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Chorus

If there is anything still remaining or passed over

of her direful wandering that you have to tell, oh speak. But if you have told all, grant us in turn the favor we request—you probably have it still in memory.
820

Prometheus

She has now heard the full end of her travels; yet so she may know that she has heard no vain tale from me,

I will describe the toils she has endured before she came here, giving this as a sure proof of my account.
Most of the weary tale I shall leave out and come to the very close of your wanderings.
For when you reached the Molossian plains
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and the sheer ridge that encircles Dodona , where lies the prophetic seat of Thesprotian Zeus and that marvel, passing all belief, the talking oaks, by which you clearly, and in no riddling terms, were saluted as the renowned
830

bride-to-be of Zeus (is any of this pleasing to you?), then, stung by the gadfly, you rushed along the pathway by the shore to the great gulf of Rhea, from where you are tossed in backward-wandering course; and for all time to come a recess of the sea,
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be well assured, shall bear the name Ionian, as a memorial of your crossing for all mankind.
These, then, are the tokens to you of my understanding, to show that it discerns more than has been made manifest. The rest I shall declare both to you and her,
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returning to the track of my former tale.
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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,
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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-
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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
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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.) — 819 focus

Χορός

εἰ μέν τι τῇδε λοιπὸν ἢ παρειμένον

ἔχεις γεγωνεῖν τῆς πολυφθόρου πλάνης,
820

λέγʼ· εἰ δὲ πάντʼ εἴρηκας, ἡμῖν αὖ χάριν

δὸς ἥνπερ αἰτούμεσθα, μέμνησαι δέ που.

Προμηθεύς

τὸ πᾶν πορείας ἥδε τέρμʼ ἀκήκοεν.

ὅπως δʼ ἂν εἰδῇ μὴ μάτην κλύουσά μου,

ἃ πρὶν μολεῖν δεῦρʼ ἐκμεμόχθηκεν φράσω,
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τεκμήριον τοῦτʼ αὐτὸ δοὺς μύθων ἐμῶν.

ὄχλον μὲν οὖν τὸν πλεῖστον ἐκλείψω λόγων,

πρὸς αὐτὸ δʼ εἶμι τέρμα σῶν πλανημάτων.

ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἦλθες πρὸς Μολοσσὰ γάπεδα,

τὴν αἰπύνωτόν τʼ ἀμφὶ Δωδώνην, ἵνα
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μαντεῖα θᾶκός τʼ ἐστὶ Θεσπρωτοῦ Διός,

τέρας τʼ ἄπιστον, αἱ προσήγοροι δρύες,

ὑφʼ ὧν σὺ λαμπρῶς κοὐδὲν αἰνικτηρίως

προσηγορεύθης ἡ Διὸς κλεινὴ δάμαρ

μέλλουσʼ ἔσεσθαι. τῶνδε προσσαίνει σέ τι ;
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ἐντεῦθεν οἰστρήσασα τὴν παρακτίαν

κέλευθον ᾖξας πρὸς μέγαν κόλπον Ῥέας,

ἀφʼ οὗ παλιμπλάγκτοισι χειμάζῃ δρόμοις·

χρόνον δὲ τὸν μέλλοντα πόντιος μυχός,

σαφῶς ἐπίστασʼ, Ἰόνιος κεκλήσεται,.
840

τῆς σῆς πορείας μνῆμα τοῖς πᾶσιν βροτοῖς.

σημεῖά σοι τάδʼ ἐστὶ τῆς ἐμῆς φρενός,

ὡς δέρκεται πλέον τι τοῦ πεφασμένου.

τὰ λοιπὰ δʼ ὑμῖν τῇδέ τʼ ἐς κοινὸν φράσω,

ἐς ταὐτὸν ἐλθὼν τῶν πάλαι λόγων ἴχνος.
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Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 819 focus

ΧΟ.

εἰ μέν τι τῇδε λοιπὸν ἢ παρειμένον

ἔχεις γεγωνεῖν τῆς πολυφθόρου πλάνης,
820

λέγ· εἰ δὲ πάντ εἴρηκας, ἡμῖν αὖ χάριν

δὸς ἥντιν αἰτούμεσθα, μέμνησαι δέ που.

ΠΡ.

τὸ πᾶν πορείας ἥδε τέρμ᾽ ἀκήκοεν.

ὅπως δ᾽ ἂν εἰδῇ μὴ μάτην κλύουσά μου,

ἃ πρὶν μολεῖν δεῦρ᾽ ἐκμεμόχθηκεν φράσω,
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τεκμήριον τοῦτ᾽ αὐτὸ δοὺς μύθων ἐμῶν.

ὄχλον μὲν οὖν τὸν πλεῖστον ἐκλείψω λόγων,

πρὸς αὐτὸ δ᾽ εἶμι τέρμα σῶν πλανημάτων.

ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἦλθες πρὸς Μολοσσὰ γάπεδα,

τὴν αἰπύνωτόν τ' ἀμφὶ Δωδώνην, ἵνα
830

μαντεῖα θᾶκός τ᾽ ἐστὶ θεσπρωτοῦ Διὸς,

τέρας τ᾽ ἄπιστον, αἱ προσήγοροι δρύες,

ὑφ᾽ ὧν σὺ λαμπρῶς κοὐδὲν αἰνικτηρίως

προσηγορεύθης ἡ Διὸς κλεινὴ δάμαρ

μέλλουσ᾽ ἔσεσθ', εἰ τῶνδε προσσαίνει σε τι.
835

ἐντεῦθεν οἰστρήσασα τὴν παρακτίαν

κέλευθον ήξας πρὸς μέγαν κόλπον Ῥέας,

ἀφ᾽ οὗ παλιμπλάγκτοισι χειμάζει δρόμοις

χρόνον δὲ τὸν μέλλοντα πόντιος μυχὸς,

σαφῶς ἐπίστασ᾽, Ἰόνιος κεκλήσεται,
840

τῆς σῆς πορείας μνῆμα τοῖς πᾶσιν βροτοῖς.

