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δ᾽ ἀπεχθείας ἐλθόνθ᾽ ὁπόσοι

τὴν Διὸς αὐλὴν εἰσοιχνεῦσιν,

διὰ τὴν λίαν φιλότητα βροτῶν.

φεῦ φεῦ, τί ποτ᾽ αὖ κινάθισμα κλύω

πέλας οἰωνῶν; αἰθὴρ δ᾽ ἐλαφραῖς

125

πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς ὑποσυρίζει.

πᾶν μοι φοβερὸν τὸ προσέρπον.

128-135.144-151.

Prometheus Bound. Aeschylus. Guilielmus Dindorfius (Editor). Lipsiae. 1882.

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by Schmidt Sciences.

Current edition Experimental

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) (Greek) (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (6)

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 128-194 focus

str. 1

Χορός

μηδὲν φοβηθῇς: φιλία γὰρ ἅδε¹ τάξις

πτερύγων θοαῖς ἁμίλλαις

προσέβα τόνδε πάγον, πατρῴας
130

μόγις παρειποῦσα φρένας.

κραιπνοφόροι δέ μ᾽ ἔπεμψαν αὖραι:

κτύπου γὰρ ἀχὼ χάλυβος διῇξεν ἄντρων

μυχόν, ἐκ δ᾽ ἔπληξέ μου τὰν θεμερῶπιν² αἰδῶ:

σύθην δ᾽ ἀπέδιλος ὄχῳ πτερωτῷ.
135
136

Προμηθεύς

αἰαῖ αἰαῖ,³

τῆς πολυτέκνου Τηθύος ἔκγονα,

τοῦ περὶ πᾶσάν θ᾽ εἱλισσομένου

χθόν᾽ ἀκοιμήτῳ ῥεύματι παῖδες

πατρὸς Ὠκεανοῦ,
140

δέρχθητ᾽, ἐσίδεσθ᾽ οἵῳ δεσμῷ,

προσπορπατὸς⁴ τῆσδε φάραγγος

σκοπέλοις ἐν ἄκροις

φρουρὰν ἄζηλον ὀχήσω.

144

ant. 1

Χορός

λεύσσω, Προμηθεῦ: φοβερὰ⁵ δ᾽ ἐμοῖσιν ὄσσοις
145

ὁμίχλα προσῇξε πλήρης

δακρύων σὸν δέμας εἰσιδοῦσαν⁶

πέτραις προσαυαινόμενον

ταῖσδ᾽⁷ ἀδαμαντοδέτοισι λύμαις:

νέοι γὰρ οἰακονόμοι κρατοῦσ᾽ Ὀλύμπου:

νεοχμοῖς δὲ δὴ νόμοις Ζεὺς ἀθέτως⁸ κρατύνει,
150

τὰ πρὶν δὲ πελώρια νῦν ἀιστοῖ.

152

Προμηθεύς

εἰ γάρ μ᾽ ὑπὸ γῆν νέρθεν θ᾽⁹ Ἅιδου

τοῦ νεκροδέγμονος εἰς ἀπέραντον

Τάρταρον ἧκεν,

δεσμοῖς ἀλύτοις ἀγρίως¹⁰ πελάσας,
155

ὡς μήτε¹¹ θεὸς μήτε τις ἄλλος

τοῖσδ᾽ ἐπεγήθει.

νῦν δ᾽ αἰθέριον κίνυγμ᾽ ὁ τάλας

ἐχθροῖς ἐπίχαρτα πέπονθα.

160

str. 2

Χορός

τίς ὧδε τλησικάρδιος
160

θεῶν, ὅτῳ τάδ᾽ ἐπιχαρῆ;

τίς οὐ ξυνασχαλᾷ κακοῖς

τεοῖσι, δίχα γε Διός; ὁ δ᾽ ἐπικότως ἀεὶ¹²

θέμενος ἄγναμπτον νόον

δάμναται οὐρανίαν
165

γένναν, οὐδὲ λήξει, πρὶν ἂν ἢ κορέσῃ κέαρ,

ἢ παλάμᾳ τινὶ τὰν δυσάλωτον ἕλῃ τις ἀρχάν.

168

Προμηθεύς

ἦ μὴν ἔτ᾽ ἐμοῦ,¹³ καίπερ κρατεραῖς

ἐν γυιοπέδαις¹⁴ αἰκιζομένου,

χρείαν ἕξει μακάρων πρύτανις,
170

δεῖξαι τὸ νέον βούλευμ᾽ ὑφ᾽¹⁵ ὅτου

σκῆπτρον τιμάς τ᾽ ἀποσυλᾶται.

