193-396.
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193-396. First Episode. 193- 283. First Scene: Prometheus and the Coryphaeus. The scholiast says:
τὴν
ὑπόθεσιν (that is, the expo- sition of the events supposed to pre- cede the opening of the play)
βουλό-
μενος
διδάξαι,
τὸ
περίεργον (curiosity)
τοῦ
γυναικώδους
ήθους
προσέλαβεν (availed himself of, as a motive).
οὐκ
ἂν
γὰρ
ὁ
᾿Ὠκεανds (who enters later)
ἠξίωσεν
ἐρωτῆσαι
εἰδώς. The curiosity of the chorus is a natural conse- quence of their awakened sympathy. Still it is to be observed that Prome- theus on his part is moved to tell his story by the longing to unburden his heart to sympathizing friends (see 198). He needs only the request in order to comply at once. - The Pro- logue and this first scene of the first episode constitute the first act of the drama, which expounds the situation and prepares the way for the follow- ing dramatic development.
255.
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255 f. Prometheus interrupts the question by his answer, and to the simple answer
(αἰκίζεται) adds the significant statement
οὐδαμῇ
χαλᾷ
και
κῶν. By this addition the artifice for preserving the stichomythy is con- cealed, and the dialogue proceeds naturally. A more common device is the insertion of a question; this question is so connected in construc- tion with the interrupted sentence which precedes, that in answering it the speaker simply takes up his un- finished speech where he left it off. Thus Pers. 734
ΑΤ.
Ξέρξην
φασὶν.
ΔΑ.
πῶς
τελευτᾶν;
ΑΤ.
ἄσμενον
μο-
λεῖν.
257.
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257.
οὐδέ: cp.
καί in 253.
258.
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258. Ср. 376. A different state- ment is made in 756.
259.
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259.
δόξει
δὲ
πῶς:
δόξει stands first because it takes up the thought of the preceding
δοκῇ. Cp. Soph. El. 1429
ΧΟ.
λεύσσω
γὰρ
Αἴγισθον.
ΟΡ.
εἰσ-
ορᾶτε
ποῦ
τὸν
ἄνδρα;
260.
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260.
ἥμαρτες : a moral wrong is not meant, but only an act of im- prudence and mistaken judgment- rebellion, that is, against a superior adversary. This is clear from 266 and its explanation in 267.
262.
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262.
ἔκλυσιν
ζήτει
τινά: that is, by submission. Cp. 316 with 315.
263.
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263. Cp. Cho. 697
ἔξω
κομίζων
ὀλε-
θρίου
πηλοῦ
πόδα (where the scholiast remarks,
ἔξω
πηλοῦ
πόδα,
παροιμία), Soph. Phil. 1260
ἴσως
ἂν
ἐκτὸς
κλαυμά-
των
ἔχοις
πύδα, Eur. Heracl. 109
καλὸν
δέ
γ'᾽
ἔξω
πραγμάτων
ἔχειν
πόδα,
εὐβου-
λίας
τυχόντα
τῆς
ἀμείνονος. 265
270
264.
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264.
Cp. Eur. Alc. 1078
ῥᾷον
παραι-
νεῖν
ἢ
παθόντα
καρτερεῖν,
H. F. 1249
σὺ
δ᾽
ἐκτὸς
ὤν
γε
συμφορᾶς
με
νουθετεῖς, Terent. Andr. 309 facile omnes, quom valemus, recta con- silia aegrotis damus
265.
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265 f. With the words
ἐγὼ
δὲ
ταῦθ᾽
ἅπαντ᾿
ἠπιστάμην and
ἑκών Prome- theus rejects the charge of impru- dence, and restricts his
ἁμάρτημα to the disregard of
self-interest, as de- scribed in the next verse (267). So his 'error' is after all a noble ac- tion. –
ἑκὼν
ἑκών: repetition
(ἀva-
δίπλωσις) emphasizes expressions of sorrow, entreaty, and asseveration. Ср. 274, 338, 688, 694, 887, 894, 999; also 577, 594, and 392, 937. –
οὐκ
ἀρνήσομαι: this refers only to the word
ἥμαρτον. The sense is, "I will not object to your phrase
ἥμαρτες” (260), "I will not insist on another word."