σημεῖά σοι τάδ᾽ ἐστὶ τῆς ἐμῆς φρενὸς,

ὡς δέρκεται πλέον τι τοῦ πεφασμένου.

τὰ λοιπὰ δ᾽ ὑμῖν τῇδέ τ᾽ ἐς κοινὸν φράσω,

ἐς ταυτὸν ἐλθὼν τῶν πάλαι λόγων ἴχνος.
845

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 819 focus

Χορὸς Ὠκεανίδων Νυμφῶν

εἰ μέν τι τῇδε λοιπὸν ἢ παρειμένον
820

ἔχεις γεγωνεῖν τῆς πολυφθόρου πλάνης,

λέγ᾽· εἰ δὲ πάντ᾽ εἴρηκας, ἡμῖν αὖ χάριν

δὸς ἥνπερ αἰτούμεσθα, μέμνησαι δέ που.

Προμηθεύς

τὸ πᾶν πορείας ἥδε τέρμ' ἀκήκοεν.

ὅπως δ᾽ ἂν εἰδῇ μὴ μάτην κλύουσά μου,
825

ἃ πρὶν μολεῖν δεῦρ᾽ ἐκμεμόχθηκεν φράσω,

τεκμήριον τοῦτ᾽ αὐτὸ δοὺς μύθων ἐμῶν.

ὄχλον μὲν οὖν τὸν πλεῖστον ἐκλείψω λόγων,

πρὸς αὐτὸ δ᾽ εἶμι τέρμα σῶν πλανημάτων.

ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἦλθες πρὸς Μολοσσὰ δάπεδα,
830

τὴν αἰπύνωτόν τ' ἀμφὶ Δωδώνην, ἵνα

μαντεῖα θᾶκός τ᾽ ἐστὶ θεσπρωτοῦ Διός,

τέρας τ' ἄπιστον, αἱ προςήγοροι δρύες,

ὑφ᾽ ὧν σὺ λαμπρῶς κοὐδὲν αἰνικτηρίως

προςηγορεύθης ἡ Διὸς κλεινὴ δάμαρ
835

μέλλουσ᾽ ἔσεσθαι, εἰ τῶνδε προςσαίνει σε τι.

ἐντεῦθεν οἰστρήσασα τὴν παράκτιον

κέλευθον ᾖξας πρὸς μέγαν κόλπον Ῥέας,

ἀφ᾽ οὗ παλιμπλάγκτοισι χειμάζει δρόμοις·

χρόνον δὲ τὸν μέλλοντα πόντιος μυχός,
840

σαφῶς ἐπίστασ', Ἰόνιος κεκλήσεται,

τῆς σῆς πορείας μνῆμα τοῖς πᾶσιν βροτοῖς.

Προμηθεύς

σημεῖα σοι τάδ' ἐστὶ τῆς ἐμῆς φρενός,

ὡς δέρκεται πλέον τι τοῦ πεφασμένου.

τὰ λοιπὰ δ᾽ ὑμῖν τῇδέ τ᾽ ἐς κοινὸν φράσω,
845

ἐς ταὐτὸν ἐλθὼν τῶν πάλαι λόγων ἴχνος.

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 819 focus

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Εἰ μέντοι τῇδε λοιπὸν ἢ παρειμένον
820

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ

ΧΟΡΟΣ

ἔχεις γεγωνεῖν τῆς πολυφθόρου πλάνης,

λέγ'· εἰ δὲ πάντ' εἴρηκας, ἡμῖν αὖ χάριν

δὸς ἥντιν' αἰτούμεσθα, μέμνησαι δέ που.

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ

Τὸ πᾶν πορείας ἥδε τέρμ' ἀκήκοεν·

ὅπως δ' ἂν εἰδῇ μὴ μάτην κλύουσά μου,
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ἃ πρὶν μολεῖν δεῖρ' ἐκμεμόχθηκεν φράσω,

τεκμήριον τοῦτ' αὐτὸ δοὺς μύθων ἐμῶν.

Ὄχλον μὲν οὖν τὸν πλεῖστον ἐκλείψω λόγων,

πρὸς αὐτὸ δ' εἶμι τέρμα σῶν πλανημάτων.

Ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἦλθες πρὸς Μολοσσὰ δάπεδα,
830

τὴν αἰπύνωτόν τ' ἀμφὶ Δωδώνην, ἵνα

μαντεῖα θῶκός τ' ἐστὶ θεσπρωτοῦ Διός,

τέρας τ' ἄπιστον, αἱ προσήγοροι δρύες,

ὑφ' ὧν σὺ λαμπρῶς κοὐδὲν αἰνικτηρίως

προσηγορεύθης προσηγορήθης ἡ Διὸς κλεινὴ δάμαρ
835

μέλλουσ' ἔσεσθαι — τῶνδε προσσαίνει σέ τι ; —

ἐντεῦθεν οἰστρήσασα τὴν παρακτίαν

κέλευθον ᾖξας πρὸς μέγαν κόλπον Ῥέας,

ἀφ' οὗ παλιμπλάγκτοισι πολυπλ- Tricl. χειμάζῃ δρόμοις·

χρόνον δὲ τὸν μέλλοντα πόντιος μυχός,
840

σαφῶς ἐπίστασ', Ἰόνιος κεκλήσεται κληθήσεται,

τῆς σῆς πορείας μνῆμα τοῖς πᾶσιν βροτοῖς.

Σημεῖά σοι τάδ' ἐστὶ τῆς ἐμῆς φρενὸς

ὡς δέρκεται πλέον τι τοῦ πεφασμένου.

