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Agamemnon. N. Wecklein. . 2026-09-06.

Current edition Experimental

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.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (8)
Ἀγαμέμνων First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 488-680 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 488-680 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 456 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 456 focus
βαρεῖα δ᾽ ἀστῶν φάτις ξὺν κότῳ·
δημοκράντου δ᾽ ἀρᾶς τίνει χρέος.
μένει δ᾽ ἀκοῦσαί τί μου
μέριμνα νυκτηρεφές.
τῶν πολυκτόνων γὰρ οὐκ
440
ἄσκοποι θεοί. κελαι-
ναὶ δ᾽ Ἐρινύες χρόνῳ
τυχηρὸν ὄντ᾽ ἄνευ δίκας
παλιντυχεῖ τριβᾷ βίου
τιθεῖσ᾽ ἀμαυρόν, ἐν δ᾽ ἀΐστοις
445
τελέθοντος οὔτις ἀλκά·
τὸ δ᾽ ὑπερκόπως κλύειν εὖ
βαρύ· βάλλεται γὰρ ὄσσοις
Διόθεν κεραυνός.
κρίνω δ᾽ ἄφθονον ὄλβον.
450
μήτ᾽ εἴην πτολιπόρθης,
μήτ᾽ οὖν αὐτὸς ἁλοὺς ὑπ᾽ ἄλ-
λων βίον κατίδοιμι.
ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 456 focus
Βαρεῖα δ' ἀστῶν φάτις σὺν κότῳ·
δημοκράντου -κράτου δ' ἀρᾶς τίνει χρέος·
455
μένει δ' ἀκοῦσαί τί μοι μου
μέριμνα νυκτηρεφές·
τῶν πολυκτόνων γὰρ οὐκ
ἄσκοποι ἀπόσκ- θεοί· κελαι-
ναὶ δ' δ' οὖν Ἐρινύες χρόνῳ
460
τυχηρὸν ὄντ' ἄνευ δίκας παλιντυχεῖ -χῇ (uel -χῆ)
τριβᾷ βίου τιθεῖσ' ἀμαυρόν, ἐν δ' ἀΐ-
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 456 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 456 focus
βαρεῖα δ᾽ ἀστῶν φάτις ξὺν κότωι,
δημοκρά ντου δ᾽ ἀρᾶς τίνει χρέος·
μένει δ᾽ ἀκοῦσαί τί μου
μέριμνα νυκτηρεφές·
460
τῶν πολυκτόνων γὰρ οὐκ
ἄσκοποι θεοί, κελαι-
ναὶ δ᾽ Ἐρινύες χρόνωι
τυχηρὸν ὄντ᾽ ἄνευ δίκας
παλιντυχεῖ τριβᾶι βίου
465
τιθεῖσ᾽ ἀμαυρόν, ἐν δ᾽ ἀϊσ-
τοις τελέθοντος οὔτις ἀλκά.
τὸ δ᾽ ὑπερκόπως κλύειν εὖ
βαρύ’ βάλλεται γὰρ ὄσσοις
Διόθεν κεραυνός.
470
κρίνω δ᾽ ἄφθονον ὄλβον·
μήτ᾽ εἴην πτολιπόρθης,
μήτ᾽ οὖν αὐτὸς ἁλοὺς ὑπ᾽ ἄλ-
λων βίον κατίδοιμι.
Aeschyli Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Agamemnon. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 456 focus
βαρεῖα δ᾽ ἀστῶν φάτις σὺν κότωι·
δημοκράντου δ᾽ ἀρᾶς τίνει χρέος.
μένει δ᾽ ἀκοῦσαί τί μοι
455
μέριμνα νυκτηρεφές.
τῶν πολυκτόνων γὰρ οὐκ
ἄσκοποι θεοί. κελαι-
ναὶ δ᾽ Ἐρινύες χρόνωι
τυχηρὸν ὄντ᾽ ἄνευ δίκας
460
παλιντυχεῖ τριβᾶι βίου
τιθεῖσ᾽ ἀμαυρόν, ἐν δ᾽ ἀί-
στοις τελέθοντος οὔτις ἀλ-
κά· τὸ δ᾽ ὑπερκόπως κλύειν
εὐ βαρύ· βάλλεται γὰρ ὄσ-
465
σοις Διόθεν κεραυνός.
κρίνω δ᾽ ἄφθονον ὄλβον.
μήτ᾽ εἴην πτολιπόρθης,
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.) — 488-680 focus
The Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (The Agamemnon. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 456 focus
Bitter is the rumour of the citizens accompanied by wrath, and it pays the debt as of a curse 2
ratified by the people. And my anxious care is waiting to hear something wrapt in nightly gloom. For the gods are not regardless of those that occasion great slaughter: and the black Erinnyes in time, reduce to obscurity the man that is fortunate without righteousness, by a reverse of fortune; and the power of him that lives among the obscure is nought. Now for a man to have an exceedingly 3
high reputation is a sad thing; for the thunderbolt from Jove is launched against his eyes 4
; but I prefer happiness free from envy. May I never be a sacker of cities, nor yet myself a captive may I see my life under the control of others.
AGAMEMNON (OCR draft) Experimental (AGAMEMNON. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 456 focus
chemine, mêlée de haine contre les fils d'Atrée, champions de la vengeance.
Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Agamemnon. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 456 focus
How dreadful, when the people raiſe
Loud murmurs mix’d with hate!
Yet this the tribute greatneſs pays
For its exalted ſtate.
520
Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 456 focus
Strofe III
Se compagno ha rancor, grave è del popolo
la voce: e chi n'è fatto segno, ben paga il debito.
Onde or, cinta di tènebre,
515
del pensier mio l'ambascia
attende nuovi orror':
ché non isfuggono
allo sguardo dei Numi quei che intridono
le man' troppo nel sangue. E quanti ascesero
520
senza giustizia, poi che gli anni volgono,
le negre Erinni annientano con l'impeto
di sorte avversa.
Nulla può chi vegeta
nel buio: e troppo celebre
525
essere, è grave: il folgore
di Giove ognor minaccia.
Oh!, lungi vivere
da invidia! Espugnar rocche io non vorrei,
né, preso, viver servo i giorni miei.
530
Dalla città si levano clamori e grida confuse.
Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 456 focus
Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 456 focus
am Bild der Geliebten; er fühlt sich
von Aphrodite verlassen.
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.) — 456 focus
Therefore for each and all the city's breast
Is heavy with a wrath supprest,
As deep and deadly as a curse more loud
Flung by the common crowd:
And, brooding deeply, doth my soul await
545
Tidings of coming fate,
Buried as yet in darkness' womb.
For not forgetful is the high gods' doom
Against the sons of carnage: all too long
Seems the unjust to prosper and be strong,
550
Till the dark Furies come,
And smite with stern reversal all his home,
Down into dim obstruction—he is gone,
And help and hope among the lost is none.
O'er him who vaunteth an exceeding fame,
555
Impends a woe condign;
The vengeful bolt upon his eyes doth flame,
Sped from the hand divine.
This bliss be mine, ungrudged of god, to feel—
To tread no city to the dust,
560
Nor see my own life thrust
Down to a slave's estate beneath another's heel!
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.) — 456 focus
Der Bürger zornathmend Wort lastet schwer,
Zahlt die Schuld alten Völkerfluchs zurück,
In banger Angst harr' ich stets,
435
Zu hören, was Nacht verhüllt.
Denn der Götter Aug' entflieht
Nimmerdar, wer Blut vergof.
Wer durch Frevel glücklich ward,
Den stürzt zuleht der Eumeniden
440
Schwarze Schaar in Nacht hinab,
Sein Glück zertrümmernd; ohne Macht
Wohnt er im Dunkel - bei den Todten.
In des Ruhmes Uebermaß droht
Die Gefahr: das Auge trifft,
445
Schmetternd von Zeus, der Blisstrahl.
Neidlos lob' ich das Glück mir.
Weder Städte zertrümmern
Möcht' ich, noch gefangen mich selbst
Schau'n im Joche der Knechtschaft.
450
Schlußgesang.

Commentary

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

459. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-298

παραγγέλμασιν Libri
παραγγέλμασι
. Metro prospexit Porsonus.
459

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

379-480. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-wecklein1888-com-ger1-224

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erstes Stasimon. Die rhythmischen Ephymnien, bestehend in der dreimaligen Wiederkehr des gleichen Versmafses am Schlusse der drei Strophen und Antistrophen, lassen vermuten, daſs die drei Strophenpaare von den drei στοίχοι des Chors, die Ephymnien von dem Gesamtchore vorgetragen wurden. Eine ähnliche Form hat das Segensgebet Suppl. 638 ff. Die sittlichen Erwägungen, welche der Fall Trojas in Bezug auf die Besiegten und die Sieger erweckt (zu 413), werden mit, dafs Zeus getroffen, darf man wohl sagen" das Vorhergehende angeschlossen. an
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459. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg005-wecklein1888-com-ger1-261

Andere aber ruhen an Ort und Stelle in voller Gestalt (d. h. nicht zu Staub verbrannt), als Feinde in feindlicher Erde. Wie schlimm das ist, zeigt die Freude des Herolds 510 ff. über das Glück, daſs er nunmehr ein Grab in der Heimat finden kann. -