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Prometheus

I am making the offer: choose whether I shall reveal the sufferings still in store for you or the one who will be my deliverer.
780

Chorus

Consent to bestow on her one of these favors, and on me the other; do not deny me the tale. Tell her about her further wanderings;

tell me who will deliver you—for I would like to know this.
785

Prometheus

Well, since you are bent on this, I will not refuse to proclaim all that you still crave to know. First, to you, Io, will I declare your much-vexed wandering, and may you engrave it on the recording tablets of your mind.

When you have crossed the stream that bounds the two continents, toward the flaming east, where the sun walks,...... crossing the surging sea until you reach the Gorgonean plains of Cisthene, where the daughters of Phorcys dwell, ancient maids,
790

three in number, shaped like swans, possessing one eye amongst them and a single tooth; neither does the sun with his beams look down upon them, nor ever the nightly moon. And near them are their three winged sisters, the snake-haired Gorgons, loathed of mankind,
795

whom no one of mortal kind shall look upon and still draw breath. Such is the peril that I bid you to guard against. But now listen to another and a fearsome spectacle. Beware of the sharp-beaked hounds of Zeus that do not bark, the gryphons,
800

and the one-eyed Arimaspian folk, mounted on horses, who dwell about the flood of Pluto’s¹stream that flows with gold. Do not approach them. Then you shall come to a far-off country of a dark race that dwells by the waters of the sun, where the river Aethiop is.
805

Follow along its banks until you reach the cataract, where, from the Bybline mountains, Nile sends forth his hallowed and sweet stream. He will conduct you on your way to the three-angled land of Nilotis, where, at last, it is ordained for you,
810

O Io, and for your children to found your far-off colony.
If anything of this is confusing to you and hard to understand, may you question me yet again, and gain a clear account; for I have more leisure than I crave.
815

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

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by The Annenberg CPB/Project.

Current edition Perseus

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.) — 887-906 focus

str. 1

Χορός

ἦ σοφὸς ἦ σοφὸς [ἦν]¹ ὃς

πρῶτος ἐν γνώμᾳ τόδ᾽ ἐβάστασε καὶ γλώσ-

σᾳ διεμυθολόγησεν,

ὡς τὸ κηδεῦσαι καθ᾽ ἑαυτὸν ἀριστεύει μακρῷ,
890

καὶ μήτε τῶν πλούτῳ διαθρυπτομένων

μήτε τῶν γέννᾳ μεγαλυνομένων

ὄντα χερνήταν ἐραστεῦσαι γάμων.

894

ant. 1

Χορός

μήποτε μήποτέ μ᾽, ὦ

<πότνιαι>² Μοῖραι, λεχέων Διὸς εὐνά-
895

τειραν ἴδοισθε πέλουσαν:

μηδὲ πλαθείην γαμέτᾳ³ τινὶ τῶν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ.

ταρβῶ γὰρ ἀστεργάνορα παρθενίαν

εἰσορῶσ᾽ Ἰοῦς ἀμαλαπτομέναν⁴

δυσπλάνοις⁵ Ἥρας ἀλατείαις πόνων.
900
901

ep.

Χορός

ἐμοὶ δ᾽ ὅτε⁶ μὲν ὁμαλὸς ὁ γάμος,⁷

ἄφοβος: [οὐ δέδια:]:⁸ μηδὲ κρεισσόνων θεῶν

[ἔρως]⁹ ἄφυκτον ὄμμα προσδράκοι¹⁰ με.

ἀπόλεμος ὅδε γ᾽ ὁ πόλεμος, ἄπορα πόριμος:

οὐδ᾽ ἔχω τίς ἂν γενοίμαν: τὰν Διὸς γὰρ οὐχ ὁρῶ
905

μῆτιν ὅπα φύγοιμ᾽ ἄν.

907

Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 780 focus

Προμηθεύς

δίδωμʼ· ἑλοῦ γάρ, ἢ πόνων τὰ λοιπά σοι
780

φράσω σαφηνῶς, ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντʼ ἐμέ.

Χορός

τούτων σὺ τὴν μὲν τῇδε, τὴν δʼ ἐμοὶ χάριν

θέσθαι θέλησον, μηδʼ ἀτιμάσῃς λόγου·

καὶ τῇδε μὲν γέγωνε τὴν λοιπὴν πλάνην,

ἐμοὶ δὲ τὸν λύσοντα· τοῦτο γὰρ ποθῶ.
785

Προμηθεύς

ἐπεὶ προθυμεῖσθʼ, οὐκ ἐναντιώσομαι

τὸ μὴ οὐ γεγωνεῖν πᾶν ὅσον προσχρῄζετε.

σοὶ πρῶτον, Ἰοῖ, πολύδονον πλάνην φράσω,

ἣν ἐγγράφου σὺ μνήμοσιν δέλτοις φρενῶν.

ὅταν περάσῃς ῥεῖθρον ἠπείροιν ὅρον,
790

πρὸς ἀντολὰς φλογῶπας ἡλιοστιβεῖς

πόντου περῶσα φλοῖσβον, ἔστʼ ἂν ἐξίκῃ

πρὸς Γοργόνεια πεδία Κισθήνης, ἵνα

αἱ Φορκίδες ναίουσι δηναιαὶ κόραι
795

τρεῖς κυκνόμορφοι, κοινὸν ὄμμʼ ἐκτημέναι,

μονόδοντες, ἃς οὔθʼ ἥλιος προσδέρκεται

ἀκτῖσιν οὔθʼ ἡ νύκτερος μήνη ποτέ.

πέλας δʼ ἀδελφαὶ τῶνδε τρεῖς κατάπτεροι,

δρακοντόμαλλοι Γοργόνες βροτοστυγεῖς,

ἃς θνητὸς οὐδεὶς εἰσιδὼν ἕξει πνοάς.
800

τοιοῦτο μέν σοι τοῦτο φρούριον λέγω·

ἄλλην δʼ ἄκουσον δυσχερῆ θεωρίαν·

ὀξυστόμους γὰρ Ζηνὸς ἀκραγεῖς κύνας

γρῦπας φύλαξαι, τόν τε μουνῶπα στρατὸν

Ἀριμασπὸν ἱπποβάμονʼ, οἳ χρυσόρρυτον
805

οἰκοῦσιν ἀμφὶ νᾶμα Πλούτωνος πόρου·

τούτοις σὺ μὴ πέλαζε. τηλουρὸν δὲ γῆν

ἥξεις, κελαινὸν φῦλον, οἳ πρὸς ἡλίου

ναίουσι πηγαῖς, ἔνθα ποταμὸς Αἰθίοψ.

τούτου παρʼ ὄχθας ἕρφʼ, ἕως ἂν ἐξίκῃ
810

καταβασμόν, ἔνθα Βιβλίνων ὀρῶν ἄπο

ἵησι σεπτὸν Νεῖλος εὔποτον ῥέος.

οὗτός σʼ ὁδώσει τὴν τρίγωνον ἐς χθόνα

Νειλῶτιν, οὗ δὴ τὴν μακρὰν ἀποικίαν,

Ἰοῖ, πέπρωται σοί τε καὶ τέκνοις κτίσαι.
815

τῶν δʼ εἴ τί σοι ψελλόν τε καὶ δυσεύρετον,

ἐπανδίπλαζε καὶ σαφῶς ἐκμάνθανε·

σχολὴ δὲ πλείων ἢ θέλω πάρεστί μοι.

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 780 focus

ΠΡ.

δίδωμ᾽· ἑλοῦ γὰρ, ἢ πόνων τὰ λοιπά σοι
780

φράσω σαφηνῶς, ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντ᾽ ἐμέ.

ΧΟ.

τούτων σὺ τὴν μὲν τῇδε, τὴν δ᾽ ἐμοὶ χάριν

θέσθαι θέλησον, μηδ᾽ ἀτιμάσῃς λόγου·

καὶ τῇδε μὲν γέγωνε τὴν λοιπὴν πλάνην,

ἐμοὶ δὲ τὸν λύσοντα· τοῦτο γὰρ ποθῶ.

785

ΠΡ.

ἐπεὶ προθυμεῖσθ᾽, οὐκ ἐναντιώσομαι

τὸ μὴ οὐ γεγωνεῖν πᾶν ὅσον προσχρήζετε.

σοὶ πρῶτον, Ἰοῖ, πολύδονον πλάνην φράσω,

ἣν ἐγγράφου σὺ μνήμοσιν δέλτοις φρενῶν.

