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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.) — 887-906 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 846 focus
ἔστιν πόλις Κάνωβος ἐσχάτη χθονὸς,
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 846 focus
ἔστιν πόλις Κάνωβος ἐσχάτη χθονός,
Νείλου πρὸς αὐτῷ στόματι καὶ προςχώματι·
ἐνταῦθα δή σε Ζεὺς τίθησιν ἔμφρονα,
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ἐπαφῶν ἀταρβεῖ χειρὶ καὶ θιγὼν μόνον.
ἐπώνυμον δὲ τῶν Διὸς γεννημάτων
τέξεις κελαινὸν Ἔπαφον, ὃς καρπώσεται
ὅσην πλατύρρους Νεῖλος ἀρδεύει χθόνα·
πέμπτη δ᾽ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ γέννα πεντηκοντάπαις
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πάλιν πρὸς Ἄργος οὐχ ἑκοῦσ᾽ ἐλεύσεται
θηλύσπορος, φεύγουσα συγγενῆ γάμον
ἀνεψιῶν· οἱ δ᾽ ἐπτοημένοι φρένας,
κίρκοι πελειῶν οὐ μακρὰν λελειμμένοι,
ἥξουσι θηρεύσοντες οὐ θηρασίμους
860
γάμους, φθόνον δὲ σωμάτων ἕξει θεός·
Πελασγία δὲ δέξεται
θηλυκτόνῳ
Ἄρει δαμέντων νυκτιφρουρήτῳ θράσει·
γυνὴ γὰρ ἄνδρ᾽ ἕκαστον αἰῶνος στερεῖ,
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δίθηκτον ἐν σφαγαῖσι βάψασα ξίφος·
τοιάδ᾽ ἐπ' ἐχθροὺς τοὺς ἐμοὺς ἔλθοι Κύπρις·
μίαν δὲ παίδων ἵμερος θέλξει τὸ μὴ
κτεῖναι σύνευνον, ἀλλ᾽ ἀπαμβλυνθήσεται
γνώμην· δυοῖν δὲ θάτερον βουλήσεται,
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κλύειν ἄναλκις μᾶλλον ἢ μιαιφόνος.
αὕτη κατ' Ἄργος βασιλικὸν τέξει γένος.
μακροῦ λόγου δὲ ταῦτ᾽ ἐπεξελθεῖν τορῶς.
σπορᾶς γε μὴν ἐκ τῆσδε φύσεται θρασύς,
τόξοισι κλεινός, ὃς πόνων ἐκ τῶνδ᾽ ἐμὲ
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λύσει. τοιόνδε χρησμὸν ἡ παλαιγενὴς
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 846 focus
Ἔστιν πόλις Κάνωβος ἐσχάτη χθονός,
Νείλου πρὸς αὐτῷ στόματι καὶ προσχώματι·
ἐνταῦθα δή σε Ζεὺς τίθησιν ἔμφρονα
ἐπαφῶν ἀταρβεῖ χειρὶ καὶ θιγὼν μόνον·
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ἐπώνυμον δὲ τῶν Διὸς γεννημάτων
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 846 focus
ἔστιν πόλις Κάνωβος ἐσχάτη χθονός,
Νείλου πρὸς αὐτῷ στόματι καὶ προσχώματι·
ἐνταῦθα δή σε Ζεὺς τίθησιν ἔμφρονα
ἐπαφῶν ἀταρβεῖ χειρὶ καὶ θιγὼν μόνον.
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ἐπώνυμον δὲ τῶν Διὸς γεννημάτων
τέξεις κελαινὸν Ἔπαφον, ὃς καρπώσεται
ὅσην πλατύρρους Νεῖλος ἀρδεύει χθόνα.
πέμπτη δ᾽ ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ γέννα πεντηκοντάπαις
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 846 focus
ἔστιν πόλις Κάνωβος ἐσχάτη χθονός,
Νείλου πρὸς αὐτῶι στόματι καὶ προσχώματι·
ἐνταῦθα δή σε Ζεὺς τίθησιν ἔμφρονα
ἐπαφῶν ἀταρβεῖ χειρὶ καὶ θιγὼν μόνον.
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ἐπώνυμον δὲ τῶν Διὸς γεννημάτων
τέξεις κελαινὸν Ἔπαφον, ὃς καρπώσεται
ὅσην πλατύρρους Νεῖλος ἀρδεύει χθόνα·
πέμπτη δ᾽ ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ γέννα πεντηκοντάπαις
πάλιν πρὸς Ἄργος οὐχ ἑκοῦσ᾽ ἐλεύσεται
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θηλύσπορος, φεύγουσα συγγενῆ γάμον
ἀνεψιῶν· οἳ δ᾽ ἐπτοημένοι φρένας
κίρκοι πελειῶν οὐ μακρὰν λελειμμένοι
ἥξουσι θηρεύοντες οὐ θηρασίμους
γάμους, φθόνον δὲ σωμάτων ἕξει θεός·
860
Πελασγία δὲ δέξεται θηλυκτόνωι
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.)) — 846 focus

