Aeschylus Prometheus Bound 436

Ettore Romagnoli (Translator)

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Non per disdegno o per superbia io taccio,
non lo crediate; ma l'obbrobrio inflittomi
505
veggo, e di conscia doglia il cuor mi struggo.
Pure, i lor pregi a questi nuovi Numi,
chi compartiva, se non io? Niun altri!
Ma di questo non parlo: a voi direi
cose ben note.
510
Ma i cordogli udite
che patiano i mortali, e come io seppi
da stolti ch'eran pria, saggi e signori
della lor mente renderli.
E dirò
515
non per muovere agli uomini alcun biasimo;
ma la benignità mostrare io voglio
dei doni miei.
Ché prima, essi, vedendo
non vedevano, udendo non udivano;
520
e simili alle vane ombre dei sogni,
quanto era lunga la lor vita, a caso
confondevano tutto.
E non sapevano
né case solatie, né laterizi,
525
né lavorare il legno. E a guisa d'agili
formiche, in fondo a spechi dimoravano,
sotterra, senza sole.
E segno alcuno
che distinguesse il verno non avevano,
530
né la fiorita primavera, né
la pomifera estate: ogni loro opera
senza discernimento era, sin che
sperti li resi a consultar le stelle,
e il sorger loro ed i tramonti arcani.
535
E poi rinvenni, a lor vantaggio, il numero,
somma fra le scienze, e le compagini
di lettere, ove la Memoria serbasi,
che madre operatrice è de le Muse.
Sotto i gioghi primo io le fiere avvinsi,
540
obbedïenti ai basti e ai soggóli,
perché ministre a l'uomo succedessero
nei piú duri travagli;
e sotto i cocchi
spinsi i cavalli docili a la briglia,
545
fulgidi fregi al fasto.
E niuno i cocchi
dei marinai prima di me rinvenne,
ch'errano in mare, ch'ali hanno di lino.
Tali arti escogitai, quali scienze.
550
E questa è la piú grande. Ove taluno
cadea nel morbo, niun rimedio v'era,
non pozione, non cibo od unguento;

Prometheus Bound. Aeschylus. Ettore Romagnoli (Translator). Bologna. 1922.

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Current edition Experimental

Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) (Italian) (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (7)
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 436-525 focus
Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 436-525 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 436 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 436 focus
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 436 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 436 focus
μή τοι χλιδῇ δοκεῖτε μηδ' αὐθαδίᾳ
σιγᾶν με· συννοίᾳ δὲ δάπτομαι κέαρ,
ὁρῶν ἐμαυτὸν ὧδε προυσελούμενον.
καίτοι θεοῖσι τοῖς νέοις τούτοις γέρα
455
τίς ἄλλος ἢ 'γὼ παντελῶς διώρισεν;
ἀλλ᾽ αὐτὰ σιγῶ· καὶ γὰρ εἰδυίαισιν ἂν
ὑμῖν λέγοιμι· τὰν βροτοῖς δὲ πήματα
ἀκούσαθ', ὥς σφας νηπίους ὄντας τὸ πρὶν
ἔννους ἔθηκα καὶ φρενῶν ἐπηβόλους.
460
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 436 focus
Translations (7)
Prometheus Bound Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 436-525 focus
Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 436 focus
Do not, I pray you, suppose that I am holding my peace from pride or self-will: but by reflection am I gnawed to the heart, seeing myself thus ignominously entreated
. And yet who but myself defined completely the prerogatives for these same new gods? But on these matters I say nothing, for I should speak to you already acquainted with these things. But for the misfortunes that existed among mortals, hear how I made them, that aforetime lived as infants, rational and possessed of intellect
. And I will tell you, having no complaint against mankind, as detailing the kindness of the boons which I bestowed upon them:—they who at first seeing saw in vain, hearing they heard not. But, like to the forms of dreams, for a long time they used to huddle together all things at random, and nought knew they about brick-built
and sun-ward houses, nor carpentry: but they dwelt in the excavated earth like tiny emmets in the sunless depths of caverns. And they had no sure sign either of winter, or of flowery spring, or of fruitful summer: but they used to do every thing without judgment, until indeed I showed to them the risings of the stars and their settings
, hard to be discerned.
And verily I discover for them Numbers, the surpassing all inventions
, the combinations too of letters, and Memory, effective mother-nurse of all arts. I also first bound with yokes beasts submissive to the collars; and in order that with their bodies they might become to mortals substitutes for their severest toils, I brought steeds under ears obedient to the reins
, a glory to pompous luxury. And none other than I invented the canvas-winged chariots of mariners that roam over the ocean. After discovering for mortals such inventions, wretch that I am, I myself have no device whereby I may escape from my present misery.
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 436 focus
au courant sacré gémissent leur plainte désolée.
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 436 focus
It is not pride; deem nobler of me, virgins;
440
It is not pride, that held me ſilent thus;
The thought of theſe harſh chains, that hang me here,
Cuts to my heart.
Yet who, like me, advanc'd
To their high dignity our newrais'd gods?
445
But let me ſpare the tale, to you well known.
The
The ills of man you've heard: I form'd his mind,
And through the cloud of barb'rous ignorance
Diffuſed the beams of knowledge. I will ſpeak,
450
Not taxing them with blame, but my own gifts
Diſplaying, and benevolence to them.
They ſaw indeed, they heard; but what avail'd
Or ſight, or ſenſe of hearing, all things rolling
Like the unreal imagery of dreams,
455
In wild confuſion mix'd? The lightſome wall
Of finer maſonry, the rafter'd roof
They knew not; but, like ants ſtill buried, delv'd q
Deep in the earth, and ſcoop'd their ſunleſs caves.
Unmark'd the ſeaſons chang'd, the biting winter,
460
The flow'r perfumed ſpring, the ripening ſummer
Fertile of fruits. At random all their works,
Till I inſtructed them to mark the ſtars,
Their riſing, and, an harder ſcience yet r
,
Their ſetting. The rich train of marshall'd numbers
465
I taught them, and the meet array of letters,
T' impress these precepts on their hearts I ſent
Memory, the active mother of all wiſdom.
I taught the patient ſteer to bear the yoke,
In all his toils jointlabourer with man.
470
By me the harneſs'd ſteed was train'd to whir
The rapid car, and grace the pride of wealth.
The tall bark, lightly bounding o'er the waves,
I taught its courſe, and wing'd its flying ſail.
To man I gave these arts; with all my wiſdom
475
Yet want I now one art, that uſeful art
To free myſelf from theſe afflicting chains.
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 436 focus
Neq; mollitia, neq; pertinacia putetis
Me tacere: cogitatione affligor corde,
435
Videns me ipsum hic ligatum,
Et his Dijs novis dona
Aliquis alius quàm ego determinavit omnino.
Sed haec taceo. nam vobis scientibus
Haec dicerem. mortalium verò dolores
440
Audite: cum primò fatui essent,
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.) — 436 focus
Deem not that I in pride or wilful scorn
465
Restrain my speech; 'tis wistful memory
That rends my heart, when I behold myself
Abased to wretchedness. To these new gods
I and none other gave their lots of power
In full attainment; no more words hereof
470
I speak—the tale ye know. But listen now
Unto the rede of mortals and their woes,
And how their childish and unreasoning state
Was changed by me to consciousness and thought.
Yet not in blame of mortals will I speak,
475
But as in proof of service wrought to them.
For, in the outset, eyes they had and saw not;
And ears they had but heard not; age on age,
Like unsubstantial shapes in vision seen,
They groped at random in the world of sense,
480
Nor knew to link their building, brick with brick,
Nor how to turn its aspect to the sun,
Nor how to join the beams by carpentry.
In hollowed caves they dwelt, as emmets dwell,
Weak feathers for each blast, in sunless caves.
485
Nor had they certain forecast of the cold,
Nor of the advent of the flowery spring,
Nor of the fruitful summer. All they wrought,
Unreasoning they wrought, till I made clear
The laws of rising stars, and inference dim,
490
More hard to learn, of what their setting showed.
I taught to them withal that art of arts,
The lore of number, and the written word
That giveth sense to sound, the tool wherewith
The gift of memory was wrought in all,
495
And so came art and song. I too was first
To harness 'neath the yoke strong animals,
Obedient made to collar and to weight,
That they might bear whate'er of heaviest toil
Mortals endured before. For chariots too
500
I trained, and docile service of the rein,
Steeds, the delight of wealth and pomp and pride.
I too, none other, for seafarers wrought
Their ocean-roaming canvas-wingèd cars.
Such arts of craft did I, unhappy I,
505
Contrive for mortals: now, no feint I have
Whereby I may elude my present woe.
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.) — 436 focus
O wähnet nicht, daß Dünkel oder Eigensinn
435
Mich schweigen heiße; sinnend nagt mein Herz sich wund,
Daß ich zu Schmach mich also muß erniedrigt seh'n.
Gleichwohl die neuen Götter hier - wer sonst, als ich,
Hat alle Würden, alle Macht an sie vertheilt?
Doch will ich davon schweigen; denn ich sagte nur,
440
Was euch bekannt ist: aber was am Menschen ich
Verbrochen, hört, wie dieser, blöden Sinns zuvor,
Durch mich des Geistes mächtig ward, durch mich bewußt.
Ich sag' es nicht, die Menschen einer Schuld zu zeih'n,
Nein, nur die Wohlthat meiner Gabe darzuthun.
445
Sie sah'n mit offnen Augen einst und sahen nicht,
Sie hörten, und vernahmen nicht; des eitlen Traums
Gestalten ähnlich, mengten sie die lange Zeit
Blindwirrend Alles, kannten nicht das sonnige
Wohnhaus, erbaut von Ziegeln, nicht des Zimmrers Kunst:
450
Sie wohnten eingegraben, wie leichtwimmelnde
Ameisen, tief in sonnenloser Höhlen Nacht.
Kein sichres Merkmal hatten sie, wann Winterfrost,
Wann blüthereicher Frühling, wann fruchtspendender
Spätsommer nahte; sonder Sinn und Kunde war
455
Ihr Thun in Allem, bis der Sterne dunkle Bahn
Ich ihnen zeigte, Niedergang und Aufersteh'n.
Der Wissenschaften beste dann, die Zahlenkunst,
Erfand ich ihnen, lehrte sie der Schrift Gebrauch
Und Allerinnrung, jeder Kunst Erweckerin.
460
Der Thiere Nacken spannten wir zuerst in's Joch,
Dem Pflug zu dienen, und damit ich Sterblichen
Der allzugroßen Bürde Wucht erleichterte,
Schirrt' ich das zügelfrohe Rof dem Wagen vor,
Das stolze Bild der überreichen Ueppigkeit.
465
Des Seglers leinbeschwingtes, meerdurchirrendes
Fahrzeug erfand kein Andrer außer mir allein.
So schlaue Künste sann ich Unglückseliger
Den Menschen aus, und selber weiß ich keinen Rath,
Um mich herauszuwinden aus der schweren Noth.
470

Commentary

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

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δ᾽:
δ'
omittunt M. Rob. Ac delevit Elmsleio obsecutus Blomfieldius. At hic versus non est explicatio praecedentis.

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εὑρόμην:
ηρόμην
Cant. 2.
εὑράμην
G.

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NA: Hoc versu incipit codex Vitebergensis, in quo quae praecedunt perierunt.

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οὐ μήν τι:
οὐ μήν τι
M. Rob.
οὐ μήν τοι
(
τοῖ
Aug.) G. Vit. Lips. 2. Aug.
οὐ μήν γε
Lips. 1.

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γ':
γ'
omittunt Lips. 1. 2. Aug. aliique et edd. ante Vict.

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τοίαισί:
τοιαῖσδέ τοι
Ven. 3. Elmsleius scribi volebat
τοιαισίδε
.

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κατισχνανεῖσθαι:
κατισχανεῖσθαι
G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. Ven. 3. et edd. vett. quod Porsonus ad Eur. Or. 292. ab Atticis suavioris soni caussa probatum iudicabat. Id analogiae repugnare vidit Blomfieldius. Recte M. Vit. Par. D.
κατισχνανεῖσθαι
, ediditque ita ipse Porsonus. Vtitur hoc verbo Aeschylus etiam infra 382. Eum. 142. 264. et in Lycurgo apud Athenaeum X. p. 447. C. recteque Blomfieldius in Callimachi epigr. 48, 3. reposuit
αἱ Μοῦσαι τὸν Ἔρωτα κατισχναίνοντι, Φίλιππε
. In G. virgula interpunctum post
κατισχανεῖσθαι
, ut
πρὸς πέτραις
cum sequentibus iungatur.

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πεδαρσίοις:
πεδαρσίοις
Par. D. et sic prius in M. scriptum fuisse videtur.

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καίτοι:
καίτοι
Cant. 1.
καὶ μήν
, superscripto
οι
. Ceteri libri
καί μοι
, praeter Rob. et marginem MS. apud Morellium, in quibus est
καίτοι
, quod recte recepit Blomfieldius.

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δύρεσθ᾽:
μηδύρεσθ'
Μ.
μὴ δύρεσθ'
Aug.
μὴ δύρεσθ'
Vit. Lips. 1. 2. edd. vett.
μὴ ὀδύρεσθ'
G.

