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Ne crains rien : c'est une troupe amie 1 que
des ailes, luttant de vitesse, ont amenée à ce rocher. Mes paroles ont, à grand peine, triomphé du vouloir d'un père, et, rapides, les vents m'ont portée. Car les chocs bruyants du fer, pénétrant au fond de mon antre, ont chassé de moi la

Prometheus Bound. Aeschylus. Paul Mazon (Editor). Paris. 1920-1925.

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Current edition Experimental

PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) (fra) (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (7)
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. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 128 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 128 focus
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 128 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 128 focus
μηδὲν φοβηθῇς· φιλία
130
γὰρ ἥδε τάξις
πτερύγων θοαῖς ἁμίλλαις
προσέβα τόνδε πάγον, πατρῴας
μόγις παρειποῦσα φρένας.
κραιπνοφόροι δέ μ' ἔπεμψαν αὖραι·
135
κτύπου γὰρ ἀχὼ χάλυβος
διῇξεν ἄντρων
μυχόν, ἐκ δ᾽ ἔπληξέ μου
τὰν θεμερῶπιν αἰδῶ·
σύθην δ' ἀπέδιλος ὄχῳ πτερωτῷ.
140
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 128 focus
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.)) — 128-195 focus
Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 128 focus
Dread thou nothing; for this is a friendly band that has come with the fleet rivalry of their pinions to this rock, after prevailing with difficulty on the mind of our father. And the swiftly-wafting breezes escorted me: for the echo of the clang of steel pierced to the recess of our grots, and banished my demure-looking reserve; and I sped without my sandals in my winged chariot.
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 128 focus
Forbear thy fears: a friendly train f
On buſy pennons flutt'ring light,
135
We come, our ſire not aſk'd in vain,
And reach this promontory's height.
The clanging iron's horrid ſound
Reecho'd thro' our caves profound;
And tho' my cheek glows with ſhame's crimſon dye,
140
Thus with unſandal'd foot with winged ſpeed I fly.
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 128 focus
Ah!, quale odo d'augelli
novo strepito? L'ètere sibila
145
sotto i battiti fitti dell'ali.
M'è terror tutto ciò che s'appressa!
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 128 focus
Nihil time, amica eſt hæc caterua,
Alarum celeribus congreſsuibus
135
Acceſsit hoc saxum, paternas
Vix perſuadens mentes.
Volucres uerò me miserunt aure.
Reſonantis enim ſonus chalybis subijt antrum,
Et exterruit meum uerecundum pudorem,
140
In Scythiam discalceatus curru alato ueni.
Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 128 focus
PROMETHEUS
That thus it shall be it is thine to learn.
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.) — 128 focus
Ah, fear us not! as friends, with rivalry
Of swiftly-vying wings, we came together
Unto this rock and thee!
With our sea-sire we pleaded hard, until
145
We won him to our will,
And swift the wafting breezes bore us hither.
The heavy hammer's steely blow
Thrilled to our ocean-cavern from afar,
Banished soft shyness from our maiden brow,
150
And with unsandalled feet we come, in wingèd car!
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.) — 128 focus
O fürchte Nichts! Freundlichen Sinnes kam die Schaar hier
Mit der Schwingen raschem Wettflug
Zu den Felshöhen heran, nachdem wir
Den Vater kaum flehend erweicht.
130
Eilender Lüfte Geleit' entführt' uns.
Denn dröhnend scholl Eisengeklirr
In meiner Kluft heimlichsten Raum,
Und trieb die Scham schreckend vom ernsten Auge:
Ich eilt' unbeschuht in dem Fluggespann her,
135

Notes on the current edition

Prometheus Bound

1. On a attaqué parfois l'authenticité des parties lyriques du Prométhée enchaîné — non, à vrai dire, de cette parodos, mais des stasima qui suivent et, en particulier, des deux derniers (526 sqq., 887 sqq.). Le ton et le rythme en sont, sans doute, beaucoup plus voisins du lyrisme pindarique que de la tragédie ; mais le fait s'explique aisément et par le rôle du chœur — que le plan de la pièce condamne à une passivité absolue — et par la mise en scène [les...]

