Aeschylus Libation Bearers 855

Gottfried Hermann (Editor)

Libation Bearers. Aeschylus. Gottfried Hermann (Editor). Lipsiae. 1852.

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Current edition Experimental

Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) (Greek) (Χοηφόροι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (7)
Χοηφóρoι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 838-934 focus
Χοηφóρoι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 838-934 focus
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 855 focus
ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 855 focus
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 855 focus
Ζεῦ Ζεῦ, τί λέγω, πόθεν ἄρξωμαι,
τάδ᾽ ἐπευχομένη κἀπιδεάζουσ',
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ὑπὸ δ᾽ εὐνοίας
πῶς ἴσον εἰποῦσ᾽ ἀνύσωμαι;
νῦν γὰρ μέλλουσι μιανθεῖσαι
πειραὶ κοπάνων ἀνδροδαΐκτων
ἢ πάνυ θήσειν ᾿Αγαμεμνονίων
860
οἴκων ὄλεθρον διὰ παντός,
ἢ πῦρ καὶ φῶς ἐπ᾿ ἐλευθερίᾳ
δαίων αρχάς τε πολισσονόμους
ἕξει πατέρων μέγαν ὄλβον.
τοιάνδε πάλην μόνος ὢν ἔφεδρος
865
δισσοῖς μέλλει θείοις Ὀρέστης
ἅψειν. εἴη δ᾽ ἐπὶ νίκῃ.
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 855 focus
Aeschyli Choephori (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Choephori. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 855 focus
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.)) — 838-931 focus
The Libation Bearers (OCR draft) Experimental (The Libation Bearers. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 855 focus
O Jupiter ! Jupiter! what am I to say ? whence shall I commence thus praying and importunating 1 ? How, speaking from good feeling, shall I obtain an equivalent boon ?
For now either the gore-stained attempts of the man-slaying axes are on the point of working the destruction of the family of Agamemnon throughout all time, or he, kindling fire and light for liberty, and the authorities that give laws to the state, shall enjoy the great weal of his fathers. Upon such a con­ flict as this is god-like Orestes, a solitary single-handed champion, on the point of entering against two. And may it be for victory!
LES CHOÉPHORES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES CHOÉPHORES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 855 focus
défie bien en tout cas de tromper ma clairvoyance.
The Choephoræ (OCR draft) Experimental (The Choephoræ. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 855 focus
What ſhou'd I ſay, eternal King,
Or how begin the strain?
960
These passions how contain,
That in my throbbing breast tumultuous ſpring?
O that, in aid, my daring deed
Might all the force of words exceed!
For now diſtained with blood the bick'ring sword,
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The contest ends;
if all
This royal race ſhall fall;
Or the just laws their antient ſtate reſuming,
And liberty her light reluming,
970
Hail to his father's rights the son reſtor'd.
'Gainſt two fierce wolves the youth conteſting ſtands d
Alone: May heav'n-ſent conquest grace his hands!
Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 855 focus
Giove, Giove, che dire? Da dove
cominciar le preghiere ed i voti?
Qual parola trovare che all'émpito
mio sia pari, che affretti gli eventi?
Ora i fili di scuri omicide
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sanguinanti, daranno alla rocca
d'Agamènnone l'ultimo crollo;
o la luce ed il fuoco e le leggi
ravvivando pei liberi, Oreste
dei suoi padri la grande opulenza
770
riavrà. Contro due quel divino
si cimenta. Oh!, gli arrida Vittoria!
Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 855 focus
O` Iupiter, Iupiter, quid dico unde incipiam
Hæc optans & currens?
Quomodo æqualia dices, perficiam?
Nunc enim futuræ funt inquinare
Experientiæ piſtillorum uiri infeſtorum.
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Aut omnino facere Agamemnoniarum
Domorum iacturam omnino,
Aut ignem aut lucem pro libertate
Principatus hoſtium politicos
Habebit paternam magnam felicitatem,
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Hanc fortem præſes exiſtens.
Geminis curæ erit diuus Oreſtes.
Attrectare, eat uerò ad uictoriam.
Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 855 focus
Zeus, was sag' ich? Zeus, womit beginn' ich?
Beten will ich und ich will beschwören,
doch das Herz, mitfühlend allzu heftig,
wie vermag's zu sagen, was es fühlt?
Jetzt entscheidet sich's. Im Mannesbusen
860 färbt sich purpurn jetzt des Schwertes Klinge,
und entweder schlägt sie Agamemnons
Hause jetzt den letzten Todesstreich,
oder zu der Freiheit heller Feier
darf das alte Haus die Flamm' entzünden,
und der Ahnen städtewaltend Scepter,
865 Herrlichkeit und Reichtum kehrt zurück.
Darum geht das Ringen. Wider beide,
die im letzten Gange siegreich waren,
trat allein mit Gottes Kraft Orestes
auf den Plan. O werde sein der Sieg.
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.) — 855 focus
Zeus, Zeus! what word to me is given?
What cry or prayer, invoking heaven,
Shall first by me be utterèd?
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What speech of craft—nor all revealing,
Nor all too warily concealing—
Ending my speech, shall aid the deed?
For lo! in readiness is laid
The dark emprise, the rending blade;
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Blood-dropping daggers shall achieve
The dateless doom of Atreus' name,
Or—kindling torch and joyful flame
In sign of new-won liberty—
Once more Orestes shall retrieve
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His father's wealth, and, throned on high,
Shall hold the city's fealty.
So mighty is the grasp whereby,
Heaven-holpen, he shall trip and throw,
Unseconded, a double foe.
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Ho for the victory! [ A loud cry within.
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.) — 855 focus
Was sag' ich, o Zeus, wo beginn' ich zuerst
Mein brünstiges Fleh'n, mein heißes Gebet?
Wie ström' ich den Strom
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(Ab.)
Wohlwollender Wünsche zulekt aus?
Denn jetzt ist die Zeit, daß in ewige Nacht,
Von der Erde vertilgt, Agamemnons Haus,
Das geliebte, versinkt, von des mordenden Stahls
Blutlechzender Spike geopfert,
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Ach! - oder er selbst flammt Feuer und Glut
Für die Freiheit empor, und erringt sich des Volks
Herrschaft und das Haus,
Das gesegnete Erbe der Ahnen.
In so mächtigem Kampf will kühn er allein
860
Sich messen mit Zwei'n, der erhabene Held,
Orestes. Kröne der Sieg ihn!

