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παλίμποινα ... ἀμείψει: παλίμποινα Vict. παλίνποινα M. G. AH. Rob. Turn. Scholiastes επάρας γὰρ τὸν Ὀρέστην, δυνήσῃ καὶ τριπλασίονα ποινὴν εἰςπράξασθαι τὸν Ὀρέστην ποιῆσαι. Hinc Turn. ἀμείψῃ scripsit. Ceteri omnes ἀμείψει. Dictum id est pro αμειφθήσῃ, vicissim accipies. Vidit hoc Pauwius.

780

Libation Bearers. Aeschylus. ed. Gottfried Hermann. Lipsiae. 1852.

Current edition Experimental

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

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (8)

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 τυχεῖν² κυρίως
785

τὰ σώφρον᾽³ εὖ μαιομένοις ἰδεῖν.

διὰ δίκας⁴ πᾶν ἔπος⁵

ἔλακον, ὦ Ζεῦ, σύ⁶ νιν φυλάσσοις.

789

Χορός

ἐέ, πρὸ δὲ δὴ ᾽χθρῶν

τὸν ἔσωθεν μελάθρων, Ζεῦ,⁷
790

θές, ἐπεί νιν⁸ μέγαν ἄρας,

δίδυμα καὶ τριπλᾶ

παλίμποινα θέλων ἀμείψει.

794

ant. 1

Χορός

ἴσθι⁹ δ᾽ ἀνδρὸς φίλου πῶλον εὖ-

νιν ζυγέντ᾽ ἐν ἅρμασιν¹⁰
795

πημάτων, ἐν δρόμῳ προστιθεὶς

μέτρον. τίς ἂν σῳζόμενον ῥυθμὸν

τοῦτ᾽ ἴδοι διὰ πέδον¹¹

ἀνομένων βημάτων ὄρεγμα;¹²

800

str. 2

Χορός

οἵ τ᾽ ἔσω¹³ δωμάτων
800

πλουτογαθῆ¹⁴ μυχὸν ἐνίζετε,¹⁵

κλῦτε,¹⁶ σύμφρονες θεοί:

[ἄγετε¹⁷] τῶν πάλαι πεπραγμένων¹⁸

λύσασθ᾽¹⁹ αἷμα προσφάτοις δίκαις.

γέρων φόνος μηκέτ᾽ ἐν δόμοις τέκοι.
805
806

Χορός

τὸ δὲ²⁰ καλῶς κτίμενον²¹ ὦ μέγα ναίων

στόμιον, εὖ δὸς ἀνιδεῖν δόμον ἀνδρός,

καί νιν ἐλευθερίας²² φῶς

λαμπρὸν²³ ἰδεῖν φιλίοις

ὄμμασιν²⁴ <ἐκ²⁵> δνοφερᾶς καλύπτρας.
810
811

ant. 2

Χορός

ξυλλάβοι δ᾽ ἐνδίκως

παῖς ὁ Μαίας, ἐπιφορώτατος

πρᾶξιν οὐρίαν θέλων:

[πολλὰ δ᾽ ἄλλα φανεῖ χρηίζων κρυπτά²⁶].
815

ἄσκοπον δ᾽ ἔπος λέγω:²⁷

νύκτα πρό²⁸ τ᾽ ὀμμάτων σκότον φέρει,

καθ᾽ ἡμέραν δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐμφανέστερος.²⁹

819

str. 3

Χορός

καὶ τότ᾽³⁰ ἤδη κλυτὸν³¹

δωμάτων λυτήριον,
820

θῆλυν οὐριοστάταν

†ὁμοῦ κρεκτον γοα-

τὰν³² νόμον μεθήσομεν.

πόλει τάδ᾽³³ εὖ:

ἐμὸν ἐμὸν κέρδος αὔξεται³⁴ τόδ᾽: ἄ-
825

τα δ᾽ ἀποστατεῖ φίλων†.³⁵

827

Χορός

σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν, ὅταν ἥκῃ μέρος ἔργων,

ἐπαΰσας Πατρὸς αὐδὰν³⁶

θροούσᾳ [πρὸς σὲ³⁷] Τέκνον [πατρὸς αὐδὰν]

[καὶ] πέραιν᾽³⁸ ἀνεπίμομφον ἄταν.
830
831

ant. 3

Χορός

Περσέως τ᾽ ἐν φρεσὶν

καρδίαν ἀνασχεθών,³⁹

τοῖς θ᾽⁴⁰ ὑπὸ χθονὸς φίλοις,⁴¹

†τοῖς τ᾽ ἄνωθεν προπάσσων

χάριτας⁴² ὀργᾶς λυγρᾶς,⁴³ ἔνδοθεν
835

φόνιαν ἄταν τίθει,⁴⁴ τὸν αἴτιον δ᾽

ἐξαπολλύων⁴⁵ μόρου†.⁴⁶

838

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.

