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Construe τὰ ὕστατα τῶν σῶν ἐπῶν. By the term προσίκτωρ, Orestes understood a guilty suppliant ( Schol.

ἐναγής),

and he replies, I am indeed your suppliant, but no longer a guilty one. - For the MS. reading οὐδ᾽ ἔχει and ἐφεζομένη the most probable correction is Wieseler's, οὐδ᾽ ἔχων —ἐφεζόμην, ‘nor do I sit at your statue with defilement on my hand.

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

Current edition Experimental

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

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (12)

Εὐμενίδες First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 397-489 focus

Αθηνα

πρόσωθεν ἐξήκουσα κληδόνος βοὴν

ἀπὸ Σκαμάνδρου γῆν καταφθατουμένη,¹

ἣν δῆτ᾽ Ἀχαιῶν ἄκτορές τε καὶ πρόμοι,

τῶν αἰχμαλώτων χρημάτων λάχος μέγα,
400

ἔνειμαν αὐτόπρεμνον ἐς τὸ πᾶν ἐμοί,

ἐξαίρετον δώρημα Θησέως τόκοις:

ἔνθεν διώκουσ᾽ ἦλθον ἄτρυτον πόδα,

πτερῶν ἄτερ ῥοιβδοῦσα κόλπον αἰγίδος,

πώλοις ἀκμαίοις τόνδ᾽ ἐπιζεύξασ᾽ ὄχον.
405

καινὴν² δ᾽ ὁρῶσα τήνδ᾽ ὁμιλίαν χθονὸς

ταρβῶ μὲν οὐδέν, θαῦμα δ᾽ ὄμμασιν πάρα.

τίνες ποτ᾽ ἐστέ; πᾶσι δ᾽ ἐς κοινὸν λέγω:

βρέτας τε τοὐμὸν τῷδ᾽ ἐφημένῳ ξένῳ,

ὑμᾶς θ᾽ ὁμοίας οὐδενὶ σπαρτῶν γένει,
410

οὔτ᾽ ἐν θεαῖσι πρὸς θεῶν ὁρωμένας³

οὔτ᾽ οὖν βροτείοις ἐμφερεῖς μορφώμασι.

λέγειν δ᾽ ἄμομφον⁴ ὄντα τοὺς πέλας κακῶς

πρόσω δικαίων ἠδ᾽ ἀποστατεῖ θέμις.

Χορός

πεύσει τὰ πάντα συντόμως, Διὸς κόρη.
415

ἡμεῖς γάρ ἐσμεν Νυκτὸς αἰανῆς⁵ τέκνα.

Ἀραὶ⁶ δ᾽ ἐν οἴκοις γῆς ὑπαὶ κεκλήμεθα.

Ἀθηνᾶ

γένος μὲν οἶδα κληδόνας τ᾽ ἐπωνύμους.

Χορός

τιμάς γε μὲν δὴ τὰς ἐμὰς πεύσει τάχα.

Ἀθηνᾶ

μάθοιμ᾽ ἄν, εἰ λέγοι τις ἐμφανῆ λόγον.
420

Χορός

βροτοκτονοῦντας⁷ ἐκ δόμων ἐλαύνομεν.

Ἀθηνᾶ

καὶ τῷ κτανόντι ποῦ τὸ⁸ τέρμα τῆς φυγῆς;⁹

Χορός

ὅπου τὸ χαίρειν μηδαμοῦ νομίζεται.

Ἀθηνᾶ

ἦ καὶ τοιαύτας τῷδ᾽ ἐπιρροιζεῖς¹⁰ φυγάς;

Χορός

φονεὺς γὰρ εἶναι μητρὸς ἠξιώσατο.
425

Ἀθηνᾶ

ἄλλαις ἀνάγκαις,¹¹ ἤ τινος¹² τρέων κότον;

Χορός

ποῦ γὰρ τοσοῦτο κέντρον ὡς μητροκτονεῖν;

Ἀθηνᾶ

δυοῖν παρόντοιν ἥμισυς λόγος¹³ πάρα.

Χορός

ἀλλ᾽ ὅρκον οὐ δέξαιτ᾽ ἄν, οὐ δοῦναι θέλοι.¹⁴

Ἀθηνᾶ

κλύειν δίκαιος¹⁵ μᾶλλον ἢ πρᾶξαι θέλεις.
430

Χορός

πῶς δή; δίδαξον: τῶν σοφῶν γὰρ οὐ πένει.

Ἀθηνᾶ

ὅρκοις τὰ μὴ δίκαια μὴ νικᾶν λέγω.

Χορός

ἀλλ᾽ ἐξέλεγχε, κρῖνε δ᾽ εὐθεῖαν δίκην.

Ἀθηνᾶ

ἦ κἀπ᾽ ἐμοὶ τρέποιτ᾽ ἂν αἰτίας τέλος;

Χορός

πῶς δ᾽ οὔ; σέβουσαί γ᾽ ἀξίαν κἀπ᾽ ἀξίων.¹⁶
435
436

Ἀθηνᾶ

τί πρὸς τάδ᾽ εἰπεῖν, ὦ ξέν᾽, ἐν μέρει θέλεις;

λέξας δὲ χώραν καὶ γένος καὶ ξυμφορὰς

τὰς σάς, ἔπειτα τόνδ᾽ ἀμυναθοῦ¹⁷ ψόγον:

εἴπερ πεποιθὼς τῇ δίκῃ βρέτας τόδε

ἧσαι φυλάσσων ἑστίας ἁμῆς πέλας
440

σεμνὸς προσίκτωρ ἐν¹⁸ τρόποις Ἰξίονος:

τούτοις ἀμείβου πᾶσιν εὐμαθές τί μοι.

Ὀρέστης

ἄνασσ᾽ Ἀθάνα, πρῶτον ἐκ τῶν ὑστάτων

τῶν σῶν ἐπῶν μέλημ᾽ ἀφαιρήσω μέγα.

οὐκ εἰμὶ προστρόπαιος, οὐδ᾽ ἔχων¹⁹ μύσος
445

πρὸς χειρὶ τἠμῇ τὸ σὸν ἐφεζόμην²⁰ βρέτας.

τεκμήριον δὲ τῶνδέ σοι λέξω μέγα:

ἄφθογγον εἶναι τὸν παλαμναῖον νόμος,

ἔς τ᾽ ἂν πρὸς ἀνδρὸς αἵματος καθαρσίου

σφαγαὶ καθαιμάξωσι νεοθήλου²¹ βοτοῦ.
450

πάλαι πρὸς ἄλλοις ταῦτ᾽ ἀφιερώμεθα

οἴκοισι, καὶ βοτοῖσι καὶ ῥυτοῖς πόροις.

ταύτην μὲν οὕτω φροντίδ᾽ ἐκποδὼν λέγω.

γένος δὲ τοὐμὸν ὡς ἔχει πεύσει τάχα.

Ἀργεῖός εἰμι, πατέρα δ᾽ ἱστορεῖς καλῶς,
455

Ἀγαμέμνον᾽, ἀνδρῶν ναυβατῶν ἁρμόστορα:

ξὺν ᾧ σὺ Τροίαν ἄπολιν Ἰλίου πόλιν

ἔθηκας. ἔφθιθ᾽ οὗτος²² οὐ καλῶς, μολὼν

εἰς οἶκον: ἀλλά νιν κελαινόφρων ἐμὴ

μήτηρ κατέκτα, ποικίλοις ἀγρεύμασιν
460

κρύψασ᾽, ἃ²³ λουτρῶν ἐξεμαρτύρει φόνον.

κἀγὼ κατελθών, τὸν πρὸ τοῦ φεύγων χρόνον,

ἔκτεινα τὴν τεκοῦσαν, οὐκ ἀρνήσομαι,

ἀντικτόνοις ποιναῖσι φιλτάτου πατρός.

καὶ τῶνδε κοινῇ Λοξίας ἐπαίτιος,
465

ἄλγη προφωνῶν ἀντίκεντρα καρδίᾳ,

εἰ μή τι τῶνδ᾽ ἔρξαιμι τοὺς ἐπαιτίους.

σὺ δ᾽²⁴ εἰ δικαίως εἴτε μὴ κρῖνον δίκην:

πράξας γὰρ ἐν σοὶ πανταχῇ τάδ᾽ αἰνέσω.

470

Ἀθηνᾶ

τὸ πρᾶγμα μεῖζον, εἴ τις οἴεται τόδε
470

βροτὸς δικάζειν: οὐδὲ μὴν ἐμοὶ θέμις

φόνου²⁵ διαιρεῖν ὀξυμηνίτους²⁶ δίκας:

ἄλλως τε καὶ σὺ μὲν κατηρτυκὼς ἐμοῖς²⁷

ἱκέτης προσῆλθες καθαρὸς ἀβλαβὴς δόμοις:

ἐγὼ²⁸ δ᾽ ἄμομφον ὄντα σ᾽ αἱροῦμαι²⁹ πόλει.
475

αὗται δ᾽ ἔχουσι μοῖραν οὐκ εὐπέμπελον,

καὶ μὴ τυχοῦσαι πράγματος νικηφόρου,

χώρᾳ μεταῦθις³⁰ ἰὸς ἐκ φρονημάτων

πέδοι³¹ πεσὼν ἄφερτος αἰανὴς νόσος.

τοιαῦτα μὲν τάδ᾽ ἐστίν: ἀμφότερα, μένειν
480

πέμπειν τε³² δυσπήμαντ᾽³³ ἀμηχάνως ἐμοί.

ἐπεὶ δὲ πρᾶγμα δεῦρ᾽ ἐπέσκηψεν τόδε,

†φόνων δικαστὰς ὁρκίους αἱρουμένη³⁴

θεσμὸν τὸν εἰς ἅπαντ᾽ ἐγὼ θήσω χρόνον†.³⁵

ὑμεῖς δὲ μαρτύριά τε καὶ τεκμήρια
485

καλεῖσθ᾽, ἀρωγὰ τῆς δίκης ὁρκώματα.

