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Classics,
THE HECUBA
OF
EURIPIDES.
A REVISED TEXT WITH NOTES AND AN
INTRODUCTION
BY THE
REV. JOHN BOND, M.A.
CHAPLAIN AND CLASSICAL INSTRUCTOR ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY, WOOLWICH ;
FORMERLY SCHOLAR OP ST JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD;
AND
ARTHUR SUMNER WALPOLE, M.A.
FORMERLY SCHOLAR OF WORCESTER COLLEGE, OXFORD. 1
Honlron :
MACMILLAN AND CO.
1882
[The right of translation and reproduction is reserved.]
PKINTED BY C. J. CLAY & SON,
AT THE UNIVEESITY PRESS.
PEEFACE.
THE present edition of the Hecuba is mainly in-
tended to explain and illustrate the play itself. But
it being impossible to treat a Greek play as a separate
and isolated whole we have tried to make sure that
a boy after carefully and intelligently studying our
commentary shall not merely be able to pass a close
examination in the Hecufta v; itself, but shall know
more both of Euripides and of Greek scholarship in
general.
Our obligations to previous editors are very great :
but we have carefully avoided the mistake of writing
a mere compilation, which must needs be crude and
therefore unsatisfactory. The editors to whom our
acknowledgments are more especially due are Porson,
Pflugk, Hermann, Dindorf, Kirchhoff, Nauck, Paley,
Wecklein and Weil.
Our text is for the most part conservative, follow-
ing (as all modern editors must) the lead of Kirch-
12
vi PREFACE.
lioff, whose edition of 1855 placed the text of Euripides
on a new footing. With him we have given great
weight to the best class of MSS., viz. the Mar dan
(xii. cent.), the Vatican (xiii. ?), and the two Parisian,
2712, 2713; denoted by Prinz A, B, E, a respec-
tively. The 'best MS.' occasionally mentioned in the
commentary is the first of these.
All quotations have been given in full, and the
only book to which mere references have been made
is Prof. Goodwin's excellent School Greek Grammar.
We gratefully acknowledge valuable help and advice
from the well-known scholars Prof. Kennedy, Mr E. S.
Shuckburgh and Mr A. W. Yerrall.
INTRODUCTION.
EURIPIDES was born B. c. 480, perhaps on the very
day when in 'the* battle' at ( sea-born Salamis' Athens
under Themistokles destroyed the great Persian force
which Xerxes had brought against Hellas, and won
the fight of civilisation and progress over stagnation
and barbarism. His lot was therefore cast in the
most brilliant epoch of Athenian history, and while
he was growing up to manhood the life of the whole
of Hellas ran high, all was movement and vigour
tempered by Athenian taste into an artistic beauty
dignified by power. The literary form which this out-
burst of energy took was, as in Elizabethan England,
the drama. Aeschylus born B.C. 525 and Sophokles
born B.C. 495 had perfected the form of tragedy, the
one ruggedly grand, the latter ideally perfect. It
was reserved for their great successor Euripides to
make tragedy not heroic but human, to paint men
not as they ought to be but as they are when toiling,
rejoicing, sorrowing jn the high-ways and the bye-
ways of everyday life. We may everywhere see
' Our Euripides the human
With his droppings of warm tears
And his touches of things common
Till they rose to touch the spheres'.
* Xen. Andb. I. 2. 9.
viii INTRODUCTION.
'His object was to excite interest, not by distant
grandeur like Aeschylus, nor by ideals however touch-
ing and poetic like Sophokles, but by bringing real
men and women on the stage, with real human
passions and feelings as his countrymen saw them
every day in Athens. The strong side of this realism
is clearly < the touch of nature ', the weak side is the
danger of its losing all effect and becoming common-
place and undignified'.
^The HECUBA tells the story of the Trojan queen's
sorrows, the hateful exchange of slavery for royal
estate, the foul murder of her son, the sacrifice of her
daughter, and the bloody revenge wreaked by her
upon the slayer of her boy. It abounds with the
good and bad points of the poet. It is, as Aristotle
said, the 'most tragic' of dramas, and is full of pathetic
power. But the set harangues on the possibility of
teaching virtue and on the value of rhetoric (traces of
the poet's intimate relations with Sokrates, Anaxagoras
and other leading spirits of his day,) sound cold and
in bad taste, coming as they do from the mouth of a
mother steeped in bitter Woe. Again, the loose j oining
of the two parts of which the play is composed indi-
cates a weak point in the poet. The death of Polyxena
and the cruel revenge upon Polymestor are really two
separate pieces which Euripides has not cared to weld
into one very fast whole. For whereas Sophokles
contrived that every scene should lead up to the
catastrophe, Euripides relied upon the telling nature
of particular situations. \
It is somewhat strange that, while Euripides gained
the first prize but five times in the course of his long
dramatic career, so many as 1 8 of his plays have come
down to us as against seven of Sophokles and Aeschylus
respectively. His tender pathos and modern spirit
INTRODUCTION. ix
will account for his popularity in modern times ; for
his want of success in his own days, ' why crown whom
Zeus has crowned in soul before?'
In criticising such prologues as that spoken by the
shade of Polydorus, we must remember that every
Athenian in the theutre knew perfectly well already
the whole tale of 'the mobled queen.' But he would
watch with breathless interest to see how the poet
would work out and develop the familiar story, and the
prize would be adjudged accordingly. The audience
was probably as highly educated as our own Commons;
'for the house is clever', said Aristophanes, one of the
cleverest of them all. Macaulay truly says, 'An
Athenian citizen might possess very few volumes ; and
the largest library to which he had access might be
much less valuable than Johnson's bookcase in Bolt
Court. But the Athenian might pass every morning
in conversation with Socrates, and might hear Pericles
speak four or five times in a month. He saw the plays
of Sophocles and Aristophanes: he walked amidst the
friezes of Phidias and the paintings of Zeuxis : he knew
by heart the choruses of Aeschylus'.
The date of the Hecuba is fixed with fair precision
to B.C. 425 or thereabouts. For Aristophanes in the
Clouds* , which came out B.C. 423, parodies v. 172;
compare also the notes on 462, 650. Its moral is
the antithesis of barbarism and savagery to Hellenic
culture and the reign of law, together with a practical
illustration of the favourite Greek saying Spda-avri
iraOeiv. The scene is laid in the Thracian Chersonese,
over against Troy, where the anger of Achilles has
held back the favourable wind from the Greek fleet.
His Shade has just appeared above his tomb, dernand-
* 1165.
x INTRODUCTION.
ing as sacrifice the fairest of the Trojan maidens. A
Greek council of war votes that Hecuba's daughter
Polyxena shall die. Here the action of the play
opens.
Structure of the Play.
I. PROLOGUE, 1 99 = that part of a tragedy
which precedes the first entrance of the
chorus.
II. PARODUS, 100 154 = the song of the chorus
as they march into the orchestra and take
their place.
III. First EPISODE, 155443.
IY. First STASIMON, 444 483. A Stasimon is a
song sung by the chorus from their sta-
tion.
Y. Second EPISODE, 484628.
YI. Second STASIMON, 629 657.
VII. Third EPISODE, 658904.
VIII. Third STASIMON, 905952.
IX. EXODUS, 953 end.
Episodes are the dialogues which come between two
choral odes, and it will be seen that they roughly
divide the whole play into acts. The Doric poet
Alkman gave an artistic form to the choral lyric by
arranging that the chorus, whilo singing stasima, should
execute alternately a movement to the right (STROPHE
turning) and a movement to the left (ANTISTROPHE) ;
and he composed the songs which the chorus was to
sing in couples of stanzas called STROPHE and ANTI-
STROPHE, answering to these balanced movements.
Tisias of Sicily (sumamed Stesichorus, 'marshal of
choruses',) perfected the form of the choral lyric by
adding to STROPHE and ANTISTROPHE a third part, the
INTRODUCTION. xi
EPODOS, sung by the chorus while it remained station-
ary after the movements to right and left.
It is advisable to add a few words in explanation of
the scholia which are sometimes cited in the com-
mentary. The scholia of Euripides consist of a putting
together of two continuous commentaries, the fuller one
the work of Dionysius, the other by an anonymous
writer, both drawing from Alexander, who again
drew largely from Didymus : he for the most part re-
produced the opinions of earlier commentators. The
genealogy therefore is (1) Didymus, (2) Alexander,
(3) (a) Dionysius, (b) Anon., (4) the Scholia them-
selves.
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The scene is laid throughout in the Grecian encampment on
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vvv 8' et/xt SouX??. Trpwra /xev /xe
epav riOrjo'iv, OVK ctco^o? ov*
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av, ocrrt? dpyvpov fj? cJj/Tfo-erat, 360
re \drtpu>v TroXXcov Kct(rtv,
16 EYPiniAOY
7rpo/xa
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8e raju-a 80^X09 (oviyro? TroOzv 365
t, rvpavvwv TrpoorOzv ^
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TO 8', "Aiftrj TrpoorriO^icr c/xov Se/x,as.
ay' ovv /A', 'OSvcrcrcv, /cat Siepyaom /x* aywr*
OUT' eATT^&og yap ovre TOU So^s opoj 370
Trap* T//XIV & TTOT* cv Trpa^at /xc XP 7 /'
(TV 8' 77
Xcyotxra ^re Spaxra* (rv/x/3ovXou 8e
^avetv, Trptv atcr^pwv ^77 Kar* a^tiav
ocrrts yap OVK eico^e yevctr^at KaACwv, 375
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8' ai/ et^ ^aXXov
rj ^wv* TO yap ijv ^77 KaXaJs /xcyas TTOVOS.
XO. 8ctVOS X a P OLK ' in JP a7Tt
XvTT/7 TTpOO'CO'TtV. Ct Se 8ct T(3
Xptv yVvyiv
v/xa?, 'OSvo-a-cv, r^vSc ^ev /XT; /cTCtvcTe, 385
^ e /4as 8* ayovTC? Trpo? Trvpav 'A^tXXcws
KCVTctTc, ^77 ^cftScatf** cyw Ve/cov Ilaptv
os -7rat8a Tt8os wXco'cv T
ou o-', w ycpata, KarOavciv
dvTa(r[A 'A^atovg, aXXa TifvS', rjnjcraTO. 390
EKABH. 17
EK. vxicts 8e p dXXd Ovyarpl
Kat 8ts TOCTOV TTCO/X' at/xaros
yata vcKpco re TCO ra8' c^atrov/xeVto.
OA. aXis Koprjs ets $aVaTos* ov Trpocrotoreos
aXXos Trpos aXXa)' /x^Se ro^S* co!>tXo/xv. 395
EK. TroXX^ y dvdyKrj Ovyarpl crwflaveti/ C/AC.
