Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead (Translator), 101

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Truce to this utterance! to its dimmest verge

I do foreknow the future, hour by hour,

Nor can whatever pang may smite me now

Smite with surprise. The destiny ordained

I must endure to the best, for well I wot
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That none may challenge with Necessity.

Yet is it past my patience, to reveal,

Or to conceal, these issues of my doom.

Since I to mortals brought prerogatives,

Unto this durance dismal am I bound:
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Yea, I am he who in a fennel-stalk,

By stealthy sleight, purveyed the fount of fire,

The teacher, proven thus, and arch-resource

Of every art that aideth mortal men.

Such was my sin: I earn its recompense,
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Rock-riveted, and chained in height and cold.

Prometheus Bound. Aeschylus. Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead (Translator). . .

Current edition Experimental

English (E. D. A. Morshead, 1908) (OCR draft) (English) (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound — Morshead translation. Wikisource transcription; speech corresp and card milestones aligned to Smyth perseus-grc2.)

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Editions (7)

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 128-194 focus

str. 1

Χορός

μηδὲν φοβηθῇς: φιλία γὰρ ἅδε¹ τάξις

πτερύγων θοαῖς ἁμίλλαις

προσέβα τόνδε πάγον, πατρῴας
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μόγις παρειποῦσα φρένας.

κραιπνοφόροι δέ μ᾽ ἔπεμψαν αὖραι:

κτύπου γὰρ ἀχὼ χάλυβος διῇξεν ἄντρων

μυχόν, ἐκ δ᾽ ἔπληξέ μου τὰν θεμερῶπιν² αἰδῶ:

σύθην δ᾽ ἀπέδιλος ὄχῳ πτερωτῷ.
135
136

Προμηθεύς

αἰαῖ αἰαῖ,³

τῆς πολυτέκνου Τηθύος ἔκγονα,

τοῦ περὶ πᾶσάν θ᾽ εἱλισσομένου

χθόν᾽ ἀκοιμήτῳ ῥεύματι παῖδες

πατρὸς Ὠκεανοῦ,
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δέρχθητ᾽, ἐσίδεσθ᾽ οἵῳ δεσμῷ,

προσπορπατὸς⁴ τῆσδε φάραγγος

σκοπέλοις ἐν ἄκροις

φρουρὰν ἄζηλον ὀχήσω.

144

ant. 1

Χορός

λεύσσω, Προμηθεῦ: φοβερὰ⁵ δ᾽ ἐμοῖσιν ὄσσοις
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ὁμίχλα προσῇξε πλήρης

δακρύων σὸν δέμας εἰσιδοῦσαν⁶

πέτραις προσαυαινόμενον

ταῖσδ᾽⁷ ἀδαμαντοδέτοισι λύμαις:

νέοι γὰρ οἰακονόμοι κρατοῦσ᾽ Ὀλύμπου:

νεοχμοῖς δὲ δὴ νόμοις Ζεὺς ἀθέτως⁸ κρατύνει,
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τὰ πρὶν δὲ πελώρια νῦν ἀιστοῖ.

152

Προμηθεύς

εἰ γάρ μ᾽ ὑπὸ γῆν νέρθεν θ᾽⁹ Ἅιδου

τοῦ νεκροδέγμονος εἰς ἀπέραντον

Τάρταρον ἧκεν,

δεσμοῖς ἀλύτοις ἀγρίως¹⁰ πελάσας,
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ὡς μήτε¹¹ θεὸς μήτε τις ἄλλος

τοῖσδ᾽ ἐπεγήθει.

νῦν δ᾽ αἰθέριον κίνυγμ᾽ ὁ τάλας

ἐχθροῖς ἐπίχαρτα πέπονθα.

160

str. 2

Χορός

τίς ὧδε τλησικάρδιος
160

θεῶν, ὅτῳ τάδ᾽ ἐπιχαρῆ;

τίς οὐ ξυνασχαλᾷ κακοῖς

τεοῖσι, δίχα γε Διός; ὁ δ᾽ ἐπικότως ἀεὶ¹²

θέμενος ἄγναμπτον νόον

δάμναται οὐρανίαν
165

γένναν, οὐδὲ λήξει, πρὶν ἂν ἢ κορέσῃ κέαρ,

ἢ παλάμᾳ τινὶ τὰν δυσάλωτον ἕλῃ τις ἀρχάν.

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Προμηθεύς

ἦ μὴν ἔτ᾽ ἐμοῦ,¹³ καίπερ κρατεραῖς

ἐν γυιοπέδαις¹⁴ αἰκιζομένου,

χρείαν ἕξει μακάρων πρύτανις,
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δεῖξαι τὸ νέον βούλευμ᾽ ὑφ᾽¹⁵ ὅτου

σκῆπτρον τιμάς τ᾽ ἀποσυλᾶται.

καί μ᾽ οὔτε¹⁶ μελιγλώσσοις πειθοῦς

ἐπαοιδαῖσιν θέλξει, στερεάς τ᾽

οὔποτ᾽ ἀπειλὰς πτήξας τόδ᾽ ἐγὼ
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καταμηνύσω,

πρὶν ἂν ἐξ ἀγρίων δεσμῶν χαλάσῃ

ποινάς τε τίνειν¹⁷

τῆσδ᾽¹⁸ αἰκίας ἐθελήσῃ.

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ant. 2

Χορός

σὺ μὲν θρασύς τε καὶ πικραῖς
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δύαισιν οὐδὲν ἐπιχαλᾷς,

ἄγαν δ᾽ ἐλευθεροστομεῖς.

