Aeschylus Libation Bearers 42

Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator)

Table of Contents

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

← Previous Next →
Such an unkind kindness devising as an averter of ills, O Earth, mother! does the godless woman send me. But I dread to utter this word: for what atonement is there for blood that has fallen on the ground? Alas for the all-unhappy hearth! Alas for the ruin of the dwelling! A gloom uncheered by the sun, abhorred of

Libation Bearers. Aeschylus. Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator). London. 1849.

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by Volunteer.

Current edition Experimental

The Libation Bearers (OCR draft) (English) (The Libation Bearers. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (8)
Χοηφóρoι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 22-83b focus
Χοηφóρoι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 22-83b focus
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 42 focus
τοιάνδε χάριν ἀχάριτον ἀπότροπον κακῶν,
ἰὼ γαῖα μαῖα, μωμένα μ᾿ ἰάλλει
45
δύσθεος γυνά. φοβοῦμαι δ᾽ ἔπος τόδ᾽ ἐκβαλεῖν.
τί γὰρ λύτρον πεσόντος αἵματος πέδοι;.
ἰὼ πάνοιζυς ἑστία,
50
ἰὼ κατασκαφαὶ δόμων.
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 42 focus
τοιάνδε χάριν ἀχάριτον, ἀπότροπον κακῶν,
40
ἰὼ γαῖα μαῖα, μωμένα με ἰάλλει
δύςθεος γυνά. φοβοῦμαι δ᾽ ἔπος τόδ᾽ ἐκβαλεῖν.
τί γὰρ λύτρον πεσόντος αἵματος πέδῳ;
ἰὼ πανοίζυς ἑστία,
ἰὼ κατασκαφαὶ δόμων.
45
ἀνήλιοι, βροτοστυγεῖς
δνόφοι καλύπτουσι δόμους
δεσποτῶν θανάτοισιν.
ἀντ. β'.
ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 42 focus
Τοιάνδε χάριν ἀχάριτον ἄχαριν ἀπότροπον κακῶν,
Str. 2.
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 42 focus
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 42 focus
τοιάνδε χάριν ἀχάρι⟨το⟩ν, ἀπότροπον κακῶν,
ἰὼ Γαῖα μαῖα, μωμένα μ᾽ ἰ⟨ά⟩λλει
45
δύσθεος γυνά (φοβοῦμαι δ᾽ ἔπος τόδ᾽ ἐκβαλεῖν)·
τί γὰρ λύτρον πεσόντος αἵματος πέδοι;
ἰὼ πάνοιζυς ἑστία,
ἰὼ κατασκαφαὶ δόμων.
ἀνάλιοι βροτοστυγεῖς
δνόφοι καλύπτουσι δόμους
δεσποτᾶν θανάτοισι.
Aeschyli Choephori (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Choephori. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 42 focus
τοιάνδε χάριν ἀχάριτον ἀπότροπον κακῶν,
ἰὼ γαῖα μαῖα, μωμένα μ’ ἰάλ-
λει δύσθεος γυνά. φοβοῦ-
μαι δ’ ἔπος τόδ᾽ ἐκβαλεῖν.
τί γὰρ λύτρον πεσόντος αἵματος πέδοι;
45
ἰὼ πάνοιζυς ἑστία,
ἰὼ κατασκαφαὶ δόμων.
ἀνήλιοι βροτοστυγεῖς
δνόφοι καλύπτουσι δόμους
δεσποτῶν θανάτοισι.
50
Translations (9)
Libation Bearers Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 22-82 focus
LES CHOÉPHORES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES CHOÉPHORES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 42 focus
cet hommage » — ou plutôt cet outrage ! — « détourner d'elle le malheur » 1
The Choephoræ (OCR draft) Experimental (The Choephoræ. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 42 focus
With ſoul-subduing fear appall'd
Me this unholy woman call'd,
To bear these gifts, this train to lead,
55
And ſooth to peace the mighty dead.
But
Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 42 focus
Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 42 focus
Hanc gratiam ingratam aduerfandam malorum.
Heu heu terra,
35
Quærens appropinquat
Impia mulier. timeo
Hoc uerbum profundere.
Quid? humiditatem cadentis ſanguinis humi
Heu ærumnosa domus,
40
Heu diruptiones domus,
Obscuræ mortalibus inuise
Tenebræ occultant domus,
Morte dominorum.
Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 42 focus
Nun schickt die Gefahr zu beschwören mich her
gedenk' es die Hölle
45 mit heuchlerisch schmeichelnden Gaben
die Gottverlass'ne.
Furchtsam nur
sprech'
ich's aus.
Giebt es denn Sühne für vergoss'nes Blut?
Weh ruf ich, weh!
The Libation Bearers (OCR draft) Experimental (The Libation Bearers. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 42 focus
ORESTES
Acknowledging to Heaven thy prayers fulfilled,
Pray that the further issue may be blest.
English (E. D. A. Morshead, 1889, second edition) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, The Libation-Bearers — Morshead translation. Wikisource transcription; speech corresp and card milestones aligned to Smyth perseus-grc2.) — 42 focus
Therefore to bear this gift of graceless worth—
O Earth, my nursing mother!—
55
The woman god-accurs'd doth send me forth
Lest one crime bring another.
Ill is the very word to speak, for none
Can ransom or atone
For blood once shed and darkening the plain.
60
O hearth of woe and bane,
O state that low doth lie!
Sunless, accursed of men, the shadows brood
Above the home of murdered majesty.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1854; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylos. Deutsch in den Versmaßen der Urschrift. Stuttgart: Hoffmann, 1854. Native Donner line citations, Smyth card correspondence, selected textual readings and metrical facsimiles. Remaining OCR differences and unattributed reading notes are documented in the linked review inventory.) — 42 focus
Sie strebt mit solcher Liebe liebelos das Leid
(O Erdreich, o Mutter!) abzuwehren, sendet 1
Mich, - das frevle Weib! Mir graut's,
Auszusprechen solches Wort.
Wo gibt es Sühne, wenn zur Erde floß das Blut?
55
O gramumlagert Königshaus!
O jammervoll entlaubter Stamm!
Ein Graun den Menschen, sonnenlos
Schwebt düstre Nacht über dem Haus,
Wo der Herrscher entseelt lag.
60
Zweite Gegenstrophe.