 
There is a city, Canobus , on the extremity of the land at the very mouth and silt-bar of the Nile . There at last Zeus restores you to your senses by the mere stroke and touch of his unterrifying hand.
And you shall bring forth dark Epaphus, 1 thus named from the manner of Zeus’ engendering; and he shall gather the fruit of all the land watered by the broad-flowing Nile . Fifth in descent from him, fifty maidens shall return to Argos , not of their own
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free choice, but fleeing marriage with their cousin kin; while these, their hearts ablaze with passion, like falcons eagerly pursuing doves, shall come in pursuit of wedlock unlawful to pursue; but God shall grudge them enjoyment of their brides.
855
Pelasgian soil shall offer the maids a home, when, in the watches of the night, their husbands have been slain by a deed of daring wrought by the women’s murderous blows. For each bride shall take the life of her lord, dyeing a two-edged sword in his blood—in such ways may Love come upon my enemies!
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However, love’s desire shall charm one of the maidens not to slay her mate; rather, her resolve will lose its edge; for she will make her choice between two evil names to be called coward rather than murderess. She it is who shall give birth in Argos to a royal line—
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a long story is necessary to explain this clearly; of her seed, however, shall be born a man of daring, renowned with the bow, who shall deliver me from these toils. 2 Such is the oracle recounted to me by my mother, Titan Themis, born long ago.
870
The manner and the means—these need lengthy speech to tell, and to learn them all would not be of any benefit.
875
Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 846 focus
There is on the land's utmost verge a city Canopus, hard by the Nile's very mouth and alluvial dyke; on this spot Jupiter at length makes thee sane by merely soothing and touching thee with his unalarming hand. And named after the progeniture of Jupiter
thou shalt give birth to swarthy Epaphus, who shall reap the harvest of all the land which the wide-streaming Nile waters. But fifth in descent from him a generation of fifty virgins shall again come to Argos, not of their own accord, fleeing from incestuous wedlock with their cousins; and these with fluttering hearts, like falcons left not far behind by doves, shall come pursuing marriage such as should not be pursued, but heaven shall be jealous over their persons
; and Pelasgia shall receive them after being crushed by a deed of night-fenced daring, wrought by woman's hand; for each bride shall bereave her respective husband of life, having dyed in their throats
a sword of twin sharp edge. Would that in guise like this Venus might visit my foes! But tenderness shall soften one
of the maidens, so that she shall not slay the partner of her couch. but shall be blunt in her resolve; and of the two alternatives she shall choose the former, to be called a coward rather than a murderess. She in Argos shall give birth to a race of kings. There needs a long discourse to detail these things distinctly ;but from this seed be sure shall spring a dauntless warrior renowned in archery, who shall set me free from these toils. Such predictions did my aged mother the Titaness Themis rehearse to me; but how and when-to tell this requires a long detail, and thou in knowing it all wouldst be in nought a gainer.
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 846 focus
Il est une ville, Canope, à l'extrémité du pays, à la bouche même et sur un atterrissement du Nil 1 . C'est là que Zeus te rendra la raison en t'imposant sa main calmante, d'un
simple contact. Et, pour rappeler comment Zeus l'a mis au monde 2 , celui que tu enfanteras sera le noir
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 846 focus
On the land's extreme verge a city ſtands,
Canobus, proudly' elevate, nigh where the Nile
Rolls to the ſea his rich ſtream: there ſhall Jove
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Heal thy diſtraction, and with gentle hand
Sooth thee to peace.
Of his high race a ſon,
The duſky Epaphus, ſhall riſe, and rule
The wide extended land o'er which the Nile
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Pours his broad waves.
In the fifth line from him
Fifty fair ſiſters ſhall return to Argos
Unwillingly, to fly the kindred beds
Of fifty brothers; these with eager ſpeed,
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Swift as the faulcon's ſlight when he purſues
The dove at hand, ſhall follow, nor obtain
The nuptials, which th' indignant gods deny.
These ſhall Pelaſgia ſee by female hands
Welt'ring in gore, the night's convenient gloom
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Fav'ring the daring deed; each female draws
The trenchant ſword, and in her husband's blood
Stains the broad blade. Thus fatal to my foes
Be love!
Yet one ſhall feel its ſofter flame
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Melting her ſoul, and from the general carnage
Preſerve her husband, chuſing to be deem'd
Of baſe degenerate ſpirit, rather than ſtain
Her gentle hands with blood.
From her ſhall Argos
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Receive a long imperial line of kings.
The full diſtinct relation wou'd be tedious.
From her ſhall riſe the hero, ſtrong to wing
The dreaded ſhaft; he from these tort'ring pains
Shall ſet me free: this my agehonour'd mother,
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Titanian Themis, with oracular voice Foretold;
but when, or how, requires a length
Of narrative, which known wou'd nought avail thee.
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 846 focus
Di quella terra all'ultimo confine,
alla foce del Nilo, ov'esso addensa
le sabbie, sorge la città di Cànobo.
Quivi col tocco e la carezza sola
della sua man, Giove ti rende il senno.
980
Ed a luce il negro Èpafo darai,
che nome avrà dal giovïale tocco.
E signore sarà di quanta terra
l'ampie fluenti irrigano del Nilo.
La quinta stirpe dopo lui, progenie
985
di ben cinquanta femmine, di nuovo
ad Argo tornerà, non di suo grado,