267.
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267.
θνητοῖς
ἀρήγων: explanatory asyndeton. See on 235. –
ηὑρόμην : cp. Sept. 878
μελέους
θανάτους
ηὕροντο, Soph. Ai. 1023
καὶ
ταῦτα
πάντα
σοῦ
θανόντος
ηὑρόμην.
268.
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268 ff.
ᾠόμην...
με
κατισχνανεῖ-
σθαι . . .
τυχόντα: instead of
ᾠόμην
κατισχνανεῖσθαι
τυχών. Krüger I. § 55, 2, 3; H. 940 b. For Homeric exam- ples see Krüger II. § 51, 2, 1 and § 55, 2, 2. Cp. also Soph. Ai. 606
κακὰν
ἐλπίδ᾽
ἔχων
ἔτι
μέ
ποτ᾽
ἀνύσειν,
Ει. 65
καμ᾽
ἐπαυχῶ...
λάμψειν
ἔτι, 471
δοκῶ
με
πεῖραν
τήνδε
τολμήσειν
ἔτι, Eur. Alc. 641
καί
μ᾽
οὐ
νομίζω
παῖδα
σὸν
πεφυκέναι, Hdt. i. 34
ὅτι
ἐνόμισε
ἑωυτὸν (emphatic)
εἶναι
ἀνθρώ-
πων
ἁπάντων
ὀλβιώτατον, Plat. Rep. iii. 400 b
οἶμαι
δέ
με
ἀκηκοέναι, Isocr.
ιν. 85
οὐκ
ἐχθροὺς
ἀλλ᾽
ἀνταγωνιστὰς
σφᾶς
αὐτοὺς
εἶναι
νομίζοντες. -
κατι-
σχνανεῖσθαι: cp. 147. Future middle used like
aὐανοῦμαι, Soph. Phil. 954. Krüger I. § 39, 11. –
πεδαρσίοις : see 710, 916; Cho. 846
λόγοι
πεδάρσιοι
θρώσκουσι. This Aeolic form
(πεδά =
μετά) Aeschylus uses in a few other words:
πέδοικος Frg. 48,
πεδαίχμιος and
πεδάορος Cho. 589 f. –
ἐρήμου: cp. Frg. 305, 10
δρυμοὺς
ἐρήμους
καὶ
πά- 275
280
γους, Soph. Phil. 691
ἵν᾿
αὐτὸς
ἦν
πρόσουρος
οὐκ
ἔχων
βάσιν
οὐδέ
τιν'
ἐγχώρων
κακογείτονα.
271.
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271.
καί
μοι
κτέ.: and so bewail my lot no more, presupposing the thought "your admonitions are unavailing." ·
δύρεσθε:
δύρομαι =
ὀδύρομαι belongs to tragic diction.
272.
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272.
πέδοι
βᾶσαι: i.e. so as to listen more conveniently to a long narra- tion. A motive is thus provided for the descent of the chorus from its
ear into the orchestra.
βούλεται
γὰρ
στῆσαι
τὸν
χορὸν
ὅπως
τὸ
στάσιμον
ᾄσῃ, Schol.
273.
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273.
διὰ
τέλους: cp. Soph. Ai. 685
διὰ
τέλους
εὔχου
τελεῖσθαι. For the resolution see on 76. It is rendered easier by the fact that the chief cae- sura falls in the fourth foot (see on 2).
275.
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275.
νῦν: said in reference to the thought which follows,
"to-morrow your turn may come." -
ταὐτά: ad- verbial, nearly =
κατὰ
κοινόν, impar- tially, for all alike. See on 398, and cp. Soph. Ai. 687
ταὐτὰ
τῇδέ
μοι
τάδε
τιμᾶτε. Properly it is the inner object (cognate accusative).