κρίνασα δ᾽ ἀστῶν τῶν ἐμῶν τὰ βέλτατα

ἥξω,³⁶ διαιρεῖν τοῦτο πρᾶγμ᾽ ἐτητύμως,

ὅρκον³⁷ πορόντας³⁸ μηδὲν ἔκδικον φράσειν.³⁹⁴⁰

490

Εὐμενίδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 397-489 focus

Ἀθηνᾶ

πρόσωθεν ἐξήκουσα κληδόνος βοὴν

ἀπὸ Σκαμάνδρου γῆν καταφθατουμένη,

ἣν δῆτʼ Ἀχαιῶν ἄκτορές τε καὶ πρόμοι,

τῶν αἰχμαλώτων χρημάτων λάχος μέγα,
400

ἔνειμαν αὐτόπρεμνον εἰς τὸ πᾶν ἐμοί,

ἐξαίρετον δώρημα Θησέως τόκοις·

ἔνθεν διώκουσʼ ἦλθον ἄτρυτον πόδα,

πτερῶν ἄτερ ῥοιβδοῦσα κόλπον αἰγίδος.

πώλοις ἀκμαίοις τόνδʼ ἐπιζεύξασʼ ὄχον
405

καινὴν δʼ ὁρῶσα τήνδʼ ὁμιλίαν χθονὸς

ταρβῶ μὲν οὐδέν, θαῦμα δʼ ὄμμασιν πάρα.

τίνες ποτʼ ἐστέ; πᾶσι δʼ ἐς κοινὸν λέγω·

βρέτας τε τοὐμὸν τῷδʼ ἐφημένῳ ξένῳ,

ὑμᾶς θʼ ὁμοίας οὐδενὶ σπαρτῶν γένει,
410

οὔτʼ ἐν θεαῖσι πρὸς θεῶν ὁρωμένας

οὔτʼ οὖν βροτείοις ἐμφερεῖς μορφώμασιν.

λέγειν δʼ ἄμομφον ὄντα τοὺς πέλας κακῶς

πρόσω δικαίων ἠδʼ ἀποστατεῖ θέμις.

Χορός

πεύσῃ τὰ πάντα συντόμως, Διὸς κόρη.
415

ἡμεῖς γάρ ἐσμεν Νυκτὸς αἰανῆ τέκνα.

Ἀραὶ δʼ ἐν οἴκοις γῆς ὑπαὶ κεκλήμεθα.

Ἀθηνᾶ

γένος μὲν οἶδα κληδόνας τʼ ἐπωνύμους.

Χορός

τιμάς γε μὲν δὴ τὰς ἐμὰς πεύσῃ τάχα.

Ἀθηνᾶ

μάθοιμʼ ἄν, εἰ λέγοι τις ἐμφανῆ λόγον.
420

Χορός

βροτοκτονοῦντας ἐκ δόμων ἐλαύνομεν.

Ἀθηνᾶ

καὶ τῷ κτανόντι ποῦ τὸ τέρμα τῆς φυγῆς;

Χορός

ὅπου τὸ χαίρειν μηδαμοῦ νομίζεται.

Ἀθηνᾶ

ἦ καὶ τοιαύτας τῷδʼ ἐπιρροιζεῖς φυγάς;

Χορός

φονεὺς γὰρ εἶναι μητρὸς ἠξιώσατο.
425

Ἀθηνᾶ

ἄλλαις ἀνάγκαις, ἤ τινος τρέων κότον;

Χορός

ποῦ γὰρ τοσοῦτο κέντρον ὡς μητροκτονεῖν;

Ἀθηνᾶ

δυοῖν παρόντοιν ἥμισυς λόγου πάρα.

Χορός

ἀλλʼ ὅρκον οὐ δέξαιτʼ ἄν, οὐ δοῦναι θέλοι.

Ἀθηνᾶ

κλύειν δίκαιος μᾶλλον ἢ πρᾶξαι θέλεις.
430

Χορός

πῶς δή; δίδαξον· τῶν σοφῶν γὰρ οὐ πένῃ.

Ἀθηνᾶ

ὅρκοις τὰ μὴ δίκαια μὴ νικᾶν λέγω.

Χορός

ἀλλʼ ἐξέλεγχε, κρῖνε δʼ εὐθεῖαν δίκην.

Ἀθηνᾶ

ἦ κἀπʼ ἐμοὶ τρέποιτʼ ἂν αἰτίας τέλος;

Χορός

πῶς δʼ οὔ; σέβουσαί γʼ ἀξίαν κἀπʼ ἀξίων.
435

436

Ἀθηνᾶ

τί πρὸς τάδʼ εἰπεῖν, ὦ ξένʼ, ἐν μέρει θέλεις;

λέξας δὲ χώραν καὶ γένος καὶ ξυμφορὰς

τὰς σάς, ἔπειτα τόνδʼ ἀμυναθοῦ ψόγον·

εἴπερ πεποιθὼς τῇ δίκῃ βρέτας τόδε

ἧσαι φυλάσσων ἑστίας ἁμῆς πέλας
440

σεμνὸς προσίκτωρ ἐν τρόποις Ἰξίονος.

τούτοις ἀμείβου πᾶσιν εὐμαθές τί μοι.

Ὀρέστης

ἄνασσʼ Ἀθάνα, πρῶτον ἐκ τῶν ὑστάτων

τῶν σῶν ἐπῶν μέλημʼ ἀφαιρήσω μέγα.

οὐκ εἰμὶ προστρόπαιος, οὐδʼ ἔχων μύσος
445

πρὸς χειρὶ τἠμῇ τὸ σὸν ἐφεζόμην βρέτας.

τεκμήριον δὲ τῶνδέ σοι λέξω μέγα.

ἄφθογγον εἶναι τὸν παλαμναῖον νόμος,

ἔστʼ ἂν πρὸς ἀνδρὸς αἵματος καθαρσίου

σφαγαὶ καθαιμάξωσι νεοθήλου βοτοῦ.
450

πάλαι πρὸς ἄλλοις ταῦτʼ ἀφιερώμεθα

οἴκοισι, καὶ βοτοῖσι καὶ ῥυτοῖς πόροις.

ταύτην μὲν οὕτω φροντίδʼ ἐκποδὼν λέγω.

γένος δὲ τοὐμὸν ὡς ἔχει πεύσῃ τάχα.

Ἀργεῖός εἰμι, πατέρα δʼ ἱστορεῖς καλῶς,
455

Ἀγαμέμνονʼ, ἀνδρῶν ναυβατῶν ἁρμόστορα,

ξὺν ᾧ σὺ Τροίαν ἄπολιν Ἰλίου πόλιν

ἔθηκας. ἔφθιθʼ οὗτος οὐ καλῶς, μολὼν

εἰς οἶκον· ἀλλά νιν κελαινόφρων ἐμὴ

μήτηρ κατέκτα, ποικίλοις ἀγρεύμασιν
460

κρύψασʼ, ἃ λουτρῶν ἐξεμαρτύρει φόνον.

κἀγὼ κατελθών, τὸν πρὸ τοῦ φεύγων χρόνον,

ἔκτεινα τὴν τεκοῦσαν, οὐκ ἀρνήσομαι,

ἀντικτόνοις ποιναῖσι φιλτάτου πατρός.

καὶ τῶνδε κοινῇ Λοξίας ἐπαίτιος,
465

ἄλγη προφωνῶν ἀντίκεντρα καρδίᾳ,

εἰ μή τι τῶνδʼ ἔρξαιμι τοὺς ἐπαιτίους.

σὺ δʼ εἰ δικαίως εἴτε μὴ κρῖνον δίκην·

πράξας γὰρ ἐν σοὶ πανταχῇ τάδʼ αἰνέσω.

470

Ἀθηνᾶ

τὸ πρᾶγμα μεῖζον, εἴ τις οἴεται τόδε
470

βροτὸς δικάζειν· οὐδὲ μὴν ἐμοὶ θέμις

φόνου διαιρεῖν ὀξυμηνίτου δίκας·

ἄλλως τε καὶ σὺ μὲν κατηρτυκὼς ἐμοῖς

ἱκέτης προσῆλθες καθαρὸς ἀβλαβὴς δόμοις·

οὕτως δʼ ἄμομφον ὄντα σʼ αἰδοῦμαι πόλει.
475

αὗται δʼ ἔχουσι μοῖραν οὐκ εὐπέμπελον,

καὶ μὴ τυχοῦσαι πράγματος νικηφόρου,

χώρᾳ μεταῦθις ἰὸς ἐκ φρονημάτων

πέδοι πεσὼν ἄφερτος αἰανὴς νόσος.

τοιαῦτα μὲν τάδʼ ἐστίν· ἀμφότερα, μένειν
480

πέμπειν τε δυσπήμαντʼ ἀμηχάνως ἐμοί.

ἐπεὶ δὲ πρᾶγμα δεῦρʼ ἐπέσκηψεν τόδε,

φόνων δικαστὰς ὁρκίους αἱρουμένη

θεσμὸν τὸν εἰς ἅπαντʼ ἐγὼ θήσω χρόνον.

ὑμεῖς δὲ μαρτύριά τε καὶ τεκμήρια
485

καλεῖσθʼ, ἀρωγὰ τῆς δίκης ὁρκώματα·

κρίνασα δʼ ἀστῶν τῶν ἐμῶν τὰ βέλτατα

ἥξω, διαιρεῖν τοῦτο πρᾶγμʼ ἐτητύμως,

ὅρκον πορόντας μηδὲν ἔκδικον φράσειν.

Εὐμενίδες (1518 edition; OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Eumenides, 1518 edition. VLM-assisted OCR with native lineation and automated correspondence to the Smyth edition.) — 436 focus

Ἀθηνᾶ

τί πρός τάδ' εἰπεῖν ὦ ξέν' ἐν μέρει θέλεις,

λέξας δὲ χώραν καὶ γένος καὶ ξυμφοράς,

τὰς σὰς, ἔπειτα τόνδ' ἀμυνάθου ψόγον,
400

εἴπερ πεποιθὼς τῇ δίκῃ, βρέτας τόδε

ἧσαι φυλάσσων ἑστίας ἀμῆς πέλας,

σεμνὸς προσίκτωρ ἐν δόποις Ἰξίονος.

τούτοις ἀμείβου πᾶσιν ὐμαθὲς εὐμαθὲς τί μοι.

Ὀρέστης

ἄνασσ' Ἀθάνα, πρῶτον ἐκ τῶν ὑστάτων.
405

τῶν σῶν ἐπῶν μέλημ' ἀφαιρήσω μέγα.

