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καὶ νῦν] ‘And accordingly now, viz. as I have the full right and even the command to speak. See on Agam. 1 8.

Eumenides. Aeschylus. ed. F. A. Paley. Cambridge. 1885.

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

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Editions (12)

Εὐμενίδες First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 299-396 focus

Χορός

οὔτοι σ᾽ Ἀπόλλων οὐδ᾽ Ἀθηναίας σθένος

ῥύσαιτ᾽ ἂν ὥστε μὴ οὐ παρημελημένον
300

ἔρρειν, τὸ χαίρειν μὴ μαθόνθ᾽ ὅπου φρενῶν,

ἀναίματον βόσκημα δαιμόνων, σκιάν.¹

οὐδ᾽ ἀντιφωνεῖς, ἀλλ᾽ ἀποπτύεις λόγους,

ἐμοὶ τραφείς τε καὶ καθιερωμένος;²

καὶ ζῶν με δαίσεις οὐδὲ πρὸς βωμῷ σφαγείς:
305

ὕμνον δ᾽ ἀκούσει τόνδε δέσμιον σέθεν.

307

Χορός

ἄγε δὴ καὶ χορὸν ἅψωμεν, ἐπεὶ

μοῦσαν στυγερὰν

ἀποφαίνεσθαι δεδόκηκεν,

λέξαι τε λάχη τὰ κατ᾽ ἀνθρώπους
310

ὡς ἐπινωμᾷ στάσις ἁμά.³

εὐθυδίκαιοι δ᾽⁴ οἰόμεθ᾽⁵ εἶναι:

τὸν μὲν καθαρὰς χεῖρας προνέμοντ᾽⁶

οὔτις ἐφέρπει μῆνις ἀφ᾽ ἡμῶν,⁷

ἀσινὴς δ᾽ αἰῶνα διοιχνεῖ:
315

ὅστις δ᾽ ἀλιτὼν⁸ ὥσπερ ὅδ᾽ ἁνὴρ⁹

χεῖρας φονίας ἐπικρύπτει,

μάρτυρες ὀρθαὶ τοῖσι θανοῦσιν

παραγιγνόμεναι¹⁰ πράκτορες αἵματος

αὐτῷ τελέως ἐφάνημεν.
320
321

str. 1

Χορός

μᾶτερ ἅ μ᾽ ἔτικτες, ὦ μᾶτερ

Νύξ, ἀλαοῖσι¹¹ καὶ δεδορκόσιν

ποινάν, κλῦθ᾽. ὁ Λατοῦς γὰρ ἶ-

νίς μ᾽ ἄτιμον τίθησιν

τόνδ᾽ ἀφαιρούμενος
325

πτῶκα,¹² ματρῷον ἅγ-

νισμα κύριον φόνου.

328

Χορός

ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ τεθυμένῳ

τόδε μέλος, παρακοπά,

παραφορὰ¹³ φρενοδαλής,
330

ὕμνος ἐξ Ἐρινύων,

δέσμιος φρενῶν, ἀφόρ-

μικτος, αὐονὰ βροτοῖς.

334

ant. 1

Χορός

τοῦτο γὰρ λάχος διανταία

Μοῖρ᾽ ἐπέκλωσεν ἐμπέδως ἔχειν,
335

θνατῶν¹⁴ τοῖσιν αὐτουργίαι¹⁵

ξυμπέσωσιν¹⁶ μάταιοι,

τοῖς ὁμαρτεῖν, ὄφρ᾽ ἂν

γᾶν ὑπέλθῃ: θανὼν δ᾽

οὐκ ἄγαν ἐλεύθερος.
340
341

Χορός

ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ τεθυμένῳ

τόδε μέλος, παρακοπά,

παραφορὰ¹⁷ φρενοδαλής,

ὕμνος¹⁸ ἐξ Ἐρινύων,

δέσμιος φρενῶν, ἀφόρ-
345

μικτος, αὐονὰ βροτοῖς.

347

str. 2

Χορός

γιγνομέναισι λάχη τάδ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ἁμὶν ἐκράνθη,

ἀθανάτων δ᾽ ἀπέχειν χέρας, οὐδέ τις ἐστὶ
350

ξυνδαίτωρ¹⁹ μετάκοινος.

παλλεύκων δὲ πέπλων ἀνέορτος²⁰ ἄκληρος ἐτύχθην.

354

Χορός

δωμάτων²¹ γὰρ εἱλόμαν

ἀνατροπάς: ὅταν Ἄρης
355

τιθασὸς²² ὢν φίλον²³ ἕλῃ,

ἐπὶ τὸν ὧδ᾽ ἱέμεναι²⁴

κρατερὸν ὄνθ᾽ ὅμως ἀμαυ-

ροῦμεν²⁵ [ὑφ᾽²⁶] αἵματος νέου.>

360

ant. 2

Χορός

σπευδομένα²⁷ δ᾽ ἀφελεῖν
360

τινὰ τάσδε²⁸ μερίμνας,

θεῶν δ᾽ ἀτέλειαν ἐμαῖς

μελέταις²⁹ ἐπικραίνειν,

μηδ᾽ εἰς³⁰ ἄγκρισιν ἐλθεῖν—

Ζεὺς δ᾽ αἱμοσταγὲς³¹ ἀξ-
365

ιόμισον ἔθνος τόδε λέσχας

ἇς ἀπηξιώσατο—

μάλα γὰρ οὖν ἁλομένα

ἀνέκαθεν³² βαρυπεσῆ

καταφέρω ποδὸς ἀκμάν,
370

σφαλερὰ τανυδρόμοις <ὅμως³³>

κῶλα, δύσφορον μάταν.³⁴³⁵

373

str. 3

Χορός

δόξαι τ᾽ ἀνδρῶν καὶ μάλ᾽ ὑπ᾽ αἰθέρι σεμναὶ

τακόμεναι κατὰ γᾶν μινύθουσιν ἄτιμοι

ἁμετέραις ἐφόδοις μελανείμοσιν, ὀρχησ-
375

μοῖς τ᾽ ἐπιφθόνοις³⁶ ποδός.

377

ant. 3

Χορός

πίπτων δ᾽ οὐκ οἶδεν τόδ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἄφρονι λύμᾳ:

τοῖον [γὰρ³⁷] ἐπὶ κνέφας ἀνδρὶ μύσος πεπόταται,

καὶ δνοφεράν τιν᾽ ἀχλὺν κατὰ δώματος αὐδᾶ-

ται πολύστονος φάτις.
380
381

str. 4

Χορός

μένει γάρ: εὐμήχανοί

τε³⁸ καὶ τέλειοι, κακῶν

τε μνήμονες, σεμναὶ

καὶ δυσπαρήγοροι βροτοῖς,

ἄτιμ᾽ ἀτίετα³⁹ διόμεναι⁴⁰
385

λάχη θεῶν διχοστατοῦντ᾽ ἀνηλίῳ

λάμπᾳ, †δυσοδοπαίπαλα⁴¹

δερκομένοισι καὶ δυσομμάτοις ὁμῶς.

389

ant. 4

Χορός

τίς οὖν τάδ᾽ οὐχ ἅζεταί⁴²

τε καὶ δέδοικεν⁴³ βροτῶν,
390

ἐμοῦ κλύων θεσμὸν

τὸν μοιρόκραντον ἐκ θεῶν

δοθέντα τέλεον; ἔτι⁴⁴ δέ μοι

<μένει⁴⁵> γέρας παλαιόν, οὐδ᾽ ἀτιμίας

κύρω,⁴⁶ καίπερ ὑπὸ χθόνα
395

τάξιν ἔχουσα καὶ δυσήλιον κνέφας.

397

Εὐμενίδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 299-396 focus

Χορός

οὔτοι σʼ Ἀπόλλων οὐδʼ Ἀθηναίας σθένος

ῥύσαιτʼ ἂν ὥστε μὴ οὐ παρημελημένον
300

ἔρρειν, τὸ χαίρειν μὴ μαθόνθʼ ὅπου φρενῶν,

ἀναίματον βόσκημα δαιμόνων, σκιάν.

