Lucian, Prometheus, ed. Austin Morris Harmon, 2

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Προμηθεύς

ἀλλὰ κἂν ὑμεῖς γε, ὦ Ἥφαιστε καὶ Ἑρμῆ, κατελεησατέ με παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν δυστυχοῦντα.

Ἑρμῆς

τοῦτο φής, ὦ Προμηθεῦ, ἀντὶ σοῦ ἀνασκολοπισθῆναι¹ αὐτίκα μάλα παρακούσαντας τοῦ ἐπιτάγματος· ἢ οὐχ ἱκανὸς εἶναί σοι δοκεῖ ὁ Καύκασος καὶ ἄλλους χωρῆσαι δύο προσπατταλευθέντας; ἀλλʼ ὄρεγε τὴν δεξιάν· σὺ δέ, ὦ Ἥφαιστε, κατάκλειε καὶ προσήλου καὶ τὴν σφῦραν ἐρρωμένως κατάφερε. δὸς καὶ τὴν ἑτέραν· κατειλήφθω εὖ μάλα καὶ αὕτη.² εὖ ἔχει. καταπτήσεται δὲ ἤδη καὶ ὁ ἀετὸς ἀποκερῶν τὸ ἧπαρ, ὡς πάντα ἔχοις ἀντὶ τῆς καλῆς καὶ εὐμηχάνου πλαστικῆς.

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Προμηθεύς (Greek) (Lucian, Vol. 2. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1915.)

Translations (2)

Prometheus Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 2. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1915.) — 2 focus

PROMETHEUS

Come, Hephaestus and Hermes, at any rate you might pity me in my undeserved misfortune.

HERMES

You mean, be crucified in your stead the instant we disobey the order! Don’t you suppose the Caucasus has room enough to hold two more pegged up? Come, hold out your right hand. Secure it, Hephaestus, and nail it up, and bring your hammer down with a will. Give me the other hand too. Let that be well secured also. That’s good. The eagle will soon fly down to eat away your liver, so that you may have full return for your beautiful and clever handiwork in clay.

Prometheus on Caucasus Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 1. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 2 focus

Prometheus

Nay, hear me; Hephaestus! Hermes! I suffer injustice: have compassion on my woes!

Hephaestus

In other words, disobey orders, and promptly be gibbeted in your stead! Do you suppose there is not room on the Caucasus to peg out a couple of us? Come, your right hand! clamp it down, Hephaestus, and in with the nails; bring down the hammer with a will. Now the left; make sure work of that too.—So!—The eagle will shortly be here, to trim your liver; so ingenious an artist is entitled to every attention.

Notes on the current edition

Prometheus

1. ἀντὶ σοῦ ἀνασκολοπίσθῆναι Hemsterhuys: τὸ κατελεήσατε ἀντὶ σοῦ (τοῦ γ) ἀνασκολοπισθῆναι MSS.

2. αὕτη Jensius: αὐτή MSS.

Lucian Prometheus 2

ed. Austin Morris Harmon

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Προμηθεύς

ἀλλὰ κἂν ὑμεῖς γε, ὦ Ἥφαιστε καὶ Ἑρμῆ, κατελεησατέ με παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν δυστυχοῦντα.

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PROMETHEUS

Come, Hephaestus and Hermes, at any rate you might pity me in my undeserved misfortune.

Prometheus

Nay, hear me; Hephaestus! Hermes! I suffer injustice: have compassion on my woes!

Notes on the current edition

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Προμηθεύς ἀλλὰ κἂν ὑμεῖς γε, ὦ Ἥφαιστε καὶ Ἑρμῆ, κατελεησατέ με παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν δυστυχοῦντα.

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PROMETHEUS Come, Hephaestus and Hermes, at any rate you might pity me in my undeserved misfortune.

Prometheus Nay, hear me; Hephaestus! Hermes! I suffer injustice: have compassion on my woes!

Notes on the current edition

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Προμηθεύς

ἀλλὰ κἂν ὑμεῖς γε, ὦ Ἥφαιστε καὶ Ἑρμῆ, κατελεησατέ με παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν δυστυχοῦντα.

PROMETHEUS

Come, Hephaestus and Hermes, at any rate you might pity me in my undeserved misfortune.

Prometheus

Nay, hear me; Hephaestus! Hermes! I suffer injustice: have compassion on my woes!