Eumenides. N. Wecklein. . 2026-09-07.
Wecklein’s commentary on Eumenides (1888; German; OCR draft) (German) (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.)
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918. ῎Αρης . is specially mentioned, no doubt because of the Areiopagos, the scene of the latter half of the play.
924. ἐξαμβρῦσαι . (from ἐξαναβρύω used transitively) is Pauw's probable correction of the meaningless readings of MSS. It is adopted by H. Weil, Lin., Schütz. Well.
929.
κατανασσαμένη
, middle,
housing in my city. 11. 932, 933. The MSS. read
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.
ὁ δὲ μὴ κύρσας βαρέων τούτων
οὐκ οἶδεν ὅθεν πληγαὶ βιότου.
939. χάριν , ‘boon,' blessing .
945. γόνος δ᾽ ἀεὶ πλουτόχθων , and ever may the earths rich produce .' The bold compound πλουτόχθων is very Aeschylean. The reference is not (as H. P.) to precious metals, of which Athena (whom the Chorus closely follows in their prayers) had made no mention, and to which γόνος would not be so suitable; but simply to the 'produce' in the ordinary sense.
945. δόσιν τίοι they clearly mean that out of their abundance they are to give thank-offerings to the bounteous gods.
947. ἑρμαίαν , for Hermes was the god of good luck (from Homer downwards, Ερμείας ἐφίλει καὶ κτῆσιν ὄπασσε Il. 14.491) : and a wind-fall or godsend was called ἕρμαιον.
950. ἐπικραίνει , brings to pass, vivid use of present, of a thing now promised.
953. διαπράσσουσιν ., intrans. plain and full is their accomplishment.
954. βίον ἀμβλωπὸν παρέχουσαι , ‘a life dimmed with tears,' a beautifully vivid metaphor. δακρύων is gen. of respect after adj. ἀμβλωπόν.
956. ἀνδροκμής , lit. bringing weariness to men,' here a euphemism for 'deadly, is a favourite word of Aeschylus, being found with μόχθος (above 1. 248), and πέλεκυς (Cho. 889), and λοιγός (Suppl. 680) in the same sense as here.
960. κύρια , ‘the rightful power;' the gods they appeal to being such powers as Ζεὺς τέλειος, Ἥρα, ᾿Αφροδίτη. See above 1. 214.
962. μητροκασιγνῆται , ‘sisters by one mother,' because the Fates (like the Furies 1. 322) were daughters of Night (Hes. Theog. 217 καὶ Μοίρας καὶ Κῆρας ἐγείνατο).
963. ὀρθονόμοι . [not ὀρθόνομοι from νόμος], the MSS. reading, from νέμω, assigning what is due.
964. ἐπιβριθής , lit. weighing down upon, falling heavily on: i. e. grievous .
965. ὁμιλίαις , ‘visitations.'
970. στέργω , I bless.
971. ἐπωπάω . is properly to look down on, watch, behold, descry: so Cho. 693, Eum. 275, but, like the commoner ἐποπτεύω, is used regularly of gods or supernatural powers, and gets the meaning 'to guard, guide, direct;' see note on 1. 220.
973. ἀγοραῖος , God of the gathering, was a name given to Zeus and other gods (Hermes, Ar. Eq. 297, Artemis and Athena, Paus. 3. 11. 9) as protectors of the city life of which the natural centre was the ἀγορά or 'gathering place' (Agam. 90). But as the ἀγορά was also the place for speech (ἀγορεύω, κατηγορέω, etc.) the name here implies god of speech.
981. ποινᾶς ἀντιφόνους ἄτας , the murderous woes of vengeance, the woes of murderous requital; a very Aeschylean phrase, and more natural on the whole than the Med. reading ποινάς, which would make ἄτας gen.: for in any case it is certainly right to take these three words together. [H. P. and others take δι᾽ ὀργὰν ποινᾶς, 'from desire of vengeance,' weaker meaning and more strained usage.]
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.
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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νέμει:
νόμοι Rob.
νόμον Ven. Flor. Farn.
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ῥυσίβωμον:
ουσίβολον G. Ald. Turn.
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ᾧ τ᾽:
ᾧ Turn.
μ' M.
αἵ G.
αἵ τ' Aug. Rob.
αἵ τ' Ald.
αἵτ', ut videtur, Ven. Flor.
αἷς Farn.
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ἐπισσύτους ... ὀνησίμους:
ἐπισεύτους G. Ald. unde
ἐπιτεύκτους fecit Turn.
βίου τύχας ὀνησίμους M. Aug. G. Ald. Rob. Turn. et, ut Franzius ait, Flor. ex quo Linwoodius
βίους τύχας affert.
βίους ὀνησίμους, omisso
τύχας, Ven. Farn. Adscriptum in Ven. Flor.
καὶ τοῦτο (
τοῦτο Flor.)
περισσὸν (
περισσῶς Flor.)
πρὸς τὸ κῶλον τῆς ἀντιστροφῆς.
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ἐξαμβρῦσαι: Hi duo versus omissi in Aug.
ἐξαμβρόσαι M. G. Ald. Turn.
ἐξ ἀμβρόσαι Rob.
ἐξαμϋρόσαι Ven. Flor. Farn. Adscriptum
ἀντὶ μιᾶς in Farn. Probabilis est Pauwii emendatio,
ἐξαμβοῦσαι, quamquam non videtur inveniri aliud aoristi primi huius verbi exemplum. De activo
βρύειν v. Lob. ad Αi. p. 93.
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δυςαρέστους:
δυσαρέτους Ald.
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κατανασσαμένη:
κατανασαμένη Αld.
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ὁ δὲ μὴ κύρσας βαρέων τούτων οὐκ οἶδεν ὅθεν πληγαὶ βιότου προςέπαισαν: Libri
ὁ δὲ μὴ κύρσας βαρέων τούτων οὐκ οἶδεν ὅθεν πληγαὶ βιότου. Multa mirabilia de his versibus prolata sunt. Non discedendum esse putavi ab ea sententia, quam in Opusc. VI. 2. Ρ. 109. seqq. exposui. Itaque scripsi
ὁ δὲ μὴ κύρσας βαρέων τέκτων οὐκ οἶδεν ὅθεν πληγαὶ βιότου * προςέπαισαν. * Excidisse enim aliquid, quo paroemiacus explebatur, antisystema docet. Aptum autem videtur
προςέπαισαν. Sic dicuntur
πρόςπαια κακά Ag. ν. 332. et
θολεροὶ δὲ λόγοι παίουσ' εἰκῇ στυγνῆς πρὸς κύμασιν ἀτης Prom. v. 887. Neque tantum
κυρέω, sed etiam antiquior verbi forma cum nomine vel participio iungi potest, ut in Soph. Oed. Col. v. 1159.
