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Eumenides. Aeschylus. ed. Friedrich Blass. Berlin. 1907.

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Kommentar zu den Eumeniden (OCR draft) (German) (German commentary on Aeschylus' Eumenides by Friedrich Blass, 1907.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (12)
Εὐμενίδες First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 143-177 focus
Εὐμενίδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 143-177 focus
Εὐμενίδες (1518 edition; OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Eumenides, 1518 edition. VLM-assisted OCR with native lineation and automated correspondence to the Smyth edition.) — 131 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 131 focus
ἰοὺ ἰοὺ πόπαξ. ἐπάθομεν, φίλαι,
ἢ πολλὰ δὴ παθοῦσα καὶ μάτην ἐγὼ,
ἐπάθομεν πάθος δυσαχὲς, ὦ πόποι, ἄφερτον
145
κακόν.
ἐξ ἀρκύων πέπτωκεν οἴχεταί θ᾽ ὁ θήρ.
ὕπνῳ κρατηθεῖσ᾽ ἄγραν ὤλεσα.
ἰὼ παῖ Διὸς, ἐπίκλοπος πέλει,
νέος δὲ γραίας δαίμονας καθιππάσω,
150
τὸν ἱκέταν σέβων, ἄθεον ἄνδρα καὶ τοκεῦσιν πι-
κρὸν,
τὸν μητραλοίαν δ᾽ ἐξέκλεψας ὢν θεός.
τί τῶνδ᾽ ἐρεῖ τις δικαίως ἔχειν;
ἐμοὶ δ᾽ ὄνειδος ἐξ ὀνειράτων μολὸν
155
ἔτυψεν δίκαν διφρηλάτου
μεσολαβεῖ κέντρῳ
ὑπὸ φρένας, ὑπὸ λοβόν.
πάρεστι μαστίκτορος [δαΐου] δαμίου
160
βαρὺ τὸ περίβαρυ κρύος ἔχειν.
τοιαῦτα δρῶσιν οἱ νεώτεροι θεοὶ
κρατοῦντες τὸ πᾶν δίκας πλέον
φονολιβῆ θρόμβον
περὶ πόδα, περὶ κάρα.
165
πάρεστι γᾶς ὀμφαλὸν προσδρακεῖν [αἱμάτων]
βλοσυρὸν ἀρόμενον ἄγος ἔχειν.
ἐφεστίῳ δὲ μάντις ὢν μιάσματι
μυχὸν ἔχρανας αὐτόσσυτος, αὐτόκλητος,
170
παρὰ νόμον θεῶν βρότεα μὲν τίων,
παλαιγενεῖς δὲ Μοίρας φθίσας.
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 131 focus
ἰοὺ ἰοὺ, πόπαξ. ἐπάθομεν, φίλαι.
ἰὼ παῖ Διός, ἐπίκλοπος πέλει,
ἐμοὶ δ᾽ ὄνειδος ἐξ ὀνειράτων μολὸν
ἔτυψεν δίκαν διφρηλάτου
μεσολαβεῖ κέντρῳ
160
ὑπὸ φρένας, ὑπὸ λόβον.
τοιαῦτα ὁρῶσιν οἱ νεώτεροι θεοί,
κρατοῦντες τὸ πᾶν δίκας πλέον,
165
ἐφεστίῳ δέ, μάντις ὤν, μιάσματι
170
μυχὸν ἔχρανας αὐτόσσυτος, αὐτόκλητος,
παρὰ νόμον θεῶν βρότεα μὲν τίων,
παλαιγενεῖς δὲ Μοίρας φθίσας.
ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 131 focus
Ἰοὺ ἰοὺ πύπαξ πυπὰξ· ἐπάθομεν, φίλαι,
ἢ πολλὰ δὴ παθοῦσα καὶ μάτην ἐγώ
ἐπάθομεν πάθος δυσαχές -αχθές, ὢ ὣ πόποι,
145
ἄφερτον κακόν·
ἐξ ἀρκύων πέπτωκεν οἴχεταί θ' δ' ὁ θήρ —
ὕπνῳ κρατηθεῖσ' ἄγραν ὤλεσα.
Ἰὼ παῖ Διός, ἐπίκλοπος πέλῃ,
νέος δὲ γραίας δαίμονας γραίας δὲ δαίμονας νέος καθιππάσω
150
τὸν ἱκέταν σέβων, ἄθεον ἄνδρα καὶ
τοκεῦσιν πικρόν,
τὸν μητραλοίαν δ' ἐξέκλεψας ὢν θεός·
τί τῶνδ᾽ ἐρεῖ τίς τις δικαίως ἔχειν ;
Ἐμοὶ δ' ὄνειδος ἐξ ὀνειράτων μολὸν
155
ἔτυψεν δίκαν διφρηλάτου
μεσολαβεῖ κέντρῳ
ὑπὸ φρένας, ὑπὸ λοβόν·
πάρεστι μαστίκτορος
δαίου δαμίου
160
τὸ βαρὺ βαρὺ τὸ περίβαρυ κρύος ἔχειν.
Τοιαῦτα δρῶσιν οἱ νεώτεροι θεοὶ
κρατοῦντες τὸ πᾶν δίκας πλέον·
φονολιβῆ -λειβῆ θρόνον
περὶ πόδα, περὶ κάρα
165
πάρεστι, γᾶς ὀμφαλὸν,
προσδρακεῖν αἱμάτων
βλοσυρὸν ἀρόμενον αἰρό- αἱρο- ἄγος ἔχειν.
Ἐφεστίῳ δὲ μάντις ὢν μάντι σῶι μιάσματι
μυχὸν μυκὸν σὸν οἶκον ἐχράνατ' αὐ-
170
τόσσυτος, αὐτόκλητος,
παρὰ νόμον παρανόμων παρα νόμων θεῶν βρότεα μὲν τίων,
παλαιγενεῖς δὲ μοίρας φθίσας.
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Arthur Sidgwick, 1887.) — 131 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 131 focus
ὄναρ διώκεις θῆρα, κλαγγαίνεις δ᾽ ἅπερ
κύων μέριμναν οὔποτ᾽ ἐκλείπων πόνου.
τί δρᾷς; ἀνίστω, μή σε νικάτω πόνος,
μηδ᾽ ἀγνοήσῃς πῆμα μαλθαχθεῖσ᾽ ὕπνῳ.
ἄλγησον ἤπαρ ἐνδίκοις ὀνείδεσιν·
135
τοῖς σώφροσιν γὰρ ἀντίκεντρα γίγνεται.
οὐδ᾽ αἱματηρὸν πνεῦμ᾽ ἐπουρίσασα τῷ,
ἀτμῷ κατισχναίνουσα, νηδύος πυρί·
ἕπου, μάραινε δευτέροις διώγμασιν.
Ἰοὺ ἰού, πύπαξ. ἐπάθομεν, φίλαι,
ἦ πολλὰ δὴ παθοῦσα καὶ μάτην ἐγώ,
Ἰὼ παῖ Διός, ἐπίκλοπος πέλῃ,
Νέος δὲ γραίας δαίμονας καθιππάσω·
150
Τὸν ἱκέταν σέβων ἄθεον ἄνδρα καὶ
τοκεῦσιν πικρόν,
τὸν μητραλοίαν δ᾽ ἐξέκλεψας ὢν θεός.
Τί τῶνδ᾽ ἐρεῖ τις δικαίως ἔχειν;
2
Ἐμοὶ δ᾽ ὄνειδος ἐξ ὀνειράτων μολὸν
155
ἔτυψεν δίκαν διφρηλάτου
μεσολαβεῖ κέντρῳ
ὑπὸ φρένας, ὑπὸ λοβόν.
Πάρεστι μαστίκτορος
δαΐου δαμίου
160
βαρὺ τὸ περίβαρυ κρύος ἔχειν.
2
Τοιαῦτα ὁρῶσιν οἱ νεώτεροι θεοὶ
κρατοῦντες τὸ πᾶν δίκας πλέον
φονολιβῆ θρόνον
ἐφεστίῳ δέ, μάντι, σῷ μιάσματι
μυχὸν ἔχρανας αὐ-
170
τόσσυτος, αὐτόκλητος,
παρὰ νόμον θεῶν βρότεα μὲν τίων,
παλαιγενεῖς δὲ Μοίρας φθίσας.
3
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 131 focus
ἰὼ παῖ Διός·
150
ἐπίκλοπος πέληι,
νέος δὲ γραίας δαίμονας καθιππάσω,
τὸν ἱκέταν σέβων, ἄθεον ἄνδρα καὶ
τοκεῦσιν πικρόν·
τὸν μητραλοίαν δ᾽ ἐξέκλεψας ὢν θεός,
155
τί τῶνδ᾽ ἐρεῖ τις δικαίως ἔχειν;
ἐμοὶ δ᾽ ὄνειδος ἐξ ὀνειράτων μολὸν
ἔτυψεν δίκαν διφρηλάτου
μεσολαβεῖ κέντρωι
ὑπὸ φρένας, ὑπὸ λοβόν·
160
πάρεστι μαστίκτορος
δαΐου δαμίου
βαρύ τι περίβαρυ κρύος ἔχειν.
τοιαῦτα δρῶσιν οἱ νεώτεροι θεοί,
κρατοῦντες τὸ πᾶν δίκας πλέον
165
φονολιβῆ θρόνον ἴδου
περὶ πόδα, περὶ κάρα·
ἐφεστίωι δὲ μάντις ὢ⟨ν⟩ μιάσματι
μυχὸν ἐχράνατ᾽ αὐτόσσυτος αὐτόκλητος,
παρὰ νόμον θεῶν βρότεα μὲν τίων,
παλαιγενεῖς δὲ Μοίρας φθίσας.
Aeschyli Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Eumenides. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 131 focus
ἐπάθομεν, φίλαι,
πολλὰ δὴ παθοῦσα καὶ μάτην ἐγώ.
145
ἐπάθομεν πάθος
δυσαχές, ὦ πόποι, ἄφερτον κακόν·
ἐξ ἀρκύων πέπτωκεν οἴχεταί θ’ ὁ θήρ.
ἰὼ παῖ Διός
150
ἐπίκλοπος πέληι
