Aeschylus Eumenides 1032-1045

Herbert Weir Smyth (Translator)

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Eumenides. Aeschylus. Herbert Weir Smyth (Translator). New York. 1926.

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Eumenides (English) (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. (Modernized by Perseus.))

Editions (12)
Εὐμενίδες First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 1032-1047 focus
Εὐμενίδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 1032-1047 focus
Εὐμενίδες (1518 edition; OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Eumenides, 1518 edition. VLM-assisted OCR with native lineation and automated correspondence to the Smyth edition.) — 1032 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 1032 focus
εὐφαμεῖτε δὲ, χωρῖται—
1035
γᾶς ὑπὸ κεύθεσιν ἀγυγίοισι,
τιμαῖς καὶ θυσίαις περισέπτα τύχᾳ τε.
εὐφαμεῖτε δὲ πανδαμί.
ἵλαοι δὲ καὶ εὐθύφρονες γᾷ
1040
δεῦρ᾽ ἴτε, σεμναὶ, πυριδάπτῳ
λαμπάδι τερπόμεναι καθ᾽ ὁδόν.
ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς.
σπονδαὶ δ᾽ ἐς τὸ πᾶν ἔνδαιδες οἴκων.
Παλλάδος ἀστοῖς· Ζεὺς ὁ πανόπτας
1045
οὕτω Μοϊρά τε συγκατέβα.
ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς.
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 1032 focus
εὐφαμεῖτε δέ, χωρῖται.
2
γᾶς ὑπὸ κεύθεσιν ὠγυγίοισιν
τιμαῖς καὶ θυσίαις περίσεπτα τυχοῦσαι.
εὐφαμεῖτε δὲ πανδαμεί.
3
ἵλαοι δὲ καὶ τῇδ᾽ εὔφρονες γᾷ
1020
δεῦρ᾽ ἴτε, σεμναί, σὺν πυριδάπτῳ
λάμπα τερπόμεναι καθ᾽ ὁδόν.
ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς.
4
σπονδαὶ δ᾽ ἐς τὸ πᾶν ἔνδαιδες οἴκων
Παλλάδος ἀστοῖς· Ζεὺς ὁ πανόπτας
1025
οὕτω Μοῖρά τε συγκατέβα.
ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς.
ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1032 focus
Βᾶθ' ὁδόν, ὦ βάτ (βᾶτ᾿ Τr) ἐν δόμῳ μεγάλαι φιλότιμοι
Νυκτὸς παῖδες ἄπαιδες, ὑπ'
εὔφρονι εὐθύφρονι (εὐθύφρι F) πομπᾷ
1030
εὐφαμεῖτε δὲ πανδαμεί χωρεῖτε —
γᾶς ὑπὸ κεῦθος, ἵν᾽ κεύθεσιν ὠγυγίοισιν
Ἵλαοι δὲ καὶ εὐθύφρονες γᾷ
1035
δεῦρ᾽ ἴτε, Σεμναί, ( τᾷ) πυριδάπτῳ
λαμπάδι τερπόμεναι καθ' ὁδόν. ὁδὸν δ'
Ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς.
Σπονδαὶ δ' ἐς τὸ πανευτυχὲς πᾶν ἔνδαιδες (-δάδες FVTr); dittographiam ονδαιδεσ... ενδαιδεσ multi notauerunt; post σπονδαὶ δ' subaudi εἰσίν (cf. Eur. Med. 898) οἴκων
Παλλάδος ἀστοῖς ἀστοῖσι,· Ζεὺς Παντόπτας
1040
οὕτω Μοῖρά τε συγκατέβα.
Ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς.
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Arthur Sidgwick, 1887.) — 1032 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 1032 focus
βᾶτε δόμῳ, μεγάλαι φιλότιμοι
Νυκτὸς παῖδες ἄπαιδες,
ὑπ᾽ εὔφρονι πομπᾷ
1035
εὐφαμεῖτε δὲ πανδαμί.
antistr. 1.
γᾶς ὑπὸ κεύθεσιν ὠγυγίοισιν
τιμαῖς καὶ θυσίαις πε-
ρισέπται τύχαι τε.
εὐφαμεῖτε δὲ πανδαμί.
1040
str. 2.
ἵλαοι δὲ καὶ εὐθύφρονες γᾷ
δεῦρ᾽ ἴτε, σεμναί, πυριδάπτῳ
λαμπάδι τερπόμεναι καθ᾽ ὁδόν.
σπονδαὶ δ᾽ ἐς τὸ πᾶν ἔνδαιδες οἴκων
1045
Παλλάδος ἀστοῖς· Ζεὺς ὁ πανόπτας
οὕτω Μοῖρά τε συγκατέβα.
Ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς.
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 1032 focus
— εὐφαμεῖτε δὲ χωρῖται.
γᾶς ὑπὸ κεύθεσιν ὠγυγίοισιν
1035
{καὶ} τιμαῖς καὶ θυσίαις περίσεπτα τύχοιτε.
— εὐφαμεῖτε δὲ πανδαμεί.