ἐμὰς δὲ φρένας ἐρέθισε¹⁹ διάτορος φόβος:

δέδια δ᾽²⁰ ἀμφὶ σαῖς τύχαις,

πᾷ²¹ ποτε τῶνδε πόνων
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χρή σε τέρμα κέλσαντ᾽ ἐσιδεῖν: ἀκίχητα γὰρ

ἤθεα καὶ κέαρ ἀπαράμυθον²² ἔχει Κρόνου παῖς.

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Προμηθεύς

οἶδ᾽ ὅτι τραχὺς καὶ²³ παρ᾽ ἑαυτῷ

τὸ δίκαιον ἔχων Ζεύς: ἀλλ᾽ ἔμπας [ὀίω]²⁴

μαλακογνώμων
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ἔσται ποθ᾽, ὅταν ταύτῃ ῥαισθῇ:²⁵

τὴν δ᾽ ἀτέραμνον στορέσας ὀργὴν

εἰς ἀρθμὸν ἐμοὶ καὶ φιλότητα

σπεύδων σπεύδοντί ποθ᾽ ἥξει.

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Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 128-195 focus

Χορός

μηδὲν φοβηθῇς· φιλία

γὰρ ἅδε τάξις πτερύγων

θοαῖς ἁμίλλαις προσέβα

τόνδε πάγον, πατρῴας
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μόγις παρειποῦσα φρένας.

κραιπνοφόροι δέ μʼ ἔπεμψαν αὖραι·

κτύπου γὰρ ἀχὼ χάλυβος

διῇξεν ἄντρων μυχόν, ἐκ

δʼ ἔπληξέ μου τὰν θεμερῶπιν αἰδῶ·

σύθην δʼ ἀπέδιλος ὄχῳ πτερωτῷ.
135

136

Προμηθεύς

αἰαῖ αἰαῖ,

τῆς πολυτέκνου Τηθύος ἔκγονα,

τοῦ περὶ πᾶσάν θʼ εἱλισσομένου

χθόνʼ ἀκοιμήτῳ ῥεύματι παῖδες

πατρὸς, Ὠκεανοῦ,
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δέρχθητʼ, ἐσίδεσθʼ οἵῳ δεσμῷ,

προσπορπατὸς τῆσδε φάραγγος

σκοπέλοις ἐν ἄκροις

φρουρὰν ἄζηλον ὀχήσω.

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Χορός

λεύσσω, Προμηθεῦ· φοβερὰ

δʼ ἐμοῖσιν ὄσσοις ὀμίχλα
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προσῇξε πλήρης δακρύων

σὸν δέμας εἰσιδούσᾳ

πέτραις προσαυαινόμενον

ταῖσδʼ ἀδαμαντοδέτοισι λύμαις.

νέοι γὰρ οἰακονόμοι
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κρατοῦσʼ, Ὀλύμπου· νεοχμοῖς

δὲ δὴ νόμοις Ζεὺς ἀθέτως κρατύνει.

τὰ πρὶν δὲ πελώρια νῦν ἀιστοῖ.

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Προμηθεύς

εἰ γάρ μʼ ὑπὸ γῆν νέρθεν θʼ Ἅιδου

τοῦ νεκροδέγμονος εἰς ἀπέρατον

Τάρταρον ἧκεν,

δεσμοῖς ἀλύτοις ἀγρίως πελάσας,
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ὡς μήτε θεὸς μήτε τις ἄλλος

τοῖσδʼ ἐπεγήθει.

νῦν δʼ αἰθέριον κίνυγμʼ ὁ τάλας

ἐχθροῖς ἐπίχαρτα πέπονθα.

160

Χορός

τίς ὧδε τλησικάρδιος
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θεῶν, ὅτῳ τάδʼ ἐπιχαρῆ;

τίς οὐ ξυνασχαλᾷ κακοῖς

τεοῖσι, δίχα γε Διός; ὁ δʼ ἐπικότως ἀεὶ

θέμενος ἄγναμπτον νόον

δάμναται Οὐρανίαν
165

γένναν, οὐδὲ λήξει, πρὶν ἂν ἢ κορέσῃ κέαρ ἢ παλάμᾳ τινὶ

τὰν δυσάλωτον ἕλῃ τις ἀρχάν.

168

Προμηθεύς

ἦ μὴν ἔτʼ ἐμοῦ, καίπερ κρατεραῖς

ἐν γυιοπέδαις αἰκιζομένου,

χρείαν ἕξει μακάρων πρύτανις,
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δεῖξαι τὸ νέον βούλευμʼ ὑφʼ ὅτου

σκῆπτρον τιμάς τʼ ἀποσυλᾶται.

καί μʼ οὔτι μελιγλώσσοις πειθοῦς

ἐπαοιδαῖσιν θέλξει, στερεάς τʼ

οὔποτʼ ἀπειλὰς πτήξας τόδʼ ἐγὼ
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καταμηνύσω,

πρὶν ἂν ἐξ ἀγρίων δεσμῶν χαλάσῃ

ποινάς τε τίνειν

τῆσδʼ αἰκείας ἐθελήσῃ.

180

Χορός

σὺ μὲν θρασύς τε καὶ πικραῖς
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δύαισιν οὐδὲν ἐπιχαλᾷς,

ἄγαν δʼ ἐλευθεροστομεῖς.