οὐδʼ ἀντιφωνεῖς, ἀλλʼ ἀποπτύεις λόγους,

ἐμοὶ τραφείς τε καὶ καθιερωμένος;

καὶ ζῶν με δαίσεις οὐδὲ πρὸς βωμῷ σφαγείς·
305

ὕμνον δʼ ἀκούσῃ τόνδε δέσμιον σέθεν.

307

Χορός

ἄγε δὴ καὶ χορὸν ἅψωμεν, ἐπεὶ

μοῦσαν στυγερὰν

ἀποφαίνεσθαι δεδόκηκεν,

λέξαι τε λάχη τὰ κατʼ ἀνθρώπους
310

ὡς ἐπινωμᾷ στάσις ἁμά.

εὐθυδίκαιοι δʼ οἰόμεθʼ εἶναι·

τὸν μὲν καθαρὰς χεῖρας προνέμοντʼ

οὔτις ἐφέρπει μῆνις ἀφʼ ἡμῶν,

ἀσινὴς δʼ αἰῶνα διοιχνεῖ·
315

ὅστις δʼ ἀλιτὼν ὥσπερ ὅδʼ ἁνὴρ

χεῖρας φονίας ἐπικρύπτει,

μάρτυρες ὀρθαὶ τοῖσι θανοῦσιν

παραγιγνόμεναι πράκτορες αἵματος

αὐτῷ τελέως ἐφάνημεν.
320

321

Χορός

μᾶτερ ἅ μʼ ἔτικτες, ὦ μᾶτερ

Νύξ, ἀλαοῖσι καὶ δεδορκόσιν

ποινάν, κλῦθʼ. ὁ Λατοῦς γὰρ ἶ-

νίς μʼ ἄτιμον τίθησιν

τόνδʼ ἀφαιρούμενος
325

πτῶκα, ματρῷον ἅ-

γνισμα κύριον φόνου.

328

Χορός

ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ τεθυμένῳ

τόδε μέλος, παρακοπά,

παραφορὰ φρενοδαλής,
330

ὕμνος ἐξ Ἐρινύων,

δέσμιος φρενῶν, ἀφόρ-

μικτος, αὐονὰ βροτοῖς.

334

Χορός

τοῦτο γὰρ λάχος διανταία

Μοῖρʼ ἐπέκλωσεν ἐμπέδως ἔχειν,
335

θνατῶν τοῖσιν αὐτουργίαι

ξυμπέσωσιν μάταιοι,

τοῖς ὁμαρτεῖν, ὄφρʼ ἂν

γᾶν ὑπέλθῃ· θανὼν δʼ

οὐκ ἄγαν ἐλεύθερος.
340

341

Χορός

ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ τεθυμένῳ

τόδε μέλος, παρακοπά,

παραφορὰ φρενοδαλής,

ὕμνος ἐξ Ἐρινύων,

δέσμιος φρενῶν, ἀφόρ-
345

μικτος, αὐονὰ βροτοῖς.

347

Χορός

γιγνομέναισι λάχη τάδʼ ἐφʼ ἁμὶν ἐκράνθη·

ἀθανάτων δʼ ἀπέχειν χέρας, οὐδέ τις ἐστί
350

συνδαίτωρ μετάκοινος·

παλλεύκων δὲ πέπλων ἀπόμοιρος ἄκληρος ἐτύχθην

¯˘¯˘¯˘¯

354

Χορός

δωμάτων γὰρ εἱλόμαν

ἀνατροπάς, ὅταν Ἄρης
355

τιθασὸς ὢν φίλον ἕλῃ.

ἐπὶ τὸν ὧδʼ ἱέμεναι

κρατερὸν ὄνθʼ ὅμως ἀμαυ-

ροῦμεν ὑφʼ αἵματος νέου.

360

Χορός

σπεύδομεν αἵδʼ ἀφελεῖν τινὰ τάσδε μερίμνας,
360

θεῶν δʼ ἀτέλειαν ἐμαῖς μελέταις ἐπικραίνειν,

μηδʼ εἰς ἄγκρισιν ἐλθεῖν·

Ζεὺς δʼ αἱμοσταγὲς ἀξιόμισον ἔθνος τόδε λέσχας
365

ἇς ἀπηξιώσατο.

354a

Χορός

δωμάτων γὰρ εἱλόμαν

ἀνατροπάς, ὅταν Ἄρης

τιθασὸς ὢν φίλον ἕλῃ.

ἐπὶ τὸν ὧδʼ ἱέμεναι

κρατερὸν ὄνθʼ ὅμως ἀμαυ-

ροῦμεν ὑφʼ αἵματος νέου.

368

Χορός

δόξαι τʼ ἀνδρῶν καὶ μάλʼ ὑπʼ αἰθέρι σεμναὶ

τακόμεναι κατὰ γᾶν μινύθουσιν ἄτιμοι

ἁμετέραις ἐφόδοις μελανείμοσιν, ὀρχη-
370

σμοῖς τʼ ἐπιφθόνοις ποδός.

372

Χορός

μάλα γὰρ οὖν ἁλομένα

ἀνέκαθεν βαρυπεσῆ

καταφέρω ποδὸς ἀκμάν,

σφαλερὰ καὶ τανυδρόμοις
375

κῶλα, δύσφορον ἄταν.

377

Χορός

πίπτων δʼ οὐκ οἶδεν τόδʼ ὑπʼ ἄφρονι λύμᾳ·

τοῖον γὰρ ἐπὶ κνέφας ἀνδρὶ μύσος πεπόταται,

καὶ δνοφεράν τινʼ ἀχλὺν κατὰ δώματος αὐδᾶ-

ται πολύστονος φάτις.
380

372a

Χορός

μάλα γὰρ οὖν ἁλομένα

ἀνέκαθεν βαρυπεσῆ

καταφέρω ποδὸς ἀκμάν,

σφαλερὰ καὶ τανυδρόμοις

κῶλα, δύσφορον ἄταν.

381

Χορός

μένει γάρ. εὐμήχανοί

τε καὶ τέλειοι, κακῶν

τε μνήμονες σεμναὶ

καὶ δυσπαρήγοροι βροτοῖς,

ἄτιμʼ ἀτίετα διόμεναι
385

λάχη θεῶν διχοστατοῦντʼ ἀνηλίῳ

λάμπᾳ, δυσοδοπαίπαλα

δερκομένοισι καὶ δυσομμάτοις ὁμῶς.

389

Χορός

τίς οὖν τάδʼ οὐχ ἅζεταί

τε καὶ δέδοικεν βροτῶν,
390

ἐμοῦ κλύων θεσμὸν

τὸν μοιρόκραντον ἐκ θεῶν

δοθέντα τέλεον; ἔτι δέ μοι

μένει γέρας παλαιόν, οὐδʼ ἀτιμίας

κύρω, καίπερ ὑπὸ χθόνα
395

τάξιν ἔχουσα καὶ δυσήλιον κνέφας.

Εὐμενίδες (1518 edition; OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Eumenides, 1518 edition. VLM-assisted OCR with native lineation and automated correspondence to the Smyth edition.) — 276 focus

Ὀρέστης

φρενί,
265

ΑΙΣΧΥΛΟΥ

Ὀρέστης

ἐγὼ διδαχθεὶς ἐν κακοῖς ἐπίσταμαι.

πολλοὺς καθαρμούς, καὶ λέγειν ὅπου δίκη,

σιγᾶν θ’ ὁμοίως, ἐν δὲ τῷδε πράγματι·

φρονεῖν ἐτάχθην πρὸς σοφοῦ διδασκάλου.

βρίζει γὰρ αἷμα, καὶ μαραίνεται χερός,
270

μητροκτόνον μίασμα δ’ ἔκπλυτον πέλει,

ποταίνιον γὰρ ὂν πρὸς ἑστίᾳ θεοῦ.

φοίβου καθαρμοῖς ἠλάθη χοιροκτόνοις.

