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Quoi ? tu viens donc aussi assister à mon
supplice ? Comment as-tu osé quitter le fleuve qui te doit

PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ

PROMÉTHÉE

son nom et tes grottes au toit de roc taillées par la nature pour le pays qui enfante le fer ? Viendrais-tu par hasard contempler le sort qui m'est fait, pour t'indigner avec moi de mes maux ? Regarde ce spectacle : moi, l'ami de Zeus,
moi qui l'aidai à asseoir sa puissance, vois sous quelles douleurs il me ploie aujourd'hui.

OCÉAN

Je vois, Prométhée, et je veux même te donner le seul conseil qui convienne ici, si avisé que tu sois déjà : connais-toi toi-même, et, t'adaptant aux faits, prends
des façons nouvelles, puisqu'un maître nouveau commande chez les dieux. Si tu te mets à lancer de la sorte des mots rudes et acérés, Zeus pourrait bien t'entendre, si loin et si haut qu'il trône et le courroux dont tu souffres à cette heure ne plus te paraître
un jour qu'un simple jeu d'enfant. Allons, infortuné, laisse là ta colère, et cherche à t'affranchir de ces tourments. Je te semble peut-être ne dire là que des vieilleries. Il n'en reste pas moins qu'ici tu reçois, Prométhée, le salaire d'un langage trop hautain. Et pourtant tu n'es pas humble
encore, tu ne cèdes pas à la souffrance, et à tes maux présents tu entends en ajouter d'autres. Si tu acceptes mes leçons, tu cesseras de regimber contre l'aiguillon. Considère qu'il s'agit d'un dur monarque, dont le pouvoir n'a pas de comptes
à rendre. Aussi, tandis que j'irai tenter, si je puis, de te dégager de ces peines, reste en repos, ne t'emporte pas en propos violents. Ne sais-tu donc pas, toi dont l'esprit est si subtilement sage, qu'un châtiment s'inflige aux langues étourdies.

PROMÉTHÉE

Je t'envie de te trouver hors

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

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by Schmidt Sciences.

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.) — 399-435 focus

str. 1

Χορός

στένω σε τᾶς οὐλομένας τύχας, Προμηθεῦ:

δακρυσίστακτα¹ δ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ὄσσων
400

ῥαδινῶν λειβομένα ῥέος παρειὰν

νοτίοις ἔτεγξα παγαῖς:

ἀμέγαρτα γὰρ τάδε Ζεὺς

ἰδίοις νόμοις κρατύνων

ὑπερήφανον² θεοῖς τοῖς
405

πάρος ἐνδείκνυσιν³ αἰχμάν.

407

ant. 1

Χορός

πρόπασα δ᾽ ἤδη στονόεν λέλακε χώρα,

μεγαλοσχήμονά τ᾽ ἀρχαι-

οπρεπῆ.... στένουσι τὰν σὰν⁴

συνομαιμόνων τε τιμάν,
410

ὁπόσοι τ᾽ ἔποικον ἁγνᾶς

Ἀσίας ἕδος νέμονται,

μεγαλοστόνοισι σοῖς πή-

μασι συγκάμνουσι θνατοί.

415

str. 2

Χορός

Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι
415

παρθένοι, μάχας ἄτρεστοι,

καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς

ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαι-

ῶτιν ἔχουσι λίμναν,

420

ant. 2

Χορός

†Ἀραβίας⁵ τ᾽ ἄρειον ἄνθος,
420

ὑψίκρημνον οἳ⁶ πόλισμα

Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται,⁷

δάιος στρατός, ὀξυπρῴ-

ροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς.

425

ep.

Χορός

†μόνον δὲ⁸ πρόσθεν [ἄλλον⁹] ἐν πόνοις¹⁰
425

δαμέντ᾽ [ἀδαμαντοδέτοις¹¹

Τιτᾶνα λύμαις] εἰσιδόμαν θεῶν,

Ἄτλαντος¹² [αἰὲν¹³] ὑπέροχον¹⁴ σθένος κραταιόν,

<ὃς γᾶν¹⁵> οὐράνιόν τε πόλον

νώτοις ὑποστενάζει.†
430

ep.

Χορός

βοᾷ δὲ πόντιος κλύδων

ξυμπίτνων, στένει βυθός,¹⁶

κελαινὸς [δ᾽¹⁷] Ἄιδος ὑποβρέμει μυχὸς γᾶς,

παγαί θ᾽ ἁγνορύτων¹⁸ ποταμῶν

στένουσιν ἄλγος οἰκτρόν.
435
436

Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 399-435 focus

Χορός

στένω σε τᾶς οὐλομένας τύχας, Προμηθεῦ·

δακρυσίστακτα δʼ ἀπʼ ὄσσων
400

ῥαδινὰν λειβομένα ῥέος παρειὰν

νοτίοις ἔτεγξα παγαῖς·

ἀμέγαρτα γὰρ τάδε Ζεὺς

ἰδίοις νόμοις κρατύνων

ὑπερήφανον θεοῖς τοῖς
405

πάρος ἐνδείκνυσιν αἰχμάν.

407

Χορός

πρόπασα δʼ ἤδη στονόεν λέλακε χώρα,

μεγαλοσχήμονά ἀρχαι-

οπρεπῆ στένουσι τὰν σὰν

ξυνομαιμόνων τε τιμάν,
410

ὁπόσοι τʼ ἔποικον ἁγνᾶς

Ἀσίας ἕδος νέμονται,

μεγαλοστόνοισι σοῖς πή-

μασι συγκάμνουσι θνατοί.

415

Χορός

Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι
415

παρθένοι, μάχας ἄτρεστοι,

καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς

ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαι-

ῶτιν ἔχουσι λίμναν,

420

Χορός

Ἀραβίας τʼ ἄρειον ἄνθος,
420

ὑψίκρημνον οἳ πόλισμα

Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται,

δάιος στρατός, ὀξυπρῴ-

ροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς.

425

Χορός

μόνον δὴ πρόσθεν ἄλλον ἐν πόνοις
425

δαμέντʼ ἀδαμαντοδέτοις

Τιτᾶνα λύμαις εἰσιδόμαν, θεόν,

Ἄτλαντος αἰὲν; ὑπέροχον σθένος κραταιόν,

ὃς οὐράνιόν τε πόλον

νώτοις στέγων ὑποστενάζει.
430

Χορός

βοᾷ δὲ πόντιος κλύδων

ξυμπίτνων, στένει βυθός,

κελαινὸς δʼ Ἄιδος ὑποβρέμει μυχὸς γᾶς,

παγαί θʼ ἁγνορύτων ποταμῶν

στένουσιν ἄλγος οἰκτρόν.
435

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 300 focus

ΠΡ.

ἔα, τί χρῆμα λεύσσω; καὶ σὺ δὴ πόνων ἐμῶν

ἥκεις ἐποπτης; πῶς ἐτόλμησας, λιπῶν

ἐπώνυμόν τε ῥεῦμα καὶ πετρηρεφή

300

αυτοκτιτ ἄντρα, τὴν σιδηρομήτορα

ἐλθεῖν ἐς αἶαν; ή θεωρήσων τύχας

εμας ἀφῖξαι καὶ συνασχαλῶν κακοῖς;

δέρκου θέαμα, τόνδε τὸν Διὸς φίλον,

τὸν συγκαταστήσαντα τὴν τυραννίδα,

305

οἴαις ὑπ᾿ αὐτοῦ πημοναῖσι κάμπτομαι.

ΩΚ.

ὁρῶ, Προμηθεῦ, καὶ παραινέσαι γέ σοι

θέλω τὰ λῷστα, καίπερ ὄντι ποικίλῳ.

γίγνωσκε σαυτὸν καὶ μεθάρμοσαι τρόπους

νέους· νέος γὰρ καὶ τύραννος ἐν θεοῖς.
310

εἰ δ᾽ ὧδε τραχεῖς καὶ τεθηγμένους λόγους

ῥίψεις, τάχ᾽ ἄν σου καὶ μακρὰν ἀνωτέρω

θακῶν κλύοι Ζεὺς, ὥστε σοι τον νῦν ὄχλον

παρόντα μόχθων παιδιὰν εἶναι δοκεῖν.

ἀλλ᾽, ὦ ταλαίπωρ᾽, ἃς ἔχεις ὀργὰς ἄφες,
315

ζήτει δὲ τῶνδε πημάτων ἀπαλλαγάς.

ἀρχαῖ᾽ ἴσως σοι φαίνομαι λέγειν τάδε·

τοιαῦτα μέντοι τῆς ἄγαν ὑψηγόρου

γλώσσης, Προμηθεῦ, τἀπίχειρα γίγνεται.

σὺ δ᾽ οὐδέπω ταπεινὸς οὐδ᾽ εἴκεις κακοῖς,
320

πρὸς τοῖς παροῦσι δ᾽ ἄλλα προσλαβεῖν θέλεις.

οὔκουν ἔμοιγε χρώμενος διδασκάλῳ

πρὸς κέντρα κῶλον ἐκτενεῖς, ὁρῶν ὅτι

τραχὺς μόναρχος οὐδ᾽ ὑπεύθυνος κρατεῖ.

καὶ νῦν ἐγὼ μὲν εἶμι καὶ πειράσομαι
325

ἐὰν δύνωμαι τῶνδέ σ᾽ ἐκλῦσαι πόνων·

σὺ δ᾽ ἡσύχαζε μηδ᾽ ἄγαν λαβροστόμει.

ἡ οὐκ οἶσθ᾽ ἀκριβῶς ὢν περισσόφρων ὅτι

γλώσσῃ ματαίᾳ ζημία προστρίβεται;

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 300 focus

Προμηθεύς

ἔα, τί χρῆμα; καὶ σὺ δὴ πόνων ἐμῶν
300

ἥκεις ἐπόπτης; πῶς ἐτόλμησας, λιπὼν

Προμηθεύς

ἐπώνυμόν τε ῥεῦμα καὶ πετρηρεφῆ

αὐτόκτιτ᾽ ἄντρα, τὴν σιδηρομήτορα

ἐλθεῖν ἐς αἶαν; ἢ θεωρήσων τύχας

ἐμὰς ἀφῖξαι καὶ ξυνασχαλῶν κακοῖς;
305

δέρκου θέαμα, τόνδε τὸν Διὸς φίλον,

τὸν συγκαταστήσαντα τὴν τυραννίδα,

οἵαις ὑπ' αὐτοῦ πημοναῖσι κάμπτομαι.

Ὠκεανός

ὁρῶ, Προμηθεῦ, καὶ παραινέσαι γέ σοι

θέλω τὰ λῷστα, καίπερ ὄντι ποικίλῳ.
310

γίγνωσκε σαυτόν, καὶ μεθάρμοσαι τρόπους

νέους· νέος γὰρ καὶ τύραννος ἐν θεοῖς.

εἰ δ᾽ ὧδε τραχεῖς καὶ τεθηγμένους λόγους

ῥίψεις, τάχ᾽ ἄν σου καὶ μακρὰν ἀνωτέρω

θακῶν κλύοι Ζεύς, ὥςτε σοι τὸν νῦν χόλον
315

παρόντα μόχθων παιδιὰν εἶναι δοκεῖν.

ἀλλ᾽, ὦ ταλαίπωρ', ἃς ἔχεις ὀργὰς ἄφες,

ζήτει δὲ τῶνδε πημάτων ἀπαλλαγάς.