θύων ἔκυρον. Sententiarum nexus hic est, hae enim deae omnia quae ad homines pertinent administrant: si quis autem non commisil delictum, is nescit unde affligatur: nam priorum peccata his eum tradunt, et tacitum exilium etiam magna sonantem (i. e. superbientem et de felicitate sua gloriantem) pessumdat.
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ἀπλακήματά νιν:
ἀπλακήματά νιν Pauwius.
ἀμπλακήματά νιν Μ. Par. Aug. G. Ald. Rob. Turn.
ἁμαρτήματα, omisso
νιν, Ven. (sic Ven. teste Bekkero) Flor. et, ut videtur, Farn.
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σιγῶν δ᾽ ὄλεθρος: Libri
σιγῶν ὄλεθρος, nisi quod
σιγὼν ὄλεθρος est in Ald. Scribendum erat
σιγῶν δ᾽ ὄλεθρος. Nam quod sequitur
και non est et, sed etiam, omninoque qui poeticae dictionis naturam et vim norit, non dubitabit quin
δέ addi post
σιγῶν debeat.
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μέγα φωνοῦντ᾽:
μεγαφώνους τ' G. Ald. unde Turn.
μεγαφώνους, omisso τ'.
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πνέοι: Similiter Herodotus III. 65. καὶ ταῦτα μὲν ποιεῦσι ὑμῖν γῆ τε καρπὸν ἐκφέροι καὶ γυναῖκές τε καὶ ποῖμναι τίκτοιεν, ἐοῦσι ἐς τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον ἐλευθέροισι. Aeschines in Ctesiph. §. 111. p. 502. καὶ ἐπεύχεται αὐτοῖς μήτε γῆν καρποὺς φέρειν, μήτε γυναῖκας τέκνα τίκτειν γονεῦσιν ἐοικότα, ἀλλὰ τέρατα, μήτε βοσκήματα κατὰ φύσιν γονὰς ποιεῖσθαι etc.
πλέοι Ven. Flor.
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φλογμός τ' ὀμματοστερὴς φυτῶν, τὸ μὴ περᾶν ὅρον τόπων:
φλογμός τ' Flor. (ut Franzius ait) et Turn.
φλογμὸς, omisso τ', Ven.
φλοιγμός, sine τ', M. Aug. G. Ald. Rob.
φλοιγμὸς δ᾽ ex Par. a Faehsio et Linwoodio affertur. Deinde
τόπον pro
τόπων Rob. Putavi olim scribendum esse
φλογμοῖς ὀμματοστερής, id ut cum
βλαβά coniungeretur. Schoemanno
περῶν in
πέραν mutandum videtur, quae etiam Musgravii opinio fuit, atque sic scribendum,
φλογμός τ' όμματα-στερὴς φυτῶν μένοι πέραν ὅρου τόπων, ut
τόπων idem sit quod
τῶνδε τόπων. Id fieri nequit. Nam si
γῆ,
χθών,
χώρα nullo alio verbo addito de ea terra dicuntur, de qua sermo est, non continuo putandum est etiam
τόπους ita dici posse. Verum esse videtur
φλογμός τ' ὀμματοστερὴς φυτῶν, neque quicquam mutandum in iis quae libri ita scripta habent,
τὸ μὴ περᾶν ὅρων τόπων. Ardor oculos sive germina plantarum perdens, ut ne terminum locorum suorum transgrediantur, nihil aliud est, ut Schützius vidit, quam ardor qui oculos plantarum impedit quominus progerminent et efflorescant. Intelligendum est autem
μὴ ἐφερπέτω ex eo quod sequitur
μηδ' ἐφερπέτω.
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αἰανὴς:
αλα νὴς G.
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ἐφερπέτω:
ἐφέρπω Ven.
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εὐθενοῦντα γᾶ:
εὐθενοῦντ᾽ ἄγαν M. Aug. G. Turn.
εὐσθενοῦντ᾽ ἄγαν Ald.
εὐθυνοῦντ᾽ ἄγαν Rob.
εὐθηνοῦντ᾽ ἄγαν Ven. Flor. Farn. Recepi nunc Dobraei emendationem
εὐθενοῦντα γᾶ.
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διπλοῖσιν Stanleius, et sic Ven. Flor.
διπλοῖς M. Aug. G. Ald. Rob. Turn.
ἐμβρύοις:
ἐν βρύοις ex M. affertur.
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τρέφοι libri. Deinde
τεταγμένῳ:
τεταγμίω Ald. Denique
γόνος omnes praeter Turn. qui
γόνον scripsit. Apparet duas syllabas excidisse. Olim putabam scribendum esse
μηλά τ' εὐθενοῦντ᾽ ἄγαν — πρέποι χρόνῳ τεταγμένῳ· γόνος δὲ γᾶς etc. Nunc, recepta v. 931. Dobraei emendatione, scripsi
τρέφοι χρόνῳ τεταγμένῳ· γόνος * δ᾽ ἀεὶ * πλουτόχθων etc. Ita Musgravius et, ut videtur, Pearsonus.
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πλουτόχθων ἑρμαίαν:
πλουτόχθω νερμαίαν Ald. Scholiastes ὁ καρπὸς ὁ ἐκ γῆς πλουτίζων. Intelliguntur metalla: erant enim, ut notum est, aeris fodinae in Colono, argenti in Thorico et nobiliores in Laurio monte. Has significat Aeschylus etiam in Persis v. 236.
ἀργύρου πηγή τις αὐτοῖς ἐστι, θησαυρὸς χθονός.
τισι G.
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τίοι: M. Aug. Turn. et haud dubie Ven. Flor. Farn. Ald. sed in G. ultimae duae litterae punctis notatae et
or supra scriptum.
τίσι Rob.
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ἦ:
ἢ Ven.
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οἷ' ἐπικραίνει recte Pauwius, et ita Ven. atque, ut videtur, Flor.
οἷα επικρανεῖ M. G. Ald.
οἷ (
οἷ, Rob.)
ἐπικρανεῖ Rob. Turn. et, ut puto, Aug. Idem vitium sublatum in Ag. v. 1300.
γὰρ omittit Rob.
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Ἐρινὺς:
ἐρινὺς M. Par. G. Rob.
ἐριννὺς Ven. Flor. Farn. Ald. Turn.
παρά τ':
πάρα τ' Αld.
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διαπράσσουσιν: M. Par. Aug. G. Ven. Ald. Rob.
διαπράσουσι Flor.
διαπράσσουσι Turn.
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τοῖς δ᾽ αὖ δακρύων: Id est in Ald. Turn.
τοῖς δ᾽ αὖ κρύων M. Par. G. Ven. Rob. et, ut Linwoodius ait, Flor. cui
τοῖς δ᾽ αὖ δακρύων Franzius tribuit.
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ἀνδροκμῆτας:
ανδροκμήτας Farn.
ἀνδρομῆκτας Ven.
ἀνδρομῆτας Αld.
