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Eumenides. Aeschylus. Ettore Romagnoli (Translator). Bologna. 1922.
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Eumenides. Aeschylus. Ettore Romagnoli (Translator). Bologna. 1922.
Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.
Funding provided by Schmidt Sciences.
Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) (Italian) (Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.)
Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.
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929.
κατανασσαμένη
, middle,
housing in my city. 11. 932, 933. The MSS. read
939. χάριν , ‘boon,' blessing .
945. γόνος δ᾽ ἀεὶ πλουτόχθων , and ever may the earths rich produce .' The bold compound πλουτόχθων is very Aeschylean. The reference is not (as H. P.) to precious metals, of which Athena (whom the Chorus closely follows in their prayers) had made no mention, and to which γόνος would not be so suitable; but simply to the 'produce' in the ordinary sense.
945. δόσιν τίοι they clearly mean that out of their abundance they are to give thank-offerings to the bounteous gods.
947. ἑρμαίαν , for Hermes was the god of good luck (from Homer downwards, Ερμείας ἐφίλει καὶ κτῆσιν ὄπασσε Il. 14.491) : and a wind-fall or godsend was called ἕρμαιον.
950. ἐπικραίνει , brings to pass, vivid use of present, of a thing now promised.
953. διαπράσσουσιν ., intrans. plain and full is their accomplishment.
954. βίον ἀμβλωπὸν παρέχουσαι , ‘a life dimmed with tears,' a beautifully vivid metaphor. δακρύων is gen. of respect after adj. ἀμβλωπόν.
956. ἀνδροκμής , lit. bringing weariness to men,' here a euphemism for 'deadly, is a favourite word of Aeschylus, being found with μόχθος (above 1. 248), and πέλεκυς (Cho. 889), and λοιγός (Suppl. 680) in the same sense as here.
960. κύρια , ‘the rightful power;' the gods they appeal to being such powers as Ζεὺς τέλειος, Ἥρα, ᾿Αφροδίτη. See above 1. 214.
962. μητροκασιγνῆται , ‘sisters by one mother,' because the Fates (like the Furies 1. 322) were daughters of Night (Hes. Theog. 217 καὶ Μοίρας καὶ Κῆρας ἐγείνατο).
963. ὀρθονόμοι . [not ὀρθόνομοι from νόμος], the MSS. reading, from νέμω, assigning what is due.
964. ἐπιβριθής , lit. weighing down upon, falling heavily on: i. e. grievous .
965. ὁμιλίαις , ‘visitations.'
970. στέργω , I bless.
971. ἐπωπάω . is properly to look down on, watch, behold, descry: so Cho. 693, Eum. 275, but, like the commoner ἐποπτεύω, is used regularly of gods or supernatural powers, and gets the meaning 'to guard, guide, direct;' see note on 1. 220.
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.
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δυςαρέστους:
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κατανασσαμένη:
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ὁ δὲ μὴ κύρσας βαρέων τούτων οὐκ οἶδεν ὅθεν πληγαὶ βιότου προςέπαισαν: Libri
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ἀπλακήματά νιν:
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σιγῶν δ᾽ ὄλεθρος: Libri
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μέγα φωνοῦντ᾽:
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πνέοι: Similiter Herodotus III. 65. καὶ ταῦτα μὲν ποιεῦσι ὑμῖν γῆ τε καρπὸν ἐκφέροι καὶ γυναῖκές τε καὶ ποῖμναι τίκτοιεν, ἐοῦσι ἐς τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον ἐλευθέροισι. Aeschines in Ctesiph. §. 111. p. 502. καὶ ἐπεύχεται αὐτοῖς μήτε γῆν καρποὺς φέρειν, μήτε γυναῖκας τέκνα τίκτειν γονεῦσιν ἐοικότα, ἀλλὰ τέρατα, μήτε βοσκήματα κατὰ φύσιν γονὰς ποιεῖσθαι etc.
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φλογμός τ' ὀμματοστερὴς φυτῶν, τὸ μὴ περᾶν ὅρον τόπων:
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αἰανὴς:
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ἐφερπέτω:
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εὐθενοῦντα γᾶ:
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διπλοῖσιν Stanleius, et sic Ven. Flor.
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τρέφοι libri. Deinde
τεταγμένῳ:
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πλουτόχθων ἑρμαίαν:
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τίοι: M. Aug. Turn. et haud dubie Ven. Flor. Farn. Ald. sed in G. ultimae duae litterae punctis notatae et
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ἦ:
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οἷ' ἐπικραίνει recte Pauwius, et ita Ven. atque, ut videtur, Flor.
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Ἐρινὺς:
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διαπράσσουσιν: M. Par. Aug. G. Ven. Ald. Rob.
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τοῖς δ᾽ αὖ δακρύων: Id est in Ald. Turn.