νέος δὲ γραίας δαίμονας καθιππάσω.
τὸν ἱκέταν σέβων,
ἄθεον ἄνδρα καὶ
τοκεῦσιν πικρόν.
155
τὸν μητραλοίαν δ᾽ ἐξέκλεψας ὢν θεός.
τί τῶνδ᾽ ἐρεῖ τις δικαίως ἔχειν; =
ἐμοὶ δ’ ὄνειδος ἐξ ὀνειράτων μολὸν
ἔτυψεν δίκαν
διφρηλάτου
160
μεσολαβεῖ κέντρωι
ὑπὸ φρένας,
ὑπὸ λοβόν.
πάρεστι μαστίκτορος δαΐου δαμίου
βαρὺ περίβαρυ τὸ κρύος ἔχειν.
165
τοιαῦτα δρῶσιν οἱ νεώτεροι θεοί
κρατοῦντες τὸ πᾶν δίκας πλέον·
φονολιβῆ θρόνον
περὶ πόδα
περὶ κάρα
170
πάρεστι γᾶς (τ’) ὀμφαλὸν προσδρακεῖν αἱμάτων
βλοσυρὸν ἀρόμενον ἄγος ἔχειν. =
ἐφεστίωι δὲ μάντις ὢν μιάσματι
μυχὸν ἐχράνατ’ αὐτόσσυτος αὐτόκλητος,
παρὰ νόμον θεῶν βρότεα μὲν τίων,
175
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by F. A. Paley, 1885.) — 131 focus
ὄναρ διώκεις θῆρα, κλαγγαίνεις δ᾽ ἅπερ
κύων μέριμναν οὔποτ᾽ ἐκλιπὼν πόνου.
τί δρᾷς; ἀνίστω, μή σε νικάτω πόνος,
μηδ᾽ ἀγνοήσῃς πῆμα μαλθαχθεῖσ᾽ ὕπνῳ.
ἄλγησον ἡπαρ ἐνδίκοις ὀνείδεσιν·
130
τοῖς σώφροσιν γὰρ ἀντίκεντρα γίγνεται.
σὺ δ᾽ αἱματηρὸν πνεῦμ᾽ ἐπουρίσασα τῷ,
ἀτμῷ κατισχναίνουσα, νηδύος πυρὶ,
ἕπου, μάραινε δευτέροις διώγμασιν.
ἰοὺ, ἰοὺ, πόπαξ. ἐπάθομεν, φίλαι
ἢ πολλὰ δὴ παθοῦσα καὶ μάταν ἐγώ, –
ἐπάθομεν πάθος δυσαχὲς, ὦ πόποι,
140
ἄφερτον κακόν.
ἐξ ἀρκύων πέπτωκεν, οἴχεται δ᾽ ὁ θήρ.
ὕπνῳ κρατηθεῖσ᾽ ἄγραν ὤλεσα.
ἰὼ, παῖ Διὸς, ἐπίκλοπος πέλει
νέος δὲ γραίας δαίμονας καθιππάσω,-
145
τὸν ἱκέταν σέβων, ἄθεον ἄνδρα καὶ
τοκεῦσιν πικρόν.
τὸν μητραλοίαν δ᾽ ἐξέκλεψας ὢν θεός.
τί τῶνδ᾽ ἐρεῖ τις δικαίως ἔχειν;
ἐμοὶ δὲ ὄνειδος ἐξ ὀνειράτων μολὸν
150
ἔτυψεν δίκαν διφρηλάτου
μεσολαβεῖ κέντρῳ
ὑπὸ φρένας, ὑπὸ λοβόν.
πάρεστι μαστίκτορος δαΐου δαμίου
βαρύ, τὸ περίβαρυ κρύος ἔχειν.
155
τοιαῦτα δρῶσιν οἱ νεώτεροι θεοὶ,
κρατοῦντες τὸ πᾶν δίκας πλέον·
φονολιβή θρόμβον
περὶ πόδα, περὶ κάρα-
πάρεστι γᾶς ὀμφαλὸν προσδρακεῖν αἱμάτων
160
βλοσυρὸν ἀρόμενον ἄγος ἔχειν,
ἐφεστίῳ δὲ, μάντις ὢν, μιάσματι
μυχὸν ἔχρανας αὐτόσσυτος, αὐτόκλητος,
παρὰ νόμον θεῶν βρότεα μὲν τίων,
παλαιγενεῖς δὲ Μοίρας φθίσας.
165
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by Friedrich Blass, 1907.) — 131 focus
ὄναρ διώκεις θῆρα, κλαγγαίνεις δ᾽ ἅπερ
κύων μέριμναν οὔποτ᾽ ἐκλείπων πόνου.
τί δρᾶις; ἀνίστω, μή σε νικάτω πόνος,
μηδ᾽ ἀγνοήσηις πῆμα μαλθαχθεῖσ᾽ ὕπνωι.
ἄλγησον ἦπαρ ἐνδίκοις ὀνείδεσιν·
135
τοῖς σώφροσιν γὰρ ἀντίκεντρα γίγνεται.
σὺ δ᾽ αἱματηρὸν πνεῦμ᾽ ἐπουρίσασα τῶι,
ἀτμῶι κατισχναίνουσα, νηδύος πυρί,
ἕπου, μάραινε δευτέροις διώγμασιν.
ἰοὺ ἰοὺ πύπαξ. ἐπάθομεν, φίλαι
στρ. α
ἦ πολλὰ δὴ παθοῦσα καὶ μάτην ἐγώ –
ἐπάθομεν πάθος δυσαχές, ὦ πόποι, ἄφερτον
145
κακόν.
ἐξ ἀρκύων πέπτωκεν οἴχεταί θ᾽ ὁ θήρ.
ὕπνωι κρατηθεῖσ᾽ ἄγραν ὤλεσα.
ἰὼ παῖ Διός, ἐπίκλοπος πέληι,
ἀντ. α
νέος δὲ γραίας δαίμονας καθιππάσω,
150
τὸν ἱκέταν σέβων, ἄθεον ἄνδρα καὶ τοκεῦσιν πικρόν,
τὸν μητραλοίαν δ᾽ ἐξέκλεψας ὢν θεός.
τί τῶνδ᾽ ἐρεῖ τις δικαίως ἔχειν;
ἐμοὶ δ᾽ ὄνειδος ἐξ ὀνειράτων μολὸν
155
στρ. β 155
ἔτυψεν δίκαν διφρηλάτου
μεσολαβεῖ κέντρωι
ὑπὸ φρένας, ὑπὸ λοβόν.
πάρεστι μαστίκτορος δαΐου δαμίου
160
βαρύ τι περίβαρυ κρύος ἔχειν.
τοιαῦτα δρῶσιν οἱ νεώτεροι θεοί
κρατοῦντες τὸ πᾶν δίκας πλέον
ἀντ. β
φονολιβή θρόνον
περὶ πόδα, περὶ κάρα.
165
πάρεστι γᾶς ὀμφαλὸν προσδρακεῖν αἱμάτων
βλοσυρὸν ἀρόμενον ἅγος ἔχειν.
στρ. γ
ἐφεστίωι δὲ μάντις ὢν μιάσματι
μυχὸν ἐχράνατ᾿ αὐτόσσυτος, αὐτόκλητος,
170
παρὰ νόμον θεῶν βρότεα μὲν τίων,
παλαιγενεῖς δὲ μοίρας φθίσας.
Translations (11)
Eumenides Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 143-175 focus
The Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (The Eumenides. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 131 focus
In dreams you pursue the beast, and moan like a dog that never leaves off the care of toil. What are you doing? arise, let not toil overcome you, nor be ignorant of your loss, enfeebled by sleep. Grieve your heart by my just reproaches: for to the wise [such reproaches] are like stings. But wafting on him your bloody breath, wasting him with a fire of the entrails, follow, consume him by a second pursuit.
Ah! ah! We have suf­ fered friends, (certainly now I have suffered much and in vain) we have suffered affliction dire, O gods, intolerable ill. The beast has fallen from out the toils, and is gone. Over­ come by sleep I have lost my prey.
O son of Jove, thou art thievish, and thou a young god hast ridden down aged deities, reverencing [this] suppliant, an impious man and bitter to his parents, and, god though you be, you have stolen away the matricide. Which of these things will one say is just?
But to me reproach coming from dreams has struck me, like a charioteer, with a middle-seizing goad. At my heart, at my liver there is present a grievous pain from a scourger, an hostile executioner, so that I have a very griev­ ous chill.
Such things do the younger gods, exercising might in all things beyond right. One may behold 2
earth's navel stone having taken on itself a blood-dropping clot about foot and head, so as to have a terrible defilement of bloodshed.
But being a prophet, thou hast defiled with domestic pollution thy shrine, self-invited, self-called, contrary to the law of gods honouring mortal things 3
, and having destroyed the ancient fates;
LES EUMÉNIDES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES EUMÉNIDES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 131 focus
attrape! Gare!
