Aeschylus Eumenides 837

ed. N. Wecklein

Table of Contents

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

← Previous Next →
ἐμὲ παθεῖν τάδε, φεῦ,
840
ἐμὲ παλαιόφρονα, κατά τε γᾶν οἰκεῖν
ἀτίετον, φεῦ, μύσος.
πνέω τοι μένος ἅπαντά τε κότον.
οἱ οἱ δᾶ, φεῦ.
τίς μ᾽ ὑποδύεται
845
πλευρὰς ὀδύνα;
θυμὸν ἄιε, μᾶτερ
Νύξ. ἀπὸ γάρ με τιμᾶν δαναιᾶν θεῶν
δυσπάλαμοι παρ᾽ οὐδὲν ἦραν δόλοι.

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.) — 892-915 focus
Εὐμενίδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 892-915 focus
Εὐμενίδες (1518 edition; OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Eumenides, 1518 edition. VLM-assisted OCR with native lineation and automated correspondence to the Smyth edition.) — 837 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 837 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 837 focus
ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 837 focus
Ἐμὲ παθεῖν τάδε, φεῦ,
ἐμὲ παλαιόφρονα κατά τε κατὰ γᾶν οἰκεῖν
ἀτίετον, φεῦ, μύσος·
840
πνέω τοι μένος
ἅπαντά τε κότον
οἰοῖ οἱ οἱ οἳ οἳ δᾶ, φεῦ·
τίς μ' ὑποδύεται πλευράς, ( τίς) ὀδύνα
θυμόν ; ἄϊε θυμὸν ἄιε, μᾶτερ
845
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Arthur Sidgwick, 1887.) — 837 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 837 focus
ἐμὲ παθεῖν τάδε, φεῦ,
ἐμὲ παλαιόφρονα, κατά ⟨τε⟩ γᾶν οἰκεῖν
⟨ἵν’⟩ ἀτίετον, φεῦ, μύσος.
πνέω τοι μένος
840
ἅπαντά τε κότον.
οἰοῖ δᾶ φεῦ·
τίς μ᾽ ὑποδύεται πλευρὰς ὀδύνα;
Aeschyli Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Eumenides. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 837 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by F. A. Paley, 1885.) — 837 focus
ἐμὲ παθεῖν τάδε, φεῦ,
ἐμὲ παλαιόφρονα, κατά τε γᾶν οἰκεῖν
ἀτίετον, φεῦ, μύσος.
πνέω τοι μένος ἅπαντά τε κότον.
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by Friedrich Blass, 1907.) — 837 focus
ἐμὲ παθεῖν τάδε, φεῦ,
ἐμὲ παλαιόφρονα, κατά τε γᾶς οἰχνεῖν
ἀτίετον, φεῦ, μύσος.
πνέω τοι μένος ἅπαντά τε κότον.
840
οἰοῖ δᾶ, φεῦ.
τίς μ᾽ ὑποδύεται πλευράς, (τίς) ὀδύνα
θυμόν; ἄϊε, μᾶτερ
Νύξ· ἀπὸ γάρ με τιμᾶν δαναιᾶν θεῶν
δυσπάλαμοι παρ᾽ οὐδὲν ἦραν δόλοι.
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.)) — 892-915 focus
The Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (The Eumenides. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 837 focus
That I should have suffered these things! alas! that I wretched should dwell on earth! alas! a dishonourable pollu­ tion! Therefore I breathe forth my rage, and all my wrath. Oh! oh! Earth! alas! what anguish pierces my sides! hear my rage, mother Night! for the crafty wiles of the gods have deprived me of my public 2
honours as if of no account.
LES EUMÉNIDES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES EUMÉNIDES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 837 focus
Moi, subir ce sort, moi, l'antique déesse! Moi, habiter ce pays en être impur et méprisé, ah!... Non,
je ne respire que colère et vengeance. Las! Terre et Ciel! ah! quelle souffrance, quelle souffrance entre donc dans mon cœur! Entends-moi, ô Nuit, ma mère : mes antiques hon-
The Furies (OCR draft) Experimental (The Furies. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 837 focus
Shall I brook this? Shall I then deign
In this curs'd land to ſpend my ſlighted age,
960
And my loft honours mourn in vain?
No: be each vengeful thought inflam'd with rage.
Ah me, the keen, the mad'ning ſmart!
Deep, deep it cuts, it rends my heart.
Hear, aweful night, my raving paſſion hear!
965
Theſe Gods, with a malignant ſmile,
Ah me! my baffled pow'r beguile,
And from my brows the public honours tear.
Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 837 focus
Prive d'onor non siete, e non vi piaccia,
per troppo d'ira, questo suolo rendere
870
sterile, o Dive. Anch'io — dirlo che giova ?
posso in Giove fidare: io sola so
del ricetto le chiavi ove la folgore
è sigillata. Ma per che, la folgore ?
Ben t'indurrai per le parole mie
875
a non scagliare con impronta lingua
su questa terra il maleficio, e tutti
farne abortire i frutti. In cuor sopisci
l'impeto amaro della negra furia,
e delle cose e degli onor partecipe
880
con me sarai: di questa terra grande
offerte le primizie a te saranno
per gli sponsali, e quando nascon pargoli:
onde il consiglio mio loderai sempre.
Aeschylus, Eumenides: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Eumenides: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 837 focus
Me pati hæc, heu me uerſuta in terra habitare
Spretum odium heu, efflo furorem & omnem iram.
Heu, heu terra, heu quis mihi ſubit
Latera dolor, animum ſpira mater
Nox, nam me ab honoribus domatam
795
Deorum fraudulenti cœperunt dolo præter cauſam.
Aeschylus, Die Eumeniden: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Eumeniden: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 837 focus
Mir das!
Ha, mir,
mir, der alten,
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.) — 837 focus
I, I dishonoured in this earth to dwell,—
965
Ancient of days and wisdom! I breathe forth
Poison and breath of frenzied ire. O Earth,
Woe, woe for thee, for me!
From side to side what pains be these that thrill?
Hearken, O mother Night, my wrath, mine agony!
970
Whom from mine ancient rights the gods have thrust,
And brought me to the dust—
Woe, woe is me!—with craft invincible.
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.) — 837 focus
Weh! Daß mich solches traf!
Daß ich Urgewalt, beschimpft, allverhaßt,
800
Unter die Erde muß!
Von Zorn wallt die Brust, von Grimm ohne Maß.
Ach, ach! Weh, weh!
Ha, welch wilder Schmerz mir die Seele durchbohrt!
Vernimm, Mutter Nacht,
Den Groll! Göttertrug, unüberwindlich, hat
805
Das uralte Recht um Nichts uns geraubt.
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

