Aeschylus Libation Bearers 5

Anna Swanwick (Translator)

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ELECTRA
100 As thou my father's tomb reverest, speak.

Libation Bearers. Aeschylus. Anna Swanwick (Translator). London. 1886.

Sponsored by University of Leipzig.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition Experimental

The Libation Bearers (OCR draft) (English) (The Libation Bearers. Anna Swanwick, 1886.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (8)
Χοηφóρoι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 1-21 focus
Χοηφóρoι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 1-21 focus
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 1 focus
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 1 focus
ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1 focus
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 1 focus
Ἑρμῆ χθόνιε, πατρῷ ἐποπτεύων κράτη
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σωτὴρ γενοῦ μοι σύμμαχός τ' αἰτουμένῳ·
ἥκω γὰρ ἐς γῆν τήνδε καὶ κατέρχομαι
τύμβου δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ὄχθῳ τῷδε κηρύσσω πατρὶ
κλύειν, ἀκοῦσαι·
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πλόκαμον Ἰνάχῳ θρεπτήριον,
τὸν δεύτερον δὲ τόνδε πενθητήριον
οὐ γὰρ παρὼν ᾤμωξα σόν, πάτερ, μύρον
οὐδ᾽ ἐξέτεινα χεῖρ᾽ ἐπ᾿ ἐκφορᾷ νεκροῦ.
τί χρῆμα λεύσσω; τίς ποθ᾽ ἦδ᾽ ὁμήγυρις
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στείχει γυναικῶν φάρεσιν μελαγχίμοις
πρέπουσα; ποίᾳ ξυμφορᾷ προσεικάσω;
πότερα δόμοισι πῆμα προσκυρεῖ νέον;
ἢ πατρὶ τὠμῷ τάσδ᾽ ἐπεικάσας τύχω
χοὰς φερούσας νερτέροις μειλίγματα;
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οὐδέν ποτ᾽ ἄλλο· καὶ γὰρ Ἠλέκτραν δοκῶ
στείχειν ἀδελφὴν τὴν ἐμὴν πένθει λυγρῷ
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 1 focus
Aeschyli Choephori (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Choephori. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 1 focus
Translations (9)
Libation Bearers Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 1-20 focus
The Libation Bearers (OCR draft) Experimental (The Libation Bearers. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 1 focus
MERCURY of the shades! presiding over the power delegated from the sire 1
, be thou a saviour and ally to me beseeching it; for I am come into this land, and I return from exile 2
. And over this mound of his sepulchre too I call upon my father to listen, to give ear 3
. * * * * * * * * * * * * * a ringlet cherished in honour of Inachus 1
and this, the second, expressive of my sorrow. * * * * * * * * * * * * * What is it that I see? what is this concourse of women [coming] hither conspicuous in sable weeds? To what calamity shall I refer it? Is it that a new death 2
hath happened in the palace? or am I right in guessing that these maidens are conveying libations to my father-a propitiation for the departed 3
? It is nothing else; for I think I see my sister Electra advancing, distinguished by grievous sorrow. O Jupiter! grant me to avenge the fate of my father, and be thou a willing ally to me! Pylades, stand we apart, that I may clearly learn what means this suppliant procession of women.
LES CHOÉPHORES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES CHOÉPHORES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1 focus
Hermès Infernal, attache ton regard sur mon père abattu, et deviens le sauveur, l'allié que j'implore. Je rentre en ce pays, et je reviens d'exil 1 ...
The Choephoræ (OCR draft) Experimental (The Choephoræ. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 1 focus
THOU, that to the regions of the dead *
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Bearest thy father's high beheſts, O hear,
Hear, Mercury, thy ſupplicant, protect,
And
Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 1 focus
O tu che vegli, Ermète sotterraneo,
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del padre mio la sorte, a me che imploro
dà tu salvezza, al fianco mio combatti:
ché a questo suolo io giungo: io sono qui.
E lancio un bando al padre mio, sul clivo
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di questa tomba, ch'ei m'oda, e m'ascolti.
L'Inaco il primo mio ricciolo s'ebbe,
che nutrito m'avea: questo secondo,
segno di lutto, io qui recido, o padre,
ché lungi, alla tua morte, ero, e non piansi,
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né le man sovra la tua spoglia io tesi.
Che cosa scorgo? Quale accolta avanza
vêr noi di donne, in negri manti avvolte?
E quale evento io debbo indurre?
Forse
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Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 1 focus
Quam rem uideo, quæ tandem hæc caterua,
1
Et mulierum uestibus
Ornata, cui calamitati aſsimilabo?
Vtrum nocumentum contigit domui nouum?
Aut patri meo has coniectabo
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Libamina ferentes ſanctis placamentis.
Nihil tandem aliud. etenim Electram uideo
Videre sororem meam luctu graui
