Aeschylus Eumenides 550

Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (Translator)

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Wer also lebt, so weit nicht Zwang
den Willen hemmt, dem Rechte treu,
wird Segen nicht entbehren,
und ganz unselig kann er niemals werden.
Doch wer des Rechtes Schranken bricht,
nichts schonend, alles wagend,
die Ordnung unterwühlend,
dem sag' ich es voraus, er wird's erfahren:
555 sein Segel muſs er reffen,
wenn ihm der Sturm die Rae zerbricht.
Mühselig wird die Fahrt.
Die Flut der Brandung ihn erfafst

Eumenides. Aeschylus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (Translator). Berlin. 1919–1923.

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Current edition Experimental

Aeschylus, Die Eumeniden: German translation (OCR draft) (German) (Aeschylus, Die Eumeniden: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (12)
Εὐμενίδες First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 566-777 focus
Εὐμενίδες Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.) — 566-777 focus
Εὐμενίδες (1518 edition; OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Eumenides, 1518 edition. VLM-assisted OCR with native lineation and automated correspondence to the Smyth edition.) — 550 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 550 focus
ἑκὼν δ᾽ ἀνάγκας ἄτερ δίκαιος ὢν οὐκ ἄνολβος
550
ἔσται,
πανώλεθρος δ' οὔποτ᾽ ἂν γένοιτο.
τὸν ἀντίτολμου δέ φαμι παρβάταν
τὰ πολλὰ παντόφυρτ᾽ ἄγοντ᾽ ἄνευ δίκας
βιαίως ξὺν χρόνῳ καθήσειν
555
λαῖφος, ὅταν λάβῃ πόνος θραυομένας κεραίας.
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 550 focus
ἑκὼν δ᾽ ἀνάγκας ἄτερ
δίκαιος ὢν οὐκ ἄνολβος ἔσται,
540
πανώλεθρος δ᾽ οὐ ποτ᾽ ἂν γένοιτο.
τὸν ἀντίτολμον δέ φαμι καὶ παραβάταν
τὰ πολλὰ παντόφυρτ᾽ ἄνευ δίκας
βιαίως ξὺν χρόνῳ καθήσειν
λαῖφος, ὅταν λάβῃ πόνος
545
θραυομένας κεραίας.
1
ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 550 focus
Ἑκὼν δ' ἐκ τῶνδ' ἀνάγκας ἄτερ δίκαιος ὢν
οὐκ ἄνολβος ἔσται,
πανώλεθρος (δ') οὔποτ᾽ ἂν γένοιτο·
τὸν ἀντίτολμον δέ φαμι παρβάδαν περαιβάδαν περβάδαν
τὰ πολλ' (ἄγοντ)α παντόφυρτ᾽ ἄνευ ἄνευ τινὸς δίκας
550
βιαίως ξὺν χρόνῳ καθήσειν
λαῖφος 1 , ὅταν λάβῃ πόνος
θραυομένας κεραίας.
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Arthur Sidgwick, 1887.) — 550 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 550 focus
ἑκὼν δ᾽ ἀνάγκας ἄτερ
δίκαιος ὢν οὐκ ἄνολβος ἔσται
πανώλεθρος δ᾽ οὔποτ᾽ ἂν γένοιτο.
555
τὸν ἀντίτολμον δὲ φαμὶ περαιβάδαν
τὰ πολλὰ παντόφυρτ᾽ ἄνευ δίκας
βιαίως ξὺν χρόνῳ καθήσειν
λαῖφος ὅταν λάβῃ πόνος
θραυομένας κεραίας.
560
4
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Εὐμενίδες. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 550 focus
ἑκὼν δ᾽ ἀνάγκας ἄτερ δίκαιος ὤν
550
οὐκ ἄνολβος ἔσται·
πανώλεθρος ⟨δ’⟩ οὔποτ᾽ ἂν γένοιτο.
τὸν ἀντίτολμον δέ φαμι, παρβάδαν
τὰ πόλλ᾽ ⟨ἄγοντ⟩α παντόφυρτ᾽ ἄνευ δίκας
βιαίως, ξὺν χρόνωι καθήσειν
555
λαῖφος, ὅταν λάβηι πόνος,
θραυομένας χεραίας.
Aeschyli Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Eumenides. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 550 focus
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by F. A. Paley, 1885.) — 550 focus
ἑκὼν δ᾽ ἀνάγκας ἄτερ δίκαιος ὢν
520
οὐκ ἄνολβος ἔσται·
πανώλεθρος δ᾽ οὔποτ᾽ ἂν γένοιτο·
τὸν ἀντίτολμον δὲ φαμὶ * καὶ παραιβάταν
τὰ πολλὰ παντόφυρτ᾽ ἄνευ δίκας
βιαίως ξὺν χρόνῳ καθήσειν
525
λαῖφος, ὅταν λάβῃ πόνος,
θραυομένας κεραίας.