dors : debout! repousse du pied le sommeil, et voyons s'il n'y a pas dans ce présage quelque part d'illusion.
.
Ah! fils de Zeus, tu n'es qu'un larron. Tu es jeune, et tu écrases d'antiques divinités! Et tu gardes tes respects pour le suppliant, l'impie cruel à sa mère! Tu es dieu, et tu nous veux dérober un parricide ! Qui trouverait là ombre de justice?
Du fond de mes songes un outrage est venu — brutal comme l'aiguillon qu'un cocher empoigne en plein manche me frapper au cœur, au foie. Oui, je sens en moi, comme
sous le fouet 1 d'un bourreau féroce, passer un cruel, trop cruel frisson.
Voilà donc les façons de ces jeunes dieux, qui veulent régner sur le monde sans souci de la Justice. Ah! le trône
ensanglanté 2 ! au pied, à la cime, oui, je le vois, l'Ombilic du monde, chargé de la souillure terrifiante d'un meurtre.
Le foyer de
sa demeure, le Devin l'a sali lui-même : qui
l'y forçait? qui l'en priait? Il a passé outre à la loi des dieux et, pour honorer des mortels, déchiré l'antique partage 3 .
The Furies (OCR draft) Experimental (The Furies. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 131 focus
In dreams doſt thou purſue him, like the hound
That opens in his fleep, on th' eager chace
E'en then intent.
And is this all? Awake,
Ariſe: let not thy toil ſubdue thee; know
165
What loſs enſues if ſleep enfeebles thee;
And let theſe juſt reproaches ſting thy mind,
Incentives to the wife: with firey breath,
That ſnuffs the ſcent of blood, purſue this ſon,
Follow him, blaſt him in the profp'rous chace.
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Ha, ſiſters, ha! 'tis baſe, 'tis foul;
Vain is our labour, vain our care:
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This inſult ſtings my tortur'd ſoul,
Untaught contempt and wrong to bear.
Whilſt overpow'r'd with ſleep I lay,
Burſt from the net eſcapes the prey.
Great triumph, treach'rous ſon of Jove,
180
In youth's freſh prime to mock my age!
Thee cou'd this impious ſuppliant move
(And thou a God) whoſe cruel rage
Plung'd in his mother's breast his ſword?
Yet thou hast ſcreen'd the wretch abhorr'd.
185
Claſhing her ſcourge with hideous ſound
Reproach upon my ſlumbers ſtole;
Deep in my heart impreſs'd the wound,
E'en yet chill horror ſhakes my ſoul.
These are the deeds in miſrule's hour
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When youthful Gods uſurp the pow'r.
See all defil'd with gore thy throne,
There fate the murd'rer dropping blood.
Yet theſe pollutions are thy own;
From thee the call, the impulſe flow'd:
195
Such grace, deſpis'd th' age-honour'd Fates',
Your new unhallow'd ſhrines awaits.
And ſhall this wretch in ſafety breath,
Screen'd by thy pow'r ſevere to me;
No: let him fly the earth beneath,
200
Never, he never ſhall be free:
Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 131 focus
La fiera in sogno insegui, e al par di cane
che mai la caccia non oblia, tu mugoli.
155
Sorgi, che fai? Stanchezza non t'abbatta!
Ahimè, che smacco soffrimmo, compagne !
Figlio di Giove, ben tu sei furace.
Una rampogna nel sogno giunse,
come l'auriga che a mezzo il pungolo
stringe; ed il fegato
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mi batte, e l'anima.
Sotto il flagello
del reo carnefice,
un gelo un brivido ghiaccio m'assidera.
Tali, dei nuovi Numi le gesta.
185
Contro Giustizia tengono un seggio
che tutto or gemica
grumi sanguinei.
Contaminata
la sacra pietra
190
scorgi dall'orride macchie del sangue.
Ei, ch'è pur vate, con brama spontanea,
bruttava i recessi fatidici
di macchia domestica;
e, contro le leggi dei Superi,
195
le Norme antichissime
struggeva, ad onor d'un effimero.
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In ſomnis perſequeris feram, latras uerò quemadmodum
Canis, ſolicitudinem nunquam relinquens laboris.
135
Quid facis? ſurge, ne te uincat labor.
Neq; ignores laborem mitior facta ſomno.
Molestia affice cor iuſtis probris.
His ſapientibus contrarij ſtimuli ſunt.
Neq; ſpiritum ſanguineum emittes hac
140
Expiratione attenuata uteris igni.
Sequere, tabefac ſecundis perſecutionibus.
Heu, heu, Popax paſsi ſumus, ò amicæ,
Certè multa iam patientes fruſtra ego.
Paſsæ ſumus perpeſsiones moleſtas, ò dæmones.
Intolerandum malum
Ex retibus cecidit, uenit enim fera
150
Somno detenta, perdidi prædam.
O fili Iouis furax es,
Iuuenis uerò uetulas deas debellaſti,
Supplicem colens impium uirum,
Parentibus acerbum,
155
Parricidam furatus es Deus exiſtens.
Quid horum dicet aliquis iuſtè habere?
Mihi uerò probrum ex ſomnijs ueniens,
Percuſsit instar aurigæ medio accepto ſtimulo.
Sub mente in corde adeſt flagellator
160
Monſtri domati.
Graue circum graue frigus habere,
Talia patrant moderni dij
Tenentes omnino plusquam iuſticia.
Cruorem ſtillan tem ſedem,
165
Circum pedes, Circum caput licet terræ umbilicum
Videre, ſanguinis horum eluctum ſcelus habere.
Domeſtico uerò tuo uati piaculo
Antrum polluisti,
A ſe ipſo concuſsus, à ſe ipſo denominatus
170
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Im Traume schlägst du an und spürst dem Wilde nach:
so läfst das Jagen auch im Schlaf die Bracke nicht.
Was hilft es? Aufsteh'n musst du, die Ermattung darf
dich nicht bezwingen, nicht des Schlafes Süfsigkeit
