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Prometheus Bound. Aeschylus. ed. Arthur Sidgwick. Oxford. 1902.

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Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (Greek) (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.)

Editions (6)
Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 574-608 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 575 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 575 focus
ὑπὸ δὲ κηρόπλαστος ὀτοβεῖ δόναξ ἀχέτας
ὑπνοδόταν νόμον.
ἰὼ ἰὼ πόποι, ποῖ μ᾽ ἄγουσιν
τηλέπλανοι πλάναι;
575
τί ποτέ μ', ὦ Κρόνιε παῖ, τί ποτε ταῖςδ'
ἐνέζευξας εὑρὼν ἁμαρτοῦσαν ἐν
πημοσύναις; ἔ ἔ.
οἰστρηλάτῳ δὲ δείματι δειλαίαν
παράκοπον ὧδε τείρεις;
580
πυρί με φλέξον, ἢ χθονὶ κάλυψον, ἢ ποντίοις
δάκεσι δὸς βοράν,
μηδέ μοι φθονήσῃς
εὐγμάτων, ἄναξ.
ἄδην με πολύπλανοι πλάναι
585
γεγυμνάκασιν, οὐδ᾽ ἔχω μαθεῖν ὅπῃ
πημονὰς ἀλύξω.
κλύεις φθέγμα τᾶς βουκέρω παρθένου;
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 575 focus
Ὑπὸ δὲ κηρόπλαστος ὀτοβεῖ δόναξ
575
Str.
ἀχέτας ὑπνοδόταν νόμον·
ἰὼ ἰὼ πόποι,
1
ποῖ μ' ἄγουσ' <αἵδε> τη-
2
λέπλαγκτοι πλάναι ;
Τί ποτέ μ', ὦ Κρόνιε παῖ, τί ποτε ταῖσδ'
580
ἐνέζευξας εὑρὼν ἁμαρτοῦ-
σαν ἐν πημοναῖσιν, ἐή,
3
οἰστρηλάτῳ δὲ δείματι
δειλαίαν παράκοπον ὧδε τείρεις ;
Πυρί <με> φλέξον ἢ χθονὶ κάλυψον ἢ
585
4
ποντίοις δάκεσι δὸς βοράν,
μηδέ μοι φθονήσῃς
εὐγμάτων, ἄναξ.
Ἄδην γε πολύπλανοι πλάναι
γεγυμνάκασιν, οὐδ' ἔχω μαθεῖν ὅπῃ
590
πημονὰς ἀλύξω.
Κλύεις φθέγμα τᾶς
βουκέρω παρθένου ;
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 575 focus
πῶς δ᾽ οὐ κλύω τῆς οἰστροδινήτου κόρης
τῆς Ἰναχείας; ἣ Διὸς θάλπει κέαρ
615
ἔρωτι, καὶ νῦν τοὺς ὑπερμήκεις δρόμους
Ἥρᾳ στυγητὸς πρὸς βίαν γυμνάζεται.
πόθεν ἐμοῦ σὺ πατρὸς ὄνομ᾽ ἀπύεις;
εἰπέ μοι τᾷ μογερᾷ τίς ὢν
τίς ἄρα μ᾽, ὦ τάλας,
620
τὰν ταλαίπωρον ὧδ᾽ ἔτυμα προσθροεῖς,
θεόσυτόν τε νόσον ὠ-
νόμασας, ἃ μαραίνει με χρίουσα κέντ-
ροισι φοιταλέοις, ἔ ἔ.
σκιρτημάτων δὲ νήστισιν αἰκίαις
625
λαβρόσυτος ἦλθον,
ἐπικότοισι μήδεσι δαμεῖσα. δυσ-
δαιμόνων δὲ τίνες οἱ,
ἔ ἔ, οἳ ἐγὼ
μογοῦσιν, ἀλλά μοι τορῶς
630
τέκμηρον ὅ τι μ' ἐπαμμένει
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 575 focus
ὑπὸ δὲ κηρόπλαστος ὀτοβεῖ δόναξ
575
ἀχέτας ὑπνοδόταν νόμον·
ἰὼ ἰὼ πόποι, ποῖ μ᾿ ἄγουσι τη-
λέπλαγκτοι πλάναι;
τί ποτέ μ᾽ ὦ Κρόνιε παῖ, τί ποτε ταῖσδ᾽
ἐνέζευξας εὑρὼν ἁμαρτοῦσαν ἐν πημοναῖσιν;
580
οἰστρηλάτωι δὲ δείματι
Translations (8)
Prometheus Bound Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 575-605 focus
Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 575 focus
while the sounding wax-compacted pipe drones on a sleepy strain. Oh! oh! ye powers! Oh! powers! whither do my far-roaming wanderings convey me? In what, in what, O son of Saturn, hast thou, having found me transgressing, shackled me in these pangs? Ah! ah! and art thus wearing out a timorous wretch phrensied with sting-driven fear. Burn me with fire, or bury me in earth, or give me for food to the monsters of the deep, and grudge me not these prayers, O king! Amply have my much-traversed wanderings harassed me; nor can I discover how I may avoid pain. Hearest thou the address of the ox-horned maiden?
How can I fail to hear the damsel that is phrenzy-driven by the hornet, the daughter of Inachus, who warms the heart of Jupiter with love, and now, abhorred of Juno, is driven perforce courses of exceeding length?
From whence utterest thou the name of my father? Tell me, the woe-begone, who thou art, who, I say, O hapless one, that hast thus correctly accosted me miserable, and hast named the heaven-inflicted disorder which wastes me, fretting with its maddening stings? Ah! ah! violently driven by the famishing tortures of my boundings have I come a victim to the wrathful counsels of Juno. And of the ill-fated who are there, ah me! that endure woes such as mine? But do thou clearly define to me what remains for me to suffer, what salve: what remedy there is for my malady, discover to me, if at all thou knowest: speak, tell it to the wretched roaming damsel.
