Aeschylus Libation Bearers 827

Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead (Translator)

And thou, O child, when Time and Chance agree,
Up to the deed that for thy sire is done!
And if she wail unto thee, Spare, O son—
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Cry Aid, O father—and achieve the deed,
The horror of man's tongue, the gods' great need!

Libation Bearers. Aeschylus. Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead (Translator). . .

Current edition Experimental

English (E. D. A. Morshead, 1889, second edition) (OCR draft) (English) (Aeschylus, The Libation-Bearers — Morshead translation. Wikisource transcription; speech corresp and card milestones aligned to Smyth perseus-grc2.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (8)
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.) — 827 focus
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 827 focus
σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν, ὅταν ἥκῃ μέρος ἔργων,
ἐπαύσας πατρὸς ἔργῳ
πρὸς σέ, τέκνον, πατρὸς
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θροούσᾳ, περαίνων ἐπίμομφον αὔδαν,
ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 827 focus
Σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν, ὅταν ἥκῃ μέρος ἔργων,
ἐπαύσας πατρὸς αὐδὲν ἔργωι 1
πρὸς σὲ « Τέκνον » θροούσα θροούσαι πρὸς σὲ τέκνον πατρὸς αὐδὲν,
τλᾶθι καὶ περαίνων ἐπίμομφον ἐπίμομφαν ἄταν.
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 827 focus
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 827 focus
σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν ὅταν ἥκηι μέρος ἔργων
ἐπαΰσας {πατρὸς ἔργωι} θρο⟨ε⟩ούσαι
πρὸς σὲ “τέκνον”
“πατρός” αὔδα, καὶ πέραιν᾽
οὐχ ἐπίμομφον ἄταν,
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Aeschyli Choephori (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Choephori. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 827 focus
σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν, ὅταν ἥκηι
μέρος ἔργων πρὸς σὲ τέκνον,
πατρὸς αὐδὰν ἐπαύσας πατρὸς ἔργωι
†θροούσαι, καίπερ αἰνῶν ἐπίμομφον ἄταν.
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.)) — 838-931 focus
The Libation Bearers (OCR draft) Experimental (The Libation Bearers. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 827 focus
But do thou boldly, when thy share of the deed shall have come, after shouting thy father's name over a deed done for thy father's sake, in answer to her shrieking, “ My son !" consummate a vengeance not wholly blameless 2 .
LES CHOÉPHORES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES CHOÉPHORES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 827 focus
moi, quand le Malheur est loin de ceux que j'aime 1 !
The Choephoræ (OCR draft) Experimental (The Choephoræ. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 827 focus
And thou, when thy ſtern part is come, be bold;
Think how in blood thy father roll’d:
And when, “my son, my son," ſhe cries,
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To melt thy manly mind with plaintive moan,
Then to her guilty ſoul recall
Thy murder’d father’s dying groan;
And to his angry vengeance let her fall:
Like Perſeus turn thy ruthless eyes c ;
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Just to thy friends above, thy friends below,
Aim with applauded rage the destin’d wound;
Great in thy vengeance rush upon the foe,
And ſtrike the murd'rer bleeding to the ground,
Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 827 focus
E tu, venuta l'ora,
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del padre invoca l'anima;
e a lei che «figlio!» implora,
del genitore l'ultimo
grido rammenta; e affretta
l'incolpabil vendetta.
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Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 827 focus
Tu uerò audax esto quando pars operum uenerit,
Clamans operi patris, narranti
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Ad te fili uocem patris,
Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 827 focus
Und kommt dir die Stunde zu handeln, mein Kind,
so fürchte dich nicht.
Es rede die Stimme des Vaters aus dir,
erhebe dich, wage die rettende That,
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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.) — 827 focus
Kind, Kind!
Zweite Gegenstrophe.
O getrost nun, wenn die Zeit kommt, da die That gilt!
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O vernimm, Sohn, und gehorch' ihm,
Der dich zur Nache ruft,
Zur Vollendung, - dem Auf des Vaters!
Vierte 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

923. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-601

ἔμολε μὲν δίκα: Linea praefixa in M. Chori nomen in G. Ald. Rob. Hoc carmen Canterus in stropham et antistropham atque epodum divisit, quae epodus ab his verbis, κρατεῖται πως τὸ θεῖον (ν. 952.) inciperet. At manifestum est haec verba, πάρα τὸ φῶς ἰδεῖν (ν. 955. 966.) non potuisse non in eadem stropharum sede repeti. Sed quae fuerit stropharum huius carminis dispositio, certo dici non potest, quum aut unus aut plures versus interciderint. Si unus tantum versiculus excidit post illa verba, zu- μαιπετεῖς ἔκεισθ' κεί (ν. 958.), hic fuit stropharum ordo, α. β'. α. γ. β. γ. et haec stropharum initia, Σ σερ. α'. ν. 923. ἔμολε μὲν δίκα. στρ. β'. ν. 930. ἐπολολύξατ', ὤ. ἀντ. α'. ν. 934. ἔμολε δ᾽ ᾧ μέλει. στρ. γ'. ν. 941. τάπερ ὁ Λοξίας. ἀντ. β'. ν. 956. μέγα τ' ἀφῃρέθην. στρ. γ'. ν. 959. τάχα δὲ παντελής. Eandem carminis formam H. L. Ahrens constituit, secutusque est Franzius. Neque caret haec descriptio probabilitate, quum dochmii, ex quibus hoc carmen fere compositum est, certe a diversis chori partibus recitatum esse doceant. Tamen probabilius mihi visum est post illa verba, χαμαιπετεῖς ἔκεισθ᾽ ἀεί (ν. 958.) nihil excidisse, plures autem versus interiisse post haec verba, μέγαν έχων μυχὸν χθονός (ν. 942,), post quae verba magna est in libris et manifesta perturbatio, Eo igitur loco si plures versus exciderunt, haec fuisse videtur carminis forma, d'. α'. β. β'.
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924. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-602

βαρύδικος: βαρύδικος Vict. ex M. καρύδικος G. Ald. Rob. καρίδικος Turn.
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927. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-603

ἔλαχε δ᾽ ἐς τὸ πᾶν: ἔλακε δ' ἐς τὸ πᾶν Μ. G. Rob. ἔλακε δ᾽ ἐτὸ πᾶν Αld. ἔλακε δὲ τὸ πᾶν Turn. Scholiastes ἤλασεν δὲ εἰς τὸ τέλος τοῦ δρόμου, ὃ ἐστιν ἤνυσε τὸν ἀγῶνα. ἀφίκετο, φησίν, εἰς τὸ τέλος τοῦ ἀγῶνος. Legit igitur ἔλασε, quod Pauwius, Seidlerus de vers. dochm. p. 88. Boeckhius de metris Pindari p. 322. probarunt. Schützio serfbendum videbatur έλαχε δὴ τὸ πᾶν. Ει έλαχε quidem verum esse videtur: sed servandum erat ἐς τὸ πᾶν, omnino.
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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

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

923. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-498

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μητρὸς . . κύνας: aus dem Fluche der Mutter erstehen die Erinyen. Vgl. 1052 und zu Ag. 1103 . Den Grund dieser Bezeichnung s. Εum. 246.

924. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-499

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Uber die Stellung von δέ κα Ag. 1084 .

925. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-500

4
ζώσα dient nur zur Hebung des gegensätzlichen τύμβον. Vgl. Soph. Αi. 1385 οὐδ᾽ ἔτλης παρὼν θανόντι τῷδε ζῶν ἐφυβρίσαι. πρὸς τύμβον: nach dem Schol. gab es ein Sprichwort: ταὐτὸ πρὸς τύμ βον τε κλάειν καὶ πρὸς ἄνδρα νήπιον. Orestes ist taub und achtet auf Thränen so wenig wie das Grab. θρηνεῖν πρός wie λέγειν πρός. Eur. Hel. 1054 οἰκτισαίμεθα κουραῖσι καὶ θρήνοισι πρὸς τὸν ἀνόσιον.

926. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-501

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πατρὸς αἶσα, das Geschick des Vaters, durch welches die ewigen Satzungen verletzt sind. Vgl. - πορσύνει wie 910.

927. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-502

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ὄφιν: zu 542. 910.