire
Breathed forth rebellious fire—
What time his household overflowed the measure
Of bliss and health and treasure—
His children's children read the reckoning plain,
450
At last, in tears and pain.
On me let weal that brings no woe be sent,
And therewithal, content;
Who spurns the shrine of Right, nor wealth nor power
Shall be to him a tower,
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To guard him from the gulf: there lies his lot,
Where all things are forgot.
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.) — 367 focus
Wie Zeus traf, wissen sie zu sagen:
Klar liegt's enthüllt vor Aller Augen.
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Wie er's beschloß, vollführt er's. Einer sprach wohl :
„Der Götter Stolz achtet's nicht, wenn ein Mensch
Das Heil'ge frech niedertritt!"
Er sprach ein unfrommes Wort.
Der Ahnherrn Enkel sah's,
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Die wild tollkühnen Kampf
Geschnaubt, stolz aller Zügel spottend,
Da voll anschwoll das Haus im Unmaß
Hoffärt'gen Glücks. Frei von Harm lob' ich mir
Mein Geschick, so daß es still
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G'nüge dem weisen Sinne.
Denn nie bietet der Reichthum
Schuß vor Tod und Vernichtung
Ihm, der frevelnden Fußes nach
Dika's hohem Altar stieß.
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Erste Gegenstrophe.

Notes on the current edition

Agamemnon

1. Reference alignment provisional: inherited from Wecklein 1885; verify against the 1888 scan.

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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τριβοῖς
τε
deest in Flor. Idem et Farn. Vict.
τριβοῖσι
. Emendaverunt Pearsonus et Stanleius. Vereor autem ne non de lapide Lydio loquatur poeta, sed aes adulterinum dicat, quod usu tritum amisso falso splendore cognoscitur. In explicando verbo
δικαιωθείς
fraudem fecit interpretibus male posita in editionibus Vict. Cant. Stanl. virgula post
μελάναις
, quae, si opus, ponenda erat post
κέλευθος
. Hoc enim dicit, ater est, quum est aestimatus quanti sit.

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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erstes Epeisodion. Für die tragische Entwicklung wird in der Schilderung der siegreichen Einnahme Trojas der Schein des Glückes gegeben. Der Chorführer schickt, bevor er seine Bitte anbringt, einen Ausdruck seiner Ergebenheit und Huldigung voraus: ,,ich bin unterthänig und wenn du meinen Wunsch erfüllest, bin ich dir dankbar ( εὔφρων 275); wenn nicht, verarge ich ( φθόνος ἐστί, νεμεσῶ) es dir nicht." Grofs ist der Kontrast dem Schluſs der Handlung gegenüber, wo der Chor derselben Fürstin drohend gegenüber steht.

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Die Anapäste des Chorführers schliefsen das Epeisodion mit dem versprochenen (329, 365) Dankgebete ab.

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1
Hom. N 624 Ζηνός.. μῆνιν ξεινίου, ὅς τέ ποτ᾽ ὄμμι διαφθέρσει πόλιν αἰπήν.