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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.) — 907-1093 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 907 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 907 focus
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 907 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 907 focus
ἢ μὴν ἔτι Ζεύς, καίπερ αυθάδης φρενῶν,
ἔσται ταπεινός, οἷον ἐξαρτύεται
940
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 907 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.)) — 907 focus
Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 907 focus
Yet truly shall Jove, albeit he is self-willed in his temper, be lowly, in such
wedlock is he prepared to wed, as shall hurl him out of his sovereignty and off his throne a forgotten thing; and the curse of his father Saturn shall then at length find entire consummation, which he imprecated when he was deposed from his ancient throne. From disasters such as these there is no one of the gods beside myself that can clearly disclose to him a way of escape. I know this, and by what means. Wherefore let him rest on in his presumption, putting confidence in his thunders aloft, brandishing in his hand a fire-breathing bolt. For not one jot shall these suffice to save him from falling dishonoured in a downfall beyond endurance; such an antagonist is he now with his own hands preparing against himself, a portent that shall baffle all resistance; who shall invent a flame more potent than the lightning, and a mighty din that shall surpass the thunder; and shall shiver the ocean trident, that earth-convulsing pest, the spear of Neptune. And when he bath stumbled upon this mischief, he shall be taught how great is the difference between sovereignty and slavery.
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 907 focus
j'en réponds, où Zeus, pour opiniâtre que soit son cœur, sera tout humble, car l'hymen auquel il s'apprête le jettera à bas de son pouvoir
et de son trône, anéanti. Elle sera dès lors de tout point accomplie, la malédiction dont l'a maudit Cronos, son père, le jour où il tomba de son trône antique. Et le moyen d'éloigner tels revers, nul dieu, si ce n'est moi, ne le lui saurait révéler clairement. Seul, je sais l'avenir et
comment il se peut conjurer. Après cela, qu'il trône donc sans crainte, se fiant au fracas dont il emplit les airs, agitant dans ses mains le trait embrasé : nul secours ne l'empêchera de choir ignominieusement d'une chute intolérable
— si fort est l'adversaire qu'à cette heure il se prépare à lui-même, être prodigieux avec qui la lutte est ardue, inventeur d'un feu plus puissant que la foudre, d'un fracas formidable à couvrir le tonnerre ; par qui même le fléau marin
qui ébranle la terre, le trident, arme de Poséidon, doit voler en éclats 1 . Le jour où il butera contre ce malheur, il apprendra quelle distance sépare « régner » de « servir ».
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 907 focus
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 907 focus
Sí, sebben tracotante, un giorno Giove
tapino esser dovrà: tai nozze affretta,
1055
che dal dominio, che dal soglio giú
l'abbatteranno;
e sparirà nel nulla.
L'imprecazione allor del vecchio Crono
sarà compiuta interamente, ch'egli
1060
scagliò, piombando dall'antico trono.
Di tal rovina niun potria dei Numi
chiaro mostrargli, se non io, lo scampo.
Io questo, e il modo so. Pertanto ei segga
pieno di fede negli aerei bómbiti,
1065
squassando in pugno il suo dardo di fiamma:
impedir non potrà che senza onore
in rovina d'obbrobrio egli giú piombi.
Tale un campione, a sé stesso egli stesso,
ora apparecchia, insuperabil mostro:
1070
questi una fiamma troverà che arda
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 907 focus
Certè tamen Iupiter, quamvis sit superbus, mens
Erit humilis, tale optabit
910
Matrimonium parare, quod ipsum tyrannico
Solio imprôvidum eijciet.
patris verò execratio
Saturni tunc perficietur omnino,
Quam imprecatus est cadens diuturnis folijs.
915
Talium laborum eversionem nullus deorum
Poterit, me excepto, manifestè demonstrare.
Ego hæc noui, & quomodo ad hæc nunc
Fidens sedeat sublimibus fragoribus
Confisus, quatiens manibus igniuomum telum:
920
Nihil illum hæc iuvabunt, quin
Cadat turpiter casu non tolerando.
Talem aduersarium parat nunc
Ipse sibi inexpugnabile monstrum,
Qui flammam fulmine potiorem inveniet,
925
Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 907 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.) — 907 focus
And yet shall Zeus, for all his stubborn pride,
1020
Be brought to low estate! aha, he schemes
Such wedlock as shall bring his doom on him,
Flung from his kingship to oblivion's lap!
Ay, then the curse his father Cronos spake
As he fell helpless from his agelong throne,
1025
Shall be fulfilled unto the utterance!
No god but I can manifest to him
A rescue from such ruin as impends—
I know it, I, and how it may be foiled.
Go to, then, let him sit and blindly trust
1030
His skyey rumblings, for security,
And wave his levin with its blast of flame!
All will avail him not, nor bar his fall
Down to dishonour vile, intolerable—
So strong a wrestler is he moulding now
1035
To his own proper downfall—yea, a shape
Portentous and unconquerably huge,
Who truly shall reveal a flame more strong
Than is the lightning, and a crash of sound
More loud than thunder, and shall dash to nought
1040
Poseidon's trident-spear, the ocean-bane
That makes the firm earth quiver. Let Zeus strike
Once on this rock, he speedily shall learn
How far the fall from power to slavery!
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.) — 907 focus
Wohl wird sich Zeus trok seines stolzen Sinnes noch
Demüthig beugen, weil er einen Ehebund
Zu schließen sich bereitet, der in Dunkel ihn
Vom Königsthrone niederstürzt. Dann wird gewiß
Der Fluch des Vaters Kronos ganz erfüllt an ihm,
905
Den dieser einst vom alten Throne stürzend sprach.
Wie solches Unheil abzuwenden sei, vermag
Der Götter keiner, außer mir, ihm kundzuthun.
Ich weiß es, weiß die Mittel. Trokig mag er denn
Dort oben thronen, auf den hohen Donner stolz,
910
Umsprüht von Bligen, die sein Arm glutathmend schwingt!
Denn nimmer rettet dieses ihn, daß nicht hinab
Er stürzte schmachvoll unerträglich schweren Sturz.
Solch einen Ringer rüstet er nun gegen sich
Selbst selber aus, ein Wunder unbezwungner Kraft,
915
Der Wetterflammen, mächt'ger als der Blik, ersinnt
Und Tosen, lauter dröhnend als des Donners Hall,
Der auch des Oceanes erderschütterndes
Schreckniß, Poseidons dreigezackten Speer, zerschellt.
Kommt dieses Unheil über ihn, dann lernt er wohl,
920
Wie gar verschieden Sclaverei von Herrschen ist.

