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Eumenides. Aeschylus. . 2026.

Current edition Experimental

Εὐμενίδες (1518 edition; OCR draft) (Greek) (Aeschylus, Eumenides, 1518 edition. VLM-assisted OCR with native lineation and automated correspondence to the Smyth edition.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (11)
Εὐμενίδες First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 892-915 focus
Εὐμενίδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 892-915 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 837 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 837 focus
ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 837 focus
Ἐμὲ παθεῖν τάδε, φεῦ,
ἐμὲ παλαιόφρονα κατά τε κατὰ γᾶν οἰκεῖν
ἀτίετον, φεῦ, μύσος·
840
πνέω τοι μένος
ἅπαντά τε κότον
οἰοῖ οἱ οἱ οἳ οἳ δᾶ, φεῦ·
τίς μ' ὑποδύεται πλευράς, ( τίς) ὀδύνα
θυμόν ; ἄϊε θυμὸν ἄιε, μᾶτερ
845
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Arthur Sidgwick, 1887.) — 837 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 837 focus
ἐμὲ παθεῖν τάδε, φεῦ,
840
ἐμὲ παλαιόφρονα, κατά τε γᾶν οἰκεῖν
ἀτίετον, φεῦ, μύσος.
πνέω τοι μένος ἅπαντά τε κότον.
οἱ οἱ δᾶ, φεῦ.
τίς μ᾽ ὑποδύεται
845
πλευρὰς ὀδύνα;
θυμὸν ἄιε, μᾶτερ
Νύξ. ἀπὸ γάρ με τιμᾶν δαναιᾶν θεῶν
δυσπάλαμοι παρ᾽ οὐδὲν ἦραν δόλοι.
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 837 focus
ἐμὲ παθεῖν τάδε, φεῦ,
ἐμὲ παλαιόφρονα, κατά ⟨τε⟩ γᾶν οἰκεῖν
⟨ἵν’⟩ ἀτίετον, φεῦ, μύσος.
πνέω τοι μένος
840
ἅπαντά τε κότον.
οἰοῖ δᾶ φεῦ·
τίς μ᾽ ὑποδύεται πλευρὰς ὀδύνα;
Aeschyli Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Eumenides. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 837 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by F. A. Paley, 1885.) — 837 focus
ἐμὲ παθεῖν τάδε, φεῦ,
ἐμὲ παλαιόφρονα, κατά τε γᾶν οἰκεῖν
ἀτίετον, φεῦ, μύσος.
πνέω τοι μένος ἅπαντά τε κότον.
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by Friedrich Blass, 1907.) — 837 focus
ἐμὲ παθεῖν τάδε, φεῦ,
ἐμὲ παλαιόφρονα, κατά τε γᾶς οἰχνεῖν
ἀτίετον, φεῦ, μύσος.
πνέω τοι μένος ἅπαντά τε κότον.
840
οἰοῖ δᾶ, φεῦ.
τίς μ᾽ ὑποδύεται πλευράς, (τίς) ὀδύνα
θυμόν; ἄϊε, μᾶτερ
Νύξ· ἀπὸ γάρ με τιμᾶν δαναιᾶν θεῶν
δυσπάλαμοι παρ᾽ οὐδὲν ἦραν δόλοι.
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.)) — 892-915 focus
The Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (The Eumenides. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 837 focus
That I should have suffered these things! alas! that I wretched should dwell on earth! alas! a dishonourable pollu­ tion! Therefore I breathe forth my rage, and all my wrath. Oh! oh! Earth! alas! what anguish pierces my sides! hear my rage, mother Night! for the crafty wiles of the gods have deprived me of my public 2
honours as if of no account.
LES EUMÉNIDES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES EUMÉNIDES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 837 focus
Moi, subir ce sort, moi, l'antique déesse! Moi, habiter ce pays en être impur et méprisé, ah!... Non,
je ne respire que colère et vengeance. Las! Terre et Ciel! ah! quelle souffrance, quelle souffrance entre donc dans mon cœur! Entends-moi, ô Nuit, ma mère : mes antiques hon-
The Furies (OCR draft) Experimental (The Furies. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 837 focus
Shall I brook this? Shall I then deign
In this curs'd land to ſpend my ſlighted age,
960
And my loft honours mourn in vain?
No: be each vengeful thought inflam'd with rage.
Ah me, the keen, the mad'ning ſmart!
Deep, deep it cuts, it rends my heart.
Hear, aweful night, my raving paſſion hear!
965
Theſe Gods, with a malignant ſmile,
Ah me! my baffled pow'r beguile,
And from my brows the public honours tear.
Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 837 focus
Prive d'onor non siete, e non vi piaccia,
per troppo d'ira, questo suolo rendere
870
sterile, o Dive. Anch'io — dirlo che giova ?
posso in Giove fidare: io sola so
del ricetto le chiavi ove la folgore
è sigillata. Ma per che, la folgore ?
Ben t'indurrai per le parole mie
875
a non scagliare con impronta lingua
su questa terra il maleficio, e tutti
farne abortire i frutti. In cuor sopisci
l'impeto amaro della negra furia,
e delle cose e degli onor partecipe
880
con me sarai: di questa terra grande
offerte le primizie a te saranno
per gli sponsali, e quando nascon pargoli:
onde il consiglio mio loderai sempre.
Aeschylus, Eumenides: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Eumenides: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 837 focus
Me pati hæc, heu me uerſuta in terra habitare
Spretum odium heu, efflo furorem & omnem iram.
Heu, heu terra, heu quis mihi ſubit
Latera dolor, animum ſpira mater
Nox, nam me ab honoribus domatam
795
Deorum fraudulenti cœperunt dolo præter cauſam.
Aeschylus, Die Eumeniden: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Eumeniden: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 837 focus
Mir das!
Ha, mir,
mir, der alten,
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.) — 837 focus
I, I dishonoured in this earth to dwell,—
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Ancient of days and wisdom! I breathe forth
Poison and breath of frenzied ire. O Earth,
Woe, woe for thee, for me!
From side to side what pains be these that thrill?
Hearken, O mother Night, my wrath, mine agony!
970
Whom from mine ancient rights the gods have thrust,
And brought me to the dust—
Woe, woe is me!—with craft invincible.
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.) — 837 focus
Weh! Daß mich solches traf!
Daß ich Urgewalt, beschimpft, allverhaßt,
800
Unter die Erde muß!
Von Zorn wallt die Brust, von Grimm ohne Maß.
Ach, ach! Weh, weh!
Ha, welch wilder Schmerz mir die Seele durchbohrt!
Vernimm, Mutter Nacht,
Den Groll! Göttertrug, unüberwindlich, hat
805
Das uralte Recht um Nichts uns geraubt.
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.)

