Aeschylus Eumenides 1003

Gottfried Hermann (Editor)

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Eumenides. Aeschylus. Gottfried Hermann (Editor). Lipsiae. 1852.

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Current edition Experimental

Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) (Greek) (Εὐμενίδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (11)
Εὐμενίδες First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 1021-1031 focus
Εὐμενίδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 1021-1031 focus
Εὐμενίδες (1518 edition; OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Eumenides, 1518 edition. VLM-assisted OCR with native lineation and automated correspondence to the Smyth edition.) — 1003 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 1003 focus
ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1003 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Arthur Sidgwick, 1887.) — 1003 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 1003 focus
χαίρετε χὑμεῖς· προτέραν δ᾽ ἐμὲ χρὴ
στείχειν θαλάμους ἀποδείξουσαν
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πρὸς φῶς ἱερὸν τῶνδε προπομπῶν.
ἴτε καὶ σφαγίων τῶνδ᾽ ὑπὸ σεμνῶν
κατὰ γῆς σύμεναι τὸ μὲν ἀτηρὸν
χώρας κατέχειν, τὸ δὲ κερδαλέον
πέμπειν πόλεως ἐπὶ νίκῃ.
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ὑμεῖς δ᾽ ἡγεῖσθε, πολισσοῦχοι
παῖδες Κραναοῦ, ταῖσδε μετοίκοις.
εἴη δ᾽ ἀγαθῶν
ἀγαθὴ διάνοια πολίταις.
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 1003 focus
Aeschyli Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Eumenides. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 1003 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by F. A. Paley, 1885.) — 1003 focus
χαίρετε χύμεῖς· προτέραν δ᾽ ἐμὲ χρὴ ἀντισύστ. α΄.
στείχειν θαλάμους ἀποδείξουσαν
πρὸς φῶς ἱερὸν τῶνδε προπομπῶν.
ἴτε, καὶ σφαγίων τῶνδ᾽ ὑπὸ σεμνῶν
κατὰ γῆς σύμεναι, τὸ μὲν ἀτηρὸν
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χώρας κατέχειν, τὸ δὲ κερδαλέον
πέμπειν πόλεως ἐπὶ νίκῃ.
ὑμεῖς δ᾽ ἡγεῖσθε, πολισσοῦχοι
παῖδες Κραναοῦ, ταῖσδε μετοίκοις·
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εἴη δ᾽ ἀγαθῶν
ἀγαθὴ διάνοια πολίταις.
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by Friedrich Blass, 1907.) — 1003 focus
χαίρετε χὐμεῖς· προτέραν δ᾽ ἐμὲ χρὴ
στείχειν θαλάμους ἀποδείξουσαν
πρὸς φῶς ἱερὸν τῶνδε προπομπῶν.
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ἴτε καὶ σφαγίων τῶνδ᾽ ὑπὸ σεμνῶν
κατὰ γῆς σύμεναι
τὸ μὲν ἀτηρὸν χώρᾶι κατέχειν,
τὸ δὲ κερδαλέον
πέμπειν πόλεως ἐπὶ νίκηι.
〈χ)ὑμεῖς δ᾽ ἡγεῖσθε, πολισσοῦχοι
1010
παῖδες Κραναοῦ, ταῖσδε μετοίκοις.
εἴη δ᾽ ἀγαθῶν
ἀγαθὴ διάνοια πολίταις.
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.)) — 1021-1030 focus
The Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (The Eumenides. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 1003 focus
Farewell you too: but it behoves me first to go to assign your abodes. To the sacred light of these conductors go, and while these dread victims are sacrificed to you, rush­ ing beneath the earth, keep back from the country what is hurtful, but send what is advantageous for the victory of the city. And do you sons of Cranaus inhabiting the city, con­ duct these new settlers. And may the good recollection of benefits remain to the citizens.
LES EUMÉNIDES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES EUMÉNIDES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1003 focus
au milieu des dons bénis de la richesse, vivez heureux, habitants de cette cité
assis aux côtés de la Vierge de Zeus, lui rendant son amour et apprenant chaque jour la sagesse! Ceux que Pallas abrite sous son aile sont respectés de son père.
The Furies (OCR draft) Experimental (The Furies. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 1003 focus
And you all hail! But be it mine to ſhow
The place aſſign'd you for your reſidence.
Go to thoſe ſacred flames, they will conduct you,
And from theſe hallow'd victims ſink with ſpeed
To the dark ſhades below;
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impriſon there
Whate'er is noxious to theſe realms; whate'er
Has influence to bleſs them, ſend in triumph.
And you, high-lineag'd guardians of the ſlate,
Attend theſe ſtranger-gueſts to their new feats,
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And be each gentle thought attun'd to good.
Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 1003 focus
E salute anche a voi. Debbo ai talami,
or, movendo io la prima, guidarvi,
alla luce del sacro corteo.
Avanzate al bagliore di queste
sacre fiaccole, e, giunte sotterra,
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trattenete nel suolo ogni germe
di sfacelo, e crescete i proficui
pel trionfo di nostra città.
E voi tutti, o rampolli di Crànao,
siate guida a queste ospiti, e sempre
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bei pensieri a begli atti vi spronino.
Aeschylus, Eumenides: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Eumenides: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 1003 focus
Valete & uos. primam uerò me oportet
935
Adire thalamos oſtendentem,
Ad lucem horum ſacram deductricem.
Ite, & ſub ædibus his grauibus
In terram introeuntes,
Nocumentum quidem
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Regionis obtineatis,
Lucrum uerò
Mitterre in uictoria urbis oportet.
Vos uerò patroni præite
Pueri Cranai hos inquilinos.
945
Erit uerò bonorum
Bona mens ciuibus.
Aeschylus, Die Eumeniden: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Eumeniden: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 1003 focus
Heil auch euch. Nun laſst voran mich schreiten,
bei dem Lichte dieser Fackelträger
1005 euch zu eurer Wohnung hinzuweisen.
Kommt, ich schlacht' euch diese reinen Lämmer,
zwischen ihren Opferleibern schreitet
in den Erdschlund ihr, und alles Unheil
haltet drunten fest, doch allen Segen
sendet zu Athens Triumph empor.
1010 Nun voran, ihr Wächter meines Staates,
Kranaiden, tretet vor die Gäste.
Und andächt'gen Sinns, andächtig schweigend
schau' das Volk dem heil'gen Zuge zu.
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.) — 1003 focus
All hail unto each honoured guest!
Whom to the chambers of your rest
'Tis mine to lead, and to provide
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The hallowed torch, the guard and guide.
Pass down, the while these altars glow
With sacred fire, to earth below
And your appointed shrine.
There dwelling, from the land restrain
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The force of fate, the breath of bane,
But waft on us the gift and gain
Of Victory divine!
And ye, the men of Cranaos' seed,
I bid ye now with reverence lead
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These alien Powers that thus are made
Athenian evermore. To you
Fair be their will henceforth, to do
Whate'er may bless and aid!
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.) — 1003 focus
Heil ruf' ich auch euch! Nun muß ich zuvor
Hingeh'n, und weise die Wohnstatt euch
Bei dem festlichen Schein der Geleitenden hier.
Auf, steigt, von den heiligen Opfern umwallt,
In die Tiefe hinab, und wehret vom Land,
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Was Unheil bringt; was Segen verheißt,
Das sendet der Stadt zu dem Siege!
Dann führet sie selbst, ihr Bürger der Stadt
Aus Kranaos' Stamm, daß sie wohnen bei euch.
Stets bleibe das Volk
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Für die Freundlichen freundlichen Sinnes!
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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Notes on the current edition