OA. TTCOS ; ov yap oTSa Seo-Troras KeKT^/^eVo?.
EK. oTTota Ktcrcros 8/3 vos OTTOD? T^crS* c^o/xat.
OA. ov/c, T^V yc TrtiOr) rotcrt croi} cro<^a)Tcpot9.
EK. cos T^a-8 1 e/covcra TratSo? ou jLtc^cro/xat. 400
OA. dXX* ou'S* cyco /x?)i/ r^vS* a7Tt/x* avrov XtTrcwr.
JIOAYH. ft^rep, TTI^OU /xof Kat en), Trat Aacprtov,
XaXa TO/ccvo-tv CIKOTWS ^v/xov/xevots,
o~v T , co raXatva, rot? Kparovcrt /x.^ ^a^ov.
/3ov\ti Trecrctv Trpos ovSas, IXKcocrat re croi/ 45
yepovra ^pcora Trpos /5tav
vrjcrai r CK viov
' ; a Trct'crct* /x^ CTV y'* ov yap a^tov.
ClXX', CO ^y/xaTO)v.
co /x^rep, co TCKOVCT', a?rt/xt S>) Karco.
EK. co Ovyarcp, oy/xets 8* ev c^act SouXevcro/xcr. 415
I1OAYS. ai/u/xc/>os, avv/xevatos, coi/ /x' e^
EK. oiKTpd ; ?rot
18 EYPIIIIAOY
JIOAYS. $ov\rj OavovjJiaL, Trarpos over IXtvQepov. 420
EK. TjfJLtis 8e 7TVT?7KOj/Ta y a/x//,opot TCKVCOF.
IIOAYS. TI crot ?rpos "E/cTOp' 77 yepoFr' etVcu TTO'O-IV ;
EK. ayycXXe 7rao~a>v a^XicoTar^v e^tie.
IIOAYS. (3 crrepva, /xacrrot 0', o? /A' eOptyaO' 9;8ea)s.
EK. to T?;S acopou Ovyarep dOXia rv^r] ^ re/covcra, x 01 ^ 6 KacravSpa re ftot.
EK. ^aLpovcrLV aXXot, fJirjrpl 8* OVK lo-rtv ro8e.
IIOAYS. o T ev ^iXtTTTTOt? pyl
EK. et ^T) y'* a?rt(7T(J3 8* a>Se TrdvTa
IIOAYS. 17 Kat Oavovorr]*; o/x/>ta crvyKXTfo'et TO o"ov. 430
EK. reOvrjK e'ywye Trptv Oaveiv KOLKUV VTTO.
IIOAYS. KO/JU' , 'OSvcrcrev, />t' a/x,>t$eis /capa TreVXots'
cos TT/Div cr>ay?7V(5s* 7rpoo'67rtv yap crov OVOJJL c^ecrrt /xoi, 435
JJLTCTTL 8' O^Sci/ TrX^V OCTOV
jSatVco jJiTav Kol Trupas '
EK. ot *ya> ' TrpoXetTro) * Xverat 8e /xov
to Ovyarcp, dif/ai /x^rpos, e'/cravoj/
8<>s* /x,^ Xt7T>ys // aTratS'. aTrcoXoya^v, ^>tXat. 440
[cSs TJ/V ActKatvav fuyyovov Atocr/copotv
tSot/xt* 8tcx KaXaJv yap o/iyLtarcov
Tpotav etXe r?Jv euSatyxora,]
XO. avpa, Trovrtas aupa, orp. a'.
arc TrovTOTropovs KOjitt^ets 445
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EKABH.
19
77 Acop/Sos opjjiov 0,10,9,
/caXXurrcoi/ vSaraJV Trarepa
<^>ao"ii/ ATrtSavov yvas
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KajTra 7re/X7ro/xevav
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8a>va $' tepovs
vs Aarot
dyaX/JLCL 8t"as ;
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v afjurvKa ro^a T'
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ras
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AOt TKea)j/ c/xwi/,
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450
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460
465
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470
475
20 EYPiniAOY
480
SovXa, XtTTOvcr' 'AT' l^ovcr* CTTI x^ ol/ ^
TaXOvfiie, Ktrat, avyKK\r]fjL^vrj TrcTrAot?.
TA. a>
'A^atots ^X^cs ; (os c/nX' av Xcyot?.
EKABH. ( T
i/, ey/covw/Aei/, Tjyov /xot, yepov.
TA. cn}v TrcuSa /car^avoucrav w? Oouf/rjs, yvvai,
fJLTacTTL^)V (re* ircfiirova'w Sc /AC
OI T* 'ArpetSat /cat Xcoos 'A^ati/co?. 510
EK. of/xoi, Tt Xc^cts ; OUK ap' cJ? OavovfJLtvovs
s ijfJi.as, aXXa cr^avcGv KaKa ;
(S Trat, fJLrjrpos apTrauOtiv ctTro*
^/XtS S* OLTKV(H TOVTTl CT* * (3 TttXatl/' yO>.
TTCOS /cat vtv e^CTrpa^aT* ; ap' atSov/xe^ot ; 515
?/ 7rpo5 TO Sctvov TJXOtO', (Js e^pav, ytpov,
KTtVoVTS J t7T, /cat7Tp OU Xe^OJV roS* o/x/xa, Trpos Ta ^', or*
irapfjv p\v o^Xos ?ras 'A^attKou crTparov
?rpo Tv/x/3oi> or^s Koprjs 7rt (
wv 6* 'A^tXXecos Trats IloXv^ei/^v
T' CTT* a/cpou ^eo/xaTO5, 7reXa9 S* eycu*
T 'A^ataji/ eKKptrot veai/tat, 525
/xocr^ou cr^s Ka^c^ovrcs ^cpotr,
O"7rovTO* TrX^pes S' ev ^epotv XayScoj/ SeTras
irdyxpvorov, atpet X 61 / 3 ^ Tttts 'A^tXXews
as OavovTi Trarpt* cr^jitatVct Se /*ot
Travrt Krjpv^ai <7Tpar(3. 530
/ca'yco Trapacrras elTroj/ ev /^ccrots raSe*
Vtyar', 'A^atot, (rtya ?ras Icrrca Xecos*
(Ttya, (TttoTra*' vT/i/e/xov S* fernya*' o^Xov.
o 8 etTrev, f tu Tra? Il^Xeo)?, Trarrjp 8 e/xos,
535
EYPiniAOY
aycoyous* 1X6 8', cos TTI'^S
Kopr}<$ a/cpai ly/uv yc^oi),
Xvtrat re Trpv/xvas /cat xaXtvcon/pta
vecov 8os ^^4^1 Trpev/xevovs T (XTT* 'IXtou 543
FCHTTOU rv^oi/ra? Travras es Trarpav /xoXetF.'
TOCTOUT' IXe^e, Tras S' lirrj-u^aTO crrparos.
etr* dfjupixpvcrov cfrdcryaLVOv KOJTTT/S A.a/3cov
e^ctX/ce /coAeov, Xoyao"t 8' 'Apyetcoi/ crrparou
i/ea^tats Severe irapOtvov Xafieiv. 545
77 8', cos ec/>pa<70?7, rov8' eaTJfJirjvtv Xoyov*
to Trjv /XT}J/ 7repcraFTs 'Apyetot
e/covcra, Qvrj' ^JLTJ rts c^^rat
Trape^co yctp Sep-^v ev/cap8tcos.
Se /x,', cos eAeuflepa ^cxvco, 550
TTpOS ^ecOV jU,$l/TS KTWCILT ' V VKpOLCTL yap
801; A?; KK\7Jcr6ai fiacriXls over* atcr^i;vo/xat.
Xaot 8' eTrcppoOrjcrav, 'Aya/x,e/x-vcov T* a^a^
etTrei/ /xe^etrat TrapOevov veavt'ats.
[^ol 8', cos Tartar' TJKOVOTOLV vo-Tdrrjv OTra, 555
HeOrJKav, ovTrep KOL jLteyto-TOV ^v Kparos.]
KCX7Tt To8* tCT^KOV(T SeCTTTOTCOV 7TOS,
Xafiovcra TreTrXovs ef ciKpas ?rco)U,t8os
XayoVos S ftecrov Trap' o'/xc^aXov,
r' ISct^e crrepva ^', co's aycxX/^aro?, 560
Kat Ka^etcra Trpos yatav yon;
c^e TravraJV rX^jaoveo-Tarov Xoyov
ov ToS', ct /Av crrepvoi/, co veavtia,
ct 8' VTT' avylva.
EKABH. 23
Xpflei9, irdpeo-Ti Aat/xos cvTpcTnyg 6Se. 565
o 8* ov 0\(j)v TC /cat flcAcov, ot/cTa> /cop^s,
Tc/>tvct crtS?7pa> Tn/cv/xaTOs Stappoas'
/cpowot 8' exwpow 17* Se /cat OvTJcrKOVv
a /cpvTrrctv o/Xjaar' apcreVwi/ xp^w. 570
7Tt 8' drJK TrvevfJia Oavacrifup o-c/>ayr/,
ovSets TOV aurov cT^ev 'ApyctW TTOI/OV,
aXX' 01 /AV avT(3v TT/V ^avovcrav CK
\Xov, ot 8e TrXrjpovcri
C/)pOVTCS 7TCV/CtVoV5, O 8' OU C/)CpO)V 575
?rpos TOT) c/>epovTOS rotaS' ^/corev KOLKO,'
1 rr?7/cas, v r 1 ^ TreptVo"' cv/cap8ta>
r dpicrTTj ; ' rotaS' a/xc/)t 0-979 A,ya) 5 8
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yuvat/cwv Svo'Ti'^ccrTaT^v ^' o'po?.
XO. 8ctvov Tt TrrjfJia ITpta/xtSats 7re^O'
TroXet T n/jfJifj' Oeuv avay/catov roSe.
EK. a> 01/yarep, ov/c otS* ct? o rt ^Aei^co /caKwv, 585
TToAAwv TrapovTwv ijv yap ai^a)/>cat rtvo?,
roS' OVK ea //., TrapaKaAet 8' e/epct,
E. H. 3
24 EYPiniAOY
8' a/xapTOucr' 7rov?7pds ovSev aXXo 77X7}^ Ka/cds,
d 8* eo~$Xds cr$Xds, ovSe crv/^opas VTTO
v^tp', aXXa ^p^crros CCTT' act;
ap* ot T/coi/TS SiOLcfrepovcrw, rj rpoat;
6^t ye /xei/TOt Kat TO OptcfrO-fjvai icaXws 600
St3atv ecr^Xov* roi;TO 8' ^V rts ev fta%,
oTSev TO y' ato^pov, KOLVOVL TOV KCL\OV p,a6wv.