ὅταν περάσῃς ῥεῖθρον ἠπείρων ὅρον,
790

πρὸς ἀντολὰς φλογῶπας ἡλιοστιβεῖς

*** πόντου περῶσα φλοῖσβον, ἐς τ᾽ ἂν ἐξίκῃ

πρὸς Γοργόνεια πεδία Κισθήνης, ἵνα

αἱ Φορκίδες ναίουσι δηναιαὶ κόραι

τρεῖς κυκνόμορφοι, κοινὸν ὄμμ᾽ ἐκτημέναι,
795

μονόδοντες, ἃς οὔθ᾽ ἥλιος προσδέρκεται

ἀκτῖσιν οὔθ᾽ ἡ νύκτερος μήνη ποτέ.

πέλας δ᾽ ἀδελφαὶ τῶνδε τρεῖς κατάπτεροι,

δρακοντόμαλλοι Γοργόνες βροτοστυγεῖς,

ἃς θνητὸς οὐδεὶς εἰσιδὼν ἕξει πνοάς·
800

τοιοῦτο μέν σοι τοῦτο φρούριον λέγω.

ἄλλην δ᾽ ἄκουσον δυσχερή θεωρίαν·

ὀξυστόμους γὰρ Ζηνὸς ἀκλαγγεῖς κύνας

γρῦπας φύλαξαι, τόν τε μουνῶπα στρατὸν

Αριμασπὸν ἱπποβάμον, οἳ χρυσόρρυτον
805

οἰκοῦσιν ἀμφὶ νᾶμα Πλούτωνος πόρου·

τούτοις σὺ μὴ πέλαζε. τηλουρὸν δὲ γῆν

ἥξεις κελαινὸν φῦλον, οἳ πρὸς ἡλίου

ναίουσι πηγαῖς, ἔνθα ποταμὸς Αἰθίοψ.

τούτου παρ᾿ ὄχθας ἕρφ᾽, ἕως ἂν ἐξίκῃ
810

καταβασμὸν, ἔνθα Βυβλίνων ὀρῶν ἄπο

ἵησι σεπτὸν Νεῖλος εὔποτον ῥέος.

οὗτός σ᾽ ὁδώσει τὴν τρίγωνον ἐς χθόνα

Νειλῶτιν, οὗ δὴ τὴν μακρὰν ἀποικίαν,

Ἰοῖ, πέπρωται σοί τε καὶ τέκνοις κτίσαι.

815

τῶν δ᾽ εἰ τί σοι ψελλόν τε καὶ δυσεύρετον,

ἐπανδίπλαζε καὶ σαφῶς ἐκμάνθανε·

σχολὴ δὲ πλείων ἢ θέλω πάρεστί μοι.

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 780 focus

Προμηθεύς

δίδωμ'· ἑλοῦ γὰρ ἢ πόνων τὰ λοιπά σοι

φράσω σαφηνῶς, ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντ᾽ ἐμέ.

Χορὸς Ὠκεανίδων Νυμφῶν

τούτων σὺ τὴν μὲν τῇδε, τὴν δ᾽ ἐμοὶ χάριν

θέσθαι θέλησον, μηδ' ἀτιμάσῃς λόγους·

καὶ τῇδε μὲν γέγωνε τὴν λοιπὴν πλάνην,
785

ἐμοὶ δὲ τὸν λύσοντα· τοῦτο γὰρ ποθῶ.

Προμηθεύς

ἐπεὶ προθυμεῖσθ᾽, οὐκ ἐναντιώσομαι

τὸ μὴ οὐ γεγωνεῖν πᾶν ὅσον προςχρήζετε.

σοὶ πρῶτον, Ἰοῖ, πολύδονον πλάνην φράσω,

ἣν ἐγγράφου σὺ μνήμοσιν δέλτοις φρενῶν.
790

ὅταν περάσῃς ῥεῖθρον ἠπείρων ὅρον,

πρὸς ἀντολὰς φλογῶπας ἡλιοστιβεῖς

πόντου περῶσα φλοῖσβον, ἔςτ᾽ ἂν ἐξίκῃ

πρὸς Γοργόνεια πεδία Κισθήνης, ἵνα

αἱ Φορκίδες ναίουσι δηναιαὶ κόραι
795

τρεῖς κυκνόμορφοι, κοινὸν ὄμμ᾽ ἐκτημέναι,

μονόδοντες, ἃς οὔθ᾽ ἥλιος προςδέρκεται

ἀκτῖσιν οὔτε νύκτερος μήνη ποτέ.

πέλας δ᾽ ἀδελφαὶ τῶνδε τρεῖς κατάπτεροι,

δρακοντόμαλλοι Γοργόνες βροτοστυγεῖς,
800

ἃς θνητὸς οὐδεὶς εἰςιδὼν ἕξει πνοάς·

τοιοῦτο μέν σοι τοῦτο φρούριον λέγω.

ἄλλην δ᾽ ἄκουσον δυςχερῆ θεωρίαν·

ὀξυστόμους γὰρ Ζηνὸς ἀκραγεῖς κύνας

γρῦπας φύλαξαι, τόν τε μουνῶπα στρατὸν
805

Ἀριμασπὸν ἱπποβάμον, οἳ χρυσόρρυτον

οἰκοῦσιν ἀμφὶ νᾶμα Πλούτωνος πόρου·

τούτοις σὺ μὴ πέλαζε. τηλουρὸν δὲ γῆν

ἥξεις κελαινὸν φῦλον, οἳ πρὸς ἡλίου

ναίουσι πηγαῖς, ἔνθα ποταμὸς Αἰθίοψ.
810

Προμηθεύς

τούτου παρ᾽ ὄχθας ἕρφ᾽, ἕως ἂν ἐξίκῃ

καταβασμόν, ἔνθα Βυβλίνων ὀρῶν ἄπο

ἵησι σεπτὸν Νεῖλος εὔποτον ῥέος.

οὗτός σ᾽ ὁδώσει τὴν τρίγωνον ἐς χθόνα

Νειλῶτιν, οὗ δὴ τὴν μακρὰν ἀποικίαν,
815

Ἰοῖ, πέπρωται σοί τε καὶ τέκνοις κτίσαι.

τῶν δ᾽ εἴ τί σοι ψελλόν τε καὶ δυςεύρετον,

ἐπαναδίπλαζε, καὶ σαφῶς ἐκμάνθανε·

σχολὴ δὲ πλείων ἢ θέλω πάρεστί μοι.

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 780 focus

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ

Δίδωμ'· ἑλοῦ γάρ, ἢ πόνων τὰ λοιπά σοι

φράσω σαφηνῶς ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντ' ἐμέ.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Τούτων σὺ τὴν μὲν τῇδε, τὴν δ' ἐμοὶ χάριν

θέσθαι θέλησον, μηδ' ἀτιμάσῃς λόγους·

καὶ τῇδε μὲν γέγωνε τὴν λοιπὴν πλάνην,
785

ἐμοὶ δὲ τὸν λύσοντα· τοῦτο γὰρ ποθῶ.

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ

Ἐπεὶ προθυμεῖσθ', οὐκ ἐναντιώσομαι

τὸ μὴ οὐ γεγωνεῖν πᾶν ὅσον προσχρῄζετε.

Σοὶ πρῶτον, Ἰοῖ, πολύδονον πλάνην φράσω,

ἣν ἐγγράφου σὺ μνήμοσιν δέλτοις φρενῶν.
790

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ

Ὅταν περάσῃς ῥεῖθρον ἠπείρων ὅρον,

πρὸς ἀντολὰς φλογώπας ἡλιοστιβεῖς

¹

πόντου περῶσα φλοῖσβον, ἔστ' ἂν ἐξίκῃ

πρὸς Γοργόνεια πεδία Κισθήνης, ἵνα

αἱ Φορκίδες ναίουσι δηναιαὶ κόραι
795

τρεῖς κυκνόμορφοι, κοινὸν ὄμμ' ἐκτημέναι,

μονόδοντες, ἃς οὔθ' ἥλιος προσδέρκεται

ἀκτῖσιν οὔθ' ἡ νύκτερος μήνη ποτέ.

Πέλας δ' ἀδελφαὶ τῶνδε τρεῖς κατάπτεροι,

δρακοντόμαλλοι Γοργόνες βροτοστυγεῖς,
800

ἃς θνητὸς οὐδεὶς εἰσιδὼν ἕξει πνοάς.

Τοιοῦτο μέν σοι τοῦτο φρούριον λέγω·

ἄλλην δ' ἄκουσον δυσχερῆ θεωρίαν·

ὀξυστόμους γὰρ Ζηνὸς ἀκραγεῖς κύνας

γρῦπας φύλαξαι τόν τε μουνῶπα στρατὸν
805

Ἀριμασπὸν ἱπποβάμον', οἳ χρυσόρρυτον

οἰκοῦσιν ἀμφὶ νᾶμα Πλούτωνος πόρου πόρον·

τούτοις σὺ μὴ πέλαζε. Τηλουρὸν δὲ γῆν

ἥξεις, κελαινὸν φῦλον, οἳ πρὸς ἡλίου

ναίουσι πηγαῖς, ἔνθα ποταμὸς Αἰθίοψ.
810

Τούτου παρ' ὄχθας ἕρφ', ἕως ἂν ἐξίκῃ

καταβασμόν, ἔνθα Βυβλίνων Βιβλίνων ὀρῶν ἄπο

ἵησι σεπτὸν Νεῖλος εὔποτον ῥέος·

οὗτός σ' ὁδώσει τὴν τρίγωνον ἐς χθόνα

Νειλῶτιν, οὗ δὴ τὴν μακρὰν ἀποικίαν,
815

Ἰοῖ, πέπρωται σοί τε καὶ τέκνοις κτίσαι.

