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I allow it thee ; for choose whether I shall clearly tell to thee the residue of thy troubles, or who it is that is to be my deliverer.

CHORUS

Of these twain do thou vouchsafe to bestow the one boon on this damsel, and the other on me, and disdain thou not my request. To her tell the rest of her wanderings, and to me him that is to deliver thee ; for this I long [to hear].

PROMETHEUS

Seeing that ye are eagerly bent upon it, I will not oppose your wishes, so as not to utter every thing as much as ye desire. To thee in the first place, Io, will I describe thy mazy wanderings, which do thou engrave on the recording tablets of thy mind.

When thou shalt have crossed the stream that is the boundary of the Continents, to the ruddy realms of mom where walks the sun

. . . . . . . having passed over the roaring swell of the sea, until thou shalt reach the Gorgonian plains of Cisthene, where dwell the Phorcides, three swanlike aged damsels, that possess one eye in common, that have but a single tooth, on whom ne'er doth the sun glance with his rays, nor the nightly moon. And hard by are three winged sisters of these, the snake-tressed Gorgons, abhorred of mortals, whom none of human race can look upon and retain the breath of life

. Such is this caution

which I mention to thee. Now lend an ear to another hideous spectacle; for be on thy guard against the keenranged hounds of Jupiter that never bark, the gryphons, and the cavalry host of one-eyed Arimasprans, who dwell on the banks of the gold-gushing fount, the stream of Pluto: go not thou nigh to these. And thou wilt reach a far-distant land, a dark tribe, who dwell close upon the fountains of the sun, where is the river Aethiops. Along the banks of this wend thy way, until thou shalt have reached the cataract where from the Bybline mountains the Nile pours forth his hallowed, grateful stream. This will guide thee to the triangular land of the Nile; where at length, To, it is ordained for thee and thy children after thee to found the distant colony. And if aught of this is obscurely uttered, and hard to be understood, question me anew, and learn it thoroughly and clearly: as for leisure, I have more than I desire.

CHORUS

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

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

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Editions (7)

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 887-906 focus

str. 1

Χορός

ἦ σοφὸς ἦ σοφὸς [ἦν]¹ ὃς

πρῶτος ἐν γνώμᾳ τόδ᾽ ἐβάστασε καὶ γλώσ-

σᾳ διεμυθολόγησεν,

ὡς τὸ κηδεῦσαι καθ᾽ ἑαυτὸν ἀριστεύει μακρῷ,
890

καὶ μήτε τῶν πλούτῳ διαθρυπτομένων

μήτε τῶν γέννᾳ μεγαλυνομένων

ὄντα χερνήταν ἐραστεῦσαι γάμων.

894

ant. 1

Χορός

μήποτε μήποτέ μ᾽, ὦ

<πότνιαι>² Μοῖραι, λεχέων Διὸς εὐνά-
895

τειραν ἴδοισθε πέλουσαν:

μηδὲ πλαθείην γαμέτᾳ³ τινὶ τῶν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ.

ταρβῶ γὰρ ἀστεργάνορα παρθενίαν

εἰσορῶσ᾽ Ἰοῦς ἀμαλαπτομέναν⁴

δυσπλάνοις⁵ Ἥρας ἀλατείαις πόνων.
900
901

ep.

Χορός

ἐμοὶ δ᾽ ὅτε⁶ μὲν ὁμαλὸς ὁ γάμος,⁷

ἄφοβος: [οὐ δέδια:]:⁸ μηδὲ κρεισσόνων θεῶν

[ἔρως]⁹ ἄφυκτον ὄμμα προσδράκοι¹⁰ με.

ἀπόλεμος ὅδε γ᾽ ὁ πόλεμος, ἄπορα πόριμος:

οὐδ᾽ ἔχω τίς ἂν γενοίμαν: τὰν Διὸς γὰρ οὐχ ὁρῶ
905

μῆτιν ὅπα φύγοιμ᾽ ἄν.

907

Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 887-906b focus

Χορός

ἦ σοφὸς ἦ σοφὸς ἦν ὃς

πρῶτος ἐν γνώμᾳ τόδʼ ἐβάστασε καὶ γλώσ-

σᾳ διεμυθολόγησεν,

ὡς τὸ κηδεῦσαι καθʼ ἑαυτὸν ἀριστεύει μακρῷ,
890

καὶ μήτε τῶν πλούτῳ διαθρυπτομένων

μήτε τῶν γέννᾳ μεγαλυνομένων

ὄντα χερνήταν ἐραστεῦσαι γάμων.

894

Χορός

μήποτε μήποτέ μʼ, ὦ

πότνιαι Μοῖραι, λεχέων Διὸς εὐνά-
895

τειραν ἴδοισθε πέλουσαν·

μηδὲ πλαθείην γαμέτᾳ τινὶ τῶν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ.

ταρβῶ γὰρ ἀστεργάνορα παρθενίαν

εἰσορῶσʼ Ἰοῦς ἀμαλαπτομέναν

δυσπλάνοις Ἥρας ἀλατείαις πόνων.
900

901

Χορός

ἐμοὶ δʼ ὅτε μὲν ὁμαλὸς ὁ γάμος,

ἄφοβος· οὐ δέδια· μηδὲ κρεισσόνων θεῶν

ἔρως ἄφυκτον ὄμμα προσδράκοι με.

ἀπόλεμος ὅδε γʼ ὁ πόλεμος, ἄπορα πόριμος·

οὐδʼ ἔχω τίς ἂν γενοίμαν.
905

τὰν Διὸς γὰρ οὐχ ὁρῶ

μῆτιν ὅπα φύγοιμʼ ἄν.

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 780 focus

ΠΡ.

δίδωμ᾽· ἑλοῦ γὰρ, ἢ πόνων τὰ λοιπά σοι
780

φράσω σαφηνῶς, ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντ᾽ ἐμέ.

ΧΟ.

τούτων σὺ τὴν μὲν τῇδε, τὴν δ᾽ ἐμοὶ χάριν

θέσθαι θέλησον, μηδ᾽ ἀτιμάσῃς λόγου·

καὶ τῇδε μὲν γέγωνε τὴν λοιπὴν πλάνην,

ἐμοὶ δὲ τὸν λύσοντα· τοῦτο γὰρ ποθῶ.

785

ΠΡ.

ἐπεὶ προθυμεῖσθ᾽, οὐκ ἐναντιώσομαι

τὸ μὴ οὐ γεγωνεῖν πᾶν ὅσον προσχρήζετε.

σοὶ πρῶτον, Ἰοῖ, πολύδονον πλάνην φράσω,

ἣν ἐγγράφου σὺ μνήμοσιν δέλτοις φρενῶν.

ὅταν περάσῃς ῥεῖθρον ἠπείρων ὅρον,
790

πρὸς ἀντολὰς φλογῶπας ἡλιοστιβεῖς

*** πόντου περῶσα φλοῖσβον, ἐς τ᾽ ἂν ἐξίκῃ

πρὸς Γοργόνεια πεδία Κισθήνης, ἵνα

αἱ Φορκίδες ναίουσι δηναιαὶ κόραι

τρεῖς κυκνόμορφοι, κοινὸν ὄμμ᾽ ἐκτημέναι,
795

μονόδοντες, ἃς οὔθ᾽ ἥλιος προσδέρκεται

ἀκτῖσιν οὔθ᾽ ἡ νύκτερος μήνη ποτέ.

πέλας δ᾽ ἀδελφαὶ τῶνδε τρεῖς κατάπτεροι,

δρακοντόμαλλοι Γοργόνες βροτοστυγεῖς,

ἃς θνητὸς οὐδεὶς εἰσιδὼν ἕξει πνοάς·
800

τοιοῦτο μέν σοι τοῦτο φρούριον λέγω.

ἄλλην δ᾽ ἄκουσον δυσχερή θεωρίαν·

ὀξυστόμους γὰρ Ζηνὸς ἀκλαγγεῖς κύνας

γρῦπας φύλαξαι, τόν τε μουνῶπα στρατὸν

Αριμασπὸν ἱπποβάμον, οἳ χρυσόρρυτον
805

οἰκοῦσιν ἀμφὶ νᾶμα Πλούτωνος πόρου·

τούτοις σὺ μὴ πέλαζε. τηλουρὸν δὲ γῆν

ἥξεις κελαινὸν φῦλον, οἳ πρὸς ἡλίου

ναίουσι πηγαῖς, ἔνθα ποταμὸς Αἰθίοψ.

τούτου παρ᾿ ὄχθας ἕρφ᾽, ἕως ἂν ἐξίκῃ
810

καταβασμὸν, ἔνθα Βυβλίνων ὀρῶν ἄπο

ἵησι σεπτὸν Νεῖλος εὔποτον ῥέος.

οὗτός σ᾽ ὁδώσει τὴν τρίγωνον ἐς χθόνα

Νειλῶτιν, οὗ δὴ τὴν μακρὰν ἀποικίαν,

Ἰοῖ, πέπρωται σοί τε καὶ τέκνοις κτίσαι.

815

τῶν δ᾽ εἰ τί σοι ψελλόν τε καὶ δυσεύρετον,

ἐπανδίπλαζε καὶ σαφῶς ἐκμάνθανε·

σχολὴ δὲ πλείων ἢ θέλω πάρεστί μοι.

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 780 focus

Προμηθεύς

δίδωμ'· ἑλοῦ γὰρ ἢ πόνων τὰ λοιπά σοι

φράσω σαφηνῶς, ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντ᾽ ἐμέ.

Χορὸς Ὠκεανίδων Νυμφῶν

τούτων σὺ τὴν μὲν τῇδε, τὴν δ᾽ ἐμοὶ χάριν

θέσθαι θέλησον, μηδ' ἀτιμάσῃς λόγους·

καὶ τῇδε μὲν γέγωνε τὴν λοιπὴν πλάνην,
785

ἐμοὶ δὲ τὸν λύσοντα· τοῦτο γὰρ ποθῶ.

Προμηθεύς

ἐπεὶ προθυμεῖσθ᾽, οὐκ ἐναντιώσομαι

τὸ μὴ οὐ γεγωνεῖν πᾶν ὅσον προςχρήζετε.

σοὶ πρῶτον, Ἰοῖ, πολύδονον πλάνην φράσω,

ἣν ἐγγράφου σὺ μνήμοσιν δέλτοις φρενῶν.
790

ὅταν περάσῃς ῥεῖθρον ἠπείρων ὅρον,

πρὸς ἀντολὰς φλογῶπας ἡλιοστιβεῖς

πόντου περῶσα φλοῖσβον, ἔςτ᾽ ἂν ἐξίκῃ

πρὸς Γοργόνεια πεδία Κισθήνης, ἵνα

αἱ Φορκίδες ναίουσι δηναιαὶ κόραι
795

τρεῖς κυκνόμορφοι, κοινὸν ὄμμ᾽ ἐκτημέναι,

μονόδοντες, ἃς οὔθ᾽ ἥλιος προςδέρκεται

ἀκτῖσιν οὔτε νύκτερος μήνη ποτέ.

πέλας δ᾽ ἀδελφαὶ τῶνδε τρεῖς κατάπτεροι,

δρακοντόμαλλοι Γοργόνες βροτοστυγεῖς,
800

ἃς θνητὸς οὐδεὶς εἰςιδὼν ἕξει πνοάς·

τοιοῦτο μέν σοι τοῦτο φρούριον λέγω.