/cat TavTa /xev 87; vovs cTo^euorev fMaTrjv
orv 8' X0 Kat o-ijfAyvov 'Apyetot? Ta8e,
p} ^tyyavetv /x,ot ft^SeV, dXX' etpycti/ o^Xov 605
T?;S TratSos. eV Tot jW-vpt
a/coXaoTTOs o^Xos vavTiKt] T
Kpetcrcrcuv ?rupos, Ka/cos 8* d /x?y Tt Spwv /ca/cdv.
OT) 8' av Xa/3ov(ra TCV^O?, cxp^ata XaTpt,
/3ai//aor' eveyKe Sevpo TrovTtas aXo9, 610
ws ?rat8a XovTpots Tots TraworaTOis e/ATyv
r avvfji<$>ov irapOevov r
ov/c av SvvatfJLrjv (us 8' e^co* Tt yap 7ra^a>;
KOO-/AOV y* ayetpao-' atx/^aXa)Tt8a)v Wpa, 615
at /xot TrapeSpot Twj/S' Icrco
VOLlOVO-LVj t Tt9 TOVS VCCOCTTt
Xa^ouo-' e^et Tt AcXe/xjua TOOV avTi^s 8o/xa>v.
(S CrXTJfJLOLT OtKCUV, <3 7TOT* CVTV^etS 8d/XOt,
cS TrXetcTT* e^cov KaA-XicrTa T', evre/cvcoTaTe 620
Ilpta/jic, yepata $' 178' eyco p-iJTrjp TCKVCOV,
cos cs TO /x^Sev T/Ko/xev, i/ TrXovcrtots ei> Sw/xacrtv,
O 8' J/ TToXtTatS Tt/ZtOS KK\r)fJLVOS. 625
ra 8' ovScv* aAAcos <^>povTt8a)i/
yXwaO");? T KO/ATTOt. KtVO5 o
oro) Kar' "5/xap rvy^avet /x^Sev Ka/cov.
XO. c/xot x/ 3 ^ wpcfropav, crrp.
e/xot XP^ V Tiy/aomv yevecr^at, 630
'iSat'av or TrpajTOv v'Xav
'AAe^avSpos etXartVav
cTa/x,$', aXtov TT' oT8/Aa vaucrroX^crcov
'EXevas cTTt XeKTpa, rav KaXXtVrav o ^pv(ro-
<^a?}s 635, 6
*AXtos avya^et.
TTOVOI yap Kat TTOVWV dvr.
avayKat /cpet'crcrovc? KV/cXovvrat.
/cotvov 8' e^ tSt'as avota? 640
KOLKOV ra 2t/>iovvTt8t ya
IftoXe, crvfji<^opa r art aXXcov.
8' ept9, av i/ J/ I-
8a KptVct rptcroras /xaKapcov 645
CTTt 8opt /cat <^ova> Kat e/xcov /AeXa^pwv Xw/?a* 7ra)S.
(TTei/ct 8e Kat rts a^^)t rov cvpoov EvpcJrav 650
AaKatva TroXvSaKpvros ev 8o/xots Kopa,
TToXtOV T* CTTt KpCLTtt fJLOLTTjp
8pv7TTCTat re Trapctav, 655
32
26 EYPIHIAOY
0EPAHAINA.
yvvatKes, "ft Kafir) TTOV TTO& tj 7rava0Xia,
rj TraVra VIKWCT' aV8pa /cat OrjXvv cnropdv
KctKOLs, Iv ovSeis crTavov dvOaiprjcreTcu', 660
XO. TI 8 s , (5 raA-atva cr^s Ka/tot
TTCXVTWV 'Axatoov Sta
E. 178' ovSev oIScv, aXXa /xot
OpTjVCL, VWV 8e TT^/XCXTCDV OU^ aTTTCTttt. 67$
EK. ot 'yoj raXatva, jw-cDv TO /BaK^eLOV Kapa
T^S 0co-7ria)Sov Scvpo Kao-avSpas
E. fwcrav XcXaKa?, TOV Oavovra 8' ov
roj/8*. aXX' dOprjcrov o"e3/*,a yvjjiVtoOcv vc/cpov,
ct orot ) TTtttS' /X,oV TeOvrjKOTOL
v, ov /x,ot prj ecrco^' ot/cois dvrjp.
SvO^TT^VOS, OVKCT* t/*t 877.
<3 TCKVOV,
EKABH. 27
atat, Karapxo/mt vopov 685
dXatrropos
E. eyvcos yap aV^v TratSog, co Svor^ve tru;
EK. aTTL&T aTrtcrra, Katva /catva Sep/co/xat.
crepa 8' cx^)' erepwv KttKcx KCXKOJV /cvpet* 690
ovSeTTor' acrrevaKrov, aSa/cpviov a//,epa /A* cTncr^-
^J/rfcTKCt?, TtVt 7TOT/XO) KCtCTat J TTpOS TtVOS
E. OVK oTS*. CTT' ciKTats vtv Kvpco
EK. K/3\r)Tov, 77 Trecr-rjiJLa <^>otvtov 8opos,
ev ^a/xa0a> Xevpa ; 700
E. TTOI/TOV rtv e^r/veyKC TreXaytos KXvSwi/.
EK. w/xot, atat, e/xa^ov CWTTVOV o/x/xarwv
IjLtwv oi/^ti/, ov jit 7rape/2a <^>a-
cr/xa /xeXat'OTrTCpov 75
aV ecretSov a/x^)t a*',
0) TKVOV, OVKT* OJ/Ttt AtO9 CV pwv (^paaat ;
EK. e/xos e/x6 ^eVo?, p>7/aos tTTTrora?, 710
tV o yepa)!/ TraTrjp Wzro viv Kpui^a?.
XO. o)ju,ot, rt Xe^ets ; xpvcrov cos ^77
EK. apprjTj avcoi/Ojuao-Ta, Oavfjiarw
ov% ocrt', o{i8' dvKra. TTOV StKa ^evwv ; 7 J 5
co KarapaT* aVSp<3i/, cos Ste/xotpacrco
6 a ) crtSapeco reyacov c^acrycxvco
28 EYPIIIIAOY
ju,\ea rovSe TratSos, ovS* OWCTICTCO. 720
XO. co rXrjfJLOVj cos ere TroXvTroi/coTarqv /3pOTv
8atjw,a)i/ eOrjKtv, OOTIS eort crot /3apvs.
aXX' eio~op(3 yap rovSe Secr-TroTou 8e/xas
. 725
, rt /xeXXets TratSa (TT)V KpvTrretv Ta^>a>
-', >' otcTTrep Ta\6vfiios vjyytiXe ftot
ft>} 6iyydvc.iv (rfjs /x-^Sev' 'Apyctcov Kop^s ;
77/^6 ts jnev ouv ctc3/xv ovS* ei^avo/xev*
crv Se cr^oXa^et9, tocrTC OavfjLaL&w e/>te. 73
TyKw 8* a7roo"TeXa)i/ tv' ecrrtv, ct rt rcovS' ecrrti/ KaXaJs.
ca* rtV avSpa rovS' C7rl o-KTyi/ats o'pw
Tpwcov ; ov yap 'Apyetoi/, 7T7rXot
7rpi7TTv<7(rovTeg ayyeXXovcrt /xot. 735
EK. Sucmyv', efjLOLVTrjv yap Xeya> Xeyovcra o~,
Ty, rt 8pacra) ; Trorepa TrpocrTrecro) yovv
ov8', 77 <^>epeo crty^ Ka/ca ;
AI\ rt /xot TrpocrajTTw VOJTOV lyK\ivacra crov
Supet, TO Trpa^Oev 8' ov Xeyets, rt? ecr^' oSe. 74
EK. aXX' ct /xe SovXr/i/ TroXc/xtav ^' ^you/xevos
yovarcov ctTrworatr', aXyos av Trpocr^etjue^' aV.
AP. ovrot TrcVKO. /xotvrts, co'crrc
e^tcrrop^crat CTCOV oSov
EK. ap* KXoyt^ojitat ye Trpos TO 8vcr/>teves 745
/xaXXov >pevas TOvS', OVTOS ov^t Suoyxevovs ;
AF. ct TOI j/,6 jSovXct TcSvSe /x^Sev ctSeva*,
EKABH. 29
S TOLVTOV ^KCtS* KCU jdp OvS' yCO K\VW.
EK. OVK oV $vvai]jir)v ToOSe Tijucopeti/ arcp
TKVOlCTt TO?? C/XOtCTl. Tt O"Tpe.
EK. TOVTOV 7TOT* TKOV KaepOV ^CDVT^S V7TO.
AP. lo-Ttv Se Tts ora)^ OVT05, v. 770
AT 1 . Trpo? aVSp'j os &PX t 7 " ) ? cr ^
EK. ei/Tau$' iiri^Ori TTLKpOTaTOV ^pvcrov <[>vXa.
AF. Qvrjo-Ktt, 8e Trpos TOV Kat TtVos TTOT/XOV
EK. TtVos y VTT dXXov ; p]7^ vtv coXo~
AP. <3 rXfjfJiov, rj TTOV xpuo-oV irjpoicrOrj Xafielv ; 775
EK. TOtavT*, eTretS^ vp,X T ' OMrovcr' e aAos IIoXTj^ei/^. 780
AF. KTavcov vtv, cJs eotKv, KJ3d\\i
EK. ^aXacroroTrAay/croV y', coSe Starc/xcov
AP. w a^erXta TOJV a/xcrp^TCDV TTOVCOV.
EK. oXcoXa, KovSev XOITTOV, 'Ayotjite/xvoF,
AI\ ^>e{; )v' rts OVTCO SUCTTV^S e(^)v yw^ ; 785
EK. OVK ecrrtv, t ju,r; rrjv rv^v avTrjv Xcyot?.
aXX' ewTrep OVVCK ajjufil crov TTLTTTO) yovv,
OLKOVO-OV. ct /xev oo-ta crot Tra^etv SOKW,
<7TjOyOt/X,' C31V* Ct TOVfJUTdXlV, (7V fJLOL JCVOV
avSpo? ai / oo'ta)TaTOv ^evov, 79
OVT TOVS y^S Vp$V OVT TOVS ttVW
SeSpa/cev epyov avocrtcaraTOV,
rpaTre^s TroAAa/as TVX^V e/x,ot,
T" apifyiu) Trpwra TOJV e/x,wv ^>tAa)i/*
TU^WV 8* oo"a)v Set Kat Aa/3wv Trpo/^ry^tav,] 795
KTtV, TVJJt.f3oV 8', t KTttVCtV /3ovAeTO,
OVK ?)tWI>, CtAA' d7JK TTOVTtOV.