πολὺς δ’ ἐμοί γένοιτ’ ἂν ἐξ ἀρχῆς λόγος.

ὅσοις προσῆλθον ἀβλαβεῖ ξυνουσίᾳ.
275

χρόνος καθαιρεῖ πάντα γηράσκων ὁμοῦ.

καὶ νῦν ἀφ’ ἁγνοῦ στόματος εὐφήμως καλῶ.

χώρας ἄνασσαν τῆσδ’ ἀθηναίαν ἐμοί,

μολεῖν ἀρωγόν, κτήσεται δ’ ἄνευ δορός,

αὐτόν τε, καὶ γῆν, καὶ τὸν ἀργεῖον λεών.
280

πιστὸν δικαίως ἐς τὸ πᾶν τε σύμμαχον.

ἀλλ’ εἴτε χώρας ἐν τόποις λιβυστικοῖς.

τρίτωνος ἀμφὶ χεῦμα γενεθλίου πόρου.

τίθησιν ὀρθόν, ἢ κατηρεφῆ πόδα.

φίλοις ἀρήγουσ’ εἴτε φλεγραίαν πλάκα.
285

θρασὺς ταγοῦχος, ὡς ἀνὴρ ἐπισκοπεῖ.

ἔλθοι· κλύει δὲ καὶ πρόσωθεν ὢν θεός,

ὅπως γένοιτο τῶνδ’ ἐμοὶ λυτήριος.

Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 276 focus

ΟΡ

ἐγὼ διδαχθεὶς ἐν κακοῖς ἐπίσταμαι

πολλοὺς καθαρμοὺς, καὶ λέγειν ὅπου δίκη

σιγᾶν θ᾽ ὁμοίως· ἐν δὲ τῷδε πράγματι

φωνεῖν ἐτάχθην πρὸς σοφοῦ διδασκάλου·

βρίζει γὰρ αἷμα καὶ μαραίνεται χερός,
280

μητροκτόνον μίασμα δ᾽ ἔκπλυτον πέλει.

ποταίνιον γὰρ ὂν πρὸς ἑστίᾳ θεοῦ

Φοίβου καθαρμοῖς ἠλάθη χοιροκτόνοις.

πολὺς δέ μοι γένοιτ' ἂν ἐξ ἀρχῆς λόγος,

ὅσοις προσῆλθον ἀβλαβεῖ ξυνουσίᾳ.
285

[χρόνος καθαιρεῖ πάντα γηράσκων ὁμοῦ.]

καὶ νῦν ἀφ᾽ ἁγνοῦ στόματος εὐφήμως καλῶ

χώρας ἄνασσαν τῆσδ᾽ Αθηναίαν ἐμοὶ

μολεῖν ἀρωγόν· κτήσεται δ᾽ ἄνευ δορὸς

αὐτόν τε καὶ γῆν καὶ τὸν Ἀργεῖον λεὼν
290

πιστὸν δικαίως ἐς τὸ πᾶν τε σύμμαχον.

ἀλλ᾽ εἴτε χώρας ἐν τόποις Λιβυστικῆς,

Τρίτωνος ἀμφὶ χεῦμα γενεθλίου πόρου,

τίθησιν ὀρθὸν ἢ κατηρεφῆ πόδα,

φίλοις ἀρήγουσ᾽, εἴτε Φλεγραίαν πλάκα
295

θρασὺς ταγοῦχος ὡς ἀνὴρ ἐπισκοπεῖ,

ἔλθοι, κλύει δὲ καὶ πρόσωθεν ὢν θεὸς,

ὅπως γένοιτο τῶνδ᾽ ἐμοὶ λυτήριος.

Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 276 focus

Ὀρέστης

ἐγώ, διδαχθεὶς ἐν κακοῖς, ἐπίσταμαι

πολλοὺς καθαρμούς, καὶ λέγειν ὅπου δίκη

σιγᾶν θ᾽ ὁμοίως· ἐν δὲ τῷδε πράγματι
275

φωνεῖν ἐτάχθην πρὸς σοφοῦ διδασκάλου·

βρίζει γὰρ αἷμα καὶ μαραίνεται χερός,

μητροκτόνον μίασμα δ᾽ ἔκπλυτον πέλει.

ποταίνιον γὰρ ὄν, πρὸς ἑστίᾳ θεοῦ

Φοίβου καθαρμοῖς ηλάθη χοιροκτόνοις.
280

πολὺς δέ μοι γένοιτ' ἂν ἐξ ἀρχῆς λόγος,

ὅσοις προςῆλθον ἀβλαβεῖ ξυνουσίᾳ.

χρόνος καθαιρεῖ πάντα γηράσκων ὁμοῦ.

καὶ νῦν ἀφ᾽ ἁγνοῦ στόματος ευφήμως καλῶ

χώρας ἄνασσαν τῆςδ' Ἀθηναίαν, ἐμοὶ
285

μολεῖν ἀρωγόν· κτήσεται δ᾽ ἄνευ δορὸς

αὐτόν τε καὶ γῆν καὶ τὸν Ἀργεῖον λεών,

πιστὸν δικαίως ἐς τὸ πᾶν τε σύμμαχον.

ἀλλ᾽ εἴτε χώρας ἐν τόποις Λιβυστικοῖς,

Τρίτωνος ἀμφὶ χεῦμα γενεθλίου πόρου,
290

τίθησιν ὀρθὸν ἢ κατηρεφῆ πόδα,

φίλοις ἀρήγουσ', εἴτε Φλεγραίαν πλάκα

θρασὺς ταγοῦχος ὡς ἀνὴρ ἐπισκοπεῖ,

ἔλθοι (κλύει δὲ καὶ πρόσωθεν ὢν θεός),

ὅπως γένοιτο τῶνδ᾽ ἐμοὶ λυτήριος.
295

ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 276 focus

ΟΡ.

Ἐγὼ διδαχθεὶς ἐν κακοῖς ἐπίσταμαι

πολλοὺς καθαρμούς, καὶ λέγειν ὅπου δίκη

σιγᾶν θ' ὁμοίως· ἐν δὲ τῷδε πράγματι

φωνεῖν ἐτάχθην πρὸς σοφοῦ διδασκάλου·

βρίζει γὰρ αἷμα καὶ μαραίνεται χερός,
280

μητροκτόνον μίασμα δ' ἔκπλυτον πέλει·

ποταίνιον γὰρ ὂν πρὸς ἑστίᾳ θεοῦ

Φοίβου καθαρμοῖς ἠλάθη χοιροκτόνοις·

πολὺς δέ μοι γένοιτ' ἂν ἐξ ἀρχῆς λόγος

ὅσοις προσῆλθον ἀβλαβεῖ ξυνουσία·
285

χρόνος καθαιρεῖ πάντα γηράσκων γε διδάσκων ¹ ὁμοῦ.

Καὶ νῦν ἀφ᾽ ἁγνοῦ στόματος εὐφήμως καλῶ

χώρας ἄνασσαν τῆσδ' Ἀθηναίαν ἐμοί

ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ

[ΟΡ.]

μολεῖν ἀρωγόν· κτήσεται δ' ἄνευ δορός

αὐτόν τε καὶ γῆν καὶ τὸν ᾿Αργεῖον λεὼν
290

πιστὸν δικαίως ἐς τὸ πᾶν τε σύμμαχον.

Ἀλλ' εἴτε χώρας ἐν τόποις Λιβυστικοῖς,

Τρίτωνος ἀμφὶ χεῦμα γενεθλίου πόρου,

τίθησιν ὀρθὸν ἢ κατηρεφῆ πόδα,

φίλοις ἀρήγουσ', εἴτε Φλεγραίαν πλάκα
295

θρασὺς ταγοῦχος ὡς ἀνὴρ ἐπισκοπεῖ,

ἔλθοι — κλύει δὲ καὶ πρόσωθεν ὢν θεός —

ὅπως γένοιτο τῶνδ' ἐμοὶ τῶνδε μοι λυτήριος.

Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Arthur Sidgwick, 1887.) — 276 focus

ΟΡ.