verhindern, daſs du des Verlustes inne wirst.
135 Wie Geiſselhiebe fühlt der Redliche den Schmerz
verdienten Vorwurfs: dring' er dir ins tiefste Mark.
Nun vorwärts zur Verfolgung, schnaube blut'gen Hauch,
heifser Gedärme Feuerodem hinter ihm,
verdorr' ihn, mach' ihn mürbe mit der zweiten Hatz.
Wir sind geschlagen, Schwestern.
Hallo, du Dieb.
Ja,
ein Dieb bist du, Apollon.
Wie Peitschenhiebe traf im Traum
aufstörend die Trägheit
Scheltrede mein Ohr.
Es drang mir die Schmach
tief in die Nieren,
tief in das Herz,
160 kalt, eiskalt kam der Schauder.
So schneidet des Büttels, des stäupenden, Geifsel.
So treiben sie's, die neuen Götter.
Sie lassen dem Rechte
vorgehen die Macht.
Da seht seinen Stuhl,
165 Blut an der Lehne,
Blut an dem Fufs.
Da seht den Erdennabel
mit eklem verpestendem Morde besudelt.
Der Sehergott hat Sündenschmutz an seinen Sitz
170 selber herangeholt,
selber gespritzt.
Wider das Götterrecht
hilft er dem Menschenvolk.
Weltengesetz,
geltend von Ewigkeit,
hat er zerstört.
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Chorus
Ye heard what ye have heard ;-now with your heart
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Give judgment, strangers, and revere your oaths.
ATHENA
Hear ye my statute, men of Attica,—
Ye who of bloodshed judge this primal cause;
Yea, and in future age shall Ægeus' host
Revere this court of jurors. This the hill
Of Ares, seat of Amazons, their tent,
What time 'gainst Theseus, breathing hate, they came,
Waging fierce battle, and their towers upreared,
A counter-fortress to Acropolis;
To Ares they did sacrifice, and hence
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This rock is titled Areopagus.
Here then shall sacred Awe, to Fear allied,
By day and night my lieges hold from wrong,
Save if themselves do innovate my laws.
If thou with mud, or influx base, bedim
The sparkling water, nought thou'lt find to drink.
Nor Anarchy, nor Tyrant's lawless rule
Commend I to my people's reverence;—
Nor let them banish from their city Fear;
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For who 'mong men, uncurbed by fear, is just?
Thus holding Awe in seemly reverence,
A bulwark for your state shall ye possess,
A safeguard to protect your city-walls,
Such as no mortals other-where can boast,
Neither in Scythia, nor in Pelops' realm.
Behold! This court august, untouched by bribes,
Sharp to avenge, wakeful for those who sleep,
Establish I, a bulwark to this land.
This charge, extending to all future time,
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I give my lieges. Meet it is ye rise,
Assume the pebbles, and decide the cause,
Your oath revering. All hath now been said.
Chorus
This sisterhood, oppressive to the land,
My council is that ye in no wise shame.
APOLLO
And I enjoin you, fear mine oracles;
From Zeus they issue, fruitless make them not.
Chorus
Usurping championship of bloody suit,
No longer shall thine oracles be pure.
APOLLO
Did then my Father towards Ixion err,
Who first as blood-stained suppliant, sued for aid?
Chorus
Say on! but I, defrauded in my suit,
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In turn will haunt the land, dread visitant.
APOLLO
Alike of younger and more ancient gods
Art thou unhonoured. I the cause shall win.
Chorus
So whilom wroughtest thou in Pheres' house,
Moving the Fates mortals from death to free.
APOLLO
Is it not just my votary to save,
Then most when most his trouble calls for aid?
Chorus
But thou the prime allotments didst o'errule
With wine deluding the hoar goddesses.
APOLLO
But thou, full soon, defeated in thy suit,
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Wilt spew thy venom, harmless to thy foes.
Chorus
Since thou, young god, o'erridest my hoar age,
The issue I await with list'ning ear,
And doubtful stay my wrath against the town.
ATHENA
With me it rests to give the casting vote,
And to Orestes I my suffrage pledge.
For to no mother do I owe my birth;
But I, in all save wedlock, praise the male.
In very truth I am my father's child,
710
Nor care I to avenge a woman's death
Who slew her husband, guardian of the house.
Orestes, judged by equal votes prevails.
The pebbles now pour quickly from the urns,
Judges, to whom this office is assigned.
ORESTES
Phobos Apollo, how will end this suit?
Chorus
O Night, dark mother, seest thou these things?
ORESTES
The noose awaits me, or to see the light.
Chorus
Ruin for us, or firm prerogative.
APOLLO
Now strangers, count the pebbles with due care;
And while ye tell them o'er, let justice reign;
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Lack of right judgment breedeth mighty woe,
The while one suffrage hath a house restored.
ATHENA
This man acquitted is from charge of blood,
For equal are the numbers of the votes.
ORESTES
Hail Pallas! Hail thou saviour of my house!
The exile, reft of his paternal land,
Thou leadest home: haply some Greek will say,
"The man an Argive is once more, and dwells
On his paternal heritage, by aid
730
Of Pallas, and of Loxias, and Him,
Third Saviour, mighty consummator, Zeus,"
Who, honouring my father's death, saves me,
Beholding these my mother's advocates.
Now to my native Argos I depart,
