Magnum habens ſeceſſum in tumulo terræ.
Libation Bearers. Aeschylus. Ioannes Sanravius (Translator). Basileae. 1555.
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Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) (Latin) (Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.)
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Χοηφóρoι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 935-972 focus
str.
1
Χορός
ἔμολε μὲν δίκα Πριαμίδαις χρόνῳ,
935
βαρύδικος
1
ποινά:
ἔμολε δ᾽ ἐς δόμον τὸν Ἀγαμέμνονος
διπλοῦς λέων, διπλοῦς Ἄρης.
ἔλασε
2
δ᾽ ἐς τὸ πᾶν
ὁ πυθόχρηστος
3
φυγὰς
940
θεόθεν εὖ φραδαῖσιν
4
ὡρμημένος.
942
ἔμολε μὲν δίκα Πριαμίδαις χρόνῳ,
935
βαρύδικος
1
ποινά:
ἔμολε δ᾽ ἐς δόμον τὸν Ἀγαμέμνονος
διπλοῦς λέων, διπλοῦς Ἄρης.
ἔλασε
2
δ᾽ ἐς τὸ πᾶν
ὁ πυθόχρηστος
3
φυγὰς
940
θεόθεν εὖ φραδαῖσιν
4
ὡρμημένος.
Χορός
ἐπολολύξατ᾽ ὦ δεσποσύνων δόμων
ἀναφυγὰς κακῶν καὶ κτεάνων τριβᾶς
5
δυσοίμου τύχας.
945
946
ἐπολολύξατ᾽ ὦ δεσποσύνων δόμων
ἀναφυγὰς κακῶν καὶ κτεάνων τριβᾶς
5
δυσοίμου τύχας.
945
ant.
1
Χορός
ἔμολε δ᾽ ᾧ μέλει κρυπταδίου μάχας
δολιόφρων ποινά:
ἔθιγε δ᾽ ἐν
8
μάχᾳ χερὸς ἐτήτυμος
Διὸς κόρα—Δίκαν δέ νιν
προσαγορεύομεν βροτοὶ τυχόντες καλῶσ—
950
952
ἔμολε δ᾽ ᾧ μέλει κρυπταδίου μάχας
δολιόφρων ποινά:
ἔθιγε δ᾽ ἐν
8
μάχᾳ χερὸς ἐτήτυμος
Διὸς κόρα—Δίκαν δέ νιν
προσαγορεύομεν βροτοὶ τυχόντες καλῶσ—
950
str.
2
Χορός
τάνπερ ὁ Λοξίας ὁ Παρνασίας
11
μέγαν ἔχων μυχὸν χθονὸς ἐπορθιά-
βλαπτομέναν χρονισθεῖσαν
14
ἐποίχεται.
ὑπουργεῖν κακοῖς.
ἄξια δ᾽
17
οὐρανοῦχον ἀρχὰν σέβειν:
960
961
τάνπερ ὁ Λοξίας ὁ Παρνασίας
11
μέγαν ἔχων μυχὸν χθονὸς ἐπορθιά-
βλαπτομέναν χρονισθεῖσαν
14
ἐποίχεται.
ὑπουργεῖν κακοῖς.
ἄξια δ᾽
17
οὐρανοῦχον ἀρχὰν σέβειν:
960
ant.
2
Χορός
τάχα δὲ παντελὴς χρόνος ἀμείψεται
965
πρόθυρα δωμάτων, ὅταν ἀφ᾽
23
ἑστίας
μύσος πᾶν κλύσῃ
24
†τύχαι δ᾽ εὐπροσωποκοῖται
27
τὸ πᾶν
ἰδεῖν [ἀκοῦσαι
28
] πρευμενεῖς
970
972
τάχα δὲ παντελὴς χρόνος ἀμείψεται
965
πρόθυρα δωμάτων, ὅταν ἀφ᾽
23
ἑστίας
μύσος πᾶν κλύσῃ
24
†τύχαι δ᾽ εὐπροσωποκοῖται
27
τὸ πᾶν
ἰδεῖν [ἀκοῦσαι
28
] πρευμενεῖς
970
Χορόσ???
πάρα τὸ φῶς ἰδεῖν.
31
973
πάρα τὸ φῶς ἰδεῖν.
31
Χοηφóρoι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 935-964a focus
Χορός
ἔμολε μὲν δίκα Πριαμίδαις χρόνῳ,
935
βαρύδικος ποινά·
ἔμολε δʼ ἐς δόμον τὸν Ἀγαμέμνονος
διπλοῦς λέων, διπλοῦς Ἄρης.
ἔλασε δʼ ἐς τὸ πᾶν
ὁ πυθόχρηστος φυγὰς
940
θεόθεν εὖ φραδαῖσιν ὡρμημένος.
