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Prometheus Bound. Aeschylus. Herbert Weir Smyth (Translator). New York. 1922.

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

Editions (7)
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 195-398 focus
Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 196 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 196 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 196 focus
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 196 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 196 focus
πάντ᾽ ἐκκάλυψον καὶ γέγων᾽ ἡμῖν λόγον,
ποίῳ λαβών σε Ζεὺς ἐπ᾽ αἰτιάματι
210
οὕτως ἀτίμως καὶ πικρῶς αἰκίζεται·
δίδαξον ἡμᾶς, εἴ τι μὴ βλάπτῃ λόγῳ.
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 196 focus
Translations (8)
Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 196 focus
Unfold and speak out to us the whole story, from what accusation has Jupiter seized thee, and is thus disgracefully and bitterly tormenting thee. Inform us, if thou be in no respect hurt by the recital.
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 196 focus
les autres, au contraire, luttant pour que Zeus jamais ne régnât sur les dieux — j'eus beau alors donner les plus sages conseils et chercher à persua-
der les Titans, fils d'Ouranos et de la Terre, je n'y réussis pas. Dédaignant les moyens de ruse, ils crurent, en leur brutalité présomptueuse, qu'ils n'auraient point de peine à triompher par la force. Moi, plus d'une fois, ma mère,
Thémis ou Gaia, forme unique sous maints noms divers 1 , m'avait prédit comment se réaliserait l'avenir : à qui l'emporterait non par force et violence, mais par ruse, appartiendrait la victoire. Je le leur expliquai avec force
raisons : ils ne daignèrent pas m'accorder un regard ! Le mieux, dans ces conjonctures, m'apparaissait dès lors
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 196 focus
But ſay, relate at large for what offence
200
Committed doth the wrath of Jove inflict
This puniſhment ſo ſhameful, ſo ſevere:
Inſtruct us, if the tale ſhocks not thy ſoul.
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 196 focus
il Signore dei Superi avrà,
per conoscer la trama novella
200
che poter deve togliergli e scettro.
Né potrà con melliflua lusinga
di scongiuri molcirmi; né téma
di minacce saprà sgomentarmi,
che il segreto gli sveli, se innanzi
205
non mi sciolga dai lacci selvaggi,
non s' induca a pagare la pena
di questa ignominia.
า
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 196 focus
Omnia patefac, & nobis effare causam,
Quo in crimine deprehendens Iupiter,
Sic ignominiose & acerbè contumelia afficit:
200
Doce nos, nisi tibi noceat sermo.
Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 196 focus
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.) — 196 focus
Unveil, say forth to us the tale entire,
220
Under what imputation Zeus laid hands
On thee, to rack thee thus with shameful pangs?
Tell us—unless the telling pain thee—all!
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.) — 196 focus
Jetzt offenbar' uns Alles und verkündige:
Welch eine Schuld war's, über der dich Zeus ergriff,
Daß also schmachvoll, daß so herb er dich bestraft?
195
Verkünd' es, wenn die Rede dir nicht schmerzlich fällt.

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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αἰτιάματι:
αιτιάματι
Lips. 2. Antiatticista Bekkeri p. 78, 25.
αἰτίαμα. Αισχύλος Προμηθεῖ δεσμώτῃ
.

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βλάπτει: Libri
βλάπτῃ
, nisi quod Lips. 1. ante correctionem
βλάπτειν
.

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ἀλγεινὰ:
ἀλγεινά
, superscripto
οι
, Lips. 2. Aug.

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ἐστὶν:
ἔστιν
Μ.
ἐστὶ
G

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δύςποτμα:
δύσποτμος
Par. F.

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ἤρξαντο:
ἤρξατο
Lips. 1.

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NA: om. Lips. 2. Idem
ὠρθύνετο
.

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ἕδρας:
ἕδρας
M. G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug.
ἕδρας
Ven. 3. Rob. Turn.

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ἀνάσσοι:
ἀνάσσοι
M. G. Rob. Turn.
ἀνάσσῃ
Lips. 1. 2. Aug. aliique codd. et Ald.

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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.

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ἄρξειεν:
ἄρξειεν
Μ.
ἄρξειε
G. Lips. 1. 2.

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ἐνταῦθ᾽:
ἐντεῦθ᾽
Lips. 2. Aug.
ἐντεῦθεν
G.

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τὰ λῷστα:
ταλωστὰ
Lips. 1.
λῶστα
Lips. 2.
τἄριστα
G.

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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
G.

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καρτερὸν:
κρατερὸν
G. ubi primum scripti hi versus.

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χρείη:
χρὴ
M.
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
ν
super
ω
, Lips. 2.

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οὐδὲ:
οὐδὲν
ante corr. Lips. 1.

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προςβλέψαι: Idem
προβλέψαι
.

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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
G.

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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
G.

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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
G.

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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
G.

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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
ρ
.

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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
G.

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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196. εἴ τι μή: cp. Pers. 157 θεοῦ δὲ καὶ μήτηρ ἔφυς, εἴ τι μὴ δαίμων παλαιὸς νῦν μεθέστηκε στρατῷ, Suppl. 1016 εἰ ahaad. 205 210- γάρ τι μὴ θεοῖς βεβούλευται νέον. Cp. 763.-It is noteworthy that all the speeches of the coryphaeus (which exceed a single verse) consist of four verses (see 242, 259, 472, 507, 631, 819, 1036) except 698 f. The same tendency in the speeches of other persons, 393, 511, 522, 589, 609.