Ornatam.
O Iupiter da mihi ulcisci mortem
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Patris, esto uolens mihi auxiliator.
Pylade recedamus, ut manifeſte
Discam que'nam sit hæc mulierum supplicatio.
Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 1 focus
Du Herr der Erdentiefe, meines Vaters Macht
2 ist deines Reiches, Hermes: steh' mir rettend bei.
3 Ich fleh' dich an, erbarm' dich meiner. Heimgekehrt
bin ich nach Argos, stehe hier im Vaterland,
doch niemand grüfst Orestes, Agamemnons Sohn,
dem mörderische Hinterlist den Vater schlug
und königlichen Erbes Scepter vorenthält..
Fern am Parnassos hat das gastverwandte Haus
des Strophios der Kindheit Tage mir beschützt,
und du Genosse meiner Jugend, Pylades,
bist einziger Gefährte mir auch auf dem Weg,
den ich verstohlen in die Heimat mir gesucht,
berufen durch Apollon zu dem schweren Werk.
Allein die Nacht des Todes, da der Vater schläft,
durchwanderst von den Göttern, Hermes, du allein,
himmlischer Herold: gönne deinen Beistand mir.
Auf seines Grabes Hügel tönt der Heroldsruf
5 dem Vater, dring' er denn zu ihm, ins Ohr, ins Herz,
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.) — 1 focus
Lord of the shades and patron of the realm
1
That erst my father swayed, list now my prayer,
Hermes, and save me with thine aiding arm,
Me who from banishment returning stand
On this my country; lo, my foot is set
5
On this grave-mound, and herald-like, as thou,
Once and again, I bid my father hear.
And these twin locks from mine head shorn I bring,
And one to Inachus the river-god,
My young life's nurturer, I dedicate,
10
And one in sign of mourning unfulfilled
I lay, though late, on this my father's grave.
For O my father, not beside thy corse
Stood I to wail thy death, nor was my hand
Stretched out to bear thee forth to burial.
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What sight is yonder? what this woman-throng
Hitherward coming, by their sable garb
Made manifest as mourners? What hath chanced?
Doth some new sorrow hap within the home?
Or rightly may I deem that they draw near
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Bearing libations, such as soothe the ire
Of dead men angered, to my father's grave?
Nay, such they are indeed; for I descry
Electra mine own sister pacing hither,
In moody grief conspicuous. Grant, O Zeus,
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Grant me my father's murder to avenge—
Be thou my willing champion!
Pylades,
Pass we aside, till rightly I descry
Wherefore these women throng in suppliance.
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[ Exeunt Pylades and Orestes; enter the Chorus bearing vessels for libation; Electra follows them; they pace slowly towards the tomb of Agamemnon.
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.) — 1 focus
Hermes im Abgrund, der des Amtes wahrt von Zeus, 1
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Sei Retter, sei mir Kampfgenoß, dem Flehenden!
Denn aus dem Banne kehr' ich heim in dieses Land,
Und trat, ich Armer, heimlich auf die Schwelle dort,
Wo mein geliebter Vater einst von Frauenhand
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Durch arge List gewaltsam hingeopfert sank.
Am Grabeshügel ruf' ich hier den Vater an:
Er höre mich, vernehme meines Mundes Schwur!
Dein Blut zu rächen, Vater, bin ich heimgekehrt,
Von Loxias gesendet, dessen Spruch gebot,
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Daß dir die Mörder fallen durch Orestes' Hand.
So höre mich, mein Vater, steh mich gnädig an;
Denn jetzt erschien die Stunde, die der Gott bestimmt,
Wo diese Rechte krönen soll der Nache Werk!
O nimm von mir die thränenreiche Spende hier:
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Die erste Locke schnitt ich ab dem Inachos
Als Pflegedank, und diese zweite weih' ich dir
Als meines Grames treuen Gruß auf deine Gruft!
Denn nicht im Hause war ich, um dein Jammerloos
Zu klagen, Vater, streckte nicht die Hand empor,
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Dir Lebewohl zu rufen, als man dich begrub.
(Aus der Gesindewohnung kommt der Chor in schwarzen Gewanden und Trauerschleiern, um am Grabmal Agamemnons ein Opfer zu bringen; in gleicher Tracht erscheint Elektra als die letzte des Zuges.)
Ha! Was erblick' ich? Was bedeutet diese Schaar
Von Frauen, die dort schwarzverhüllt in düsteren
Gewanden nah'n? Auf welchen Unfall deut' ich das?
Ob eine neue Trauer wohl das Haus betraf?
Ob meinem Vater diese Fraun, vermuth' ich recht,
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Trankopfer bringen, Sühne für die Todtenwelt?
Nicht anders ist es; wandelt doch, so dünkt mir, auch
Elektra, meine Schwester, dort, in herbes Leid
Versunken. Laß, Kronide, laß des Vaters Tod
Mich rächen, hilf mir holdgesinnt in diesem Kampf!
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Gehn wir zur Seite, Pylades, damit ich klar
Erkenne, was der Frauenzug bedeuten mag!
(Orestes und Pylades verbergen sich in der Nähe.)

