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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.) — 782-974 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 782-974 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 810 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 810 focus
ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 810 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 810 focus
πρῶτον μὲν Ἄργος καὶ θεοὺς ἐγχωρίους
δίκη προσειπεῖν, τοὺς ἐμοὶ μεταιτίους
νόστου δικαίων θ᾽ ὧν ἐπραξάμην πόλιν
Πριάμου· δίκας γὰρ οὐκ ἀπὸ γλώσσης θεοὶ
κλύοντες ἀνδροθνῆτας Ιλίου φθοράς
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ἐς αἱματηρὸν τεῦχος οὐ διχορρόπως
ψήφους ἔθεντο· τῷ δ᾽ ἐναντίῳ κύτει
ἐλπὶς προσῄει χειρὸς οὐ πληρουμένῳ.
καπνῷ δ᾽ ἁλοῦσα νῦν ἔτ᾽ εὔσημος πόλις.
ἄτης θύελλαι ζῶσι· συνθνῄσκουσα δὲ
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Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 810 focus
Aeschyli Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Agamemnon. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 810 focus
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.) — 810-974 focus
The Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (The Agamemnon. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 810 focus
First of all it is right to salute Argos and the gods of the land that were joint authors of my return, and of the redress which I exacted from the city of Priam: for the gods, not hearing our plea from the tongue, flung without hesitation into the gory vase their ballots, the destruction of Ilion fatal to men, and o'er the opposite urn that was not filled by the hand Hope hovered. And now, still the city by its smoke shews evidently that it has been captured. The storms of Atè are alive; and the embers, dying along with the city, send forth rich exhalations of wealth. For these things it behoves us to repay ever mindful gratitude to the gods; since we both formed for ourselves 1
a proud gin of conquest, and in a woman's cause the Argive monster bath levelled the city with the dust,—the young of the horse, the host equipped with shield, that leaped a furious bound, about the setting of the Pleiades 2
, and the ravening lion springing over the towers bath lapped his fill of princely blood. To the gods have I lengthened out this my prelude, but in regard to thy feeling I remember to have heard it; and I say the same things, and thou hast me for thy fellow pleader. For to few men is this congenial, to honour without jealousy a friend in prosperity; for malignant venom having settled upon his heart doubles the pains of the man diseased: he is both weighed down by his own sufferings, and sighs as he looks upon the happiness of another. I will say so from experience—for well do I know—that those who professed to be kindly in the extreme to me were but the mere looking-glass of friendship, shadow of a shade. And Ulysses alone, who sailed against his will, once yoked was to me a ready yoke-fellow 1
. This do I say, whether I am speaking of one that is dead or living:—for the rest, as concerns the city and the gods, we will deliberate having appointed a public debate in full assembly; and measures must be taken that what is well may remain permanently. And also, whatsoever stands in need of healing remedies, either cauterizing it, or cutting with kindly intent, we will endeavour to turn aside the pain of the disorder. But now, having entered my halls, and the mansion of my hearth, I will first of all greet the gods, who as they have sent me forth, have brought me back again. And may Victory, since she bath attended me, remain firmly with me.
AGAMEMNON (OCR draft) Experimental (AGAMEMNON. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 810 focus
j'offre mon dévouement. Tu connaîtras plus tard, si tu veux t'informer 1 , qui eut une conduite loyale, ou fâcheuse, parmi les citoyens demeurés au logis.
Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Agamemnon. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 810 focus
To Argos firſt, and to my country Gods o
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I bow with reverence, by whoſe holy guidance
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On Troy’s proud tow’rs I pour’d their righteous vengeance,
And now reviſit ſafe my native ſoil.
Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 810 focus
E' giustizia che prima Argo io saluti
e gl' indigeti Numi: essi a me furono
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del ritorno gli autori, e della pena
giusta che inflissi alla città di Priamo.
Essi la causa, e non da ciance, appresero;
e, senza bilanciare, il voto misero,
ch' Ilio fosse distrutta, e spenti gli uomini,
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Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 810 focus
Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 810 focus
übertreibend nicht und nicht verkürzend?
Heuchlerisch erstrebt die Welt das Scheinen.
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Rasch bereit ist jeder mit dem Schmerze
mitzuweinen, aber bis zum Herzen
dringen seiner Trauer Stacheln nicht.
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.) — 810 focus
First, as is meet, a king's All-hail be said
To Argos, and the gods that guard the land—
Gods who with me availed to speed us home,
With me availed to wring from Priam's town
The due of justice. In the court of heaven
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The gods in conclave sat and judged the cause,
Not from a pleader's tongue, and at the close,
Unanimous into the urn of doom
This sentence gave, On Ilion and her men,
Death: and where hope drew nigh to pardon's urn
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No hand there was to cast a vote therein.
And still the smoke of fallen Ilion
Rises in sight of all men, and the flame
Of Atè's hecatomb is living yet,
And where the towers in dusty ashes sink,