276.
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276.
πρὸς
ἄλλοτ᾽
ἄλλον: for the order, see on 762 and 19. - For the
thought cp. Archil. Frg. 9, 7
ἄλλοτε
δ᾽
ἄλλος
ἔχει
τόδε·
νῦν
μὲν
ἐς
ἡμέας
ἐτράπεθ᾽,
αἱματόεν
δ᾽
ἕλκος
ἀναστένομεν,
ἐξαῦτις
δ᾽
ἑτέρους
ἐπαμείψεται, Pind. Ol. ii. 60
ῥοαὶ
δ᾽
ἄλλοτ᾽
ἄλλαι
εὐθυμιᾶν
τε
μέτα
καὶ
πόνων
ἐς
ἄνδρας
ἔβαν.
277-283.
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277-283. The anapaests of the chorus accompany the action of the machinery by which Oceanus is brought on the scene. See on 114-127.
277.
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277. Cp. Soph. Phil. 1178
φίλα
μοι,
φίλα
ταῦτα
παρήγγειλας
ἑκόντι
τε
πράσ-
σειν, Homer Il. iv. 73
ώτρυνε
πάρος
μεμαυῖαν
᾿Αθήνην. –
ἐπεθώυξας : see on 73.
279.
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279.
καί: and so, accordingly.
282.
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282 f.
πελῶ: future of
πελάζω.
πόνους . . .
διὰ
παντὸς
ἀκοῦσαι: as promised in 272. Compliance with this request follows much later, 755 ff. and in the speech beginning at 823. Curiosity and expectation are thus maintained.
284-396.
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284-396. Second Scene of the First Episode. Oceanus, father of the Oceanids, enters (from the right), mounted upon a winged steed
(τετρασκελής
οἰωνός 395) like 285.
290 Pegasus. The scholiast understands a griffin, because of this word
οἰωνός, but
sea-gods, in older Greek art, are often seen riding on hippocamps or
sea-horses. The machine here used was the
αἰώρημα, a sort of crane with hanging ropes, by which persons could be swung aloft, moved through the air, and let down again. The scholiast remarks,
καιρὸν
δίδωσι
τῷ
χορῷ
καθήκασθαι
(καθιμᾶσθαι ?)
τῆς
μηχανῆς
᾿Ὠκεανὸς
ἐλθών·
ὑπερβολῇ
δὲ
ἐχρήσατο,
ὅπου
γε
Ὅμηρος
οὐκ
εἰσήγα-
γεν
᾿Ὠκεανὸν
εἰς
τὸν
σύλλογον
τῶν
θεῶν (on this cp. Il. xx. 7
οὔτε
τις
οὖν
Ποταμῶν
ἀπέην
νόσφ᾽
᾿Ὠκεανοῖο). The anapaests of Oceanus accompany the descent of the chorus from their chariot into the orchestra. - This scene and the second episode form the second act, the beginning of the action which leads to the catastrophe. See on 307 and 436.
284.
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284.
δολιχῆς : an epic word. The way is long because Oceanus comes from the depths of the sea. Cp. 300 f.
285.
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285.
διαμειψάμενος : cp. Sept. 334
δια-
μεῖψαι
ὁδόν, 856
δι᾽
᾿Αχέροντ᾽
ἀμείβεται
τὰν
ναύστολον
θεωρίδα. ‘Dicendum erat
κέλευθον
διαμείβεσθαι, pro quo
τέρμα
κελεύθου dixit ratione habita verbi
ἥκω' (Dindorf). Cp. Eur. Phoen. 163
εἴθε
δρόμον
νεφέλας
ποσὶν
ἐξανύσαιμι
δι᾽
αἰθέρος
πρὸς
ἐμὸν
ὁμογενέ-
τορα.
286.
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286.
πτερυγωκή: formed like
πο-
δώκης. Cp.
ὠκύπτερος.
287.
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287.