ἄλλην δ᾽ ἄκουσον δυςχερῆ θεωρίαν·

ὀξυστόμους γὰρ Ζηνὸς ἀκραγεῖς κύνας

γρῦπας φύλαξαι, τόν τε μουνῶπα στρατὸν
805

Ἀριμασπὸν ἱπποβάμον, οἳ χρυσόρρυτον

οἰκοῦσιν ἀμφὶ νᾶμα Πλούτωνος πόρου·

τούτοις σὺ μὴ πέλαζε. τηλουρὸν δὲ γῆν

ἥξεις κελαινὸν φῦλον, οἳ πρὸς ἡλίου

ναίουσι πηγαῖς, ἔνθα ποταμὸς Αἰθίοψ.
810

Προμηθεύς

τούτου παρ᾽ ὄχθας ἕρφ᾽, ἕως ἂν ἐξίκῃ

καταβασμόν, ἔνθα Βυβλίνων ὀρῶν ἄπο

ἵησι σεπτὸν Νεῖλος εὔποτον ῥέος.

οὗτός σ᾽ ὁδώσει τὴν τρίγωνον ἐς χθόνα

Νειλῶτιν, οὗ δὴ τὴν μακρὰν ἀποικίαν,
815

Ἰοῖ, πέπρωται σοί τε καὶ τέκνοις κτίσαι.

τῶν δ᾽ εἴ τί σοι ψελλόν τε καὶ δυςεύρετον,

ἐπαναδίπλαζε, καὶ σαφῶς ἐκμάνθανε·

σχολὴ δὲ πλείων ἢ θέλω πάρεστί μοι.

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 780 focus

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ

Δίδωμ'· ἑλοῦ γάρ, ἢ πόνων τὰ λοιπά σοι

φράσω σαφηνῶς ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντ' ἐμέ.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Τούτων σὺ τὴν μὲν τῇδε, τὴν δ' ἐμοὶ χάριν

θέσθαι θέλησον, μηδ' ἀτιμάσῃς λόγους·

καὶ τῇδε μὲν γέγωνε τὴν λοιπὴν πλάνην,
785

ἐμοὶ δὲ τὸν λύσοντα· τοῦτο γὰρ ποθῶ.

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ

Ἐπεὶ προθυμεῖσθ', οὐκ ἐναντιώσομαι

τὸ μὴ οὐ γεγωνεῖν πᾶν ὅσον προσχρῄζετε.

Σοὶ πρῶτον, Ἰοῖ, πολύδονον πλάνην φράσω,

ἣν ἐγγράφου σὺ μνήμοσιν δέλτοις φρενῶν.
790

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ

Ὅταν περάσῃς ῥεῖθρον ἠπείρων ὅρον,

πρὸς ἀντολὰς φλογώπας ἡλιοστιβεῖς

¹

πόντου περῶσα φλοῖσβον, ἔστ' ἂν ἐξίκῃ

πρὸς Γοργόνεια πεδία Κισθήνης, ἵνα

αἱ Φορκίδες ναίουσι δηναιαὶ κόραι
795

τρεῖς κυκνόμορφοι, κοινὸν ὄμμ' ἐκτημέναι,

μονόδοντες, ἃς οὔθ' ἥλιος προσδέρκεται

ἀκτῖσιν οὔθ' ἡ νύκτερος μήνη ποτέ.

Πέλας δ' ἀδελφαὶ τῶνδε τρεῖς κατάπτεροι,

δρακοντόμαλλοι Γοργόνες βροτοστυγεῖς,
800

ἃς θνητὸς οὐδεὶς εἰσιδὼν ἕξει πνοάς.

Τοιοῦτο μέν σοι τοῦτο φρούριον λέγω·

ἄλλην δ' ἄκουσον δυσχερῆ θεωρίαν·

ὀξυστόμους γὰρ Ζηνὸς ἀκραγεῖς κύνας

γρῦπας φύλαξαι τόν τε μουνῶπα στρατὸν
805

Ἀριμασπὸν ἱπποβάμον', οἳ χρυσόρρυτον

οἰκοῦσιν ἀμφὶ νᾶμα Πλούτωνος πόρου πόρον·

τούτοις σὺ μὴ πέλαζε. Τηλουρὸν δὲ γῆν

ἥξεις, κελαινὸν φῦλον, οἳ πρὸς ἡλίου

ναίουσι πηγαῖς, ἔνθα ποταμὸς Αἰθίοψ.
810

Τούτου παρ' ὄχθας ἕρφ', ἕως ἂν ἐξίκῃ

καταβασμόν, ἔνθα Βυβλίνων Βιβλίνων ὀρῶν ἄπο

ἵησι σεπτὸν Νεῖλος εὔποτον ῥέος·

οὗτός σ' ὁδώσει τὴν τρίγωνον ἐς χθόνα

Νειλῶτιν, οὗ δὴ τὴν μακρὰν ἀποικίαν,
815

Ἰοῖ, πέπρωται σοί τε καὶ τέκνοις κτίσαι.

Τῶν δ' εἴ τί σοι ψελλόν τε καὶ δυσεύρετον,

ἐπαναδίπλαζε καὶ σαφῶς ἐκμάνθανε·

σχολὴ δὲ πλείων ἢ θέλω πάρεστί μοι.

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 780 focus

δίδωμ᾽· ἑλοῦ γάρ, ἢ πόνων τὰ λοιπά σοι

φράσω σαφηνῶς, ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντ᾽ ἐμέ.

ΧΟ.

τούτων σὺ τὴν μὲν τῇδε, τὴν δ᾽ ἐμοὶ χάριν

θέσθαι θέλησον, μηδ᾽ ἀτιμάσῃς λόγους.

καὶ τῇδε μὲν γέγωνε τὴν λοιπὴν πλάνην,
810

ἐμοὶ δὲ τὸν λύσοντα. τοῦτο γὰρ ποθῶ.

ΠΡ.

ἐπεὶ προθυμεῖσθ᾽, οὐκ ἐναντιώσομαι

τὸ μὴ οὐ γεγωνεῖν πᾶν ὅσον προσχρήζετε.

σοὶ πρῶτον, Ἰοῖ, πολύδονον πλάνην φράσω,

ἣν ἐγγράφου σὺ μνήμοσιν δέλτοις φρενῶν.
815

ὅταν περάσης ῥεῖθρον ηπείρων ὅρον,

πρὸς ἀντολὰς φλογώπας ἡλιοστιβεῖς

πόντου περῶσα φλοῖσβον, ἔστ᾽ ἂν ἐξίκῃ

πρὸς Γοργόνεια πεδία Κισθήνης, ἵνα

αἱ Φορκίδες ναίουσι δηναιαὶ κόραι
820

τρεῖς κυκνόμορφοι, κοινὸν ὄμμ᾽ ἐκτημέναι,

¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷

σαυτῆς σαυτῆς recc. σ' αὐτῆσ τ' Μ. δυοῖν δυοῖν (ν ex σ factum) M. ποίοιν ποίοιν (ν in ras.) Μ. τούτοιν scribendum videtur. λόγους λόγου Elmsley, fort. λόγων. τὴν λοιπὴν τὴν λοιπὴν corr. ex τῆ λοιπῆ Μ. paragraphum praefxit M, Promethei notam add. m¹. In ἐναντιώσομαι fecit o ex @ Μ. μὴ οὐ γεγωνεῖν μὴ γεγωνεῖν οὐ superscr. m) et προσχρήζετε Μ. ηπείρων ἠπείροιν Herwerden. φλογώπας ἡλιοστιβεῖς φλογωπάσ Μ. ἡλιοστιβεῖσ (ϊ corr. ex ει) M. Post 817 lacunam statuit Heathio auctore Brunck. πόντου πόντου recc. πόντον Μ.

PROMETHEVS VINCTVS.

ΠΡ.

μονόδοντες, ἃς οὔθ᾽ ἥλιος προσδέρκεται

ἀκτῖσιν οὔθ᾽ ἡ νύκτερος μήνη ποτέ.

πέλας δ᾽ ἀδελφαὶ τῶνδε τρεῖς κατάπτεροι,

δρακοντόμαλλοι Γοργόνες βροτοστυγεῖς,
825

ἃς θνητὸς οὐδεὶς εἰσιδὼν ἕξει πνοάς.

τοιοῦτο μέν σοι τοῦτο φρούριον λέγω·

ἄλλην δ᾽ ἄκουσον δυσχερῆ θεωρίαν.

ὀξυστόμους γὰρ Ζηνὸς ἀκραγεῖς κύνας

γρύπας φύλαξαι, τόν τε μουνῶπα στρατὸν
830

Αριμασπὸν ἱπποβάμον, οἳ χρυσόρρυτον

οἰκοῦσιν ἀμφὶ νᾶμα Πλούτωνος πόρου·

τούτοις σὺ μὴ πέλαζε. τηλουρὸν δὲ γῆν

ἥξεις κελαινὸν φῦλον, οἳ πρὸς ἡλίου

ναίουσι πηγαῖς, ἔνθα ποταμὸς Αἰθίοψ.
835

τούτου παρ᾽ ὄχθας ἔρφ᾽, ἕως ἂν ἐξίκῃ

καταβασμόν, ἔνθα Βυβλίνων ὁρῶν ἄπο

ἵησι σεπτὸν Νεῖλος εὔποτον ῥέος.

οὗτός σ᾽ ὁδώσει τὴν τρίγωνον ἐς χθόνα

Νειλῶτιν, οὗ δὴ τὴν μακρὰν ἀποικίαν,
840

Ἰοῖ, πέπρωται σοί τε καὶ τέκνοις κτίσαι.

⁸⁹¹⁰¹¹¹²¹³¹⁴¹⁵

μονόδοντες μονόδοντες recc. μονώδοντεσ Μ. ὀξυστόμους ὀξυστόμου Μ. γρύπας, τόν τε γρύπασ Μ. τώ τε corr. in τόντε Μ. μουνῶπα Μ, μουνώπαν m¹. ἱπποβάμον' ἱππόβαμον Μ, ἱπποβάμον’ m¹. πόρου πόρου recc. πόρον Μ. τηλουρὸν τηλουργὸν Μ, corr. m¹. Fort. τηλουροῦ δὲ γῆς. Βυβλίνων βυβλίνων recc. βιβλίνων Μ. εὔποτον εὔποτο Μ, ν addidit M vel m. οὗτός σ᾽ ὁδώσει οβτοσσε δώσει Μ, corr. in οὕτωσ σ᾽ ὁδώσει m¹ vel m.

AESCHYLI

ΠΡ.

τῶν δ᾽ εἴ τί σοι ψελλόν τε καὶ δυσεύρετον,

ἐπαναδίπλαζε, καὶ σαφῶς ἐκμάνθανε·

σχολὴ δὲ πλείων ἢ θέλω πάρεστί μοι.

ΧΟ.

Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 780 focus

ΠΡ.

δίδωμ᾿· ἑλοῦ γάρ, ἢ πόνων τὰ λοιπά σοι
780

φράσω σαφηνῶς ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντ᾽ ἐμέ.

ΧΟ.

τούτων σὺ τὴν μὲν τῆιδε, τὴν δ᾽ ἐμοὶ χάριν

θέσθαι θέλησον μηδ᾽ ἀτιμάσηις λόγου.

καὶ τῆιδε μὲν γέγωνε τὴν λοιπὴν πλάνην,

ἐμοὶ δὲ τὸν λύσοντα. τοῦτο γὰρ ποθῶ.
785

ΠΡ.

ἐπεὶ προθυμεῖσθ᾽, οὐκ ἐναντιώσομαι

τὸ μὴ οὐ γεγωνεῖν πᾶν ὅσον προσχρήιζετε.

σοὶ πρῶτον Ἰοῖ πολύδονον πλάνην φράσω,

ἣν ἐγγράφου σὺ μνήμοσιν δέλτοις φρενῶν.

