Aeschylus Prometheus Bound 537

Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator)

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Seliger, welcher getrost
Dehnen darf sein Leben in leuchtender Hoffnung,
Stets die Seele weidend in wonniger Lust!
535
Doch faßt mich ein Schauer, gewahr' ich's,
Wie du dulden mußt, von unsäglicher Qual ohn' Ende verzehrt,
Weil du nach eigenem Sinn,
Ohne Furcht vor Zeus, zu hoch
Die Menschen ehrst, Prometheus!
540
Zweite Strophe.

Prometheus Bound. Aeschylus. Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator). . .

Current edition Experimental

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1854; OCR review) (OCR draft) (German) (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.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (7)
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 526-560 focus
Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 526-560 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 537 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 537 focus
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 537 focus
Ἡδύ τι θαρσαλέαις
Ant. 1.
τὸν μακρὸν τείνειν βίον ἐλπίσι, φαναῖς
θυμὸν ἀλδαίνουσαν ἐν εὐφροσύναις·
φρίσσω δέ σε δερκομένα
535
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 537 focus
ἡδύ τι θαρσαλέαις
τὸν μακρὸν τείνειν βίον ἐλ-
πίσιν, φαναῖς
θυμὸν ἀλδαίνουσαν ἐν εὐφροσύναις.
555
φρίσσω δέ σε δερκομένα
μυρίοις μόχθοις διακναιόμενον
Ζῆνα γὰρ οὐ τρομέων
ἰδίᾳ γνώμᾳ σέβῃ
θνατοὺς ἄγαν, Προμηθεῦ.
560
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 537 focus
ἡδύ τι θαρσαλέαις
τὸν μακρὸν τείνειν βίον ἐλπίσι, φαναῖς
θυμὸν ἀλδαίνουσαν ἐν εὐφροσύναις. φρίσ-
535
σω δέ σε δερκομένα
μυρίοις μόχθοις διακναιόμενον –
Ζῆνα γὰρ οὐ τρομέων
ἰδίαι γνώμαι σέβηι θνατοὺς ἄγαν Προμηθεῦ. =
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.)) — 526-560 focus
Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 537 focus
Sweet it is to pass through a long life in confident hopes, making the spirits swell with bright merriment; but I shudder as I behold thee harrowed by agonies Incalculable.... For not standing in awe of Jupiter, thou, Prometheus, in thy self-will honourest mortals to excess.
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 537 focus
banquets des hécatombes 1 , près du cours paternel de l'intarissable Océan ; que ma langue jamais ne pèche et que
ce principe toujours demeure en mon âme, sans s'en effacer jamais ! Il est doux de couler une longue existence au milieu d'espoirs confiants,
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 537 focus
When thro' life's extended ſcene
Hope her ſtedfaſt luſtre throws,
Swells the ſoul with joy ſerene,
545
With ſublimeſt triumph glows.
Seeſt thou this pure luſtre ſhine?
Are these heartfelt raptures thine?
My cold blood curdles in my veins,
To ſee thy hideous woes, thy tort'ring pains,
550
And adamantine chains.
Thy free ſoul, untaught to fear,
Scorn'd the danger threat'ning near;
And for mortals dar'd defy
The ſovereign monarch of the ſky.
555
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 537 focus
Dolce cullare l'animo
625
di letizie serene:
dolce nutrir, sin che la vita dura,
ardue speranze. Ma se te, Promèteo,
d'infinita sciagura
io
630
veggo oppresso, un brivido
corre per
le mie vene.
Ma tu, fiero, non trepidi
del Signor dei Celesti,
635
ed ai mortali troppo onore presti.
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 537 focus
Suave aliquid, longam extendere vitam,
Spe manifesta animum crescentem
In prudentia.
horreo te respiciens
535
Infinitis laboribus afflictum.
Iovem enim non timens,
Propria sententia colis admodum mortales, ô Pro
metheus.
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.) — 537 focus
Sweet, sweet it is, in cheering hopes to dwell,
580
Immortal, ever young,
In maiden gladness fostering evermore
A soft content of soul!
But ah, I shudder at thine anguish sore—
Thy doom thro' years that roll!
585
Thou could'st not cower to Zeus: a love too great
Thou unto man hast given—
Too high of heart thou wert—ah, thankless fate!