789

Χορός

ἓ ἕ, πρὸ δὲ δὴ ʼχθρῶν

τὸν ἔσωθεν μελάθρων, Ζεῦ,
790

θές, ἐπεί νιν μέγαν ἄρας,

δίδυμα καὶ τριπλᾶ

παλίμποινα θέλων ἀμείψει.

794

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;

800

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

806

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

811

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.

819

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.

827

Χορός

σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν, ὅταν ἥκῃ μέρος ἔργων,

ἐπαΰσας πατρὸς αὐδὰν

θροούσᾳ πρὸς σὲ τέκνον πατρὸς αὐδὰν

καὶ πέραινʼ ἀνεπίμομφον ἄταν.
830

831

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.

Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 794 focus

ἴσθι δ᾽ ἀνδρὸς φίλου πῶλον εὖνιν ζυγέντ᾽ ἐν

ἅρματι

795

πημάτων, ἐν δρόμῳ προστιθεὶς

μέτρον. τίς ἂν σωζόμενον ῥυθμὸν

τοῦτ᾽᾿ ἰδεῖν δάπεδον

ἀνομένων βημάτων ὄρεγμα;

Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 794 focus

ἴσθι δ᾽ ἀνδρὸς φίλου πῶλον εὔ-

νιν ζυγέντ᾽ ἐν ἅρμασιν

πημάτων, ἐν δρόμῳ

προςτιθεὶς μέτρον, τίν' ἂν

σωζόμενον ῥυθμὸν
785

τοῦτ᾽ ἰδεῖν γάπεδον

ἀνομένων βημάτων ὄρεγμα.

στρ. γ'.

ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 794 focus

Ἴσθι δ' ἀνδρὸς φίλου πῶλον εὖ-

νιν ζυγέντ' ἐν ἅρματι

795

πημάτων † ἐν δρόμῳ προστιθεὶς

μέτρον τίς ἂν σωζόμενον ῥυθμὸν

τοῦτ' ἰδεῖν δάπεδον

ἀνομένων ἀνωμ- (prius) βημάτων ὄρεγμα. †

¹ (Ἐή, πρὸ δὲ δὴ ᾽χθρῶν

800

τὸν ἔσωθεν ἔσωθε μελάθρων, Ζεῦ,

θές, ἐπεί μιν μέγαν ἄρας,

δίδυμα καὶ τριπλᾶ παλίμ-

ποινα θέλων ἀμείψει.)

Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 794 focus

ἴσθι δ᾽ ἀνδρὸς φίλου πῶλον εὖνιν

790

ζυγέντ᾽ ἐν ἅρματι

πημάτων, ἐν δρόμῳ προστιθεὶς

μέτρον. τίς ἂν σῳζόμενον ῥυθμὸν

τοῦτ' ἰδεῖν δάπεδον

¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹

ephymnia totus chorus. fort. τύχας εὐδίους κυρίως. ζτ in margine adscriptum in M. τὰ σώφρον εὖ Hermann. διαδικᾶσαι διὰ δίκας Pauw. ἔλακον. Ζεῦ, σὺ δέ νιν ἔλακον· ὦ Ζεῦ, σύ νιν Hermann. τὸν ἔσωθεν μελάθρων, Ζεῦ, τὸν ἔσωθεν μελάθρων, Ζεῦ Seidler τῶν ἔσω μελάθρων, ὦ ζεῦ Μ. versui 786 adicit M. νιν Seidler μιν Μ. ἀίρασ (ι in ras.) Μ. παλίμποινα παλίνποινα Μ. ἀμείψῃ Turnebus. ἴσθι ἔσχε Pauw. ἅρματι ἅρμασιν ex schol. Hermann. intervallo post δρόμωι relicto duo cola distinguit M. scribendum τί δ᾽ ἂν. σωζώμενον corr. in σωζόμενον Μ. fort. τόδε θέοι. γάπεδον Hermann.