Commentary on Aeschylus: Eumenides (Aeschylus. Eumenides. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1887.)

841. δâ . is Doric form of γῆ. So Ag. 1072 ὀτοτοῖ πόποι δᾶ.

845. ἀπό is separated from the verb aἴρw and draws near to the substantive, as in Epic: one of the forms of the so-called Tmesis. In prose it would be ἀπῆραν. The verb simply means carry off, take away.

848. συμφέρω , here used in the rather unusual sense of endure, not resent: the English idiom (which in meaning exactly suits this place), I will bear with thy wrath, is only superficially similar. Somewhat like this use is πάντα συμφέρουσ᾽ Ἰάσονι Eur. Med. 13, συμφέρειν τοῖς κρείσσοσι (‘comply') Soph. El. 1465, οὐδέποτ᾽ εὐφραν- θήσεται ἀνὴρ ἐὰν μὴ τῇ γυναικὶ συμφέρῃ ( agree) Ar. Lys. 166: the metaphor being [Verrall, Eur. Med. 1. c.] probably of a yoke-fellow pulling with, and not against, one.

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

mvp-comment-631-1 οἰοῖ, δᾶ. φεῦ, φεῦ.:

ο? ο?
Μ. Rob.
οι οι
Ven. Flor.
οἱ οἱ
Aug. G. Ald. Turn. Deinde libri
δῶ
et semel
φεῦ
. Quintae Furiae tribui
οἰοῖ, δᾶ
, sextae
φεύ, φεῦ
.

mvp-comment-632-1 τίς μ' ὑποδύεται, τίς ὀδύνα πλευράς;:

τίς μ' ὑπόδεται
G. Deinde
πλευρὰς ὀδυνὰ
M. Aug. Turn.
πλευρᾶς ὀδύνα
G. Ald. Rob.
πλευρὰς ὀδύναι
Ven. Bekkero teste,
πλευρᾶς ὀδύναι
Flor. Ven. teste Frauzio. Scripsi, addito
τίς
post
ὑποδύεται
,
τίς μ' υποδύεται τίς ὀδύνα πλευράς;
Neque enim probandum est, quod Wieselerus coniecit,
τίς μ᾽ ὑποδύεται πλευράς, ὦ, δύα;

mvp-comment-633-1 θυμὸν ἄϊε, μᾶτερ: Haec quoque,

θυμὸν ἄτε, μᾶτερ
, dochmius sunt.