Εὐμενίδες (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek text of Aeschylus' Eumenides, edited by Friedrich Blass, 1907.) — 550 focus
ἑκὼν δ᾽ ἀνάγκας ἄτερ
550
στρ. δ 550
δίκαιος ὢν οὐκ ἄνολβος ἔσται,
πανώλεθρος δ᾽ οὔποτ᾽ ἂν γένοιτο.
τὸν ἀντίτολμον δέ φαμι παρβάταν,
(ἄγον〉τα πολλὰ παντόφυρτ᾽ ἄνευ δίκας
βιαίως, ξὺν χρόνωι καθήσειν
555
λαῖφος, ὅταν λάβηι πόνος θραυομένας κεραίας.
Translations (9)
Eumenides Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 566-775 focus
The Eumenides (OCR draft) Experimental (The Eumenides. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 550 focus
He who is willingly just without neces­ sity shall not be unhappy; utterly destroyed, at least, he can never be. But I declare that the transgressor who dares things contrary, will throw all things into confusion without justice, land shall perish] by violence in time, when trouble has seized his sails, the sail-yard being broken.
LES EUMÉNIDES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES EUMÉNIDES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 550 focus
dû aux parents, et honore bien les hôtes qui entrent dans ta demeure 1 .
The Furies (OCR draft) Experimental (The Furies. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 550 focus
Let each with awe profound
A parent's honour'd name obey:
Each to thy milder voice, humanity,
Attentive homage pay,
When for the ſtranger thou art found
600
Pleading thy ſtrains of pious potency.
He, that to virtue's heav'nly pow'r
Unforc'd his willing ſoul ſhall bow,
Nor ruin's tyrant rage ſhall know,
Nor keen affliction's tort'ring hour.
605
But he, that dares her ſacred laws deſpiſe,
Trampling on juſtice to amaſs his prey,
Appall'd ſhall hear the ruſhing whirlwinds riſe,
And tremble at the ſtorms that ſwell the ſea.
Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Eumenidi: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 550 focus
Sempre a te ripeto: « Próstrati
all'altare di Giustizia.
Né calpestarlo, per lucro che vegga, con piede sacrilego:
ché pronta la pena t'aspetta,
Aeschylus, Eumenides: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Eumenides: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 550 focus
Ex quibus ſine necesſitate,
515
Iuſtus exiſtens non infelix erit.
Pernicioſus nunquam erit.
Audacem uiciſsim dico tranſgreſsionem.
Sæpè omnino conſuſum ſine iuſticia,
Cum uiolento tempore conſtitueret,
520
Integumentum cum acceperit labor
Laceratas antennas.
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.) — 550 focus
For whoso uncompelled doth follow what is just,
He ne'er shall be unblest;
Yea, never to the gulf of doom
635
That man shall come.
But he whose will is set against the gods,
Who treads beyond the law with foot impure,
Till, o'er the wreck of right, confusion broods,—
Know that for him, though now he sail secure,
640
The day of storm shall be; then shall he strive and fail
Down from the shivered yard to furl the sail,
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.) — 550 focus
Wer, so gesinnt, ohne Zwang unsträflich lebt,
520
Bleibt nicht ungesegnet,
Und nimmermehr stürzt er ganz in Unheil.
Doch wer in tollkühnem Troy die Schranken sprengt,
Und Alles wild umrüttelt ohne Fug und Recht,
Er muß wohl einst die Segel einzieh'n,
525
Wann sie des Sturms Gewalt erfaßt,
Dröhnend die Rahen splittern.
Vierte Gegenstrophe.
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.)

