Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, Robert Potter (Translator), 800

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And you, that guard this royal ſeat,

900

Its blazing wealth, its gorgeous ſtate,

Hear, propitious Gods, and ſave!

Let not the blood of former slain

Fresh returns of vengeance crave;

No more these crimson'd manſions stain:
905

Slaughter no more from ſlaughter riſe,

If low beneath the righteous sword he lies!

MONOSTROPHE.

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

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

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

str. 1

Χορός

νῦν παραιτουμένᾳ μοι,¹ πάτερ

Ζεῦ θεῶν Ὀλυμπίων,

δὸς τύχας εὖ τυχεῖν² κυρίως
785

τὰ σώφρον᾽³ εὖ μαιομένοις ἰδεῖν.

διὰ δίκας⁴ πᾶν ἔπος⁵

ἔλακον, ὦ Ζεῦ, σύ⁶ νιν φυλάσσοις.

789

Χορός

ἐέ, πρὸ δὲ δὴ ᾽χθρῶν

τὸν ἔσωθεν μελάθρων, Ζεῦ,⁷
790

θές, ἐπεί νιν⁸ μέγαν ἄρας,

δίδυμα καὶ τριπλᾶ

παλίμποινα θέλων ἀμείψει.

794

ant. 1

Χορός

ἴσθι⁹ δ᾽ ἀνδρὸς φίλου πῶλον εὖ-

νιν ζυγέντ᾽ ἐν ἅρμασιν¹⁰
795

πημάτων, ἐν δρόμῳ προστιθεὶς

μέτρον. τίς ἂν σῳζόμενον ῥυθμὸν

τοῦτ᾽ ἴδοι διὰ πέδον¹¹

ἀνομένων βημάτων ὄρεγμα;¹²

800

str. 2

Χορός

οἵ τ᾽ ἔσω¹³ δωμάτων
800

πλουτογαθῆ¹⁴ μυχὸν ἐνίζετε,¹⁵

κλῦτε,¹⁶ σύμφρονες θεοί:

[ἄγετε¹⁷] τῶν πάλαι πεπραγμένων¹⁸

λύσασθ᾽¹⁹ αἷμα προσφάτοις δίκαις.

γέρων φόνος μηκέτ᾽ ἐν δόμοις τέκοι.
805
806

Χορός

τὸ δὲ²⁰ καλῶς κτίμενον²¹ ὦ μέγα ναίων

στόμιον, εὖ δὸς ἀνιδεῖν δόμον ἀνδρός,

καί νιν ἐλευθερίας²² φῶς

λαμπρὸν²³ ἰδεῖν φιλίοις

ὄμμασιν²⁴ <ἐκ²⁵> δνοφερᾶς καλύπτρας.
810
811

ant. 2

Χορός

ξυλλάβοι δ᾽ ἐνδίκως

παῖς ὁ Μαίας, ἐπιφορώτατος

πρᾶξιν οὐρίαν θέλων:

[πολλὰ δ᾽ ἄλλα φανεῖ χρηίζων κρυπτά²⁶].
815

ἄσκοπον δ᾽ ἔπος λέγω:²⁷

νύκτα πρό²⁸ τ᾽ ὀμμάτων σκότον φέρει,

καθ᾽ ἡμέραν δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐμφανέστερος.²⁹

819

str. 3

Χορός

καὶ τότ᾽³⁰ ἤδη κλυτὸν³¹

δωμάτων λυτήριον,
820

θῆλυν οὐριοστάταν

†ὁμοῦ κρεκτον γοα-

τὰν³² νόμον μεθήσομεν.