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πέδοι:
πέδοι
M. a manu secunda, a prima
πέδο
habuit ut ceteri libri et Eustathius p. 153, 34. Quod Ioannes Alexandrinus in
τονικοῖς παραγγέλμασι
p. 36, 7. praecipit,
τὰ δὲ ἀπὸ βαρυτόνων βαρύνεται, ἔξω ἕξοι, πέδον πέδοι· “πέδοι δὲ βᾶσαι” Αισχύλος Προμηθεῖ δεσμώτῃ
, ante quam hic libellus editus est notum erat ex schol. Dionysii Thracis in Bekkeri Anecd. p. 945.

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τύχας: Pro
τύχας
etiam
βλάβας
legi ait scholiastes.

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ἀκούσαθ':
ἀκούσατε
G.
ἀκούσασθ'
Lips. 2.

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μάθητε:
μάθητε
Vit. et alii. Ne huius promissi oblivisci videatur Prometheus, qui v. 524. seqq. se futura celare affirmat, tenendum est eum illa in mente habere, quae de liberatore suo dicturus est.

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πείθεσθέ μοι, πείθεσθε:
πείθεσθαί μοι, πείθεσθε
G.
πείθεσθέ μοι, πείθεσθέ μοι
Vit. et alii pauci. Elmsleius sine caussa
πίθεσθέ μοι, πίθεσθε
scribendum putabat. V. ad Soph. El. 1003.

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ταὐτά τοι:
ταυτάτοι
M. addito primae syllabae a sec. manu circumflexo.
ταὐτά τοι
Vit. Lips. 1.2. Aug. aliique codices et Turn.
ταὐτά τοι
Ald. Rob. Vict.
ταῦτα μοι
G.
ταυτά μοι
quattuor Vindobonenses. Vnus scholiastarum
τὸ ταῦτα πρὸς τὸ συμπονήσατε κρεῖττον ἢ πρὸς τὸ νῦν μογοῦντι ἀποδεδόσθαι. ἢ στικτέον εἰς τὸ μογοῦντι· τὸ δὲ ταῦτα τῷ ἑξῆς συναπτέον, ἵν ᾗ ἡ περὶ τὰ αὐτὰ περιερχομένη πημονὴ ἢ βλάβη ἄλλοτε πρὸς ἄλλον προςιζάνει
. Si
ταῦτα
coniungendum esset cum
μογοῦντι
, scripsisset poeta
τῷ νῦν μογοῦντι ταῦτ᾽· ἐπεὶ πλανωμένη
. Itaque rectum est
ταυτά τοι
.

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πρὸς ἄλλοτ᾽ ἄλλον:
πρός τ' ἄλλον τ' ἄλλη
G.
πρὸς ἄλλοτ᾽ ἄλλη
Vind. 1. Lips. 1. et lemma scholii in G.
πρὸς ἄλλον ἄλλη
margo MS. apud Morellium. Hunc alia, sed ea mala scriptura prodit,
πρὸς ἄλλοτ᾽ ἄλλῃ πημονὴ προςιζάνει
. Vind. 2. 4. aliique
πρὸς ἄλλοτ' ἄλλο
, atque ita Vit. sed
ν
ad
ἄλλο
, adscripto. Ad
ἄλλο
pertinet glossa
κακόν
in Vit. Recte M. Lips. 2. Aug. et edd.
πρὸς ἄλλοτ᾽ ἄλλον
.

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κραιπνόσυτον:
κραιπνόσσυτον
M. Vit. Lips. 1. 2. (in quo ultimae litterae superscriptum
ς
) Aug. ut reliqui fere libri.
κραιπνόσυτον
G. et Parisini E. G. (i. e. Ask. Α.) Colb. 1.

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θᾶκον:
θᾶκον
(hoc accentu) M. G. Vit. Lips. 1.
θῶκον
Lips. 2. Aug. aliique pauci codd. et edd. veteres.

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αἰθέρα θ᾽ ἁγνόν:
αιθέρ' ἁγνὸν
Lips. 2. paucique codd. et Ald. Rob.

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πόρον:
πόρων
G.

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ὀκριοέσσῃ:
ὀκριοέσσῃ
M. Lips. 1.
ἀκριοέσῃ
G.
ἀκρυοεσσῃ
Vit. Lips. 2. Aug. et plerique.

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χθονὶ:
χθονὴ
Lips. 1.

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πελῶ:
πέλω
Lips. 2. et sic fortasse prius fuit in M.

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διὰ παντὸς:
διαπαντὸς
M. G. Vit. Lips. 1. 2. Aug.
διὰ πάντος
Rob.

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ἀκοῦσαι:
ἀκούσειν
Ven. 2. Rob.

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πρὸς σέ:
πρόσσε
, primo accentu a sec. manu addito, Μ.
πρὸς σὲ
G. Vit. Lips. 2. Omittit has duas voces Lips. 1.

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πτερυγωκῆ:
πτερυγικόν
Lips. 2. Eustathius p. 1545, 48.
οὕτω καὶ ὠκεανὸς τό τε ὕδωρ αὐτὸ καὶ ὁ μυθευόμενος θεός, ὃν ὁ τραγικὸς Αισχύλος ἐπὶ γρυπὸς καθίζων ἐξάγει πρὸς τὸ θέατρον
. Non insolitum hoc spectaculum Atheniensibus fuisse adnotavit Spanhemius, haec afferens Plutarchi in Agesilao c. 19.
κάναθρα δὲ καλοῦσιν εἴδωλα γρυπῶν ξύλινα καὶ τραγελάφων, ἐν οἷς κομίζουσι τὰς παῖδας ἐν ταῖς πομπαῖς
, item Hesychium in
κάνναβρα
et Casaubonum ad Ath. IV. 6. p. 260. h. e. apud Schweighaeuserum vol. II. p. 450.

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στομίων ἄτερ εὐθύνων:
στομίων εὐθύνων ἄτερ
Lips. 1.

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συναλγῶ:
συναλγῶ
Μ. Vit.
ξυναλγῶ
G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug.

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ἐςαναγκάζει:
ἐσαναγκάσει
, superscripto
ζει
, Vit.
ἐς ἀναγάζει
. G.

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χωρίς τε:
χωρίς του
G.

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νείμαιμ᾽:
νείμαι μ'
Μ. G. Vit.
νέμοι'
Lips. 1. 2. Aug.

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γνώσει δὲ τάδ᾽: Libri
γνώσῃ
. Athenaeus IV. p. 165. C.
τὸ δὲ χαριτογλωσσεῖν Αἰσχύλος εἴρηκεν ἐν Προμηθεῖ δεσμώτη, γνώσει τάδ᾽ ὡς ἔτυμ', οὐδὲ μάτην χαριτογλωσσεῖν ἔνι μοι
, ubi codices
ἔτημα
et
ἔτοιμα
. Vt Athenaeus, sic etiam G. Vit. Lips. 1.
δὲ
omittunt.

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ἔτυμ':
ἔτυμ'
Μ. et superscripto
η
Vit.
ἐτήτυμα
Lips. 1.
ἐτύτημα
G.
ἐτύπημα
, adscripto
ν
super
η
, Ligs. 2. Aug.

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οὐδὲ:
οὐ μάτην
Vit.
κοὐ μάτην
Lips. 1.

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χαριτογλωσσεῖν ἔνι μοι:
σὲ τὸ χαριτογλωσσεῖν
Μ.
σοὶ τὸ χ.
Rob.
σὲ χ.
G. Vit. Lips. I. aliique et Ald.
σοὶ χ.
Lips. 2. aliique.
χαριτογλωσσεῖν σοι
vel
σ'
alii.
χαριτογλωσσεῖν
Athenaeus, et sic Turn.

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ξυμπράσσειν: Libri
συμπράττειν
. Correxit Brunckius.

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ποτ᾽ ἐρεῖς:
ποτ' ἐρεῖς
M. G. Vit. Lips. 1. Rob.
ποτε φὴς
Lips. 2. in quo superscriptum ut glossa
ἐρεῖς
, et Aug. Ald. Alii
ποτε φῇς, ποτε φήσεις
.

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καὶ σὺ δὴ:
δ'
omittunt Lips. 2. in quo
σὺ
in rasura duarum syllabarum est, et Aug. Ald. Rob.

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ἥκεις:
ἧκες
, cum explicatione
ἦλθες
, G.

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αὐτόκτιτ᾽:
αὐτόκτιτ'
Μ. aliique et Turn.
αὐτόκτητ᾽
Lips. 2. Aug.
αὐτόκτιστο
G. Vit. Lips. 1. Ald. Rob.

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ἐλθεῖν:
ἐς
a pr. manu M.
ἐλθεῖν
a secunda, et sic Vit. Lips. 1. 2. Rob. Ald. Turn. et recentiores.

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NA: Scholiastam secundum, cuius adnotationi in ed. Stanl. praefixum est
ἢ θεωρὸς τύχας ἐμὰς ἀφίξαι καὶ ξυνασχαλῶν κακοῖς
, Porsonus legisse putabat
θεωρὸς ὤν
. Eam scripturam Butleri negligentia tribuit Aldinae, quam habere dicit
θεωρὸς τύχας
, quum habeat
θεωρήσων τύχας
. Repetiit errorem Wellauerus. Affertur
θεωρὸς ὢν
ex Vind. 3.

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ἀφῖξαι:
ἀφίξαι
a pr. manu M.

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ξυνασχαλῶν:
ξυνασχαλῶν
Lips. 1.
συνασχαλῶν
M. G. Lips. 2.
συνασχαλών
Vit.

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τὸν:
τον
omittit Lips. 1.

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τὸν συγκαταστήσαντα: Omnes
τὸν συγκαταστήσαντα
.

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τυραννίδα: Lips. 1.
τυρανίδα
.

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κάμπτομαι:
κάπτομαι
Lips. 1.

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γίγνωσκε:
γíγνωσκε
Μ. Vind. 4. Ceteri
γίνωσκε
.

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μεθάρμοσαι:
μεθάρμοσαι
M. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. aliique et Ald.
μεθάρμωσαι
G.
μεθάρμοσον
Vit. quod in aliis superscriptum.
μεθάρμοζε
Rob.

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καὶ:
και
omittit G.

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τραχεῖς καὶ:
τραχεῖς τε καὶ
Lips. 2.

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ἀνωτέρω:
ἀνωτέρω
Μ. Vit. et plerique ut videtur libri.
ἀπωτέρω
G. Lips. 1. Rob. quod in aliis codd. pro diversa lectione adnotatum.
ἀπατέρω
Lips. 2. Aug.

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θακῶν κλύοι:
θακῶν
Μ. G. Lips. 2. Aug. et sic Victorius.
Θακών
Vit. Lips. 1. Ald. Rob. Turn.
κλύει
G.
κλύῃ
Lips. 2. Aug.

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μόχθων:
μόχθον
G. Vit.

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παιδιὰν:
πεδιὰν
Lips. 2.

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ταλαίπωρ':
ταλαίπωρε
G.

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πημάτων:
τῶν πημάτων
Lips. 2.

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τῶνδε:
τῶνδε
omittit Vit.

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ἀρχαῖ᾽:
ἀρχαῖα
G. Lips. 1.

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ἴσως σοι:
ἴσωσοι
M. a pr. manu.
ἴσος σοι
Lips. 1.
ἴσως
omisso
σοι
Lips. 2. Aug.

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γίγνεται:
γίγνεται
Lips. 1. Ceteri
γίνεται
.

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κακοῖς:
κακῶν
Vit. in quo supra scriptum
ὑποχωρεῖς ἀπὸ τῶν
.

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τοῖς:
τοις
om. Lips. 1.

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NA: Imitatum esse hunc versum Tzetzam ad Hesiodi O. et D. 780. adnotavit Porsonus.

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καὶ νῦν:
και μιν
, superscripto
νῦν
, Lips. 2. Aug.

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λαβροστόμει:
μη λαβροστόμει
G. Vit. aliique et Ald. Scholiastes Nicandri ad Alex. 160.
καὶ Αἰσχύλος, μὴ λαβροστόμει
.

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οἶσθ᾽:
οἶδ'
Aug.

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περισσόφρων:
περισώφρων
G. Lips. 1.

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προςτρίβεται:
προςτρίβεται
M. G. Vit. Lips. 1. Vind. 1. 4. et Victorius, atque ita scriptum est apud Stobaeum XXXVI. 17. atque Apostolium VI. 36. et in Monostichis Menandri v. 111.
προςγίνεται
Lips. 2. Aug. aliique codd. et Ald. Rob. Turn. γρ.
προςτρίβεται
margo Lips. 2.

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ὁθούνεκ': Libri
ὅθ' οὕνεκ
.

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τετολμηκὼς:
τετολμικῶς
G. Simillime Sophocles Antig. 537.
καὶ ξυμμετίσχω καὶ φέρω τῆς αἰτίας
.

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μηδέ σοι:
μηδέν σοι
M. Vit. Lips. 1. 2. aliique et Rob.

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πείσεις:
πείθεις
Μ.

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οὐ γὰρ:
οὐτὰρ
G.