529. παντὶ μέσῳ , ever to the mean god gives success: a common Greek maxim: so Ag. 378 ἔστω δ᾽ ἀπήμαντον ὥστ᾽ ἀπαρκεῖν, ib. 466 τὸ δ᾽ ὑπερκόπως εὖ κλύειν βαρὺ κρίνω δ᾽ ἄφθονον ὄλβον, etc., the idea being that excess was dangerous: so Eur. Fr. 80 τὰ μείζω τῶν μέσων τίκτει νόσους.

555. βιαίως , perforce, i. e. the storm shall compel him. καθήσειν, shall lower sail, i. e. shall be made humble and submissive; so ὑφέσθαι is used Ar. Ran. 1220 ὑφέσθαι μοι δοκεῖ, Soph. Εl. 335 πλεῖν ὑφειμένῃ δοκεῖ. [It is far better to make καθήσειν absolute, and make λαῖφος governed by λάβῃ, than with H. to write καθήσειν λαῖφος, ὅταν λάβῃ, κ.τ.λ. The metaphor is then more gradually and naturally introduced: the rhythm is more effective: and also the Schol. clearly takes καθήσειν by itself, for he explains it ταπεινωθήσεται. Such curtailments are common in technical expressions, e. g. in English, luff , put about, lower away.]

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

mvp-comment-385-1 βιαίως:

βιαίῳ
vitium Ald. Turn. Cohaerent
καθήσειν λαίφος
. Male post
καθήσειν
interpungebatur.

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

mvp-comment-175-1 καθήσειν] He will take down his sail when it is too late, and when the yard-arm is being broken by the gale.

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-218-1 ἀπὸ τῶν χειμαζομένων, τροπικῶς. ἀντὶ τοῦ ταπεινωθήσεται.

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-277-1 Wecklein 1888, p. 287

mvp-comment-277-2 zweites Stasimon: Der Umsturz der alten Satzungen durch den Sieg des Muttermörders müfste schreckliche Zügellosigkeit und sittliche Verwilderung zur Folge haben, da man für Mord und blu- tige Mifshandlungen keinen Rächer mehr zu fürchten hätte. Furcht mufs herrschen; ohne Furcht kann kein Recht bestehen. Keine Gewaltherrschaft, aber auch keine Gesetzlosigkeit! Das Richtige liegt in der Mitte. Diese rechte Mitte hängt zusammen mit Gesundheit des Geistes, während Gottlosigkeit des Sinnes Übermut und damit Zuchtlosigkeit oder Gewaltherrschaft erzeugt ( ὕβρις φυτεύει τύραννον Soph. Oed. T.873 ). Drum übe man Recht, ehre die Eltern und achte das Gastrecht. Wem diese Rechtlichkeit aus innerer Überzeugung hervorgeht, der wird nicht unbeglückt sein; jedenfalls wird er nie ganz zu Grunde gehen. Für den Frevler aber wird über kurz oder lang die Stunde der Demütigung kommen; dann wird niemand sein Flehen erhören; die Gottheit wird sich vielmehr seines Untergangs freuen und sein früherer Glanz wird für alle Zeit verschollen und vergessen sein.

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

βιαίως , perforce, i. e. the storm shall compel him. καθήσειν, shall lower sail, i. e. shall be made humble and submissive; so ὑφέσθαι is used Ar. Ran. 1220 ὑφέσθαι μοι δοκεῖ, Soph. Εl. 335 πλεῖν ὑφειμένῃ δοκεῖ. [It is far better to make καθήσειν absolute, and make λαῖφος governed by λάβῃ, than with H. to write καθήσειν λαῖφος, ὅταν λάβῃ, κ.τ.λ. The metaphor is then more gradually and naturally introduced: the rhythm is more effective: and also the Schol. clearly takes καθήσειν by itself, for he explains it ταπεινωθήσεται. Such curtailments are common in technical expressions, e. g. in English, luff, put about, lower away.]