Aeschylus Eumenides 1003

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χαίρετε χὑμεῖς· προτέραν δ᾽ ἐμὲ χρὴ
στείχειν θαλάμους ἀποδείξουσαν
1005
πρὸς φῶς ἱερὸν τῶνδε προπομπῶν.
ἴτε καὶ σφαγίων τῶνδ᾽ ὑπὸ σεμνῶν
κατὰ γῆς σύμεναι τὸ μὲν ἀτηρὸν
χώρας κατέχειν, τὸ δὲ κερδαλέον
πέμπειν πόλεως ἐπὶ νίκῃ.
1010
ὑμεῖς δ᾽ ἡγεῖσθε, πολισσοῦχοι
παῖδες Κραναοῦ, ταῖσδε μετοίκοις.
εἴη δ᾽ ἀγαθῶν
ἀγαθὴ διάνοια πολίταις.

Eumenides. Aeschylus. ed. N. Wecklein. Berolini. 1885.

Current edition Experimental

Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) (Greek) (Εὐμενίδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (11)
Εὐμενίδες First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 1021-1031 focus
Εὐμενίδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 1021-1031 focus
Εὐμενίδες (1518 edition; OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Eumenides, 1518 edition. VLM-assisted OCR with native lineation and automated correspondence to the Smyth edition.) — 1003 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 1003 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 1003 focus
ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1003 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Arthur Sidgwick, 1887.) — 1003 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 1003 focus
Aeschyli Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Eumenides. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 1003 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by F. A. Paley, 1885.) — 1003 focus
χαίρετε χύμεῖς· προτέραν δ᾽ ἐμὲ χρὴ ἀντισύστ. α΄.
στείχειν θαλάμους ἀποδείξουσαν
πρὸς φῶς ἱερὸν τῶνδε προπομπῶν.
ἴτε, καὶ σφαγίων τῶνδ᾽ ὑπὸ σεμνῶν
κατὰ γῆς σύμεναι, τὸ μὲν ἀτηρὸν
960
χώρας κατέχειν, τὸ δὲ κερδαλέον
πέμπειν πόλεως ἐπὶ νίκῃ.
ὑμεῖς δ᾽ ἡγεῖσθε, πολισσοῦχοι
παῖδες Κραναοῦ, ταῖσδε μετοίκοις·
965
εἴη δ᾽ ἀγαθῶν
ἀγαθὴ διάνοια πολίταις.
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by Friedrich Blass, 1907.) — 1003 focus
χαίρετε χὐμεῖς· προτέραν δ᾽ ἐμὲ χρὴ
στείχειν θαλάμους ἀποδείξουσαν
πρὸς φῶς ἱερὸν τῶνδε προπομπῶν.
1005
ἴτε καὶ σφαγίων τῶνδ᾽ ὑπὸ σεμνῶν
κατὰ γῆς σύμεναι
τὸ μὲν ἀτηρὸν χώρᾶι κατέχειν,
τὸ δὲ κερδαλέον
πέμπειν πόλεως ἐπὶ νίκηι.
〈χ)ὑμεῖς δ᾽ ἡγεῖσθε, πολισσοῦχοι
1010
παῖδες Κραναοῦ, ταῖσδε μετοίκοις.
εἴη δ᾽ ἀγαθῶν
ἀγαθὴ διάνοια πολίταις.
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.)) — 1021-1030 focus
The Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (The Eumenides. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 1003 focus
Farewell you too: but it behoves me first to go to assign your abodes. To the sacred light of these conductors go, and while these dread victims are sacrificed to you, rush­ ing beneath the earth, keep back from the country what is hurtful, but send what is advantageous for the victory of the city. And do you sons of Cranaus inhabiting the city, con­ duct these new settlers. And may the good recollection of benefits remain to the citizens.
LES EUMÉNIDES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES EUMÉNIDES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1003 focus
au milieu des dons bénis de la richesse, vivez heureux, habitants de cette cité
assis aux côtés de la Vierge de Zeus, lui rendant son amour et apprenant chaque jour la sagesse! Ceux que Pallas abrite sous son aile sont respectés de son père.
The Furies (OCR draft) Experimental (The Furies. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 1003 focus
And you all hail! But be it mine to ſhow
The place aſſign'd you for your reſidence.
Go to thoſe ſacred flames, they will conduct you,
And from theſe hallow'd victims ſink with ſpeed
To the dark ſhades below;
1140
impriſon there
Whate'er is noxious to theſe realms; whate'er
Has influence to bleſs them, ſend in triumph.
And you, high-lineag'd guardians of the ſlate,
Attend theſe ſtranger-gueſts to their new feats,
1145
And be each gentle thought attun'd to good.
Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 1003 focus
E salute anche a voi. Debbo ai talami,
or, movendo io la prima, guidarvi,
alla luce del sacro corteo.
Avanzate al bagliore di queste
sacre fiaccole, e, giunte sotterra,
1050
trattenete nel suolo ogni germe
di sfacelo, e crescete i proficui
pel trionfo di nostra città.
E voi tutti, o rampolli di Crànao,
siate guida a queste ospiti, e sempre
1055
bei pensieri a begli atti vi spronino.
Aeschylus, Eumenides: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Eumenides: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 1003 focus
Valete & uos. primam uerò me oportet
935
Adire thalamos oſtendentem,
Ad lucem horum ſacram deductricem.
Ite, & ſub ædibus his grauibus
In terram introeuntes,
Nocumentum quidem
940
Regionis obtineatis,
Lucrum uerò
Mitterre in uictoria urbis oportet.
Vos uerò patroni præite
Pueri Cranai hos inquilinos.
945
Erit uerò bonorum
Bona mens ciuibus.
Aeschylus, Die Eumeniden: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Eumeniden: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 1003 focus
Heil auch euch. Nun laſst voran mich schreiten,
bei dem Lichte dieser Fackelträger
1005 euch zu eurer Wohnung hinzuweisen.
Kommt, ich schlacht' euch diese reinen Lämmer,
zwischen ihren Opferleibern schreitet
in den Erdschlund ihr, und alles Unheil
haltet drunten fest, doch allen Segen
sendet zu Athens Triumph empor.
1010 Nun voran, ihr Wächter meines Staates,
Kranaiden, tretet vor die Gäste.
Und andächt'gen Sinns, andächtig schweigend
schau' das Volk dem heil'gen Zuge zu.
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.) — 1003 focus
All hail unto each honoured guest!
Whom to the chambers of your rest
'Tis mine to lead, and to provide
1155
The hallowed torch, the guard and guide.
Pass down, the while these altars glow
With sacred fire, to earth below
And your appointed shrine.
There dwelling, from the land restrain
1160
The force of fate, the breath of bane,
But waft on us the gift and gain
Of Victory divine!
And ye, the men of Cranaos' seed,
I bid ye now with reverence lead
1165
These alien Powers that thus are made
Athenian evermore. To you
Fair be their will henceforth, to do
Whate'er may bless and aid!
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.) — 1003 focus
Heil ruf' ich auch euch! Nun muß ich zuvor
Hingeh'n, und weise die Wohnstatt euch
Bei dem festlichen Schein der Geleitenden hier.
Auf, steigt, von den heiligen Opfern umwallt,
In die Tiefe hinab, und wehret vom Land,
960
Was Unheil bringt; was Segen verheißt,
Das sendet der Stadt zu dem Siege!
Dann führet sie selbst, ihr Bürger der Stadt
Aus Kranaos' Stamm, daß sie wohnen bei euch.
Stets bleibe das Volk
965
Für die Freundlichen freundlichen Sinnes!
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 .