ὅταν περάσηις ῥεῖθρον ἠπείροιν ὅρον,
790

πρὸς ἀντολὰς φλογῶπας ἡλίου στίβει

πόντου παρεῖσα φλοῖσβον, ἔστ᾽ ἂν ἐξίκηι

πρὸς Γοργόνεια πεδία Κισθήνης, ἵνα

αἱ Φορκίδες ναίουσι δηναιαὶ κόραι

τρεῖς κυκνόμορφοι κοινὸν ὄμμ᾽ ἐκτημέναι
795

μονόδοντες, ἃς οὔθ᾽ ἥλιος προσδέρκεται

ἀκτῖσιν οὔθ᾽ ἡ νύκτερος μήνη ποτέ.

πέλας δ᾽ ἀδελφαὶ τῶνδε τρεῖς κατάπτεροι

δρακοντόμαλλοι Γοργόνες βροτοστυγεῖς,

ἃς θνητὸς οὐδεὶς εἰσιδὼν ἕξει πνοάς.
800

τοιοῦτο μέν σοι τοῦτο φρούριον λέγω·

ἄλλην δ᾽ ἄκουσον δυσχερῆ θεωρίαν.

ὀξυστόμους γὰρ Ζηνὸς ἀκραγεῖς κύνας

γρύπας φύλαξαι τόν τε μουνῶπα στρατόν

Apparatus Criticus

σαυτῆς σαυτῆς τ' ἢ om λόγου οἴκους λόγους corr. Elmsley πλάνην βλάβην λύσοντα λύσοντα σε λύσαντα τὸ μὴ οὐ τῶ V οὐ om πολύδονον πολύδινον ἠπείροιν ἠπείρων corr. Herwerden ἀντολὰς ἀνατολάς στίβει ἡλιοστιβεῖς corr. Heimsöth πόντου πόντον παρεῖσα περῶσα corr. Heimsöth Κισθήνης Κισθήνης Κιθ. Κισθύν. Κισθίν. σκυθίνης δηναιαὶ δειναιαί μονόδοντες μονώδοντες ἡ del. Hermann τοιοῦτο τοιοῦτον ὀξυστόμους ὀξυστόμου ἀκραγεῖς ἀκραγγεῖς σκύθας τε γε μουνῶπα μουνώπαν μουνωπόν

ΠΡ.
¹

Ἀριμασπὸν ἱπποβάμον᾽, οἳ χρυσόρρυτον
805

οἰκοῦσιν ἀμφὶ νᾶμα Πλούτωνος πόρου·

τούτοις σὺ μὴ πέλαζε. τηλουρὸν δὲ γῆν

ἥξεις κελαινὸν φῦλον, οἳ πρὸς ἡλίου

ναίουσι πηγαῖς, ἔνθα ποταμὸς Αἰθίοψ.

τούτου παρ᾿ ὄχθας ἕρφ᾽, ἕως ἂν ἐξίκηι
810

καταβασμόν, ἔνθα Βυβλίνων ὀρῶν ἄπο˙

ἵησι σεπτὸν Νεῖλος εὔποτον ῥέος.

οὗτός σ᾽ ὁδώσει τὴν τρίγωνον ἐς χθόνα

Νειλῶτιν, οὗ δὴ τὴν μακρὰν ἀποικίαν

Ἰοῖ πέπρωται σοί τε καὶ τέκνοις κτίσαι.
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τῶν δ᾽ εἴ τί σοι ψελλόν τε καὶ δυσεύρετον,

ἐπανδίπλαζε καὶ σαφῶς ἐκμάνθανε·

σχολὴ δὲ πλείων ἢ θέλω πάρεστί μοι.

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.)) — 887-905 focus

Chorus

Ah, sage, sage indeed, was he who first pondered this truth in his mind and with his tongue gave it utterance—

that to marry in one’s own class is far the best—a poor man should not desire to marry among those who are pampered by riches, or who are mighty in pride of birth.
890

894

Chorus

Never, oh never,

immortal Fates, may you see me the partner of the bed of Zeus, and may I be wedded to no bridegroom who descends to me from heaven. For I shudder when I behold the loveless maidenhood of Io, cruelly crushed like this
895

by her toilsome wanderings sent by Hera.
900

901

Chorus

When marriage is on equal terms, in my opinion it is no cause for dread; so never may the love of the mightier gods cast on me its irresistible glance. That would indeed be a war that cannot be fought, a source of resourceless misery; and

I do not know what would be my fate, for I do not see how I could escape the designs of Zeus.
905

PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 780 focus

les sous mes yeux et offre-moi le choix.

PROMÉTHÉE

Je te l'offre, choisis : dois-je t'apprendre exactement le reste de tes maux ou qui sera mon libérateur ?

LE CORYPHÉE

De ces grâces, veuille donc lui accorder l'une, l'autre sera pour moi : ne dédaigne pas nos vœux. A Io révèle la suite de ses erreurs ; à moi, qui sera
ton libérateur ; car c'est là mon envie.

PROMÉTHÉE

Si tel est votre ardent désir, je ne me refuserai pas à vous révéler tout ce que vous demandez. A toi d'abord, Io, je dirai les erreurs de ta course tourbillonnante : inscris-les aux tablettes fidèles de ta mémoire.

PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ

PROMÉTHÉE

Quand tu auras franchi le courant qui sert de limite aux continents vers le Levant où flamboient les pas du Soleil ¹ en traversant le fracas de la mer, jusqu'au moment où tu atteindras les champs gorgonéens de Kisthène, séjour des
Phorkides, trois vierges antiques, au corps de cygne, qui n'ont qu'un même œil, une seule dent, et qui jamais n'obtiennent un regard ni du soleil rayonnant ni du croissant des nuits. Près d'elles sont trois sœurs ailées à
toison de serpents, les Gorgones, horreur des mortels, que nul humain ne saurait regarder sans expirer aussitôt. Tel est l'avertissement que d'abord je te donne. Mais apprends à connaître le péril d'un autre spectacle : garde-toi des chiens de Zeus, au bec aigu, qui n'aboient point,
des Griffons ² ; et aussi de l'armée montée des Arimaspes à l'œil unique, qui habitent sur les bords du fleuve Pluton, qui charrie l'or. D'aucun de ceux-là n'approche ; et tu arriveras alors en un pays éloigné, celui d'un peuple noir, établi près des eaux du Soleil, au pays du fleuve Aithiops.
Suis-en la berge jusqu'à l'heure où tu atteindras la « Descente », le point où, du haut des monts de Biblos, le Nil déverse ses eaux saintes et salutaires. C'est lui qui te conduira au pays en triangle où le Destin a
réservé à Io et à sa descendance la fondation de sa lointaine colonie. Si quelque point te reste trouble, embarrassant, reprends-le, instruis-toi avec précision. J'ai du loisir ici, plus que je n'en souhaite.

LE CORYPHÉE

Si tu as encore à lui révéler un fait
nouveau — ou oublié — de ses erreurs vagabondes, dis-

PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ

LE CORYPHÉE

le. Si tu as

Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 780 focus

Shall I declare the reſt of thy misfortunes,

Or doſt thou wiſh to know him that ſhall free me?

CHORUS.

The first to her, to me this other grace

Vouchſafe, nor my requeſt treat with diſdain.

To her impart what toils remain; to me
795

Him that ſhall free thee; this I moſt deſire.

PROMETHEUS.

This your requeſt I ſhall not be averſe

To gratify, and tell you all you wiſh.

First for thy various wand'rings: Mark my words,

And grave them on the tablet of thy heart.
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When thou ſhalt paſs the flood, the common bound

Of either continent, direct thy ſteps

Right to the firey portals of the eaſt,

PROMETHEUS.

The' ſun's bright walk, along the roaring beach,

Till thou ſhalt come to the gorgonian plains
805

Of Ciſthine, where dwell the ſwanlike forms

Of Phorcys' daughters, bent and white with age; h

One common eye have these, one common tooth,

And never does the ſun with chearful ray

Viſit them darkling, nor the moon's pale orb
810

That ſilvers o'er the night.

The Gorgons nigh,

Their ſiſters these, ſpread their broad wings, and wreath

Their horrid hair with ſerpents, fiends abhor'd,

Whom never mortal cou'd behold, and live.
815

Be therefore warn'd, and let it profit thee

To learn what else deteſtable to ſight

Lies in thy way, and dang'rous.

Shun the Gryphins,

Those dumb and rav'nous dogs of Jove. Avoid
820

The Arimaſpian troops, whoſe frowning foreheads

Glare with one blazing eye; along the banks,

Where Pluto rolls his ſtreams of gold, they rein i

Their foaming ſteeds; approach them not, but seek

A land far diſtant, where the tawny race k

825

Dwell near the fountains of the ſun, and where

The Nigris pours his duſky waters; wind

Along his banks, till thou ſhalt reach the fall

Where from the mountains with Papyrus crown'd

The venerable Nile impetuous pours
830

His headlong torrent; he ſhall guide thy ſteps

To those irriguous plains, whoſe triple ſides

His arms ſurround;

there have the Fates decreed

Thee and thy ſons to form the lengthen'd line. -
835

Is ought imperfect, ought obſcure? Reſume

Th' inquiry, and be taught with greater clearncss:

+ I have more leiſure than I wiſh to have.

CHORUS.

Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 780 focus

Eccoli, eleggi: o di tue pene il termine

900

ti dirò chiaro, o chi me deve sciogliere.

CORIFEA

Di queste grazie una a costei concedi,

e l'altra a me, né favellar t'incresca:

degli error' suoi di' a questa il resto; e a me

chi ti libererà; ché ciò desidero.
905

PROMETEO

Poi che voi lo bramate, io rifiutarmi

non saprei di narrar ciò che chiedete:

a te dapprima narrerò, fanciulla,

i lunghi errori ed i travagli; e scrivilo

del pensiero tuo nei solchi mèmori.
910

Poscia che il gorgo, ai continenti limite,

attraversato avrai, verso le plaghe

tutte fiamma, che il sole all'alba preme,

corri, e traversa il sonito del mare,

sin che tu non pervenga al pian di Cístene
915

gorgonio, ove dimora hanno le Fòrcidi,

le tre fanciulle annose. Elle figura

han di cigno, e un solo occhio in tre posseggono,

e un dente sol. Né coi suoi raggi il sole

le guarda mai, né la notturna luna.
920

Le Gorgoni son qui presso; le tre

loro alate sorelle, a cui dal capo

guizzano serpi: aborrono esse gli uomini;

né può mortale alcuno serbare alito

di vita, ove le scorga: il loro asilo
925

di schivar t'ammonisco. Altro spettacolo

orrido ascolta ancor. Dai grifi guàrdati,

muti cani di Giove adunchi rostri,

e dall'equestre stuol degli Arimaspi,

ch'àn solo un occhio, ed abitano i pressi
930

del Plutone, che volge oro nei flutti.

Non accostarti ad essi. E giungerai

ad una estrema landa, a un popol negro

che del sol presso le sorgenti vive,

dov'è l'Etíope fiume. Or tu trascinati
935

lungo le rive, sin che tu sia giunta

ad una frana, dove il Nilo gitta

giú dai monti Biblini, l'onda sacra

soave a bere. Ed esso t'addurrà

al tricuspide suol niliaco, dove
940

è per te fato e per i figli tuoi,

la remota colonia, Io, stabilire.

Se men facile o balba per te suona

di ciò ch'io dissi alcuna parte, addoppia

pur la dimanda, e chiaro apprendi il tutto:
945

tempo n'ho molto più ch'io non desideri.

CORIFEA

Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 780 focus

Do, elige. aut enim reliquos labores tibi

780

Dicam manifestè, aut quis me soluturus est.

Cho.