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 575 focus
Et sur mes pas le roseau sonore à la gaine de cire fait
entendre son assoupissante chanson 1 . Hélas ! hélas ! où m'entraînent de si lointaines erreurs ? Quelle est, quelle est donc la faute que tu as surprise, pour m'avoir, ô fils de Cronos, attelée à de tels maux — hélas ! — et pour exténuer ainsi
une pauvre folle dans une épouvante qui la pourchasse comme un taon 2 ? Brûle-moi de ta flamme, cache-moi sous la terre, donne-moi en pâture aux monstres de la mer ; ne me refuse pas, Seigneur, ce que de toi j'implore ! De trop
longues erreurs m'ont suffisamment brisée, et je ne sais où apprendre comment échapper à mes maux. Prêtes-tu l'oreille aux accents de la vierge à cornes de vache ?
le nom que tu prononces, le nom de mon père ? Réponds à l'infortunée : qui donc es-tu,
misérable, pour saluer la misérable en termes si vrais, pour donner son nom au mal issu
des dieux qui me consume et me taraude d'un aiguillon de folie vagabonde, hélas ! Dans l'in-
famie des bonds affamés dont la fougue m'emporte, j'arrive, victime des volontés rancunières d'Héra 3 . Qui donc parmi les malheureux endure maux pareils, pareils, hélas ! à ceux qui
sont les miens ? Allons, signifie-moi nettement quelles souffrances m'attendent. Est-il une issue, un remède à mon mal ? Montre-le moi, si tu le sais. Parle et renseigne la triste vierge errante.
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 575 focus
Hoarſe ſounds the reedcompacted pipe u
, a note
Sullen and drowsy.
-Miſerable me!
585
Whither will these widewand'ring errors lead me?
How, ſon of Saturn, how have I offended,
That with these ſtings, these tortures thou purſueſt me,
And driveſt to madness my affrighted ſoul!
Hear me, ſupreme of gods, O hear thy ſuppliant,
590
Blaſt me with lightnings, bury me in the earth,
Or caſt me to the monſters of the ſea;
But ſpare these toils, ſpare these widewand'ring errors,
Which drive me round the world, and know no reſt.
Hear'ſt thou the voice of this lamenting virgin?
595
For ſuch ſhe is, tho' in that form diſguisd.
Whence is it that I hear my father's name?
Speak to my miſery, tell me who thou art;
What wretch art thou, that to a wretch like me
Uttereſt these truths, naming the malady,
Which, heav'ninflicted, ſtings my tortur'd ſoul
605
To frenzy? Hence with hurrying ſteps I rove
Foodleſs, purſued by neverceaſing wrath.
Ah me! What child of miſery ever ſuffer'd
Miſery like mine?
But tell me, clearly tell me
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What woes await me yet, what eaſe, what cure?
Say, if thou know'ſt, ſpeak, tell a wand'ring virgin.
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 575 focus
una melode che sonno infonde.
675
Ahimè, ahimè! Misera me!
Dove m'adduce questo lungivago
errore? Dimmi, figlio di Crono,
di quale colpa rea mi trovasti,
che, al giogo astretta di questi crucci,
680
ahimè, ahi!
me sciagurata, priva di senno,
con lo sgomento strazi dell'estro?
Col fuoco bruciami, fa ch'io di terra
sia ricoperta, del mare ai mostri
685
dammi in pastura, sordo non essere,
questi miei voti, signore, adempi.
Troppo provata m'hanno i lungivaghi
errori, e come sfugga mie pene
non m'è concesso saper!
690
Si volge, un po' calmata, a Prometeo.
La voce
della cornigera fanciulla ascolti ?
Io non udire la figliuola d'Inaco
punta dall'estro? Ella d'amore avvampa
il cuor di Giove: e adesso, in odio ad Era,
695
per infinito corso a forza è spinta.
Com'è che il nome sai di mio padre ?
Dimmelo, a questa meschina dillo.
Chi, sventurato, sei tu, che a questa
misera parli sí vere cose,
700
ed il celeste morbo hai nomato
che me tapina strugge, e m'incalza,
ahi, ahi! coi pungoli della demenza?
Ahimè, ahi!
Movendo, a sconci balzi, famelica,
705
spinta dal rabido furore d'Era,
impetuosa giunsi. Fra i miseri
chi v'è che soffra quello ch'io soffro ?
Deh!, chiaro insegnami, tu, adesso, mostrami
che cosa debbo patire ancora.
710
E dimmi inoltre, se lo conosci,
se v'è del male rimedio o farmaco.
Schiudi le labbra : favella a questa