καί μ᾽ οὔτε¹⁶ μελιγλώσσοις πειθοῦς

ἐπαοιδαῖσιν θέλξει, στερεάς τ᾽

οὔποτ᾽ ἀπειλὰς πτήξας τόδ᾽ ἐγὼ
175

καταμηνύσω,

πρὶν ἂν ἐξ ἀγρίων δεσμῶν χαλάσῃ

ποινάς τε τίνειν¹⁷

τῆσδ᾽¹⁸ αἰκίας ἐθελήσῃ.

180

ant. 2

Χορός

σὺ μὲν θρασύς τε καὶ πικραῖς
180

δύαισιν οὐδὲν ἐπιχαλᾷς,

ἄγαν δ᾽ ἐλευθεροστομεῖς.

ἐμὰς δὲ φρένας ἐρέθισε¹⁹ διάτορος φόβος:

δέδια δ᾽²⁰ ἀμφὶ σαῖς τύχαις,

πᾷ²¹ ποτε τῶνδε πόνων
185

χρή σε τέρμα κέλσαντ᾽ ἐσιδεῖν: ἀκίχητα γὰρ

ἤθεα καὶ κέαρ ἀπαράμυθον²² ἔχει Κρόνου παῖς.

189

Προμηθεύς

οἶδ᾽ ὅτι τραχὺς καὶ²³ παρ᾽ ἑαυτῷ

τὸ δίκαιον ἔχων Ζεύς: ἀλλ᾽ ἔμπας [ὀίω]²⁴

μαλακογνώμων
190

ἔσται ποθ᾽, ὅταν ταύτῃ ῥαισθῇ:²⁵

τὴν δ᾽ ἀτέραμνον στορέσας ὀργὴν

εἰς ἀρθμὸν ἐμοὶ καὶ φιλότητα

σπεύδων σπεύδοντί ποθ᾽ ἥξει.

196

Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 128-195 focus

Χορός

μηδὲν φοβηθῇς· φιλία

γὰρ ἅδε τάξις πτερύγων

θοαῖς ἁμίλλαις προσέβα

τόνδε πάγον, πατρῴας
130

μόγις παρειποῦσα φρένας.

κραιπνοφόροι δέ μʼ ἔπεμψαν αὖραι·

κτύπου γὰρ ἀχὼ χάλυβος

διῇξεν ἄντρων μυχόν, ἐκ

δʼ ἔπληξέ μου τὰν θεμερῶπιν αἰδῶ·

σύθην δʼ ἀπέδιλος ὄχῳ πτερωτῷ.
135

136

Προμηθεύς

αἰαῖ αἰαῖ,

τῆς πολυτέκνου Τηθύος ἔκγονα,

τοῦ περὶ πᾶσάν θʼ εἱλισσομένου

χθόνʼ ἀκοιμήτῳ ῥεύματι παῖδες

πατρὸς, Ὠκεανοῦ,
140

δέρχθητʼ, ἐσίδεσθʼ οἵῳ δεσμῷ,

προσπορπατὸς τῆσδε φάραγγος

σκοπέλοις ἐν ἄκροις

φρουρὰν ἄζηλον ὀχήσω.

144

Χορός

λεύσσω, Προμηθεῦ· φοβερὰ

δʼ ἐμοῖσιν ὄσσοις ὀμίχλα
145

προσῇξε πλήρης δακρύων

σὸν δέμας εἰσιδούσᾳ

πέτραις προσαυαινόμενον

ταῖσδʼ ἀδαμαντοδέτοισι λύμαις.

νέοι γὰρ οἰακονόμοι
150

κρατοῦσʼ, Ὀλύμπου· νεοχμοῖς

δὲ δὴ νόμοις Ζεὺς ἀθέτως κρατύνει.

τὰ πρὶν δὲ πελώρια νῦν ἀιστοῖ.

152

Προμηθεύς

εἰ γάρ μʼ ὑπὸ γῆν νέρθεν θʼ Ἅιδου

τοῦ νεκροδέγμονος εἰς ἀπέρατον

Τάρταρον ἧκεν,

δεσμοῖς ἀλύτοις ἀγρίως πελάσας,
155

ὡς μήτε θεὸς μήτε τις ἄλλος

τοῖσδʼ ἐπεγήθει.

νῦν δʼ αἰθέριον κίνυγμʼ ὁ τάλας

ἐχθροῖς ἐπίχαρτα πέπονθα.