ἀνομένων βημάτων ὄρεγμα;

795

str. 2.

Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 794 focus

ἴσθι δ᾽ ἀνδρὸς φίλου πῶλον εὖ-

νιν ζυγέντ᾽ ἐν ἅρμασιν,
795

βημάτων ἐν δρόμωι

προστιθεὶς μέτρον τι καὶ

σωιζόμενος ῥυθμόν·

τοῦτ’ ἰδεῖν, δάπεδον ἀνομένων

†βημάτων† ὄρεγμα.

Aeschyli Choephori (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Choephori. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 794 focus

ἴσθι δ᾽ ἀνδρὸς φίλου πῶλον εὐ-

νιν ζυγέντ᾽ ἐν ἅρμασιν

πημάτων, (σὺ δ᾽ ἐν δρόμωι

795

προστιθεὶς μέτρον κτίσον

σωιζόμενον ῥυθμόν,

τοῦτ᾽ ἰδεῖν ἀμ πέδον

ἀνόμενον βημάτων ὄρεγμα.

(ἓ ἕ.

πρὸ δὲ δὴ ἐχθρῶν τὸν ἔσω

μελάθρων Ζεῦ θές, ἐπεί νιν μέγαν ἄρας,

790

δίδυμα καὶ τριπλᾶ παλίμποινα θέλων ἀμείψει.) =

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.)) — 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

789

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

794

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

800

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

806

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

811

Chorus

May Maia’s son,³ as he rightfully should, lend his aid, for no one can better sail a deed on a favoring course, when he would do so.⁴

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

819

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

827

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

831

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

The Libation Bearers (OCR draft) Experimental (The Libation Bearers. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 794 focus

Bethink thee too of a beloved hero's orphan youngling yoked In harness of sufferings, and prescribe thou a limit to his race. Who might see this striding of completed paces across the plain keeping due time?

LES CHOÉPHORES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES CHOÉPHORES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 794 focus

Vois le jeune coursier, orphelin d'un héros qui te fut cher,
attelé à un char de douleurs.

(Oui, fais triompher de ses ennemis, Zeus, celui qui est dans ce palais; car, si tu l'exaltes et le fais puissant, de bon cœur il t'en paiera double et triple récom- pense.)

Et

The Choephoræ (OCR draft) Experimental (The Choephoræ. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 794 focus

Yok'd to affliction's iron car

This orphan son of a lov'd father ſpare:

895

Reſtrain its headlong force;

And let the rapid wheels, with many’ a bound

Rolling o'er the rugged ground,

Here ſtop their painful course.

Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 794 focus

Mira il giovin rampollo

d'un uomo a te carissimo,

a cui grava sul collo

delle sciagure il plaustro.

675

Il corso tu misura

a certa mèta. Oh!, chi vedrà lo scalpito

su questo suolo dell'orma secura?

Contro le genti infeste

che covo han nella reggia,
680

Giove, fa' tu che Oreste

pianti securo il piede:

ché se lo esalti, duplice

e triplice ne avrai lieta mercede.

2 Strofe II.

CORO

Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 794 focus

Scias uerò uiri amici pullum ipſum bene coiuugatu currui

Calamitatum, in curſu propoſitus,

740

Metri aliquis ſeruatu rhythmum hoc uideat pauimentum

Finientium calamitatum gradum. qui intus ædes

Diuitem receſsum exiſtimatis

Audite concordes dij.

Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 794 focus

Schau' herab

auf des lieben Vaters Waise.

Erstes Rennen wagt das Füllen,

nicht zu schwere

Prüfung verlange von ihm; unermüdet flieg' er

durch die Bahn,

Sprung um Sprung,

rasch und rascher zum Ziele.

Dem drinnen im Hause

gieb über die Feinde

die Oberhand, Zeus.

Sein Opfer an deinen Altären

wird doppelt und dreifach es lohnen.

800

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.) — 794 focus

Bethink thee, the young steed, the orphan foal

Of sire beloved by thee, unto the car

Of doom is harnessed fast.

Guide him aright, plant firm a lasting goal,
890

Speed thou his pace,—O that no chance may mar

The homeward course, the last!