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εὐπιθής:
εὐπειθής
M. а pr. manu et Vit. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. aliique et Ald. Rob. In Lips. 2. ad
ε
superscriptum
ι
.

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πάπταινε:
πάπταννε
G.
πάμπταινε
Lips. 2. Aug.

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πημανθῇς:
πημανθῆ
M. a pr. manu,
ς
addidit secunda.

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ἀντισπάσῃς:
μηδαμῶς μὲ ἀντισπάσῃς
ex duabus Cantabrigiensibus Blomfieldius.

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τῶνδέ:
τόνδε
om. Lips. 2. Aug.

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κοὐδαμῇ:
κουδὲ μὴ
M. G. Vit. aliique.
κουδαμῆ
Lips. 1. edd. vett.
κουδαμή
, ultima littera in litura et supra scripto
οι
, Lips. 2.
κοὐδαμοῦ
Aug. Valckenario ad Phoen. 1723. p. 575.
τὰ μὲν σ' ἐπαινῶν οὐδαμῇ λήξω ποτέ
legendum putanti more suo obsecutus est Brunckius. V. ad Soph. Ai. 1379.

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προθυμίας:
προμηθείας
G.

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ἀτὰρ:
αὐτὰρ
Vit.

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θέλοις:
θέλεις
M. G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. et sic codd. plerique et vett. edd.
θέλοις
Vit. Par. B. Cantabr. 1. quod receperunt Brunckius et Schützius, non, ut Wellauerus ait, inepte, sed aptissime, immo sententia etiam flagitante, quia
μάτην πονήσεις
idem fere est quod
πονήσειας ἂν μάτην
.

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οὐκ εἰ:
ουκ
om. Vit. qui
εἰ
habet et
οὐ
in principio sequentis versus.

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οἵνεκα: Libri
εἵνεκα
. Correxit Brunckius.

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πλείστοισι:
πλήστοισι
pr. manu habuisse videtur M.

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πημονὰς:
πλείστους πημονάς
Vit.

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NA: Versus 349-374. in libris Oceano tributi sunt. Promethei esse intellexit Elmsleius.

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καὶ:
καὶ
om. G. Pro eo male Porsonus
καί
.

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ὃς πρὸς ἑσπέρους τόπους:
ὃς ἐς ἑσπέρους τόπους
Med. Par. D. Rob.
ὃς πρὸς ἑσπερίους τόπους
Vit. Ceteri
ὃς πρὸς ἑσπέρους τόπους
.

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κίον᾽:
κίονας
G. Lips. 1. Vulgatum
κίον'
, quae etiam in Rob. est, habet Plutarchus de facie in orbe lunae p. 923. C. Eustathius p. 1389, 61.
διὸ καὶ Αἰσχύλος ἐν Προμηθεῖ κίονα εἶπεν ἑνικῶς καὶ οὐ κίονας
, de axe, circum quem volvitur orbis, haec intelligenda putans. P. Petitum, qui in Obss. misc. III. 24.
ἕστηκε κίων
ut vulgatam scripturam affert, refutavit Abreschius. Quo magis mirum est Blomfieldium illud ipsum
ἕστηκε κίων
scribendum coniecisse, probasseque Nitzschium in adn. ad Od. I. 52. p. 18.

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οὐρανοῦ:
οὐρανῶν
Rob.

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ὤμοις:
ὤμοις
(non
ὤμοισι
) M. G. Vit. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. edd. vett. praeter Rob. Sic etiam apud Plutarchum.
ὤμοισι
Par. D.

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NA: Alteram versus partem respexit Porphyrius de abst. p. 77.

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εὐάγκαλον:
εὐάγγαλον
Lips. 1.

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τε:
τε
omittit G.

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ἄντρων:
ἄντρων
, superscripto
ω
, Lips. 2.

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ἑκατογκάρηνον: Libri
ἑκατοντακάρηνον
, nisi quod M.
ἑκατοντοκάρηνον
habet,
α
super
η
a manu secunda adscripto. Ex Pauwii emendatione Porsonus
ἑκατογκάρηνον
. Blomfieldius aliique
ἑκατογκάρανον
, quod
καρανῶσαι, καρανιστῆρα
dicant tragici, probabili, etsi non prorsus certo argumento. Videri potest confirmari Hesychii verbis p. 1126.
ἑκατονκάρανοι, ἑκατὸν αἱ ἐπιζήμιον πρασσόμεναι
, et est fortasse ita, si ille
ἑκατογκάρανον
scripsit et deinde posuit ex Aristophanis Eq. 440.
ἑκατοντάλαντοι δίκαι, αἱ ἑκατὸν τάλαντα ἐπιζήμιον πρασσόμεναι
. In chori carmine apud Aeschylum Choeph. 391.
κάρανα
legitur, sed in trimetro ex Euripidis Meleagro apud scholiastam Pindari ad Nem. X. 12.
κάρα Τυδεὺς γένυσι Μελανίππου σπάσας
.

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πᾶσι δ᾽ ἀντέστη θεοῖς:
πᾶσιν ὃς ἀντέστη θεοῖς
M. G. Vit. Lips. 1. Ald. Rob. Turn.
ὃς πᾶσιν ἀντέστη θεοῖς
Lips. 2. Aug. Par. E. Bess. Gaisfordii coniecturam,
Τυφῶνα θοῦρον, ὃςτις ἀντέστη θεοῖς
, probaverat Porsonus, multis exemplis allatis, in quibus
τις
vel additum temere vel omissum est. Ne commemorem quod sic grave et prope necessarium vocabulum abiicitur, ne recte quidem dictum est
ὅςτις
, quod pronomen quum non sit definientis, quam vim habet
ὃς
, sed declarantis, referendum id esset ad
θοῦρον
, quo languida fieret sententia. Defendere quidem
ὅςτις
pro
ὃς
positum conatus est Blomfieldius, sed aliena sunt exempla quae attulit praeter unum Callimachi h. Apoll. 22. in quo tamen vulgo recte divisim scriptum est de saxo Nioben referente
ὃς τις ἐνὶ Φρυγíῃ διερὸς λίθος ἐστήρικται
, h. e.
διερός τις λίθος
. Praeter alias inscite inventas medelas imperite Wunderlichius coniecit
πᾶσιν ὃς ἀνέστη θεοῖς
, numero prorsus ab Aeschyli arte alieno. Probabilius est quod Lobeckius in prima editione Aiacis ad v. 1122. p. 344. proposuit
πᾶσιν ὃς προὔστη θεοῖς
, ut in Aiacis versu dictum est
ἢ σοὶ γὰρ Αἴας πολέμιος προὔστη ποτέ;
quocum comparari potest scriptura quam in Trachinis v. 1183. servavit scholiastes, falsa illa quidem aperte,
οὐ θᾶσσον οἴσεις, μηδὲ προστήσεις ἐμοί
, quam interpretatur
ἐναντιωθήσῃ
, quo
verbo
etiam Aeschyli enarratores usi sunt. Multo tamen elegantius est, neque exiguam habet veri speciem, quod Naekio in mentem venit in programmate a. 1829. edito sive in eius Opusculis I. p. 175. inter
πᾶσιν ὃς
et
ἀντέστη
lacunam esse unius versus, hac fere sententia,
qui cunctis unus insana mentis rabie diis obstitit
. Quamquam, si quid excidit, non adducor ut
πᾶσιν
tam longe a
θεοῖς
removisse Aeschylum putem, sed facilius credam altera
ὃς
pronominis positura eum tale quid scripsisse,
ὃς δυςαντήτῳ μένει χειρῶν πεποιθὼς πᾶσιν ἀντέστη θεοῖς
. Sed tamen, quoniam haec omnia non sine magna audacia coniici possunt, ad illud redii quod ut facillimum olim in publicis scholis commendavi,
πᾶσι δ' ἀντέστη θεοῖς
. Eodem modo in Sept. ad Th. 549.
ἕκτον λέγοιμι ἂν ἄνδρα σωφρονέστατον ἀλκήν τ' ἄριστον, μάντιν, Αμφιάρεω βίαν· Ὁμολοΐσιν δὲ πρὸς πύλαις τεταγμένος κακοῖσι βάζει πολλὰ Τυδέως βίαν
.

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NA: Hunc versum et sequentem afferunt Eudocia p. 406. Tzetzes ad Lycophr. 177.et in Theogonia v. 289. Favorinus in
Τυφωεύς
, priorem solum Eustathius p. 579, 20.

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σμερδναῖσι: Apud Eudociam, Favorinum, Tzetzam in Theogonia et in quibusdam eius libris ad Lycophronem, ut in ed. Rob.
δειναῖσι
. Eustathius
σμερδνῇσι
. Ceteri Aeschyli et Tzetzae libri
σμερδναῖσι
.

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γαμφηλαῖσι:
γαμφήλαισι
a pr. manu M. et ad secundam syllabam superscripto
ι
G.
γαμφήλαισι
M. a sec. manu et Rob. Eudocia, Favorinus.
γαμφηλαῖσι
Lips. 1.
γαμφηλαις
vel
γαμφηλαις
Vit. Lips. 2. aliique codd. et Ald. Turn. atque Eustathius et Tzetzes. Quod ad has dativi formas attinet, quid de Homeri usu statuendum sit, copiose docet Etym. M. p. 166, 30. et Gudianum p. 249, 41. sed utrumque emendatione indigens. Eam praebet Etym. Augustanum, in quo omissis exemplis sic scriptum,
δεῖ δὲ γιγνώσκειν ὅτι παρὰ τῷ ποιητῇ αἱ τοιαῦται δοτικαí, εἴτε ἐπεκτεταμέναι εἴτε ἀνεπέκτατοι, τὸ α εἰς η τρέπουσι, οἷον ἐν παλάμῃσιν, ἐν παλάμῃς φορεῖ, σεσημειωμένων δυεῖν, θεαῖς καὶ ἀκταῖς
. Itaque non in locis duobus illis quos Etym. M. et Gudianum afferunt, Od. V. 119. et II. XII. 284. servandum est
αις
, sed in duobus vocabulis
θεαῖς
et
ἀκταῖς
. Atque ex
θεά
dativus exstat etiam II. III. 15S. ubi tamen
αἰνῶς ἀθανάτησι θεῇς εἰς ὦπα ἔοικεν
non solum in libris scriptum est, sed etiam apud Athenaeum V. p. 188. B. ipsoque in Etym. M. p. 36, 7. Subtili quadam ratione Göttlingius ad Aristotelis Polit. p. 343.
θεῇς
not sine iota littera defendere studuit.

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φόνον:
φόβον
, memoratum in scholiis habent M. Par. D. Rob. et ante primae manus correctionem Vit. Ceteri
φόνον
.

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ὀμμάτων:
ὀμάτων
G. Lips. 1.

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ἤστραπτε:
ἤστραπται
G. Lips. 2.

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γοργωπὸν:
γοργωπὸν
ex hoc versu habere videtur Hesychius.

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ἄγρυπνον:
ἄγριον
G. Lips. 1.

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NA: Non latuit hic locus Bentleium Horatio Carm. III. 4, 44.
caducum fulmen
eripere tentantem.

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κἀξεβροντήθη:
καὶ ἐξεβροντίθη
G.
κἀξεβροντήσθη
Vit.

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παράορον:
παράωρον
Vit. aliique codd.
πανάωρον
Ox. Bess. Ald. γρ.
καὶ πανάωρον
Vit.
παρήωρον
G. Lips. 1. aliique codd. et Rob.
παρήορον
Lips. 2. Aug. Colb. 2. Turn.
παράφρον
, quod Bergkius in Diurn. antiq. Darmst. a. 1835. p. 952. restituendum monuit ex Hesychii glossa
παράορος, σειραφόρος
, praebuit M. V. II. VII. 156.

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ἰπούμενος:
ἰπνούμενος
Lips. 2. Aug. eum plerisque libris et schol. Aristoph. ad Vesp. 139. in ed. Ald.
ἱπνούμενος
G. et a manu recentiore Μ.
ἱπούμενος
Vit. ex correctione primae manus, quae alterum
π
delevit. Eodem errore apud Hesychium et Photium
ιπποῦμεν
et
ἰππούμενος
scriptum.
ἰπνούμενον
Lips. 1. Quod Hemsterhusius ad Pluti v. 816. reponendum vidit
ἰπούμενος
habet M. a pr. manu et Par. C. et pro diversa scriptura Par. B. Eustathius p. 16, 40.
ἰποῦν ῥῆμα τὸ βλάπτειν παρὰ τῷ Αἰσχύλῳ
. Etiam Pindarus Ol. IV. 11. Aetnam vocavit
ἶπον ἀνεμόεσσαν ἑκατογκεφάλα Τυφῶνος ὀβρίμου
.

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ῥίζαισιν:
ῥίζαισιν
M. Vit. Aug.
ῥίζησιν
G. Lips. 1.
ῥίζεσιν
Lips. 2.

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μυδροκτυπεῖ:
μυδροκτυπεῖ
in litura M.
μυδροκτρυπεῖ
Lips. 2.

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ἔνθεν ἐκραγήσονταί:
ἐνθένδ᾽ ἐκρ.
Lips. 1.
ἔνθ᾽ ἐκρραγήσονταί ποτε
G. Describit poeta recentis memoriae incendium Aetnae Ol. LXXV. 2. de quo marmor Parium in Corp. inscr. vol. II. p. 302. et Thucydides III. 116. V. Cluverii Sic. ant. I. p. 104.