Pledged to this country and thy lieges here
By oath to be revered for evermore,
That never helmsman of the Argive State
Shall hither bear the well-appointed spear.
For we, ourselves, though couching in the grave,
On those who violate these present oaths
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By sore perplexities will work, and send
In march despondency, in crossing streams
Omens averse, till they repent their toil.
But unto those who keep this pledge, and honour
Athena's city with confederate spear,
To them will we be gracious evermore.
Hail goddess, and these city-wardens, hail!
Still may your gripe be fatal to your foes,
While victory and safety crown your spear.
Chorus
1
Ye upstart gods, time-honoured laws
750
Down-riding, ye have seized my prey.
2
But I, dishonoured, stung by grief,
Woe, woe, my torture to allay,
On all the ground, will cast around
Venom, whose baleful drops shall cause
Where it doth light a sterile blight,
Fatal alike to germ, to leaf.
The pest, O Justice, scouring o'er the plain,
Shall fling abroad its man-destroying stain.
3
I groan anew; what dare? what do?
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My pangs the citizens shall rue;
Alas, most wretched are thy daughters, Night!
Enduring this dishonourable slight.
ATHENA
Be moved by me to stay these heavy groans;
Not vanquished are ye, nor to your disgrace
Fell justice, equal-voted, from the urn.
Besides from Zeus clear oracles were sent,
And he who uttered them himself avouched,
Orestes for this deed should know no scath.
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Hurl not your heavy wrath upon this land;
Your rage abate, cause not sterility,
Nor rain your poison-drops, like venomed darts,
Ruthless devourers of each tender germ.
For I most righteously do promise you
Both sanctuaries and shrines in this just land;
Seated at hearths with unctuous off'rings fed,
And held in honour by my lieges here
Chorus
1
Ye upstart gods, time-honoured laws
Down-riding, ye have seized my prey.
780
2
But I, dishonoured, stung by grief,
Woe, woe, my torture to allay,
On all the ground, will cast around
Venom, whose baleful drops shall cause
Where it doth light a sterile blight,
Fatal alike to germ, to leaf.
The pest, O Justice, scouring o'er the plain,
Shall fling abroad its man-destroying stain.
3
I groan anew; what dare? what do?
My pangs the citizens shall rue;
790
Alas, most wretched are thy daughters, Night!
Enduring this dishonourable slight.
ATHENA
Not slighted are ye, powers august! through rage
Curse not with hopeless blight the abode of man.
I too on Zeus rely; why speak of that?
And sole among the gods I know the key
That opes the halls where sealed thunder sleeps.
But such we need not. Be appeased by me,
Nor scatter o'er the land, from froward tongue,
The harmful seed that turneth all to bane.
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Of bitter rage lull ye the murky wave;
Be venerated here and dwell with me.
Sharing the first fruits of this ample realm,
For children offered, and for nuptial rite,
This word of mine thou wilt for ever praise.
Chorus
1
What! I endure all this; alas!
2
I, hoary goddess, dwell forsooth on earth,
Debasement horrible!
3
Revenge I breathe, unmitigated wrath!
4
Woe, woe! O earth, alas!
5
What agony of pain creeps o'er my heart!
6
Hear, Mother Night, my passion.
7
Mark for scorn,
By crafty gods deluded, held for nought,
Of ancient honour I am basely shorn.
ATHENA
I'll bear thine anger, for mine elder thou,
810
And art moreover far more sage than I.
Yet me, with wisdom, Zeus not meanly dowers.
But ye, departing to a foreign land,
Will of the land ye leave enamoured be;
Of this I warn you; for, Time's onward flow
Shall these my lieges lift to loftier fame.
But thou a seat shall have, Erechtheus near,
Honoured by men and stolèd matrons, such
As ye from other mortals ne'er might win.
But cast ye not abroad on these my realms,
820
To waste their budding strength, whetstones of blood,
Evoking frantic rage not born of wine;
Nor pluck ye out the heart of fighting-cocks,
To plant among my townsmen civil strife,
Reckless of kindred blood; let foreign war
Rage without stint, affording ample scope
For him who burns with glory's mighty rage.
No war of home-bred cocks, I ween, is that!
Such terms I proffer, thine it is to choose;
830
Blessing and blest, with blessèd rites revered,
To share this country dear unto the gods.
Chorus
1
What! I endure all this; alas!
2
I, hoary goddess, dwell forsooth on earth,
Debasement horrible!
3
Revenge I breathe, unmitigated wrath!
4
Woe, woe! O earth, alas!
5
What agony of pain creeps o'er my heart!
6
Hear, Mother Night, my passion.
7
Mark for scorn,
840
By crafty gods deluded, held for nought,
Of ancient honour I am basely shorn.
ATHENA
I will not weary to entreat thee fair;
For ne'er with justice shalt thou urge the plaint,
That thou, the elder deity, by me
The younger, and these city-guarding men,
Wast, like an outcast, banished from this land.
Now if Persuasion, dropping from my tongue
Gentle and sweet, seem to thee pure and dread,
Tarry thou must; but if thou wilt not tarry,
850
Not justly wouldst thou on this city hurl
Revenge, or wrath, or do my people wrong;