ἔμολε μὲν δίκα Πριαμίδαις χρόνῳ,
935
βαρύδικος ποινά·
ἔμολε δʼ ἐς δόμον τὸν Ἀγαμέμνονος
διπλοῦς λέων, διπλοῦς Ἄρης.
ἔλασε δʼ ἐς τὸ πᾶν
ὁ πυθόχρηστος φυγὰς
940
θεόθεν εὖ φραδαῖσιν ὡρμημένος.
Χορός
ἐπολολύξατʼ ὦ δεσποσύνων δόμων
ἀναφυγᾶς κακῶν καὶ κτεάνων τριβᾶς
ὑπαὶ δυοῖν μιαστόροιν,
δυσοίμου τύχας.
945
ἐπολολύξατʼ ὦ δεσποσύνων δόμων
ἀναφυγᾶς κακῶν καὶ κτεάνων τριβᾶς
ὑπαὶ δυοῖν μιαστόροιν,
δυσοίμου τύχας.
945
Χορός
ἔμολε δʼ ᾧ μέλει κρυπταδίου μάχας
δολιόφρων ποινά·
ἔθιγε δʼ ἐν μάχᾳ χερὸς ἐτήτυμος
Διὸς κόρα—Δίκαν δέ νιν
προσαγορεύομεν βροτοὶ τυχόντες καλῶς—
950
ὀλέθριον πνέουσʼ ἐν ἐχθροῖς κότον.
ἔμολε δʼ ᾧ μέλει κρυπταδίου μάχας
δολιόφρων ποινά·
ἔθιγε δʼ ἐν μάχᾳ χερὸς ἐτήτυμος
Διὸς κόρα—Δίκαν δέ νιν
προσαγορεύομεν βροτοὶ τυχόντες καλῶς—
950
ὀλέθριον πνέουσʼ ἐν ἐχθροῖς κότον.
Χορός
ἐπολολύξατʼ ὦ δεσποσύνων δόμων
ἀναφυγᾶς κακῶν καὶ κτεάνων τριβᾶς
ὑπαὶ δυοῖν μιαστόροιν,
δυσοίμου τύχας.
ἐπολολύξατʼ ὦ δεσποσύνων δόμων
ἀναφυγᾶς κακῶν καὶ κτεάνων τριβᾶς
ὑπαὶ δυοῖν μιαστόροιν,
δυσοίμου τύχας.
Χορός
τά περ ὁ Λοξίας ὁ Παρνασσίας
μέγαν ἔχων μυχὸν χθονὸς ἐπωρθία-
ξεν ἀδόλως δόλοις
955
βλάβαν ἐγχρονισθεῖσαν ἐποίχεται.
κρατεῖταί πως τὸ θεῖον παρὰ τὸ μὴ
ὑπουργεῖν κακοῖς.
ἄξια δʼ οὐρανοῦχον ἀρχὰν σέβειν.
960
τά περ ὁ Λοξίας ὁ Παρνασσίας
μέγαν ἔχων μυχὸν χθονὸς ἐπωρθία-
ξεν ἀδόλως δόλοις
955
βλάβαν ἐγχρονισθεῖσαν ἐποίχεται.
κρατεῖταί πως τὸ θεῖον παρὰ τὸ μὴ
ὑπουργεῖν κακοῖς.
ἄξια δʼ οὐρανοῦχον ἀρχὰν σέβειν.
960
Χορός
πάρα τε φῶς ἰδεῖν
μέγα τʼ ἀφῃρέθην ψάλιον οἰκέων.
ἄναγε μὰν δόμοι· πολὺν ἄγαν χρόνον
χαμαιπετεῖς ἔκεισθʼ ἀεί.
πάρα τε φῶς ἰδεῖν
μέγα τʼ ἀφῃρέθην ψάλιον οἰκέων.
ἄναγε μὰν δόμοι· πολὺν ἄγαν χρόνον
χαμαιπετεῖς ἔκεισθʼ ἀεί.
Χορός
τάχα δὲ παντελὴς χρόνος ἀμείψεται
965
πρόθυρα δωμάτων, ὅταν ἀφʼ ἑστίας
πᾶν ἐλαθῇ μύσος
καθαρμοῖσιν ἀτᾶν ἐλατηρίοις.
τύχαι δʼ εὐπροσωποκοῖται τὸ πᾶν
ἰδεῖν
ἀκοῦσαι πρευμενεῖς
970
μετοίκοις δόμων πεσοῦνται πάλιν.
τάχα δὲ παντελὴς χρόνος ἀμείψεται
965
πρόθυρα δωμάτων, ὅταν ἀφʼ ἑστίας
πᾶν ἐλαθῇ μύσος
καθαρμοῖσιν ἀτᾶν ἐλατηρίοις.
