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με τὰν τάλαιναν:
α
mutatione facta a sec. manu M. Quid prima scripserit dispici nequit.
με τάλαιναν
M. Vit. G. edd. vett.
με τὴν τάλαιναν
Lips. Aug. Ven. 3. Cantabr. 2.
με τὴν τάλαιναν
Cant. 1.

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οἶστρος:
οἴστροις
a pr. manu M. Recentior fecit
οἶστρος
.

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ἄλευε δᾶ:
ἄλευ᾽ ἀ δᾶ
, litteris
λευ
in litura, circumflexo in
ἀ
a sec. manu addito, M.
ἄλευ᾽ ἢ δᾶ
adnotatum ex Par. N. memoratque
ἀ δᾶ
Turnebus.
ἀλευάδα
Lips. Aug. Cantabr. 1. Par. N. In Lips. supra scriptum
γρ. ἄλευ᾽ ὦ γᾶ
. G. Vit. edd. vett.
ἄλευ᾽ ἐ δᾶ
. Etym. M. p. 60, 8.
ἀλευάδα εἴρηται ὡς τὸ φεύδα. οἱ γὰρ Δωριεῖς τὴν γῆν δᾶν λέγουσι καὶ δίαν, ὡς καὶ τὸν γνόφον δνόφον. φεύδα οὖν φεύγη. οὕτως οὖν καὶ τὸ ἀλευάδα ἀλέου δᾶ, τοῦ δᾶ ἀντὶ τοῦ γῆ κειμένου
. Apertum est et
φεῦ δᾶ
ẹt
φεῦ γᾶ
scribendum esse: tum corrigendum est
οἱ γὰρ Δωριεῖς τὴν γῆν γᾶν λέγουσι καὶ δᾶν
. Vltima verba in Etym. MS. Augustano sic scripta,
φεύδα ἤγουν φεύγη. οὕτως καὶ τὸ ἀλευάδα, τὸ δῶ ἀντὶ τοῦ γᾶ
. Scholiastae et
ἄλευ᾽ ἐ δᾶ
legi referunt et
ἀλευάδα
, credo ex hac ipsa scriptura Argum Aleuae filium fuisse colligentes. Quod Schleusnero in adnotationibus ad Etym. M. in mentem venit
ἄλευε δᾶ
, id adscivit Dindorfius, eiecto
φοβοῦμαι
, quod post
δᾶ
legebatur, tres trimetros catalecticos exhibens. Tantum autem abest ut id metri forma postulet, ut hoc metri genus, quod natura sua catalecticum est, non aptum sit continuatae orationi, minimeque tali in loco, qualis hic est, pleno motus et agitationis. Quod autem ad monstruosum illud
ἄλευ'
attinet, abusus est Dindorfius docta et scita observatione Elmsleii, qui in Diarii classici fasc. XV. p. 218. et Photii adnotatione illa,
παῦ τὸ παῦσαι λέγουσι μονοσυλλάβως
et
παῦ παῦε
restituit Aristophani in Eq. v. 821. et
παῖ παῖε
in Pace v. 1119. Apertum est in vulgari sermone, si iteraretur
παῦε παῖε
, vel
παῖε παῖε
, non mirum esse, si id pronuntiabant
παῦ παῦε, παῖ παῖε
. At aliis in imperativis, iisque non iteratis, et in oratione familiaris sermonis levitatem vitante quis credat talia umquam esse usurpata? Blomfieldius Monkii monitu edidit
ἄλευε δᾶ
, ut haec verba,
ἄλευε δᾶ, φοβοῦμαι
, unum versum efficerent, quem praecederet dimeter iambicus. Sed ita descriptis versibus certo Aeschylus
ἄλευ᾽ ὦ δᾶ
praetulisset, antispasto et Bacchio coniunctis. Et sic Scholefieldius. His verbis,
ἄλευε δᾶ
, finiri trimetrum, et quod sequitur
φοβοῦμαι
delendum esse iam olim suspicatus sum, et delevit Dindorfius, de constructione conferri iubens quae Matthiae ad Euripidis Hec. 950. adnotavit. Omittunt autem
φοβοῦμαι
soli Vind. 2. 4. quod verbum post
δᾶ
ceteri libri omnes habent legitque Nicephorus in scholiis ad Synesium p. 400. C.
βούταν δὲ καλεῖ τὸν πανόπτην Ἄργον ὁ τραγικὸς Αἰσχύλος, ἤτοι βουκόλον, ὡς ἐπιστατοῦντα καὶ ἑπόμενον τῇ Ἰοῖ τῇ θυγατρὶ τοῦ Ἰνάχου. φέρει γὰρ αὐτὴν λέγουσαν οὑτωσί, “φοβοῦμαι τὸν μυριωπὸν εἰςορῶσα βούταν.”
Huius quidem non magna auctoritas est: nec dubitandum videtur quin
φοβοῦμαι
ab explicatore sit adiectum, qui in constructione haesitaret qua
εἰςορῶσα
εἰ
χρίει με οἶστρος
coniuncta sunt, quasi dictum esset
οἰστροῦμαι
. Confirmatur haec sententia eo quod alii constructionem, quam expedire nesciebant,
εἰςορῶσα
in
εἰςορῶ
mutato sibi correxisse visi sunt. Sentiens perturbari mentem suam Io, primo id simpliciter narrare incipit, media autem in narratione conspiciens simulacrum feri agitatoris clamat
ἄλευε δᾶ, τὸν μυριωπὸν εἰςορῶσα βούταν
. Suidas
ἄλευε. Ἴωνες τὸ φυλάξαι οὕτως λέγουσι. καὶ παροιμία “ἄλευ᾽ ἀπὸ μείζονος ἀνδρός.”
Conf. Zonaras p. 135. In proverbio quidem significationem medii habet
ἀλεύειν
. Apud Aeschylum ubi hoc verbum invenitur activum est, avertere significans.

