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

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Current edition Perseus

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.) — 783-837 focus
Χοηφóρoι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 806 focus
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 806 focus
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 806 focus
τὸ δὲ καλῶς κτάμενον, ὦ μέγα ναίων
795
στόμιον, εὖ δὸς ἀνέδην ἰδεῖν δόμον ἀνδρός,
καί νιν ἐλευθερίοις
ὄμμασιν ἐκ δνοφερᾶς καλύπτρας.
ἀντ. γ'.
ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 806 focus
Τὸ δὲ τόδε 1 καλῶς κτίμενον κτάμενον 2 ὦ μέγα ναίων
στόμιον, εὖ δὸς ἀνιδεῖν δόμον ἀνδρός,
καί νιν ἐλευθερίας -ίως
λαμπρὸν -πρῶς ἰδεῖν (φῶς) φιλίοις
810
ὄμμασι(ν ἐκ) δνοφερᾶς καλύπτρας.
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 806 focus
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 806 focus
τὸ δὲ καλῶς κτίμενον ὦ μέγα ναίων
στόμιον, εὖ δὸς ἀνιδεῖν δόμον ἀνδρός,
καί νιν ἐλευθερίας
λαμπρὸν ἰδεῖν ⟨φῶς⟩ φιλίοις
810
ὄμμασι⟨ν ἐκ⟩ δνοφερᾶς καλύπτρας.
Aeschyli Choephori (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Choephori. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 806 focus
τὸ καλῶς δὲ κτίμενον [ὦ]
μέγα ναίων στόμιον [εὐ]
ἀνιδεῖν δὸς δόμον ἀνδρός,
καί νιν ἐλευθερίας
810
λαμπρὸν φῶς ἰδεῖν φιλίοις
ὄμμασιν (ἐκ) δνοφερᾶς καλύπτρας. –
Translations (9)
The Libation Bearers (OCR draft) Experimental (The Libation Bearers. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 806 focus
O thou that tenantest the vast chasm, graciously grant that the hero's home may at the same time witness this righteous execution 5
, and that he may look forth fearlessly and brightly with friendly eyes from out the veil of gloom.
LES CHOÉPHORES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES CHOÉPHORES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 806 focus
Toi qui habites l'édifice splendide bâti autour de la bouche terrible 1 , fais que la maison d'un héros puisse
enfin relever la tête
The Choephoræ (OCR draft) Experimental (The Choephoræ. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 806 focus
Thou, that hast fix'd thy dreary reign b
Deep in the yawning gulf below,
Yet let him rise, yet view this scene,
910
Around his gloomy eyeballs throw,
Distinct and clear the vengeance mark,
That threatens from her covert dark!
Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 806 focus
E tu da la gran fauce
de l'eccelsa caverna
vaticinante, accordami
695
che ancor prospera io scerna
la casa del mio duce,
e lui stesso, dal buio
ch'or lo fascia, con liberi
sguardi brillare in luce.
700
Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 806 focus
Hoc pulchrè interſtitū ò magne habitans uoraginem,
Da uidere domum uiri, & ipſum liberè
Maniſeſteq; uidere, charis oculis tetra
750
Inuolumenta. Comprehendet uerò iuſtè
Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 806 focus
Und tief aus dem Grabe
aufschaue zur Heimat
der Vater, der Fürst.
Und gnädigen Auges
810 erschau' er im Hause
aus nächtigem Schatten der Knechtschaft
auflodernd die Freiheit.
The Libation Bearers (OCR draft) Experimental (The Libation Bearers. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 806 focus
The work achieved, we'll chant the glorious ode;
Our woman's strain,
Propitious, with the mourners' stringed refrain,
Shall ransom this abode.
†Then shall we own the sway of righteous laws,
810
While Atè from our friends her curse withdraws.
ANTISTROPHE II.
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.) — 806 focus
O thou who dwell'st in Delphi's mighty cave,
Grant us to see this home once more restored
Unto its rightful lord!
Let it look forth, from veils of death, with joyous eye
Unto the dawning light of liberty;
905
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.) — 806 focus
Wenn er den Mord vollbracht, Herrscher in tiefgründiger Kluft,
Laß frei zu dem Hause des Vaters,
Laß ihn leuchtenden Auges und hell
Aus der umschleiernden Nacht emporschau'n!
805
Dritte Gegenstrophe.

