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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.) — 778-891 focus
Εὐμενίδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 778-891 focus
Εὐμενίδες (1518 edition; OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Eumenides, 1518 edition. VLM-assisted OCR with native lineation and automated correspondence to the Smyth edition.) — 793 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 793 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 793 focus
ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 793 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Arthur Sidgwick, 1887.) — 793 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 793 focus
ἐμοὶ πίθεσθε μὴ βαρυτόνως φέρειν.
οὐ γὰρ νενίκησθ', ἀλλ᾿ ἰσόψηφος δίκη
ἐξῆλθ᾽ ἀληθῶς, οὐκ ἀτιμίᾳ σέθεν.
ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ Διὸς γὰρ λαμπρὰ μαρτύρια παρῆν,
800
αὐτός θ᾽ ὁ χρήσας αὐτὸς ἦν ὁ μαρτυρῶν,
ὡς ταῦτ᾽ Ὀρέστην δρῶντα μὴ βλάβας ἔχειν.
ὑμεῖς δέ τε τῇδε γῇ βαρὺν κότον
σκήψητε, μὴ θυμοῦσθε, μηδ᾽ ἀκαρπίαν
τεύξητ᾽ ἀφεῖσαι δαιμόνων σταλάγματα,
805
βρωτῆρας αἰχμὰς σπερμάτων ἀνημέρους.
ἐγὼ γὰρ ὑμῖν πανδίκως ὑπίσχομαι
ἕδρας τε καὶ κευθμῶνας ἐνδίκου χθονὸς
λιπαροθρόνοισιν ἡμένας ἐπ᾿ ἐσχάραις
ἕξειν, ὑπ᾽ ἀστῶν τῶνδε τιμαλφουμένας.
810
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 793 focus
Aeschyli Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Eumenides. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 793 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by F. A. Paley, 1885.) — 793 focus
ἐμοὶ πίθεσθε μὴ βαρυστόνως φέρειν·
οὐ γὰρ νενίκησθ᾽, ἀλλ᾿ ἰσόψηφος δίκη
ἐξῆλθ᾽ ἀληθῶς, οὐκ ἀτιμίᾳ σέθεν.
ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ Διὸς γὰρ λαμπρὰ μαρτύρια παρῆν,
αὐτός θ᾽ ὁ φήσας αὐτὸς ἦν ὁ μαρτυρῶν,
765
ὡς ταῦτ᾽ Ὀρέστην δρῶντα μὴ βλάβας ἔχειν.
ὑμεῖς δέ τοι γῇ τῇδε μὴ βαρὺν κότον
σκήψητε, [μὴ θυμοῦσθε, μηδ᾽ ἀκαρπίαν
τεύχητ᾽,] ἀφεῖσαι + δαιμόνων σταλάγματα,
βρωτῆρας αἰχμὰς σπερμάτων ἀνημέρους·
770
ἐγὼ γὰρ ὑμῖν πανδίκως ὑπίσχομαι
ἕδρας τε καὶ κευθμῶνας ἐνδίκου χθονὸς
λιπαροθρόνοισιν ἡμένας ἐπ᾿ ἐσχάραις
ἕξειν, ὑπ᾿ ἀστῶν τῶνδε τιμαλφουμένας.
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by Friedrich Blass, 1907.) — 793 focus
ἐμοὶ πίθεσθε μὴ βαρυστόνως φέρειν.
οὐ γὰρ νενίκησθ᾽, ἀλλ᾿ ἰσόψηφος δίκη
795
ἐξῆλθ᾽ ἀληθῶς, οὐκ ἀτιμίᾶι σέθεν.
ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ Διὸς γὰρ λαμπρὰ μαρτύρια παρῆν,
αὐτός θ᾽ ὁ χρήσας αὐτὸς ἦν ὁ μαρτυρῶν,
ὡς ταῦτ᾽ Ὀρέστην δρῶντα μὴ βλάβας ἔχειν.
ὑμεῖς δὲ τῆι γῆι τῆιδε μὴ θυμοῦσθε, μὴ
800
βαρὺν κότον σκήψητε, μηδ᾽ ἀκαρπίαν
τεύξητ᾽, ἀφεῖσαι δαιμόνων σταλάγματα,
βρωτῆρας αἰχμὰς σπερμάτων ἀνημέρους.
ἐγὼ γὰρ ὑμῖν πανδίκως ὑπίσχομαι
ἕδρας τε καὶ κευθμῶνας ἐνδίκου χθονὸς
805
λιπαροθρόνοισιν ἡμένας ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάραις
ἕξειν ὑπ᾽ ἀστῶν τῶνδε τιμαλφουμένας.
Translations (10)
Eumenides Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 778-890 focus
The Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (The Eumenides. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 793 focus
Be persuaded by me, so as not to bear it hardly: for you have not been conquered, but the cause in truth fell out with equal votes, not for your disgrace. Besides clear testi­ monies from Jove were present, and he who gave the oracle, he himself bore witness, that Orestes having done these things should not suffer ill. But do not you let fall your heavy wrath on this land, be not enraged, nor cause sterility, sending forth drops from your lungs, dire darts consuming the seed. For I most justly promise to you, that you, seated at the shining hearths, shall possess temples and shrines in a just land, honoured by these citizens.
LES EUMÉNIDES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES EUMÉNIDES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 793 focus
épargnez-vous de lourds san-
glots. Vous n'êtes pas des vaincues : un arrêt indécis, seul, est sorti de l'urne, pour satisfaire la vérité, non pour vous humilier. D'éclatants témoignages étaient là, émanés de Zeus 1 , et celui-là même nous les apportait, qui avait prédit à Oreste que de tels actes n'encouraient nul châti-
ment. Vous voulez, sur ce pays, cracher un pesant cour- roux : réfléchissez, ne vous emportez pas; ne rendez pas ce sol stérile, en laissant dégoutter de vos lèvres divines une écume sauvage, rongeuse de tous germes. Moi, je vous