Τῶν δ' εἴ τί σοι ψελλόν τε καὶ δυσεύρετον,

ἐπαναδίπλαζε καὶ σαφῶς ἐκμάνθανε·

σχολὴ δὲ πλείων ἢ θέλω πάρεστί μοι.

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 780 focus

δίδωμ᾽· ἑλοῦ γάρ, ἢ πόνων τὰ λοιπά σοι

φράσω σαφηνῶς, ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντ᾽ ἐμέ.

ΧΟ.

τούτων σὺ τὴν μὲν τῇδε, τὴν δ᾽ ἐμοὶ χάριν

θέσθαι θέλησον, μηδ᾽ ἀτιμάσῃς λόγους.

καὶ τῇδε μὲν γέγωνε τὴν λοιπὴν πλάνην,
810

ἐμοὶ δὲ τὸν λύσοντα. τοῦτο γὰρ ποθῶ.

ΠΡ.

ἐπεὶ προθυμεῖσθ᾽, οὐκ ἐναντιώσομαι

τὸ μὴ οὐ γεγωνεῖν πᾶν ὅσον προσχρήζετε.

σοὶ πρῶτον, Ἰοῖ, πολύδονον πλάνην φράσω,

ἣν ἐγγράφου σὺ μνήμοσιν δέλτοις φρενῶν.
815

ὅταν περάσης ῥεῖθρον ηπείρων ὅρον,

πρὸς ἀντολὰς φλογώπας ἡλιοστιβεῖς

πόντου περῶσα φλοῖσβον, ἔστ᾽ ἂν ἐξίκῃ

πρὸς Γοργόνεια πεδία Κισθήνης, ἵνα

αἱ Φορκίδες ναίουσι δηναιαὶ κόραι
820

τρεῖς κυκνόμορφοι, κοινὸν ὄμμ᾽ ἐκτημέναι,

¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷

σαυτῆς σαυτῆς recc. σ' αὐτῆσ τ' Μ. δυοῖν δυοῖν (ν ex σ factum) M. ποίοιν ποίοιν (ν in ras.) Μ. τούτοιν scribendum videtur. λόγους λόγου Elmsley, fort. λόγων. τὴν λοιπὴν τὴν λοιπὴν corr. ex τῆ λοιπῆ Μ. paragraphum praefxit M, Promethei notam add. m¹. In ἐναντιώσομαι fecit o ex @ Μ. μὴ οὐ γεγωνεῖν μὴ γεγωνεῖν οὐ superscr. m) et προσχρήζετε Μ. ηπείρων ἠπείροιν Herwerden. φλογώπας ἡλιοστιβεῖς φλογωπάσ Μ. ἡλιοστιβεῖσ (ϊ corr. ex ει) M. Post 817 lacunam statuit Heathio auctore Brunck. πόντου πόντου recc. πόντον Μ.

PROMETHEVS VINCTVS.

ΠΡ.

μονόδοντες, ἃς οὔθ᾽ ἥλιος προσδέρκεται

ἀκτῖσιν οὔθ᾽ ἡ νύκτερος μήνη ποτέ.

πέλας δ᾽ ἀδελφαὶ τῶνδε τρεῖς κατάπτεροι,

δρακοντόμαλλοι Γοργόνες βροτοστυγεῖς,
825

ἃς θνητὸς οὐδεὶς εἰσιδὼν ἕξει πνοάς.

τοιοῦτο μέν σοι τοῦτο φρούριον λέγω·

ἄλλην δ᾽ ἄκουσον δυσχερῆ θεωρίαν.

ὀξυστόμους γὰρ Ζηνὸς ἀκραγεῖς κύνας

γρύπας φύλαξαι, τόν τε μουνῶπα στρατὸν
830

Αριμασπὸν ἱπποβάμον, οἳ χρυσόρρυτον

οἰκοῦσιν ἀμφὶ νᾶμα Πλούτωνος πόρου·

τούτοις σὺ μὴ πέλαζε. τηλουρὸν δὲ γῆν

ἥξεις κελαινὸν φῦλον, οἳ πρὸς ἡλίου

ναίουσι πηγαῖς, ἔνθα ποταμὸς Αἰθίοψ.
835

τούτου παρ᾽ ὄχθας ἔρφ᾽, ἕως ἂν ἐξίκῃ

καταβασμόν, ἔνθα Βυβλίνων ὁρῶν ἄπο

ἵησι σεπτὸν Νεῖλος εὔποτον ῥέος.

οὗτός σ᾽ ὁδώσει τὴν τρίγωνον ἐς χθόνα

Νειλῶτιν, οὗ δὴ τὴν μακρὰν ἀποικίαν,
840

Ἰοῖ, πέπρωται σοί τε καὶ τέκνοις κτίσαι.

⁸⁹¹⁰¹¹¹²¹³¹⁴¹⁵

μονόδοντες μονόδοντες recc. μονώδοντεσ Μ. ὀξυστόμους ὀξυστόμου Μ. γρύπας, τόν τε γρύπασ Μ. τώ τε corr. in τόντε Μ. μουνῶπα Μ, μουνώπαν m¹. ἱπποβάμον' ἱππόβαμον Μ, ἱπποβάμον’ m¹. πόρου πόρου recc. πόρον Μ. τηλουρὸν τηλουργὸν Μ, corr. m¹. Fort. τηλουροῦ δὲ γῆς. Βυβλίνων βυβλίνων recc. βιβλίνων Μ. εὔποτον εὔποτο Μ, ν addidit M vel m. οὗτός σ᾽ ὁδώσει οβτοσσε δώσει Μ, corr. in οὕτωσ σ᾽ ὁδώσει m¹ vel m.

AESCHYLI

ΠΡ.

τῶν δ᾽ εἴ τί σοι ψελλόν τε καὶ δυσεύρετον,

ἐπαναδίπλαζε, καὶ σαφῶς ἐκμάνθανε·

σχολὴ δὲ πλείων ἢ θέλω πάρεστί μοι.

ΧΟ.

Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 780 focus

ΠΡ.

δίδωμ᾿· ἑλοῦ γάρ, ἢ πόνων τὰ λοιπά σοι
780

φράσω σαφηνῶς ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντ᾽ ἐμέ.

ΧΟ.

τούτων σὺ τὴν μὲν τῆιδε, τὴν δ᾽ ἐμοὶ χάριν

θέσθαι θέλησον μηδ᾽ ἀτιμάσηις λόγου.

καὶ τῆιδε μὲν γέγωνε τὴν λοιπὴν πλάνην,

ἐμοὶ δὲ τὸν λύσοντα. τοῦτο γὰρ ποθῶ.
785

ΠΡ.

ἐπεὶ προθυμεῖσθ᾽, οὐκ ἐναντιώσομαι

τὸ μὴ οὐ γεγωνεῖν πᾶν ὅσον προσχρήιζετε.

σοὶ πρῶτον Ἰοῖ πολύδονον πλάνην φράσω,

ἣν ἐγγράφου σὺ μνήμοσιν δέλτοις φρενῶν.

ὅταν περάσηις ῥεῖθρον ἠπείροιν ὅρον,
790

πρὸς ἀντολὰς φλογῶπας ἡλίου στίβει

πόντου παρεῖσα φλοῖσβον, ἔστ᾽ ἂν ἐξίκηι

πρὸς Γοργόνεια πεδία Κισθήνης, ἵνα

αἱ Φορκίδες ναίουσι δηναιαὶ κόραι

τρεῖς κυκνόμορφοι κοινὸν ὄμμ᾽ ἐκτημέναι
795

μονόδοντες, ἃς οὔθ᾽ ἥλιος προσδέρκεται

ἀκτῖσιν οὔθ᾽ ἡ νύκτερος μήνη ποτέ.

πέλας δ᾽ ἀδελφαὶ τῶνδε τρεῖς κατάπτεροι

δρακοντόμαλλοι Γοργόνες βροτοστυγεῖς,

ἃς θνητὸς οὐδεὶς εἰσιδὼν ἕξει πνοάς.
800

τοιοῦτο μέν σοι τοῦτο φρούριον λέγω·

ἄλλην δ᾽ ἄκουσον δυσχερῆ θεωρίαν.

