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Because of physical damage to the only authoritative manuscript, Aeschylus’ Supplices presents numerous textual difficulties. Therefore, many passages remain corrupt and require conjectural emendation. Of these corruptions, this paper focuses on †δίκα δίκας† in 1071 and proposes an emendation. The stanza in question (Aesch. Supp. 1068–1073) is as follows:καὶ κράτος νέμοι γυναι-ξίν. τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦκαὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, 1070καὶ †δίκα δίκας† ἕπεσ-θαι ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοιςμηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα.1070 καί τε M: corr. Robortello, Turnebus, cf. Σ 1071 δίκαι δίκας Heath: δίκαι δίκαν Haupt: δίκαι τύχας Burges: δίκα δίκαις ἑπέσθω Paley 1073 μαχαναῖς Dindorf: μηχ- M[...] and may he grant women victory! Evil’s better part I can be content with, and with two parts out of three, and for justice to follow justice, as is now my prayer, in release devised by god.I quote the text from the Teubner editionAeschylus, Tragoediae, ed. M. L. West, Stuttgart 21998. I reproduced also the critical apparatus with some modifications. with the English translation by Collard,Aeschylus, Persians and Other Plays, English translation by C. Collard, Oxford 2008. who follows West’s text except for the corrupted †δίκα δίκας†, for which he read Haupt’s δίκαι δίκαν. West marks the transmitted δίκα δίκας with obeli in his
Philologus – de Gruyter
Published: Feb 1, 2022
Keywords: Aeschylus; Suppliants; textual criticism
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