160

Χορός

τίς ὧδε τλησικάρδιος
160

θεῶν, ὅτῳ τάδʼ ἐπιχαρῆ;

τίς οὐ ξυνασχαλᾷ κακοῖς

τεοῖσι, δίχα γε Διός; ὁ δʼ ἐπικότως ἀεὶ

θέμενος ἄγναμπτον νόον

δάμναται Οὐρανίαν
165

γένναν, οὐδὲ λήξει, πρὶν ἂν ἢ κορέσῃ κέαρ ἢ παλάμᾳ τινὶ

τὰν δυσάλωτον ἕλῃ τις ἀρχάν.

168

Προμηθεύς

ἦ μὴν ἔτʼ ἐμοῦ, καίπερ κρατεραῖς

ἐν γυιοπέδαις αἰκιζομένου,

χρείαν ἕξει μακάρων πρύτανις,
170

δεῖξαι τὸ νέον βούλευμʼ ὑφʼ ὅτου

σκῆπτρον τιμάς τʼ ἀποσυλᾶται.

καί μʼ οὔτι μελιγλώσσοις πειθοῦς

ἐπαοιδαῖσιν θέλξει, στερεάς τʼ

οὔποτʼ ἀπειλὰς πτήξας τόδʼ ἐγὼ
175

καταμηνύσω,

πρὶν ἂν ἐξ ἀγρίων δεσμῶν χαλάσῃ

ποινάς τε τίνειν

τῆσδʼ αἰκείας ἐθελήσῃ.

180

Χορός

σὺ μὲν θρασύς τε καὶ πικραῖς
180

δύαισιν οὐδὲν ἐπιχαλᾷς,

ἄγαν δʼ ἐλευθεροστομεῖς.

ἐμὰς δὲ φρένας ἐρέθισε διάτορος φόβος·

δέδια δʼ ἀμφὶ σαῖς τύχαις,

πᾷ ποτε τῶνδε πόνων
185

χρή σε τέρμα κέλ-

σαντʼ ἐσιδεῖν· ἀκίχητα γὰρ ἤθεα καὶ κέαρ

ἀπαράμυθον ἔχει Κρόνου παῖς.

189

Προμηθεύς

οἶδʼ ὅτι τραχὺς καὶ παρʼ ἑαυτῷ

τὸ δίκαιον ἔχων Ζεύς. ἀλλʼ ἔμπας ὀίω
190

μαλακογνώμων

ἔσται ποθʼ, ὅταν ταύτῃ ῥαισθῇ·

τὴν δʼ ἀτέραμνον στορέσας ὀργὴν

εἰς ἀρθμὸν ἐμοὶ καὶ φιλότητα

σπεύδων σπεύδοντί ποθʼ ἥξει.
195

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 121 focus

δι' ἀπεχθείας ἐλθόνθ', ὁπόσοι

τὴν Διὸς αὐλὴν εἰςοιχνεῦσιν,

διὰ τὴν λίαν φιλότητα βροτῶν.

φεῦ φεῦ, τί ποτ' αὖ κινάθισμα κλύω

πέλας οἰωνῶν; αἰθὴρ δ' ἐλαφραῖς
125

Προμηθεύς

πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς ὑποσυρίζει.

πᾶν μοι φοβερὸν τὸ προςέρπον.

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 121 focus

δι' ἀπεχθείας ἐλθόνθ' ὁπόσοι

τὴν Διὸς αὐλὴν εἰσοιχνεῦσιν

διὰ τὴν λίαν φιλότητα βροτῶν.

Φεῦ φεῦ, τί ποτ' αὖ κινάθισμα κλύω
125

πέλας οἰωνῶν ; αἰθὴρ δ' ἐλαφραῖς

πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς ὑποσυρίζει·

πᾶν μοι φοβερὸν τὸ προσέρπον.

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 121 focus

δι' ἀπεχθείας ἐλθόνθ᾽ ὁπόσοι

¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸

τοιῶνδε τοιῶνδε τοιάσδε ὑπαιθρίοις ὑπαίθριος⁹ προυσελούμενος πασσαλευμένος¹⁰ ¹¹ θεόσυτος θεόσυτος θεόσσυτοσ ἐμῶν ἐμῶν ἡμῶν ¹²

10 AESCHYLI

τὴν Διὸς αὐλὴν εἰσοιχνεῦσιν,

διὰ τὴν λίαν φιλότητα βροτῶν.

φεῦ φεῦ, τί ποτ᾽ αὖ κινάθισμα κλύω

125

πέλας οἰωνῶν;

αἰθὴρ δ᾽ ἐλαφραῖς πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς

ὑποσυρίζει.

πᾶν μοι φοβερὸν τὸ προσέρπον.