τύχαι δʼ εὐπροσωποκοῖται τὸ πᾶν
ἰδεῖν
ἀκοῦσαι πρευμενεῖς
970
μετοίκοις δόμων πεσοῦνται πάλιν.
Χορός
πάρα τε φῶς ἰδεῖν
μέγα τʼ ἀφῃρέθην ψάλιον οἰκέων.
ἄναγε μὰν δόμοι· πολὺν ἄγαν χρόνον
χαμαιπετεῖς ἔκεισθʼ ἀεί.
πάρα τε φῶς ἰδεῖν
μέγα τʼ ἀφῃρέθην ψάλιον οἰκέων.
ἄναγε μὰν δόμοι· πολὺν ἄγαν χρόνον
χαμαιπετεῖς ἔκεισθʼ ἀεί.
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 942 focus
ἐπολολύξατ᾽ ὦ δεσποσύνων δόμων
ἀναφυγὰς κακῶν καὶ κτεάνων τριβᾶς
ὑπαὶ δυοῖν μιαστόροιν,
δυσοίμου τύχας.
945
ἐπολολύξατ᾽ ὦ δεσποσύνων δόμων
ἀναφυγὰς κακῶν καὶ κτεάνων τριβᾶς
ὑπαὶ δυοῖν μιαστόροιν,
δυσοίμου τύχας.
945
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 942 focus
ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 942 focus
Ἐπολολύξατ', ὤ
-ξάτω, δεσποσύνων δόμων
ἀναφυγᾷ
-γὰς κακῶν καὶ κτεάνων
τριβᾶς
τριβὰς
ὑπὸ
δυοῖν
δοιοῖν
μιασ-
μιαιστό-
τόροιν
ροιν, δυσοίμου τύχας.
1
(Ἐπολολύξατ', ὤ, δεσποσύνων δόμων
ἀναφυγᾷ κακῶν καὶ κτεάνων τριβᾶς
ὑπὸ δυοῖν μιασ-
τόροιν, δυσοίμου τύχας.)
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 942 focus
Ἐπολολύξατ᾽ ὦ δεσποσύνων δόμων
ἀναφυγὰς κακῶν καὶ κτεάνων τριβᾶς
ὑπὸ δυοῖν μαστόροιν,
δυσοίμου τύχας.
1
Ἐπολολύξατ᾽ ὦ δεσποσύνων δόμων
ἀναφυγὰς κακῶν καὶ κτεάνων τριβᾶς
ὑπὸ δυοῖν μαστόροιν,
δυσοίμου τύχας.
1
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 942 focus
ἐπολολύξατ᾽ ὦ δεσποσύνων δόμων
ἀναφυγᾶι κακῶν καὶ κτεάνων τριβᾶς
ὑπὸ δυοῖν μιαστόροιν,
δυσοίμου τύχας.
945
ἐπολολύξατ᾽ ὦ δεσποσύνων δόμων
ἀναφυγᾶι κακῶν καὶ κτεάνων τριβᾶς
ὑπὸ δυοῖν μιαστόροιν,
δυσοίμου τύχας.
945
Aeschyli Choephori (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Choephori. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 942 focus
ἐπολολύξατ᾽ ὦ δεσποσύνων δόμων
ἀναφυγᾶι κακῶν
945
καὶ κτεάνων τριβᾶς
ὑπαὶ δυοῖν μιαστόροιν,
δυσοίμου τύχας. –
(ἐπολολύξατ᾽ ὦ δεσποσύνων δόμων
ἀναφυγᾶς κακῶν
945
καὶ κτεάνων τριβᾶς
ὑπαὶ δυοῖν μιαστόροιν,
δυσοίμου τύχας.) =
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.)) — 935-962a focus
Chorus
As to Priam and his sons justice came at last in crushing retribution, so to Agamemnon’s house came a twofold lion, twofold slaughter.
1
935
The exile, the suppliant of
Pytho
, has fulfilled his course to the utmost, justly urged on by counsels from the gods.
940
As to Priam and his sons justice came at last in crushing retribution, so to Agamemnon’s house came a twofold lion, twofold slaughter.
1
935
The exile, the suppliant of
Pytho
, has fulfilled his course to the utmost, justly urged on by counsels from the gods.
940
Chorus
Oh raise a shout of triumph over the escape of our master’s house from its misery and the wasting of its wealth by two who were unclean,
its grievous fortune!
945
Oh raise a shout of triumph over the escape of our master’s house from its misery and the wasting of its wealth by two who were unclean,
its grievous fortune!
945
Chorus
And he has come whose part is the crafty vengeance of stealthy attack, and in the battle his hand was guided by her who is in very truth daughter of Zeus, breathing murderous wrath on her foes.
We mortals aim true to the mark when we call her Justice.
2
950
And he has come whose part is the crafty vengeance of stealthy attack, and in the battle his hand was guided by her who is in very truth daughter of Zeus, breathing murderous wrath on her foes.