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.

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.

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

mvp-comment-755-1 Post ἀποδείξουσαν vulgo interpungitur.

mvp-comment-756-1 προπομπῶν Bentleius in Resp. ad Boylium p. 79.

πρόπομπον
M. Par. Aug. G. Ven. Flor. Ald. Rob. Τurn.
προπομπών
scripsit Victorius. Non praeit in pompa Minerva, ut Müllero visum est, sed
προτέρα στείχει
, i. e. abit de scena ante pompam. Ideo
χαίρετε
dicit. V. Opusc. VI. 2. p. 121. Sed paene non dubito quin inserta v. 987. post
φῶς
copula ita haec scribenda sint,
χαίρετε χἐμεῖς (προτέραν δ' ἐμὲ χρὴ στείχειν θαλάμους ἀποδείξουσαν), πρὸς φῶς θὰ ἱερὸν τῶνδε προπομπῶν ἴτε, καὶ σφαγίων
etc.

mvp-comment-757-1 ὑπὸ σεμνῶν:

ὑποσεμνῶν
G.

mvp-comment-758-1 σύμεναι:

σύμμεναι
G. Ald.
δύμεναι
Turn. ἀτηρὸν Bentleius. Libri
ἀτήριον
.

mvp-comment-759-1 ὑμεῖς δ᾽ Turn.