ὀξυστόμους γὰρ Ζηνὸς ἀκραγεῖς κύνας

γρύπας φύλαξαι τόν τε μουνῶπα στρατόν

Apparatus Criticus

σαυτῆς σαυτῆς τ' ἢ om λόγου οἴκους λόγους corr. Elmsley πλάνην βλάβην λύσοντα λύσοντα σε λύσαντα τὸ μὴ οὐ τῶ V οὐ om πολύδονον πολύδινον ἠπείροιν ἠπείρων corr. Herwerden ἀντολὰς ἀνατολάς στίβει ἡλιοστιβεῖς corr. Heimsöth πόντου πόντον παρεῖσα περῶσα corr. Heimsöth Κισθήνης Κισθήνης Κιθ. Κισθύν. Κισθίν. σκυθίνης δηναιαὶ δειναιαί μονόδοντες μονώδοντες ἡ del. Hermann τοιοῦτο τοιοῦτον ὀξυστόμους ὀξυστόμου ἀκραγεῖς ἀκραγγεῖς σκύθας τε γε μουνῶπα μουνώπαν μουνωπόν

ΠΡ.
¹

Ἀριμασπὸν ἱπποβάμον᾽, οἳ χρυσόρρυτον
805

οἰκοῦσιν ἀμφὶ νᾶμα Πλούτωνος πόρου·

τούτοις σὺ μὴ πέλαζε. τηλουρὸν δὲ γῆν

ἥξεις κελαινὸν φῦλον, οἳ πρὸς ἡλίου

ναίουσι πηγαῖς, ἔνθα ποταμὸς Αἰθίοψ.

τούτου παρ᾿ ὄχθας ἕρφ᾽, ἕως ἂν ἐξίκηι
810

καταβασμόν, ἔνθα Βυβλίνων ὀρῶν ἄπο˙

ἵησι σεπτὸν Νεῖλος εὔποτον ῥέος.

οὗτός σ᾽ ὁδώσει τὴν τρίγωνον ἐς χθόνα

Νειλῶτιν, οὗ δὴ τὴν μακρὰν ἀποικίαν

Ἰοῖ πέπρωται σοί τε καὶ τέκνοις κτίσαι.
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τῶν δ᾽ εἴ τί σοι ψελλόν τε καὶ δυσεύρετον,

ἐπανδίπλαζε καὶ σαφῶς ἐκμάνθανε·

σχολὴ δὲ πλείων ἢ θέλω πάρεστί μοι.

Translations (8)

Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 780 focus

I allow it thee ; for choose whether I shall clearly tell to thee the residue of thy troubles, or who it is that is to be my deliverer.

CHORUS

Of these twain do thou vouchsafe to bestow the one boon on this damsel, and the other on me, and disdain thou not my request. To her tell the rest of her wanderings, and to me him that is to deliver thee ; for this I long [to hear].

PROMETHEUS

Seeing that ye are eagerly bent upon it, I will not oppose your wishes, so as not to utter every thing as much as ye desire. To thee in the first place, Io, will I describe thy mazy wanderings, which do thou engrave on the recording tablets of thy mind.

When thou shalt have crossed the stream that is the boundary of the Continents, to the ruddy realms of mom where walks the sun

. . . . . . . having passed over the roaring swell of the sea, until thou shalt reach the Gorgonian plains of Cisthene, where dwell the Phorcides, three swanlike aged damsels, that possess one eye in common, that have but a single tooth, on whom ne'er doth the sun glance with his rays, nor the nightly moon. And hard by are three winged sisters of these, the snake-tressed Gorgons, abhorred of mortals, whom none of human race can look upon and retain the breath of life

. Such is this caution

which I mention to thee. Now lend an ear to another hideous spectacle; for be on thy guard against the keenranged hounds of Jupiter that never bark, the gryphons, and the cavalry host of one-eyed Arimasprans, who dwell on the banks of the gold-gushing fount, the stream of Pluto: go not thou nigh to these. And thou wilt reach a far-distant land, a dark tribe, who dwell close upon the fountains of the sun, where is the river Aethiops. Along the banks of this wend thy way, until thou shalt have reached the cataract where from the Bybline mountains the Nile pours forth his hallowed, grateful stream. This will guide thee to the triangular land of the Nile; where at length, To, it is ordained for thee and thy children after thee to found the distant colony. And if aught of this is obscurely uttered, and hard to be understood, question me anew, and learn it thoroughly and clearly: as for leisure, I have more than I desire.

CHORUS

PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 780 focus

les sous mes yeux et offre-moi le choix.

PROMÉTHÉE

Je te l'offre, choisis : dois-je t'apprendre exactement le reste de tes maux ou qui sera mon libérateur ?

LE CORYPHÉE

De ces grâces, veuille donc lui accorder l'une, l'autre sera pour moi : ne dédaigne pas nos vœux. A Io révèle la suite de ses erreurs ; à moi, qui sera
ton libérateur ; car c'est là mon envie.

PROMÉTHÉE

Si tel est votre ardent désir, je ne me refuserai pas à vous révéler tout ce que vous demandez. A toi d'abord, Io, je dirai les erreurs de ta course tourbillonnante : inscris-les aux tablettes fidèles de ta mémoire.

PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ

PROMÉTHÉE

Quand tu auras franchi le courant qui sert de limite aux continents vers le Levant où flamboient les pas du Soleil ¹ en traversant le fracas de la mer, jusqu'au moment où tu atteindras les champs gorgonéens de Kisthène, séjour des
Phorkides, trois vierges antiques, au corps de cygne, qui n'ont qu'un même œil, une seule dent, et qui jamais n'obtiennent un regard ni du soleil rayonnant ni du croissant des nuits. Près d'elles sont trois sœurs ailées à
toison de serpents, les Gorgones, horreur des mortels, que nul humain ne saurait regarder sans expirer aussitôt. Tel est l'avertissement que d'abord je te donne. Mais apprends à connaître le péril d'un autre spectacle : garde-toi des chiens de Zeus, au bec aigu, qui n'aboient point,
des Griffons ² ; et aussi de l'armée montée des Arimaspes à l'œil unique, qui habitent sur les bords du fleuve Pluton, qui charrie l'or. D'aucun de ceux-là n'approche ; et tu arriveras alors en un pays éloigné, celui d'un peuple noir, établi près des eaux du Soleil, au pays du fleuve Aithiops.
Suis-en la berge jusqu'à l'heure où tu atteindras la « Descente », le point où, du haut des monts de Biblos, le Nil déverse ses eaux saintes et salutaires. C'est lui qui te conduira au pays en triangle où le Destin a
réservé à Io et à sa descendance la fondation de sa lointaine colonie. Si quelque point te reste trouble, embarrassant, reprends-le, instruis-toi avec précision. J'ai du loisir ici, plus que je n'en souhaite.

LE CORYPHÉE

Si tu as encore à lui révéler un fait
nouveau — ou oublié — de ses erreurs vagabondes, dis-

PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ

LE CORYPHÉE

le. Si tu as

Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 780 focus

Shall I declare the reſt of thy misfortunes,

Or doſt thou wiſh to know him that ſhall free me?

CHORUS.

The first to her, to me this other grace

Vouchſafe, nor my requeſt treat with diſdain.

To her impart what toils remain; to me
795

Him that ſhall free thee; this I moſt deſire.

PROMETHEUS.

This your requeſt I ſhall not be averſe

To gratify, and tell you all you wiſh.

First for thy various wand'rings: Mark my words,

And grave them on the tablet of thy heart.
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When thou ſhalt paſs the flood, the common bound

Of either continent, direct thy ſteps

Right to the firey portals of the eaſt,

PROMETHEUS.

The' ſun's bright walk, along the roaring beach,

Till thou ſhalt come to the gorgonian plains
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Of Ciſthine, where dwell the ſwanlike forms

Of Phorcys' daughters, bent and white with age; h

One common eye have these, one common tooth,

And never does the ſun with chearful ray

Viſit them darkling, nor the moon's pale orb
810

That ſilvers o'er the night.

The Gorgons nigh,

Their ſiſters these, ſpread their broad wings, and wreath

Their horrid hair with ſerpents, fiends abhor'd,

Whom never mortal cou'd behold, and live.
815

Be therefore warn'd, and let it profit thee

To learn what else deteſtable to ſight

Lies in thy way, and dang'rous.

