Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator), 894

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Nimmer, o Mächte des Schicksals, nimmer mögt ihr

Mich in den Armen des Zeus als Lagergenossin erblicken!
890

Führe niemals einer der Himmlischen mich als Gattin heim!

Mich schaudert, Jo's züchtige Mädchengestalt,

Die den Gott flieht, also gemartert zu seh'n

Durch des Irrsals Müh'n, die Hera's Groll ihr schuf.

Schlußgesang.

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.) — 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.) — 894 focus

μήποτε μήποτέ μ᾽, ὦ

πότνιαι Μοίραι, λεχέων Διὸς εὐνάτειραν ἴδοισθε πέλουσαν·
895

μηδὲ πλαθείην γαμέτᾳ τινὶ τῶν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ.

ταρβῶ γὰρ ἀστεργάνορα παρθενίαν

εἰσορῶσ᾽ Ἰοῦς μέγα δαπτομέναν

δυσπλάνοις Ἥρας ἀλατείαις πόνων.
900

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 894 focus

μήποτε, μήποτέ μ', ὦ Μοῖ-

ραι, λεχέων Διὸς εὐνά-

τειραν ἴδοισθε πέλουσαν·

μηδὲ πλαθείην γαμέτᾳ τινὶ τῶν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ.

ταρβῶ γὰρ ἀστεργάνορα παρθενίαν
900

εἰςορῶσ᾽ Ἰοῦς μέγα δαπτομέναν

δυςπλάνοις Ἥρας ἀλατείαις πόνων.

στρ. β'.

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 894 focus

Μήποτε μήποτέ μ', ὦ Μοῖ-

Ant.

ραι < τελέστειραι om.>, λεχέων Διὸς εὐνά-
895

τειραν ἴδοισθε πέλουσαν

μηδὲ πλαθείην πλαθείη ἐν Μ πλαθείην (uel πλασθείην) ἐν cett. γαμέτᾳ τινὶ τῶν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ·

ταρβῶ γὰρ ἀστεργάνορα παρθενίαν

εἰσορῶσ' Ἰοῦς ἀμαλαπτομέναν (γ' ἀμαλ. Weil) : γάμῳ δαπτομέναν

δυσπλάνοις δυσπλάγχνοις Ἥρας ἀλατείαις πόνων.
900

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 894 focus

μήποτε μήποτέ μ', ὦ

Μοῖραι, λεχέων Διὸς εὐνά-

τειραν ἴδοισθε πέλουσαν.

μηδὲ πλαθείην γαμέτα
925

τινὶ τῶν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ.

ταρβῶ γὰρ ἀστερ-

γάνορα παρθενίαν

εἰσορῶσ᾽ Ἰοῦς ἀμαλαπτομέναν.

δυσπλάνοις Ἥρας ἀλατείαις πόνων.
930

Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 894 focus

μήποτε μήποτέ μ᾽, ὦ

(πότνιαι) Μοῖραι λεχέων Διὸς εὐνά-

895

τειραν ἴδοισθε πέλουσαν·

μηδὲ πλαθείην γαμέται τινὶ τῶν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ.

ταρβῶ γὰρ ἀστεργάνορα παρθενίαν

εἰσορῶσ᾽ Ἰοῦς ἀμαλαπτομέναν

δυσπλάνοις Ἥρας ἀλατείαις πόνων. =

900

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

Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 894 focus

Never, O Destinies , never ........ may ye behold me approaching as a partner the couch of Jupiter: nor may I be brought to the arms of any bridegroom from among the sons of heaven: for I am in dread when I behold the maiden Io, contented with no mortal lover, greatly marred by wearisome wanderings at the hand of Juno.

PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 894 focus

Ah ! puissiez-vous ne jamais, ne jamais me voir, Parques, vous sans qui rien ne s'achève, tenir la place d'une épouse dans le lit de Zeus ! Puissé-je même ne jamais connaître les embrassements d'un mari habitant du ciel. Je frémis, quand je vois Io, la vierge rebelle à l'amour, s'épuiser, grâce à
Héra, dans ce dur vagabondage de douleur.

Plus vif.

LE CHŒUR

Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 894 focus

Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 894 focus

Non mai, non mai debba io di Giove il talamo

partecipare, o Moire,

1035

ministre della Sorte,

né a veruno dei Superi

avvicinarmi, che mi sia consorte.

Ché, disfatta per l'odio

d'Era veggendo, in miseri

1040

penosi errori, d'Io

l'aspra verginità, trema il cuor mio.

