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Libation Bearers. N. Wecklein. . 2026-09-07.

Current edition Experimental

Wecklein’s commentary on Choephoroi / Libation Bearers (1888; German; OCR draft) (German) (Explanatory commentary, pp. 163–234; single HW42J8 OCR witness, conservatively retained. Unresolved OCR and provisional reference mappings are explicitly marked.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (8)
Χοηφóρoι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 935-972 focus
Χοηφóρoι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 935-964a focus
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 900 focus
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 900 focus
ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 900 focus
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 900 focus
ποῦ δαὶ τὰ λοιπὰ Λοξίου μαντεύματα
τὰ πυθόχρηστα, πιστὰ δ᾽ εὐορκώματα;
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ἅπαντας ἐχθροὺς τῶν θεῶν ἡγοῦ πλέον.
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 900 focus
Aeschyli Choephori (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Choephori. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 900 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.)) — 935-962a focus
The Libation Bearers (OCR draft) Experimental (The Libation Bearers. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 900 focus
Where, then, are the oracles of Apollo uttered at Pytho, and the faithful oaths well plighted ? Deem all thine enemies rather than the gods 1 .
LES CHOÉPHORES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES CHOÉPHORES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 900 focus
Et que deviendraient désormais les oracles d'Apollon, les avis rendus à Pythô, et la loyauté, garante des serments? Crois-moi, mieux vaut contre soi avoir tous les hommes plutôt que les dieux.
The Choephoræ (OCR draft) Experimental (The Choephoræ. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 900 focus
Where then the other oracles of Phœbus,
Giv'n from the Pythian ſhrine? The faithful vows,
The ſolemn adjurations, whither vaniſh'd?
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Deem all the world thy foes, save the just Gods.
Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 900 focus
E dove andâr gli oracoli d'Apollo,
da Pito imposti, e i giuramenti sacri?
Inimícati tutti, e non gl'Iddei.
Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 900 focus
Vbi uidelicet reliqua oracula Loxiæ
"Bona fidelia uerò iuramenta.
835
Omnes inimicos pluris dijs facis.
Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 900 focus
Apollons Wahrspruch, Delphis heiligstes Gebot
willst du vergessen? Unverbrüchlich ist der Schwur.
Brich alle Bande, nur den Göttern bleibe treu.
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.) — 900 focus
Where then would fall the hest Apollo gave
At Delphi, where the solemn compact sworn?
Choose thou the hate of all men, not of gods.
1005
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.) — 900 focus
Wo blieben dann des Pythotempels übrige
Orakelsprüche? Wo des Eides heilig Band?
Hab' alle Welt zu Feinden, nur die Götter nicht!
895

Notes on the current edition

Libation Bearers

1. Single-witness OCR: uncollated; flagged readings require scan review.

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

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παραινεῖς μοι καλῶς: παραινεῖσμον vitium Ald. Porsonus in supplemento praefationis ad Hecubam p. XXXIII. non illibenter se accepturum esse dixit, si quis bonae notae codex παραινέσαι καλῶς daret. Id equidem valde dubito an non scripserit Aeschylus. Probabilius puto quod in Elem. doctr. metr. p. 115. suspicari aliquem posse dixi, καὶ παρήνεσας καλῶς.
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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

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

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Orestes und Pylades treten aus der Mittelthüre. Durch die offene Thüre sieht man die Leiche des Agisthos. σὲ καὶ ματεύω, scil. ὥσπερ καὶ ἥκεις.