Commentary

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

907. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1026

ἄπορα: M. G. Vit. Lips. Ald. Turn.
εἰς άπορα
multi codices et Rob.

908. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1027

οὐδ᾽ ἔχω τίς ἂν γενοίμαν:
οὐδ᾽ ἔτις ἂν γένοιμ' ἂν
, sed ad
ἔτις
superscripto
χω
, Vit.
γενοίμην
G. Lips. Ald.

910. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1028

ὅπᾳ: superscripto
ου
Vit. et legitur
ὅπου
in Par. E. Vind. 2. 4.

911. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1029

αὐθάδης φρενῶν: M. a pr. manu (recentior
δη
et
go
supra adscripsit) et Vit. Par, B. Mosc. 1. Ald. et ante correctionem G.
αυθά- δη φρενών
Cantabr. 2. superscripto
φρονῶν
, et Turn.
αυθάδη φρονῶν
Lips. Par. C. E. F. Ven. 3. et e correctione G.
γρ. αυθάδη φρονῶν
Par. B. Id Porsonus alique tenuerunt: sed aperte praestat
αυθάδης φρενών
.

912. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1030

ταπεινός, οἷον:
ταπενὸς οἷον
Lips.
ταπεινὸς. γὰρ οἷον
Vit. quod
γὰρ
ortum videtur ex male intellecto
T
. Nam Rob. pro ceterorum librorum scriptura, quae est
olov
, habet
toñor
. In
olov
ultimam litteram a rec. manu habet M. Prima fortasse scripserat
olos
.

914. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1031

θρόνων τ' ἄϊστον:
θρόνων άϊστον
M. Rob.
θρόνων τ' αΐστων
, sed a pr. manu mutatum in
ἄΐστον
, Vit.
πατρὸς δ᾽ ἀρὰ: (
uga
Ald.) M. G. Lips. Ox. Par. E. L. Ven. 1. 2. Bess. Vindobonenses et Ald.
πατρὸς ἀρὰ
Vit. Rob.
πατρὸς δ' οὐ
alii, ut videtur, codices et Turn. ac reliquae edd.

915. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1032

Κρόνου: omittit Lips.
τότ': ultima littera a rec. manu M. in quo prius fuisse videtur
τόδ'
, ut est in Cantabr. 2.
πότ'
Рar. C.

916. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1033

ἐκπίτνων: Vit. Colb. 2. et a pr. manu M.
ἐκπιτνῶν
M. a rec. manu et ceteri.
δηναιῶν:
δηναιῶν
, superscripto a rec. manu
ων
, M.

917. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1034

τοιῶνδε:
τοιῶνδε
, superscripto a rec. manu
@
, M.

919. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1035

ἐγὼ τάδ᾽ οἶδα:
ἐγὼ δὲ τάδ᾽ οἶδα
Vit.

920. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1036

καθήσθω:
καθήστω
Ven. 3. et e correctione, quum prius fuisset
κα- στω
, Vit. sed in scholio Vit.
καθήσθω
legitur.
καθείσθω
Lips. Ald. Rob.
καθίσθω
Par. E.
πεδαρσίοις κτύποις: Pro
κτύποις
scholiastes
τόποις
. In M. super
πεδαρσίοις
adscripta a rec. manu glossa
ὑψηλοῖς τόποις
.

921. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1037

πιστός:
πιστός
, superscripto a sec. manu
ό
, M. Apud scholiastam etiam
αὐστός
invenitur.
τινάσσων χειρὶ πυρπνόον βέλος:
τινάσσων τ᾽ ἐν χεροῖν πύρπνουν β.
Μ.
τινάσσων ταῖν χεροῖν πυρπνόον β.
G.
τινάσων (τινάσσων Turn.) τ' ἐν χεροῖν πυρπνόον β.
Ald. Turn.
τινάσσων τ᾽ ἐν χεροῖν πυρίπνουν β.
Rob. et Lips. in quo prius
ἐν χερσὶν
fuerat.
τινάσσων τ᾽ ἐν χερσὶ πυρίπνουν β.
Vit.
ἐν χερσὶ πυρίπνουν
Par. D.
ἐν χερὶ πυρίπνουν
Par. A.
χερσὶ
Arund.
χερ- oin
Colb. 1. Cantabr. 1.
χερσι
Colb. 2.
πυρπνουν
Рar. B.
πυριπνουν
Vind. 2. 4.
πυρπνοον
Vind. 1. 3. nisi scriptum est
πυρπρόον
, ut in Вess.
πυρὶ πνο
Par. E. Porsonus ad Eur. Hec. v. 1117. hoc versu utens scripsit
τινάσσων χειρὶ πυρπνόον βέλος
, recte, ut videtur, quum formam non contractam praetulerint tragici, de qua re dixit Blomfieldius, pravo ille accentu scribens
πύρπνοον
.

922. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1038

οὐδὲν γὰρ αὐτῷ:
οὐ γὰρ αὐτῷ
Lips.
τὸ μὴ οὐ: M. Ald. Rob. Turn.
μὴ οὖν
affertur ex Par. E. Omittunt
οὐ
, quod in Vit. in principio sequentis versus additum est Lips. Arund. Cantabr. 1. Colb. 2. Mosc. 1. Par. L. N. Ven. 2. Vind. 1. 3. Si omittitur,
ne
significatur; si additur,
quo minus
: quorum prius rem certo eventuram indicat. Quare
un
sine
ou
rectius dicitur in iis rebus, quae iam comprobatae sunt eventu, ut in Agam. v. 1128.
ἄκος δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐπήρκε σαν, τὸ μὴ πόλιν μὲν ὥσπερ οὖν ἔχει παθεῖν
. Itaque hoc loco aptius videtur
un ov
, praesertim quum vitaverit malum illud Iuppiter.

924. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1039

νῦν παρασκευάζεται:
παρασκευάζεται νῦν
G. Mosc. 2. Bess. Ald. Rob.

925. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1040

ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸς αὑτῷ: M. sed spiritu utriusque pronominis a sec. manu addito, et G.
ἐπ' αὐτὸς αὐτῷ
Vit. Lips. Cantabr. 1. Ald.
αὐτὸς ἐπ' αὐτῷ
Rob.
αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ
Mosc. 1. et fortasse Par. K. ex quo
ἑαυ- τῷ
affertur.

926. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1041

κεραυνοῦ:
κεραυνῶν
ante correctionem Lips.
κρείσσον: Lips. et ante rec. manus correctionem M.
εὑρήσει:
εὑρήσοι
, littera
ι
a sec. manu, M. idemque superscriptum in Colb. 2.

927. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1042

βροντῆς θ':
βροντῆς
Lips. Cantabr. 1. Ceteri omnes
βροντῆς
, quod Blomfieldius temere in
βροντὰς
mutavit, non cogitans verba comparationem significantia sic ut nomina comparativa construi. Vide Heindorfium ad Plat. Gorg. §. 68. p. 97. Pro vulgato
βροντῆς θ'
Vit.
βροντῆς δ'
.
ὑπερβάλλοντα: Cantabr. 1. et ante sec. manus correctionem M.

928. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1043

τινάκτειραν: Non aptum est, quod Elmsleium coniecisse Blomfieldius dicit,
θαλασσίαν δέ
.
τιναχτειρα
sine accentu Lips.

929. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1044

αἰχμὴν τὴν Ποσειδῶνος:
αἰχμήτην
pro
αἰχμὴν τὴν
G.
αἰχμὴν τοῦ
Rob.
πόσε δῶνος
Lips.

930. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1045

κακῷ:
κακῶν
M. ante recentioris manus correctionem et Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. K. Ven. 2. Vind. 1. 3.
τῷ κακῶν
Par. B.

931. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1046

ὅσον:
ὅσσον
Μ. Rob.

932. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1047

σύ θην:
σύ θὴ
a pr. manu M. Recentior
ν
et gravem litterae
η
accentum superscripsit.
σὺ δὴ
G. Vit. Lips. edd. et fortasse reliqui libri omnes. Correxit accentum Dindorfius: nam grammatici
θὴν
encliticis adnumerant.
ταῦτ᾽ ἐπιγλωσσᾷ:
ταῦτ᾽ ἐπιγλωσσᾶι
, sed
ι
in
ἐπι
a recentiore manu, Μ.
ταῦθ᾽ ὑπο- γλωσσᾶ
G. Patet librarium
ὑπογλωσσᾷ
scribere voluisse.
ταῦτ᾽ ἐπι- γλώσσα
Lips.

934. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1048

δεσπόσειν:
δεσπόζειν
Vit. Vind. 2.
Ζηνός τινα;: Μ. a sec. manu, prius
ζηνός τινὰ
fuerat,
ζηνὸς τινὰ
Par. B. et adnotatum in Mosc. 1.
ζηνός τίνα
Vit.
ζηνός τίνα;
Rob.
διὸς τινὰ
G. Arund. Mosc. 2. Vind. 2. 4.
διὸς τίνα
Par. E.
διός τινα;
Ald.
τινὰ διὸς
Lips. Mosc. 1. Ven. 2. Vind. 1. 3. et adnotatum in Par. B.

935. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1049

καὶ τῶνδέ γ' ἕξει: Μ. sed prius
εξεισ
fuerat.
καὶ τῶνδε δ᾽ ἕξει
Rob.
καὶ τῶνδ᾽ ἕξει
codices nonnulli.

936. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1050

πῶς δ᾽ οὐχὶ:
πῶς δ' οὐχὶ
M. G. Vit. edd. vett.
πῶς δ' οὐκὶ
Lips. Cantabr. 1.2. Colb. 2. Vind. 2. 3. 4. quos recte secuti sunt Blomfieldius aliique.
ἐκρίπτων:
ἐκρίπτων
G. Vit. Lips.
ἐκρίπτες
Par. D. Parum elegans Elmsleii coniectura est ad Med. 1371.
τοιάδε ῥίπτων ἔπη
.

937. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1051

τί δ᾽ ἂν:
τί δαὶ
Μ.
τίνα δ᾽ ἂν
Par. F.

938. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1052

ἄν: omittunt Vit. Colb. 2.
ἂν
pro eo habent G. Mosc. 2.
τοῦδέ γ':
τοῦδ' ἀλγίω
Vit. Colb. 1. Elmsleius coniiciebat
τοῦδ᾽ ἔτ' ἀλ- γίω
, similibus quibusdam exemplis adductus: item Wellauerus. At etiam
E
recte se habet.

939. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1053

ὃ δ᾽ οὖν:
ὃ δ' αὖ
G.
ὅδ' οὖν
M. (hic quidem accentu in
ὅδ'
a rec. manu addito) Vit. Lips. aliique et Ald. Rob.
ὃ δ' οὖν
Vict. Steph. Cant. Blomfieldius Elmsleii monitu
ὃ δ' οὖν
. Et videtur id iam Turnebus voluisse in cuius editione est
O δ' οὖν
. Sed accentu notandum
ὅ
.

940. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1054

προςκυνοῦντες τὴν Ἀδράστειαν: Huius locutionis,
προςκυνοῦντες τὴν Αδράστειαν
, exempla attulit Dorvillius ad Charit. p. 332. sive 401. ed. Lips. De Adrastea copiose dixit Hermias ad Platonis Phaedrum p. 148.

941. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1055

θῶπτε:
θῶπτε
Turn. et a pr. manu M. sed
v
deletum et a sec. manu supra adscriptum
θώπευε
, quod habent G. Lips. aliique et Ald.
θῶπτε
Rob.
θῶπε
Vit.
τὸν κρατοῦντ᾽ ἀεί: Quod dicit
τὸν κρατοῦντ᾽ ἀεί
, intelligendus is cui quoque tempore regnare contigit. V. Monckium ad Eur. Ale. 716.

942. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1056

μέλει:
μέλλει
G. Vit.

943. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1057

τόνδε: omittit 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

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907-943. First Scene of the Exodos. Prometheus and the Cory- phaeus. Preparation of the catas- trophe.

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907. ἡ μὴν ἔτι: cp. 167. – αὐθάδης φρενών: genitive of relation. Krüger I. § 47, 26, 9; II. § 47, 26, 7.

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908. οἷον : = ὅτι τοιοῦτον. Cp. Od. ii. 239 νῦν δ᾽ ἄλλῳ δήμῳ νεμεσίζομαι,
οἷον ἅπαντες ἦσθ᾽ ἄνεῳ, Il. xxii. 346 αἱ γάρ πως αὐτόν με μένος καὶ θυμὸς ἀνείη ὤμ᾿ ἀποταμνόμενον κρέα ἔδμεναι, οἷά μ᾽ ἔοργας, Eur. H. F. 816 ἆρ᾽ εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν πίτυλον ἥκομεν φόβου, οἷον φάσμ᾽ ὑπὲρ δόμων ὁρῶ; Ion 796 ἀν' ὑγρὸν ἀμπταίην αἰθέρα . . ., οἷον οἷον ἄλγος ἔπαθον, Ar. Nub. 1157 οὐδὲν γὰρ ἄν με φλαῦρον ἐργάσαισθ᾽ ἔτι, οἷος ἐμοὶ τρέφεται, Hdt. i. 31 αἱ δὲ ᾿Αργεῖαι τὴν μητέρα αὐτῶν (ἐμακάριζον), οἵων τέκνων ἐκύρησε, viii. 12 ἐς φόβον κατι- στέατο ἐλπίζοντες πάγχυ ἀπολέεσθαι, ἐς οἷα κακὰ ἧκον.

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910. ἄιστον ἐκβαλεῖ: ἱ.ε. ἐκβαλεῖ ὥστε ἄιστον εἶναι. For ἄιστος see on 151.

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911. Κρόνου ... κρανθήσεται : al- literation of κρ-.

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915 f. ταῦτα: see on 992. πεδαρσίοις : see on 269.

