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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
964. ἐπιβριθής , lit. weighing down upon, falling heavily on: i. e. grievous .
992. εὔφρονas , kindly, a reference to their name Εὐμενίδες.
996. αἰσιμίαισι , ‘blessings,' from αἴσιμος, ‘right,' meet, good, lit. that which is one's share or lot, from aloa (strong form from ἴσος).
1006. ὑπό . of accompaniment, with, a special idiom either gen. or dat.: καταθάψομεν οὐχ ὑπὸ κλαυθμῶν Ag. 1554, κηρύκων ὕπο Suppl. 238, μαρτύρων ὕπο ib. 934, ὑπὸ πομπαῖς Pers. 58, and below 1. 1034.
1008. κατέχειν , check : the genitives χώρας and πόλεως are best taken as possessives after the substantival neuter adjectives τὸ ἀτηρόν and τὸ κερδαλέον.
1010. πολισσοῦχοι , see note on 1. 775.
1011. μετοίκοις , ‘newcomers;' the μέτοικοι at Athens being the resident aliens, the word is admirably fit for the Eumenides who were foes, but are newly settled at Athens as friendly powers. Κραναός: the word means rocky and was a favourite name of Athens, Κραναὰ πόλις or Κρανααί, from Pindar's time down (Ol. 7. 151): here it denotes a mythical king or founder, naturally derived from the common title.
1024. βρέτας τοὐμόν , an earlier statue than the great Athena Parthenos of Pheidias; for the Parthenon was not completed till 438. Athena's attendants must be supposed to join this escort on the Areiopagos.
1025. ὄμμα , idiomatic metaphor for delight, hope, comfort, somewhat as we say the flower, using a different metaphor. The eye is chosen as the most precious and beautiful : so ὄμμα γὰρ δύμων νομίζω δεσπότου παρουσίαν Pers. 169, σέβειν ὀμμάτων ὑπέρτερον 1 Theb. 530, ὀφθαλμὸς οἴκων Cho. 934, ὀφθαλμὸς Σικελίας Pind. Ol. 2 18, etc.
1026. Theseus , mythical king of Athens; Theseidae, common poetic name for Athenian.
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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ἆρα Flor. Farn. et Bekkero teste Ven.
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εὔφρονας εὔφρονες Turn.
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καὶ γῆν καὶ πόλιν ὀρθοδίκαιοι: Libri
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χαίρετε, χαίρετ' Turnebus. Ceteri
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ἀστικὸς M. G. Ven. Flor. Farn. Ald. Rob. Turn. Sic etiam e correctione Aug. quum antea scriptum fuisset
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ἵκταρ G.
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παρθένου φίλας φίλοι, σωφρονοῦντες ἐν χρόνῳ:
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δ᾽ omittunt G. Ald. Turn.
ὑπὸ πτεροῖς:
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χαίρετε χἠμεῖς:
mvp-comment-755-1 Post ἀποδείξουσαν vulgo interpungitur.
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προπομπῶν Bentleius in Resp. ad Boylium p. 79.
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ὑπὸ σεμνῶν:
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σύμεναι:
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ὑμεῖς δ᾽ Turn.
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μετοίκοις Turn.
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χαίρετε, χαίρετε δ', αὖθις ἐπανδιπλοίζω:
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εὖ σέβοντες Turn. Ceteri
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αἰνῶ τε: Libri
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πέμψω τε:
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ἔνερθε:
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ξὺν προςπόλοισιν:
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Θησῇδος Wakefieldius et Porsonus.
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παίδων, γυναικῶν, καὶ στόλος πρεσβυτίδων: Post hunc versum aliquot versus excidisse demonstravi in Opusc. II. p. 133. seq. VI. 2. p. 117 seqq. Primum enim nexus nullus est inter hunc et sequentes versus. Deinde
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φοινικοβάπτοις ἐνδυτοῖς ἐσθήμασιν:
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τιμᾶτε Ven. Flor. Rob. Τurn.
mvp-comment-294-1 εὔφρονας εὔφρονες] with mutual goodwill.
mvp-comment-295-1 πρέψετε seems here, as in Ag. 1299 , to be transitive, you will make conspicuous, cause to be admired by all.
mvp-comment-296-1 ἐν αἰσιμίαισι] In possession of the blessings of wealth.
mvp-comment-297-1 ἴκταρ Διός] There appears to have been a statue of Ζεὺς Πολιεὺς on the southern summit of the Acropolis, overlooking the theatre.