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.) — 794 focus

Unsers vieltheuren Herrn Waise ward

Eingeschirrt in's Joch des Leids:
790

Sez' ein Maß seiner Noth,

Daß er unversehrt im Glück

Seiner Geliebten Land

Wiederum schauen mag,

Dem sein Schritt längst verlangend zustrebt!
795
Dritte Strophe.

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

780. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-496

780

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

779-836. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-424

zweites Stasimon. Mit der starken Erregung, welche durch das Gefühl hochwichtiger Entscheidung hervorgebracht wird, fleht der Chor um glückliches Vollbringen des Rachewerks: » Lafs mich, Zeus, den Sieg des Rechtes sehen. Lenke den Sturmlauf des Orestes, dafs sein Fufs nicht strauchle. Ihr, Götter des Familienschatzes, sühnt die alte Blutschuld, damit das Haus rein wird. Du, Apollon, lafs den Palast des Agamemnon wieder den heiteren Tag der Freiheit schauen nach der finsteren Umnachtung. Seinen Beistand leiste endlich Hermes, der Gott der List, der sogar zur hellen Tageszeit das Auge mit Finsternis blendet. Wenn dann der Tag der Freiheit anbricht, dann werden wir fröhlichen Sang anstimmen. Nun aber vollende du, Orestes, mutig das Werk und schaffe Genugthuung den Freunden drunten und auf der Oberwelt durch Vernichtung des Mörders." - Von den drei Strophenpaaren scheint jeder Stoichos eines zu singen, während die Ephymnien dem Gesamtchore zufallen.

Aeschylus Libation Bearers 780.app-780-1

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Χορός

ἐέ, πρὸ δὲ δὴ ᾽χθρῶν

τὸν ἔσωθεν μελάθρων, Ζεῦ,⁷
790

θές, ἐπεί νιν⁸ μέγαν ἄρας,

δίδυμα καὶ τριπλᾶ

παλίμποινα θέλων ἀμείψει.

794

Χορός

σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν, ὅταν ἥκῃ μέρος ἔργων,

ἐπαΰσας Πατρὸς αὐδὰν³⁶

θροούσᾳ [πρὸς σὲ³⁷] Τέκνον [πατρὸς αὐδὰν]

[καὶ] πέραιν᾽³⁸ ἀνεπίμομφον ἄταν.
830
831

Χορός

ἓ ἕ, πρὸ δὲ δὴ ʼχθρῶν

τὸν ἔσωθεν μελάθρων, Ζεῦ,
790

θές, ἐπεί νιν μέγαν ἄρας,

δίδυμα καὶ τριπλᾶ

παλίμποινα θέλων ἀμείψει.

Χορός

σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν, ὅταν ἥκῃ μέρος ἔργων,

ἐπαΰσας πατρὸς αὐδὰν

θροούσᾳ πρὸς σὲ τέκνον πατρὸς αὐδὰν

καὶ πέραινʼ ἀνεπίμομφον ἄταν.
830

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

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

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

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

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

Chorus

May Maia’s son,³ as he rightfully should, lend his aid, for no one can better sail a deed on a favoring course, when he would do so.⁴

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

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

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

(Oui, fais triompher de ses ennemis, Zeus, celui qui est dans ce palais; car, si tu l'exaltes et le fais puissant, de bon cœur il t'en paiera double et triple récom- pense.)

Et

Reſtrain its headlong force;

And let the rapid wheels, with many’ a bound

Rolling o'er the rugged ground,

Here ſtop their painful course.

Contro le genti infeste

che covo han nella reggia,
680

Giove, fa' tu che Oreste

pianti securo il piede:

ché se lo esalti, duplice

e triplice ne avrai lieta mercede.

CORO

Bethink thee, the young steed, the orphan foal

Of sire beloved by thee, unto the car

Of doom is harnessed fast.

Guide him aright, plant firm a lasting goal,
890

Speed thou his pace,—O that no chance may mar

The homeward course, the last!

Unsers vieltheuren Herrn Waise ward

Eingeschirrt in's Joch des Leids:
790

Sez' ein Maß seiner Noth,

Daß er unversehrt im Glück

Seiner Geliebten Land

Wiederum schauen mag,

Dem sein Schritt längst verlangend zustrebt!
795
Dritte Strophe.

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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

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

Χορός ἓ ἕ, πρὸ δὲ δὴ ʼχθρῶν τὸν ἔσωθεν μελάθρων, Ζεῦ, 790 θές, ἐπεί νιν μέγαν ἄρας, δίδυμα καὶ τριπλᾶ παλίμποινα θέλων ἀμείψει.

