Libation Bearers. Aeschylus. ed. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff. Berolini. 1914.
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Aeschyli Choephori (OCR draft) (Greek) (Aeschyli Choephori. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.)
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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.) — 946 focus
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 946 focus
ἔμολε δ᾽ ᾧ μέλει κρυπταδίου μάχας
δολιόφρων ποινά·
935
ἔθιγε δ᾽ ἐν μάχῃ χερὸς ἐτήτυμος
Διὸς κόρα, (Δίκαν δέ νιν
προςαγορεύομεν
βροτοὶ τυχόντες καλῶς)
ὀλέθριον πνέουσ᾽ ἐπ' ἐχθροῖς κότον.
940
ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 946 focus
[ΧΟ.]
Διὸς κόρα — Δίκαν δέ νιν
προσαγορεύομεν
βροτοὶ τυχόντες καλῶς —
950
ὀλέθριον πνέουσ' ἐν ἐχθροῖς κότον.
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 946 focus
ἔμολε δ᾽ ᾧ μέλει κρυπταδίου μάχας
945
δολιόφρων ποινά,
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 946 focus
ἔμολε δ᾽ ὧι μέλει κρυπταδίου μάχας
δολιόφρων ποινά·
ἔθιγε δ᾽ ⟨ἐν⟩ μάχαι χερὸς ἐτήτυμος
Διὸς κόρα — Δίχαν δέ νιν
προσαγορεύομεν
950
βροτοὶ τυχόντες καλῶς —
ὀλέθριον πνέουσ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐχθροῖς κότον·
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.) — 946 focus
LES CHOÉPHORES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES CHOÉPHORES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 946 focus
pour dévorer ses richesses 1 , avaient pris un chemin de mort!
The Choephoræ (OCR draft) Experimental (The Choephoræ. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 946 focus
Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 946 focus
Alti si levino gioiosi gridi:
fine hanno i triboli di questa terra,
860
fine han gli sperperi degli omicidi:
fortuna i tramiti suoi piú non serra.
CORO
Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 946 focus
Pernicioſam ſpirans in hoſtes iram,
Quemadmodum Loxias Parnasius
Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 946 focus
Chor.
955
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.) — 946 focus
On him who dealt the dastard blow
Comes Craft, Revenge's scheming child.
And hand in hand with him doth go,
Eager for fight,
1055
The child of Zeus, whom men below
Call Justice, naming her aright.
And on the foe her breath
Is as the blast of death;
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.) — 946 focus
Schlau kam wider ihn, der den geheimen Kampf
Kämpfte, die Strafgöttin;
940
Und es ergriff im Kampf ihn an der Hand des Zeus
Wahrhaftes Kind; Gerechtigkeit
Nennen wir Sterblichen
Sie, die das Recht wahrt, mit Recht:
Mit des Verderbens Wuth haucht sie den Frevler an.
945
Zweite Gegenstrophe.
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
945-951.
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952-953.
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954.
mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-614
955.
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956.
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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
934-970.
mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-507
952-953.
mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-516
956-957.
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