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Anna Swanwick (Translator)

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

Sponsored by University of Leipzig.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition Experimental

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.) — 778-891 focus
Εὐμενίδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 793 focus
Εὐμενίδες (1518 edition; OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Eumenides, 1518 edition. VLM-assisted OCR with native lineation and automated correspondence to the Smyth edition.) — 793 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 793 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 793 focus
ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 793 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Arthur Sidgwick, 1887.) — 793 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 793 focus
ἐμοὶ πίθεσθε μὴ βαρυτόνως φέρειν.
οὐ γὰρ νενίκησθ', ἀλλ᾿ ἰσόψηφος δίκη
ἐξῆλθ᾽ ἀληθῶς, οὐκ ἀτιμίᾳ σέθεν.
ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ Διὸς γὰρ λαμπρὰ μαρτύρια παρῆν,
800
αὐτός θ᾽ ὁ χρήσας αὐτὸς ἦν ὁ μαρτυρῶν,
ὡς ταῦτ᾽ Ὀρέστην δρῶντα μὴ βλάβας ἔχειν.
ὑμεῖς δέ τε τῇδε γῇ βαρὺν κότον
σκήψητε, μὴ θυμοῦσθε, μηδ᾽ ἀκαρπίαν
τεύξητ᾽ ἀφεῖσαι δαιμόνων σταλάγματα,
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βρωτῆρας αἰχμὰς σπερμάτων ἀνημέρους.
ἐγὼ γὰρ ὑμῖν πανδίκως ὑπίσχομαι
ἕδρας τε καὶ κευθμῶνας ἐνδίκου χθονὸς
λιπαροθρόνοισιν ἡμένας ἐπ᾿ ἐσχάραις
ἕξειν, ὑπ᾽ ἀστῶν τῶνδε τιμαλφουμένας.
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Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 793 focus
Aeschyli Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Eumenides. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 793 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by F. A. Paley, 1885.) — 793 focus
ἐμοὶ πίθεσθε μὴ βαρυστόνως φέρειν·
οὐ γὰρ νενίκησθ᾽, ἀλλ᾿ ἰσόψηφος δίκη
ἐξῆλθ᾽ ἀληθῶς, οὐκ ἀτιμίᾳ σέθεν.
ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ Διὸς γὰρ λαμπρὰ μαρτύρια παρῆν,
αὐτός θ᾽ ὁ φήσας αὐτὸς ἦν ὁ μαρτυρῶν,
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ὡς ταῦτ᾽ Ὀρέστην δρῶντα μὴ βλάβας ἔχειν.
ὑμεῖς δέ τοι γῇ τῇδε μὴ βαρὺν κότον
σκήψητε, [μὴ θυμοῦσθε, μηδ᾽ ἀκαρπίαν
τεύχητ᾽,] ἀφεῖσαι + δαιμόνων σταλάγματα,
βρωτῆρας αἰχμὰς σπερμάτων ἀνημέρους·
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ἐγὼ γὰρ ὑμῖν πανδίκως ὑπίσχομαι
ἕδρας τε καὶ κευθμῶνας ἐνδίκου χθονὸς
λιπαροθρόνοισιν ἡμένας ἐπ᾿ ἐσχάραις
ἕξειν, ὑπ᾿ ἀστῶν τῶνδε τιμαλφουμένας.
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by Friedrich Blass, 1907.) — 793 focus
ἐμοὶ πίθεσθε μὴ βαρυστόνως φέρειν.
οὐ γὰρ νενίκησθ᾽, ἀλλ᾿ ἰσόψηφος δίκη
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ἐξῆλθ᾽ ἀληθῶς, οὐκ ἀτιμίᾶι σέθεν.
ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ Διὸς γὰρ λαμπρὰ μαρτύρια παρῆν,
αὐτός θ᾽ ὁ χρήσας αὐτὸς ἦν ὁ μαρτυρῶν,
ὡς ταῦτ᾽ Ὀρέστην δρῶντα μὴ βλάβας ἔχειν.
ὑμεῖς δὲ τῆι γῆι τῆιδε μὴ θυμοῦσθε, μὴ
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βαρὺν κότον σκήψητε, μηδ᾽ ἀκαρπίαν
τεύξητ᾽, ἀφεῖσαι δαιμόνων σταλάγματα,
βρωτῆρας αἰχμὰς σπερμάτων ἀνημέρους.
ἐγὼ γὰρ ὑμῖν πανδίκως ὑπίσχομαι
ἕδρας τε καὶ κευθμῶνας ἐνδίκου χθονὸς
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λιπαροθρόνοισιν ἡμένας ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάραις
ἕξειν ὑπ᾽ ἀστῶν τῶνδε τιμαλφουμένας.
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.)) — 793 focus
The Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (The Eumenides. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 793 focus
Be persuaded by me, so as not to bear it hardly: for you have not been conquered, but the cause in truth fell out with equal votes, not for your disgrace. Besides clear testi­ monies from Jove were present, and he who gave the oracle, he himself bore witness, that Orestes having done these things should not suffer ill. But do not you let fall your heavy wrath on this land, be not enraged, nor cause sterility, sending forth drops from your lungs, dire darts consuming the seed. For I most justly promise to you, that you, seated at the shining hearths, shall possess temples and shrines in a just land, honoured by these citizens.
LES EUMÉNIDES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES EUMÉNIDES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 793 focus
épargnez-vous de lourds san-
glots. Vous n'êtes pas des vaincues : un arrêt indécis, seul, est sorti de l'urne, pour satisfaire la vérité, non pour vous humilier. D'éclatants témoignages étaient là, émanés de Zeus 1 , et celui-là même nous les apportait, qui avait prédit à Oreste que de tels actes n'encouraient nul châti-
ment. Vous voulez, sur ce pays, cracher un pesant cour- roux : réfléchissez, ne vous emportez pas; ne rendez pas ce sol stérile, en laissant dégoutter de vos lèvres divines une écume sauvage, rongeuse de tous germes. Moi, je vous
