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Persians (962-1022)

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By the shores of Salamis, dashing against its rugged shore,
I left them, fallen in death from a Tyrian ship.
Chorus
Woe! woe! cry aloud! Where is your beloved Pharnuchus, and the courageous Ariomardus? Where is prince Seualces,
or Lilaeus of noble lineage, Memphis, Tharybis and Masistras, Artembares and Hystaechmas? This I ask you.
974
Xerxes
Woe, woe is me!
They beheld ancient and hateful Athens and with one convulsive struggle (alas, alas !) poor wretches, they lie gasping on the shore.
Chorus
Did you really lose your trusty eye[*]there, that which
counted tens upon tens of thousands of the Persians, Batanochus son Alpistus . . . son of Sesames, Megabates son, Parthos and mighty Oebares, did you leave these behind?
Alas, alas, the unhappy men! You speak of woe, surpassing woe, for noble Persians.
988
Xerxes
In truth you stir yearning in me for my gallant comrades
when you tell me of woe, surpassing woe, hateful and unforgettable. The heart within me cries out aloud for the wretched ones.
Chorus
And yet there are others too whom we miss: Xanthis, commander of a myriad Mardian men, and warlike Anchares,
Diaexis, too, and Arsaces, captains of the horse, Cegdadatas and Lythimnas, and Tolmus, insatiate in war. I marvel,
that they do not follow behind around your wheeled tent.
1002
Xerxes
Gone are they who were leaders of the host.
Chorus
Gone, alas, ingloriously.
Xerxes
Alas, alas!
Chorus
Alas, alas, you powers divine, you brought ruin upon us, unexpected, unmistakable to see, as is the glance of calamity.
1008
Xerxes
We have been stricken by misfortune such as will endure for ages.
Chorus
We have been stricken; it is abundantly clear.
Xerxes
By strange woe, strange woe!
Chorus
It was with bad luck that we encountered Ionias mariners. Unfortunate in war, indeed, is Persias race.
1014
Xerxes
How true it is. In the loss of so great an army
I have indeed been dealt a blow, wretched as I am.
Chorus
What that belonged to Persia, unfortunate one, has not been destroyed?
Xerxes
Do you see this remnant of my royal robe?
Chorus
Yes, I do indeed.
Xerxes
And this quiver
Chorus
What is this you say has been saved?
Xerxes
Treasury for shafts?

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