Libation Bearers. N. Wecklein. . 2026-09-07.
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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.)
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Editions (8)
Χοηφóρoι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 935-972 focus
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
Χορός
ἐπολολύξατ᾽ ὦ δεσποσύνων δόμων
ἀναφυγὰς κακῶν καὶ κτεάνων τριβᾶς
5
δυσοίμου τύχας.
945
946
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
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
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
Χορόσ???
πάρα τὸ φῶς ἰδεῖν.
31
973
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.
Χορός
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.
Χορός
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
Χορός
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.
Χορός
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.) — 935 focus
ἔμολε μὲν δίκα Πριαμίδαις χρόνῳ, βαρύδικος
935
ποινά·
ἔμολε δ᾽ ἐς δόμον τὸν Ἀγαμέμνονος
διπλοῦς λέων, διπλοῦς ῎Αρης.
ἔλακε δ᾽ ἐς τὸ πᾶν ὁ πυθοχρήστας φυγὰς
940
θεόθεν εὖ φραδαῖσιν ὡρμημένος.
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 935 focus
ἔμολε μὲν δίκα Πριαμίδαις χρόνῳ,
βαρύδικος ποινά·
ἔμολε δ᾽ ἐς δόμον τὸν Ἀγαμέμνονος
925
διπλοῦς λέων, διπλοῦς Ἄρης·
ἔλαχε δ᾽ ἐς τὸ πᾶν
Χορός
ὁ πυθόχρηστος φυγὰς
θεόθεν εὖ φραδαῖσιν ὡρμημένος.
ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 935 focus
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 935 focus
ἔμολε μὲν δίκα Πριαμίδαις χρόνῳ,
βαρύδικος ποινά·
935
ἔμολε δ᾽ ἐς δόμον τὸν Ἀγαμέμνονος
διπλοῦς λέων, διπλοῦς Ἄρης.
ἔλασε δ᾽ ἐς τὸ πᾶν
ὁ πυθοχρήστας φυγὰς
θεόθεν εὖ φραδαῖσιν ὡρμημένος.
940
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 935 focus
Aeschyli Choephori (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Choephori. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 935 focus
ἔμολε μὲν δίκα
935
Πριαμίδαις χρόνωι, βαρύδικος Ποινά·
ἔμολε δ᾽ ἐς δόμον
τὸν ᾿Αγαμέμνονος
διπλοῦς λέων,
διπλοῦς Ἄρης.
940
ἔλασε δ᾽ ἐς τὸ πᾶν
ὁ πυθόχρηστος φυγάς
θεόθεν εὐ φραδαῖσιν ὡρμημένος.
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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.
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
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.
The Libation Bearers (OCR draft) Experimental (The Libation Bearers. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 935 focus
LES CHOÉPHORES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES CHOÉPHORES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 935 focus
LE CHOEUR.
Elle est venue, la Justice; elle a fini par frapper les Priamides, et d'un lourd châtiment. Et, de même, il est venu dans le palais d'Agamemnon le double lion, le
double meurtre.
Elle est venue, la Justice; elle a fini par frapper les Priamides, et d'un lourd châtiment. Et, de même, il est venu dans le palais d'Agamemnon le double lion, le
double meurtre.
The Choephoræ (OCR draft) Experimental (The Choephoræ. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 935 focus
Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 935 focus
Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 935 focus
Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 935 focus
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.) — 935 focus
There came on Priam's race and name
A vengeance; though it tarried long,
1040
With heavy doom it came.
Came, too, on Agamemnon's hall
A lion-pair, twin swordsmen strong.
And last, the heritage doth fall
To him, to whom from Pythian cave
1045
The god his deepest counsel gave.
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.) — 935 focus
Priamos' Söhnen kam endlich als Rächerin
Zürnend die Strafgöttin:
Rache zu üben, kam in Agamemnons Haus
930
Ein Löwenpaar, ein Arespaar.
Ja, du errangst dein Ziel
Auf Pytho's Spruch, Flüchtiger,
Welchen des Gottes Rath hierher zur Nache trieb!
Zweite Strophe.
Notes on the current edition
Libation Bearers
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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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.
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929.
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