offre sans réserve le séjour, l'asile qui vous conviennent en ce pays et où, sur le trône de vos autels luisants 2 , vous siégerez environnées du respect de ces citoyens.
The Furies (OCR draft) Experimental (The Furies. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 793 focus
Let my entreaties move you; bear not this
With ſuch deep anger; for no conqueſt here
Wounds your inſulted honour:
from the urn
The lots came equal, ſo diſpos'd by truth,
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To thee no inſult off'ring;
and from Jove
Flow'd ſplendid ſigns: he gave the oracle,
He added his high teſt, that for the deed
Oreſtes ſhou'd not ſuffer.
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Breath not then
Your heavy vengeance on this land; reſtrain
Your indignation; o'er theſe ſick'ning fields
Drop not your peſtilential dews, nor blaſt
Their glitt'ring verdure, and their ſpringing ſeeds.
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And here I pledge my faith, this grateful land
Shall willingly receive you, raiſe your ſeats
High at their blazing hearths, and, with deep awe
Impreſt, pay reverend honours to your pow'r.
Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 793 focus
Assoluto quest'uomo è nella causa:
ché ugual risulta il numero dei voti.
Aeschylus, Eumenides: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Eumenides: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 793 focus
Mihi confidite non grauiter ferre.
Non enim uiciſtis, ſed cauſa æqualia habet ſuffragia,
Exiuit uerè, tu non ignominia affecta es,
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Sed ex Ioue maniſesta testimonia aderant,
Ipſeq; uolens ipſe erat testis,
Vt Oreſtes hæc faciens non haberet detrimentum.
Vos uerò huic terræ ne grauem iram
Proijcite, ne iraſcamini, neq; infrugiferam
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Faciatis, dimittite dæmonum guttas,
Mortales potestates ſeminis feras.
Ego uerò uobis omnino iuſtè polliceor,
Sedes & latebras iuſtæ terræ.
In pinguibus focis ſedentes
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Eſse à ciuibus iſtis honoratas.
Aeschylus, Die Eumeniden: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Eumeniden: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 793 focus
Ich bitt' euch, nehmet nicht mit Groll das Urteil hin.
795 Ihr habt ja nicht verloren, Stimmengleichheit nur
hat sich ergeben, ohne Falsch, und nicht um euch
zu kränken, sondern weil der Schluſs des Zeus
ganz klar bezeugt war: Zeugnis gab derselbe Gott,
der dem Orestes selber die Straflosigkeit
geweissagt hatte für die That, zu der er trieb.
800 Und ihr wollt Zornesgeifer spei'n auf dieses Land?
Bedenkt euch; laſst das Wüten. Das unmilde Naſs,
das Miſswachs zeugend jedes Samens Keimen tilgt,
müſst ihr verhalten, eurer Galle Bitternis.
Ich biet' euch treu und ehrlich Sitz und Unterschlupf
805 im Schofse meines Landes. Meine Bürgerschaft
schmückt euch des vollsten Opfertisches Ehrenmahl.
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.) — 793 focus
Nay, bow ye to my words, chafe not nor moan:
Ye are not worsted nor disgraced; behold,
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With balanced vote the cause had issue fair,
Nor in the end did aught dishonour thee.
But thus the will of Zeus shone clearly forth,
And his own prophet-god avouched the same,
Orestes slew: his slaying is atoned.
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Therefore I pray you, not upon this land
Shoot forth the dart of vengeance; be appeased,
Nor blast the land with blight, nor loose thereon
Drops of eternal venom, direful darts
Wasting and marring nature's seed of growth.
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For I, the queen of Athens' sacred right,
Do pledge to you a holy sanctuary
Deep in the heart of this my land, made just
By your indwelling presence, while ye sit
Hard by your sacred shrines that gleam with oil
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Of sacrifice, and by this folk adored.
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.) — 793 focus
Folgt meinem Rath, ertragt es ohne schweren Groll!
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Nicht überwunden seid ihr: gleiche Stimmenzahl
Entschied gerecht den Handel, ohne Schmach für euch.
Ein leuchtend Zeugniß sandte ja Zeus selbst an uns,
Und der die That geboten, er bezeugte selbst,
Nicht büßen dürf' Orestes, der die That gethan.
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So schüttet ihr auch eures Grolles Schwere nicht
Auf dieses Land aus, zürnet nicht, tilgt nicht die Frucht
Der Felder, Gifthauch strömend aus ergrimmter Brust,
Der grausam, scharfer Schneide gleich, die Saaten frißt.
Denn ich gelob' euch heilig, daß ein Tempel euch,
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Ein Heiligthum an rechter Stätte werden soll,
Wo ihr an Opferherden thront in Strahlenglanz,
Von dieses Landes Bürgern hochverherrlichet.
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.)

