Aeschylus Libation Bearers 783

Robert Potter (Translator)

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Now my righteous pray’r approve,
880
Father and King of Gods, Olympian Jove!
To thee may I unfold
Such vows, as from the modest and the wise
In the cause of justice rise.
O, may these eyes behold
885
Her pow'r, ador'd by all, maintain
The glories of her aweful reign!

Libation Bearers. Aeschylus. Robert Potter (Translator). London. 1779.

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Current edition Experimental

The Choephoræ (OCR draft) (English) (The Choephoræ. Robert Potter, 1779.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

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.) — 783-837 focus
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 783 focus
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 783 focus
ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 783 focus
Νῦν παραιτουμένᾳ μοι -μέν᾿ ἐμοὶ, πάτερ
Ζεῦ θεῶν Ὀλυμπίων,
δὸς τύχας † τυχεῖν δέ μου κυρίως
785
τὰ σωφροσυνευ μαιομένοις ἰδεῖν
διαδικᾶσαι πᾶν ἔπος
ἔλακον, Ζεῦ, σὺ δέ νιν φυλάσσοις. †
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 783 focus
νῦν παραιτουμένᾳ μοι, πάτερ
Ζεῦ θεῶν Ὀλυμπίων,
780
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 783 focus
Aeschyli Choephori (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Choephori. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 783 focus
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.)) — 783-835 focus
The Libation Bearers (OCR draft) Experimental (The Libation Bearers. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 783 focus
O Jupiter! sire of the Olympian gods, grant to me now beseeching thee that my fortunes may turn out successfully, in a manner that may be beheld by the wise well seeking 2
. In integrity 3
have I uttered every word. O Jupiter ! do protect them.
LES CHOÉPHORES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES CHOÉPHORES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 783 focus
Maintenant, je t'en conjure, Zeus, père des
dieux de l'Olympe. 1
(Plus soutenu.)
Oui, fais triompher de ses ennemis, Zeus
Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 783 focus
O degli olimpî Dei
Signore, o Giove!, l'esito
660
concedi ai voti miei!
Fa' ch'io raggiunga il termine
a cui l'uom saggio anela.
Ogni mio detto ispirasi a Giustizia:
abbine dunque, o Giove re, tutela!
665
Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 783 focus
Nunc rogati mihi pater Iupiter deoru cæleftiū
Da fortunam, aſsequi mihi propriè
Hæc prudentibus bene gerentibus uidere.
Iuſte omne uerbum. reſonuit Iupiter. Tu uerò nunc ipſum custodias.
Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 783 focus
Jetzo, Zeus,
Vater aller Himmelsmächte,
785 hör' uns flehen, hör' uns fordern,
gieb Entscheidung,
aber entscheide den Sieg der gerechten Sache.
Nur für's Recht tret' ich ein
Zeus, sei Mehrer des Rechtes.
790
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.) — 783 focus
Zeus, sire of them who on Olympus dwell,
Hear thou, O hear my prayer!
Grant to my rightful lords to prosper well
Even as their zeal is fair!
880
For right, for right goes up aloud my cry—
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.) — 783 focus
Höre jetzt unser Fleh'n, großer Zeus,
Sel'ger Götter Vater du!
Sende, Herr, Glück und Heil
780
Ihnen, die verlangend längst
Harren des Edlen Sieg!
Sprach ich doch jeglich Wort
Dir gerecht: nimm's in deine Hut, Zeus!

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

880. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-568

ματεύω· τῷδε δ᾽ ... ἔχει: Hinc etiam usque ad v. 884. personae lineis tantum distinctae in M. μαντεύω Rob. τῶιδεδ᾽, litteris εδ' in rasura scriptis, M. ἔχοι Ald.
880

882. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-569

τοίγαρ ἐν ταὐτῷ τάφῳ: τοὶ γὰρ ἐν ταυτῷ τῷ τάφῳ Rob.
882

883. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-570

κείσει: Libri κείσῃ.
883

884. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-571

τόνδε δ᾽ αἴδεσαι: τόνδε δ᾽ αἰδεσαι Rob. ex Sophiani emendatione et Turn. τόνδε δήσεται Μ. G. Ald. codex Robortelli.
884

885. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-572

πρὸς ᾧ σὺ πολλὰ δὴ βρίζων: πρὸς ᾧ σὲ πολλὰ Rob. πρὸς ὠκύ (sic mihi relatum: alii ὴν vel ὴν ex M. afferunt) πολλὰ Μ. πρὸς ὠκύπολλα G. Ald. πρὸς ὃ καὶ πολλὰ Turn. In G. ante correctionem δ᾽ ὑβρίζων pro δὴ βρίζων scriptum erat.
885

886. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-573

οὔλοισιν ... εὐτραφὲs: οὔλλοισιν Αld. ούλοισιν Rob. Deinde libri εὐτραφές. Sed Tzetzes in Exegesi Iliadis p. 62, 13. οὐλον καθ᾽ ἡμᾶς καὶ τὸ μέρος τοῦ σώματος, ὡς φησιν Αἰσχύλος “ούλοισιν ἐξήμελξας εὐτρεφὲς γάλα.” Eodem modo apud eundem scriptum est in Chil. XII. 808. Eadem forma ex M. aliisque libris restituenda videtur in Sept. c. Th. v. 290. quamquam res incerta est. V. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 577.
886

887. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-574

Πυλάδη: Inde ab hoc versu etiam M. personarum nomina habet.
887

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).

880. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-468

2
Vgl. Sept. 184
ἤκουσας ἢ οὐκ ἤκουσας ἢ κωφῇ λέγω
; - καθ εύδουσιν μάτην wie θνῄσκοντες μάτην 845, indem der bereits im Verbum liegende Begriff der Wirkungslosigkeit eigens betont wird.

881. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-469

3
4
Bei ποι ergänzt sich ein Verbum des Gehens und ist es nicht nötig mit Elmsley лov zu setzen.

882. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-470

5
6
ἐπιξήνου (Hackblock): Ag. 1276 .

883. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-471

7
πρὸς δίκην: Ag. 299 .

884. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-472

8
βοὴν ἵστης: Soph. Phil.1263
θόρυβος ἵσταται βοῆς
, Eur. Herakl. 656 βοὴν ἔστησας, Οr. 1529 στῆσαί σε κραυγήν, Iph. Α. 1039 ἔστασεν Ζαχάν.

885. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-473

9
Schol. ὁ τῷ λόγῳ τεθνηκως Ὀρέστης ἀπέκτεινε τὸν ζῶντα Αίγι σθον. Nachgeahmt von Soph. Εl. 1478 ΟΡ. οὐ γὰρ αἰσθάνῃ πάλαι ζῶντας θανοῦσιν οὔνεκ᾽ ἀνταυδᾷς ἴσα; ΑΙΓ. οἴμοι ξυνῆκα τοὔπος. 1 η anderem Sinne heifst es ebd. 1419 ζῶσιν οἱ γᾶς ὑπαὶ κείμενοι (von Agamemnon).

886. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-474

10
ἐξ αἰνιγμάτων, trotz der Rätsel.