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ἀνδροκμῆτας:
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νεανίδων trisyllabum est.
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βιότους:
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ὀρθονόμοι:
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δόμῳ:
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ἐπιβριθεῖς:
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ἐνδίκοις ὁμιλίαις:
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πάντα Canterus.
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γάνυμαι:
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ἐπωπᾷ:
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ἀπανηναμένας:
mvp-comment-284-1 βαρέων] Supply λαχέων from ἔλαχον. 'He who has not met with a hard lot in life (who has not gained wisdom by misfortune, Ag. 169 ) has yet to learn the great truth, that ancestral crime, as well as actual sins committed, are often the secret causes of woe. —προσέπαισαν is supplied on Hermann's conjecture.
mvp-comment-285-1 βλάβα] See on v. 254.
mvp-comment-286-1 τὸ μή] i. e. ὥστε μὴ, to prevent them from outgrowing the space allotted to each in planting. - αἰανὴς, either long-lasting,' or dismal. See on v. 394.
mvp-comment-287-1 εὐθενοῦντα] See v. 855. For ἄγαν Dobree proposed ya, Meineke Πάν.
mvp-comment-288-1 γόνος] A word is lost in the MSS., perhaps δ' ἀεὶ or δὲ γᾶς. The allusion may be, as in Pers. 236 , to the silver-mines at Laurium, from which a tithe for luck may have been paid to the treasury of the goddess.
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πόλεως φρούριον]
Schol.
mvp-comment-290-1 κύρι᾽ ἔχοντες] ye gods who have the power, viz. as presiding over marriage, " Ηρας τελείας καὶ Διὸς πιστώματα, sup. 205. -Μοῖραι, as daughters of Night, were sisters of the Furies by the mother's side. The MSS. give θεαὶ τῶν μοῖραι, corrected by Hermann.
mvp-comment-291-1 ἐπωπᾷ] respicit, 'regards with favour. Cf. v. 845. —ἀλλὰ κ.τ.λ., 'however, it was Zeus the god of the agora (the patron of popular eloquence) who prevailed; and the contest between him and me, as to which benefits the citizens the more, prevails (over the evil caused by the Furies' anger), and shall prevail for all time.' By ἡμετέρα the united efforts of the Furies also, in their present mood, are perhaps meant.
mvp-comment-316-1 τὰ σπέρματα. παγῖται.
mvp-comment-317-1 ὁ καρπὸς ὁ ἐκ γῆς πλουτίζων.
mvp-comment-487-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 314
mvp-comment-487-2 Kommos. Der Chor erfleht oder weissagt alles Gute (Wachstum und Gedeihen der Früchte und Herden Gesundheit des Volkes und bürgerliche Eintracht Wohlwollen und Segen der Götter) für Athen und wird darob von Athena belobt und geehrt. · ξυνοικίαν: zu 836.
mvp-comment-491-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 315
mvp-comment-491-2 πράσσω αὐτοῦ κατανασ σαμένη, erwirke ich dadurch, dafs ich sie hier Wohnung zu nehmen bestimmt babe. Den aktiven Aor. κατένασσα braucht in der Bedentung,,ansiedeln" Hesiod W. u. T. 166, Theog. 329, 620.
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mvp-comment-492-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 315
mvp-comment-492-3 Denjenigen, der sich ihrer Huld nicht erfreut, treffen unversehens Schläge des Unglücks. χαροπός mit hell und freudig strahlendem Blicke.
mvp-comment-493-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 315
mvp-comment-493-2 Vgl. Cho. 401 ff.
mvp-comment-494-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 315
mvp-comment-494-2 σιγῶν als Gegensatz zu μέγα φωνοῦντα, um das κάλλος και κῶν ὕπουλον, die Ironie, mit welcher hinter dem laut prahlenden Glanze das Verderben lauert, zu bezeichnen. Ζυ μέγα φωνοῦντα ( μεγαλαυχοῦντα) vgl. μεγάλης γλώσ σης κόμπους Soph. Ant. 127 , μεγάλοι λόγοι ebd. 1349.
mvp-comment-495-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 315
mvp-comment-495-2 ἐχθραῖς ὀργαῖς von den Erinyen übertragen.
mvp-comment-496-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 315
mvp-comment-496-2 Dem Gedeihen der Olivenbäume verdankte Athen einen Hauptteil seines Wohlstandes. Soph. Oed. K. 700 ὃ τῇδε θάλλει μέγιστα χώρα, γλαυκάς παιδοτρόφου φύλο λον ἐλαίας. Über den Einfuls' der Winde auf die Vegetation handelt Plin. N. Hist. XVIII c. 34 . Vgl. Hor. saec. 31 nutriant fetus et aquae salubres et Iovis aurae. carm.