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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προςέβα:
προσέβα
, superscripto
η
, Lips.

131. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-131

μόγις:
μόλις
G. (sed hic
ι
a minio in
γ
mutato) et Ven. 3. Rob.

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ἄντρων μυχόν:
ἄντρων μυχῶν
Lips. Aug. Omiserunt Turnebus
ἄντρων
, Canterus
μυχόν
.

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μου:
με
pro
μου
Lips. Aug.

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θεμερῶπιν:
θεμερῶπιν
Μ. a pr. manu et Victorius.
θερμερώπιν
Μ. a sec. manu et G. Aug. cum plerisque libris et Εtym. Μ. p. 447, 12.
θερμερώπην
Lips.
θερμωπὴν
Ask. C.
θερμῶπιν
Colb. 1.
θεμεῤῥῶπιν
Turn. V. Bentl. in epist. ad Millium p. 66. (516. ed. Lips.) Hesychius
θεμερῶπις, ἐρασμία αἰσχύνη
. Sic recte emendarunt. Idem
θεμερή, βεβαία, σεμνή, εὐσταθής. θεμερόν, σεμνόν, ἀφ' οὗ καὶ τὸ σεμνύνεσθαι θεμερύνεσθαι
, quod verbum Pollux VI. 185. comicum esse dicit. Pro radice horum vocabulorum sumendum est
θεμός
, quod significaverit positionem, h. e. motus in quietem mutationem: unde
θεμῶσαι
Ιl. IX. 486. 542. Hinc
θεμερός
sedatus, modestus, lenis, mitis est. Empedocles emendatus a Bentleio
Δῆρις θ' αἱματόεσσα καὶ Αρμονίη θεμερώπις
. Id ad mites maturitate fructus translatum in epigrammate quod in Brunckii Anal. vol. III. p. 189. est CXC. et in Appendice Anthol. Palat. 239.
Αττει θ᾽ ὑψίστῳ καὶ συνιέντι τὸ πᾶν, τῷ πᾶσιν καιροῖς θεμερώτερα πάντα φύοντι
. Welckero in Trilogia p. 25. omnium interpretum soli, credo, in mentem venit Oceanides maxima corporis parte nudas, ut in picturis, in orchestram esse demissas.

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αἰαῖ, αἰαῖ:
αι
ter M. bis Lips. Aug.
οι
bis G.
αι
quater codex Par. B. et sic post Heathium editores.

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εἱλισσομένου:
τ' εἰλισσομένου
M. G. Lips. Aug.
θ' είλισσομένου
inde a Turnebo editores.

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ἀκοιμήτῳ:
ἀκοιμήτωρ'
ρεύματι Lips.

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ἐςίδεσθ':
ἐσίδεσθ'
non
ἐσίδεσθέ με
neque
εἰσίδεσθέ μ'
, M. atque ita Turn.
ἐσίδεσθέ με
G. et alii codices.
ἐσίδεσθέ μου
Lips. Aug.
ἐσίδεσθέ με
plerique.

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προςπορπατὸς:
πρὸς πατρὸς
, adscripto a manu tertia, quae saeculi XV. esse videtur,
προσπορπατὸς
, Μ.
πρὸς πα τος
, post
α
eraso
ρ
, ut videtur, et superscripto ab alia manu
πορ
, G.
πρὸς πορ πατός
, superscripto
πορ
,
προςπαρτός
, Lips.

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σκοπέλοις:
σκοπέλων
Aug. et superscripto
οις
Lips.

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ἐν ἄκροις:
ἐν ἄκραις
G.

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λεύσσω:
λεύσω
G.

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ὁμίχλη:
ὁμίκλα
Arund. Ven. 2. Ceteri libri
ὁμίχλη
.

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εἰςιδούσα:
ἰσίδουσα
, cum hoc accentu, litteris autem
αι
paene evanidis, M.
εἰσιδούσῃ
G. Hoc et
εἰσιδοῦσι
legi observat scholiastes. Atque aliquot codices
εἰσιδοῦσι
vel
εἰσιδοῦσιν
.
εἰσιδοῦσα
Lips. Aug.
εἰσιδοῦσαι
, superscripto
a
, Par. N.
εἰσιδοῦσαι
Turnebus. Dubitari potest an
εἰσιδοῦσαν
scripserit Aeschylus, ut in Choeph. 405.
ἐπάλλεται δ' αὖτέ μοι φίλον κέαρ τόνδε κλύουσαν οἶκτον
.