mvp-comment-298-1 σωφρονοῦντες] The notion seems to be, that now at length, when the cultus of the Erinyes, i.e. the law of Conscience, is established among the citizens, they will be wiser than before.
mvp-comment-299-1 ὑπὸ πτεροῖς] This refers to a winged statue of Pallas Νίκη, made by Phidias about two years before the acting of the play.
mvp-comment-300-1 προτέραν στείχειν] Athena now announces her intention of heading a procession of citizens to escort the Furies with lighted torches to their shrine under the Areopagus. She repeats this at v. 976, as the procession begins to move. Compare Pers. ult. πέμψω τοί σε δυσθρόοις γόοις. There is probably an allusion to the citizens in holiday attire attending the Panathenaic πομπή.
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.
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mvp-comment-519-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 318
mvp-comment-519-3 ,,Nicht wahr? Verständige (Gutgesinnte) finden den Weg zu guten Worten?“ d. h. da bestätigt sich wieder einmal der Satz, dafs es zur guten Rede nur guter Gesinnung bedarf. ἆρα wie Soph. El. 614 ἆρά σοι δοκεῖ χωρεῖν ἂν εἰς πᾶν ἔργον αἰσχύνης ἄτερ; Oed. Τ. 822 ἆρ᾽ ἔφυν κακός;
mvp-comment-520-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 318
mvp-comment-520-2 τῶνδε ist Gen. zu αίδε.
mvp-comment-521-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 319
mvp-comment-521-2 Wenn ihr diese hoch ehret ( μέγα wie 12), werdet ihr glänzend dastehen als solche, die Land und Stadt recht und gerecht durchaus erhalten. Isokr. 3, 41 τὰς πόλεις ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ πειρᾶσθαι διάγειν.
mvp-comment-522-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 319
mvp-comment-522-2 αἰσιμίαι (nur hier) s. v. a. εὐτυχίαι, Segen.
mvp-comment-523-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 319
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ἔκταρ ἥμενοι Διός versteht Hermann de praestantia et virtute, indem er
Plat. Phil. p. 16
C
οἱ παλαιοὶ κρείττονες ἡμῶν καὶ ἐγγυτέρω θεῶν οἰκοῦντες, Staat III p. 368B
Πρίαμον ἐγγὺς θεῶν γεγονότα,
Aesch. frg. 155
mvp-comment-524-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 319
mvp-comment-524-2 παρθένου genügt, weil Athena vor ihnen steht. Für ἐν χρόνῳ vermutet Weil ἔμφρονος.
mvp-comment-525-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 319
mvp-comment-525-2 ὑπὸ πτεροις, weil die Athener unter der der Pallas heiligen Burg wohnen, vgl. Eur. Herakl 10 τὰ κείνου τέκν᾽ ἔχων ὑπὸ πτεροῖς.
mvp-comment-526-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 319
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Vgl. 1024, 1037,
Paus. I 28, 6
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mvp-comment-527-2 πρὸς φῶς wie 247 πρὸς alua, eigentlich „hinblickend auf“. Vgl. Cho. 903 , Prom. 1032 . προπομποί: der Nebenchor ( παραχορήγημα) der Tempeldienerinnen (1025), welche Fackeln tragen, muls kurz zuvor aus dem Tempel getreten sein.
mvp-comment-528-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 320
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Pers. 225
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vµɛis, zu den Areopagiten.
παῖδες Κραναοῦ: Kranaos, der Heros eponymos der Kranaer, wurde als ein alter König von Attika betrachtet (marm. Par. ep. 6. 7. 8,
Apollod. III 14, 5
,
Strabon IX p. 397
,
Paus. I
2, 6
).
Herod. VIII 44
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mvp-comment-530-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 320
mvp-comment-530-3 Guter Sinn zu guten Thaten. Vgl. Aristoph. Frö. 1530 tỷ δὲ πόλει (scil. δότε) μεγάλων ἀγα θῶν ἀγαθὰς ἐπινοίας und dazu die vorhergehenden Worte des Pluton προπέμπετε τοῖσιν τούτου τοῦτον μέλεσιν καὶ μολπαῖσιν κελαδοῦντες.
mvp-comment-531-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 320
mvp-comment-531-2 ἔπη διπλοίζω d. i. ich wiederhole die Worte χαίρετε χαίρετε.
mvp-comment-532-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 321
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οὔτι μέμψεσθε, eine häufig vorkommende Litotes zum Ausdruck voller Zufriedenheit, vgl. 599,
Sept. 638
mvp-comment-533-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 321
mvp-comment-533-2 So wird Aschylos am Schlufs von Aristoph. Frö. unter Fackelglanz auf die Oberwelt geleitet: φαίνετε τοίνυν ὑμεῖς τούτῳ λαμπάδας ἱράς.
mvp-comment-534-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 321
mvp-comment-534-2 εἰς .. τόπους d. i. in die θάλαμοι (1005) unter der Erde, welche in Athen die Eumeniden bewohnten.
mvp-comment-535-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 321
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αἵτε: zu 25.