ὐκ οὐκ εἰμὶ προσ τρόπαιος, ὐδ' οὐδ' ἔχει μύσος,

πρὸς χειρὶ τῇ μῇ τόσον ἐφεζομένῃ βρέτας.

τεκμήριον δὲ τῶνδέ σοι λέξω μέγα.

ἄφθογγον εἶναι τὸν παλαμναῖον νόμος.
410

ἐστ' ἂν πρὸς ἀνδρὸς αἵματος καθαρσίου,

σφαγαὶ καθαιμάξυσι νοθήλου βοτοῦ.

πάλαι πρὸς ἄλλοις ταῦτ' ἀφιβώμεθα.

ὄικοισι, καὶ βοτοῖσι, καὶ ῥυτοῖς πόροις,

ταύτην μὲν
415

ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ. 89

Ὀρέστης

ταύτην μὲν ὅτω φροντίδ᾽ ἐκ ποδῶν λέγω.

γένος δὲ τἀμὸν ὡς ἔχει, πεύσῃ τάχα.

Ἀργεῖός εἰμι, πατέρα δ᾽ ἱστορεῖς καλῶς.

Ἀγαμέμνον᾽ ἀνδρῶν ναυβατῶν ἁρμόστορα,

ξὺν ᾧ σὺ Τροίαν ἄπολιν Ἰλίου πόλιν
420

ἔθηκας, ἔφθιθ᾽ οὗτος οὐ καλῶς μολών,

δ᾽ οἶκον, ἀγάν ιν κελαινόφρων ἐμὴ

μήτηρ κατέκτα ποικίλοις ἀγρεύμασιν.

κρύψασα λουτρῶν ἐξεμαρτύρει φόνον.

κἀγὼ κατελθὼν, τὸν πρὸ τοῦ φεύγων χρόνον.
425

ἔκτεινα τὴν τεκοῦσαν, οὐκ ἀρνήσομαι.

ἀντικτόνοις ποιναῖσι φιλτάτου πατρός.

καὶ τῶν δε κοινῇ, λοξίας ἐπαίτιος.

ἄλγη προφωνῶν ἀντίκεντρα καρδίᾳ,

εἰ μή τι τῶν δ᾽ ἔρξαιμι τοὺς ἐπαιτίους,
430

σύ τ᾽ εἰ δικαίως εἴτε μὴ κρίνων δίκην

πράξας γὰρ ἐν σοὶ πανταχῇ τά δ᾽ αἰνέσω.

Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 436 focus

Αθ.

τί πρὸς τάδ᾽ εἰπεῖν, ὦ ξέν, ἐν μέρει θέλεις?

λέξας δὲ χώραν καὶ γένος καὶ ξυμφορὰς

τὰς σὰς, ἔπειτα τόνδ᾽ ἀμυναθοῦ ψόγον·

εἴπερ πεποιθὼς τῇ δίκῃ βρέτας τόδε

ἦσαι φυλάσσων ἑστίας ἐμῆς πέλας
440

σεμνὸς προσίκτωρ ἐν τρόποις Ἰξίονος·

τούτοις ἀμείβου πᾶσιν εὐμαθές τί μοι.

ΟΡ.

ἄνασσ᾽ Ἀθάνα, πρῶτον ἐκ τῶν ὑστάτων

τῶν σῶν ἐπῶν μέλημ᾽ ἀφαιρήσω μέγα.

οὐκ εἰμὶ προστρόπαιος, οὐδ᾽ ἔχων μύσος
445

πρὸς χειρὶ τἠμῇ τὸ σὸν ἐφεζόμην βρέτας.

τεκμήριον δὲ τῶνδέ σοι λέξω μέγα·

ἄφθογγον εἶναι τὸν παλαμναῖον νόμος,

ἐς τ᾽ ἂν πρὸς ἀνδρὸς αἵματος καθαρσίου

σφαγαὶ καθαιμάξωσι νεοθήλου βοτοῦ.
450

πάλαι πρὸς ἄλλοις ταῦτ᾽ ἀφιερώμεθα

οἴκοισι καὶ βοτοῖσι καὶ ῥυτοῖς πόροις.

ταύτην μὲν οὕτω φροντίδ᾽ ἐκποδὼν λέγω.

γένος δὲ τοὐμὸν ὡς ἔχει πεύσει τάχα.

Ἀργεῖός εἰμι, πατέρα δ᾽ ἱστορεῖς καλῶς,
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Ἀγαμέμνον, ἀνδρῶν ναυβατῶν ἁρμόστορα·

ξὺν ᾧ σὺ Τροίαν ἄπολιν Ἰλίου πόλιν

ἔθηκας. ἔφθιθ᾽ οὗτος οὐ καλῶς, μολὼν

εἰς οἶκον· ἀλλά νιν κελαινόφρων ἐμὴ

μήτηρ κατέκτα, ποικίλοις ἀγρεύμασι
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κρύψασ', ἃ λουτρῶν ἐξεμαρτύρει φόνον.

κἀγὼ κατελθὼν, τὸν πρὸ τοῦ φεύγων χρόνον,

ἔκτεινα τὴν τεκοῦσαν, οὐκ ἀρνήσομαι,

ἀντικτόνοις ποιναῖσι φιλτάτου πατρός.

καὶ τῶνδε κοινῇ Λοξίας ἐπαίτιος,
465

ἄλγη προφωνῶν ἀντίκεντρα καρδίᾳ,

εἰ μή τι τῶνδ᾽ ἔρξαιμι τοὺς ἐπαιτίους.

σύ τ' εἰ δικαίως εἴτε μὴ κρῖνον δίκην·

πράξας γὰρ ἐν σοὶ πανταχῆ τάδ᾽ αἰνέσω.

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Ἀθηνᾶ

τί πρὸς τάδ᾽ εἰπεῖν, ὦ ξέν, ἐν μέρει θέλεις;

λέξας δὲ χώραν καὶ γένος καὶ ξυμφορὰς

τὰς σάς, ἔπειτα τόνδ᾽ ἀμυνάθου ψόγον,
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εἴπερ πεποιθὼς τῇ δίκῃ βρέτας τόδε

ἧσαι φυλάσσων ἑστίας ἀμῆς πέλας,

σεμνὸς προςίκτωρ ἐν τρόποις Ἰξίονος.

τούτοις ἀμείβου πᾶσιν εὐμαθές τί μοι.

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ἄνασσ' Ἀθάνα, πρῶτον ἐκ τῶν ὑστάτων
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τῶν σῶν ἐπῶν μέλημ᾽ ἀφαιρήσω μέγα.

οὐκ εἰμὶ προςτρόπαιος, οὐδ᾽ ἔχει μύσος

πρὸς χειρὶ τὴμῇ τὸ σὸν ἐφημένου βρέτας.

τεκμήριον δὲ τῶνδέ σοι λέξω μέγα·

ἄφθογγον εἶναι τὸν παλαμναῖον νόμος,
440

ἔςτ᾽ ἂν πρὸς ἀνδρὸς αἵματος καθαρσίου

σφαγαὶ καθαιμάξωσι νεοθήλου βοτοῦ.

πάλαι πρὸς ἄλλοις ταῦτ᾽ ἀφιερώμεθα

οἴκοισι καὶ βοτοῖσι καὶ ῥυτοῖς πόροις.

ταύτην μὲν οὕτω φροντίδ᾽ ἐκποδὼν λέγω.
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γένος δὲ τοὐμὸν ὡς ἔχει, πεύσει τάχα.

Ἀργεῖός εἰμι, πατέρα δ᾽ ἱστορεῖς καλῶς,

Ἀγαμέμνονα, τῶν ἀνδρῶν ναυβατῶν ἁρμόστορα,

ξὺν ᾧ σὺ Τροίαν ἄπολιν Ἰλίου πόλιν

ἔθηκας. ἔφθιν᾽ οὗτος οὐ καλῶς, μολὼν
450

ἐς οἶκον· ἀλλά νιν κελαινόφρων ἐμὴ

μήτηρ κατέκτα, ποικίλοις ἀγρεύμασιν

κρύψασ', ἃ λουτρῶν ἐξεμαρτύρει φόνον.

κἀγὼ κατελθών, τὸν πρὸ τοῦ φεύγων χρόνον,

ἔκτεινα τὴν τεκοῦσαν, οὐκ ἀρνήσομαι,
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ἀντικτόνοις ποιναῖσι φιλτάτου πατρός.

καὶ τῶνδε κοινῇ Λοξίας ἐπαίτιος,

ἄλγη προφωνῶν ἀντίκεντρα καρδίᾳ,

εἰ μή τι τῶνδ᾽ ἔρξαιμι τοὺς ἐπαιτίους.

σὺ δ᾽, εἰ δικαίως εἴτε μή, κρῖνον δίκην·
460

πράξας γὰρ ἐν σοὶ πανταχῇ τάδ᾽ αἰνέσω.

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Τί πρὸς τάδ' εἰπεῖν, ὦ ξέν', ἐν μέρει θέλεις ;

λέξας δὲ χώραν καὶ γένος καὶ ξυμφοράς

τὰς σὰς ἔπειτα τόνδ' ἀμυνάθου ψόγον·

εἴπερ πεποιθὼς τῇ δίκῃ βρέτας τόδε

ἧσαι φυλάσσων ἑστίας ἐμῆς ἁμῆς πέλας
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Ἄνασσ' ᾿Αθάνα, πρῶτον ἐκ τῶν ὑστάτων

τῶν σῶν ἐπῶν μέλημ᾽ ἀφαιρήσω μέγα·

οὐκ εἰμὶ προστρόπαιος, οὐδ᾽ ἔχων ἔχει μύσος
445

πρὸς χειρὶ τἠμῇ τὸ σὸν ἐφεζόμην ἐφεζομένη (-μένῃ Tr) βρέτας·

τεκμήριον δὲ τῶνδέ σοι λέξω μέγα

ἄφθογγον ἄφωνον εἶναι τὸν παλαμναῖον νόμος,

ἔστ᾽ ἂν πρὸς ἀνδρὸς αἵματος καθαρσίου

σφαγαὶ καθαιμάξωσι νεοθήλου βοτοῦ καθαιμάξουσιν οθήλου βοτοῦ καθαιμάξουσιν ὀθνείου βροτοῦ·
450

πάλαι πρὸς ἄλλοις ταῦτ᾽ ἀφιερώμεθα

οἴκοισι καὶ βατοῖσι βοτοῖσι βροτοῖσι καὶ ῥυτοῖς πόροις·

ταύτην μὲν οὕτω φροντίδ' ἐκποδὼν λέγω.

