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Ἑρμῆς

σὲ τὸν σοφιστήν, τὸν πικρῶς ὑπέρπικρον,

τὸν ἐξαμαρτόντʼ εἰς θεοὺς ἐφημέροις
945

πορόντα τιμάς, τὸν πυρὸς κλέπτην λέγω·

πατὴρ ἄνωγέ σʼ οὕστινας κομπεῖς γάμους

αὐδᾶν, πρὸς ὧν ἐκεῖνος ἐκπίπτει κράτους.

καὶ ταῦτα μέντοι μηδὲν αἰνικτηρίως,

ἀλλʼ αὔθʼ ἕκαστα φράζε· μηδέ μοι διπλᾶς
950

ὁδούς, Προμηθεῦ, προσβάλῃς· ὁρᾷς δʼ ὅτι

Ζεὺς τοῖς τοιούτοις οὐχὶ μαλθακίζεται.

Προμηθεύς

σεμνόστομός γε καὶ φρονήματος πλέως

ὁ μῦθός ἐστιν, ὡς θεῶν ὑπηρέτου.

νέον νέοι κρατεῖτε καὶ δοκεῖτε δὴ
955

ναίειν ἀπενθῆ πέργαμʼ· οὐκ ἐκ τῶνδʼ ἐγὼ

δισσοὺς τυράννους ἐκπεσόντας ᾐσθόμην;

τρίτον δὲ τὸν νῦν κοιρανοῦντʼ ἐπόψομαι

αἴσχιστα καὶ τάχιστα. μή τί σοι δοκῶ

ταρβεῖν ὑποπτήσσειν τε τε τοὺς νέους θεούς;
960

πολλοῦ γε καὶ τοῦ παντὸς ἐλλείπω. σὺ δὲ

κέλευθον ἥνπερ ἦλθες ἐγκόνει πάλιν·

πεύσῃ γὰρ οὐδὲν ὧν ἀνιστορεῖς ἐμέ.

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

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by The Annenberg CPB/Project.

Current edition Perseus

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

Editions (5)

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 944 focus

ΕΡΜΗΣ.

σὲ τὸν σοφιστὴν, τὸν πικρῶς ὑπέρπικρον,

τὸν ἐξαμαρτόντ᾽ ἐς θεοὺς ἐφημέροις
945

πορόντα τιμὰς, τὸν πυρὸς κλέπτην λέγω·

πατὴρ ἄνωγέ σ᾽ οὕστινας κομπεῖς γάμους

αὐδᾶν, πρὸς ὧν ἐκεῖνος ἐκπίπτει κράτους·

καὶ ταῦτα μέντοι μηδὲν αἰνικτηρίως,

ἀλλ᾽ αὔθ᾽ ἕκαστ᾽ ἔκφραζε· μηδέ μοι διπλᾶς
950

ὁδοὺς, Προμηθεῦ, προσβάλῃς· ὁρᾷς δ᾽ ὅτι

Ζεὺς τοῖς τοιούτοις οὐχὶ μαλθακίζεται.

ΠΡ.

σεμνόστομός γε καὶ φρονήματος πλέως

ὁ μῦθός ἐστιν, ὡς θεῶν ὑπηρέτου.

νέον νέοι κρατεῖτε καὶ δοκεῖτε δὴ
955

ναίειν ἀπενθῆ πέργαμ᾽· οὐκ ἐκ τῶνδ᾽ ἐγὼ

δισσοὺς τυράννους ἐκπεσόντας ἠσθόμην;

τρίτον δὲ τὸν νῦν κοιρανοῦντ᾽ ἐπόψομαι

αἴσχιστα καὶ τάχιστα. μή τί σοι δοκῶ

ταρβεῖν ὑποπτήσσειν τε τοὺς νέους θεούς;
960

πολλοῦ γε καὶ τοῦ παντὸς ἐλλείπω. σὺ δὲ

κέλευθον ἥνπερ ἦλθες ἐγκόνει πάλιν·

πεύσει γὰρ οὐδὲν ὧν ἀνιστορεῖς ἐμέ.