ἐμὰς δὲ φρένας ἐρέθισε διάτορος φόβος·

δέδια δʼ ἀμφὶ σαῖς τύχαις,

πᾷ ποτε τῶνδε πόνων
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χρή σε τέρμα κέλ-

σαντʼ ἐσιδεῖν· ἀκίχητα γὰρ ἤθεα καὶ κέαρ

ἀπαράμυθον ἔχει Κρόνου παῖς.

189

Προμηθεύς

οἶδʼ ὅτι τραχὺς καὶ παρʼ ἑαυτῷ

τὸ δίκαιον ἔχων Ζεύς. ἀλλʼ ἔμπας ὀίω
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μαλακογνώμων

ἔσται ποθʼ, ὅταν ταύτῃ ῥαισθῇ·

τὴν δʼ ἀτέραμνον στορέσας ὀργὴν

εἰς ἀρθμὸν ἐμοὶ καὶ φιλότητα

σπεύδων σπεύδοντί ποθʼ ἥξει.
195

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 101 focus

καίτοι τί φημι; πάντα προυξεπίσταμαι

σκεθρῶς τὰ μέλλοντ', οὐδέ μοι ποταίνιον

πῆμ᾽ οὐδὲν ἥξει. τὴν πεπρωμένην δὲ χρὴ

αἶσαν φέρειν ὡς ῥᾶστα, γιγνώσκονθ᾽ ὅτι

τὸ τῆς ἀνάγκης ἔστ᾽ ἀδήριτον σθένος.
105

ἀλλ᾽ οὔτε σιγᾶν οὔτε μὴ σιγᾶν τύχας

οἷόν τέ μοι τάσδ᾽ ἐστί. θνητοῖς γὰρ γέρα

πορὼν ἀναγκαις ταῖσδ᾽ ἐνέζευγμαι τάλας·

ναρθηκοπλήρωτον δὲ θηρῶμαι πυρὸς

πηγὴν κλοπαίαν, ἢ διδάσκαλος τέχνης
110

πάσης βροτοῖς πέφηνε καὶ μέγας πόρος.

τοιῶνδε ποινὰς ἀμπλακημάτων τίνω

ὑπαιθρίοις δεσμυῖσι προσπεπαρμένος.

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 101 focus

καίτοι τί φημι; πάντα προὐξεπίσταμαι

σκεθρῶς τὰ μέλλοντ', οὐδέ μοι ποταίνιον

πῆμ' οὐδὲν ἥξει. τὴν πεπρωμένην δὲ χρὴ

αἶσαν φέρειν ὡς ῥᾷστα, γιγνώσκονθ᾽ ὅτι

τὸ τῆς ἀνάγκης ἔστ᾽ ἀδήριτον σθένος.
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ἀλλ᾽ οὔτε σιγᾶν οὔτε μὴ σιγᾶν τύχας

οἷόν τέ μοι τάςδ᾽ ἐστί. θνητοῖς γὰρ γέρα

πορὼν ἀνάγκαις ταῖςδ᾽ ἐνέζευγμαι τάλας·

ναρθηκοπλήρωτον δὲ θηρῶμαι πυρὸς

πηγὴν κλοπαίαν, ἣ διδάσκαλος τέχνης
110

πάσης βροτοῖς πέφηνε καὶ μέγας πόρος.

τοιάςδε ποινὰς ἀμπλακημάτων τίνω,

ὑπαίθριος δεσμοῖσι πασσαλευτὸς ὤν.

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 101 focus

Καίτοι τί φημι ; πάντα προὐξεπίσταμαι

σκεθρῶς τὰ μέλλοντ', οὐδέ μοι ποταίνιον

πῆμ' οὐδὲν ἥξει· τὴν πεπρωμένην δὲ χρὴ

αἶσαν φέρειν ὡς ῥᾷστα, γιγνώσκονθ' ὅτι

τὸ τῆς ἀνάγκης ἔστ' ἀδήριτον σθένος.
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Ἀλλ' οὔτε σιγᾶν οὔτε μὴ σιγᾶν τύχας

οἷόν τέ μοι τάσδ' ἐστί· θνητοῖς γὰρ γέρα

πορὼν ἀνάγκαις ταῖσδ' ἐνέζευγμαι τάλας·

ναρθηκοπλήρωτον δὲ θηρῶμαι πυρὸς

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ

πηγὴν κλοπαίαν, ἣ διδάσκαλος τέχνης
110

πάσης βροτοῖς πέφηνε καὶ μέγας πόρος·

τοιῶνδε τοιάσδε ποινὰς ἀμπλακημάτων τίνω

ὑπαίθριος δεσμοῖς πεπασσαλευμένος πασσαλευμένος seu πασσαλευτός.

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 101 focus

καίτοι τί φημί, πάντα προεξεπίσταμαι

σκεθρῶς τὰ μέλλοντ', οὐδέ μοι ποταίνιον

πῆμ᾽ οὐδὲν ἥξει. τὴν πεπρωμένην δὲ χρὴ

αἶσαν φέρειν ὡς ῥᾷστα, γιγνώσκονθ᾽ ὅτι

τὸ τῆς ἀνάγκης ἔστ᾽ ἀδήριτον σθένος.
105

ἀλλ᾽ οὔτε σιγᾶν οὔτε μὴ σιγᾶν τύχας

οἷόν τέ μοι τάσδ᾽ ἐστί. θνητοῖς γὰρ γέρα

¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷

δῖος διὸς⁸ παμμῆτόρ παμμητόρ παμμήτωρ αἰκίαισιν αἰκίαισι ἐξηῦρ᾽ ἐξεῦρο πῇ ποί⁹ πεπρωμένην πεπρωμένην ¹⁰

PROMETHEVS VINCTVS. 9

πορὼν ἀνάγκαις ταῖσδ᾽ ἐνέζευγμαι τάλας.