Epodo

Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 894 focus

Nunquam Parcæ, nunquam

Videatis me consortem lectorum esse,

Neq; coniunctam alicui cœlesti,

Nam timeo, inamabilem virginitatem
900

Iûs videns, affectam à Iunone

Non ferendis erroribus laborum,

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.) — 894 focus

O Fates, of awful empery!

Never may I by Zeus be wooed—
1005

Never give o'er my maidenhood

To any god that dwells on high.

A shudder to my soul is sent,

Beholding Io's doom forlorn—

By Hera's malice put to scorn,
1010

Roaming in mateless banishment.

Commentary

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

889. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1003

NA: Totam primam huius carminis stropham habet scholion haud dubie recentissimum ad primum epigramma Callimachi. Nicephorus Gregoras Hist. Byz. VIII. 14. p. 383. ed. Bonn.

ἦ σοφὸς ἦν ἄρ᾽ ἐκεῖνος ὃς πρῶτος ἐν γνώμῃ τόδ᾽ ἐβάστασε καὶ γλώσσῃ διεμυθολόγησεν, εἴτε Θαλῆς ὁ Μιλήσιος ἦν, εἴτε Πλάτων ὁ Ἀρίστωνος, εἴτε καὶ ἄμφω, παρὰ θατέρου ἕτερος ἐκδεξάμενος, τό γ' ἑαυτὸν μακαρίζειν ἐκθύμως, ὅτι μὴ βάρβαρος, ἀλλ᾽ Ἕλλην γεγένηται

. Idem XXI. 5. p. 1025.

ἀλλὰ γὰρ ἦ σοφὸς ἦν ἐκεῖνος ὃς πρῶτος ἐν γνώμῃ τόδ᾽ ἐβάστασε καὶ γλώττῃ διεμυθολόγησε, τὸν μακρὸν ἅπαντα φύειν τ' ἄδηλα χρόνον καὶ τὰ φανέντα καλύπτειν·

quae posteriora ex Sophoclis Aiace v. 646. sumpta sunt.

890. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1004

γνώμᾳ:

γνώμᾳ

, superscripto

ῃ

, Lips.

890. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1005

ἐβάστασε:

ἐβάσταζε

Par. Ε. et e corr. Lips. in quo fuerat

ἐβάσταξε

890-891. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1006

γλώσσᾳ:

γλώσσῃ

G. Ald. Rob.

γλώσσα

, superscripto

ῃ

, Lips.

γλῶσσα

a pr. manu M. ex quo factum

γλώσσαι

891. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1007

διεμυθολόγησεν:

διεμυθολόγησε

Vit.

892. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1008

ἀριστεύει: Eustathius p. 717, 4. et 758, 63.

ὡς τὸ κηδεύειν καθ' ἑαυτὸν ἀριστεύει μακρύ

ἀριστεύοι

Lips.

ἀριστεύειν

G. Bess. Ald.

893. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1009

πλούτῳ:

πλούτου

, superscripto

ῳ

, Vit.

894. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1010

γέννᾳ:

γένα

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

887-906. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-564

;

887-906. Third Stasimon. For the dactylo-epitritic rhythms, see on 526. The tranquil reflexions of the chorus contrast agreeably with the turmoil of the preceding scene.

891. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-567

⁴

;

891 f. διαθρυπτομένων, μεγαλυνο- μένων: the assonance is significant; wealth and birth are equally value- less.

Aeschylus Prometheus Bound 894

Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator)

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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

LE CHŒUR

Nam timeo, inamabilem virginitatem
900

Iûs videns, affectam à Iunone

Non ferendis erroribus laborum,

O Fates, of awful empery!

Never may I by Zeus be wooed—
1005

Never give o'er my maidenhood

To any god that dwells on high.

A shudder to my soul is sent,

Beholding Io's doom forlorn—

By Hera's malice put to scorn,
1010

Roaming in mateless banishment.

Commentary

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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

LE CHŒUR

Nam timeo, inamabilem virginitatem 900 Iûs videns, affectam à Iunone Non ferendis erroribus laborum,

O Fates, of awful empery! Never may I by Zeus be wooed— 1005 Never give o'er my maidenhood To any god that dwells on high. A shudder to my soul is sent, Beholding Io's doom forlorn— By Hera's malice put to scorn, 1010 Roaming in mateless banishment.

Commentary

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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

Nam timeo, inamabilem virginitatem
900

Iûs videns, affectam à Iunone

Non ferendis erroribus laborum,

O Fates, of awful empery!

Never may I by Zeus be wooed—
1005

Never give o'er my maidenhood

To any god that dwells on high.

A shudder to my soul is sent,

Beholding Io's doom forlorn—

By Hera's malice put to scorn,
1010

Roaming in mateless banishment.