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Prometheus Bound. Aeschylus. ed. Herbert Weir Smyth. New York. 1922.

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

Editions (6)
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 399-435 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 399 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 399 focus
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 399 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 399 focus
στένω σε τᾶς οὐλομένας
τύχας, Προμηθεῦ,
δακρυσίστακτον δ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ὄσσων
415
ῥαδινῶν λειβομένα ῥέος παρειὰν
νοτίοις ἔτεγξα πηγαῖς·
ἀμέγαρτα γὰρ τάδε Ζεὺς
ἰδίοις νόμοις κρατύνων
ὑπερήφανον θεοῖς τοῖς
420
πάρος ἐνδείκνυσιν αἰχμήν.
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 399 focus
Translations (9)
Prometheus Bound Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 399 focus
Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 399 focus
I bewail thee for thy lost fate, Prometheus. A flood of trickling tears from my yielding eyes has bedewed my cheek with its humid gushings: for Jupiter commanding this thine unenviable doom by laws of his own, displays his spear appearing superior o'er the gods of old
.
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 399 focus
dans l'étable familière !
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 399 focus
For thee I heave the heartfelt ſigh,
My boſom melting at thy woes;
For thee my teardiſtilling eye
In ſtreams of tender ſorrow flows:
For Jove's imperious ruthleſs ſoul,
410
That ſcorns the pow'r of mild controul,
Chaſtens with horrid tort'ring pain
Not known to gods, before his iron reign.
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 399 focus
Per te gemo, Promèteo,
pel tuo destino acerbo.
Da la palpebra molle
460
versando un rivo di stillanti lagrime,
le mie gote bagnai d'umide polle.
Ché il suo poter superbo
con l'arbitrio di sí miseri scempi
ostenta Giove ai Numi che l'imperio
465
ebbero ai prischi tempi.
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 399 focus
Lugeo infœlicem tuam fortunam Prometheu,
Lacrymosum ab oculis
405
Delicatis distillans fluentum, genas
Humidis tinxi fontibus. Immensa enim
Haec Iupiter legibus proprijs firmans,
Superbam prius dijs ostendit
Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 399 focus
To me right eager hast thou bayed that word,
For my four-footed bird, with wings outspread,
Fans the clear track of æther; fain, in sooth,
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.) — 399 focus
For the woe and the wreck and the doom, Prometheus, I utter my sighs;
445
O'er my cheek flows the fountain of tears from tender, compassionate eyes.
For stern and abhorred is the sway of Zeus on his self-sought throne,
And ruthless the spear of his scorn, to the gods of the days that are done.
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.) — 399 focus
Ich klag'um de in schmerzliches Jammergeschick, Prometheus,
Und ein Strom träufelnder Zähren
Aus dem zarten Auge nekt mir
400
Mit dem feuchten Quell die Wange.
Unerträglich schaltet Zeus hier
Nach Gesezen eigner Willkühr,
Und den alten Göttern zeigt er
Uebergewaltig seinen Heerstab.
405
Erste Gegenstrophe.

Commentary

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

399. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-448

στένω σε τᾶς: Affert primum huius carminis versum scholiastes Aristophanis ad Vesp. 270. ut stasimi, et profecto aptissime, quum πάροδος chori quae dicitur non a stantibus in orchestra, sed sedentibus in curru alato sit cantata. Schol.
τὸ στάσιμον ᾄδει ὁ χορὸς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κατεληλυθώς
.
στένω σε τᾶς
, super
ă
adscripto
η
, Μ.
στένω σε τὰς
G. Vit. Aug. Ald.
στένωσις τὰς
Lips.

