Aeschylus Eumenides 558

Anna Swanwick (Translator)

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He perisheth for aye, unwept, unknown.

Eumenides. Aeschylus. Anna Swanwick (Translator). London. 1886.

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Eumenides (OCR draft) (English) (Eumenides. Anna Swanwick, 1886.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (12)
Εὐμενίδες First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 566-777 focus
Εὐμενίδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 558 focus
Εὐμενίδες (1518 edition; OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Eumenides, 1518 edition. VLM-assisted OCR with native lineation and automated correspondence to the Smyth edition.) — 558 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 558 focus
καλεῖ δ᾽ ἀκούοντας οὐδὲν ἐν μέσᾳ δυσπαλεῖ τε
δίνᾳ·
γελᾷ δὲ δαίμων ἐπ᾿ ἀνδρὶ θερμῷ,
560
τὸν οὔποτ᾽ αὐχοῦντ᾿ ἰδὼν ἀμαχάνοις
δύαις λαπαδνὸν οὐδ᾽ ὑπερθέοντ᾽ ἄκραν·
δι' αἰῶνος δὲ τὸν πρὶν ὄλβον
ἕρματι προσβαλὼν δίκας ὤλετ᾽ ἄκλαυτος, ἀ-
στος.
565
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 558 focus
καλεῖ δ᾽ ἀκούοντας οὐ
δὲν ἐν μέσᾳ δυςπαλεῖ τε δίνᾳ·
γελᾷ δὲ δαίμων ἐπ᾽ ἀνδρὶ θερμῷ,
τὸν οὔποτ᾽ αὐχοῦντ' ἰδὼν ἀμαχάνοις δύαις
550
λαπαδνόν, οὐδ᾽ ὑπερθέοντ᾽ ἄκραν
δι' αἰῶνος δὲ τὸν πρὶν ὄλβον
ἕρματι προςβαλὼν δίκας
ὤλετ' άκλαυστος, αἴστος.
ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 558 focus
Καλεῖ δ' ἀκούοντας οὐδὲν (ἐν) οὐδέν· μέσᾳ
δυσπαλεῖ τε δυσπαλεῖται δίνᾳ·
555
γελᾷ δὲ δαίμων ἐπ' ἀνδρὶ θερμῷ θερμουργῷ θερμοεργῷ,
τὸν οὔποτ᾽ αὐχοῦντ' ἰδὼν ἀμηχάνοις
δύαις λαπαδνὸν λέπαδνον οὐδ᾽ ὑπερθέοντ᾽ ἄκραν·
δι' αἰῶνος δὲ τὸν πρὶν ὄλβον
ἕρματι προσβαλὼν Δίκας
560
ὤλετ᾽ ἄκλαυτος ἄκλαυστος, ᾆστος ἄιστος.
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Arthur Sidgwick, 1887.) — 558 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 558 focus
καλεῖ δ᾽ ἀκούοντας οὐ-
δὲν ἐν μέσῳ δυσπαλεῖ τε δίνᾳ·
γελᾷ δὲ δαίμων ἐπ᾽ ἀνδρὶ θερμῷ,
τὸν οὔποτ᾽ αὐχοῦντ᾿ ἰδὼν ἀμηχάνοις
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 558 focus
καλεῖ δ᾽ ἀκούοντας οὐδὲν ⟨ἐν⟩ μέσαι
δυσπαλεῖ τε δίναι·
γελᾶι δὲ δαίμων ἐπ᾽ ἀνδρὶ θερμῶι,
560
τὸν οὔποτ᾽ αὐχοῦντ᾽ ἰδὼν ἀμηχάνοις
δύαις λαπαδνὸν οὐδ᾽ ὑπερθέοντ᾽ ἄκραν·
δι᾽ αἰῶνος δὲ τὸν πρὶν ὄλβον
ἕρματι προσβαλὼν Δίκας
ὤλετ᾽ ἄκλαυτος αἴστος.
565
Aeschyli Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Eumenides. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 558 focus
καλεῖ $\delta^{7}$ ἀκούοντας οὐδὲν (ἐν) μέσαι
δυσπαλεῖ τε δίναι·
γελᾶι δὲ δαίμων $\hat{\epsilon}\pi^{2}$ ἀνδρὶ θερμῶι,
τὸν οὔποτ᾽ αὐχοῦντ᾿ ἰδὼν ἀμηχάνοις
560
δύαις λαπαδνὸν οὐδ᾽ ὑπερθέοντ᾽ ἄκραν·
$\delta\iota^{2}$ αἰῶνος δὲ τὸν πρὶν ὄλβον
ἕρματι προσβαλὼν δίκας ὤλετ᾽ ἄκλαυτος ἄιστος. =
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by F. A. Paley, 1885.) — 558 focus
καλεῖ δ᾽ ἀκούοντας οὐδὲν, ἐν μέσᾳ ἀντ. δ΄.
δυσπαλεῖ τε δίνᾳ·
γελᾷ δὲ δαίμων ἐπ᾿ ἀνδρὶ θερμῷ,
530
τὸν οὔποτ᾽ αὐχοῦντ᾿ ἰδὼν ἀμαχάνοις δύαις
λαπαδνὸν, οὐδ᾽ ὑπερθέοντ᾽ ἄκραν·
δι᾽ αἰῶνος δὲ, τὸν πρὶν ὄλβον
ἕρματι προσβαλὼν δίκας,
ὤλετ᾿ ἄκλαυστος, αἴστος.
535
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by Friedrich Blass, 1907.) — 558 focus
καλεῖ δ᾽ ἀκούοντας οὐ-
δὲν (ἐν) μέσᾶι δυσπαλεῖ τε δίνᾶι·
ἀντ. δ
γελᾶι δὲ δαίμων ἐπ᾿ ἀνδρὶ θερμῶι,
560
τὸν οὔποτ᾽ αὐχοῦντ᾿ ἰδὼν ἀμαχάνοις
δύαις λαπαδνὸν οὐδ᾽ ὑπερθέοντ᾽ ἄκραν·
δι᾽ αἰῶνος δὲ τὸν πρὶν ὄλβον
έρματι προσβαλὼν δίκας ὤλετ᾿ ἄκλαυτος, αἶστος.
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.)) — 558 focus
The Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (The Eumenides. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 558 focus
And he invokes those who listen not, in the midst of an uncon- qucrable whirlpool; but the deity laughs at the bold man, beholding him, no longer boasting, bound in calamity from which is no escape, nor surmounting the summit: but having dashed his former prosperity on the rock of Justice, unwept, unknown, he is for ever lost.
LES EUMÉNIDES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES EUMÉNIDES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 558 focus
en dépit de la Justice, un beau
jour, j'en réponds, se verra forcé d'amener sa voile, quand l'angoisse le saisira devant l'antenne qui se brise. Il appelle — sans qu'on l'écoute dans l'étreinte du
tourbillon irrésistible. Et le Ciel rit
The Furies (OCR draft) Experimental (The Furies. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 558 focus
Wild with deſpair
610
He pours his pray'r,
Whirl'd in the giddy tempeſt round;
His blaſted pride
The Gods deride,
And all his daring hopes confound;
615
Smile, as they view him rack'd with pain
Bound in misfortune's iron chain;
As on the pointed rock they ſee him thrown,
To periſh there unpitied and alone.
Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 558 focus
il destinato giorno.
580
Dunque, rispetta chi luce ti diede;
e se giunge al tuo tetto
a rifugiarsi un ospite,
abbi di lui rispetto.
Aeschylus, Eumenides: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Eumenides: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 558 focus
Vocat nihil audientes
Mediæ malæ ſorte.
Ridet dæmon hominem inconſideratum.
525
Hunc nunquam iactantem uidens impotentibus
Pœnis uinculum,
Neq; ſuper exiſtentem faſtigium
In uita priore felicitate anchoræ iuſticiæ proijciens.
Perijt imploratus perditus.
530
Aeschylus, Die Eumeniden: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Eumeniden: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 558 focus
und reiſst ihn fort. Da ruft er laut.
Doch taub sind ihm die Götter.
560 Die Hölle lacht des heiſsen Menschentrotzes,
der solches nimmer sich versah.
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.) — 558 focus
And call on Powers, that heed him nought, to save,
And vainly wrestle with the whirling wave.
Hot was his heart with pride—
645
I shall not fall, he cried.
But him with watching scorn
The god beholds, forlorn,
Tangled in toils of Fate beyond escape,
Hopeless of haven safe beyond the cape—
650
Till all his wealth and bliss of bygone day
Upon the reef of Rightful Doom is hurled,
And he is rapt away
Unwept, for ever, to the dead forgotten world.
[ Re-enter Athena, with twelve Athenian citizens.
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.) — 558 focus
Er ruft (kein Ohr hört ihn) aus dem Wirbelstrom,
Der ihn wild umflutet.
Es lacht ein Gott ob des Mannes Unmuth,
530
Sieht ihn in Müh'n ungeahnten schweren Kampfs
Ermatten, daß er nimmermehr die Höh'n gewinnt.
Da bricht sein altes Glück in Trümmer
Endlich am Fels des Rechts, er sinkt;
Keiner beklagt, vermißt ihn!
535
(Die Scene hat sich verwandelt, und zeigt den Areopagos. Eine Anzahl athenischer Edler, von Athene geführt, nimmt auf den Sitzen Platz, die längs der Scenenwand in einer Reihe stehen: vor ihnen steht auf der einen Seite ein Altar, auf der andern ein Tisch mit Stimmgefässen. In der Nähe des Altares steht Orestes. Athene tritt von der Mitte aus nach vorn.)
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.)

