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Libation Bearers. Aeschylus. Herbert Weir Smyth (Translator). New York. 1926.

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Libation Bearers (English) (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. (Modernized by Perseus.))

Editions (8)
Χοηφóρoι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 652-782 focus
Χοηφóρoι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 646 focus
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 646 focus
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 646 focus
Δίκας δ᾽ ἐρείδεται πυθμήν·
προχαλκεύει δ' Αἶσα φασγανουργός·
635
τέκνον δ᾽ ἐπειςφέρει δόμοισιν, ἐκ δ'
αἱμάτων παλαιτέρων τίνει μύσος
χρόνῳ κλυτὰ βυσσόφρων Ἐρινύς.
ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 646 focus
Δίκας Δίκης δ' ἐρείδεται πυθμήν,
Ant. 4.
προχαλκεύει προσχ- δ' Αἶσα φασγανουργός·
τέκνον δ' ἐπεισφέρει δόμοις διμασε (σ in ras.)
645
αἱμάτων δωμάτων (cf. sch.) παλαιτέρων
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 646 focus
Δίκας δ᾽ ἐρείδεται πυθμήν·
προχαλκεύει δ᾽ Αἶσα φασγανουργός·
τέκνον δ᾽ ἐπεισφέρει δίμασε
645
αἱμάτων παλαιτέρων
τίνει μύσος
χρόνῳ κλυτὴ βυσσόφρων Ἐρινύς.
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 646 focus
Δίκας δ’ ἐρείδεται πυθμήν,
προχαλκεύει δ’
Αἶσα φασγανουργός·
τέκνον δ’ ἐπεισφέρει δόμοις
αἱμάτων παλαιτέρων
650
Aeschyli Choephori (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Choephori. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 646 focus
Δίκας δ᾽ ἐρείδεται πυθμήν·
645
προχαλκεύει δ᾽ Αἰσα φασγανουργός,
τέκνον δ᾽ ἐπεισφέρει δόμοις
αἱμάτων παλαιτέρων
τίνειν μύσος χρόνωι κλυτὴ
βυσσόφρων Ἐρινύς. =
650
Translations (9)
The Libation Bearers (OCR draft) Experimental (The Libation Bearers. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 646 focus
But the base of Justice is planted firm; and Fate, that forges the sword, prepares it for the deed, and brings into the house a new offering of ancient murders, and time-honoured 5
Erinnys avenges the stain.
LES CHOÉPHORES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES CHOÉPHORES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 646 focus
droit,
ont foulé aux pieds et violé la pleine majesté de Zeus. L'autel de la Justice 1 n'est pas plus tôt à terre que le Destin
The Choephoræ (OCR draft) Experimental (The Choephoræ. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 646 focus
Righteous are thy decrees, eternal King,
And from the roots of justice ſpring:
Theſe ſhall ſtrike deep, and flourish wide,
720
Whilſt all, that ſcorn them, periſh in their pride.
Fate the portentous ſword prepares,
And the rough labours of the anvil ſhares;
Wide thro’ the house a tide of blood
Flows where a former tide had flow’d;
725
Erinnys marks the destin’d hour,
Vengeful her meditated rage to pour.
Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 646 focus
Sta sovra salda base
Giustizia: il Fato a lei la spada tempera.
L'Erinni, oscura ambage
di pensier, ne le case
520
adduce un suo figliuolo,
le tracce ad espiar d'antica strage.
Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 646 focus
Iuſticiæ firmatur ſolum.
Fabricat fatum enſifex,
600
Filium infert domum
Aedium antiquarum.
Luit ſcelus
Tempore celebris Erinnys.
Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 646 focus
und alle heil'gen Schranken überspringen,
The Libation Bearers (OCR draft) Experimental (The Libation Bearers. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 646 focus
He pays the bloody score.
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.) — 646 focus
But Justice hath planted the anvil, and Destiny forgeth the sword
That shall smite in her chosen time; by her is the child restored;
725
And darkly devising, the Fiend of the house, world-cursed, will repay
The price of the blood of the slain, that was shed in the bygone day.
[ Enter Orestes and Pylades, in guise of travellers.
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.) — 646 focus
Auf festem Grund ruht Dike's Stamm.
Das Richtbeil schärft ihr die Schmiedin Aesa;
Und alten Mordes Gräuelschuld
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Sühnend, führt den Sohn zulekt
In's Haus zurück die hohe, stetswache Straferinnys.
(Orestes und Pylades kommen in Wanderertracht mit einigen Beglei tern wie aus der Fremde zurück, und schreiten auf den königlichen Palast zu.)

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

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ὥρα: ώρα Rob. Turn. ὥρα M. G. Ald.
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στέγαρχος· ἄνδρα δ': τάπαρχος Μ. τόπαρχος G. Ald. Turn. τἄπαρχος Rob. Recepi στέγαρχος, aptissimam emendationem Bambergeri. Deinde άνδρα 'Turn. ardoa t' M. G. Ald. Rob.
650

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

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zweites Epeisodion. Die Ausführung der Rache wird auf listige Weise vorbereitet. Orestes kommt mit Pylades von der linken Seite und pocht an das Thor des Hauses. Beide haben mittlerweile sich als Gepäck tragende Wanderer (671) verkleidet.

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2
παῖ παὶ der gewöhnliche Ruf, vgl. Aristoph. Ach. 395, Vö. 57, Wo. 132.

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3
μάλ' αὖθις (zu Ag. 1344 ) bezieht sich auf den mit Klopfen verbundenen wiederholten Ruf παι παϊ. Eur. Phon. 1067 f. φή, τίς ἐν πύλαισι δωμάτων κυρεῖ; . . ωὴ μάλ' αὖθις κτέ.