Χορὸς ἐξ Ὠκεανίδων.

Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 121 focus

δι᾽ ἀπεχθείας ἐλθόνθ᾽ ὁπόσοι

τὴν Διὸς αὐλὴν εἰσοιχνεῦσιν

διὰ τὴν λίαν φιλότητα βροτῶν.

φεῦ φεῦ, τί ποτ᾽ αὖ κινάθισμα κλύω

πέλας οἰωνῶν, αἰθὴρ δ᾽ ἐλαφραῖς

125

πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς ὑποσυρίζει;

πᾶν μοι φοβερὸν τὸ προσέρπον.

Translations (9)

Prometheus Bound Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 128-195 focus

Chorus

Do not fear! For our group has come in swift rivalry of wings to this crag

as friend to you, having won our father’s consent as best we might. The swift-coursing breezes bore me on; for the reverberation of the clang of iron pierced the depths of our caves and drove my grave modesty away in fright;
130

unsandalled I have hastened in a winged car.
135

136

Prometheus

Alas! Alas! Offspring of fruitful Tethys and of him who with his sleepless current encircles the whole earth, children of your

father Oceanus, behold, see with what fetters, upon the summit crag of this ravine, I am to hold my unenviable watch.
140

144

Chorus

I see, Prometheus;

and over my eyes a mist of tears and fear spread as I saw your body withering ignominiously upon this rock in these bonds of adamant. For there are new rulers in heaven, and Zeus governs with
145

lawless customs; that which was mighty before he now brings to nothing.
150

152

Prometheus

Oh if only he had hurled me below the earth, yes beneath Hades, the entertainer of the dead, into impassable Tartarus,

and had ruthlessly fastened me in fetters no hand can loose, so that neither god nor any other might have gloated over this agony I feel! But, now, a miserable plaything of the winds, I suffer pains to delight my enemies.
155

160

Chorus

Who of the gods is so hard of heart as to exult in this? Who does not sympathize with your woes—save only Zeus? But he in malice, has set his soul inflexibly
160

and keeps in subjection the race sprung from Uranus; nor will he stop, until he has satiated his soul or another seizes his impregnable empire by some device of guile.
165

168

Prometheus

Truly the day shall come when, although I am tortured in stubborn fetters,

the prince of the blessed will need me to reveal the new design whereby he shall be stripped of his sceptre and his dignities. Not by persuasion’s honeyed enchantments will he charm me;
170

and I will never, cowering before his dire threats, divulge this secret, until he releases me from my cruel bonds and provides compensation for this outrage.
175

180

Chorus

You are bold, and do not yield to your bitter pangs; you give too much license to your tongue. But my soul is agitated by piercing fear, and I am in dread about your fate,
180

wondering to what haven you must steer your ship to see an end of your voyage of sorrow. For the heart of Cronus’ son is hardened against entreaty and his ways are inexorable.
185

189

Prometheus

I know that Zeus is harsh and

keeps justice in his own hands; but nevertheless one day his judgement will soften, when he has been crushed in the way that I know.¹Then, calming down his stubborn wrath, he shall at last bond with me in union and friendship,
190

as eager as I am to welcome him.
195

196

Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 121 focus

him that hath incurred the detestation of all the gods who frequent the court of Jupiter, by reason of my excessive friendliness to mortals. Alas! alas! what can this hasty motion of birds be which I again hear hard by me? The air too is whistling faintly with the whirrings of pinions. Every thing that approaches is to me an object of dread.

CHORUS

PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 121 focus

de Zeus, pour avoir trop aimé les hommes ! Ah ! ah ! encore ! Quel bruissement d'oiseaux entends-je près de moi ? A un batte-
ment d'ailes légères l'éther répond en sifflant. Toute approche m'emplit de crainte !

Un char ailé vient se poser sur le sommet le plus proche de celui où est enchaîné Prométhée. Il porte les Océanides. Un peu languissant.

LE CHŒUR

Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 121 focus

Steals on my ſenſe? Be you immortal gods,

Or mortal men, or of th' heroic race,

Whoe'er have reach'd this wild rock's extreme cliff,

125

Spectators of my woes, or what your purpoſe,

Ye ſee me bound, a wretched god, abhor'd

By Jove, and ev'ry god that treads his courts,

For my fond love to man.

Ah me! again
130

I hear the ſound of flutt'ring nigh; the air

Pants to the ſoft beat of lightmoving wings:

All, that approaches now, is dreadful to me.

PROMETHEUS, CHORUS.

CHORUS.

Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 121 focus

Giunge alcuno a veder le mie torture?