Χορός σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν, ὅταν ἥκῃ μέρος ἔργων, ἐπαΰσας πατρὸς αὐδὰν θροούσᾳ πρὸς σὲ τέκνον πατρὸς αὐδὰν καὶ πέραινʼ ἀνεπίμομφον ἄταν. 830

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

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

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

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

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

Chorus May Maia’s son, 3 as he rightfully should, lend his aid, for no one can better sail a deed on a favoring course, when he would do so. 4 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

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

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

(Oui, fais triompher de ses ennemis, Zeus, celui qui est dans ce palais; car, si tu l'exaltes et le fais puissant, de bon cœur il t'en paiera double et triple récom- pense.) Et

Reſtrain its headlong force; And let the rapid wheels, with many’ a bound Rolling o'er the rugged ground, Here ſtop their painful course.

Contro le genti infeste che covo han nella reggia, 680 Giove, fa' tu che Oreste pianti securo il piede: ché se lo esalti, duplice e triplice ne avrai lieta mercede.

CORO

Bethink thee, the young steed, the orphan foal Of sire beloved by thee, unto the car Of doom is harnessed fast. Guide him aright, plant firm a lasting goal, 890 Speed thou his pace,—O that no chance may mar The homeward course, the last!

Unsers vieltheuren Herrn Waise ward Eingeschirrt in's Joch des Leids: 790 Sez' ein Maß seiner Noth, Daß er unversehrt im Glück Seiner Geliebten Land Wiederum schauen mag, Dem sein Schritt längst verlangend zustrebt! 795 Dritte Strophe.

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Χορός

ἐέ, πρὸ δὲ δὴ ᾽χθρῶν

τὸν ἔσωθεν μελάθρων, Ζεῦ,⁷
790

θές, ἐπεί νιν⁸ μέγαν ἄρας,

δίδυμα καὶ τριπλᾶ

παλίμποινα θέλων ἀμείψει.

794

Χορός

σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν, ὅταν ἥκῃ μέρος ἔργων,

ἐπαΰσας Πατρὸς αὐδὰν³⁶

θροούσᾳ [πρὸς σὲ³⁷] Τέκνον [πατρὸς αὐδὰν]

[καὶ] πέραιν᾽³⁸ ἀνεπίμομφον ἄταν.
830
831

Χορός

ἓ ἕ, πρὸ δὲ δὴ ʼχθρῶν

τὸν ἔσωθεν μελάθρων, Ζεῦ,
790

θές, ἐπεί νιν μέγαν ἄρας,

δίδυμα καὶ τριπλᾶ

παλίμποινα θέλων ἀμείψει.

Χορός

σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν, ὅταν ἥκῃ μέρος ἔργων,

ἐπαΰσας πατρὸς αὐδὰν

θροούσᾳ πρὸς σὲ τέκνον πατρὸς αὐδὰν

καὶ πέραινʼ ἀνεπίμομφον ἄταν.
830

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

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

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

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

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

Chorus

May Maia’s son,³ as he rightfully should, lend his aid, for no one can better sail a deed on a favoring course, when he would do so.⁴

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

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

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

(Oui, fais triompher de ses ennemis, Zeus, celui qui est dans ce palais; car, si tu l'exaltes et le fais puissant, de bon cœur il t'en paiera double et triple récom- pense.)

Et

Reſtrain its headlong force;

And let the rapid wheels, with many’ a bound

Rolling o'er the rugged ground,

Here ſtop their painful course.

Contro le genti infeste

che covo han nella reggia,
680

Giove, fa' tu che Oreste

pianti securo il piede:

ché se lo esalti, duplice

e triplice ne avrai lieta mercede.

Bethink thee, the young steed, the orphan foal

Of sire beloved by thee, unto the car

Of doom is harnessed fast.

Guide him aright, plant firm a lasting goal,
890

Speed thou his pace,—O that no chance may mar

The homeward course, the last!

Unsers vieltheuren Herrn Waise ward

Eingeschirrt in's Joch des Leids:
790

Sez' ein Maß seiner Noth,

Daß er unversehrt im Glück

Seiner Geliebten Land

Wiederum schauen mag,

Dem sein Schritt längst verlangend zustrebt!
795
Dritte Strophe.