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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.) — 609-886 focus
Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 742 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 742 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 742 focus
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 742 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 742 focus
ιώ μοί μοι, ἢ ἔ.
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 742 focus
Translations (8)
Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 742 focus
Woe is me! ah! ah!
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 742 focus
Hélas ! pitié ! pitié !
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 742 focus
Ah miſerable me!
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 742 focus
Ahimè, ahimè! ahi, ahi!
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 742 focus
Tu rursus clamasti, & pungeris. quid videlicet
Facies, quando reliqua audies mala?
Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 742 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.) — 742 focus
Alas for me, alas!
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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.) — 742 focus
O weh mir, weh, weh!

Commentary

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

742. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-844

μηδέπω 'ν προοιμίοις:
μηδ᾽ ἐπῶν προοιμίοις
M. addito a rec. manu supra
μηδ'
accentu, et sic G. Lips. aliique et Ald.
μηδ' αὖ ἐν προοιμίοις
Par. D. et
ν
supra versum scripto Vit.
μήδ' ἐπῶν προοίμια
Rob.
μηδέπω 'ν προοιμίοις
restituit Turnebus.

743. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-845

ἰώ μοί μοι, ἔ ἔ.:
ἰὼ ἰώ μοί μοι
Cantabr. 1. Rob. Ceteri
ἰὼ μοί μοι
. Deinde
ἔ ἔ
M. Vit. Lips. et sic vel
ἔ
alii. In Vit. minoribus litteris adscriptum
φεῦ φεῦ
. Quater
ἔ
G. Par. B. Bess. edd. vett.
ἔ ἔ αἰ αἰ
Par. D. Versus est iambicus ischiorrhogicus.

744. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-846

κἀναμυχθίζει:
κἀναμυχθίζει
libri praeter Vit. Colb. 1. in quibus
κἀναμοχθίζει
est.
Μυχθίζειν
ut Aeschyleum memorat Eustathius p. 440, 25. 1965, 48.

746. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-847

τι:
τι
Vit. ante rasuram, qua
τι
factum, et Ald. Rob. cum paucis codicibus.
τὸ
, addito
ι
, Lips.

749. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-848

ἀπὸ στυφλοῦ:
ἀποστύφλου
G. Vit. Lips. Ald. Rob.
ἀπὸ στυφλοῦ
Turn. et, ut videtur, M.
ἀπὸ στύφλου
Brunckius.

751. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-849

εἰςάπαξ:
εἰς ἅπαξ
M. G. Vit. Ald. Rob.

753. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-850

NA: In Vit. post
ἦ δυσπετῶς ἂν
statim sequitur
πημάτων ἀπαλλαγή
, sed eadem manus in ima pagina quae omiserat adiecit.

755. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-851

ἂν:
ἣν
M. aliique et Ald. Turn.
ἣν ἣν
G. Cantabr. 1. 2. Colb. 2. Vind. 3.
ἂν
ante
ἦν
supra versum Vit.
οὖν
Lips. Rob. cuius scripturae veritatem confirmat incerta sede fluctuans
ν
.

756. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-852

οὐδέν:
οὐ
omittunt Par. E. Vind. 2. 4. Pro eo
τὸ
Rob.

757. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-853

ἐκπέσῃ:
ἐκπέσοι
G. et aliquot alii.

759. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-854

ἥδοι᾽ ἄν:
ἥδοι᾽ ἄν
M. G. Lips. Par. A. B. Ven. 3. Bess. edd. vett.
ἡδοίμην ἄν
Cantabr. 1. 2.
ἡδοίμην ἄν
Par. D. Continuant M. G. edd. vett. hunc versum cum praecedente et sequente, ut omnes Io recitet. Verissime Dawesius in Misc. crit. p. 248. hunc versum Prometheo tribuendum et
ἥδοιο
scribendum esse vidit. Sed mira fuit Zeunii negligentia, qui non adnotaverit in Vit. et versibus his tribus recte personas suas attributas esse et perspicue scriptum legi
ἥδοιο ἂν
, addita glossa
εὐφρανθείης
. Personae etiam in Lips. recte in singulis versibus notatae.

760. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-855

πῶς δ᾽ οὐκ ἄν:
πῶς οὐκ
Vit. Colb. 1.

760. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-856

κακῶς:
κακά
Lips. Par. L. Rob.

761. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-857

σοι μαθεῖν:
μαθεῖν σοι
M. (v
σοι
in litura M.) G. Vit. Par. C. Bess. Cantabr. 1. 2. Ox. Vind. omnes et Ald. Rob.
μαθεῖν
Lips.
σοι μαθεῖν
Turn.

762. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-858

τύραννα:
τυράννων
Lips. et adscriptum in Par. B.

763. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-859

αὐτὸς πρὸς αὑτοῦ:
αὐτὸς πρὸς αὑτοῦ
G. Vit. Lips. Ald. Rob. Turn.
αὐτὸς πρὸς αὐτοῦ
Victorius.
πρὸς αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ
M. Cantabr. 1. 2. Arund. quod recte probavit Elmsleius.

763. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-860

κενοφρόνων:
κενόφρον
Lips. Rob.

766. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-861

θέορτον:
θέορτον
commemorat Eustathius p. 784, 4.

766. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-862

εἰ ῥητόν:
εἰρητὸν
M. Lips. Rob.

767. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-863

ῥητὸν: Temere Brunckius
ῥητὸν
in
θεμιτόν
mutavit. Aristophanes Αν. 1715.
οὐ φατὸν λέγειν
. Orpheus Arg. 931.
οὐ φατὸν εἰπεῖν
. Nec multum differt hoc Euripidis in Bacchis v. 472.
ἄρρητ' ἀβακχεύτοισιν εἰδέναι βροτῶν
.

767. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-864

τόδε:
τόδε
M. G. Vit. Cantabr. 1. Par. H. Colb. 2. Ven. 1. Bess. Rob.
τόνδε
Colb. 1.
τάδε
Lips. Ald. Turn.

769. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-865

NA: Affert hunc versum Tzetzes ad Lycophr. 178.

770. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-866

ἀпоστροφὴ:
οὐδέν ἐστιν αὐτῷ τις ἀποστροφὴ τύχης
Par. E. quocum in
τις
G. Lips. Vind. 2. consentiunt.

771. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-867

πλὴν ἔγωγ᾽ ἂν ἐκ δεσμῶν λυθείς: Magnopere fluctuant libri.
πρὶν ἂν ἔγωγ' ἐκ δεσμῶν λυθῶ
Lips. Vind. 1. Ald.
πρὶν ἔγωγ᾽ ἂν ἐκ δεσμῶν λυθῶ
Par. A. B. Turn. Sic etiam G. nisi quod λ habet a prima manu, sed altera lectione erasa, scriptum, et supra
πρὶν
atque
ἕως
adnotatum. Ac
πλὴν
etiam Par. E. Bess. Vind. 3. Vacuum vitio versum praebet Ven. 3.
πλὴν ἔγωγ᾽ ἂν ἐκ δεσμῶν λυθῶ
. Sed
πλὴν
(a sec. manu M.)
ἔγωγ' ἂν ἐκ δεσμῶν λυθείς
M. Vit. In Vit.
λείπει τὸ βοηθήσω τούτῳ
adnotatum est.
πρὶν ἂν ἔγωγ᾽ ἐκ δεσμῶν λυθείς
Rob. Recepit
λυθείς
, quod pro diversa lectione etiam in Par. Β. adscriptum est, Porsonus, servato
πρὶν
et obelo ante
ἔγωγ'
apposito. Temere scripturas librorum pro suo arbitrio mutavit Brunckius. Burgesius ad Dawesii Misc. p. 492. ut Pauwius corrigendum putabat
πρίν γ' ἔγωγ᾽ ἂν ἐκ δεσμῶν λυθῶ
. Elmsleius, qui
ἄν
a
πρίν
separari non posse monuit, scribendum censebat
πλὴν ἔγωγ᾽ ὅταν δεσμῶν λυθείς
aut
λυθῶ
. At
ὅταν λυθείς
certe, verbo per aposiopesin omisso, durissimum est. Acquiescendum erat in scriptura librorum M. et Vit. quae repetitis cogitatione e praecedente versu verbis hanc habet sententiam,
οὐ δῆτα, πλὴν ἔγωγ' ἂν ἀποστροφὴ αὐτῷ τῆςδε τύχης γενοίμην, λυθεὶς ἐκ δεσμῶν
.

772. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-868

λύσων σ':
σ'
omittunt M. Vit. Lips. Colb. 1. 2. Cantabr. 1. 2. Ven. 3.
ὁ λύσσων ἐστὶν
habet Par. G.
τις οὖν ὁ λύσων σε δεσμῶν ἄκοντος Διός
Guelf.

773. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-869

τιν':
τίν'
cum accentu M. Vit. Lips. Ald. Rob.

773. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-870

ἐκγόνων:
αὐτῶν ἐγγόνων
M. et
ἐγγόνων
etiam Par. B. Ven. 3. Bess.
γρ. ἐκγόνων
Par. Β.
αὐτῶν ἐκ γόνων
Ald. In Vit. qui vulgatum habet, supra scriptum
λῦσαι ἐμὲ καὶ αὐτόν
.

773. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-871

εἶναι:
εἶναι
omittit Lips.

774. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-872

παῖς σ':
σ'
omittunt Vit. aliique nonnulli et Ald.
ἦ 'μὸς παῖς ἀπαλλάξοι
Lips.

775. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-873

γένναν:
γένναν πρὸς δέκ'
G. Par. E. Ald.

775. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-874

ἄλλαισιν:
ἄλλαισι
M. Lips. Vind. 1. edd. vett.
ἄλλῃσι
G. Vit. Vind. 3.
ἄλλησιν
alii. Emendate Victorius.

776. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-875

εὐξύμβλητος:
ἐξυμβλῶτος
G.

776. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-876

χρησμῳδία:
χρησμοδία
Lips.

777. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-877

σαυτῆς γ':
σαυτῆς τ'
(non τις) M. Colb. 1. Ceteri
σαυτῆς
sive particula. Non debebat Blomfieldius
καὶ μήτι σαυτῆς
coniicere, sed
καὶ μηδὲ σαυτῆς γ'
.

779. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-878

δυοῖν:
δυοῖν
Μ. G. Vit. Lips. et ceteri quantum constat libri.
δυεῖν
ex Turnebi editione obtinuerat.

779. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-879

σε:
σε
, superscripto
σοι
, Vit.

779. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-880

θατέρῳ:
θάτερον
Colb. 1. et ante correctionem primae manus 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

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561-886. Third Episode. Io and Prometheus. The myth of Io is connected with that of Prometheus by the person of Heracles, the libera- tor of Prometheus, who is descended from paphus, the son of Zeus and Io (see on 774). The appearance of Io therefore prepares the way for the introduction of Heracles in the Προ- μηθεὺς λυόμενος. But the immediate significance of this scene consists in the present relation of Zeus and Io. Io appears as innocent and yet perse- cuted; her sufferings, superficially considered, put Zeus in the worst possible light. Accordingly the in- dignation of Prometheus rises more and more, till at last, carried away by passion, he vaunts his secret in such terms that the interposition of Zeus becomes inevitable. So the transition to the catastrophe is pre- pared. The geographical part of this episode, with its description of marvels, like the scene of Heracles in the Προμηθεὺς λυόμενος (see below, Frg. VII. and VIII.), doubtless had a peculiar charm for the Athenians of the period. On the origin of the myth of Io, see Introd. p. 9, footnote. Io appears as a horned maiden (588, 674; so indi- cated by her mask). In early Greek art, especially in vase-paintings, she has the figure of a cow outright. On the throne of the Amyclaean Apollo, a work of the sculptor Bathycles (about Ol. 60), Hera was represented as glaring at Io, 'who is already a cow' (Paus. iii. 18. 7). On an archaic black-figured vase of the Munich collection (No. 573; see Panofka, Argos Panoptes, plate 5), Argus is seen, seated on the ground, a fero- cious figure with long hair and beard, and a huge eye in his shaggy breast; he holds in his hand a long cord, attached to the horns of a cow. Near by stands Hermes, grasping the cord near the horns with his left hand, and about to draw his sword with his right. Argus's dog
stands at bay in front of his master. Through the influence of this trag- edy, Io came later to be depicted in art as a maiden with horns. So, for instance, on a red-figured vase of the Berlin Museum (Panofka, l.c., plate 3). The stinging gadfly' of the legend (cp. Suppl. 306 BΑ. τί οὖν ἔτευξεν ἄλλο δυσπότμῳ βοΐ; ΧΟ. βοη- λάτην μύωπα κινητήριον, Verg. Georg. iii. 147 cui nomen asilo Ro- manum est, oestrum Graii vertere vocantes), which is mentioned in Io's narrative, 675 be- low, had also to be omitted in the scenic representation. The difficulty was met by a figurative conception of οἶστρος; the maddening sting was interpreted as the reminiscence of the crafty eye of Argos (567). — On account of the unusual manner of Io's entrance and exit, the anapaests which commonly accompany the ar- rival and departure of a personage are here and at 877 given to the actor, not to the chorus. So above, at the entrance of the chorus (120 ff.).

742. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-473

3
4
742. αὐ: see 696.

745. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-474

5
6
745. τῇδε: belongs to λοιπόν.

746. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-475

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8
746. Cp. Sept. 758 κακῶν δ᾽ ὥσπερ θάλασσα κῦμ᾽ ἄγει· τὸ μὲν πίτνον, ἄλλο δ᾽ ἀείρει τρίχαλον κτἑ., Suppl. 470 ἄτης ἄβυσσον πέλαγος ... ἐσβέβηκα κοὐδα- μοῦ λιμὴν κακῶν.

747. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-476

9
10
747. Cp. Eur. Med. 145 τί δέ μοι ζῆν ἔτι κέρδος; 798 ἴτω· τί μοι ζῆν κέρδος; στυφελόν· τραχύ, σκληρόν. Cp. Pers. 303 στύφλους παρ᾿ ἀκτάς, 964 στυφελοῦ ἐπ᾿ ἀκτᾶς.

749. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-477

11
12
749 f. ὅπως ἀπηλλάγην : see on 157.

753. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-478

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14
753. θανεῖν μέν : as if τέρμα δὲ μό- χθων οὐδέν ἐστι προκείμενον followed.

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16
754. For the thought cp. Soph. Trach. 1173 τοῖς γὰρ θανοῦσι μόχθος οὐ προσγίγνεται, Εl. 1170 τοὺς γὰρ θανόν- τας οὐχ ὁρῶ λυπουμένους.

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18
755. νῦν δέ: nunc vero; follow- ing the thought εἰ θανεῖν πεπρωμένον ἦν, αὕτη ἦν ἂν πημάτων ἀπαλλαγή. – Cp. 257.. - 748. στύφλου: Hesych. στύφλον ἢ

756. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-481

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20
756. πρὶν ἂν ἐκπέσῃ τυραννίδος : unlike the statement made in 258.
Prometheus at last lifts slightly the veil of the secret so often hinted at, and defines somewhat the danger threatening Zeus. But the former statement, πλὴν ὅταν κείνῳ δοκῇ, is really more exact. For ἐκπεσεῖν τυ- ραννίδος is only a possibility, which in the end is not fulfilled.

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760. ὄντων: sc. τῶνδε, as Soph. Ai. 981 ὡς ὧδ᾽ ἐχόντων ... πάρα στενάζειν, Ant. 1179 ὡς ὧδ᾽ ἐχόντων τἄλλα βου- λεύειν πάρα. GMT. 848 and 917.

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761. τύραννα σκήπτρα: cp. Soph. Ant. 1169 τύραννον σχῆμα, Eur. Andr. 3 τύραννον ἑστίαν, Ηipp. 843 τύραννον δῶμα. Like δοῦλος, κασίγνητος, γέρων, and gentile nouns, τύραννος is a word which hovers between substantive and adjective. Cp. Ag. 750 γέρων λόγος, Frg. 317 γέρον γράμμα (Catull. lxviii. 46 charta loquaturanus), Frg. 338 κάπηλα τεχνήματα. σκήπτρα is accusative. G. 197, Ν. 2; H. 724 a.

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αὑτοῦ, Nicostrat. in Stob. Flor. 70, 12 εἰ γε μέλλει τις ... ἡδέως εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν τὴν αὐτὸς αὐτοῦ εἰσελεύσεσθαι, Parthen. 3 πρὸς τῆς αὐτὸς αὐτοῦ γενεᾶς τρωθείς, Aristid. i. p. 128 σαγηνεύων τὴν ἀρχὴν τὴν αὐτὸς αὐτοῦ, ii. p. 148 ὁ δ᾽ ἀφ᾿ ἑστίας ἀρξάμενος τῆς αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ τὸ σύμμετρον ᾑρεῖτο πρὸ τοῦ πλέονος. Also Ovid. Am. i. 7, 26 valui poenam fortis in ipse meam, Ars Amat. iii. 668 indicio prodor ab ipse meo.

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774. ἀπὸ Ἰοῦς Ἔπαφος, οὗ Λιβύη, ἧς Βῆλος, οὗ Δαναός, οὗ ῾Υπερμνήστρα ἡ μὴ κτείνασα τὸν Λυγκέα τὸν ὁμόζυγον, ἧς ῎Αβας, οὗ Προῖτος, οὗ ᾿Ακρίσιος, οὗ Δα- νάη, ἧς Περσεύς, οὗ Ηλεκτρυών, οὗ ᾿Αλκμήνη, ἧς Ἡρακλῆς, Schol.

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