Γένος δὲ τοὐμὸν ὡς ἔχει πεύσῃ τάχα·

Ἀργεῖός εἰμι, πατέρα δ' ἱστορεῖς καλῶς,
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᾿Αγαμέμνον', ἀνδρῶν ναυβατῶν ἁρμόστορα,

ξὺν ᾧ σὺ Τρωσὶν τροίαν ἄπολιν Ἰλίου πόλιν

ἔθηκας· ἔφθιθ᾽ οὗτος οὕτως οὐ καλῶς μολὼν

ἐς οἶκον, ἀλλά νιν κελαινόφρων ἐμὴ

μήτηρ κατέκτα, ποικίλοις ἀγρεύμασιν
460

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κρύψασ' ἃ κρύψασα λουτρῶν λουτρὸν δ᾽ ἐξεμαρτύρει φόνον.

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ἔκτεινα τὴν τεκοῦσαν, οὐκ ἀρνήσομαι,

ἀντικτόνοις ποιναῖσι φιλτάτου πατρός·

καὶ τῶνδε κοινῇ Λοξίας μεταίτιος ἐπαίτιος (cf. 467),
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ἄλγη προφωνῶν ἀντίκεντρα καρδίᾳ,

εἰ μή τι τῶνδ' ἔρξοιμι ἔρξαιμι τοὺς ἐπαιτίους.

Σὺ δ' τ', εἰ δικαίως εἴτε μή, κρῖνον δίκην·

πράξας γὰρ ἐν σοὶ πανταχῆ τάδ' αἰνέσω.

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Αθ.

τί πρὸς τάδ' εἰπεῖν, ὦ ξέν᾽, ἐν μέρει θέλεις ;

λέξας δε χώραν καὶ γένος καὶ ξυμφορὰς

τὰς σάς, ἔπειτα τόνδ᾽ ἀμυνάθου ψόγον·

εἴπερ πεποιθὼς τῇ δίκῃ βρέτας τόδε

ἧσαι φυλάσσων ἑστίας ἁμῆς πέλας,
440

σεμνὸς προσίκτωρ, ἐν τρόποις Ἰξίονος.

τούτοις ἀμείβου πᾶσιν εὐμαθές τί μοι.

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ἄνασσ᾽ Ἀθάνα, πρῶτον ἐκ τῶν ὑστάτων

τῶν σῶν ἐπῶν μέλημ᾽ ἀφαιρήσω μέγα.

οὐκ εἰμὶ προστρόπαιος, οὐδ᾽ ἔχων μύσος
445

πρὸς χειρὶ τῇ ᾿μῇ τὸ σὸν ἐφεζόμην βρέτας.

τεκμήριον δὲ τῶνδέ σοι λέξω μέγα

ἄφθογγον εἶναι τὸν παλαμναῖον νόμος,

ἔστ᾽ ἂν πρὸς ἀνδρὸς αἵματος καθαρσίου

σφαγαὶ καθαιμάξωσι νεοθήλου βοτοῦ.
450

πάλαι πρὸς ἄλλοις ταῦτ᾽ ἀφιερώμεθα

οἴκοισι, καὶ βοτοῖσι καὶ ῥυτοῖς πόροις.

ταύτην μὲν οὕτω φροντίδ᾽ ἐκποδὼν λέγω.

γένος δὲ τοὐμὸν ὡς ἔχει, πεύσει τάχα.

Ἀργεῖός εἰμι, πατέρα δ᾽ ἱστορεῖς καλῶς,
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Ἀγαμέμνον, ἀνδρῶν ναυβατῶν ἁρμόστορα,

ξὺν ᾧ σὺ Τροίαν ἄπολιν Ἰλίου πόλιν

ἔθηκας. ἔφθιθ᾽ οὗτος οὐ καλῶς, μολὼν

ἐς οἶκον, ἀλλά νιν κελαινόφρων ἐμὴ

μήτηρ κατέκτα, ποικίλοις ἀγρεύμασιν
460

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ἔκτεινα τὴν τεκοῦσαν, οὐκ ἀρνήσομαι,

ἀντικτόνοις ποιναῖσι φιλτάτου πατρός.

καὶ τῶνδε κοινῇ Λοξίας ἐπαίτιος,
465

ἄλγη προφωνῶν ἀντίκεντρα καρδίᾳ.

εἰ μή τι τῶνδ᾽ ἔρξαιμι τοὺς ἐπαιτίους.

σὺ δ', εἰ δικαίως εἴτε μή, κρῖνον δίκην

πράξας γὰρ ἐν σοὶ πανταχῆ τάδ' αἰνέσω.

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εἴπερ πεποιθὼς τῇ δίκῃ βρέτας τόδε

ἧσαι φυλάσσων ἑστίας ἁμῆς πέλας

σεμνὸς προσίκτωρ ἐν τρόποις Ἰξίονος.

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ἄνασσ' Ἀθάνα, πρῶτον ἐκ τῶν ὑστάτων

τῶν σῶν ἐπῶν μέλημ᾽ ἀφαιρήσω μέγα.

οὐκ εἰμὶ προστρόπαιος, οὐδ᾽ ἔχων μύσος

πρὸς χειρὶ τὴμῇ τὸ σὸν ἐφεζόμην βρέτας.

τεκμήριον δὲ τῶνδέ σοι λέξω μέγα·
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γένος δὲ τοὐμὸν ὡς ἔχει πεύσῃ τάχα.

Ἀργεῖός εἰμι, πατέρα δ᾽ ἱστορεῖς καλῶς,

Ἀγαμέμνον, ἀνδρῶν ναυβατῶν ἁρμόστορα,

ξὺν ᾧ σὺ Τροίαν ἄπολιν Ἰλίου πόλιν
460

ἔθηκας. ἔφθιθ᾽ οὗτος οὐ καλῶς, μολὼν

ἐς οἶκον, ἀλλά νιν κελαινόφρων ἐμὴ

μήτηρ κατέκτα, ποικίλοις ἀγρεύμασιν

κρύψασ', ἃ λουτρῶν ἐξεμαρτύρει φόνον.

κἀγὼ κατελθών, τὸν πρὸ τοῦ φεύγων χρόνον,
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ἔκτεινα τὴν τεκοῦσαν, οὐκ ἀρνήσομαι,

ἀντικτόνοις ποιναῖσι φιλτάτου πατρός.

καὶ τῶνδε κοινῇ Λοξίας ἐπαίτιος,

ἄλγη προφανῶν ἀντίκεντρα καρδίᾳ,

εἰ μή τι τῶνδ᾽ ἔρξαιμι τοὺς ἐπαιτίους.
470

σὺ δ᾽, εἰ δικαίως εἴτε μή, κρῖνον δίκην·

πράξας γὰρ ἐν σοὶ πανταχῇ τάδ᾽ αἰνέσω.

Αθ.

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τί πρὸς τάδ᾽ εἰπεῖν ὦ ξέν᾽ ἐν μέρει θέλεις;

λέξας δὲ χώραν καὶ γένος καὶ ξυμφοράς

τὰς σάς, ἔπειτα τῶνδ᾽ ἀμυνάθου ψόγον,

εἴπερ πεποιθὼς τῆι δίκηι βρέτας τόδε

ἧσαι φυλάσσων ἑστίας ἁμῆς πέλας
440

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ἄνασσ᾽ Ἀθάνα, πρῶτον ἐκ τῶν ὑστάτων

τῶν σῶν ἐπῶν μέλημ᾽ ἀφαιρήσω μέγα.

οὐκ εἰμὶ προστρόπαιος, οὐδ᾽ ἔχων μύσος
445

πρὸς χειρὶ τἠμῆι τὸ σὸν ἐφεζόμην βρέτας·

τεκμήριον δὲ τῶνδέ σοι λέξω μέγα.

ἄφθογγον εἶναι τὸν παλαμναῖον νόμος,

ἔστ᾽ ἂν πρὸς ἀνδρὸς αἵματος καθαρσίου

σφαγαὶ καθαιμάξωσι ν⟨ε⟩οθήλου⟨ς⟩ βοτοῦ·
450

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Ἀργεῖός εἰμι, πατέρα δ᾽ ἱστορεῖς καλῶς,
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Ἀγαμέμνον᾽, ἀνδρῶν ναυβατῶν ἁρμόστορα,

ξὺν ὧι σὺ Τροίαν ἄπολιν Ἰλίου πόλιν

ἔθηκας. ἔφθιθ᾽ οὗτος οὐ καλῶς, μολὼν

εἰς οἶκον, ἀλλά νιν κελαινόφρων ἐμὴ

μήτηρ κατέκτα, ποικίλοις ἀγρεύμασιν
460

κρύψασ᾽, ἃ λουτρῶν ἐξεμαρτύρει φόνον.

κἀγὼ κατελθών, τὸν πρὸ τοῦ φεύγων χρόνον,

ἔκτεινα τὴν τεκοῦσαν, οὐκ ἀρνήσομαι,

ἀντικτόνοις ποινῆσι φιλτάτου πατρός.

καὶ τῶνδε κοινῆι Λοξίας μεταίτιος,
465

ἄλγη προφωνῶν ἀντίκεντρα καρδίαι,

εἰ μή τι τῶνδ᾽ ἔρξοιμι τοὺς ἐπαιτίους.

σὺ δ᾽ εἰ δικαίως εἴτε μή, κρῖνον δίκην·

πράξας γὰρ ἐν σοὶ πανταχῆι τάδ᾽ αἰνέσω.

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τί πρὸς τάδ᾽ εἰπεῖν, ὦ ξέν᾽, ἐν μέρει θέλεις;

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τὰς σάς, ἔπειτα τόνδ᾽ ἀμυναθοῦ ψόγον,

εἴπερ πεποιθὼς τῆι δίκηι βρέτας τόδε

ἧσαι φυλάσσων ἑστίας ἐμῆς πέλας,
445

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τούτοις ἀμείβου πᾶσιν εὐμαθές τί μοι.