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 944 focus

Ἑρμῆς

σέ, τὸν σοφιστήν, τὸν πικρῶς ὑπέρπικρον,

τὸν ἐξαμαρτόντ᾽ εἰς θεούς, τὸν ἐφημέροις

πορόντα τιμάς, τὸν πυρὸς κλέπτην λέγω·
950

πατὴρ ἄνωγέ σ' οὕςτινας κομπεῖς γάμους

αὐδᾶν, πρὸς ὧν τ᾽ ἐκεῖνος ἐκπίπτει κράτους·

καὶ ταῦτα μέντοι μηδὲν αἰνικτηρίως,

ἀλλ᾽ αὔθ᾽ ἕκαστ᾽ ἔκφραζε· μηδέ μοι διπλᾶς

ὁδούς, Προμηθεῦ, προςβάλῃς· ὁρᾷς δ᾽ ὅτι
955

Ζεὺς τοῖς τοιούτοις οὐχὶ μαλθακίζεται.

Προμηθεύς

σεμνόστομός γε καὶ φρονήματος πλέως

ὁ μῦθός ἐστιν, ὡς θεῶν ὑπηρέτου.

νέον νέοι κρατεῖτε καὶ δοκεῖτε δὴ

ναίειν ἀπενθῆ πέργαμ'· οὐκ ἐκ τῶνδ᾽ ἐγὼ
960

δισσοὺς τυράννους ἐκπεσόντας ᾐσθόμην;

Προμηθεύς

τρίτον δὲ τὸν νῦν κοιρανοῦντ᾽ ἐπόψομαι

αἴσχιστα καὶ τάχιστα. μή τί σοι δοκῶ

ταρβεῖν ὑποπτήσσειν τε τοὺς νέους θεούς;

πολλοῦ γε καὶ τοῦ παντὸς ἐλλείπω. σὺ δὲ
965

κέλευθον ἥνπερ ἦλθες ἐγκόνει πάλιν·

πεύσει γὰρ οὐδὲν ὧν ἀνιστορεῖς ἐμέ.

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 944 focus

ΕΡΜΗΣ

Σὲ — τὸν σοφιστήν, τὸν πικρῶς ὑπέρπικρον,

τὸν ἐξαμαρτόντ' ἐς θεοὺς ἐφημέροις τὸν ἡμέροις (uel ἐφημέροις)
945

πορόντα τιμάς, τὸν πυρὸς κλέπτην λέγω —

πατὴρ ἄνωγέ σ' οὕστινας κομπεῖς γάμους

αὐδᾶν, πρὸς ὧν τ' ἐκεῖνος ἐκπίπτει κράτους·

καὶ ταῦτα μέντοι μηδὲν αἰνικτηρίως,

ἀλλ' αὔθ' ἕκαστα φράζε ἕκαστ' ἔκφραζε· μηδέ μοι διπλᾶς
950

ὁδούς, Προμηθεῦ, προσβάλῃς· ὁρᾷς δ' ὅτι

Ζεὺς τοῖς τοιούτοις οὐχὶ μαλθακίζεται.

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ

Σεμνόστομός γε καὶ φρονήματος πλέως

ὁ μῦθός ἐστιν, ὡς θεῶν ὑπηρέτου.

Νέον νέοι κρατεῖτε καὶ δοκεῖτε δὴ
955

ναίειν ἀπενθῆ πέργαμ'· οὐκ ἐκ τῶνδ' ἐγὼ

δισσοὺς τυράννους ἐκπεσόντας ᾐσθόμην ;

τρίτον δὲ τὸν νῦν κοιρανοῦντ' ἐπόψομαι

αἴσχιστα καὶ τάχιστα. Μὴ τί σοι δοκῶ

ταρβεῖν ὑποπτήσσειν τε τοὺς νέους θεούς;
960

Πολλοῦ γε δὲ καὶ τοῦ παντὸς ἐλλείπω. Σὺ δὲ

κέλευθον ἥνπερ ἦλθες ἐγκόνει πάλιν·

πεύσῃ γὰρ οὐδὲν ὧν ἀνιστορεῖς ἂν ἱστορῇς ἐμέ.

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 944 focus

σὲ τὸν σοφιστήν, τὸν πικρῶς ὑπέρπικρον,

τὸν ἐξαμαρτόντ᾽ εἰς θεοὺς ἐφημέροις

πορόντα τιμάς, τὸν πυρὸς κλέπτην λέγω·

πατὴρ ἄνωγέ σ᾽ οὖστινας κομπεῖς γάμους

αὐδῶν πρὸς ὧν τ᾽ ἐκεῖνος ἐκπίπτει κράτους.
980

καὶ ταῦτα μέντοι μηδὲν αἰνικτηρίως,

ἀλλ᾽ αὔθ᾽ ἕκαστα φράζε, μηδέ μοι διπλᾶς

ὁδούς, Προμηθεῦ, προσβάλης· ὁρᾷς δ᾽ ὅτι

Ζεὺς τοῖς τοιούτοις οὐχὶ μαλθακίζεται.

¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷

ἕξει ἕξεισ ante ras. Μ. πῶς δ' πῶς δ᾽ recc. δ᾽ ἂν δ᾽ ἂν recc. δαὶ Μ. τοῦδ᾽ ἔτ᾽ τοῦδ᾽ ἔτ᾽ Elmsley τοῦδέ γ' Μ. θῶπτε θῶπτε Μ, τ delevit et θώπευε superscr. m. αεί primitus M. ὑπέρπικρον ὑπέρπικραν Μ. ἐξαμαρτόντ᾽ ἐφημέροις ἐξαμαρτάνε Μ, ἐξαμαρτόντ' m. ἐφημέροις (vel τὸν ἐφημέροις) recc. τὸν ἡμέροισ Μ. πρὸς ὧν τ᾽ πρὸσ * τ' Μ, ὧν inseruit m. τ' delet Elmsley. αὔθ᾽ ἕκαστα ἕκαστ᾽ ἔχε φραζε recc. μηδ' ἐμοὶ ante corr. Μ.

PROMETHEVS VINCTVS.

ΠΡ.

σεμνόστομός γε καὶ φρονήματος πλέως
985

ὁ μυθός ἐστιν, ὡς θεῶν ὑπηρέτου.

νέον νέοι κρατεῖτε καὶ δοκεῖτε δὴ

ναίειν ἀπενθῆ πέργαμ᾽· οὐκ ἐκ τῶνδ᾽ ἐγὼ

δισσοὺς τυράννους ἐκπεσόντας ἠσθόμην;

τρίτον δὲ τὸν νῦν κοιρανοῦντ᾽ ἐπόψομαι
990

αἴσχιστα καὶ τάχιστα. μή τί σοι δοκῶ

ταρβεῖν ὑποπτήσσειν τε τοὺς νέους θεούς;

πολλοῦ γε καὶ τοῦ παντὸς ἐλλείπω. σὺ δὲ

κέλευθον ήνπερ ἦλθες ἐγκύνει πάλιν·

πεύσῃ γὰρ οὐδὲν ὧν ἀνιστορεῖς ἐμέ.
995

ΕΡ.

Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 944 focus

ΕΡΜΗΣ

σὲ τὸν σοφιστήν, τὸν πικρῶς ὑπέρπικρον,

τὸν ἐξαμαρτόντ᾽ εἰς θεοὺς [τὸν] ἐφημέροις
945

πορόντα τιμάς, τὸν πυρὸς κλέπτην λέγω·

πατὴρ ἄνωγέ σ᾽ οὕστινας κομπεῖς γάμους

αὐδᾶν πρὸς ὧν [τ᾽] ἐκεῖνος ἐκπίπτει κράτους.

καὶ ταῦτα μέντοι μηδὲν αἰνικτηρίως,

ἀλλ᾽ αὖθ᾽ ἕκαστα φράζε, μηδέ μοι διπλᾶς
950

ὁδοὺς Προμηθεῦ προσβάληις· ὁρᾶις δ᾽ ὅτι

Ζεὺς τοῖς τοιούτοις οὐχὶ μαλθακίζεται.

Apparatus Criticus

πταίσας παίσας πτάσας κακῶι κακῶν κακοῦ ὅσον ὅσσον ἄρχειν ἀρχήν προσδοκᾶn δεσπόζειν Ζηνός τινα τινὰ Διός τῶνδέ γ᾽ ἕξει ἕξεις τῶνδ᾽ ἕ. δ᾽ ἕ. δυσλοφωτέρους δυσφλογωτέρους πῶς πῶς δ᾽ τί δ᾽ ἂn τί δαί φοβοίμαν supra add. η ἄθλον ἄn σοι τοῦδ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἀλγίω αὖ σοι ἄν om τοῦδ᾽ ἀλ. τοῦδε γ᾽ ἀλ. corr. Elmsley ποείτω ποείτω ποιείτω θῶπτε θώπε θώπευε τὸn τοῦ τὸn τυρ. ἐξαμαρτόντ᾽ -τόντ᾽ -τώντ' [τòν] ἐφημέροις ἡμέροις τòν ἐφ. corr. Blomfield πορόντα πορῶντα κομπεῖς κ. λόγους ὧn [τ᾽] ὧn τ' del. φράζε ἔκφραζε τοιούτοις Ζεύς τοι Ζ. γάρ ὁ Ζεύς γε τούτοις

ΠΡ.