Shun the Gryphins,

Those dumb and rav'nous dogs of Jove. Avoid
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The Arimaſpian troops, whoſe frowning foreheads

Glare with one blazing eye; along the banks,

Where Pluto rolls his ſtreams of gold, they rein i

Their foaming ſteeds; approach them not, but seek

A land far diſtant, where the tawny race k

825

Dwell near the fountains of the ſun, and where

The Nigris pours his duſky waters; wind

Along his banks, till thou ſhalt reach the fall

Where from the mountains with Papyrus crown'd

The venerable Nile impetuous pours
830

His headlong torrent; he ſhall guide thy ſteps

To those irriguous plains, whoſe triple ſides

His arms ſurround;

there have the Fates decreed

Thee and thy ſons to form the lengthen'd line. -
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Is ought imperfect, ought obſcure? Reſume

Th' inquiry, and be taught with greater clearncss:

+ I have more leiſure than I wiſh to have.

CHORUS.

Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 780 focus

Eccoli, eleggi: o di tue pene il termine

900

ti dirò chiaro, o chi me deve sciogliere.

CORIFEA

Di queste grazie una a costei concedi,

e l'altra a me, né favellar t'incresca:

degli error' suoi di' a questa il resto; e a me

chi ti libererà; ché ciò desidero.
905

PROMETEO

Poi che voi lo bramate, io rifiutarmi

non saprei di narrar ciò che chiedete:

a te dapprima narrerò, fanciulla,

i lunghi errori ed i travagli; e scrivilo

del pensiero tuo nei solchi mèmori.
910

Poscia che il gorgo, ai continenti limite,

attraversato avrai, verso le plaghe

tutte fiamma, che il sole all'alba preme,

corri, e traversa il sonito del mare,

sin che tu non pervenga al pian di Cístene
915

gorgonio, ove dimora hanno le Fòrcidi,

le tre fanciulle annose. Elle figura

han di cigno, e un solo occhio in tre posseggono,

e un dente sol. Né coi suoi raggi il sole

le guarda mai, né la notturna luna.
920

Le Gorgoni son qui presso; le tre

loro alate sorelle, a cui dal capo

guizzano serpi: aborrono esse gli uomini;

né può mortale alcuno serbare alito

di vita, ove le scorga: il loro asilo
925

di schivar t'ammonisco. Altro spettacolo

orrido ascolta ancor. Dai grifi guàrdati,

muti cani di Giove adunchi rostri,

e dall'equestre stuol degli Arimaspi,

ch'àn solo un occhio, ed abitano i pressi
930

del Plutone, che volge oro nei flutti.

Non accostarti ad essi. E giungerai

ad una estrema landa, a un popol negro

che del sol presso le sorgenti vive,

dov'è l'Etíope fiume. Or tu trascinati
935

lungo le rive, sin che tu sia giunta

ad una frana, dove il Nilo gitta

giú dai monti Biblini, l'onda sacra

soave a bere. Ed esso t'addurrà

al tricuspide suol niliaco, dove
940

è per te fato e per i figli tuoi,

la remota colonia, Io, stabilire.

Se men facile o balba per te suona

di ciò ch'io dissi alcuna parte, addoppia

pur la dimanda, e chiaro apprendi il tutto:
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tempo n'ho molto più ch'io non desideri.

CORIFEA

Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 780 focus

Do, elige. aut enim reliquos labores tibi

780

Dicam manifestè, aut quis me soluturus est.

Cho.

Horum partim huic, partim mihi gratiam

Dare velis, neq; sermones contemne,

Huicq; narra reliquum errorem:

Mihi verò, qui te soluet. hoc enim cupio.
785

Pro.

Postquam cupitis, non aduersabor:

Omnia quæ vultis, vobis narrabo.

Tibi primò, Io, multiuagum errorem dicam,

Quem tu tabulis memoribus mentium scribes.

Quando transibis fluentum, terminum Asiæ
790

Ad solis ortum, flammeâs solis vias,

Murmur maris transiens ibis, donec exeâs

Ad Gorgoneos campos Sistinis, ubi detestatæ

Phorcydes habitant, puellæ validæ,

Tres cygniformes, communem oculum possidentes,
795

Vnidentes, quos neq; sol respicit

Radijs, neq; nocturna luna unquam:

Prope sunt hæ tres sorores alatæ,

Dracontinis pilis, Gorgones mortalibus invisæ:

Quas qui mortalium viderit, non amplius vivet,
800

Hoc tibi vitandum esse dico,

Aliud audi triste spectaculum:

Acutum os habentes, Iouis longè clamantes canes

Aduncos vitabis, unoculumq; exercitum

Bellicosum equitantem, qui aurifluum
805

Habitat circa meatum Plutonis,

Ad hunc non ibis: remotæ terræ

Venies ad nigram nationem, quæ iuxta solis

Fontes habitat: ibi fluvius Æthiops est.

Huius ad ripas ito, donec traijcias:
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PROMETHEVS.

Traiectum, inde à montibus Biblinis

Mittit venerandum Nilus potatu bonus fluentum:

Ipse te deducet in Triquetram terram

Nilotim, cuius longam coloniam

Constitutum est tibi & filijs tuis condere,
815

Horum si quid tibi incognitum, & inuetu difficile est,

Rursus interroga, & disce apertè.

Plus enim mihi est otij, quàm vellem.

Cho.

Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 780 focus

PROMETHEUS

Granted: Shall I the remnant of thy woes

Plainly declare, or who shall set me free?

Chorus

Of these to her the former grace vouchsafe

To me the latter; spurn not my request.

To her the sequel of her course disclose,

To me thy rescuer; for this I crave.

PROMETHEUS

Since ye are eager I will thwart you not,

Nor will withhold what ye desire to know.

First, Io, thy vex'd course to thee I'll tell,

Which in thy mind's recording tablets grave.

When thou hast crossed the flood, limit betwixt

Two continents, fronting the burning East *

Trod by the sun, [then onward hold thy course.

Fierce northern blasts thou wilt encounter first;

¹

Shun thou their downward rush, lest, unaware,

In wintry tempest thou be rudely caught.]

The sounding main then do thou skirt until

Kisthene's * Gorgoneian plains thou reach,

Where dwell the Phorkides, † maids grey with eld,

Three, swan-shaped, of one common eye possessed,

One common tooth, whom neither with his beams

The sun beholdeth, nor the nightly moon;

And near them dwell their wingèd sisters three,

Gorgons, with snaky locks, of men abhorred;

Whom never mortal may behold and breathe.

This for thy warning I relate to thee;

But list another spectacle of dread.

The unbarking hounds of Zeus, sharp-mouthed, beware,—

The Griffins; and the Arimaspian ‡ host,

²³⁴

Horse-mounted, single-eyed, around the stream

Who dwell of Pluto's gold-abounding flood. *

To these approach not; a far border-land

Thou next shalt reach, where dwells a swarthy race,

Near the sun's founts, whence is the Æthiop river. ‡

Along its banks proceed till thou attain

The mighty rapids, where from Bybline heights

Pure draughts of sacred water Neilos sends.

He to the land, three-cornered, thee shall guide,

Nile-girt, where, Io, 'tis ordained for thee

And for thy sons that far-off colony

To found ;-if aught of this seem dark to thee,

⁵⁶

Or hard to spell, ask and be taught in full;

For leisure have I, more than I desire.

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.) — 780 focus

I grant it: shall I in all clearness show

Thy future woes, or my deliverance?
855

Chorus

Nay! of the two, vouchsafe her wish to her

And mine to me, deigning a truth to each—

To her, reveal her future wanderings—

To me, thy future saviour, as I crave!

Prometheus

I will not set myself to thwart your will
860

Withholding aught of what ye crave to know.

First to thee, Io, will I tell and trace

Thy scared circuitous wandering—mark it well,

Deep in retentive tablets of the soul.

When thou hast overpast the ferry's flow
865

That sunders continent from continent,

Straight to the eastward and the flaming face

Of dawn, and highways trodden by the sun,

Pass, till thou come unto the windy land

Of daughters born to Boreas: beware
870

Lest the strong spirit of the stormy blast

Snatch thee aloft, and sweep thee to the void,

On wings of raving wintry hurricane!

Wend by the noisy tumult of the wave,

Until thou reach the Gorgon-haunted plains
875

Beside Cisthene. In that solitude

Dwell Phorcys' daughters, beldames worn with time,

Three, each swan-shapen, single-toothed, and all

Peering thro' shared endowment of one eye;

Never on them doth the sun shed his rays,
880

Never falls radiance of the midnight moon.

But, hard by these, their sisters, clad with wings,

Serpentine-curled, dwell, loathed of mortal men,—

The Gorgons!—he of men who looks on them

Shall gasp away his life. Of such fell guard
885

I bid thee to beware. Now, mark my words

When I another sight of terror tell—

Beware the Gryphon pack, the hounds of Zeus,

As keen of fang as silent of their tongues!

Beware the one-eyed Arimaspian band
890

That tramp on horse-hoofs, dwelling by the ford

Of Pluto and the stream that flows with gold:

Keep thou aloof from these. To the world's end

Thou comest at the last, the dark-faced tribe

That dwell beside the sources of the sun,
895

Where springs the river, Aethiopian named.