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τῶν σῶν ἐπῶν μέλημ᾽ ἀφαιρήσω μέγα.

οὐκ εἰμι προστρόπαιος, οὐδ᾽ ἔχων μύσος
450

πρὸς χειρὶ τἠμῆι τὸ σὸν ἐφεζόμην βρέτας.

τεκμήριον δὲ τῶνδέ σοι λέξω μέγα.

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ἔστ᾽ ἂν πρὸς ἀνδρὸς αἵματος καθαρσίου

σφαγαὶ καθαιμάξωσι νεοθήλου βοτοῦ.
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πάλαι πρὸς ἄλλοις ταῦτ᾽ ἀφιερώμεθα

οἴκοισι καὶ βοτοῖσι καὶ ῥυτοῖς πόροις.

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γένος δὲ τοὐμὸν ὡς ἔχει πεύσηι τάχα.

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μήτηρ κατέκτα, ποικίλοις ἀγρεύμασιν
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ἔκτεινα τὴν τεκοῦσαν, οὐκ ἀρνήσομαι,

ἀντικτόνοις ποιναῖσι φιλτάτου πατρός.

καὶ τῶνδε κοινῆι Λοξίας μεταίτιος,
470

ἄλγη προφωνῶν ἀντίκεντρα καρδίαι,

εἰ μή τι τῶνδ᾽ ἔρξοιμι τοὺς ἐπαιτίους.

σὺ δ᾽, εἰ δικαίως εἴτε μή, κρῖνον δίκην·

πράξας γὰρ ἐν σοὶ πανταχῆι τάδ᾽ αἰνέσω.

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τί πρὸς τάδ᾽ εἰπεῖν, ὦ ξέν᾽, ἐν μέρει θέλεις ;

λέξας δὲ χώραν καὶ γένος καὶ ξυμφορὰς
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εἴπερ πεποιθὼς τῇ δίκῃ βρέτας τόδε

ἧσαι φυλάσσων ἑστίας ἁμῆς πέλας,

σεμνὸς προσίκτωρ, ἐν τρόποις Ιξίονος.

τούτοις ἀμείβου πᾶσιν εὐμαθές τί μοι.
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Ὀρέστης

ἄνασσ᾽ ᾿Αθάνα, πρῶτον ἐκ τῶν ὑστάτων

τῶν σῶν ἐπῶν μέλημ᾽ ἀφαιρήσω μέγα.

οὐκ εἰμὶ προστρόπαιος, οὐδ᾽ ἔχει μύσος

πρὸς χειρὶ τῇ μῇ τὸ σὸν ἐφημένῃ βρέτας.

τεκμήριον δὲ τῶνδέ σοι λέξω μέγα·
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ἄφθογγον εἶναι τὸν παλαμναῖον νόμος,

ἔστ᾽ ἂν πρὸς ἀνδρὸς αἵματος καθαρσίου

σφαγαὶ καθαιμάξωσι νεοθήλου βοτοῦ.

πάλαι πρὸς ἄλλοις ταῦτ᾽ ἀφιερώμεθα

οἴκοισι, καὶ βοτοῖσι καὶ ῥυτοῖς πόροις.
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ταύτην μὲν οὕτω φροντίδ᾽ ἐκποδὼν λέγω.

γένος δὲ τοὐμὸν ὡς ἔχει, πεύσει τάχα.

᾿Αργεῖός εἰμι, πατέρα δ᾽ ἱστορεῖς καλῶς,

᾿Αγαμέμνον᾿ ἀνδρῶν ναυβατῶν ἁρμόστορα,

ξὺν ᾧ σὺ Τροίαν ἄπολιν Ἰλίου πόλιν
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ἔθηκας. ἔφθιθ᾽ οὗτος οὐ καλῶς, μολὼν

ἐς οἶκον, ἀλλά νιν κελαινόφρων ἐμὴ

μήτηρ κατέκτα, ποικίλοις ἀγρεύμασιν

κρύψασ᾽, ἃ λουτρῶν ἐξεμαρτύρει φόνον.

κἀγὼ κατελθὼν, τὸν πρὸ τοῦ φεύγων χρόνον,
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ἔκτεινα τὴν τεκοῦσαν, οὐκ ἀρνήσομαι,

ἀντικτόνοις ποιναῖσι φιλτάτου πατρός.

καὶ τῶνδε κοινῇ Λοξίας ἐπαίτιος,

ἄλγη προφωνῶν ἀντίκεντρα καρδίᾳ,

εἰ μή τι τῶνδ᾽ ἔρξαιμι τοὺς ἐπαιτίους.
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σὺ δ᾽, εἰ δικαίως εἴτε μὴ, κρῖνον δίκην·

πράξας γὰρ ἐν σοὶ πανταχή τάδ᾽ αἰνέσω.

Ἀθηνᾶ

Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by Friedrich Blass, 1907.) — 436 focus

τί πρὸς τάδ᾽ εἰπεῖν, ὦ ξέν᾽, ἐν μέρει θέλεις;

λέξας δὲ χώραν καὶ γένος καὶ ξυμφορὰς

τὰς σάς, ἔπειτα τόνδ᾽ ἀμυνάθου ψόγον·

εἴπερ πεποιθὼς τῆι δίκηι βρέτας τόδε

ἦσαι φυλάσσων ἑστίας ἐμῆς πέλας
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σεμνὸς προσίκτωρ ἐν τρόποις Ἰξίονος·

τούτοις ἀμείβου πᾶσιν εὐμαθές τί μοι.

Ὀρέστης

ἄνασσ᾽ Ἀθάνα, πρῶτον ἐκ τῶν ὑστίτων

τῶν σῶν ἐπῶν μέλημ᾽ ἀφαιρήσω μέγα.

οὐκ εἰμὶ προστρόπαιος, οὐδ᾽ ἔχων μύσος
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πρὸς χειρὶ τἠμῆι τὸ σὸν ἐφεζόμην βρέτας.

τεκμήριον δὲ τῶνδέ σοι λέξω μέγα.

ἄφθογγον εἶναι τὸν παλαμναῖον νόμος,

ἔς τ᾽ ἂν πρὸς ἀνδρὸς αἵματος καθαρσίου

σφαγαὶ καθαιμάξωσι νεοθήλου βοτοῦ.
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πάλαι πρὸς ἄλλοις ταῦτ᾽ ἀφιερώμεθα

οἴκοισι καὶ βατοῖσι καὶ ῥυτοῖς πόροις.

ταύτην μὲν οὕτω φροντίδ᾽ ἐκποδὼν λέγω.

γένος δὲ τοὐμὸν ὡς ἔχει πεύσηι τάχα.

Ἀργεῖός εἰμι, πατέρα δ᾽ ἱστορεῖς καλῶς,
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Αγαμέμνον᾽, ἀνδρῶν ναυβατῶν ἁρμόστορα·

ξὺν ὧι σὺ Τρώιαν ἄπολιν Ἰλίου πόλιν

ἔθηκας. ἔφθιθ᾽ οὗτος οὐ καλῶς, μολὼν

εἰς οἶκον· ἀλλά νιν κελαινόφρων ἐμὴ

μήτηρ κατέκτα, ποικίλοις ἀγρεύμασιν
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κρύψασ᾽, ἃ λουτρῶν ἐξεμαρτύρει φόνον.

κἀγὼ κατελθών, τὸν πρὸ τοῦ φεύγων χρόνον,

ἔκτεινα τὴν τεκοῦσαν, οὐκ ἀρνήσομαι,

ἀντικτόνοις ποιναῖσι φιλτάτου πατρός.

καὶ τῶνδε κοινῆι Λοξίας μεταίτιος,
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ἄλγη προφωνῶν ἀντίκεντρα καρδίᾶι,

εἰ μή τι τῶνδ᾽ ἔρξαιμι τοὺς ἐπαιτίους.

σὺ δ᾽ εἰ δικαίως εἴτε μὴ κρῖνον δίκην·

πράξας γὰρ ἐν σοὶ πανταχῆι τάδ᾽ αἰνέσω.

Ἀθηνᾶ

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.)) — 397-485 focus

Enter Athena, wearing the aegis.

Athena

From afar I heard the call of a summons, from the Scamander, while I was taking possession of the land, which the leaders and chiefs of the Achaeans

assigned to me, a great portion of the spoil their spears had won, to be wholly mine forever, a choice gift to Theseus’ sons.¹ From there I have come, urging on my tireless foot, without wings rustling the folds of my aegis,
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yoking this chariot to colts in their prime.² As I see this strange company of visitors to my land, I am not afraid, but it is a wonder to my eyes. Who in the world are you? I address you all in common—this stranger sitting at my image,
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and you, who are like no race of creatures ever born, neither seen by gods among goddesses nor resembling mortal forms. But it is far from just to speak ill of one’s neighbor who is blameless, and Right stands aloof.
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Chorus

Daughter of Zeus, you will hear it all in brief. We are the eternal children of Night. We are called Curses in our homes beneath the earth.
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Athena

I now know your family and the names by which you are called.

Chorus

You will soon learn my office.

Athena

I shall understand, if someone would tell the story clearly.
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Chorus

We drive murderers from their homes.

Athena

And where is the end of flight for the killer?

Chorus

Where joy is absent and unknown.³

Athena

And would you drive this man with your shrieks to such flight?

Chorus

Yes, for he thought it right to be his mother’s murderer.
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Athena

Through other compulsions, or in fear of someone’s wrath?

Chorus

Where is there a spur so keen as to compel the murder of a mother?

Athena

Two parties are present; only half the case is heard.

Chorus

But he will not receive an oath nor does he want to give one.

Athena

You want to be called just rather than to act justly.
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Chorus

How so? Teach me. For you are not poor in subtleties.

Athena

I say that oaths must not win victory for injustice.

Chorus

Well then, question him, and make a straight judgment.

Athena

Then would you turn over the decision of the charge to me?

Chorus

How not?—since we honor you because you are worthy and of worthy parentage.
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Athena

What do you want to say to this, stranger, in turn? After you name your country and family and fortunes, then defend yourself against this charge; if indeed, relying on the justice of your case,

you sit clinging to my image near my hearth, as a sacred suppliant, like Ixion.⁴ To all this give me a plain answer.
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Orestes

Lady Athena, first of all I will take away a great anxiety from your last words.