ἵλαοι δὲ καὶ εὐθύφρονες γᾶι
δεῦρ᾽ ἴτε, Σεμναὶ ⟨θεαί⟩, πυριδάπτωι
λαμπάδι τερπόμεναι καθ᾽ ὁδόν. {δ’}
1040
— ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς.
σπουδαὶ δ’ εἴσιτε πανδάϊδ’ οἶκον·
Παλλάδος ἀστοῖς Ζεὺς παντόπτας
οὕτω Μοῖρά τε συγκατέβα.
— ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς.
1045
Aeschyli Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Eumenides. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 1032 focus
εὐφαμεῖτε δὲ πανδαμεί. –
ἵλαοι δὲ καὶ σύμφρονες γᾶι
δεῦρ᾽ ἴτε Σεμναί
1040
(τᾶι) πυριδάπτωι
λαμπάδι τερπόμεναι καθ᾽ ὁδόν.
[δ᾽] ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς.
σπονδαὶ δ᾽ ἐς τὸ πᾶν ἐκ μετοίκων
Παλλάδος ἀστοῖς.
1045
Ζεὺς (ὁ) πανόπτας
οὕτω Μοῖρά τε συγκατέβα.
ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς. =
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by F. A. Paley, 1885.) — 1032 focus
βᾶτε δόμῳ, μεγάλαι φιλότιμοι
985
Νυκτὸς παῖδες ἄπαιδες ὑπ᾿ εὔφρονι πομπᾷ,
(εὐφαμεῖτε δὲ, χωρῖται,)
γᾶς ὑπὸ κεύθεσιν ὠγυγίοισιν,
τιμαῖς καὶ θυσίαισιν * ὑπαὶ πυρισέπτοις,
ἵλαοι δὲ καὶ εὐθύφρονες γᾷ
990
δεῦρ᾽ ἴτε, Σεμναὶ, * ξὺν πυριδάπτω
λάμπᾳ τερπόμεναι καθ᾿ ὁδόν·
(εὐφαμεῖτε δὲ πανδαμί,)
ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς.
995
σπονδαὶ δ᾽ εἰσόπιν ἐνδᾷδες ἴτων.
Παλλάδος ἀστοῖς Ζεὺς * ὁ πανόπτας
οὕτω Μοῖρά τε συγκατέβα.
ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς.
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by Friedrich Blass, 1907.) — 1032 focus
βᾶτ᾽ ἐς ὁδόν, μεγάλαι φιλότιμοι
Νυκτὸς παῖδες ἄπαιδες, ὑπ᾽ εὐθύφρονι πομπᾶι
εὐφαμεῖτε δέ, χωρῖται -
1035
γᾶς ὑπὸ κεύθεσιν ὠγυγίοισιν,
τιμαῖς καὶ θυσίαις περισέπταισι τύχᾶι τε.
εὐφαμεῖτε δὲ πανδαμεί.
ἵλαοι δὲ καὶ εὐθύφρονες γᾶι
1040
δεῦρ᾽ ἴτε, Σεμναί, 〈τᾶι〉 πυριδάπτωι
λαμπάδι τερπόμεναι καθ᾽ ὁδόν, —
ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς —
Παλλάδος ἀστοῖς· Ζεὺς ὁ πανόπτας
1045
στρ. α
ἀντ. α
στρ. β
σπονδᾶι δ᾽ ἐς πρόπαν ἔνδαιτες οἴκων
αντ. β
οὕτω Μοῖρό τε συγκατέβα.
ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς.
Translations (9)
The Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (The Eumenides. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 1032 focus
Depart home, ye mighty honoured virgin daughters of Night, with a friendly escort. (
But do you speak well- omened words, inhabitants), in the ancient caves beneath the earth highly honoured with honours and burnt victims, and in your happy lot. But applaud all ye people !
And propi­ tious and benevolent to this land come hither, ye dread powers, and delighted with the blazing torch: and on the way now break forth into songs.
But libations shall be ever in your temples accompanied by torches: to the citizens of Pallas all-seeing Jove and the favouring Fate descend together. Break forth now into sougs.
LES EUMÉNIDES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES EUMÉNIDES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1032 focus
ces déesses en vous enveloppant dans des robes de pourpre 1 , et faites jaillir la clarté du feu, afin
que leur présence propice parmi nous se manifeste en riches floraisons humaines.
dans la cité se recueillent!
Pour gagner l'antre souterrain où vous trouverez, parmi
pareil. Et que tous dans la cité se recueillent!