For thine it is to share with me this land,
In aye-enduring honour justly held.
Chorus
Athena, queen, what seat dost offer me?
ATHENA
One where no sorrow scathes. Receive it thou!
Chorus
If I consent, what honour waiteth me?
ATHENA
No house unblest by thee shall henceforth thrive.
Chorus
This wilt thou do? endow me with such might?
ATHENA
Ay, and will prosper him who worships thee.
Chorus
Wilt thou sure warrant give me for all time?
ATHENA
I may not pledge what I will not perform.
Chorus
Thine utterance soothes me;-I relax my wrath.
860
ATHENA
Established here thou wilt be rich in friends.
Chorus
What blessings shall we hymn for this thy land?
ATHENA
Such as, with gracious influence, from earth,
From dew of ocean, and from heaven, attend
On conquest not ignoble. That soft airs,
With sunshine blowing, wander o'er the land;
That earth's fair fruit, rich increase of the flocks,
Fail not my citizens for evermore,
With safety of the precious human seed ;-
870
But, for the impious,-weed them promptly out.
For I, like one who tendeth plants, do love
This race of righteous men, by grief unscathed :-
Such be thy charge. Be mine not to endure
That, among mortals, in war's splendid toils,
Athena's city be not conquest-crowned.
Chorus
STROPHE I.
Pallas, thy chosen seat henceforth be mine!
No more the city I despise
Which Zeus omnipotent and Ares prize,
Stronghold of gods, altar-protecting shrine
880
Of Grecian deities,
For which, with friendly augury I pray;
Springing to light from earth's dark womb,
May life's fair germs prolific bloom,
Lured by the solar ray.
ATHENA
I for my citizens with gracious mind
These blessings mediate; these deities
Installing here, mighty and hard to please.
For unto them hath Fate assigned
890
The destinies to fix of human kind.
But whoso findeth them severe
Knows not whence come life's strokes; for crime,
Dread heritage from bygone time,
Doth lead him to these powers august.
Him noiseless Ruin, midst his proud career,
With hostile anger, levels with the dust.
Chorus
ANTISTROPHE I.
Here may no tree-destroying mildew sweep,-
(So show I forth my grace),
900
May no fierce heat within these bounds alight,
Blasting the tender buds; no sterile blight,
Disastrous, onward creep.
But in due season here may flocks of worth
Twin yeanlings bear; and may this race,
Enriched with treasures of the earth,
Honour the Heaven-sent grace!
ATHENA
Ye city-guardians do ye hear aright
What thus she promises. For great the might
910
Erinys wields-dread brood of night-
Alike with Hades and the Olympian Powers;
O'er men confessed and absolute her reign,
To some she giveth song, and some she dowers
With life, tear-blinded, marred by pain.
Chorus
STROPHE II.
Here may there fall no man-destroying blight!
And ye, great Powers, o'er marriage who preside,
In wedlock bands each lovely maid unite;-
Ye too, dread sisters, to ourselves allied,
920
Awful dispensers of the Right,
In every human home confessed,
In every age made manifest,
By righteous visitations ;-aye revered,
And, everywhere, of deities most feared.
ATHENA
While thus ye ratify with friendly zeal
These blessings to my country, I rejoice,
And love Persuasion's eye, who moved my voice
To soothe these stern refusers, passion-stung.
930
But Zeus hath conquered, swayer of the tongue,
God of the Forum. Triumphs now for aye
In noble benefits our rivalry.
Chorus
ANTISTROPHE II.
Within this city ne'er may civil strife,
Insatiate of ill, tumultuous roar;
Nor thirsty dust quaff deep the purple gore
Of citizens; nor rage, with murder rife,
Snatch greedily the vengeful knife!
But studious of the common weal
940
May each to each in turn be kind,
Hate may they ever with one common mind,
This among mortals many a woe can heal.
ATHENA
Now growing wise, the pathway do they find
Of tongue propitious. From these shapes of fear,
I to my lieges see rich gain. For here,
If ye these gracious ones with gracious mind
Adore and magnify,-your state and town
Ye shall for evermore with justice crown.
Chorus
STROPHE III.
Farewell, farewell, enriched with wealth's fair prize,
950
Ye citizens, who dwell Zeus' altar near,
Friends to the friendly Virgin,-timely wise;
'Neath Pallas' wings who rest, her father doth revere.
ATHENA
Ye too farewell! Mine is it first to show
Your destined seats and thitherward to lead.
Escorted by the torchlight's sacred glow,
The while in sacrifice the victims bleed
960
The downward slope descend.
Whate'er is baneful to the land restrain,
And conquest's gracious ministry upsend
To this my city. Tutelary train,
Children of Cranaos, it belongs to you,
These alien settlers to their homes to guide;
And with my lieges may there aye abide,
Discernment rightful of the Right and True.
Chorus
ANTISTROPHE III.
Farewell once more, my farewell I repeat,
970
To all in Pallas' city who reside,
Or gods or mortals. Hold in awe my seat,
The fortunes of your life ye never then shall chide.
ATHENA
The utt'rance of your pious vows I praise ;—
And will escort you with the flashing light
Of torches, to your cavernous abodes
'Neath earth, with sacred ministers, who guard
Mine image justly; for, of Theseus' land,
Now let the eye come forth,-illustrious train
980