offre sans réserve le séjour, l'asile qui vous conviennent en ce pays et où, sur le trône de vos autels luisants 2 , vous siégerez environnées du respect de ces citoyens.
The Furies (OCR draft) Experimental (The Furies. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 793 focus
Let my entreaties move you; bear not this
With ſuch deep anger; for no conqueſt here
Wounds your inſulted honour:
from the urn
The lots came equal, ſo diſpos'd by truth,
905
To thee no inſult off'ring;
and from Jove
Flow'd ſplendid ſigns: he gave the oracle,
He added his high teſt, that for the deed
Oreſtes ſhou'd not ſuffer.
910
Breath not then
Your heavy vengeance on this land; reſtrain
Your indignation; o'er theſe ſick'ning fields
Drop not your peſtilential dews, nor blaſt
Their glitt'ring verdure, and their ſpringing ſeeds.
915
And here I pledge my faith, this grateful land
Shall willingly receive you, raiſe your ſeats
High at their blazing hearths, and, with deep awe
Impreſt, pay reverend honours to your pow'r.
Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 793 focus
Assoluto quest'uomo è nella causa:
ché ugual risulta il numero dei voti.
Aeschylus, Eumenides: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Eumenides: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 793 focus
Mihi confidite non grauiter ferre.
Non enim uiciſtis, ſed cauſa æqualia habet ſuffragia,
Exiuit uerè, tu non ignominia affecta es,
755
Sed ex Ioue maniſesta testimonia aderant,
Ipſeq; uolens ipſe erat testis,
Vt Oreſtes hæc faciens non haberet detrimentum.
Vos uerò huic terræ ne grauem iram
Proijcite, ne iraſcamini, neq; infrugiferam
760
Faciatis, dimittite dæmonum guttas,
Mortales potestates ſeminis feras.
Ego uerò uobis omnino iuſtè polliceor,
Sedes & latebras iuſtæ terræ.
In pinguibus focis ſedentes
765
Eſse à ciuibus iſtis honoratas.
Aeschylus, Die Eumeniden: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Eumeniden: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 793 focus
Ich bitt' euch, nehmet nicht mit Groll das Urteil hin.
795 Ihr habt ja nicht verloren, Stimmengleichheit nur
hat sich ergeben, ohne Falsch, und nicht um euch
zu kränken, sondern weil der Schluſs des Zeus
ganz klar bezeugt war: Zeugnis gab derselbe Gott,
der dem Orestes selber die Straflosigkeit
geweissagt hatte für die That, zu der er trieb.
800 Und ihr wollt Zornesgeifer spei'n auf dieses Land?
Bedenkt euch; laſst das Wüten. Das unmilde Naſs,
das Miſswachs zeugend jedes Samens Keimen tilgt,
müſst ihr verhalten, eurer Galle Bitternis.
Ich biet' euch treu und ehrlich Sitz und Unterschlupf
805 im Schofse meines Landes. Meine Bürgerschaft
schmückt euch des vollsten Opfertisches Ehrenmahl.
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.) — 793 focus
Nay, bow ye to my words, chafe not nor moan:
Ye are not worsted nor disgraced; behold,
915
With balanced vote the cause had issue fair,
Nor in the end did aught dishonour thee.
But thus the will of Zeus shone clearly forth,
And his own prophet-god avouched the same,
Orestes slew: his slaying is atoned.
920
Therefore I pray you, not upon this land
Shoot forth the dart of vengeance; be appeased,
Nor blast the land with blight, nor loose thereon
Drops of eternal venom, direful darts
Wasting and marring nature's seed of growth.
925
For I, the queen of Athens' sacred right,
Do pledge to you a holy sanctuary
Deep in the heart of this my land, made just
By your indwelling presence, while ye sit
Hard by your sacred shrines that gleam with oil
930
Of sacrifice, and by this folk adored.
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.) — 793 focus
Folgt meinem Rath, ertragt es ohne schweren Groll!
760
Nicht überwunden seid ihr: gleiche Stimmenzahl
Entschied gerecht den Handel, ohne Schmach für euch.
Ein leuchtend Zeugniß sandte ja Zeus selbst an uns,
Und der die That geboten, er bezeugte selbst,
Nicht büßen dürf' Orestes, der die That gethan.
765
So schüttet ihr auch eures Grolles Schwere nicht
Auf dieses Land aus, zürnet nicht, tilgt nicht die Frucht
Der Felder, Gifthauch strömend aus ergrimmter Brust,
Der grausam, scharfer Schneide gleich, die Saaten frißt.
Denn ich gelob' euch heilig, daß ein Tempel euch,
770
Ein Heiligthum an rechter Stätte werden soll,
Wo ihr an Opferherden thront in Strahlenglanz,
Von dieses Landes Bürgern hochverherrlichet.
English (Smyth; revised Bannon and Nagy, CHS) (OCR draft) Experimental (CHS Primary Sources revision of Herbert Weir Smyth’s translation by Cynthia Bannon and Gregory Nagy, with transliterated Greek terms tagged and aligned to the Smyth edition.)