Propices, loyales à l'égard de ce pays, allez donc, ô Redoutables, et laissez-vous réjouir par l'éclat des torches dévorées du feu qui vous montrent le chemin. Et mainte- nant lancez le cri rituel en réponse à notre chant!
The Furies (OCR draft) Experimental (The Furies. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 1032 focus
Remove then from this hallow'd fane,
Daughters of Night, remove your virgin train:
1170
With feſtal pomp, and ſolemn tread,
Reverend your awe-commanding ſtate we lead.
Breathing bleſſings o'er this land
Seek your ancient caves below,
Leading Fortune in your hand,
1175
Breathing bleſſings as you go.
For you the altars riſe, the victims bleed,
And ſacred honours are decreed;
For you the rich libations dew the ground,
Whilſt torches ſpread their blaze around.
1180
Go, in your glory then rejoicing go;
Go, and lead the Fates along,
Joining in this votive ſong;
Whilſt on this city from his throne on high
Jove propitious bends his eye.
1185
Go then; and as you move your friendly train,
Reſponſive to this warbled ſtrain
Harmonious bid your ſwelling voices flow.
Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 1032 focus
O de la Notte possenti onorate figliuole
intatte, a la vostra dimora movete,
1080
seguite dal sacro corteo.
E voi, cittadini, acclamate!
Entro gli spechi segreti dei secoli prischi
movete: qui vittime solenni, qui onori
avrete ed arrida Fortuna.
1085
E voi, cittadini, acclamate!
A questa terra benevole e ai Lari,
qui, venerande, movete; e v'allegrino
lungo la strada, brillando, le fiaccole!
Sposate ai canti grida alte di giubilo!
1090
Di libagioni penuria non abbiano
i cittadini di Pallade. Vigile
a tutto Giove, e la Parca, acconsentono.
Sposate ai canti grida alte di giubilo!
Aeschylus, Eumenides: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Eumenides: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 1032 focus
Ite domum honorandæ
Noctis filiæ ſine liberis,
965
Cum prudente pompa.
Bene precamini. ſecedite
Terræ ſub latebris antiquis.
Et honoribus & ſacrificijs
Honorificè fortunisq; bene precamini uerò paſsim
970
Beneuolæ & propitiæ terræ, huc uenite graues igni
Uoraginum ſtilentis.
Face delectantes, iuxta uiam uerò iubilate nunc in cantilenis.
Libationes omnino in domo ſint.
Palladis ciuibus Iupiter omnino ſpeculator.
975
Sic enim Parca ſimul deſcedit. iubilate nunc in cantionibus.
Aeschylus, Die Eumeniden: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Eumeniden: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 1032 focus
Schreitet im festlich geordneten Zuge,