I am not a suppliant in need of purification, nor did I sit at your image with pollution on my hands. I will give you strong proof of this. It is the law for one who is defiled by shedding blood to be barred from speech until he is sprinkled with the blood of
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a new-born victim by a man who can purify from murder. Long before at other houses I have been thus purified both by victims and by flowing streams.
And so I declare that this concern is out of the way. As to my family, you will soon learn.
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I am an Argive ; my father—you rightly inquire about him—was Agamemnon, the commander of the naval forces; along with him, you made Troy , the city of Ilion , to be no city. He did not die nobly, after he came home; but my black-hearted
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mother killed him after she covered him in a crafty snare that still remains to witness his murder in the bath. And when I came back home, having been an exile in the time before, I killed the woman who gave birth to me, I will not deny it, as the penalty in return for the murder of my dearly-loved father.
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Together with me Loxias is responsible for this deed, because he threatened me with pains, a goad for my heart, if I should fail to do this deed to those who were responsible. You judge whether I acted justly or not; whatever happens to me at your hands, I will be content.
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Athena

The matter is too great, if any mortal thinks to pass judgment on it; no, it is not lawful even for me to decide on cases of murder that is followed by the quick anger of the Furies, especially since you, by rites fully performed, have come a pure and harmless suppliant to my house;
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and so I respect you, since you do not bring harm to my city. Yet these women have an office that does not permit them to be dismissed lightly; and if they fail to win their cause, the venom from their resentment will fall upon the ground, an intolerable, perpetual plague afterwards in the land.
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So stands the case: either course—to let them stay, to drive them out—brings disaster and perplexity to me. But since this matter has fallen here, I will select judges of homicide bound by oath, and I will establish this tribunal for all time.
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Summon your witnesses and proofs, sworn evidence to support your case; and I will return when I have chosen the best of my citizens, for them to decide this matter truly, after they take an oath that they will pronounce no judgment contrary to justice. Exit
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The Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (The Eumenides. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 436 focus

What do you wish, O stranger, to answer in your turn to these things? But having told your country and race and your misfortunes, after that repel this charge; if, trusting to justice, you sit keeping station at this image beside my shrine, a venerated suppliant after the fashion of Ixion . To all these answer something easily understood by me.

ORESTES

Queen Minerva, first will I remove the great care, [evident] from your last words. I am not contaminated, nor does pollution adhere to my hand that clasps 3

your image. And I will tell you a great proof of these things. It is the law that one whose hands are stained with murder be silent, until by a man who cleanses from the impurity of blood, the slaughter of a young victim have sprinkled him with gore. Long since I have been thus purified at other abodes, both with animals, and flowing streams: therefore, indeed. I dismiss this your care. But what my race is, you shall quickly hear. I am an Argive, and well do you know my father, Agamemnon 4

, leader of naval heroes; with whom you made the Trojan city of Ilion no city. He perished not gloriously, having come to his home: for my dark-souled mother slew him, having wrapt him in artful toils, [and she herself] bore wit ness to the murder of the bath. And I returning home, having been an exile the time before this, slew her who gave me birth, I will not deny it, with the vengeance of retributory slaughter, on account of my dearest father. And of these things Apollo is in common guilty, declaring sting-like woes to my heart if I should not do some of these things to the murderers. But do you, whether justly, or not, decide the cause; for however I shall have fared with you, I shall assent to your decision.

MINERVA

LES EUMÉNIDES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES EUMÉNIDES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 436 focus

l'hommage qui t'est dû.

ATHÉNA

A cela, étranger, que veux-tu répondre à ton tour? Mais dis-moi d'abord ton pays, ta race, tes malheurs, avant de te défendre sur ce dont on t'accuse. Si
tu as vraiment foi dans la justice, quand tu te tiens assis près de mon foyer, embrassant mon image, suppliant respecté comme fut Ixion ¹, fais-moi sur tous ces points une réponse claire.

ORESTE.

Souveraine Athéna, je t'allégerai d'abord du lourd souci qu'ont trahi tes derniers mots. Je ne suis pas
un être impur; ce n'est point une souillure aux mains que je me suis assis aux pieds de ta statue. Je t'en fournirai une bonne preuve. La loi, il est vrai, défend au meurtrier d'élever la voix, mais jusqu'au jour seulement où, par les
soins d'un purificateur du sang répandu, le sang d'une jeune bête égorgée a coulé sur lui. Et il y a longtemps déjà que j'ai usé ma souillure au contact d'autres foyers et sur tous les chemins de la terre et des mers. Aussi, je le répète, écarte ce souci. Pour ma naissance, apprends-la sans tarder.
Je suis Argien, et mon père t'est bien connu, Agamemnon, qui arma la flotte des Grecs et t'aida toi-même à faire une cité de ruines de la cité des Troyens. Il a péri, ce roi, et d'une mort indigne, quand il rentrait à son foyer. Ma mère
aux noirs desseins l'a tué, en l'enserrant dans un riche

LES EUMÉNIDES

[ORESTE]

filet, qui témoignait ² assez du crime accompli dans le bain. Et moi, longtemps exilé, rentrant enfin dans ma patrie, j'ai tué ma mère — je ne le nierai pas — pour qu'un meurtre payât le meurtre de mon père adoré. Mais de ma
conduite Loxias est responsable aussi, dont les oracles, aiguillons de mon âme, ne me prédisaient que douleurs, si je n'exécutais pas tous ses ordres contre les coupables ³. Ai-je eu tort? ai-je eu raison? à toi d'en décider : je suis en ta puissance; quoi qu'il fasse de moi, j'accepte ton
arrêt.

ATHÉNA.

Si l'on

The Furies (OCR draft) Experimental (The Furies. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 436 focus

Say, ſtranger, what can'ſt thou reply to this?

Speak firſt thy race, thy country, thy misfortunes;

Then urge thy plea againſt this accuſation;

If truſting in the juſtice of thy cauſe,

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Thus ſeated near my altar, thou embrace

With reverend hands, a ſuppliant as Ixion ,

My ſtatue. Be thy anſwer ſhort and clear.

ORESTES.

Royal Minerva, let me firſt remove

What thy laſt words, with much concern, ſuggeſt.
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I am not ſtain'd with blood, nor ſhall my hand

Pollute thy ſtatue: what I urge in proof

Bears ſtrong conviction. Him, whoſe hands are red

With blood, the laws forbid to plead his cauſe,

Till with its flowing gore the new-ſlain victim
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Has made atonement, and the cleanſing wave

Reſtor'd his purity. In other ſhrines

Long ſince theſe hallow'd rites have been perform'd

With offer'd victims and the fluent ſtream.

Blameleſs of this offence, I next declare
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My race: An Argive: nor to thee unknown

My fire, the leader of the naval hoſts,

The royal Agamemnon; for with him

Thy conquering hand laid the proud walls of Troy

In duſt: returning to his houſe he periſh'd
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By deeds of baſeneſs; for my dark-ſoul'd mother

With various trains in private murder'd him;

Th' enſanguin'd bath atteſted the foul deed.

I, then an exile, bending back my ſteps,

Slew her that gave me birth; nor ſhall my tongue
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Deny the deed; it was a vengeance due

To my lov'd father's ſhade: ſo Phœbus deem'd,

Who urg'd me, and denounc'd heart-rending woes,

Shou'd I ſhrink back refuſing to avenge

The guilt: but if with juſtice, be thou judge.
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To thy deciding voice my ſoul ſubmits.

THE FURIES. 263

MINERVA.

Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 436 focus

E tu, che cosa opporre, ospite, puoi ?

Di' la tua patria, la progenie tua

e le vicende, e dalle accuse scólpati,

se fede hai pur nella giustizia, e siedi

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perciò, come Ission, supplice sacro

vicino all'ara e al simulacro mio.

Rispondi a tutto, e fa ch'io chiaro intenda.

ORESTE

O diva Atena, prima io dall'estreme

parole tue, vo' tôrre un gran sospetto.
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Non giunsi qui contaminato.

All'idolo

tuo non m'assisi con le mani impure.

E grande prova addurre io te ne posso.

Muto convien che l'omicida resti,

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sin che del sangue d'un lattante verro

altri, a espïar, non lo cosperga.

Ed io,

da lungo tempo già, presso altre case,

presso altre genti, fui purificato.

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Il tuo primo sospetto ecco rimosso.

Ed ora, sappi la progenie mia.

lo sono d'Argo: è mio padre Agamènnone,

signor dei navichieri, a te ben noto:

ché tu con esso, ov'era la città

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d'llio, facesti la rovina.

Ora, egli,

tornato alla sua casa, trovò morte:

ignobil morte: ché la torva madre

mia, lo sgozzò, lo strinse entro una rete

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versicolore, testimone ancora

dell'assassinio: e fu nel bagno.

Ed io

tornai, che prima andato era fuggiasco,

ed uccisi mia madre, io non lo nego,

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e con la morte vendicai la morte

del carissimo padre.

Ed è partecipe

di questo scempio, Apollo: egli mi disse

quali tormenti il cuor mio punto avrebbero

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se cosí non punivo i due colpevoli.

Se il giusto feci, se fallai, tu giudica:

loderò, qual che sia, la tua sentenza.

ATENA

Aeschylus, Eumenides: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Eumenides: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 436 focus

Quid adhæc uerò dicere ò hoſpes uiciſsim uis?

Dicens uerò regionem, & genus, & calamitates

Tuas, deinde ultoris uituperium.

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Si confisus iuſticiæ, statuam hanc

Pergis cuſtodire, propè meam aram.

Grauis ſupplex in modis Ixionis.

His reſponde omnibus docilis mihi.

Ore.

Regina Minerua, primo ex poſtremiſ
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Tuis uerbis curam abſtuliſti magnam.

Non ſum parricida, neq; habet ſcelus,

Ab hac manu tuum collocamus simulacrum.

Si quum horum tibi dicam magnum,

Mutum eſse maledicum conſuetudo eſt.
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Poſtquam à uiro ſanguinis expiatore

Cædes cruentam iuuenem animantem.

Diu ab alijs hoc conſecramus

Domibus, & animantibus, & liberis meatibus.