ma per fuggir le consanguinee nozze
dei lor cugini. Ardenti il sen d'amore,
come sparvieri che colombe incalzino,
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d'empie nozze a far preda essi verranno.
Ma un Nume a lor contenderà che godano
le dolci membra. E la Pelasgia terra
li accoglierà, spenti da man donnesca,
da femminea notturna audace strage:
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ché ogni donna il suo sposo ucciderà,
il doppio taglio della spada a lui
immergendo nel sangue. Oh!, tali nozze
tocchino ai miei nemici! - Una fanciulla
amore molcirà, ch'ella risparmi
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del suo letto il compagno. E il suo disegno
non compierà; ma sceglierà, fra due,
pria che omicida, esser chiamata imbelle.
Ad Argo essa darà regia una stirpe.
E lungo ora sarebbe esporre il tutto:
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pur, da questa semenza nascerà
ben audace un rampollo, illustre arciero,
che me dai miei tormenti affrancherà.
Tale oracolo a me l'antica madre
die', la titania Temi. Il dove, il come
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questo avverrà, lungo sarebbe a dirlo,
e niun vantaggio a te sarebbe apprenderlo.
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 846 focus
Est autem urbs Canopus ultima terræ,
Nili apud ostia & aggerem:
Ibi te Iupiter reddit mentis compotem,
Contrectans intrepidâ manu, & tangens tantum,
Eiudem nominis Iouis filiorum
850
Paries nigrum Epaphum, qui fruetur
Terra, quam latè fluens Nilus irrigat,
Quintâ ab ipso generatione quinquaginta natorum
Rursus Argos non inuita veniet,
Fœminea, fugiens nuptias fraternâs
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Nepotum:
hi verò mente capti
Circi columbarum non diu relicti,
Venient venantes non venatile
Matrimonium. Invidiam corporum habebit deus.
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Pelasgia suscipiet eos, fœmineo
Interfectos Marti, nocturnâ audaciâ
Vxor maritum quemq; priuabit vitâ,
Ancipitem in iugulum immittens ensem.
Talis libido invadet inimicos meos,
865
Vnam puellarum mansuetudo demulcebit, ne
Occidat coniugem, sed ut misereatur.
Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 846 focus
English (E. D. A. Morshead, 1908) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound — Morshead translation. Wikisource transcription; speech corresp and card milestones aligned to Smyth perseus-grc2.) — 846 focus
There lieth, at the verge of land and sea,
Where Nilus issues thro' the silted sand,
A town, Canopus called: and there at length
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Shall Zeus renew the reason in thy brain
With the mere touch and contact of his hand
Fraught now with fear no more: and thou shalt bear
A child, dark Epaphus—his very name
Memorial of Zeus' touch that gave him life.
950
And his shall be the foison and the fruit
Of all the land enriched by spreading Nile.
Thence the fifth generation of his seed
Back unto Argos, yet unwillingly,
Shall flee for refuge—fifty maidens they,
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Loathing a wedlock with their next in blood,
More kin than kind, from their sire's brother sprung.
And on their track, astir with wild desire,
Like falcons fierce closing on doves that flee,
Shall speed the suitors, craving to achieve
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A prey forbidden, a reluctant bride.
Yet power divine shall foil them, and forbid
Possession of the maids, whom Argive land
Shall hold protected, when unsleeping hate,
Horror, and watchful ambush of the night,
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Have laid the suitors dead, by female hands.
For every maid shall smite a man to death,
Dyeing a dagger's edges in his throat—
Such bed of love befal mine enemies!
Yet in one bride shall yearning conquer hate,
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Bidding her spare the bridegroom at her side,
Blunting the keen edge of her set resolve.
Thus of two scorns the former shall she choose,
The name of coward, not of murderess.
In Argos shall she bear, in after time,
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A royal offspring. Long it were to tell
In clear succession all that thence shall be.
Take this for sooth—in lineage from her
A hero shall arise, an archer great,
And he shall be my saviour from these woes.
980
Such knowledge of the future Themis gave,
The ancient Titaness, to me her son.
But how, and by what skill, 'twere long to say,
And no whit will the knowledge profit thee.
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.) — 846 focus
Die Stadt Kanobos hebt sich an des Landes Saum,
Dicht, wo der Neilos mündet, an der Ufer Damm.
Dort gibt dir Zeus des Geistes alte Kraft zurück,
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Mit leiser Hand dich streichelnd und berührend nur.
Und du gebierst den dunkelbraunen Epaphos,
Von Zeus' Berührung so genannt. Ihm zinsen einst
Die Gauen, die des Neilos breiter Strom benekt.
Ein Stamm von diesem, der mit fünfzig Sprossen blüht,
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Der fünfte, kehrt nach Argos einst ungern zurück,
Ein Haufe Jungfrau'n, der dem Chebund entflieht
Der Stammesvettern. Diese, blind in Liebeswahn,
Den Falken gleich dicht hinter Tauben hergestürmt,
Erjagen sich die Frauen, - unheilvolle Jagd!
855
Denn ihnen gönnen Götter nicht der Liebe Glück.
Pelasgererde birgt sie, wann der Frauen Arm
Und nächtlichlauernd kühner Zorn sie niederschlug:
Die Hand der Braut gibt jedem Bräutigam den Tod,
Und taucht ihr doppelschneidig Schwert in blut'gen Mord.
860
So möge sich Kythere meinen Feinden nah'n!
Nur Einer Jungfrau Busen rührt der Liebe Pfeil;
Ihr Herz in süßem Sehnen schreckt vom Gattenmord
Zurück, und wählt von Zweien dieses Eine sich:
Schwach will sie lieber heißen, als die Mörderin.
865
Aus ihrem Schooß wird Argos' Herrscherstamm erblüh'n.
Viel Worte braucht's, um dieses deutlich darzuthun:
Genug! Aus diesem Samen sproßt ein kühner Held,
Der bogenstolze, welcher mich von dieser Qual
Erlösen wird. So hat es meine Mutter mir
870
Enthüllt, die graue Themis vom Titanenstamm.
Doch wie und wo, zu sagen, dies braucht lange Zeit;
Und wenn es dir kundwürde, frommte dir's zu nichts.