ναρθηκοπλήρωτον δὲ θηρῶμαι πυρὸς

πηγὴν κλοπαίαν, ἣ διδάσκαλος τέχνης

110

πάσης βροτοῖς πέφηνε καὶ μέγας πόρος.

τοιῶνδε ποινὰς ἀμπλακημάτων τίνω,

ὑπαιθρίοις δεσμοῖσι προυσελούμενος.

Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 101 focus

καίτοι τί φημί; πάντα προὐξεπίσταμαι

σκεθρῶς τὰ μέλλοντ᾽, οὐδέ μοι ποταίνιον

πῆμ᾽ οὐδὲν ἥξει. τὴν πεπρωμένην δὲ χρή

αἶσαν φέρειν ὡς ῥᾶιστα, γιγνώσκονθ᾽ ὅτι

τὸ τῆς ἀνάγκης ἔστ᾽ ἀδήριτον σθένος.
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ἀλλ᾽ οὔτε σιγᾶν οὔτε μὴ σιγᾶν τύχας

οἷόν τέ μοι τάσδ᾽ ἐστί. θνητοῖς γὰρ γέρα

πορὼν ἀνάγκαις ταῖσδ᾽ ἐνέζευγμαι τάλας·

ναρθηκοπλήρωτον δὲ θηρῶμαι πυρός

πηγὴν κλοπαίαν, ἢ διδάσκαλος τέχνης
110

πάσης βροτοῖς πέφηνε καὶ μέγας πόρος.

τοιῶνδε ποινὰς ἀμπλακημάτων τίνων

ὑπαίθριος δεσμοῖσι πασσαλεύομαι.

Translations (8)

Prometheus Bound Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 128-195 focus

Chorus

Do not fear! For our group has come in swift rivalry of wings to this crag

as friend to you, having won our father’s consent as best we might. The swift-coursing breezes bore me on; for the reverberation of the clang of iron pierced the depths of our caves and drove my grave modesty away in fright;
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unsandalled I have hastened in a winged car.
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136

Prometheus

Alas! Alas! Offspring of fruitful Tethys and of him who with his sleepless current encircles the whole earth, children of your

father Oceanus, behold, see with what fetters, upon the summit crag of this ravine, I am to hold my unenviable watch.
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144

Chorus

I see, Prometheus;

and over my eyes a mist of tears and fear spread as I saw your body withering ignominiously upon this rock in these bonds of adamant. For there are new rulers in heaven, and Zeus governs with
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lawless customs; that which was mighty before he now brings to nothing.
150

152

Prometheus

Oh if only he had hurled me below the earth, yes beneath Hades, the entertainer of the dead, into impassable Tartarus,

and had ruthlessly fastened me in fetters no hand can loose, so that neither god nor any other might have gloated over this agony I feel! But, now, a miserable plaything of the winds, I suffer pains to delight my enemies.
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160

Chorus

Who of the gods is so hard of heart as to exult in this? Who does not sympathize with your woes—save only Zeus? But he in malice, has set his soul inflexibly
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and keeps in subjection the race sprung from Uranus; nor will he stop, until he has satiated his soul or another seizes his impregnable empire by some device of guile.
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168

Prometheus

Truly the day shall come when, although I am tortured in stubborn fetters,

the prince of the blessed will need me to reveal the new design whereby he shall be stripped of his sceptre and his dignities. Not by persuasion’s honeyed enchantments will he charm me;
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and I will never, cowering before his dire threats, divulge this secret, until he releases me from my cruel bonds and provides compensation for this outrage.
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180

Chorus

You are bold, and do not yield to your bitter pangs; you give too much license to your tongue. But my soul is agitated by piercing fear, and I am in dread about your fate,
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wondering to what haven you must steer your ship to see an end of your voyage of sorrow. For the heart of Cronus’ son is hardened against entreaty and his ways are inexorable.
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189

Prometheus

I know that Zeus is harsh and

keeps justice in his own hands; but nevertheless one day his judgement will soften, when he has been crushed in the way that I know.¹Then, calming down his stubborn wrath, he shall at last bond with me in union and friendship,
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as eager as I am to welcome him.
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Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 101 focus

And yet what is it I am saying? I know beforehand all futurity exactly, and no suffering will come upon me unlooked-for. But I needs must bear my doom as easily as may be, knowing as I do, that the might of Necessity cannot be resisted.

But yet it is not possible for me either to hold my peace, or not to hold my peace touching these my fortunes. For having bestowed boons upon mortals, I am enthralled unhappy in these hardships. And I am he that searched out the source of fire, by stealth borne-off enclosed in a fennel-rod

, which has shewn itself a teacher of every art to mortals, and a great resource. Such then as this is the vengeance that I endure for my trespasses, being rivetted in fetters beneath the naked sky.

PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 101 focus

Mais que dis-je ? Tout entier, d'avance, sais-je pas l'avenir ? Nul malheur ne viendra sur moi que je n'aie prévu. Il faut porter d'un cœur léger le sort qui vous est fait
et comprendre qu'on ne lutte pas contre la force du Destin. Pourtant taire ces maux m'est aussi impossible que ne pas les taire. Oui, c'est pour avoir fait un don aux mortels que je ploie sous ce joug de douleurs, infortuné ! Un jour, au creux d'une férule, j'emporte mon butin, la semence de

PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ

PROMÉTHÉE

feu par moi dérobée, qui s'est révélée pour les hommes un maître de tous les arts, un trésor sans prix.

Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 101 focus

Shall come on me: behoves me then to bear

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Patient my deſtin'd fate, knowing how vain

To ſtruggle with neceſſity's ſtrong pow'r.

But to complain, or not complain, alike

Is unavailable. For favours ſhown

To mortal man I bear this weight of woe;

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Hid in an hollow cane the fount of fire

I privately convey'd, of ev'ry art

Productive, and the nobleſt gift to men.

And for this ſlight offence, woe, woe is me!

I bear theſe chains, fix'd to this ſavage rock,

120

Unſhelter'd from th' inclemencies of th' air.

Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 101 focus

Sii pur tenero, tu. Ma la protervia,

l'ira, l'asprezza mia, non rampognarmi.

EFESTO

Andiam: ché tutto di catene è cinto.

POTERE

Si volge a Prometeo.

Superbisci ora qui. Trafuga ai Numi

i loro doni, ed offrili agli efimeri.

Alleviare in che ti posson gli uomini

or dalle pene? I Dèmoni, Promèteo
100

ti chiamarono a torto: hai tu bisogno

d'un preveggente a uscir da questo intrico.

Efesto, Potere e Forza si allontanano.

PROMETEO

O divo ètere, o snelle ali dei venti,

fonti dei fiumi, e dei marini flutti

infinito sorriso, e te, che madre
105

sei d'ogni cosa, o Terra, invoco, e te,

che tutto miri, orbe del Sol! Vedete

ciò ch'io, Celeste, dai Celesti soffro !

Or vedete da quali travagli

lanïato, per mille e mille anni
110

patirò. Tali turpi catene

a mio danno rinvenne il novello

Signor dei Celesti.

Ahimè, ahi!, dell'affanno presente,

del venturo io mi lagno. Deh!, quando
115

sarà l'ora che il termine segni

di questi tormenti ?

Ma via, che dico? A parte a parte tutto

ciò che sarà, prevedo; e non può giungermi

niun cordoglio imprevisto. Adesso il fato,
120

meglio ch'io possa, sopportar conviene :

ché del destino abbattere la possa

nessuno vale.

E pur, della mia sorte

né favellare né tacere io posso.
125

Ché per un dono che ai mortali io porsi,

sotto il giogo sono io di tal destino:

la furtiva predai fonte del fuoco

nascosta entro la fèrula, che agli uomini

Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 101 focus

Et certè quid dicó? omnia præscio

Exaſtè futura, neque mihi nouum

Detrimentum ullum ueniet, fatum uerò oportet

Conſtitutum ferre me, quàm facilè cognoscentem;
110

Robur necesſitatis inexpugnabile esse.

Sed neque tacere, neque non tacere fortunas

Has mihi licet: mortalibus præmia

Præbens, necesſitates has iam subeó miser.

Ferulam plenam ignis capio,
115

Fontem furtiuum, qui præceptor artis

Omnis mortalibus fuit, & magnum emolumentum.

Tales uerò pænas peccatorum pendó,

Subdialis uinculis ligatus,

Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 101 focus

PROMETHEUS

The will of Zeus, but 'twas Hephaestos' hand.

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.) — 101 focus

Und doch - was sag' ich? Alles weiß ich klar voraus,

Was künftig sein wird; unerwartet naht sich mir

Niemals ein Leiden. Mein Verhängniß muß ich denn,

So leicht ich kann, ertragen, wohl' erkenn' ich ja,

Daß unbezwingbar deine Macht, Nothwendigkeit!
105

Doch schweigen und nicht schweigen über mein Geschick,

Unmöglich ist mir Beides. Weil ich Armer Heil

Der Erde Söhnen brachte, trag' ich dieses Joch.

Im Ferulstabe barg ich und entwandte schlau

Den Quell des Himmelsfeuers, der den Sterblichen
110

Ein Lehrer aller Künste ward, ein großer Hort.

Und solche Strafen duld' ich nun für solche Schuld,

In Banden angekettet hoch in freier Luft.

Commentary

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

111. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-111

πάσης:

πάσης

M. G. Lips. Aug. et plerique codices.

πᾶσι

nonnulli codices et Ald. Rob.

111. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-112

πέφηνε:

πέφηνε

M, G. Lips. Aug. et ceteri ut videtur codices.

πέφυκε

editiones veteres.

112. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-113

τοιάςδε:

τοιᾶς δε

G. Ceteri

τοιάσδε

. Quod Stanleius coniecerat non satis perspecto usu Graecorum,

τοιώνδε

, quattuor codices Vindobonenses habere dicit Schützius, testis valde suspectus.

113. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-114

πασσαλευτὸς ὤν:

πασσαλευτός

, omisso

ὤν

, G. Lips. Aug. et plerique codices.

πασσαλευμένος

Μ. et alii codices,

πασσαλευόμενος

Cantabr. 2.

δεσμοῖσι πεπασσαλευμένος

Rob.

πασσαλευτὸς ὢν

receptum inde a Turnebo.

114-115. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-115

NA: In Lips.