vergine, a errore misero spinta.
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 575 focus
Quà me ducunt longi errores?
Quid tandem Iupiter, quid tandem,
Quid tandem iunxisti, inveniens
Peccantem in nocumentis? heu heu,
Furibundo terriculo miseram
575
Insanàm sic venaris?
Igni combure me, aut terra occulta, aut
Marinis monstris da cibum: neq; mihi invideas
Gloriæ rex,
Satis me vagi errores
580
Exercuerunt: neq; possum intelligere, quo pacto
Mala fugiam.
Audis clamorem cornubovis puellæ
Vnde tu mei patris nomen vociferaris
Dic mihi miseræ, quis'nam sis miser.
Meq; miseram verè dixisti.
590
Diuinitus missum malum nomasti,
Quod me urit pungens
Stimulis acribus, heu heu,
Saltationum ieiunam,
supplicijs
595
Vehemens veni,
Culpandis curis domata.
Deorum infœlicium aliqui qualia ego patiuntur?
Sed manifestè mihi significa,
Quid me pati
600
oportet, et quid non: quod'nã sit morbi remedium
Ostende: si nosti, narra,
Dic huic vagæ puellæ.
English (E. D. A. Morshead, 1908) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound — Morshead translation. Wikisource transcription; speech corresp and card milestones aligned to Smyth perseus-grc2.) — 575 focus
And ah, the ghostly sound—
620
The wax-stopped reed-flute's weird and drowsy drone!
Alack my wandering woes, that round and round
Lead me in many mazes, lost, foredone!
O child of Cronos! for what deed of wrong
Am I enthralled by thee in penance long?
625
Why by the stinging brize, the thing of fear,
Dost thou torment me, heart and brain?
Nay, give me rather to the flames that sear,
Or to some hidden grave,
Or to the rending jaws, the monsters of the main!
630
Nor grudge the boon for which I crave, O king!
Enough, enough of weary wandering,
Pangs from which none can save!
Hearken! in pity hold
Io, the ox-horned maid, thy love of old!
635
Hear Zeus or not, I hear and know thee well,
Daughter of Inachus; I know thee driven,
Stung by the gadfly, mazed with agony.
Ay, thou art she whose beauty fired the breast
Of Zeus with passion; she whom Hera's hate
640
Now harasses o'er leagues and leagues of land.
Alack, thou namest Inachus my sire!
Wottest thou of him? how, from lips of pain,
Comes to my woeful ears truth's very strain?
How knowest thou the curse, the burning fire
645
The god-sent, piercing pest that stings and clings?
Ah me! in frenzied, foodless wanderings
Hither I come, and on me from on high
Lies Hera's angry craft! Ah, men unblest!
Not one there is, not one, that is unblest as I.
650
But thou—tell me the rest!
Utter the rede of woes to come for me;
Utter the aid, the cure, if aid or cure there be!
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.) — 575 focus
Das wachsgefügte stimmvolle Nohr tönt mir so liebliche
Schlafmelodieen zu.
Weh, weh! O Graun!
Wohin irrt mein Pfad, trägt in die Ferne mich hin? -
Ach warum, Kronos' Sohn? Welche Schuld
575
Fandest du denn an mir,
Daß du mich kettetest an diese Qual,
Mit solcher wahnsinntrunkenen Angst mich Wahn-
sinnige also marterst?
Senge mit Flammen, birg tief in die Erde mich,
580
Oder im Meer gib mich dem Hai zum Raub!
Ach, versage diesen Wunsch mir nicht, o Herr!
Genug der Irren trieben mich
Abmattend fort in die Ferne, nimmer weiß ich, wo
Ich der Qual entrinne.
585
Wie hört' ich nicht, die wilden Wahnsinns Stachel treibt,
Die Inachide, die Kronions Herz entflammt
In Lieb', und nun die endlos lange Bahn, verfolgt
Vom Hasse Hera's, ruhelos durchirren muß.
590
Wie wurde dir meines Vaters Name kund?
Sage mir's, der Dulderin!
Und wer, Armer, bist du selbst,
Der mich Qualvolle so mit treffendem Namen nennt?
Der du das Leid aussprachst, das von den Göttern mich
595
Endlos quält, das in's Herz zehrend bohrt
Stacheln rasenden Wahnsinns? Ha!
In irren Sprunges stürmender Hast, gejagt
Von grollender Rache Hera's,
Kam ich hieher, in wildwühlenden Hungers Qual.
600
Wer ist der Unselige, der (o Graun !)
Duldet, was ich dulde?
Auf, enthülle mir
In klarer Rede, welches Leid
Mir noch bevorsteht, zeige, wenn du kannst, den Weg,
605
Meine Qual zu heben!
O sprich, gib der unsel'gen Jungfrau Bescheid!

