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

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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
Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 128-195 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 160 focus
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 160 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 160 focus
τίς ὧδε τλησικάρδιος
θεῶν ὅτῳ τάδ᾽ ἐπιχαρῆ;
170
τίς οὐ ξυνασχαλᾷ κακοῖς
τεοῖσι, δίχα γε Διός; ὃ δ᾽
ἐπικότως ἀεὶ
θέμενος ἄγναμπτον νόον
δάμναται Οὐρανίαν
175
γένναν, οὐδὲ λήξει,
πρὶν ἂν ἢ κορέσῃ
κέαρ, ἢ παλάμᾳ τινὶ
τὰν δυσάλωτον ἕλῃ τις ἀρχάν.
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 160 focus
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
Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 160 focus
Who of the gods is so hard-hearted as that these things should be grateful to him? Who is there that sympathizes not with thy sufferings, Jove excepted? He indeed, in his wrath, assuming an inflexible temper, is evermore oppressing the celestial race! nor will he cease before that either he shall have sated his heart, or some one by some stratagem shall have seized upon his sovereignty that will be no easy prize.
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 160 focus
serment ; un jour viendra où de moi, pour outragé que je sois dans ces brutales entraves, de moi il aura besoin, le monarque des
Bienheureux, s'il veut apprendre quel destin hasardeux doit le dépouiller de son sceptre et de ses honneurs ;
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 160 focus
Is there a god, whoſe ſullen ſoul
Feels a ſtern joy in thy deſpair?
Owns he not pity's ſoft controul,
And drops in ſympathy the tear?
All, all, ſave Jove; with fury driv'n
170
Severe he tames the ſons of heav'n;
And he will tame them, till ſome pow'r ariſe
To wreſt from his ſtrong hand the ſceptre of the ſkies.
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 160 focus
su questa roccia, a misero tormento.
Ma novello signor l'Olimpo regge;
ma con novella legge
or Giove a suo talento
175
lo scettro impugna, e tutto
che prima ebbe potere or vuol distrutto.
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 160 focus
Quis sic corde durus
Deorum cui haec placeant?
Quis non succenset malis
165
Tuis? Ille dissentit à Iove:
ille autem fraudulenter semper
Indutus, inflexili mente
Domat genus cœleste,
Neq; prius desinet quam saturauerit cor,
170
Vel aliqua astutia ceperit inexpugnabile principatu.
Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 160 focus
PROMETHEUS
Yea, pangs than these more crushing shall he bear.
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.) — 160 focus
What God can wear such ruthless heart
As to delight in ill?
180
Who in thy sorrow bears not part?
Zeus, Zeus alone! for he, with wrathful will,
Clenched and inflexible,
Bears down Heaven's race—nor end shall be, till hate
His soul shall satiate,
185
Or till, by some device, some other hand
Shall wrest from him his sternly-clasped command!
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.) — 160 focus
Wo hegte solch verhärtet Herz
Ein Gott, sich deines Leids zu freu'n?
160
Wer fühlte nicht mit deiner Qual
Mitleiden? Freilich außer Zeus: er zürnt und grollt;
Ungebeugten Sinnes stets,
Bändigt er Uranos" Stamm; nimmer rastet er,
Bis sein Herz sich ersättigt hat,
165
Oder ein listiger Arm die gewaltige Macht ihm entwindet.

Commentary

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

161. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-159

ξυνασχαλᾷ:
ξυνασχάλει
Lips. 1. et Aug. hic quidem propter
αι
in Lips. 2. male lectum.

162. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-160

δίχα γοῦν ἑνός; ὃ δ᾽ ἐπικότως:
δίχαγε διός
M. sed
δίχαγε
a manu tertia super evanidas litteras scriptum.
δίχα τε διὸς
G. Lips. 2.
ἐπισκότως
Lips. 1.
αἰεὶ
M. et alii nonnulli codices. Elegantissimum quidem trimetrum praebet vulgata lectio,
τεοῖσι δίχα γε Διός; ὃ δ᾽ ἐπικότως ἀεί
. Non esse tamen hanc veram scripturam quum
ἠρέθισε
in antistrophico versu prodit, tum arguunt codices Colb. 1. et Ask. A. (sive Reg. G.)
δίχα γ᾽ ἑνὸς
habentes, ad quod in Ask. Λ.
διός
, in altero libro
καὶ διός
supra adscriptum. Porro in Par. B.
γρ. ἑνός, ἤγουν διός
. Quod si vix dubitari potest quin
Διός
ex interpretatione versui insertum sit, apparet scribendum esse
δίχα γοῦν ἑνός
. Fortius est
γοῦν
quam
γ' εὖ
, ut cum restrictione etiam affirmationem continens, ut sit
certe quidem
. Sic in Agam. 1386.
γνώσει διδαχθεὶς ὀψὲ γοῦν τὸ σωφρονεῖν
. Sophocles Oed. R. 408.
εἰ καὶ τυραννεῖς, ἐξισωτέον τὸ γοῦν ἴσ᾽ ἀντιλέξαι
. Et sic ille saepius.

163. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-161

ἄγναμπτον:
ἄγναμπτον
in M. a manu tertia refectum.
ἄγναπτον
G. aliique nonnulli codices. γρ.
ἄκαμπτον
Par. B. Spondeus indicio est non esse
ἄγναμπτον
ab Aeschylo scriptum. Quod apud Hesychium suo quidem loco inter
ἄκανθα
et
ἀκανθόνωτον
positum est,
ἄκανθον
(codex
ἀκανθόν
),
ἄγναμπτον
, videri potest ad Aeschyli versum pertinere, ut scriptum fuerit
ἀκα.... νόον
. Nisi tamen illud
ἄκαμπτον
alieno loco insertum ad
ἀκαμπής
vel
ἄκαμπος
, quae in Hesychii libro paullo superius posita sunt, referendum est. Scholiastae Aeschyli has adscripserunt interpretationes,
ἀμείλικτον, ἀκαμπῆ, σκληρόν, ἀμετακίνητον
. Veri simile est ut
ἀστραφῆ
scripserit poeta. Hesychius
ἀστραφής, σκληρός. Σοφοκλῆς Μυσοῖς
.

164. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-162

δάμναται:
δάμνεται
Lips. 1. 2. Aug.

165. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-163

λήξει:
λήξη
Lips. 1. 2. Aug.

166. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-164

κέαρ:
τὸ κέαρ
G. Lips. 1.

166. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-165

παλάμᾳ:
παλάμα
, adscripto supra
η
a sec. manu, Μ.
παλάμη
G. Lips. 1.
παλάμα
, superscripto
η
, Lips. 2.

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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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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161. συνασχαλᾷ: from συνασχα- λάω, whereas συνασχαλῶν 303 is future of συνασχάλλω. Cp. Isocr. Iv. 181
συνοργισθῆναι τοῖς ἀδικηθεῖσιν, also συμ- πονεῖν 274 below, and συγχαίρειν, συνή- δεσθαι. In all these, συν- denotes sympathy with grief or joy.

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162. The ancient form τεός for σός occurs now and then in the lyric por- tions of tragedy. In Aeschylus twice besides this place, Sept. 105, Frg. 66. Only the melic trimeter (162 = 181) admits, in Aeschylus, three resolutions in a single verse. Cp. Suppl. 111 = 123, Ag. 485, Cho. 44 = 55. A tribrach in the second foot is found in only one other verse of this play (715), and there in a proper name.

163. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-125

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163. θέμενος: cp. Il. ix. 629 ἄγριον ἐν στήθεσσι θέτο μεγαλήτορα θυμόν, Tyrtaeus Frg. 11, 5 ἐχθρὰν μὲν ψυ- χὴν θέμενος, Theogn. 89 ἀλλὰ φίλει καθαρὸν θέμενος νόον ἤ μ᾿ ἀποειπὼν ἔχθαιρε. – ἄγναμπτον: instead of this, the metre demands a word which shall form two iambi. Cp. the anti- strophe 182. Probably H. L. Ahrens's conjecture, ἀκνάμπετον, is to be received (cp. ἄπευκτος and ἀπεύχετος, καμψίπους and καμπεσίγουνος, παναρκής and πανάρκετος). With ἄγναμπτον νόον cp. Il. xxiv. 41 οὐδὲ νόημα γναμπτὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσι. 170. 175

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164 f. δάμναται : an epic word; ac- tive in sense here and Od. xiv. 487 ἀλλά με χεῖμα δάμναται, passive Suppl. 904, as in the Iliad. – Οὐρα- νίαν γένναν : the race of Uranus. Cp. 205, and Frg. III. of the Προμηθεὺς λυόμενος below, Titanum suboles generata Caelo; also Il. v. 898 Οὐρανιώνων. Οὐρανίαν is said like Ag. 83 Τυνδαρέα θύγατερ, ibid. 1499 ᾿Αγα- μεμνονίαν ἄλοχον, Il. xiv. 317 Ιξιονίης ἀλόχοιο. See also 590 below.

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166. παλάμᾳ: coup de main, bold or sudden stroke. - τινί : cp. Cho. 138 ἐλθεῖν δ᾽ ᾿Ορέστην δεῦρο σὺν τύχῃ τινὶ κατεύχομαι, Soph. Αi. 853 ἀρκτέον τὸ πρᾶγμα σὺν τάχει τινί, Pind. Οl. ix. 39 σύν τινι μοιριδίῳ παλάμᾳ.