Libation Bearers. Aeschylus. Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator). London. 1849.
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Χοηφóρoι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 783-837 focus
str.
1
Χορός
νῦν παραιτουμένᾳ μοι,
1
πάτερ
Ζεῦ θεῶν Ὀλυμπίων,
δὸς τύχας εὖ τυχεῖν
2
κυρίως
785
τὰ σώφρον᾽
3
εὖ μαιομένοις ἰδεῖν.
ἔλακον, ὦ Ζεῦ, σύ
6
νιν φυλάσσοις.
789
νῦν παραιτουμένᾳ μοι,
1
πάτερ
Ζεῦ θεῶν Ὀλυμπίων,
δὸς τύχας εὖ τυχεῖν
2
κυρίως
785
τὰ σώφρον᾽
3
εὖ μαιομένοις ἰδεῖν.
ἔλακον, ὦ Ζεῦ, σύ
6
νιν φυλάσσοις.
Χορός
ἐέ, πρὸ δὲ δὴ ᾽χθρῶν
τὸν ἔσωθεν μελάθρων, Ζεῦ,
7
790
θές, ἐπεί νιν
8
μέγαν ἄρας,
δίδυμα καὶ τριπλᾶ
παλίμποινα θέλων ἀμείψει.
794
ἐέ, πρὸ δὲ δὴ ᾽χθρῶν
τὸν ἔσωθεν μελάθρων, Ζεῦ,
7
790
θές, ἐπεί νιν
8
μέγαν ἄρας,
δίδυμα καὶ τριπλᾶ
παλίμποινα θέλων ἀμείψει.
ant.
1
Χορός
ἴσθι
9
δ᾽ ἀνδρὸς φίλου πῶλον εὖ-
νιν ζυγέντ᾽ ἐν ἅρμασιν
10
795
πημάτων, ἐν δρόμῳ προστιθεὶς
μέτρον. τίς ἂν σῳζόμενον ῥυθμὸν
τοῦτ᾽ ἴδοι διὰ πέδον
11
ἀνομένων βημάτων ὄρεγμα;
12
800
ἴσθι
9
δ᾽ ἀνδρὸς φίλου πῶλον εὖ-
νιν ζυγέντ᾽ ἐν ἅρμασιν
10
795
πημάτων, ἐν δρόμῳ προστιθεὶς
μέτρον. τίς ἂν σῳζόμενον ῥυθμὸν
τοῦτ᾽ ἴδοι διὰ πέδον
11
ἀνομένων βημάτων ὄρεγμα;
12
str.
2
Χορός
οἵ τ᾽ ἔσω
13
δωμάτων
800
κλῦτε,
16
σύμφρονες θεοί:
λύσασθ᾽
19
αἷμα προσφάτοις δίκαις.
γέρων φόνος μηκέτ᾽ ἐν δόμοις τέκοι.
805
806
οἵ τ᾽ ἔσω
13
δωμάτων
800
κλῦτε,
16
σύμφρονες θεοί:
λύσασθ᾽
19
αἷμα προσφάτοις δίκαις.
γέρων φόνος μηκέτ᾽ ἐν δόμοις τέκοι.
805
ant.
2
Χορός
ξυλλάβοι δ᾽ ἐνδίκως
παῖς ὁ Μαίας, ἐπιφορώτατος
πρᾶξιν οὐρίαν θέλων:
[πολλὰ δ᾽ ἄλλα φανεῖ χρηίζων κρυπτά
26
].
815
ἄσκοπον δ᾽ ἔπος λέγω:
27
νύκτα πρό
28
τ᾽ ὀμμάτων σκότον φέρει,
καθ᾽ ἡμέραν δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐμφανέστερος.
29
819
ξυλλάβοι δ᾽ ἐνδίκως
παῖς ὁ Μαίας, ἐπιφορώτατος
πρᾶξιν οὐρίαν θέλων:
[πολλὰ δ᾽ ἄλλα φανεῖ χρηίζων κρυπτά
26
].
815
ἄσκοπον δ᾽ ἔπος λέγω:
27
νύκτα πρό
28
τ᾽ ὀμμάτων σκότον φέρει,
καθ᾽ ἡμέραν δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐμφανέστερος.
29
str.