Of youths, of women, young or hoar with eld,
In festive garb apparelled, vermeil-hued,-
Proceed and let the torch-flame lead the way,
That evermore this gracious sisterhood
May, with events auspicious, bless this land.
Chorus of the Escort
STROPHE I.
Night's hoary children, venerable train,
With friendly escort leave the hallowed fane.
All
Rustics, glad shouts of triumph raise.
Chorus
ANTISTROPHE I.
In ancient crypts remote from light,
Victims await you and the hallowed rite.
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All
People, ring out your notes of praise.
Chorus
STROPHE II.
With promise to this land of blessings rare,
Down the steep path ye awful beings wend,
Rejoicing in the torchlight's dazzling glare.
All
Your cries of jubilee ring out amain.
Chorus
ANTISTROPHE II.
Let torchlights and libations close the rear.
Thus Zeus, all-seeing, and the Fates descend,
To bless these citizens to Pallas dear.
All
1040 1044
Your cry of jubilee ring out amain.
English (E. D. A. Morshead, 1889, second edition) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, The Furies — Morshead translation. Wikisource transcription; speech corresp and card milestones aligned to Smyth perseus-grc2.) — 131 focus
In dreams ye chase a prey, and like some hound,
That even in sleep doth ply his woodland toil,
Ye bell and bay. What do ye, sleeping here?
Be not o'ercome with toil, nor, sleep-subdued,
155
Be heedless of my wrong. Up! thrill your heart
With the just chidings of my tongue,—such words
Are as a spur to purpose firmly held.
Blow forth on him the breath of wrath and blood,
Scorch him with reek of fire that burns in you,
160
Waste him with new pursuit—swift, hound him down.
[ Ghost sinks.
Alack, alack, sisters, we have toiled,
165
O much and vainly have we toiled and borne!
Vainly! and all we wrought the gods have foiled,
And turnèd us to scorn!
He hath slipped from the net, whom we chased: he hath 'scaped us who should be our prey—
O'ermastered by slumber we sank, and our quarry hath stolen away!
170
Thou, child of the high God Zeus, Apollo, hast robbed us and wronged;
Thou, a youth, hast down-trodden the right that to godship more ancient belonged;
Thou hast cherished thy suppliant man; the slayer, the God-forsaken,
The bane of a parent, by craft from out of our grasp thou hast taken;
A god, thou hast stolen from us the avengers a matricide son—
175
And who shall consider thy deed and say It is rightfully done?
The sound of chiding scorn
Came from the land of dream;
Deep to mine inmost heart I felt it thrill and burn,
Thrust as a strong-grasped goad, to urge
180
Onward the chariot's team.
Thrilled, chilled with bitter inward pain
I stand as one beneath the doomsman's scourge.
Shame on the younger gods who tread down right,
Sitting on thrones of might!
185
Woe on the altar of earth's central fane!
Clotted on step and shrine,
Behold, the guilt of blood, the ghastly stain!
Woe upon thee, Apollo! uncontrolled,
Unbidden, hast thou, prophet-god, imbrued
190
The pure prophetic shrine with wrongful blood!
For thou too heinous a respect didst hold
Of man, too little heed of powers divine!
And us the Fates, the ancients of the earth,
Didst deem as nothing worth.
195
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Im Traume jagst du deinem Wilde nach und bellst,
Dem Hunde gleich, der seines Dienstes nie vergift.
Auf! Nicht gezaudert! Keine Müh' ermatte dich!
Verkenne nicht den Schaden, wenn dich Schlaf besiegt!
Gerechter Vorwurf schneide tief in's Herz dir ein;
130
Denn scharf wie Stacheln fühlen ihn Vernünftige.
Auf, sende denn blutvollen Odems Hauch ihm nach,
Durch Qualm verzehr' ihn aus der Eingeweide Brand,
Verfolg' ihn, brich im zweiten Jagen seine Kraft!
(Verschwindet.)
Erwecke,
Graun, Graun, o Schmach! Ein Leid, Schwestern, traf- 1
Ja, viel des Leides und umsonst erduldet' ich!
Uns traf, Götter, ach! ein graunvolles Leid,
140
Ein unnennbar Weh!
Aus unserm Neze schlich sich, uns entrann das Wild.
Vom Schlaf besiegt, gab ich hin solchen Fang!
Erste Gegenstrophe.
O Graun! Sohn des Zeus, du spinnst arge List.
Ein Jüngling, tratst du greise Götterfrau'n in Staub,
145
Da du den Flüchtling hegst, den schuldvollen Mann,
Den herzlosen Sohn.
Du stahlst den Muttermörder uns und bist ein Gott!
Wer priese je solches Thun als gerecht?
Zweite Strophe.
Mir schlug ein vorwurfschweres Wort im Traum an's Ohr,
150
Und traf gleich dem Rosselenker mich
Mit machtvollem Stoß
Tief in die Brust, in's Mark.
Ich fühle, schwer faßt mich's an, eisigkalt schaudert mich's
Vom zornig grausen Geißelschlag.
155
Zweite Gegenstrophe.
Das ist der jüngern Götter Art, so schalten sie,
Gewalt übend allem Recht zum Hohn.
Ein bluttriefend Mal,
Blutig um Fuß und Haupt,
Ich seh' es, steht dort der Erdnabel; denn blut'ge Schuld,
160
Ruchlose, nahm er schüßend auf. 2
Dritte Strophe.
Du hast, ein Seher, deines Herdes Heiligthum
Mit Blutgräul entweiht, eigenem Trieb gehorchend;
Denn trok Götterrecht schirmst du der Menschen Schuld,
Und brichst der Mören uralte Macht.
165
Dritte Gegenstrophe.
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Commentary on Aeschylus: Eumenides (Aeschylus. Eumenides. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1887.)