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

841. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-540

ἄρξωμαι: ἄρξαμαι vitium Ald.
841

842. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-541

κἀπιθεάζουσ': nagyoμén Rob. Deinde záridoάžovou M. G. sed in M. od ab alia manu in litura scriptum est. κἀπιθοάζωσα Ald. καπι θοάζουσα Rob. zḍлidoάlovo' Turn. Recte Blomfieldius et ante eum Schultzius scribendum coniecerunt κἀπιθεάζουσ'.
842

844. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-542

ἀνύσωμαι: ἀνύσομαι G.
844

845. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-543

μιανθεῖσαι: juaviva Rob. ex sua coniectura: codex eius, ut ceteri libri, μιανθεῖσαι.
845

846. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-544

πειραὶ: Scholiastes πειραί, αἱ ἀκμαὶ τῶν ξιφῶν, παρὰ τὸ πείρειν. Non debebat Blomfieldius Pauwii лɛα probare.
846

848. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-545

ὄλεθρον: pov error Rob.
848

850. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-546

δαίων ἀρχάς τε πολισσονόμους: δαίων M. G. Rob. δαΐων Ald. Turn. Deinde libri αρχάς τε πολισσονόμους, nisi quod Ald. πολυσσονομούς habet. Porsonus scripsit ἀρχαῖς τε πολισσονόμοις. Receperunt hoc editores praeter Wellanerum, qui té post participium ea ratione positum esse putavit, de qua dixi ad Ag. v. 97. Hic quidem veri simillimum est excidisse versum eiusmodi, πλοῦτόν τε δόμων.
850

852. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-547

πατέρων: πύτον Ald. male intellecto compendio codicis G. Hinc πατρῷον Turn.
852

853. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-548

πάλην ... μόνος ὢν: úr Ald. et codex Robortelli: ipse Rob. náλny scripsit, quod est in M. G. Turn. Deinde uóvos ir M. Rob. μóvos omittunt G. Ald. unde Turn. r o scripsit.
853

854. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-549

θεῖος: Jos Turn. 9ɛiois M. G. Ald. Rob.
854

855. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-550

νίκῃ: vízy M. G. Rob. vízyy Ald. Turn.
855

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

837-934. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-443

1
drittes Epeisodion: Vollzug der Rache. Ägisthos tritt rechts auf (ohne Gefolge).

843. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-446

2
βλέποντα, lebenskräftig, οὐ φθίνοντα, Gegensatz θνήσκοντες μάτην 845. Soph. Οed. Τ. 482 τὰ δ᾽ αἰεὶ ζῶντα περιποτᾶται.

844. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-447

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δειματούμενοι λόγοι, Reden der Angst. Eigentlich γυναικῶν δειματουμένων, also von der Person übertragen.

845. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-448

4
Sie fliegen in der Luft (sie gleichen einem leichten Windhauch) und vergehen in Nichts. Vgl. Ag. 492 . Uber die Form πεδάρσιοι τη 588. — Mit θνήσκοντες μάτην vgl. καθεύδουσιν μάτην 880 und εἴδωλον ἄλλως Soph. Phil. 947 .

847. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-449

5
Mit ἠκούσαμεν μὲν vgl. Ag. 1619
γέρων ὤν
, Eur. Bakch. 189 γέροντες ὄντες u. . .

848-849. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-450

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7
Persönliche Erkundigung ist mehr wert als Mitteilung von Boten. Soph. Οed. Τ. 6 ἁγὼ δικαιῶν μὴ παρ᾽ ἀγγέλων, τέκνα, ἄλλων ἀκούειν αὐτὸς ὧδ᾽ ἐλήλυθα, Aristoph. Vö. 967 οὐδὲν οἷόν ἐστ᾽ ἀκοῦσαι τῶν ἐπῶν, Plat. Gorg. p. 447 C οὐδὲν οἷον τὸ αὐτὸν ἐρωτῶν.

851. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-451

8
θνῄσκοντος, αὐτοῦ.

853. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-452

9
κλέψειεν (trügen) wie Soph. Trach. 243
εἰ μὴ συμφοραὶ κλέ πτουσί με
, Ant. 1218
θεοῦσι κλέπτομαι
. ὠμματωμένην: Eur. Hel 122 αὐτὸς γὰρ ὄσσοις εἰδόμην καὶ νοῦς ὁρᾷ. Agisthos tritt durch die Mittelthüre in den Palast.

855. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-453

10
11
τάδε ( Αkk. des inneren ObHesych. jekts), in dieser Sache. ἐπιθεάζει· θεοὺς ἐπικαλεῖται.