ἐγὼ διδαχθεὶς ἐν κακοῖς ἐπίσταμαι

πολλοὺς καθαρμούς, καὶ λέγειν ὅπου δίκη,

σιγᾶν θ᾽ ὁμοίως· ἐν δὲ τῷδε πράγματι

φωνεῖν ἐτάχθην πρὸς σοφοῦ διδασκάλου·

βρίζει γὰρ αἷμα καὶ μαραίνεται χερός,
280

μητροκτόνον μίασμα δ᾽ ἔκπλυτον πέλει·

ποταίνιον γὰρ ὂν πρὸς ἑστίᾳ θεοῦ

Φοίβου καθαρμοῖς ἠλάθη χοιροκτόνοις.

πολὺς δέ μοι γένοιτ᾽ ἂν ἐξ ἀρχῆς λόγος,

¹

ὅσοις προσῆλθον ἀβλαβεῖ ξυνουσίᾳ.
285

χρόνος καθαιρεῖ πάντα γηράσκων ὁμοῦ.

καὶ νῦν ἀφ᾽ ἁγνοῦ στόματος εὐφήμως καλῶ

χώρας ἄνασσαν τῆσδ᾽ Ἀθηναίαν ἐμοὶ

μολεῖν ἀρωγόν· κτήσεται δ᾽ ἄνευ δορὸς

αὐτόν τε καὶ γῆν καὶ τὸν Ἀργεῖον λεών,

πιστὸν δικαίως ἐς τὸ πᾶν τε σύμμαχον.
290

ἀλλ᾽ εἴτε χώρας ἐν τόποις Λιβυστικοῖς,

Τρίτωνος ἀμφὶ χεῦμα γενεθλίου πόρου,

τίθησιν ὀρθὸν ἢ κατηρεφῆ πόδα

φίλοις ἀρήγουσ', εἴτε Φλεγραίαν πλάκα,

θρασὺς ταγοῦχος ὡς ἀνὴρ ἐπισκοπεῖ,
295

ἔλθοι,-κλύει δὲ καὶ πρόσωθεν ὢν θεός, –

ὅπως γένοιτο τῶνδ᾽ ἐμοὶ λυτήριος.

Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 276 focus

ἐγὼ διδαχθεὶς ἐν κακοῖς ἐπίσταμαι

πολλοὺς καθαρμούς, καὶ λέγειν ὅπου δίκη

σιγᾶν θ᾽ ὁμοίως· ἐν δὲ τῷδε πράγματι

φωνεῖν ἐτάχθην πρὸς σοφοῦ διδασκάλου·

βρίζει γὰρ αἷμα καὶ μαραίνεται χερός,
280

μητροκτόνον μίασμα δ᾽ ἔκπλυτον πέλει.

ποταίνιον γὰρ ὂν πρὸς ἑστίᾳ θεοῦ

Φοίβου καθαρμοῖς ἠλάθη χοιροκτόνοις.

πολὺς δέ μοι γένοιτ᾽ ἂν ἐξ ἀρχῆς λόγος,

ὅσοις προσῆλθον ἀβλαβεῖ ξυνουσίᾳ.
285

[χρόνος καθαιρεῖ πάντα γηράσκων ὁμοῦ.]

καὶ νῦν ἀφ᾽ ἁγνοῦ στόματος εὐφήμως καλῶ

¹²³⁴⁵⁶

τιν᾽ τίν' ἀσεβοῦντες τοκῆας olim ἔχονθ᾽ ἔχοντε Μ, ἔχονθ' m. πολλοὺς καθαρμούς πολλοῖσι καιρούς πολὺς πολὺσ ⁷⁸ καθαίρει

ΟΡΕΣΤΗΣ

χώρας ἄνασσαν τῆσδ᾽ Ἀθηναίαν ἐμοὶ

μολεῖν ἀρωγόν· κτήσεται δ᾽ ἄνευ δορὸς

αὐτόν τε καὶ γῆν καὶ τὸν Ἀργεῖον λεὼν
290

πιστὸν δικαίως ἐς τὸ πᾶν τε σύμμαχον.

ἀλλ᾽ εἴτε χώρας ἐν τόποις Λιβυστικοῖς,

Τρίτωνος ἀμφὶ χεῦμα γενεθλίου πόρου,

τίθησιν ὀρθὸν ἢ κατηρεφῆ πόδα,

φίλοις ἀρήγουσ᾽, εἴτε Φλεγραίαν πλάκα
295

θρασὺς ταγοῦχος ὡς ἀνὴρ ἐπισκοπεῖ,

ἔλθοι, κλύει δὲ καὶ πρόσωθεν ὢν θεός,

ὅπως γένοιτο τῶνδ᾽ ἐμοὶ λυτήριος.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 276 focus

ΟΡ.

ἐγὼ διδαχθεὶς ἐν κακοῖς ἐπίσταμαι

†πολλοὺς καθαρμούς,† καὶ λέγειν ὅπου δίκη

σιγᾶν θ’ ὁμοίως· ἐν δὲ τῶιδε πράγματι

φωνεῖν ἐτάχθην πρὸς σοφοῦ διδασκάλου.

βρίζει γὰρ αἷμα καὶ μαραίνεται χερός,
280

μητροκτόνον μίασμα δ᾽ ἔκπλυτον πέλει,

ποταίνιον γὰρ ὂν πρὸς ἑστίαι θεοῦ

Φοίβου καθαρμοῖς ἠλάθη χοιροκτόνοις.

πολὺς δέ μοι γένοιτ’ ἂν ἐξ ἀρχῆς λόγος,

ὅσοις προσῆλθον ἀβλαβεῖ ξυνουσίαι·
285

¹²

ΟΡ.

χρόνος καθαίρει πάντα γηράσκων ὁμοῦ.

καὶ νῦν ἀφ’ ἁγνοῦ στόματος εὐφήμως καλῶ

χώρας ἄνασσαν τῆσδ᾽ Ἀθηναίαν ἐμοί

μολεῖν ἀρωγόν· κτήσεται δ’ ἄνευ δορός

αὐτόν τε καὶ γῆν καὶ τὸν Ἀργεῖον λεών
290

πιστὸν δικαίως εἰς τὸ πᾶν τε σύμμαχον.

ἀλλ᾽ εἴτε χώρας ἐν τόποις Λιβυστικῆς

Τρίτωνος ἀμφὶ χεῦμα γενεθλίου πόρου

τίθησιν ὀρθὸν ἢ κατηρεφῆ πόδα

φίλοις ἀρήγουσ’, εἴτε Φλεγραίαν πλάκα
295

θρασὺς ταγοῦχος ὡς ἀνὴρ ἐπισκοπεῖ,

ἔλθοι — κλύει δὲ καὶ πρόσωθεν ὢν θεός —

ὅπως γένοιτο τῶνδ’ ἐμοὶ λυτήριος.

Aeschyli Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Eumenides. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 276 focus

ΟΡ.

ἐγὼ διδαχθεὶς ἐν κακοῖς ἐπίσταμαι
275

Numeri:

259-76 dochmii cum iambis. 4d 2i (altero metro conciso) 4 d 3i 2i (ut supra) 2d 3i2d 3i (ultimo metro conciso) 4i (ter concisi) 3d (lacunosa) 3i 3i 3d.

Testim.:

277 Nonius 475, 3 Ennius Eumenidibus: sapere opino esse optimum, ut pro viribus tacere ac fabulari tute noveris (tacere op. - sapere atque f. codd. corr. ad Aeschyli verba Bothe).