Notes on the current edition

Libation Bearers

1. The inner sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi was a narrow cave or vault in which, over a cleft, stood a tripod covered by a slab on which the prophetess sat (Athenaeus , 701c, Strabo, ix. 641).

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

806. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-516

καὶ τότ᾽ ἤδη, τότε πλοῦτον: Libri καὶ τότε δὴ πλοῦτον. Scholiastes τὸν πλοῦτον τῶν δωμάτων ἐλεύθερον τῇ πόλει μεθήσομεν. Scripsi καὶ τότ᾽ ἤδη, τότε πλοῦτον * οἴσομεν * Nam excidisse verbum et antistrophicus versus monstrat et sententia.
806

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δωμάτων: Non opus esse videtur ut δωμάτων mutetur in δειμάτων, quod et ego aliquando conieci et II. L. Ahrens.
807

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οὐριοστάταν: Ουριοστάταν recte interpretari videtur scholiastes οὐρίως σταθέντα.
808

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ἅμα δὲ κρεκτὸν γοερὸν νόμον θήσομεν πόλει: ὁμοῦ κρεκτὸν γοήτων νόμον μεθήσομεν πόλει Μ. in quo ὁμοῦ itemque or in νόμον, quod antea νόμων erat, ab alia, ut videtur manu, in litura scripta sunt. Discrepant ab his ceteri libri eo quod in G. γοήτῶν cum duplici accentu et sequens vocabulum eo compendio scriptum est, quod νόμων significat: ceteri γοητῶν νόμον habent. μεΘέλσομεν vitium Rob. Praeterea Turnebus κρεκτῶν scripsit. Scholion in M. ita scriptum est ὁμοῦ δὲ μεθήσομεν τὸν κρεκτὸν γοήτων νόμων, ὃ ἐστι, καὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν τῇ πόλει μεταδώσομεν καὶ τὸν Αγαμέμνονα ἀκινδύνως θρηνήσομεν. Deinde aliud scholion, τὸν τῶν γοήτων, οἳ ὡς ᾄδουσι παριόντες (sic M. περιϊόντες Vict.) τὴν πόλιν. Scripsisse videtur Aeschylus ἅμα δὲ κρεκτὸν γοατὰν νόμον θήσομεν πόλει. Sepulcri ornamenta, inquit, ex mulieris congestis opibus ampla feremus Agamemnoni, simulque lugebimus eum.

810-812. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-520

τάδ᾽ εὖ ἔχοντ᾽, ἐμὸν κέρδος αὔξει τόδ᾽, ἄτα δ᾽ ἀποστατεῖ φίλων: τὰ δ᾽ εὖ M. Turn. τάδ' εὖ G. Ald. Rob. Deinde libri ἐμὸν ἐμὸν κέρδος ἀέξεται τόδε, ἄτα δ᾽ ἀποστατεῖ φίλων. In Rob. ἐμὸν semel tantum legitur. ἄτα G. Ald. Turn. άτη, sed supra adscripto α, Μ. ἄτη Rob. Scholiastes τὰ καλῶς ἀποβαίνοντα τὸ ἐμὸν κέρδος ἐστίν, τῶν δὲ περὶ Ὀρέστην καὶ Ἠλέκτραν ἀπαλλαγὴ ἄτης. Scripsi τὰ δ᾽ εἶ ευ ἔχοντ᾽ ἐμὸν κέρδος αὔξει τόδ', &- τα δ᾽ ἀποστατεῖ φίλων.

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

1
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.

807. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-434

2
3
Vgl. 51 δνόφοι καλύπτουσι δόμους.

808-809. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-435

4
ἐνδίκως, als Ἑρμῆς δόλιος. Vgl. zu 723. φορώτατος: seinem Ungestüm kann niemand widerstehen, wenn er eine Handlung zum glücklichen Ende führen will.