3
Χορός
δωμάτων λυτήριον,
820
θῆλυν οὐριοστάταν
†ὁμοῦ κρεκτον γοα-
τὰν
32
νόμον μεθήσομεν.
πόλει τάδ᾽
33
εὖ:
ἐμὸν ἐμὸν κέρδος αὔξεται
34
τόδ᾽: ἄ-
825
τα δ᾽ ἀποστατεῖ φίλων†.
35
827
δωμάτων λυτήριον,
820
θῆλυν οὐριοστάταν
†ὁμοῦ κρεκτον γοα-
τὰν
32
νόμον μεθήσομεν.
πόλει τάδ᾽
33
εὖ:
ἐμὸν ἐμὸν κέρδος αὔξεται
34
τόδ᾽: ἄ-
825
τα δ᾽ ἀποστατεῖ φίλων†.
35
Χορός
σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν, ὅταν ἥκῃ μέρος ἔργων,
ἐπαΰσας Πατρὸς αὐδὰν
36
θροούσᾳ [πρὸς σὲ
37
] Τέκνον [πατρὸς αὐδὰν]
[καὶ] πέραιν᾽
38
ἀνεπίμομφον ἄταν.
830
831
σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν, ὅταν ἥκῃ μέρος ἔργων,
ἐπαΰσας Πατρὸς αὐδὰν
36
θροούσᾳ [πρὸς σὲ
37
] Τέκνον [πατρὸς αὐδὰν]
[καὶ] πέραιν᾽
38
ἀνεπίμομφον ἄταν.
830
ant.
3
Χοηφóρoι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 783-837 focus
Χορός
νῦν παραιτουμένᾳ μοι, πάτερ
Ζεῦ θεῶν Ὀλυμπίων,
δὸς τύχας τυχεῖν δόμου κυρίως
785
τὰ σώφρονʼ εὖ μαιομένοις ἰδεῖν.
διὰ δίκας πᾶν ἔπος
ἔλακον·
ὦ Ζεῦ, σύ νιν φυλάσσοις.
νῦν παραιτουμένᾳ μοι, πάτερ
Ζεῦ θεῶν Ὀλυμπίων,
δὸς τύχας τυχεῖν δόμου κυρίως
785
τὰ σώφρονʼ εὖ μαιομένοις ἰδεῖν.
διὰ δίκας πᾶν ἔπος
ἔλακον·
ὦ Ζεῦ, σύ νιν φυλάσσοις.
Χορός
ἓ ἕ, πρὸ δὲ δὴ ʼχθρῶν
τὸν ἔσωθεν μελάθρων, Ζεῦ,
790
θές, ἐπεί νιν μέγαν ἄρας,
δίδυμα καὶ τριπλᾶ
παλίμποινα θέλων ἀμείψει.
ἓ ἕ, πρὸ δὲ δὴ ʼχθρῶν
τὸν ἔσωθεν μελάθρων, Ζεῦ,
790
θές, ἐπεί νιν μέγαν ἄρας,
δίδυμα καὶ τριπλᾶ
παλίμποινα θέλων ἀμείψει.
Χορός
ἴσθι δʼ ἀνδρὸς φίλου πῶλον εὖ-
νιν ζυγέντʼ ἐν ἅρμασιν
795
πημάτων.
σὺ δʼ ἐν δρόμῳ προστιθεὶς
μέτρον κτίσον σῳζόμενον ῥυθμὸν
τοῦτʼ ἰδεῖν διὰ πέδον
ἀνομένων βημάτων ὄρεγμα;
ἴσθι δʼ ἀνδρὸς φίλου πῶλον εὖ-
νιν ζυγέντʼ ἐν ἅρμασιν
795
πημάτων.
σὺ δʼ ἐν δρόμῳ προστιθεὶς
μέτρον κτίσον σῳζόμενον ῥυθμὸν
τοῦτʼ ἰδεῖν διὰ πέδον
ἀνομένων βημάτων ὄρεγμα;
Χορός
οἵ τʼ ἔσω δωμάτων
800
πλουτογαθῆ μυχὸν νομίζετε,
κλῦτε, σύμφρονες θεοί·
ἄγετε τῶν πάλαι πεπραγμένων
λύσασθʼ αἷμα προσφάτοις δίκαις.
γέρων φόνος μηκέτʼ ἐν δόμοις τέκοι.