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δάπτοντες:
δ᾽ ἄπτοντες
G.

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ἀγρίαις:
ἀγρίοις
Vit. et pauci alii.

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λευρὰς:
λευροὺς
Μ. Rob. Ceteri libri
λευράς
.

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γύας:
γυίας
Vit. Lips. 1. aliique.
γυίας
Lips. 2.

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θερμῆς:
θερμοῖς
, quod in Par. Β. adscriptum est, Ald. Turn. Cant. et posteriores. Fortius est quod plerique libri cum Rob. habent
θερμῆς
. Ita, non
θερμής
, etiam M.
θέρμης
G. et ante correctionem Vit.

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ἀπλήστου: Libri
ἀπλήστου
. Id in
ἀπλήτου
(scribere debebat
ἀπλάτου
) mutandum suspicabatur Schutzius, quia Pindarus
ἀπλάτου πυρός
dixerit. Cur corrigatur quod caret vitio?

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βέλεσι:
βέλεσσι
Μ.

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NA: In libris huic versui appositum est Promethei nomen, quoniam qui praecedunt versus tributi sunt Oceano. V. ad v. 349. Scholia haec praebent,
σὺ δ᾽· ὦ Ὠκεανέ. οὐκ ἄπειρος· τῆς ὀργῆς τοῦ Διός. οὐκ ἄπειρος, φησίν, ὑπάρχεις ὧν λέγεις, ἀλλ᾽ ἔμπειρος· ἔμπειρος δὲ ὢν τούτων φύλασσε ὅπως σώσεις ἑαυτὸν ὡς γινώσκεις· οὐ γὰρ ἐν τούτῳ χρήζεις διδασκάλου τινός
. Prior interpretatio non satisfacit. Nam si iram Iovis expertus esse dicitur Oceanus, quaenam est illa ira? Non iram, sed audaciam Iovis et quidem non magis quam ceteri omnes antiqui dei expertus erat, cunctorum illo sibi imperium arrogante. Melius est alterum, non inexpertum eorum quae dicat esse Oceanum. Dixit autem Oceanus v. 326.
τραχὺς μόναρχος, οὐδ᾽ ὑπεύθυνος κρατεῖ
.

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σῶζ':
σῶιζ'
Μ.

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ἐπίστασαι:
ἐπίσταμαι
ante corr. Lips. 1.

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λωφήσῃ:
λωφήσῃ
, ut librarius prius
λωφήσει
scripsisse videatur, M.
λογήσῃ
G.

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χόλου:
χόλον
Vit.

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γιγνώσκεις:
γιγνώσκεις
Μ. Ceteri
γινώσκεις
. Cicero Q. Tusc. III. 31.
Sed sumendum tempus est non minus in animorum morbis quam in corporum: ut Prometheus ille Aeschyli, cui quum dictum esset atqui, Prometheu, te hoc tenere existumo, mederi posse rationem iracundiae, respondi siquidem quis tempestivam medicinam admovens non ad gravescens vulnus illidat manus
. His refutatur Bentleius, qui etiam alterum distichon Oceano tribuendum putabat.

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ψυχῆς νοσούσης: Libri omnes
ὀργῆς νοσούσης εἰσὶν ἰατροὶ λόγοι
. Stobaeus ΧΧ. 13.
ὀργῆς ματαίας εἰσὶν αἴτιοι λόγοι
. Plutarchus in Consol. ad Apollonium p. 102. Β.
καλῶς ἔχειν ὑπέλαβον τῶν παραμυθητικῶν σοι μεταδοῦναι λόγων πρὸς ἄνεσιν τῆς λύπης καὶ παῦλαν τῶν πενθικῶν καὶ ματαίων ὀδυρμῶν. ψυχῆς γὰρ νοσούσης εἰσὶν ἰατροὶ λόγοι, ὅταν τις ἐν καιρῷ γε μαλθάσσῃ κέαρ
. Plutarchum homo doctus in Novae bibliothecae Germanicae vol. LXVI. parte I. cuius observationes Latine versae in Beckii Commentariis societatis philologicae vol. II. exstant,
ψυχῆς
pro
ὀργῆς
substituisse, quoniam de dolore, non de ira scriberet, suspicabatur. Eadem Wyttenbachii sententia fuit. Eustathius p. 696, 33. fortasse ex Plutarcho,
κατὰ γὰρ τὴν τραγῳδίαν ψυχῆς νοσούσης εἰσὶν ἰατροὶ λόγοι
. Εt p. 1005, 21.
ἐπεὶ καὶ φύσει κατὰ τὸν εἰπόντα ψυχῆς νοσούσης εἰσὶν ἰατροὶ λόγοι
. Sic hic versus scriptus est etiam in Georgidae Gnomologio in Boissonadii Anecd. I. p. 100. Attulerat Stanleius Isocratis verba in or. de pace S. 39.
ὑμᾶς δὲ χρὴ πρῶτον μὲν τοῦτο γιγνώσκειν, ὅτι τῶν μὲν περὶ τὸ σῶμα νοσημάτων πολλαὶ θεραπεῖαι καὶ παντοδαπαὶ τοῖς ἰατροῖς εὕρηνται, ταῖς δὲ ψυχαῖς ταῖς νοσούσαις καὶ γεμούσαις πονηρῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν οὐδέν ἐστιν ἄλλο φάρμακον πλὴν λόγος ὁ τολμῶν τοῖς ἁμαρτανομένοις ἐπιπλήττειν
: verum ibi pro
νοσούσαις
codex Vrbinas praebuit
ἀγνοούσαις
. Plutarchi et Eustathii scripturam probarunt Stephanus, Casaubonus ad Athenaeum p. 65. Gatakerus in Adv. misc. p. 487. C. Ei repugnare videtur Ciceronis interpretatio, nisi hunc sententiam magis quam verba expressisse putabimus.
Ὀργή
quidem non videtur
νοσοῦσα
dici potuisse. Nam etsi
νοσεῖν περί τι
vel
ἐπί τινι
de vehementi cupiditate dicitur, ut apud Platonem in Phaedro p. 228. Β.
ἀπαντήσας δέ τῳ νοσοῦντι περὶ λόγων ἀκοήν, ἰδὼν μὲν ἥσθη ὅτι ἕξοι τὸν συγκορυβαντιῶντα, καὶ προςάγειν ἐκέλευε
, tamen si quid simpliciter
νοσεῖν
dicitur, ei significatur deesse aliquid, quominus id sit quod pro natura sua esse debeat. Itaque
ὀργὴ νοσοῦσα
non erit nimia et modum excedens ira intelligenda, sed quae non impleat modum nec possit recte censeri ira esse. Adhaeret enim illi verbo debilitationis quaedam notatio. Non igitur recte
νοσούσης
ille interpretatus est, qui pro eo verbo
ματαίας
, quod apud Stobaeum est, posuit. Pauwianam sapientiam, qui, quod
ὀργή
quamlibet animi affectionem significaret, eo vocabulo hic usum esse Aeschylum putavit, non debebat probare Wellauerus. Reisigius quod ad Soph. Oed. C. 1190. leni sane mutatione coniecit,
ὀργῆς νοσοῦσιν εἰσὶν ἰατροὶ λόγοι
, hac credo sententia, ut miseris iram lenire adhortationes dicantur, id si Aeschylus voluisset, scripsisset
νοσοῦσιν ὀργῆς
. Aliud in mentem venit G Dindorfio, quem moverunt haec verba Themistii in or. VII. p. 98.
φάρμακον δὲ ὀργῆς οἰδαινούσης τὸ μὲν αὐτίκα λόγος ἐστίν, ᾧ σὺ τηνικαῦτα ἐπράϋνας σφαδάζουσαν καὶ ζέουσαν ἔτι
, ut Aeschylum
ὀργῆς ζεούσης
scripsisse crederet, ad sententiam recte, modo satis appareret unde in libros
νοσούσης
irrepserit. Fatendum tamen est scholiastas aliud verbum quam
νοσούσης
videri legisse. Eorum unus
εἰπόντος τοῦ Προμηθέως ὅτι ἐγὼ τὴν παροῦσαν ὑπομενῶ τύχην, ἕως οὗ ὁ νοῦς τοῦ Διὸς παυθήσεται τῆς ὀργῆς, φησὶν ὁ Ὠκεανὸς πρὸς αὐτόν, οὐδὲ τοῦτο γινώσκεις, ὦ Προμηθεῦ, ὅτι οἱ λόγοι οἱ παρακλητικοὶ θεραπεύουσι τὴν ὀργὴν ἀγριαίνουσαν καὶ ἐπαιρομένην;
Alius interpres adscripsit
ἀκμαζούσης
. In alio scholio est
εἰπόντος Ὠκεανοῦ ὅτι τῆς ἀκμαζούσης ὀργῆς οἱ λόγοι εἰσὶν ἰατροί
. Quas interpretationes qui consideret, facile adducatur ut eas ad
σφριγώσης
pertinere putet, quandoquidem mox ad
σφριγῶντα
v. 382. adnotatum est
αὐξόμενον καὶ ζέοντα. ἀκμάζοντα. νεάζοντα καὶ αὐξάνοντα
. Atque apud Hesychium
σφριγᾷ, — ἀκμάζει, νεάζει. σφριγῶν, ἀκμάζων, νεάζων, αὔξων. σφριγῶντα, ἐπαιρόμενον, ἰσχύοντα
. Quod si cui hariolari libeat, suspicari poterit lectum fuisse olim
ὀργῆς σφριγώσης
, idque verbum quum librario in mente haereret, illatum ab eo esse pro
σφυδῶντα
, quod codex M. v. 382. habet. Verum eadem opera etiam alia coniici possunt, ut
ὀργῆς βρυούσης
. Nam Hesychius
βρύει, ῥέει, πηγάζει, ἀναβλύζει, πηδᾷ, ἀνθεῖ, ἀνίησιν, αὔξεται
. Dicitur id autem etiam non adiecto nomine, ut in Soph. Electra v. 422.
βρύοντα θάλλον
. Sed tamen consultius visum est tenere scripturam quae apud Plutarchum et Eustathium et Georgidam est, quum ad eam explicandam, quoniam de ira sermo est, facile adscribi potuerit
ὀργῆς
, quod pro diversa scriptura habitum deinde expulso
ψυχῆς
in
ὀργῆς
mutatum fuerit.

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ἐάν τις ἐν καιρῷ γε:
κἄν τις
G. quod etiam scholio in illo codice praepositum est.
ὅταν τις
Plutarchus.

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μαλθάσσῃ:
μαλθάσῃς
M. a pr. manu et G. Lips. 1. Ald. Rob.
μαλθακίσῃ
Lips. 2. Aug.

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σφυδῶντα:
σφυδῶντα
Μ.
σφυγῶντα
Lips. 1.
σφιγῶντα
G. Ceteri omnes
σφριγώντα
. Hesychius
σφυδῶν, ἰσχυρός, εύρωστος, σκληρός· et διασφυδῶσαι, αὐξῆσαι, ἀπὸ τοῦ σφύζειν
.

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ἰσχναίνῃ:
ἰσχράνει
Μ.
ἰσχαίνῃ
G. Lips. 1. et pauci alii libri.
ἰσχναίνῃ
Vit. Lips. 2. cum plerisque. Sed id cum in Lips. 2. sic scriptum sit ut imperito videri possit
ἰσχναίνῃ
esse, posuit hoc is qui Aug. scripsit.
ἰσχναίνῃ

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προμηθεῖσθαι:
προμηθεῖσθαι
M. G. Lips. 1. aliique et Ald.
προμηθεῖσθαι
Lips. 2. Aug. aliique et Rob.
ἐν τῷ προμηθεῖσθαι μὲ καὶ τολμῶν
, addita explicatione
προνοεῖσθαι ἐμὲ τὸ συμφέρον σοι
, Vit.
προμηθεῖσθαι
recte probarunt Scaliger et Valckenarius ad Phoen. 1475.

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ὁρᾷς:
ὁρᾷς το
, sed lineola transfixo, M.

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δίδασκέ με:
δίδασκέ μοι
Vit.

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περισσὸν:
περισὸν
Lips. 1.

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κουφόνούν:
κουφόνουν
cum unius aut duarum litterarum litura post ν M.

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τῇδε τῇ νόσῳ:
τῇδε τῇ νόσῳ
M. G. Vit. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. et cum plerisque. codd. Ald. Rob.
τήνδε τιν νόσον
inter versus adscriptum in Par. B. et sic Turn. Sophocles Trach. 544.
νοσοῦντι κείνῳ πολλὰ τῇδε τῇ νόσῳ.

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μὴ δοκεῖν φρονεῖν:
μὴ φρονεῖν δοκεῖν
Μ. et pauci alii codices.
μὴ δοκεῖν ἀφρονεῖν
G. Lips. 1. adscripta in utroque glossa φράζεσθαι.