ἀρχαῖ᾽ ἴσως σοι φαίνομαι λέγειν τάδε·

τοιαῦτα μέντοι τῆς ἄγαν ὑψηγόρου
320

γλώσσης, Προμηθεῦ, τἀπίχειρα γίγνεται.

σὺ δ᾽ οὐδέπω ταπεινός, οὐδ᾽ εἴκεις κακοῖς,

πρὸς τοῖς παροῦσι δ᾽ ἄλλα προςλαβεῖν θέλεις.

οὔκουν ἔμοιγε χρώμενος διδασκάλῳ

πρὸς κέντρα κῶλον ἐκτενεῖς, ὁρῶν ὅτι
325

τραχὺς μόναρχος, οὐδ᾽ ὑπεύθυνος κρατεῖ.

καὶ νῦν ἐγὼ μὲν εἶμι καὶ πειράσομαι,

ἐὰν δύνωμαι, τῶνδέ σ᾽ ἐκλύσαι πόνων.

σὺ δ᾽ ἡσύχαζε, μηδ' ἄγαν λαβροστόμει.

ἢ οὐκ οἶσθ᾽ ἀκριβῶς, ὢν περισσόφρων, ὅτι
330

γλώσσῃ ματαίᾳ ζημία προςτρίβεται;

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 300 focus

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ

Ἔα, τί χρῆμα ; καὶ σὺ δὴ πόνων ἐμῶν

ἥκεις ἐπόπτης ; πῶς ἐτόλμησας, λιπὼν

ἐπώνυμόν τε ῥεῦμα καὶ πετρηρεφῆ
300

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ

αὐτόκτιτ' ἄντρα, τὴν σιδηρομήτορα

ἐλθεῖν ἐς αἶαν ; Ἦ θεωρήσων τύχας

ἐμὰς ἀφῖξαι καὶ συνασχαλῶν κακοῖς ;

Δέρκου θέαμα, τόνδε τὸν Διὸς φίλον,

τὸν συγκαταστήσαντα τὴν τυραννίδα,
305

οἵαις ὑπ' αὐτοῦ πημοναῖσι κάμπτομαι.

ΩΚΕΑΝΟΣ

Ὁρῶ, Προμηθεῦ, καὶ παραινέσαι γέ σοι

θέλω τὰ λῷστα, καίπερ ὄντι ποικίλῳ·

γίγνωσκε σαυτὸν καὶ μεθάρμοσαι μεθάρμοσον τρόπους

νέους· νέος γὰρ καὶ τύραννος ἐν θεοῖς·
310

εἰ δ' ὧδε τραχεῖς καὶ τεθηγμένους λόγους

ῥίψεις, τάχ' ἄν σου καὶ μακρὰν ἀνωτέρω

θακῶν κλύοι Ζεύς, ὥστε σοι τὸν νῦν χόλον

παρόντα μόχθων παιδιὰν εἶναι δοκεῖν·

ἀλλ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', ἃς ἔχεις ὀργὰς ἄφες,
315

ζήτει δὲ τῶνδε πημάτων ἀπαλλαγάς.

Ἀρχαῖ' ἴσως σοι φαίνομαι λέγειν τάδε·

τοιαῦτα μέντοι τῆς ἄγαν ὑψηγόρου

γλώσσης, Προμηθεῦ, τἀπίχειρα γίγνεται·

σὺ δ' οὐδέπω ταπεινὸς οὐδ' εἴκεις κακοῖς,
320

πρὸς τοῖς παροῦσι δ' ἄλλα προσλαβεῖν θέλεις.

Οὔκουν ἔμοιγε χρώμενος διδασκάλῳ

πρὸς κέντρα κῶλον ἐκτενεῖς, ὁρῶν ὅτι

τραχὺς μόναρχος οὐδ' ὑπεύθυνος κρατεῖ.

Καὶ νῦν ἐγὼ μὲν εἶμι καὶ πειράσομαι
325

ἐὰν δύνωμαι τῶνδέ σ' ἐκλῦσαι πόνων·

σὺ δ' ἡσύχαζε μηδ' ἄγαν λαβροστόμει.

Ἢ οὐκ οἶσθ', ἀκριβῶς ὢν περισσόφρων, ὅτι

γλώσσῃ ματαίᾳ ζημία προστρίβεται προσγίνεται ;

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 300 focus

ἔα, τί χρῆμα; καὶ σὺ δὴ πόνων ἐμῶν

ἥκεις ἐπόπτης; πῶς ἐτόλμησας, λιπὼν
315

ἐπώνυμόν τε ῥεῦμα καὶ πετρηρεφῆ

αὐτόκτιτ᾽ ἄντρα, τὴν σιδηρομήτορα

ἐλθεῖν ἐς αἶαν; ἢ θεωρήσων τύχας

ἐμὰς ἀφῖξαι καὶ συνασχαλῶν κακοῖς;

δέρκου θέαμα, τόνδε τὸν Διὸς φίλον,
320

τὸν συγκαταστήσαντα τὴν τυραννίδα,

οἵαις ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ πημοναῖσι κάμπτομαι.

ΩΚ.

ὁρῶ, Προμηθεῦ, καὶ παραινέσαι γέ σοι

θέλω τὰ λῷστα, καίπερ ὄντι ποικίλῳ.

γίγνωσκε σαυτὸν καὶ μεθάρμοσαι τρόπους
325

νέους· νέος γὰρ καὶ τύραννος ἐν θεοῖς.

εἰ δ᾽ ὧδε τραχεῖς καὶ τεθηγμένους λόγους

ῥίψεις, τάχ᾽ ἄν σου καὶ μακρὰν ἀνωτέρω

θακῶν κλύοι Ζεύς, ὥστε σοι τὸν νῦν χόλον

παρόντα μόχθων παιδιὰν εἶναι δοκεῖν.
330

¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷

νείμαιμ' νεῖμαί μ' νεῖμαιμ' χαριτογλωσσεῖν σὲ τὸ χαριτογλωσσεῖν⁸ συμπράττειν ⁹

20 AESCHYLI

ἀλλ᾽, ὦ ταλαίπωρ᾽, ἃς ἔχεις ὀργὰς ἄφες,

ζήτει δὲ τῶνδε πημάτων ἀπαλλαγάς.

ἀρχαῖ᾽ ἴσως σοι φαίνομαι λέγειν τάδε·

τοιαῦτα μέντοι τῆς ἄγαν ὑψηγόρου

γλώσσης, Προμηθεῦ, ταπίχειρα γίγνεται.

335

σὺ δ᾽ οὐδέπω ταπεινὸς οὐδ᾽ εἴκεις κακοῖς,

πρὸς τοῖς παροῦσι δ᾽ ἄλλα προσλαβεῖν θέλεις.

οὔχουν ἔμοιγε χρώμενος διδασκάλῳ

πρὸς κέντρα κῶλον ἐκτενεῖς, ὁρῶν ὅτι

τραχὺς μόναρχος οὐδ᾽ ὑπεύθυνος κρατεῖ.

340

καὶ νῦν ἐγὼ μὲν εἶμι καὶ πειράσομαι

ἐὰν δύνωμαι τῶνδέ σ' ἐκλῦσαι πόνων·

σὺ δ᾽ ἡσύχαζε μηδ' ἄγαν λαβροστόμει.

ἢ οὐκ οἶσθ᾽ ἀκριβῶς ὢν περισσόφρων ὅτι

γλώσσῃ ματαίᾳ ζημία προστρίβεται;

345

ΠΡ.

Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 300 focus

ΠΡ.

ἔα τί χρῆμα; καὶ σὺ δὴ πόνων ἐμῶν

ἥκεις ἐπόπτης; πῶς ἐτόλμησας λιπὼν

ἐπώνυμόν τε ῥεῦμα καὶ πετρηρεφῆ
300

αὐτόκτιτ᾽ ἄντρα τὴν σιδηρομήτορα

ἐλθεῖν ἐς αἷαν; ἢ θεωρήσων τύχας

ἐμὰς ἀφῖξαι καὶ ξυνασχαλῶν κακοῖς;

δέρκου θέαμα, τόνδε τὸν Διὸς φίλον,

τὸν συγκαταστήσαντα τὴν τυραννίδα,
305

οἴαις ὑπ᾿ αὐτοῦ πημοναῖσι κάμπτομαι.

ΩΚ.

ὁρῶ Προμηθεῦ, καὶ παραινέσαι γέ σοι

θέλω τὰ λῶιστα καίπερ ὄντι ποικίλωι.

γίγνωσκε σαυτὸν καὶ μεθάρμοσαι τρόπους

νέους· νέος γὰρ καὶ τύραννος ἐν θεοῖς.
310

εἰ δ᾽ ὧδε τραχεῖς καὶ τεθηγμένους λόγους

ῥίψεις, τάχ᾽ ἄν σου καὶ μακρὰν ἀνωτέρω

θακῶν κλύοι Ζεύς, ὥστε σοι τὸν νῦν ὄχλον

παρόντα μόχθων παιδιὰν εἶναι δοκεῖν.

ἀλλ᾽ ὦ ταλαίπωρ᾽ ἃς ἔχεις ὀργὰς ἄφες,
315

Testim.:

293 Athenaeus IV 165€ τὸ δὲ χαριτογλωσσεῖν Αἰσχ. εἴρηκεν ἐν Πρ. δεσμ. γνώσηι δὲ ἔνι μοι.

Apparatus Criticus

νείμαιμ᾽ νείμαιμ' νείμοιμ' νέμοιμ' δὲ om. ἔτυμ᾽ ἔτυμ᾽ ἐτήτυμ᾽ οὐδὲ μάτην οὐ μάτην οὐδὲ γὰρ ματ. χαριτογλωσσεῖν χαριτογλωσσεῖν σε τὸ χαρ. σε (σοι QKR) χαρ. -γλωττεῖν σοι σε συμπράσσειν συμπράττειν ἐρεῖς φής πετρηρεφῆ πετρορρεφῆ αὐτόκτιτ᾽ αὐτόκτιστ᾽ ξυνασχαλῶν ξυνασχ. συν. τὸν om. μεθάρμοσαι μεθάρμοσον utrumque καὶ om. τραχεῖς θρασεῖς σου σοί σε ἀνωτέρω ἀπωτέρω κλύοι κλύηι κλύει παρόντα παρόντων μόχθων μόχθον

ΩΚ.
¹

Ζήτει δὲ τῶνδε πημάτων ἀπαλλαγάς.

ἀρχαῖ᾽ ἴσως σοι φαίνομαι λέγειν τάδε·

τοιαῦτα μέντοι τῆς ἄγαν ὑψηγόρου

γλώσσης, Προμηθεῦ, τἀπίχειρα γίγνεται.

σὺ δ᾽ οὐδέπω ταπεινὸς οὐδ᾽ εἴκεις κακοῖς,
320

πρὸς τοῖς παροῦσι δ᾽ ἄλλα προσλαβεῖν θέλεις.

οὔκουν ἔμοιγε χρώμενος διδασκάλωι

πρὸς κέντρα κῶλον ἐκτενεῖς, ὁρῶν ὅτι

τραχὺς μόναρχος οὐδ᾽ ὑπεύθυνος κρατεῖ.