805
οἵ τʼ ἔσω δωμάτων
800
πλουτογαθῆ μυχὸν νομίζετε,
κλῦτε, σύμφρονες θεοί·
ἄγετε τῶν πάλαι πεπραγμένων
λύσασθʼ αἷμα προσφάτοις δίκαις.
γέρων φόνος μηκέτʼ ἐν δόμοις τέκοι.
805
Χορός
τὸ δὲ καλῶς κτίμενον ὦ μέγα ναίων
στόμιον, εὖ δὸς ἀνιδεῖν δόμον ἀνδρός,
καί νιν ἐλευθερίας
φῶς
λαμπρὸν ἰδεῖν φιλίοις
ὄμμασιν
ἐκ δνοφερᾶς καλύπτρας.
810
τὸ δὲ καλῶς κτίμενον ὦ μέγα ναίων
στόμιον, εὖ δὸς ἀνιδεῖν δόμον ἀνδρός,
καί νιν ἐλευθερίας
φῶς
λαμπρὸν ἰδεῖν φιλίοις
ὄμμασιν
ἐκ δνοφερᾶς καλύπτρας.
810
Χορός
ξυλλάβοι δʼ ἐνδίκως
παῖς ὁ Μαίας, ἐπεὶ φορώτατος
πρᾶξιν οὐρίαν θέλων·
πολλὰ δʼ ἄλλα φανεῖ χρηίζων κρυπτά.
815
ἄσκοπον δʼ ἔπος λέγων
νύκτα πρό τʼ ὀμμάτων σκότον φέρει,
καθʼ ἡμέραν δʼ οὐδὲν ἐμφανέστερος.
ξυλλάβοι δʼ ἐνδίκως
παῖς ὁ Μαίας, ἐπεὶ φορώτατος
πρᾶξιν οὐρίαν θέλων·
πολλὰ δʼ ἄλλα φανεῖ χρηίζων κρυπτά.
815
ἄσκοπον δʼ ἔπος λέγων
νύκτα πρό τʼ ὀμμάτων σκότον φέρει,
καθʼ ἡμέραν δʼ οὐδὲν ἐμφανέστερος.
Χορός
καὶ τότʼ ἤδη κλυτὸν
δωμάτων λυτήριον,
820
θῆλυν οὐριοστάταν οὐδʼ
ὀξύκρεκτον γοα-
τᾶν νόμον θήσομεν·
πλεῖ τάδʼ εὖ·
ἐμὸν ἐμὸν κέρδος αὔξεται τόδʼ· ἄ-
825
τα δʼ ἀποστατεῖ φίλων.
καὶ τότʼ ἤδη κλυτὸν
δωμάτων λυτήριον,
820
θῆλυν οὐριοστάταν οὐδʼ
ὀξύκρεκτον γοα-
τᾶν νόμον θήσομεν·
πλεῖ τάδʼ εὖ·
ἐμὸν ἐμὸν κέρδος αὔξεται τόδʼ· ἄ-
825
τα δʼ ἀποστατεῖ φίλων.
Χορός
σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν, ὅταν ἥκῃ μέρος ἔργων,
ἐπαΰσας πατρὸς αὐδὰν
θροούσᾳ
πρὸς σὲ τέκνον
πατρὸς αὐδὰν
καὶ πέραινʼ ἀνεπίμομφον ἄταν.
830
σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν, ὅταν ἥκῃ μέρος ἔργων,
ἐπαΰσας πατρὸς αὐδὰν
θροούσᾳ
πρὸς σὲ τέκνον
πατρὸς αὐδὰν
καὶ πέραινʼ ἀνεπίμομφον ἄταν.
830
Χορός
Περσέως τʼ ἐν φρεσὶν
καρδίαν ἀνασχεθών,
τοῖς θʼ ὑπὸ χθονὸς φίλοισιν,
τοῖς τʼ ἄνωθεν πρόπρασ-
σε χάριν ὀργᾶς λυγρᾶς, ἔνδοθεν
835
φόνιον ἄταν τιθείς, τὸν αἴτιον δʼ
ἐξαπολλύων μόρου.