1035 hehre, jungfräuliche Töchter der Nacht.
Treue giebt euch das Geleit.
Schweigt in Andacht, alles Volk.
Tief zu den Schlüften urweltlicher Felsen
zieht in die würdige Wohnung, genieſst
höchster Ehren reichsten Zoll.
Schweigt in Andacht, alles Volk.
1040
Kommet ihr Hehren und folget dem Zuge,
unserem Lande versöhnet, gefreundet,
und an den sprühenden Funken
weidet wandelnd euren Blick.
Juble, Volk, dem Liede zu.
Das Volk jauchzt.
Ewigen Bund mit den mächtigen Gästen
haben die Bürger Athenas geschlossen.
1045 Zeus des allmächtigen Wille
schuf es und des Schicksals Schluſs.
Juble, Volk, dem Liede zu.
Das Volk jauchzt.
English (E. D. A. Morshead, 1889, second edition) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, The Furies — Morshead translation. Wikisource transcription; speech corresp and card milestones aligned to Smyth perseus-grc2.) — 1032 focus
Chant.
With loyalty we lead you; proudly go,
Night's childless children, to your home below!
( O citizens, awhile from words forbear!)
1190
To darkness' deep primeval lair,
Far in Earth's bosom, downward fare,
Adored with prayer and sacrifice.
( O citizens, forbear your cries!)
Pass hitherward, ye powers of Dread,
1195
With all your former wrath allayed,
Into the heart of this loved land;
With joy unto your temple wend,
The while upon your steps attend
The flames that feed upon the brand—
1200
( Now, now ring out your chant, your joy's acclaim!)
Behind them, as they downward fare,
Let holy hands libations bear,
And torches' sacred flame.
All-seeing Zeus and Fate come down
1205
To battle fair for Pallas' town!
Ring out your chant, ring out your joy's acclaim!
[ Exeunt omnes.]
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.) — 1032 focus
Wandelt in's Haus, ihr Gewaltigen, Hehren,
Greise Töchter der Nacht, in des Zugs treuem Geleite!
Bürger, feiert in Andacht still!
Erste Gegenstrophe.
Tief in der Erde verwitterten Gründen
Sind euch Ehren und Opfer geweiht, flammen Gebete!
990
Ringsum feiert in Andacht still!
Zweite Strophe.
Gnadenreich und diesem Land gewogen
Wandelt einher, ihr Hehren, und freut euch
Hellauflodernder Fackeln im Zug!
Nun schalle der Jubel zum Festlied!
995
Zweite Gegenstrophe.
Stets weiht Pallas' Volk bei Fackelglanz' euch
Spenden hinfort. So wollte das Schicksal,
So Zeus' allesdurchschauender Blick.
Nun schalle der Jubel zum Festlied!
English (Smyth; revised Bannon and Nagy, CHS) (OCR draft) Experimental (CHS Primary Sources revision of Herbert Weir Smyth’s translation by Cynthia Bannon and Gregory Nagy, with transliterated Greek terms tagged and aligned to the Smyth edition.)