169. μάντις ὤν , i. e. ‘though a seer,' and thus the last who should have allowed pollution.

170. αὐτόσσυτος, αὐτόκλητος , at thine own bidding, at thine own summons: the repetition of similar words is noticeable all through this chorus; a rhetorical turn due to the strength of their wrath and passion. So περὶ πόδα, περὶ κάρα - βαρὺ περίβαρυ - δαΐου δαμίου, etc.

174. τόν , Orestes: for Epic form cp. 137, 357.

Critical apparatus to Eumenides (OCR draft) (Latin and Greek critical apparatus to Gottfried Hermann's 1852 edition of Eumenides.) focus

mvp-comment-124-1 μάντις ὤν: μάντις ὤν Schutzius. μαντισῶι Μ. μάντι σῷ G. Ald. Rob. Turn. μάντι, σῶ Ven. Flor. Farn.

mvp-comment-125-1 μυχὸν ... ἔχρανας: μυχὸν M. Rob. Τurn. μυκὸν G. Ald. σὸν οἶκον Ven. Flor. Farn. Deinde έχρανας Turn. ἔχρανάτ' M. Flor. ἔχράνατ' G. ἔχρακατ' Αld. ἔχρανάς Rob. ἐχθράνατ' Ven. Bekkero teste. ἔχθρανα τ' Farn.

mvp-comment-126-1 παρὰ νόμον θεῶν βρότεα: παρὰ νόμον θεῶν Par. Rob. παρανόμων θεῶν M. G. Ald. Turn. παρὰ νόμων θεῶν Ven. Flor. Farn. Deinde βρότεα M. G. Ald. Rob. βρέτεα Par. Ven. Flor. Farn. Turn.

Commentary on the Eumenides (OCR draft) (Brief English notes on Aeschylus' Eumenides by F. A. Paley, 1885.) focus

mvp-comment-61-1 ἔχρανας] By giving an asylum to a murderer you have knowingly defiled your own temple.

mvp-comment-62-1 φθίσας] By destroying our influence, as far as in you lay (Schol.). They here call themselves Μοῖραι, because it would seem still more presumptuous in Apollo to interfere with Fate.

Selected scholia accompanying Blass's Eumenides (OCR draft) (The mixed Greek, Latin, and German scholia register printed with Friedrich Blass's 1907 edition, aligned to O. L. Smith's later recensional editions.) focus

mvp-comment-77-1 αὐτὸς αὐτὸν (αὑτὸν Μ) καλέσας ἐπὶ τῶι μιᾶναι τὸν ναόν. ὅσον ἐπὶ σοί.

Wecklein’s commentary on Eumenides (1888; German; OCR draft) (Explanatory commentary, pp. 251–322; HW42J8 and HXJHA8 OCR collated, with missing comparison pages 294–295 explicitly marked. Unresolved OCR and provisional reference mappings are explicitly marked.) focus

mvp-comment-84-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 262

mvp-comment-84-2 Parodos (vgl. zu 1). Die Chorführerin erwacht und weckt die nächste Erinye, welche wieder eine andere anstöfst u. s. f. Dann stellen sie sich zu Halbchören zusammen.

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mvp-comment-98-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 264

mvp-comment-98-3 ,Durch Befleckung des Herdes hat er sich (med. ἐχράνατο) das Seherheiligtum besudelt." Nachdem die Erinyen allgemein von νεώτεροι θεοί gesprochen, wenden sie sich jetzt direkt gegen Apollon. Mit αὐτόσσυτος αὐτόκλητος vgl. αὐτόστονος αὐτοπήμων Sept. 900 .

mvp-comment-99-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 265

mvp-comment-99-2 παρὰ νόμον θεῶν: gegen diesen Göttercomment verfehlte sich auch Prometheus: Prom. 29

θεὸς θεῶν γὰρ οὐχ ὑποπτήσσων χόλον βροτοῖσι τιμὰς ὤπασας πέρα δίκης
, 977 τὸν ἐξαμαρτόντ᾽ εἰς θεοὺς ἐφημέροις πορόντα τιμάς. Vgl. auch Eur. Hipp. 1328
θεοῖσι δ᾽ ὧδ᾽ ἔχει νόμος· οὐδεὶς ἀπαντᾶν βούλεται, προθυμίᾳ τῇ τοῦ θέλον τος, ἀλλ᾽ ἀφιστάμεστ᾽ ἀεί
. Die epische Form βρότεος kommt sonst nirgends bei den attischen Dichtern vor. wenn

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mvp-comment-100-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 265

mvp-comment-100-2 Μοίρας φθίσας: Apollon das Amt der Erinyen vernichtet, so vernichtet er damit die Satzungen der Mören, durch welche den Erinyen ihr Amt zugeteilt ist. Vgl. 336, 395.

Commentary (Arthur Sidgwick, 1887) (OCR draft) (Arthur Sidgwick's commentary on the Eumenides, aligned to the canonical Greek text.) focus

μάντις ὤν , i. e. though a seer, and thus the last who should have allowed pollution.

αὐτόσσυτος, αὐτόκλητος , at thine own bidding, at thine own summons: the repetition of similar words is noticeable all through this chorus; a rhetorical turn due to the strength of their wrath and passion. So περὶ πόδα, περὶ κάρα - βαρὺ περίβαρυ - δαΐου δαμίου, etc.

mvp-sidgwick-93-1-1 And crushing the ancient Fates. The Schol. followed by Pal. and others, understands this of themselves, the Furies being identified for the moment with the Fates. So Eurip. Elect. 1252 says of Orestes-

δειναὶ δὲ Κῆρές σ' αἱ κυνώπιδες θεαὶ
τροχηλατήσουσ᾽ ἐμμανῆ πλανώμενον.
But it is very difficult to believe that Aeschylus who makes the Furies call upon the Fates (961) as our own sisters, righteous goddesses, and speak of them as apart from themselves (724), should here put one for the other. It is better to consider (with Dind. Linw. Weil) that the allusion is here, as more fully explained below (724), to Apollo having allowed the Fates to be robbed by the rescue of Alkestis from death. This explains the κάμοί γε next line, To us too the Furies, as well as to the Fates; and also l. 175
He if he fly beneath the earth shall never be set free, as Alkestis was set free by Herakles who wrestled with death and recovered her.

mvp-sidgwick-93-2-1 It remains however an unusually obscure allusion, and hence one cannot feel confident.