Commentary

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

147-151. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-90

δεσπότᾳ πρὸς ἕρμα γᾶς τόδε κεδνῶν, κακῶν δ᾽ ἀπότροπον ἄγος ἀπεύχετον κεχυμένων χοᾶν· κλῦε δέ μοι, σέβας, κλύ᾽, ὦ δέσποτ᾽, ἐξ ἀμαυρᾶς φρενός.
δέσποτα
vitium Ald. Deinde libri
πρὸς ἔρυμα τόδε κακῶν κεδνῶν τ᾽ ἀπότροπον ἄλγος ἀπεύχετον κεχυμένων χοᾶν
. In G. Ald.
χοᾶν
scriptum est. Nisi aperte haec antistrophica essent, prorsus incerta fluctuaret emendatio. Primo
ἔρυμα
Stanleius tumulum interpretatur, eodemque modo
τὸν τάφον
adscriptum est in M. G. Sed id dicendum fuisse
ἕρμα
ad Soph. Ant. v. 841. significavi. Scribendum videtur
πρὸς ἕρμα γᾶς τόδε κεδνόν
. Deinde librorum scripturam
ἄλγος
in
ἄγος
mutavit Victorius. Scholiastae enim haec est adnotatio,
τὸ ἑξῆς· ἐκκεχυμένων χοᾶν πρὸς ἔρυμα τόδε ἵετε δάκρυ ἄγος ἀπεύχετον (τὸ δάκρυ γὰρ ἀπευκτὸν ἄγος εἶπεν) ἀπότροπον τῶν ἡμετέρων κακῶν καὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν τῶν ἐχθρῶν.
Receperunt
ἄγος
omnes post Victorium editores. Sed requiritur potius
ἅγος
. Hesychius
ἅγος, ἅγνισμα θυσίας. Σοφοκλῆς Φαίδρᾳ
. Scribendum erat
κακῶν δ᾽ ἀπότροπον ἅγος ἀπεύχετον κεχυμένων χοᾶν
. Deinde libri
κλύε δέ μοι κλύε. σεβάς, ὦ δέσποτα ἐξ ἀμαυρᾶς φρενός
, nisi quod
ἀμαυρᾶς
est in G. Ald.
κλύε
emendato accentu Porsonus,
σέβας ὦ δέσποτα
Turnebus. Mutato verborum ordine dochmiorum numerus restituendus erat. Itaque sic hanc stropham scripsi,
ἵετε δάκρυ καναχὲς ὀλόμενον ὀλομένῳ δεσπότᾳ πρὸς ἕρμα γᾶς τόδε κεδνόν· κακῶν δ᾽ ἀπότροπον ἅγος ἀπεύχετον κεχυμένων χοᾶν· κλῦε δέ μοι σέβας, κλύ᾽, ὦ δέσποτ᾽, ἐξ ἀμαυρᾶς φρενός.
Míttite lacrimam stridulam miseram misero domino ad sacrum huncce tumulum: malorum autem averruncam consecrationem effusarum inferiarum abominor: audi vero mihi reverentiam (i. e. preces), audi, domine, ex tenebroso corde.

Wecklein’s commentary on Choephoroi / Libation Bearers (1888; German; OCR draft) (Explanatory commentary, pp. 163–234; single HW42J8 OCR witness, conservatively retained. Unresolved OCR and provisional reference mappings are explicitly marked.) focus

83-582. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-38

1
erstes Epeisodion, geteilt durch einen Kommos (305— 476). Anagnorismos und Vorbereitung der Rache.