Apparatus Criticus

λεύσσετε λεύσσε τον λεῦσσε τόν λεῦσσέ τε¹ φύγδα φυγάδα [δ] ὁ del. [οὖν] αὑτέ γ'² περὶ βρέτει πλεχθεὶς περιβλέπει πλαγχθείς χρεῶν χρεών χερῶν δυσαγκόμιστον δυσαγκόμιστρον πέδοι χύμενον πέδωι κεχυμένον βοσκὰn φεροίμαν πώματος βασκὰν φεροίμην πόματος ἰσχνάνασ᾽ ἰχνάνασ᾽ ἰσχάνασ᾽ (ἵν᾽) add. ἵv' ἵνα ante τίνηις inserebat textui suo τίνηις τείνης et . εισ. μητροφόντας δύας μητροφόνας δύη³ δὲ κεἴ τις δ᾽ ἐκεῖ τίς ἄλλος ἄλλον ἀσεβῶν ἀσεβεῖν τινά (credibile)⁴ ἔχονθ᾽ ἔχοντ᾽ ἐπωπᾶι φρενί ἐποπτᾶι τῇ φρενί

ΟΡ.

πολλοὺς καθαρμούς, καὶ λέγειν ὅπου δίκη

σιγᾶν θ᾽ ὁμοίως· ἐν δὲ τῶιδε πράγματι

φωνεῖν ἐτάχθην πρὸς σοφοῦ διδασκάλου·

βρίζει γὰρ αἷμα καὶ μαραίνεται χερός,

μητροκτόνον μίασμα δ᾽ ἔκπλυτον πέλει.
280

ποταίνιον γὰρ ὂν πρὸς ἑστίαι θεοῦ

Φοίβου καθαρμοῖς ἠλάθη χοιροκτόνοις.

πολὺς δέ μοι γένοιτ᾽ ἂν ἐξ ἀρχῆς λόγος,

ὅσοις προσῆλθον ἀβλαβεῖ ξυνουσίαι·

[χρόνος καθαιρεῖ πάντα γηράσκων ὁμοῦ.]
285

καὶ νῦν ἀφ᾽ ἁγνοῦ στόματος εὐφήμως καλῶ

χώρας ἄνασσαν τῆσδ᾽ Ἀθηναίαν ἐμοί

μολεῖν ἀρωγόν· κτήσεται δ᾽ ἄνευ δορός

αὐτόν τε καὶ γῆν καὶ τὸν ᾿Αργεῖον λεών

πιστὸν δικαίως ἐς τὸ πᾶν τε σύμμαχον.
290

ἀλλ᾽ εἴτε χώρας ἐν τόποις Λιβυστικῆς

Τρίτωνος ἀμφὶ χεῦμα γενεθλίου πόρου

τίθησιν ὀρθὸν ἢ κατηρεφῆ πόδα

φίλοις ἀρήγουσ᾽, εἴτε Φλεγραίαν πλάκα

θρασὺς ταγοῦχος ὡς ἀνὴρ ἐπισκοπεῖ,
295

ἔλθοι (κλύει δὲ καὶ πρόσωθεν ὢν θεός),

ὅπως γένοιτο τῶνδέ μοι λυτήριος.

Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by F. A. Paley, 1885.) — 276 focus

ἐγὼ, διδαχθεὶς ἐν κακοῖς, ἐπίσταμαι

πολλοὺς καθαρμοὺς, καὶ λέγειν ὅπου δίκη,

σιγᾶν θ᾽ ὁμοίως· ἐν δὲ τῷδε πράγματι

φωνεῖν ἐτάχθην πρὸς σοφοῦ διδασκάλου·

βρίζει γὰρ αἷμα καὶ μαραίνεται χερός,
270

μητροκτόνον μίασμα δ᾽ ἔκπλυτον πέλει·

ποταίνιον γὰρ ὂν πρὸς ἑστίᾳ θεοῦ

Φοίβου καθαρμοῖς ἠλάθη χοιροκτόνοις.

πολὺς δέ μοι γένοιτ᾽ ἂν ἐξ ἀρχῆς λόγος,

ὅσοις προσῆλθον ἀβλαβεῖ ξυνουσίᾳ.
275

χρόνος καθαίρει πάντα γηράσκων ὁμοῦ.

καὶ νῦν ἀφ᾽ ἁγνοῦ στόματος εὐφήμως καλῶ

χώρας ἄνασσαν τῆσδ᾽ ᾿Αθηναίαν ἐμοὶ

μολεῖν ἀρωγόν· κτήσεται δ᾽ ἄνευ δορὸς

αὐτόν τε καὶ γῆν καὶ τὸν ᾿Αργεῖον λεών,
280

πιστὸν δικαίως ἐς τὸ πᾶν τε σύμμαχον.

ἀλλ᾽ εἴτε χώρας ἐν τόποις Λιβυστικοῖς,

Τρίτωνος ἀμφὶ χεῦμα γενεθλίου πόρου,

τίθησιν ὀρθὸν ἢ κατηρεφή πόδα

φίλοις ἀρήγουσ᾽, εἴτε Φλεγραίαν πλάκα,
285

θρασύς ταγοῦχος ὡς ἀνὴρ, ἐπισκοπεῖ,

ἔλθοι,-κλύει δὲ καὶ πρόσωθεν ὢν θεὸς, -

ὅπως γένοιτο τῶνδ᾽ ἐμοὶ λυτήριος.

Χορός

Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by Friedrich Blass, 1907.) — 276 focus

ἐγὼ διδαχθεὶς ἐν κακοῖς ἐπίσταμαι

πολλῶν τε καιρούς, καὶ λέγειν ὅπου δίκη

σιγᾶν θ᾽ ὁμοίως· ἐν δὲ τῶιδε πράγματι

φωνεῖν ἐτάχθην πρὸς σοφοῦ διδασκάλου.

βρίζει γὰρ αἷμα καὶ μαραίνεται χερός,
280

μητροκτόνον μίασμα δ᾽ ἔκπλυτον πέλει.

ποταίνιον γὰρ ὂν πρὸς ἑστίᾶι θεοῦ

Φοίβου καθαρμοῖς ἠλάθη χοιροκτόνοις.

πολὺς δέ μοι γένοιτ᾽ ἂν ἐξ ἀρχῆς λόγος,

ὅσοις προσῆλθον ἀβλαβεῖ ξυνουσίαι.
285

χρόνος καθαίρει πάντα γηράσκων ὁμοῦ.

καὶ νῦν ἀφ᾽ ἁγνοῦ στόματος εὐφήμως καλῶ

χώρας ἄνασσαν τῆσδ᾽ Ἀθηναίαν ἐμοὶ

μολεῖν ἀρωγόν· κτήσεται δ᾽ ἄνευ δορὸς

αὐτόν τε καὶ γῆν καὶ τὸν Ἀργεῖον λεὼν
290

πιστὸν δικαίως ἐς τὸ πᾶν τε σύμμαχον.

ἀλλ᾽ εἴτε χώρας ἐν τόποις Λιβυστικῆς,

Τρίτωνος ἀμφὶ χεῦμα γενεθλίου πόρου,

τίθησιν ὀρθὸν οὐ κατηρεφῆ πόδα,

φίλοις ἀρήγουσ᾽, εἴτε Φλεγραίαν πλάκα
295

θρασὺς ταγοῦχος ὡς ἀνὴρ ἐπισκοπεῖ,

ἔλθοι, κλύει δὲ καὶ πρόσωθεν ὢν θεός,

ὅπως γένοιτο τῶνδ᾽ ἐμοὶ λυτήριος.