7j/XtS /XV OVI/ SoOAot T KaCT^VtS tO~0>S*
dAA* ot ^eot o-Qivovvi x<# KtVa>v Kparwv
vojuos* vo/jta) yap TOVS 0eovs TjyovjLte^a, 800
Kat <3/xev aStKa Kat 8tKat*
os es o- aveojv ct
Kat /AT} StK^v Swo-ovo-tv otrtvcs
KTCtVovcrtv ^ 0ec3v tpa roA/xwo-t
OVK cortv ovSev TaJv cv av^pwTrots to*ov. 805
EKABH. 31
TCLVT OVV V CUO^O) @fJLVO$ aiSeCT^Tl //,,
OLKTfipov ?7/xa9, ws ypaJv rvpavvov
ov&ev TL ju.aXXov es reXos
p.uT6ovtXas ST^T' cv<^povas 8ei'eis, aVa^,
^ TWV ev ewTJj ^tXraTCov ao"7racr/xaTa)v
Xaptv TtV eei Trats e/^Ty, /cetv^s 8* ey co ; 830
[e/c TOV o"Korou yap T<3v re WAcrepcov Travv
<^tXrpo)v /jteytcTTTy ytyi/crat ^porots X^P ts> ]
a/cove 877 vvv* TO^ ^avovra ToV8' opas ;
TOVTOV /caXcos Spwv ovra
32 EYPiniAOY
8poVct9. i/ds /xot pvOos 1/8075 ert. 835
et fjioi yeVoiro c/>$o'yyo5 eV /^pa^tocrt
/Cat X^ "^ K(X ^ KOfMLKTl /Cat TToScOV /3aCTt,
?? Aat8aAou
K\aiovr\ eTTtorK^TTTOvra Travrotovs Aoyovs* 840
iriOov,
TljU,0)pOV, Ct /Cat p,7)$V tCTTLV,
IcrOXov yap ai/Spos TT} St/ci;
/cat TOVS /caKOi>5 8pav Travraxov Ka/caJs act. 845
XO. SctvoV yc, ^v^rots cus aTravra cru/XTrtrvct,
Kat Tas avayKas ot i/o/x,ot 8tcopto"av,
Tt^CVTC? TOVS TC TToXcjU-tODTaTOVS,
TC TOVS TTptV CV/XCVCtS TTOtOV/X-CVOt.
AF. cyeo (re /cat crov TratSa /cat T^xas cre^cv, 850
t' ot/crov '
/cat ovofjiai ca>v ovve/c avocrtov
/cat TOV 8t/catov TT/vSc crot Sowat
ct TTCOS avir) y cScrrc crot T'
o) re ^77 8ofat/x,t KacravSpas X^P LV ^55
vaKTt roVSe /BovXevcrai oVoi/.
ccrrtv yap 77 rapayjito? e/x7re7rra)Ke jaot*
TOV aVSpa TOUTOV <$>i\.iov T^yetrat crrparo?,
ToV KarOai/ovra 8' 1^0 pov' et 8' e/xot c/)tXos
08' ca*Tt, x w P^ s TOUTO KOV /cotvoi/ O"TpaT(3. 860
Trpos Ta{;ra c/)poj/Tt^'* cJs 0e'Aovra //,ev ft'
crot ^vfjLTrovrjorai /cat rax^j/ Trpocrap/cccrat,
8', "Axatots ct
EKABH. 33
EK. r' o^Xa> TrXiov ve/^et?,
eyw ere OTJCTO) rovS' c\.v@epov Kap/xafcotcriv, ^ VtKovpta TtVt ;
Tts croi ^vveVrat x t/ P > 7r66e
EK. rrreyat /ceKev^ao"' atSe TpwaSwv op^Xov. 880
Ar. ras at^jtxaXwrovs ctTras, e EXX77i/(oi/ aypav ;
EK. w ratcrSe TOV e/xoV ^>ovea Ti/x,cDp7yoro/>tat.
AF. feat 7n3s ywat^tv apcreVcov ecrrat Kpdros ;
EK. Seivoy TO Tr\7J6oSj vv So'Xa) re 8vcrp,a^ov.
AP. SetvoV* TO /xevrot ^Xv /x,e//,^>o/>tat yefo?. 885
EK. Tt 8' ; ov ywatKes etXov AtyuTTTou TKva,
Kat A.TJIJ.VOV apfyv aporevcav eamo~av ;
aXX' c3s yevecr^w ToV8e /xev jute^es Xoyov,
irtfjul/ov 8e ^otot T>yvS' dcnpaXws Sta o~TpaTOV
yvvat/ca. Kat , 890
Xc^ov, '/caXet o*' avaacra 877 TTOT' 'iXtov
34 EYPIHIAOY
'Etta/??;, o"oV OVK eXacrow 77 Kivr)<$ ^peos,
/cat TratSas* cos Set KCU TKV etSeVai Xoyovs
TOV Se T^9 VO(T(f>ayOVtev KOLKOV
KO.KOV rt Tracr^eti/, TOI^ Se ^pTyo-ro]/ cvrv^eTv.
XO. o~u /xei/, w Trarpts 'IXtas, crrp. a'. 905
TO)V aTTOp&yrW TToXtS OVKTL Xe^f
rotov 'EXXavcov ve<^>os a/x^>t ore /cpvTrret
8opt 877 Sopt Trepcrav.
aTro 8e crre^avav Kefcapo'at 910
Trupywv, Kara 8* aWdXov
KT/XtS' otKTpoTarav
raXatv', ov/cert cr'
77/^05 CK SetTTi/coi/ VTTVOS 77*8^9 7r' oVcrois 915
KtSvarat, fAoXirav 8' oVo /cat ^opOTrotaJv
Ovi/
Tpotav 'IXtaS' e^e
EKABH. 35
eyo> Sc TrXoKOLfAov dVaSeTois crrp. ft.
9 2 5
\ev(j-(7ov(T aTepjuovas eis avyas,
CTrtSe/xvtov cJg Trecroi// es cvvdv.
dvd Se KeAaSos e/xoXc TroAtv*
8' ^v Kar* aorru Tpotas 708' * '
K Trarpt'as aTrwXecrev ef-
coKtcrev T ot/m/
ya^aos, ov yajitog, aXX' aXacrropos Tts ot^s*
av /wfre TreXayos aXtov a?rayayot TraXtv, 95?
Trarpwov IKOIT* es
36 EYPiniAOY
nOATMHZTflP.
[<3 L\Tar aV8ptov Ilpia/xe, c^tXTaVty 8e
?;, 8a/cpua) eu'
ovr' av KaX(3? TrpacrcrovTa
vpovcri 8' avra ^eot TraXtv re Kat
ei/rt^ei/re?, cos cxyvcocrta
O.VTOVS, aXXa ravra /ACF rt Set 960
v, TTpoKOTTTOvr ovSev s TTpoV^ev KttKcov;
L TTJ5 fJ,fjt/co/x>yv,
^'8?7 7To8' ^0) 8a)/X,aTCOV tttpOI/Tt )HOt 965
cs ravrov -J^e crv/XTrtTvet 8/x,wts
Xeyovcra [jivOovs wi/ KXvcuv
EK. a.lo'^yvopxii ere Trpocr/^XeTretv cvavrt'ov,
ILoXvpTJcrTOp, iv rototcrSe /cet/xev?; /ca/cot5.
orcp yap UHpOrjv evrv^ovcr, atScos /*' fX t > 97
cv Ta)8e TTor/xo) ruyxavovcr', tv' ct/xi vw,
KOVK av SuvatjLCT/v Trpocr^SXeTretv op^ats Kopat?.
aAA.' auro /x?J 8i;i\rj fjicv L (TV, 7rpo(rc/>tXes Se jitot ToSe
A^atcaj/. a'XXa cr^/xaiVetv ere XP^
rov cu TrpatrcrovTa [M) Trpacrcroixriv cv
7rapK.iv' cos erot/^os et//,' eyw. 985
EK. Trpcorov />tev ctTre TratS' 6v e
IIoXvSw/Dov e/c re Trarpos ev So/xots
et f* ra 8' ctXXa SevTepoi/ cr'
IIOAYM. /xaXtcrra' TOVKCIVOV /xev
EK. a> ^tXra^', cos cv KCX^COS o'lOev Xeyets. 990
IIOAYM. rt 8??Ta /3ov\t Sevrcpov fJiaOelv e/^ov;
EK. et r^s TKOvcrr]<$ T^cr8e /xe/xv^rat rt /xou.
IIOAYM. /cat Sevpo y' cos ere Kpvcfrios ef^'ret jitoXetv.
EK. XP V "O? ^^ crcos, 6v -^X^ev e/c Tpotas ex 0017 '
IIOAYM. troos, ev 8o//.ots ye rots e/^-ots ^>povpov/xvos.
EK. trcocroi/ wv avrov, //,^8' pa rcoV TrXrjcrLov. 996
IIOAYM. TJKLO'T*' QvaLfJkijv rov Trapov.TOs, co yvvat.
EK. otcr^' ouv a Xe^at trot re /cat Tratcrtv ^eXco;
IIOAYM. ou/c oT8a* TOO crco TOVTO or^avets Xoyco.
EK. eW, co L\7]OdtXet, IOOO
IIOAYM. rt XPVl^i Ka/jt Kat TKV' et8eVat ^P 6 ^*
EK. \pv(7ov TraXatat Ilpta/xtScov /cartop^es.
IIOAYM. ravr' e'cr$' a fiovXci ?rat8t ayfjifjvai cre0ev;
EK. jaaXtcrra, 8ta crou y * eT yap evore^s anyp.
IIOAYM. rt 8^ra re/cvcov TtoVSe 8et Trapovcrtas; ,T^Q^
EK. a/xetvoi/, -^v crv /car^ai'Tys, Tow8' t8eVat.
IIOAYM. /caXcos e'Xe^as T^8e /cat crb^wrepov.
EK. otcr^' ow 'A^avas 'IXtas tVa IcrTeyat;
38 EYPIHIAOY
IIOAYM. IvravO* o %pwros ecrrt; cr^/xetov 8e rt;
EK. /xeXatva Trerpa y^s VTrepreXXovcr 9 aVa). IOIO
IIOAYM. er' ow rt /3ov\ei rwv e/cet
EK. orwcrat ere xprffJiaO' 015 owe^X^ov
IIOAYM. TTOV 817 ra, TreTrAwi/ evros ^7 Kpvil/a(pt05 K7recreL <^)tXa5 Kap8ta5,
aju,epcra5 )8tov. TO yap VTreyyuov
8tKa Kat 6eoi(riv ov ^v/XTrtrvet, oXe^ptov KO.KOV. 1030, 1
cr' d8ov T^crS' X7rt5, ^ cr*
?rpO5 'AtSav, tw
IIOAYM. a>ju,oi, TVXov[JL(U >eyyo5 O/A/XCLTWV raXa5. 1035
XO. ^Kovcrar' av8pO5 QprjKOS ot/xwyijv, <^>tXa6;
IIOAYM. (o/xot jitaX' av$i5, reKva, Svcrr^vou crcfrayrjs.