ἀώρους:
dogovs M. Aug. G. Ald. Turn.
dágos Rob. idque ex Ven. Flor. affertur.
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νεανίδων trisyllabum est.
ἀντὶ μιᾶς adscriptum in Farn.
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βιότους:
βιότου Ven. Flor. Farn. Deinde
κύρι᾽ ἔχοντες, θεαί τ᾽ ὦ Μοῖραι, ματροκασιγνῆται:
κύρι' ἔχοντες θεαὶ τῶν, μοῖραι Μ. G. Ald.
θεαὶ τῶν μοῖραι Rob.
θεαὶ, τῶν μοῖραι Turn.
κύριες ἔχοντες θεαῖ τῶν, μοῖραι Ven. Flor. Farn. Casaubonus et Stanleius
ἔχουσαι. Alii
θεοί. Scribendum puto
κύρι' ἔχοντες, θεαί τ' ὦ Μοῖραι, ut Parcae dicantur Furiarum
ματροκασιγνῆται, i. e.
και σιγνῆται ὁμομήτριοι (ita enim hoc vocabulum hic explicandum esse videtur),
κύρι᾽ ἔχοντες autem intelligantur dii qui matrimoniis praesunt, qui sunt praeter Venerem maxime commemorati v. 213. Iuppiter et Iuno. [Eodem modo Hermannus in Opusc. VI. 2. p. 115. Aliter in Annalium Vindobonensium vol. CXI. Ibi p. 265. repudiata, ut inutili et languida, Schoemanni coniectura,
ἀνδροτυχεῖς βιότους δότε καίρι ἔχοντας, verum esse iudicavit
κύρι᾽ ἔχοντες θεαί, p. autem 251. seq. ita disputavit. Um die schwierigen worte zu erklären,
κύρι᾽ ἔχοντες θεαί, τῶν Μοῖραι ματροκασιγνήται, stellt herr Schömann den ingeniosen gedanken auf, dass der dichter einer alten theogonie gefolgt sei, in welcher der ursprung aller dinge der Ocean war. In jenem systeme seien nun sicherlich die Mören töchter des Oceans gewesen, eben so wie Tyche, die nach Pindar bei dem Pausanias VII. 26, 8. eine der Mören sei, und bei dem Hesiodus unter den Oceaniden vorkomme. Eine der Oceaniden nun sei Eurynome; löchter dieser aber seien die Charitinnen; mithin deren mullerschwestern die Mören. Den worten des Aeschylus würde diese deutung allerdings angemessen sein, wenn ihr nur nicht andere bedenken entgegenständen. Aber erstens ist es eine blosse hypothese, dass die Mören töchter des Oceans seien; denn die Oceanide Tyche hat eine ganz andere bedeutung bei dem Hesiodus als bei dem Pindar, und ist mithin nicht dieselbe. Die pindarische, von der Pausanias sagt
ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν Πινδάρου τά τε ἄλλα πείθομαι τῇ ᾠδῇ καὶ Μοιρῶν τε εἶναι μίαν τὴν Τύχην καὶ ὑπὲρ τὰς ἀδελφάς τι ισχύειν, beruht auf einem solchen mythus, wie der von Pausanias I. 19, 2. erwähnte ist,
τὸ δὲ ἐπίγραμμα σημαίνει τὴν Οὐρανίαν Αφροδίτην τῶν καλουμένων Μοιρῶν εἶναι πρεσβυτάτην. Zweitens ist es nicht denkbar, dass, wenn die Charitinnen gemeint sein sollten, nicht nur ihr name nicht genannt, sondern sie auch nach einem wenig bekannten mythus bloss durch ihre mutterschwestern kenntlich gemacht wären. Drittens sind die auf jene worte folgenden prädicale, die herr Schömann in seiner übersetzung auf die Charitinnen bezogen hat, so wenig für diese charakterisierend, dass sie vielmehr auf die Mören passen, auf die sie auch der wortstellung nach' am natürlichsten bezogen werden. Fasst man daher, wie billig, das ins auge, was die worte ihrer bedeutung und stellung nach als das von selbst sich darbietende enthalten, so ist der sinn der: gebet dass den jungfrauen männer zu theil werden, ihr diesem amte vorstehenden göllinnen, deren mullerschwestern die Mören sind. Daraus ergiebt sich nun von selbst, dass diese göllinnen deswegen nicht mit namen genannt sind, weil verschiedene göllinnen gemeint werden, die der dichter nicht einzeln nennen wollte. Damit aber nicht an Aphrodite und Here gedacht werde, fasst er sie unter einer andern bestimmung zusammen, und bezeichnet sie durch ihre mutterschwestern. An die Charitinnen ist nun wohl allerdings zu denken, aber an diese nicht allein: denn sonst würden sie genannt sein. Also werden ihnen noch die Horen zugesellt werden müssen. Bei dem Hesiodus haben beide zum vater den Zeus, die mutter der Charitinnen aber ist (Theog. 907.) Eurynome, der Horen (901) Themis. Vermuthlich gab Aeschylus beiden dieselbe muller, sei es die Eurynome oder Themis, oder welche sonst, deren schwestern die Mören waren, die nach in die Theogonie eingeschobenen versen töchter der Themis sind. Aeschylus lässt uns darüber in ungewissheit.]
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ὀρθονόμοι:
ὀρθονόμοι G. Ald. Turn.
ὀρθονόμοι Rob. et, ut videtur, reliqui. Hoc a
νέμω factum est, iusta distribuentes: illud a
νόμος, et potest videri praeferendum esse.
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δόμῳ:
δαίμω pro
δόμῳ Bekkero teste Ven. et Linwoodio teste Flor.
μετάκοινοι Turnebus.
μέγακοινοι M. Par. Rob.
μεγάκοινοι Aug. G. Ven. Flor. Farn. Ald.
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ἐπιβριθεῖς:
ἐπικριθεὶς Par.
ἐπιβριθαῖς, male lecto scripturae compendio quod in G. est, Ald.
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ἐνδίκοις ὁμιλίαις:
ἐνδίκοις Rob. Male olim iungebantur haec verba,
ἐνδίκοις ὁμιλίαις, cum sequentibus.
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πάντα Canterus.
πάντα M. Aug. G. Ven. Flor. Ald. Rob.
πάντων Farn. Turn.
τιμιώταται:
τιμιώτατα Rob.
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γάνυμαι:
χάνομαι G. Ald.
ὄμματα:
ὄμματι Ven. Flor.
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ἐπωπᾷ:
ἐποπτᾶ Flor.
ἐποπτᾷ Farn.
ἐποπτας teste Bekkero Ven.
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ἀπανηναμένας:
ἀπονηναμένας Ven. (sic Ven.) Flor. Farn.
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ἐκράτησεν: Libri
ἐκράτησε.
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τὰν δ᾽ ἄπληστον:
τὴν δ᾽ ἄπληστον Aug. Rob.