ἡμεῖς δ'
M. Par. G. Flor. Rob. Ald. et, ut Franzius ait, Ven.

mvp-comment-760-1 μετοίκοις Turn.

μέτοικοι
M. Par. Aug. G. Ven. Flor. Ald. Rob.

mvp-comment-761-1 χαίρετε, χαίρετε δ', αὖθις ἐπανδιπλοίζω:

χαίρετε χαίρετε διπλοΐζω
Farn. Ceteri
χαίρετε χαίρετε δ' αὖθις ἐπιδιπλοΐζω
. Scribendum erat
χαίρετε, χαίρετε δ᾽ αὖθις, ἐπανδιπλοίζω.

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

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.

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-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-526-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 319

mvp-comment-526-2 Vgl. 1024, 1037, Paus. I 28, 6

πλησίον δὲ (τοῦ ᾿Αρείου πάγου) ἱερὸν θεῶν ἐστιν ἃς καλοῦσιν ᾿Αθηναῖοι Σεμνάς, Ἡσίοδος δὲ Ἐρινῆς ἐν Θεογονία,
Schol. zu Thuk. I 126
τῶν σεμνῶν θεῶν, τῶν Ἐρινύων, κατ᾿ ἀντίφρασιν· ἃς μετὰ τὸν Ὀρέ στην οἱ Αθηναῖοι πλησίον τοῦ ᾿Αρείου πάγου ἱδρύσαντο
, Eur. El. 1270 δειναὶ μὲν οὖν θεαὶ τῷδ᾽ ἄχει πεπληγ μέναι πάγον παρ' αὐτὸν χάσμα δύσονται χθονός, σεμνὸν βροτοῖσιν εὐσεβὲς χρηστήριον. Aus dieser Stelle und aus Valer. Max. V 3, 3 Oedipodis ossa . . inter ipsum Areopagum et excelsis praesidiis Minervae arcem honore arae decorata verglichen mit Paus. I 28, 7 ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἐντὸς τοῦ περιβόλου μνῆμα Οἰδίποδος ergiebt sich, dafs das Eumenidenheiligtum in der Ein- sattelung zwischen Akropolis und Areopag und zwar hart an dem letzteren lag und dafs sich eine Erdspalte, vermutlich das ἄδυτον des Heiligtums, dabei befand. Die Fläche, auf der sich jetzt die Ruinen der Kirche des heil. Dionysius befinden, liegt erheblich höher als die Agora und die Terrasse, auf welcher die Kapelle des heil. Athanasius steht. Der Areopag bildet dort, bevor er in einer nach Osten vorspringenden Ecke abschliefst, eine knieförmige Krümmung. Die nach Westen blickende Wand ist senkrecht bearbeitet, südlich stehen Reste von den Mauern der Kirche. Zwischen diesen und der kompakten Felsmasse liegen gewaltige Felsblöcke wild durcheinander, unter denen jetzt, durch äppige Schlingpflanzen verkleidet, sich eine tiefe Felsspalte öffnet; im innersten Winkel der letzteren quillt Wasser (Köhler Hermes VI S. 101). αϊδε

mvp-comment-527-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 320

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

mvp-comment-528-2 Pers. 225

αὐτοῦ τάδε σὸν πόσιν Δαρεῖον ἐσθλά σοι πέμπειν τέκνῳ τε γῆς ἔνερθεν ἐς φάος, τἄμπαλιν δὲ τῶνδε γαίᾳ κάτοχα μαυροῦσθαι σκότω
. Die Infin. κατέχειν und πέμπειν stehen imperativisch.

mvp-comment-529-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 320

mvp-comment-529-2 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

᾿Αθηναῖοι ἐπὶ Πελασγῶν ἐχόντων τὴν νῦν Ελλάδα καλεομένην ἦσαν Πελασγοί, ὀνομαζόμενοι Κραναοί
. Vgl. Pind. Ol. VII 82 κρανααῖς ἐν Ἀθάναις, Aristoph. Ach. 75 ὦ Κραναὰ πόλις, Lys. 480 τὴν Κραναάν, Vö. 123 μείζω τῶν Κραναῶν ζητεῖς πόλιν; Man bezieht wohl mit Recht das Epitheton κραναή auf die felsigen Hügel, auf denen die ersten Bewohner des Landes (die Pelasger) sich ansiedelten, die deshalb den Namen Κραναοί erhielten. Vgl. Wachsmuth, Stadt Athen im Alt. I S. 429 ff.

mvp-comment-530-1 1

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.

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

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 l. 1034
.

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.