σεμνόστομός γε καὶ φρονήματος πλέως

ὁ μῦθός ἐστιν, ὡς θεῶν ὑπηρέτου.

νέον νέοι κρατεῖτε καὶ δοκεῖτε δή
955

ναίειν ἀπενθῆ πέργαμ᾽· οὐκ ἐκ τῶνδ᾽ ἐγώ

δισσοὺς τυράννους ἐκπεσόντας ἠισθόμην;

τρίτον δὲ τὸν νῦν κοιρανοῦντ᾽ ἐπόψομαι

αἴσχιστα καὶ τάχιστα. μή τί σοι δοκῶ

ταρβεῖν ὑποπτήσσειν τε τοὺς νέους θεούς;
960

πολλοῦ γε καὶ τοῦ παντὸς ἐλλείπω. σὺ δέ

κέλευθον ἥνπερ ἦλθες ἐγκόνει πάλιν·

πεύσηι γὰρ οὐδὲν ὧν ἀνιστορεῖς ἐμέ.

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.)) — 944 focus

Enter Hermes

Hermes

To you, the clever and crafty, bitter beyond all bitterness,

who has sinned against the gods in bestowing honors upon creatures of a day—to you, thief of fire, I speak. The Father commands that you tell what marriage you boast of, whereby he is to be hurled from power—and this, mark well, set forth in no riddling fashion,
945

but point by point, as the case exactly stands; and do not impose upon me a double journey, Prometheus—you see Zeus is not appeased by dealings such as yours.
950

Prometheus

Bravely spoken, in truth, and swollen with pride is your speech, as befits a minion of the gods.

Young you are, as young your power, and you think indeed that you inhabit heights beyond the reach of grief. Have I not seen two sovereigns cast out from these heights? A third, the present lord, I shall live to see cast out in ruin most shameful and most swift. Do you think
955

I quail, perhaps, and cower before these upstart gods? Far from it—no, not at all. But scurry back the way you came; for you shall learn nothing about which you question me.
960

Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 944 focus

Thee, the contriver, thee full of gall and bitterness, who sinned against the gods by bestowing their honours on creatures of a day, the thief of fire, I address. The Sire commands thee to divulge of what nuptials it is that thou art vaunting, by means of which he is to be put down from his power. And these things, moreover, without any kind of mystery, but each exactly as it is, do thou tell out; and entail not upon me, Prometheus, a double journey; and thou perceivest that by such conduct Jove is not softened.

PROMETHEUS

High sounding, i'faith, aud full of haughtiness is thy speech, as beseems a lackey of the gods. Young in years, ye are young in power

; and ye fancy forsooth that ye dwell in a citadel impregnable against sorrow. Have I not known two monarchs

dethroned from it ? And the third that now is ruler I shall also see expelled most foully and most quickly. Seem I to thee in aught to be dismayed at, and to crouch beneath the new gods ? Widely, aye altogether, do I come short [of sucl feelings]. But do thou hie thee back the way by which thou amest: for not one tittle shalt thou learn of the matter on which thou questionest me.

MERCURY

PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 944 focus

Toi — oui, toi, le malin, le hargneux entre les
hargneux, l'offenseur des dieux, qui as aux éphémères livré leurs privilèges, le voleur du feu — écoute ! Mon père t'ordonne de parler : quel est cet hymen dont tu fais un épouvantail ? et par qui doit-il être jeté à bas de son pou-
voir ? Cette fois, plus d'énigmes ! appelle chaque chose par son nom. Et ne m'inflige pas un second voyage, Prométhée : tu le vois, ce n'est pas ainsi qu'on adoucit Zeus.

PROMÉTHÉE

Voilà de bien grands mots et un ton plein de superbe — celui qui convient à un valet des dieux !
Jeunes, vous exercez un pouvoir bien jeune, et vous pensez habiter un château inaccessible à la douleur. Mais n'en ai-je pas vu, moi, chasser déjà deux monarques ? Et le troisième, le maître d'aujourd'hui, ces yeux le verront aussi chassé plus honteusement et plus brusquement
encore ! Eh bien ! te semblé-je avoir peur et me terrer d'effroi devant les jeunes dieux ? Il s'en faut de beaucoup — du tout au tout, plutôt. Va donc, hâte-toi, et refais la route qui t'a conduit ici : tu ne sauras rien de ce que tu viens chercher près de moi.