τάνδ' ἄπληστον Μ. Ven. Flor.
τὴν δ᾽ ἄπλειστον G. in quo ante correctionem
τῶν δ' fuerat.
τόν δ' ἄπλειστον Αld.
τήνδ' άπληστον Turn.
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μήποτ':
μήτ' pro
μήποτ' Rob.
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τῇδ᾽:
τῇδ' Rob.
ἐπεύχομαι:
ἀπεύχομαι Par.
ἐπαύχομαι Rob. Pro verbo
βρέμειν in ed. Turn. per errorem e fine sequentis versus repetitum est
πολιτῶν.
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μηδὲ πιοῦσα κόνις Rob. Turn. et, ut videtur, M.
μὴ δ' ἐπιοῦσα Aug. Farn. et Bekkero teste Ven.
μὴ δ᾽ ἐπιθῦσα κόνις G.
μὴ δ' ἐπὶ θυσακόνις Ald. Deinde
πολιτᾶν:
πολιτῶν M. Aug. Rob. et ex correctione G.
πολίτων G. ante correctionem et Ald. Turn.
πολιητῶν Ven. Flor. Farn.
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ποινᾶς Pauwius, et sic Ven. Flor. Farn.
ποινὰς M. Aug. G. Ald. Rob. Turn. Deinde
ἀντιφόνους:
ἀντιφώνους Ven. Flor. Farn. Intellige
δι' ὀργὴν τῆς ποινῆς ἁρπαλίσαι ἀντιφόνους ἄτας πόλεως.
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ἀντιδιδοῖεν: M. Aug. G. Ven. Flor. Rob.
ἀντιδοῖεν Ald. Turn.
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κοινοφιλεῖ: Iam olim scripsi
κοινοφιλεῖ, quam emendationem sequens versus confirmat.
κοινωφελεῖ Aug. Ven. Flor. Rob. Turn. et, ut Franzius ait, Μ.
κοινοφελεῖ G. Ald. idque alii ex M. afferunt.
mvp-comment-746-1
ἆρα Flor. Farn. et Bekkero teste Ven.
ἄρα ceteri. Deinde
φρονοῦσιν Μ. (sic M.) G. Ald.
φρονοῦσι Aug. Flor. Turn.
φρονούσης Ven. Rob. In versu sequente libri omnes (nam sie etiam M.)
εὑρίσκει. Robortellus ex sua coniectura
εὑρίσκεις dedit. Porsonus ex Pauwi coniectura
εὑρίσκειν edidit, non addita interpunctione, quae post
ευρίσκει erat. Ego olim scripseram
ἆρα φρονοῦσα γλώσσης ἀγαθῆς ὁδὸν εὑρίσκεις; Sed servandum potius est
φρονοῦσιν et adscito
εὑρίσκειν continuanda oratio ita ut post
πολίταις signum interrogationis ponatur. Num, si sapiunt, his civibus magnum ab his horribilibus vultibus lucrum video bonae linguae viam invenire? h. e. nonne utile erit bene his Furiis dicere?
mvp-comment-747-1
εὔφρονας εὔφρονες Turn.
εὐφρόνας εύφρονες Aug. Ven. Flor.
εὐφράνας εύφρονες M. Par.
εὔφρανας εύφρονες G. Ald.
εὐφρόνως εὔφρονες Rob. Deinde
ἀεὶ M. Aug. G. Ald. Rob.
ἀλεί Ven. Flor. Farn. Turn.
mvp-comment-748-1
καὶ γῆν καὶ πόλιν ὀρθοδίκαιοι: Libri
καὶ γῆν καὶ πόλιν. Deinde
ὀρθοδίκαιοι Aug. Ceteri
ὀρθοδίκαιον. Denique
πάντως scribendum esse Bothius vidit, et habet hoc Ven. Ceteri
πάντες, quod inutile est et languet. Scripsi
καὶ γῆ καὶ πόλις ὀρθοδίκαιοι πρέψετε πάντως διάγοντες.
mvp-comment-749-1
χαίρετε, χαίρετ' Turnebus. Ceteri
χαίρετε omittunt. Deinde
ἐν αἰσιμίαισι Schutzius in secunda editione, male tamen
πλούτου omittens.
ἐν αἰσιμίαισιν ex Farn. affertur.
ἐν αἰσιμίαις M. Par. Ven. Flor. Rob. In corrigendis Rob. pro
αισιμίαις iubet
ἀζημίαις scribi.
ἐραισιμίαις pro
ἐν αἰσιμίαις Aug. G. Ald. Turn.
mvp-comment-750-1
ἀστικὸς M. G. Ven. Flor. Farn. Ald. Rob. Turn. Sic etiam e correctione Aug. quum antea scriptum fuisset
ἀστικός, ut in ed. Vict. Erotianus p. 190.
ἔκταρ, ἐγγύς, παρὰ τοῖς Ἀττικοῖς, ὡς καὶ Αἰσχύλος ἐν Εὐμενίσι φησί “χαίρει Ἀττικὸς λεὼς ἔκταρ ἥμενοι Διός.”
mvp-comment-751-1
ἵκταρ G.
ἴκτ᾽ ἀρ Ald.
εκταρ Rob. Intelligenda sunt haec verba de praestantia et virtute. Plato in Philebo p. 16. C.
οἱ παλαιοί, κρείττονες ἡμῶν καὶ ἐγγυτέρω θεῶν οἰκοῦντες, et de re p. III. γ. 388. Β.
Πρίαμον ἐγγὺς θεῶν γεγονότα. Ipse Aeschylus in Nioba (fr. 169.)
οἱ θεῶν ἀγχίσποροι, οἱ Ζηνὸς ἐγγύς, ὧν καὶ Ἰδαῖον πάγον Διὸς πατρῴου βωμός ἐστ᾽ ἐν αἰθέρι,
mvp-comment-752-1
παρθένου φίλας φίλοι, σωφρονοῦντες ἐν χρόνῳ:
παρθένου Rob. Turn.
παρθένους M. Aug. G. Flor. Ald.
παρθένοις Farn. et Bekkero teste Ven. Deinde
φίλαις φίλοι Aug. Ceteri
φίλας φίλοι. Denique libri
σωφρονοῦντες ἐν χρόνῳ. Hoc vero admodum ineptum est. Scribendum est
παρθένου φίλας φίλοις εὐφρονοῦντες ἐν χρόνῳ. Nobis Minervae amicis benevolentes deinceps: ut dixeral Minerva
τάδε γὰρ εἴφρονας εὔφρονες ἀεὶ μέγα τιμῶντες καὶ γῆ καὶ πόλις ὀρθοδίκαιοι πρέψετε πάντως διάγοντες.
mvp-comment-753-1
δ᾽ omittunt G. Ald. Turn.
ὑπὸ πτεροῖς:
ὑποπτεροῖς G. Αl.
mvp-comment-754-1
χαίρετε χἠμεῖς:
χαίρετε δ' ὑμεῖς Ven. Flor. Farn.
