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Φέρ' ὅπως χάρις ἁ χάρις ἄχαρις, ὦ
Str. 2.
φίλος, εἰπέ· ποῦ τίς ἀλκά,
540
τίς ἐφαμερίων ἄρηξις ; οὐδ' ἐδέρχθης
ὀλιγοδρανίαν ἄκικυν
ἰσόνειρον ᾗ τὸ φωτῶν
ἀλαὸν γένος ἐμπεποδισ-
μένον ; οὔποτε < γάρ τοι om.>
545
1
τὰν Διὸς ἁρμονίαν θνα-
τῶν παρεξίασι βουλαί.

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.) — 561-573 focus
Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 561-573 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 545 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 545 focus
θνητοὺς ἄγαν, Προμηθεῦ.
στρ. β'.
φέρ' ὅπως ἄχαρις χάρις· ὦ φίλος, εἰπέ, ποῦ τις ἀλκά;
τίς ἐφαμερίων ἄρηξις; οὐδ᾽ ἐδέρκης
545
ὀλιγοδρανίαν ἄκικυν,
ἰσόνειρον, ᾧ τὸ φωτῶν
ἀλαὸν 1 γένος ἐμπεποδισμένον; οὔπως
τὰν Διὸς ἁρμονίαν
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 545 focus
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 545 focus
φέρ᾽ ὅπως ἄχαρις χάρις, ὦ φίλος·
εἰπέ, ποῦ τίς ἀλκά;
τίς ἐφαμερίων ἄρηξις; οὐδ᾽ ἐδέρχθης
545
ὀλιγοδρανίαν ἄκικυν ἰσόνειρον,
ἆι τὸ φωτῶν ἀλαὸν γένος ἐμπεπο-
δισμένον; οὔποτε (πολλαί)
τὰν Διὸς ἁρμονίαν θνα-
τῶν παρεξίασι βουλαί. –
550
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Translations (8)
Prometheus Bound Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 561-570 focus
Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 545 focus
Come, my friend, own how boonless was the boon; say where is any aid? What relief can come from the creatures of a day? Sawest thou not the powerless weakness, nought better than a dream, in which the blind race of men is entangled? Never shall at any time the schemes of mortals evade the harmonious system of Jupiter.
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 545 focus
l'âme épanouie en radieuses délices. Mais je
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 545 focus
Vain thy ardor, vain thy grace,
They nor force nor aid repay;
Like a dream man's feeble race,
Shortliv'd reptiles of a day.
Shall their weak devices move
560
Th' order'd harmony of Jove?
Touch'd with pity of thy pain,
All ſad and ſlow I pour the moral ſtrain;
Chang'd from that melting vein,
When the light mellifluous meaſure
565
Round thy bath, and round thy bed
For our ſeanymph ſiſter ſpread,
Awoke young love and bridal pleaſure,
And pour'd the ſoul of harmony,
To greet the bright Heſione.
570
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 545 focus
Ecco quali mercedi
sono or compenso, amico, alle tue grazie.
Dove or trovi negli uomini
alcun sostegno, alcun soccorso? Vedi
640
la fiacca inettitudine,
simile ai sogni vani,
che, in ceppi, degli umani
stringe le cieche torme?
Non mai voler d'efimeri
645
potrà di Giove vïolar le norme.
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 545 focus
Age quomodo ingrata
540
Gratia, ô amice dic, ubi aliquod subsidium?
Quis mortalium auxilium præbet? neq; vidisti
Languorem immobilem, somnij similem, quo
Hominum cæcum genus impeditum.
Nunquam Iouis concentum mortalium
545
Euitant consilia.
English (E. D. A. Morshead, 1908) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound — Morshead translation. Wikisource transcription; speech corresp and card milestones aligned to Smyth perseus-grc2.) — 545 focus
What aid, 'gainst wrath of Heaven,
Could mortal man afford? in vain thy gift
590
To things so powerless!
Could'st thou not see? they are as dreams that drift;
Their strength is feebleness—
A purblind race, in hopeless fetters bound,
They have no craft or skill,
595
That could o'erreach the ordinance profound
Of the eternal will.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1854; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylos. Deutsch in den Versmaßen der Urschrift. Stuttgart: Hoffmann, 1854. Native Donner line citations, Smyth card correspondence, selected textual readings and metrical facsimiles. Remaining OCR differences and unattributed reading notes are documented in the linked review inventory.) — 545 focus
O wie fehlt für die Liebe die Liebe!
Wer, Theurer, kann dich retten
Von den Söhnen des Tags, wer steht dir bei? Du sah'st nicht,
Wie die nichtige Kraft der Unmacht,
Traumgestalten gleich, die Menschen,
545
Dieß blinde Geschlecht, in Bande verstrickt hält?
Nimmer vermag Zeus' ewigem Rath
Der Menschen Wille vorzugreifen.
Zweite Gegenstrophe.