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917. πύρπνουν βέλος: see on 359. For the contracted form πύρπνουν see on 852, and Soph. Ant. 224 δύσπνους ἱκάνω. In melic passages only -πνοος is used.

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920. τοῖον: demonstratives at the beginning of a sentence often state the cause or reason of what goes before, in Greek as in Latin. Cp. Soph. Ai. 560 οὔτοι σ' ᾿Ἀχαιῶν, οἶδα, μή τις ὑβρίσῃ . . . τοῖον πυλωρὸν φύλακα Τεῦκρον ἀμφί σοι λείψω.

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921. ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸς αὐτῳ: see on 762.

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922. κεραυνού : κεραυνός, ignea coruscatio; βροντή, fragor caeli tonantis.

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923. βροντῆς ὑπερβάλλοντα: ὑπερ- βάλλειν takes the genitive, as a verb of surpassing, here and Plat. Gorg. 475 ο ἆρα λύπῃ ὑπερβάλλει τὸ ἀδικεῖν τοῦ ἀδικεῖσθαι; also Aristot. Hist. An. ii. 11 πολὺ ὑπερβάλλοντες τῶν περὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ὑπαρχόντων. Cp. the use of ὑπερφέρειν (Soph. O. T. 380 τέχνη τέχνης ὑπερφέρουσα) and ὑπερέχειν
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924 f. θαλασσίαν τρίαιναν : cp. Eur. Ιοη 282 πληγαὶ τριαίνης ποντίου. νόσον: 'ubi Latinis pestis, noxa aut calamitas, ibi Graecis νόσος in usu est' (Schütz). Cp. Soph. Ant. 418 καὶ τότ᾽ ἐξαίφνης χθονός τυφὼς ἀείρας σκηπτόν, οὐράνιον ἄχος, πίμπλησι πε- δίον· . . . μύσαντες δ᾽ εἴχομεν θείαν νό- σον. - According to Pindar Isthm. vii. 60 ff., the sagacious Themis, when Zeus and Poseidon sought the hand of Thetis, announced to the gods, εἵνεκεν πεπρωμένον ἦν φέρτερον γόνον ἂν ἄνακτα πατρὸς τεκεῖν ποντίαν θεόν, ὃς κεραυνοῦ τε κρέσσον ἄλλο βέλος διώ- ξει χερὶ τριόδοντός τ᾽ ἀμαιμακέτου, Δί γε μισγομέναν ἢ Διὸς παρ᾿ ἀδελφεοῖσιν. Aeschylus, for the sake of effect, has retained the part of the prophecy re- lating to Poseidon, although its occa- sion - the competition of Poseidon for Thetis's hand - is absent from his account. One may understand him to mean that Poseidon's domin- ion would perish along with Zeus's.

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926. πταίσας τῷδε πρὸς κακῷ: cp. Sept. 210 νεὼς καμούσης ποντίῳ πρὸς κύματι. ...

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927. For τὲ καί with a word meaning 'differ' or 'different,' cp. Soph. Ο. C. 808 χωρὶς τό τ᾽ εἰπεῖν πολλὰ καὶ τὰ καίρια, Eur. Alc. 528 χωρὶς τό τ᾽ εἶναι καὶ τὸ μὴ νομίζεται, Xen. Hier. i. 2 πῇ διαφέρει ὁ τυραννικός τε καὶ ὁ ἰδιω- τικὸς βίος. See Elmsley on Soph. l.c.

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928. θήν: this particle is chiefly epic. Krüg. II. § 69, 38. — ἐπιγλωσσᾷ: prophesy ill, utter ominous words; ἐποι- ωνίζῃ κατὰ τοῦ Διὸς & βούλει γενέσθαι αὐτῷ, Schol. So Hesych. ἐπιγλωσσῶ· ἐποιωνίζου διὰ γλώττης, Αἰσχύλος Ἡρα- κλείδαις. Cp. Cho. 1044 μηδ' ἐπιζευχ- θῇς στόμα φήμῃ πονηρᾷ μηδ᾽ ἐπιγλωσσῶ κακά, Ar. Lys. 37 περὶ τῶν ᾿Αθηνῶν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπιγλωττήσομαι τοιοῦτον οὐδέν.