προτέραν:
ποτέραν Ven. Flor.
δ᾽ ἐμὲ Porsonus. Libri
δέ με.
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.
mvp-comment-762-1
εὖ σέβοντες Turn. Ceteri
εὐσεβοῦντες. V. Valck. ad Phoen. v. 1331.
μέμψεσθε:
μεμέμψεσθε Ven. Flor.
mvp-comment-763-1
αἰνῶ τε: Libri
αἰνῶ δέ. Nullus hic locus est particulae adversativae aut orationem continuanti. Scribendum
αἰνῶ τε.
mvp-comment-281-1 πρευμενώς] They are now well-wishers,' Εύμενίδες.
mvp-comment-282-1 ἐξαμβράσαι, from ἐκβράσσω, οι ἐκβράζω, to cause to spring forth, is Prof. Scholefield's correction of ἐξαμβρόσαι. Such an aorist however has no early authority in its favour, and the true reading is very uncertain. See Veitch, Gr. Verbs, p. 142.
mvp-comment-283-1 τάδ' ἐγὼ κ.τ.λ.] This is what I do in kindly regard to my citizens, by causing these powerful and hardlyappeased deities to take up their abode here.' She means, this is my part in the transaction, viz. successfully employing my eloquence, sup. 845.
mvp-comment-284-1 βαρέων] Supply λαχέων from ἔλαχον. 'He who has not met with a hard lot in life (who has not gained wisdom by misfortune, Ag. 169 ) has yet to learn the great truth, that ancestral crime, as well as actual sins committed, are often the secret causes of woe. —προσέπαισαν is supplied on Hermann's conjecture.
mvp-comment-285-1 βλάβα] See on v. 254.
mvp-comment-286-1 τὸ μή] i. e. ὥστε μὴ, to prevent them from outgrowing the space allotted to each in planting. - αἰανὴς, either long-lasting,' or dismal. See on v. 394.
mvp-comment-287-1 εὐθενοῦντα] See v. 855. For ἄγαν Dobree proposed ya, Meineke Πάν.
mvp-comment-288-1 γόνος] A word is lost in the MSS., perhaps δ' ἀεὶ or δὲ γᾶς. The allusion may be, as in Pers. 236 , to the silver-mines at Laurium, from which a tithe for luck may have been paid to the treasury of the goddess.
mvp-comment-289-1
πόλεως φρούριον]
Schol.
ὦ ᾿Αρεοπαγῖται.
mvp-comment-290-1 κύρι᾽ ἔχοντες] ye gods who have the power, viz. as presiding over marriage, " Ηρας τελείας καὶ Διὸς πιστώματα, sup. 205. -Μοῖραι, as daughters of Night, were sisters of the Furies by the mother's side. The MSS. give θεαὶ τῶν μοῖραι, corrected by Hermann.
mvp-comment-291-1 ἐπωπᾷ] respicit, 'regards with favour. Cf. v. 845. —ἀλλὰ κ.τ.λ., 'however, it was Zeus the god of the agora (the patron of popular eloquence) who prevailed; and the contest between him and me, as to which benefits the citizens the more, prevails (over the evil caused by the Furies' anger), and shall prevail for all time.' By ἡμετέρα the united efforts of the Furies also, in their present mood, are perhaps meant.
mvp-comment-292-1 κόνις] The Earth is meant, which on the pantheistic theology, exacted penalties for blood ( ποινὰς) by causing retributive murders. Perhaps πόλεως is best taken in its natural order, eagerly to seize from the city, like a debt due but yet unpaid.
mvp-comment-293-1 ἆρα κ.τ.λ.] Are they not becoming wise, and do they not find a good course for the expression of their wishes? We might somewhat improve the sense by reading ἀγαθὴν for ἀγαθῆς. The citizens are called on to attest the goodness of the goddesses in their benign wishes for blessings on the state. By φοβερὰ πρόσωπα the masks must be meant which made them look like Gorgons, sup. 49.
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-316-1 τὰ σπέρματα. παγῖται.
mvp-comment-317-1 ὁ καρπὸς ὁ ἐκ γῆς πλουτίζων.
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-488-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 314
mvp-comment-488-2 καὶ entspricht nicht dem folgenden τέ, sondern heifst,,auch, sogar".
mvp-comment-489-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 314
mvp-comment-489-2 φρούριον θεῶν, insofern sie ein die Altäre der Götter schützendes Kleinod der Hellenen" ist. Diesen Ruhm hat sich Athen eigentlich erst durch die Perserkriege erworben, weil nach der Vorstellung der Griechen die Perser es auf die Altäre und Tempel der griechischen Götter abgesehen hatten. Vgl. Pers. 811 f. , Herod. VII 109 .
mvp-comment-490-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 315
mvp-comment-490-2 άτε κι ἐξαμβοῦσαι: ihr möge der Sonne glänzender Strahl aus der Erde reichen Segen des Lebensunterhalts hervorquellen lassen. ἐπίσσυτος ist gebraucht wie ἐπίρρυτος 908, wenn nicht nach Meinekes Vermutung ἐπιρρύτους zu schreiben ist. Unter βίου .. ὀνησίμους sind, wie das Folgende zeigt, gesegnete Ernten und reichliche Erträgnisse des Bodens zu verstehen; es steht also ẞiov im Sinne von βιότου wie frg. 41 D. μήλων τε βοσκὰς καὶ βίον Δημήτριον. — ἐξαναβρῦσαι transitiv wie auch βρύω gebraucht wird. Vgl. Lobeck zu Soph. Ai. p. 932 .
mvp-comment-491-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 315
mvp-comment-491-2 πράσσω αὐτοῦ κατανασ σαμένη, erwirke ich dadurch, dafs ich sie hier Wohnung zu nehmen bestimmt babe. Den aktiven Aor. κατένασσα braucht in der Bedentung,,ansiedeln" Hesiod W. u. T. 166, Theog. 329, 620.
mvp-comment-492-1 1
mvp-comment-492-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 315
mvp-comment-492-3 Denjenigen, der sich ihrer Huld nicht erfreut, treffen unversehens Schläge des Unglücks. χαροπός mit hell und freudig strahlendem Blicke.
mvp-comment-493-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 315
mvp-comment-493-2 Vgl. Cho. 401 ff.
mvp-comment-494-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 315
mvp-comment-494-2 σιγῶν als Gegensatz zu μέγα φωνοῦντα, um das κάλλος και κῶν ὕπουλον, die Ironie, mit welcher hinter dem laut prahlenden Glanze das Verderben lauert, zu bezeichnen. Ζυ μέγα φωνοῦντα ( μεγαλαυχοῦντα) vgl. μεγάλης γλώσ σης κόμπους Soph. Ant. 127 , μεγάλοι λόγοι ebd. 1349.