759. ἕκατι , ‘by grace of,' the older Epic use of the word, always with God's name, by will or aid of, like Διὸς ἕκητι. So Cho. 214, 436. τοῦ πάντα κραίνοντος is of course Zeus Soter.

761. ὁρῶν . seems rather weak: Weckl. reads παρείς.

763. ἅπαντα πλειστήρη χρόνον , a stately expression, all the fulness of time.'

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

mvp-comment-558-1 ἀνὴρ:

αρ'ο
Rob.
ἀνὴρ
ceteri.

mvp-comment-559-1 χρήμασιν: Praeter necessitatem Dorvillius ad Char. p. 197. putabat scribendum esse

κτημάτων
.

mvp-comment-560-1 τρίτου:

τρίτον
Ven. Farn.

mvp-comment-561-1 ὃς:

ὃν
pro
ὃς
Ven. Flor.
ὁ καὶ
Aug.

mvp-comment-562-1 χώρᾳ τῇδε:

ἐγὼ δὲ τῆδε χώρα
Ven.

mvp-comment-563-1 τὸ λοιπὸν:

τολοιπὸν
Ven. Farn.

mvp-comment-564-1 πλειστήρη χρόνον:

πλειστήρη χρόνον
Μ. Ven. Rob. et, ut videtur, Flor. Farn.
πληστήρη χρόνον
Aug.
πλεισθήρῃ χρόνῳ
G. Ald.
πλεισθήρη χρόνον
Turn.