πόλει τάδ᾽³³ εὖ:

ἐμὸν ἐμὸν κέρδος αὔξεται³⁴ τόδ᾽: ἄ-
825

τα δ᾽ ἀποστατεῖ φίλων†.³⁵

827

Χορός

σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν, ὅταν ἥκῃ μέρος ἔργων,

ἐπαΰσας Πατρὸς αὐδὰν³⁶

θροούσᾳ [πρὸς σὲ³⁷] Τέκνον [πατρὸς αὐδὰν]

[καὶ] πέραιν᾽³⁸ ἀνεπίμομφον ἄταν.
830
831

ant. 3

Χορός

Περσέως τ᾽ ἐν φρεσὶν

καρδίαν ἀνασχεθών,³⁹

τοῖς θ᾽⁴⁰ ὑπὸ χθονὸς φίλοις,⁴¹

†τοῖς τ᾽ ἄνωθεν προπάσσων

χάριτας⁴² ὀργᾶς λυγρᾶς,⁴³ ἔνδοθεν
835

φόνιαν ἄταν τίθει,⁴⁴ τὸν αἴτιον δ᾽

ἐξαπολλύων⁴⁵ μόρου†.⁴⁶

838

Χοηφóρoι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 783-837 focus

Χορός

νῦν παραιτουμένᾳ μοι, πάτερ

Ζεῦ θεῶν Ὀλυμπίων,

δὸς τύχας τυχεῖν δόμου κυρίως
785

τὰ σώφρονʼ εὖ μαιομένοις ἰδεῖν.

διὰ δίκας πᾶν ἔπος

ἔλακον· ὦ Ζεῦ, σύ νιν φυλάσσοις.

789

Χορός

ἓ ἕ, πρὸ δὲ δὴ ʼχθρῶν

τὸν ἔσωθεν μελάθρων, Ζεῦ,
790

θές, ἐπεί νιν μέγαν ἄρας,

δίδυμα καὶ τριπλᾶ

παλίμποινα θέλων ἀμείψει.

794

Χορός

ἴσθι δʼ ἀνδρὸς φίλου πῶλον εὖ-

νιν ζυγέντʼ ἐν ἅρμασιν
795

πημάτων. σὺ δʼ ἐν δρόμῳ προστιθεὶς

μέτρον κτίσον σῳζόμενον ῥυθμὸν

τοῦτʼ ἰδεῖν διὰ πέδον

ἀνομένων βημάτων ὄρεγμα;

800

Χορός

οἵ τʼ ἔσω δωμάτων
800

πλουτογαθῆ μυχὸν νομίζετε,

κλῦτε, σύμφρονες θεοί·

ἄγετε τῶν πάλαι πεπραγμένων

λύσασθʼ αἷμα προσφάτοις δίκαις.

γέρων φόνος μηκέτʼ ἐν δόμοις τέκοι.
805

806

Χορός

τὸ δὲ καλῶς κτίμενον ὦ μέγα ναίων

στόμιον, εὖ δὸς ἀνιδεῖν δόμον ἀνδρός,

καί νιν ἐλευθερίας φῶς

λαμπρὸν ἰδεῖν φιλίοις

ὄμμασιν ἐκ δνοφερᾶς καλύπτρας.
810

811

Χορός

ξυλλάβοι δʼ ἐνδίκως

παῖς ὁ Μαίας, ἐπεὶ φορώτατος

πρᾶξιν οὐρίαν θέλων·

πολλὰ δʼ ἄλλα φανεῖ χρηίζων κρυπτά.
815

ἄσκοπον δʼ ἔπος λέγων

νύκτα πρό τʼ ὀμμάτων σκότον φέρει,

καθʼ ἡμέραν δʼ οὐδὲν ἐμφανέστερος.

819

Χορός

καὶ τότʼ ἤδη κλυτὸν

δωμάτων λυτήριον,
820

θῆλυν οὐριοστάταν οὐδʼ

ὀξύκρεκτον γοα-

τᾶν νόμον θήσομεν· πλεῖ τάδʼ εὖ·

ἐμὸν ἐμὸν κέρδος αὔξεται τόδʼ· ἄ-
825

τα δʼ ἀποστατεῖ φίλων.

827

Χορός

σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν, ὅταν ἥκῃ μέρος ἔργων,

ἐπαΰσας πατρὸς αὐδὰν

θροούσᾳ πρὸς σὲ τέκνον πατρὸς αὐδὰν

καὶ πέραινʼ ἀνεπίμομφον ἄταν.
830

831

Χορός

Περσέως τʼ ἐν φρεσὶν

καρδίαν ἀνασχεθών,

τοῖς θʼ ὑπὸ χθονὸς φίλοισιν,

τοῖς τʼ ἄνωθεν πρόπρασ-

σε χάριν ὀργᾶς λυγρᾶς, ἔνδοθεν
835

φόνιον ἄταν τιθείς, τὸν αἴτιον δʼ

ἐξαπολλύων μόρου.

Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 800 focus

οἵ τ᾽ ἔσωθε δωμάτων

800

πλουτογαθῆ μυχὸν νομίζετε,

κλύετε, σύμφρονες θεοί.

ἄγετε, τῶν πάλαι πεπραγμένων

λύσασθ᾽ αἷμα προσφάτοις δίκαις.

γέρων φόνος μηκέτ' ἐν δόμοις τέκοι.

805

Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 800 focus

οἵ τ᾽ ἔσω δωμάτων

πλουτογαθῆ μυχὸν ἐνίζετε,

κλῦτε, σύμφρονες θεοί·
790

ἄγετε, τῶν πάλαι

λύσασθ' αἷμα προςφάτοις δίκαις.

γέρων φόνος μηκέτ' ἐν δόμοις τέκοι.

μεσωδός.

ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 800 focus

Οἵ τ᾽ ἔσω δωμάτων

πλουτογαθῆ πλουταγαθῆ μυχὸν νομίζετε,

κλῦτε κλύετε, σύμφρονες θεοί·

ἄγετε ¹.

ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ

[ΧΟ.]

τῶν πάλαι πεπραγμένων

λύσασθ' αἷμα προσφάτοις προφ- δίκαις·
805

γέρων φόνος μηκέτ' ἐν δόμοις τέκοι.

Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 800 focus

οἵ τ᾽ ἔσωθε δωμάτων

πλουτογαθῆ μυχὸν νομίζετε,

κλύετε, σύμφρονες θεοί·

ἄγετε, τῶν πάλαι πεπραγμένων

λύσασθ᾽ αἷμα προσφάτοις δίκαις.

800

γέρων φόνος μηκέτ᾽ ἐν δόμοις τέκοι.

Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 800 focus

οἵ τ᾽ ἔσωθε δωμάτων
800

πλουτογαθῆ μυχὸν κομίζετε,

κλῦτε σύμφρονες θεοί·

ἄγετε ⟨– υ – υ – υ⟩

¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰¹¹¹²

τῶν πάλαι πεπραγμένων

λύσασθ᾽ αἷμα προσφάτοις δίκαις·
805

γέρων φόνος μηκέτ᾽ ἐν δόμοις τέκοι.

Aeschyli Choephori (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Choephori. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 800 focus

οἵ τ᾽ ἔσωθε δωμάτων

800

πλουτογαθῆ μυχὸν νομίζετε,

κλῦτε, σύμφρονες θεοί.

ἄγετε

τῶν πάλαι πεπραγμένων

λύσασθ᾽ αἷμα προσφάτοις δίκαις. γέρων φόνος

805

μηκέτ᾽ ἐν δόμοις τέκοι.

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

Chorus

Now at my supplication, O Zeus, father of the Olympian gods, grant that the fortunes of our house be firmly established,

so that those who rightly desire the rule of order may behold it. Every word of mine has been uttered in justice. O Zeus, may you safeguard it!
785

789

Chorus

O Zeus, set him who is within the palace before his foes;

since, if you exalt him, he will gladly pay you with double and triple recompense.
790

794

Chorus

Know that the orphaned colt of a loved one is harnessed to the chariot of distress.

And by setting bounds to his course may you grant that we see him keep a steady pace through this race and win the goal in the straining stride of a gallop.¹
795

800

Chorus

And you who within the house inhabit the inner chamber that exults in its wealth, hear me, you gods, that feel with us! By a fresh award redeem the blood of deeds done long ago.
800

May aged Murder cease begetting offspring in our house!
805

806

Chorus

And you who occupy the mighty, gorgeously built cavern,² grant that the man’s house may lift up its eyes again in joy, and that with glad

eyes it may behold from under its veil of gloom the radiant light of freedom.
810

811

Chorus

May Maia’s son,³ as he rightfully should, lend his aid, for no one can better sail a deed on a favoring course, when he would do so.⁴