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πέτραις:
πέτραι
Lips. Aug.
πέτραις
aliquot codices et Aldina, quod fortasse praeferendum est.

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ταῖςδ᾽ ἀδαμαντοδέτοισι:
ταῖς ἀδαμαντοδέτοις
M. Lips. Aug. et ceteri libri plerique.
ταῖς ἀκαμαντοδέτοις
G. In M. priori syllabae in
ἀδαμαντοδέτοις
supra adscriptum a pr. manu
δ' α
.. Turnebus
ἀδαμαντοδέτοισι
, Victorius
ταῖςδ'
posuit.

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δὲ δὴ:
δὲ δὴ
M. et ceteri libri plerique.
δε
G.
δὲ
Lips. Aug.

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ἀθέτως: Libri omnes
ἀθέσμως
, nisi quod
ἀθέμως
Lips. Aug. Emendavit Bentleius in epist. ad Millium p. 66. (516. ed. Lips.) ex Hesychio, apud quem sic scriptum est,
ἀθέτως, ἀθέσμως, οὐ συγκατατεθειμένως. Αἰσχύλος Προμηθεῖ δεσμώτῃ
.

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δὲ:
γάρ
pro
δὲ
G.

152. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-150

εἰ γάρ μ' ὑπὸ γῆν:
εἰ γὰρ ὑπὸ γαῖαν
Lips. Aug.

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νέρθεν θ': Libri
νέρθεν τ' ἀΐδου
, nisi quod
ἔρθεν
(sed spiritu et accentu linea transfixis) G. habet et
ἔρθεν
Par. N.
νέρθεν θ' Ἅιδου
Turnebus, unde usitatam formam Blomfieldius restituit.

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ἧκεν:
ἧκε
G. Lips.

155. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-153

ἀγρίως:
ἀγρίοις
M. et pauci alii codices, quod recepit Blomfieldius. Id Aeschylus si scripsisset, posuisset
ἀλύτοις δεσμοῖς ἀγρίοις
.

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ὡς μήτε θεὸς μήτε τις ἄλλος: Libri
ὡς μήποτε θεὸς μήτε τις ἄλλος
. In M. hoc ultimum vocabulum
ἄλλος
a manu tertia refectum est. Turnebum, qui
μήτε θεῶν τις
scribendo anapaestum restituit, secuti sunt posteriores. Non affirmem tamen systemata, quae inter strophas sunt, non fuisse numeris aequalia, ut in fine huius fabulae, ut in Agamemnone, ut in Eumenidibus. Nam hoc quidem systema, si huic versui,
ὡς μήποτε θεός
, hemistichium additur, praecedenti systemati etiam interpunctionibus par erit. Illud autem quod sequitur v. 188. non magis vacuum est suspicione lacunae. Non scripsit autem Aeschylus, quod Elmsleius coniecit,
ὡς μήποτε θεὸς μηδεὶς ἄλλος
. Nam neque
θεός
synecphonesin admittit praegressis duabus brevibus syllabis, et perversum est optare Prometheum ut eum numquam ne ullus quidem deus conspiciat, quasi tolerabilius sit, si eum unus videat. Itaque sic potius, si quid mutandum est, integrandus erit versus,
ὡς μήποτέ τις μήτε θεός τις
. De repetito
τις
dixit Porsonus in addendis ad Hecubam p. 100.

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ἐγεγήθει:
ἐπεγήθει
M. Lips. Aug. Ald.
ἐπεγήθει
ex correctione, antea
ἐπεγήθη
G. Alii codices
ἐπιγεγήθει, ἐπιγεγήθει, ἐπιγεγήθη
. Blomfieldius
ἐγεγήθει
ex Elmsleii sententia, qui
γεγήθει
saepe, numquam
ἐπεγήθει
, nisi in dubio versu Choeph. 759. inveniri observavit. Id universe de Atticis dictum oportebat. Et glossatores etiam hic cum
ἐπιχαίρειν
simplex
χαίρειν
coniunxerunt.