HERMÈS

Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 944 focus

Thou doeſt thy meſſage proudly, in high terms,

Becoming well the ſervant of ſuch lords.

Your youthful pow'r is new; yet vainly deem ye

Your highrais'd tow'rs, impregnable to pain:
1000

Have I not ſeen two ſovereigns m

of the ſky

Sink from their glorious ſtate? And I ſhall ſee

A third, this preſent lord, with ſudden ruin

Diſhonorably fall. What, ſeem I now

To dread, to tremble at these newrais'd gods?
1005

That never ſhall their force extort from me.

Hence then, the way thou cameſt return with ſpeed:

Thy vain inquiries get no other anſwer.

MERCURY.

Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 944 focus

A te, gran saggio, a te che acerbo sei

piú che ogni acerbo, che in oltraggio ai Numi

i loro onori compartisti agli uomini,

a te favello, involator del fuoco.

1100

Ordina il padre che tu dica quali

nozze son queste ond'ei cadrà dal soglio.

Né parlar con enigmi: esponi il tutto

punto per punto; e vedi ch'io non debba

rifar la strada, Prometèo.
1105

Lo sai,

non molciscono ambagi il cuor di Giove.

PROMETEO

Solenne suona, d'alterigia piena,

la tua parola, e quale ben s'addice

a ministro di Numi.
1110

Al poter nuovi,

sol da poco regnate: e da cordogli

credete immuni i vostri sogli.

Eppure,

non ne vidi io piombar già due tiranni?
1115

Ben presto quei che terzo ora comanda,

piombar vedrò, ben turpemente.

Credi

ch'io tema, io tremi di novelli Numi?

Oh!, molto, in tutto, io ne son lungi.
1120

E tu

riaffretta la strada onde sei giunto:

ché non saprai di quanto chiedi, nulla.

ERMETE

Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 944 focus

Te acerbe super acerbum impostorem

In deos peccantem, mortalibus

Præbentem honores, furem ignis dico,

Pater iussit, quas iactitas nuptias,

950

Proloqui, à quibus ipse eijcietur imperio:

Et hæc quidem non obscurè,

Sed inconsulto dic: neq; mihi duplâs

Vias proijce Prometheu. vides enim, quòd

Talibus Iupiter non mollitur.
955

Pro.

Grauis, & prudentiæ plenus

Tuus sermo est, tanquam deorum ministri.

Recenter iuvenes imperatis, & putatis

Fœliciter inhabitare cœlum: num ego ex his

Geminos tyrannos cadentes sensi?
960

Tertium iam imperantem etiam videbo

Turpiter & celeriter: num tibi videor

Timere & vereri novos deos?

Valde & omnino deficio: tu verò

Viam qua venisti accelera rursus,
965

Intelliges enim nihil eorum quæ me interrogas.

Mer.

Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 944 focus

The wise are they who worship Nemesis.

PROMETHEUS

Revere, adore, cringe aye to him who reigns,

For me, at less than nought I value Zeus.

For this brief hour let him both do and reign,

E'en as he will;—not long he'll rule the gods.

But yonder I behold the scout of Zeus,

Of this new potentate the servitor;—

Doubtless some news to herald he has come.

[Enter HERMES.]

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.) — 944 focus

Thou, double-dyed in gall of bitterness,

Trickster and sinner against gods, by giving
1065

The stolen fire to perishable men!

Attend—the Sire supreme doth bid thee tell

What is the wedlock which thou vauntest now,

Whereby he falleth from supremacy?

Speak forth the whole, make all thine utterance clear,
1070

Have done with words inscrutable, nor cause

To me, Prometheus! any further toil

Or twofold journeying. Go to—thou seëst

Zeus doth not soften at such words as thine!

Prometheus

Pompous, in sooth, thy word, and swoln with pride,
1075

As doth befit the lacquey of thy lords!

O ye young gods! how, in your youthful sway,

Ye deem secure your citadels of sky,

Beyond the reach of sorrow or of fall!

Have I not seen two dynasties of gods
1080

Already flung therefrom? and soon shall see

A third, that now in tyranny exults,

Shamed, ruined, in an hour! What sayest thou?