We mortals aim true to the mark when we call her Justice.
2
950
Chorus
Oh raise a shout of triumph over the escape of our master’s house from its misery and the wasting of its wealth by two who were unclean,
its grievous fortune!
Oh raise a shout of triumph over the escape of our master’s house from its misery and the wasting of its wealth by two who were unclean,
its grievous fortune!
Chorus
The commands proclaimed loudly by Loxias, tenant of the mighty cavern shrine of
Parnassus
, assail with guileless guile
the mischief now become inveterate. May the divine word prevail that so I may not serve the wicked!
3
It is right to revere the rule of heaven.
960
The commands proclaimed loudly by Loxias, tenant of the mighty cavern shrine of
Parnassus
, assail with guileless guile
the mischief now become inveterate. May the divine word prevail that so I may not serve the wicked!
3
It is right to revere the rule of heaven.
960
Chorus
Look, the light has come, and I am freed from the cruel curb that restrained our household. House, rise up! You have lain too long prostrate on the ground.
Look, the light has come, and I am freed from the cruel curb that restrained our household. House, rise up! You have lain too long prostrate on the ground.
Chorus
But soon time that accomplishes all will pass the portals of our house, and then all pollution will be expelled from the hearth by cleansing rites that drive out calamity. The dice of fortune will turn as they fall and lie
965
with faces all lovely to behold, favorably disposed to whoever stays in our house.
970
But soon time that accomplishes all will pass the portals of our house, and then all pollution will be expelled from the hearth by cleansing rites that drive out calamity. The dice of fortune will turn as they fall and lie
965
with faces all lovely to behold, favorably disposed to whoever stays in our house.
970
Chorus
Look, the light has come,
and I am freed from the cruel curb that restrained our household. House, rise up! You have lain too long prostrate on the ground.
Look, the light has come,
and I am freed from the cruel curb that restrained our household. House, rise up! You have lain too long prostrate on the ground.
The Libation Bearers (OCR draft) Experimental (The Libation Bearers. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 942 focus
Celebrate ye with a loud shout the escape
1
of our master's house from evils, and from the dilapidation of its treasures by the defiling pair, a mournful fate.
LES CHOÉPHORES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES CHOÉPHORES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 942 focus
Il a poussé jusqu'au bout, l'exilé prédit par Pythô, guidé dans son élan par les conseils d'un dieu !
LES CHOÉPHORES
[LE CHOEUR]
Ah!
Ah!
et qui sur ses ennemis souffle la vengeance et la mort.
(Ah! jetez un cri d'allégresse sur le palais de vos maîtres enfin libéré de ses maux, ainsi que des deux sacrilèges qui, pour dévorer
(Ah! jetez un cri d'allégresse sur le palais de vos maîtres enfin libéré de ses maux, ainsi que des deux sacrilèges qui, pour dévorer
The Choephoræ (OCR draft) Experimental (The Choephoræ. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 942 focus
Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 942 focus
Alti si levino gioiosi gridi,
fine hanno i triboli di questa terra,
fine han gli sperperi degli omicidi,
850
fortuna i tramiti suoi piú non serra.
1
CORO
Antistrofe 1.
Ciò che l'ambiguo signor del Parnasso
Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 942 focus
Heil rufet mit Jauchzen
dem Hause des Herrn.
945
Vorbei ist die Schande,
des Gutes Vergeudung,
der beiden Tyrannen
verbrecherisch Glück.
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.) — 942 focus
Cry out, rejoice ! our kingly hall
Hath 'scaped from ruin—ne'er again
Its ancient wealth be wasted all
By two usurpers, sin-defiled—
1050
An evil path of woe and bane!
Cry out, rejoice ! our kingly hall
Hath 'scaped from ruin—ne'er again
Its ancient wealth be wasted all
By two usurpers, sin-defiled—
1050
An evil path of woe and bane!
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.) — 942 focus
Jauchzet, o jauchzet laut, daß das erlauchte Haus
935
Dem Unheil entrann, daß an dem reichen Schay
Nicht schwelgend zehrt das Mörderpaar, -
O fluchvolles Loos!
Erste Gegenstrophe.
Jauchzet, o jauchzet laut, daß das erlauchte Haus
935
Dem Unheil entrann, daß an dem reichen Schay
Nicht schwelgend zehrt das Mörderpaar, -
O fluchvolles Loos!
Donner does not repeat this refrain at this position. See the earlier occurrence in his translation.
Donner 935
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
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
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).
884.
mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-472
βοὴν ἵστης:
Soph. Phil.1263
θόρυβος ἵσταται βοῆς, Eur. Herakl. 656
βοὴν ἔστησας,
Οr. 1529
στῆσαί σε κραυγήν, Iph.
Α. 1039
ἔστασεν Ζαχάν.