Aeschylus Prometheus Bound 566

Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator)

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Ah me! alas! alas! again the hornet
stings me miserable: O earth avert
the goblin of earth-born Argus
: I am terrified at the sight of the neatherd of thousand eyes, for he is journeying on, keeping a cunning glance, whom not even after death does earth conceal: but issuing forth from among the departed he chases me miserable, and he makes me to wander famished along the shingled strand,

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.) — 561-573 focus
Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 561-573 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 566 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 566 focus
ἔα ἔα, να ἔα·
χρίει τις αὖ με τὰν τάλαιναν οἶστρος,
εἴδωλον Ἄργου γηγενοῦς, ἄλευε δᾶ,
565
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 566 focus
Ἆ ἆ, ἐή ἢ ἔ ἔα ἔα,
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 566 focus
ἀ ὰ, ἔ ἔ,
χρίει τις αὖ με τὰν τάλαιναν οἶστρος,
εἴδωλον Ἄργου γηγενοῦς, ἄλευ᾽ ὦ δᾶ,
τὸν μυριωπὸν εἰσορῶσα βούταν.
590
ὃ δὲ πορεύεται δόλιον ὄμμ᾽ ἔχων,
ὃν οὐδὲ κατθανόντα γαῖα κεύθει.
ἀλλά με τὰν τάλαιναν ἐξ ἐνέρων περῶν
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 566 focus
ἀἀ ἕ ἕ·
χρίει τις αὖ με τὰν τάλαιναν οἶστρος,
εἴδωλον Ἄργου γηγενοῦς ἀλεῦμαι [φοβοῦμαι]
τὸν μυριωπὸν εἰσιδοῦσα βούταν.
ὃ δὲ πορεύεται δόλιον ὄμμ᾽ ἔχων,
570
ὃν οὐδὲ κατθανόντα γαῖα κεύθει
ἀλλά με τὰν τάλαιναν
ἐξ ἐνέρων περῶν κυνηγετεῖ πλανᾶι
τε νῆστιν ἀνὰ τὰν παραλίαν ψάμμον. –
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.)) — 561-570 focus
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 566 focus
dire que j'ai devant les yeux, battu de la tourmente sous un
harnais de roc ? quelle faute expies-tu en te mourant ici ? Révèle-moi donc en quel point du monde, malheureuse, m'ont portée mes erreurs.
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 566 focus
Again that ſting!-Ah me, that form again!-
With all his hundred eyes the earthborn Argus-
Cover it, Earth! See, how it glares upon me,
The horrid ſpectre! - Wilt thou not, O Earth,
Cover the dead, that from thy dark abyss
580
He comes to haunt me, to purſue my ſteps,
And drive me foodleſs o'er the barren ſtrand?
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 566 focus
È assalita da piú fiero delirio.
Ahimè! Ahimè!
665
Misera me! L'assillo ancor mi punge!
Lo spettro io veggo, ahimè!, d'Argo terrigeno,
del pastor dai mille occhi! O Giove, salvami!
Egli s'avanza! M'affascina l'occhio
cui neppur morto la terra nasconde.
670
Ma come un cane, surgendo dagli Inferi,
me sciagurata sospinge, e digiuna
lungo le sabbie del pelago incalza.
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 566 focus
Heu heu, quò quò, unde unde,
570
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.) — 566 focus
Ah, but it maddens, the sting! it burns in my piteous side!
Ah, but the vision, the spectre, the earth-born, the myriad-eyed!
Avoid thee! Earth, hide him, thine offspring! he cometh—O aspect of ill!
Ghostly, and crafty of face, and dead, but pursuing me still!
615
Ah, woe upon me, woe ineffable!
He steals upon my track, a hound of hell—
Where'er I stray, along the sands and brine,
Weary and foodless, come his creeping eyne!
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.) — 566 focus
Ach, ach! Weh, weh!
Mich sticht der Wahnsinn, mich Arme, wieder!
Des Erdensohns, des Argos Bild,
Wehrt's ab! Hu! Grauen fast mich,
Den Tausendäugigen seh' ich, meinen Hüter.
565
Sieh, dort schleicht er her, lauernden Trug im Blick!
Im Tode selbst verbirgt ihn nicht die Erde;
Nein, aus des Hades Grüften
Steigt er empor, und jagt
Mich Arme gleich dem Wilde, scheucht mich
570
Lechzende durch des Gestades Sand.

Commentary

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

19. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-21

ἄκοντά σ' ἄκων:
ἄκοντ᾽ ἄκων σε
G. aliique nonnulli codices et Rob. Sed in G. prima manus iustum ordinem restituit.

19. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-22

χαλκεύμασιν: Libri
χαλκεύμασι
.

20. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-23

προςπασσαλεύσω:
προσπαταλεύσω
G.
προσπασαλεύσω
Lips.

20. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-24

πάγῳ:
τόπωι
pro
πάγῳ
M. Rob.

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

1-127. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-1

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1-127: Prologue (πρόλογος).

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1-87: First Scene. Cratos and Bia, dragging the figure representing Prometheus, enter on the left; He- phaestus with smith's tools accompa- nies them.

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19. ἄκοντα σ' ἄκων: cp. 671 ἄκου- σαν ἄκων, 218 ἑκόνθ᾽ ἑκόντι, Eur. Cycl. 258 ἑκὼν ἑκοῦσι, Ηipp. 319 οὐχ ἑκοῦσαν οὐχ ἑκών. The poets are very fond of repetitions like this, in which the same word is twice used, referring to different persons. Further instances are Od. v. 155 παρ᾿ οὐκ ἐθέλων ἐθε- λούσῃ = οὐκ ἐθέλων παρ᾽ ἐθελούσῃ, iii. 272 τὴν δ᾽ ἐθέλων ἐθέλουσαν ἀνήγαγεν, ν.97 εἰρωτᾷς μ᾽ ἐλθόντα θεὰ θεόν, Aesch. Cho. 89 παρὰ φίλης φίλῳ φέρειν γυναι- κὸς ἀνδρί, and below 29, 192, 276, 762, 921.

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20. ἀπανθρώπῳ: see note on ἄβρο- τον, 2. The idea is further expanded in the next verses. 'Eximia arte cu- mulavit poeta infinitam mali magnitu- dinem' (Hermann). - πάγῳ: Hesy- chius has the gloss πάγοι· αἱ ἐξοχαὶ τῶν πετρῶν καὶ τῶν ὀρῶν. Cp. Od. ν. 411 ἔκτοσθεν μὲν γὰρ πάγοι ὀξέες.