Περσέως τʼ ἐν φρεσὶν
καρδίαν ἀνασχεθών,
τοῖς θʼ ὑπὸ χθονὸς φίλοισιν,
τοῖς τʼ ἄνωθεν πρόπρασ-
σε χάριν ὀργᾶς λυγρᾶς, ἔνδοθεν
835
φόνιον ἄταν τιθείς, τὸν αἴτιον δʼ
ἐξαπολλύων μόρου.
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 783 focus
ΧΟ.
νῦν παραιτουμένα μοι, πάτερ Ζεῦ θεῶν Ὀλυμ-
πίων,
δὸς τύχας, τυχεῖν δέ μου κυρίως
785
τὰ σώφροσιν εὖ μαιομένοις ἰδεῖν.
διὰ δίκας πᾶν ἔπος
ἔλακον, ὦ Ζεῦ, σύ νιν φυλάσσοις.
νῦν παραιτουμένα μοι, πάτερ Ζεῦ θεῶν Ὀλυμ-
πίων,
δὸς τύχας, τυχεῖν δέ μου κυρίως
785
τὰ σώφροσιν εὖ μαιομένοις ἰδεῖν.
διὰ δίκας πᾶν ἔπος
ἔλακον, ὦ Ζεῦ, σύ νιν φυλάσσοις.
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 783 focus
Χορός
στρ. α'.
νῦν παραιτουμένα μοι, πάτερ
770
Ζεῦ θεῶν Ὀλυμπίων,
δὸς τύχας εὖ τυχεῖν,
κυρίως τὰ σώφρον εὖ
νῦν παραιτουμένα μοι, πάτερ
770
Ζεῦ θεῶν Ὀλυμπίων,
δὸς τύχας εὖ τυχεῖν,
κυρίως τὰ σώφρον εὖ
Χορός
μαιομένοις ἰδεῖν.
διὰ δίκας πᾶν ἔπος
775
ἔλακον· ὦ Ζεῦ, σύ νιν φυλάσσοις.
στρ. β'.
μαιομένοις ἰδεῖν.
διὰ δίκας πᾶν ἔπος
775
ἔλακον· ὦ Ζεῦ, σύ νιν φυλάσσοις.
ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 783 focus
Νῦν
παραιτουμένᾳ μοι
-μέν᾿ ἐμοὶ, πάτερ
Ζεῦ θεῶν Ὀλυμπίων,
δὸς τύχας † τυχεῖν δέ μου κυρίως
785
τὰ σωφροσυνευ μαιομένοις ἰδεῖν
διαδικᾶσαι πᾶν ἔπος
ἔλακον, Ζεῦ, σὺ δέ νιν φυλάσσοις. †
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 783 focus
νῦν παραιτουμένᾳ μοι, πάτερ
Ζεῦ θεῶν Ὀλυμπίων,
780
νῦν παραιτουμένᾳ μοι, πάτερ
Ζεῦ θεῶν Ὀλυμπίων,
780
εἰ
εἰ Turnebus
* Μ.
paragraphus praefixa in M.
μὴ νῦν et ἄγγελε Μ.
στύγει Μ, στυγεῖ m.
κλύῃ
κλύθι (Η in ras.) Μ.
τάχιστα γαθούσῃ
τάχιστα γαθούσῃ Turnebus
τάχιστ' ἀγαθούση Μ.
ὀρθοῦται λόγος
ὀρθοῦται λόγος schol. Hom. O 207
ορθούση φρενί Μ.
singulis (etiam 776) paragraphi praefixae in M.
τοῖσιν ἐντεταλμένοις
scripsi
τοῖσι νῦν ἠγγελμένοισ Μ.
fort. τῶνδ᾽ ὡς τροπαίαν.
ἔχεις τι
ἔχεισ τί Μ.
ἄγγελλ᾿
ἄγγελλ᾽ Robortellus
ἄγγελο Μ.
ἰοῦσαι, sed eraso 4, et τ᾽ ἀπεταλμένα mut. in τ' ἀπεσταλμένα Μ.
μέλει
μέλει Ald.
μέλλει Μ.
μέλῃ Turnebus
μέλλη Μ.
paragraphus praefixa in M.
παραιτουμένῃ (παραιτουμένᾳ Hermann) μοι Turnebus
παραιτούμενο (παραιτουμέν m) ἐμοὶ Μ.
Tres chori ordines canere videntur
δὸς τύχας· τυχεῖν δέ μου κυρίως
τὰ σωφροσύναις μαιομένοις ἰδεῖν.