No corresponding passage available

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-573-1 παρόρνιθας:

παρ' ὄρνιθας
G. Farn. Ald. Turn.

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-288-1 ἀπαισίους.

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-312-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 292

mvp-comment-312-2 viertes Epeisodion: Vor dem neu eingesetzten Gerichtshof, dem Athena als ἡγεμών und εἰσαγωγεύς vorsteht (583), bringen die Erinyen ihre Anklage vor, Apollon legt Zeugnis ab und tritt den Erinyen als Vertreter der Sache des Orestes, die zugleich seine eigene ist, entgegen. Darauf fällen die Areopagiten das Urteil. Athena tritt rechts auf. Ein Herold und ein Trompetenbläser schreiten voraus, Bürger von Athen folgen ihr. κήρυσσε scil. σίγα ( Eur. Phoen. 1224

σίγα κηρύξαι στρατῷ
). Der Schol. :
ὅρα πῶς τὰ νέων ἔθη ἀναχρονίζει. ἃ γὰρ νῦν γίνε ται, ταῦτα τὴν ᾿Αθηνῶν εἰσήγαγε λέγουσαν. ἐχρῶντο γὰρ τῇ σάλ πιγγι ἀνείργειν τὸ πλῆθος θέλοντες
. στρατόν: natürlich ist das Volk nur gedacht.

mvp-comment-423-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 306

mvp-comment-423-2 ἀθύμους von der Person übertragen. – παρόρνιθας, Schol. ἀπαισίους. Der Vers scheint als vaticinium post eventum auf etwas Thatsächliches anzuspielen. Vgl. Enr. Suppl. 1208

φόβον γὰρ αὐτοῖς, ἤν ποτ᾽ ἔλθωσιν πόλιν, δειχθεῖσα
(nämlich μάχαιρα) θήσει καὶ κακὸν νόστον πάλιν.

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

mvp-sidgwick-366-1-1 Giving them marches of despair and ways of evil augury; this fine line a fuller explanation of ἀμηχάνοισι δυσπραξίαις.