Agamemnon. N. Wecklein. . 2026-09-06.
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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.) — 1035-1071 focus
Κλυταιμήστρα
εἴσω κομίζου καὶ σύ, Κασάνδραν λέγω,
1035
ἐπεί σ᾽ ἔθηκε Ζεὺς ἀμηνίτως δόμοις
κοινωνὸν εἶναι χερνίβων, πολλῶν μετὰ
δούλων σταθεῖσαν κτησίου βωμοῦ πέλας:
ἔκβαιν᾽ ἀπήνης τῆσδε, μηδ᾽ ὑπερφρόνει.
καὶ παῖδα γάρ τοι φασὶν Ἀλκμήνης ποτὲ
1040
πραθέντα τλῆναι δουλίας μάζης τυχεῖν.
1
εἰ δ᾽ οὖν ἀνάγκη τῆσδ᾽ ἐπιρρέποι
2
τύχης,
ἀρχαιοπλούτων δεσποτῶν πολλὴ χάρις.
οἳ δ᾽ οὔποτ᾽ ἐλπίσαντες ἤμησαν καλῶς,
ὠμοί τε δούλοις πάντα καὶ παρὰ στάθμην.
1045
ἕξεις
3
παρ᾽ ἡμῶν οἷάπερ νομίζεται.
Χορός
σοί τοι λέγουσα παύεται σαφῆ λόγον.
ἐντός δ᾽ ἁλοῦσα
4
μορσίμων ἀγρευμάτων
πείθοι᾽ ἄν, εἰ πείθοι᾽: ἀπειθοίης δ᾽ ἴσως.
Κλυταιμήστρα
ἀλλ᾽ εἴπερ ἐστὶ μὴ χελιδόνος δίκην
1050
ἀγνῶτα φωνὴν βάρβαρον κεκτημένη,
ἔσω φρενῶν λέγουσα πείθω νιν λόγῳ.
Χορός
ἕπου. τὰ λῷστα τῶν παρεστώτων λέγει.
πιθοῦ
5
λιποῦσα τόνδ᾽ ἁμαξήρη θρόνον.
Κλυταιμήστρα
τρίβειν: τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἑστίας μεσομφάλου
ἕστηκεν ἤδη μῆλα πρὸς σφαγὰς πυρός,
ὡς οὔποτ᾽ ἐλπίσασι τήνδ᾽ ἕξειν χάριν.
σὺ δ᾽ εἴ τι δράσεις τῶνδε, μὴ σχολὴν τίθει.
εἰ δ᾽ ἀξυνήμων οὖσα μὴ δέχει λόγον,
1060
σὺ δ᾽ ἀντὶ φωνῆς φράζε καρβάνῳ χερί.
Χορός
ἑρμηνέως ἔοικεν ἡ ξένη τοροῦ
δεῖσθαι: τρόπος δὲ θηρὸς ὡς νεαιρέτου.
Κλυταιμήστρα
ἦ μαίνεταί γε καὶ κακῶν κλύει φρενῶν,
ἥτις λιποῦσα μὲν πόλιν νεαίρετον
1065
ἥκει, χαλινὸν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπίσταται φέρειν,
πρὶν αἱματηρὸν ἐξαφρίζεσθαι μένος.
οὐ μὴν πλέω ῥίψασ᾽ ἀτιμασθήσομαι.
8
Χορός
ἐγὼ δ᾽, ἐποικτίρω γάρ, οὐ θυμώσομαι.
ἴθ᾽, ὦ τάλαινα, τόνδ᾽ ἐρημώσασ᾽ ὄχον,
1070
εἴκουσ᾽
9
ἀνάγκῃ τῇδε καίνισον ζυγόν.
1072
Ἀγαμέμνων Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 1035-1071 focus
Κλυταιμήστρα
εἴσω κομίζου καὶ σύ, Κασάνδραν λέγω,
1035
ἐπεί σʼ ἔθηκε Ζεὺς ἀμηνίτως δόμοις
κοινωνὸν εἶναι χερνίβων, πολλῶν μέτα
δούλων σταθεῖσαν κτησίου βωμοῦ πέλας·
ἔκβαινʼ ἀπήνης τῆσδε, μηδʼ ὑπερφρόνει.
καὶ παῖδα γάρ τοί φασιν Ἀλκμήνης ποτὲ
1040
πραθέντα τλῆναι δουλίας μάζης τυχεῖν.
εἰ δʼ οὖν ἀνάγκη τῆσδʼ ἐπιρρέποι τύχης,
ἀρχαιοπλούτων δεσποτῶν πολλὴ χάρις.
οἳ δʼ οὔποτʼ ἐλπίσαντες ἤμησαν καλῶς,
ὠμοί τε δούλοις πάντα καὶ παρὰ στάθμην.
1045
ἔχεις παρʼ ἡμῶν οἷά περ νομίζεται.
Χορός
σοί τοι λέγουσα παύεται σαφῆ λόγον.