Notes on the current edition

Prometheus Bound

1. πόποι Seidler: ποῖ ποῖ π᾽ όπ᾽ οἰ π᾽ όπ᾽ οἰ M
2. ποῖ μ᾽ recc.: πῇ μ᾽ M
3. ἄγουσ᾽ ὦ πόποι scripsi: ἄγουσι M
4. τηλέπλανοι Seidler: τηλέπλαγκτοι M πλάναι m 1, recc.: πλάνοι M
5. πημοσύναις Hermann: πημοναῖσιν codd.
6. ἐή Dindorf: ἓ ἕ M
7. με add. Elmsley
8. θεόσσυτόν codd.
9. κέντροις, ἰώ, Reisig: κέντροισι codd.
10. φοιταλέοισιν ἐ: έ M
11. λαβρόσσυτος codd.
12. Ἥρας ex schol. add. Hermann
13. ἐή] ἓ ἕ M
14. τί μῆχαρ, τί Elmsley, ἢ add. Martin: τί μὴ χρὴ M
15. φράζε τᾷ recc.: φράξετε M

Commentary

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

574-575. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-651

ἰὼ ἰὼ πόποι, ποῖ μ᾽ ἄγουσιν τηλέπλανοι πλάναι;:
ἰὼ ἰὼ ποῖ ποῖ. πόποι πόποι πῆ μὲ ἄγουσι
Μ.
ἰω ἰὼ ποῖ ποῖ. πόποι πόποι πῆ μὲ ἄγουσι
Vit.
ἰὼ ἰὼ ποῖ ποῖ. πῶ ποῖ. πῶ ποῖ. ποῖ μὲ ἄγουσι
G. Vind. 1. 3.
ἰὼ ἰὼ ποῖ. ποῖ. πῶ, πῶ, πῶς πῆ μὲ ἄγουσιν
Lips. Aug. et sic, sed
ἄγουσι
, edd. vett.
ἰὼ ἰὼ πῶ, πῶς ποῖ μὲ ἄγουσ' αἱ
Ven. 2. Par. K. L. Alii aliter peccant. Tum
τηλεπλαγκτοι
sic M.
τηλέπλαγκτοι
Par. A. B. edd. vett.
τηλέπληκτοι
G.
τηλέπλακτοι
Lips. Aug.
τηλίπλακτοι
Vit.
τηλέπλαγκται
Colb. 1. 2. Cantabr. 1. Par. K. L. N. nisi in terminatione erratum est apud Butlerum. Denique
πλάνοι
Vit. edd. vett. et sic, non adscripto supra
αι
, etiam M.
πλάναι
G. Lips. Aug. Par. Α. Β. Vindobonenses quattuor aliique. Seidlerus in libro de versibus dochmiacis p. 84. et 141. corrigendum putavit
ἰώ ἰὼ πόποι, ποῖ, πόποι, ποῖ μ᾽ ἄγουσι τηλέπλανοι πλάνοι
,adscito in antistrophico versu
ἐτήτυμα
. Horum illud quidem,
ἰώ ἰὼ πόποι
, non dubitandum quin verum sit. Neque minus verum
τηλέπλανοι
, quocum propter sonum et propter librorum consensum in v. 585. rectius
πλάναι
quam
πλάνοι
coniungitur. Sed
ποῖ, πόποι
valde inelegans est, debebatque id
ὦ πόποι
scribi, si quidem
ποῖ μὲ ἄγουσι
statim iunctum fuit cum
τηλέπλανοι πλάναι
. De quo valde dubitandum est propter plerorumque et optimorum librorum in antistrophico versu scripturam duos Creticos exhibentium, qui usitatissimus numerus in dochmiacis est, quum vix alibi Creticus et ditrochaeus, molle et fractum genus numeri, inseratur. Quare scripsi
ἰὼ ἰὼ πόποι, ποῖ μὲ ἄγουσιν .... τηλέπλανοι πλάναι;
ut excidisse post
ἄγουσιν
significarem vocem iambum facientem, quam non puto
πόποι
fuisse, sed fortasse
μακραί
vel
χθονός
.

576. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-652

τί ποτέ μ', ὦ:
τί ποτέ με
Lips. Aug.
τίς ποτέ
M. G. aliique.
τί ποτ' ἔμ᾽ ὦ
Vit.
τί ποτ᾽, ὦ
Bess. Ald. Rob.

576. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-653

τί ποτε: Semel tantum post
παῖ
habent
τί ποτε
M. G. Vit. Colb. 1. 2. Ven. 2. aliique: bis habent Vind. 2. 4. Rob.
τί ποτε. τίς ποτε
Bess. Ald.

576. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-654

ταῖςδ':
ταῖςδε
G.

578. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-655

πημοσύναις:
πημοσύναισι
M. Lips. Aug. et ceteri plerique, ut videtur, atque edd. vett.
ποιμοναῖσι
Par. G.
πημονέσιν
Vit.
πημοναῖς
G. Scribendum esse
πημοσύναις
monui in Opusc. IV. p. 334.

578. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-656

ἔ ἔ:
ἔ ἔ
M.
ἔ
edd. vett.
ἔ
G. Vit. Lips. Alienus est ab hac interiectione spiritus asper. V. Etym. M. in v.
ἔλεγος
, Zonaram p. 619. scholiastam Aristophanis ad Aves. v. 217. Blomfieldius in uno Parisiensium, qui ipsi G. est,
αἰ αἰ
legi ait.

580. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-657

παράκοπον:
παρασκοπὸν
G.

580. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-658

τείρεις:
τείρεις
priore diphthongo a sec. manu in litura M.
τύρεις
Par. E.

581. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-659

πυρί με φλέξον: Libri
πυρὶ φλέξον
. Pronomen inserendum esse vidit Elmsleius.

581. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-660

ποντίοις:
ποντίοισι
M. G: Vit. Lips. Aug. Par. A. B. Ven. 2.
ποντίοις
Bess. edd. vett.

583. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-661

φθονήσῃς:
φθονήσῃς
Lips. Aug.

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εὐγμάτων:
εὐγμάτων
litteris
άτ
a sec. manu in litura M.

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ἄδην:
ἄδην
M. et hoc Brunckius restituit.
ἅδην
G. Lips. Aug. Vind. 2. 3. 4. Bess. edd. vett.
ἅδην
, correctum in
ἄδην
, Vit.

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πολύπλανοι:
πολύπλανοι
M. Vit. Lips. Aug. aliique et Ald. Turn.
πολύπλαγκοι
G. ex correctione.
πολύπλαγκτοι
Rob.

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πλάναι: Omnes libri
πλάναι
.

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γεγυμνάκασιν:
γεγυμνάκασι
G. Vit.
γεγυμνάσιν
Ald. Ceteri
γεγυμνάκασιν
.

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ὅπῃ:
ὅποι
Lips. Aug. Ceteri
ὅπῃ
, quod omissum in Vit. superscripto
ο
ad
πημονάς
.

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φθέγμα: Hunc versum, quem libri choro tribuunt, Ioї esse et a me et ab Elmsleio monitum est.
φθέγμα
M. a pr. manu, Lips. Aug. aliique et Rob.
φθέγματα
G. Vit. aliique.
σὸς
ad
φθέγμα
a recentiore manu superscriptum in M.
γρ. πρόσφθεγμα
Par. B.
προσφθέγματα
Ald. Turn.

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τᾶς:
τᾶς
M. Vit. Rob.
τὰς
Ald.
τῆς
Colb. 1.
τᾶσδε
Par. B. D. F. Ven. 2. aliique.

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βουκέρω:
βουκέρω
Lips. Ven. 3. Ald. Rob. et ex correctione Vit. in quo antea erat
βουκέρω
, ut scriptum est in M. et in editionibus inde a Turnebo.
βουκέρω
sine accentu G. Recte
βουκέρω
voluit Porsonus. Nam analogia postulat ut nominativo accusativoque scribatur
βούκερως, βούκερων
, genitivo et dativo
βουκέρω, βουκέρη
.

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NA: affert Stephanus Byzantius in
Ἰναχία
.

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Ἰναχείας:
Ἰναχείας
M. Vit. Lips. Aug. Vind. 1. 3. Bess.
Ἰναχίας
G. Vind. 2. 4. Colb. 1. Cantabr. 1. 2.
Ἰναχείης
edd. vett. et Stephani Byz. cod. Rehdigeranus,
Ἰναχίης
eiusdem Vossianus et Aldina,
Ἰναχόης
Perusinus.

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θάλπει κέαρ:
θάλπῃ
G.
κέρας
Vossianus et Aldina Stephani Byz.

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στυγητὸς:
στυγητῶς
Vit.

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πρὸς βίαν:
πρὸς βίειν
G.

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γυμνάζεται:
γυμνάζεται
Μ.
γυμανάζεται
Lips. et in margine
γρ. βιάζεται
, quod etiam Vind. 2. 4. in margine habent, in textu Arund. Cantabr. 2.

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τὰ μογερᾷ:
τὰ μογερά
Lips.

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ὤν:
ὤν
a manu recentiore M. Prima
ἂν
scripsisse videtur.

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ἔτυμα:
ἔτυμα
G. a pr. manu, Bess. et ceteri, ut videtur, codices plerique et edd. vett.
ἔτυμα
, spiritu a sec. manu addito, M.
ἐτύμα
Vit.
ἔτημα
vocabuli alteri syllabae secunda manus
τή
superscripsit in G.
ἑτυτῆμα
, superscripto alteri syllabae
η
, tertiae
υ
Lips.
ἐτυτήμα
Aug.
ἐτήτυμα
Arund. Cantabr. 1. 2.