But by his mysterious utterance he brings darkness over men’s eyes by night, and by day he is no more clear at all.
815

819

Chorus

And then at last with a loud voice we shall sing a song of the deliverance of our house,

the song that women raise when the wind sits fair, and not the shrill strain of those who mourn: The ship goes well. This grows to profit for me, for me, and calamity holds off from those I love.
820

827

Chorus

But may you with good courage, when the part of action comes, cry out loud the name Father when she exclaims Son,

and accomplish the baneful but irreproachable deed.
830

831

Chorus

Raise up Perseus’ spirit within my breast. And for those dear to you below the earth, and for those above, exact satisfaction for their dire wrath

by working bloody ruin in our house and obliterating the guilt of murder.⁵
835

The Libation Bearers (OCR draft) Experimental (The Libation Bearers. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 800 focus

Ye too, that haunt the alcove that exults in opulence, give ear, propitious gods. Come, make atonement for the bloodshed of those that were done to death in the olden time by fresh vengeance. No more let ancient murder spawn in the halls.

LES CHOÉPHORES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES CHOÉPHORES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 800 focus

vous qui séjournez au fond du palais, dans l'éclat joyeux de l'or ¹, dieux bienveillants, écoutez-moi. Allons!

LES CHOÉPHORES

[LE CHOEUR]

effacez le sang des forfaits passés par une prompte vengeance.
Que le vieux crime n'enfante plus dans la maison ²!

(Plus soutenu.)

Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 800 focus

E voi, Numi, che negli aditi

685

della reggia avete stanza,

fra la pace e l'abbondanza,

Numi, il sangue dei misfatti

che un dí fûr, con novello esito

di giustizia or si riscatti:

690

strage antica piú non frutti

nella casa nuovi lutti!

Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 800 focus

Ducite, quæ olim conſtituta ſunt

745

Soluite ſanguinem nouis pænis.

Antiqua cædes non amplius in ædibus pariet,

Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 800 focus

In des Hauses tiefster Kammer,

da des Reichs Kleinode liegen,

webt ihr heimlich, Ahnengeister,

mitempfindend

eurer Enkel Leiden.

Höret, helfet mit zur Heilung.

Lafst den Flecken alten Blutes

aufgelöst

in dem neuen Strom zerfliefsen.

Und des Mordes Zeugungskraft

805 sei verdorrt.

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.) — 800 focus

And ye who dwell within the inner chamber

Where shines the storèd joy of gold—

Gods of one heart, O hear ye, and remember;
895

Up and avenge the blood shed forth of old,

With sudden rightful blow;

Then let the old curse die, nor be renewed

With progeny of blood,—

Once more, and not again, be latter guilt laid low!
900

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.) — 800 focus

Götter, ihr, die den goldreichen Schak

Ihr im Raum der Burg bewacht,

Götter, hört huldreich mich an!

Auf! Des alten Mords

Blutschuld sühnt mit neuem Strafgericht!
800

Die greise Schuld zeuge nicht im Hause fort!

Bwischengesang.

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

900. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-585

σεβίζει: Libri σεβίζη.

900

901. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-586

γάρ ... ἐs τὸ: yao omittit Ald. Eadem male intellecta codicis scriptura ènì pro ἐς τό.

901

902. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-587

οὔτοι σ᾽ ἀπέρριψ᾽: Libri tis. Schützius, distinctione posita post aлégon'. in fine versus signa posuit interpellatae orationis. At nusquam ita quidem in Graeca tragoedia sermo cuiusquam interpellatur. Porsonus signum interrogationis in fine versus posuit. At, nisi fallor, tum diei debebat o yao, non outo. Dicuntur haec sine interrogatione, recteque explicantur a scholiasta, οὐκ ἔστιν ἀπορρίψαι τὸ δορυξένοις ἐκδοῦναι (sic M. G.) ngòç ȧratooqýr. Haec enim, non sane te abieci in domum hospitis, breviter dicta sunt pro his, in hospitis domum quum te misi, profecto non abieci. Intellexit hoc etiam Pauwius..