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929. τελεῖται: may be either fu- ture or present (see on 211). – πρὸς δέ: see on 73.

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932. ἐκρίπτων: see on 312.

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933. ᾧ θανεῖν οὐ μόρσιμον: the thought recurs 1053; in a different relation 753 and Frg. III. of the Προ- μηθεὺς λυόμενος 23 f.

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934. Ср. 313.

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936. οἱ προσκυνοῦντες τὴν ᾿Αδρά- στειαν : Hesych. ᾿Αδραστία· ἡ Νέμεσις. 'Ad vitandam invidiam Graeci sole- bant dicere προσκυνῶ τὴν Νέμεσιν. Dem. adv. Aristogit. I. p. 495 [xxv. 37] καὶ ᾿Αδράστειαν μὲν ἄνθρωπος ὢν ἔγωγε προσκυνῶ, Plat. Rep. v. 451 & προσ- κυνῶ δὲ ᾿Αδράστειαν, ὦ Γλαύκων, χάριν οὗ μέλλω λέγειν' (Giacomelli). Cp. also Eur. Rhes. 342 ᾿Αδράστεια μὲν ὁ Διὸς παῖς εἴργοι στομάτων φθόνον, 468 σὺν δ᾽ ᾿Αδραστείᾳ λέγω, ξὺν σοὶ στρατεύειν γῆν ἐπ᾿ ᾿Αργείων θέλω καὶ πᾶσαν ἐλθὼν Ἑλλάδ᾽ ἐκπέρσαι δορί, Alciphr. Ep. i. 33 προσκυνῶ δὲ τὴν Νέμεσιν, Soph. Phil. 776 τὸν φθόνον δὲ πρόσκυσον. ...

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937. σέβου, προσεύχου, θώπτε: cp. 392. – τὸν κρατοῦντ᾽ ἀεί : = τὸν ἀεὶ (for the time being) κρατοῦντα. Cp. Eur. Οr. 889 ὑπὸ τοῖς δυναμένοισιν ὢν ἀεί, Αr. Vesp. 1318 κωμῳδολοιχῶν περὶ τὸν εὖ πράττοντ᾽ ἀεί, Plut. 1026 φάσκων βοηθεῖν τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις ἀεί, Χen. Cyr. viii. 5. 16.

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938. ἔλασσον ἢ μηδέν: cp. Plat. Theaet. 179 e ἧττον αὐτοῖς ἔνι ἢ τὸ μη- δέν. The abstract idea of nothingness is expressed by μηδέν (not οὐδέν) or τὸ μηδέν. Cp. Soph. Αi. 1275 ἤδη τὸ μηδὲν ὄντας, Εl. 1166 δέξαι με τὴν μηδὲν εἰς τὸ μηδέν, Eur. Cycl. 355 ἄλλως νομίζει Ζεὺς τὸ μηδὲν ὢν θεός, Soph. Ai. 1231 ὅτ᾽ οὐδὲν ὢν τοῦ μηδὲν ἀντέστης ὕπερ.

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939. δράτω, κρατείτω: cp. Ag. 1669 πρᾶσσε, πιαίνου μιαίνων τὴν δίκην, ἐπεὶ πάρα, Soph. Ant. 768 δράτω, φρο- νείτω μεῖζον ἢ κατ᾿ ἄνδρ᾿ ἰών.

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941. ἀλλ᾽ εἰσορῶ γάρ : cp. Eur. Hec. 724 ἀλλ᾽ εἰσορῶ γὰρ τοῦδε δεσπότου δέ- μας ᾿Αγαμέμνονος, τοὐνθένδε σιγῶμεν, φίλαι. - τρόχιν: Hesych., τρόχις· ἄγ- γελος, ἀκόλουθος. Here, however, a contemptuous designation of the di- vine messenger, as διάκονος τοῦ νέου τυράννου. So throughout the following scene Hermes is treated with lofty disdain by Prometheus. The phrase Διὸς τρόχις suffices for the spectators, without mention of the name. τρό- χις furthermore alludes to Hermes's winged shoes, and it is probable that he is swung from above upon the stage, by means of the αἰώρημα (see on 284).