Χορός

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.)) — 299-395 focus

Chorus

No, neither Apollo nor Athena’s strength

can save you from perishing abandoned, not knowing where joy is in your heart—a bloodless victim of the gods below, a shadow.
You do not answer, but scorn my words, you who are fattened and consecrated to me?
300

Living, you will be my feast, not slain at an altar; now you will hear this hymn, a spell to bind you.
305

307

Chorus

Come now, let us also join the dance, since we are resolved to display our hated song

and to declare our allotted office, how our party directs the affairs of men. We claim to be just and upright. No wrath from us will come stealthily to the one who holds out clean hands,
310

and he will go through life unharmed; but whoever sins, as this man has, and hides his blood-stained hands, as avengers of bloodshed we appear against him to the end, presenting ourselves as upright witnesses for the dead.
315

321

Chorus

O mother Night, hear me, mother who gave birth to me as a retribution for the blind and the seeing. For Leto’s son dishonors me

by snatching away this cowering wretch, a proper expiation for his mother’s blood.
325

328

Chorus

This is our song over the sacrificial victim—frenzied,

maddened, destroying the mind, the Furies’ hymn, a spell to bind the soul, not tuned to the lyre, withering the life of mortals.
330

334

Chorus

For this is the office that relentless

Fate spun for us to hold securely: when rash murders of kin come upon mortals, we pursue them until they go under the earth; and after death,
335

they have no great freedom.
340

341

Chorus

This is our song over the sacrificial victim—frenzied, maddened, destroying the mind,the Furies’ hymn,

a spell to bind the soul, not tuned to the lyre, withering the life of mortals.
345

347

Chorus

This office was ordained for us at birth;

but the immortal gods must hold back their hands from us, nor does any of them share a feast in common with us; and I have neither lot nor portion of pure white ceremonial robes
350

354

Chorus

For I have chosen the overthrow of houses,

whenever violence raised in the home seizes someone near and dear. So speeding after this man, we weaken him, even though he is strong, because of the fresh blood.
355

360

Chorus

We are eager to take these cares away from another, and to establish for the gods exemption from my concerns, so that it will not come to trial;
360

for Zeus has considered us, a blood-dripping, hateful band, unworthy of his council.
365

354a

Chorus

For I have chosen the overthrow of houses,

whenever violence raised in the home seizes someone near and dear. Speeding after this man, we weaken him, even though he is strong, because of the fresh blood.

368

Chorus

And men’s thoughts, very proud under the sky, waste away and dwindle in dishonor beneath the earth,

at our attack in black robes and the vindictive dance of our feet.
370

372

Chorus

For surely with a great leap from above I bring down the heavily falling force of my foot,

my limbs that trip even swift runners—unendurable ruin.
375

377

Chorus

But, as he falls, he does not know it, because of his senseless folly; pollution hovers over the man in such darkness, and mournful rumor speaks of

a dark mist over his house.
380

372a

Chorus

For surely with a great leap from above I bring down the heavily falling force of my foot,

my limbs that trip even swift runners—unendurable ruin.

381

Chorus

For it remains. We are skilled in plotting, powerful in execution, and we remember evil deeds; we are revered and hard for mortals to appease,

pursuing our allotted office which is without rights, without honor, separated from the gods in sunless light—our office that makes the path rough for seeing and dim-sighted alike.
385

389

Chorus

What mortal, then, does not

stand in awe and dread of this, when he hears from me the law ordained by Fate, given by the gods for perfect fulfilment? My ancient privilege still remains, I do not meet with dishonor,
390

although I have my place under the earth and in sunless darkness.
395

The Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (The Eumenides. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 276 focus

I, taught in evils, know many ablutions; and to speak, when it is proper, and to be silent in like manner: but in this thing I was enjoined to speak by a wise teacher: for the blood sleeps and fades from my hand, and the matricidal pollution is washed out. For being fresh, at the hearth of the god Phœbus it was banished by ablations from the sacrifice of swine . But it would be a long tale to me from the beginning [to tell] how many I approached with harmless intercourse. Time removes all things growing old at the same time. And now from pure mouth piously I call on Minerva, queen of this region, to come to me an assistant; and she shall possess without the spear both me myself, and my land, and the Argive people, justly faithful, and an ally for ever. But whether in the places of the Lybian region around the wave of Triton, her native stream, she sets her foot upright or covered , aiding her friends, or surveys the Phlegraean plain, like a bold leader, let her come, (and she hears even afar, being a goddess,) that she may be a deliverer to me from these things.

CHORUS

LES EUMÉNIDES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES EUMÉNIDES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 276 focus

tout garde fidèle empreinte.

Sans tourner la tête vers les Érinyes, Oreste continue d'implorer Athéna.

ORESTE.

Instruit dans le malheur, je sais plus d'une façon dont on peut se purifier, et je sais aussi bien où l'on doit se taire et où l'on a droit de parler. Dans le cas pré- sent j'ai reçu d'un sage maître l'ordre d'élever la voix. Le
sang sur ma main s'endort et s'efface; la souillure du parri- cide est lavée. Elle était fraîche encore quand, au foyer de Phoibos, l'offrande purificatrice d'un pourceau immolé l'a chassée loin de moi. Et le compte entier serait long de
tous ceux que j'ai approchés, sans que mon contact leur ait fait le moindre mal. Il n'est rien que le temps en vieillissant n'efface ¹. Je puis donc, à cette heure, d'une bouche pure, invoquer sans sacrilège celle qui règne en ce

LES EUMÉNIDES

[ORESTE]

pays : qu'Athéna vienne à mon aide et, sans effort guer-
rier, elle conquerra Oreste et sa terre et le peuple d'Argos, qui lui sera sûr allié, loyalement et pour toujours. Soit donc qu'au pays libyen, près du fleuve Triton ², dont les bords l'ont vue naître, elle aille, ouvertement ou voilée d'ombre ³, au secours des siens; soit qu'elle inspecte, ainsi
qu'un hardi chef de guerre, la plaine de Phlégra ⁴ — un dieu entend les plus lointains appels — ah! qu'elle vienne à moi et, de celles-ci, me délivre

The Furies (OCR draft) Experimental (The Furies. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 276 focus

Train'd in affliction's rigid lore, I know

305

Many ablutions: when to ſpeak I know,

When to be filent: inſpiration now

With heav'nly wisdom prompts my tongue to plead.

The faded blood is vaniſh'd from my hands,

Nor from my mother's ſlaughter leaves a ſtain;

310

The recent crimſon at Apollo's ſhrine

Waſh'd off with lavers pure, with offer'd victims

Aton'd.

This honeſt prelude might be graced

With many' an argument: nor came I hither
315

Conforted with a vile and impious band.

All things with time grow old, and wear away.

And now from hallow'd lips my pious pray'r

Invokes the pow'r preſiding o'er this realm,

Royal Minerva, that ſhe haſte to aid
320

Her ſuppliant: ſo with voluntary zeal

Myſelf, my country, all the Argive people,

To her with justice I devote for ever.

If in the coaſts of Libya, on the banks

Of Triton, native ſtreame, ſhe ſets her foot
325

Or bare, or buſkin'd, prompt to aid her friends;

If o'er the plains of Phlegra, like a chief

That marſhals his bold troops, ſhe darts her eye,

Her preſence I implore; tho' diſtant far,

The Goddeſs hears; to free me from these ills.
330

CHORUS.

Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 276 focus

Dalle sciagure ammaestrato, appresi

305

ciò che convenga in ogni evento; e so

quando parlar convien, quando il silenzio.

Saggio maestro or favellar m'impone.

Langue su la mia man, si strugge il sangue :

del matricidio la recente macchia
310

lavata è già con sangue espiatorio

presso l'ara del Dio fu cancellata :

lungo sarebbe annoverare quanti

contatto ebbero meco, e illesi andarono.

E santamente e con pio labbro, adesso
315

chiamo la Dea di questa terra, Atena,

che a soccorrermi giunga. Ella, senz'armi,

e me stesso e la terra e il popol d'Argo

fido alleato ognor guadagnerà.

O sia che tu ne le contrade libiche
320

su'l fluviale tramite tritonio

che ti die' vita, a sostener gli amici,

o nascosto o palese il piede avanzi,

o sia che, ardita guidatrice, vigili

con virile saldezza il pian di Flegra,
325

tu, che sei Dea, che pur da lungi m'odi,

amami, e me da queste pene salva.

FURIA I

Aeschylus, Eumenides: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Eumenides: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 276 focus

Ego edoctus in malis ſcio

Multas expiationes, & dicere ubi iuſticia ſit,

270

Tacereq; ſimiliter, in hoc uerò negotio

Sapere conſtitutus ſum à docto præceptore.

Torpet enim ſanguis, & tabefacit manum.

Maternū ſcelus dilutum est.

Recens enim in ara dei exiſtens

275

Phœbi, purgationibus expulſum est manufactis.

Multus uerò mihi fiat à principio ſermo,

Qui acceſsi innocuo conſortio,

Tempus purgat omnia ſeneſcens ſimul.

