Prometheus Bound. Aeschylus. ed. Gottfried Hermann. Lipsiae. 1852.
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Critical apparatus to Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) (Latin) (Latin and Greek critical apparatus to Gottfried Hermann's 1852 edition of Prometheus Bound.)
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Editions (7)
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 526-560 focus
Χορός
μηδάμ᾽ ὁ πάντα νέμων
θεῖτ᾽
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ἐμᾷ γνώμᾳ κράτος
ἀντίπαλον Ζεύς,
μηδ᾽ ἐλινύσαιμι θεοὺς ὁσίαις
θοίναις ποτινισσομένα
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βουφόνοις παρ᾽ Ὠκεανοῦ πατρὸς ἄ-
σβεστον πόρον,
μηδ᾽ ἀλίτοιμι λόγοις:
μάλα μοι τοῦτ᾽
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ἐμμένοι
καὶ μήποτ᾽ ἐκτακείη:
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537
Χορός
ἁδύ τι θαρσαλέαις
τὸν μακρὸν τείνειν βίον
ἐλπίσι, φαναῖς
θυμὸν ἀλδαίνουσαν ἐν εὐφροσύναις.
φρίσσω δέ σε δερκομένα
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μυρίοις μόχθοις
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διακναιόμενον
???Ζῆνα γὰρ οὐ τρομέων
ἰδίᾳ γνώμᾳ σέβει
θνατοὺς ἄγαν, Προμηθεῦ.
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Χορός
φέρ᾽ ὅπως ἄχαρις χάρις,
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ὦ φίλος, εἰ-
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πὲ ποῦ τις ἀλκά;
τίς ἐφαμερίων ἄρηξις; οὐδ᾽ ἐδέρχθης
ὀλιγοδρανίαν ἄκικυν,
ἰσόνειρον, ᾇ τὸ φωτῶν
ἀλαὸν <δέδεται
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> γένος ἐμπεποδισμένον:
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οὔπως
6
τὰν Διὸς ἁρμονίαν
θνατῶν παρεξίασι βουλαί.
552
Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 526-560 focus
Χορός
μηδάμʼ ὁ πάντα νέμων
θεῖτʼ ἐμᾷ γνώμᾳ κράτος ἀντίπαλον Ζεύς,
μηδʼ ἐλινύσαιμι θεοὺς ὁσίαις θοίναις ποτινισομένα
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βουφόνοις παρʼ Ὠκεανοῦ πατρὸς ἄσβεστον πόρον,
μηδʼ ἀλίτοιμι λόγοις·
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ἀλλά μοι τόδʼ ἐμμένοι καὶ μήποτʼ ἐκτακείη·
Χορός
ἁδύ τι θαρσαλέαις
τὸν μακρὸν τείνειν βίον ἐλπίσι, φαναῖς
θυμὸν ἀλδαίνουσαν ἐν εὐφροσύναις. φρίσ-
σω δέ σε δερκομένα
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μυρίοις μόχθοις διακναιόμενον
.
Ζῆνα γὰρ οὐ τρομέων
ἰδίᾳ γνώμᾳ σέβῃ θνατοὺς ἄγαν, Προμηθεῦ.
Χορός
φέρʼ, ὅπως ἄχαρις χάρις, ὦ φίλος·
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εἰπὲ ποῦ τίς ἀλκά;
τίς ἐφαμερίων ἄρηξις; οὐδʼ ἐδέρχθης
ὀλιγοδρανίαν ἄκικυν,
ἰσόνειρον, ᾇ τὸ φωτῶν
ἀλαὸν γένος ἐμπεποδισμένον; οὔποτε
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τὰν Διὸς ἁρμονίαν θνατῶν παρεξίασι βουλαί.
Χορός
ἔμαθον τάδε σὰς προσιδοῦσʼ ὀλο-
ὰς τύχας, Προμηθεῦ.
τὸ διαμφίδιον δέ μοι μέλος προσέπτα
τόδʼ ἐκεῖνό θʼ, ὅ τʼ ἀμφὶ λουτρὰ
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καὶ λέχος σὸν ὑμεναίουν
ἰότατι γάμων, ὅτε τὰν ὁμοπάτριον ἕδνοις
ἄγαγες Ἡσιόναν πείθὼν δάμαρτα κοινόλεκτρον.
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Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 545 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 545 focus
θνητοὺς ἄγαν, Προμηθεῦ.
στρ. β'.