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mvp-comment-497-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 316
mvp-comment-497-2 ,,Meine Gunst und Wohlthat bezeichne ich damit" steht als Parenthese.
mvp-comment-498-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 316
mvp-comment-498-2 φλογμός τε scil. μὴ πνέοι oder vielmehr γένοιτο. Der Brand, welcher die Pflanzen der Augen beraubt, so dafs sie nicht die Hülse sprengen und hervorkeimen. ὀμματοστερής: zu Cho. 252 . Über τὸ μὴ zu Ag. 1589 . Soph. Oed. T. 25 φθίνουσα μὲν κάλυξιν ἐγκάρ ποις χθονός.
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mvp-comment-499-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 316
mvp-comment-499-3 ἄκαρπος: wenn auch die Knospen sich zur Frucht entfalten, kann immer noch die Frucht verderben. alavýs wie 482. νόσος, der Meltau, Brand, robigo.
mvp-comment-500-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 316
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Πᾶν als der Gott der Herden,
Ovid. fast. II 271
Pana deum pecoris,
Verg. Ecl. II 33
Pan curat ovis oviumque magistros. Vgl.
Herod. III 65
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mvp-comment-501-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 316
mvp-comment-501-3 γόνος δὲ γᾶς πλουτόχθων (vgl. zu 37) weist hin auf die attiPers. 241 schen Silberbergwerke. ἀργύρου πηγή τις αὐτοῖς (den Athenern) ἐστι, θησαυρὸς χθονός, dazu Schol. ἐν Θορικῷ γάρ ἐστι μέταλλα καὶ ἐν Λαυρίῳ, Strabon III p. 147 οὐ γὰρ πλουσία μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑποπλουσία ἦν ἡ χώρα καὶ παρ' ἐκείνοις ὡς ἀληθῶς τὸν ὑποχθόνιον τόπον οὐχ ὁ "Αἵδης ἀλλ' ὁ Πλούτων ἑρμαίαν, weil diese Gabe der Götter erst glücklich gefunden werden muſs (,,weshalb auch unsere Bergleute einander Glück auf wünschen" Hermann). möge hohen Wert geben.
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mvp-comment-502-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 316
mvp-comment-502-2 πόλεως φρούριον: Schol. ὦ Ἀρεοπαγῖται. κατοικεί. τίοι,
mvp-comment-503-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 316
mvp-comment-503-2 μέγα γὰρ δύναται παρά τε: an die Stelle eines zweiten παρά τε tritt eine andere Wendung. Vgl. zu 861.
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mvp-comment-504-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 316
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τοῖς ὑπὸ γαῖαν wie
Eur. Hek. 149
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mvp-comment-505-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 316
mvp-comment-505-3 φανερῶν in Gegensatz zu ὑπὸ γαῖαν s. v. a. τῶν ἐν φάει. τελέως ( διὰ τέλους, wie 321) διαπράσσουσιν, die Erinyen geben die endgültige Entscheidung ihres Schicksals.
mvp-comment-506-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 317
mvp-comment-506-2 δακρύων hängt von άμβλω πόν ab, weil dieses s. v. a. πλήρη; ἀμβλωπόν ist vom thränenfeuchten und deshalb stumpfsichtigen Auge übertragen.
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mvp-comment-507-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 317
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ἀνδροκμῆτας ἀώρους τύχας, Fälle wo die Menschen vor der Zeit hinsterben.
Suppl. 686
mvp-comment-508-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 317
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νεανίδων dreisilbig, zu Ag.
1162.,,Gewährt gattenbeglücktes Dasein holdseliger Mägdlein, die ihr des Gewalt habt" d. h. Zeus, Hera, Aphrodite nach 214 f.
θεαί
τ'
ὦ Μοῖραι: die Mören besiegeln den ehelichen Bund. Vgl. 217.
ματροκασιγνῆται, hier
nicht, Schwestern der Mutter", sondern
,,Schwestern von der gleichen Mutter". Auch die Mören waren Töchter der Nacht nach
Hes. Theog. 217
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mvp-comment-509-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 317
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ὀρθονόμοι, richtig verteilend. Dies wird in den folgenden drei Versen ausgeführt, ähnlich wie
Suppl. 408
mvp-comment-510-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 317
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,,Jeglichem Hause billig und freundlich, jeglichem Sitze beschwerlich in gerechtem Besuche" d. h. die Schicksalsgöttinnen suchen jedes Haus und jeden Sitz auf in gerechtem Walten, freundlich oder feindlich.
Ζη ἐπιβριθεῖς vgl.
Suppl. 656
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mvp-comment-511-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 317
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τάδε zu
γάνυμαι.
ἐπικραινομένων scil.
τούτων, vgl.