Commentary

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

534. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-602

ἀλλά μοι τοῦτ': Omnes libri
ἀλλά μοι
. Deinde
τόδ' ἐμμένοι
G. Vit. ceterique plerique codices et Rob. Ita etiam M. sed ut
τ'
prius a manu secunda additum sit.
τόδε μένοι
Lips. Aug. Bess. Ald. Turn.
τόδ' ἐμμένει
Cantabr. 2. Par. F. K.
τόδ' ἐμμένη
Par. D.
μοι δ᾽ ἐμμένοι
Par. E. Quaesiverunt metri vitium critici in versu antistrophico. Sed neque iustam responsionem restituere potuerunt, et numeri potius stropham corrigendam esse ostendunt. Quare
ἀλλά
in
μάλα
mutavi,
τόδ
autem in
τοῦτ'
, idque etiam propterea praestat, quod
τόδε
fere ad sequentia refertur.

536. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-603

ἁδύ: Libri
ἁδύ
. Restitui Doricam formam.

536. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-604

θαρσαλέαις:
θαρσαλέαις
Lips.

537. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-605

τείνειν:
τείνειν
M. a prima manu: recentior priori syllabae
ε
, alteri
υ
superscripsit.

538. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-606

εὐφροσύναις:
εὐφροσύνῃ
, sed ab eadem manu superscripto
αις
, Vit.

539. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-607

δερκομένα:
δερκομένα
M. G. Vit. Lips. Aug. Cantabr. 1. Ven. 2. Par. A. B. C. N.
δερκομένη
editiones.

540. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-608

μόχθοις:
μόχθοις
ultimis duabus litteris a sec. manu M. Metra ostendunt deesse hic quattuor syllabas paeonem tertium efficientes. Excidisse videtur adverbium crudeliter vel immiserabiliter significans.

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

526-560. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-358

1
2
526-560. Second Stasimon. The subject - praise of peace with Heaven and a tranquil life - is sug- gested by the words of the cory- phaeus 519 τί γὰρ πέπρωται Ζηνὶ πλὴν ἀεὶ κρατεῖν ; The dactylo-epitritic rhythm corresponds with this senti- ment, and 'affords, in the midst of the heat of tragic pathos, a moment of refreshing coolness and cheerful calm' (Westphal). ποτε ἀντίπαλον κράτος ποιοῖτο τῇ ἐμῇ γνώμῃ, ἀντὶ τοῦ μηδέποτε ἐναντίος μοι γένοιτο, Schol. – θεῖτο κράτος ἀντίπα- λον: see on 163.

534. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-361

3
4
534 f. τόδε: "the following rule of life.” – ἐκτακείη : ' videtur a scrip- tura in tabulis cereis petitum esse, quae igni admoto aut solis radiis colliquescit ideoque deletur' (Schütz). Cp. 789, and Critias Frg. 2, 12 λῆστις δ᾽ ἐκτήκει μνημοσύνην πραπίδων.

536. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-362

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6
536. Cp. Theogn. 765 ὧδ᾽ εἴη κεν ἄμεινον· ἐΰφρονα θυμὸν ἔχοντας νόσφι μεριμνάων εὐφροσύνως διάγειν τερπομέ- νους.

537. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-363

7
8
537. τὸν μακρὸν βίον : all the days of one's life. See on 449. – τείνειν : Pers. 708 ὁ μάσσων βίοτος ἣν ταθῇ πρόσω, Ag. 1362 ἢ καὶ βίον τείνοντες ὧδ᾽ ὑπείξομεν, Eur. Ion 624 βίου αἰῶνα τείνει, Med. 670 ἄπαις γὰρ δεῦρ᾽ ἀεὶ τείνεις βίον;

538. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-364

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10
538. φαναῖς ἐν εὐφροσύναις: cp. Plat. Phaedr. 256 Η εἰς γὰρ σκότον οὐ νόμος ἐστὶν ἔτι ἐλθεῖν τοῖς κατηργμένοις ἤδη τῆς ἐπουρανίου πορείας, ἀλλά φανὸν βίον διάγοντας εὐδαιμονεῖν. ἀλδαί- νουσαν: ἀλδαίνειν, like ἀλιταίνειν just above (533), is an epic word.