Aeschylus Eumenides 1040

Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator)

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Gnadenreich und diesem Land gewogen
Wandelt einher, ihr Hehren, und freut euch
Hellauflodernder Fackeln im Zug!
Nun schalle der Jubel zum Festlied!
995
Zweite Gegenstrophe.

Eumenides. Aeschylus. Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator). . .

Current edition Experimental

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1854; OCR review) (OCR draft) (German) (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.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (10)
Εὐμενίδες (1518 edition; OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Eumenides, 1518 edition. VLM-assisted OCR with native lineation and automated correspondence to the Smyth edition.) — 1040 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 1040 focus
ἵλαοι δὲ καὶ εὐθύφρονες γᾷ
1040
δεῦρ᾽ ἴτε, σεμναὶ, πυριδάπτῳ
λαμπάδι τερπόμεναι καθ᾽ ὁδόν.
ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς.
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 1040 focus
ἵλαοι δὲ καὶ τῇδ᾽ εὔφρονες γᾷ
1020
δεῦρ᾽ ἴτε, σεμναί, σὺν πυριδάπτῳ
λάμπα τερπόμεναι καθ᾽ ὁδόν.
ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς.
1
ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1040 focus
Ἵλαοι δὲ καὶ εὐθύφρονες γᾷ
1035
δεῦρ᾽ ἴτε, Σεμναί, ( τᾷ) πυριδάπτῳ
λαμπάδι τερπόμεναι καθ' ὁδόν. ὁδὸν δ'
Ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς.
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Arthur Sidgwick, 1887.) — 1040 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 1040 focus
ἵλαοι δὲ καὶ εὐθύφρονες γᾷ
δεῦρ᾽ ἴτε, σεμναί, πυριδάπτῳ
λαμπάδι τερπόμεναι καθ᾽ ὁδόν.
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 1040 focus
ἵλαοι δὲ καὶ εὐθύφρονες γᾶι
δεῦρ᾽ ἴτε, Σεμναὶ ⟨θεαί⟩, πυριδάπτωι
λαμπάδι τερπόμεναι καθ᾽ ὁδόν. {δ’}
1040
— ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς.
Aeschyli Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Eumenides. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 1040 focus
ἵλαοι δὲ καὶ σύμφρονες γᾶι
δεῦρ᾽ ἴτε Σεμναί
1040
(τᾶι) πυριδάπτωι
λαμπάδι τερπόμεναι καθ᾽ ὁδόν.
[δ᾽] ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς.
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by F. A. Paley, 1885.) — 1040 focus
ἵλαοι δὲ καὶ εὐθύφρονες γᾷ
990
δεῦρ᾽ ἴτε, Σεμναὶ, * ξὺν πυριδάπτω
λάμπᾳ τερπόμεναι καθ᾿ ὁδόν·
(εὐφαμεῖτε δὲ πανδαμί,)
ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς.
995
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by Friedrich Blass, 1907.) — 1040 focus
ἵλαοι δὲ καὶ εὐθύφρονες γᾶι
1040
δεῦρ᾽ ἴτε, Σεμναί, 〈τᾶι〉 πυριδάπτωι
λαμπάδι τερπόμεναι καθ᾽ ὁδόν, —
ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς —
Translations (8)
The Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (The Eumenides. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 1040 focus
And propi­ tious and benevolent to this land come hither, ye dread powers, and delighted with the blazing torch: and on the way now break forth into songs.
LES EUMÉNIDES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES EUMÉNIDES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1040 focus
dans la cité se recueillent!
Pour gagner l'antre souterrain où vous trouverez, parmi
The Furies (OCR draft) Experimental (The Furies. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 1040 focus
For you the altars riſe, the victims bleed,
And ſacred honours are decreed;
For you the rich libations dew the ground,
Whilſt torches ſpread their blaze around.
1180
Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 1040 focus
A questa terra benevole e ai Lari,
qui, venerande, movete; e v'allegrino
lungo la strada, brillando, le fiaccole!
Sposate ai canti grida alte di giubilo!
1090
Aeschylus, Eumenides: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Eumenides: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 1040 focus
Beneuolæ & propitiæ terræ, huc uenite graues igni
Uoraginum ſtilentis.
Face delectantes, iuxta uiam uerò iubilate nunc in cantilenis.
Libationes omnino in domo ſint.
Aeschylus, Die Eumeniden: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Eumeniden: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 1040 focus
Kommet ihr Hehren und folget dem Zuge,
unserem Lande versöhnet, gefreundet,
und an den sprühenden Funken
weidet wandelnd euren Blick.
Juble, Volk, dem Liede zu.
Das Volk jauchzt.
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.) — 1040 focus
Pass hitherward, ye powers of Dread,
1195
With all your former wrath allayed,
Into the heart of this loved land;
With joy unto your temple wend,
The while upon your steps attend
The flames that feed upon the brand—
1200
( Now, now ring out your chant, your joy's acclaim!)
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.)