Et nunc ex casto ore ſuauiter uoco.
280

Regionis reginam huius Minerua, mihi

Venire in auxilium, poſsidebit uerò ſine hasta

Ipſum, & terram, & Argiuum populum,

Fidelem iuſtè in omnibus ſocium.

Sed ſi in locis regionis Libyſticis,
285

Tritonis circum fluctum genitalis uadi

Ponit rectum & longè ducentem pedem,

Amicis opitulans, ſiue Phlegræam glebam.

Audaciæ dux tanquam uir ſpeculatur,

Venit, audit uerò procul deus exiſtens,
290

Vtcunq; sit mihi horum liberator.

Cho.

Aeschylus, Die Eumeniden: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Eumeniden: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 276 focus

Es waltet im Schoſse der Erden

der Sterblichen mächtiger Richter,

der Herr im Reiche des Todes.

275 Allsehend bucht er jede Schuld.

Orestes.

Gar manche Vorsicht hat mein Unglück mich gelehrt,

die Reinheit nicht zu trüben, und so weiſs ich auch,

wo Rede ziemt, wo Schweigen. Hier ermächtigt mich

das Wort zu nehmen eines weisen Lehrers Spruch.

280 Das Blut vertrocknet an den Händen und verraucht,

des Muttermordes Flecken werden abgespült.

Denn da es frisch war, ward des Bluts Besudelung

an Phoibos' reinem Herde durch den sühnenden

Blutstrom des Opfertieres von der Hand getilgt.

285 Zu lang ist's aufzuzählen, mit wie vielen ich

seitdem verkehrt und keinem Schädigung gebracht.

287 So ist es nicht Entweihung, wenn mit reinem Mund

ich jetzt Athena, dieser Stadt Gebieterin,

anrufe, hilfreich mir zu kommen. Ohne Kampf

290 kann einen Bund'sgenossen sie für alle Zeit

in mir, in meinem Lande, in Argos ganzem Volk

gewinnen, dessen Treue nimmer wanken wird.

Mag fern an Tritons Fluten sie ihr libysches

Geburtsland hegen, schreitend oder ruhend, stets

der Ihren sorgend, mag sie kühn mit Männerblick,

295 mit Feldherrnblick die Wahlstatt der Gigantenschlacht,

das Feld von Phlegra überschau'n, erscheine sie:

dem Götterohr vernehmlich tönt der ferne Ruf;

und bringe sie Erlösung mir aus dieser Not.

Chorführerin.

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.) — 276 focus

I, schooled in many miseries, have learnt

How many refuges of cleansing shrines
320

There be; I know when law alloweth speech

And when imposeth silence. Lo, I stand

Fixed now to speak, for he whose word is wise

Commands the same. Look, how the stain of blood

Is dull upon mine hand and wastes away,
325

And laved and lost therewith is the deep curse

Of matricide; for while the guilt was new,

'Twas banished from me at Apollo's hearth,

Atoned and purified by death of swine.

Long were my word if I should sum the tale,
330

How oft since then among my fellow-men

I stood and brought no curse. Time cleanses all—

Time, the coeval of all things that are.

Now from pure lips, in words of omen fair,

I call Athena, lady of this land,
335

To come, my champion: so, in aftertime,

She shall not fail of love and service leal,

Not won by war, from me and from my land

And all the folk of Argos, vowed to her.

Now, be she far away in Libyan land
340

Where flows from Triton's lake her natal wave,—

Stand she with planted feet,¹ or in some hour

Of rest conceal them, champion of her friends

Where'er she be,—or whether o'er the plain

Phlegræan she look forth, as warrior bold—
345

I cry to her to come, where'er she be,

(And she, as goddess, from afar can hear,)

And aid and free me, set among my foes.

Chorus.

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.) — 276 focus

In langer Leidensschule ward ich wohlvertraut
265

Mit vielen Sühngebräuchen, weiß, wo Reden ziemt,

Wo Schweigen recht ist. Aber hier an diesem Ort

Gebot ein weiser Meister laut zu reden mir.

Schläft doch das Blutmal und verbleicht an meiner Hand;

Des Muttermordes Gräuel ist hinweggespült.
270

Frisch waren seine Flecken noch, am Seherherd

Vertilgt' ihn Phöbos durch der Opferferken Blut.

Viel Worte braucht' ich, zählt' ich auf, wie Viele schon

Mit mir verkehrten, ohne daß sie Schaden traf.

Die Zeit entsündigt Alles und sie selbst ergraut.
275

So fleh' ich reinen Mundes nun mit frommem Wort

Zu dieses Landes Herrscherin Athene, mir

Hülfreich zu nahen. Dann gewinnt sie sonder Kampf

Mich selbst, der Argossöhne Land und Volk zugleich,

Wahrhaft zu treuer, steter Wehrgenossenschaft.
280

Drum, ob sie jetzt in fernen Fluren Libya's,

Am Wasser Tritons, ihrer heimatlichen Flut,

Den Fuß gesenkt hat oder hochhinschreitend eilt¹

Zum Schuß der Ihren, oder ob sie Phlegra's Feld

Heerschaaren ordnend überschaut, ein kühner Held:
285

Sie komme, (denn auch ferne ja vernimmt ein Gott,)

Auf daß sie dieser Leiden mich erledige!

Der Chor.

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

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.)

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Χορός ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ τεθυμένῳ τόδε μέλος, παρακοπά, παραφορὰ 13 φρενοδαλής, 330 ὕμνος ἐξ Ἐρινύων, δέσμιος φρενῶν, ἀφόρ- μικτος, αὐονὰ βροτοῖς. 334

Χορός ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ τεθυμένῳ τόδε μέλος, παρακοπά, παραφορὰ 17 φρενοδαλής, ὕμνος 18 ἐξ Ἐρινύων, δέσμιος φρενῶν, ἀφόρ- 345 μικτος, αὐονὰ βροτοῖς. 347

Χορός ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ τεθυμένῳ τόδε μέλος, παρακοπά, παραφορὰ φρενοδαλής, 330 ὕμνος ἐξ Ἐρινύων, δέσμιος φρενῶν, ἀφόρ- μικτος, αὐονὰ βροτοῖς.

Χορός ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ τεθυμένῳ τόδε μέλος, παρακοπά, παραφορὰ φρενοδαλής, ὕμνος ἐξ Ἐρινύων, δέσμιος φρενῶν, ἀφόρ- 345 μικτος, αὐονὰ βροτοῖς.

Χορός δωμάτων γὰρ εἱλόμαν ἀνατροπάς, ὅταν Ἄρης 355 τιθασὸς ὢν φίλον ἕλῃ. ἐπὶ τὸν ὧδʼ ἱέμεναι κρατερὸν ὄνθʼ ὅμως ἀμαυ- ροῦμεν ὑφʼ αἵματος νέου.

Χορός δωμάτων γὰρ εἱλόμαν ἀνατροπάς, ὅταν Ἄρης τιθασὸς ὢν φίλον ἕλῃ. ἐπὶ τὸν ὧδʼ ἱέμεναι κρατερὸν ὄνθʼ ὅμως ἀμαυ- ροῦμεν ὑφʼ αἵματος νέου.

Χορός δόξαι τʼ ἀνδρῶν καὶ μάλʼ ὑπʼ αἰθέρι σεμναὶ τακόμεναι κατὰ γᾶν μινύθουσιν ἄτιμοι ἁμετέραις ἐφόδοις μελανείμοσιν, ὀρχη- 370 σμοῖς τʼ ἐπιφθόνοις ποδός.

Χορός μάλα γὰρ οὖν ἁλομένα ἀνέκαθεν βαρυπεσῆ καταφέρω ποδὸς ἀκμάν, σφαλερὰ καὶ τανυδρόμοις 375 κῶλα, δύσφορον ἄταν.

Χορός μάλα γὰρ οὖν ἁλομένα ἀνέκαθεν βαρυπεσῆ καταφέρω ποδὸς ἀκμάν, σφαλερὰ καὶ τανυδρόμοις κῶλα, δύσφορον ἄταν.