O per qual brama? Ahi!, di catene avvinto,

questo misero Nume vedete,

il nemico di Giove, che in odio

140

venne a quanti Celesti s'addensano

nella reggia di Zeus, perché gli uomini

troppo amavo.

Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 121 focus

In inimicitiam uenientem, quicunque

Iouis aulam inhabitant,

Ob uehementem amorem mortalium.

Heu heu, quid tandem rursus strepitum audio?

130

Prope aues sunt, aether uerò leuibus

Alarum motibus reſonat:

PROMETHEUS (cont.).

Omne quod accedit, mihi incutit timorem.

CHORUS.

Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 121 focus

Chorus

How, hast thou aught of sorrow yet to tell?

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.) — 121 focus

Heinous to Zeus, and scorned by all

Whose footsteps tread the heavenly hall,

Because too deeply, from on high,
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I pitied man's mortality!

Hark, and again! that fluttering sound

Of wings that whirr and circle round,

And their light rustle thrills the air—

How all things that unseen draw near
140

Are to me Fear!

[ Enter the Chorus of Oceanides, in winged cars.

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.) — 121 focus

Mich, Zeus' Urfeind, der allen ein Gräul,

Den Unsterblichen, ward, soviel' im Olymp
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Eingeh'n in Kronions Herrscherpalast,

Weil über Gebühr ich die Menschen geliebt!

Weh!

Welch Rauschen vernahm, wie von Vögeln, mir nah

Schon wieder mein Ohr? Lind flüstert die Luft

Von der Fittige leicht hinsäuselndem Schwung.
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Was naht, mir weckt es ein Grausen.

(Von der Meerseite her schweben auf einem Flügelwagen die Töchter des Okeanos vor den Felsen des Prometheus, und singen in abwech selndem Chorliede.) Erste Strophe.

Erster Halbchor.

Commentary

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

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.

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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.

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φοβηθῇς:

φοβηθεὶς

, gravi accentu per circumflexum tramisso, Lips.

φοβηθείς

Aug.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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αἰαῖ, αἰαῖ:

αι

ter M. bis Lips. Aug.

οι

bis G.

αι

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

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εἱλισσομένου:

τ' εἰλισσομένου

M. G. Lips. Aug.

θ' είλισσομένου

inde a Turnebo editores.

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ἀκοιμήτῳ:

ἀκοιμήτωρ'

ρεύματι Lips.

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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.

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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.

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σκοπέλοις:

σκοπέλων

Aug. et superscripto

οις

Lips.

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ἐν ἄκροις:

ἐν ἄκραις

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λεύσσω:

λεύσω

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ὁμίχλη:

ὁμίκλα

Arund. Ven. 2. Ceteri libri

ὁμίχλη

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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

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πέτραις:

πέτραι

Lips. Aug.

πέτραις

aliquot codices et Aldina, quod fortasse praeferendum est.

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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.

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δὲ δὴ:

δὲ δὴ

M. et ceteri libri plerique.

δε

δὲ

Lips. Aug.

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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

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δὲ:

γάρ

pro

δὲ

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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88-127. Second Scene. Pro- metheus alone. With this invocation of the elements cp. Il. iii. 277 ἠέλιός θ' ὃς πάντ᾽ ἐφορᾶς καὶ πάντ᾽ ἐπακούεις, καὶ ποταμοὶ καὶ γαῖα, Soph. Phil. 936& λιμένες, ὦ προβλῆτες, ὦ ξυνουσίαι θηρῶν ὀρείων, ὦ καταρρῶγες πέτραι, ὑμῖν τάδ', οὐ γὰρ ἄλλον οἶδ᾽ ὅτῳ λέγω, ἀνακλαίομαι. Apsines (Rhet. Gr. ed. Spengel I. p. 400) says: κινεῖ δὲ ἔλεον καὶ λόγος πρὸς τόπον τινὰ γινόμενος.

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122. αὐλήν: cp. Od. iv. 74 Ζηνός που τοιήδε γ᾽ Ὀλυμπίου ἔνδοθεν αὐλή. εἰσοιχνεῦσιν : Ionic contraction, like πωλεύμεναι 645; used because οἰχνέω and πωλέομαι are epic words. Cp. Eur. Med. 422 ὑμνεῦσαι, Hipp. 167 ἀΰτευν, Ιph. Α. 789 μυθεῦσαι. Cp. also Ag. 942 δήριος (from the Ionic δῆρις).