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Commentary

Commentary on Aeschylus: Eumenides (Aeschylus. Eumenides. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1887.)

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

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

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

1033. βᾶτε δόμῳ , pass into your home, Epic use of the dat. local after verb of motion, e. g. πεδίῳ πέσε (11. 5. 82), κυνέῃ βάλε (7.187).

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

1036. ὠγυγίοισιν , a strange word of obscure origin, meaning ancient.

1040. εὐθύφρονες , ‘righteously minded,' something like the Homeric αἴσιμα εἰδώς, which is also used of persons well disposed. [Of the suggested alterations Hartung's εὔφρονες ἀστοῖς is the best: but there is no need to alter.]

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

mvp-comment-772-1

Προπομποί
:
προπομπός χορός
adscriptum in Flor. Chori nomen in M. Aug. Par. Ven. Ald. Turn. Nulla personae nota in Rob. βᾶτε δόμῳ Wellauerus.
βάτ' ἐν δόμωι
Μ.
βάτ᾽ ἐν δόμῳ
(vel
δόμῳ
) Aug. Par. G. Ven. Flor. Ald.
βᾶτ' ἐνδόμῳ
Rob.
βάτ᾽ ἐκ δόμων
Turn.

mvp-comment-773-1 Νυκτὸς παῖδες ἄπαιδες non dicuntur Furiae quod prole careant, quae Schutzii et O. Mülleri opinio fuit, sed intelliguntur grandaevae. Ita v. 72.

Νυκτὸς παλαιαὶ παῖδες
. Deinde ὑπ᾽ εὔφρονι πομπᾷ:
απευθύφρον πομπᾷ
Α.
ὑπ᾽ εὐθύφοι πομπᾷ
Flor. Ceteri
ὑπ᾽ εὐθύφρονι πομπᾷ
. Ludovicus Dindorfius in Stephani Thes. vol. III. p. 2503. scribendum coniecit
ὑπ' εύφρονι πομπα
. [ recepi.

mvp-comment-774-1 εὐφαμεῖτε δὲ:

εὐφημεῖτε δὲ
Flor. Deinde libri
χωρεῖτε
. Scribendum esse χωρῖται indicavi in Elem. doctr. metr. p. 435. Pluribus exemplis hoc vocabulum illustrat Stephanus Byzantius in v.
χώρα
. Intelliguntur autem incolae regionis vel cives. Sed fuerunt fortasse qui
προπομπούς
indicari crederent, quandoquidem Hesychius scribit
χωρίτης, ἀγρώτης, ἄγροικος. ἄλλοι τὸν ὁδηγόν
. Ceterum praecedentia, non habita ratione versus intercalaris, cum sequentibus ita nexa sunt,
βᾶτε δόμῳ γᾶς ὑπὸ κεύθεσιν
.

mvp-comment-775-1 ὠγυγίοισιν:

Ωγυγίοισι
Τurn. Sed ceteri omnes recte
ὠγυγίοισιν
.

mvp-comment-776-1 τιμαῖς καὶ θυσίαις περίσεπτα τυχοῦσαι: Libri

καὶ τιμαῖς καὶ θυσίαις
. Prius
καὶ
iam olim delevi. Deinde
περισέπται τύχαι τε
M. Par.
περίσεπτα τύχαι τε
Aug. sic ut super
a
primi vocabuli duo puncta sint (hoc modo:
ä
), quibus incerta scriptura indicatur.
περισέπτα τύχαστε
sie G.
περισέπτα τύχα τε
Ven.
περισέπτη τύχη τε
Flor. Farn. Rob.
περὶ σεπτὰ, τύχαστε
Ald.
περίσεπτα, τύχαις τε
Turn. Musgravius
περίσεπτα τυχοῦσαι
. Ea emendatione, ut simplicissima, recepta, scripsi
τιμαῖς καὶ θυσίαις περίσεπτα τυχοῦσαι
. Sed incerta est huius versus emendatio. Possunt enim multa alia excogitari. Quod in Opusc. VI. 2. p. 125. scribendum conieci
περσέπτορε τύχα τε
, servato in strophico versu
ὑπ᾽ εὐθύφρονι πομπᾷ
, dactylico-que numero ad paeonicum progrediente, prorsus intolerabile visum est Schoemanno. Sed quum saepius tamquam insigne quid commemorentur ardentes faces (v. 987. 1004. 1011. 1021. 1024.), hic quoque ignium honoris, cuius compotes factae sunt Eumenides, aptissime fieret mentio. Ipse Schoemannus scribendum putavit
τιμαῖς καὶ θυσίαις τε καὶ εὐχαῖς περίσεπται
. Verum Aeschylus dixisset, puto,
περίσεπτοι
, neque
τε καί
posuisset. Melius scriberetur
τιμαῖς καὶ θυσίαις περισέπτοις τε σὺν εὐχαῖς
, aut
πυρισέπτοις τε τύχαισιν
.