XO. c^i'Xai, TreVpa/crat KatV* ecra) 8o)na)v Ka/ca.
IIOAYM. aXX' ovrt /AT; ^uy^re Xat^pw TroSt'
ySaXXtov yap OIKWV TaivS' cxvapp^co fjwxovs. 1040
XO. ISov,
EKABH. 39
cos
Trap et vat Tpwacnv re
EK. apacrcre, ta Xa//,/rpov ti/OrjcreiS KOpats, 1045
ov TratSa? oi/^et ^covra?, ous e/cretv' eyw.
XO. 77 yap Ka^et/\S prJKa KOLL /cparets ^eVov,
SecTTrotva, Kat Se'Spaicas otazrep Xeyets;
EK, oi/^et vtv avTLK ovra 8a)jU,arcov Trapos
ri;pvycov,
co Karctparot, TTOI Kat fi cjf>vyc
TTTCOCTOrOVCTt jUV^CUV ; 1 065
et0e /Aot OjH/xarcov at/xaroei/ /S
aKecrat* d/cecrato rvc^Xoi/, v AXte,
cxcx.
crtya, KpvTfrav Bacrw
E. H.
40 EYPIHIAOY
rdVSe yuvatK(3v. Tra TTOO' e7raas 1 070
(rapKwv dcrrecov r
Ooivav ayptcov 6r)pv
Xv/xas dvTiTTOLV e/xas; owav Satr' av>/-
r ovpeLOLV
/3c3,] ?ra ora), ?ra
OTTCOS TTovrtots TTeccT/xacTt Xtvo/cpOKOV 1080, I
o-reXXa)]/, CTTI ravSe crv^ets
e/xwv f^vXa^
o\@piov /cotrav.
XO. op' ctpyaorat Ka/ca* 1085
SpacraFTi S' alcr^poi Setva raTTtTt/xta
[c)at/xa)v e'Sco/cev, oVrts eart' crot /?apvs.]
IIOAYM. a tat, to)
*r v Apet re* Karo^ov yevos. 1090
to) 'A^atot, ta> 'ArpetSat,
ySoav avTO), /3oaV
tr' tre, /xoXere Trpos ^eojv.
KXvet Tt5, 17 ovSets dpK(TL ; rt /AeXXcrc ;
c, IO 95
Setva 8etva
oj/xot
EKABH. 41
ovpavLOv Iioo
es fieXaOpoVj 'QptW
rj ^ietptos tvOa Trupos c^Xoyeas dc
OTLV ocrcroov avyas, 77 roV es 'AtSa
ra Trop- 1105
raXas ;
XO. uyyvcocr$', orav rts KpetVcrov' ^ ^epetv Kaxd
TroiOrj) TaXatV^s e^aTraXXa^at 0175.
AF. Kpavyrjs a/covcras ^X^ov* ou yap TJ(TV^Opvy(ov
Trecrovras ^cr/xci/ 'EXX^vw 8opt,
rap(r^V ov //,ecrcos 6'Se KTVTTO?.
IIOAYM. (3 (^tXrar', ^(rOo/Jirjv yap 9 'Ayct/x,/xvov, (re^cv
<7S a/t/x,' e^/< rv^)Xoi/, at/xa^as /copas,
TratSas re TOGO'S' eKretvev ; ^ /x,eyav ^oXov
crot /cat TCAcvotcrtv eT^ev, 6Vrt9 ^v apa.
IIOAYM. 'EKa^ /^e crvv ywat^tv at^/xaXwrto-tv II2O
aTTcoXecr , OVK aTTcoXecr', a'XXa /xet^oi/a)?.
AF. rt ^175 ; crv rovpyoi/ ctpyao-at roS', wg Xeyet ;
(TV roX/xai/, e Ei //.epei 1130
K/DtWo St/catco?, av^' OTOV
IIOAYM. XeyotjU,' ar. ^v rts
?, 'E/ca/3>ys Trats, 6V CK Tpot'as e//,ot
rjp SiScocrt Ilpta/xos ev 8ojuots rpec^etv,
V7T07TTOS WV 8?} TpCOtK^9 CtXcO(T0)5.
TOVTOV KaTKTtv'* ttV^' OTOV S* KTWO, VIV,
OLKOVCTOV, CDS U Kttt CTO^ TTpOfJirjOia.
e'Seicra /x>} crot TroXe/xtos Xct^^etg o Trats
Tpotav dOpOLcrr) KOL fwoiKtcny TraXii/,
8' 'Axaiot o3i/ra Ilpta/xtScov rtva 1140
c3v es atav au^ts apetav crroXov,
pj]Kr]pdo-ovcra IIpta/AtSwv ev 'IXtw
Se CTIJV T/cvort //,' etcraya
8o/xov9, tv' aXXos /x*7 TIS etSct?;
t^a> 8e /cXtV>75 ei/ jw-ecrco
TroXXat 8e x et po? a ^ /w e^ cxptcrrepas,
at 8' evOev, cos 817 ?rapa ^t'Xw, Tpwcov /copat
OOLKOVS exovcrat /cepKt8* 'H 8(01/77 9
aXXat 8c Ka/Aa/ca piyKtav ^(o/>tvai JI 55
EKABH. 43
ocrat Se TO/caSes ^crav, e/c
TC/CV* ev ^poiv 7raXXov, tos 7rpoo~a> Trarpos
KCIT* e/c yaA?7V(ov Troas So/cets Trpocr^^eyjLtarcov Il6o
t ^>a(ryav' e/c
TratSa?, at Se TroAe/ucov
ras eynas et^ov
Kal /c<3Xa' Tratcrl 8' apKccrat ^prj^cov e/xot?,
ct /xcv TrpoVcoTTOv e^avtcrrat^v e/xov, 1165
Ko/x/rys /caret^ov, t 8e Ktvofyv p^epa?,
TrX^et yvvat/ccov ovSej/ -^vvov raAas.
TO \oicrOiov 8e, 7rfjp.a Tny
SetV* /xc5v yap oju
XajSovcrat, ras TaXatTrcopovs /cdpa9 1170
atjitotcrcrovcrtV ctr' ava crrcyas
efiycrav' IK Se 7rr]$TJo'a.s eyw
^p (Ss StWKO) ras fttat>oi/ovs fcwa9,
arravr* cpcwcov rot^ov, cos
TT7TOvOa TTjV arjv, TToXe/XtOF T CTOV
'Aya/xe/xvov. cos Se //,?} jita/cpors TetVw Xoyovs,
et rts yv^at/cas TWI/ Trptv eiprjKev /ca/cco?,
^ vi5v Xcycov rt's eortv, ^ jiteXXet Xeyetv,
aTravTa. TavTa CTWTC/XCOV eyto ^>pa* Il8o
yevos yap OUTC TTOVTOS ovre y^ rpet
rotovS'* d 8* aet fvi/ru^ojv cTrtcrraTat.
XO. fjLyftev Opacrvvov, /X7y8e rots cravroi) /caKots
TO ^7;Xv O"vi/^ets coSc TTOLV fJLfj.\l/y yei/os*
44 EYPIlIIAOY
[?roXXai yap ^'/xcov at /xev ctcr* 7rt'<0ovot, 1185
at 8* cts aptfyxov TO>V KaK(3v 7retXov
TO /3dp/3apov yivoir av "EXXTyo^tv yevos, 1200
ov8* av SwatTO. Ttva 8e Kat crTrcvSwv X^P tv
Trpo^v/xos ^or^a ; irorepa K^Sevcrcov Ttvcx,
^ ^vyyevijs GJV, ^ TtV atrtav e^wv ;
^ 0-^79 e/xcXXov y^s T/xetv /3Xao"n7/xaTa
TrXcvcravTes av^ts ; Ttva SoKet? Trcto'etv TCtSc ; 1205
o* XP VO "O?? ^ /3ov\oio Ta\rj6vj Xeyetv,
eKTCtve TOV e/xov TratSa Kat Kep8>7 Ta o-a.
CTTCt StSa^OV TOVTO* TTWS, OT*
Tpota, 7repi 8e Trvpyos et^' ert
^77 T Ilpta/xos, ^E/cTOpo's T' ^'v^et Sopv, 1 210
Tt 8* ov TOT', etTrep T(3S* eftovXyOrjs X^P LV
Ola-Oat, Tpe s eartav.
TTpOS TOtCrSe VVV aKOVCTOl/ (OS <>avfj<$ Ka/COS.
p^o^t/ cr', C67rep y&Oa rots 'A^atoto"tv >)s ov crpv, aXXa rovS*
Sovvcu <^>epovra Trevojite^ots re /cat yjpovov
8' ovSe vvi/ TTCO o-^s a
8e Kaprepeis cr' ev So'^ois.
/xev cos <
o-axras re TOV e/>tov et^es ai> KaXoV KXeos* 1225
ev rots KaKots ya/o dyaOol craT5 <^)V* /3pOTOl(TW COS Ttt \p7JCTTa Trpay/XttTtt
XP^CTTCOV ac^op/xds evStScoa 1 ' act Xoycoi/.
AF. cx^^ctva /xe^ /xot raXXorpta /cptVetv KaKcx* 1240
o/xcos 8* aVayK77 /cat yap atcr^w^v c/>pt
TTpay//,' es X*P avyw {j/oyov ;
oiJ/c $i/ ^vvoLL/Jirjv. aXX' CTTCI ra />t?J /caXct 1250
Trpdarareiv IroX.p.a'S, T\.rjOi /cat ra /x,^ (pcX.a.
IIOAYM. oifjioi, yuvat/cos, cos eot^', Tjcro-co/xevos
SovXiy?, v^)e^o> rots KOLKLOCTW 81/07 v.
EK. OVKOVV St/cata>5, etVep tpyao~a> KaKa ; I2 54
IIOAYM. ot/xot re/cvwv TwvS' d/x/xarcDv T' /x<3v, raAas.
EK. aXyeis' T6 8' tffJias; TratSos OUK aXyetv So/cct? ;
IIOAYM. xatpas vftplfaow? ets l/x', w Travovpye OT;.
EK. ov yap fte \cnipLV xprf " riftwpov/^eviyv ;
nOAYM. aXX' ov ra^', ^VtV aV o- TTOVTLOL vorls
EK. ju,(3v voLvo-roXifjcrrj yfjs opovs 'EXXTyvtSos ; 1260
IIOAYM. Kpvij/r) p,V ovv Trea-ovcrav IK
EK. Trpos rov yStatwv Tvy
IIOAYM. avr^ Trpos to"TOV vaos a/x/2^o~i TroSt'.