καὶ νῦν ἐγὼ μέν εἶμι καὶ πειράσομαι,
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ἐὰν δύνωμαι τῶνδέ σ᾽ ἐκλῦσαι πόνων·

σὺ δ᾽ ἡσύχαζε μηδ᾽ ἄγαν λαβροστόμει.

ἢ οὐκ οἶσθ᾽ ἀκριβῶς ὢν περισσόφρων ὅτι

γλώσσηι ματαίαι ζημία προστρίβεται;

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.)) — 399-435 focus

Chorus

I mourn your unfortunate fate, Prometheus.

Shedding from my eyes a coursing flood of tears I wet my tender cheeks with their moist streams. For Zeus, holding this unenviable power by self-appointed laws,
400

displays towards the gods of old an overweening spirit.
405

407

Chorus

Now the whole earth cries aloud in lamentation; . . . lament the greatness of the glory of your time-hallowed honor,

the honor that was yours and your brother’s; and all mortals who make their dwelling place in holy Asia share the anguish of your most lamentable suffering;
410

415

Chorus

And those who dwell in the land of Colchis , the maidens fearless in fight; and the Scythian multitude that inhabits the most remote region of the earth bordering the Maeotic lake;
415

420

Chorus

And the warlike flower of Arabia , which hold the high-cragged citadel near the Caucasus , a hostile host that roars among the sharp-pointed spears.
420

425

Chorus

One other Titan god before this I have seen in distress, enthralled in torment by adamantine bonds—Atlas, pre-eminent in mighty strength, who moans as he supports
425

the vault of heaven on his back.
430

Chorus

The waves of the sea utter a cry as they fall, the deep laments, the black abyss of Hades rumbles in response, and the streams of pure-flowing rivers

lament your piteous pain.
435

Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 300 focus

Hah! what means this? and hast thou too come to be a witness of my pangs? How hast thou ventured, after quitting both the stream that bears thy name, and the rock-roofed self-wrought grots, to come into the iron-teeming land? Is it that you may contemplate my misfortunes, and as sympathising with my woes that thou hast come? Behold a spectacle, me here the friend of Jupiter, that helped to establish his sovereignty, with what pains I am bent by him.

OCEAN

I see, Prometheus, and to thee, subtle as thou art, I wish to give the best counsel. Know thyself, and assume to thyself new manners; for among the gods too there is a new monarch. But if thou wilt utter words thus harsh and whetted, Jupiter mayhap, though seated far aloft, will hear thee, so that the present bitterness of sufferings will seem to thee to be child's play. But, O hapless one, dismiss the passion which thou feelest, and search for a deliverance from these sufferings of thine. Old-fashioned maxims these, it may be I appear to thee to utter; yet such become the wages of the tongue that talks too proudly. But not even yet art thou humble, nor submittest to ills; and in addition to those that already beset thee, thou art willing to bring others upon thee. Yet not, if at least thou takest me for thy instructor, wilt thou stretch out thy leg against the pricks; as thou seest that a harsh monarch, and one that is not subject to control, is lording it. And now I for my part will go, and will essay, if I be able, to disenthral thee from these thy pangs. But be thou still, nor be over impetuous in thy language. What! knowest thou not exactly, extremely intelligent as thou art, that punishment is inflicted on a froward tongue?

PROMETHEUS

Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 300 focus

Ah me! What draws thee hither? Art thou come

Spectator of my toils? How haſt thou ventur'd

To leave the ocean waves, from thee ſo call'd,

Thy rockroof'd grottos arch'd by nature's hand,

And land upon this ironteeming earth?

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Comeſt thou to viſit and bewail my ills?

Behold this ſight, behold this friend of Jove,

Th' aſſertor of his empire, bending here

Beneath a weight of woes by him inflicted.

OCEANUS.

I ſee it all, and wiſh to counſel thee,
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Wiſe as thou art, to milder meaſures: learn

To know thyſelf; new model thy behaviour,

As the new monarch of the gods requires.

What if thy harſh and pointed ſpeech ſhould reach

The ear of Jove, tho' on his diſtant throne
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Highſeated, might they not inflame his rage

T' inflict ſuch tortures, that thy preſent pains

Might ſeem a recreation and a ſport?

Ceaſe then, unhappy ſufferer, ceaſe thy braves,

And meditate the means of thy deliverance.
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To thee perchance this ſeems the cold advice

Of doting age; yet, truſt me, woes like theſe

Are earnings of the loftyſounding tongue.

But thy unbending ſpirit diſdains to yield

E'en to afflictions, to the preſent rather
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Ambitious to add more. Yet ſhalt thou not,

If my voice may be heard, lift up thy heel

To kick againſt the pricks; ſo rough, thou ſeeſt,

So uncontroul'd the monarch of the ſkies.

But now I go, and will exert my pow'r,
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If haply I may free thee from thy pains.

Mean while be calm; forbear this haughty tone:

Has not thy copious wiſdom taught thee this,

That miſchief ſtill attends the petulant tongue ?

PROMETHEUS.

Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 300 focus

Ha cuor di ferro, o Prometèo, tagliato

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è nella roccia, chi pietà non sente

dei mali tuoi! Veduti, oh!, non li avessi :

or che li ho visti, tutto il cuor mi duole.

PROMETEO

Sí, per gli amici è gran pietà vedermi.

CORO

Non sei forse trascorso ad altro eccesso
290

PROMETEO

Dal fissare il destin distolsi gli uomini.

CORO

Quale farmaco a tal morbo trovasti ?

PROMETEO

Nei lor petti albergai cieche speranze.

CORO

Gran beneficio fu questo per gli uomini.

PROMETEO

Ed oltre a questo, il fuoco a lor donai.
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CORO

Il fuoco, occhio di fiamma, ora posseggono?

PROMETEO

E molte arti dal fuoco apprenderanno.

CORO

E Giove, dunque, per queste ragioni...

PROMETEO

Cosí m' offende, e il furor suo non placa.

CORO

Né della pena è a te prefisso il termine?
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PROMETEO

Quando a lui piaccia: il sol termine è questo.

CORO

Potrà piacergli mai? Come lo speri ?

In fallo sei, non vedi? Oh!, non m'allegra

ricordare il tuo fallo, onde ti crucci.

Ma tralasciam questi discorsi. Indaga
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che spediente i mali tuoi disciolga.

PROMETEO

A chi tien fuori dai cordogli il piede,

dare consigli a chi patisce è facile.

Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 300 focus

Age quid negotij est, tu iam meos labores

Spectatum venis? quomodo ausus es relinquere

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A' te denominatum fluctum, & petris tectas

Proprias latebras, ferriparamq;

Venire in terram? num speculaturus fortunas

Meas appulisti, & condolens malis?

Inspice spectaculum, hunc Iovis amicum,
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Constituentem tyrannidem,

Quibus doloribus ab ipso afficior.

Oce.

Video Prometheu, consulereq; tibi

Optima quæq; volo, quamvis versutus sis:

Nosce teipsum, & accipe mores
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Novos. nam novus tyrannus est dijs.

Si hoc modo acerba & acuta verba

Debacchatus fueris, statim te, quamvis procul

Sedens Iupiter, audiet: ita ut tibi bilem

Præsentem, laborum iocum esse arbitretur.
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Sed ô miser, quas habes iras, remitte,

Et quære horum malorum solutionem

Fortassis tibi stultè haec profundere videor,

Talia sané, ô altiloqua

Lingua Prometheu. premia erunt.
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Tu nunquam humilis es, neq; cedis malis:

Et vis ad præsentia, alia addere.

Me igitur præceptore utens,

Stimulo crus extendes, videns quòd

Acerbus princeps, non subditus imperet.
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Oce.

At ipse nunc tentatum eo,

Si potero te his laboribus liberare.

Tu verò quiesce, neq; multum garri.

An'ne nosti, accurate cum prudens sis,

Linguæ vanæ multam adesse?
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Pro.

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.) — 300 focus

Ho, what a sight of marvel! what, thou too

Comest to contemplate my pains, and darest—

(Yet how, I wot not!) leaving far behind

The circling tide, thy namefellow, and those

Rock-arched, self-hollowed caverns—thus to come
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Unto this land, whose womb bears iron ore?

Art come to see my lot, resent with me

The ills I bear? Well, gaze thy fill! behold

Me, friend of Zeus, part-author of his power—

Mark, in what ruthlessness he bows me down!
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Oceanus

Yea, I behold, Prometheus! and would warn

Thee, spite of all thy wisdom, for thy weal!

Learn now thyself to know, and to renew

A rightful spirit within thee, for, made new

With pride of place, sits Zeus among the gods!
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Now, if thou choosest to fling forth on him

Words rough with anger thus and edged with scorn,

Zeus, though he sit aloof, afar, on high,

May hear thine utterance, and make thee deem

His present wrath a mere pretence of pain.
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Banish, poor wretch! the passion of thy soul,

And seek, instead, acquittance from thy pangs!

Belike my words seem ancientry to thee—

Such, natheless, O Prometheus, is the meed

That doth await the overweening tongue!
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Meek wert thou never, wilt not crouch to pain,

But, set amid misfortunes, cravest more!

Now—if thou let thyself be schooled by me—

Thou must not kick against the goad. Thou knowest,

A despot rules, harsh, resolute, supreme,
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Whose law is will. Yet shall I go to him,

With all endeavour to relieve thy plight—

So thou wilt curb the tempest of thy tongue!

Surely thou knowest, in thy wisdom deep,

The saw— Who vaunts amiss, quick pain is his.
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Prometheus

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.) — 300 focus

Ha, was erblick' ich? Kommst auch du, mein Leid zu schau'n?

Wie mochtest du des gleichgenannten Stromes Quell,
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Wie deine Felsengrotten, die du selbst gewölbt,

Verlassen, und im Mutterland des Eisens hier

Erscheinen? Oder kamest du, mein Mißgeschick

Selbst anzusehen, mitzufühlen meine Pein?

O sieh' ein Schauspiel, siehe mich, den Freund des Zeus,
305

Der ihm verbündet bauen half den Königsthron,

Sieh', unter welchen Qualen er mich niederbeugt!

Okeanos.

Ich seh's, Prometheus, und du sollst den besten Rath

Von mir vernehmen, bist du selbst auch vielgewandt.

Erkenne dich, in neue Sitten stimme dich;
310

Ein neuer Herrscher waltet auch im Götterkreis.

Denn stößest du so trokig scharfe Reden aus,

Leicht möchte Zeus dich, thront' er auch viel höher noch,

Vernehmen, fürcht' ich, und der Marter Fluch, der ikt

Dein Haupt getroffen, schiene dir ein bloßes Spiel.
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Deßhalb, o Jammervoller, laß von deinem Troy,

Und nach Erlösung spähe nur aus dieser Noth.

Altklug vielleicht erscheint dir meine Rede hier;

Gleichwohl, Prometheus, siehst du, daß der Uebermuth

Der allzustolzen Zunge solchen Lohn gewinnt.
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Du bist noch nicht geschmeidig, beugst dich nicht dem Schmerz,

Und willst zu diesem Leide noch ein neues Leid.

O füge meiner Lehre dich, und löcke nicht

Dem Stachel kühn entgegen, da du siehst, wie streng

Ein schrankenloser König hält den Herrscherstab.
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Nun aber will ich gehen, will versuchen, dich

Aus dieser Qual zu lösen, wenn mir's möglich ist.

Du schweige still und hemme deiner Zunge Troy.