Hanc uerò curam dico procul.
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Genus uerò meum ut ſe habet intelliges citò.

Argiuus ſum, patrem pulchrè inquiris,

Agamemnomem uirorum nautarum gubernatorem,

Cum quo tu Troiam carentem urbe Ilium urbem

Feciſti, ille interfectus eſt non pulchrè rediens
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Domum, ſed ipſum nigra mens mea

Mater interfecit uarijs capturis,

Occultatis lauacrorum teſte cæde.

Et ego disceſsi, ante tempus fugiens cædem.

Interfeci matrem, non negabo,
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Contrarijs pœnis chariſsimi patris.

Horum uerò communiter fuit Loxias in cauſa,

Dolores aduocans ſtimulos cordi.

Niſi cohibuiſſem qui in cauſa fuerunt.

Tu uerò iudica ſi iuſtè, ſiue non,
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Agens hæc, te ubique laudabo.

Min.

Aeschylus, Die Eumeniden: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Eumeniden: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 436 focus

Was hast du darauf zu erwidern, fremder Mann?

Erst nenne Heimat und Geschlecht und deine That,

dann wehre die Bezichtigung des Klägers ab,

wofern du im Vertrau'n auf deiner Sache Recht

440 mein Bild umarmend sitzest meinem Herde nah

und frischvergoss'nen Blutes Reinigung begehrst,

wie einst Ixion, als ein mitleidswürd'ger Mensch.

Auf alles dieses gieb mir bündigen Bescheid.

Orestes.

Herrin Athena, lass' ein schwer Bedenken mich

zuerst beheben, dessen du zuletzt gedacht.

445 Ich heische keine Reinigung, ich bin auch nicht

mit mordbefleckten Händen deinem Bild genaht.

Du kannst dich sicher überzeugen: schweigen muſs

so lange jeder, welchen frisches Blut befleckt,

bis seiner sich ein Mensch erbarmt und sühnend ihm

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Gereinigt haben längst auch mich in andrem Haus

Tierblut und flieſsend Wasser, wie der Brauch es

heischt.

So bist du dieser Sorge ledig, wie du siehst.

Nun meine Herkunft. Was du fragst, ist bald gesagt.

455 Aus Argos stamm' ich; meinen Vater kennst du gut.

Des Flottenzuges Führer Agamemnon war's,

mit dem du selber Troias Burg dem Boden gleich

gemacht hast. Tod hat ihn betroffen. Nicht zum Heil

ward ihm die Heimkehr. Meiner Mutter schwarzes

Herz

460 sann Tod ihm. Tückisch Fangnetz hüllte seinen Leib,

doch aus dem Bade leuchtete der Mord hervor.

Ich war von Haus verstofsen endlich kehrt' ich heim,

und da erschlug ich meine Mutter, ich gesteh's,

den Tod des lieben Vaters rächend, Blut um Blut.

465 Mit mir gemeinsam trägt Apollon diese Schuld.

Die Qualen, die er malte, wenn die Schuld'gen ich

verschonte, spornten meine Seele zu der That.

Ob recht ich oder unrecht that, entscheide du.

Sprichst du das Urteil, nehm' ich alles dankbar hin.

Athena.

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.) — 436 focus

O man unknown, make thou thy plea in turn;

Speak forth thy land, thy lineage, and thy woes;

Then, if thou canst, avert this bitter blame—

If, as I deem, in confidence of right

Thou sittest hard beside my holy place,
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Clasping this statue, as Ixion sat,

A sacred suppliant for Zeus to cleanse,—

To all this answer me in words made plain.

Orestes.

O queen Athena, first from thy last words

Will I a great solicitude remove.
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Not one blood-guilty am I; no foul stain

Clings to thine image from my clinging hand;

Whereof one potent proof I have to tell.

Lo the law stands— The slayer shall not plead,

Till by the hand of him who cleanses blood
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A suckling creature's blood besprinkle him.

Long since have I this expiation done,—

In many a home, slain beasts and running streams

Have cleansed me. Thus I speak away that fear.

Next, of my lineage quickly thou shalt learn:
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An Argive am I, and right well thou know'st

My sire, that Agamemnon who arrayed

The fleet and them that went therein to war—

That chief with whom thy hand combined to crush

To an uncitied heap what once was Troy;
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That Agamemnon, when he homeward came,

Was brought unto no honourable death,

Slain by the dark-souled wife who brought me forth

To him,—enwound and slain in wily nets,

Blazoned with blood that in the laver ran.
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And I, returning from an exiled youth,

Slew her, my mother—lo, it stands avowed—

With blood for blood avenging my loved sire;

And in this deed doth Loxias bear part,

Decreeing agonies, to goad my will,
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Unless by me the guilty found their doom.

Do thou decide if right or wrong were done—

Thy dooming, whatsoe'er it be, contents me.

Athena.

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.) — 436 focus

Was sagst du, Fremdling, wider dies für deinen Theil?

Erst nenne Heimat und Geschlecht und Lebensloos,

Und diesen Vorwurf wehre dann von deinem Haupt,

Wenn, auf das Recht vertrauend, du zu diesem Bild
415

In meines Herdes Nähe dich geflüchtet hast,

Um Sühne flehend, heilig wie Ixion einst.

Auf alles dies entgegne wohlverständlich mir.

Orestes.

Athene, Fürstin, ich enthebe dich zuerst

Der schweren Sorge, der zulekt dein Wort gedacht.
420

Ich flehe nicht um Sühne; denn kein Gräuel mehr

Befleckt die Hände, welche hier dein Bild umfaßt.

Ein großes Zeugniß dessen offenbar' ich dir.

Der Menschenmörder bleibe stumm, das ist Gesek,

Bis, fallend unter Mannes Hand, ein saugend Thier
425

Mit seinem Blut besprengend ihn entsündigte.

So wurden wir in andern Häusern schon vorlängst

Durch blutig Opfer ausgesühnt und Quellenbad.

Die Sorge schaff' ich also durch mein Wort hinweg.

Von meiner Abkunft geb' ich dir sofort Bescheid.
430

Ich bin von Argos, meinen Vater kennst du wohl,

Agamemnon, der den Seegeschwadern einst gebot,

Mit dem du Troja's hohe Burg in Staub gestürzt.

Der, als er heimgelangte, fand unwürd'gen Tod;

Denn meine Mutter, argen Sinns, ermordet' ihn;
435

Mit trügerischem Newgeweb' umstrickte sie

Den Gatten, und vom Bade ward der Mord bezeugt.

Und als ich heimkam, denn ich war vorher verbannt,

Erschlug ich meine Mutter, (ich verläugn' es nicht)

Vergalt mit Mord des vielgeliebten Vaters Tod.
440

Mitschuldig aber dieser That ist Loxias,

Der Herzensqualen, Stacheln gleich, verkündete,

Wofern ich so nicht Nache nähm' am Schuldigen.

Du magst entscheiden, ob ich rechtthat oder nicht;

Ich füge, wie er falle, mich in deinen Spruch.
445

Athene.

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 πεύσει τὰ πάντα συντόμως, Διὸς κόρη. 415 ἡμεῖς γάρ ἐσμεν Νυκτὸς αἰανῆς 5 τέκνα. Ἀραὶ 6 δ᾽ ἐν οἴκοις γῆς ὑπαὶ κεκλήμεθα.

Ἀθηνᾶ γένος μὲν οἶδα κληδόνας τ᾽ ἐπωνύμους.

Χορός τιμάς γε μὲν δὴ τὰς ἐμὰς πεύσει τάχα.

Ἀθηνᾶ μάθοιμ᾽ ἄν, εἰ λέγοι τις ἐμφανῆ λόγον. 420

Χορός βροτοκτονοῦντας 7 ἐκ δόμων ἐλαύνομεν.

Ἀθηνᾶ καὶ τῷ κτανόντι ποῦ τὸ 8 τέρμα τῆς φυγῆς; 9

Χορός ὅπου τὸ χαίρειν μηδαμοῦ νομίζεται.

Ἀθηνᾶ ἦ καὶ τοιαύτας τῷδ᾽ ἐπιρροιζεῖς 10 φυγάς;

Χορός φονεὺς γὰρ εἶναι μητρὸς ἠξιώσατο. 425

Ἀθηνᾶ ἄλλαις ἀνάγκαις, 11 ἤ τινος 12 τρέων κότον;

Χορός ποῦ γὰρ τοσοῦτο κέντρον ὡς μητροκτονεῖν;

Ἀθηνᾶ δυοῖν παρόντοιν ἥμισυς λόγος 13 πάρα.

Χορός ἀλλ᾽ ὅρκον οὐ δέξαιτ᾽ ἄν, οὐ δοῦναι θέλοι. 14

Ἀθηνᾶ κλύειν δίκαιος 15 μᾶλλον ἢ πρᾶξαι θέλεις. 430

Χορός πῶς δή; δίδαξον: τῶν σοφῶν γὰρ οὐ πένει.

Ἀθηνᾶ ὅρκοις τὰ μὴ δίκαια μὴ νικᾶν λέγω.

Χορός ἀλλ᾽ ἐξέλεγχε, κρῖνε δ᾽ εὐθεῖαν δίκην.

Ἀθηνᾶ ἦ κἀπ᾽ ἐμοὶ τρέποιτ᾽ ἂν αἰτίας τέλος;

Χορός πῶς δ᾽ οὔ; σέβουσαί γ᾽ ἀξίαν κἀπ᾽ ἀξίων. 16 435 436

Χορός πεύσῃ τὰ πάντα συντόμως, Διὸς κόρη. 415 ἡμεῖς γάρ ἐσμεν Νυκτὸς αἰανῆ τέκνα. Ἀραὶ δʼ ἐν οἴκοις γῆς ὑπαὶ κεκλήμεθα.

Ἀθηνᾶ γένος μὲν οἶδα κληδόνας τʼ ἐπωνύμους.

Χορός τιμάς γε μὲν δὴ τὰς ἐμὰς πεύσῃ τάχα.

Ἀθηνᾶ μάθοιμʼ ἄν, εἰ λέγοι τις ἐμφανῆ λόγον. 420

Χορός βροτοκτονοῦντας ἐκ δόμων ἐλαύνομεν.

Ἀθηνᾶ καὶ τῷ κτανόντι ποῦ τὸ τέρμα τῆς φυγῆς;

Χορός ὅπου τὸ χαίρειν μηδαμοῦ νομίζεται.