διαδικᾶσαι πᾶν ἔπος
ἔλακον. Ζεῦ, σὺ δέ νιν φυλάσσοις.
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 783 focus
Aeschyli Choephori (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Choephori. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 783 focus
ΧΟΡΟΣ
νῦν παραιτουμέναι μοι, πάτερ
Ζεῦ θεῶν Ὀλυμπίων,
δὸς τύχας τυχεῖν δόμου
785
κυρίως †τὰ σώφροσυνευ
μαιομένοις ἰδεῖν.
διὰ δίκας πᾶν ἔπος
ἔλακον· (ὦ) Ζεῦ σὺ [δέ] νιν φυλάσσοις.
νῦν παραιτουμέναι μοι, πάτερ
Ζεῦ θεῶν Ὀλυμπίων,
δὸς τύχας τυχεῖν δόμου
785
κυρίως †τὰ σώφροσυνευ
μαιομένοις ἰδεῖν.
διὰ δίκας πᾶν ἔπος
ἔλακον· (ὦ) Ζεῦ σὺ [δέ] νιν φυλάσσοις.
Translations (8)
Libation Bearers Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 783-835 focus
Chorus
Now at my supplication, O Zeus, father of the Olympian gods, grant that the fortunes of our house be firmly established,
so that those who rightly desire the rule of order may behold it. Every word of mine has been uttered in justice. O Zeus, may you safeguard it!
785
Now at my supplication, O Zeus, father of the Olympian gods, grant that the fortunes of our house be firmly established,
so that those who rightly desire the rule of order may behold it. Every word of mine has been uttered in justice. O Zeus, may you safeguard it!
785
Chorus
O Zeus, set him who is within the palace before his foes;
since, if you exalt him, he will gladly pay you with double and triple recompense.
790
O Zeus, set him who is within the palace before his foes;
since, if you exalt him, he will gladly pay you with double and triple recompense.
790
Chorus
Know that the orphaned colt of a loved one is harnessed to the chariot of distress.
And by setting bounds to his course may you grant that we see him keep a steady pace through this race and win the goal in the straining stride of a gallop.
1
795
Know that the orphaned colt of a loved one is harnessed to the chariot of distress.
And by setting bounds to his course may you grant that we see him keep a steady pace through this race and win the goal in the straining stride of a gallop.
1
795
Chorus
And you who within the house inhabit the inner chamber that exults in its wealth, hear me, you gods, that feel with us! By a fresh award redeem the blood of deeds done long ago.
800
May aged Murder cease begetting offspring in our house!
805
And you who within the house inhabit the inner chamber that exults in its wealth, hear me, you gods, that feel with us! By a fresh award redeem the blood of deeds done long ago.
800
May aged Murder cease begetting offspring in our house!
805
Chorus
And you who occupy the mighty, gorgeously built cavern,
2
grant that the man’s house may lift up its eyes again in joy, and that with glad
eyes it may behold from under its veil of gloom the radiant light of freedom.
810
And you who occupy the mighty, gorgeously built cavern,
2
grant that the man’s house may lift up its eyes again in joy, and that with glad
eyes it may behold from under its veil of gloom the radiant light of freedom.
810
Chorus
But by his mysterious utterance he brings darkness over men’s eyes by night, and by day he is no more clear at all.
815
But by his mysterious utterance he brings darkness over men’s eyes by night, and by day he is no more clear at all.
815
Chorus
And then at last with a loud voice we shall sing a song of the deliverance of our house,
the song that women raise when the wind sits fair, and not the shrill strain of those who mourn:
The ship goes well. This grows to profit for me, for me, and calamity holds off from those I love.
820
And then at last with a loud voice we shall sing a song of the deliverance of our house,
the song that women raise when the wind sits fair, and not the shrill strain of those who mourn:
The ship goes well. This grows to profit for me, for me, and calamity holds off from those I love.
820
Chorus
But may you with good courage, when the part of action comes, cry out loud the name
Father when she exclaims
Son,
and accomplish the baneful but irreproachable deed.
830
But may you with good courage, when the part of action comes, cry out loud the name
Father when she exclaims
Son,
and accomplish the baneful but irreproachable deed.