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124 ff. κινάθισμα: κίνημα πλήθους, Hesych. – οἰωνῶν : the chorus is now so near that Prometheus can distin- guish the sound of wings. - ἐλαφραῖς πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς: cp. Eur. Frg. 597 ταῖς ὠκυπλάνοις πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς. – ὑπο- συρίζει: this does not mean leniter stridet (Blomfield), but ὑπο- ex- presses the idea of accompaniment, as in ὑπάδειν, ὑποστεναχίζειν, ὑπορχεῖ- σθαι, ὑπηχεῖν, succinere.

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128-192. Parodos. It is com- matic, that is, divided between actor and chorus. The chorus enter in a winged car (ὄχῳ πτερωτῷ 135, κραι- πνόσυτον θᾶκον 279), moved by the- atrical machinery. The car, advancing from the right side, has gradually approached Prometheus. It is seen by the spectators while still invisible to Prometheus, who can only look straight before him. At 124 the chorus are already very near, and they hear the words of 127 (φοβερόν). - The ᾿Ωκεανίδες are daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; see Hesiod Theog. 362. Hesiod (ibid. 346) enum- erates forty-one by name, and adds πολλαί γε μέν εἶσι καὶ ἄλλαι, τρὶς γὰρ χίλιαί εἰσι τανύσφυροι Ωκεανῖναι. Aes- chylus's chorus consisted of twelve persons. The first strophe gives the motive of the chorus for coming; this is what an unknown grammarian (in the hypothesis to the Persians) calls ' παροδικά, ὅτε λέγει (sc. ὁ χορός) δι᾽ ἣν αἰτίαν πάρεστιν.' - The rhythms ( ῥυθμὸς ᾿Ανακρεόντειός ἐστι κεκλασμένος πρὸς τὸ θρηνητικόν, Schol.) are in keeping with the sorrowful tone of the composition (see 144 ff.); they

;

are furthermore especially appropri- ate to a female chorus.

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128. τάξις: said like στάσις Εum. 311 ὡς ἐπινωμᾷ στάσις ἁμά, Cho. 458 στάσις δὲ πάγκοινος ἅδ᾽ ἐπιρροθεῖ.

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129. πτερύγων ἁμίλλαις : = πτέρυξιν ἁμιλλωμέναις. Cp. 147. The emula- tion is between the wings of the right and left sides of the car, which are imagined as striving to outdo one another. Cp. Soph. Ant. 1065 τροχοὺς ἁμιλλητῆρας ἡλίου.

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131. μόγις: 'Quod se patri aegre persuasisse dicunt, ut iis commeatum daret, id e vetere sexus muliebris, vir- ginum inprimis disciplina iudican- dum. Sic paedagogus Antigones apud Euripidem (Phoen. 89) viam circumspicit, verens ne quis in publi- cum prodeuntem regis filiam vitu- peret' (Schütz). Cp. Suppl. 996 ὑμᾶς δ᾽ ἐπαινῶ μὴ καταισχύνειν ἐμὲ ὥραν ἐχούσας τήνδ᾽ ἐπίστρεπτον βροτοῖς, κτἑ. – παρειποῦσα: cp. Il. vi. 62; vii. 120 ὡς εἰπὼν παρέπεισεν ἀδελφειοῦ φρένας ἥρως αἴσιμα παρειπών. See also Il. i. 555, vi. 337, Hes. Theog. 90 μαλακοῖσι παραιφάμενοι ἐπέεσσιν. Grammatically παρειποῦσα can be taken with τάξις, 130. 135. our maiden s mydeply of grave infert but in thought it stands as if ἐγὼ προσέβην had preceded. See on 201.

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132. κραιπνοφόροι αύραι: that is, "and I came with great haste."

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133. ἐκ δ᾽ ἔπληξε: δέ is often put between preposition and verb (tme- sis). Krüger II. § 68, 48, 1. ἐξέπληξε, here and 360, is not wholly figurative, but is chosen with reference to the actual nature of the cause (here the blows). Cp. 370; Ag. 480 φλογὸς παρ- αγγέλμασιν νέοις πυρωθέντα καρδίαν.

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134. θεμερώπιν: Empedocles 23 Δῆρις δ᾽ αἱματόεσσα καὶ ῾Αρμονίη θεμε- ρώπις. Hesychius interprets θεμερῶπις (αἰδώς)· ἐρασμία αἰσχύνη, but this is inexact, for θεμερός (from the root 06-) means settled, tranquil, sedate; cp. Hesych. θεμερή· βεβαία, σεμνή, εὐστα- θής; also the words θέμα, θέμεθλον, θεμοῦν. Accordingly θεμερῶπις αἰδώς is the modesty which makes maidens quiet and sedate. Its opposite is im- plied in σύθην ἀπέδιλος.