Hast du, der Ueberweise, noch nicht eingeseh'n,

Daß eitel schnöder Rede folgt ein schnöder Lohn?
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Prometheus.

Commentary

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

172. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-171

σκῆπτρον τιμάς τ᾽:

σκηπτρόν τε τιμάς τ'

Lips. 1.

172. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-172

ἀποσυλᾶται:

ἀποσυλλᾶται

Lips. 2.

173. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-173

καί μ' οὔτε:

καί μὲ οὔτοι

Μ. Colb. 1. Par. L. Rob.

καί μ' οὔτε

Lips. 2. Aug. et plerique.

καίτοι μὲ οὐ

G. et duo Vindob. pariterque Turnebus. Recte Blomfieldius secutus est Porsonum

καί μ' οὔτε

scribi iubentem. Opponi enim inter se preces et minae debebant.

173. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-174

μελιγλώσσοις:

μελιγλώσσης

Lips. 1. 2. Aug.

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ἐπαοιδαῖσιν:

ἐπαιοιδαῖσι

M. G. Lips. 1.

ἐπ' ἀοιδαῖσι

Lips. 2. Aug.

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τ':

τ'

omittunt Lips. 2. Aug.

175. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-177

τόδ᾽:

τὸ δ'

Lips. 1.

τώδ'

, superscripto

, Lips. 2.

177. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-178

ποινάς τε:

ποινάς

(sic a pr. manu, a tertia

ποιναὶ

)

τέ μοι τίνειν

Μ.

ποινάς τ᾽ ἐμοὶ

(

τέμου

Lips. 2. Aug.)

τίνειν

(

τείνειν

G.) G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug.

ποινάς τε τίνειν

Turnebus.

178. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-179

τῆσδ':

τῆς

Μ.

180. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-180

ἐνδίδως:

ἐπιχαλᾶς

Μ.

ὑποχαλᾶς

Lips. 1. Vindob. 1.

182. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-181

ἐμὰς:

ἐμοὶ

Aug.

182. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-182

ἠρέθισε: Libri

ἠρέθισε

. Turnebus solus

ερέθισε

, quod ab Elmsleio probatum recepit Blomfieldius: v. ad v. 162.

183. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-183

δέδια δ᾽: Libri

δέδια γάρ

. Porsonus

δέδια δ'

. Vt gemellum comparat Blomfieldius

δέδια δ'

in Soph. Oed. Col. 1468. At ibi non potuit

δέδια γάρ

dici.

183. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-184

σαῖς τύχαις:

σαῖς τύχαι

Lips. 1.

σὰς τύχας

aliquot codices.

184. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-185

πᾷ:

ὅπαι

Μ.

ὅπα

G. Lips. 1. aliique codices.

ὅπα

, superscripto

οι

Lips. 2.

ὅπαιοι

Aug.

ὅπη

vel

ὅποι

alii.

πᾷ

primus Turnebus.

184. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-186

τῶνδε:

τῶν δὲ

185. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-187

NA: In nonnullis codicibus hic est ordo verborum

ποτέ χρή σε τῶνδε πόνων τέρμα

, in Lips. 2. Aug. vitiose scriptum

ποτὲ χρή σε τῶν δαιμόνων τέρμα

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ἐςιδεῖν:

εἰσιδεῖν

Lips. 2. Aug. Colb. 2.

ἐπιδεῖν

Par. L.

186. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-189

ἀκίχητα:

Ἀκίχητα, ἀκατάληπτα

Hesychius.

186. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-190

γὰρ:

γὰρ

omittit G.

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ἀπαράμυθον:

οὐπαράμυθον

M. G. Ox. Ven. 1. Bess. Par. C. L. Vind. 1. Turn.

οὐπαράμυθον

Lips. 1.

ἀπαράμυθον

Lips. 2. Aug. cum ceteris, credo, codicibus et Ald. Rob.

187. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-192

Κρόνου παῖς:

ὁ κρόνου παῖς

G. Lips. 1.

188. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-193

τραχὺς καὶ:

τραχύς τε καὶ

M. G. Lips. 1.

θρασύς τε καὶ

Lips. 2. Aug. aliique. In Lips. 2. γρ.

τραχύς

superscriptum.

ὡς

(pro

ὅτι

)

τραχύς καὶ

Colb. 1.

θρασὺς καὶ

alii.

τραχὺς καὶ

Turnebus.

189. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-194

NA: Post

ἔχων

libri addunt

οἴῳ

, ut M. a sec. manu (nam a pr. manu habuit

οἵῳ

) et G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. vel

οἵῳ

, formam verbi non usitatam tragicis. Eiecerunt critici praeter Scholefieldium, qui post eam vocem lacunae signum posuit. Si quid genuini in isto vocabulo est, neque illud ortum est ex

ὅμως

ἔμπας

adscripto, putandum erit

οἵῳ

fuisse, excidisseque tot versus quot requiruntur ad aequandum hoc systema ei quod praecedit. V. ad v. 155. Potuit certe

οἵῳ γάμῳ

dici, sententiaque esse eadem quae v. 911. seqq. continetur.

190. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-195

ὅταν:

ὅτ' ἂν

M. G. Rob.

191. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-196

ῥαισθῇ:

ῥαισθῇ

, ut videtur, M.

ῥαγῇ

Lips. 2. Aug. et plerique codices. Alii codices

ῥαγῇ, ῥαισθῇ, ῥαχθῇ, ῥαγῇ

ταύτῃ

refertur ad ea quae in proximo systemate dixerat Prometheus.

193. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-197

ἀρθμὸν:

ἀρθμὸν

M. aliique libri.

ἁρμὸν

G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. aliique. γρ.

ἁρμὸν

Lips. 2.

195. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-198

γέγων':

γεγών'

Lips. 1.

196. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-199

αἰτιάματι:

αιτιάματι

Lips. 2. Antiatticista Bekkeri p. 78, 25.

αἰτίαμα. Αισχύλος Προμηθεῖ δεσμώτῃ

198. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-200

βλάπτει: Libri

βλάπτῃ

, nisi quod Lips. 1. ante correctionem

βλάπτειν

199. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-201

ἀλγεινὰ:

ἀλγεινά

, superscripto

οι

, Lips. 2. Aug.

199. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-202

ἐστὶν:

ἔστιν

Μ.

ἐστὶ

200. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-203

δύςποτμα:

δύσποτμος

Par. F.

201. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-204

ἤρξαντο:

ἤρξατο

Lips. 1.

202. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-205

NA: om. Lips. 2. Idem

ὠρθύνετο

203. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-206

ἕδρας:

ἕδρας

M. G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug.

ἕδρας

Ven. 3. Rob. Turn.

204. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-207

ἀνάσσοι:

ἀνάσσοι

M. G. Rob. Turn.

ἀνάσσῃ

Lips. 1. 2. Aug. aliique codd. et Ald.

205. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-208

NA: In G. sedecim versus 205–220. bis scripti sunt a diversis manibus. Nam quum prima manus desiisset in v. 204. ita ut superesset trium versuum spatium, secunda manus addidit in ea ipsa pagina versus 205. 206. 207. in altera autem 208-220. Quum autem folia aliquot intercidissent, tertia manus in quattuor foliis insertis adscripsit qui deerant versus 205-294. In iis quae bis scripta sunt non est nisi glossarum aliqua diversitas.

205. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-209

ἄρξειεν:

ἄρξειεν

Μ.

ἄρξειε

G. Lips. 1. 2.

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ἐνταῦθ᾽:

ἐντεῦθ᾽

Lips. 2. Aug.

ἐντεῦθεν

206. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-211

τὰ λῷστα:

ταλωστὰ

Lips. 1.

λῶστα

Lips. 2.

τἄριστα

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πιθεῖν:

πιθεῖν

a pr. manu M.

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καρτεροῖς:

καρτερών

Lips. 2. Aug.

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ἀμοχθὶ:

ἀμοχθὶ

M. et Regius Spanhemii. Ceteri

ἀμοχθεί

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μήτηρ:

μητρὶ

G. aliique codices et ex correctione Lips. 1. in quo antea

μοί

. Lips. 2.

μοι

, supra scriptis.

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μορφὴ:

μορφή

G. et a pr. manu M. De Telluris

πολυωνυμίᾳ

disseruerunt Stanleius ad h. 1. et Bern. Martinus Var. Lect. III. 13. Videndus etiam Arnaldus de diis

παρέδροις

cap. 22. Schützius vero vel unum exemplum requirebat, in quo Themis nomen haberet Telluris. Nam Themis quum ab Aeschylo non solum in principio Eumenidum

Τιτανὶς παῖς Χθονός

, sed in ipso etiam Prometheo v. 877. dicta sit

Τιτανίς

, negabat dubium esse quin Aeschylus Hesiodum aliosque auctores secutus Themidem a Tellure distinxerit. Accedere quod, si Telluris filius esset Prometheus, Titanes, quos v. 207.

Οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ Χθονὸς τέκνα

vocet, rectius videatur fratres appellaturus fuisse. Quumque praeterea in exponendo Themidis vaticinio inutile sit et incommodum istud de alio Themidis nomine additamentum, versum hunc,

καὶ Γαῖα, πολλῶν ὀνομάτων μορφὴ μία

, spurium, Aeschylo plane indignum, atque ex glossa marginali vel interpretatione alicuius grammatici intrusum esse censebat. Videri enim istam interpretationem ex errore scholiastarum natam, qui quum

οὐχ ἅπαξ μόνον

ad Themidem referrent, requisiverint aliquid quod his verbis opponeretur. Haec etsi speciose disputata sunt, tamen versum illum genuinum esse certissimum est. Nihil quidem ponderis habet Io. Tzetzes, qui et ad Hesiodi O. et D. 9. scribit

Θέμις ἡ γῆ κατ' Αισχύλον

, et in Exegesi in Il. p. 52, 24.

Αἰσχύλος Θέμιν λέγει τὴν γῆν ἐν τῷ Προμηθεῖ προφανῶς· Θέμις τε καὶ Γῆ πολλῶν ὀνομάτων γραφῇ μιᾷ

quo respicit etiam p. 135, 25.