Τὰ λοιπὰ δ' ὑμῖν τῇδέ τ' ἐς κοινὸν φράσω,
845

ἐς ταὐτὸν ἐλθὼν τῶν πάλαι λόγων ἴχνος.

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 819 focus

εἰ μέν τι τῇδε λοιπὸν ἢ παρειμένον
845

ἔχεις γεγωνεῖν τῆς πολυφθόρου πλάνης,

λέγ᾽· εἰ δὲ πάντ᾽ εἴρηκας, ἡμῖν αὖ χάριν

δὸς ἥντιν᾽ αἰτούμεσθα, μέμνησαι δέ που.

ΠΡ.

τὸ πᾶν πορείας ἥδε τέρμ᾽ ἀκήκοεν.

ὅπως δ᾽ ἂν εἰδῇ μὴ μάτην κλύουσά μου,
850

ἃ πρὶν μολεῖν δεῖρ᾽ ἐκμεμόχθηκεν φράσω,

τεκμήριον τοῦτ᾽ αὐτὸ δοὺς μύθων ἐμῶν.

ὄχλον μὲν οὖν τὸν πλεῖστον ἐκλείψω λόγων,

πρὸς αὐτὸ δ᾽ εἶμι τέρμα σῶν πλανημάτων.

ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἦλθες πρὸς Μολοσσὰ δάπεδα,
855

τὴν αἰπύνωτόν τ' ἀμφὶ Δωδώνην, ἵνα

μαντεῖα θακός τ᾽ ἐστὶ θεσπρωτοῦ Διός,

τέρας τ᾽ ἄπιστον, αἱ προσήγοροι δρύες,

ὑφ᾽ ὧν σὺ λαμπρῶς κοὐδὲν αἰνικτηρίως

προσηγορεύθης ἡ Διὸς κλεινὴ δάμαρ
860

μέλλουσ᾽ ἔσεσθαι· τῶνδε προσσαίνει σε τι;

¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹

τῶν δ᾽ εἴ τί σοι τῶν εἰ τι σοι ante corr. Μ. ἐπαναδίπλαζε ἐπαν δίπλαζε Minckwitz (et Dindorf). in marg. supplevit m. ἥντιν᾽ ήνπερ Hermann. paragraphus praefixa in M, Promethei notam add. m¹. ἐκμεμόχθηκεν έχε μεμόχθηκ ante corr. M. δοὺς δοὺσ (u in ras.) M. δάπεδα γάπεδα Porson. αἰπύνωτόν τ' αἰπύνωτο corr. in αἰπύνωτόν τ' Μ. θακός τ᾽ ἐστὶ θακός τ' ἐστὶ Brunck θῶκοσ ἐστι Μ, τ' adpinxit m. αἰνικτηρίως αἰνικτηρίωσ (ἐν corr. vel refecit ml) Μ. προσσαίνει σε τι; προσσαίνει σέ τι recc. προσαίν,εισκτὶ Μ, προσαίνει σίτι et in marg. σ' ἔτι ml.

PROMETHEVS VINCTVS.

ΠΡ.

ἐντεῦθεν οιστρήσασα τὴν παρακτίαν

κέλευθον ᾖξας πρὸς μέγαν κόλπον Ρέας,

ἀφ᾽ οὗ παλιμπλάγκτοισι χειμάζῃ δρόμοις·

χρόνον δὲ τὸν μέλλοντα πόντιος μυχός,
865

σαφῶς ἐπίστασ', Ἰόνιος κεκλήσεται,

τῆς σῆς πορείας μνῆμα τοῖς πᾶσιν βροτοῖς.

σημεῖα σοι τάδ᾽ ἐστὶ τῆς ἐμῆς φρενός,

ὡς δέρκεται πλέον τι τοῦ πεφασμένου.

τὰ λοιπὰ δ᾽ ὑμῖν τῇδέ τ᾽ ἐς κοινὸν φράσω,
870

ἐς ταὐτὸν ἐλθὼν τῶν πάλαι λόγων ἴχνος.

Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 819 focus

ΧΟ.

εἰ μέν τι τῆιδε λοιπὸν ἢ παρειμένον

ἔχεις γεγωνεῖν τῆς πολυφθόρου πλάνης,
820

λέγ᾽· εἰ δὲ πάντ᾽ εἴρηκας, ἡμῖν αὐ χάριν

δὸς ἥντιν᾽ αἰτούμεσθα, μέμνησαι δέ που.

ΠΡ.

τὸ πᾶν πορείας ἥδε τέρμ᾽ ἀκήκοεν.

ὅπως δ᾽ ἂν εἰδῆι μὴ μάτην κλύουσά μου,

ἃ πρὶν μολεῖν δεῦρ᾽ ἐκμεμόχθηκεν φράσω,
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τεκμήριον τοῦτ᾽ αὐτὸ δοὺς μύθων ἐμῶν.

ὄχλον μὲν οὖν τὸν πλεῖστον ἐκλείψω λόγων,

πρὸς αὐτὸ δ᾽ εἰμι τέρμα σῶν πλανημάτων.

ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἦλθες πρὸς Μολοσσὰ γάπεδα

τὴν αἰπύνωτόν τ᾽ ἀμφὶ Δωδώνην, ἵνα
830

μαντεῖα θᾶκός τ᾽ ἐστὶ θεσπρωτοῦ Διός

τέρας τ᾽ ἄπιστον, αἱ προσήγοροι δρύες,

ὑφ᾽ ὧν σὺ λαμπρῶς κοὐδὲν αἰνικτηρίως

Testim.:

816 Athen. VIII 347ο εἴτι-μοι 818 κατὰ τὸν Αἰσ. Πρ.

816 Antiatt. Bekk. An. 116 ψελλός Αἰσ. Πρ.... ἐπὶ τοῦ σαφῶς μὴ εἰρημένου.

Apparatus Criticus

πόρου πόρον τηλουρὸν τηλουργόν corr. m ἐξίκηι ἐξίηις Βυβλίνων βιβλίνων ὀρῶν ὀρέων σεπτὸν σεμνόν ὁδώσει σε δώσει ἐπανδίπλαζε ἐπαναδ. corr. Dindorf ἐκμάνθανε μάνθανε πλείων πλεῖον πλέον θέλω θέλεις πολυφθόρου πολυφόρου τύχης αἰτούμεσθα αἰτούμεθα δοὺς om τὸν πλεῖστον τῶν πλείστων ἐκλείψω ἐκλείψας ἐκλείπω λόγων λόγου γάπεδα δάπεδα corr. Porson τ᾽ om θᾶκός θώκος προσήγοροι προσηγορήθης

ΠΡ.
¹

προσηγορεύθης ἡ Διὸς κλεινὴ δάμαρ
835

μέλλουσ᾽ ἔσεσθαι· τῶνδε προσσαίνει σε τι;

ἐντεῦθεν οἰστρήσασα τὴν παρακτίαν

κέλευθον ἦιξας πρὸς μέγαν κόλπον ῾Ρέας,

ἀφ᾽ οὗ παλιμπλάγκτοισι χειμάζηι δρόμοις·

χρόνον δὲ τὸν μέλλοντα (ὁ) πόντιος μυχός,
840

σαφῶς ἐπίστασ᾽, Ιόνιος κεκλήσεται

τῆς σῆς πορείας μνῆμα τοῖς πᾶσιν βροτοῖς.

σημεῖά σοι τάδ᾽ ἐστὶ τῆς ἐμῆς φρενός,

ὡς δέρκεται πλέον τι τοῦ πεφασμένου.

τὰ λοιπὰ δ᾽ ὑμῖν τῆιδέ τ᾽ ἐς κοινὸν φράσω,
845

ἐς ταὐτὸν ἐλθὼν τῶν πάλαι λόγων ἴχνος.

Translations (8)

Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 819 focus

If indeed thou hast aught to tell of her baleful wanderings, that still remains or hath been omitted, say on; but if thou hast told the whole, give to us in our turn the favour which we ask, and you, perchance, remember.

PROMETHEUS

She hath heard the full term of her journeying. And that she may know that she bath not been listening to me in vain, I will relate what hardships she endured before she came hither, giving her this as a sure proof of my statements. The very great multitude indeed of words I shall omit, and I will proceed to the termination itself of thine aberrations. For aftei that thou hadst come to the Molossian plains, and about the lofty ridge of Dodona, where is the oracular seat of Thesprotian Jove, and a portent passing belief, the speaking oaks. by which thou wast clearly and without any ambiguity saluted illustrious spouse of Jove that art to be; if aught of this bath any charms for thee

. Thence madly rushing along the seaside track, thou didst dart away to the vast bay of Rhea, from which thou art tempest-driven in retrograde courses: and in time to come, know well that the gulf of the deep shall be called IO-nian, a memorial of thy passage to all mortals. These hast thou as tokens of my intelligence, how that it perceives somewhat beyond what appears.

The rest I shall tell both to you and to her in common, after reaching the very identical track of my former narrative.

PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 819 focus

achevé, accorde-nous à notre tour la grâce que nous te demandons. Tu t'en souviens sans doute ?

PROMÉTHÉE

Elle a tout appris sur le terme de son voyage ;
pour qu'elle sache maintenant que de moi elle n'entend pas de vains mots, je veux lui dire quelles peines elle a supportées avant d'arriver ici : je lui aurai ainsi donné un garant de mes paroles.

(A Io).

Je laisse de côté la grande masse des faits, pour en venir aussitôt à tes dernières erreurs. Une fois arrivée aux plaines des
Molosses et à la croupe élevée de Dodone, où sont l'oracle et le siège de Zeus Thesprote ¹, avec l'incroyable prodige des chênes parlants, qui, clairement et sans énigme, ont salué en toi celle qui devait être l'épouse glorieuse de
Zeus — rien de tout cela ne flatte-t-il ta mémoire ? — tu t'es élancée, piquée du taon, par la route côtière, vers le golfe immense de Rhéa ², d'où la tourmente qui t'emporte a ramené ici ta course vagabonde. Mais, pour les temps qui
viendront, ce golfe marin sera, sache-le exactement, le Golfe Ionien, et son nom rappellera ton passage à tous les mortels. Voilà pour te prouver que mon esprit perçoit plus que ce qui se voit.

(Au Chœur)

Le reste, c'est à vous
comme à elle que je le révélerai, en revenant maintenant sur la trace de mes précédents récits.

Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 819 focus

If thou haſt ought remaining, ought omitted,

To tell her of her woeful wand'rings, ſpeak it:

840

If all has been declar'd, to us vouchſafe

The grace we aſk; what, thou rememb'reſt well.

PROMETHEUS.

Her wand'ring in full meaſure has ſhe heard.

That ſhe may know ſhe has not heard in vain,

Her labours pass'd, e'er these rude rocks ſhe reach'd,
845

Will I recite, good argument that truth

Stamps my predictions ſure: nor ſhall I uſe

A length of words, but ſpeak thy wand'rings briefly.

Soon as thy foot reach'd the Moloſſian ground,

And round Dodona's ridgy heights, where ſtands
850

The ſeat oracular of Theſprotian Jove,

And, wond'rous prodigy, the vocal groves,

Theſe in clear, plain, unqueſtionable terms

Hail'd thee "Illuſtrious wife of Jove that ſhall be,"

If that may ſooth thy ſoul.
855

The tort'ring ſting

Thence drove thee wand'ring o'er the wavewaſh'd ſtrand

To the great gulf of Rhea, thence thy courſe

Thro' the vex'd billows hither.

But know this,
860

In after times ſhall that deep gulph from thee

Be call'd th' Ionian, and preſerve to men

The memory of thy paſſage.