ἐντός δʼ ἂν οὖσα μορσίμων ἀγρευμάτων
πείθοιʼ ἄν, εἰ πείθοιʼ· ἀπειθοίης δʼ ἴσως.
Κλυταιμήστρα
ἀλλʼ εἴπερ ἐστι μὴ χελιδόνος δίκην
1050
ἀγνῶτα φωνὴν βάρβαρον κεκτημένη,
ἔσω φρενῶν λέγουσα πείθω νιν λόγῳ.
Χορός
ἕπου. τὰ λῷστα τῶν παρεστώτων λέγει.
πιθοῦ λιποῦσα τόνδʼ ἁμαξήρη θρόνον.
Κλυταιμήστρα
οὔτοι θυραίᾳ τῇδʼ ἐμοὶ σχολὴ πάρα
1055
τρίβειν· τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἑστίας μεσομφάλου
ἕστηκεν ἤδη μῆλα πρὸς σφαγὰς πάρος,
ὡς οὔποτʼ ἐλπίσασι τήνδʼ ἕξειν χάριν.
σὺ δʼ εἴ τι δράσεις τῶνδε, μὴ σχολὴν τίθει.
εἰ δʼ ἀξυνήμων οὖσα μὴ δέχῃ λόγον,
1060
σὺ δʼ ἀντὶ φωνῆς φράζε καρβάνῳ χερί.
Χορός
ἑρμηνέως ἔοικεν ἡ ξένη τοροῦ
δεῖσθαι· τρόπος δὲ θηρὸς ὡς νεαιρέτου.
Κλυταιμήστρα
ἦ μαίνεταί γε καὶ κακῶν κλύει φρενῶν,
ἥτις λιποῦσα μὲν πόλιν νεαίρετον
1065
ἥκει, χαλινὸν δʼ οὐκ ἐπίσταται φέρειν,
πρὶν αἱματηρὸν ἐξαφρίζεσθαι μένος.
οὐ μὴν πλέω ῥίψασʼ ἀτιμασθήσομαι.
Χορός
ἐγὼ δʼ, ἐποικτίρω γάρ, οὐ θυμώσομαι.
ἴθʼ, ὦ τάλαινα, τόνδʼ ἐρημώσασʼ ὄχον,
1070
εἴκουσʼ ἀνάγκῃ τῇδε καίνισον ζυγόν.
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 1001 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 1001 focus
μάλα γέ τοι τὸ πολέος γ' ὑγιειᾶς
ἀκόρεστον τέρμα. νόσος γὰρ
1
γείτων ὁμότοιχος ἐρείδει,
970
καὶ πότμος εὐθυπορῶν
ἀνδρὸς ἔπαισεν ἄφαντον ἕρμα.
καὶ τὸ μὲν πρὸ χρημάτων
κτησίων ὄκνος βαλὼν
σφενδόνας ἀπ' εὐμέτρου,
975
Χορὸς Πρεσβυτῶν
οὐκ ἔδυ πρόπας δόμος
πημονᾶς γέμων ἄγαν,
οὐδ᾽ ἐπόντισε σκάφος.
πολλά τ' ἂν δόσις ἐκ Διὸς ἀμφιλαφής τε καὶ ἐξ ἀλόκων ἐπετειᾶν
νῆστιν ὤλεσεν νόσον.
980
ἀντ. β'.
ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1001 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 1001 focus
Ἀγαμέμνων (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἀγαμέμνων. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 1001 focus
Aeschyli Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Agamemnon. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 1001 focus
ΧΟ.
†μάλα γέ τοι τᾶς πολλᾶς ὑγιείας
†ἀκόρεστον τέρμα. νόσος γὰρ
γείτων ὁμότοιχος ἐρείδει.
καὶ πότμος εὐθυπορῶν
ἀνδρὸς ἔπαισεν ἄφαντον ἕρμα.
1005
καὶ τὸ μὲν πρὸ χρημάτων
κτησίων ὄκνος βαλὼν
σφενδόνας ἀπ᾿ εὐμέτρου,
οὐκ ἔδυ πρόπας δόμος
πλημονᾶς γέμων ἄγαν,
1010
οὐδ᾽ ἐπόντισε σκάφος.
πολλά τοι δόσις ἐκ Διὸς ἀμφιλα-
φής τε καὶ ἐξ ἀλόκων ἐπετειᾶν
νῆστιν ἤλασεν νόσον. –
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.) — 1035-1071 focus
KLUTAIMNESTRA.
Take thyself in, thou too — I say, Kassandra!
1035
Since Zeus — not angrily—in household placed thee
Partaker of hand-sprinklings, with the many
Slaves stationed, his the Owner’s altar close to.
Descend from out this car, nor be high-minded
And truly they do say Alkmené’s child once
1040
Bore being sold, slaves’ barley-bread his living.
If, then, necessity of this lot o’erbalance,
Much is the favour of old-wealthy masters:
For those who, never hoping, made fine harvest
Are harsh to slaves in all things, beyond measure.