γνώμῃ : 'admirationis augen- dae causa non brutus, sed mente ac ratione praeditus esse fingitur' (Schütz). In Il. xviii. 419, the golden handmaids of Hephaestus are endowed with reason, speech, and power of action; in Od. viii. 556, the ships of the Phaeacians sail
τιτυσκό-
μεναι
φρεσί, and we are told that
αὐταὶ
ἴσασι
νοήματα
καὶ
φρένας
ἀνδρῶν. As these ships need neither helms- man nor rudder, so Oceanus's steed needs no bit, because of its own ac- cord it obeys the will
(γνώμη) of its rider.
289.
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289 f.
τὸ
συγγενὲς
ἐσαναγκάζει : cp. 39. According to Hesiod Theog. 133, Oceanus is son of Uranus and
295.
309
305 Gaea, and the oldest of the Titans. See on 14. -
γένους : =
τῆς
συγγε-
νείας.
291.
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291 f.
ὅτῳ ...
νείμαιμι : without av, as Ag. 620
οὐκ
ἔσθ᾽
ὅπως
λέξαιμι, Cho. 172
οὐκ
ἔστιν
ὅστις
πλὴν
ἐμοῦ
κείραιτό
νιν, Il. xxii. 348
ὡς
οὐκ
ἔσθ᾽
ὃς
σῆς
γε
κύνας
κεφαλῆς
ἀπαλάλκοι, Soph. Phil. 692
οὐκ
ἔχων
βάσιν
οὐδέ
τιν᾿
ἐγχώρων
κακογείτονα,
παρ᾽
ᾧ
στόνον
ἀποκλαύ-
σειεν, Eur. Alc. 52
ἔστ᾽
οὖν
ὅπως
῎Αλ-
κηστις
εἰς
γῆρας
μόλοι; 117
οὐδὲ
ναυ-
κληρίαν
ἔσθ᾽
ὅποι TIS
αἴας
στείλας
δυστάνου
παραλύσαι
ψυχάν. GMT.241; Krüger II. § 54, 3, 8. –
μοῖραν
νεί-
μαιμι: cp. Hdt. ii. 172
ἐν
οὐδεμιῇ
μοίρῃ
μεγάλῃ
ἦγον, Plat. Crat. 398 b
μεγά-
λην
μοῖραν
καὶ
τιμὴν
ἔχει. This sense of dignity, station, rank was devel- oped from the meaning due share, just due. Cp. Soph. Trach. 1238
ἁνὴρ
ὅδ᾽,
ὡς
ἔοικεν,
οὐ
νεμεῖν
ἐμοὶ
φθίνοντι
μοῖραν.
294.
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294.
χαριτογλωσσεῖν : see on 180.
ἔνι
μοι : 'tis my nature; cp. 224.
296.
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296.
᾿Ὠκεανοῦ: instead of
ἐμοῦ,
:1
because the speaker is stating a fut- ure thought of Prometheus. This mention of his own name imparts an air of assurance to his asser- tion; cp. Soph. O. C. 626
κοὔποτ᾽
Οἰδίπουν
ἐρεῖς
ἀχρεῖον
οἰκητῆρα
δέξα-
σθαι. At the same time it serves the incidental purpose of inform- ing the spectators who the new- comer is.
298.
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298.
τί
χρήμα: cp. Ag. 1306, Cho. 885
τί
δ᾽
ἐστὶ
χρῆμα; Eur. Andr. 896, Suppl. 92, Hipp. 905, H. F. 525, Or. 1573
ἔα,
τί
χρῆμα;
299.
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299.
πόνων
ἐμῶν
ἐποπτής : see 118. –
ἐτόλμησας
λιπὼν
ἐπώνυμον
ῥεῦμα: cp. the scholion quoted on 284-396.
301.
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301.
αὐτόκτιτα : cp.