Αισχύλος δὲ Θέμιν φησὶ μητέρα Προμηθέως, ἀλλ' οὐκ Ασίαν

. Sed ipso licet Aeschylo auctore uti, qui quum in fine fabulae scripserit

ὦ μητρὸς ἐμῆς σέβας, ὦ πάντων αἰθὴρ κοινὸν φάος εἱλίσσων, ἐφορᾷς μὲ ὡς ἔκδικα πάσχω;

inepta invocatio matris esset, nisi terram et caelum his versibus designaret. Ergo non emendando, sed explicando succurrendum. Quod qui facere conatus est Welckerus in Trilogia p. 39. seqq. non solum aliena multa immiscuit, sed in ipsa etiam explicatione falli videtur, quum Themidem et Tellurem unum numen esse contendit, cognomenque hoc Themidis arbitrio poetae separatum a Telluris numine putat. Nam contrarium potius statuendum est, videturque ipse statuisse in Appendice Trilogiae p. 67. diversas omnium ipsiusque Aeschyli sententia deas hic in unum esse numen coniunctas. Id ipse Aeschylus declarat, quum eas dicit

πολλῶν ὀνομάτων μορφὴν μίαν

. Nimirum senserunt illi, qui religiones Graecis condiderunt, quos deos vocarent unius cuiusdam naturae communitate contineri, muneribusque magis atque officiis quam separatis numinibus singulos ab se invicem discretos vivere. Ita factum est ut, qui pro muneribus illis diversi di putabantur, saepe vel coniunctis officiis vel uno munere aliis praelato in unum confunderentur, ac modo duobus consociatis nominibus, modo uno ex alius dei natura petito appellarentur. Magis autem illa deorum in unam naturam coniunctio Aeschyli aevo per philosophos celebrata est atque dispersa, ex quo genere multa sunt a tragicis commemorata. Ac Terra quidem modo eadem quae Rhea habita est, de qua quum alii multi scriptores, tum copiosissime exposuit Lucretius II. 599-658. paucis autem complexus Apollonius Rhodius II. 1098. scripsit, Rheam dicens,

ἐκ γὰρ τῆς ἄνεμοί τε θάλασσά τε νειόθι τε χθὼν πᾶσα πεπείρηται νιφόεν θ᾽ ἕδος Ουλύμποιο

. Aeschylus autem in Supplicibus v. 857. 867. et Sophocles in Philocteta v. 391. Iovem terrae filium vocarunt; modo confusa est cum Cerere, quod constat factum esse saepissime, Ceresque ipsa omnibus Rheae attributis ornata est ab Euripide longo carmine in Helena a v. 1321. Ita hic quoque Aeschylus, sive ipse primus Prometheum Themidis filium appellavit, sive, quod veri similius est, antiquam aliquam fabulam est secutus, hanc famam praetulit, quia haec nobilior esset origo coniunctiorque cum virtutibus et meritis Promethei, quam si Clymenae vel Asiae filius diceretur. Themis autem coniunctissima cum Tellure est, siquidem antiquissimum Delphicum oraculum Telluris fuisse creditum est, cui successerit Themis, ut et in Eumenidum initio dictum est et ab Euripide in Iphigenia in Tauris v. 1259. seqq. Et sic etiam Olympiae. Pausanias V. 14, 10.

ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ Γαíῳ καλουμένῳ βωμός ἐστιν ἐπ' αὐτῷ Γῆς, τέφρας καὶ οὗτος· τὰ δ᾽ ἔτι ἀρχαιότερα καὶ μαντεῖον τῆς Γῆς αὐτόθι εἶναι λέγουσιν. ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ ὀνομαζομένου στομίου Θέμιδι ὁ βωμὸς πεποίηται

. Has igitur fatidicas deas in unam coaluisse cernimus. Itaque non est quod miremur, si poeta v. 876. scripsit, quod veri simile est,

τοιόνδε χρησμὸν ἡ παλαιγενὴς μήτηρ ἐμοὶ διῆλθε Τιτανὶς θεῶν

. Nam eodem modo qui proprie Titanida est

Τιτάν Προμηθεύς

vocatur ab Sophocle in Oed. Col. v. 56. et ab Euripide Phoen. v. 1122. Ione v. 455. Quo tamen non referendum videtur illud Ciceronis ex Aeschylo

Titanum suboles, socia nostri sanguinis

, quod ab Aeschylo sic scriptum fuisse credibile est,

ὦ κοινὸν αἷμα, γέννα Τιτάνων, ἐμοί

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μέλλον:

μέλον

Lips. 1.

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κραíνοιτο: Non opus videtur ut cum Elmsleio scribatur

κρανεῖτο

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προὐτεθεσπίκει:

προστεθεστήκει

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καρτερὸν:

κρατερὸν

G. ubi primum scripti hi versus.

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χρείη:

χρὴ

χρῆ

G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. et sic fere ceteri.

χρεῖ ἦ

a manu tertia margo Μ. γρ.

χρεῖ ᾖ

supra scriptum in G. Lips. 2. Aug. et sic Rob.

χρείη

restituit Dawesius Misc. crit. p. 333.

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δὲ:

δὲ

omissum in M. a pr. manu tertia adscripsit. Omittunt Lips. 1. aliique.

τε

habent G. Lips. 2. Aug. aliique.

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ὑπερσχόντας:

ὑπερέχοντας

libri, nisi quod

ὑπερέχοντας

quidam Parisini. Ex Turnebi editione vulgabatur

ὑπερέξοντας

, Porsonum alii

ὑπερσχόντας

corrigentem secuti sunt. Sic Valckenarius in Euripidis Hipp. 1365. quum legeretur

ὑπερέχων

, correxit

ὁδ᾽ ὁ σωφροσύνῃ πάντας ὑπερσχών

. Aliud tamen monstrant glossae in Lips. 2.

μεγάλους

, in Ox.

τοὺς μεγάλους

, in G. et Lips. 1.

τοὺς μείζονας

, quibus non videtur

ὑπερσχόντας

, sed

ὑπερτέρους

explicatum esse. Scholiastes ad Od. III. 65.

ὑπέρτερα, τὰ ὑπέρθετα καὶ μείζονα

. Ad I. XI. 437.

ὑπέρτερον, μέγα

. Ad Od. XV. 491.

ὑπέρτερον, ὑπέροχον, μέγα

. Ad XI. 290.

ὑπέρτερον εὖχος, μεγάλως τῇ δόξῃ ὑπερέχον

. Schol. Ven. B. ad Il. XI. 785.

ὑπέρτερον δὲ ἀεὶ τὸν ὑπερέχοντα φησιν

. Schol. Α.

ὁ γὰρ ὑπερέχων κατά τι ἐστιν ὑπέρτερος. καὶ νῦν λέγει, τῷ γένει, τῇ εὐγενείᾳ ὑπερέχει

. Ibi dem in alio scholio

οὐ λέγει ὅτι τῇ γεννήσει σοῦ ἐστὶν ὑπερέχων, ἀλλ᾽ ὑπερτέραν γενεὰν λέγει οὐ τὴν χρόνῳ ὑπερέχουσαν, ἀλλὰ γένους ἀξίᾳ

. Glossa in Aeschyli Sept. ad Th. 511.

ὑπέρτερον, μειζόνως

. Schol. Sophoclis ad El. 455.

ἐξ ὑπερτέρας χειρός, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἰσχυροτέρας, οἷον μετὰ δυνάμεως μείζονος

. Hinc scripsi

ὑπερτέρους

. Sententia eadem est quae si diceret

τοὺς δὲ δόλῳ ὑπερτέρους

. De hac collocatione articuli dixit Heindorfius ad Plat. Phaedonem p. 139. V. ad Eur. Andr. 215.

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τοιαῦτ᾽ ἐμοῦ:

τοιαῦτά μου

ante correctionem G.

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ἐξηγουμένου:

ἐξηγομένου

Lips. 1.

ἐξηγουμένω

, adscripto

super

, Lips. 2.

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οὐδὲ:

οὐδὲν

ante corr. Lips. 1.

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προςβλέψαι: Idem

προβλέψαι

218. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-228

κράτιστα:

κράτιστα

, superscripto

οι

, Lips. 2.

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προςλαβόντα:

προσλαβόντι

M. G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. et multi alii. Nonnulli

προσλαβόντα

, quod Brunckius restituit.

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ἑκόνθ' ἑκόντι:

ἑκὼν θ' ἑκόντι

Lips. 1.

ἔκονθ' έτι

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μελαμβαθὴς:

μελαμβαθής

M. aliique.

μελαμβαφής

Aug.

μελεμβαφής

G. Lips. 1. 2.

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κευθμὼν:

κευθμών

Lips. 1.

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παλαιγενῆ:

τὸν παλαιὸν

Lips. 2. Aug.

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αὐτοῖσι συμμάχοισι:

αὐτοῖσυμάχοισι

ex correctione, quum penultima syllaba prius

ου

fuisset, Lips. 1.

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ποιναῖς:

ποιναῖς

Μ. et plerique libri.

πηναῖς

Lips. 1.

τιμαῖς

G. Mosq. 1.

ποιναῖς

γρ.

τιμαῖς

Par. B. Id non videtur interpretis esse. Atque unus scholiastarum

τιμωρίας

adscripsit. Hesychius

τιμή, δόξα, ποτὲ δὲ καὶ τιμωρία, ἢ ἀντέκτισις ἡ κυρία

. Itaque recepi, praesertim quum acerbius dictum videretur.

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ταῖςδέ μ' ἐξημείψατο:

ταῖσδ᾽ ἐξημείψατο

Lips. 2.

ἀντημείψατο

ex Arund. et Cant. 2. recepit Blomfieldius.

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γάρ πως:

γὰρ πῶς

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τοῖς:

τοῖς

omittit G.

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τυραννίδι:

τοῦτο τῆρανύδι

Lips 1.

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ἐρωτᾶτ':

ἐρωτᾶτε μὲ

Lips. 1.

ἐρωτᾶτ' ἐμ'

Lips. 2. Aug.

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αἰτίαν:

αἰτίην

Μ. G.

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τὸν:

τὸν

bis Lips. 1.

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καθέζετ':

καθίζετ'

G. Lips. 1.

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δαíμοσιν νέμει:

δαίμοσι

M. G. Lips. 1. 2.

νέμοι

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διεστοιχίζετο:

διεστοιχίζετο

ex hoc loco habere videtur Hesychius.

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βροτῶν δὲ τῶν:

βροτῶν τῶνδε τῶν

Lips. 1.

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λόγον:

λόγων

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οὐδὲν:

οὐδένα

Μ.

οὐδὲν

G. Lips. 1. 2.

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φιτῦσαι:

φιτύσαι

Μ.

φυτῦσαι

Lips. 2. Aug.

αντῆσαι

G. Lips. 1.

φιτῆσαι, φυτεῦσαι

alii.

φιτῦσαι

Turnebus.

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τοῖσιν:

τοῖσιν

ultima littera in litura M. Blomfieldius ex Elmsleii sententia

καὶ τοισίδ'

. Non opus. Quae defendendo

τοισίδ'

allata exempla sunt, nihil ponderis habent. Nam aliud est

hic

, aliud

hice

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ἀντέβαινε:

ἀντέβαινεν

Lips. 2.

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ἐγὼ δ' ἐτόλμησ᾽:

ἐγὼ δὲ τόλμησ'

Μ.

ἐγὼ δὲ τολμῆς

G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. Alii

ἐγὼ δὲ τολμῆς

vel

ἐγὼ δ᾽ ὁ τολμῆς

. Schol.

τινὲς ἐτόλμησα, καὶ τὸ ἑξῆς μετὰ ἤθους. δύναται καὶ τολμῆς εἶναι, ὡς τιμήεις τιμῆς

. Emendate

ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἐτόλμησ'

Par. F.

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ἐξελυσάμην:

ἐξελυσάμην

M. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. (in cuius margine γρ.

ἐξερωσάμην

) aliique codices et Rob.

ἐξερυσάμην

G. aliique et Ald. Turn. At in hoc verbo duplicari solet

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βροτοὺς:

βροτόν

Lips. 2.

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τοῦ μὴ:

τὸ μη

Μ.

τὸ μὴ

Rob. et Regius Spanhemii. Ceteri libri

τοῦ μή

. G. Bernhardy in Syntaxi p. 356. magis, quam hoc Aeschyli

τοῦ μή

, defendendum censuit illud Herodoti I. 86,

ῥύσεται τοῦ μὴ ζῶντα κατακαυθῆναι

. Non intelligo quid voluerit.