Horum partim huic, partim mihi gratiam

Dare velis, neq; sermones contemne,

Huicq; narra reliquum errorem:

Mihi verò, qui te soluet. hoc enim cupio.
785

Pro.

Postquam cupitis, non aduersabor:

Omnia quæ vultis, vobis narrabo.

Tibi primò, Io, multiuagum errorem dicam,

Quem tu tabulis memoribus mentium scribes.

Quando transibis fluentum, terminum Asiæ
790

Ad solis ortum, flammeâs solis vias,

Murmur maris transiens ibis, donec exeâs

Ad Gorgoneos campos Sistinis, ubi detestatæ

Phorcydes habitant, puellæ validæ,

Tres cygniformes, communem oculum possidentes,
795

Vnidentes, quos neq; sol respicit

Radijs, neq; nocturna luna unquam:

Prope sunt hæ tres sorores alatæ,

Dracontinis pilis, Gorgones mortalibus invisæ:

Quas qui mortalium viderit, non amplius vivet,
800

Hoc tibi vitandum esse dico,

Aliud audi triste spectaculum:

Acutum os habentes, Iouis longè clamantes canes

Aduncos vitabis, unoculumq; exercitum

Bellicosum equitantem, qui aurifluum
805

Habitat circa meatum Plutonis,

Ad hunc non ibis: remotæ terræ

Venies ad nigram nationem, quæ iuxta solis

Fontes habitat: ibi fluvius Æthiops est.

Huius ad ripas ito, donec traijcias:
810

PROMETHEVS.

Traiectum, inde à montibus Biblinis

Mittit venerandum Nilus potatu bonus fluentum:

Ipse te deducet in Triquetram terram

Nilotim, cuius longam coloniam

Constitutum est tibi & filijs tuis condere,
815

Horum si quid tibi incognitum, & inuetu difficile est,

Rursus interroga, & disce apertè.

Plus enim mihi est otij, quàm vellem.

Cho.

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.) — 780 focus

I grant it: shall I in all clearness show

Thy future woes, or my deliverance?
855

Chorus

Nay! of the two, vouchsafe her wish to her

And mine to me, deigning a truth to each—

To her, reveal her future wanderings—

To me, thy future saviour, as I crave!

Prometheus

I will not set myself to thwart your will
860

Withholding aught of what ye crave to know.

First to thee, Io, will I tell and trace

Thy scared circuitous wandering—mark it well,

Deep in retentive tablets of the soul.

When thou hast overpast the ferry's flow
865

That sunders continent from continent,

Straight to the eastward and the flaming face

Of dawn, and highways trodden by the sun,

Pass, till thou come unto the windy land

Of daughters born to Boreas: beware
870

Lest the strong spirit of the stormy blast

Snatch thee aloft, and sweep thee to the void,

On wings of raving wintry hurricane!

Wend by the noisy tumult of the wave,

Until thou reach the Gorgon-haunted plains
875

Beside Cisthene. In that solitude

Dwell Phorcys' daughters, beldames worn with time,

Three, each swan-shapen, single-toothed, and all

Peering thro' shared endowment of one eye;

Never on them doth the sun shed his rays,
880

Never falls radiance of the midnight moon.

But, hard by these, their sisters, clad with wings,

Serpentine-curled, dwell, loathed of mortal men,—

The Gorgons!—he of men who looks on them

Shall gasp away his life. Of such fell guard
885

I bid thee to beware. Now, mark my words

When I another sight of terror tell—

Beware the Gryphon pack, the hounds of Zeus,

As keen of fang as silent of their tongues!

Beware the one-eyed Arimaspian band
890

That tramp on horse-hoofs, dwelling by the ford

Of Pluto and the stream that flows with gold:

Keep thou aloof from these. To the world's end

Thou comest at the last, the dark-faced tribe

That dwell beside the sources of the sun,
895

Where springs the river, Aethiopian named.

Make thou thy way along his bank, until

Thou come unto the mighty downward slope

Where from the overland of Bybline hills

Nile pours his hallowed earth-refreshing wave.
900

He by his course shall guide thee to the realm

Named from himself, three-angled, water-girt;

There, Io, at the last, hath Fate ordained,

For thee and for thy race, the charge to found,

Far from thy native shore, a new abode.
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Lo, I have said: if aught hereof appear

Hard to thy sense and inarticulate,

Question me o'er again, and soothly learn—

God wot, I have too much of leisure here!

Chorus

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.) — 780 focus

Wohlan, so wähle: soll ich dir dein künftig Leid

Genau berichten, oder wer mich lösen wird?

Die Chorführerin.

Von Beidem woll' ihr Eines, mir das Andere

Gewähren: laß die Bitte nicht vergeblich sein!
780

Ihr melde denn, welch weit'res Irrsal ihrer harrt,

Mir, wer dich einst erlöse: sehnend wünsch' ich das.

Prometheus.

Weil ihr es wünschet, widerstreb' ich länger nicht,

Und offenbar' euch Alles, was ihr wissen wollt.

Erst, Jo, meld' ich deine vielbewegte Flucht;
785

Sie schreib' in Tafeln deines Sinns getreu dir ein.

Wenn du den Sund durchschwammest, der die Festen trennt,

Zeuch, wo des Ostes Sonnenbahn sich flammend hebt,

Hindurch die Meereswogen, bis du hingelangst

Zu Gorgoneierfluren, nach Kisthene, wo
790

Des Phorkys Töchter hausen, hochbetagte Frau'n,

Drei, schwanengleich, gemeinsam Eines Auges froh

Und Eines Zahnes, welche nie der Sonne Strahl

Beglänzt, und nie des Mondes nächtlich Aug' erblickt;

Und ihnen nah die Schwestern, drei geflügelte
795

Gorgonen, schlangenhaarig, grimm von Menschenhaß,

Bei deren Anblick jeder Hauch des Lebens stirbt.

Zu deiner Hut verkünd' ich solches dir voraus.

Noch andern Anblick grauser Art vernimm von mir.

Hab' Acht vor jenen Greifen, Zeus' scharfzahnigen,
800

Stimmlosen Hunden und den rossetummelnden

Einäugigen Arimaspen, die des Pluto Strom

Umwohnen, der in goldnem Sand die Welle rollt.

Komm ihnen ja nicht nahe! Dann ein fernes Land

Erreichst du, jenes schwarze Volk an Helios'
805

Urborne, wo des Aethiops Gewässer strömt.

An dessen Ufer wandre, bis du hingelangst

Zum Wassersturze, wo von Byblos' Höh'n herab

Des Neilos Flut den süßen heil'gen Strom ergießt.

Der wird den Weg dir weisen in's dreiseitige
810

Nilland, wo dir und deiner Kinder Stamm dereinst

Die ferne Wohnung, Jo, dein Geschick bestimmt.

Blieb irgend etwas dunkel dir und räthselbaft,

So frage nochmals, und vernimm ein klares Wort;

Denn reich're Muße ward mir, als ich wünschen mag.
815

Die Chorführerin.

Commentary

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

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ἀεὶ:

αἰεὶ

27. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-32

λωφήσων: Thomas M. p. 226, 12.

λοφήσων

G. Rob.

28. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-33

ἐπηύρω:

ἐπηύρω

Μ.

ἀπηύρω

G. Lips. Aug. Eustathius p. 675, 49. schol. ad II. VII. 190. in Crameri Anecd. Paris. III. p. 226, 31. Defendit

ἀπηύρω

Abreschius in Misc. Obs. VIII. p. 341. Elmsleius veram scripturam

ἐπηύρου

esse putabat, quod altera

forma

Attici non videantur usi esse. Aeschylum tamen ego hoc loco credam

ἐπηύρω

scripsisse, ne quater vocabula in

ου

terminarentur.

32. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-34

NA: Cram. Anecd. Paris. IV. p. 14, 4.

34. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-35

φθέγξει: Libri

φθέγξηι

36. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-36

κατοικτίζεις:

κατοικτίζῃ

κατοικτίζη

Μ.

κατοικτίζεις

Lips. Aug.

40. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-37

σύμφημ':

σύμφημι

Lips. plene, ut si

ἀνηκουστεῖν

sequeretur. Ceteri libri

σύμφημ

42. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-38

ἀεί γε δὴ:

αἰεί τε δὴ νηλής

Μ. cum aliis.

αἰεί τοι νηλὴς

αἰεί τοι δὴ νηλὴς

Lips. Aug.

αἰεί τι δὴ νηλής

alii.

αἰεί τει δὴ νηλὴς

Rob.

γε

praebuit Vind. 3. Porsono aliisque merito probatum.

43. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-39

τόνδε:

τῷδε

M. a pr. manu,

44. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-40

NA: Stobaeus LVIII. 6. Clemens Alex. Strom. V. p. 234. (399.) Theodoretus c. Graec. IV. p. 531. C. Georgides in Boissonadii Anecd. I. p. 85. apud quem

τὰ

pro

τὸ

legitur.

45. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-41

χειρωναξία:

χειρῶν ἀξία

Lips.

χειροναξία

G. Phrynichus in Bekkeri Anecd. p. 72, 14.

χειρωναξία· πολὺ μὲν τὸ χειρῶναξ, τὸ δ᾽ ἔργον οὐχ οὕτως, κἂν Αισχύλος δόκιμον ποιῇ τὴν φωνήν

48. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-42

ἔμπας:

ἔμπης

48. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-43

ὤφελεν:

ὤφειλε

G. Lips. Aug.

ὤφελεν

Μ.

49. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-44

ἐπαχθῆ: Libri

ἐπαχθές

, quod quocumque modo explicetur, ineptam et ne recte quidem enuntiatam sententiam praebet, quia perfecto opus erat. Stanlei emendationem

ἐπαχθῆ

meo monitu recepit Blomfieldius. Coniecit hoc etiam Briggsius ad Theocr. I. 101.

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θεοῖσι:

θεοῖς

Lips. Aug.

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ἔγνωκα τοῖςδε: Interpungebatur

ἔγνωκα, τοῖςδε κοὐδὲν ἀντειπεῖν ἔχω

. Frustra haec alii defendere, alii corrigere conati sunt: de qua re accurate disputavit Mauricius Hauptius in Obs. crit. p. 57. Recte Bothius

ἔγνωκα τοῖςδε

coniunxit.

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ἐπείξει δεσμὰ τῷδε:

ἐπείξηι τῶνδε

(

τῷδε

G.)

δεσμὰ

Μ. G. et alii libri.

ἐπείξῃ δεσμὰ τῷδε

Lips. Aug. aliique. Haec melior verborum collocatio.

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ἐλινύοντα:

ἐλινύοντα

M. G.

ἐλιννύοντα

Lips. Aug.

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ψάλια:

ψάλια

M. Lips. Aug.

ψέλια

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νιν: Scholiastae

νιν

interpretantur et

αὐτά

αὐτόν

. Prior interpretatio vera videtur.

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πόρον: "

πόρον

Synes. Epist. 147. p. 288. A. sed

πόρους

Aristoph. Eq. 756. et schol. Marcellin. in Vit. Thuc. p. 2. 1. 9. Dionys. Halicarn, A. R. VII. 36. p. 1390. ed. Reisk." Haec adnotavit R. Porsonus, persuasitque Blomfieldio aliisque. Apud Aeschylum

πόρον

M. Lips. Aug. et plerique libri.

τρόπων

τρόπον

Cant. 1. γρ.

τρόπον

Arund.