αὐτοφυής,
αὐτό-
χυτος,
αὐτόρριζος,
αὐτόξυλος, etc. -
ἄντρα: cp. 133. –
σιδηρομήτορα: cp. Il. viii. 47
Ἴδην
μητέρα
θηρῶν, Asty- damas Frg. 6 (p. 780, Nauck)
οἰνομή-
τορ᾽
ἄμπελον. Scythia is appropriately called "mother of iron"; cp. Sept. 817
Σκύθῃ
σιδήρῳ, Suid.
Χάλυβες·
ἔθνος
Σκυθίας,
ἔνθεν
ὁ
σίδηρος
τίκτεται. According to Hesiod (Clem. Alex. Strom. i. 307) and Aristotle (Plin. H. N. vii. 57. 197) the art of casting
310. bronze was invented by the Scythians. Cp. 714 below.
303.
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303.
συνασχαλῶν
κακοῖς: see on
ftare. 161.
304.
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304.
δέρκου: refers back to
θεωρή-
σων. See on 119.-
θέαμα: in the sense of
θέαμα
δυσθέατον
ὄμμασι (69). Cp. Plut. Ages. 14
θέαμα
τοῖς
Ἕλλη-
σιν
ἦσαν. –
τόνδε : of the speaker. So
ὅδε
ὁ
ἀνήρ =
ἐγώ is frequent in tragedy.
306.
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306.
κάμπτομαι: first person, in spite of
τόνδε
τὸν
Διὸς
φίλον above. Cp. Od. ii. 40
οὐκ
ἑκὰς
οὗτος
ἀνὴρ
ὃς
λαὸν
ἤγειρα,
Il.
x. 88
γνώσεαι
᾿Ατρείδην
᾿Αγαμέμνονα,
τὸν
περὶ
πάν-
των
Ζεὺς
ἐνέηκε
πόνοισι
διαμπερές,
εἰς
ὅ
κ᾿
ἀυτμὴ
ἐν
στήθεσσι
μένῃ
καί
μοι
φίλα
γούνατ᾽
ὀρώρῃ, Soph.
Ο. С. 1329
τῷδ᾽
ἀνδρὶ
τοὐμοῦ
πρὸς
κασιγνήτου
τίσιν, ibid. 284
ἀλλ᾽
ὥσπερ
ἔλαβες
τὸν
ἱκέτην
ἐχέγγυον,
ῥύου
με
κἀκφύλασσε, Trach. 1080
ὁρᾶτε
τὸν
δύστηνον
ὡς
οἰκτρῶς
ἔχω, Eur. Cycl. 299
νόμος
δὲ
θνητοῖς
ἱκέτας
δέχεσθαι
ἀμφὶ
βουπόροισι
πηχθέντας
μέλη
ὀβε-
λοῖσι
νηδὺν
καὶ
γνάθον
πλῆσαι
σέθεν, Dem. xvIII. 79
οὐδαμοῦ
Δημοσθένη
γέγραφεν
οὐδ᾽
αἰτίαν
οὐδεμίαν
κατ᾿
ἐμοῦ. وه
οὐκ
307.
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307. Respecting this hortatory speech of Oceanus the scholiast re- marks:
σκόπησον
τὰ
τῶν
ῥητόρων
καλὰ
παρὰ
πρώτοις
εὐρεθέντα
τοῖς
τραγικοῖς. The speaker seeks to influence Pro- metheus by friendly warnings and ad- vice, but his warnings are of such sort that a proud nature like Prometheus's can only be confirmed by them in its resistance. –
ὁρῶ,
Προμηθεῦ: cp. 144.
308.
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308.
ποικίλῳ:
συνετῷ, Schol. So Hesiod calls Prometheus
ποικίλος,
αἰο-
λόμητις Theog. 510,
ποικιλόβουλος ibid. 521,
ἀγκυλομήτης ibid. 546,
πάντων
πέρι
μήδεα
εἰδώς ibid. 559,
πολύιδρις ibid. 616.- With
καίπερ
ὄντι
ποικίλῳ cp. Il. i. 577
μητρὶ
δ᾽
ἐγὼ
παράφημι
καὶ
αὐτῇ
περ
νοεούσῃ
πατρὶ
φίλῳ
ἐπίηρα
φέρειν
Διί.