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Commentary

Commentary on Aeschylus: Eumenides (Aeschylus. Eumenides. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1887.)

796. ἀληθῶς , ‘truly:' i. e. there was no fraud or evil intent, but the honest decision.

797. ἀλλὰ ... γάρ , elliptical as usual, the ellipse easily supplied 'but (you lost) for there was witness,' etc.

799. ὡς , regular poetic use for ὥστε.

802. δαιμόνων σταλάγματα , if right, must mean immortal venom: the word δαιμόνων emphasising the supernatural and terrible power of the blighting drops. The word has been much emended, the best suggestion being Wakefield's πλευμόνων or λαιμάτων : for, as Hartung says, the expressions in this speech are largely determined by the Chorus, and the corresponding phrase is (1.784) καρδίας σταλαγμόν.

804. ὑπίσχομαι , promise, for the common form ὑπισχνοῦμαι, somewhat as οἴχομαι οἰχνέω, λήθω λανθάνω, φεύγω φυγγάνω, πεύθομαι πυνθάνομαι. [Heath, followed by Herm. Schöm., read ἐνδίκους : but the MSS. gen. is finer: Athens, as the Athenians were fond of boasting, was the ' righteous' land: so O. C. 1006 εἴ τις γῆ θεοὺς ἐπίσταται τιμαῖς σεβίζειν, ἥδε τοῦθ᾽ ὑπερφέρει. So again below 11. 869, 920.