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δόκει σοι:
δόξεις
M. G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. et plerique, quod unus scholiastarum frustra explicare conatur.
δόκει σοι
Vit. et alii pauci.
δόξει σοι, γρ. δοκήσῃ
Par. B. Apertum est scribendum fuisse
δόκει σύ
. Meum, inquit, hoc peccatum esse puta, ut desipere videar, quum recte sapiam. Quibus verbis iubet Oceanum absistere a consilio suo.

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οἶκον:
οἴκους
Lips. 2. Aug.

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πάλιν:
πάλαι
, sed supra scripto
ὀπίσω
, Vit.

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θρῆνος οὑμὸς:
θρῆνός ὁ ἐμὸς
G. Lips. 2. Aug. Ald.

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βάλῃ:
βάλλει
Vit.

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θακοῦντι:
θακοῦντι
M. Vit. aliique et Rob.
κρατοῦντι
G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. aliique et Ald. Id ut glossa supra adscriptum in Vit.

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ἀχθεσθῇ:
ἀχθεσθῇ
G.

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συμφορὰ:
συμφοραί
a pr. manu habuisse videtur M.

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λευρὸν γὰρ οἶμον:
λευρῶν γὰρ οἴμων
Ven. 2. 3. Rob. Ceteri
λευρὸν γὰρ οἶμον
, praeter Vit. in quo est
εὐρὺν
, superscripto
οι
. G.
λευρὸν
in litura, quum prius
λευρὰν
scriptum fuisset. Euripides Alc. 838.
ὀρθὴν παρ' οἶμον, ἣ ἐπὶ Λάρισσαν φέρει
. Praetuli ut exquisitius femininum, ad quod etiam
λευρὸν
ducere videtur.

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ψαίρει:
ψαίρει
M. G. et ex correctione Vit. probatum Turnebo, Iensio Lect. Luc. p. 393. Valckenario ad Phoen. 1399.
ψαύει
ante corr. Vit. aliique et Ald.
ψαύει
Lips. Aug. aliique et Rob.
ψαύει
, superscripto
ψαίρει
et addito
γρ. ψαίρει
Par. B.

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τετρασκελὴς:
τετρασχελής
Lips.

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δέ τἂν:
δέ τ' ἄν
M. G. Cantabr. 1. Vulgo
δέ τ' ἄν
. Blomfieldius recte
δέ τἂν
.

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κάμψειεν:
κάμψειε
G. Vit.
κάμψει
Lips. Aug. etsi glossa est in Lips.
κλίνειε
.

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

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

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

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

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νοτίοις:
νωτίοις
ante correctionem M.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ὑπερήφανον:
ὑπερήφανος
ante correctionem M.

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

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

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

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

408-409. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-459

μεγαλοσχήμονά τ' ἀρχαιοπρεπῆ δακρυχέει στένουσα: Libri
μεγαλοσχήμονα τ' ἀρχαιοπρεπῆ
, nisi quod Vind. 2. 3. 4.
τε
plene scriptum habent, Aug. autem
μεγαλοσχήμον τ' ἀρχαιοπρεπή
. Sola Aldina
μεγαλοσχήμων ἀπ' ἀρχαιοπρεπή
. Tum
στένωσι
, super
ο
addito
υ
, Μ.
στένουσι
G. Vit. aliique pauci et Rob.
στένουσα
Lips. Aug. aliique et Ald.
στένουσαν
Par. E. Agnoscunt
στένουσι
scholiastae. At sic tam languida fit oratio, ut plane indigna sit Aeschylo. Itaque vix dubitari posse videtur quin
στένουσι
correctori debeatur, qui
στένουσα
construi non posse animadverteret. Sed stropha monstrat post
ἀρχαιοπρεπή
excidisse verbum, quod videtur
δακρυχέει
fuisse,

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τὴν σὰν:
τῶν σῶν
G. Vit. Ald.
τὰν σὰν
Rob.

410. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-461

τε:
τε
omittunt Lips. Aug. Bess. Ald.

410. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-462

τιμάν:
τιμᾶν
ante corr. M.

411. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-463

ὁπόσοι:
ὅποσοι
G. et aliquot alii.

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ἁγνᾶς:
ἁγνὸς
Lips. Ald.

413. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-465

σοῖς:
σοῖς
M. G. Vit. Lips. Aug.
σοισι
pauci codices.

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θνητοί:
θνατοί
Μ. G. Ceteri
θνητοί
.

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μάχαις:
μάχας
M. aliique.
μάχαν
Rob.
μάχης
Lips. Aug. Ald.
μάχαις
G. Vit. et multi alii. Hoc tenui. Sophocles Ai. 365.
τὸν ἐν δαίοις ἄτρεστον μάχαις
.

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Σκύθης:
Σκύθη
Lips.

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γᾶς:
γῆς
Vit.

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τόπον:
τόπον
M. Vit. aliique et Rob.
πόρον
G. Lips. Aug. aliique.
τόπον πόρον
Ald. Restituit
τόπον
Porsonus, vocabulum tragicis tritissimum.

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Σαρματᾶν:
Ἀραβίας
M. G. Vit. et plerique.
Ἀρσαβίας
Lips. et pauci. Tum
ἄνθος
Ald.
ἄνθος
M. G. Vit. Lips. Aug. et cum ceteris plerisque Rob. I. H. Vossius in Geographia vet. p. XVIII. non opus esse ait ut exclamemus quod Plautinus Charmides in Trinummo IV. 2.89. dicenti
omnium primum in Pontum advecti ad Arabiam terram sumus
respondet,
an etiam Arabia est in Ponto?
Collocasse enim Aeschylum Arabiam in vicinia Caucasi. At si Euripides in Bacchis v. 16. sciebat ubi sita esset Arabia, respondere licebit quod Charmidae isti respondetur,
est: non illaec ubi tus gignitur, sed ubi absinthium fit atque cunila gallinacea
. Laborarunt jam veteres interpretes in quaerenda ratione qua Arabiam Scythiae admoverent: qui quum ei rei Troglodytas adhibuerunt, gravi errore, quem Casaubonus ad Strabonem p. 506. notavit, Troglodytas qui ad sinum Arabicum incolebant, de quibus Strabo in principio libri XVII. exposuit, confuderunt cum illis quorum sedes fuit inter Caucasum et paludem Maeotidem, de quibus idem Strabo refert libro XI. p. 506. quem locum spectarunt scholiastae. Praeter hos alii fuere Troglodytae ad Istrum circa Tomos, de quibus dixit Strabo libro VII. p. 318. Elmsleius cum Butlero latius patere visum antiquis esse nomen Arabiae et Aeschylum nihilo peritiorem geographiae Shakespeario fuisse censebat. Profecto ita est in iis locis qui ubi terrarum siti essent nemo tum accurate sciebat. At id non potest cadere in Arabiam, cuius nomen usque ad Caucasum porrigi credere relinquendum Welckero in Trilogia p. 20. et Bothio. Apertum est autem Aeschylum de noto claroque populo loqui, qui vel ad Caucasum vel in ipso Caucaso habitet. Nam quod sequitur,
ὑψίκρημνον θ' οἱ πόλισμα Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται
, non solum metri indicio sine
τε
copula scribendum est, sed etiam propter ipsam sententiam. Ineptissima esset enim gentis commemoratio, cuius nomen, quo in genere sibi placent tragici, taceretur, et tamen illa vocaretur
δάϊος στρατός, ὀξυπρώροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς
. Hinc non puto dubitari posse quin Sarmatas dixerit Aeschylus scripseritque
Σαρματᾶν τ᾽ ἄρειον ἄνθος
. In hos enim plane quadrat tota illa descriptio: sed nomen iam perantiquo tempore obscuratum fuisse oportet, ut ex superstitibus litterarum vestigiis
Ἀραβίας
eruerent librarii. Simillimi ipsis etiam verbis versus sunt Dionysii periegetae 652. seqq.

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ὑψίκρημνον οἳ:
ὑψίκρημνονθ' οἳ
Μ.
ὑψίκριμνον θ᾽ οἳ
Lips.
ὑψίκρημνον τ' οἳ
Ald.
ὑψίκρημνον θ' οἳ
ceteri. Delendam esse copulam viderunt Bothius atque Elmsleius.

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νέμονται:
νέμουσι
Μ. (si recte adnotatum est et Vit. paucique alii. Ceteri libri
νέμονται
, quod praestat non aliam ob caussam, quam quod gravior spondeus fit diphthongo, quam si
νέμουσιν
scribitur: nam in strophico versu est
οἳ γᾶς
.

422. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-474

Καυκάσου πύλας: Sed
Καυκάσου πέλας
, quod libri habent, non puto scripsisse Aeschylum. Primum enim ipsa verba videntur aliquid vitii prodere. Nam
πόλισμα
, quod
ὑψίκρημνον
dicatur, in Caucaso potius ipso quam in vicinia Caucasi situm, esse intelligitur. Deinde tam apposite convenit haec descriptio portis Caucasiis, ut sponte se offerat apta loco scriptura,
Καυκάσου πύλας
. Plinius H. N. VI. 12.
ab his sunt portae Caucasiae, magno errore multis Caspiae dictae, ingens naturae opus montibus interruptis repente, ubi fores obditae ferratis trabibus, subter medias amne diri odoris fluente citraque in rupe castello, quod vocatur Cumania, communito ad arcendas transitu gentes innumeras, ibi loci, terrarum orbe portis discluso, ex adverso maxime Harmastis oppidi Iberum
. De iisdem, etsi nomine non appellans, Strabo XI. p. 500.
ἐκ δὲ τῶν πρὸς ἄρκτον νομάδων ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἀνάβασις χαλεπή· καὶ μετὰ ταύτην ποταμία στενὴ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἀράγου ποταμοῦ τεττάρων ἡμερῶν ὁδὸν ἔχουσα ἐφ᾽ ἕνα· φρουρεῖ δὲ τὸ πέρας τῆς ὁδοῦ τεῖχος δύςμαχον
. Ptolemaeus has
Σαρματικὰς πύλας
appellavit. Denique vero etiam Lucianus videtur
Καυκάσου πύλας
legisse, quas ille quidem eo errore quem Plinius notavit Caspias dixit, quum scripsit in Prometheo cap. 4.
σὺ δέ, στωμύλος γὰρ εἶ καὶ δικανικός, ἀπολόγησαι ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ, ὡς δικαίαν τὴν ψῆφον ἔθετο ἀνεσταυρῶσθαί με πλησίον τῶν Κασπίων τούτων πυλῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ Καυκάσου, οἴκτιστον θέαμα πᾶσι Σκύθαις
.

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ὀξυπρώροισι:
ὀξυπόροισι
Lips. Aug.

425. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-476

μόνον δὲ πρόσθεν ἐν πόνοις:
μόνον δὴ πρόσθεν
M. Vit. Lips. Aug. aliique et Rob.
μόνον
omissum in G. sed in margine ante
δὴ
suppletum.
μόνον δὲ πρόσθεν
Ven. 2. Vind. 1. 3.
σου
post
πρόσθεν
addunt Par. B. Ox. Ald. Tum
ἄλλον ἐν πόνοις
Μ. aliique et Rob.
ἄλλων
Vit. Aug. aliique et Ald.
ἄλλον
in
ἄλλων
a sec. manu mutatum G.
ἄλλον
, superscripto
ων
, Lips.
ἄλλων
, superscripto
ἄλλον
et
γρ. πρόσθεν ἄλλον
, Par. B. Delendum esse
ἄλλων
vel
ἄλλον
adnotatio scholiastarum
ἢ σοῦ ἢ τῶν ἄλλων
docet. Scribendum est
μόνον δὲ πρόσθεν ἐν πόνοις
. Antistrophica enim haec sunt.

426. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-477

ἀδαμαντοδέτοις:
ἀδαμαντοδέτοις
Colb. 1. Ceteri libri
ἀκαμαντοδέτοις
, quod iam Stanleius corrigendum esse vidit. Inepta et ipsa secum pugnans vox est
ἀκαμαντοδέτοις
, nec dubium quin Aeschylus ut supra v. 148.
ἀδαμαντοδέτοις
, sed alio significatu, scripserit. Illic enim proprie eo vocabulo usus est, hic nihil nisi invictam necessitatem dixit. Ita Dionysii tyranni dominatus
ἀδάμαντι δεδεμένος
dicebatur, de quo Kuhnius et Perizonius ad Aeliani V. H. VI. 12. Ita Pindarus Pyth. IV. 125.
τίς δὲ κίνδυνος κρατεροῖς ἀδάμαντος δῆσεν ἅλοις
, commemoratus inter alia ab Rittershusio ad Oppiani Cyneg. III. 240. Eodem pertinet illud in oraculo, apud Herodotum VII. 141.
σοὶ δὲ τόδ᾽ αὐτις ἔπος ἐρέω, ἀδάμαντι πελάσσας
.

426. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-478

Τιτᾶνα λύμαις:
τιτᾶν ἀλύμαις
Vit.

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ἐςειδόμαν:
εἰσιδόμαν
, superscripto
ην
, Vit. Lips.
εἰσιδόμην
Vind. 4. Ald. Rob.
εἰσιδόμαν
ceteri.
εἰςειδόμαν
scribendum esse antistropha monstrat.