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τῷ τοι:

τῷ ταῖς τοιαῖσδε

, sed ad

ταῖς

a sec. manu superscripto

τοι

, Μ,

τῷ τοιαῖσδε

Lips. 2.

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πημοναῖσι:

πημοναῖσιν

Lips. 1.

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κάμπτομαι:

κάπτομαι

Lips. 2.

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οἰκτραῖσιν:

οἰκτραῖσι

Lips. 2.

οἰκταῖσι

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τούτου:

τοῦτο

Aug.

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αὐτός:

αὐτὸς

pro

αὐτός

Lips. 2. Aug.

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ἀλλὰ νηλεῶς: Libri

ἀλλ' ἀνηλεώς

, quae proba quidem vox est, usurpata Platoni de leg. III. p. 697. et aliis: v. Dorv. ad Char. p. 724. (643.) sed recte tamen, opinor, Elmsleii monitu

ἀλλὰ νηλεῶς

scripsit Blomfieldius. Hanc enim formam ab Homero acceptam probasse videntur tragici.

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ἐρρύθμισμαι:

ἐρύθμισμαι

Μ. a prima manu (tertia

addidit) et Lips. 2.

ἐρρύθισμαι

Lips. 1.

ἐρύθμης και

G. in quo post

Ζηνί

interpunctum est.

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θέα:

θέα

Lips. 1.

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NA: Eustathius p. 1940, 58.

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σιδηρόφρων:

σιδηρόφρον

Lips.

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ξυνασχαλᾷ:

ξυανασχαλᾷ

Lips. 1.

συνασχαλα

ceteri.

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μόχθοις:

κακοῖς

pro

μόχθοις

codex Gregorii Corinthii in adnotatione p. 110. memoratus.

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ἠλγύνθην:

ἀλγύνθην

Μ. G.

Ἀλγήθην

Lips. 1.

Ἀλγήνθην

Lips. 2. Aug. Aliquot codices

ἠλγύνθην

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φίλοισιν οἰκτρὸς εἰςορᾶν: Vulgo

καὶ μὴν φίλοις ἐλεεινὸς εἰςορᾶν ἐγώ

, et sic M. nisi quod

εἰσ ὁρᾶν

habet. Porsonum in praefatione Hecubae p. VII.

ἐλεινός

corrigentem secuti sunt recentiores. Acquiescere in hac scriptura poteramus, nisi alio ducere viderentur quidam libri. Nam G. Lips. 1. et duo ex Parisinis (D. G.)

φίλοισιν

habent, idem Lips. autem et Vind. 1.

εἰσορᾶν ἐλεεινὸς ἐγώ

. Quae scripturae eo magis suadent ut

ἐλεεινός

pro explicatione habeamus, quod ad ipsum illud

ἐλεεινός

nihil est a glossatoribus adnotatum. Itaque scripsi

καὶ μὴν φίλοισιν οἰκτρὸς εἰςορᾶν ἐγώ

. Hesychius

οἰκτρά, ἐλεεινά. οἰκτρός, ἐλεεινός

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θνητούς γε παύσας:

θνητοὺς ἔπαυσα

G. Aug. Ald. Rob. Τurn.

θνητούς τ᾽ ἔπαυσα

Lips. 1. Ven. 3. Victorius. Nicephorus in scholiis ad Synesium p. 403.

καὶ ὁ Αἰσχύλος δὲ ἐν τῷ δράματι ὃ ἐπιγράφει Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης εἰςάγων τὸν Προμηθέα λυπούμενον διὰ τὸν δεσμὸν καὶ διηγούμενον τὰς αἰτίας δι᾽ ἃς τιμωρεῖται παρὰ τοῦ Διός, φησὶ καὶ ὅτι “θνητούς τ' ἔπαυσα μὴ προδέρκεσθαι μόρον, τυφλὰς ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐλπίδας κατοικίσας.”

Porsonus posuit quod Lips. 2. Vind. 2. 4. habent,

θνητούς γ᾽ ἔπαυσα

. Non credo sic scripsisse Aeschylum. Etenim usitata in respondendo ratio postulat

θνητούς γε παύσας

, idque restitui.

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προδέρκεσθαι μόρον:

προσδέρκεσθαι

ante rasuram M.

μόρων

G. Meminerat huius loci Plato, quum in Gorgia p. 523. D. Iovem Prometheo mandare finxit, ut fatalis horae cognitionem hominibus eriperet :

πρῶτον μὲν οὖν, ἔφη, παυστέον ἐστὶ προειδότας αὐτοὺς τὸν θάνατον· νῦν μὲν γὰρ προΐσασι. τοῦτο μὲν οὖν καὶ δὴ εἴρηται τῷ Προμηθεῖ ὅπως ἂν παύσῃ αὐτῶν

. Repetita sunt Platonis verba a Plutarcho in Consol. ad Apoll. p. 120. B. C.

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νόσου:

νόσσου

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ἐν αὐτοῖς:

ἐν αὐτῇ

Lips. 2.

ἐλπίδας

, minio superscripto

, Lips. 1.

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κατῴκισα:

κατοικίσας

Nicephorus.

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πρὸς τοῖςδε:

πρὸς τούτοις

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ὤπασα:

ὤπασαν

Lips. 1.

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φλογωπὸν:

φλογωπόν

, supra

scripto

, Lips. 2.

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ἔχουσ᾽:

ἔχουσιν

ἔχουσι

Lips. 1.

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αἰκίζεταί τε κοὐδαμῇ:

αἰκίζεται κοὐδαμῶς

, ad

ῶς

superscripto

ῆ

, Lips. 2.

αἰκίζεται οὐδαμῶς

Aug.

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ἄθλου:

ἄθλων

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τέρμα σοι:

τερμάσοι

Μ.

τέρμασι

Lips. 2.

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ὅταν:

ὅτ' ἂν

M. Lips. 2.

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κείνῳ:

ἐκείνῳ

Lips. 1.

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δοκῇ:

δοκηι

ultima syllaba in litura M.

δοκεῖ

Lips. 2. Aug. sed supra scripto

, et ante correctionem G.

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λέγειν:

λέγει

, minio addito

, Lips. 1.

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ἄθλου:

ἄθλου

Μ. G. Lips. 2. Aug. aliique et ante corr. Lips. 1.

ἄθλων

Lips. 1. ex corr. et alii.

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ἔκλυσιν:

ἔκλησιν

Lips. 1.

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τὸν κακῶς πράσσοντ': Omnes libri

τοὺς κακῶς πράσσοντας

, nisi quod

τοὺς κακῶς πράσσοντα

Lips. 1. Emendavit Stanleius. Similia quaedam vitia sustulit Porsonus ad Med. v. 5. Vide infra v. 351.

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ταῦθ᾽ ἅπαντ':

ταῦτα πάντ'

Lips. 1.

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ἐπιστάμην:

ἠπιστάμην

G. et ante corr. Lips. 1. 2.

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οὐκ ἀρνήσομαι:

οὐ καρνήσομαι

Μ.

οὐκ ἀνήσομαι

Lips. 1.

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δ᾽:

δ'

omittunt M. Rob. Ac delevit Elmsleio obsecutus Blomfieldius. At hic versus non est explicatio praecedentis.

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εὑρόμην:

ηρόμην

Cant. 2.

εὑράμην

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NA: Hoc versu incipit codex Vitebergensis, in quo quae praecedunt perierunt.

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οὐ μήν τι:

οὐ μήν τι

M. Rob.

οὐ μήν τοι

(

τοῖ

Aug.) G. Vit. Lips. 2. Aug.

οὐ μήν γε

Lips. 1.

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γ':

γ'

omittunt Lips. 1. 2. Aug. aliique et edd. ante Vict.

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τοίαισί:

τοιαῖσδέ τοι

Ven. 3. Elmsleius scribi volebat

τοιαισίδε

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κατισχνανεῖσθαι:

κατισχανεῖσθαι

G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. Ven. 3. et edd. vett. quod Porsonus ad Eur. Or. 292. ab Atticis suavioris soni caussa probatum iudicabat. Id analogiae repugnare vidit Blomfieldius. Recte M. Vit. Par. D.

κατισχνανεῖσθαι

, ediditque ita ipse Porsonus. Vtitur hoc verbo Aeschylus etiam infra 382. Eum. 142. 264. et in Lycurgo apud Athenaeum X. p. 447. C. recteque Blomfieldius in Callimachi epigr. 48, 3. reposuit

αἱ Μοῦσαι τὸν Ἔρωτα κατισχναίνοντι, Φίλιππε

. In G. virgula interpunctum post

κατισχανεῖσθαι

, ut

πρὸς πέτραις

cum sequentibus iungatur.

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πεδαρσίοις:

πεδαρσίοις

Par. D. et sic prius in M. scriptum fuisse videtur.

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καίτοι:

καίτοι

Cant. 1.

καὶ μήν

, superscripto

οι

. Ceteri libri

καί μοι

, praeter Rob. et marginem MS. apud Morellium, in quibus est

καίτοι

, quod recte recepit Blomfieldius.

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δύρεσθ᾽:

μηδύρεσθ'

Μ.

μὴ δύρεσθ'

Aug.

μὴ δύρεσθ'

Vit. Lips. 1. 2. edd. vett.

μὴ ὀδύρεσθ'

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πέδοι:

πέδοι

M. a manu secunda, a prima

πέδο

habuit ut ceteri libri et Eustathius p. 153, 34. Quod Ioannes Alexandrinus in

τονικοῖς παραγγέλμασι

p. 36, 7. praecipit,

τὰ δὲ ἀπὸ βαρυτόνων βαρύνεται, ἔξω ἕξοι, πέδον πέδοι· “πέδοι δὲ βᾶσαι” Αισχύλος Προμηθεῖ δεσμώτῃ

, ante quam hic libellus editus est notum erat ex schol. Dionysii Thracis in Bekkeri Anecd. p. 945.

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τύχας: Pro

τύχας

etiam

βλάβας

legi ait scholiastes.

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ἀκούσαθ':

ἀκούσατε

ἀκούσασθ'

Lips. 2.

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μάθητε:

μάθητε

Vit. et alii. Ne huius promissi oblivisci videatur Prometheus, qui v. 524. seqq. se futura celare affirmat, tenendum est eum illa in mente habere, quae de liberatore suo dicturus est.

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πείθεσθέ μοι, πείθεσθε:

πείθεσθαί μοι, πείθεσθε

πείθεσθέ μοι, πείθεσθέ μοι

Vit. et alii pauci. Elmsleius sine caussa

πίθεσθέ μοι, πίθεσθε

scribendum putabat. V. ad Soph. El. 1003.

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ταὐτά τοι:

ταυτάτοι

M. addito primae syllabae a sec. manu circumflexo.

ταὐτά τοι

Vit. Lips. 1.2. Aug. aliique codices et Turn.

ταὐτά τοι

Ald. Rob. Vict.