805. κευθμῶνας , cavern, grot. There is a chasm or hole in the rock, with a dark spring of water, on the N. E. side of the Areiopagos. This is no doubt the place constantly referred to as the κευθμών or θάλαμοι (1. 1004) of the Eumenides: and explains the phrases κατὰ γᾶς σύμεναι (1. 1007), τοὺς ἔνερθε καὶ κατὰ χθονὸς τόπους (1. 1023), γᾶς ὑπὸ κεύθεσι (1. 1036). The clearest reference is Eurip. Elektr. 1270, where he speaks of the Eum., defeated in this trial of Orestes, as 'entering a chasm of the earth close by the hill itself:' δειναὶ μὲν οὖν θεαὶ τῷδ᾽ ἄχει πεπληγμέναι πάγον παρ᾿ αὐτὸν χάσμα δύσονται χθονός.

806. λιπαροθρόνοισι , ‘with shining seats' [not with oil as Müller, etc., for the regular libations to the Eumenides were honey and water, fully detailed in Soph. O. C. 470-481], but merely bright or splendid marble seats for the great goddesses.

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

mvp-comment-592-1 NA: Versus 783 - 809 desunt in Ven. Flor. Farn.

mvp-comment-595-1 ἀτιμίᾳ:

ἀτιμίας
G. Ald. Turn.

mvp-comment-596-1 αὐτός θ' ὁ φήσας:

αὐτὸς δ᾽ ὁ θήσας
M. Par. Aug. G.
αὐτὸς θ᾽ ἡθήσας
Ald.
αὐτὸς ὁ θήσας
Rob.
αὐτὸς ἢ ὁ χρήσας
ex coniectura Turnebus. Quod Wieselerus protulit,
αὐτὸς ὁ θήξας
, mihi quoque aliquando in mentem venerat. Scribendum erat, ut in Opusc. VI. 2. p. 103. VI. p. 22. seq. dixi,
αὐτὸς δ᾽ ὁ φήσας
. Ita, vel
ὁ πείσας
, etiam Fritzschius. Videtur autem
φήσας
legisse scholiastes, cuius haec est ad praecedentem versum adnotatio,
ἔφασκε γὰρ ὁ Ἀπόλλων γνώμῃ Διὸς μαντεύεσθαι
.

mvp-comment-597-1 ὡς ταῦτ᾽:

ὡς δ᾽ αὐτ'
G.
ὡς ταῦτ᾽
Αld.

mvp-comment-598-1 ὑμεῖς δέ τοι γῇ τῇδε μὴ βαρὺν κότον σκήψητ', ἀφεῖσαι δαιόνων σταλαγμάτων βρωτῆρας αἰχμάς, σπερμάτων ἀνημέρους:

ὑμεῖς δέ τε τῆδε γῆι μὴ βαρὺν κότον
M. Par.
ὑμεῖς δέ τε τῇδε γῇ βαρὺν κότον
Aug. (ita Aug.) G. Ald. Rob.
ὑμεῖς δὲ τῇ γῇ τῇδε μὴ βαρὺν κότον
Turn. cuius coniecturam secuti sunt reliqui editores. Scripsisse potius videtur Aeschylus
ὑμεῖς δέ τοι γῇ τῇδε μὴ βαρὺν κότον
. Deinde libri
σκήψησθε
, nisi quod
σκήψασθε
Ald. Turn. Scribendum esse
σκήψητε
vidit Elmsleius ad Eur. Med. v. 93. Sed quae iam sequuntur,
μὴ θυμοῦσθε, μηδ' ἀκαρπίαν τεύχητ'
, ea gravissimam orationem tantopere enervant, ut ab Aeschylo addita esse non possint. Addidit vero interpres: continent enim et praecedentium et sequentium explicationem. Deinde libri (i. e. M. Par. Aug. G. Ald. Rob. Turn. nam Ven. Flor. Farn. per errorem commemorat Franzius)
ἀφεῖσαι δαιμόνων σταλάγματα βρωτῆρας
(
βρώτηρας
G. Ald.)
αἰχμάς
. In M. Par. G. adscriptum
γρ. στενάγματα
, quod in scholiorum editione Rob. rectius scriptum videtur
στάγματα
. Corruptum
δαιμόνων σταλάγματα
fuerunt qui concoquere possent. Wakefieldio scripsisse Aeschylus visus est
πλευμόνων σταλάγματα
, quod scribendum esset
πνευμόνων
. Melius
δαΐων
Pauwius, nisi quod
δαΐων σταλάγματα
hostiles stillas dici hic potuisse male putavit. Deinde Scaliger et Spanhemius ad Callim. h. Dianae v. 125. scribendum esse coniecerunt
αὐχμούς
, Musgravius
ἄχνας
. Rectissime se habet
αἰχμάς
, modo reliqua recte emendentur. Scribendum est autem
ἀφεῖσαι δαΐων σταλαγμάτων βρωτῆρας αἰχμάς
, ut deinde
σπερμάτων ἀνημέρους
coniungatur. Itaque scripsisse puto Aeschylum
ὑμεῖς δέ τοι γῇ τῇδε μὴ βαρὺν κότον σκήψητ', ἀφεῖσαι δαΐων σταλαγμάτων βρωτῆρας αἰχμάς, σπερμάτων ἀνημέρους.
Remoto isto languido additamento,
μὴ θυμοῦσθε, μηδ' ἀκαρπίαν τεύχητε
, tredecim versibus constat oratio Minervae, pariter atque post repetitum chori carmen v. 810. seqq.

mvp-comment-599-1 πανδίκως:

πάνδικος
G. Ald.

mvp-comment-600-1 ἐνδίκους:

ἐνδίκου
libri. Recte Heathius
ἐνδίκους
.

mvp-comment-601-1 ἐπ᾿ ἐσχάραις:

αἰσχάραις
G. Ald.

mvp-comment-602-1 ὑπ᾽ ἀστῶν:

ἀπ' ἀστῶν
Aug.

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

mvp-comment-246-1 οὐκ ἀτιμίᾳ] This is an answer to the complaint ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἄτιμος, v. 750. It is repeated in 788, οὐκ ἔστ' ἄτιμοι.

mvp-comment-247-1 ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ κ.τ.λ.] The sense is, ἀλλ' αὐτὸς ᾿Απόλλων ἀπέλυσεν Ορέστην αἰτίας. As the προφήτης of Ζεὺς (sup. 19) Apollo gave his testimony on supreme authority. - ὁ πείσας for ὁ θήσας is restored from v. 84, καὶ γὰρ κτανεῖν σ᾽ ἔπεισα κ.τ.λ.

mvp-comment-248-1 ὡς ἔχειν] here = ἵνα ἔχοι—the testimony was given that Orestes might be unharmed by the consequences of his crime. But it might also express the fact, ὥστε οὐκ ἔχει.

mvp-comment-249-1 δαιμόνων is corrupt. Perhaps (from v. 752) καρδίας, οι λαιμάτων ( Αr. Αν. 1562 ), or even δαίμονες, ‘as hostile powers.' - αἰχμάς, influences; the word seems used in reference to ἀφεῖσαι, from the throwing of darts.

mvp-comment-250-1 ἐνδίκου] made just by your residence among the citizens, and by the awe you inspire. The ancient rite of pouring oil (as the Hindus still pour ghee) on stones and altars is alluded to in λιπαροθρόνοις.

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-302-1 ἔφασκε γὰρ ὁ Ἀπόλλων γνώμηι Διὸς μαντεύεσθαι.

mvp-comment-303-1 τὰ σταλάγματα αἰχμαί εἰσι βιβρώσκουσαι τὰ σπέρματα.