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135. σύθην: the tragedians omit the syllabic augment not infrequently in lyric passages and in the narratives of messengers. The temporal aug- ment is much less often omitted; yet

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see ἐρέθισε 181. – ἀπέδιλος: the scholi- ast cites Hesiod O. D. 345 γείτονες ἄζωστοι ἔκιον. Cp. Soph. El. 871 ὑφ' ἡδονῆς τοι, φιλτάτη, διώκομαι τὸ κόσμιον μεθεῖσα σὺν τάχει μολεῖν, Theocr. Id. xix. 36 ἄνστα μηδὲ πόδεσσιν ἐοῖς ὑπὸ σάνδαλα θείης (Bion i. 19 & δ' ᾿Αφροδίτα λυσαμένα πλοκαμίδας ἀνὰ δρυμὼς ἀλά- ληται πενθαλέα νήπαστος ἀσάνδαλος), Apoll. Rhod. iv. 43 γυμνοῖσιν δὲ πό- δεσσιν ἀνὰ στεινοὺς θέεν οἴμους (said of Medea). - ὄχῳ πτερωτῷ: winged chariots are not rare in ancient art: cp. for instance Müller-Wieseler, Denkmäler der alten Kunst, Vol. II. Plate ix. n. 110, Plate x. п. 111, 112, where Triptolemus is seen mounted on a car furnished with swan's wings.

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137. πολυτέκνου: see on 128. Cp. Il. xiv. 201 Ωκεανόν τε, θεῶν γένεσιν, καὶ μητέρα Τηθύν.

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138. περὶ πᾶσαν εἰλισσομένου χθόνα : cp. ἀψορρόου Ὠκεανοῖο Il. xviii. 399, Od. xx. 65. Cp. also 150. Ovid Fast. v. 81 duxerat Oceanus quondam Titanida Tethyn, qui terram liquidis qua patet ambit aquis. For the form εἱλισσομένου see on 345.

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139. ἀκοιμήτῳ ῥεύματι : cp. Il. xiv. 244 ἄλλον μέν κεν ἔγωγε (the speaker is Sleep) θεῶν αἰειγενετάων ῥεῖα κατευ- νήσαιμι καὶ ἂν ποταμοῖο ῥέεθρα ᾿Ὠκεανοῦ, ὅς περ γένεσις πάντεσσι τέτυκται.

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141 f. Synonyma haec vehemen- tiam commoti animi produnt' (Schütz). – προσπορπατός: cp. 61.

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143. φρουρὰν ὀχήσω: see on φρου- ρήσεις, 31. ὀχεῖν = sustinere, as in Od. vii. 211 ὀχέοντας ὀιζύν, xi. 618 κακὸν μόρον, ὅν περ ἐγὼν ὀχέεσκον ὑπ᾿ αὐγὰς ἠελίοιο, xxi. 302 ἣν ἄτην ὀχέων ἀεσίφρονι θυμῷ. – ἄζηλον: cp. ἀτερπῆ 31, ἀμέγαρτα 402; and Cho. 1017 ἄζηλα νίκης τῆσδ᾽ ἔχων μιάσματα.

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145. πλήρης δακρύων: like a rain- cloud. Cp. Sept. 228 χαλεπᾶς δύας ὕπερθ᾽ ὀμμάτων κρημναμενᾶν νεφελᾶν,

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Soph. Ant. 528 νεφέλη δ᾽ ὀφρύων ὕπερ αἱματόεν ῥέθος αἰσχύνει τέγγουσ᾽ εὐῶπα παρειάν, Eur. Hipp. 173 στυγνὸν δ᾽ ὀφρύων νέφος αὐξάνεται, Antiphanes in Meineke Com. iii. p. 197 τὸ προσὸν νῦν νέφος ἐπὶ τοῦ μετώπου, Hor. Epist. i. 18,94 deme supercilio nubem. The figure was used by Homer Il. xvii. 591 τὸν δ' (Hector) ἄχεος νεφέλη ἐκάλυψε μέλαινα. — εἰσιδοῦσαν : the accusative follows the dative ἐμοῖσιν ὄσσοις as Cho. 410 πέπαλται δ᾽ αὐτέ μοι φίλον κέαρ τόνδε κλύουσαν οἶκτον, Pers. 913 λέλυται γὰρ ἐμῶν γνίων ῥώμη τήνδ' ἡλικίαν ἔσιδόντα, Soph. Εl. 479 ὕπεστί μοι θράσος ἁδυπνόων κλύουσαν ἀρτίως ὀνειράτων, Αἰ. 1006 ποῖ γὰρ μολεῖν μοι δυνατὸν τοῖς σοῖς ἀρήξαντ᾽ ἐν πόνοισι μηδαμοῦ. The reverse change (from acc. to dat.) in Eur. Med. 57 ὥσθ᾽ ἵμερός μ᾽ ὑπῆλθε... λέξαι μολούσῃ.

