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

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Current edition Experimental

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) (Greek) (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (6)
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.) — 144 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 144 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 144 focus
λεύσσω, Προμηθεῦ· φοβερὰ
150
δ᾽ ἐμοῖσιν ὄσσοις
ὁμίχλη προσῇξε πλήρης
δακρύων, σὸν δέμας εἰσιδοῦσα
πέτραις προσαυαινόμενον
ταῖσδ᾽ ἀδαμαντοδέτοισι λύμαις·
155
νέοι γὰρ οἰακονόμοι
κρατοῦσ᾽ Ὀλύμπου,
νεοχμοῖς δὲ δὴ νόμοις
Ζεὺς ἀθέτως κρατύνει.
τὰ πρὶν δὲ πελώρια νῦν ἀιστοῖ.
160
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 144 focus
Translations (9)
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.) — 144 focus
I see, Prometheus: and a fearful mist full of tears darts over mine eyes, as I looked on thy frame withering on the rocks
in these galling adamantine fetters: for new pilots are the masters of Olympus; and Jove, contrary to right, lords it with new laws, and things aforetime had in reverence he is obliterating.
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 144 focus
au nom de lois nouvelles, Zeus exerce un pouvoir sans règle et détruit aujourd'hui les colosses d'antan.
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 144 focus
I ſee, I ſee; and o'er my eyes,
150
Surcharg'd with ſorrow's tearful rain,.
Dark'ning the miſty clouds ariſe;
I ſee thy adamantine chain;
In its ſtrong graſp thy limbs confin'd,
And withering in the parching wind:
155
Such the ſtern pow'r of heav'n's newſceptred lord,
And lawcontrolling Jove's irrevocable word.
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 144 focus
Ahimè, ahimè!
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 144 focus
Videó Prometheu, horrida meis oculis
Nebula incidit, plena
150
Lachrymis, tuum corpus uidens,
In lapidibus contabefactum
Adamantinis uinculis.
Nouì gubernatores imperant Olympo,
Nouis uerò legibus Iupiter nefarie imperat:
155
Saturnalia quæ antea erant, iam sunt exautorata.
Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 144 focus
PROMETHEUS
So neither seek thy proper grief 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.) — 144 focus
Yea, I behold, Prometheus! and my fears
160
Draw swiftly o'er mine eyes a mist fulfilled of tears,
When I behold thy frame
Bound, wasting on the rock, and put to shame
By adamantine chains!
The rudder and the rule of Heaven
165
Are to strange pilots given:
Zeus with new laws and strong caprice holds sway,
Unkings the ancient Powers, their might constrains,
And thrusts their pride away!
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.) — 144 focus
Ich seh's, Prometheus; um das Auge lagert grauend
Vor Entseyen, schwer von Thränen,
Ein Gewölk, daß ich in Qualen also
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Dich sehen muß schmachtend am Fels,
Duldend die Last diamant'ner Bande !
Denn neue Herrn walten am Steu=
er im Olymp, und der Kroni=
de herrscht, gemäß neuem Gesek, geseklos:
150
Das früher Gewaltige stürzt er nieder.

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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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.

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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.

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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.

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
are furthermore especially appropri- ate to a female chorus.

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147. ἀδαμαντοδέτοισι λύμαις: nearly equivalent to ἀδαμαντίνοις δεσμοῖς λυ- μαντηρίοις (991). Cp. 580 οἰστρηλάτῳ δείματι, Theocr. Epigr. xiii. 4 κηροδέτῳ πνεύματι.

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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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153 f. τοῦ νεκροδέγμονος : cp. Sept. 860 πάνδοκον εἰς ἀφανῆ τε χέρσον, Suppl. 157 τὸν πολυξενώτατον Ζῆνα τῶν κεκμηκότων. In Hom. Hymn v. 9, 17, 430, Hades is called Πολυδέκτης and Πολυδέγμων. Cp. οἰστοδέγμονα θησαυρόν Pers. 1020. – ἀπέραντον : see 1078. δεσμοῖς πελάσας : " and had put me in bonds there as here." For the expression δεσμοῖς πελάσας cp. Eur. Alc. 229 βρόχῳ δέρην οὐρανίῳ πελάσσαι, also ΙΙ. ν. 766 κακῆς ὀδύνῃσι πελάζειν.

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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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157. ὡς . . . ἐπεγήθει: cp. 749; Cho. 195 εἴθ᾽ εἶχε φωνὴν ... ὅπως δίφροντις οὖσα μὴ ᾿κινυσσόμην. GMT. 333. ἐπι- γηθεῖν, like ἐπιχαίρειν (cp. 158 ἐπί- χαρτα, 160 ἐπιχαρῆ) signifies τὸ συν- επιγελᾶν τοῖς ἀλλοτρίοις κακοῖς.