mvp-comment-495-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 315
mvp-comment-495-2 ἐχθραῖς ὀργαῖς von den Erinyen übertragen.
mvp-comment-496-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 315
mvp-comment-496-2 Dem Gedeihen der Olivenbäume verdankte Athen einen Hauptteil seines Wohlstandes. Soph. Oed. K. 700 ὃ τῇδε θάλλει μέγιστα χώρα, γλαυκάς παιδοτρόφου φύλο λον ἐλαίας. Über den Einfuls' der Winde auf die Vegetation handelt Plin. N. Hist. XVIII c. 34 . Vgl. Hor. saec. 31 nutriant fetus et aquae salubres et Iovis aurae. carm.
mvp-comment-496-3 2
mvp-comment-497-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 316
mvp-comment-497-2 ,,Meine Gunst und Wohlthat bezeichne ich damit" steht als Parenthese.
mvp-comment-498-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 316
mvp-comment-498-2 φλογμός τε scil. μὴ πνέοι oder vielmehr γένοιτο. Der Brand, welcher die Pflanzen der Augen beraubt, so dafs sie nicht die Hülse sprengen und hervorkeimen. ὀμματοστερής: zu Cho. 252 . Über τὸ μὴ zu Ag. 1589 . Soph. Oed. T. 25 φθίνουσα μὲν κάλυξιν ἐγκάρ ποις χθονός.
mvp-comment-498-3 3
mvp-comment-499-1 4
mvp-comment-499-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 316
mvp-comment-499-3 ἄκαρπος: wenn auch die Knospen sich zur Frucht entfalten, kann immer noch die Frucht verderben. alavýs wie 482. νόσος, der Meltau, Brand, robigo.
mvp-comment-500-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 316
mvp-comment-500-2
Πᾶν als der Gott der Herden,
Ovid. fast. II 271
Pana deum pecoris,
Verg. Ecl. II 33
Pan curat ovis oviumque magistros. Vgl.
Herod. III 65
καὶ ταῦτα μὲν ποιεῦσι ὑμῖν γῆ τε καρπὸν ἐκφέροι καὶ γυναϊκές
τε καὶ ποῖμναι τίκτοιεν und den bei
Aeschin. 3, 111
gegen die Verletzer der amphiktyonischen Satzungen ausgesprochenen Fluch:
μήτε γῆν καρποὺς φέρειν μήτε
γυναῖ και
τέκνα τίκτειν γονεῦσιν ἐοικότα,
ἀλλὰ τέρατα,
μήτε βοσκήματα κατὰ φύσιν γονὰς ποιεῖσθαι.
mvp-comment-501-1 5
mvp-comment-501-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 316
mvp-comment-501-3 γόνος δὲ γᾶς πλουτόχθων (vgl. zu 37) weist hin auf die attiPers. 241 schen Silberbergwerke. ἀργύρου πηγή τις αὐτοῖς (den Athenern) ἐστι, θησαυρὸς χθονός, dazu Schol. ἐν Θορικῷ γάρ ἐστι μέταλλα καὶ ἐν Λαυρίῳ, Strabon III p. 147 οὐ γὰρ πλουσία μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑποπλουσία ἦν ἡ χώρα καὶ παρ' ἐκείνοις ὡς ἀληθῶς τὸν ὑποχθόνιον τόπον οὐχ ὁ "Αἵδης ἀλλ' ὁ Πλούτων ἑρμαίαν, weil diese Gabe der Götter erst glücklich gefunden werden muſs (,,weshalb auch unsere Bergleute einander Glück auf wünschen" Hermann). möge hohen Wert geben.
mvp-comment-501-4 6
mvp-comment-502-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 316
mvp-comment-502-2 πόλεως φρούριον: Schol. ὦ Ἀρεοπαγῖται. κατοικεί. τίοι,
mvp-comment-503-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 316
mvp-comment-503-2 μέγα γὰρ δύναται παρά τε: an die Stelle eines zweiten παρά τε tritt eine andere Wendung. Vgl. zu 861.
mvp-comment-504-1 7
mvp-comment-504-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 316
mvp-comment-504-3
τοῖς ὑπὸ γαῖαν wie
Eur. Hek. 149
θεοὺς τούς τ᾽ οὐρανίδας τούς θ᾽ ὑπὸ
γαϊαν,
Alk. 895
φίλων τῶν ὑπὸ γαῖαν,
Aeschin. 2, 41
τῶν ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον ἀνθρώπων.
mvp-comment-505-1 8
mvp-comment-505-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 316
mvp-comment-505-3 φανερῶν in Gegensatz zu ὑπὸ γαῖαν s. v. a. τῶν ἐν φάει. τελέως ( διὰ τέλους, wie 321) διαπράσσουσιν, die Erinyen geben die endgültige Entscheidung ihres Schicksals.
mvp-comment-506-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 317
mvp-comment-506-2 δακρύων hängt von άμβλω πόν ab, weil dieses s. v. a. πλήρη; ἀμβλωπόν ist vom thränenfeuchten und deshalb stumpfsichtigen Auge übertragen.
mvp-comment-507-1 9
mvp-comment-507-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 317
mvp-comment-507-3
ἀνδροκμῆτας ἀώρους τύχας, Fälle wo die Menschen vor der Zeit hinsterben.
Suppl. 686
μηδέ τις ἀνδροκμὴς λοιγὸς ἐπελθέτω τάνδε πόλιν δαΐζων,
Eur. Hek. 425
ὦ τῆς ἀώρου θύγατερ ἀθλία τύχης.
mvp-comment-508-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 317
mvp-comment-508-2
νεανίδων dreisilbig, zu Ag.
1162.,,Gewährt gattenbeglücktes Dasein holdseliger Mägdlein, die ihr des Gewalt habt" d. h. Zeus, Hera, Aphrodite nach 214 f.
θεαί
τ'
ὦ Μοῖραι: die Mören besiegeln den ehelichen Bund. Vgl. 217.
ματροκασιγνῆται, hier
nicht, Schwestern der Mutter", sondern
,,Schwestern von der gleichen Mutter". Auch die Mören waren Töchter der Nacht nach
Hes. Theog. 217
και Μοίρας καὶ Κῆρας ἐγείνατο νηλεοποίνους. Sie heifsen Schwestern von mütterlicher Seite, weil sie keinen Vater haben:
οὔτινι κοιμηθεῖσα θεὰ τέκε Νὺξ ἐρεβεννή ebd. 213.
mvp-comment-508-3 10
mvp-comment-509-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 317
mvp-comment-509-2
ὀρθονόμοι, richtig verteilend. Dies wird in den folgenden drei Versen ausgeführt, ähnlich wie
Suppl. 408
Ζεὺς ἑτερορρεπής, νέμων εἰκότως ἔλλερα μὲν κακοῖς, αἴσια δ᾽ ἐννόμοις. Das Wort
ὀρθονόμος kommt nur hier vor.
mvp-comment-510-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 317
mvp-comment-510-2
,,Jeglichem Hause billig und freundlich, jeglichem Sitze beschwerlich in gerechtem Besuche" d. h. die Schicksalsgöttinnen suchen jedes Haus und jeden Sitz auf in gerechtem Walten, freundlich oder feindlich.