mvp-comment-634-1 ἀπὸ γάρ με τιμᾶν ἀμᾶν θεῶν δυςπάλαμοι παρ' οὐδὲν ἦραν δόλοι:

τιμῶν δαμαίων
M. G. Ald. Rob. sed in M.
α
ad utrumque
α
supra adscriptum est.
τιμὼν δημαίων
(sic) Aug. ad prioris vocabuli ultimam syllabam
ων
, ad secundi
αμ
supra adscripto.
τιμῶν δαμαίαν
Par.
τιμᾶν δαμέαν
Ven. Flor.
τιμᾶν δαμίαν
Turn. Scholiastarum sunt adnotationes ad hunc versum
τὴν δημοσίαν, ὑπὸ θεῶν δεδομένην
, ad sequentem
οἱ δόλοι γὰρ τῶν θεῶν ὡς οὐδὲν παρῆράν με τῶν δημοσίων τιμῶν
. Apparet eos et
τιμὰν δαμίαν
et
τιμᾶν δαμιᾶν
legisse: sed quo spectet illud
ὑπὸ θεῶν δεδομένην
, non perspicio. Fritzschius et Lud. Dindorfius in Stephani Thes. vol. II. p. 885. scribendum coniecerunt
τιμᾶν δαναιᾶν
, ut v. 386.
γέρας παλαιὸν
suum Furiae commemorant. Mihi
δαμαίων
ortum esse videtur ex
ἀμᾶν
. Puto enim Aeschylum scripsisse
θυμὸν ἄΐε, μᾶτερ Νύξ· ἀπὸ γάρ με τιμᾶν ἀμῶν θεῶν δυςπάλαμοι παρ' οὐδὲν ἦραν δόλοι.
Sic v. 226.
τιμὰς σὺ μὴ σύντεμνε τὰς ἐμὰς ψόγῳ
, ν. 411.
τιμάς γε μὲν δὴ τὰς ἐμὰς πεύσει τάχα
, et sine pronomine v. 739.
ἡμῖν γὰρ ἔρρειν, ἢ πρόσω τιμὰς νέμειν
.

mvp-comment-635-1 δυςπάλαμοι ... δόλοι:

δυσπάλαλοι
G. Ald.
δόλοι
G. Ald. Rob.
δόλω
M. Aug. Par.
δόλω
Ven. Flor.
δόλῳ
Turn.

mvp-comment-636-1 NA:

καίτοι γε μὴν σὺ κάρτ᾽ ἐμοῦ σοφώτερα
Victorius, et sic Ven. Flor.
καί τοι μὲν σὺ κάρτ'
(
γάρ τ'
Αld.)
ἐμοῦ σοφωτέρα
M. Aug. G. Ald. Rob.
καί τοι σὺ μὲν κάρτ᾽ εἰγ ἐμοῦ σοφωτέρα
Turn. Vt recte procederet oratio, in Opusc. VI. 2. p. 107. scribendum putabam
καίτοι γε μὴν οὐ κάρτ᾿ ἐμοῦ σοφωτέρα
. Sed non dici videtur
οὐ κάρτα
. Wieselero Aeschylus scripsisse videtur
καὶ τῷ μὲν εἶ σὺ κάρτ' ἐμοῦ σοφωτέρα
. Recte vero Bothius in prima editione et Paleius totum hunc versum removendum esse censuerunt.

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

mvp-comment-255-1 Perhaps, to complete the dochmiac, τις ὀδύνα πλευράς ;

mvp-comment-256-1 δηναιᾶν] ancient, L. Dindorf for δαμαίων, which the Schol. explains by τῶν δημοσίων τιμῶν.-παρ οὐδὲν, supply θέμενοι, as in Ag. 221

παρ' οὐδὲν ἔθεντο.
For αἴρειν ἀπὸ cf. v. 340.

mvp-comment-257-1 καὶ τῷ μέν] Schol.

διὰ τὸν χρόνον.
‘And in that indeed you are much wiser than I, though even to me (viz. as the goddess of wisdom) Zeus has granted not to be without telligence.' The Med. has καὶ τοι μὲν σύ.