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θεόσυτόν τε:
θεόσσυτόν τε
codices et Ald. Rob.
θεόσσυτον δὲ
male Turn.
θεόσυτόν τε
metrum requirit, pariterque
λαβρόσυτος
v. 601.

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ὠνόμασας:
ὀνομάσας
Lips. Aug.

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μαραίνει με χρίουσα κέντροις φοιταλέοις; ἔ ἔ.:
μαραίνει με
, superscripto
νει
a sec. manu, M.
κέντροισι φοιταλέοισιν
libri omnes, nisi quod
κέντροις
Vind. 2. 4. et
φυταλέοισιν
Ald. Tum
ἔ· ἔ·
Μ. G. Vit. Lips. Aug.
ἓ ἕ
edd. vett. Scribendum esse
κέντροις φοιταλέοις; ἔ ἔ
, si quod vocabulum excidit, aut
κεντήμασιν φοιταλέοις; ἔ ἔ
, monui in Opusc. IV. p. 334. Excidisse potest
φρένας
.

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νήστισιν:
νήστισιν
G. Vit. Lips. Aug. et ceteri plerique atque edd. vett.
νήστησιν
Vind. 2. 3. 4. Cant. 1. 2. Par. G. E. et ut videtur a pr. manu M. ex quo recentior alterum fecit. Commemorat
νίστησιν
etiam scholiastes, inepta addita explicatione.

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λαβρόσυτος ἦλθον, Ἥρας ἐπικότοισι μήδεσι δαμεῖσα: Libri omnes
λαβρόσυτος ἦλθον ἐπικότοισι μήδεσι δαμεῖσα
, nisi quod Ven. 3.
ἐπὶ σκότοισι
et
δαμασθεῖσα
, G. Bess.
ἐπικότοις
habent, Lips. autem et Aug.
μήδεσι
omittunt, sed Lips. in margine ut explicationis caussa habet
βουλαῖς μήδεσι
. Post
ἦλθον
et re ipsa iubente et postulante metro et confirmante scholiasta inserendum esse
Ἥρας
a me monitum rettulit Seidlerus de vers. dochm. p. 164.

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δὲ τίνες, οἵ, ἔ ἔ, οἷ᾽ ἐγὼ:
δὲ τίνες
M. Vit. G.
δέ τινες
Lips. Ald. Rob. Turn.
οἱ ἔξ οὗ ἐγὼ
Μ.
οἳ ἐ ὲ οὗ ἐγὼ
Vit. Lips. Aug. Ald. Rob.
ο· · ὲ δὲ ἐγὼ
G.
οἱ, ε ε, οἱ ἐγὼ
Turn.

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τί μῆχαρ, ἢ τί φάρμακον νόσου:
τί μὴ χρὴ φάρμακον νόσου
Μ.
τὶ μὴ, χρὴ τὶ φ. κ.
Α. Sic etiam Par. C. in quo
μοι
ad
μὴ
superscriptum.
τί με
(τὶ μὲ Rob.) G. Vit. Lips. Aug. Par. N.
τί μοι χρὴ
Colb. 2. Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. D. F. Ven. 3. In Par. B. ad
τὶ μὴ χρὴ
superscriptum
ου
, et
γρ. τί μοι οὐ χρή
. Egregie Elmsleius
τι μήχαρ; τί φάρμακον νόσου
sed verissime I. Fr. Martinus
τί μῆχαρ, ἢ τί φάρμακον νόσου
.

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NA: Omissa
εἴπερ οἶσθα θρόει
in G. quorum
εἴπερ οἶσθα
post
μῆνιν
adscripta, inducto deinde ab alia manu atramento additoque
θρόει
.

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φράζε:
φράζετε
Μ.
φράζε τε
Lips. Aug. Bess. Rob.
φράζε δὲ
Ald.
φράζε τε τὰ
G.
φράζε τε τῷ
Cant. 1. Ven. 2. Vind. 3. aliique.
φράζε τὰ
Vit. Par. B. (in quo adscriptum
φράζε δυσπλάνῳ
) et sic inde a Turnebo editores.

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δυςπλάνῳ:
δυσπλάνων
Μ. non
δυστάνῳ
, ut Butlerus ait.

English commentary on Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) (N. Wecklein, translated by F. D. Allen. Ginn & Company, 1893; compared with the 1891 printing. Printed commentary pages 31–144. Provisional alignment and unresolved OCR are visibly flagged.) focus