ἔα. ἔα. ἔα. ἔα. τίς ἀχώ. τίς ὀδμά

. ab alia, ut videtur, manu in fine praecedentis versus post

πασσαλευτός

addita sunt, omissis

προσέπτα μ' ἀφεγγὴς θεόσυτος

. Eadem omissa in Aug. in quo priora sic scripta sunt,

ἔα. ἔα. ἔα. τίς ἀχώ. τίς ὀδμά

. Recte scholiastae

ἐκπλήξεως ἐπιρρήματα. ἐπιρρήματα ἐκπληκτικά

. Quorum

ἔα ἔα

rei subitae mirationem,

ἔα ἔα

quid secuturum sit exspectationem significat. Vehementer commoveri Prometheum, ubi illa in solitudine aliquem ad se accedere sentit, per se patet. Itaque hic unicus est in hac tragoedia locus, in quo Prometheum pauca videmus liberioribus numeris exclamare. In ceteris quae loquitur omnibus summam servat gravitatem, aut iambis, aut, quum indignatione corripitur, anapaestis utens,

115. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-116

NA: Quis credat quaesitum esse quid oluerint Oceanides? Ambrosiam spirare putabat Schützius, odorem qualis esset deorum marinorum Jacobsius in Museo Attico vol. III. p. 403. Neutrum qualis sit intelligas. Ambrosium enim ipsum nomen non mortalium, sed deorum esse indicat: hic vero qui est? Non magis dicas quid dii marini redoleant, nisi valde diversum ab eo quod

νέποδες καλῆς ἁλοσύδνης

apud Homerum. Satis est meminisse, qui vitam sub dio agant, sensibus uti acrioribus, eoque facile vel levi aurae motu adventum alicuius percipere naribus.

116. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-117

θεόσυτος:

θεόσυτος

M. G. et reliqui, ut videtur, libri praeter Arundelanium, ex quo

θεόσυτος

Stanleius restituit.

116. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-118

κεκραμένη:

κεκραμμένη

ante rasuram M.

117. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-119

ἐπὶ πάγον: Constat hic versus ex dochmio et Cretico.

ἐπίπαγον

Lips.

118. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-120

ἐμῶν θεωρός:

ἡμῶν θεωρός

, cum rasura ante

ός

, Μ.

119. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-121

θεόν:

θεὸν

superscripto

ὢν

Lips.

θεῶν

Aug.

122. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-122

εἰςοιχνεῦσιν:

εἰσοιχνεῦσιν

Μ.

εἰσοιχνεῦσι

alii.

εἰσιχνεῦσιν

Lips. Aug.

εἰσιχνεῦσι

G. et alii. Eustathius p. 1483, 39.

ὅσοι τὴν Διὸς αὐλὴν οἰχνεῦσι

123. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-123

βροτῶν:

τῶν βροτῶν

codices nonnulli et Ald. Rob.

τὸν

solum G.

124. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-124

φεῦ φεῦ:

αἳ αἳ

Vind. 2. 4. Ask. A.

φεῦ φεῦ

ceteri libri, quod hic, ubi stupet potius quam dolet Prometheus, recte se habet.

124. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-125

κινάθισμα:

κινάθισμα

memorat Hesychius.

125. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-126

ἐλαφραῖς:

ἐλαφρᾶς

Μ.

128. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-127

φοβηθῇς:

φοβηθεὶς

, gravi accentu per circumflexum tramisso, Lips.

φοβηθείς

Aug.

128. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-128

ἥδε: Libri

ἥδε

. Scribendum

ὧδε

. Scholiastes ex antiquis et probis auctoribus

ὁ ρυθμὸς Ἀνακρεόντειός ἐστι κεκλασμένος πρὸς τὸ θρηνητικόν. ἐπεδήμησε γὰρ τῇ Αττικῇ Κριτίου ἐρῶν, καὶ ἠρέσθη

(libri

ἠράσθη

)

λίαν τοῖς μέλεσι τοῦ τραγικοῦ. ἐχρῶντο δὲ αὐτοῖς οὐκ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν τοῖς θρηνητικοῖς, ὡς καὶ Σοφοκλῆς Τυροῖ. ἔστι δὲ ταῦτα ὅμοια τῷ οὐδ᾽ αὖ μ' ἐάσεις μεθύοντ᾽ οἴκαδ᾽ ἀπελθεῖν

. Dixi de hoc metro in Elem. doctr. metr. p. 492. et ad Sophoclis Antig. 833.

129. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-129

ἁμίλλαις:

ἁμίλαις

Lips.

130. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-130

προςέβα:

προσέβα

, superscripto

, Lips.

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

μόγις:

μόλις

G. (sed hic

a minio in

mutato) et Ven. 3. Rob.

133-134. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-132

ἄντρων μυχόν:

ἄντρων μυχῶν

Lips. Aug. Omiserunt Turnebus

ἄντρων

, Canterus

μυχόν

134. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-133

μου:

με

pro

μου

Lips. Aug.

134. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-134

θεμερῶπιν:

θεμερῶπιν

Μ. a pr. manu et Victorius.

θερμερώπιν

Μ. a sec. manu et G. Aug. cum plerisque libris et Εtym. Μ. p. 447, 12.

θερμερώπην

Lips.

θερμωπὴν

Ask. C.

θερμῶπιν

Colb. 1.

θεμεῤῥῶπιν

Turn. V. Bentl. in epist. ad Millium p. 66. (516. ed. Lips.) Hesychius

θεμερῶπις, ἐρασμία αἰσχύνη

. Sic recte emendarunt. Idem

θεμερή, βεβαία, σεμνή, εὐσταθής. θεμερόν, σεμνόν, ἀφ' οὗ καὶ τὸ σεμνύνεσθαι θεμερύνεσθαι

, quod verbum Pollux VI. 185. comicum esse dicit. Pro radice horum vocabulorum sumendum est

θεμός

, quod significaverit positionem, h. e. motus in quietem mutationem: unde

θεμῶσαι

Ιl. IX. 486. 542. Hinc

θεμερός

sedatus, modestus, lenis, mitis est. Empedocles emendatus a Bentleio

Δῆρις θ' αἱματόεσσα καὶ Αρμονίη θεμερώπις

. Id ad mites maturitate fructus translatum in epigrammate quod in Brunckii Anal. vol. III. p. 189. est CXC. et in Appendice Anthol. Palat. 239.