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θεῶν:
θεὸν
M. G. Par. L. Rob.
θεόν
, superscripto
ῶν
, Bess.
θεῶν
ceteri.

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Ἄτλαντος ὑπέροχον σθένος κραταιόν, ὃς γᾶν οὐράνιόν τε πόλον νώτοις ὑποστεγάζει:
ἄτλανθ᾽ ὡς
Μ.
ἄτλανθ' ὃς
ceteri, praeter Vit. Ald. qui divisim
ἄτλαν θ' ὃς
habent, ex inepta recentioris scholiastae sententia, qui
Τιτάνα
Typhonem intelligens accusativum esse volebat
Ἄτλαν
. Scilicet Tzetzes ad Hesiodi O. et D. 381.
Ἄτλας, Ἄτλα
declinari propter
Ἀτλαγενέων
affirmavit: quam sapientiam notavit Lobeckius ad Phryn. p. 669. Nihil ad illam declinationem tuendam confert vocativus
Ἄτλα
, quem a Graecis acceptum in hoc Ovidii Metam. IV. 643. videmus,
tempus, Atla, veniet
: cui par est apud Homerum
Πουλυδάμα
. Sed tamen indulserunt sibi interdum poetae huiusmodi mutationes formarum: unde apud Choeroboscum ad Theodosii canones in Bekkeri Anecd. p. 1183. legimus
καὶ λέγουσιν οἱ ποιηταὶ πολλάκις ὁ Αἴας τοῦ Δία καὶ ὁ Δρύας τοῦ Δρύα καὶ ὁ Θόας τοῦ Θόα, ὡς παρ' Ἡσιόδῳ “ἡ δὲ Θόαν τέκεν υἱόν,” καὶ παρ' Ἀλκαίῳ “Αἴαν τὸν ἄριστον.” οἱ γὰρ ποιηταὶ μέτρῳ δουλεύοντες πολλάκις διὰ τὴν ἀνάγκην τοῦ μέτρου παραβαίνουσι τὸν κάνονα
. Hesiodus quidem scribere poterat, et scripsit fortasse,
ἣ δὲ Θόαντ' ἔτεχ' υἱόν
. Alcaei versum integrum habet Hephaestio p. 61. Gaisf.
Κρονίδα βασιλῆος γένος, Αἴαν, τὸν ἄριστον πέδ Αχιλλέα
. Hic, ubi nulla metri necessitas cogebat, mirabilis est versus quem Dindorfius dedit,
εἰςιδόμαν θεὸν Ἄτλαν ὃς αἰὲν
Post
Ἄτλανθ᾿ ὃς
omnes libri
αἰέν
. Tum
ὑπείροσχον
Lips.
ὑπείοέχον
Par. C. Ceteri libri
ὑπείροχον
, praeter Vit. in quo recte scriptum est
ὑπέροχον
. Libri
σθένος κραταιὸν οὐράνιόν τε πόλον νώτοις ὑποστενάζει
, nisi quod
κρατεὸν
et
πῶλον
G. habet, Robortellus autem
ὑποβαστάζει
. Nihil hoc est nisi interpretatio verae scripturae
ὑποστεγάζει
, quae a me in dissertationis de differentia prosae et poeticae orationis parte prima p. 33. sive in Opusc. vol. I. p. 114. proposita effugit editorum praeter Dindorfium notitiam. In Vit. ad
ὑποστενάζει
superscriptum
βαστάζει
. Hesychius
στέγει, κρύπτει, συνέχει, βαστάζει, ὑπομένει
. Suidas in v.
στέγει, καὶ στεγόντων, ἀνεχόντων, βασταζόντων
. Atqui
στεγάζω
idem est quod
στέγω
. Totum locum, in quo emendando et alii et ego (veluti in Opusc. VII. p. 255.) varie laboravimus, nunc restituisse mihi videor. Et illud quidem Reisigius recte vidit,
σθένος
non potuisse de caelo dici, scribique, ex parte recte, voluit
Ἄτλαντος αἰὲν ὑπείροχον σθένος
. Deinde illud
οὐράνιόν τε πόλον
referri apparet ad aliquam terrae commemorationem, quemadmodum v. 351. Atlas dictus est
κίον᾽ οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ χθονὸς ὤμοις ἐρείδων
. Perturbati sunt strophae postremi versus eo quod
ὃς αἰέν
, non recte illud scriptum, in alienum locum venit. Scripsi
Ἄτλαντος ὑπέροχον σθένος κραταιόν, ὃς γᾶν οὐράνιόν τε πόλον νώτοις ὑποστεγάζει
.

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NA: Excidisse versum stropha docet.

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ξυμπίτνων:
ξυμπίτνων
sic M.
ξυμπιτνών
, acuto qui in media syllaba fuerat expuncto, Vit.
ξυμπίπτων
Cantabr. 1. Ven. 2. Vind. 3. et pro varia lectione Par. Β.
ξυμπιτνών
ceteri et in margine Vind. 3.

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βυθός:
βαθὺς
(non βαθός) M. Rob. In M. ad
στένει
adscriptum ἀπ᾿ εὐθείας τῆς τὸ
στένος
.

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κελαινὸς: Libri
κελαινὸς δ᾽ ἄΐδος
. Delendam esse particulam stropha monstravit.

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ὑποβρέμει:
ἀποβρέμει μυχὸς γᾶς
Vit.
ὑποβρέμυχος γᾶς
G.

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παγαί θ':
παγαί θ'
(non πηγαὶ δ' aut πηγαί θ') M. Vit. et ceteri plerique ac Rob.
πηγαί θ'
Lips. Aug. aliique et Ald.
πηγαὶ δ᾽
G.

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ἁγνορύτων:
ἁγνωρύτων
Μ.
ἁγνωρούτων
Vit.
ἁγνορρήτων
G.
ἁγνηρούτων
Par. F. Ceteri
ἁγνορρύτων
. Emendavit Heathius.

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οἰκτρόν:
πικρόν
pro
οἰκτρόν
Vit. et pauci alii.

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μή τοι:
μήτι
G. Vit. cum paucis codicibus et Ald.
μήτοι
ceteri et Rob.

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μηδ':
μηδ'
M. G. Vit. Lips. Aug. et ceteri ut videtur codices.
μήτ'
editiones veteres.

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αὐθαδίᾳ:
αὐθαδείᾳ
G.
ἀθυμίᾳ
Vit. Par. C.
αὐθαδίᾳ
supra adscriptum in Vit.

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προςσελούμενον:
προσηλούμενον
, super
η
a sec. manu adscripto
ε
, Μ.
προσηλούμενον
G. Par. G. D. F. N. Vind. 3. Cantabr. 1. 2. et pro varia lectione Par. Β.
προσελούμενον
Vit. Lips. Aug. Par. B. Vind. 1. 2. 4. Ald. Rob.
προσσελλούμενον
Ven. 3.
προσσελλούμενον
Turnebus, qui has scripturas adnotavit,
προσηλούμενον
et
προσεούμενον
. Brunckius ex Dawesii sententia in Misc. crit. p. 163.
προςἑλούμενον
. Porsonus, ut antea Askewius voluerat,
προσσελούμενον
, quod plerique receperunt. Ex Kiddii adnotatis ad Dawesii librum p. 295. cognovimus Bentleium, quod in uno codice Stobaei
προηγελοῦμεν
et apud Hesychium
προυγελεῖν
invenerat,
προϋγελούμενον
veram esse lectionem pronuntiasse. Mirae illae et inauditae formae
προυγελεῖν
et
προσελεῖν
qua radice ortae sint, qua analogia defendi possint, qua significationis derivatione commendentur, altum et apud ipsos et apud eorum pedisequos silentium. Solus, quod sciam, Buttmannus perplexam quandam viam in Lexilogi vol. II. p. 159. init, ut adhibita littera Aeolica et
προηγελεῖν
et
προυσελεῖν
tueretur, dirimi litem ratus Creticis
πρείους, πείγιστος, πρεινήϊον, πρειγευτής
ex
πρέσβυς
deflexis. De his Creticis copiose disseruit Valckenarius ad Theocriti Adoniazusas p. 319. seq. At haec non videntur comparari posse cum isto
προηγελεῖν
vel
προυσελεῖν
. Quod verbum etsi, quia rarissimum est, videri potest peregrinum esse, tamen nisi ostendatur et qui Doriensium
προυγελεῖν
usurpaverint et Attici quomodo id in multo magis mirabilem formam
προυσελεῖν
mutaverint, suspecta potius utraque forma, quam altera alteri praeferenda aut alterutra omnino admittenda censeri debet. Invenitur hoc verbum, quod hodie sciamus, apud duas dumtaxat antiquos scriptores, hoc in Aeschyli versu et apud Aristophanem in Ranis v. 730. Ibi haec leguntur,
τῶν πολιτῶν θ᾽ οὓς μὲν ἴσμεν εὐγενεῖς καὶ σώφρονας ἄνδρας ὄντας, καὶ δικαίους, καὶ καλούς τε καγαθούς, καὶ τραφέντας ἐν παλαίστραις καὶ χοροῖς καὶ μουσικῇ, προσελοῦμεν
. Tertium exemplum, in quo recte idem verbum agnovit Lobeckius ad Ai. p. 252. ed. pr. 159. ed. alt. Aeliani est in epistola tertia, sed illud, ut videtur, ex Promethei versu sumptum,
καὶ γὰρ ἂν εἰκότως μοι στενάξαι τὰ τῶν προγόνων ἠρία, εἰ Εὐπειθείδης ὁ Κορυδαλλεὺς ἐμαυτὸν περιοψοίμην προσηλούμενον, καὶ ταῦτα ἀνδραπόδου ἴσως δυεῖν μναῖν ἀξίου
. Videamus nunc de scriptura. Atque apud Aeschylum nullus liber nec
προσσελούμενον
nec
προγελούμενον
praebet. Apud Aristophanem autem liber Ravennas
προυσελοῦμεν
. Ceteri libri, in quibus Venetus est, non minoris ille quam Ravennas auctoritatis,
προσελοῦμεν
, in duobus, quos Dobraeus contulit, alterum
σ
supra scriptum est. Etiam Suidas
προσελοῦμεν
habet. Sed apud Stobaeum XLIII. 28. ubi Aristophanis versus leguntur, codex N. non A. quem Grotius nominat, in quo libro non legitur iste locus, et editio princeps habent
προηγελοῦμεν
. Hesychius
προϋγελεῖν, προπηλακίζειν, ὑβρίζειν
. Sed idem etiam
προσέλει, προπηλακίζει
. Incertum est pertineatne huc quod apud eundem sic scriptum legitur,
προσελα, προύτελα, προτελεῖ
. Tum in Etym. Μ. in v.
προσέληνοι
p. 690, 12.
προυσελλεῖν λέγουσι τὸ ὑβρίζειν. καὶ οἱ Ἀρκάδες, ἐπειδὴ λοιδορητικοί εἰσιν. οὕτως ἐν ὑπομνήματι Προμηθέως δεσμώτου
. Ex eodem fonte haustum est scholion cod. M. ad Aeschyli versum,
ὑβριζόμενον. ὅθεν καὶ Ἀρκάδες προσέληνοι. ὑβρισταὶ γὰρ μέμψιν ἀνθρώπων ἔχων
. Similiter scholia aliorum codicum. Tzetzes ad Lycophr. 482. de Arcadibus
ἢ ὅτι προσέληνοι οἱ ὑβρισταὶ λέγονται. προσελεῖν γὰρ τὸ ὑβρίζειν
. Sic etiam repetens illa Favorinus. Et idem
προσελεῖν τὸ ὑβρίζειν κατὰ Ἀρκάδας· ἐπειδὴ οἱ Ἀρκάδες λοιδορητικοί εἰσιν. Ἀριστοφάνης “ἐν ταῖς παλαίστραις καὶ χοροῖς καὶ μουσικῇ προσελοῦμεν.”
Hinc in Tzetzae Chil. I. 882. et IV. 813. quibus in locis
προσελοῦν
legebatur,
προσελεῖν
restituit Kiesslingius. Viroque loco Tzetzes dicit
τὸ γὰρ ὑβρίζειν προσελεῖν καλεῖται παρ' Ἀρκάσιν
, nisi quod in priore, fortasse per errorem,
παρ' ἑτέροις
legitur. Eadem forma in scholiis Aristophanis, quae hoc verbum Atticis tribuunt. Tam multis testibus
προσελεῖν
, tam paucis
προϋσελεῖν
et
προυγελεῖν
cognitum habemus. Et quis, si hoc verbum
προυγελεῖν
vel
προυσελεῖν
fuisset, a
προσελήνοις
illud repetivisset Arcadibus? Mihi quidem sapientior fuisse videtur Dobraeus, qui in addendis ad Aristophanica p. (124) et
υ
et
υγ
ex illa litterarum forma ortum esse iudicavit, qua in codicibus
σσ
scribi solet. Haec et in forma verbi et in significatione explicanda aptissima est et minimae obscuritatis ratio. Namque ut a
τέλλειν τελεῖν
, sic a
σέλλειν σελεῖν
est deductum.
Σέλλειν
autem, cognatum illud cum
εἴλειν, ἔλλειν
, quod
ὁρμᾶν
significaret, commemoravit Eustathius p. 1041, 29. 32. et ex eo Favorinus in v.
ξυσσέλμοιο νηός
. Videtur id proprie crispantem motum, quo aliquid rotatur, iactatur, vibratur, notasse. Inde
σόλος
, eodem loco memoratus Eustathio, ut a
δικεῖν δίσκος
. Inde
σέλας, σελήνη, σέλμα, Σελλήεις
et aliquot alia nomina. Nisi fallor, pertinet huc etiam
σελλίζειν
. Hesychius
σελλίζεσθαι, ψελλίζεσθαι. τινὲς δέ, σελλίζει, ἀλαζονεύει
. Id verbum grammatici a quodam Sello repetunt, quem vereor ne ipsi finxerint, quoniam Aeschinem quendam ab Aristophane in Vespis v. 325. et 1243.
τὸν Σελλοῦ
et v. 459.
τὸν Σελλαρτίου
appellatum videbant. At non Sellus, sed Aeschines propter vanitatis insolentiam famosus erat: quare istiusmodi feroces iactatores
αἰσχινίζειν
potius quam
σελλίζειν
essent dicti. Hinc colligi posse videtur Aeschinem istum non quod patrem haberet Sellum, sed quod temere gloriosus esset,
τὸν σελλοῦ
, i. e. iactatoris filium, vulgo esse appellatum: quam appellationem propter eandem caussam Aristophanes etiam ad Amynian transtulit, in eadem illum fabula v. 1267.
Ἀμυνίαν τὸν σελλοῦ
vocans. Ac titubant, eoque confirmant suspicionem nostram scholiastae, quos non mirandum est Sellum istum patrem putasse Aeschinis, quia qui illi pater fuerit non est proditum. Scholiastes Aristophanis ad Av. 824. de Aeschine
καὶ οὗτος πένης, θρυπτόμενος καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπὶ πλούτῳ καὶ λέγων ἑαυτὸν πλούσιον. ἦν δὲ Αἰσχίνης Σελλοῦ. ἔλεγον δὲ ἐκ μεταφορᾶς τοὺς τοιούτους σελλούς. καὶ τὸ ἀλαζονεύεσθαι δὲ σελλίζειν
. Qui eadem habet Suidas in
Θεαγένους χρήματα
, apud eum scriptum est
ἦν δὲ Αἰσχίνης σέλλος
. Scholiastes ad Vesp. 1259.
κομήτης ὁ Ἀμυνίας, Προνάπου υἱός. ὁ γὰρ Σέλλος οὐκ ἦν αὐτοῦ πατήρ, ἀλλ᾽ Αἰσχίνου. ἵνα οὖν καὶ τὸν Ἀμυνίαν καὶ τὸν Αἰσχίνην κωμωδήσῃ ὡς πένητας, τοῦτο εἶπεν
· et paullo post
Σέλλου δὲ εἶπεν, ἐπειδὴ πένης Αἰσχίνης ὁ Σέλλου
. Hesychius
σεσσελλίσαι. Φρύνιχος ἐν Κρονίῳ ἄγαμαι Διονύσου στόματος, ὡς στελλίσαι κεκομμένα πολλάκις
. Αἰσχίνης τις ὑπῆρχε Σέλλου καλούμενος, ἀλάζων καὶ ἐν τῷ διαλέγεσθαι καὶ ἐν τῷ προςποιεῖσθαι πλουτεῖν, πενόμενος καθ᾽ ὑπερβολήν, ὡς τοὺς παραπλησίους οὕτω καλεῖσθαι. Corrigendum puto Φρύνιχος ἐν Κρόνῳ
ἄγαμαι, Διονῦ, σοῦ στόματος, ὡς σεσέλλισαι· καὶ κωμικοὶ πολλάκις
. Neque non huc referendum, quod idem Hesychius habet,
σελληγορεῖ, εὐχερείας ἀναφώνημα
. Scribe
εὐχερείας ἀναφωνεῖ
, i. e. temeritates loquitur. Cognatum cum
προςσελεῖν
esse
σίλλος
iam ab aliis observatum est, quod nomen ipsum quoque ab
εἴλλειν
et
ἴλλειν
habet originem, recteque, ut opinor, Valckenarius ad fragmenta Callimachi p. 282. etiam
ἕλλετε
, quod in fr. 292. pro
ἔρρετε
dictum tradidit Eustathius p. 756, 37. non ille tamen Heraclide auctore, ut Hemsterhusius ad fr. 121. ait, ex eadem radice natum suspicabatur. Ex his quae disputavi apparebit cur in Aeschyli versu scripserim
προςσελούμενον
.