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

95-100. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-65

NA In libris hi versus hoc ordine leguntur
λέγοις ἄν, εἴ τι τῶνδ᾽ ἔχοις ὑπέρτερον. ΧΟ. αἰδουμένῃ σοί, βωμὸν ὡς, τύμβον πατρὸς λέξω, κελεύεις γάρ, τὸν ἐκ φρενὸς λόγον. ΗΛ. λέγοις ἄν, ὥςπερ ἠδέσω τάφον πατρός. ΧΟ. φθέγγου χέουσα σεμνὰ τοῖσιν εὐφροσιν.
Varietas lectionis haec est. In secundo versu
αἰδουμένη σοι
Ald. Rob. Deinde
βωμὸν
vitiose Ald. Tum
ὡς
G. Ald. Rob. In tertio versu
τὸν
omittit Rob. In quarto
ἠδέσω
vitium Aldinae. In quinto
εὔφροσιν
Turn. Ceteri
εὐφρόσιν
. Sed haec non una ratione corrupta esse vix opus est ut doceamus. Primum horum versuum Schützius, quum prius alia tentasset, in secunda editione ut spurium uncis inclusit, non indicans cur id fecerit. Illud certum est, hoc loco, quo hic versus in libris omnibus legitur, eum ab Aeschylo collocari non potuisse. Nam ne quid de eo dicam, quod quum Electra ante ubique plurali numero usa esset, singularis subito illatus aliquid duri habet, maxime haec duo sede sua exire hunc versum iubent, unum, quod ista iam saepius dictorum repetitio valde ieiuna est, alterum, quod orationes, qualis haec est Electrae, quum generali sententia concluduntur, ea ipsa sententia finiri solent. Et quis est qui non sentiat quam praeclare Electra orationem hoc dicto conclusisset,
μὴ κεύθετ᾽ ἔνδον καρδίας φόβῳ τινός. τὸ μόρσιμον γὰρ τόν τ' ἐλεύθερον μένει καὶ τὸν πρὸς ἄλλης δεσποτούμενον χερός.
Quibus verbis quis credat tam inutilem pannum adsui potuisse, qualis hic est,
λέγοις ἄν, εἴ τι τῶνδ᾽ ἔχεις ὑπέρτερον.
Nam
ἄν
certe scribendum erat, id quod Iacobsii ad Anthol. Pal. p. 581. monitu fecit Blomfieldius. Sed maiora etiam vitia sunt in tribus sequentibus versibus. Nam cur tandem chorus de sua erga Agamemnonem pietate hic loquitur, ubi non de ea re sermo est, utrum chorus Agamemnonem colat necne, sed quo pacto Electra pie sacra debeat peragere? Turpissimus vero versus est is qui sequitur,
λέγοις ἄν, ὥςπερ ᾐδέσω τάφον πατρός.
Eum Schützius sic est interpretatus, dicas velim pro ea quam profiteris erga patris sepulcrum reverentia. Sumamus hanc esse huius versus sententiam, quam verba tamen, quae omni sensu carent, non admittunt: quid aliud Electra quam traducere videbitur chori pietatem, quippe ibi a choro iactatam, a se commemoratam, ubi longe alia dicenda erant? Haec si recte disputata sunt, planum est et ordinem versuum perturbatum et aliis eos vitiis inquinatos esse. Itaque primum illum versum,
λέγοις ἄν, εἴ τι τῶνδ᾽ ἔχοις ὑπέρτερον
, quum a librario ad simile alius versus initium oculis aberrante omissus esset, postea alieno loco additum, et praeterea depravatum esse existimo. Videor autem mihi quod dignum Aeschylo esset effecisse ita his versibus conformatis omnibusque choro redditis,
ΧΟ. αἰδουμένῃ σοὶ βωμὸν ὡς τύμβον πατρὸς λέξω, κελεύεις γάρ, τὸν ἐκ φρενὸς λόγον. λόγους ἂν οἷςπερ ᾐδέσω τάφον πατρὸς στέγοις ἄν, εἴ τι τῶνδ᾽ ἔχεις ὑπέρτερον· φθέγγου χέουσα σεμνὰ τοῖσιν εὐφροσιν.
Quod scripsi
λόγους ἂν οἷςπερ ἠδέσω τάφον πατρός
, conferenda sunt quae de collocatione particulae
ἂν
dixi in libro de ea particula IV. cap. 7. In eo versu, qui intercidit,
χοάς
vel simile vocabulum fuit.

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

83-582. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-38

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erstes Epeisodion, geteilt durch einen Kommos (305— 476). Anagnorismos und Vorbereitung der Rache.

100. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-48

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νομίζομεν, vgl. βίον νομίζων 1001.