This to thee,

Proving the præſcience of my mind, that ſees
865

More than appears: The reſt to you and her,

Reſuming my diſcourſe, I ſpeak in common.

Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 819 focus

Se rimane alcun punto, o l'obliasti,

che dei penosi errori a costei dica,

parla. Se tutto hai detto, a noi concedi

la grazia che chiediam: tu la rammenti.

950

PROMETEO

Tutto ella udito ha del viaggio il fine.

Ma perché veda che non fu l'udirmi

inutil briga, io le dirò che pene

sofferse pria che qui giungesse. E questo

sarà suggello ai detti miei. Ma lascio
955

degli error tuoi la somma, e giungo al termine.

Poi che giungesti dei Molossi ai piani

e al dorso eccelso di Dodona, dove

son del tesprozio Giove e seggio e oracolo,

dove, portento favoloso, surgono
960

la favellanti querce, onde ben chiaro

e non per via d'enimmi a te fu detto

che consorte saresti eccelsa a Giove

non hai lusinga in tai ricordi alcuna ? -

di lí, punta dall'estro, ti lanciasti
965

lungo la spiaggia, al gran seno di Rea:

donde piú lunge, in procellosa corsa

fosti qui spinta. E nei futuri giorni

sappilo certo, quel marino abisso

Ionio detto sarà fra tutti gli uomini,
970

a ricordare il tuo viaggio. Segno

questo sarà per te della mia mente,

ch'essa oltre a ciò ch'è manifesto scorge.

A questa e insieme a voi dico ora il resto,

tornando all'orme dei miei prischi detti.
975

Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 819 focus

Si aliquid superest, quod

Possis narrare, de huius vago errore,

820

Dic: si verò omnia dixisti, nobis rursus gratiam,

Quam petimus, da, & recordare huius,

Pro.

Omnem finem profectionis hæc audivit,

Vt autem sciat, quòd non frustra audiuerit me,

Quæ passa est priusquam huc veniret dicam,
825

Hoc signum dans meorum verborum:

Magnam tamen multitudinem relinquam verborum,

Ad finem tendens tuorum errorum.

Postquam venisti ad Molossam regionem,

Circaq; altam Dodonem, ubi
830

Divinatrix est sedes fatidici Iouis,

Monstrumq; inauditum nominatæ quercus,

Sub quibus tu manifestè & non obscurè

Nominata es Iouis inclytâ uxor

Futura esse, aliquid horum tibi arridet.
835

Inde lymphata littoreâ

Viâ venisti ad magnum sinum Rheæ,

A' quo errabundis cursibus agitaris,

Sequenti tempore Ponticus gurges,

Manifestè scias, Ionicus vocabitur,
840

Tui transitus monumentum omnibus mortalibus,

Signum hoc tibi erit meæ mentis,

Vt plus appareat quàm dictum sit,

Reliqua vobis hic in commune narrabo,

In ipsum veniens antiquorum sermonum vestigium.
845

Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 819 focus

Chorus

If aught untold of her sore-wasting course

Remains by thee to be unfolded, speak.

But if thou hast told all, to us vouchsafe

The boon we craved; its scope full well thou knowest.

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.) — 819 focus

If there be aught beyond, or aught pass'd o'er,
910

Which thou canst utter, of her woe-worn maze,

Speak on! if all is said, then grant to us

That which we asked, as thou rememberest.

Prometheus

She now hath learned, unto its utmost end,

Her pilgrimage; but yet, that she may know
915

That 'tis no futile fable she hath heard,

I will recount her history of toil

Ere she came hither; let it stand for proof

Of what I told, my forecast of the end.

So, then—to sum in brief the weary tale—
920

I turn me to thine earlier exile's close.

When to Molossia's lowland thou hadst come,

Nigh to Dodona's cliff and ridge sublime,

(Where is the shrine oracular and seat

Of Zeus, Thesprotian styled, and that strange thing
925

And marvel past belief, the prophet-oaks

That syllable his speech), thou by their tongues,

With clear acclaim and unequivocal,

Wert thus saluted— Hail, O bride of Zeus

That art to be—hast memory thereof?
930

Thence, stung anew with frenzy, thou didst hie

Along the shoreward track, to Rhea's lap,

The mighty main; then, stormily distraught,

Backward again and eastward. To all time,

Be well assured, that inlet of the sea
935

All mortal men shall call Ionian,

In memory that Io fared thereby.

Take this for proof and witness that my mind

Hath more in ken than ever sense hath shown.

( To the Chorus)

That which remains, to you and her alike
940

I will relate, and, to my former words

Reverting, add this final prophecy.

( To Io)

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.) — 819 focus

Wofern du Weit'res oder Uebergangnes ihr

Von ihrer drangsalvollen Fahrt zu melden hast,

Sprich: doch vernahm fie Alles, dann gewähr' auch uns,

Um was wir baten; wohl gedenkst du dessen noch.

Prometheus.

Sie hat der Irrfahrt lehtes Ziel nun ganz gehört.
820

Und daß sie wisse, daß ich Wahrheit ihr gesagt,

So will ich, was sie Schweres litt, bevor sie kam,

Berichten, meinen Worten zur Bestätigung.

Doch langer Nede läst'gen Schwall erspar' ich mir,

Und wende mich zum Ziele deiner Irren selbst.
825

Nachdem du kamest in Molossis' Ebenen

Und an Dodona's steilgethürmte Felsenböh'n,

Wo Zeus Thesprotos Tempel hat und Sehersis,

Und (wunderbar!) die sprachbegabten Eichen steh'n,

Die dich mit hellen Lauten und nicht räthselhaft
830

Begrüßten als des Götterfürsten künftige

Glorreiche Gattin: schmeichelt dir ein solcher Gruß? -

Da, wuthgestachelt, ranntest du von dort die Bahn

Am Meergestade bis zu Rhea's großer Bai,

Von wo du rückwärts auf bestürmtem Pfade lenkst.
835

Dereinst in fernen Zeiten wird die Meeresbucht

Nach dir, o Jungfrau, (wiss' es!) Jobucht genannt,

Den Menschen allen ein Gedächtniß deiner Fahrt.