830
Chorus
Raise up Perseus’ spirit within my breast. And for those dear to you below the earth, and for those above, exact satisfaction for their dire wrath
by working bloody ruin in our house and obliterating the guilt of murder.
5
835
Raise up Perseus’ spirit within my breast. And for those dear to you below the earth, and for those above, exact satisfaction for their dire wrath
by working bloody ruin in our house and obliterating the guilt of murder.
5
835
LES CHOÉPHORES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES CHOÉPHORES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 783 focus
Maintenant, je t'en conjure, Zeus, père des
dieux de l'Olympe. 1
dieux de l'Olympe. 1
(Plus soutenu.)
Oui, fais triompher de ses ennemis, Zeus
Oui, fais triompher de ses ennemis, Zeus
The Choephoræ (OCR draft) Experimental (The Choephoræ. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 783 focus
Now my righteous pray’r approve,
880
Father and King of Gods, Olympian Jove!
To thee may I unfold
Such vows, as from the modest and the wise
In the cause of justice rise.
O, may these eyes behold
885
Her pow'r, ador'd by all, maintain
The glories of her aweful reign!
O, may these eyes behold
885
Her pow'r, ador'd by all, maintain
The glories of her aweful reign!
Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 783 focus
O degli olimpî Dei
Signore, o Giove!, l'esito
660
concedi ai voti miei!
Fa' ch'io raggiunga il termine
a cui l'uom saggio anela.
Ogni mio detto ispirasi a Giustizia:
abbine dunque, o Giove re, tutela!
665
Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 783 focus
Nunc rogati mihi pater Iupiter deoru cæleftiū
Da fortunam, aſsequi mihi propriè
Hæc prudentibus bene gerentibus uidere.
Iuſte omne uerbum. reſonuit Iupiter. Tu uerò nunc ipſum custodias.
Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 783 focus
Jetzo, Zeus,
Vater aller Himmelsmächte,
785
hör' uns flehen, hör' uns fordern,
gieb Entscheidung,
aber entscheide den Sieg der gerechten Sache.
Nur für's Recht tret' ich ein
Zeus, sei Mehrer des Rechtes.
790
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.) — 783 focus
Zeus, sire of them who on Olympus dwell,
Hear thou, O hear my prayer!
Grant to my rightful lords to prosper well
Even as their zeal is fair!
880
For right, for right goes up aloud my cry—
Zeus, sire of them who on Olympus dwell,
Hear thou, O hear my prayer!
Grant to my rightful lords to prosper well
Even as their zeal is fair!
880
For right, for right goes up aloud my cry—
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.) — 783 focus
Höre jetzt unser Fleh'n, großer Zeus,
Sel'ger Götter Vater du!
Sende, Herr, Glück und Heil
780
Ihnen, die verlangend längst
Harren des Edlen Sieg!
Sprach ich doch jeglich Wort
Dir gerecht: nimm's in deine Hut, Zeus!
Höre jetzt unser Fleh'n, großer Zeus,
Sel'ger Götter Vater du!
Sende, Herr, Glück und Heil
780
Ihnen, die verlangend längst
Harren des Edlen Sieg!
Sprach ich doch jeglich Wort
Dir gerecht: nimm's in deine Hut, Zeus!
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
170.
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αὐτοῖσιν ἡμῖν
170
αὐτοῖσιν ἡμῖν M. G. Ald. Rob. Quod quum egregie conveniat indoli Graecae linguae, non debebat a Turnebo in
αὐταῖσιν ἡμῶν mutari. Ridet haec Euripides in Electra v. 520. seqq. Aristophanes Nub. v. 530.
νῦν οὖν, Ἠλέκτραν κατ᾽ ἐκείνην, ἡδ᾽ ἡ κωμῳδία ζητοῦσ᾽ ἦλθ᾽, ἦν που 'πιτύχῃ θεαταῖς οὕτω σοφοῖς. γνώσεται γάρ, ἤνπερ ἴδῃ, τἀδελφοῦ τὸν βόστρυχον, ubi scholiastae Aeschyli Choephoros memorant.
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.
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erstes Epeisodion, geteilt durch einen Kommos (305— 476). Anagnorismos und Vorbereitung der Rache.
170.
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Suppl. 365
σὺ δὲ παρ᾽ ὀψιγόνου μάθε γεραροφρονῶν.