68. ὕπνῳ πεσοῦσαι , ‘prostrate in sleep' [they lie] : πεσοῦσαι used rather loosely for the perfect, like θανόντes for τεθνηκότες. But the construction is rather harsh, with a strained tense and no verb: and not improbably πεσοῦσαι is corrupt for some verb. The best suggestion is Weil's πεδῶνται : (others πρέπουσι, πέλουσι : παρεῖνται Weckl.).

169. μάντις ὤν , i. e. ‘though a seer,' and thus the last who should have allowed pollution.

174. τόν , Orestes: for Epic form cp. 137, 357.

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

mvp-comment-52-1 ὕπνῳ πεσοῦσαι δ': Libri πεσοῦσαι δ', nisi quod πεσοῦμαι δ' Ven. πεποῦσαι δ' Ald. Quod in Opusc. VI. 2. p. 23. putabam, participium pro verbo finito positum esse, probari non potest, quia participium aoristi ita usurpari nequit. Non puto tamen aliquid mutandum esse, quamquam non inepte scriberetur ὕπνῳ πνέουσι δ', ut in Choeph. v. 611. sed videtur potius huiusmodi versus excidisse, ἐν τοῖςδε τοῖς θρόνοισιν ἀσθενεῖς πάρα. Quare lacunae signa posui.

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

mvp-comment-28-1 This verse is corrupt, and the scholia give no help. Perhaps κόπῳ δ᾽ ὑπνώσσουσ᾽ αἱ κ. κ., in which case ἁλούσας, caught, will mean in my power, unable to stir, the capturers being themselves captured.

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-1-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 251

mvp-comment-1-2 Prolog, wenn man das Erwachen der Erinyen 140-178 als Parodos und das zweite Erscheinen derselben 244-275 als Epiparodos gelten läfst. Andernfalls müfste man den Prolog bis zum eigentlichen Auftreten des Chors als der wirklichen Parodos, also 1-243 rechnen. Die Pythia, welche als Greisin (38) sich auf einen Stab stützt, kommt (durch eine Seitenthüre der Hinterwand) aus einem Nebenraume des Tempels zum Haupteingange desselben und verrichtet vor dem Eintritt ein Gebet (30 f.). Sie hat die χρηστηρία ἐσθής wie Kasandra in Agamemnon (zu Ag. 774 ). Gut bemerkt der Schol. :

φαίνεται ἐπὶ σκηνῆς τὸ μαντεῖον· η δὲ προφῆτις πρόεισιν ἐπικλήσεις, ὡς ἔθος, τῶν θεῶν ποιησομένη, ἀπροόπτως τε ἰδοῦσα τὰς Ἐρινύας κύκλῳ τοῦ Ὀρέστου καθευδούσας πάντα μηνύει τοῖς θεαταῖς, οὐχ ὡς διηγουμένη τὰ ὑπὸ τὴν σκηνήν, τοῦτο γὰρ νεωτερικὸν Εὐριπίδειον, ὑπὸ δὲ τῆς ἐκπλήξεως τὰ θορυβήσαντα αὐτὴν καταμηνύουσα φιλοτέχνως
(d. h. die Exposition ist nicht unvermittelt wie bei Euripides, sondern wohl motiviert). τὰ δὲ πρῶτα εὐχαὶ καὶ ἐπικλήσεις θεῶν, ἵνα ἀπὸ τῶν εὐφημοτέρων ἄρξηται ἡ προφῆτις (in der That breitet das Gebet der Priesterin über den Anfang eine weihevolle Stimmung aus). οἰκονομικῶς δὲ οὐκ ἐν ἀρχῇ διώκεται Ὀρέστης, ἀλλὰ τοῦτο ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ δράματος κατατάττει, ταμιευόμενος τὰ ἀκμαιότατα ἐν μέσῳ.

mvp-comment-45-1 1

mvp-comment-45-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 258

mvp-comment-45-3 ὕπνῳ παρείνται (sind erschlafft) wie Eur. Kykl. 591

τῷ δ᾽ ὕπνῳ παρειμένος
. Die Stellung von δέ wie 623. Vgl. zu Ag. 744 .

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

ὕπνῳ πεσοῦσαι , prostrate in sleep [they lie] : πεσοῦσαι used rather loosely for the perfect, like θανόντes for τεθνηκότες. But the construction is rather harsh, with a strained tense and no verb: and not improbably πεσοῦσαι is corrupt for some verb. The best suggestion is Weil's πεδῶνται : (others πρέπουσι, πέλουσι : παρεῖνται Weckl.).