ταῦτα μοι

ταυτά μοι

quattuor Vindobonenses. Vnus scholiastarum

τὸ ταῦτα πρὸς τὸ συμπονήσατε κρεῖττον ἢ πρὸς τὸ νῦν μογοῦντι ἀποδεδόσθαι. ἢ στικτέον εἰς τὸ μογοῦντι· τὸ δὲ ταῦτα τῷ ἑξῆς συναπτέον, ἵν ᾗ ἡ περὶ τὰ αὐτὰ περιερχομένη πημονὴ ἢ βλάβη ἄλλοτε πρὸς ἄλλον προςιζάνει

. Si

ταῦτα

coniungendum esset cum

μογοῦντι

, scripsisset poeta

τῷ νῦν μογοῦντι ταῦτ᾽· ἐπεὶ πλανωμένη

. Itaque rectum est

ταυτά τοι

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πρὸς ἄλλοτ᾽ ἄλλον:

πρός τ' ἄλλον τ' ἄλλη

πρὸς ἄλλοτ᾽ ἄλλη

Vind. 1. Lips. 1. et lemma scholii in G.

πρὸς ἄλλον ἄλλη

margo MS. apud Morellium. Hunc alia, sed ea mala scriptura prodit,

πρὸς ἄλλοτ᾽ ἄλλῃ πημονὴ προςιζάνει

. Vind. 2. 4. aliique

πρὸς ἄλλοτ' ἄλλο

, atque ita Vit. sed

ἄλλο

, adscripto. Ad

ἄλλο

pertinet glossa

κακόν

in Vit. Recte M. Lips. 2. Aug. et edd.

πρὸς ἄλλοτ᾽ ἄλλον

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κραιπνόσυτον:

κραιπνόσσυτον

M. Vit. Lips. 1. 2. (in quo ultimae litterae superscriptum

) Aug. ut reliqui fere libri.

κραιπνόσυτον

G. et Parisini E. G. (i. e. Ask. Α.) Colb. 1.

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θᾶκον:

θᾶκον

(hoc accentu) M. G. Vit. Lips. 1.

θῶκον

Lips. 2. Aug. aliique pauci codd. et edd. veteres.

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αἰθέρα θ᾽ ἁγνόν:

αιθέρ' ἁγνὸν

Lips. 2. paucique codd. et Ald. Rob.

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πόρον:

πόρων

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ὀκριοέσσῃ:

ὀκριοέσσῃ

M. Lips. 1.

ἀκριοέσῃ

ἀκρυοεσσῃ

Vit. Lips. 2. Aug. et plerique.

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χθονὶ:

χθονὴ

Lips. 1.

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πελῶ:

πέλω

Lips. 2. et sic fortasse prius fuit in M.

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διὰ παντὸς:

διαπαντὸς

M. G. Vit. Lips. 1. 2. Aug.

διὰ πάντος

Rob.

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ἀκοῦσαι:

ἀκούσειν

Ven. 2. Rob.

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πρὸς σέ:

πρόσσε

, primo accentu a sec. manu addito, Μ.

πρὸς σὲ

G. Vit. Lips. 2. Omittit has duas voces Lips. 1.

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πτερυγωκῆ:

πτερυγικόν

Lips. 2. Eustathius p. 1545, 48.

οὕτω καὶ ὠκεανὸς τό τε ὕδωρ αὐτὸ καὶ ὁ μυθευόμενος θεός, ὃν ὁ τραγικὸς Αισχύλος ἐπὶ γρυπὸς καθίζων ἐξάγει πρὸς τὸ θέατρον

. Non insolitum hoc spectaculum Atheniensibus fuisse adnotavit Spanhemius, haec afferens Plutarchi in Agesilao c. 19.

κάναθρα δὲ καλοῦσιν εἴδωλα γρυπῶν ξύλινα καὶ τραγελάφων, ἐν οἷς κομίζουσι τὰς παῖδας ἐν ταῖς πομπαῖς

, item Hesychium in

κάνναβρα

et Casaubonum ad Ath. IV. 6. p. 260. h. e. apud Schweighaeuserum vol. II. p. 450.

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στομίων ἄτερ εὐθύνων:

στομίων εὐθύνων ἄτερ

Lips. 1.

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συναλγῶ:

συναλγῶ

Μ. Vit.

ξυναλγῶ

G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug.

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ἐςαναγκάζει:

ἐσαναγκάσει

, superscripto

ζει

, Vit.

ἐς ἀναγάζει

. G.

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χωρίς τε:

χωρίς του

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νείμαιμ᾽:

νείμαι μ'

Μ. G. Vit.

νέμοι'

Lips. 1. 2. Aug.

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γνώσει δὲ τάδ᾽: Libri

γνώσῃ

. Athenaeus IV. p. 165. C.

τὸ δὲ χαριτογλωσσεῖν Αἰσχύλος εἴρηκεν ἐν Προμηθεῖ δεσμώτη, γνώσει τάδ᾽ ὡς ἔτυμ', οὐδὲ μάτην χαριτογλωσσεῖν ἔνι μοι

, ubi codices

ἔτημα

ἔτοιμα

. Vt Athenaeus, sic etiam G. Vit. Lips. 1.

δὲ

omittunt.

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ἔτυμ':

ἔτυμ'

Μ. et superscripto

Vit.

ἐτήτυμα

Lips. 1.

ἐτύτημα

ἐτύπημα

, adscripto

super

, Ligs. 2. Aug.

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οὐδὲ:

οὐ μάτην

Vit.

κοὐ μάτην

Lips. 1.

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χαριτογλωσσεῖν ἔνι μοι:

σὲ τὸ χαριτογλωσσεῖν

Μ.

σοὶ τὸ χ.

Rob.

σὲ χ.

G. Vit. Lips. I. aliique et Ald.

σοὶ χ.

Lips. 2. aliique.

χαριτογλωσσεῖν σοι

vel

σ'

alii.

χαριτογλωσσεῖν

Athenaeus, et sic Turn.

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ξυμπράσσειν: Libri

συμπράττειν

. Correxit Brunckius.

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ποτ᾽ ἐρεῖς:

ποτ' ἐρεῖς

M. G. Vit. Lips. 1. Rob.

ποτε φὴς

Lips. 2. in quo superscriptum ut glossa

ἐρεῖς

, et Aug. Ald. Alii

ποτε φῇς, ποτε φήσεις

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καὶ σὺ δὴ:

δ'

omittunt Lips. 2. in quo

σὺ

in rasura duarum syllabarum est, et Aug. Ald. Rob.

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ἥκεις:

ἧκες

, cum explicatione

ἦλθες

, G.

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αὐτόκτιτ᾽:

αὐτόκτιτ'

Μ. aliique et Turn.

αὐτόκτητ᾽

Lips. 2. Aug.

αὐτόκτιστο

G. Vit. Lips. 1. Ald. Rob.

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ἐλθεῖν:

ἐς

a pr. manu M.

ἐλθεῖν

a secunda, et sic Vit. Lips. 1. 2. Rob. Ald. Turn. et recentiores.

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NA: Scholiastam secundum, cuius adnotationi in ed. Stanl. praefixum est

ἢ θεωρὸς τύχας ἐμὰς ἀφίξαι καὶ ξυνασχαλῶν κακοῖς

, Porsonus legisse putabat

θεωρὸς ὤν

. Eam scripturam Butleri negligentia tribuit Aldinae, quam habere dicit

θεωρὸς τύχας

, quum habeat

θεωρήσων τύχας

. Repetiit errorem Wellauerus. Affertur

θεωρὸς ὢν

ex Vind. 3.

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ἀφῖξαι:

ἀφίξαι

a pr. manu M.

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ξυνασχαλῶν:

ξυνασχαλῶν

Lips. 1.

συνασχαλῶν

M. G. Lips. 2.

συνασχαλών

Vit.

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τὸν:

τον

omittit Lips. 1.

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τὸν συγκαταστήσαντα: Omnes

τὸν συγκαταστήσαντα

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τυραννίδα: Lips. 1.

τυρανίδα

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κάμπτομαι:

κάπτομαι

Lips. 1.

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γίγνωσκε:

γíγνωσκε

Μ. Vind. 4. Ceteri

γίνωσκε

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μεθάρμοσαι:

μεθάρμοσαι

M. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. aliique et Ald.

μεθάρμωσαι

μεθάρμοσον

Vit. quod in aliis superscriptum.

μεθάρμοζε

Rob.

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καὶ:

και

omittit G.

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τραχεῖς καὶ:

τραχεῖς τε καὶ

Lips. 2.

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ἀνωτέρω:

ἀνωτέρω

Μ. Vit. et plerique ut videtur libri.

ἀπωτέρω

G. Lips. 1. Rob. quod in aliis codd. pro diversa lectione adnotatum.

ἀπατέρω

Lips. 2. Aug.

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θακῶν κλύοι:

θακῶν

Μ. G. Lips. 2. Aug. et sic Victorius.

Θακών

Vit. Lips. 1. Ald. Rob. Turn.

κλύει

κλύῃ

Lips. 2. Aug.

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μόχθων:

μόχθον

G. Vit.

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παιδιὰν:

πεδιὰν

Lips. 2.

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ταλαίπωρ':

ταλαίπωρε

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πημάτων:

τῶν πημάτων

Lips. 2.

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τῶνδε:

τῶνδε

omittit Vit.

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ἀρχαῖ᾽:

ἀρχαῖα

G. Lips. 1.

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ἴσως σοι:

ἴσωσοι

M. a pr. manu.

ἴσος σοι

Lips. 1.

ἴσως

omisso

σοι

Lips. 2. Aug.

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γίγνεται:

γίγνεται

Lips. 1. Ceteri

γίνεται

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κακοῖς:

κακῶν

Vit. in quo supra scriptum

ὑποχωρεῖς ἀπὸ τῶν

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τοῖς:

τοις

om. Lips. 1.

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NA: Imitatum esse hunc versum Tzetzam ad Hesiodi O. et D. 780. adnotavit Porsonus.

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νῦν

, Lips. 2. Aug.

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λαβροστόμει:

μη λαβροστόμει

G. Vit. aliique et Ald. Scholiastes Nicandri ad Alex. 160.

καὶ Αἰσχύλος, μὴ λαβροστόμει

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οἶσθ᾽:

οἶδ'

Aug.

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περισσόφρων:

περισώφρων

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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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128-192. Parodos. It is com- matic, that is, divided between actor and chorus. The chorus enter in a winged car (ὄχῳ πτερωτῷ 135, κραι- πνόσυτον θᾶκον 279), moved by the- atrical machinery. The car, advancing from the right side, has gradually approached Prometheus. It is seen by the spectators while still invisible to Prometheus, who can only look straight before him. At 124 the chorus are already very near, and they hear the words of 127 (φοβερόν). - The ᾿Ωκεανίδες are daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; see Hesiod Theog. 362. Hesiod (ibid. 346) enum- erates forty-one by name, and adds πολλαί γε μέν εἶσι καὶ ἄλλαι, τρὶς γὰρ χίλιαί εἰσι τανύσφυροι Ωκεανῖναι. Aes- chylus's chorus consisted of twelve persons. The first strophe gives the motive of the chorus for coming; this is what an unknown grammarian (in the hypothesis to the Persians) calls ' παροδικά, ὅτε λέγει (sc. ὁ χορός) δι᾽ ἣν αἰτίαν πάρεστιν.' - The rhythms ( ῥυθμὸς ᾿Ανακρεόντειός ἐστι κεκλασμένος πρὸς τὸ θρηνητικόν, Schol.) are in keeping with the sorrowful tone of the composition (see 144 ff.); they

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190. ἀτέραμνον: cp. 1062. ἀτέραμ- vos is an Homeric word. Cp. Od. xxiii. 167 κῆρ ἀτέραμνον. Hesych. defines it, τὸ μὴ ἐνδιδοῦν, σκληρόν. Cp. ὀργὰς ἀτενεῖς Αg. 71. - στορέσας : meta- phorical; the figure is that of calm- ing the waves after a storm.