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201. οἱ μὲν θέλοντες: absolute nominative, used as if δαίμονες ἐν ἀλλήλοις ἐστασίαζον had preceded. Cp. Soph. Ant. 259 λόγοι δ᾽ ἐν ἀλλή- λοισιν ἐρρόθουν κακοί, φύλαξ ἐλέγχων φύλακα, Eur. Phoen. 1462 ἦν δ᾽ ἔρις στρατηλάταις, οἱ μὲν πατάξαι πρόσθε Πολυνείκην δορί, οἱ δ᾽ ὡς θανόντων οὐδα- μοῦ νίκη πέλοι, Bacch. 1131 ἦν δὲ πᾶσ᾽ ὁμοῦ βοή, ὁ μὲν στενάζων κτἑ. Krüger I. § 56. 9, 4. See also on 569 below.

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204. τὰ λῷστα πιθεῖν Τιτάνας: on the double accusative, see Krüger I. § 46, 11, 2. - The aorists ἔπιθον and ἐπιθύμην are very frequent in tragedy.

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208. ἀμοχθί: the sense is, "in their pride of heart, they thought easily to master their foe by sheer brute force, without tedious manoeuvres." - πρὸς βίαν: opposed to αἱμύλας μηχανάς. Cp. Hor. Carm. iii. 4, 65 vis consili expers mole ruit sua.

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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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211. κραίνοιτο : present tense, be- cause the prophesier thinks of the future as already present. Cp. τίθη- σιν 848, τελεῖται 929.

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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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217. προσλαβόντι: συναιρομένῳ τῆ μητρί, Schol. The dative in agree- ment with μοί, whereas the following ἕκοντα (necessarily accusative on ac- count of ἕκοντι) connects itself more closely with the infinitive. G. 138, N. 8 b; H. 941. Observe that προλα- βόντα μητέρα would have been an equivocal succession. In Soph. O. T. 353, after ἐννέπω σε . . . προσαυδᾶν μήτε τούσδε μήτ' ἐμέ, comes the dative ὡς ὄντι γῆς τῆσδ᾽ ἀνοσίῳ μιάστορι, be- cause ὡς ὄντα ... μιάστορα might seem to refer to ἐμέ. Cp. also Soph. El. 225 230 959 ἢ πάρεστι μὲν στένειν ... ἐστε- ρημένῃ, πάρεστι δ᾽ ἀλγεῖν ... ἄλεκτρα γηράσκουσαν, Eur. Med. 1237 δέ- δοκταί μοι παῖδας κτανούσῃ τῆσδ᾽ ἀφορμᾶσθαι χθονὸς καὶ μὴ σχολὴν ἄγουσαν ἐκδοῦναι τέκνα (in both examples the accusative is used under influence of the metre).

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219. Ταρτάρου: cp. passages quoted in note on 152; also Hesiod Theog. 851 Τιτῆνές θ᾽ ὑποταρτάριοι Κρόνον ἀμφὶς ἐόντες. μελαμβαθής: cp. 1029, 1050, Il. viii. 479 ἵν᾽ Ἰάπετός τε Κρόνος τε ἥμενοι οὔτ᾽ αὐγῇς Ὑπερίονος ἠελίοιο τέρποντ᾽ οὔτ᾽ ἀνέμοισι, βαθὺς δέ τε Τάρταρος ἀμφίς.

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223. κακαῖσι ποιναῖς: sometimes, it is true, ποινή (indemnity, requital) is used, like ἄποινα, in a good sense; so Suppl. 625 λέξωμεν ἐπ᾿ ᾿Αργείοις εὐχὰς ἀγαθὰς ἀγαθῶν ποινάς, Cho. 792 δίδυμα καὶ τριπλᾶ παλίμποινα θέλων ἀμείψει, Pind. Pyth. i. 113 ποινὰν τεθρίππων, Nem. i. 107 ἡσυχίαν καμάτων μεγάλων ποινάν. Here, however, κακαῖσι is added not simply to show that ποιναῖς has its bad meaning (pénalty), for that is sufficiently indicated by ταῖσδε,
but rather to emphasize further the idea contained in ταῖσδε ποιναῖς, as it were ταῖσδε ποιναῖς, κακαῖς ποιναῖς. Cp. Soph. Phil. 477 σοὶ δ᾽ ὄνειδος οὐ καλόν, Eur. Phoen. 94 φαῦλος ψόγος. – ἐξημείψατο : used in the sense in which ἀνταμείβομαι is commonly said. See on 215.

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229. νέμει : see on 109, θηρῶμαι. – According to Hesiod Theog. 881, at the conclusion of the conflict with the Titans, the Olympian gods, fol- lowing Gaea's suggestion, appoint Zeus as the sovereign of the gods: ὁ δὲ τοῖσιν ἐὺ διεδάσσατο τιμάς. Cp. ibid. 73 εὖ δὲ ἕκαστα ἀθανάτοις διέταξεν ὁμῶς καὶ πέφραδε τιμάς.

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235. On asyndeton in explanations see Krüger I. § 59, 1, 5. – ἐξελυσά- μην: of deliverance from an impend- ing disaster, not yet actually present. So Od. x. 286 ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε δή σε κακῶν ἐκλύσομαι ἠδὲ σαώσω, Eur. Andr. 818 θανάτου νιν ἐκλύσασθε.

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237. τῷ : therefore, as in Homer. Cp. Soph. O. Τ. 511 τῷ ἀπ᾿ ἐμᾶς φρενὸς οὔποτ᾽ ὀφλήσει κακίαν. See on 234. — τοῖαῖσδε : in τοιοῦτος, τοιόσδε (see Sept. 27, Ag. 1075), οἷος, ποιῶ, the diphthong οι is often shortened. Krüger II. § 3, 3, 1; H. 92 D, d. In such cases o was probably writ- ten; ποεῖν is often found in inscrip- tions.

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