902

904. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-588

ὁ τῖμος: Hine rursus lineis personas distinguit M. ὁ τῆμος Canterus Stephani adnotationem secutus. ὁ τιμος sine accentu M. ὅτιμος G. Ald. Rob. quos Turn. ó ròs Vict. Eustathius p. 563, 25. č ἰστέον ὅτι ὡςπερ φθογγή φθόγγος, χολή χόλος, τιμή τίμος παρὰ τῇ κωμῳδία τὸ τίμημα, ποθή πόθος, ὠνή ώνος, βολὴ βόλος, καὶ ἕτερα, οὕτω πύλη πύλος ἀρσενικῶς. Vitium Ald. ἀντειδεξάμην.

904

905. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-589

αἰσχύνομαí σοι ... ὀνειδίσαι: αἰσχύνομαί σοι Canterus. Libri αἰσχύνομαί σου. In ὀνειδίσαι littera / ex η facta in M.

905

906. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-590

μὴ ἀλλ᾽ εἴφ᾽ ὁμοίως: Libri 22' sig' (ɛiq' Turn.) duoiws. Canterus '2' iq' duolos. Delevi u, quod nihil est nisi error librarii, qui ad sequentem versum, qui hac vocula µ incipit, aberrans, statim animadverso errore abstitit et versum scripsit eum quem debebat.

906

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

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

900. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-483

πιστὰ εὐορκώματα: Schol. τὰ ὁρκωμόσια ἃ συνωμόσαμεν. Auf die Richtigkeit dieser Erklärung weist πιστά bin (Weil will εὐορκώματα auf den Orakelspruch des Apollon beziehen nach Ag. 1283 ).

901. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-484

⁴

Alle als Feinde halte förderlicher denn die Götter d. i. weniger schlimm ist es mit der ganzen Welt verfeindet zu sein als mit den Göttern.

902. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-485

⁵

Der Rhythmus des Verses würde besser, wenn man mit Hermann παρήνεσας καλῶς schriebe.

903. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-486

⁶

πρός, gegenüber, angesichts. Vgl. Εum. 1006. - Richtig bemerkt der Schol.: πιθανῶς δέ, ἵνα μὴ ἐν φανερῷ ἡ ἀναίρεσις γένηται. καὶ

904-905. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-487

⁷

καὶ ζῶντα γὰρ κτἑ. ist Begründung des Folgenden, wie wenn es hiefse: τούτῳ θανόντι ζῶντα .. ἡγήσω πατρός κάθευδε. Der Gedanke kehrt wieder Eur. El. 1144

νυμφεύσῃ δὲ κἀν

" Αιδου δόμοις, ώπερ ξυνηΰδες ἐν φάει. συγ-

907. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-488

⁸

D. i. wie ich dich grofs gezogen habe, so will ich auch mit dir altern und dir liegt die Pflicht des γηροβοσκεῖν ob.

Aeschylus Libation Bearers 800

Robert Potter (Translator)

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Let not the blood of former slain

Fresh returns of vengeance crave;

No more these crimson'd manſions stain:
905

Slaughter no more from ſlaughter riſe,

If low beneath the righteous sword he lies!

MONOSTROPHE.

Current edition Experimental

Χορός

ἐέ, πρὸ δὲ δὴ ᾽χθρῶν

τὸν ἔσωθεν μελάθρων, Ζεῦ,⁷
790

θές, ἐπεί νιν⁸ μέγαν ἄρας,

δίδυμα καὶ τριπλᾶ

παλίμποινα θέλων ἀμείψει.

794

Χορός

σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν, ὅταν ἥκῃ μέρος ἔργων,

ἐπαΰσας Πατρὸς αὐδὰν³⁶

θροούσᾳ [πρὸς σὲ³⁷] Τέκνον [πατρὸς αὐδὰν]

[καὶ] πέραιν᾽³⁸ ἀνεπίμομφον ἄταν.
830
831

Χορός

ἓ ἕ, πρὸ δὲ δὴ ʼχθρῶν

τὸν ἔσωθεν μελάθρων, Ζεῦ,
790

θές, ἐπεί νιν μέγαν ἄρας,

δίδυμα καὶ τριπλᾶ

παλίμποινα θέλων ἀμείψει.