mvp-comment-777-1 εὐφαμεῖτε δὲ:

εὐφημεῖτε δὲ
Flor. πανδαμεί:
πανδαμὶ
M. Aug. Par. G. Ald.
πανδαμε
Rob. Τurn.
πανδημεί
Ven. Flor. Farn.

mvp-comment-778-1 ἵλαοι δὲ καὶ τῇδ᾽ εὔφρονες γᾷ: Libri

ἵλαοι δὲ καὶ εὐθύφρονες γα
. Scribendum
ἵλασι δὲ καὶ τῇδ' εύφρονες γῇ
.

mvp-comment-779-1 σὺν, quo libri carent, ego inserui.

mvp-comment-780-1 λάμπα: Libri

λαμπάδι
, sed in M.
άδι
in litura ab alia manu scriptum est. Scribendum erat
λάμπα
. V. ad v. 379. Deinde τερπόμεναι καθ᾽ ὁδόν: libri
τερπόμεναι. καθ' οδόν δ'
, nisi quod G. interpunctionem post
τερπόμεναι
omittit. Scribendum est
τερπόμεναι καθ' οδόν
, omisso
δ'
. Id etiam Boissonadus vidit.

mvp-comment-781-1 ὀλολύξατε G. Ald. ἐπὶ μολπαῖς:

ἐπιμολπαῖς
Rob.

mvp-comment-782-1 ἐς τὸ πᾶν dictum ut

εἰς τὸ πᾶν χρόνου
ν. 662. ἔνδαιδες οἴκων M. Aug.
ἔνδαι δ᾽ ἐς οἴκων
G. Ald. Turn.
ἔνδᾄδες οἴκων
Rob.
ἔνδαδες οίκων
Ven. Flor. Farn. V. Lob. Paralip. p. 143.

mvp-comment-783-1 Παλλάδος ἀστοῖς· Ζεὺς ὁ πανόπτας οὕτω Μοῖρά τε συγκατέβα:

παλλάδος ἀστοῖσι ζεὺς παντόπτας
M. Aug. G. Ven. Flor. Farn. Rob.
παλλάδος ἀστοῖσι ζεὺς πανόπτας
Ald. Turn. Deinde
μοῖρά τε
Rob.
μοίρα τε
Aug. G. Ven. Flor. Ald. Turn. Scribendum est, ut Musgravius quoque partim intellexit,
σπονδαὶ δ᾽ ἐς τὸ πᾶν ἔνδαιδες οἴκων Παλλάδος ἀστοῖς· Ζεὺς ὁ πανόπτας οὕτω Μοῖρά τε συγκατέβα.
Pax in omne tempus cum lumine taedarum in sedibus (Furiarum) Palladis civibus: Iuppiter et Parca sic consenserunt.

mvp-comment-783-2 Post v. 1027. in M. subscriptum ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ ΑΙΣΧΥΛΟΥ ΣΥΝ ΘΩ ΤΕΛΟΣ. In G. τέλος εὐμενίδες δράματος αἰσχύλου. In Ven. Flor. ἰδοὺ πάλιν γε τέρμα τῶν εὐμενίδων.

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

mvp-comment-302-1 πρέπῃ] In order that the Erinyes, in their new character of Eumenides, may be known henceforth for causing circumstances favourable to the manly character of the citizens. The allusion is perhaps to v. 875.

mvp-comment-303-1 The concluding hymn, sung by escorts who with the goddess head the procession, is very corrupt. In the first verse ἐν δόμῳ should perhaps be δόμους, go to your abodes; in the second, the dactylic metre suggests the omission of Νυκτός. Ιη ν. 990 περίσεπται τύχα τε (τύχαι τε Med.) is hard to correct; perhaps θυσίαισιν ὑπαὶ πυρίσεπτοι. In 996 εἰσόπιν and ἴτων is Linwood's conjecture for ἐς τὸ πᾶν οἴκων. Let libations made by torchlight (i.e. libationbearers) follow behind.