Commentary

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

846. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-957

ἐς ταὐτὸν:
ἐς ταὐτὸ
ante correctionem Vit.

847. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-958

ἔστιν:
ἔστιν
Μ.
ἔστι
G. Vit. Lips. edd. ante Vict. Afferunt hunc versum scholiastes Ambrosianus ad Od. IV. 563. VI. 204. Eustathius p. 1386, 12. 1509, 35. 1559, 60. quorum locorum in postremo
ἔστι τις πόλις
, in ceteris
ἔστι πόλις
legitur.

848. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-959

NA: Hic versus in Colb. 1. post sequentem positus est. In Vit. totus ita legitur,
Νείλου πρὸς αὐτῷ χώματι
. Inter versus adnotatum
καὶ πρὸς ἀναχωματισμῷ, ἤγουν ταῖς ὄχθαις
, et deinde in fine versus
τῷ στόματι
. Lips.
πρὸς αὐτόματι καὶ προςχώματι
.

849. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-960

ἐνταῦθα:
ταῦτα
pro
ἐνταῦθα
, superscripto ad ultimam syllabam
ν
, Lips.

849. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-961

τίθησιν:
τίθεισιν
, superscripto a sec. manu
η
, Μ.

851. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-962

χειρὶ: Libri
χειρὶ
, nisi quod M. a sec. manu gravem accentum habet.

851. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-963

ἀταρβεῖ:
ἀταρβεῖ
scholia explicant
ἀφοβοποιῷ
, similiterque Blomfieldius nullum metum incutiente, placido, comparans Moschi versus II. 50.
ἐν δ᾽ ἦν Ζεὺς Κρονίδης, ἐπαφώμενος ἠρέμα χερσὶν πόρτιος Ἰναχίης, τὴν ἑπταπόρῳ παρὰ Νείλῳ ἐκ βοὺς εὐκεράοιο πάλιν μετάμειβε γυναῖκα
. Non credam isto significatu hoc vocabulum dictum esse, qui ne aptus quidem hic est, quum non sit quare metuendam sibi manum eius a quo amatur putet Io: sed est epitheton ornans, potentiam Iovis significandi caussa positum.

851. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-964

θιγὼν:
θιγὼν
M. Rob. Ceteri
θίγων
.

852. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-965

γεννημάτων: Omnes libri
γεννημάτων
, nisi quod M. a pr. manu et Lips.
γεννημάτων
. Miror Valckenario placuisse quod ad Phoen. 639. refert Scaligerum ex Peyraredi coniectura in libri sui margine adscripsisse,
θιγημάτων
. Nam quod affert ex Hesychio,
θιγημάτων, μιασμάτων
, id alio spectare apertum est, et ne scriptum quidem sic est apud Hesychium, sed, uti debebat,
θιγμάτων
. Tanta tamen fuit auctoritas Valckenarii, ut huic probatum verbum analogiae contrarium reciperent Brunckius et Schützius. Nihil prodesse puto tali coniecturae defendendae hoc scholion codicis Vit.
ἐνταῦθα ὁ Ζεὺς πάλιν ποιήσει ἄνθρωπον, ἀφόβῳ χειρὶ ἐφαψάμενός σου· τέξεις δὲ καὶ παῖδα Ἔπαφον ὀνομαζόμενον, ἐπώνυμον τῆς ἐπαφήσεως τῆς Διός
. Sensum enim eo scholio, non verba singula reddi alia scholia ostendunt. At, inquiunt Valckenarius et Brunckius, absurdum est
γεννημάτων
. Fateor ita videri posse, quum non praecedat quo referatur hoc vocabulum: quod recte se haberet, si
ἔγκυον
pro
ἔμφρονα
dixisset. At non multo minus absurdum esset, si ferri posset,
θιγημάτων
. Nam si sanam mentem contactu suo restituit virgini, quis inde colligat etiam gravidam eo contactu factam esse? Inde mihi olim nata est suspicio, in quam postea vidi etiam Elmsleium incidisse, deesse hic versum post
ἔμφρονα
, praesertim quum
μόνον
, si ad
τίθησιν ἔμφρονα
referatur, plane sit inutile, quia mentis compotem Iuppiter etiam nutu et sola voluntate sua reddere poterat. Nam alia minus probabilis est Elmsleii coniectura, haec verba,
ἐπαφῶν ἀταρβεῖ χειρὶ καὶ θιγὼν μόνον
, ex adnotatione in textum venisse: quae verba neque interpretem produnt, et ad intelligentiam rei sunt necessaria. Itaque omissi versus signa ante hunc versum posui. Recte enim iam omnia procedent, si tale quid scriptum fuisse statuamus,
παύσας τε μόχθων τῶνδε φιτύσει γόνον
. Vereor enim ne nimiae negligentiae reum faciat Aeschylum, qui quasi res nota fuerit omnibus omisisse eum credat mentionem graviditatis afferatque contraria ratione non dissimiles versus ex Supplicibus 298-300.
ΧΟ. καὶ Ζεύς γ᾽ ἐφάπτωρ χειρὶ φιτύει γόνον. ΒΑ. τίς οὖν ὁ Δῖος πόρτις εὔχεται βοός;
ΧΟ. Ἔπαφος, ἀληθῶς ῥυσίων ἐπώνυμος·
quod ut illic
ῥύσια
dicuntur, etsi nihil praecessit quo id vocabulum referatur, sic hic dictum sit
γεννημάτων
. At multo tamen facilius ex eo, quod potitus virgine Iuppiter tangendo ex ea prolem genuit, servatam esse, quam genuisse eum prolem ex eo, quod mentis compotem reddiderit, potest intelligi.

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τέξεις κελαινὸν Ἔπαφον:
τέξει κελαινὸν Ἔπαφ'
Lips.

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γέννα:
γένα
G.

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πεντηκοντάπαις:
πεντηκοντάπαις
G. Coll. 2. Cantabr. 1. Ven. 3. Bess. Ald. Turn. Ceteri
πεντηκοντόπαις
, ut Eustathius p. 37, 32. Atticam formam Blomfieldius recepit.

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θηλύσπορος:
θηλύσπορος
Μ.
θηλύπορος
Lips.
θηλύσπορον
G. Ald.

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ἐπτοημένοι:
ἐπτωημένοι
G.
ἐπτούμενοι
Lips.

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NA: Suppl. 210.
ἐν ἁγνῷ δ᾽ ἑσμὸς ὡς πελειάδων ἵζεσθε κίρκων τῶν ὁμοπτέρων φόβῳ, ἐχθρῶς ὅμαιμον καταμιαινόντων γένος
.

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θηρεύσοντες:
θηρεύοντες
Vit. Colb. 1.

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φθόνον:
φθόνον
Lips. Par. E.

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δαμέντων:
δαμέντα
Cantabr. 1.