Crouch I and tremble at these stripling powers?

Small homage unto such from me, or none!
1085

Betake thee hence, sweat back along thy road—

Look for no answer from me, get thee gone!

Hermes

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.) — 944 focus

Dich Ueberklugen, dich in Herbheit überherb,

Dich Frevler an den Göttern, der dem Tagsgeschlecht

Das Schönste gab, des Feuers Räuber, red' ich an.
940

Den Bund, von dem du prahltest, heißt der Vater dich

Kundthun, der ihn vom Königsthrone stürzen soll.

Und nicht in Räthsel hülle dich, nein, rede klar

Und unverholen, daß du mich nicht nöthigest,

Zweimal, Prometheus, herzugeh'n. Wohl siehst du ja,
945

Daß Zeus durch solche Dinge nicht geschmeidig wird.

Prometheus.

Hochfahrend wohl und stolzen Uebermuthes voll

Klingt deine Rede, wie's dem Götterknecht geziemt.

Neu herrscht ihr Neuen, und gedenkt harmlos bereits

In sichrer Burg zu wohnen. Hab' ich wirklich nicht
950

Zwei Herrscher schon aus dieser Höhe stürzen seh'n?

Den dritten, der jetzt waltet, seh' ich ihnen nach

Alsbald und schmachvoll stürzen. Dünkt dir etwa gar,

Die Götter fürcht' ich, beuge mich den Neulingen?

Fern bin ich, allzuferne, traun, von solcher Furcht.
955

Du gehe flugs des Weges, den du kamst, zurück;

Denn Nichts von Allem, was du fragst, verkünd' ich dir.

Hermes.

Commentary

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

944. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1058

δαρὸn:

δαρὸν

Cantabr. 1. Par. N.

945. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1059

γὰρ: omittit Lips.

947. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1060

ἀγγελῶν:

ἀγγελεῖν

, sed adscripta interpretatione

δηλώσων

, G.

ἐλήλυθεν: Μ. Ceteri

ἐλήλυθε

948. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1061

τὸν πικρῶς ὑπέρπικρον: Libri

τὸν πικρῶς ὑπέρπικρον

, nisi quod Vind. 3.

τοῦ διὸς ὑπέρπικρον

, Par. C. autem

ὑπερπικρῶς

. Apte Blomfieldius

αἰνόθεν αἰνῶς

ex II. VI. 97. commemoravit.

949. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1062

ἐξαμαρτόντ᾽:

ἐξαμαρτώντ'

G. et, ut videtur, a pr. manu M.

ἐξαμαρτῶνθ'

, sic, sed in

mutato, Vit.

τὸν ἐφημέροις:

τὸν ἐφημέροις

Ald. Ceterae edd. cum Lips. varia lectione in Par. B. et aliis, ut videtur codicibus multis

τὸν ἐφημέροις

: sed in Lips. tenui linea traiecta deletus articulus.

ἐφημέροις

sine articulo G. Arund. Mosc. 1. Vindobonenses: sed in G. ante hanc vocem spatium duarum fere syllabarum, eraso quod scriptum fuerat.

τὸν ἀνθρώποις

Mosc. 2. ut

τοῖς ἀνθρώποις

a sec. manu adscriptum est in M.

ἐν ἡμέροις

Par. C.

τὸν ἡμέροις

M. (non

τὸν ἡμέρους

) Vit. Par. B. H. quam scripturam commemorant scholia. Blomfieldius eiecto articulo edidit

ἐφημέροις

, ut sensus esset

qui contra deos peccasti beneficia mortalibus praestando

. At hoc languet, alienumque est a tota loci conformatione, nec, si ita scripsisset poeta, addidisset

τὸν πυρὸς κλέπτην λέγω

, sed dixisset

καὶ τὸ πῦρ κλέ- ψαντα

. Porsonum Gaisfordius ad Heph. p. 243. narrat coniecisse

κα-ὶ ἐφημέροις

, quod aeque languidum est. Ipsa huius loci ratio, diversitatesque scripturae, tum etiam scholiastae testimonium monent ut

τὸν ἡμέροις

verum esse censeamus. Ne compositorum terminationes variare dicam, ut

ἐφημέριος ἐφήμερος, ἐκτόπιος ἔκτοπος, ἐγχώριος ἔγ- χώρος, παννύχιος πάννυχος

, eadem etiam simplicium ratio est, ut

ἑσπέ- ριος ἕσπερος

950. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1063

πορόντα:

πορῶντα

Lips. Cantabr. 1.

951. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1064

πατὴρ ἄνωγέ σ': Libri omnes

πατὴρ ἄνωγέ σ'

. Brunckius, pronomen non apto loco positum esse ratus

πατήρ σ' ἄνωγεν

edidit. Deleri pronomen voluit Elmsleius. Potuisse omitti quis neget? Sed si subtilius de tantilla re quaerendum est, paullo fortior est oratio addito pronomine; si additur autem, rectius additur post

ἄνωγε

quam post

πατήρ

. Nam patrem quum nominat Iovem Mercurius, suum patrem dicit. Promethei pater si esset Iuppiter pro paternaque potestate iuberet, praeferendum esset

πατήρ σ' ἄνωγεν

κομπεῖς:

κομποῖς

, sed superscripto

, Lips.

γάμους: Pro

γάμους

Cantabr. 1.

λόχους

, emendatius Rob.

λόγους

952. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1065

πρὸς ὧν τ᾽:

πρὸς ὧν γ'

Cantabr. 2. Ceteri

πρὸς ὧν τ'

. In Medico

ὧν

a sec. manu scriptum est, ut quid prius scriptum fuerit dispici nequeat,

τ'

a prima. Elmsleii iussu inconsiderate delevit copulam Blomfieldius. Neque enim

ὧν

γάμους

refertur, sed ad eum qui ex isto connubio natus regnum Iovi erepturus sit. Id monstrare possunt haec v. 999.

γνάμψει γὰρ οὐδὲν τῶνδέ μ' ὥςτε καὶ φράσαι πρὸς οὗ χρεών νιν ἐκπεσεῖν τυραννίδος.

ἐκπίπτει:

ἐκβληθῇ

Lips. Vind. 2. 4. Rob.

ἐκβληθῆν

aut Faehsio teste

ἐκ- βληθῇ

Par. E. Vera lectio,

ἐκπίπτει

, est in ceteris.

954. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1066

ἀλλ᾽ αὔθ᾽ ἕκαστ᾽ ἔκφραζε:

ἀλλ᾽ αὐθέκαστα φράζε

Μ. a pr. manu, Arund. Cantabr. 2. Rob.

ἀλλ᾽ αὖθ᾽ ἕκαστα φραζε

Μ. a sec. manu, Vit. Lips. aliique.

αὔθ' ἕκαστ᾽ ἔκφραζε

ἀλλ᾽ αὐθέκαστ᾽ ἔκφραζε

Ald.

ἀλλ᾽ αὖθ᾽ ἕκαστ᾽ ἔκφραζε

Turn.

μηδέ μοι:

μηδ' ἐμοὶ

, cum lituris post

et super

, ut

μηδ' ἐμοὶ

scriptum fuisse videatur antequam sec. manus hoc mutavit, Μ.

μὴ δ' ἐμοὶ

μὴ δέ μοι

Lips. Ald. Rob.

μηδέ μοι

Vit. aliique et Turn.

διπλᾶς: G. et e corr. Lips. in quo fuerat

διπλὰς

955. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1067

προςβάλῃς:

πλέος

προμηθεῖς προβάλλης

Lips.

βάλλης προμηθεῦ

957. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1068

γε καὶ:

τε καὶ

Par. B. Turn. quod probabat Elmsleius.

958. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1069

ὁ μῦθός ἐστιν: Μ. G.

θεῶν:

διὸς

pro

θεῶν

Rob.

959. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1070

νέον νέοι:

νέον νέος

Lips.

960. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1071

ναίειν: accentu et

αι

a sec. manu M. Eustathius p. 503, 4.

οἱ δὲ νεώτεροι πάσας τὰς ἀκροπόλεις οὕτω καλοῦσιν, οἳ καὶ οὐδετέρως τὰ πέργαμά φασιν, ὡς καὶ Αἰσχύλος Προμηθεῖ. δῆλον δὲ ὡς ἡ Πέργαμος καὶ πόλις λέγεται.

Servius ad Aen. I. 95.

propter Pergama, quae altissima fuerunt: ex quibus omnia alla aedificia pergama vocantur, sicut Aeschylus dicit

961. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1072

δισσοὺς τυράννους ἐκπεσόντας: Uranum dicit et Saturnum. Recte monet Göttlingius ad Hes. Theog. 463. non de Ophione cogitasse Aeschylum.

962. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1073

κοιρανοῦντ᾽: Μ. Vit. aliique.

τυραννοῦντ'

G. Lips. aliique et edd. vett.

δοκῶ:

δοκῶ σοι

963. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1074

μή τί σοι:

μήτοι

Lips. Ceteri

μήτι

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

944-1039. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-603

;

944-1039. Second Scene of the Exodos. Prometheus and Hermes. Development of the catas- trophe.

944. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-604

⁴

;

944. σοφιστήν: see on 62. - τὸν πικρῶς ὑπέρπικρον: see on 328.

945. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-605

⁵

⁶

;

945. Ср. 82. 66

948. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-606

⁷

⁸

;

948. ἐκπίπτει: see on 171.

949. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-607

⁹

¹⁰

;

949. μηδὲν αἰνικτηρίως : cp. 610.

950. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-608

¹¹

¹²

;

950. αὔθ᾽ ἕκαστα: everything as it really is, = explicitly." Cp. Eur. Phoen. 494 ταῦτ᾽ αὔθ᾽ ἕκαστα, μῆτερ, οὐχὶ περιπλοκὰς λόγων ἀθροίσας, εἶπον, Οr. 1393 σαφῶς λέγ᾽ ἡμῖν αὔθ᾽ ἕκαστα τὰν δόμοις.

952. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-609

¹³

¹⁴

;

952. τοῖς τοιούτοις : the Schol. wrongly interprets τοῖς μὴ πειθομένοις αὐτῷ. The words are neuter, and refer to the shifts and evasions just mentioned. For τοιούτοις see on 237.

954. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-610

¹⁵

¹⁶

;

954. Cp. Eur. Tro. 424 ἡ δεινὸς ὁ λάτρις· τί ποτ᾽ ἔχουσι τοὔνομα κήρυκες; ἓν ἀπέχθημα πάγκοινον βροτοῖς οἱ περὶ τυράννους καὶ πόλεις ὑπηρέται.

955. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-611

¹⁷

¹⁸

;

955. νέον κρατεῖτε : see on 35.

956. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-612

¹⁹

²⁰

;

956. πέργαμα: Servius on Verg. Aen. i. 95 propter Pergama quae altissima fuerunt: ex quibus omnia alta aedificia pergama vocantur, sicut Aes- chylus dicit.

957. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-613

²¹

²²

;

957. δισσοὺς τυράννους : Uranus and Cronus.

959. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-614

²³

²⁴

;

959. αἴσχιστα καὶ τάχιστα: SC, ἐκπίπτοντα. - The assonance is effec- tive; cp. 480,691,891 f., Soph. Ant. 1327 βράχιστα γὰρ κράτιστα τὰν ποσὶν κακά.

961. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-615

²⁵

²⁶

;

961. πολλοῦ γε καὶ τοῦ παντὸς ἐλλείπω: cp. 1006. πολλοῦ γε δεῖ or πολλοῦ γε καὶ δεῖ (il s'en faut bien) is a common expression.

962. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-616

²⁷

²⁸

;

962. ἐγκόνει πάλιν: a contemptu- ous expression (cp. τρόχις) for simple ἀναστρέφου.

963. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-617

²⁹

³⁰

;

963. Cp. Soph. Ο. C. 991 ἓν γάρ μ' ἄμειψαι μοῦνον ὧν σ᾽ ἀνιστορῶ. The attraction οὐδὲν ὧν, very common in Soph. and Eur., occurs in Aeschylus only here and 984 below.

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MERCURY

HERMÈS

MERCURY.

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nozze son queste ond'ei cadrà dal soglio.

Né parlar con enigmi: esponi il tutto

punto per punto; e vedi ch'io non debba

rifar la strada, Prometèo.
1105

Lo sai,

non molciscono ambagi il cuor di Giove.

ERMETE

Et hæc quidem non obscurè,

Sed inconsulto dic: neq; mihi duplâs

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Hermes

Hermes.

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Ordina il padre che tu dica quali

nozze son queste ond'ei cadrà dal soglio.

Né parlar con enigmi: esponi il tutto

punto per punto; e vedi ch'io non debba

rifar la strada, Prometèo.
1105

Lo sai,

non molciscono ambagi il cuor di Giove.

Et hæc quidem non obscurè,

Sed inconsulto dic: neq; mihi duplâs

Vias proijce Prometheu. vides enim, quòd

Talibus Iupiter non mollitur.
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