πόρους

nullus. Prudenter Scholefieldius vix satis vel caussae esse vel auctoritatis habere scholiastam Aristophanis et Marcellinum censuit, ut

πόρους

probaretur. Operae pretium est videre, quam leviter de testibus istis sit iudicatum. Solus scholiastes Aristophanis versum Aeschyli affert, habetque

πόρους

. At hic quam facili errore pluralem ponere potuerit, verba Aristophanis ostendunt,

ποικίλος γὰρ ἀνὴρ κἀκ τῶν ἀμηχάνων πόρους εὐμηχάνους πορίζων

. Aristophanem autem quo argumento, si Aeschyli versum in mente habuit,

πόρους

legisse iudicavit Porsonus, quum ille per metrum non potuerit

πόρον

ponere? Quid autem Marcelinus? De Thracibus et Dolopibus,

καταφεύγουσιν ἐπὶ τὰ χρηστήρια, εἰδότες ὅτι μόνος ὁ θεὸς ἐξ ἀμηχάνων εὑρίσκει πόρους. θεῶν γὰρ ἰσχὺς καὶ κατ' Αισχύλον ὑπερτέρα

. Vt hic Aeschyli versum respexerit, quid impedit credere eum memoriae errore

πόρους

scripsisse? Denique quid Dionysius ?

δεινὸς ἀνὴρ τά τ' ἄλλα καὶ πόρους εὑρεῖν ἐν ἀπόροις

. Non magis profecto hic de Aeschylo cogitavit quam multi ali qui similia saepe dixerunt: quorum satis magnum numerum congessit Blomfieldins. Huic quidem etiam in eo assentiri nequeo, quod in Callistrati Imag. I. p. 145, 24.

πόρους

scribi voluit, ubi rectissime legi

ἀσθματος ἔνδειξιν, ἐγειρομένην οἴκοθεν ἐκ τῶν ἀμηχάνων πόρων

apparet ex cap. 9. p. 157, 6. Nec defendendo apud Aeschylum plurali prodest quod pluralem in simili sententia posuit,

δεινοὶ πλέκειν τοι μηχανὰς Αιγύπτιοι

(fr. 351): nam id quivis fecisset. Nec respexit Aeschyli versum Plato, quum in Symposio p. 203. D. de Amore scripsit

θηρευτής δεινός, ἀεί τινας πλέκων μηχανὰς καὶ πόριμος

. Nec mirandum quod apud Alciphronem L. S. p. 30. nemo correxerit

πόρους ἐξ ἀπόρων

. Nam mirandum potius esset, si id fecisset quisquam. Etenim ibi homo, qui sua omnia

ἄπορα

esse dixit, uxori scribit invitatum se a piratis ad ineundam societatem esse:

οὗτοί με κοινωνὸν ἐθέλουσι λαβεῖν τοῦ τολμήματος, πόρους ἐκ πόρων εὐμεγέθεις ὑπισχνούμενοι

. Neque ulla caussa erat cur mallet in Aristarchi versibus apud Stobaeum LXII. 9.

πόρους

scribi,

οὗτος γὰρ ὁ θεὸς καὶ τὸν ἀσθενῆ σθένειν τίθησι καὶ τὸν ἄπορον εὑρίσκειν πόρον

. Denique si putavit Vrsinum ad Virgilii Eel. V. 1.

πόρους

in Aeschyli versu ex MSS. posuisse, quid prohibet credere versum ex scholiasta Aristophanis ab Vrsino esse adscriptum?

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ἄραρεν:

ἄφησεν

legitur apud Ioannem Diaconum ad Hesiodi Scutum ν. 271.

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δυςεκλύτως:

δυσεκβλήτως

δυσεκλείτως

ante correctionem Lips.

δυσκωλύτως

legitur in scholiis Baroccianis ad Soph. Εl. 147.

δυςεκχύτως

in Crameri Anecd. Par. IV. p. 262, 24.

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μάθῃ:

μάθοι

Lips. Aug.

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NA: Schol. Aristoph. Ran. 826. Suidas in v. ἐπιβρεμέτας. Sumpsit haee Aeschylus ex Hesiodi Theog. 521.

δῆσε δ᾽ ἀλυκτοπέδῃσι Προμηθέα ποικιλόβουλον δεσμοῖς ἀργαλέοισι, μέσον διὰ κίον ἐλάσσας

. Quae sic videtur interpretatus esse, ut cuneum per medium Prometheum putaverit adactum esse. Idque iteravit in Soluto Prometheo, ut ex his a Cicerone in Latinum sermonem translatis versibus cognoscitur,

hos ille cuneos fabrica crudeli inserens perrupit artus, qua miser sollertia transverberatus castrum hoc Furiarum incolo

. At Hesiodus verba sua ita intelligi voluit,

τὰ δεσμὰ διὰ μέσον κίονα ἐλάσσας

, in media columna, ad quam alligatus fuerit Prometheus, affixas esse manicas. Sanguinis ex vulnere profluentis quod mentio non facta sit, Schützius hanc fuisse caussam putabat, quod secundum Homerum Il. V. 340.

ἰχώρ

diis pro sanguine esset. Mihi hic nihil caussae fuisse videtur, ut de sanguine aliquid adderetur. Nec tamen idcirco contenderim non esse sanguinem oculis spectatorum ostensum. Certe eius mentio facta est in Soluto Prometheo, ubi Prometheus dicebat

pinnala cauda nostrum adulans sanguinem

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αἰαῖ:

αι αι

M. G. Lips.

αῖ αῖ

Aug. et edd. vett.

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σῶν ὑπὲρ στένω: Libri

ὑπερστένω

, nisi quod Paris. Ε.

ὑπὲρ στέρνω

habet. Bothius

ὑπὲρ στένω

, quod congruit cum sequentibus.

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σὺ δ᾽ αὖ:

σὺ δ' οὖν

Rob. et pauci libri.

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τῶν Διός τ' ἐχθρῶν:

τὸν διός τ' ἐχθρὸν

Lips. Aug.

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ὕπερ:

ἅπερ

Μ. G.

ὑπερστένεις

, omisso

στένεις

in principio sequentis versus, Lips. Aug.

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NA: Thomas M. p. 235, 6.

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οἰκτιεῖς:

οἰκτιῆς

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NA:

σκόπει

in fine versus addunt Lips. Aug. non G. Scilicet in M. in margine adscriptum

λείπει σκόπει

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NA: Signum interrogandi, quod repertum a se scribit Stephanus, habet in fine versus G. et ut videtur M. Recte fortasse.

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τῶνδε:

τόνδε

Μ. a pr. manu.

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μασχαλιστῆρας:

πλευρὰς μασχαλίστρας

G. Meminit ex hoc loco

μασχαλιστῆρας

Thomas M. p. 236, 11. Describit

μασχαλιστῆρας

Pollux I. 147.

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ἐγκέλευ' ἄγαν:

ἐγκέλευ' ἔτι

, et in margine

γρ. ἄγαν

, Vind. 3.

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γε πρός:

δε

pro

γε

G. et alii.

σε

Rob. et libri nonnulli.

γέ σε

Ven. 2.

πρός

omittunt Lips. Aug.

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κίρκωσον:

κίρκωσον

Μ. qui in margine

ἀντὶ τοῦ κρίκωσον

habet.

κρίκωσον

G. Lips. Aug. et plerique libri.

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πόνῳ:

χρόνῳ

pro

πόνῳ

Rob. et pauci codices.

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θεῖνε:

θεῖνε

Lips. Aug.

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διατόρους:

Διάτορος

fere active dicitur. Scholiastes

τὰς διατειρούσας καὶ τιτρωσκούσας, ἢ διατετορευμένας

. Prior interpretatio aperte inepta est. Dicuntur compedes perforatae, non quod annulorum instar crura amplectantur, sed quod foramina habent, per quae clavi adacti eas saxis affigant.

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πέδας:

πόδας

Lips. Aug. Rob.

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NA: Eustathius p. 1629, 11. 1827, 46.

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οὑπιτιμητής γε:

οϋπιτιμήσγε

, ab alia manu ultimis syllabis in

τήςγε

mutatis, M.

οϋπιτιμητής δε

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γηρύεται:

γαρύεται

G. et pauci alii codices.

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NA: Eumathius p. 225. apud quem

μαλακίζου

αὐθαδείαν

legitur.

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ὀργῆς τε:

ὀργήν τε

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τραχύτητα:

βαρύτητα

θρασύτητα

Eumathius, Lips. Aug. et alii codices.

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μὴ 'πίπλησσέ μοι:

μὴ πίπλασσέ μοι

, ad

superscripto

, Lips.

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κώλοισιν:

κώλοισι

, ad

superscripto

, Lips.

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ἐφημέροισι:

ἐφημερίοισι

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προςτίθει: Dubitabat Blomfieldius an

προςτίθη

scribendum esset, quod in Etym. M. p. 478, 10. doceatur tertias imperfecti personas fieri secundas imperativi,

τίθη, πίμπλη

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ἀπαντλῆσαι:

ἀπαντλῆσαι

M. G. Lips. Aug.

ἀπαλλάξαι

pauci codices.

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δεῖ:

δεῖν

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αὐτὸν γάρ σε δεῖ Προμηθέως: Affert

αὐτόν σε δεῖ προμηθέως

Eustathius p. 1497, 42. Scholiastes Pindari ad Pyth. V. 35.

διὸ καὶ τοὔνομα ἀπὸ τοῦ προμαθεῖν ἔσχε. καὶ Σοφοκλῆς δὲ ἐν τῷ Προμηθεῖ “τοῦ Προμηθέως”, θέλων λέγειν τῆς φρονήσεως ἀντέχεσθαι καὶ μὴ τῆς μεταμελείας

. Quae verba Boeckhius in libro quem de tragicis Graecis scripsit p. 121. recte videtur ad hunc Aeschyli versum rettulisse, negans ab Sophocle scriptum esse Prometheum. Alioqui non legeremus quae de Aeschyli Prometheo praefati sunt antiqui interpretes,

κεῖται ἡ μυθοποιΐα ἐν παρεκβάσει παρὰ Σοφοκλεῖ ἐν Κόλχοις, παρὰ δ᾽ Ευριπίδῃ ὅλως οὐ κεῖται

. Falluntur ergo, qui, ut Valckerus in Mythologia Iapetidarum p. 19. Prometheum ab Sophocle scriptum credunt. Vt apud Aeschylum, ita etiam apud Pindarum Ol. VII. 80.

Προμαθέος αιδώς

dictum esse ostendit Pyth. V. 35.

Ἐπιμαθέος θυγατήρ Πρόφασις

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ἐκκυλισθήσει: Libri

ἐκκυλισθήσῃ

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τέχνης:

τέχνης

M. G. Lips. Aug. et plurimi codices. γρ.

τύχης

supra adscriptum in Lips.

τύχης

Rob. et libri nonnulli. In M. ad

τέχνης

adscriptum

τῶν δεσμῶν

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δῖος:

ὦ διός

M. G. Lips. Aug. Rob.

ὦ δῖος

Victorius.

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ταχύπτεροι:

ταχύτεροι

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NA: Respexisse videtur Pollux VI. 201. V. Petiti Misc. Obs. II. 18.

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παμμῆτόρ:

παμμήτωρ

Μ.

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κύκλον ἡλίου:

ἡλίου κύκλον

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ἴδεσθέ μ', οἷα:

ίδεσθ᾽ οἷα

Lips. Aug.

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δέρκεσθε, οἵαις αἰκίαισιν:

δέρ χθηθ' οἵαις αικίαισι

M. erasis post

δέρ

aliquot litteris.

δέρχθηθ' οἵαις ἀνίαισιν

(

ἀνίαισι

Aug. Rob.) G. Lips. Aug. Rob. Ad

οἵαις

in Lips. supra adscriptum γρ.

αναῖς

. Plerique libri

αἰκίαισι

habere videntur, ut Ald. Turn. Blomfieldius secundum Elmsleii praeceptum ad Med. 608. nota X.