Das ist ein sichrer Zeuge dir von meinem Geist,

Der Tief'res schauet als das Offenkundige.
840

Jetzt, was noch übrig, meld' ich euch und ihr vereint,

Und lenk' in meines Wortes alte Bahn zurück.

Commentary

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

819. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-932

NA: Hic versus ab alia manu scriptus in M.

819. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-933

ἢ θέλω:

εἰ θέλεις

ἢ θέλῃς

Vit. in quo

ει

s a correctore est.

ἢ θέλεις

Οx. Bess. Ald.

820. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-934

μέν:

μέντοι

Vit. et alii nonnulli.

821. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-935

πλάνης:

πλάνης

, superscripto

γρ. τύχης

, Lips.

τύχης

Ven. 3. Par. H. K. L.

823. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-936

αἰτούμεσθα:

αἰτούμεθα

Vit. Lips. aliique et Ald.

823. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-937

που: Ad

που

in Vit. superscriptum

τι

823. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-938

ἥνπερ: Consentiunt libri in

ἥντιν'

, etsi id hic

ἣν

dicendum erat. Non invitus acciperem, si liber aliquis praeberet

ἣν πρὶν ᾐτούμεσθα

, quemadmodum supra v. 700.

τὴν πρίν γε χρείαν

est dictum. Sed facillimum visum est

ἥνπερ

scribere. Sic v. 610. libri

ὃ

ὅτι

, ubi ex Etym. a Porsono

ὅπερ

restitutum est.

826. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-939

ἐκμεμόχθηκεν: In

ἐκμεμόχθηκεν

litterae

με

a sec. manu in M.

ἐκμόχθηκε

Vit.

ἐμμεμόχθηκε

G. Ceteri

ἐκμεμόχθηκε

829. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-940

εἶμι:

εἰμὶ

Lips.

830. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-941

δάπεδα: Libri

δάπεδα

. Porsonus ad Euripidis Or. 324. aut produci primam syllabam aut scribendum esse

γάπεδα

animadvertit, allatis his Stephani Byzantii in

γῆ

λέγεται καὶ γήπεδον τὸ πρὸς τοῖς οἴκοις ἐν πόλει κηπίον, ὅπερ οἱ τραγικοὶ διὰ τοῦ α φασὶ δωρίζοντες

. Addidit Blomfieldius scholiastam ad Il. IV. 2.

δάπεδον δὲ τὸ ὁμαλὸν χωρίον· γήπεδα δὲ τὰ ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι προκείμενα ταῖς οἰκίαις οἷον κηπίδια· οἰκόπεδα δὲ οἰκιῶν κατεριφεισῶν ἐδάφη

, et Eustathium p. 436, 41.

γήπεδον μέντοι τὸ ἐν πόλει προκείμενον οἰκίαις οἷον κηπίδιον

, et scholiastam Oppiani ad Hal. I. 54.

ἐκ τοῦ γῆ καὶ πέδον γήπεδον, τὸ τῆς οἰκίας πεδίον. οἰκήπεδον δὲ τὸ τῆς καταβληθείσης οἰκίας πεδίον, ἐρειποτόπιον λεγόμενον

. Tum Lycophronem v. 617.

τοῦ τειχοποιοῦ γαπέδων ἀμειβέως

, ubi libri confirmarunt hanc scripturam, restituendam Aeschylo etiam Choeph. v. 786.

831. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-942

αἰπύνωτόν τ':

αἰπύνωτόν τ'

a pr. manu M. ex quo sec. manus

αἰπύνωτόν τ'

fecit.

αἰπύνωτον δ'

Vit.

832. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-943

θᾶκός τ': Libri

θῶκος

. Correxit Brunckius.

τ'

omittit Vit. sed a glossatore

τὲ

superscriptum.

832. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-944

Θεσπρωτοῦ:

Θεσπρώτου

Lips. Strabo VII. p. 328.

Δωδώνη τοίνυν τὸ μὲν παλαιὸn ὑπὸ Θεσπρωτοῖς ἦν καὶ τὸ ὄρος ὁ Τόμαρος ἢ Τμάρος, ἀμφοτέρως γὰρ λέγεται, ὑφ᾽ ᾧ κεῖται τὸ ἱερόν· καὶ οἱ τραγικοὶ δὲ καὶ Πίνδαρος Θεσπρωτίδα εἰρήκασι τὴν Δωδώνην· ὕστερον δὲ ὑπὸ Μολοττοῖς ἐλέγετο

. Aeschylum spectasse videtur et Euripidem Phoen. v. 989.

ΚΡ. Θεσπρωτὸν οἶδας. Μ. σεμνὰ Δωδώνης βάθρα;

834. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-945

ὑφ' ὧν:

ἀφ᾽ ὧν

G. In

σὺ

posteriorem litteram, in

αἰνικτηρίως

tres primas a rec. manu refectas habet M.

835. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-946

προςηγορεύθης:

προσηγορήθης

Par. B. H. N. Ven. 3. quod Blomfieldio paullo vetustius visum est. At potestate differt. Nam

προςηγορεῖν

est blande alloqui, salutare, consolari. Apud Sophoclem El. 1470. Orestes, velatum interfectae Clytaemnestrae corpus afferens Aegistho,

οὐκ ἐμὸν τόδ', ἀλλὰ σόν, τὸ ταῦθ᾽ ὁρᾶν τε καὶ προςηγορεῖν φίλως

. Conf. Eur. Phoen. 996.