EK. V7r07TTpOlrjt 9 etXes wSe aw 8oXa>.
EK. ^avovaa 8' rj tficr Iv6d& iKTrXtjcr^ ficov ; 1270
IIOAYM. ^avovaa* rvfji/3<*) 8' oVo/jia aa)
EKABH. 47
EK. /Aop(j!>77S eVwSoi/, 77 rt, TT^S epjs epets ;
IIOAYM. KVI/OS raXat 1/775 cn^/xa, vavTt'Xots re'/cjuap.
EK. ou8ev ju.eA.et /xot, croO ye /xot SOVTOS St/cTjv.
IIOAYM. Kat (TT^v 8' dvdyKrj TratSa KacrcxvSpav ^avetv.
EK. aTreTTTVcr' * avra> ravra crot Si'ScDjU,' e^etv. 1276
IIOAYM. Krevet i/tv T; TOW 8' aXo^o?, ot/covpos 7ru.
Ar. OUTOS av, ftatvet, Kat /caKoov epas rv^eiv ; 1280
IIOAYM. KTetv', cJs ei/ v Apyet ^>oVta cr' a/
AF. ov^ eXf er' aurov, S/xaSes, e/<7ro8(ov ^ta ;
IIOAYM. aXyets OLKOVCDI/ ; AF. ov/c e^e'^ere
IIOAYM. lyK\TJT ' etp-^rat yap.
AP. ov^ ocrov
v^orcov epT^/xcov avrov eK/^aXetre TTOV, 1285
eTretVep ovrco Kat Xtav ^pao-vorro/xet ;
r}) crv 8', a> rcxXatva, StTrrv^ovs ve/cpovs
OO.TTTC 8eo"7roTO)v 8' v/xas ^pewv
TreXa^etv, TpwaSes* fcai yap Trvoas
Trpos O!KOV 77877 racrSe Tro/XTrt/xovs opco. 1290
ev 8* Is Trarpav TrXeucrat/xei/, eu 8e TCXV Sd/xots
e^ovr* t'Sot/xei/, T(J3v8' a(jf>et//,evot TTOVCDV.
XO. tre ?rpos Xi/xeVas crKyvds re, <^tXat,
T(3v SecrTrocrwcal/ Tretpacrd/xevat
oreppa yap dvdyKrj. I2 95
NOTES.
[158. Prologue, contains an outline of the plot. The
ghost of Polydorus appears, explains his own miserable murder
by his host Polymestor, prince of Thracian Chersonese, the
demand of the shade of Achilles for the sacrifice of his sister
Polyxena and his own appearance in a dream to his unhappy
mother, Hecuba.]
'EKdpr] appears in Lat. as Hecuba: so /cwds corresponds
to cams, /ctf\t to calix, ,ui;5dw to madeo.
1. .fJKco prob. a dialectical variety of if/cw, in most of its
tenses means 'I am here', equiv. to \tj\v6a.
OTKOTOV The masc. form is now always read in Trag. and
Comedy ; occasionally however a form rb cr/c6ros is found even
in Attic, e.g. in Xen. and Demosth.
2. "AiS-qs (d priv. and \/i.d see), the god of the unseen
world, called by euphemism, Ploutdn.
wKurrai 'has his home', lit. 'was and is established'.
\ci>pls Oewv cf. II. 20. 65 olKta ra, ra re ffrvyt-
owi Qeol irep.
3. irats -yey- TTJS K. (sc. Ovyarpbs) 'by birth a son of H.
daughter of Kisseus'. H. was according to Horn. (II. 16. 718)
daughter of Dymas, a Phrygian, the only daughter of Kisseus
known to him being Theano, wife of Antenor (II. 6. 299).
Kicro-i'as, a local name, was therefore suggested by some ancient
critics to reconcile the two accounts. Vergil follows Eur. and
Lat. poets generally, except Ovid who calls her Dymantis.
Polydorus himself is in Horn, son of Priam and Laothoe and
is slain by Achilles.
yeycus formed from obsolete poetical yau collat. form of
ylyvojj,a.i '. so (3f3aa..
50 HECUBA.
4. iv
tfi i7T7ro7r6Xo;j> Gpfl/cwz/ KaBopco/jievos cdav where the schol. ex-
plains it as equal to 'warrior'. Thrace was celebrated for
horses and cavalry in days of Eur. See Thuc. 2. 98. 8opl
not ' sceptre ', though that was the heroic badge of royalty, but
spear ', to indicate the warlike character of the Thracians.
10. iK-rre'pim hist, present, i.e. stands for aorist: hence
cV-rj in 12, contrary to the strictly grammatical sequence of
tenses.
11. 'IXCov so called from its founder Ilus; Troy after his
father Tros.
12. p/ii} is better taken with ci't] than with cnrdvis ( = ' suf-
ficiency'), though the neg. after the verb is awkward. The
NOTES. 51
same question occurs Or. 942, cos TT?S 76 rdX^s 01) ^-
crercu.
13. We find in II. 20. 408 that Polydorus is youngest son
and forbidden to fight ; but contrary to orders he joined in the
battle and was slain by Achilles. TOV 5' otfrt TTCLTTIP clW/ce
jjiax^ffOat | QvveKO, oi /aero, Tradi vewTaros cr/ce yovoio j /cat oZ 0/X-
raros &re.
6 = 5i' 6' 'wherefore'. Pors. says 'which fact' (r6 etrai
ve&rcLTov), but uir|Trjj,\|x would be almost a ridiculous word
in this connection.
14. oirXa defensive, as 7x0$ is offensive, armour. Cf.
use of anna in Lat.
15. otos T 'able'. The re has no very obvious force; it
may be classed under the head of re epexegetic or explanatory.
16. 6pCu, Eur. uses a#w in all but
three places. rciXas \/r\a. Cf. latum, gr\7)i>. Most words
from this root have a twofold signification, as r\iifjt,wv, rX^/io-
c-tfj/77, T\r)(riKdp5ios, rX^ros, viz. (1) enduring, persistent, some-
times in bad sense, (2) wretched.
21, 22. airoX\vTat...KaT(TKd4>T] the change of tense (as
in 266) may sometimes be accounted for by the wish to make
incidents expressed by the present more vivid. But the trage-
dians often varied the tense for variety's sake. Here the pres.
may signify the enduring character of the result.
23. CIVTOS sc. trar-fip (Priam) implied in Trarpwa : so Soph.
Trach. 259, />x rat irfaw | T^V Eu'/ovrda*', rovSc yap /c.r.X. Cic.
52 HECUBA.
(quoting Pacuvius) de Or. 2. 46, neque paternum adspectum es
veritus, QUEM &c. GeoSji^Tw, ' consecrated', built for the gods,
not by them. One of the scholia Betas Kal Bav^aarCx KTKT(}^VTL
is tame. The altar referred to in PCOJJLW is that of Zei)s 'E^/ceios,
as we see from Tro. 483, Karao-^dyevT^ e0' tpKeiy trvpq. and
Vergil Aen. 2. 550 speaks of Priam, altaria ad ipsa trementem.
24. ircuSos Neoptolemus or Pyrrhus.
25. KTCvi...KTopov[Xvos frequentative form, hue illuc iactatus.
30. aicXavo-Tos, a'Tcuj>os an echo of II. 22. 386, d/cAauaros
dBawTos, the words occur Soph. Antig. 29, where, as here, their
order is disputed. Cf. Aen. 11. 372, inhumata infletaque turba.
virlp * because of, * for the sake of ', not = vrrepdvw, 'above',
for if, as is the case, the ghost is visible (see 52), this interpre-
tation would involve his being in two places at once, unless
indeed we consider his statement in 31 sqq. a merely general
NOTES. / 53
one. There is throughout some contusion between P.'s spirit
and his corpse.
31. dCcro-co like ruo, is used of any active movement up
or down and is both trans, and intrans. In Odys. 10. 495, rol
dt o-Kial aio-o-ovffiv, it is appropriately used of the flitting of
ghosts. The form in Attic poets is usually a dissyllable which
gave rise to the variant ct^cr|j^vT] sc.
45. 8votv...8vo these juxtapositions, which are notable
in tragedians in the case of numbers (see 896), are due partly
to the love of distinctness and clearness, but still more to rhe-
torical effect. Such are /j,6vos ]j,6j>ois t mortali immortalitatem non
arbitror contemnendam, 'faith unfaithful kept him falsely true*
(Tennyson).
54 HECUBA.
49. Ifrrrqo-diJ/iiv 'I asked for myself and won'. Of. Lat.
exoro. A double accus. (for 7-174/3. KvpTJo-ai is virtually a sub-
stantive) as in Lat. is used with verbs of asking.
51. rovjJidv jxev o5v, K.r.X. 'For my part, then, all that I
wished to get will result'. T^XCIV here has an accus.; so \ay-
"X&vu usually and Kvpu in 697 [or rovjj,bv is subject of &TTCU].
53. irp 7r65a,
"X^alveLv crrbfjici. In 7r65a tirqafftiv, 1070, the prep, accounts
for the transitive force. vir6 O-KT]VTJS -' from under the tsnt' =
UTTCAC. There is no occasion to alter this reading : yet 7r/>6, a,irb
have been suggested, and Porson adopts Musgrave's virtp (TACT?-
vyv, 'past or beyond the tent'. The constr. with gen. is
justified by Horn. VTTO vyov, Hes. viro x^o^6s, &c.
54. 'A-yajj,. H. in 'Troades' falls to lot of Odysseus:
here of Agam.
55. i\ri3 quippe quae. 'Since in exchange for a royal
home, thou hast seen a day of slavery'. IK. So in Tro. 494,
K&v Trtdy Kotras x&- v | pv6opav may be supplied from 6etpi. [The idea of compensa-
tion is thoroughly Greek, and in its theological aspect is known
as the doctrine of Nemesis.]
[5999. An interlude. Enter Hecuba, supported by Trojan
ladies ; she describes herself as troubled with presentiment of
disaster, with nightly visions of a fawn torn by a wolf and
dragged from her knees. She longs for Helenus or Kasandra
to interpret the dream. Achilles too has appeared above his
tomb and demanded the gift of a Trojan maid; may the gods
avert the omen from her daughter !]
[A.s to metre, see appendix. The dialect of lyric passages
is Doric, but the Doric forms are not very consistently used
NOTES. 55
by the different tragic writers. Its chief characteristics are
the frequent use of a broad and rough a for 77 and w, and for
-ov the gen. of 1st declension. Two letters are used where
other Greeks employed a double consonant as ad for , e.g.