Αττει θ᾽ ὑψίστῳ καὶ συνιέντι τὸ πᾶν, τῷ πᾶσιν καιροῖς θεμερώτερα πάντα φύοντι

. Welckero in Trilogia p. 25. omnium interpretum soli, credo, in mentem venit Oceanides maxima corporis parte nudas, ut in picturis, in orchestram esse demissas.

136. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-135

αἰαῖ, αἰαῖ:

αι

ter M. bis Lips. Aug.

οι

bis G.

αι

quater codex Par. B. et sic post Heathium editores.

138. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-136

εἱλισσομένου:

τ' εἰλισσομένου

M. G. Lips. Aug.

θ' είλισσομένου

inde a Turnebo editores.

139. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-137

ἀκοιμήτῳ:

ἀκοιμήτωρ'

ρεύματι Lips.

140. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-138

ἐςίδεσθ':

ἐσίδεσθ'

non

ἐσίδεσθέ με

neque

εἰσίδεσθέ μ'

, M. atque ita Turn.

ἐσίδεσθέ με

G. et alii codices.

ἐσίδεσθέ μου

Lips. Aug.

ἐσίδεσθέ με

plerique.

141. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-139

προςπορπατὸς:

πρὸς πατρὸς

, adscripto a manu tertia, quae saeculi XV. esse videtur,

προσπορπατὸς

, Μ.

πρὸς πα τος

, post

eraso

, ut videtur, et superscripto ab alia manu

πορ

, G.

πρὸς πορ πατός

, superscripto

πορ

προςπαρτός

, Lips.

142. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-140

σκοπέλοις:

σκοπέλων

Aug. et superscripto

οις

Lips.

142. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-141

ἐν ἄκροις:

ἐν ἄκραις

144. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-142

λεύσσω:

λεύσω

145. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-143

ὁμίχλη:

ὁμίκλα

Arund. Ven. 2. Ceteri libri

ὁμίχλη

146. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-144

εἰςιδούσα:

ἰσίδουσα

, cum hoc accentu, litteris autem

αι

paene evanidis, M.

εἰσιδούσῃ

G. Hoc et

εἰσιδοῦσι

legi observat scholiastes. Atque aliquot codices

εἰσιδοῦσι

vel

εἰσιδοῦσιν

εἰσιδοῦσα

Lips. Aug.

εἰσιδοῦσαι

, superscripto

, Par. N.

εἰσιδοῦσαι

Turnebus. Dubitari potest an

εἰσιδοῦσαν

scripserit Aeschylus, ut in Choeph. 405.

ἐπάλλεται δ' αὖτέ μοι φίλον κέαρ τόνδε κλύουσαν οἶκτον

147. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-145

πέτραις:

πέτραι

Lips. Aug.

πέτραις

aliquot codices et Aldina, quod fortasse praeferendum est.

148. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-146

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.

150. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-147

δὲ δὴ:

δὲ δὴ

M. et ceteri libri plerique.

δε

δὲ

Lips. Aug.

150. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-148

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

151. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-149

δὲ:

γάρ

pro

δὲ

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

εἰ γάρ μ' ὑπὸ γῆν:

εἰ γὰρ ὑπὸ γαῖαν

Lips. Aug.

152. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-151

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.

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

ἧκεν:

ἧκε

G. Lips.

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

ἀγρίως:

ἀγρίοις

M. et pauci alii codices, quod recepit Blomfieldius. Id Aeschylus si scripsisset, posuisset

ἀλύτοις δεσμοῖς ἀγρίοις

155-156. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-154

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.

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

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.

157. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-156

κίνυγμ᾽:

καὶ νύγμ'

Aug. Memorat

αἰθέριον κίνυγμα

ex hoc loco Eustathius p. 472, 44. 805, 28. 957, 21.

158. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-157

ἐπίχαρτα:

ἐπίχαρμα

Lips. Aug. aliique codices. In Lips. a secunda manu

τα

supra scriptum.

ἐπιχάρματα

aliquot libri.

ἐπίχαρτα

M. G. Recte ipse Prometheus

ἐπίχαρμα

vocaretur, cuiusmodi exempla Blomfieldius attulit, non item recte diceretur

ἐχθροῖς ἐπίχαρμα πεπονθέναι

159. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-158

NA: Hoc in versu incipit lacero in folio

πλησικάρδιος

fragmentum codicis Lipsiensis, praemissum ei codici quem adhuc simpliciter Lipsiensem dixi, nunc usque ad v. 391. cum Butlero Lipsiensem 2. nominabo fragmentum dicam Lips. 1.

161. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-159

ξυνασχαλᾷ:

ξυνασχάλει

Lips. 1. et Aug. hic quidem propter

αι

in Lips. 2. male lectum.

162. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-160

δίχα γοῦν ἑνός; ὃ δ᾽ ἐπικότως:

δίχαγε διός

M. sed

δίχαγε

a manu tertia super evanidas litteras scriptum.

δίχα τε διὸς

G. Lips. 2.

ἐπισκότως

Lips. 1.

αἰεὶ

M. et alii nonnulli codices. Elegantissimum quidem trimetrum praebet vulgata lectio,

τεοῖσι δίχα γε Διός; ὃ δ᾽ ἐπικότως ἀεί

. Non esse tamen hanc veram scripturam quum

ἠρέθισε

in antistrophico versu prodit, tum arguunt codices Colb. 1. et Ask. A. (sive Reg. G.)