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Vulgo hi versus sic scripti leguntur,
φθόνον δὲ σωμάτων ἕξει θεός· Πελασγία δὲ δέξεται θηλυκτόνῳ Ἄρει δαμέντων νυκτιφρουρήτῳ θράσει
. Quae quum intellectum esset non admittere aptam explicationem, Brunckius temere scripsit
φθόνον δὲ σώμαθ' ὧν ἕξει θεός, Πελασγία δὲ δέξεται θηλυκτόνῳ Ἄρει δαμέντων
. Heynius ad Apollodorum p. 273. (108. ed. sec.) aut
σώματα
de puellis, quarum fructum deus maritis invideat, dici, et deinde
δαμέντας
legi debere, aut procorum corpora fato subducenda significari censebat. Siebelis in diatriba de Aeschyli Persis p. 118. nihil mutandum ratus sic vertit, Aegypti filii Danaidum venabuntur nuptias, sed illarum deus invidebit corpora (non committet ut iis potiantur), ipsorum vero (Aegypti filiorum) a feminis caesorum corpora terra leget Pelasgica. Horum quidem nihil admitti posse apertum est. Blomfieldius
δαμέντας
edidit, Boissonadius
δαμέντα
, hanc Medicei libri scripturam esse falso dicens (habet enim ille quoque liber
δαμέντων
) deumque putans ob caesa corpora invidiam facere dici. Ne haec quidem habent quo cuiquam possint probanda videri. Illud vero mirere, quod qui
δαμέντας
vel
δαμέντα
scripserunt, non
δέξεται
mutarunt in
δέρξεται
, quo sententiam saltem aptam effecissent. Verba qui explicari satis ducit, acquiescere poterit in Wellaueri sententia, qui nihil mutans ad
δέξεται
intelligendum putabat
αὐτάς
ex praegresso
σωμάτων
, et
δαμέντων
genitivum absolutum esse volebat, hoc sensu, deus ipsis corpora puellarum invidebit, easque Pelasgia excipiet, interfectis illis ferro muliebri. Et illud quidem non potest dubium esse,
φθόνον σωμάτων ἕξει θεός
de virginum dictum esse corporibus, quorum potiri non permissurus sit deus Aegypti filiis: nec minus certum est
Πελασγία δὲ δέξεται
ad Danaides referri: absurdum est enim de corporibus Aegyptiadum receptis sepultisque cogitare, nec quidquam perversius quam
δαμέντας
, Pauwii inventum, aut
δαμέντα
inferri potuit. Sed
δαμέντων
si tum additum est genitivo absoluto, perobscura est ista brevitas orationis, omissa utraque et virginum et sponsorum nominatione. Quo efficitur ut vix dubitari possit quin aliquid exciderit ante
θηλυκτόνῳ
. Credibile est huiusmodi quid dictum fuisse,
Πελασγία δὲ δέξεται τὸν ἐγγενῆ στόλον γυναικῶν, νυμφίων θηλυκτόνῳ Ἄρει δαμέντων νυκτιφρουρήτῳ θράσει
. Similem in mediis versibus omissionem supra ad v. 753. ex Vit. adnotavimus.

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ἐπ' ἐχθροὺς:
ἐς ἐχθροὺς
M. (si recte ex M. adnotatum) Vit. aliique et Rob.
ἐπ' ἐχθροὺς
G. Lips. Ald. Turn. adscriptumque in Par. B. Blomfieldius quum praelaturum fortasse aliquem
ἐς
putavit, quia melius intrare amor quam contra ire diceretur, non cogitavit id hic non esse melius, ubi illud ipsum contra ire necessario est intelligendum: de quo significatui praepositionis citavit Valckenarium ad Phoen. 79.
Εἰς
quum pro
ἐπί
dici putatur, ut in Euripidis Or. 1010.
τὰ πανύστατα δ᾽ εἰς ἐμὲ καὶ γενέταν ἐμὸν νεῖμαι
, vis praepositionis est ea, ut pervenire aliquid aliquo, non ut tendere ad perveniendum, quod est in
ἐπί
, significetur. Hic etsi utrumvis dici potuit, aptius tamen videtur
ἐπί
, praesertim quum de connubio olim Iovi periculoso sit accipiendum.

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ἵμερος:
ἵμερον
Lips.

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ἀπαμβλυνθήσεται:
ἀπαμβλυνθήσεται
Par. D. E. Ald. Turn.
ἀπαμβλυθήσεται
M. Lips. Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. B. Bess.
ἀπαμβληθήσεται
G.
ἐπαμβλυνθήσεται
Vit.
ἐπαμβληθήσεται
Rob. et adscriptum in Par. B.

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γνώμην· δυοῖν δὲ:
γνώμην. δυοῖν (δυεῖν Μ.) δὲ
M. Lips. Arund. Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. C. E. F. N.
γνώμαιν δὲ δυοῖν
G.
γνώμαιν (vel γνωμαῖν) δυοῖν δὲ
Par. A. B. D. H. Rob.
γνώμων (γνωμῶν· Turn.) δυοῖν δὲ
Ald. Turn.
γνώμοιν δυοῖν
, omisso
δέ
, Vit.

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ἄναλκις:
ἄναλκις
Par. A. C. et superscriptum in B.

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αὕτη:
αἳ
G. Ox. Bess. Ald.

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μακροῦ λόγου δὲ: Vulgo
μακροῦ λόγου δεῖ ταῦτ᾽ ἐπεξελθεῖν τορῶς
, et sic M. Vit. Lips. ceterique plerique codices et Ald. Turn.
δεῖ ταῦτ' ἐξελθεῖν
Rob.
ταῦτα ἐξελθεῖν
Par. N.
ταῦτά τ᾽ ἐξελθεῖν
G. Mosc. 2. In
δεῖ
consentiunt libri praeter Ox. in quo
δὴ
est. Non est credibile sic haec sine coniunctione superioribus esse addita. Quare recipiendum duxi quod Schützius coniecit
δὲ
pro
δεῖ
. Et confirmatur hoc glossa codicis G.
πάρεστι
, etsi hic quoque codex
δεῖ
habet. Neque
δεῖ
habuerunt scholiastae, qui in explicatione verborum adhibuerint
ἐστίν
et
εἴη ἄν
.

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ἐκ τῆσδε:
ἐκ τῶνδε
Par. Β. (sed hic adscripto
ἐκ τῆσδε
) Ox. Ven. 1.
καὶ τῶνδε
G.