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Χορός

Χορός

Chorus O mother Night, hear me, mother who gave birth to me as a retribution for the blind and the seeing. For Leto’s son dishonors me by snatching away this cowering wretch, a proper expiation for his mother’s blood. 325

Chorus This is our song over the sacrificial victim—frenzied, maddened, destroying the mind, the Furies’ hymn, a spell to bind the soul, not tuned to the lyre, withering the life of mortals. 330

Chorus For this is the office that relentless Fate spun for us to hold securely: when rash murders of kin come upon mortals, we pursue them until they go under the earth; and after death, 335 they have no great freedom. 340

Chorus This is our song over the sacrificial victim—frenzied, maddened, destroying the mind,the Furies’ hymn, a spell to bind the soul, not tuned to the lyre, withering the life of mortals. 345

Chorus This office was ordained for us at birth; but the immortal gods must hold back their hands from us, nor does any of them share a feast in common with us; and I have neither lot nor portion of pure white ceremonial robes 350

Chorus For I have chosen the overthrow of houses, whenever violence raised in the home seizes someone near and dear. So speeding after this man, we weaken him, even though he is strong, because of the fresh blood. 355

Chorus We are eager to take these cares away from another, and to establish for the gods exemption from my concerns, so that it will not come to trial; 360 for Zeus has considered us, a blood-dripping, hateful band, unworthy of his council. 365

Chorus For I have chosen the overthrow of houses, whenever violence raised in the home seizes someone near and dear. Speeding after this man, we weaken him, even though he is strong, because of the fresh blood.

Chorus And men’s thoughts, very proud under the sky, waste away and dwindle in dishonor beneath the earth, at our attack in black robes and the vindictive dance of our feet. 370

Chorus For surely with a great leap from above I bring down the heavily falling force of my foot, my limbs that trip even swift runners—unendurable ruin. 375

Chorus But, as he falls, he does not know it, because of his senseless folly; pollution hovers over the man in such darkness, and mournful rumor speaks of a dark mist over his house. 380

Chorus For surely with a great leap from above I bring down the heavily falling force of my foot, my limbs that trip even swift runners—unendurable ruin.

Chorus What mortal, then, does not stand in awe and dread of this, when he hears from me the law ordained by Fate, given by the gods for perfect fulfilment? My ancient privilege still remains, I do not meet with dishonor, 390 although I have my place under the earth and in sunless darkness. 395

CHORUS

CHORUS.

FURIA I

Cho.

Chorführerin.

Chorus.

Der Chor.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

Χορός

ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ τεθυμένῳ

τόδε μέλος, παρακοπά,

παραφορὰ¹³ φρενοδαλής,
330

ὕμνος ἐξ Ἐρινύων,

δέσμιος φρενῶν, ἀφόρ-

μικτος, αὐονὰ βροτοῖς.

334

Χορός

ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ τεθυμένῳ

τόδε μέλος, παρακοπά,

παραφορὰ¹⁷ φρενοδαλής,

ὕμνος¹⁸ ἐξ Ἐρινύων,

δέσμιος φρενῶν, ἀφόρ-
345

μικτος, αὐονὰ βροτοῖς.

347

Χορός

ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ τεθυμένῳ

τόδε μέλος, παρακοπά,

παραφορὰ φρενοδαλής,
330

ὕμνος ἐξ Ἐρινύων,

δέσμιος φρενῶν, ἀφόρ-

μικτος, αὐονὰ βροτοῖς.

Χορός

ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ τεθυμένῳ

τόδε μέλος, παρακοπά,

παραφορὰ φρενοδαλής,

ὕμνος ἐξ Ἐρινύων,

δέσμιος φρενῶν, ἀφόρ-
345

μικτος, αὐονὰ βροτοῖς.

Χορός

δωμάτων γὰρ εἱλόμαν

ἀνατροπάς, ὅταν Ἄρης
355

τιθασὸς ὢν φίλον ἕλῃ.

ἐπὶ τὸν ὧδʼ ἱέμεναι

κρατερὸν ὄνθʼ ὅμως ἀμαυ-

ροῦμεν ὑφʼ αἵματος νέου.

Χορός

δωμάτων γὰρ εἱλόμαν

ἀνατροπάς, ὅταν Ἄρης

τιθασὸς ὢν φίλον ἕλῃ.

ἐπὶ τὸν ὧδʼ ἱέμεναι

κρατερὸν ὄνθʼ ὅμως ἀμαυ-

ροῦμεν ὑφʼ αἵματος νέου.

Χορός

δόξαι τʼ ἀνδρῶν καὶ μάλʼ ὑπʼ αἰθέρι σεμναὶ

τακόμεναι κατὰ γᾶν μινύθουσιν ἄτιμοι

ἁμετέραις ἐφόδοις μελανείμοσιν, ὀρχη-
370

σμοῖς τʼ ἐπιφθόνοις ποδός.

Χορός

μάλα γὰρ οὖν ἁλομένα

ἀνέκαθεν βαρυπεσῆ

καταφέρω ποδὸς ἀκμάν,

σφαλερὰ καὶ τανυδρόμοις
375

κῶλα, δύσφορον ἄταν.

Χορός

μάλα γὰρ οὖν ἁλομένα

ἀνέκαθεν βαρυπεσῆ

καταφέρω ποδὸς ἀκμάν,

σφαλερὰ καὶ τανυδρόμοις

κῶλα, δύσφορον ἄταν.

Ὀρέστης

φρενί,
265

ΟΡ.

ἐγὼ διδαχθεὶς ἐν κακοῖς ἐπίσταμαι
275

Chorus

O mother Night, hear me, mother who gave birth to me as a retribution for the blind and the seeing. For Leto’s son dishonors me

by snatching away this cowering wretch, a proper expiation for his mother’s blood.
325

Chorus

This is our song over the sacrificial victim—frenzied,

maddened, destroying the mind, the Furies’ hymn, a spell to bind the soul, not tuned to the lyre, withering the life of mortals.
330

Chorus

For this is the office that relentless

Fate spun for us to hold securely: when rash murders of kin come upon mortals, we pursue them until they go under the earth; and after death,
335

they have no great freedom.
340

Chorus

This is our song over the sacrificial victim—frenzied, maddened, destroying the mind,the Furies’ hymn,

a spell to bind the soul, not tuned to the lyre, withering the life of mortals.
345

Chorus

This office was ordained for us at birth;

but the immortal gods must hold back their hands from us, nor does any of them share a feast in common with us; and I have neither lot nor portion of pure white ceremonial robes
350

Chorus

For I have chosen the overthrow of houses,

whenever violence raised in the home seizes someone near and dear. So speeding after this man, we weaken him, even though he is strong, because of the fresh blood.
355

Chorus

We are eager to take these cares away from another, and to establish for the gods exemption from my concerns, so that it will not come to trial;
360

for Zeus has considered us, a blood-dripping, hateful band, unworthy of his council.
365

Chorus

For I have chosen the overthrow of houses,

whenever violence raised in the home seizes someone near and dear. Speeding after this man, we weaken him, even though he is strong, because of the fresh blood.

Chorus

And men’s thoughts, very proud under the sky, waste away and dwindle in dishonor beneath the earth,

at our attack in black robes and the vindictive dance of our feet.
370

Chorus

For surely with a great leap from above I bring down the heavily falling force of my foot,

my limbs that trip even swift runners—unendurable ruin.
375

Chorus

But, as he falls, he does not know it, because of his senseless folly; pollution hovers over the man in such darkness, and mournful rumor speaks of

a dark mist over his house.
380

Chorus

For surely with a great leap from above I bring down the heavily falling force of my foot,

my limbs that trip even swift runners—unendurable ruin.

Chorus

What mortal, then, does not

stand in awe and dread of this, when he hears from me the law ordained by Fate, given by the gods for perfect fulfilment? My ancient privilege still remains, I do not meet with dishonor,
390

although I have my place under the earth and in sunless darkness.
395