/-teXiVScrcu. The most eminent writers in old Doric were
Tyrtaeus (the lame schoolmaster who encouraged the Spartans
during the Messenian war), Alkman (about 630 B.C. chief Spartan
lyric poet), Theognis (elegiac and gnomic poet born about 570),
Epicharmus (comic poet of Kos and Sicily b. 540)].
59. Sojxwv tents of Achaean camp.
60. 6p0o v arai ' supporting ' .
r ty the reading of all MSS., more vigorous, lifelike, and
better Gk. than vvv which Pors. reads, and which perhaps
crept in as an amplification.
64. fxov Ypaias, /c.r.X. 'taking me by my aged arm'.
This gen. comes under class partitive, and its use is analogous
to that with ^xo^cu (398) and other verbs of seizing, grasping,
holding, which have a gen. of the object. We say ' by ' or
'on'; so Theocr. 4. 35, TOV raup^...aye 7rtctas | rds oTrXas,
' seized it by the hoof.
yspeuas obs. quantity of -cu. Cf. EL 497, TraXaiov re dr), because real sticks are
'straight, not crooked. The gen. thus used is called a definitive
'gen. [Two other interpretations are given, (1) a real stick. Cf.
Cic. de div. 1. 30, incurvum et leviter a summo INFLEXUM BA-
CILLUM: then x e pos means 'by my hand' and TrpoTiBetcra may
.govern cr/ctTrw^a supplied from cf. artus,
arms), and is generally joined with other more specific words,
as dpOpa. TroSoiV, apOpa rutv KVK\WI>, 'the eyes', apOpa (rr6/taros,
'mouth', &c.
68. w o-Tcp. Ai6s '0 flashing light of day'. A similarly
strong phrase is used by Soph., Track. 99, Xa/Air/> crre/>o7r
, of the sun. So 709, Atos >dos.
69. * Why, why am I excited thus?' irore as tandem in
Lat., of strong appeals. This is a rather unusual sense of
aipop.cu equivalent to juereo^faucu. ^vw^os the Greeks prefer
the adjectival form to rrj VVKT'L : it is a poetic form, more usually
evvvxios which is of three terminations, Zwvxos of only two.
70. ' sovereign earth, mother of darkwinged dreams' (i.e.
illomened, 705). Pors. wished to transpose this with w , 68, but %6uv includes the nether world whence dreams
come. TTorvia one of the very few fern, trisyllables in -ta [cf.
SfMrvia], a poetical title of honour used in Horn, of persons
only, but in tragic poets often used as an epithet of earth.
72. airoTreixiroiJ.ai ' I deprecate '. Lat. dbominor.
73. < v r&v is suggested metri gratia to make final syllable
of 6\|/iv long. ojj., TT' ^uco;>, for the original dyKvpd
r' ILUV which is objectionable from the position of re, yet we
have a parallel in 426, and in the position of que in elegiac
verse, e.g. Tib. 1. 3. 56, Messallam terra dum sequiturque mari,
and even in prose as Cic. inter nosque. [The metaphor in
ciyKvpa is common in all languages; perhaps H. refers to
Polyd. in these strong and at first sight exaggerated terms (for
Helenas and Kas. were still alive) because he was the only
child still at Liberty].
81. x iova >8T] most words in -oetS^s remain uncontracted,
as /ceparoeid^r, /^ofoetS^s, -oet should strictly be contracted into
ot as 5Tj\ois for dt)\6ecs, but deoetd^s contracts into Qeovdrjs.
PTJK-IIV, Ep. and Ion. form of Bpaiojv preferred by tragedians,
though in other cases they choose the Doric as 'A6dva. Karc'xei,
* dwells in '.
82. TrarpCov so the best MS. Old reading was Trarpyov
which involved a difficulty in quantity. <}>vAaKcucriv Greek
idiom uses the plural in many words where we use the sing,
e.g. TrAouroi, 7^\wres, frdeicu, Kpta, TTU/XH, Kpt.6al, a\es, 265, n.
83. TI viov 'Some new sorrow will hap', vtov, like
novae res, usually implies something untoward. The Greeks made
great use of their neuts. sing, and plur. as in such phrases as
/uwpct (fipoveiv, KaAoV deidcLVj fjiaxyTtov (-rea) evrlv.
85. dXCcuTTos * at no other time does my soul thus un-
ceasingly shudder and quail'. The der. is v/AcAw, cf. vtyos and
Ki> P^ (ro " t > Tappet asyndeton, usual in agitation.
87. irov iroT 'where ever'. So ri irore, 69. Oeiav
'inspired', hence ' divining '-^vriK^v. Cf. Aen. 3. 373 (of
Helenus) canit divino ex ore sacerdos. Helenus, son of Priam
and Hec. ; later traditions say that he was the only grown son
of Priam who survived the Trojan war, and that he deserted the
Trojans and married Andromache after Neoptolemus' death.
Kasandra was endowed with prophetic powers by Apollo, but
no one would believe her. On the taking of Troy, Agam. won
her and took her home to Mykenae, when his wife Klytemnestra
murdered her from jealousy; see 1275.
52
58 HECUBA.
88. etriSco conj. deliberativus [unless we call it like i'ow/icu
a Homeric fut.]. Goodwin, 213. 2. KaouvSpas this read-
ing instead of Kacravdpav removes the difficulty which was felt
about 'EX. \|njxav as though Hel. were already dead and only
his soul could be spoken of; the phrase is equivalent to"EXej>o>
simply.
89. KpCvwcriv if, when two or more substs. are joined by
37=' or', the verb applies indifferently to both, it is put in the
plur. e.g. Alk. 367, KOI ^ o#0' d JlXourwpos KVWV \ o#0' ovirl
KUTrr) \l/vxoTro/jiTros civ Xdpwj/ \ &7xo>. There is therefore no need
to read /ecu for r\ in 88.
90. -ydp the inferential force here is nil, and the particle
merely introduces the dream.
paXidv * dappled' \//3aX- same word as varius. Eur. him-
self explains the word Iph. Aul. 221 (of the horses of Eumelus),
\evKoo"TLKT^} rpixl f3a\tdv.
91. cra^o}i,vav...o-irao-0. 79, n. dvohcrtts, the excellent
reading of Pors. , see metrical note.
92. ro8 viz. what follows, so in Thuc. , rade \eyov com-
mences, ravra. ZXeyov ends a speech.
96. TJ'TI 'was urgent in asking', notice force of imperf.
yepas, a gift of honour, strictly that called also ^cupe-rop, which
the chiefs received before division of the spoil.
99. a7ro...Tr(J.\|/aT by tmesis for dTroTre^^are, * avert'.
100 154. irdpoSos The chorus of Trojan captive women,
15 in number, enter the orchestra from the side, and marching
either in ranks (/caret fry a) or files (/card aroi'xous), muster
round the #1^X77, the raised altar of Dionysus in the centre of
the orchestra, whence the Kopv^alos would direct its movements.
They say, ' We have left our master's tents not to lighten your
sorrow, but as heralds of woe. Achilles has asked for a victim,
and the Greeks in conclave have resolved to offer your daughter.
In the debate, Again, from regard to Kasandra, advocated your
cause, but the opposition urged that Achilles' spear was worth
more than Kasandra's bed. Odysseus turned the scale, with
the plea that none should stand up among the dead and
reproach Greeks for thanklessness to Greeks. He will be here
anon to seize your daughter supplicate the gods : so you will
save yourself bereavement, or else you must see your daughter
die'.
NOTES. 59
100. crirovSTJ is on the point of being l petrified' into an
adverb. The dat. is one of manner, so /3t'#, ffiyr, />7^, I8i$,
dpo/jia), jcu'/cXo;, opyrj. \uxT) is ace. of ref.
irpor. dat. of instrument, unless cirepeid. have a transitive sense,
as in L. and S. Cf. Hor. Sat. 1. 6. 74, laevo suspensi loculos
tabulamque lacerto, and 910,
115. OwiGcrcrtov 'by this loud chiding', perhaps strictly of
the cry of an animal, akin to Bus a lynx through \/krug = ' to
cry'. It is used as a hunting term, Kval 0wucu, Hippol. 219, and
when applied to men denotes a loud impulsive shout. Soph,
uses it ot the cry of Ajax (Aj. 308, 335).
116. * Whither then set ye forth ? ' ?} like drjra strongly
emphasizes a question. Aavaol according to Mr Gladstone
is a purely military denomination; historically or politically
the Greeks could not be so called in the heroic age.
118 121. ' Then clashed there waves of frequent strife,
and through the warrior Hellenic host there 'gan to pass two
diverse streams of opinion, some minded to present a sacri-
fice at the tomb, some not '. Jweirawrc, intrans. as in Aesch.
Prom. 885, 6o\epol de \6yoL TTCUOUO-' ei'/c?? | \L$.
122. * Eagerly advancing thy interest, constant in honour
to the bed of the inspired prophetess', i.e. Kasandra. dve^wv
SO Soph. Aj. 212, ttrd ere A^XOS dovpidXwrov | 0t].../u$ is quite Euripidean, 45 n., 896.
128. avoOv double idea of * crowning' and 'ho-
nouring ' as schol. says, comes from crowning victors at games.
Cf. Soph. Ant. 431, x oc " crL TpicnrovdoLffi rbv VKVV ore^ei.
NOTES. 61
129. \Xwpu> (%Xo77, tender grass), 'fresh, young', a-
*Y)cu0j>^, 537, conveys same idea.
130. * They declared they would never set K.'s couch before
A.'s spear ', or rather ' the warrior Achilles '. See 101 n.
132. 'Now well-nigh equal was the zeal for the hotly-
contended arguments, till the wily-minded, bullying, sweet-
tongued people-courtier ', &c. Kararciv. The Kara is intensi-
tive. iroiKiX6pv corresponds rather to supine in -um than to
fut. participle, to detractum rather than detracturus.
144. irwXov the young of any animal, men included ; so
i f a Youn g girl, 526, TTW\OS, of a youth, Phoen. 954.
146. vao^s supply Trpos from latter part of sentence; so
Jlel. 863, Tpoias 5 crwtfeis KCLTTO (Sappdpov x#oj>6s.
148. Kifcvcrav6v in Att. sometimes of two terminations. Cf.
296, 592.
62 HECUBA.
152 sqq. * Or thou must see thy virgin prostrate before
the tomb, incarnadined with blood as it runs in dark-gleaming
flow from her gold-decked throat '. rvjxpov depends on irpo-
in -irpo-ircTTJ. Two MSS. read TVJH^ locative. xP vo " 0< f > ^P ov ~"
refers to usual adornment of maidens. Cf. II, 2. 872 (of a
young warrior) 6s Kal xp vff ov x wv TroX^/xoz'5' fey, rjvre Kovpr),
though by the analogy of Suppl. 1054 the adorning may be
for sacrifice. vapov8os 'is dead', lit. 'gone'; so
The der. is irpo-dSos, cf. (ppol^iov^ ^povpiov.