αἰκείαισιν

scripsit. Eximia arte Aeschylus fecit Prometheum, tandem, postquam solus est neque audiri potest a feroci irrisore, quo praesente contemptim tacuerat, rumpere silentium, initio quidem adhuc constricto magnitudine mali pectore aegre et tardioribus numeris caelum terramque testes iniuriae appellare, mox autem libero impetu indignationem citatis anapaestis effundere, paullo post vero dignitatis suae memorem quieto tranquilloque animo sese conscientia recte factorum consolari.

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μυριετῆ:

μυριέτη

Lips. Scholiastes

πολυετῆ· ἐν γὰρ τῷ πυρφόρω τρεῖς μυριάδας φησὶ δεδέσθαι αὐτόν

. Hyginus Poet. astr. II. 15.

Prometheum autem in monte Scythiae nomine Caucaso ferrea catena vinxit: quem alligatum ad triginta milia annorum Aeschylus tragoediarum scriptor ait

. Id si Aeschylus

τριςμύρια ἔτη

dixit, videri potest usitata formula nihil nisi ingentem numerum significasse. Ideo tamen hic

μυριετῆ χρόνον

non eam vim quam

πολυετῆ

, sed paullo maiorem habet, numero annis addito quasi vivam imaginem immensi spatii animo offerens.

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ἀθλεύσω:

ἀθλεύσω

G. Rob. et alii libri.

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αἰαῖ:

φεῦ φεῦ

M. G. et aliquot alii codices.

αι αι

Lips. Aug. atque alii.

αἳ αἳ

Rob. Qui cum Porsono

φεῦ φεῦ

praetulerunt, videntur id hiatus vitandi caussa fecisse. At is in interiectionibus legitimus est. Aptius hic videtur

αἰαῖ

, solentque id glossatores

φεῦ φεῦ

interpretari.

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πῇ:

πῆι

M. G. Lips. Aug. multique alii codices et Rob.

πῆ

Ald.

πῇ

a recte editum inde a Turnebo.

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τέρματα:

τέρματα

M. Ita recte Turnebus. Fuerunt qui hoc corrigendo orationem enervarent.

τέρμα

G. Lips. Aug. Rob. et reliqui ut videtur libri. In edd. vett. coli signo vel puncto post

στενάχω

distinguitur, non posito signo interrogandi post

ἐπιτεῖλαι

, quod placuit fere recentioribus. At multo gravior hic obliqua oratio est. Sic etiam v. 183. ss.

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σκεθρῶς:

σκοθρῶς

M. a pr. manu.

τορῶς

nonnulli codices.

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τὰ μέλλοντ', οὐδέ μοι:

τὰ μέλλοντα οὐδ᾽ ἐμοὶ

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πῆμ' οὐδὲν:

πῆμα οὐδὲν

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γιγνώσκονθ᾽:

γιγνώσκονθ'

Μ. Reliqui

γινώσκονθ'

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NA: Moschopulus in Agapetum apud Fabricium Bibl. Gr. vol. XII. p. 306. sive ed. Harl. vol. VIII. p. 41. Theodorus Hyrtacenus Epist. S. et 43.

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ἀδήριτον:

ἀδήρητον

Lips. Aug.

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πορὼν:

πορῶν

M. Lips.

πορών

G. Aug.

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ἐνέζευγμαι:

ἐνέζευγμαι

M. G. aliique codices.

ἐζευγμαι

Aug. Lips. et plerique codices.

ὑπέζευγμαι

edd. vett.

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NA: Hesychius in v.

ναρθηκοπλήρωτες

. Schol. Ambrosianus ad Od. v. 490.

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πηγὴν:

πηγήν

scriptum est apud Hesychium.

παγήν

, superscripto

, Lips.

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πάσης:

πάσης

M. G. Lips. Aug. et plerique codices.

πᾶσι

nonnulli codices et Ald. Rob.

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πέφηνε:

πέφηνε

M, G. Lips. Aug. et ceteri ut videtur codices.

πέφυκε

editiones veteres.

112. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-113

τοιάςδε:

τοιᾶς δε

G. Ceteri

τοιάσδε

. Quod Stanleius coniecerat non satis perspecto usu Graecorum,

τοιώνδε

, quattuor codices Vindobonenses habere dicit Schützius, testis valde suspectus.

113. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-114

πασσαλευτὸς ὤν:

πασσαλευτός

, omisso

ὤν

, G. Lips. Aug. et plerique codices.

πασσαλευμένος

Μ. et alii codices,

πασσαλευόμενος

Cantabr. 2.

δεσμοῖσι πεπασσαλευμένος

Rob.

πασσαλευτὸς ὢν

receptum inde a Turnebo.

114-115. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-115

NA: In Lips.

ἔα. ἔα. ἔα. ἔα. τίς ἀχώ. τίς ὀδμά

. ab alia, ut videtur, manu in fine praecedentis versus post

πασσαλευτός

addita sunt, omissis

προσέπτα μ' ἀφεγγὴς θεόσυτος

. Eadem omissa in Aug. in quo priora sic scripta sunt,

ἔα. ἔα. ἔα. τίς ἀχώ. τίς ὀδμά

. Recte scholiastae

ἐκπλήξεως ἐπιρρήματα. ἐπιρρήματα ἐκπληκτικά

. Quorum

ἔα ἔα

rei subitae mirationem,

ἔα ἔα

quid secuturum sit exspectationem significat. Vehementer commoveri Prometheum, ubi illa in solitudine aliquem ad se accedere sentit, per se patet. Itaque hic unicus est in hac tragoedia locus, in quo Prometheum pauca videmus liberioribus numeris exclamare. In ceteris quae loquitur omnibus summam servat gravitatem, aut iambis, aut, quum indignatione corripitur, anapaestis utens,

115. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-116

NA: Quis credat quaesitum esse quid oluerint Oceanides? Ambrosiam spirare putabat Schützius, odorem qualis esset deorum marinorum Jacobsius in Museo Attico vol. III. p. 403. Neutrum qualis sit intelligas. Ambrosium enim ipsum nomen non mortalium, sed deorum esse indicat: hic vero qui est? Non magis dicas quid dii marini redoleant, nisi valde diversum ab eo quod

νέποδες καλῆς ἁλοσύδνης

apud Homerum. Satis est meminisse, qui vitam sub dio agant, sensibus uti acrioribus, eoque facile vel levi aurae motu adventum alicuius percipere naribus.

116. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-117

θεόσυτος:

θεόσυτος

M. G. et reliqui, ut videtur, libri praeter Arundelanium, ex quo

θεόσυτος

Stanleius restituit.

116. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-118

κεκραμένη:

κεκραμμένη

ante rasuram M.

117. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-119

ἐπὶ πάγον: Constat hic versus ex dochmio et Cretico.

ἐπίπαγον

Lips.

118. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-120

ἐμῶν θεωρός:

ἡμῶν θεωρός

, cum rasura ante

ός

, Μ.

119. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-121

θεόν:

θεὸν

superscripto

ὢν

Lips.

θεῶν

Aug.

122. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-122

εἰςοιχνεῦσιν:

εἰσοιχνεῦσιν

Μ.

εἰσοιχνεῦσι

alii.

εἰσιχνεῦσιν

Lips. Aug.

εἰσιχνεῦσι

G. et alii. Eustathius p. 1483, 39.

ὅσοι τὴν Διὸς αὐλὴν οἰχνεῦσι

123. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-123

βροτῶν:

τῶν βροτῶν

codices nonnulli et Ald. Rob.

τὸν

solum G.

124. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-124

φεῦ φεῦ:

αἳ αἳ

Vind. 2. 4. Ask. A.

φεῦ φεῦ

ceteri libri, quod hic, ubi stupet potius quam dolet Prometheus, recte se habet.

124. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-125

κινάθισμα:

κινάθισμα

memorat Hesychius.

125. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-126

ἐλαφραῖς:

ἐλαφρᾶς

Μ.

128. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-127

φοβηθῇς:

φοβηθεὶς

, gravi accentu per circumflexum tramisso, Lips.

φοβηθείς

Aug.

128. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-128

ἥδε: Libri

ἥδε

. Scribendum

ὧδε

. Scholiastes ex antiquis et probis auctoribus

ὁ ρυθμὸς Ἀνακρεόντειός ἐστι κεκλασμένος πρὸς τὸ θρηνητικόν. ἐπεδήμησε γὰρ τῇ Αττικῇ Κριτίου ἐρῶν, καὶ ἠρέσθη

(libri

ἠράσθη

)

λίαν τοῖς μέλεσι τοῦ τραγικοῦ. ἐχρῶντο δὲ αὐτοῖς οὐκ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν τοῖς θρηνητικοῖς, ὡς καὶ Σοφοκλῆς Τυροῖ. ἔστι δὲ ταῦτα ὅμοια τῷ οὐδ᾽ αὖ μ' ἐάσεις μεθύοντ᾽ οἴκαδ᾽ ἀπελθεῖν

. Dixi de hoc metro in Elem. doctr. metr. p. 492. et ad Sophoclis Antig. 833.

129. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-129

ἁμίλλαις:

ἁμίλαις

Lips.

130. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-130

προςέβα:

προσέβα

, superscripto

, Lips.

131. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-131

μόγις:

μόλις

G. (sed hic

a minio in

mutato) et Ven. 3. Rob.

133-134. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-132

ἄντρων μυχόν:

ἄντρων μυχῶν

Lips. Aug. Omiserunt Turnebus

ἄντρων

, Canterus

μυχόν

134. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-133

μου:

με

pro

μου

Lips. Aug.

134. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-134

θεμερῶπιν:

θεμερῶπιν

Μ. a pr. manu et Victorius.

θερμερώπιν

Μ. a sec. manu et G. Aug. cum plerisque libris et Εtym. Μ. p. 447, 12.

θερμερώπην

Lips.

θερμωπὴν

Ask. C.

θερμῶπιν

Colb. 1.

θεμεῤῥῶπιν

Turn. V. Bentl. in epist. ad Millium p. 66. (516. ed. Lips.) Hesychius

θεμερῶπις, ἐρασμία αἰσχύνη

. Sic recte emendarunt. Idem

θεμερή, βεβαία, σεμνή, εὐσταθής. θεμερόν, σεμνόν, ἀφ' οὗ καὶ τὸ σεμνύνεσθαι θεμερύνεσθαι

, quod verbum Pollux VI. 185. comicum esse dicit. Pro radice horum vocabulorum sumendum est

θεμός

, quod significaverit positionem, h. e. motus in quietem mutationem: unde

θεμῶσαι

Ιl. IX. 486. 542. Hinc

θεμερός

sedatus, modestus, lenis, mitis est. Empedocles emendatus a Bentleio

Δῆρις θ' αἱματόεσσα καὶ Αρμονίη θεμερώπις

. Id ad mites maturitate fructus translatum in epigrammate quod in Brunckii Anal. vol. III. p. 189. est CXC. et in Appendice Anthol. Palat. 239.

Αττει θ᾽ ὑψίστῳ καὶ συνιέντι τὸ πᾶν, τῷ πᾶσιν καιροῖς θεμερώτερα πάντα φύοντι

. Welckero in Trilogia p. 25. omnium interpretum soli, credo, in mentem venit Oceanides maxima corporis parte nudas, ut in picturis, in orchestram esse demissas.

136. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-135

αἰαῖ, αἰαῖ:

αι

ter M. bis Lips. Aug.

οι

bis G.

αι

quater codex Par. B. et sic post Heathium editores.

138. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-136

εἱλισσομένου:

τ' εἰλισσομένου

M. G. Lips. Aug.

θ' είλισσομένου

inde a Turnebo editores.

139. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-137

ἀκοιμήτῳ:

ἀκοιμήτωρ'

ρεύματι Lips.

140. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-138

ἐςίδεσθ':

ἐσίδεσθ'

non

ἐσίδεσθέ με

neque

εἰσίδεσθέ μ'

, M. atque ita Turn.

ἐσίδεσθέ με

G. et alii codices.

ἐσίδεσθέ μου

Lips. Aug.

ἐσίδεσθέ με

plerique.

141. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-139

προςπορπατὸς:

πρὸς πατρὸς

, adscripto a manu tertia, quae saeculi XV. esse videtur,

προσπορπατὸς

, Μ.

πρὸς πα τος

, post

eraso

, ut videtur, et superscripto ab alia manu

πορ

, G.

πρὸς πορ πατός

, superscripto

πορ

προςπαρτός

, Lips.

142. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-140

σκοπέλοις:

σκοπέλων

Aug. et superscripto

οις

Lips.

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ἐν ἄκροις:

ἐν ἄκραις

144. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-142

λεύσσω:

λεύσω

145. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-143

ὁμίχλη:

ὁμίκλα

Arund. Ven. 2. Ceteri libri

ὁμίχλη

146. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-144

εἰςιδούσα:

ἰσίδουσα

, cum hoc accentu, litteris autem

αι

paene evanidis, M.

εἰσιδούσῃ

G. Hoc et

εἰσιδοῦσι

legi observat scholiastes. Atque aliquot codices

εἰσιδοῦσι

vel

εἰσιδοῦσιν

εἰσιδοῦσα

Lips. Aug.

εἰσιδοῦσαι

, superscripto

, Par. N.

εἰσιδοῦσαι

Turnebus. Dubitari potest an

εἰσιδοῦσαν

scripserit Aeschylus, ut in Choeph. 405.

ἐπάλλεται δ' αὖτέ μοι φίλον κέαρ τόνδε κλύουσαν οἶκτον

147. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-145

πέτραις:

πέτραι

Lips. Aug.

πέτραις

aliquot codices et Aldina, quod fortasse praeferendum est.

148. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-146

ταῖςδ᾽ ἀδαμαντοδέτοισι:

ταῖς ἀδαμαντοδέτοις

M. Lips. Aug. et ceteri libri plerique.

ταῖς ἀκαμαντοδέτοις

G. In M. priori syllabae in

ἀδαμαντοδέτοις

supra adscriptum a pr. manu

δ' α

.. Turnebus

ἀδαμαντοδέτοισι

, Victorius

ταῖςδ'

posuit.

150. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-147

δὲ δὴ:

δὲ δὴ

M. et ceteri libri plerique.

δε

δὲ

Lips. Aug.

150. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-148

ἀθέτως: Libri omnes

ἀθέσμως

, nisi quod

ἀθέμως

Lips. Aug. Emendavit Bentleius in epist. ad Millium p. 66. (516. ed. Lips.) ex Hesychio, apud quem sic scriptum est,

ἀθέτως, ἀθέσμως, οὐ συγκατατεθειμένως. Αἰσχύλος Προμηθεῖ δεσμώτῃ

151. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-149

δὲ:

γάρ

pro

δὲ

152. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-150

εἰ γάρ μ' ὑπὸ γῆν:

εἰ γὰρ ὑπὸ γαῖαν

Lips. Aug.

152. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-151

νέρθεν θ': Libri

νέρθεν τ' ἀΐδου

, nisi quod

ἔρθεν

(sed spiritu et accentu linea transfixis) G. habet et

ἔρθεν

Par. N.

νέρθεν θ' Ἅιδου

Turnebus, unde usitatam formam Blomfieldius restituit.

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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;

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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⁵

⁶

;

26. ἀεὶ δὲ κτἑ.: the sense is, "ever will some evil be with thee, the pain of which shall make thee wretched," "one evil will ever be followed by another."

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⁷

⁸

;

27. ὁ λωφήσων : cp. Soph. Ant. 261 οὐδ᾽ ὁ κωλύσων παρῆν, Εl. 1197 οὐδ᾽ οὑπαρήξων οὐδ᾽ ὁ κωλύσων πάρα. See also 771 below; Soph. Phil. 1242 τίς ἔσται μ᾽ οὐπικωλύσων τάδε. The scholi- ast wrongly understands a particular person (Heracles). λωφάω is here transitive, in 376 intransitive. In this use of the participle the object is commonly omitted. - οὐ πέφυκέ πω: οὔπω separated, as in 511, Pers. 179, Cho. 747, Eum. 590, Frg. 280, 5. In saying thy deliverer has yet to be born, Hephaestus means only, "no living soul can deliver thee."

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⁹

¹⁰

;

28. ἐπηύρου: of the verb ἐπαυρίσκο- μαι only the second aorist ἐπηυρόμην is used by the tragic poets. ἐπηύρου is here ironical; such reward thou didst reap! Cp. Il. i. 410; and xv. 16 οὐ μὰν οἶδ᾽ εἰ αὖτε κακορραφίης ἀλεγεινῆς πρώτη ἐπαυρήαι, καί σε πληγῇσιν ἱμάσσω.

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¹¹

¹²

;

29. θεὸς θεῶν (see on 19): said with reference to βροτοῖσι. The gods have a common interest as opposed to mortals. θεῶν modifies τιμάς. ὑποπτήσσων: cp. 175, 960.

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¹³

¹⁴

;

30. τιμάς : distinctive possessions, privileges, prerogatives, like γέρα, 107. See on 229. – πέρα δίκης: this, in the mouth of the well-disposed Hephaes- tus, must be taken as expressing the poet's own sentiment.

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¹⁵

¹⁶

;

31. φρουρήσεις: said in reference to the sleeplessness mentioned in the next verse. Α φρουρός is forbidden to sleep. -ἀτερπή : cp. ἄζηλον 143; Od. xi. 94 ὄφρα ἴδῃς νέκυας καὶ ἀτερπέα χῶρον.

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¹⁷

¹⁸

;

32. ὀρθοστάδην: see Introduction, p. 5, footnote 3. – κάμπτων γόνυ: of taking a posture of rest ; γόνυ κάμψαι· ἀναπαύεσθαι, Hesych. Cp. 396; Il. vii. 118 φημί μιν ἀσπασίως γόνυ κάμψειν, εἴ κε φύγῃσιν δηΐου ἐκ πολέμοιο, Eur. Hec. 1080, 1150; Catull. lxiv. 303 niveos flexerunt sedibus artus.

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¹⁹

²⁰

;

33. πολλοὺς δ᾽ ὀδυρμούς: προανα- φωνεῖ τὰς μονῳδίας αὐτοῦ, Schol.

35. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-31

²¹

²²

;

35. νέον: adverbial. See Krüger II. § 46, 6, 7. The same thought recurs 96, 149, 310, 389, 942, 955.

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²³

²⁴

;

38. προύδωκεν : like κλέψας ὤπασεν, 8.-Cratos begins this angry collo- quy with three verses (cp. 613), but afterwards speaks regularly two; He- phaestus speaks single verses through- out, in accordance with his gruff and blunt-spoken nature. - ὅστις: has a qualitative force, one who betrayed (was such as to betray) = since he be- trayed. So 759; Pers. 744 παῖς δ᾽ ἐμὸς τάδ᾽ οὐ κατειδὼς ἤνυσεν νέῳ θράσει, ὅστις ... ἤλπισε. ence.

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²⁵

²⁶

;

39. δεινόν: mighty, a mighty influ- Cp. Sept. 1031 δεινὸν τὸ κοινὸν σπλάγχνον οὗ πεφύκαμεν, Soph. El. 770 δεινὸν τὸ τίκτειν ἐστίν, Eur. Andr. 985 τὸ συγγενὲς γὰρ δεινόν, Phoen. 355 δεί- νὸν γυναιξὶν αἱ δι ὠδίνων γοναί, Iph. Α. 917 δεινὸν τὸ τίκτειν καὶ φέρει φίλ- τρον μέγα. – ὁμιλία: Quint. Decl. 321 consuetudo alienos etiam ac nulla necessitudine inter se DIOV TE NJE coniunctos componere et ad- stringere officiis potest.

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²⁷

²⁸

;

41. οἷόν τε; licet? is it allowa- ble? Cp. Ar. Thesm. 3 οἷόν τε ... παρὰ σοῦ πυθέσθαι; may a body ask? — πῶς οὐ: cp. 589, 759; Soph. Ai. 677 ἡμεῖς δὲ πῶς οὐ γνωσόμεσθα σωφρονεῖν; Ar. Nub. 398 καὶ πῶς, εἴπερ βάλλει · τοὺς ἐπιόρκους, δῆτ᾽ οὐχὶ Σίμων᾽ ἐνέ- πρησεν; Isocr. Paneg. 175 πῶς οὐ χρὴ διαλύειν ταύτας τὰς ὁμολογίας; – δει- μαίνεις ; refers to the foregoing δεινόν.

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²⁹

³⁰

;

42. The first and second persons of εἰμί are less often omitted, yet see 178, 246, 320, 373, 987. Only with ἕτοιμος is the omission common; here it occurs even though ἐγώ is left out. Cp. Soph. Ai. 813 χωρεῖν ἕτοιμος (sc. εἰμί), Ο. Τ. 92, Eur. Med. 612. In 475 below, the missing σύ can be sup- plied from the preceding σεαυτόν. See Krüger I. § 62, 1, 5.

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³¹

³²

;

46. νὶν: in tragedy this word stands for all genders, in singular and in plural. G. 79, 1, Ν. 4; H. 261 D a. – ὡς ἁπλῷ λόγῳ: equivalent to ὡς ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν, to speak plainly, bluntly. Ср. 975.

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³³

³⁴

;

48. Cp. Eur. Iph. Α. 86 τἀξίωμα δὲ ἄλλος τις ὤφελ᾽ ἀντ᾿ ἐμοῦ λαβεῖν τόδε.

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³⁵

³⁶

;

49 f. The sense is, "another sta- tion would have another burden: every one is bound to service and obedience save Zeus, the sovereign ruler; he alone commands all and obeys none” (ὑπ᾽ ἀρχᾶς οὔτινος θοάζων, Suppl. 595). – ἐπαχθῆ: vexatious, dis- agreeable. – κοιρανεῖν : with dative, like ἄρχειν 940, ἐπιδεσπόζει στρατῷ Pers. 241. See Krüger II. § 47, 20, 3.

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³⁷

³⁸

;

51. ἔγνωκα τοῖσδε: I recognize it (the truth of what you say) by this (what is here going on). – οὐδὲν ἀντειπεῖν : sc. τὸ μὴ οὐ τὰ ἐπιτεταγμένα ποιεῖν.

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³⁹

⁴⁰

;

52. δεσμὰ περιβαλεῖν : resolution in the fifth foot is very rare in trag- edy. This is the only case in the Prometheus. See on 2.

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⁴¹

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109. ναρθηκοπλήρωτον: τὴν ἐν νάρ- θηκι θησαυρισθεῖσαν, παρόσον τῷ νάρθηκι ἐχρῶντο πρὸς τὰς ἐκζωπυρώσεις τοῦ πυρός, Hesych. The νάρθηξ (ferula communis, in modern Greek ἀνάρθη- kas) is an umbelliferous reed-like plant, about four feet high; its stalk is filled with an acrid milky juice (habent fungosam intus me- dullam ut sambuci: Plin.). When dried it readily catches and preserves a spark of fire; the peas- ants of southern Italy use it as tinder. Cp. Phanias, Anthol. vi. 294 νάρθηξ πυρικοίτας, also Theophr. Hist. Pl. vi. 2, 7, Plin. H. N. xiii. 22. 42. On the mythical significance of the narthex, see Introduction, p. 2. - This clause is properly explanatory of what goes before, nevertheless it is introduced by de as if it were a new and distinct statement. The scholiasts often ren- der this dé by yap; an example is Cho. 239 προσαυδᾶν δ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἀναγκαίως ἔχον, which is explanatory of the foregoing words τέσσαρας μοίρας ἔχον ἐμοί. – θηρῶμαι: historical present. Krüger I. § 53, 1, 11; GMT. 33.