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561-886. Third Episode. Io and Prometheus. The myth of Io is connected with that of Prometheus by the person of Heracles, the libera- tor of Prometheus, who is descended from paphus, the son of Zeus and Io (see on 774). The appearance of Io therefore prepares the way for the introduction of Heracles in the Προ- μηθεὺς λυόμενος. But the immediate significance of this scene consists in the present relation of Zeus and Io. Io appears as innocent and yet perse- cuted; her sufferings, superficially considered, put Zeus in the worst possible light. Accordingly the in- dignation of Prometheus rises more and more, till at last, carried away by passion, he vaunts his secret in such terms that the interposition of Zeus becomes inevitable. So the transition to the catastrophe is pre- pared. The geographical part of this episode, with its description of marvels, like the scene of Heracles in the Προμηθεὺς λυόμενος (see below, Frg. VII. and VIII.), doubtless had a peculiar charm for the Athenians of the period. On the origin of the myth of Io, see Introd. p. 9, footnote. Io appears as a horned maiden (588, 674; so indi- cated by her mask). In early Greek art, especially in vase-paintings, she has the figure of a cow outright. On the throne of the Amyclaean Apollo, a work of the sculptor Bathycles (about Ol. 60), Hera was represented as glaring at Io, 'who is already a cow' (Paus. iii. 18. 7). On an archaic black-figured vase of the Munich collection (No. 573; see Panofka, Argos Panoptes, plate 5), Argus is seen, seated on the ground, a fero- cious figure with long hair and beard, and a huge eye in his shaggy breast; he holds in his hand a long cord, attached to the horns of a cow. Near by stands Hermes, grasping the cord near the horns with his left hand, and about to draw his sword with his right. Argus's dog
stands at bay in front of his master. Through the influence of this trag- edy, Io came later to be depicted in art as a maiden with horns. So, for instance, on a red-figured vase of the Berlin Museum (Panofka, l.c., plate 3). The stinging gadfly' of the legend (cp. Suppl. 306 BΑ. τί οὖν ἔτευξεν ἄλλο δυσπότμῳ βοΐ; ΧΟ. βοη- λάτην μύωπα κινητήριον, Verg. Georg. iii. 147 cui nomen asilo Ro- manum est, oestrum Graii vertere vocantes), which is mentioned in Io's narrative, 675 be- low, had also to be omitted in the scenic representation. The difficulty was met by a figurative conception of οἶστρος; the maddening sting was interpreted as the reminiscence of the crafty eye of Argos (567). — On account of the unusual manner of Io's entrance and exit, the anapaests which commonly accompany the ar- rival and departure of a personage are here and at 877 given to the actor, not to the chorus. So above, at the entrance of the chorus (120 ff.).

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574 f. ὑπὸ ... ότοβεῖ: see on 126. a croire Hec. 970 αἰδώς μ᾽ ἔχει ἐν τῷδε πότμῳ τυγχάνουσ᾽ ἵν᾽ εἰμὶ νῦν, Iph. Τ. 947 ἐλ- θὼν δ᾽ ἐκεῖσε, πρῶτα μέν μ᾽ οὐδεὶς ξένων ἑκὼν ἐδέξατο, Cycl. 330 δοραῖσι θηρῶν σῶμα περιβαλὼν ἐμὸν καὶ πῦρ ἀναίθων χιόνος οὐδέν μοι μέλει, Ιοη 927 ὑπεξαν- τλῶν ... ἄρδει με, Hipp. 22 τὰ πολλὰ δὲ πάλαι προκόψασ᾽, οὐ πόνου πολλοῦ με δεῖ. See Krüger I. § 56, 9, 4, and note on 201 above. - With μυριωπὸν βούταν cp. Suppl. 304 πανόπτην οἰοβούκολον, also 677 below. 570. δόλιον ὄμμα: aptly charac- terizes the crafty glance of the pur- suing spectre. - Dochmii are the proper rhythm for monodies of trag- edy which express passionate agita- tion. 571. κατθανόντα: cp. Suppl. 305 ῎Αργον, τὸν Ἑρμῆς παῖδα γῆς κατέκτανε. 572. ἀλλά με: the relative clause is continued, as usual, by an indepen- dent sentence. 573. ψάμμαν: the form ψάμμη (for (not of short) words between prepo- sition and verb, see Krüger II. § 68, 48, 4, and below on 878. – κηρόπακ- τος: wax-joined. Cp. Eur. Iph. T. 1125 συρίζων ὁ κηροδέτας κάλαμος οὐ- ·ρείου Πανός, Theocr. Id. i. 128 ἔνθ᾽ ὧναξ καὶ τάνδε φέρ᾽ εὐπάκτοιο· μελί- πνουν ἐκ κηρῶ σύριγγα καλάν, Εp. xiii. 4 κηροδέτῳ πνεύματι μελπόμενος, Ovid. Metam. i. 711 disparibus cala- mis compagine cerae inter se iunctis, Verg. Ecl. ii. 32 Pan primus calamos cera con- iungere pluris instituit. The flute of the αὐλητής was here actually heard, accompanying the strophic portion of Io's song. The foregoing portion was recitative (παρακαταλογή). · ὑπνοδόταν νόμον : the "slumberous lay" depicts the exhaustion of Io.

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6
576. πλάναι, τηλέπλανοι πλάναι: for the repetition, cp. Sept. 134 ἐπί- λυσιν πόνων, ἐπίλυσιν δίδου, 171 κλύετε παρθένων κλύετε πανδίκως χειροτόνους
λιτάς, Ag. 1456 τὰς πολλὰς τὰς πάνυ πολλάς. The formation of a com- pound adjective from the substantive which it accompanies, occurs in three other passages of Aeschylus: 585 below, Cho. 315 πάτερ αἰνόπατερ, Eum. 690 πόλιν νεόπτολιν. In Sophocles it is nowhere found, but often in Eurip- ides (τυφλόπους πούς, τρίπους χαλκό- πους, πόρον εὔπορον, κάματον εὐκάματον, etc.).