ὀρ θουμένων 775,
εὖ ξυντυχόντων
Sept. 260
mvp-comment-512-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 317
mvp-comment-512-2 στόμ᾽ ἐπωπᾷ πρὸς τάσδε, sie waltete über meinen Mund diesen gegenüber.
κατανασσαμένη
, middle,
housing in my city.
ll. 932, 933
. The MSS. read
mvp-sidgwick-430-2-1 We must take therefore some emendation like ἱλαρῶν (Weil.), χαροπῶν (Weck.), τῶνδ᾽ εὐμενέων (Hart.): of which I have preferred the former. βαρέων will perhaps have arisen from confusion of β- and ιλ-: or perhaps from a gloss. Another question arises about the metre. Hermann, followed by most edd. (Lachm. Franz. Pal. Hart. Merkel. Weil.), has assumed that Athena's anapaestic stanzas, which alternate with the lyrics, correspond. There are five such stanzas: the three middle ones (at ll. 949, 968, 988 ) are all the same length: and the first and the last would be exactly equal, if after βιύτου we read some words like προσέπαισαν (H.). The practice is not uniform: thus in the κομμός in the Choephoroi the anapaestic alternating stanzas do not correspond, though roughly about the same length: on the other hand in Agamemnon (11. 1448-1577) the anapaests do correspond.
mvp-sidgwick-430-3-1 It is on the whole more probable that the latter is the case here: and I have accordingly adopted H.'s προσέπαισαν.
mvp-sidgwick-430-4-1 The sense then is, He who finds them not propitious is stricken with calamities he knows not whence: and μὴ ἱλαρῶν κύρσας is really a euphemism for offended.
mvp-sidgwick-431-1-1 Note the effective antithesis between the silence of the ruin and the loud boasts of the unfortunate man.
χάριν , boon, blessing.
mvp-sidgwick-433-1-1 Corrupt. Some of the commentators (H, Schütz. D. Pal.) try to translate it as it stands: 'Let a blight killing the germs of plants [come not near] to prevent them passing their bounds,' i. e. to prevent them growing: surely an impossible interpretation: a plant does not pass its bounds by growing. The general sense is plain, No blight come near; and perhaps we might accept Wecklein's very ingenious λοπῶν for τύπων: ‘... killing the buds of plants that they pass not the bounds of their husks.' But the sentence is still awkward, with no verb. The other emendations proposed are not convincing.
mvp-sidgwick-434-1-1 MSS. read εὐθενοῦντ᾽ ἄγαν. Most edd. take Dobree's εὐθενοῦντα ya, but Meineke's suggestion Πᾶν is nearer to MSS. and rather more likely.
γόνος δ᾽ ἀεὶ πλουτόχθων , and ever may the earths rich produce .' The bold compound πλουτόχθων is very Aeschylean. The reference is not (as H. P.) to precious metals, of which Athena (whom the Chorus closely follows in their prayers) had made no mention, and to which γόνος would not be so suitable; but simply to the produce in the ordinary sense.
δόσιν τίοι they clearly mean that out of their abundance they are to give thank-offerings to the bounteous gods.
ἑρμαίαν , for Hermes was the god of good luck (from Homer downwards, Ερμείας ἐφίλει καὶ κτῆσιν ὄπασσε Il. 14.491) : and a wind-fall or godsend was called ἕρμαιον.
ἐπικραίνει , brings to pass, vivid use of present, of a thing now promised.
διαπράσσουσιν ., intrans. plain and full is their accomplishment.
βίον ἀμβλωπὸν παρέχουσαι , a life dimmed with tears, a beautifully vivid metaphor. δακρύων is gen. of respect after adj. ἀμβλωπόν.
ἀνδροκμής
, lit.
bringing weariness to men,' here a euphemism for
deadly, is a favourite word of Aeschylus, being found with μόχθος (above
l. 248
), and
κύρια , the rightful power; the gods they appeal to being such powers as Ζεὺς τέλειος, Ἥρα, ᾿Αφροδίτη. See above l. 214 .
μητροκασιγνῆται , sisters by one mother, because the Fates (like the Furies l. 322 ) were daughters of Night (Hes. Theog. 217 καὶ Μοίρας καὶ Κῆρας ἐγείνατο).
ὀρθονόμοι . [not ὀρθόνομοι from νόμος], the MSS. reading, from νέμω, assigning what is due.
ἐπιβριθής , lit. weighing down upon, falling heavily on: i. e. grievous.
ὁμιλίαις , visitations.
στέργω , I bless.
ἐπωπάω . is properly to look down on, watch, behold, descry: so Cho. 693 , Eum. 275, but, like the commoner ἐποπτεύω, is used regularly of gods or supernatural powers, and gets the meaning to guard, guide, direct; see note on l. 220 .