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CHORUS

Of these twain do thou vouchsafe to bestow the one boon on this damsel, and the other on me, and disdain thou not my request. To her tell the rest of her wanderings, and to me him that is to deliver thee ; for this I long [to hear].

CHORUS

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τῶν δ᾽ εἴ τί σοι ψελλόν τε καὶ δυσεύρετον,

ἐπαναδίπλαζε, καὶ σαφῶς ἐκμάνθανε·

σχολὴ δὲ πλείων ἢ θέλω πάρεστί μοι.

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Apparatus Criticus

Chorus

Ah, sage, sage indeed, was he who first pondered this truth in his mind and with his tongue gave it utterance—

that to marry in one’s own class is far the best—a poor man should not desire to marry among those who are pampered by riches, or who are mighty in pride of birth.
890

Chorus

Never, oh never,

immortal Fates, may you see me the partner of the bed of Zeus, and may I be wedded to no bridegroom who descends to me from heaven. For I shudder when I behold the loveless maidenhood of Io, cruelly crushed like this
895

by her toilsome wanderings sent by Hera.
900

PROMÉTHÉE

Je te l'offre, choisis : dois-je t'apprendre exactement le reste de tes maux ou qui sera mon libérateur ?

LE CORYPHÉE

De ces grâces, veuille donc lui accorder l'une, l'autre sera pour moi : ne dédaigne pas nos vœux. A Io révèle la suite de ses erreurs ; à moi, qui sera
ton libérateur ; car c'est là mon envie.

PROMÉTHÉE

Si tel est votre ardent désir, je ne me refuserai pas à vous révéler tout ce que vous demandez. A toi d'abord, Io, je dirai les erreurs de ta course tourbillonnante : inscris-les aux tablettes fidèles de ta mémoire.

LE CORYPHÉE

Si tu as encore à lui révéler un fait
nouveau — ou oublié — de ses erreurs vagabondes, dis-

LE CORYPHÉE

le. Si tu as

CHORUS.

The first to her, to me this other grace

Vouchſafe, nor my requeſt treat with diſdain.

To her impart what toils remain; to me
795

Him that ſhall free thee; this I moſt deſire.

CHORUS.

CORIFEA

Di queste grazie una a costei concedi,

e l'altra a me, né favellar t'incresca:

degli error' suoi di' a questa il resto; e a me

chi ti libererà; ché ciò desidero.
905

CORIFEA

Cho.

Horum partim huic, partim mihi gratiam

Dare velis, neq; sermones contemne,

Huicq; narra reliquum errorem:

Mihi verò, qui te soluet. hoc enim cupio.
785

Cho.

I grant it: shall I in all clearness show

Thy future woes, or my deliverance?
855

Chorus

Nay! of the two, vouchsafe her wish to her

And mine to me, deigning a truth to each—

To her, reveal her future wanderings—

To me, thy future saviour, as I crave!

Chorus

Wohlan, so wähle: soll ich dir dein künftig Leid

Genau berichten, oder wer mich lösen wird?

Die Chorführerin.

Von Beidem woll' ihr Eines, mir das Andere

Gewähren: laß die Bitte nicht vergeblich sein!
780

Ihr melde denn, welch weit'res Irrsal ihrer harrt,

Mir, wer dich einst erlöse: sehnend wünsch' ich das.

Die Chorführerin.

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CHORUS Of these twain do thou vouchsafe to bestow the one boon on this damsel, and the other on me, and disdain thou not my request. To her tell the rest of her wanderings, and to me him that is to deliver thee ; for this I long [to hear].

CHORUS

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δίδωμ᾽· ἑλοῦ γάρ, ἢ πόνων τὰ λοιπά σοι φράσω σαφηνῶς, ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντ᾽ ἐμέ.

PROMETHEVS VINCTVS.

AESCHYLI

ΠΡ. τῶν δ᾽ εἴ τί σοι ψελλόν τε καὶ δυσεύρετον, ἐπαναδίπλαζε, καὶ σαφῶς ἐκμάνθανε· σχολὴ δὲ πλείων ἢ θέλω πάρεστί μοι.

ΧΟ.

ΠΡ. δίδωμ᾿· ἑλοῦ γάρ, ἢ πόνων τὰ λοιπά σοι 780 φράσω σαφηνῶς ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντ᾽ ἐμέ.

Apparatus Criticus

Chorus Ah, sage, sage indeed, was he who first pondered this truth in his mind and with his tongue gave it utterance— that to marry in one’s own class is far the best—a poor man should not desire to marry among those who are pampered by riches, or who are mighty in pride of birth. 890

Chorus Never, oh never, immortal Fates, may you see me the partner of the bed of Zeus, and may I be wedded to no bridegroom who descends to me from heaven. For I shudder when I behold the loveless maidenhood of Io, cruelly crushed like this 895 by her toilsome wanderings sent by Hera. 900

PROMÉTHÉE Je te l'offre, choisis : dois-je t'apprendre exactement le reste de tes maux ou qui sera mon libérateur ?

LE CORYPHÉE De ces grâces, veuille donc lui accorder l'une, l'autre sera pour moi : ne dédaigne pas nos vœux. A Io révèle la suite de ses erreurs ; à moi, qui sera ton libérateur ; car c'est là mon envie.

PROMÉTHÉE Si tel est votre ardent désir, je ne me refuserai pas à vous révéler tout ce que vous demandez. A toi d'abord, Io, je dirai les erreurs de ta course tourbillonnante : inscris-les aux tablettes fidèles de ta mémoire.

LE CORYPHÉE Si tu as encore à lui révéler un fait nouveau — ou oublié — de ses erreurs vagabondes, dis-

LE CORYPHÉE le. Si tu as

CHORUS. The first to her, to me this other grace Vouchſafe, nor my requeſt treat with diſdain. To her impart what toils remain; to me 795 Him that ſhall free thee; this I moſt deſire.

CHORUS.

CORIFEA Di queste grazie una a costei concedi, e l'altra a me, né favellar t'incresca: degli error' suoi di' a questa il resto; e a me chi ti libererà; ché ciò desidero. 905

CORIFEA

Cho. Horum partim huic, partim mihi gratiam

Dare velis, neq; sermones contemne, Huicq; narra reliquum errorem: Mihi verò, qui te soluet. hoc enim cupio. 785

Cho.

I grant it: shall I in all clearness show Thy future woes, or my deliverance? 855

Chorus Nay! of the two, vouchsafe her wish to her And mine to me, deigning a truth to each— To her, reveal her future wanderings— To me, thy future saviour, as I crave!

Chorus

Wohlan, so wähle: soll ich dir dein künftig Leid Genau berichten, oder wer mich lösen wird?

Die Chorführerin. Von Beidem woll' ihr Eines, mir das Andere Gewähren: laß die Bitte nicht vergeblich sein! 780 Ihr melde denn, welch weit'res Irrsal ihrer harrt, Mir, wer dich einst erlöse: sehnend wünsch' ich das.

Die Chorführerin.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

CHORUS

Of these twain do thou vouchsafe to bestow the one boon on this damsel, and the other on me, and disdain thou not my request. To her tell the rest of her wanderings, and to me him that is to deliver thee ; for this I long [to hear].

ΠΡ.

δίδωμ᾽· ἑλοῦ γὰρ, ἢ πόνων τὰ λοιπά σοι
780

φράσω σαφηνῶς, ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντ᾽ ἐμέ.

ΧΟ.

τούτων σὺ τὴν μὲν τῇδε, τὴν δ᾽ ἐμοὶ χάριν

Προμηθεύς

δίδωμ'· ἑλοῦ γὰρ ἢ πόνων τὰ λοιπά σοι

φράσω σαφηνῶς, ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντ᾽ ἐμέ.

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ

Δίδωμ'· ἑλοῦ γάρ, ἢ πόνων τὰ λοιπά σοι

φράσω σαφηνῶς ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντ' ἐμέ.

δίδωμ᾽· ἑλοῦ γάρ, ἢ πόνων τὰ λοιπά σοι

φράσω σαφηνῶς, ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντ᾽ ἐμέ.

ΠΡ.

τῶν δ᾽ εἴ τί σοι ψελλόν τε καὶ δυσεύρετον,

ἐπαναδίπλαζε, καὶ σαφῶς ἐκμάνθανε·

σχολὴ δὲ πλείων ἢ θέλω πάρεστί μοι.

ΠΡ.

δίδωμ᾿· ἑλοῦ γάρ, ἢ πόνων τὰ λοιπά σοι
780

φράσω σαφηνῶς ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντ᾽ ἐμέ.

Chorus

Ah, sage, sage indeed, was he who first pondered this truth in his mind and with his tongue gave it utterance—

that to marry in one’s own class is far the best—a poor man should not desire to marry among those who are pampered by riches, or who are mighty in pride of birth.
890

Chorus

Never, oh never,

immortal Fates, may you see me the partner of the bed of Zeus, and may I be wedded to no bridegroom who descends to me from heaven. For I shudder when I behold the loveless maidenhood of Io, cruelly crushed like this
895

by her toilsome wanderings sent by Hera.
900

PROMÉTHÉE

Je te l'offre, choisis : dois-je t'apprendre exactement le reste de tes maux ou qui sera mon libérateur ?

LE CORYPHÉE

De ces grâces, veuille donc lui accorder l'une, l'autre sera pour moi : ne dédaigne pas nos vœux. A Io révèle la suite de ses erreurs ; à moi, qui sera
ton libérateur ; car c'est là mon envie.

PROMÉTHÉE

Si tel est votre ardent désir, je ne me refuserai pas à vous révéler tout ce que vous demandez. A toi d'abord, Io, je dirai les erreurs de ta course tourbillonnante : inscris-les aux tablettes fidèles de ta mémoire.

LE CORYPHÉE

Si tu as encore à lui révéler un fait
nouveau — ou oublié — de ses erreurs vagabondes, dis-

LE CORYPHÉE

le. Si tu as

CHORUS.

The first to her, to me this other grace

Vouchſafe, nor my requeſt treat with diſdain.

To her impart what toils remain; to me
795

Him that ſhall free thee; this I moſt deſire.

CORIFEA

Di queste grazie una a costei concedi,

e l'altra a me, né favellar t'incresca:

degli error' suoi di' a questa il resto; e a me

chi ti libererà; ché ciò desidero.
905

Cho.

Horum partim huic, partim mihi gratiam

Dare velis, neq; sermones contemne,

Huicq; narra reliquum errorem:

Mihi verò, qui te soluet. hoc enim cupio.
785

I grant it: shall I in all clearness show

Thy future woes, or my deliverance?
855

Chorus

Nay! of the two, vouchsafe her wish to her

And mine to me, deigning a truth to each—

To her, reveal her future wanderings—

To me, thy future saviour, as I crave!

Wohlan, so wähle: soll ich dir dein künftig Leid

Genau berichten, oder wer mich lösen wird?

Die Chorführerin.

Von Beidem woll' ihr Eines, mir das Andere

Gewähren: laß die Bitte nicht vergeblich sein!
780

Ihr melde denn, welch weit'res Irrsal ihrer harrt,

Mir, wer dich einst erlöse: sehnend wünsch' ich das.