Eumenides

1. αντισύστ. α'.

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-745-1 κοινοφιλεῖ: Iam olim scripsi

κοινοφιλεῖ
, quam emendationem sequens versus confirmat.
κοινωφελεῖ
Aug. Ven. Flor. Rob. Turn. et, ut Franzius ait, Μ.
κοινοφελεῖ
G. Ald. idque alii ex M. afferunt.

mvp-comment-746-1 ἆρα Flor. Farn. et Bekkero teste Ven.

ἄρα
ceteri. Deinde φρονοῦσιν Μ. (sic M.) G. Ald.
φρονοῦσι
Aug. Flor. Turn.
φρονούσης
Ven. Rob. In versu sequente libri omnes (nam sie etiam M.)
εὑρίσκει
. Robortellus ex sua coniectura
εὑρίσκεις
dedit. Porsonus ex Pauwi coniectura εὑρίσκειν edidit, non addita interpunctione, quae post
ευρίσκει
erat. Ego olim scripseram
ἆρα φρονοῦσα γλώσσης ἀγαθῆς ὁδὸν εὑρίσκεις;
Sed servandum potius est
φρονοῦσιν
et adscito
εὑρίσκειν
continuanda oratio ita ut post
πολίταις
signum interrogationis ponatur. Num, si sapiunt, his civibus magnum ab his horribilibus vultibus lucrum video bonae linguae viam invenire? h. e. nonne utile erit bene his Furiis dicere?

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-293-1 ἆρα κ.τ.λ.] Are they not becoming wise, and do they not find a good course for the expression of their wishes? We might somewhat improve the sense by reading ἀγαθὴν for ἀγαθῆς. The citizens are called on to attest the goodness of the goddesses in their benign wishes for blessings on the state. By φοβερὰ πρόσωπα the masks must be meant which made them look like Gorgons, sup. 49.

mvp-comment-294-1 εὔφρονας εὔφρονες] with mutual goodwill.

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-519-1 1

mvp-comment-519-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 318

mvp-comment-519-3 ,,Nicht wahr? Verständige (Gutgesinnte) finden den Weg zu guten Worten?“ d. h. da bestätigt sich wieder einmal der Satz, dafs es zur guten Rede nur guter Gesinnung bedarf. ἆρα wie Soph. El. 614 ἆρά σοι δοκεῖ χωρεῖν ἂν εἰς πᾶν ἔργον αἰσχύνης ἄτερ; Oed. Τ. 822 ἆρ᾽ ἔφυν κακός;

mvp-comment-520-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 318

mvp-comment-520-2 τῶνδε ist Gen. zu αίδε.

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

mvp-sidgwick-451-1-1 'And may they give joy for joy, with one heart of love, and to hate with one soul.' An imaginative way of saying, 'May they live in happiness that comes from harmony, having the same friends and foes.' The latter phrase is the well-known Greek formula in making alliances.

mvp-sidgwick-452-1-1 MSS. read φρονοῦσιν and εὑρίσκει, no sense. I have adopted the original suggestion of Hermann, accepted by D. Weil. φρονοῦσα and εὑρίσκεις. Dost thou then wisely find the path of good words? i. e. Are you then come to a better mind, blessing instead of cursing?'

mvp-sidgwick-452-2-1 The first two lines are addressed to the Furies: the two next are a reflection and then she turns to the citizens.

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.]