Χορός

σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν, ὅταν ἥκῃ μέρος ἔργων,

ἐπαΰσας πατρὸς αὐδὰν

θροούσᾳ πρὸς σὲ τέκνον πατρὸς αὐδὰν

καὶ πέραινʼ ἀνεπίμομφον ἄταν.
830

[ΧΟ.]

τῶν πάλαι πεπραγμένων

λύσασθ' αἷμα προσφάτοις προφ- δίκαις·
805

γέρων φόνος μηκέτ' ἐν δόμοις τέκοι.

οἵ τ᾽ ἔσωθε δωμάτων
800

πλουτογαθῆ μυχὸν κομίζετε,

κλῦτε σύμφρονες θεοί·

ἄγετε ⟨– υ – υ – υ⟩

τῶν πάλαι πεπραγμένων

λύσασθ᾽ αἷμα προσφάτοις δίκαις·
805

γέρων φόνος μηκέτ᾽ ἐν δόμοις τέκοι.

Chorus

Now at my supplication, O Zeus, father of the Olympian gods, grant that the fortunes of our house be firmly established,

so that those who rightly desire the rule of order may behold it. Every word of mine has been uttered in justice. O Zeus, may you safeguard it!
785

Chorus

O Zeus, set him who is within the palace before his foes;

since, if you exalt him, he will gladly pay you with double and triple recompense.
790

Chorus

Know that the orphaned colt of a loved one is harnessed to the chariot of distress.

And by setting bounds to his course may you grant that we see him keep a steady pace through this race and win the goal in the straining stride of a gallop.¹
795

Chorus

And you who within the house inhabit the inner chamber that exults in its wealth, hear me, you gods, that feel with us! By a fresh award redeem the blood of deeds done long ago.
800

May aged Murder cease begetting offspring in our house!
805

Chorus

And you who occupy the mighty, gorgeously built cavern,² grant that the man’s house may lift up its eyes again in joy, and that with glad

eyes it may behold from under its veil of gloom the radiant light of freedom.
810

Chorus

May Maia’s son,³ as he rightfully should, lend his aid, for no one can better sail a deed on a favoring course, when he would do so.⁴

But by his mysterious utterance he brings darkness over men’s eyes by night, and by day he is no more clear at all.
815

Chorus

And then at last with a loud voice we shall sing a song of the deliverance of our house,

the song that women raise when the wind sits fair, and not the shrill strain of those who mourn: The ship goes well. This grows to profit for me, for me, and calamity holds off from those I love.
820

Chorus

But may you with good courage, when the part of action comes, cry out loud the name Father when she exclaims Son,

and accomplish the baneful but irreproachable deed.
830

Chorus

Raise up Perseus’ spirit within my breast. And for those dear to you below the earth, and for those above, exact satisfaction for their dire wrath

by working bloody ruin in our house and obliterating the guilt of murder.⁵
835

[LE CHOEUR]

effacez le sang des forfaits passés par une prompte vengeance.
Que le vieux crime n'enfante plus dans la maison ²!

(Plus soutenu.)

Götter, ihr, die den goldreichen Schak

Ihr im Raum der Burg bewacht,

Götter, hört huldreich mich an!

Auf! Des alten Mords

Blutschuld sühnt mit neuem Strafgericht!
800

Die greise Schuld zeuge nicht im Hause fort!

Bwischengesang.

Commentary

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Let not the blood of former slain Fresh returns of vengeance crave; No more these crimson'd manſions stain: 905 Slaughter no more from ſlaughter riſe, If low beneath the righteous sword he lies! MONOSTROPHE.

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Χορός ἐέ, πρὸ δὲ δὴ ᾽χθρῶν τὸν ἔσωθεν μελάθρων, Ζεῦ, 7 790 θές, ἐπεί νιν 8 μέγαν ἄρας, δίδυμα καὶ τριπλᾶ παλίμποινα θέλων ἀμείψει. 794

Χορός σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν, ὅταν ἥκῃ μέρος ἔργων, ἐπαΰσας Πατρὸς αὐδὰν 36 θροούσᾳ [πρὸς σὲ 37 ] Τέκνον [πατρὸς αὐδὰν] [καὶ] πέραιν᾽ 38 ἀνεπίμομφον ἄταν. 830 831

Χορός ἓ ἕ, πρὸ δὲ δὴ ʼχθρῶν τὸν ἔσωθεν μελάθρων, Ζεῦ, 790 θές, ἐπεί νιν μέγαν ἄρας, δίδυμα καὶ τριπλᾶ παλίμποινα θέλων ἀμείψει.