Ζη ἐπιβριθεῖς vgl.
Suppl. 656
ὃν οὔτις ἂν δόμος ἔχων ἐπ᾿ ὀρόφων ἰαίνοιτο.
mvp-comment-511-1 11
mvp-comment-511-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 317
mvp-comment-511-3
τάδε zu
γάνυμαι.
ἐπικραινομένων scil.
τούτων, vgl.
ὀρ θουμένων 775,
εὖ ξυντυχόντων
Sept. 260
πελομένων καλῶς
Suppl. 129
,
Krüger I § 47, 4, 3
. Manche Erklärer betrachten
ἐπικραινομένων als Medium (
ἐπικρ. scil.
αὐτῶν), so
dafs
τάδε von
ἐπικρ. abhängt.
στέργω, veneror.
·
ὄμματα Πειθοῦς:
Soph. frg. 743
D. δεινὸν τὸ τῆς Πειθοῦς πρόσωπον.
mvp-comment-512-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 317
mvp-comment-512-2 στόμ᾽ ἐπωπᾷ πρὸς τάσδε, sie waltete über meinen Mund diesen gegenüber.
mvp-comment-513-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 318
mvp-comment-513-2
ἀγοραῖος als Hort der beratenden Versammlungen und der dort den Ausschlag gebenden Wohlredenheit. Vgl.
Suppl. 632
,
Aristoph. 410
ἀγοραίου Διός, 500
πράξειας κατὰ νοῦν τὸν ἐμὸν
και
σε φυλάττοι Ζεὺς
ἀγοραίος, Hesych.
ἀγοραίου Διὸς βωμὸς
᾿Αθήνησιν.
mvp-comment-514-1 12
mvp-comment-514-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 318
mvp-comment-514-3
ἀγαθῶν ἔρις, Wetteifer im Guten, certamen utrum plus boni Minerva an Eumenides civitati conferant (Butler). Vgl.
Herod. VIII 79
ἡμέας στασιάζειν χρεόν ἐστι ἔν τε τῷ ἄλλῳ καιρῷ καὶ δὴ καὶ ἐν τῷδε, περὶ τοῦ ὁκότερος ἡμέων πλέω ἀγαθὰ τὴν πατρίδα ἐργάσεται und zu 904.
mvp-comment-514-4 13
mvp-comment-515-1 14
mvp-comment-515-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 318
mvp-comment-515-3 βρέμειν von dem Lärm und Toben des Aufruhrs.
mvp-comment-516-1 15
mvp-comment-516-2 Wecklein 1888, p. 318
mvp-comment-516-3 ἐχθραν ist ergänzt nach 938.
mvp-comment-517-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 318
mvp-comment-517-2
Das vergossene Blut fordert mit Ungeduld von der Stadt Blut zum Entgelt d. h. die eine
Partei, deren Blut vergossen worden ist, sucht alsbald wieder die andere zu überwältigen. Die Form
ἁρπαλίσαι wie
Suppl. 668
κενώσαι, 670
αἱματίσαι. Vgl. Anhang zu 621. -
ἀντιφόνους ἄτας wie
ἀντικτόνοις ποιναῖσι 467.
mvp-comment-518-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 318
mvp-comment-518-2 ,,Sie mögen Freude mit Freude erwidern in bürgerlichem Gemeinsinn." In etwas anderem Sinne regiert αντιδιδοῖεν den Infin. στυγείν: sie mögen tauschen den Hafs, so dafs sie einig sind im Hassen (wie im Lieben).
mvp-comment-519-1 16
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
mvp-comment-523-2
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
D. οἱ θεῶν ἀγχίσποροι, οἱ Ζηνὸς ἐγγύς, ὧν κατ' Ἰδαῖον πάγον Διὸς πατρῴου βωμός ἐστ᾽ ἐν αἰθέρι κοὔπω σφιν ἐξίτηλον αἷμα δαιμόνων vergleicht. Aber solches kann von Heroen, nicht von den athenischen Bürgern ausgesagt werden.
Ικταρ ist wie
πέλας etwa in
πέλας βωμοῦ gebraucht und man hat an eine heilige Stätte des Zeus zu denken, etwa an den Bezirk, welcher durch die in einen Felsen des s. g. Nymphenhügels eingegrabene Inschrift
ὅρος Διός angezeigt wird, oder an das
Ὀλυμπιείον südöstlich von der Akropolis, wo eine uralte Verehrung des Zeus bestanden hat (marm. Par. Epoch. 4
Z. 7,
Paus. I 18, 8
). Am nächsten aber liegt der Kult des Zeus auf der Burg selbst, wo Altäre des
Zevs
Πολιεύς (
Paus. I
24, 4
) und des
Ζεὺς Ὕπατος sich befanden, von denen der letztere vor dem Eingang des Erechtheion stand (ebd. 26, 5) und als uralt bezeugt wird (ebd. VIII
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
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 17
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
mvp-comment-532-2
οὔτι μέμψεσθε, eine häufig vorkommende Litotes zum Ausdruck voller Zufriedenheit, vgl. 599,
Sept. 638
οὔποτ᾽ ἀνδρὶ τῷδε κηρυ κευμάτων μέμψη,
Suppl. 143
οὐδὲ μέμφομαι, 782
ἄγγελον δ᾽ οὐ
μέμ ψεται
πόλις, frg. 196, 2 D.
ἔνθ᾽ οὐ μάχης ..
μέμψη.
῎Αρης . is specially mentioned, no doubt because of the Areiopagos, the scene of the latter half of the play.
mvp-sidgwick-427-1-1 There is a fine boldness about the expressions which Aeschylus uses for Athens, 'the fortress of the gods..., the glory of the Powers of Greece, the saviour of their altars;' an imaginative rendering of the favourite idea of the piety' of Athens ll. 805, 869 .
mvp-sidgwick-428-1-1 This prayer closely follows Athena's suggestion ll. 906-908 , 'that the bright sunshine make to blossom up from the earth the blessings of life in plenty.' ἐπισσύτους (lit. rushing on, used of the springs of tears, Ag. 887 , and of the throes of vain sorrow, Ag. 1150 ) corresponds to ἐπίρρυτον l. 907 .
ἐξαμβρῦσαι . (from ἐξαναβρύω used transitively) is Pauw's probable correction of the meaningless readings of MSS. It is adopted by H. Weil, Lin., Schütz. Well.
κατανασσαμένη
, middle,
housing in my city.
ll. 932, 933
. The MSS. read
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.