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τόξοισι κλεινός:
τόξοισι κλεινοῖς
M. Rob. Ceteri
τόξοισι κλεινός
. Quem poeta extollere hic debebat Herculem, ut cuius memorandi caussa quae praecedunt omnia dixerat, eius significatione bene videbat mirifice commoveri audientium animos debere, si diceret
θρασύς, τόξοισι κλεινός
, prae quo misere languet
θρασὺς τόξοισι κλεινοῖς
, nec languore careret, si diceretur
θρασύς τις, τόξοισι κλεινός
.

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ὃς πόνων ἐκ τῶνδ' ἐμὲ:
ὃς πόνων ἐκ τῶνδ' ἐμὲ
Μ. G. Vit. Lips. edd. vett. Alii codices
ὃς τῶνδ᾽ ἐκ πόνων ἐμὲ
, vel
ὃς ἐκ πόνων τῶνδέ με
, vel
ὃς ἐκ πόνων τῶν ἐμὲ
, vel
ὃς πόνων τῶν ἐμέ
.

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χρησμὸν:
χρησμὸν
littera
η
a sec. manu M.

English commentary on Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) (N. Wecklein, translated by F. D. Allen. Ginn & Company, 1893; compared with the 1891 printing. Printed commentary pages 31–144. Provisional alignment and unresolved OCR are visibly flagged.) focus

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

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846. ἔστιν πόλις Κάνωβος : the narrative begins, in epic fashion, with a description of the locality. Cp. Od. iii. 293 ἔστι δέ τις λισσὴ αἰπεῖά τε εἰς ἅλα πέτρη, Il. ii. 811 ἔστι δέ τις προπά- ροιθε πόλιος αἰπεῖα κολώνη (in Latin poets est locus), Soph. Trach. 237 ἀκτή τις ἔστ᾽ Εὐβοιίς, 752 ἀκτή τις ἀμφί- κλυστος ἔστιν, Ant. 966 παρὰ δὲ κυανέων σπιλάδων ἀκταὶ Βοσπόριαι ἰδ᾽ ὁ Θρῃκῶν Σαλμυδησσὸς ἵνα κτέ., Eur. Hipp. 1199 ἀκτή τις ἔστι τοὐπέκεινα τῆσδε γῆς, Iph. Τ. 262 ἦν τις διαρρὼξ κυμάτων πολλῷ σάλῳ κοιλωπὸς ἀγμός, 1450 χῶ- ρός τις ἔστιν ᾿Ατθίδος πρὸς ἐσχάτοις ὅροισι, also Aesch. Pers. 447. — χθονός: of its region. Cp. Suppl. 717 οἴακος ἰθυντῆρος ὑστάτου νεώς. For the story cp. Suppl. 311 καὶ μὴν Κάνωβον κἀπὶ Μέμφιν ἵκετο (sc. Ιώ).

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847. προσχώματι: τῷ ὑπὸ τοῦ πο- ταμοῦ ἐτησίῳ προσθήματι τοῦ χώματος, Schol. Cp. Solon Frg. 28 Νείλου ἐπὶ προχοῇσι Κανωβίδος ἐγγύθεν ἀκτῆς.

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848. τίθησιν : to Prometheus's pro- phetic vision the future is like the present. See on 109 and 211. - ἔμ- φρονα: Aeschylus has changed the story. The prevailing account (see on 561) was, according to the scholi- ast on Eur. Phoen. 678, ὁ Ζεὺς ἐπαφη- σάμενος· τῆς Ἰοῦς πάλιν εἰς γυναῖκα μετεμόρφωσε. Cp. Ovid Met. i. 738 vultus capit illa priores, fitque quod ante fuit.

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849. ἐπαφῶν: the word is chosen with reference to the name Ἔπαφος and its supposed etymology. Cp. Suppl. 46 ἐπωνυμίᾳ δ᾽ ἐπεκραίνετο μόρ- σιμος αἰὼν εὐλόγως, Ἔπαφόν τ᾽ ἐγέννα- σεν. The ease and painlessness of the transformation, expressed by ἐπα- φῶν ἀταρβεῖ χειρί, is further empha- sized by καὶ θιγὼν μόνον. Cp. Suppl. !
576 δίῳ δ᾽ ἀπημάντῳ σθένει καὶ θείαις ἐπιπνοίαις παύεται, 1065 Ἰὼ πημονᾶς ἐλύσατ᾽ εὖ χειρὶ παιωνίᾳ κατασχεθών, εὐμενεῖ βίᾳ κτίσας, 45 ἐξ ἐπιπνοίας Ζηνὸς ἔφαψιν.

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850. Prometheus, in saying τῶν Διὸς γεννημάτων instead of τῆς Διὸς ἐπαφῆς, hints at what is expressly stated Suppl. 312 καὶ Ζεύς γ᾽ ἐφάπτωρ χειρὶ φιτύει γόνον. Το this 834 above also alludes. - ἐπώνυμον τῶν Διὸς γεννημάτων: means "called after the manner of his begetting" (by ἐπαφή). Similarly Suppl. 314 "Επαφος ἀληθῶς ῥυσίων ἐπώνυμος, where ῥύσια = “ re- storation by ἐπαφή.”