Προςαγορεύειν

, cuius perrarus apud tragicos usus est, invenitur apud Aeschylum Choeph. 938.

835. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-947

κλεινὴ:

δάμαρ κλεινὴ

Lips. sed supra

δάμαρ

iterum

κλεινὴ

scriptum.

836. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-948

μέλλουσ᾽ ἔσεσθαι, εἰ: E Turnebi editione manavit

μέλλουσ᾽ ἔσεσθ', εἰ τῶνδε προςσαίνει σέ τι

. omisso

εἰ

scriptum est

ἔσεσθαι τῶνδε

in M. G. Vit. Cantabr. 2. Par. B. D. H. K. L. N. Ven. 2. 3. Vindobonensibus omnibus et in Ald. Rob.

ἔσῃσθαι τῶνδε

Ox. Deinde

προσαίνει σέ τι

M. G. Vit. Lips. Par. E. Ven. 3.

προσαίνεις ἔτι

Colb. 1. Scholiastae quoque

εἰ

ignorant, qui haec verba,

τῶνδε προςσαίνει σέ τι

, volunt

διὰ μέσου

dicta esse. Interpretantur autem duobus modis, utroque ironia vacuo, uno quo

προςσαίνει

pro

θέλγει, ἡδύνει

dictum accipiatur, altero tali,

εἰς μνήμην ἔρχεται καὶ εὐφραίνει σε διὰ τὸ εἶναι ἀληθῶς δάμαρτα Διός

, οι

ὑπομιμνήσκει καὶ εὐφραίνει σε

Similiter apud Hesychium legitur

προσαίνουσί με, προςβάλλουσι, προςέρχονται

, quod pertinet ad

προςσαίνουσί με

in Eur. Hipp. 863. Hoc sensu si Aeschylus verbo isto usus esset, excidisse versum oporteret, quo haec pro apodosi praecedentium essent, verbi caussa

τῶνδε προςσαίνει σέ τι κλύουσαν ὀρθῶς οὐδὲν ἐξῃκασμένον;

quemadmodum locutus est in Agam. v. 1203. Interrogandi signum post

σέ τι

habet Cantabr. 1. Blomfieldius ex Arund. Cantabr. 1. Par. G. E.

ἔσεσθαι· τῶν δὲ

divisim scripsit, pathetice sumenda putans haec verba, quae sic est interpretatus, quin et hisce oraculis gratum aliquod tibi inerat. At neque significare hoc possunt ista verba, et quod

πάθος

dicit mala potius inconcinnitas eaque languidissimae sententiae est, nec melior machina quam si cum interrogatione dicatur

τῶνδε προςσαίνει σέ τι;

cuiusmodi interrogatio si mediae orationi insereretur, habere deberet particulam interrogativam, ut

μῶν σε προςσαίνει τάδε;

Νon puto dubitari posse quin

εἰ

necessarium esse recte perspexerit, quicumque fuit, qui

ἔσεσθ', εἰ τῶνδε

scripsit. Sed hoc tamen propter elisam diphthongum non videtur ferri posse. Non malam, sed audaciorem medicinam adhibuit Cantabrigiensis in Diarii classici fasc. V. p. 78.

μέλλουσ᾽ ἔσεσθαι, τῶνδέ γ' εἰ σαίνει σε τι

. Mihi aliquando emendandum videbatur, mutatione perparva,

ὑφ᾽ ὧν σὺ λαμπρῶς κοὐδὲν αἰνικτηρίως προςηγορεύθης, εἰ Διὸς κλεινὴ δάμαρ μέλλουσ᾽ ἔσεσθαι τῶνδε προςσαίνει σέ τι

. Sed abhorret id tamen a simplicitate dictionis Aeschyleae. Quare satius visum est propagatam a Turnebo lectionem ita servare ut plene scriberetur

ἔσεσθαι

cum eoque per crasin coalesceret

εἰ

. Saepissime enim librarii voculas, quae crasi non animadversa viderentur versum corrumpere, omittendas esse existimarunt. V. ad Eur. Iph. Taur. v. 667.

837. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-949

οἰστρήσασα:

οἰστρήσασα

οἰστρᾶν

dictum. V. ad Eur. Iph. Aul. 77.

838. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-950

ᾖξας:

ᾖξας

Vit. et fortasse a pr. manu M. qui

ᾖξας

a sec. manu habet.

839. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-951

παλιμπλάγκτοισι:

παλιπλάκτοισι

a pr. manu M.

παλιμπλάκτοισι

idem a sec. manu et G. Vit. Par. D.

παλιπλάγκτοισι

Ven. 3.

πολυπλάκτοισι

Lips.

πολυπλάγκτοισι

Arund. Cantabr. 1. Par. K. Vindobonenses et Rob.

839. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-952

χειμάζει:

χειμάζει

pro vulgato

χειμάζῃ

Par. E.

841. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-953

κεκλήσεται:

κεκλήσεται

Vit. Lips. et ceteri plerique.

κληθήσεται

M. G. Bess. edd. vett. idemque superscriptum est in Par. B. et habet Tzetzes ad Lycophr. 630. ubi hunc versum cum praecedente affert. Ionium mare ab Inachi filia appellatum esse Aeschylo auctore praeter Tzetzam tradunt Stephanus Byz. in

Ἰόνιον πέλαγος

, Etym. Μ. p. 473, 16. Eustathius ad Dionysii v. 92. scholiastes Euripidis ad Phoen. v. 211. ed. Matth. qui sic scribit,

οἳ δέ φασιν Αἰσχύλῳ αὐτὸν ἕπεσθαι οἰομένῳ πάντα πόντον Ἰόνιον λέγεσθαι ὃν ἀλωμένη περιῆλθεν ἡ Ἰώ

. Eandem nominis originem non memorato Aeschylo alii multi prodiderunt, ut Apollodorus II. 1, 3. scholiastes Pindari ad Pyth. III. 120. Apollonii Rhodii ad IV. 308. Euripidis ad Hipp. 727. Eustathius ad Dionysii v. 389. Hyginus fab. 145.

842. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-954

πᾶσιν:

πᾶσι

Vit. Lips. edd. vett. Post hunc versum in G. tamquam alius versus legitur

Ἰόνιος ἀπὸ σοῦ μνημονεύματα τῆς σῆς πλάνης

843. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-955

τάδ':

σημεῖα σοι τάδ'

843. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-956

ἐστὶ:

ἔστι

Μ.

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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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.).

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θεοῖο ἐκ δρυὸς ὑψικόμοιο Διὸς βουλὴν ἐπακούσαι, Ιl. xvi. 233 Ζεῦ ἄνα Δωδω- ναῖε Πελασγικέ, τηλόθι ναίων, Δωδώνης μεδέων δυσχειμέρου· ἀμφὶ δὲ Σελλοὶ σοὶ ναίουσ᾽ ὑποφῆται ἀνιπτόποδες χαμαιεῦ- ναι. – Θεσπρωτοῦ: cp. Eur. Phoen. 982 Θεσπρωτὸν οἶδας ... σεμνὰ Δωδώνης βά- θρα, Strabo p. 328 Δωδώνη τοίνυν τὸ μὲν παλαιὸν ὑπὸ Θεσπρωτοῖς ἦν ... καὶ οἱ τραγικοὶ δὲ καὶ Πίνδαρος Θεσπρωτίδα εἰρήκασι τὴν Δωδώνην· ὕστερον δὲ ὑπὸ Μολοττοῖς ἐλέγετο. – αἱ προσήγοροι δρύες: cp. Soph. Trach. 171, 1166 & τῶν ὀρείων καὶ χαμαικοιτῶν ἐγὼ Σελλῶν ἐσελθὼν ἄλσος εἰσεγραψάμην πρὸς τῆς πατρώας καὶ πολυγλώσσου δρυός, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1475 quercus fatidica.

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of her direful wandering that you have to tell, oh speak. But if you have told all, grant us in turn the favor we request—you probably have it still in memory.
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ΧΟΡΟΣ

Εἰ μέντοι τῇδε λοιπὸν ἢ παρειμένον
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ΧΟΡΟΣ

ἔχεις γεγωνεῖν τῆς πολυφθόρου πλάνης,

λέγ'· εἰ δὲ πάντ' εἴρηκας, ἡμῖν αὖ χάριν

δὸς ἥντιν' αἰτούμεσθα, μέμνησαι δέ που.

PROMETHEVS VINCTVS.

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Chorus

If aught untold of her sore-wasting course

Remains by thee to be unfolded, speak.

But if thou hast told all, to us vouchsafe

The boon we craved; its scope full well thou knowest.

If there be aught beyond, or aught pass'd o'er,
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Which thou canst utter, of her woe-worn maze,

Speak on! if all is said, then grant to us

That which we asked, as thou rememberest.

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Sprich: doch vernahm fie Alles, dann gewähr' auch uns,

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Chorus If there is anything still remaining or passed over of her direful wandering that you have to tell, oh speak. But if you have told all, grant us in turn the favor we request—you probably have it still in memory. 820

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ΧΟ. εἰ μέν τι τῇδε λοιπὸν ἢ παρειμένον ἔχεις γεγωνεῖν τῆς πολυφθόρου πλάνης, 820 λέγ· εἰ δὲ πάντ εἴρηκας, ἡμῖν αὖ χάριν δὸς ἥντιν αἰτούμεσθα, μέμνησαι δέ που.

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ΧΟΡΟΣ ἔχεις γεγωνεῖν τῆς πολυφθόρου πλάνης, λέγ'· εἰ δὲ πάντ' εἴρηκας, ἡμῖν αὖ χάριν δὸς ἥντιν' αἰτούμεσθα, μέμνησαι δέ που.

PROMETHEVS VINCTVS.

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Apparatus Criticus

Chorus If aught untold of her sore-wasting course Remains by thee to be unfolded, speak. But if thou hast told all, to us vouchsafe The boon we craved; its scope full well thou knowest.

If there be aught beyond, or aught pass'd o'er, 910 Which thou canst utter, of her woe-worn maze, Speak on! if all is said, then grant to us That which we asked, as thou rememberest.

Wofern du Weit'res oder Uebergangnes ihr Von ihrer drangsalvollen Fahrt zu melden hast, Sprich: doch vernahm fie Alles, dann gewähr' auch uns, Um was wir baten; wohl gedenkst du dessen noch.

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Chorus

If there is anything still remaining or passed over

of her direful wandering that you have to tell, oh speak. But if you have told all, grant us in turn the favor we request—you probably have it still in memory.
820

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Εἰ μέντοι τῇδε λοιπὸν ἢ παρειμένον
820

ΧΟΡΟΣ

ἔχεις γεγωνεῖν τῆς πολυφθόρου πλάνης,

λέγ'· εἰ δὲ πάντ' εἴρηκας, ἡμῖν αὖ χάριν

δὸς ἥντιν' αἰτούμεσθα, μέμνησαι δέ που.

Chorus

If aught untold of her sore-wasting course

Remains by thee to be unfolded, speak.

But if thou hast told all, to us vouchsafe

The boon we craved; its scope full well thou knowest.

If there be aught beyond, or aught pass'd o'er,
910

Which thou canst utter, of her woe-worn maze,

Speak on! if all is said, then grant to us

That which we asked, as thou rememberest.

Wofern du Weit'res oder Uebergangnes ihr

Von ihrer drangsalvollen Fahrt zu melden hast,

Sprich: doch vernahm fie Alles, dann gewähr' auch uns,

Um was wir baten; wohl gedenkst du dessen noch.