Aeschylus Prometheus Bound 415

Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator)

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the virgins that dwell in the land of Colchis too, fearless of the fight, and the Scythian horde who possess the most remote region of earth around lake Maeotis:

Prometheus Bound. Aeschylus. Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator). London. 1849.

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Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) (English) (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (7)
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 399-435 focus
Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 399-435 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 415 focus
Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι
415
παρθένοι, μάχας ἄτρεστοι,
καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς
ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαιῶτιν ἔχουσι λίμναν,
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 415 focus
Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι
415
παρθένοι, μάχαις ἄτρεστοι,
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 415 focus
Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι
415
Str. 2.
παρθένοι, μάχας ἄτρεστοι,
καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς
ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαι-
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 415 focus
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 415 focus
Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι,
415
παρθένοι μάχας ἄτρεστοι,
καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς
ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαι-
ῶτιν ἔχουσι λίμναν· –
Translations (7)
Prometheus Bound Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 399-435 focus
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 415 focus
de la sainte Asie 1 , devant ta gémissante angoisse, souffrent avec toi, tout mortels qu'ils sont ;
Bien marqué.

Et, avec eux, les vierges de Colchide, intrépides combattantes 2 ;
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 415 focus
The Colchian virgin, whoſe bold hand
Undaunted graſps the warlike ſpear;
On earth's laſt verge the Scythian band,
The torpid lake Mæotis near;
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Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 415 focus
E della terra Colchide
le abitatrici vergini
non mai sazie di guerra;
e d'intorno al Meòtide
stagno le turbe scitiche,
480
ai confin' della terra;
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 415 focus
Et Colchidæ terræ incolæ virgines
Pugnæ intrepidæ, multitudoq; Scythica:
Qui etiam extremum terræ locum circum Mæotide
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.) — 415 focus
And they of the Colchian land, the maidens whose arm is for war;
And the Scythian bowmen, who roam by the lake of Maeotis afar;
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.) — 415 focus
Auch das Volk auf. Kolchis' Erde,
Mädchen ohne Furcht in Schlachten,
415
Auch die Skythen, deren Horde
Fern am äußersten Saum der Welt
Schwärmt um den See Mäotis;
Zweite Gegenstrophe.

Commentary

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

397-435. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-283

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397-435. First Stasimon. The ionic rhythms accord with the sor- rowful burden of the song, which calls to mind the words of Fr. v. Schlegel, 'Es geht ein allgemeines Weinen, so weit die stillen Sterne scheinen, durch alle Adern der Natur.'