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-428-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 306

mvp-comment-428-2 Kommos, Aussöhnung der gekränkten und tief ergrimmten Erinyen durch die begütigenden Worte der Athena. Der Chor singt zwei Strophen, die er als Antistrophen wiederholt. Jeder Strophe und Antistrophe folgen 13 Verse der Athena, wornach die Partie mit 12 Versen Stichomythie und 12 Versen einer ῥῆσις der Athena abgeschlossen wird. Vgl. zu Ag. 1435 .

mvp-comment-435-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 307

mvp-comment-435-2 Du hast keine Niederlage erlitten, sondern die gleiche Stimmenzahl von Seite der Richter erhalten, so dafs die Entehrung wegfällt. Aber Orestes mufste durch meine Stimme frei werden, weil u. s. w. ἀτιμίᾳ bezieht sich wie ἄτιμοι 827 zurück auf άτιμοπενθείς.

mvp-comment-436-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 307

mvp-comment-436-2 Die emphatische Wiederholung von αὐτός wie frg. 481, 7 ὃ δ᾽ αὐτὸς ὑμνῶν, αὐτὸς ἐν θοίνη παρών, αὐτὸς τάδ᾽ εἰπὼν αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ κτανὼν τὸν παῖδα τὸν ἐμόν, Xenoph. Anab. III 2, 4 αὐτὸς ὀμό σας ἡμῖν, αὐτὸς δεξιὰς δούς, αὐτὸς ἐξαπατήσας συνέλαβε τους στρατη γούς. μαρτυρῶν ὡς ( ὥστε) ἔχειν (als Zeuge dafür eintrat, dafs dem Orestes als Thäter dessen nichts zuleide geschehen dürfe) wie 202 ἔχρησας ὥστε τὸν ξένον μητροκτονεῖν, Soph. Oed. K. 1350 δικαιῶν ὥστε, vgl. zu Ag. 1394 f.

mvp-comment-437-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 307

mvp-comment-437-2 Die eingeklammerten Worte, in welchen Wieseler μήτε für te schreibt, scheinen nachträglich hinzugefügt zu sein, indem zuerst τῇδε γῇ τα μὴ θυμοῦσθε angemerkt wurde. Sonst müfste auch μὴ θυμούσθε dem μὴ βαρύν κότον σκήψησθε vorangehen. Für σκήψησθε würde man σκήψητε erwarten, wie Elmsley geschrieben hat.

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mvp-comment-438-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 307

mvp-comment-438-3 Zerstörender Tropfen fressende Schärfe, der Saat verderblich. Uber βρωτῆρας αιχμάς κu Ag. 669 . Mit αιχμάς vgl. θηγάνας 861.

mvp-comment-439-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 308

mvp-comment-439-2 πανδίκως, mit voller Wahrheit, in allen Treuen. Vgl. 291, Cho. 677 . - ὑπίσχομαι, die epische Form.

mvp-comment-440-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 308

mvp-comment-440-2 Da κευθμών nur ἕδρα näher bestimmt, gehört der Gen. χθονός mehr zu ἕδρας und wie bei den Verben des Sitzens der Akk. des Orts stehen kann, so hat do α den objekt. Gen. χθονός bei sich.

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mvp-comment-441-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 308

mvp-comment-441-2 λιπαρο θρόνοισιν .. ἐσχάραις von den Opferherden, welche von dem Öl glänzen, das Andächtige darauf gielsen. Vgl. Lukian Alexandr. p. 238 τὰ δὲ περὶ τοὺς θεοὺς πάνυ νοσῶν καὶ ἀλλόκοτα περὶ αὐ τῶν πεπιστευκὼς καὶ εἰ μόνον ἀλη λιμμένον που λίθον ἢ ἐστεφανωμέ νον θεάσαιτο, προσπίπτων εὐθὺς καὶ προσκυνῶν, Theophr. χαρ. π. δεισιδ. (c.17) καὶ τῶν λιπαρῶν λίθων τῶν ἐν ταῖς τριόδοις παριὼν ἐκ τῆς ληκύθου ἔλαιον καταχεῖν καὶ ἐπὶ γόνατα πεσὼν καὶ προσκυνήσας ἀπαλλάττεσθαι, Paus. X 24, 6