Selected scholia accompanying Blass's Eumenides (OCR draft) (The mixed Greek, Latin, and German scholia register printed with Friedrich Blass's 1907 edition, aligned to O. L. Smith's later recensional editions.) focus

mvp-comment-318-1 αἱ προπομποί.

mvp-comment-319-1 μετὰ λαμπάδων.

Wecklein’s commentary on Eumenides (1888; German; OCR draft) (Explanatory commentary, pp. 251–322; HW42J8 and HXJHA8 OCR collated, with missing comparison pages 294–295 explicitly marked. Unresolved OCR and provisional reference mappings are explicitly marked.) focus

mvp-comment-538-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 322

mvp-comment-538-2 δόμῳ d. h. in eure künftige Behausung. Über den Dativ Krüger II § 46, 2, 4 . παῖδες ἄπαιδες, vgl. 69 Νυκτός παλαιαὶ παῖδες, Kinder der Nacht, aber keine Kinder mehr, sondern Greisinnen. Vgl. ἄπολιν πόλιν 460. Das Ephymnion unterbricht den Satz; denn das folgende γᾶς ὑπὸ κεύθεσιν κτέ. schliefst sich an βᾶτε πομπᾷ an.

mvp-comment-539-1 1

mvp-comment-539-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 322

mvp-comment-539-3 τιμαῖς περίσεπτα, einen durch Ehren und Opfer hochgefeierten Aufenthalt. Über den Akk. zu Cho. 707 .

mvp-comment-540-1 2

mvp-comment-540-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 322

mvp-comment-540-3 δεῦρ᾽ ἴτε d. i. folgt uns nach. Für λαμπάδι vermutet um der Responsion willen Schömann πεύκα, während Wieseler 1047 ἐς τάδε für οὕτω schreiben will.

mvp-comment-541-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 322

mvp-comment-541-2 ἐπὶ μολπαῖς s. v. a. μολπηδόν, vgl. Eur Herc. 348 αἴλινον μὲν ἐπ᾿ εὐτυχεῖ μολπᾷ Φοίβος ἰαχεί, Soph. El. 108 ἐπὶ κωκυτῷ θυρῶν ἠχὼ πᾶσι προφωνεῖν. πρὸ

mvp-comment-542-1 3

mvp-comment-542-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 322

mvp-comment-542-3 Erweiset euch den Spenden der Bürger der Pallas gegenüber als volle Huldinnen. Zu Ag. 517 . Zu Ζεὺς ο πανόπτας vgl. Suppl. 145

πατὴρ ὁ παντόπτας
, Soph. Oed. K. 1086 là Zev, návταρχε θεῶν, παντόπτα. Der Text dieser Stelle ist unsicher, s. Anhang.

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

βᾶτε δόμῳ , pass into your home, Epic use of the dat. local after verb of motion, e. g. πεδίῳ πέσε (11. 5. 82), κυνέῃ βάλε (7.187).

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

.

ὠγυγίοισιν , a strange word of obscure origin, meaning ancient.

εὐθύφρονες , righteously minded, something like the Homeric αἴσιμα εἰδώς, which is also used of persons well disposed. [Of the suggested alterations Hartung's εὔφρονες ἀστοῖς is the best: but there is no need to alter.]

mvp-sidgwick-473-1-1 Hermann's ξύν is wanted for sense as well as metre: else it would mean rejoicing in the torch, which is a much poorer meaning.

mvp-sidgwick-474-1-1 This line is thoroughly corrupt and it is hopeless to attempt to restore it with any confidence: I take Linwood's conjecture (adopted by H. P. and others), which is ingenious enough: Hermann translates, Let Peace follow with the light of the torch : or σπονδαί may be quite simply 'libations, the natural sign of reconciliation and joy.