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κίνυγμ᾽:
καὶ νύγμ'
Aug. Memorat
αἰθέριον κίνυγμα
ex hoc loco Eustathius p. 472, 44. 805, 28. 957, 21.

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ἐπίχαρτα:
ἐπίχαρμα
Lips. Aug. aliique codices. In Lips. a secunda manu
τα
supra scriptum.
ἐπιχάρματα
aliquot libri.
ἐπίχαρτα
M. G. Recte ipse Prometheus
ἐπίχαρμα
vocaretur, cuiusmodi exempla Blomfieldius attulit, non item recte diceretur
ἐχθροῖς ἐπίχαρμα πεπονθέναι
.

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NA: Hoc in versu incipit lacero in folio
πλησικάρδιος
fragmentum codicis Lipsiensis, praemissum ei codici quem adhuc simpliciter Lipsiensem dixi, nunc usque ad v. 391. cum Butlero Lipsiensem 2. nominabo fragmentum dicam Lips. 1.

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

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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
.

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δάμναται:
δάμνεται
Lips. 1. 2. Aug.

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λήξει:
λήξη
Lips. 1. 2. Aug.

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κέαρ:
τὸ κέαρ
G. Lips. 1.

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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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131. μόγις: 'Quod se patri aegre persuasisse dicunt, ut iis commeatum daret, id e vetere sexus muliebris, vir- ginum inprimis disciplina iudican- dum. Sic paedagogus Antigones apud Euripidem (Phoen. 89) viam circumspicit, verens ne quis in publi- cum prodeuntem regis filiam vitu- peret' (Schütz). Cp. Suppl. 996 ὑμᾶς δ᾽ ἐπαινῶ μὴ καταισχύνειν ἐμὲ ὥραν ἐχούσας τήνδ᾽ ἐπίστρεπτον βροτοῖς, κτἑ. – παρειποῦσα: cp. Il. vi. 62; vii. 120 ὡς εἰπὼν παρέπεισεν ἀδελφειοῦ φρένας ἥρως αἴσιμα παρειπών. See also Il. i. 555, vi. 337, Hes. Theog. 90 μαλακοῖσι παραιφάμενοι ἐπέεσσιν. Grammatically παρειποῦσα can be taken with τάξις, 130. 135. our maiden s mydeply of grave infert but in thought it stands as if ἐγὼ προσέβην had preceded. See on 201.

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133. ἐκ δ᾽ ἔπληξε: δέ is often put between preposition and verb (tme- sis). Krüger II. § 68, 48, 1. ἐξέπληξε, here and 360, is not wholly figurative, but is chosen with reference to the actual nature of the cause (here the blows). Cp. 370; Ag. 480 φλογὸς παρ- αγγέλμασιν νέοις πυρωθέντα καρδίαν.

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134. θεμερώπιν: Empedocles 23 Δῆρις δ᾽ αἱματόεσσα καὶ ῾Αρμονίη θεμε- ρώπις. Hesychius interprets θεμερῶπις (αἰδώς)· ἐρασμία αἰσχύνη, but this is inexact, for θεμερός (from the root 06-) means settled, tranquil, sedate; cp. Hesych. θεμερή· βεβαία, σεμνή, εὐστα- θής; also the words θέμα, θέμεθλον, θεμοῦν. Accordingly θεμερῶπις αἰδώς is the modesty which makes maidens quiet and sedate. Its opposite is im- plied in σύθην ἀπέδιλος.