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Rise the rich fumes of pomp and wealth consumed.
For this must all men pay unto the gods
The meed of mindful hearts and gratitude:
For by our hands the meshes of revenge
Closed on the prey, and for one woman's sake
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Troy trodden by the Argive monster lies—
The foal, the shielded band that leapt the wall
What time with autumn sank the Pleiades.
Yea, o'er the fencing wall a lion sprang
Ravening, and lapped his fill of blood of kings.
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Such prelude spoken to the gods in full,
To you I turn, and to the hidden thing
Whereof ye spake but now: and in that thought
I am as you, and what ye say say I.
For few are they who have such inborn grace,
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As to look up with love, and envy not,
When stands another on the height of weal.
Deep in his heart, whom jealousy hath seized,
Her poison lurking doth enhance his load;
For now beneath his proper woes he chafes,
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And sighs withal to see another's weal.
I speak not idly but from knowledge sure—
There be who vaunt an utter loyalty,
That is but as the ghost of friendship dead,
A shadow in a glass, of faith gone by.
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One only—he who went reluctant forth
Across the seas with me—Odysseus—he
Was loyal unto me with strength and will,
A trusty trace-horse bound unto my car.
Thus—be he yet beneath the light of day,
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Or dead, as well I fear—I speak his praise.
Lastly, whate'er be due to men or gods,
With joint debate, in public council held,
We will decide, and warily contrive
That all which now is well may so abide:
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For that which haply needs the healer's art,
That will we medicine, discerning well
If cautery or knife befit the time.
Now, to my palace and the shrines of home,
I will pass in, and greet ye first and fair,
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Ye gods, who bade me forth, and home again—
And long may Victory tarry in my train!
[ Enter Clytemnestra, followed by maidens bearing purple robes.
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.) — 810 focus
Vor Allem ziemt es, Argos und die heimischen
Gottheiten anzurufen, die mir Wiederkehr
Bereitet, die mein Strafgericht an Troja mir
Vollenden halfen. Denn die Götter hörten nicht
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Auf Red' und Gegenrede; männermordende
Verderbensloose warfen sie in blutige
Stimmurne, wollten ungetheilt der Troer Sturz;
Doch nach dem andern Stimmgefäß, das Sieg verhieß,
Erhob die Hoffnung ihre Hand und fand es leer.
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Am Rauch erkennt man heute Troja's Trümmer noch.
Des Todes Opfer glimmen fort, mitsterbend haucht
Des alten Reichthums fetten Qualm die Asch' empor.
Dafür gebührt den Göttern tiefgefühlter Dank;
Denn unsre Hand hat zornentbrannter Schlingen List
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Gewoben, und um eines Weibes willen hat
Die Stadt in Staub getreten Argos' Ungethüm,
Des Rosses Brut, das schildbewehrte Kriegesvolk,
Das um der Maja Niedergang anlief im Sturm;
Kühn überflog es ihren Wall und leckte sich
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In ihrer Herrscher Blute satt, ein grimmer Leu.
Den Göttern bot ich diesen ersten frommen Gruß.
Was aber du gesprochen, (ich vergaß es nicht,)
Dasselbe sag' ich, bin mit dir ganz Eines Sinns.
Nur wenig Menschen eigen ist die Sinnesart,
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Neidlos den Freund zu ehren, der im Glücke wohnt.
Denn wo der Abgunst feindlich Gift am Herzen sist,
Da schafft es zwiefach herbe Qual dem Krankenden:
Er fühlt vom eignen Ungemach sich schwer gedrückt,
Und jammert, daß er sehen muß das fremde Glück.
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Aus eigner Kunde red' ich, denn ich kenne wohl
Der Menschenfreundschaft Spiegel: bloß des Schattens Bild
War alle Neigung, die mir höchste Liebe schien.
Und nur Odysseus, ging er auch ungern zu Schiff,
Zog stets am gleichen Joche treuverbündet mir:
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So sag' ich, sei er lebend oder todt bereits.
Das Andre, was die Götter und die Stadt betrifft,
Das soll im allgemeinen Rath vereint von uns
Erwogen werden. Was sich als gesund erprobt,
Für dessen Dauer sorgen wir mit treuem Rath :
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Doch wo's der Heilkraft edler Arzenei'n bedarf,
Da laßt mit Feuer oder Schnitt uns wohlbedacht
Versuchen, wie wir solches Weh bewältigen.
Nun geh' ich ein zum Hause, grüß' am Vaterherd
Zuerst mit aufgehobner Hand die Himmlischen,
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Die fern hinaus mich sandten, die mich heimgeführt.
Wie Nike nun mir folgte, sei sie ewig mein!
(Klytämnestra tritt, von vielen Dienerinnen gefolgt, aus der könig. lichen Pforte.)

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

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drittes Epeisodion. 6* Der siegreiche Agamemnon erscheint auf einem Wagen. Zur Seite sitzt ihm Kasandra, als Seherin gekennzeichuet durch weifses Gewand, den χιτών ὀρθοστάδιος (Poll. IV 18, 119), über dem sie ein Netz von Wollenfäden ἄγρηνον (Poll. IV 18, 116, Hesych. u. d. W.) trägt (1269), dann durch Scepter und den mit Wolle umwickelten Lorbeerkranz, der um den Hals auf die Brust herabhängt (1264, Hom. A 15 und Schol. zu Aristoph. Plut. 39, vgl. Wieseler Zeitschr. f. d. Altertumsw. 1848 S. 108 f.). Über Purpurteppiche, die Klytämestra hinbreiten läfst, schreitet Agamemnon später in den Palast. So wird der tragische Eindruck durch den Kontrast des Glanzes und Glückes gesteigert. Die Anapäste recitiert der Chorführer.

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μέμνημαι κλύων d. i. ich bin deiner Worte eingedenk, habe sie mir zu Gemüte geführt.