309.
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309.
γίγνωσκε
σαυτόν:
γνῶθι
σαυ-
τόν,
ὡς
ὁ
ποιητὴς :
φράζεο,
Τυδείδη
καὶ
χάζεο
(ΙΙ.
ν. 440), Schol.
μεθάρμο-
σαι: cp. Eur. Alc. 1157
νῦν
γὰρ
με-
θηρμόσμεσθα
βελτίω
βίον
τοῦ
πρόσθεν.
315
310.
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310.
νέους: proleptic, =
ὥστε
νέους
εἶναι. Cp. Eur. Iph.
Α. 343
μεταβαλὼν
ἄλλους
τρόπους.
311.
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311.
τεθηγμένους: for the meta- phor cp. Sept. 715
τεθηγμένον
τοί
μ'
οὐκ
ἀπαμβλυνεῖς
λόγῳ, Soph. Ai. 584
γλῶσσά
σου
τεθηγμένη.
312.
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312.
ῥίψεις: hurl forth.
Cр. 932,
Αg. 1068
οὐ
μὴν
πλέω
ῥίψασ' (flinging to waste)
ἀτιμασθήσομαι, Eur. Alc. 679
νεανίας
λόγους
ῥίπτων
ἐς
ἡμᾶς.
314.
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314.
παιδιάν: cp. Terent. Eun. 300 ludum iocumque dicet fuisse illum alterum, praeut huius rabies quae dabit.
317.
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317.
ἀρχαῖα :
old-fashioned;
ср.
Ar.
Νub. 984
ἀρχαῖά
γε
καὶ
Διπολιώδη
καὶ
τεττίγων
ἀνάμεστα, Cic. Philipp. i. 10. 25 neglegimus ista et ni- mis antiqua et stulta duci- mus.
319.
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319.
τἀπίχειρα : properly “hand- money”
(τὰ
ὑπὲρ
τὸν
μισθὸν
διδόμενα
τοῖς
χειροτέχναις, Hesych.). Here
320
325
it means wages, as in Ar. Vesp. 581
ταύτης
ἐπίχειρα, Plat. Rep. 608 c
τὰ
μέγιστα
ἐπίχειρα
ἀρετῆς
καὶ
προκεί-
μενα
ἆθλα. Cp. Soph. Ant. 820
οὔτε
ξιφέων
ἐπίχειρα
λαχοῦσα. On the sen- timent the scholiast remarks,
γνωμικῶς
δέ
φησι. Cp. 329, Pind. Ol. i. 85
ἀκέρ-
δεια
λέλογχεν
θαμινὰ
κακαγόρους, Eur. Bacch. 385
ἀχαλίνων
στομάτων
ἀνόμου
τ᾽
ἀφροσύνας
τὸ
τέλος
δυστυχία, Frg. 5
εἰ
μὴ
καθέξεις
γλῶσσαν,
ἔσται
σοι
κακά.
320.
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320.
ταπεινός: sc.
εἶ. See on 42. –
εἴκεις
κακοῖς: cp. 179, Soph. Ant. 471
δηλοῖ
τὸ
γέννημ᾽
ὠμὸν
ἐξ
ὠμοῦ
πατρὸς
τῆς
παιδός·
εἴκειν
δ᾽
οὐκ
ἐπίστα-
ται
κακοῖς.
321.
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321.
δé: can stand as fourth word when the three foregoing words form one idea, or belong very closely to- gether (thus preposition, article, and noun, here and 381). For the thought cp. Pers. 531
μὴ
καί
τι
πρὸς
κακοῖσι
προσθῆται
κακόν, Soph. Phil. 1265
μῶν
τί
μοι
νέα
πάρεστε
πρὸς
κακοῖσι
πέμπον-
τες
κακά,
Ο.