164. irot 8* TJO-CO; strictly an ace. is required as with
opfjuiu and verbs of sending; many amendments have been
proposed. Schol. reads ^Vw from trjfjn=eo for which there is
no evidence. Musgrave, iroi 5' ^Vo> 7r65a ; ris.
166. * daughters of Troy that have brought evil tidings'.
s like Troiugenae and Aeneadae, &c. Reference is to
107.
169. ' No more to me is life in this light of day object of
desire '. pCos cv <|>ai little more than p/os. Horn. Odys.
10. 498, (:Tt fadV KCLL OpOLV 0,OS rj\LOLO.
NOTES. 63
172. ttvXdv the tent where Polyx. is.
172 sqq. See introd. for bearing of this passage on the
date of play.
176. ajJ.av 'tidings'. \/FA cf. (f>r)/j,l, fama, fari.
179. Kapvao-' We should rather have expected the fut.
for H. as yet had announced little or nothing, p. jjiot KaKcL ' a sad prelude methinks'. pot, ethical
dat.
184. 4av8a Kpv'x|/T)s Notice change in tense : latter makes
a more definite request: the line is copied from II. 1. 363,
/ceutfe votf, 'iva eidopev
185. 8t[i.....dvacrTVis an elliptical mode of speech. *I
fear (and fearing doubt) why thou liftest up (d^a) thy voice in
lament '.
189 sqq. *A public decree of the Argives unanimously
aims at thy slaughter at the tomb in honour of Peleus' son '.
irpos TujApov ace. implies the process of dragging her to the
tomb. IiT]XCa -yevvq, this reading avoids the difficulty which
is found in the common reading Il^XetSa yewg,, for that would
be Neoptolemus, not Achilles. [The variants are (1) HyXetda
ytwa, and dat. KOLV$ yvufjig., ' the child of P. intends by
common decree;' (2) 'A/ry. yewa. might ='A/xye tot, like more
common 7^0? ; (3) ywa may be voc. '0 my child'].
193. d^e'-yapTa KaKaiv ' how utterest thou most unenvi-
able woes ' = d!)6vr)Ta, some have preferred the idea of a,(f>dovos,
'unstinted', 'numerous'. The neut. plur. thus joined with a
gen. is very common; and is imitated by Hor. amara curamm,
dura navis (gen.).
197. p-ol dat. eth. ; notice the elegance of its position.
These lines are at first sight weak after 189191, but the
repetition is full of pathos.
199. 8v6(3ov and do\ov
have been conjectured, and if adopted, then crraX. would refer
only to 'tears'.
242. 'Yes, for it did not touch merely the surface of my
heart', i.e. it cut deep. The gen. is partitive.
244. |Afi,v...X66vTS the participle is regularly used after
vbs. of emotion. 397. The constr. is imitated by Verg. Aen. 2.
377, sensit...delapsus in hostis, i.e. se delapsum fuisse.
246. 'Yea, till my hand grew numbed within thy robes'.
The -y* confirms the previous speaker's assertion and adds a
new feature.
247. STJTO, ' prithee '.
[251 295. Hecuba to Odys. ' Y6u owe me gratitude not
unkindness. I hate you orators who speak to please, care-
less what injury you inflict. Why was my daughter to die, a
human sacrifice, where a beast would have served? Achilles
has no grudge against her; Helen, alike as the cause of mis-
chief and as the loveliest, would have been the best victim.
Such is the plea of equity. For you, I claim your gratitude :
66 HECUBA.
give me a life for a life: you have power I know, but use it not
unlawfully ; go, urge the Greeks to change the decree ; ye did
not always kill women ; your law is to care alike for slave and
free and your prestige would persuade them even against
their interests'.]
251. povXevjAcuriv 'because of these schemes', causal dat.
252. frraGes ' didst experience '*
253. 8wT| = dwaa-ai there is no occasion to regard this as
a subj.: indeed, though there are occasional instances of such
use, yet more properly fo should be inserted to complete the
constr. dvvq., which Pors. preferred^ is condemned by Herm.
as a Doric form.
254. 'All the sort of you who affect a speaker's fame'.
Eur. has clearly in mind some reference to a contemporary :
he had an intense dislike of mere oratory apart from principle,
as we see from Or. 907, orav yap ydvs rots \6yots, is used of all genders sing, and
plur.
263. Tfvt <|>ovov ' aims death ', metaphor from a bow.
264. el'p-ycurrcu 'has done him no hurt'. This middle
sense of perf. pass, is found more especially in words meaning
doing or performing. This particular word is in Soph, always
middle. Cf. T?/>/ACU, 7y/>a / u,ucu, TrapeffKcvaafj.cn.
265. irpoo-^dYK-a-Ta there is not much additional point
in the plur. and there is a variant Trpba (frayed n. We find an
analogy in 616 (T/cTy^w/xara. Soph. Antig. 568, j>v/j,e'ia = vijfji. iradeiv. xpecbp is
indeclinable. Cf. Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, 'it is
excellent | to have a giant's strength, but tyrannous | to use it
like a giant'.
283. irpajjciv is properly referred back to roi>s Kpar. as
subject.
284. TJV TTOT' implying that it is so no more. Cf. fuimus
Troes (Verg.), [perhaps evTvxouaa may be supplied].
285. Double ace. is used after verbs of depriving. Goodwin,
164. This may be explained as a combination of direct and
indirect accusatives 'robbed me as to'.
286. <|>X. -y^v. here she takes him by the beard.
288. TrapiryopTjcrov 'counsel them to change' (-Trapd).
The words introduced by ws (=nam) are the comment of H.,
not the words which Odys. is to use in council. <(>06vos equi-
valent to ve/ji|xa is the personification of an ab-
68 HECUBA.
straction. Cf. Hipp. 11, ayvou IL'rflews TrcuSei^uara. [KO-KWS
is sometimes interpreted 'against their interest', under the
idea that Odys. as a notable speaker would not be disparaged
by any accusation of indifferent pleading.]
295. TWV SOKOVVTWV a recognised phrase = evdoKtfjiwv, hence
perhaps the use of the article: cf. Troades, 609, where ra
doKovvra and ra fjLi)8i> fivra are contrasted.
296. o-Tppos 151 n.
297. TJTIS = wore ' as not to shed a tear '. So also the
simple relative os. Hel. 501, avr]p yap ovdeis wde (3dp(3apos
tfipfras | os &vo[jC d/cotfcras rovfjibv ov Soxret [Sopd?. Cf. Scott, Lay,
'Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land ! '
[299 331. Odys. to Hec. 'You personally I can save:
but I cannot gainsay my promise to give your daughter to the
bravest warrior we had. To do so would be bad in principle :
for states would suffer if their champions were not duly
honoured : no one would take the field if he thought his bravery
would not command respect. I myself should like to have
honour paid to my tomb, however little might suffice me in
life. And do not imagine yourself alone in suffering ; we,
too, have aged widows. So endure: we will take the conse-
quences of our reverence of our warriors : you barbarians may
do as you will, and reap the proper fruits of your conduct'.]
299. * Be advised and do not by reason of thy anger regard
in thy mind thy good counsellor as a foe '. SiSdo-Kou (mid.)
usu. = ' get some one taught'. TO> Ovfxov^vw article and neut.
participle equal a subst.; a constr. very common in Thucy-
dides. 8v^pT]Tcu ' wins for himself no more than his in-
feriors'. Cf. Soph. Ant. 637, tfJiol yap ovdeis a'ici\o\|/vxTJCa>v Tryr. Goodwin, 174.
325. K6v0i act. in sense whereas the perf. K^KevOa is
often intrans. ' is buried ', cf. fyctTrw, rjpiirov, iary/ju, eo-T-rjKa.
326 seq. * If our custom of honouring the dead is a mis-
taken one we shall (willingly) incur the charge of folly, but
do ye barbarians neither regard your friends as friends, nor
admire those who have bravely died, that so Hellas may
prosper and ye may win reward to match your thoughts '
(i. e. may suffer because you refuse to honour the dead).
[KaKs may be, but not so well, taken with n^w .]
326. ToXjxa raS* ' endure this '.
327. 6<(>X. strictly, 'to lose a lawsuit'. Cf. Soph. Ant.
470, 0-xeSoV TI /iw/oy p.wpiav o0Ai which in Horn, and Hdt.
is used with opt. as well as subj. Goodwin, 216, 1. n. 2.
[Herm. ssiys = dummodo, ' provided that'.]
[332 341. The Chor. laments slavery as an evil. Hec.
appeals to her daughter to attempt Odys. with all sweet notes
of "woe: for he, too, has children, and will pity her fate.]
332. 'Slavery, what an evil is it ever, and it tolerates
indignities under tyranny of force'. The reading adopted
in the text is that given by Stobaeus (flor. about 500 A.D.
quotes more than 500 passages of Eur.) and is simple and
consistent. To\ju.av and Tre^u/c^at which are variants also go
well together. VLK^VOV is also read for KparovjAevov.
334. ovjjiol by crasis from ot tyot.
335. 4>povScn supply ciatv, which is usually omitted in
this connection, jxar. puj>9. * cast idly to the winds '. The
tragedians prefer this fuller form to pL^vres.
337, 8. 'By uttering every note which comes from the
nightingale's throat', irawos, flebilis, qnerula, illustrate the
appropriateness of the comparison. Pplyx. had need of a
tongue like that of the much- wronged Philomela.]
338. [1-q o-rcp. in prose rou /XT) would be required: it
shows very clearly the relation of cause and effect.
340. irp<$<|>ao-iv 'a plea', often though not necessarily
a false plea. irei0 'try to persuade'. The definite act of
persuading would have been expressed by aqr. For appeal
made on the score of children, cf. Alk. 275 (Admetus to Alk.
on point of death) /XT) irpos iraiftuv ovs optfiavie'is.
[342 378. Polyxena sees Odysseus showing signs of
shrinking from her appeal and assures him that she is willing
to follow him to death. For slavery is abominable to her, a
king's daughter and once sought in marriage by princes, a rival
of the gods, save in being mortal. She shrinks from menial
offices or degrading alliance with a slave. If she is to die, let
her die free. She urges her mother to accept the position.]
342. 6p<3 iX6t|/vxos 'cowardly', cf. 315. S. John xii. 25, 6
ia'fj.a ) ' the decree
about the Megareans'.
353. a,ij;0[Acu for more usual optative, Polyxena reverting
for a moment in thought to the time when the choice still lay
open to her.
Swjjux pvas 'of savage heart', ace. of specification,
Goodwin, 160.
360. SCOTTTOTWV oVris a like combination of sing, and pi.
occurs Med. 220, fiporuv \ OCTTIS ffrvyei. wvij