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εἰςορῶσα:
εἰσιδοῦσα
Lips. Aug. Ven. 3. Vind. 2. 4. et
γρ. εἰσιδοῦσα
Par. B.
εἰσορῶ
G. Vind. 1. 3. et Tzetzes in Exegesi Iliadis p. 153. cuius lacunosus locus, quem non ex omni parte recte explevit Welckerus in fragmentis Hipponactis p. 47. sic integrandus est,
τὸν δὲ Ἄργον εἶναι κύνα φασὶ κατὰ παντὸς τοῦ σώματος ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔχοντα καὶ φυλάττοντα τὴν Ἰὼ προςτάξει τῆς Ἥρας· ὃν ἀνεῖλεν Ἑρμῆς κελεύσει τοῦ Διός. ὅτι δὲ κύων ὁ Ἄργος, καὶ Ἱππῶναξ φησίν, Ἑρμῆ κύναγχα, Μῃονιστὶ Κανδαύλα. Αἰσχύλος δὲ οὐ κύνα πολυόφθαλμον τὸν Ἄργον, ἀλλὰ βουκόλον φησὶ λέγων ὡς ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰοῦς ἐν τῷ Προμηθεῖ τὸν μυριωπὸν εἰςορῶ βούταν. ὁ δὲ τὸν Αἰγίμιον γράψας ἄνθρωπον τοῦτον φησὶ τετρόφθαλμον, φύλακα τῆς Ἰοῦς παρὰ τῆς Ἥρας πεμφθέντα· λέγει δὲ οὕτωσί, καί οἱ ἔπι σκοπὸν Ἄργον ἔπεμπε κρατερόν τε μέγαν τε, τέτρασιν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ὁρώμενον ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα· ἀκάματον δέ οἱ ὦρσε θεὰ μένος, οὐδέ οἱ ὕπνος πῖπτεν ἐπὶ βλεφάροις, φυλακὴ δ᾽ ἔχεν ἔμπεδος αἰεί
. Hi ex Aegimio versus leguntur etiam in scholiis ad Euripidis Phoen. 1116.

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δόλιον:
δολεῖον
Par. Ε.
δόλερον
Cantabr. 2.
γρ. θολερόν
Par. B. si recte scripsit Faehsius.

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ὄμμ':
ὄμμ'
G.

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κυναγεῖ:
κυνηγέτει
sic M.
κυνηγετεῖ
G. Vit. Lips. Aug. edd. vett.
κυναγετεῖ
Brunckius. Scribendum potius erat
κυναγεῖ
, quo restituitur dochmius.

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τὴν:
τὴν
G.

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ψάμμον:
ψάμμαν
Μ. superscripto a recentiore manu
ον
.

572. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-649

ὀτοβεῖ: Apertum est indicio aliquo, quod statim animadverteretur, admonendos de strophae initio fuisse spectatores. Quare non dubitandum est quin hic modi cantus fuerint mutati. Plutarchus de ira cohibenda p. 456.
ὥςπερ ὁ τῶν βουκόλων κηρόπλαστος ὀττοβεῖ δόναξ ἀχέτας ὑπνοδόταν νόμον
. Non pertinet huc
πλάσις
et
πλάσμα
arundinum, de quibus Theophrastus Hist. plant. IV. 11. ed. Schn. et Salmasius Exerc. Plin. p. 85. dixerunt, sed intelligitur quod Virgilius dixit Ecl. II. 32.
Pan primus calamos cera coniungere pluris instituit
.
ὀτοβεῖ
M. In ceteris libris et apud Plutarchum
ὀττοβεῖ
.

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ὑπνοδόταν νόμον:
ὑπνοδότ᾽ ἄνομον
G.

574-575. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-651

ἰὼ ἰὼ πόποι, ποῖ μ᾽ ἄγουσιν τηλέπλανοι πλάναι;:
ἰὼ ἰὼ ποῖ ποῖ. πόποι πόποι πῆ μὲ ἄγουσι
Μ.
ἰω ἰὼ ποῖ ποῖ. πόποι πόποι πῆ μὲ ἄγουσι
Vit.
ἰὼ ἰὼ ποῖ ποῖ. πῶ ποῖ. πῶ ποῖ. ποῖ μὲ ἄγουσι
G. Vind. 1. 3.
ἰὼ ἰὼ ποῖ. ποῖ. πῶ, πῶ, πῶς πῆ μὲ ἄγουσιν
Lips. Aug. et sic, sed
ἄγουσι
, edd. vett.
ἰὼ ἰὼ πῶ, πῶς ποῖ μὲ ἄγουσ' αἱ
Ven. 2. Par. K. L. Alii aliter peccant. Tum
τηλεπλαγκτοι
sic M.
τηλέπλαγκτοι
Par. A. B. edd. vett.
τηλέπληκτοι
G.
τηλέπλακτοι
Lips. Aug.
τηλίπλακτοι
Vit.
τηλέπλαγκται
Colb. 1. 2. Cantabr. 1. Par. K. L. N. nisi in terminatione erratum est apud Butlerum. Denique
πλάνοι
Vit. edd. vett. et sic, non adscripto supra
αι
, etiam M.
πλάναι
G. Lips. Aug. Par. Α. Β. Vindobonenses quattuor aliique. Seidlerus in libro de versibus dochmiacis p. 84. et 141. corrigendum putavit
ἰώ ἰὼ πόποι, ποῖ, πόποι, ποῖ μ᾽ ἄγουσι τηλέπλανοι πλάνοι
,adscito in antistrophico versu
ἐτήτυμα
. Horum illud quidem,
ἰώ ἰὼ πόποι
, non dubitandum quin verum sit. Neque minus verum
τηλέπλανοι
, quocum propter sonum et propter librorum consensum in v. 585. rectius
πλάναι
quam
πλάνοι
coniungitur. Sed
ποῖ, πόποι
valde inelegans est, debebatque id
ὦ πόποι
scribi, si quidem
ποῖ μὲ ἄγουσι
statim iunctum fuit cum
τηλέπλανοι πλάναι
. De quo valde dubitandum est propter plerorumque et optimorum librorum in antistrophico versu scripturam duos Creticos exhibentium, qui usitatissimus numerus in dochmiacis est, quum vix alibi Creticus et ditrochaeus, molle et fractum genus numeri, inseratur. Quare scripsi
ἰὼ ἰὼ πόποι, ποῖ μὲ ἄγουσιν .... τηλέπλανοι πλάναι;
ut excidisse post
ἄγουσιν
significarem vocem iambum facientem, quam non puto
πόποι
fuisse, sed fortasse
μακραί
vel
χθονός
.

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τί ποτέ μ', ὦ:
τί ποτέ με
Lips. Aug.
τίς ποτέ
M. G. aliique.
τί ποτ' ἔμ᾽ ὦ
Vit.
τί ποτ᾽, ὦ
Bess. Ald. Rob.

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τί ποτε: Semel tantum post
παῖ
habent
τί ποτε
M. G. Vit. Colb. 1. 2. Ven. 2. aliique: bis habent Vind. 2. 4. Rob.
τί ποτε. τίς ποτε
Bess. Ald.

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ταῖςδ':
ταῖςδε
G.

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πημοσύναις:
πημοσύναισι
M. Lips. Aug. et ceteri plerique, ut videtur, atque edd. vett.
ποιμοναῖσι
Par. G.
πημονέσιν
Vit.
πημοναῖς
G. Scribendum esse
πημοσύναις
monui in Opusc. IV. p. 334.

578. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-656

ἔ ἔ:
ἔ ἔ
M.
ἔ
edd. vett.
ἔ
G. Vit. Lips. Alienus est ab hac interiectione spiritus asper. V. Etym. M. in v.
ἔλεγος
, Zonaram p. 619. scholiastam Aristophanis ad Aves. v. 217. Blomfieldius in uno Parisiensium, qui ipsi G. est,
αἰ αἰ
legi ait.

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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561-886. Third Episode. Io and Prometheus. The myth of Io is connected with that of Prometheus by the person of Heracles, the libera- tor of Prometheus, who is descended from paphus, the son of Zeus and Io (see on 774). The appearance of Io therefore prepares the way for the introduction of Heracles in the Προ- μηθεὺς λυόμενος. But the immediate significance of this scene consists in the present relation of Zeus and Io. Io appears as innocent and yet perse- cuted; her sufferings, superficially considered, put Zeus in the worst possible light. Accordingly the in- dignation of Prometheus rises more and more, till at last, carried away by passion, he vaunts his secret in such terms that the interposition of Zeus becomes inevitable. So the transition to the catastrophe is pre- pared. The geographical part of this episode, with its description of marvels, like the scene of Heracles in the Προμηθεὺς λυόμενος (see below, Frg. VII. and VIII.), doubtless had a peculiar charm for the Athenians of the period. On the origin of the myth of Io, see Introd. p. 9, footnote. Io appears as a horned maiden (588, 674; so indi- cated by her mask). In early Greek art, especially in vase-paintings, she has the figure of a cow outright. On the throne of the Amyclaean Apollo, a work of the sculptor Bathycles (about Ol. 60), Hera was represented as glaring at Io, 'who is already a cow' (Paus. iii. 18. 7). On an archaic black-figured vase of the Munich collection (No. 573; see Panofka, Argos Panoptes, plate 5), Argus is seen, seated on the ground, a fero- cious figure with long hair and beard, and a huge eye in his shaggy breast; he holds in his hand a long cord, attached to the horns of a cow. Near by stands Hermes, grasping the cord near the horns with his left hand, and about to draw his sword with his right. Argus's dog
stands at bay in front of his master. Through the influence of this trag- edy, Io came later to be depicted in art as a maiden with horns. So, for instance, on a red-figured vase of the Berlin Museum (Panofka, l.c., plate 3). The stinging gadfly' of the legend (cp. Suppl. 306 BΑ. τί οὖν ἔτευξεν ἄλλο δυσπότμῳ βοΐ; ΧΟ. βοη- λάτην μύωπα κινητήριον, Verg. Georg. iii. 147 cui nomen asilo Ro- manum est, oestrum Graii vertere vocantes), which is mentioned in Io's narrative, 675 be- low, had also to be omitted in the scenic representation. The difficulty was met by a figurative conception of οἶστρος; the maddening sting was interpreted as the reminiscence of the crafty eye of Argos (567). — On account of the unusual manner of Io's entrance and exit, the anapaests which commonly accompany the ar- rival and departure of a personage are here and at 877 given to the actor, not to the chorus. So above, at the entrance of the chorus (120 ff.).

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564. ποινάς : in apposition to ὀλέ- Destruction is the penalty of the crime. Cp. Ag. 224 ἔτλα δ᾽ οὖν θυτὴρ γενέσθαι θυγατρός, γυναικοποίνων πολέμων ἀρωγὰν καὶ προτέλεια ναῶν. It is rare for an appositive of this sort to precede the verb (Krüger II. § 57, 10, 6), but here this is brought about by the question. Others regard ποινάς as accusative of the inner object; see on 591 below. – ὀλέκει : ὀλέκω (or ὀλέ- κομαι) is an epic word. Other occur- rences of it in tragedy are Soph. Ant, 1285 (ὀλέκεις), Τrach. 1013 (ὠλεκόμαν).