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191. εἰς ἀρθμὸν καὶ φιλότητα: so Hom. Hymn iii. 524 κατένευσεν ἐπ᾿ ἀρθμῷ καὶ φιλότητι. Cp. Il. vii. 302 ἐν φιλότητι διέτμαγεν ἀρθμήσαντε.

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210. πολλῶν ὀνομάτων μορφὴ μία: said in order to explain the identifi- cation of Gaea and Themis (cp. 1091), whom the common tradition distin- guished as mother and daughter (so Hesiod Theog. 135, and Aeschylus himself in Eum. 2 Γαῖαν· ἐκ δὲ τῆς Θέμιν). In identifying the two, the poet seems to have followed a local Attic tradition, of which an Attic inscription, Ἱερίας Γῆς Θέμιδος, affords 220. a hint. In Arcadia, Demeter had the cognomen Themis; Paus. viii. 25, 4. Themis in 874 is called Ti- τανίς, as being the mother of the Titans; the poet includes under the term Τιτάν all who belong to the Titan race. Similarly Prometheus, the son of a Titan, is spoken of as Τιτὰν Προμηθεύς, Soph. Ο. C. 56, Eur. Phoen. 1122, Ion 455. Aeschylus, having of his own invention made Prometheus a son of Themis, wished to guard against a possible feeling of bewilderment on the part of his spectators, that the functions given to Gaea in the cosmogonic accounts (see Hesiod Theog. 463, 470, 494, 626, 884) should be transferred outright to Themis.

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more emphatic expression for simple δόλῳ. The position of δόλῳ is due to the antithesis. Cp. Eur. Andr. 215 Θρήκην χιόνι τὴν κατάρρυτον, Soph. Ο. Τ. 139 ἐκεῖνον ὁ κτανών, Demosth. VIII. 28 ταῦτα τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας, ΧΙν. 25 ταῦτα δὲ οἱ κεκτημένοι. The aor- ist ὑπερσχόντας stands in connexion with χρείη κρατεῖν, “those were des- tined to be victors who should have outdone their adversaries in craft."

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Χορός Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι 415 παρθένοι, μάχας ἄτρεστοι, καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαι- ῶτιν ἔχουσι λίμναν, 420

Χορός †Ἀραβίας 5 τ᾽ ἄρειον ἄνθος, 420 ὑψίκρημνον οἳ 6 πόλισμα Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται, 7 δάιος στρατός, ὀξυπρῴ- ροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς. 425

Χορός βοᾷ δὲ πόντιος κλύδων ξυμπίτνων, στένει βυθός, 16 κελαινὸς [δ᾽ 17 ] Ἄιδος ὑποβρέμει μυχὸς γᾶς, παγαί θ᾽ ἁγνορύτων 18 ποταμῶν στένουσιν ἄλγος οἰκτρόν. 435 436

Χορός Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι 415 παρθένοι, μάχας ἄτρεστοι, καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαι- ῶτιν ἔχουσι λίμναν,

Χορός Ἀραβίας τʼ ἄρειον ἄνθος, 420 ὑψίκρημνον οἳ πόλισμα Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται, δάιος στρατός, ὀξυπρῴ- ροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς.

Χορός βοᾷ δὲ πόντιος κλύδων ξυμπίτνων, στένει βυθός, κελαινὸς δʼ Ἄιδος ὑποβρέμει μυχὸς γᾶς, παγαί θʼ ἁγνορύτων ποταμῶν στένουσιν ἄλγος οἰκτρόν. 435

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ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ Ἔα, τί χρῆμα ; καὶ σὺ δὴ πόνων ἐμῶν ἥκεις ἐπόπτης ; πῶς ἐτόλμησας, λιπὼν ἐπώνυμόν τε ῥεῦμα καὶ πετρηρεφῆ 300

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Chorus I mourn your unfortunate fate, Prometheus. Shedding from my eyes a coursing flood of tears I wet my tender cheeks with their moist streams. For Zeus, holding this unenviable power by self-appointed laws, 400 displays towards the gods of old an overweening spirit. 405

Chorus Now the whole earth cries aloud in lamentation; . . . lament the greatness of the glory of your time-hallowed honor, the honor that was yours and your brother’s; and all mortals who make their dwelling place in holy Asia share the anguish of your most lamentable suffering; 410

Chorus And those who dwell in the land of Colchis , the maidens fearless in fight; and the Scythian multitude that inhabits the most remote region of the earth bordering the Maeotic lake; 415

Chorus And the warlike flower of Arabia , which hold the high-cragged citadel near the Caucasus , a hostile host that roars among the sharp-pointed spears. 420

Chorus One other Titan god before this I have seen in distress, enthralled in torment by adamantine bonds—Atlas, pre-eminent in mighty strength, who moans as he supports 425 the vault of heaven on his back. 430

Chorus The waves of the sea utter a cry as they fall, the deep laments, the black abyss of Hades rumbles in response, and the streams of pure-flowing rivers lament your piteous pain. 435

PROMETHEUS

PROMETHEUS.

PROMETEO Sí, per gli amici è gran pietà vedermi.

CORO Non sei forse trascorso ad altro eccesso 290

PROMETEO Dal fissare il destin distolsi gli uomini.

CORO Quale farmaco a tal morbo trovasti ?

PROMETEO Nei lor petti albergai cieche speranze.

CORO Gran beneficio fu questo per gli uomini.

PROMETEO Ed oltre a questo, il fuoco a lor donai. 295

CORO Il fuoco, occhio di fiamma, ora posseggono?

PROMETEO E molte arti dal fuoco apprenderanno.

CORO E Giove, dunque, per queste ragioni...

PROMETEO Cosí m' offende, e il furor suo non placa.

CORO Né della pena è a te prefisso il termine? 300

PROMETEO Quando a lui piaccia: il sol termine è questo.

CORO Potrà piacergli mai? Come lo speri ? In fallo sei, non vedi? Oh!, non m'allegra ricordare il tuo fallo, onde ti crucci. Ma tralasciam questi discorsi. Indaga 305 che spediente i mali tuoi disciolga.

PROMETEO A chi tien fuori dai cordogli il piede, dare consigli a chi patisce è facile.

Meas appulisti, & condolens malis? Inspice spectaculum, hunc Iovis amicum, 310 Constituentem tyrannidem, Quibus doloribus ab ipso afficior.

Acerbus princeps, non subditus imperet. 330

Oce. At ipse nunc tentatum eo, Si potero te his laboribus liberare. Tu verò quiesce, neq; multum garri. An'ne nosti, accurate cum prudens sis, Linguæ vanæ multam adesse? 335

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PROMÉTHÉE

Je t'envie de te trouver hors

Χορός

Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι
415

παρθένοι, μάχας ἄτρεστοι,

καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς

ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαι-

ῶτιν ἔχουσι λίμναν,

420

Χορός

†Ἀραβίας⁵ τ᾽ ἄρειον ἄνθος,
420

ὑψίκρημνον οἳ⁶ πόλισμα

Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται,⁷

δάιος στρατός, ὀξυπρῴ-

ροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς.

425

Χορός

Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι
415

παρθένοι, μάχας ἄτρεστοι,

καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς

ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαι-

ῶτιν ἔχουσι λίμναν,

Χορός

Ἀραβίας τʼ ἄρειον ἄνθος,
420

ὑψίκρημνον οἳ πόλισμα

Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται,

δάιος στρατός, ὀξυπρῴ-

ροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς.

Χορός

βοᾷ δὲ πόντιος κλύδων

ξυμπίτνων, στένει βυθός,

κελαινὸς δʼ Ἄιδος ὑποβρέμει μυχὸς γᾶς,

παγαί θʼ ἁγνορύτων ποταμῶν

στένουσιν ἄλγος οἰκτρόν.
435

ΠΡ.

ἔα, τί χρῆμα λεύσσω; καὶ σὺ δὴ πόνων ἐμῶν

Προμηθεύς

ἔα, τί χρῆμα; καὶ σὺ δὴ πόνων ἐμῶν
300

ἥκεις ἐπόπτης; πῶς ἐτόλμησας, λιπὼν

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ

Ἔα, τί χρῆμα ; καὶ σὺ δὴ πόνων ἐμῶν

ἥκεις ἐπόπτης ; πῶς ἐτόλμησας, λιπὼν

ἐπώνυμόν τε ῥεῦμα καὶ πετρηρεφῆ
300

Chorus

I mourn your unfortunate fate, Prometheus.

Shedding from my eyes a coursing flood of tears I wet my tender cheeks with their moist streams. For Zeus, holding this unenviable power by self-appointed laws,
400

displays towards the gods of old an overweening spirit.
405

Chorus

Now the whole earth cries aloud in lamentation; . . . lament the greatness of the glory of your time-hallowed honor,

the honor that was yours and your brother’s; and all mortals who make their dwelling place in holy Asia share the anguish of your most lamentable suffering;
410

Chorus

And those who dwell in the land of Colchis , the maidens fearless in fight; and the Scythian multitude that inhabits the most remote region of the earth bordering the Maeotic lake;
415

Chorus

And the warlike flower of Arabia , which hold the high-cragged citadel near the Caucasus , a hostile host that roars among the sharp-pointed spears.
420

Chorus

One other Titan god before this I have seen in distress, enthralled in torment by adamantine bonds—Atlas, pre-eminent in mighty strength, who moans as he supports
425

the vault of heaven on his back.
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Chorus

The waves of the sea utter a cry as they fall, the deep laments, the black abyss of Hades rumbles in response, and the streams of pure-flowing rivers

lament your piteous pain.
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PROMETEO

Sí, per gli amici è gran pietà vedermi.

CORO

Non sei forse trascorso ad altro eccesso
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PROMETEO

Dal fissare il destin distolsi gli uomini.

CORO

Quale farmaco a tal morbo trovasti ?

PROMETEO

Nei lor petti albergai cieche speranze.

CORO

Gran beneficio fu questo per gli uomini.

PROMETEO

Ed oltre a questo, il fuoco a lor donai.
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CORO

Il fuoco, occhio di fiamma, ora posseggono?

PROMETEO

E molte arti dal fuoco apprenderanno.

CORO

E Giove, dunque, per queste ragioni...

PROMETEO

Cosí m' offende, e il furor suo non placa.

CORO

Né della pena è a te prefisso il termine?
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PROMETEO

Quando a lui piaccia: il sol termine è questo.

CORO

Potrà piacergli mai? Come lo speri ?

In fallo sei, non vedi? Oh!, non m'allegra

ricordare il tuo fallo, onde ti crucci.

Ma tralasciam questi discorsi. Indaga
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che spediente i mali tuoi disciolga.

PROMETEO

A chi tien fuori dai cordogli il piede,

dare consigli a chi patisce è facile.

Meas appulisti, & condolens malis?

Inspice spectaculum, hunc Iovis amicum,
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Constituentem tyrannidem,

Quibus doloribus ab ipso afficior.

Acerbus princeps, non subditus imperet.
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Oce.

At ipse nunc tentatum eo,

Si potero te his laboribus liberare.

Tu verò quiesce, neq; multum garri.

An'ne nosti, accurate cum prudens sis,

Linguæ vanæ multam adesse?
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