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-309-1 οἱ δόλοι γὰρ

mvp-comment-310-1 φέρουσα τὰς ἀντὶ τοῦ) μεγάλοι

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-428-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 306

mvp-comment-428-2 Kommos, Aussöhnung der gekränkten und tief ergrimmten Erinyen durch die begütigenden Worte der Athena. Der Chor singt zwei Strophen, die er als Antistrophen wiederholt. Jeder Strophe und Antistrophe folgen 13 Verse der Athena, wornach die Partie mit 12 Versen Stichomythie und 12 Versen einer ῥῆσις der Athena abgeschlossen wird. Vgl. zu Ag. 1435 .

mvp-comment-450-1 1

mvp-comment-450-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 310

mvp-comment-450-3 δα wie Ag. 1056 . Der Schol. bemerkt: δᾶ: ὦ γῆ, Δωρικῶς, ὅθεν καὶ Δαμάτης und zu Prom. 589

ἄλευ᾽ ὦ δα: ὦ δᾶ, ὦ γῆ. οἱ γὰρ Δωριεῖς τὴν γῆν δῆν καὶ δᾶν φασιν καὶ τὸν γνόφον δνόφον
. H. L. Ahrens (Philol. XXIII S. 206) erklärt δᾶ als Vokativ von dᾶς Ζᾶς Ζεύς, der nur als Interjektion (,,ach Gott") gebraucht werde.

mvp-comment-450-4 2

mvp-comment-451-1 3

mvp-comment-451-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 310

mvp-comment-451-3 μὲ πλευράς: zu 88.

mvp-comment-451-4 4

mvp-comment-452-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 310

mvp-comment-452-2 ἀπὸ γάρ με τιμᾶν: nur an dieser einen Stelle treten bei Äschylos zwischen Präposition und Substantiv zwei Wörter, sonst nur δέ, τέ, seltener γέ, γάρ, μέν.

mvp-comment-453-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 310

mvp-comment-453-2 δυσπάλαμοι δόλοι wie δύσδολοι δόλοι oder δυσπάλαμοι παλά μαι:,,unselige Arglist von Göttern hat mich von uralten Ehren weggehoben, so dafs ich gleich nichts bin." Es steht also παρ᾽ οὐδέν (213) wie ein proleptisches Prädikat.

mvp-comment-454-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 310

mvp-comment-454-2 ξυνοίσω, nachgeben, zu gute halten. Eur. Med. 13

πάντα συμ φέρουσ᾽ Ἰάσονι,
Soph. El. 1465 συμ φέρειν τοῖς κρείσσοσιν. Hom. Φ 439 ἄρχε· σὺ γὰρ γενεῆφι νεώτε ρος· οὐ γὰρ ἐμοί γε καλόν, ἐπεὶ πρότερος γενόμην καὶ πλείονα οἶδα.

mvp-comment-455-1 5

mvp-comment-455-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 310

mvp-comment-455-3 προφερτέρα: durch das Alter zwar hast du einen Vorzug vor mir. Auf das Alter bezieht sich προφέρ τερος und προφέρτατος auch Soph. frg. 399 D. und Oed. K. 1513 .

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

δâ . is Doric form of γῆ. So Ag. 1072

ὀτοτοῖ πόποι δᾶ.

mvp-sidgwick-396-1-1 I adopt (with Franz, Lin. P. Weil, Weck.) L. Dindorf's brilliant conjecture τιμᾶν δαναιᾶν, ancient honours, for the meaningless δαμαίων of MSS. The gods unconquerable wiles have reft me from my ancient honours as of no account.'

ἀπό is separated from the verb αἴρω and draws near to the substantive, as in Epic: one of the forms of the so-called Tmesis. In prose it would be ἀπῆραν. The verb simply means carry off, take away.

συμφέρω , here used in the rather unusual sense of endure, not resent: the English idiom (which in meaning exactly suits this place), I will bear with thy wrath, is only superficially similar. Somewhat like this use is

πάντα συμφέρουσ᾽ Ἰάσονι
Eur. Med. 13 , συμφέρειν τοῖς κρείσσοσι ( comply) Soph. El. 1465 , οὐδέποτ᾽ εὐφραν- θήσεται ἀνὴρ ἐὰν μὴ τῇ γυναικὶ συμφέρῃ ( agree) Ar. Lys. 166: the metaphor being [Verrall, Eur. Med. 1. c.] probably of a yoke-fellow pulling with, and not against, one.

mvp-sidgwick-399-1-1 I take Wieseler's excellent emendation καὶ τῷ μὲν εἶ συ, i. e. and by that (old age) you are far wiser, age and wisdom being naturally united. So the Scholiast explains the line διὰ τὸν χρόνον, i. e. wiser by lapse of time.