Τ. 667
εἰ
κακοῖς
κακὰ
προσάψει
τοῖς
πάλαι
τὰ
πρόσφατα, Phil- emon, Meineke Frag. Com. IV. p. 34
κακὰ
πρὸς
τοῖς
κακοῖσιν
οὗτος
ἕτερα
συλλέγει.
323.
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323.
πρὸς
κέντρα
κῶλον
ἐκτενεῖς : paraphrase of the proverb
πρὸς
κέντρα
λακτίζειν
(κέντρον = stimulus, goad for driving oxen and horses). Cp. Ag. 1624
πρὸς
κέντρα
μὴ
λάκτιζε,
μὴ
πταίσας
μογῆς, Pind. Pyth. ii. 173
ποτὶ
κέντρον
δε
τοι
λακτιζέμεν
τελέθει
ὀλισθηρὸς
οἶμος, Eur. Bacch. 795
θύοιμ᾽
ἂν
αὐτῷ
μᾶλλον
ἢ
θυμούμενος
πρὸς
κέντρα
λακτί-
ζοιμι
θνητὸς
ὢν
θεῷ, Frg. 607
πρὸς
κέν-
τρα
μὴ
λάκτιζε
τοῖς
κρατοῦσί
σου.
324.
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325.
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325.
πειράσομαι
ἐάν
δύνωμαι: cp.. Il. xviii. 601
πειρήσεται,
αἴκε
θέῃσιν, xiii. 806
ἐπειρᾶτο,
εἴ
πώς
οἱ
εἴξειαν, Plat. Leg. 638
ε
πειρώμενος,
ἂν
ἄρα
δύνωμαι
δηλοῦν. GMT. 489.
327.
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327.
λαβροστόμει: cp. Soph. Ai. 1147
τὸ
σὸν
λάβρον
στόμα.
ΙΙ. xxiii. 474
λαβρεύεαι.
328.
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328.
ἢ
οὐκ: synizesis of these par- ticles is especially frequent. See Krüger II. § 13, 6, 2. –
ἀκριβῶς : here = exceedingly. Hesych.
ἀκριβῶς ·
ἄκρως. For the characteristic pleonasm, cp. 944, Pers. 794
τοὺς
ὑπερπόλλους
ἄγαν, Il. vii. 39
οἰόθεν
οἷος, 97
αἰνόθεν
αἰνῶς. –
περισσόφρων : see on 308.
329.
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329.
προστρίβεται: a blunt meta- phor. Cp. Ar.
Εq. 5
πληγὰς
ἀεὶ
προσ-
τρίβεται
τοῖς
οἰκέταις.
330
335
330.
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330 ff.
ζηλῶ
σε: thou art to be en- vied, thou canst thank fortune. –
καὶ
τετολμηκώς : having so much as of fered. For
καί cp. 197, for
τετολμηκώς 381. Prometheus means, "one might expect that the mere disposition to show me sympathy would bring Zeus's displeasure on you."
πάντων gives no good sense; Weil writes
πόνων
μετα-
σχεῖν (cp. 274), following the scholion
ἐμοὶ
συναλγῶν. The sense would be best satisfied by
τούτων
μετασχεῖν. –
ἔασον: let it be, have done, as in Soph.
Ο. C. 593
ὅταν
μάθης
μου,
νουθέτει,
τὰ
νῦν
δ᾽
ἔα. Cp. the phrase
ἔα
τοῦτο.
333.
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333 f.
πάντως ...
οὐ: see 1053, Eur. Hipp. 1062
πάντως
οὐ
πίθοιμ᾽
ἄν. –
εὐπιθής :
cр. 34. –
ὁδῷ : errand. See 325. For the dative cp.
λόγῳ 196. The alliteration of enhances the force of these two verses.
336.
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336. On asyndeton in clauses that state the reason, see Krüger II. § 59, 1,7.
—ἔργῳ
κοὐ
λόγῳ: cp. 1080.