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577 f. ταῖσδ᾽ ἐνέζευξας ἐν πημοσύ ναις : see on 108, and cp. Il. ii. 111 Ζεύς με μέγα Κρονίδης ἄτῃ ἐνέδησε βαρείῃ, Soph. O. C. 526 γάμων ἐνέδησεν ἄτᾳ.

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580 f. οἰστρηλάτῳ δείματι : see on 147. – παράκοπον : cp. παράκοποι φρε- νῶν Eur. Bacch. 33. Properly of coins, false-struck, counterfeit.

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582. Cp. Soph. O. Τ. 1410 ἔξω μέ που καλύψατ᾿ ἡ φονεύσατ᾽ ἢ θαλάσσιον ἐκρίψατε, Eur. Suppl. 829 κατά με πέδον γᾶς ἕλοι, διὰ δὲ θύελλα σπάσαι, πυρός τε φλογμὸς ὁ Διὸς ἐν κάρᾳ πέσοι.

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584. μοι φθονήσῃς εὐγμάτων: cp. 626, 859; Eur. H. F. 333 οὐ φθονῶ πέπλων, 1309 λέκτρων φθονοῦσα Ζηνί.

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586. γεγυμνάκασιν: cp. 592; Eur. Hel. 533 οὐδ᾽ ἀγύμναστον πλάνοις ἥξειν.

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588. τᾶς βούκερω παρθένου: equiv- alent to the announcement of the speaker's name. See on 296.

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589. οἰστροδινήτου : cp. Suppl. 573 πολύπλαγκτον ἀθλίαν οἰστροδόνητον ᾿Ιώ, 17 τῆς οἰστροδόνου βοός, Od. xxii. 299 βόες ὡς ἀγελαῖαι, τὰς μέν τ᾽ αἰόλος οἶστρος ἐφορμηθεὶς ἐδόνησεν.

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590. τῆς Ἰναχείας : see on 164. Διὰ τοῦ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῆς ὀνομάσαι ἐνέ- φηνε τὸν μάντιν, ὡς καὶ παρ' Ομήρφ (Od. xi. 100) ὁ Τειρεσίας ῾ νόστον δίζηαι μελιηδέα, φαίδιμ᾽ Ὀδυσσεῦ,' Schol.

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591 f. δρόμους γυμνάζεται : an ex- tension of the accusative of the inner object (= γυμνάζειν τινὰ γυμνασίαν ὑπερμήκων δρόμων). Cp. Soph. Αi. 1107 τὰ σέμν᾽ ἔπη κόλαζ᾽ ἐκείνους, Ο. Τ. 340 ἔπη, ἃ νῦν σὺ τήνδ᾽ ἀτιμάζεις πόλιν. Krüger II. § 46, 7, 1; H. 716 a.

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597. θεόσυτον: cp. λαβρόσυτος 601, and see on 116.

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599. φοιταλέοις: transferred from the person affected to the thing affect- ing, as in Goethe's expression 'von durstiger Jagd.' Cp. Ag. 193 πνοαὶ κακόσχολοι νήστιδες δύσορμοι, βροτῶν ἄλαι, and see on ἀφεγγής, 115 above.

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601. ἄλλων: τοῖς τῆς "Ἥρας, Schol. Io shrinks from speaking the name of her persecutor. Cp. Eur. Hec. 640 κοινὸν δ᾽ ἐξ ἰδίας ἀνοίας κακὸν τᾷ Σι- μουντίδι γᾷ ὀλέθριον ἔμολε συμφορά τ᾽ ἀπ᾿ ἄλλων (the three contending god- desses). See also on 673 below.

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604. τορῶς: cp. Pers. 479 σημῆναι τορῶς.

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605. ὅ τι... τί: cp. Soph. O. T. 71 πύθοιθ᾽ ὅ τι δρῶν ἢ τί φωνῶν ῥυσαίμην, Eur. Ion 785 πῶς ἐκπεραίνεται φράζε χὤστις ἔσθ᾽ ὁ παῖς, Ιph. Α. 696 γένους δὲ ποίου χὠπόθεν μαθεῖν θέλω, Plat. Gorg. 448 ο οὐδεὶς ἠρώτα ποία τις εἴη ἡ Γοργίου τέχνη, ἀλλὰ τίς, καὶ ὅντινα δέοι καλεῖν τὸν Γοργίαν. – ἐπαμμένει: cp. Pers. 807 οὗ σφιν κακῶν ὕψιστ᾽ ἐπαμ- μένει παθεῖν.

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608. θρόει, φράζε : asyndeton of urgent entreaty; see on 56. – τᾷ παρθένῳ: cp. 588. Aeschylus often puts like words in corresponding po- sitions of strophe and antistrophe.