δίχα γ᾽ ἑνὸς

habentes, ad quod in Ask. Λ.

διός

, in altero libro

καὶ διός

supra adscriptum. Porro in Par. B.

γρ. ἑνός, ἤγουν διός

. Quod si vix dubitari potest quin

Διός

ex interpretatione versui insertum sit, apparet scribendum esse

δίχα γοῦν ἑνός

. Fortius est

γοῦν

quam

γ' εὖ

, ut cum restrictione etiam affirmationem continens, ut sit

certe quidem

. Sic in Agam. 1386.

γνώσει διδαχθεὶς ὀψὲ γοῦν τὸ σωφρονεῖν

. Sophocles Oed. R. 408.

εἰ καὶ τυραννεῖς, ἐξισωτέον τὸ γοῦν ἴσ᾽ ἀντιλέξαι

. Et sic ille saepius.

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ἄγναμπτον:

ἄγναμπτον

in M. a manu tertia refectum.

ἄγναπτον

G. aliique nonnulli codices. γρ.

ἄκαμπτον

Par. B. Spondeus indicio est non esse

ἄγναμπτον

ab Aeschylo scriptum. Quod apud Hesychium suo quidem loco inter

ἄκανθα

ἀκανθόνωτον

positum est,

ἄκανθον

(codex

ἀκανθόν

ἄγναμπτον

, videri potest ad Aeschyli versum pertinere, ut scriptum fuerit

ἀκα.... νόον

. Nisi tamen illud

ἄκαμπτον

alieno loco insertum ad

ἀκαμπής

vel

ἄκαμπος

, quae in Hesychii libro paullo superius posita sunt, referendum est. Scholiastae Aeschyli has adscripserunt interpretationes,

ἀμείλικτον, ἀκαμπῆ, σκληρόν, ἀμετακίνητον

. Veri simile est ut

ἀστραφῆ

scripserit poeta. Hesychius

ἀστραφής, σκληρός. Σοφοκλῆς Μυσοῖς

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δάμναται:

δάμνεται

Lips. 1. 2. Aug.

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λήξει:

λήξη

Lips. 1. 2. Aug.

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κέαρ:

τὸ κέαρ

G. Lips. 1.

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παλάμᾳ:

παλάμα

, adscripto supra

a sec. manu, Μ.

παλάμη

G. Lips. 1.

παλάμα

, superscripto

, Lips. 2.

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τὰν:

τάν

, superscripto

, Lips. 2. Idem

ἕλη

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ἦ μὴν ἔτ᾽ ἐμοῦ:

ἢ μὴν ἔτ᾽ ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ

M. sed

ἀπ'

in litura.

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γυιοπέδαις:

γυοπέδαις

Μ.

γυιοπέδοις

Lips. 1.

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πρύτανις:

πρυτανές

Lips. 2.

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ὑφ᾽ ὅτου:

ἀφ' ὅτου

a pr. manu M.

ὑφ᾽ ὅτου

a secunda.

English commentary on Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) (N. Wecklein, translated by F. D. Allen. Ginn & Company, 1893; compared with the 1891 printing. Printed commentary pages 31–144. Provisional alignment and unresolved OCR are visibly flagged.) focus

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

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Aeschylus Prometheus Bound 101

Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead (Translator)

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Prometheus

Alas! Alas! Offspring of fruitful Tethys and of him who with his sleepless current encircles the whole earth, children of your

father Oceanus, behold, see with what fetters, upon the summit crag of this ravine, I am to hold my unenviable watch.
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Chorus

I see, Prometheus;

and over my eyes a mist of tears and fear spread as I saw your body withering ignominiously upon this rock in these bonds of adamant. For there are new rulers in heaven, and Zeus governs with
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lawless customs; that which was mighty before he now brings to nothing.
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PROMÉTHÉE

feu par moi dérobée, qui s'est révélée pour les hommes un maître de tous les arts, un trésor sans prix.

EFESTO

Andiam: ché tutto di catene è cinto.

PROMETHEUS

The will of Zeus, but 'twas Hephaestos' hand.

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Prometheus Alas! Alas! Offspring of fruitful Tethys and of him who with his sleepless current encircles the whole earth, children of your father Oceanus, behold, see with what fetters, upon the summit crag of this ravine, I am to hold my unenviable watch. 140

Chorus I see, Prometheus; and over my eyes a mist of tears and fear spread as I saw your body withering ignominiously upon this rock in these bonds of adamant. For there are new rulers in heaven, and Zeus governs with 145 lawless customs; that which was mighty before he now brings to nothing. 150

PROMÉTHÉE feu par moi dérobée, qui s'est révélée pour les hommes un maître de tous les arts, un trésor sans prix.

EFESTO Andiam: ché tutto di catene è cinto.

PROMETHEUS The will of Zeus, but 'twas Hephaestos' hand.

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Prometheus

Alas! Alas! Offspring of fruitful Tethys and of him who with his sleepless current encircles the whole earth, children of your

father Oceanus, behold, see with what fetters, upon the summit crag of this ravine, I am to hold my unenviable watch.
140

PROMÉTHÉE

feu par moi dérobée, qui s'est révélée pour les hommes un maître de tous les arts, un trésor sans prix.

EFESTO

Andiam: ché tutto di catene è cinto.

PROMETHEUS

The will of Zeus, but 'twas Hephaestos' hand.