Ἀθηνᾶ ἦ καὶ τοιαύτας τῷδʼ ἐπιρροιζεῖς φυγάς;

Χορός φονεὺς γὰρ εἶναι μητρὸς ἠξιώσατο. 425

Ἀθηνᾶ ἄλλαις ἀνάγκαις, ἤ τινος τρέων κότον;

Χορός ποῦ γὰρ τοσοῦτο κέντρον ὡς μητροκτονεῖν;

Ἀθηνᾶ δυοῖν παρόντοιν ἥμισυς λόγου πάρα.

Χορός ἀλλʼ ὅρκον οὐ δέξαιτʼ ἄν, οὐ δοῦναι θέλοι.

Ἀθηνᾶ κλύειν δίκαιος μᾶλλον ἢ πρᾶξαι θέλεις. 430

Χορός πῶς δή; δίδαξον· τῶν σοφῶν γὰρ οὐ πένῃ.

Ἀθηνᾶ ὅρκοις τὰ μὴ δίκαια μὴ νικᾶν λέγω.

Χορός ἀλλʼ ἐξέλεγχε, κρῖνε δʼ εὐθεῖαν δίκην.

Ἀθηνᾶ ἦ κἀπʼ ἐμοὶ τρέποιτʼ ἂν αἰτίας τέλος;

Χορός πῶς δʼ οὔ; σέβουσαί γʼ ἀξίαν κἀπʼ ἀξίων. 435

Αθ.

Apparatus Criticus

Ἀθηνᾶ

Ἀθηνᾶ

Chorus Daughter of Zeus, you will hear it all in brief. We are the eternal children of Night. We are called Curses in our homes beneath the earth. 415

Athena I now know your family and the names by which you are called.

Chorus You will soon learn my office.

Athena I shall understand, if someone would tell the story clearly. 420

Chorus We drive murderers from their homes.

Athena And where is the end of flight for the killer?

Chorus Where joy is absent and unknown. 3

Athena And would you drive this man with your shrieks to such flight?

Chorus Yes, for he thought it right to be his mother’s murderer. 425

Athena Through other compulsions, or in fear of someone’s wrath?

Chorus Where is there a spur so keen as to compel the murder of a mother?

Athena Two parties are present; only half the case is heard.

Chorus But he will not receive an oath nor does he want to give one.

Athena You want to be called just rather than to act justly. 430

Chorus How so? Teach me. For you are not poor in subtleties.

Athena I say that oaths must not win victory for injustice.

Chorus Well then, question him, and make a straight judgment.

Athena Then would you turn over the decision of the charge to me?

Chorus How not?—since we honor you because you are worthy and of worthy parentage. 435

MINERVA

ATHÉNA. Si l'on

MINERVA.

ORESTE O diva Atena, prima io dall'estreme parole tue, vo' tôrre un gran sospetto. 480 Non giunsi qui contaminato. All'idolo tuo non m'assisi con le mani impure.

ATENA

Min.

Erst nenne Heimat und Geschlecht und deine That, dann wehre die Bezichtigung des Klägers ab,

wofern du im Vertrau'n auf deiner Sache Recht 440 mein Bild umarmend sitzest meinem Herde nah und frischvergoss'nen Blutes Reinigung begehrst, wie einst Ixion, als ein mitleidswürd'ger Mensch. Auf alles dieses gieb mir bündigen Bescheid.

Athena.

Athena.

Athene.

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πεύσει τὰ πάντα συντόμως, Διὸς κόρη.
415

ἡμεῖς γάρ ἐσμεν Νυκτὸς αἰανῆς⁵ τέκνα.

Ἀραὶ⁶ δ᾽ ἐν οἴκοις γῆς ὑπαὶ κεκλήμεθα.

Ἀθηνᾶ

γένος μὲν οἶδα κληδόνας τ᾽ ἐπωνύμους.

Χορός

τιμάς γε μὲν δὴ τὰς ἐμὰς πεύσει τάχα.

Ἀθηνᾶ

μάθοιμ᾽ ἄν, εἰ λέγοι τις ἐμφανῆ λόγον.
420

Χορός

βροτοκτονοῦντας⁷ ἐκ δόμων ἐλαύνομεν.

Ἀθηνᾶ

καὶ τῷ κτανόντι ποῦ τὸ⁸ τέρμα τῆς φυγῆς;⁹

Χορός

ὅπου τὸ χαίρειν μηδαμοῦ νομίζεται.

Ἀθηνᾶ

ἦ καὶ τοιαύτας τῷδ᾽ ἐπιρροιζεῖς¹⁰ φυγάς;

Χορός

φονεὺς γὰρ εἶναι μητρὸς ἠξιώσατο.
425

Ἀθηνᾶ

ἄλλαις ἀνάγκαις,¹¹ ἤ τινος¹² τρέων κότον;

Χορός

ποῦ γὰρ τοσοῦτο κέντρον ὡς μητροκτονεῖν;

Ἀθηνᾶ

δυοῖν παρόντοιν ἥμισυς λόγος¹³ πάρα.

Χορός

ἀλλ᾽ ὅρκον οὐ δέξαιτ᾽ ἄν, οὐ δοῦναι θέλοι.¹⁴

Ἀθηνᾶ

κλύειν δίκαιος¹⁵ μᾶλλον ἢ πρᾶξαι θέλεις.
430

Χορός

πῶς δή; δίδαξον: τῶν σοφῶν γὰρ οὐ πένει.

Ἀθηνᾶ

ὅρκοις τὰ μὴ δίκαια μὴ νικᾶν λέγω.

Χορός

ἀλλ᾽ ἐξέλεγχε, κρῖνε δ᾽ εὐθεῖαν δίκην.

Ἀθηνᾶ

ἦ κἀπ᾽ ἐμοὶ τρέποιτ᾽ ἂν αἰτίας τέλος;

Χορός

πῶς δ᾽ οὔ; σέβουσαί γ᾽ ἀξίαν κἀπ᾽ ἀξίων.¹⁶
435
436

Χορός

πεύσῃ τὰ πάντα συντόμως, Διὸς κόρη.
415

ἡμεῖς γάρ ἐσμεν Νυκτὸς αἰανῆ τέκνα.

Ἀραὶ δʼ ἐν οἴκοις γῆς ὑπαὶ κεκλήμεθα.

Ἀθηνᾶ

γένος μὲν οἶδα κληδόνας τʼ ἐπωνύμους.

Χορός

τιμάς γε μὲν δὴ τὰς ἐμὰς πεύσῃ τάχα.

Ἀθηνᾶ

μάθοιμʼ ἄν, εἰ λέγοι τις ἐμφανῆ λόγον.
420

Χορός

βροτοκτονοῦντας ἐκ δόμων ἐλαύνομεν.

Ἀθηνᾶ

καὶ τῷ κτανόντι ποῦ τὸ τέρμα τῆς φυγῆς;

Χορός

ὅπου τὸ χαίρειν μηδαμοῦ νομίζεται.

Ἀθηνᾶ

ἦ καὶ τοιαύτας τῷδʼ ἐπιρροιζεῖς φυγάς;

Χορός

φονεὺς γὰρ εἶναι μητρὸς ἠξιώσατο.
425

Ἀθηνᾶ

ἄλλαις ἀνάγκαις, ἤ τινος τρέων κότον;

Χορός

ποῦ γὰρ τοσοῦτο κέντρον ὡς μητροκτονεῖν;

Ἀθηνᾶ

δυοῖν παρόντοιν ἥμισυς λόγου πάρα.

Χορός

ἀλλʼ ὅρκον οὐ δέξαιτʼ ἄν, οὐ δοῦναι θέλοι.

Ἀθηνᾶ

κλύειν δίκαιος μᾶλλον ἢ πρᾶξαι θέλεις.
430

Χορός

πῶς δή; δίδαξον· τῶν σοφῶν γὰρ οὐ πένῃ.

Ἀθηνᾶ

ὅρκοις τὰ μὴ δίκαια μὴ νικᾶν λέγω.

Χορός

ἀλλʼ ἐξέλεγχε, κρῖνε δʼ εὐθεῖαν δίκην.

Ἀθηνᾶ

ἦ κἀπʼ ἐμοὶ τρέποιτʼ ἂν αἰτίας τέλος;

Χορός

πῶς δʼ οὔ; σέβουσαί γʼ ἀξίαν κἀπʼ ἀξίων.
435

Chorus

Daughter of Zeus, you will hear it all in brief. We are the eternal children of Night. We are called Curses in our homes beneath the earth.
415

Athena

I now know your family and the names by which you are called.

Chorus

You will soon learn my office.

Athena

I shall understand, if someone would tell the story clearly.
420

Chorus

We drive murderers from their homes.

Athena

And where is the end of flight for the killer?

Chorus

Where joy is absent and unknown.³

Athena

And would you drive this man with your shrieks to such flight?

Chorus

Yes, for he thought it right to be his mother’s murderer.
425

Athena

Through other compulsions, or in fear of someone’s wrath?

Chorus

Where is there a spur so keen as to compel the murder of a mother?

Athena

Two parties are present; only half the case is heard.

Chorus

But he will not receive an oath nor does he want to give one.

Athena

You want to be called just rather than to act justly.
430

Chorus

How so? Teach me. For you are not poor in subtleties.

Athena

I say that oaths must not win victory for injustice.

Chorus

Well then, question him, and make a straight judgment.

Athena

Then would you turn over the decision of the charge to me?

Chorus

How not?—since we honor you because you are worthy and of worthy parentage.
435

ATHÉNA.

Si l'on

ORESTE

O diva Atena, prima io dall'estreme

parole tue, vo' tôrre un gran sospetto.
480

Non giunsi qui contaminato.

All'idolo

tuo non m'assisi con le mani impure.

Erst nenne Heimat und Geschlecht und deine That,

dann wehre die Bezichtigung des Klägers ab,

wofern du im Vertrau'n auf deiner Sache Recht

440 mein Bild umarmend sitzest meinem Herde nah

und frischvergoss'nen Blutes Reinigung begehrst,

wie einst Ixion, als ein mitleidswürd'ger Mensch.

Auf alles dieses gieb mir bündigen Bescheid.