Χορός σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν, ὅταν ἥκῃ μέρος ἔργων, ἐπαΰσας πατρὸς αὐδὰν θροούσᾳ πρὸς σὲ τέκνον πατρὸς αὐδὰν καὶ πέραινʼ ἀνεπίμομφον ἄταν. 830

[ΧΟ.] τῶν πάλαι πεπραγμένων λύσασθ' αἷμα προσφάτοις προφ- δίκαις· 805 γέρων φόνος μηκέτ' ἐν δόμοις τέκοι.

οἵ τ᾽ ἔσωθε δωμάτων 800 πλουτογαθῆ μυχὸν κομίζετε, κλῦτε σύμφρονες θεοί· ἄγετε ⟨– υ – υ – υ⟩

τῶν πάλαι πεπραγμένων λύσασθ᾽ αἷμα προσφάτοις δίκαις· 805 γέρων φόνος μηκέτ᾽ ἐν δόμοις τέκοι.

Chorus Now at my supplication, O Zeus, father of the Olympian gods, grant that the fortunes of our house be firmly established, so that those who rightly desire the rule of order may behold it. Every word of mine has been uttered in justice. O Zeus, may you safeguard it! 785

Chorus O Zeus, set him who is within the palace before his foes; since, if you exalt him, he will gladly pay you with double and triple recompense. 790

Chorus Know that the orphaned colt of a loved one is harnessed to the chariot of distress. And by setting bounds to his course may you grant that we see him keep a steady pace through this race and win the goal in the straining stride of a gallop. 1 795

Chorus And you who within the house inhabit the inner chamber that exults in its wealth, hear me, you gods, that feel with us! By a fresh award redeem the blood of deeds done long ago. 800 May aged Murder cease begetting offspring in our house! 805

Chorus And you who occupy the mighty, gorgeously built cavern, 2 grant that the man’s house may lift up its eyes again in joy, and that with glad eyes it may behold from under its veil of gloom the radiant light of freedom. 810

Chorus May Maia’s son, 3 as he rightfully should, lend his aid, for no one can better sail a deed on a favoring course, when he would do so. 4 But by his mysterious utterance he brings darkness over men’s eyes by night, and by day he is no more clear at all. 815

Chorus And then at last with a loud voice we shall sing a song of the deliverance of our house, the song that women raise when the wind sits fair, and not the shrill strain of those who mourn: The ship goes well. This grows to profit for me, for me, and calamity holds off from those I love. 820

Chorus But may you with good courage, when the part of action comes, cry out loud the name Father when she exclaims Son, and accomplish the baneful but irreproachable deed. 830

Chorus Raise up Perseus’ spirit within my breast. And for those dear to you below the earth, and for those above, exact satisfaction for their dire wrath by working bloody ruin in our house and obliterating the guilt of murder. 5 835

[LE CHOEUR] effacez le sang des forfaits passés par une prompte vengeance. Que le vieux crime n'enfante plus dans la maison 2 ! (Plus soutenu.)

Götter, ihr, die den goldreichen Schak Ihr im Raum der Burg bewacht, Götter, hört huldreich mich an! Auf! Des alten Mords Blutschuld sühnt mit neuem Strafgericht! 800 Die greise Schuld zeuge nicht im Hause fort! Bwischengesang.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

Let not the blood of former slain

Fresh returns of vengeance crave;

No more these crimson'd manſions stain:
905

Slaughter no more from ſlaughter riſe,

If low beneath the righteous sword he lies!

MONOSTROPHE.

Χορός

ἐέ, πρὸ δὲ δὴ ᾽χθρῶν

τὸν ἔσωθεν μελάθρων, Ζεῦ,⁷
790

θές, ἐπεί νιν⁸ μέγαν ἄρας,

δίδυμα καὶ τριπλᾶ

παλίμποινα θέλων ἀμείψει.