929. κατανασσαμένη , middle, housing in my city. 11. 932, 933. The MSS. read

ὁ δὲ μὴ κύρσας βαρέων τούτων
οὐκ οἶδεν ὅθεν πληγαὶ βιότου.
Now τούτων here must refer to the Furies, as αὗται above and τάσδε below: and consequently βαρέων must be wrong, as (1) it is the wrong gender: (2) even if we suppose (with D.) a fem. form βαρεῶν, it clearly is the wrong sense. What Aeschylus means to say is, He who incurs the wrath of the Furies meets with unexpected calamity: the sins of his fathers bring him into their power.

964. ἐπιβριθής , lit. weighing down upon, falling heavily on: i. e. grievous .

992. εὔφρονas , kindly, a reference to their name Εὐμενίδες.

1034. παῖδες ἄπαιδες , the MSS. reading, could hardly mean childless children, which seems pointless: it might mean evil children, like vᾶes ἄναες: but the real objection to any such word as ἄπαιδες is that here the words in which the Chorus are addressed are specially reverent and honourable. It is best to reject it and then we get rid also of τύχᾳ τε, meaningless and unmetrical, at the end of 1. 1037.

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

mvp-comment-747-1 εὔφρονας εὔφρονες Turn.

εὐφρόνας εύφρονες
Aug. Ven. Flor.
εὐφράνας εύφρονες
M. Par.
εὔφρανας εύφρονες
G. Ald.
εὐφρόνως εὔφρονες
Rob. Deinde ἀεὶ M. Aug. G. Ald. Rob.
ἀλεί
Ven. Flor. Farn. Turn.

mvp-comment-748-1 καὶ γῆν καὶ πόλιν ὀρθοδίκαιοι: Libri

καὶ γῆν καὶ πόλιν
. Deinde
ὀρθοδίκαιοι
Aug. Ceteri
ὀρθοδίκαιον
. Denique πάντως scribendum esse Bothius vidit, et habet hoc Ven. Ceteri
πάντες
, quod inutile est et languet. Scripsi
καὶ γῆ καὶ πόλις ὀρθοδίκαιοι πρέψετε πάντως διάγοντες.

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

mvp-comment-295-1 πρέψετε seems here, as in Ag. 1299 , to be transitive, you will make conspicuous, cause to be admired by all.

mvp-comment-296-1 ἐν αἰσιμίαισι] In possession of the blessings of wealth.

mvp-comment-297-1 ἴκταρ Διός] There appears to have been a statue of Ζεὺς Πολιεὺς on the southern summit of the Acropolis, overlooking the theatre.

mvp-comment-298-1 σωφρονοῦντες] The notion seems to be, that now at length, when the cultus of the Erinyes, i.e. the law of Conscience, is established among the citizens, they will be wiser than before.

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-487-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 314

mvp-comment-487-2 Kommos. Der Chor erfleht oder weissagt alles Gute (Wachstum und Gedeihen der Früchte und Herden Gesundheit des Volkes und bürgerliche Eintracht Wohlwollen und Segen der Götter) für Athen und wird darob von Athena belobt und geehrt. · ξυνοικίαν: zu 836.

mvp-comment-521-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 319

mvp-comment-521-2 Wenn ihr diese hoch ehret ( μέγα wie 12), werdet ihr glänzend dastehen als solche, die Land und Stadt recht und gerecht durchaus erhalten. Isokr. 3, 41 τὰς πόλεις ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ πειρᾶσθαι διάγειν.

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

εὔφρονas , kindly, a reference to their name Εὐμενίδες.

mvp-sidgwick-454-1-1 Taking πάντως, the reading of Ven., for the flat πάντες, there is no need to alter further.

mvp-sidgwick-454-2-1 Guiding your land and city in all righteousness, ye shall be glorious. ὀρθοδίκαιον is predicative. The use of διάγειν is a little strange: but it is not a great extension of its ordinary usage with βιότον, αἰῶνα, etc. We may compare χρόνος διηγέ μ' Soph. Εl. 789, διῆγεν ὑμᾶς ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς κατὰ βίον Dem. 255. 11: and particularly πόλεις ἐν ὑμονοίᾳ διάγειν Isocr. 35 Β. [Paley takes πρέπω active: but it is very common and always intrans. in Aeschylus.]