Make thou thy way along his bank, until

Thou come unto the mighty downward slope

Where from the overland of Bybline hills

Nile pours his hallowed earth-refreshing wave.
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He by his course shall guide thee to the realm

Named from himself, three-angled, water-girt;

There, Io, at the last, hath Fate ordained,

For thee and for thy race, the charge to found,

Far from thy native shore, a new abode.
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Lo, I have said: if aught hereof appear

Hard to thy sense and inarticulate,

Question me o'er again, and soothly learn—

God wot, I have too much of leisure here!

Chorus

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.) — 780 focus

Wohlan, so wähle: soll ich dir dein künftig Leid

Genau berichten, oder wer mich lösen wird?

Die Chorführerin.

Von Beidem woll' ihr Eines, mir das Andere

Gewähren: laß die Bitte nicht vergeblich sein!
780

Ihr melde denn, welch weit'res Irrsal ihrer harrt,

Mir, wer dich einst erlöse: sehnend wünsch' ich das.

Prometheus.

Weil ihr es wünschet, widerstreb' ich länger nicht,

Und offenbar' euch Alles, was ihr wissen wollt.

Erst, Jo, meld' ich deine vielbewegte Flucht;
785

Sie schreib' in Tafeln deines Sinns getreu dir ein.

Wenn du den Sund durchschwammest, der die Festen trennt,

Zeuch, wo des Ostes Sonnenbahn sich flammend hebt,

Hindurch die Meereswogen, bis du hingelangst

Zu Gorgoneierfluren, nach Kisthene, wo
790

Des Phorkys Töchter hausen, hochbetagte Frau'n,

Drei, schwanengleich, gemeinsam Eines Auges froh

Und Eines Zahnes, welche nie der Sonne Strahl

Beglänzt, und nie des Mondes nächtlich Aug' erblickt;

Und ihnen nah die Schwestern, drei geflügelte
795

Gorgonen, schlangenhaarig, grimm von Menschenhaß,

Bei deren Anblick jeder Hauch des Lebens stirbt.

Zu deiner Hut verkünd' ich solches dir voraus.

Noch andern Anblick grauser Art vernimm von mir.

Hab' Acht vor jenen Greifen, Zeus' scharfzahnigen,
800

Stimmlosen Hunden und den rossetummelnden

Einäugigen Arimaspen, die des Pluto Strom

Umwohnen, der in goldnem Sand die Welle rollt.

Komm ihnen ja nicht nahe! Dann ein fernes Land

Erreichst du, jenes schwarze Volk an Helios'
805

Urborne, wo des Aethiops Gewässer strömt.

An dessen Ufer wandre, bis du hingelangst

Zum Wassersturze, wo von Byblos' Höh'n herab

Des Neilos Flut den süßen heil'gen Strom ergießt.

Der wird den Weg dir weisen in's dreiseitige
810

Nilland, wo dir und deiner Kinder Stamm dereinst

Die ferne Wohnung, Jo, dein Geschick bestimmt.

Blieb irgend etwas dunkel dir und räthselbaft,

So frage nochmals, und vernimm ein klares Wort;

Denn reich're Muße ward mir, als ich wünschen mag.
815

Die Chorführerin.

Notes on the current edition

Prometheus Bound

1. Πλούτον is an abbreviation of Πλουτοδότης or Πλουτοδοτήρ, giver of wealth; hence the apparent confusion with Πλούτος.

Commentary

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

780. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-881

ποίοιν:

ποίοιν

postremis tribus litteris in litura M.

ποίοις

Par. E.

ποίοισιν

Ven. 1.

782. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-882

φράσω:

φράσαι

Rob.

782. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-883

τὸν ἐκλύσοντ' ἐμέ:

τὸν ἐκλύσοντά με

G. et alii nonnulli codices.

783. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-884

χάριν:

τὴν δ᾽ ἐμοὶ δίδου

, omisso

χάριν

, G.

784. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-885

λόγους:

οἴκους

pro

λόγους

Vit. sed supra scriptum

γρ. καὶ λόγους καὶ τὰς ὑποσχέσεις

. Aliter alius glossator interpretatur,

τοὺς ἐμοὺς δηλονότι

. Elmsleius certissime se reponere putabat

λόγου

. Eo trahi possunt hae explicationes,

μὴ ἀπορρίψῃς καὶ οὐκ ἐθελήσῃς εἰπεῖν. ἀτίμους ποιήσῃς

785. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-886

γέγωνε:

καὶ τῆσδε μὲν, γέγονε

Lips.

785. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-887

λοιπὴν:

τῇ λοιπῇ

ante correctionem primae manus M.

786. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-888

τὸν λύσοντα:

λύσοντά σε

G. et pauci alii.

λύσοντα σὲ

Bess. Ald.

786. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-889

ποθῶ:

τοῦτο γὰρ νῦν ποθῶ

Lips. paucique alii et Ald.

788. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-890

μὴ οὐ:

οὐ

omittunt G. aliique codices et Rob. et a pr. manu M. Habent

οὐ

Vit. Lips. Ald. et superscriptum a sec. manu M.

788. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-891

ὅσον:

ὅσονπερ χρήζετε

Lips.

790. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-892

ἐγγράφου σὺ:

ἐγγράφουσα

a pr. manu habuisse videtur M.

ἐγγράφου σὺ

habet a secunda.

790. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-893

μνήμοσιν:

μνήμοσιν

Μ.

μνήμασι

G. Vit. Lips. aliique et edd. ante Vict. Imitationem scriptoris qui Hermippum dialogum fecit, apud Schneiderum in praefatione Theophrasti p. 25. adnotavit Dindorfius,

καὶ ἔγωγε μνήμασι δέλτοις φρενῶν ταῦτ᾽ ἐγγράψομαι

791. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-894

ὅρον:

ὅτ' ἂν

Vit.

ὅρων

G. Ald.

792. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-895

ἀντολὰς:

ἀντολὰς

Μ. G. Ald. Rob.

ἀνατολὰς

Vit. Lips. aliique.

792. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-896

φλογῶπας:

φλογώπας

Pauwius et ita, ut videtur, M.

φλογωπάς

G. Vit. Lips. et ceteri libri praeter Ald. quae

φλογοπὰς

habet.

792. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-897

ἡλιοστιβεῖς:

ἡλιοστιβεῖς

Lips. Post hunc versum aliquid excidisse Brunckius primus intellexit.

793. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-898

πόντου:

πόντον

M. G. Ven. 1. Bess. Ald.

793. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-899

ἔςτ᾽ ἂν:

ὥστ᾽ ἂν

Vit.

794. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-900

Κισθήνης:

Σκυθίνης

G. aliique et Ald. Rob.

Σκυθήνης

Colb. 1. aliique.

Κυθίνης

Ven. 3.

Κιθήνης

Vit. (de quo falsa refert Butlerus) Lips. Colb. 2.

Κισθένης

Turn. Veram scripturam

Κισθήνης

exhibent M. Par. A. C. D. et adscriptum

Κισθήνης

in Par. B. Harpocratio

Κισθήνη, Ἰσοκράτης Πανηγυρικῷ

(§. 153. p. 72. Steph.).

ὄρος τῆς Θράκης

. Κρατίνος

κἀνθένδ᾽ ἐπὶ τέρματα γῆς ἥξεις καὶ Κισθήνης ὄρος ὄψει

. Photius

Κισθήνη, ὄρος τῆς Θράκης

. Eadem Suidas, apud quem

Καστήνη

legitur. Hesychius

Κισσίνη, πόλις καὶ ὄρος ἐν Θράκῃ

. Aeolidis urbs Cisthene ad sinum Adramyttenum memoratur Stephano Byz. in

Ἴασσα

, Plinio V. 30. Melae I. 18. De ea Strabo XIII. p. 606. extrema

ἔξω δὲ τοῦ κόλπου καὶ τῆς Πυρρᾶς ἄκρας ἥ τε Κισθήνη ἐστί, πόλις ἔρημος, ἔχουσα λιμένα

. Haec videtur esse quam dixit Isocrates. Alia fuit urbs et insula inter Rhodum et insulas Chelidonias, de qua Strabo XIV. p. 666.

μεταξὺ δ᾽ ἐν τῷ λεχθέντι παράπλῳ νησία πολλὰ καὶ λιμένες· ὧν καὶ μεγίστη νῆσος καὶ πόλις ὁμώνυμος ἡ Κισθήνη

. Quem autem Thraciae locum sic appellatum Harpocratio aliique memorant, ex coniectura illic videntur collocasse. Rectius scholia Aeschyli

Κισθήνη, πόλις Λιβύης ἢ Αἰθιοπίας

. id enim coniunctio cum Gorgonibus docet. Acute Meinekius in praefatione Menandri p. 18. Cratini versum e Seriphiis esse coniecit, qua in fabula Persei ad Gorgones iter ad Aeschyli exemplum non sine iocis et risu descripserit poeta facetissimus.

794. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-901

ἵνα: Hiatu offensus Brunckius mollius esse putabat, si scriberetur

ὅπου αἱ Φορκίδες

. At is quidem soloecismus esset. Nam in re certa

οὗ

, non

ὅπου

, dicitur.

795. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-902

αἱ Φορκίδες: In

αἱ Φορκίδες

libri consentiunt omnes: quae scriptura non modo propter hiatum in praegresso

ἵνα

, sed magis etiam propter articulum displicet, qui nimium quantum dictioni poeticae adversatur. Nec dubito quin illud

αἱ Φορκίδες

interpretatio sit doctioris lectionis

Φορκυνίδες

, quam nominis formam etsi non inveni apud Graecos scriptores, tamen qui e Graecis sua hauserunt Romani poetae eam tuentur. Ovidius Metam. IV. 742.

ei imponit Phorcynidos ora Medusae

. V. 230.

et in partem Phorcynida transtulit illam

. Lucanus IX. 626.

squalebant late Phorcynidos arva Medusae

796. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-903

ὄμμ' ἐκτημέναι:

ὄμματ'

Par. E.

ἐκτειμέναι

Par. C.

ὄμμα κεκτημέναι

Ald. Rob. Vera scriptura in ceteris et apud Thomam M. p. 218, 18.

797. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-904

μονόδοντες:

μονώδοντες

M. Bess.

797. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-905

ἃς:

τὰς

Lips. aliique et Ald. Tzetzes Chil. III. 952.

Προυσίου ἔχοντος ὀστοῦν ἓν τοὺς ὀδόντας πάντας, ὥςπερ Αἰσχύλος ἐν γραφαῖς καὶ τὰς Φορκίδας λέγει

798. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-906

νύκτερος: Libri omnes

οὔθ᾽ ὁ νύκτερος

. Delevi articulum, molestum in oratione poetae.

800. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-907

δρακοντόμαλλοι:

δρακοντόμαλοι

G. aliique pauci et Ald.

800. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-908

βροτοστυγεῖς:

βροτοστυγείς

Lips.

800. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-909

Γοργόνες:

Γοργόνες

802. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-910

τοιοῦτο μέν σοι τοῦτο:

τοιοῦτο

M. aliique et Rob.

τοιοῦτον

G. Vit. Lips. aliique et Ald. Nullus liber

μὰν

, ut refert de G. Vit. Ald. Butlerus, sed hi omnes

μὲν

habent, G. tamen in litura. Elmsleius, quod tragici rarissime

τοιοῦτο

τοσοῦτο

usurpent, scribendum putabat

τοιοῦτον ἕν σοι τοῦτο φρούριον λέγω

. Confidentius ad Oed. Col. 790.

τοιοῦτο

τοσοῦτο

prorsus a tragicis abiudicavit, fortasse quod, sicubi illa inveniuntur, metrum alteram formam admittat, ut in Eumen. 200. 419. Blomfieldio longe probabilius videbatur

τοιόνδε μέν σοι

. Ego quidem vulgatam scripturam servandam duxi, partim quod ille tragicorum usus vix satis stabiliri potest, partim quod sententia in illa Elmsleii coniectura non recte enuntiata videtur. Nam

ἓν

si dicitur, satis est

τοιοῦτο

aut

τοῦτο

addi, utroque autem addito alterum supervacaneum atque adeo molestum est.

804. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-911

ὀξυστόμους:

ὀξυστόμου

ante correctionem secundae manu M.

804. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-912

ἀκραγεῖς:

ἀκραγεῖς

Ven. 3. Bess. Par. H. Ald.

ἀκραγεῖς

Lips. Hesychius in codice

ἀκραγές

(Musurus ἀκραγγές),

δυςχερές, σκληρόν, ὀξύχολον, ἀσθενές

. Εtym. Μ. p. 52, 13.

ἀκραγγές, ἀσθενές, χαλεπόν, δυςχερές, σκληρόν, αὐστηρόν, καὶ τὸ ἀεὶ κλαῖον παιδίον. τά τε ἀκραγγῆ ὀξύχολα

. Sic etiam MS. Aug. Atque etiam in Bekkeri Anecd. p. 369, 17. legitur

ἄκραγγες, ἀκρόχολον, ἀσθενές, χαλεπόν

. Optima explicatio est

ἀκρόχολον

. Est enim vocabulum illud ab

ἄγη

deductum, de quo Etym. M. p. 9, 1.

ἄγη, θαῦμα, χαρά, ἀπιστία, ζῆλος. παρὰ Ἡρωδιανῷ βασκανία

. MS. Aug.

παρὰ Ἡροδ

. i. e.

παρὰ Ἡροδότῳ

(VI. 60.), ut Suidas quoque. Apertius Iovis ministri sunt aquila quae v. 1026. iecur Promethei exest, quaeque in Agamemnone v. 128. auguria dant aquilae. Hic gryphi sic appellati videntur ut Iovis voluntate ministerio auri custodiendi fungentes.

805. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-913

γρῦπας:

γύπας

γρῦπας

Ven. 3. quum ceteri fere ut Μ.

γρύπας

habeant.

805. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-914

τόν τε:

τό τε

ante sec. manus correctionem M.

τόν γε

Vit.

805. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-915

μουνῶπα:

μουνῶπα

a pr. manu M. Recentior circumflexum accentum in acutum mutavit et ultimae syllabae

ον

supra adscripsit. Eustathius ad Dionysii v. 31.

Αἰσχύλος δὲ μονῶπα στρατὸν ὀνομάζει

. Idem ad Od. p. 1388, 64.

μουνῶπα στρατὸν

ex h. l. commemorat.

806. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-916

Ἀριμασπὸν:

Ἀριμασπὸν

Vit. sed a pr. manu in

Ἀριμασπὸν

mutatum.

806. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-917

ἱπποβάμον:

ἱπποβάμον'

M. a pr. manu et Vit. Lips.

ἱπποβάμους'

806. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-918

οἳ χρυσόρρυτον:

οἳ χρυσόρρυτον

οἱ χρυσόρρυτοι

sic Lips.

807. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-919

νᾶμα:

νᾶμα

G. et a pr. manu M.

807. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-920

Πλούτωνος:

Πλούτωνος

. Lips.

807. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-921

πόρου:

πόρον

M. Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. N. Ven. 3. Vind. 3. 4. Rob. idque superscriptum in Colb. 2. Gravior est et magis Aeschylea coniunctio horum verborum,

νᾶμα πόρου

. Sic in Persis v. 231.

τῆλε πρὸς δυσμὰς ἄνακτος Ἡλίου φθινασμάτων

808. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-922

τηλουρὸν:

τηλουρὸν

ante recentioris manus correctionem M.

811. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-923

ὄχθας:

ὄχθας

Lips. et a pr. manu M.

811. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-924

ἕρφ':

ἕρφ'

Lips. aliique nonnulli et Ald.

ἕρφ',

adscripta explicatione

πορεύου

, G.

812. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-925

Βυβλίνων:

Βυβλίνων

M. Colb. 2. Cant. 1.

812. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-926

ὀρῶν:

ὀρῶν

G. Lips.

813. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-927

εὔποτον:

εὔποτον

, sed adscripta explicatione

γλυκύ

, Vit. Iis quae Stanleius de dulcedine aquae Nili ex Achillis Tatii IV, 18. et Spartiani Pescennio Nigro c. 7. attulit addi possunt Athenaeus p. 41. F. Eustathius p. 1499, 59.

814. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-928

τρίγωνον:

τρίγωνον

, superscripto

ον

, Vit.

τρίγωνα

Par. D. N.

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

561-886. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-375

;

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.).

780. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-497

⁴

;

780. Cp. Eur. Phoen. 951 τοῖνδ᾽ ἑλοῦ δυοῖν πότμοιν τὸν ἕτερον· ἢ γὰρ παῖδα σῶσον ἡ πόλιν. – ἑλοῦ γὰρ ἤ: ...ἤ in indirect question, as in Homer, for the common εἰ... ἤ, to express sharp contrast of the alter- natives (δυοῖν θατέρῳ). Cp. Cho. 890 εἰδῶμεν ἢ νικῶμεν ἢ νικώμεθα, Soph. Ο. C. 80 οἵδε γὰρ κρινοῦσί σοι ἢ χρή σε μίμνειν ἢ πορεύεσθαι πάλιν, Eur. Med. 492 οὐδ᾽ ἔχω μαθεῖν ἢ θεοὺς νομί- ζεις τοὺς τότ᾽ οὐκ ἄρχειν ἔτι ἢ καινὰ κεῖσθαι θέσμι᾽ ἀνθρώποις τὰ νῦν. See Krüger II. § 65, 1, 3. – πόνων τὰ λοιπά: cp. 634. - The stichomythy ends with a speech of two verses.

782. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-498

⁵

⁶

;

782. τούτοιν : sc. τοῖν χαρίτοιν. The dual of ὁ, οὗτος, ὅδε, αὐτός, ὅς, ὅστις has one form for all genders in the older Attic.

783. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-499

⁷

⁸

;

783. ἀτιμάσῃς λόγου: sc. με (see on 771). For the expression, cp. Suppl. 378 τάσδ᾽ ἀτιμάσαι λιτάς, Soph. O. C. 49 μή μ᾿ ἀτιμάσῃς, . . . ὧν σε προστρέπω φράσαι, 1273 οὐδ᾽ ἀνταμείβει μ᾽ οὐδέν, ἀλλ᾽ ἀτιμάσας πέμψεις ἄναυδος, Ant. 21 οὐ γὰρ τάφου . . . τὸν δ᾽ ἀτιμάσας ἔχει; Ο. C. 1278 ὡς μή μ᾽ ἄτιμον ... οὕτως ἀφῇ με μηδὲν ἀντειπὼν ἔπος, Ο. Τ. 788 καί μ' ὁ Φοῖβος ὧν μὲν ἱκόμην ἄτιμον ἐξέπεμψεν.

788. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-500

⁹

¹⁰

;

788. πολύδονον: see on 589.

789. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-501

¹¹

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Chorus Consent to bestow on her one of these favors, and on me the other; do not deny me the tale. Tell her about her further wanderings; tell me who will deliver you—for I would like to know this. 785

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PROMETHEVS VINCTVS.

AESCHYLI

ΠΡ. τῶν δ᾽ εἴ τί σοι ψελλόν τε καὶ δυσεύρετον, ἐπαναδίπλαζε, καὶ σαφῶς ἐκμάνθανε· σχολὴ δὲ πλείων ἢ θέλω πάρεστί μοι.

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CHORUS Of these twain do thou vouchsafe to bestow the one boon on this damsel, and the other on me, and disdain thou not my request. To her tell the rest of her wanderings, and to me him that is to deliver thee ; for this I long [to hear].

CHORUS

PROMÉTHÉE Je te l'offre, choisis : dois-je t'apprendre exactement le reste de tes maux ou qui sera mon libérateur ?

LE CORYPHÉE De ces grâces, veuille donc lui accorder l'une, l'autre sera pour moi : ne dédaigne pas nos vœux. A Io révèle la suite de ses erreurs ; à moi, qui sera ton libérateur ; car c'est là mon envie.

PROMÉTHÉE Si tel est votre ardent désir, je ne me refuserai pas à vous révéler tout ce que vous demandez. A toi d'abord, Io, je dirai les erreurs de ta course tourbillonnante : inscris-les aux tablettes fidèles de ta mémoire.

LE CORYPHÉE Si tu as encore à lui révéler un fait nouveau — ou oublié — de ses erreurs vagabondes, dis-

LE CORYPHÉE le. Si tu as

CHORUS. The first to her, to me this other grace Vouchſafe, nor my requeſt treat with diſdain. To her impart what toils remain; to me 795 Him that ſhall free thee; this I moſt deſire.

CHORUS.

CORIFEA Di queste grazie una a costei concedi, e l'altra a me, né favellar t'incresca: degli error' suoi di' a questa il resto; e a me chi ti libererà; ché ciò desidero. 905

CORIFEA

Cho. Horum partim huic, partim mihi gratiam

Dare velis, neq; sermones contemne, Huicq; narra reliquum errorem: Mihi verò, qui te soluet. hoc enim cupio. 785

Cho.

PROMETHEUS Granted: Shall I the remnant of thy woes Plainly declare, or who shall set me free?

Chorus Of these to her the former grace vouchsafe To me the latter; spurn not my request. To her the sequel of her course disclose, To me thy rescuer; for this I crave.

I grant it: shall I in all clearness show Thy future woes, or my deliverance? 855

Chorus Nay! of the two, vouchsafe her wish to her And mine to me, deigning a truth to each— To her, reveal her future wanderings— To me, thy future saviour, as I crave!

Chorus

Wohlan, so wähle: soll ich dir dein künftig Leid Genau berichten, oder wer mich lösen wird?

Die Chorführerin. Von Beidem woll' ihr Eines, mir das Andere Gewähren: laß die Bitte nicht vergeblich sein! 780 Ihr melde denn, welch weit'res Irrsal ihrer harrt, Mir, wer dich einst erlöse: sehnend wünsch' ich das.

Die Chorführerin.

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Prometheus

I am making the offer: choose whether I shall reveal the sufferings still in store for you or the one who will be my deliverer.
780

Chorus

Consent to bestow on her one of these favors, and on me the other; do not deny me the tale. Tell her about her further wanderings;

tell me who will deliver you—for I would like to know this.
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δίδωμʼ· ἑλοῦ γάρ, ἢ πόνων τὰ λοιπά σοι
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φράσω σαφηνῶς, ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντʼ ἐμέ.

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δίδωμ᾽· ἑλοῦ γὰρ, ἢ πόνων τὰ λοιπά σοι
780

φράσω σαφηνῶς, ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντ᾽ ἐμέ.

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τούτων σὺ τὴν μὲν τῇδε, τὴν δ᾽ ἐμοὶ χάριν

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Δίδωμ'· ἑλοῦ γάρ, ἢ πόνων τὰ λοιπά σοι

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δίδωμ᾽· ἑλοῦ γάρ, ἢ πόνων τὰ λοιπά σοι

φράσω σαφηνῶς, ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντ᾽ ἐμέ.

ΠΡ.

τῶν δ᾽ εἴ τί σοι ψελλόν τε καὶ δυσεύρετον,

ἐπαναδίπλαζε, καὶ σαφῶς ἐκμάνθανε·

σχολὴ δὲ πλείων ἢ θέλω πάρεστί μοι.

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δίδωμ᾿· ἑλοῦ γάρ, ἢ πόνων τὰ λοιπά σοι
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φράσω σαφηνῶς ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντ᾽ ἐμέ.

CHORUS

Of these twain do thou vouchsafe to bestow the one boon on this damsel, and the other on me, and disdain thou not my request. To her tell the rest of her wanderings, and to me him that is to deliver thee ; for this I long [to hear].

PROMÉTHÉE

Je te l'offre, choisis : dois-je t'apprendre exactement le reste de tes maux ou qui sera mon libérateur ?

LE CORYPHÉE

De ces grâces, veuille donc lui accorder l'une, l'autre sera pour moi : ne dédaigne pas nos vœux. A Io révèle la suite de ses erreurs ; à moi, qui sera
ton libérateur ; car c'est là mon envie.

PROMÉTHÉE

Si tel est votre ardent désir, je ne me refuserai pas à vous révéler tout ce que vous demandez. A toi d'abord, Io, je dirai les erreurs de ta course tourbillonnante : inscris-les aux tablettes fidèles de ta mémoire.

LE CORYPHÉE

Si tu as encore à lui révéler un fait
nouveau — ou oublié — de ses erreurs vagabondes, dis-

LE CORYPHÉE

le. Si tu as

CHORUS.

The first to her, to me this other grace

Vouchſafe, nor my requeſt treat with diſdain.

To her impart what toils remain; to me
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Him that ſhall free thee; this I moſt deſire.

CORIFEA

Di queste grazie una a costei concedi,

e l'altra a me, né favellar t'incresca:

degli error' suoi di' a questa il resto; e a me

chi ti libererà; ché ciò desidero.
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Cho.

Horum partim huic, partim mihi gratiam

Dare velis, neq; sermones contemne,

Huicq; narra reliquum errorem:

Mihi verò, qui te soluet. hoc enim cupio.
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PROMETHEUS

Granted: Shall I the remnant of thy woes

Plainly declare, or who shall set me free?

Chorus

Of these to her the former grace vouchsafe

To me the latter; spurn not my request.

To her the sequel of her course disclose,

To me thy rescuer; for this I crave.

I grant it: shall I in all clearness show

Thy future woes, or my deliverance?
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Chorus

Nay! of the two, vouchsafe her wish to her

And mine to me, deigning a truth to each—

To her, reveal her future wanderings—

To me, thy future saviour, as I crave!

Wohlan, so wähle: soll ich dir dein künftig Leid

Genau berichten, oder wer mich lösen wird?

Die Chorführerin.

Von Beidem woll' ihr Eines, mir das Andere

Gewähren: laß die Bitte nicht vergeblich sein!
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Ihr melde denn, welch weit'res Irrsal ihrer harrt,

Mir, wer dich einst erlöse: sehnend wünsch' ich das.