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146. πέτρα προσαυαινόμενον : = πρὸς πέτρᾳ αὐαινόμενον. Cp. Soph. Phil. 954 αὐανοῦμαι τῷδ᾽ ἐν αὐλίῳ μόνος, Εl. 819 αὐανῶ βίον. – With αὐαινόμενον λύμαις ср. 93.

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147. ἀδαμαντοδέτοισι λύμαις: nearly equivalent to ἀδαμαντίνοις δεσμοῖς λυ- μαντηρίοις (991). Cp. 580 οἰστρηλάτῳ δείματι, Theocr. Epigr. xiii. 4 κηροδέτῳ πνεύματι.

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151. τὰ πρὶν πελώρια : in a general sense; the former powers (τοὺς Τιτάνας καὶ τοὺς τούτων νόμους, Schol.). The word πελώρια is appropriate in refer- ence to the reign of the Titans. For the thought, cp. Ag. 168 οὐδ᾽ ὅστις πάροιθεν ἦν μέγας, παμμάχῳ θράσει βρύων, οὐδὲ λέξεται πρὶν ὤν. – ἀιστοῖ : the verb denotes absolute annihila- tion, so that a thing is neither seen nor heard of more: from ἄϊστος, out of sight and mind.

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Προμηθεύς

πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς ὑποσυρίζει.

πᾶν μοι φοβερὸν τὸ προςέρπον.

Χορὸς ἐξ Ὠκεανίδων.

Prometheus

Alas! Alas! Offspring of fruitful Tethys and of him who with his sleepless current encircles the whole earth, children of your

father Oceanus, behold, see with what fetters, upon the summit crag of this ravine, I am to hold my unenviable watch.
140

Chorus

I see, Prometheus;

and over my eyes a mist of tears and fear spread as I saw your body withering ignominiously upon this rock in these bonds of adamant. For there are new rulers in heaven, and Zeus governs with
145

lawless customs; that which was mighty before he now brings to nothing.
150

CHORUS

LE CHŒUR

Ah me! again
130

I hear the ſound of flutt'ring nigh; the air

Pants to the ſoft beat of lightmoving wings:

All, that approaches now, is dreadful to me.

CHORUS.

Alarum motibus reſonat:

PROMETHEUS (cont.).

Omne quod accedit, mihi incutit timorem.

CHORUS.

Chorus

How, hast thou aught of sorrow yet to tell?

Chorus

Erster Halbchor.

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Προμηθεύς πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς ὑποσυρίζει. πᾶν μοι φοβερὸν τὸ προςέρπον.

Χορὸς ἐξ Ὠκεανίδων.

Prometheus Alas! Alas! Offspring of fruitful Tethys and of him who with his sleepless current encircles the whole earth, children of your father Oceanus, behold, see with what fetters, upon the summit crag of this ravine, I am to hold my unenviable watch. 140

Chorus I see, Prometheus; and over my eyes a mist of tears and fear spread as I saw your body withering ignominiously upon this rock in these bonds of adamant. For there are new rulers in heaven, and Zeus governs with 145 lawless customs; that which was mighty before he now brings to nothing. 150

CHORUS

LE CHŒUR

Ah me! again 130 I hear the ſound of flutt'ring nigh; the air Pants to the ſoft beat of lightmoving wings: All, that approaches now, is dreadful to me.

CHORUS.

Alarum motibus reſonat:

PROMETHEUS (cont.). Omne quod accedit, mihi incutit timorem.

CHORUS.

Chorus How, hast thou aught of sorrow yet to tell?

Chorus

Erster Halbchor.

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Προμηθεύς

πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς ὑποσυρίζει.

πᾶν μοι φοβερὸν τὸ προςέρπον.

Prometheus

Alas! Alas! Offspring of fruitful Tethys and of him who with his sleepless current encircles the whole earth, children of your

father Oceanus, behold, see with what fetters, upon the summit crag of this ravine, I am to hold my unenviable watch.
140

Ah me! again
130

I hear the ſound of flutt'ring nigh; the air

Pants to the ſoft beat of lightmoving wings:

All, that approaches now, is dreadful to me.

PROMETHEUS (cont.).

Omne quod accedit, mihi incutit timorem.

Chorus

How, hast thou aught of sorrow yet to tell?