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851. τέξεις: the same form 869, the middle form 768.

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852. πλατύρρους: cp. Frg. 304 ἔνθα Νεῖλος ἑπτάρους. The uncon- tracted -poos appears in Frg. 280 πλεκτάνην χειμάρροον. ...

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853. πέμπτη: see on 774.

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854. οὐχ ἑκοῦσα: explained by φεύγουσα ἀνεψιῶν below. – ἐλεύ- σεται: ἐλεύσομαι recurs Suppl. 522. Elsewhere the Attic poets use only εἶμι.

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855 f. συγγενή: gives the motive for φεύγουσα. – ἀνεψιῶν : cp. Suppl. 320 Δαναός· ἀδελφὸς δ᾽ ἐστὶ πεντακον- τάπαις ... Αἴγυπτος. - ἐπτοημένοι : cp. Eur. Iph. A. 586 ἔρωτι δ᾽ αὐτὸς ἐπ- τοάθης, Sappho Frg. 2, 5 καὶ γελαίσας ἰμερόεν, τό μοι μὰν καρδίαν ἐν στήθεσιν ἐπτόασεν, Apoll. Rhod. Arg. i. 1232 τῆς δὲ φρένας ἐπτοίησεν Κύπρις.

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857. κίρκοι: the simile is added without comparative conjunction, in poetic fashion. For the comparison cp. Suppl. 223 ἐν ἁγνῷ δ᾽ ἑσμὸς ὡς πελειάδων ἵζεσθε κίρκων τῶν ὁμοπτέρων φόβῳ, Ιl. xxii. 139 ἠύτε κίρκος ὄρεσφιν ἐλαφρότατος πετεεινῶν ῥηιδίως οἴμησε μετὰ τρήρωνα πέλειαν. sense:

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859. φθόνον ἕξει : = φθονήσει. Cp. χρείαν ἔχειν 169, and Cho. 481. The "God will begrudge them their desire," σωμάτων τῶν παρθένων φθονήσει αὐτοῖς (cp. 584), 'puella- rum fructum deus maritis invidebit' (Heyne). The marriage will be cele- brated, but will be dissolved in blood.

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860 f. Πελασγία: cp. Eur. Suppl. 367 καὶ μεγάλᾷ Πελασγίᾳ καὶ κατ᾿ ῎Αρ- yos, Strabo p. 221 Αἰσχύλος ἐκ τοῦ περὶ Μυκήνας ῎Αργους φησὶν ἐν Ἱκέτισι καὶ Δαναΐσι τὸ γένος αὐτῶν (ⅰ.e. τῶν Πελασ-
γῶν) καὶ τὴν Πελοπόννησον δὲ Πελασ- γίαν φησὶν Ἔφορος κληθῆναι. Argos (Suppl. 634), the land of Pelasgus (Suppl. 250), is meant. — δέξεται : both sense and syntax demand aἱμάξεται (= αἱμαχθήσεται, as Soph. Phil. 48 φυ- λάξεται = φυλαχθήσεται). Cp. Ag. 1589 θανὼν πατρῷον αἱμάξαι πέδον, Pers. 595 αἱμαχθεῖσα δ' ἄρουρα, Eur. H. F. 573 Δίρκης νᾶμα αἱμαχθήσεται. The verse would thus lack the usual caesura; but see on 640, and Introd. p. 26, footnote. - "Αρει : = φόνῳ. – δαμέν- των: sc. αὐτῶν. GMT. 848; H. 972 a. - νυκτιφρουρήτῳ: τῷ νυκτὸς ἐπιτηρή- σαντι, Schol. More exactly night- waking, awake at night. See on 599. αὐχένος καὶ στήθους σφαγή (in ani- mals), Polyaen. viii. 48 τὸ ξίφος καθ- εῖσα διὰ τῆς σφαγῆς, Antonin. Lib- eral. 25 ἐπάταξαν ἑαυτὰς τῇ κερκίδι παρὰ τὴν κλεῖδα καὶ ἀνέρρηξαν τὴν σφαγήν.

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864. With this wish cp. Suppl. 1032 μηδ᾽ ὑπ᾿ ἀνάγκας γάμος ἔλθοι Κυ- θερείας· στυγερῶν πέλοι τόδ᾽ ἆθλον, Xen. Anab. iii. 2. 3 οἶμαι γὰρ ἂν ὑμᾶς τοιαῦτα παθεῖν, οἷα τοὺς ἐχθροὺς οἱ θεοὶ ποιήσειαν.

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869 f. Prometheus begins as if about to tell the whole story, but suddenly breaks off. Hence the asyndeton μακροῦ λόγου δεῖ. With μακροῦ λόγου cp. Pers. 713, πάντα γὰρ ἀκούσει μῦθον ἐν βραχεῖ λόγῳ.

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