ὁ δὲ μὴ κύρσας βαρέων τούτων
οὐκ οἶδεν ὅθεν πληγαὶ βιότου.
mvp-sidgwick-430-2-1 We must take therefore some emendation like ἱλαρῶν (Weil.), χαροπῶν (Weck.), τῶνδ᾽ εὐμενέων (Hart.): of which I have preferred the former. βαρέων will perhaps have arisen from confusion of β- and ιλ-: or perhaps from a gloss. Another question arises about the metre. Hermann, followed by most edd. (Lachm. Franz. Pal. Hart. Merkel. Weil.), has assumed that Athena's anapaestic stanzas, which alternate with the lyrics, correspond. There are five such stanzas: the three middle ones (at ll. 949, 968, 988 ) are all the same length: and the first and the last would be exactly equal, if after βιύτου we read some words like προσέπαισαν (H.). The practice is not uniform: thus in the κομμός in the Choephoroi the anapaestic alternating stanzas do not correspond, though roughly about the same length: on the other hand in Agamemnon (11. 1448-1577) the anapaests do correspond.
mvp-sidgwick-430-3-1 It is on the whole more probable that the latter is the case here: and I have accordingly adopted H.'s προσέπαισαν.
mvp-sidgwick-430-4-1 The sense then is, He who finds them not propitious is stricken with calamities he knows not whence: and μὴ ἱλαρῶν κύρσας is really a euphemism for offended.
mvp-sidgwick-431-1-1 Note the effective antithesis between the silence of the ruin and the loud boasts of the unfortunate man.
χάριν , boon, blessing.
mvp-sidgwick-433-1-1 Corrupt. Some of the commentators (H, Schütz. D. Pal.) try to translate it as it stands: 'Let a blight killing the germs of plants [come not near] to prevent them passing their bounds,' i. e. to prevent them growing: surely an impossible interpretation: a plant does not pass its bounds by growing. The general sense is plain, No blight come near; and perhaps we might accept Wecklein's very ingenious λοπῶν for τύπων: ‘... killing the buds of plants that they pass not the bounds of their husks.' But the sentence is still awkward, with no verb. The other emendations proposed are not convincing.
mvp-sidgwick-434-1-1 MSS. read εὐθενοῦντ᾽ ἄγαν. Most edd. take Dobree's εὐθενοῦντα ya, but Meineke's suggestion Πᾶν is nearer to MSS. and rather more likely.
γόνος δ᾽ ἀεὶ πλουτόχθων , and ever may the earths rich produce .' The bold compound πλουτόχθων is very Aeschylean. The reference is not (as H. P.) to precious metals, of which Athena (whom the Chorus closely follows in their prayers) had made no mention, and to which γόνος would not be so suitable; but simply to the produce in the ordinary sense.
δόσιν τίοι they clearly mean that out of their abundance they are to give thank-offerings to the bounteous gods.
ἑρμαίαν , for Hermes was the god of good luck (from Homer downwards, Ερμείας ἐφίλει καὶ κτῆσιν ὄπασσε Il. 14.491) : and a wind-fall or godsend was called ἕρμαιον.
ἐπικραίνει , brings to pass, vivid use of present, of a thing now promised.
διαπράσσουσιν ., intrans. plain and full is their accomplishment.
βίον ἀμβλωπὸν παρέχουσαι , a life dimmed with tears, a beautifully vivid metaphor. δακρύων is gen. of respect after adj. ἀμβλωπόν.
ἀνδροκμής
, lit.
bringing weariness to men,' here a euphemism for
deadly, is a favourite word of Aeschylus, being found with μόχθος (above
l. 248
), and
πέλεκυς
(Cho. 889
), and
λοιγός
(Suppl. 680
) in the same sense as here.
κύρια , the rightful power; the gods they appeal to being such powers as Ζεὺς τέλειος, Ἥρα, ᾿Αφροδίτη. See above l. 214 .
μητροκασιγνῆται , sisters by one mother, because the Fates (like the Furies l. 322 ) were daughters of Night (Hes. Theog. 217 καὶ Μοίρας καὶ Κῆρας ἐγείνατο).
ὀρθονόμοι . [not ὀρθόνομοι from νόμος], the MSS. reading, from νέμω, assigning what is due.
ἐπιβριθής , lit. weighing down upon, falling heavily on: i. e. grievous.
ὁμιλίαις , visitations.
στέργω , I bless.
ἐπωπάω . is properly to look down on, watch, behold, descry: so Cho. 693 , Eum. 275, but, like the commoner ἐποπτεύω, is used regularly of gods or supernatural powers, and gets the meaning to guard, guide, direct; see note on l. 220 .
ἀγοραῖος , God of the gathering, was a name given to Zeus and other gods (Hermes, Ar. Eq. 297, Artemis and Athena, Paus. 3. 11. 9) as protectors of the city life of which the natural centre was the ἀγορά or gathering place ( Agam. 90 ). But as the ἀγορά was also the place for speech (ἀγορεύω, κατηγορέω, etc.) the name here implies god of speech.
mvp-sidgwick-449-1-1 And our strife for blessings is victorious for ever.' 'We have before had an ἔρις κακή, a hostile strife: henceforward it will be an ἔρις ἀγαθῶν, a friendly rivalry to do good: and the victory, νίκη, shall be with both; we shall always succeed.'
ποινᾶς ἀντιφόνους ἄτας , the murderous woes of vengeance, the woes of murderous requital; a very Aeschylean phrase, and more natural on the whole than the Med. reading ποινάς, which would make ἄτας gen.: for in any case it is certainly right to take these three words together. [H. P. and others take δι᾽ ὀργὰν ποινᾶς, from desire of vengeance, weaker meaning and more strained usage.]
mvp-sidgwick-451-1-1 'And may they give joy for joy, with one heart of love, and to hate with one soul.' An imaginative way of saying, 'May they live in happiness that comes from harmony, having the same friends and foes.' The latter phrase is the well-known Greek formula in making alliances.
mvp-sidgwick-452-1-1 MSS. read φρονοῦσιν and εὑρίσκει, no sense. I have adopted the original suggestion of Hermann, accepted by D. Weil. φρονοῦσα and εὑρίσκεις. Dost thou then wisely find the path of good words? i. e. Are you then come to a better mind, blessing instead of cursing?'
mvp-sidgwick-452-2-1 The first two lines are addressed to the Furies: the two next are a reflection and then she turns to the citizens.
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).
mvp-sidgwick-456-1-1
Seated near to Zeus; fine and simple metaphor for the
righteous people specially under divine protection. Hermann quotes
Aesch. Niobe, frag. 146
οἱ θεῶν ἀγχίσποροι οἱ Ζηνὸς ἐγγύς of the halfdivine heroes: and Plat.
Phileb. 16 C οἱ παλαιοί, κρείττονες ἡμῶν καὶ ἐγγυτέρω θεῶν οἰκοῦντες.
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.:
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.