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567 f. Quod dicit av, id scite et convenienter spectatoris cogitationem ad ea quae extra scenam gesta sunt, traducit' (Schütz). – εἴδωλον: acc. depending on εἰσορῶσα. – γηγενούς : cp. Suppl. 305 ῎Αργον παῖδα γῆς. ἄλευ᾽ ὦ δᾶ: in a frenzy of fear, Io interrupts her sentence with this cry. Cp. Suppl. 528 and Sept. 141 ἄλευσον, Sept. 86 ἰ ἰὼ θεοὶ θεαί τ᾽ ὀρόμενον κακὸν ἀλεύσατε. δᾶ is vocative of Δᾶς = Ζᾶς = Ζεύς (cp. ἃ Ζήν, Suppl. 162), but it is a mere interjection, not an invocation of the particular god. Cp. Eum. 874 οἰοῖ δᾶ, φεῦ.

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569. τὸν μυριωπὸν εἰσορῶσα βού- ταν: as if οἰστροῦμαι and ῎Αργον γη- γενῆ had preceded the intermediate exclamation. With ψάμμος) recurs Ar. Lys. 1260 (τᾶς ψάμμας) and Hdt. iv. 181.

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10
574 f. ὑπὸ ... ότοβεῖ: see on 126. a croire Hec. 970 αἰδώς μ᾽ ἔχει ἐν τῷδε πότμῳ τυγχάνουσ᾽ ἵν᾽ εἰμὶ νῦν, Iph. Τ. 947 ἐλ- θὼν δ᾽ ἐκεῖσε, πρῶτα μέν μ᾽ οὐδεὶς ξένων ἑκὼν ἐδέξατο, Cycl. 330 δοραῖσι θηρῶν σῶμα περιβαλὼν ἐμὸν καὶ πῦρ ἀναίθων χιόνος οὐδέν μοι μέλει, Ιοη 927 ὑπεξαν- τλῶν ... ἄρδει με, Hipp. 22 τὰ πολλὰ δὲ πάλαι προκόψασ᾽, οὐ πόνου πολλοῦ με δεῖ. See Krüger I. § 56, 9, 4, and note on 201 above. - With μυριωπὸν βούταν cp. Suppl. 304 πανόπτην οἰοβούκολον, also 677 below. 570. δόλιον ὄμμα: aptly charac- terizes the crafty glance of the pur- suing spectre. - Dochmii are the proper rhythm for monodies of trag- edy which express passionate agita- tion. 571. κατθανόντα: cp. Suppl. 305 ῎Αργον, τὸν Ἑρμῆς παῖδα γῆς κατέκτανε. 572. ἀλλά με: the relative clause is continued, as usual, by an indepen- dent sentence. 573. ψάμμαν: the form ψάμμη (for (not of short) words between prepo- sition and verb, see Krüger II. § 68, 48, 4, and below on 878. – κηρόπακ- τος: wax-joined. Cp. Eur. Iph. T. 1125 συρίζων ὁ κηροδέτας κάλαμος οὐ- ·ρείου Πανός, Theocr. Id. i. 128 ἔνθ᾽ ὧναξ καὶ τάνδε φέρ᾽ εὐπάκτοιο· μελί- πνουν ἐκ κηρῶ σύριγγα καλάν, Εp. xiii. 4 κηροδέτῳ πνεύματι μελπόμενος, Ovid. Metam. i. 711 disparibus cala- mis compagine cerae inter se iunctis, Verg. Ecl. ii. 32 Pan primus calamos cera con- iungere pluris instituit. The flute of the αὐλητής was here actually heard, accompanying the strophic portion of Io's song. The foregoing portion was recitative (παρακαταλογή). · ὑπνοδόταν νόμον : the "slumberous lay" depicts the exhaustion of Io.

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576. πλάναι, τηλέπλανοι πλάναι: for the repetition, cp. Sept. 134 ἐπί- λυσιν πόνων, ἐπίλυσιν δίδου, 171 κλύετε παρθένων κλύετε πανδίκως χειροτόνους
λιτάς, Ag. 1456 τὰς πολλὰς τὰς πάνυ πολλάς. The formation of a com- pound adjective from the substantive which it accompanies, occurs in three other passages of Aeschylus: 585 below, Cho. 315 πάτερ αἰνόπατερ, Eum. 690 πόλιν νεόπτολιν. In Sophocles it is nowhere found, but often in Eurip- ides (τυφλόπους πούς, τρίπους χαλκό- πους, πόρον εὔπορον, κάματον εὐκάματον, etc.).

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577 f. ταῖσδ᾽ ἐνέζευξας ἐν πημοσύ ναις : see on 108, and cp. Il. ii. 111 Ζεύς με μέγα Κρονίδης ἄτῃ ἐνέδησε βαρείῃ, Soph. O. C. 526 γάμων ἐνέδησεν ἄτᾳ.