φέρ' ὅπως ἄχαρις χάρις· ὦ φίλος, εἰπέ, ποῦ τις ἀλκά;
τίς ἐφαμερίων ἄρηξις; οὐδ᾽ ἐδέρκης
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ὀλιγοδρανίαν ἄκικυν,
ἰσόνειρον, ᾧ τὸ φωτῶν
ἀλαὸν
1
γένος ἐμπεποδισμένον; οὔπως
τὰν Διὸς ἁρμονίαν
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 545 focus
Φέρ' ὅπως χάρις
ἁ χάρις
ἄχαρις, ὦ
Str. 2.
φίλος, εἰπέ· ποῦ τίς ἀλκά,
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τίς ἐφαμερίων ἄρηξις ; οὐδ' ἐδέρχθης
ὀλιγοδρανίαν ἄκικυν
ἰσόνειρον ᾗ τὸ φωτῶν
ἀλαὸν γένος ἐμπεποδισ-
μένον ; οὔποτε <
γάρ τοι
om.>
545
1
τὰν Διὸς ἁρμονίαν θνα-
τῶν παρεξίασι βουλαί.
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 545 focus
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 545 focus
φέρ᾽ ὅπως ἄχαρις χάρις, ὦ φίλος·
εἰπέ, ποῦ τίς ἀλκά;
τίς ἐφαμερίων ἄρηξις; οὐδ᾽ ἐδέρχθης
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ὀλιγοδρανίαν ἄκικυν ἰσόνειρον,
ἆι τὸ φωτῶν ἀλαὸν γένος ἐμπεπο-
δισμένον; οὔποτε (πολλαί)
τὰν Διὸς ἁρμονίαν θνα-
τῶν παρεξίασι βουλαί. –
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Translations (8)
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
Chorus
May Zeus, who apportions everything, never set his power in conflict with my will,
nor may I be slow to approach the gods, with holy sacrifices of oxen slain, by the side of the ceaseless stream of Oceanus, my father;
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and may I not offend in speech; but may this rule abide in my heart and never fade away.
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Chorus
Sweet it is to pass all the length of life amid confident hopes, feeding the heart in glad festivities. But I shudder
as I look on you, racked by infinite tortures. You have no fear of Zeus, Prometheus, but in self-will you reverence mortals too much.
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Chorus
Come, my friend, how mutual was your reciprocity? Tell me, what kind of help is there in creatures of a day? What aid? Did you not see the helpless infirmity, no better than a dream, in which the blind
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generation of men is shackled? Never shall the counsels of mortal men transgress the ordering of Zeus.
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Chorus
I have learned this lesson from observing the luck, Prometheus, that has brought about your ruin. And the difference in the song stole into my thought
—this song and that, which, about your bridal bed and bath, I raised to grace your marriage, when you wooed with gifts
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and won my sister Hesione to be your wedded wife.
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Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 545 focus
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 545 focus
LE CHŒUR
frémis, quand ici je te contemple, déchiré de mille maux. Sans crainte de Zeus, ta volonté indocile a trop d'égards pour les mortels, Prométhée !
Assez languissant.
frémis, quand ici je te contemple, déchiré de mille maux. Sans crainte de Zeus, ta volonté indocile a trop d'égards pour les mortels, Prométhée !
Allons, voyons, ami : quel bienfait te vaut ton bienfait ? Où est l'appui, le secours
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 545 focus
ΙΟ.
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 545 focus
CORO
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 545 focus
Quis mortalium auxilium præbet? neq; vidisti
Languorem immobilem, somnij similem, quo
Hominum cæcum genus impeditum.
Nunquam Iouis concentum mortalium
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Euitant consilia.
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.) — 545 focus
What aid, 'gainst wrath of Heaven,
Could mortal man afford? in vain thy gift
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To things so powerless!
Could'st thou not see? they are as dreams that drift;
Their strength is feebleness—
A purblind race, in hopeless fetters bound,
They have no craft or skill,
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That could o'erreach the ordinance profound
Of the eternal will.
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.) — 545 focus
O wie fehlt für die Liebe die Liebe!
Wer, Theurer, kann dich retten
Von den Söhnen des Tags, wer steht dir bei? Du sah'st nicht,
Wie die nichtige Kraft der Unmacht,
Traumgestalten gleich, die Menschen,
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Dieß blinde Geschlecht, in Bande verstrickt hält?
Nimmer vermag Zeus' ewigem Rath
Der Menschen Wille vorzugreifen.
Zweite Gegenstrophe.
Commentary
Critical apparatus to Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) (Latin and Greek critical apparatus to Gottfried Hermann's 1852 edition of Prometheus Bound.) focus
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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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