Notes on the current edition

Prometheus Bound

1. 541 <χαλκευμάτων> Fritzsche

Commentary

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

539. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-607

δερκομένα:
δερκομένα
M. G. Vit. Lips. Aug. Cantabr. 1. Ven. 2. Par. A. B. C. N.
δερκομένη
editiones.

540. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-608

μόχθοις:
μόχθοις
ultimis duabus litteris a sec. manu M. Metra ostendunt deesse hic quattuor syllabas paeonem tertium efficientes. Excidisse videtur adverbium crudeliter vel immiserabiliter significans.

542. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-609

γνώμᾳ:
γνώμᾳ
M. et Mosq. 1.
γνώμῃ
G. Vit. Lips. Aug. edd. vett. Sciens ignaris verae scripturae
αὐτόνῳ γνώμᾳ
adnumeror. V. ad v. 534.

542. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-610

σέβει:
σέβη
vel
σέβῃ
libri.

543. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-611

θνητοὺς:
θνητούς
Lips. superscripto
ο
, et ceteri.
θνητοῖς
Ald. Rob.

544. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-612

ἄχαρις χάρις:
ἄχαρις
(non χάρις)
ἄχαρις
Μ.
χάρις ἄχαρις
ceteri.
ἄχαρις χάρις
primus Turnebus. Alio sensu Plutarchus de Socratis genio p. 583. F.
καὶ μὴν οὐδὲ ἀργόν, ἔφη, καθισόμεθα φρουροῦντες οἴκοι τὸν πλοῦτον· ἄχαρις γὰρ ἂν οὕτως ἡ χάρις καὶ ἄτιμος ἡ κτῆσις
. Aeschylus, ut hic, sic Agam. 1510. Choeph. 40.

544. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-613

εἰπέ, ποῦ τις ἀλκά: Plene interpunxi ante
ὦ φίλος
. Nam quod Blomfieldio placet,
ὅπως
cum
εἰπέ
construendum esse, sententiam praebet alienam ab huius loci ratione. Tantum abest enim ut chorus expediri sibi velit quomodo homines ingrati esse potuerint, ut id in illa eorum imbecillitate non posse non ita esse ipse fateatur. Scholiastarum alii
ὅπως
per
ἐπεί
explicant, alii vel interpretantur
φέρε
per
σκόπει
, vel intelligi hoc verbum volunt. Et profecto haec debet in his verbis sententia esse, en, ut ingrata gratia est. Recte
εἰπὲ ποῦ τίς ἀλκά
cum duplici interrogatione Vit.
εἰπὲ ποῦ τις ἀλκά
M. G. et Lips. in quo fuerat
ἀλκή
: male lectis litteris
εἰπὲ ποῦ τις ἀλληλὰ
Aug.
εἰπέ που τις
Ald. Rob.
εἰπέ που τίς
Turn. quod ineptissime dictum.

545. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-614

ἐφαμερίων:
ἐφαμέρων
G.

546. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-615

ὀλιγοδρανίαν:
ὀλιγοδρανίαν
Μ. G. aliique.
ὀλιγοδρανειαν
Vit.
ὀλιγοδρανίᾳ
Lips. Aug. edd. vett.
ὀλιγοδρανοῦσαν
non in G. est, sed commemoratum a Turnebo.

546. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-616

ἄκικυν:
ἄκικυν
ultimis tribus litteris a sec. manu M.

547. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-617

ᾧ: Quoniam in antistrophico versu libri habent
καὶ λέχος σὸν ὑμεναίουν
, erat quum putarem
ἰσόνειρον
ex interpretatione receptum esse pro
ὑπνόνειρον
. Sic enim talia explicant grammatici, similiterque in Choeph. v. 316.
ἰσόμοιρον
male scriptum est pro
ἀντίμοιρον
. Atque iussit ita scribi Reisigius in enarratione Oed. Col. ad v. 186. Nihil valet ad defendendam productam in
ἰσόνειρον
primam syllabam comparatum a Dindorfio
ἰσόθεος
, nec Pindari
ἰσοδαίμων
accipio. Sed ut antistrophicum potius versum emendemus numerorum ratio admonet, quae versum Anacreonteum eo magis commendat, quod, si hi trochaei essent, parum scite
καὶ
in antistrophico versu graviorem ictum haberet.
ᾧ
in litura, a sec. manu scripto, ut sub litura
o
apparere videatur, M. G.
ᾧ
, superscripto
ς
, Lips.
αἷς
Colb. 1. Bess. Ald.
ὃ
Rob. Turn. Omittit hoc pronomen Vit.

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

526-560. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-358

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2
526-560. Second Stasimon. The subject - praise of peace with Heaven and a tranquil life - is sug- gested by the words of the cory- phaeus 519 τί γὰρ πέπρωται Ζηνὶ πλὴν ἀεὶ κρατεῖν ; The dactylo-epitritic rhythm corresponds with this senti- ment, and 'affords, in the midst of the heat of tragic pathos, a moment of refreshing coolness and cheerful calm' (Westphal). ποτε ἀντίπαλον κράτος ποιοῖτο τῇ ἐμῇ γνώμῃ, ἀντὶ τοῦ μηδέποτε ἐναντίος μοι γένοιτο, Schol. – θεῖτο κράτος ἀντίπα- λον: see on 163.

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3
4
543. ἰδίᾳ: gives the right sense, but the metre requires a cretic. Probably idíą has replaced μουνάδι, as a gloss. Cp. ἰδιογνώμων and μονο- γνώμων, also μονόφρων Ag. 757; Pers. 734 μονάδα δὲ Ξέρξην ἔρημόν φασιν ... μολεῖν, Eur. Andr. 855 μονάδ᾽ ἔρημον οὖσαν, Bacch. 609 μονάδ᾽ ἐρημίαν, Phoen. 1520 μονάδ᾽ αἰῶνα. The tragic poets use the Ionic form μοῦνος for metrical convenience. Cp. 804 and note on 345.

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6
544 f. φέρ᾿ ὅπως : pregnant, look how. δεῦρο δὴ καὶ σκόπησον, Schol. - ἄχαρις χάρις: ἡ χάρις ἣν ἐχαρίσω τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἄχαρις ἦν καὶ ἀμείψασθαί σε μὴ δυναμένη, Schol. Cp. Ag. 1545 ἄχαριν χάριν ἀντ᾽ ἔργων μεγάλων ἀδίκως ἐπικρᾶναι, Cho. 42 τοιάνδε χάριν ἀχάρι- τον ἀπότροπον κακῶν, Eur. Iph. Τ. 566, Phoen. 1757, and the Homeric "Ipos ῎Αϊρος (Od. xviii. 73); also note on 904. – ποῦ τίς: see on πῇ πότε, 99.

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8
546 f. ἐφαμερίων : see on 83. With this description of human helpless- ness, cp. Ar. Αυ. 685 ἄγε δὴ φύσιν ἄνδρες ἀμαυρόβιοι, φύλλων γενεᾷ προσό- μοιοι, ὀλιγοδρανέες, πλάσματα πηλοῦ, σκιοειδέα φῦλ᾽ ἀμενηνά, ἀπτῆνες ἐφη- μέριοι, ταλαοὶ βροτοὶ, ἀνέρες εἰκελόνειροι. · ὀλιγοδρανίαν: with epic quantity before δρ. Homer uses the parti- ciple ὀλιγοδρανέων as equivalent to ὀλιγηπελέων. Cp. Orph. Argon. 432 ἀνθρώπων ὀλιγοδρανέων πολυεθνέα φύτ- λην ἤειδον. – ἄκικυς : ἀσθενής, ἀδύνατος, Hesych. Cp. Aesch. Frg. 230 σοὶ δ᾽ οὐκ ἔνεστι κῖκυς οὐδ᾽ αἱμόρρυτοι φλέβες, Od. xi. 393 ἀλλ᾽ οὐ γάρ οἱ ἔτ᾽ ἦν ἐς ἔμπεδος οὐδέ τι κίκυς.