794

Χορός

σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν, ὅταν ἥκῃ μέρος ἔργων,

ἐπαΰσας Πατρὸς αὐδὰν³⁶

θροούσᾳ [πρὸς σὲ³⁷] Τέκνον [πατρὸς αὐδὰν]

[καὶ] πέραιν᾽³⁸ ἀνεπίμομφον ἄταν.
830
831

Χορός

ἓ ἕ, πρὸ δὲ δὴ ʼχθρῶν

τὸν ἔσωθεν μελάθρων, Ζεῦ,
790

θές, ἐπεί νιν μέγαν ἄρας,

δίδυμα καὶ τριπλᾶ

παλίμποινα θέλων ἀμείψει.

Χορός

σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν, ὅταν ἥκῃ μέρος ἔργων,

ἐπαΰσας πατρὸς αὐδὰν

θροούσᾳ πρὸς σὲ τέκνον πατρὸς αὐδὰν

καὶ πέραινʼ ἀνεπίμομφον ἄταν.
830

[ΧΟ.]

τῶν πάλαι πεπραγμένων

λύσασθ' αἷμα προσφάτοις προφ- δίκαις·
805

γέρων φόνος μηκέτ' ἐν δόμοις τέκοι.

οἵ τ᾽ ἔσωθε δωμάτων
800

πλουτογαθῆ μυχὸν κομίζετε,

κλῦτε σύμφρονες θεοί·

ἄγετε ⟨– υ – υ – υ⟩

τῶν πάλαι πεπραγμένων

λύσασθ᾽ αἷμα προσφάτοις δίκαις·
805

γέρων φόνος μηκέτ᾽ ἐν δόμοις τέκοι.

Chorus

Now at my supplication, O Zeus, father of the Olympian gods, grant that the fortunes of our house be firmly established,

so that those who rightly desire the rule of order may behold it. Every word of mine has been uttered in justice. O Zeus, may you safeguard it!
785

Chorus

O Zeus, set him who is within the palace before his foes;

since, if you exalt him, he will gladly pay you with double and triple recompense.
790

Chorus

Know that the orphaned colt of a loved one is harnessed to the chariot of distress.

And by setting bounds to his course may you grant that we see him keep a steady pace through this race and win the goal in the straining stride of a gallop.¹
795

Chorus

And you who within the house inhabit the inner chamber that exults in its wealth, hear me, you gods, that feel with us! By a fresh award redeem the blood of deeds done long ago.
800

May aged Murder cease begetting offspring in our house!
805

Chorus

And you who occupy the mighty, gorgeously built cavern,² grant that the man’s house may lift up its eyes again in joy, and that with glad

eyes it may behold from under its veil of gloom the radiant light of freedom.
810

Chorus

May Maia’s son,³ as he rightfully should, lend his aid, for no one can better sail a deed on a favoring course, when he would do so.⁴

But by his mysterious utterance he brings darkness over men’s eyes by night, and by day he is no more clear at all.
815

Chorus

And then at last with a loud voice we shall sing a song of the deliverance of our house,

the song that women raise when the wind sits fair, and not the shrill strain of those who mourn: The ship goes well. This grows to profit for me, for me, and calamity holds off from those I love.
820

Chorus

But may you with good courage, when the part of action comes, cry out loud the name Father when she exclaims Son,

and accomplish the baneful but irreproachable deed.
830

Chorus

Raise up Perseus’ spirit within my breast. And for those dear to you below the earth, and for those above, exact satisfaction for their dire wrath

by working bloody ruin in our house and obliterating the guilt of murder.⁵
835

[LE CHOEUR]

effacez le sang des forfaits passés par une prompte vengeance.
Que le vieux crime n'enfante plus dans la maison ²!

(Plus soutenu.)

Götter, ihr, die den goldreichen Schak

Ihr im Raum der Burg bewacht,

Götter, hört huldreich mich an!

Auf! Des alten Mords

Blutschuld sühnt mit neuem Strafgericht!
800

Die greise Schuld zeuge nicht im Hause fort!

Bwischengesang.