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135. σύθην: the tragedians omit the syllabic augment not infrequently in lyric passages and in the narratives of messengers. The temporal aug- ment is much less often omitted; yet
see ἐρέθισε 181. – ἀπέδιλος: the scholi- ast cites Hesiod O. D. 345 γείτονες ἄζωστοι ἔκιον. Cp. Soph. El. 871 ὑφ' ἡδονῆς τοι, φιλτάτη, διώκομαι τὸ κόσμιον μεθεῖσα σὺν τάχει μολεῖν, Theocr. Id. xix. 36 ἄνστα μηδὲ πόδεσσιν ἐοῖς ὑπὸ σάνδαλα θείης (Bion i. 19 & δ' ᾿Αφροδίτα λυσαμένα πλοκαμίδας ἀνὰ δρυμὼς ἀλά- ληται πενθαλέα νήπαστος ἀσάνδαλος), Apoll. Rhod. iv. 43 γυμνοῖσιν δὲ πό- δεσσιν ἀνὰ στεινοὺς θέεν οἴμους (said of Medea). - ὄχῳ πτερωτῷ: winged chariots are not rare in ancient art: cp. for instance Müller-Wieseler, Denkmäler der alten Kunst, Vol. II. Plate ix. n. 110, Plate x. п. 111, 112, where Triptolemus is seen mounted on a car furnished with swan's wings.

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137. πολυτέκνου: see on 128. Cp. Il. xiv. 201 Ωκεανόν τε, θεῶν γένεσιν, καὶ μητέρα Τηθύν.

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138. περὶ πᾶσαν εἰλισσομένου χθόνα : cp. ἀψορρόου Ὠκεανοῖο Il. xviii. 399, Od. xx. 65. Cp. also 150. Ovid Fast. v. 81 duxerat Oceanus quondam Titanida Tethyn, qui terram liquidis qua patet ambit aquis. For the form εἱλισσομένου see on 345.

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139. ἀκοιμήτῳ ῥεύματι : cp. Il. xiv. 244 ἄλλον μέν κεν ἔγωγε (the speaker is Sleep) θεῶν αἰειγενετάων ῥεῖα κατευ- νήσαιμι καὶ ἂν ποταμοῖο ῥέεθρα ᾿Ὠκεανοῦ, ὅς περ γένεσις πάντεσσι τέτυκται.

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141 f. Synonyma haec vehemen- tiam commoti animi produnt' (Schütz). – προσπορπατός: cp. 61.

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143. φρουρὰν ὀχήσω: see on φρου- ρήσεις, 31. ὀχεῖν = sustinere, as in Od. vii. 211 ὀχέοντας ὀιζύν, xi. 618 κακὸν μόρον, ὅν περ ἐγὼν ὀχέεσκον ὑπ᾿ αὐγὰς ἠελίοιο, xxi. 302 ἣν ἄτην ὀχέων ἀεσίφρονι θυμῷ. – ἄζηλον: cp. ἀτερπῆ 31, ἀμέγαρτα 402; and Cho. 1017 ἄζηλα νίκης τῆσδ᾽ ἔχων μιάσματα.

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145. πλήρης δακρύων: like a rain- cloud. Cp. Sept. 228 χαλεπᾶς δύας ὕπερθ᾽ ὀμμάτων κρημναμενᾶν νεφελᾶν,
Soph. Ant. 528 νεφέλη δ᾽ ὀφρύων ὕπερ αἱματόεν ῥέθος αἰσχύνει τέγγουσ᾽ εὐῶπα παρειάν, Eur. Hipp. 173 στυγνὸν δ᾽ ὀφρύων νέφος αὐξάνεται, Antiphanes in Meineke Com. iii. p. 197 τὸ προσὸν νῦν νέφος ἐπὶ τοῦ μετώπου, Hor. Epist. i. 18,94 deme supercilio nubem. The figure was used by Homer Il. xvii. 591 τὸν δ' (Hector) ἄχεος νεφέλη ἐκάλυψε μέλαινα. — εἰσιδοῦσαν : the accusative follows the dative ἐμοῖσιν ὄσσοις as Cho. 410 πέπαλται δ᾽ αὐτέ μοι φίλον κέαρ τόνδε κλύουσαν οἶκτον, Pers. 913 λέλυται γὰρ ἐμῶν γνίων ῥώμη τήνδ' ἡλικίαν ἔσιδόντα, Soph. Εl. 479 ὕπεστί μοι θράσος ἁδυπνόων κλύουσαν ἀρτίως ὀνειράτων, Αἰ. 1006 ποῖ γὰρ μολεῖν μοι δυνατὸν τοῖς σοῖς ἀρήξαντ᾽ ἐν πόνοισι μηδαμοῦ. The reverse change (from acc. to dat.) in Eur. Med. 57 ὥσθ᾽ ἵμερός μ᾽ ὑπῆλθε... λέξαι μολούσῃ.