400-401. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-449

δ᾽ εἰβομένα: Libri omnes
δακρυσίστακτον δ'
, praeter Bess. in quo
τ'
est, et Lips. Aug. qui
δακρυσίστατον δ'
habent. Tum
ῥαδινῶν (ῥαδηνῶν G.) λειβομένα
M. G. Lips. Aug. et ceteri plerique. Idem fuit in Vit. sed a prima manu in
ῥαδινὸν λ.
mutatum est.
ῥαδινὸν λειβομένα
aliquot codices et Ald. Rob. Εt
ῥαδινόν
quidem potest videri verum esse, ut Aeschylus expresserit
τέρε δάκρυον
. Vt stropham antistrophae exaequaret Heathius scripsit
δακρυσίστακτον ἀπ᾿ ὄσσων ῥαδινῶν ῥέος παρειάν
, omissis
δέ
et
λειβομένα
. Sed particula abesse non potest, nem que
λειβομένα
delendum est, sed excidit aliquid in antistropha. Quare deleta post
δακρυσίστακτον
particula ex
λειβομένα
feci
δ᾽ εἰβομένα
. Sophocles Ant. 527.
φιλάδελφα κάτω δάκρυ εἰβομένη
.

402. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-450

νοτίοις:
νωτίοις
ante correctionem M.

402. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-451

ἔτεγξα:
ἔτεγξα
libri praeter Par. A. qui
ἔτεγξε
habet. Coniecerat ita Heathius, receperunt Brunckius, Porsonus, alii. At ne eiecto quidem
εἰβομένα
opus erat
ἔτεγξε
scribi.

402. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-452

παγαῖς:
πηγαῖς
M. Lips. aliique.
παγαῖς
G. Vit.

403-404. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-453

τάδε· Ζεὺς δ᾽:
τάδε. Ζεὺς γὰρ ἰδίοις
Vind. 2. Ceteri codices et Ald.
τάδε Ζεὺς ἰδίοις
, nisi quod quidam ut Vit. post
τάδε
interpungunt, in quo codice supra scriptum
ὁ γάρ
. Verissima Robortelli scriptura
τάδε, Ζεὺς δ᾽ ἰδίοις
.

404. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-454

κρατύνων:
κρατύνει
Vind. 1. 3. et in litura, quum antea
κρατύνων
fuisset, G.

405. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-455

ὑπερήφανον:
ὑπερήφανος
ante correctionem M.

405-406. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-456

θεοῖς τοῖς πάρος:
θεοῖς τοῖς πάρος
M. G. Vit. et cum plerisque codd. Rob.
τοῖς πάρος θεοῖς
Lips. aliique nonnulli et Ald.
τοῖς πρὸς θεοῖς
Aug.

406. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-457

ἐνδείκνυσιν:
ἐνδείκνυσιν
G. Arund. Par. L.
ἐνδεικνύειν
Μ.
ἐνδεικνύει
Par. D.
δεικνύει
Vit. et pauci alii.
δείκνυσιν
Lips. Aug. aliique et edd. vett.

406. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-458

αἰχμάν:
αἰχμήν
M. G. Vit.
αἰχμάν
Lips.

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

397-435. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-283

1
2
397-435. First Stasimon. The ionic rhythms accord with the sor- rowful burden of the song, which calls to mind the words of Fr. v. Schlegel, 'Es geht ein allgemeines Weinen, so weit die stillen Sterne scheinen, durch alle Adern der Natur.'

401. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-286

3
4
401. νοτίοις ἔτεγξα παγαῖς : cp. Soph. Ant. 1123 ὑγρῶν Ἰσμηνοῦ ῥεί- θρων, Eur. Ion 105 ὑγραῖς ῥανίσιν νοτε- ρόν, Η. F. 98 δακρυρρόους πηγάς.

402. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-287

5
6
402 ff. ἀμέγαρτα τάδε : depends on κρατύνων. With ἀμέγαρτα cp. ἄζηλον 143. – ἰδίοις νόμοις : cp. 186. – θεοῖς τοῖς πάρος : cpр. 151. – αἰχμή : ‘spear- point,' figurative for rule of might. Cp. Cho. 630 γυναικείαν ἄτολμον αἰχμάν.

406. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-288

7
8
406. στονόεν λέλακε : transitive, sends forth a mournful cry. Ср. Ад. 711 πολύθρηνον μέγα που στένει, Pers. 944 ἥσω τοι καὶ πάνδυρτον.