Harpokr. unter τραπεζοφόρος
:
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uua: zu
Cho. 933
.,,Denn als köstlichster Schmuck des ganzen Theseuslandes dürfte ihre edle Schar gelangen zu dem ihnen bestimmten Wohnsitze, wo sie, die nunmehr Eumeniden heifsen sollen, ehren werden Prozessionen von Männern, Kindern, Frauen und der Zug von Greisinnen mit Purpurkleidern festlich angethan." Dieses ungefähr
mufs der Inhalt der ausgefallenen Verse gewesen sein nach der Hypothesis und nach
Harpokr. unter Eumenides
:
εὔφρονas , kindly, a reference to their name Εὐμενίδες.
mvp-sidgwick-454-1-1 Taking πάντως, the reading of Ven., for the flat πάντες, there is no need to alter further.
mvp-sidgwick-454-2-1 Guiding your land and city in all righteousness, ye shall be glorious. ὀρθοδίκαιον is predicative. The use of διάγειν is a little strange: but it is not a great extension of its ordinary usage with βιότον, αἰῶνα, etc. We may compare χρόνος διηγέ μ' Soph. Εl. 789, διῆγεν ὑμᾶς ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς κατὰ βίον Dem. 255. 11: and particularly πόλεις ἐν ὑμονοίᾳ διάγειν Isocr. 35 Β. [Paley takes πρέπω active: but it is very common and always intrans. in Aeschylus.]
αἰσιμίαισι , blessings, from αἴσιμος, right, meet, good, lit. that which is one's share or lot, from aloa (strong form from ἴσος).
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Seated near to Zeus; fine and simple metaphor for the
righteous people specially under divine protection. Hermann quotes
Aesch. Niobe, frag. 146
mvp-sidgwick-457-1-1 Wise at last, i. e. having made your peace with us. This is the simplest interpretation, and there is no ground for suspecting the reading. 6
ὑπό
. of accompaniment, with, a special idiom either gen. or dat.:
mvp-sidgwick-459-1-1 See note on l. 805 .
κατέχειν , check : the genitives χώρας and πόλεως are best taken as possessives after the substantival neuter adjectives τὸ ἀτηρόν and τὸ κερδαλέον.
πολισσοῦχοι , see note on l. 775 .
μετοίκοις , newcomers; the μέτοικοι at Athens being the resident aliens, the word is admirably fit for the Eumenides who were foes, but are newly settled at Athens as friendly powers. Κραναός: the word means rocky and was a favourite name of Athens, Κραναὰ πόλις or Κρανααί, from Pindar's time down (Ol. 7. 151): here it denotes a mythical king or founder, naturally derived from the common title.
βρέτας τοὐμόν , an earlier statue than the great Athena Parthenos of Pheidias; for the Parthenon was not completed till 438. Athena's attendants must be supposed to join this escort on the Areiopagos.
ὄμμα
, idiomatic metaphor for
delight,
hope,
comfort, somewhat as we say
the flower, using a different metaphor. The
eye is chosen as the most precious and beautiful : so
Theseus , mythical king of Athens; Theseidae, common poetic name for Athenian.
mvp-sidgwick-466-1-1 Athena had promised them ( l. 856 ) honour from men (ἀνδρῶν) and women. Hence some (H. D. Weil.) have supposed a lacuna here; and others (Hart. Meinek.) alter παίδων into ἀνδρῶν. There is not enough ground for either. The people on the stage, whether men, or youths, or boys, evidently represent the whole city, as we see from ll. 1010, 1015 . Others again think the propompoi are all women, and take παίδων as girls: but πολισσοῦχοι παῖδες cannot be female inhabitants only. As to the question of the name Εὐμενίδες, which is one of Hermann's arguments, see Introduction, p. 21.
mvp-sidgwick-467-1-1 The purple robe was no doubt to add to the magnificence and solemnity of the occasion.