λίθος ἐστὶν οὐ μέγας τούτου καὶ ἔλαιον ὁσημέ ραι καταχέουσι καὶ κατὰ ἑορτὴν ἑκάστην ἔρια ἐπιτιθέασι τὰ ἀργά
. Vgl. auch Hom. γ 408 und das Fragment eines Lyrikers λιπαροθρόνους τ᾿ ἀδελφεὰς Δίκαν . . καὶ Εἰράναν bei Stob. Ekl. phys. I p. 174. Λιπαρός liebten die Athener als Beiwort von ᾿Αθῆναι. Die Altäre der Eumeniden erwähnen bei der Erzählung der Kylonischen Verschwörung Thuk. I 126 , Plut. Sol. 12 , Paus. VII 25, 2 .

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

mvp-sidgwick-370-1-1 Wanting in V. Fl. Va. It is clear that it is not this refrain but the second repetition ( ll. 808-822

) that V. Fl. Fa. copied, as they follow M. G. in reading erroneously
ἀντιπαθῆ
l. 812 , and
ἐπεσσυμένος
l. 816 , whereas M. G. have the correct forms in the first refrain.

ἀληθῶς , truly: i. e. there was no fraud or evil intent, but the honest decision.

ἀλλὰ ... γάρ , elliptical as usual, the ellipse easily supplied but (you lost) for there was witness, etc.

ὡς , regular poetic use for ὥστε.

mvp-sidgwick-380-1-1 The MSS. show signs of a confusion of order, and I take Weil's correction as the most natural restoration.

mvp-sidgwick-381-1-1 Athena soothes them, and persuades them not to execute the threats, ll. 780-782

.

δαιμόνων σταλάγματα , if right, must mean immortal venom: the word δαιμόνων emphasising the supernatural and terrible power of the blighting drops. The word has been much emended, the best suggestion being Wakefield's πλευμόνων or λαιμάτων : for, as Hartung says, the expressions in this speech are largely determined by the Chorus, and the corresponding phrase is ( l. 784

) καρδίας σταλαγμόν.

mvp-sidgwick-383-1-1 Corroding stings, devastating the seed; a fine characteristic line. It is best thus to make the gen. dependent on ἀνημέρους : the latter word meaning wild, waste, and here, by a common stretch of usage, applied not to the αἰχμάς but to their effects. For the masc. form βρωτήρας with fem. αἰχμάς compare

τύχη σωτήρ
Ag. 664 , Ο. Τ. 80 : see note on l. 186
.

ὑπίσχομαι , promise, for the common form ὑπισχνοῦμαι, somewhat as οἴχομαι οἰχνέω, λήθω λανθάνω, φεύγω φυγγάνω, πεύθομαι πυνθάνομαι. [Heath, followed by Herm. Schöm., read ἐνδίκους : but the MSS. gen. is finer: Athens, as the Athenians were fond of boasting, was the righteous land: so O. C. 1006

εἴ τις γῆ θεοὺς ἐπίσταται τιμαῖς σεβίζειν, ἥδε τοῦθ᾽ ὑπερφέρει.
So again below ll. 869, 920
.

κευθμῶνας , cavern, grot. There is a chasm or hole in the rock, with a dark spring of water, on the N. E. side of the Areiopagos. This is no doubt the place constantly referred to as the κευθμών or θάλαμοι ( l. 1004

) of the Eumenides: and explains the phrases κατὰ γᾶς σύμεναι ( l. 1007
), τοὺς ἔνερθε καὶ κατὰ χθονὸς τόπους ( l. 1023
), γᾶς ὑπὸ κεύθεσι ( l. 1036
). The clearest reference is Eurip. Elektr. 1270, where he speaks of the Eum., defeated in this trial of Orestes, as entering a chasm of the earth close by the hill itself: δειναὶ μὲν οὖν θεαὶ τῷδ᾽ ἄχει πεπληγμέναι πάγον παρ᾿ αὐτὸν χάσμα δύσονται χθονός.

λιπαροθρόνοισι , with shining seats [not with oil as Müller, etc., for the regular libations to the Eumenides were honey and water, fully detailed in Soph. O. C. 470-481 ], but merely bright or splendid marble seats for the great goddesses.