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146. πέτρα προσαυαινόμενον : = πρὸς πέτρᾳ αὐαινόμενον. Cp. Soph. Phil. 954 αὐανοῦμαι τῷδ᾽ ἐν αὐλίῳ μόνος, Εl. 819 αὐανῶ βίον. – With αὐαινόμενον λύμαις ср. 93.

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148. γάρ: the chorus explains to itself the reason of Prometheus's 155 maltreatment. — οἰακονόμοι : Zeus is meant. Sic et nos: denn jetzt sitzen neue Herrn am Ruder, quamvis de uno tantum sermo sit' (Schütz). For the figure cp. Sept. 2 ὅστις φυλάσ- σει πρᾶγος ἐν πρύμνῃ πόλεως οἴακα νωμῶν, ibid. 62, Pers. 767; also 515 below.

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150. νόμοις : νόμοι are changeable laws, made by temporal authorities (cp. Sept. 1070 πόλις ἄλλως ἄλλοτ᾽ ἐπαινεῖ τὰ δίκαια), in distinction to θεσμοί, immutable statutes, based upon eternal right. — ἀθέτως· ἀθέσμως, οὐ συγκατατεθειμένως, Hesych. That is, Zeus issues ordinances in his own right (186), without acknowledging the authority of a higher law. Cp. 324 οὐδ᾽ ὑπεύθυνος κρατεῖ.

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151. τὰ πρὶν πελώρια : in a general sense; the former powers (τοὺς Τιτάνας καὶ τοὺς τούτων νόμους, Schol.). The word πελώρια is appropriate in refer- ence to the reign of the Titans. For the thought, cp. Ag. 168 οὐδ᾽ ὅστις πάροιθεν ἦν μέγας, παμμάχῳ θράσει βρύων, οὐδὲ λέξεται πρὶν ὤν. – ἀιστοῖ : the verb denotes absolute annihila- tion, so that a thing is neither seen nor heard of more: from ἄϊστος, out of sight and mind.

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152. νέρθεν "Αιδου: with emphasis, nay, under very Hades. That is, into
Tartarus, following the conception of 11. viii. 13 ἤ μιν ἑλὼν ῥίψω ἐς Τάρτα- ρον ἠερόεντα, ... τόσσον ἔνερθ᾽ ᾿Αίδεω ὅσον οὐρανός ἐστ᾿ ἀπὸ γαίης (whereas in Eum. 72 Τάρταρόν θ᾽ ὑπὸ χθονός, Tar- tarus is equivalent to Hades). Into Tartarus the other Titans had been thrown: Il. viii. 481; Hesiod Theog. 719 τόσσον ἔνερθ᾽ ὑπὸ γῆς ὅσον οὐρανός ἐστ᾿ ἀπὸ γαίης· ἶσον γάρ τ᾽ ἀπὸ γῆς ἐς Τάρταρον ἠερόεντα.

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156. μήτε τις ἄλλος: Prometheus shrinks from the mention of man- kind. For the position of ris see on 165. 21.- Nothing, to the unfortunate, is so hard to bear as the malicious exultation of their enemies. Ср. Il. iii. 51; vi. 82; x. 193; Hesiod O. D. 701, Aesch. Pers. 1034, Soph. Ai. 382, Ant. 647, Eur. Med. 383.

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158. κίνυγμα: Eustathius on Il. iv. 281 says, τοῦ δὲ κινύω αὖθις παράγω- γον τὸ κινύσσω· ἐξ οὗ παρ᾿ Αἰσχύλῳ αἰθέριον κίνυγμα, τὸ ἀέριον εἴδωλον. It is formed like αἴθυγμα from αἰθύσσω, αἴνιγμα from αἰνίττομαι. Cp. Cho. 196 ἐκινυσσόμην, might be driven this way and that, might waver. αἰθέριον κίνυγμα (oscillum) is a thing waving in mid-air. It applies to Prometheus in that he hangs in the open air with nothing for his feet to rest on.

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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.