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

mvp-comment-237-1 ᾿Αργεῖος] viz. ἐστὶ, ‘this man is once more a citizen of Argos.'

mvp-comment-238-1 For τρίτος σωτήρ see Suppl. 26 , Ag. 237, 1358 . πατρῷον, opposed to μητρός. 'Seeing that they were taking my mother's part, he took my father's.'

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-289-1 τοῦ Διός.

mvp-comment-290-1 τὰς συνηγόρους Εὐμενίδας.

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-312-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 292

mvp-comment-312-2 viertes Epeisodion: Vor dem neu eingesetzten Gerichtshof, dem Athena als ἡγεμών und εἰσαγωγεύς vorsteht (583), bringen die Erinyen ihre Anklage vor, Apollon legt Zeugnis ab und tritt den Erinyen als Vertreter der Sache des Orestes, die zugleich seine eigene ist, entgegen. Darauf fällen die Areopagiten das Urteil. Athena tritt rechts auf. Ein Herold und ein Trompetenbläser schreiten voraus, Bürger von Athen folgen ihr. κήρυσσε scil. σίγα ( Eur. Phoen. 1224

σίγα κηρύξαι στρατῷ
). Der Schol. :
ὅρα πῶς τὰ νέων ἔθη ἀναχρονίζει. ἃ γὰρ νῦν γίνε ται, ταῦτα τὴν ᾿Αθηνῶν εἰσήγαγε λέγουσαν. ἐχρῶντο γὰρ τῇ σάλ πιγγι ἀνείργειν τὸ πλῆθος θέλοντες
. στρατόν: natürlich ist das Volk nur gedacht.

mvp-comment-416-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 305

mvp-comment-416-2 τρίτου steht zunächst wie Soph. Oed. K. 8 αἱ πάθαι με χώ χρόνος ξυνὼν μακρὸς διδάσκει καὶ τὸ γενναῖον τρίτον, 331 ἢ τῆσδε καμοῦ; δυσμόρου τ᾿ ἐμοῦ τρίτης, Ai. 1174 κόμας ἐμὰς καὶ τῆσδε καὶ σαυτοῦ τρίτου, Eur. Hipp. 1404

πατέρα γε καὶ σὲ καὶ τρίτην ξυνάορον
, Menand. sent. 231 θάλασσα καὶ πῦρ καὶ γυνὴ τρίτον κακόν, erinnert aber auch an den bei der dritten Spende angerufenen Ζεὺς σωτήρ, weshalb Διός fehlen kann. Vgl. Suppl. 26
Ζεὺς σωτὴς τρίτος
 und zu Ag. 257 .

mvp-comment-417-1 1

mvp-comment-417-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 305

mvp-comment-417-3 με tritt unwillkürlich an die Stelle von σφε, wie auch τάσδε vom Standpunkt des Orestes aus gesagt ist. παρείς wie Cho. 924

παρεὶς τάδε
, aufser acht lassend.

mvp-comment-418-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 305

mvp-comment-418-2 Dieses eidliche Versprechen ist vorbereitet durch 289-291 und

mvp-comment-419-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 305

mvp-comment-419-2 πλειστήρης (ewig lange Zeit) kommt nur hier vor, πλειστηρίζομαι Cho. 1027 . Eur.

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

mvp-sidgwick-357-1-1 The man is an Argive again.

ἕκατι , by grace of, the older Epic use of the word, always with God's name, by will or aid of, like Διὸς ἕκητι. So Cho. 214, 436 . τοῦ πάντα κραίνοντος is of course Zeus Soter.

ὁρῶν . seems rather weak: Weckl. reads παρείς.

ἅπαντα πλειστήρη χρόνον , a stately expression, all the fulness of time.'