1045
Thou hast — with us — such usage as law warrants.
CHOROS.
To thee it was, she paused plain speech from speaking.
Being inside the fatal nets — obeying,
Thou mayst obey: but thou mayst disobey too!
KLUTAIMNESTRA.
Why, if she is not, in the swallow’s fashion,
1050
Possessed of voice that’s unknown and barbaric,
I, with speech — speaking in mind’s scope — persuade her.
CHOROS.
Follow! The best — as things now stand — she speaks of.
Obey thou, leaving this thy car-enthronement!
KLUTAIMNESTRA.
Well, with this thing at door, for me no leisure
1055
To waste time: as concerns the hearth mid-navelled,
Already stand the sheep for fireside slaying
By those who never hoped to have such favour.
If thou, then, aught of this wilt do, delay not!
But if thou, being witless, tak’st no word in,
1060
Speak thou, instead of voice, with hand as
Kars
do!
CHOROS.
She seems a plain interpreter in need of,
The stranger! and her way — a beast’s new-captured!
KLUTAIMNESTRA.
Why, she is mad, sure, — hears her own bad senses, —
Who, while she comes, leaving a town new-captured,
1065
Yet knows not how to bear the bit o’ the bridle
Before she has out-frothed her bloody fierceness.
Not I — throwing away more words — will shamed be!
CHOROS.
But I, — for I compassionate, — will chafe not.
Come, O unhappy one, this car vacating,
1070
Yielding to this necessity, prove yoke’s use!
The Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (The Agamemnon. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 1001 focus
AGAMEMNON (OCR draft) Experimental (AGAMEMNON. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1001 focus
Agamemnon (OCR draft) Experimental (Agamemnon. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 1001 focus
Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Agamennone: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 1001 focus
e frangesi a scoglio invisibile
sovente la sorte che prospera
moveva per rotta sicura.
1175
Ma se sa, con destra frombola,
una parte del suo bene
il timor gittare in mare,
non affonda tutto il carico,
sotto il peso delle pene,
1180
né tra i flutti il legno spare.
E spesso dal cielo una pioggia
dirotta, lo sterile male
distrugge nell' annua novale.
CORIFEO
2
Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 1001 focus
Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Agamemnon: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 1001 focus
Denn niemand fügt gutwillig sich dem Sklavenjoch.
955
Und als des Heeres Ehrengabe hab' ich sie,
der reichsten Beute schönste Zierde, heimgebracht.
1005
Agamemnon.
Nun denn, da hierin deinem Wort ich folgen muß,
tret' ich den Purpur, zieh' in meine Hallen ein.
Er geht über die Teppiche langsam auf das Thor zu, Klytaimestra hinter ihm; die Dienerinnen folgen, die Teppiche aufrollend; sein Gefolge verliert sich seitlich.
Klytaimestra.
während des Gehens.
Das Meer ist da, wer trocknet je sein Becken aus?
Es birgt des goldeswerten Purpursafts genug,
960
zu färben immer neuer Prachtgewande Schmuck.
1010
Und unser Haus hat, Gott sei Dank, für jeden Wunsch
die Mittel: was Entbehrung ist, das weiß es nicht.
Tausend Gewande würd' ich dem Zertreten gern
geopfert haben, hätte sie ein Götterspruch
965
1015
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.) — 1001 focus
Too far, too far our mortal spirits strive,
Grasping at utter weal, unsatisfied—
1155
Till the fell curse, that dwelleth hard beside,
Thrust down the sundering wall. Too fair they blow,
The gales that waft our bark on Fortune's tide!
Swiftly we sail, the sooner all to drive
Upon the hidden rock, the reef of woe.
1160
Then if the hand of caution warily
Sling forth into the sea
Part of the freight, lest all should sink below,
From the deep death it saves the bark: even so,
Doom-laden though it be, once more may rise
1165
His household, who is timely wise.
How oft the famine-stricken field
Is saved by God's large gift, the new year's yield!
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.) — 1001 focus
Traun, der Gesundheit vollblühende Kraft zerstört
Unersättlich sich selbst; denn die Krankheit wohnt
Ihr allzeit lauernd zur Seite.
Segelnd im Glücke, zerschellt
960
Menschengeschick an verborgner Klippe.
Wirft die Furcht vom reichen Schay
Einen Theil dann über Bord,
Schleudernd klug mit weisem Maaß,
Dann versinkt nicht ganz das Haus,
965
Stöhnt es auch, von Jammer schwer,
Noch begräbt die Flut den Kahn.
Reichlich strömende Gabe von Zeus, die jährlich entkeimt den gesegneten Furchen,
Bannt des Hungers schwere Noth.
Zweite Gegenstrophe.
Notes on the current edition
Agamemnon
Commentary
Critical apparatus to Agamemnon (OCR draft) (Latin and Greek critical apparatus to Gottfried Hermann's 1852 edition of Agamemnon.) focus
995.
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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
966-1018.
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995.
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