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καίτοι:
καίτι
Vit.

440. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-495

τοῖς νέοις:
τοῖς νέοις
supra versum scriptum in Lips. omissum in Aug.

441. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-496

διώρισεν:
δι᾽ ὤρισεν
G.

442. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-497

αὐτὰ:
ἀλλ' αὐτῷ
G.

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τἄν βροτοῖς:
γρ. τἀμβροτοῖς
Par. B.

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πήματα: Pro
πήματα
, quod omnes libri habent, Brunckius
πταίσματα
posuit, quia in Par. Β. minutissimis litteris inter versus scriptum est
πταίσματα ἃ εἶχον προτοῦ, κατ᾽ εἰρωνείαν
. At illud
κατ᾽ εἰρωνείαν
ad
πήματα
spectat,
πταίσματα
autem, quae manifesta interpretatio est, etiam numeros corrumpit. Comparari potest Euripidis hoc in Heracl. 962.
χρὴ γὰρ οὐχ ἅπαξ θνήσκειν σε, πολλὰ πήματ' ἐξειργασμένον
.

444. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-500

ἀκούσαθ':
ἀκούσασθ'
Lips.

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ὥς σφας:
ὥσφας
, deleto qui in altera syllaba erat accentu, Μ.
ὡς σφὰς
Lips. Ald. Rob. Turn. et ex correctione primae manus Vit. in quo antea erat
ὡς σφᾶς
, ut inde a Victorio scribitur. Scribendum erat
ὡς σφας
. V. ad Soph. Oed. Col. 486.

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ἐπηβόλους:
ἐπηβόλους
M. Vit. Aug.
ἐπιβόλους
G. et ante corr. Lips. Commemoratur
φρενῶν ἐπήβολος
non addito auctoris nomine ab Eustathio p. 625, 37.

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ἀλίγκιοι: Margo ed. Ald. apud Morellium
γρ. ἀλίγκιον
. Nullo in libro haec scriptura est, sed fuit in Vit. in quo tamen correcta est.

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χρόνον:
χρόνον
Lips. Aug. Ald. Rob.
βίον
adscripto
χρόνον
Vit. Par. B.
βίον
Μ. G. et ceteri.

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προςείλους:
προσήλους
G. aliique et Ald. Rob.
προσήλους
, superscripto alteri syllabae
ει
, M. Vit. Lips.
προσείλους
codices nonnulli et Turn. V. Etym. Μ. in
πρόςειλος οἰκία
p. 690, 15. et Olearium ad Philostr. p. 69. ac Dawesium Misc. crit. p. 269.

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ἦσαν:
ᾔσαν
Μ.
ἦσαν
G. Aug. aliique.
ἦσαν
, supra scripto
ι
, Lips.
εἶσαν
Vit. a correctore.
σαν
codices nonnulli et edd. vett.
ἦσαν
scribendum esse monuerat Piersonus in addendis ad p. 174. notarum in Moerin.

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ἔναιον:
ἔναγον
a pr. manu habuisse videtur M.
ἔνναιον
Aug.

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ἀήσυροι:
Ζήσυροι
M. a pr. manu et Turn.
ἀείσυρος
Cantabr. 1.
ἀήσυροι
M. a recentiore manu et ceteri. In Par. A. B.
η
superscriptum. Eustathius p. 1500, 27. de vocabulo
ἁλιαής
disserens,
γίνεται δὲ παρὰ τὴν ἅλα καὶ τὸ ἄω τὸ πνέω· ἐξ οὗ — ἀήτης ἐπὶ ἀνέμου, καὶ ἀήσυρον κατὰ τοὺς παλαιοὺς τὸ κούφον, ὅθεν καὶ “Ζήσυροι μύρμηκες” παρὰ Αἰσχύλῳ
. Idem p. 1547, 20.
ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ῥηθέντος ἄω καὶ ἀήσυρον τὸ κοῦφον· ὅθεν καὶ παρ' Αἰσχύλῳ “μύρμηκες ἀήσυροι.”

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NA: Versus 455–461. affert Achilles Tatius in Isagoge ad Aratum, versus 455–460. Stobaeus Ecl. phys. I. 2. hic quidem v. 455. servans Aeschyli librorum scripturam; sed apud Achillem Tatium est
οὐκ ἦν γὰρ αὐτοῖς
.

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θέρους:
θέρεος
G.

458. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-511

ἔςτε:
ὥστε
Lips.

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ἀντολὰς:
ἀνατολὰς
G. Vit.

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δύσεις: Libri Aeschyli omnes cum Achille Tatio
δύσεις
, nisi quod in Par. C.
δύσης
est, superscripto
ει
. Sed Stobaeus
ὁδούς
. Et hoc quidem olim in Observationibus criticis p. 18. praeferendum iudicavi, quia occasus siderum neque omnino cur difficiles observatu dicantur, neque cur difficiliores quam ortus, perspici possit, quod contra id recte de meatu eorum praedicetur. Quod Wellauerus conquestus est, constringi sic artioribus vinculis sermonem poeticum, praetereaque antecedens
ἀντολάς
postulare
δύσεις
, per se cadit, quia quae hic facta est distinctio aperte non poeticae dictionis est, sed accuratae demonstrationis, tantumque abest ut propter ortus commemorandi sint occasus, ut quo facilius ortuum appellatio animum ad occasuum cogitationem advertit, eo proclivius fuerit librariis
δύσεις
scribere. Ac valde sibi placere
ὁδούς
Dobraeus quoque, vir non hebetis iudicii, professus est in Aristophanicis p. (54). Sed tamen ne
ὁδούς
quidem satis aptum est, siquidem ortu siderum cognito non admodum difficile erat meatus explorare. Multo magis hic memoranda erat natura et vis ac potestas siderum, quae quod alia in aliis est, recte dicitur difficilis esse ad diiudicandum. Quare
δύσεις
posui, quod apparet quam facile, ortus mentione praegressa, in
δύσεις
potuerit mutari.

460. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-514

σοφισμάτων:
νοσφισμάτων
, non
νοφισμάτων
, M. in cuius margine recentior manus
σοφισ
adscripsit. Commemorat
νοσφισμάτων
scholion, quod non habet M.
γράφεται καὶ νοσφισμάτων. καὶ γάρ τις μέτρον γινώσκων τῶν πραγμάτων αὑτοῦ οὔποτε τοῦ εἰκότος ἐκπέσοι
. Apud Stobaeum Ecl. phys. 1. 2. est
ἀριθμὸν εὑρὼν ἔξοχον σοφισμάτων βίον διώκησ᾽ ὄντα πρὶν πεφυρμένον θηρσίν θ' ὅμοιον· πρῶτα μὲν τὸν πάνσοφον ἀριθμὸν εὕρην ἔξοχον σοφισμάτων
. Quae ad Euripidis Palamedem pertinuisse videntur. Illud mirum est, quod scholiastes Aristidis p. 273. ed. Fromm. p. 702, 30. ed. Dind. ubi haec ipsa Palamedis verba in mente habuit Aristides, adnotavit,
τοῦτο ἐν Αἰσχύλῳ Προμηθεὺς λέγει περὶ τοῦ ἀνθρωπείου γένους
. In florilegio Stobaei LXXXI. 1. afferuntur versus 460-462.

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τε:
πρῶτος
apud Stobaeum, et sic Porsonus scribi iubebat.

461. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-516

συνθέσεις:
γραμμάτων δὲ σύνθεσιν
apud Stobaeum legitur.
γραμμάτων συνθέσεις
G.
γραμμάτων τε συνθέσεις
ceteri libri Aeschyli omnes, et
συνθέσεις
etiam Stobaei codex A.

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NA: Adnotatio ΩΣ et ΟΥΣiou in Crameri Anecd. Ox. IV. p. 318, 19.
Αἰσχύλος δὲ Προμηθέα φησὶν εἰρηκέναι ταῦτα
.

462. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-518

μνήμην ἁπάντων μουσομήτορ' ἐργάνην:
μνήμην ἁπάντων
Μ.
θ
supra addito post primam vocem a recentiore manu.
μνήμην ἁπάντων
etiam Stobaeus.
μνήμην τ᾽ ἁπάντων
Aug. Ceteri libri omnes
μνήμην θ᾽ ἁπάντων
. Tum
μουσομητὸς
apud Stobaeum est. Denique
ἐργάνην
M. a pr. manu, quae quas amplius litteras addiderat, iis deletis manus admodum recens
ἐργάτιν
scripsit.
ἐργάτιν
Par. B. in quo additum
γρ. μουσομήτορος ἐργάτην
, Bess. et edd. vett.
ἐργάτην
Vit. Lips. Aug. aliique.
ἐργάνῃ
praebuit Stobaeus. Brunckius secutus est Hemsterhusium, qui ad Lucianum vol. I. p. 88. sic scribendum censuit,
γραμμάτων τε σύνθεσιν, μνήμης ἁπάντων μουσομήτορ' ἐργάνην
. Recepit
ἐργάνην
Blomfieldius, ut lectionem antiquam, servans ille
μνήμην θ'
, id quod fecerunt etiam quum alii, tum Wellauerus, argutias esse dicens, quibus ea scriptura damnetur. Id ille temere iudicavit. Nam artem memoriae si a Prometheo inventam dixisset Aeschylus, quae ab aequali eius Simonide inventa fertur, aut propter tempora stolidissime confusa ridiculus, aut ineptus propter commemorationem inventi, quod non disciplina aliqua doctrinave contineri, sed naturae beneficio tribui hominibus videretur, ab iis qui hoc iactantem Prometheum audirent esset iudicatus. Hemsterhusii elegantissima est coniectura et profecto optima, nisi quod non opus erat
σύνθεσιν
adsumere,
μνήμης ἁπάντων μουσομήτορ' ἐργάνην
. Nam etsi servari posset
μνήμην
, si sic interpungeretur,
μνήμην ἁπάντων, μουσομήτορ' ἐργάνην
, quod olim defendi in Obs. crit. p. 19. tamen multo aptius et commodius cum aperto genitivo coniungitur
ἐργάνην
, quam si
Μουσῶν
ex
μουσομήτορα
esset intelligendum. Sic etiam Euripides Androm. v. 1014. (987.)
τίνος οὕνεκ' ἄτιμον ὀργάναν χέρα τεκτοσύνας Ἐνυαλίῳ δοριμήστορι προςθέντες τάλαιναν, τάλαιναν μεθεῖτε Τροίαν
. Apertum est autem
ἐργάνην
propterea adsciscendum esse, quia
ἐργάτιν
, in quo personae notatio est, non apte declarando plurali
συνθέσεις
adhiberetur. Nam
ἐργάτης
effectrix est,
ἐργάνη
autem proprie effectionem significat. Apposite comparavit Schützius Livii verba in principio libri sexti,
et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere, una custodia fidelis memoriae rerum gestarum
. Eodem modo Euripides in Palamede apud Stobaeum LXXXI. 7. litteras
λύπης φάρμακα
appellavit, imitatus ille Aeschylum.

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πρῶτος:
πρώτων
, superscriptis
ος
et
ως
a pr. manu, Vit.
πρώτως
G.

463. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-520

κνώδαλα:
κνώδ
Μ. deletis reliquis litteris, quas recentior manus supplevit.

464. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-521

ζεύγλαισι:
ζεύγλαισι
M. G. et superscripto
η
Vit.
ζεύγλησι
Lips.
Ζεύγλην
alii curvaturam iugi, alii partem eam cui collum iumenti immittitur, vel, quod idem est, lora, quae subiugia ab Latinis vocantur, esse tradunt. Hoc significatu hic dixit Aeschylus et ante eum Homerus Il. XIX. 405.
πᾶσα δὲ χαίτη ζεύγλης ἐξεριποῦσα παρὰ ζυγὸν οἶδας ἵκανεν
. V. scholiastas Homeri et Schefferum de re vehiculari p. 116. seqq. In Etym. M. p. 499. alia commemoratur significatio,
τὸ τοῦ τραχήλου μέρος, καθ᾽ ὃ ὁ ζυγός
.

464. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-522

σώμασίν θ':
σώμασίν θ'
Μ. et pauci alii. Ceteri
σώμασί θ'
. Haec vox iam scholiastis molestiam creavit, qui eam vel ad
δουλεύοντα
referri, ut
ἐπισάττεσθαι
iumenta et
φόρτους ἐπάνω τῶν σωμάτων αἴρειν σκευοφοροῦντα
dicerentur, vel construi cum sequentibus verbis voluerunt hoc modo,
καὶ ὑφ᾽ ἅρματ᾽ ἤγαγον φιληνίους ἵππους, ὅπως ἐν τοῖς σώμασι γένωνται διάδοχοι μεγίστων μοχθημάτων τοῖς θνητοῖς
, quam interpretationem meliorem esse censuerunt. Sic interpunctum in M. a sec. manu et in Vit. atque in editione Garbitii, admiseruntque hanc satis duram constructionem Porsonus eumque secuti recentiores. In Vit. ad
σώμασί θ' ὅπως
superscriptum
ἡνίαις οἱ ἄνθρωποι
. Tan. Faber in epistola 67. partis l. scribendum putabat
σήμασιν
, quo signa virgae motu aliove modo iumentis data intelligerentur. Brunckius insigni audacia
κέντροισιν
posuit. Pauwi
σάγμασιν
in minore editione recepit Schutzius. Fefellit interpretes quod
ζεύγλαισι
et
σώμασιν
ablativorum potestate dicta putarunt, nec viderunt
σώμασιν
non de iumentorum, sed de sessorum qui iumentis inequitant corporibus esse accipiendum. Id ostendunt usitata in hac re verba
σωματηγός
εἰ
σωματηγεῖν
. Eustathius p. 1625, 40. de Aristophane grammatico,
ἀστράβαι δέ, φησίν, οἱ καταμόνας σωματηγοῦντες ἡμίονοι
. Hesychius in v.
ἀστράβη, οἳ δὲ κατὰ τὸ πλεῖστον μὲν τὴν σωματηγὸν ἡμίονον οὕτως ἔλεγον· ἐνίοτε δὲ πάντα ἁπλῶς τὸ σωματηγοῦντα ὑποζύγια
. Εtym. Μ. p. 159, 54.
οἳ δὲ τὴν σωματηγὸν ἡμίονον ἀστράβην λέγουσιν
. Eadem verba in eodem vocabulo habet Suidas.

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διάδοχοι:
διάδοχον
M. a pr. manu.

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γένοινθ':
γένωντ'
Ven. 1. Bess.
γένωνται
Vind. 1. 3.
γένοινθ'
Μ. G. Vit. Lips. Aug. et ceteri libri. Emendavit Dawesius in Misc. crit. p. 268 (481. ed. Kidd.).

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ὑφ᾽ ἅρμα τ': Libri
ὑφ᾽ ἅρματ'
, praeter Aug. qui
ὑφ᾽ ἅρμα τ'
habet. Sic Turn. et Grotius in Excerptis p. 9. eodemque modo Dawesius quoque et Tyrwhittus emendarunt.

468. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-526

θαλασσόπλαγκτα:
θαλασσόπλακτα
Vit. Lips. et a pr. manu M.

469. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-527

ναυτίλων ὀχήματα:
ναυτιλόχων ὀχήματα
Μ.

470. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-528

ἐξευρὼν:
ἐξεῦρον
Lips. Aug. Ven. 1. Par. E. Bess. Vind. 2. 4. Rob.

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βροτοῖσιν, αὐτὸς:
βροτοῖσιν αὐτὸς δ᾽ οὐκ
Lips. Aug. Par. B. Bess. Vind. 4. In Par. Β.
γρ. αὐτὸς οὐκ
adscriptum.
βροτοῖς αὐτὸς δ᾽ οὐκ
Rob.

471. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-530

σόφισμ᾽:
σοφισμάτων
Μ. superscripto a recentiore manu
ὅτω
.

473. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-531

αἰκὲς: Libri
ἀεικές
. Porsonus
αἰκές
. Restitutum hodie est
αἰκῶς
apud Sophoclem in El. 102. 216.
αἰκεῖς
ibidem v. 206.
αἰκέλιος
apud Theognidem v. 1344. et Euripidem in Androm. 131. atque in epigrammate appendicis Anthologiae Palatinae p. 791. Schol. Homeri ad Il. ΧΧΙΙ. 336.
ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰκέως, ὃ δηλοῖ τὸ αἰκιστικῶς, γίνεται αἰκῶς καὶ αἰκῶς. οἳ μὲν δισυλλάβως αὐτὸ προφέρονται, οἳ δὲ συνεστάλθαι φασί. περισπᾶται δέ. ἔστι γὰρ ἐκ τοῦ ἀἰκέως πεπονθός, ὃ σημαίνει τὸ αἰκιστικῶς καὶ χαλεπῶς
. Grammaticus in Bekkeri Anecd. p. 360, 26.
αἰκῶς, χαλεπῶς, δισυλλάβως, ἀπὸ τῆς αἰκίας. οὕτω Πλάτων
.

474-475. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-532

πλανᾷ, κακὸς δ' ἰατρὸς ὥς τις ἐς νόσον πεσὼν * κακοῖς* ἀθυμεῖς:
πλανᾷ
(πλανᾶι Μ.)
κακὸς δὲ ἰατρὸς ὥς τις ἐς νόσον πεσὼν ἀθυμεῖς
Μ. G. Vit. Lips. Aug. Ven. 3. Vind. 1. 2. 4. Rob.
πλάνα
Bess. Turn.
πλάνα
Ald.
πλάνη
Par. Β. D. Cantabr. 2. et a sec. manu Vind. 2. In Lips. superscriptum
γρ. πλάνῃ
. In Par. B. adnotata et
πλάνα
et
πλανᾷ
. Brunckius
πλάνῃ
recepit, ut iungerentur
πέπονθας αἰκὲς πῆμ' ἀποσφαλεὶς φρενῶν πλάνῃ
. Scholiastae et
πλάνα
et
πλανᾷ
memorant, hoc posterius si scribatur, construi volentes
πέπονθας αἰκὲς πῆμα· ἀποσφαλεὶς φρενῶν πλανᾷ
. Id admiserunt Porsonus alique. Aliam viam ingressus Reisigio auctore in comm. crit. ad Oed. Col. p. 366. Wellauerus interpunxit
πέπονθας αἰκὲς πῆμ', ἀποσφαλεὶς φρενῶν· πλανᾷ, κακὸς δ᾽ ἰατρὸς ὡς τις etc
. Eo modo quum se tollere vitium putabat Reisigius, satis esse existimans, si
φρενῶν
finiret sententiam, removit vitium quod nullum erat, intulit autem pro eo tria non levia, inutile verbum
πλανᾷ
, inconcinnam dictionem, non aptam sententiam. Nec potest comparari Euripidis versus in Bacchis 359. quem sic interpungi iubet,
μέμηνας ἤδη καὶ πρίν· ἐξέστης φρενῶν
. At haec sententia absurda est. Hoc ibi dicit Tiresias, insanis etiam prius quam correptus es insania. Apud Aeschylum illa pessima ratio est, interpungi
πέπονθας αἰκὲς πῆμ᾽· ἀποσφαλεὶς φρενῶν πλανᾷ
. Nam sic harum sententiarum posterior explicatio esset prioris, eaque prior reprehensionem contineret Promethei eamque verbis enuntiatam gravissimis. Id vero et a moribus chori alienissimum est, neque convenit cum iis, quae Prometheus modo dixerat. Melior Brunckii ratio est. Sed videtur tamen
πλάνῃ
vel
πλανᾷ
integrandis versibus additum esse. Scripsisse Aeschylum puto
πέπονθας αἰκὲς πῆμ᾽ ἀποσφαλεὶς φρενῶν, κακὸς δὲ ἰατρὸς ὥς τις ἐς νόσον πεσὼν κακοῖς ἀθυμεῖς
.

475. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-533

ὥς τις:
ὅστις
G. Lips. Cantabr. 1. 2. Ven. 1. Bess. Ald. Rob.
ὥστις
Μ. Vit. (non ὥστε) atque ita Turn.

476. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-534

ἰάσιμος:
ἰάσημος
G.
ἰάσιμον
Colb. 2. Bess. Ald. In Vit. a prima manu correctio facta, sed dignosci non potest
σ
in
μ
, an
μ
in
σ
sit mutatum.

477. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-535

μου:
μοί
G. Vit. aliique codices. In G. Vit.
μου
explicandi caussa superscriptum est.
μου
Lips. Aug.
μοῦ
M. aliique et editiones.

477. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-536

θαυμάσει:
θαυμάσῃ
libri praeter Ven. 3. Turn. qui habent
θαυμάσῃς
, quod superscriptum in Par. A. B.

478. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-537

οἷας:
i
superest a prima manu in M. Recentiores duae manus fecerunt una
οἵας
, altera
οἱᾶς
.

478. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-538

πόρους:
πόρους
M. Vit. aliique et Rob.
δόλους
G. Lips. Aug. aliique et Ald. Turn.
δόλους
ad
τέχνας
adscriptum fuisse credibile est. Hesychius
τέχνη, ἐπιστήμη ἢ δόλος
.

479. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-539

ἐς:
ἐς
Lips. Par. A. B. aliique.
εἰς
M. G. Vit.

480. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-540

οὔτε:
οὐδὲ
M.
οὐδὲ
G. Lips. edd. vett. Recte Brunckius cum Par. A. B. Arund. Cantabr. 2.
οὔτε
.

481. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-541

οὐ χριστόν:
οὐ χριστὸν
a pr. manu habuisse videtur M.
οὐδὲ χριστὸν
G.

481. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-542

οὐδὲ πιστόν:
οὐ πιστὸν
Lips. Aug. Colb. 1. Cantabr. 2. sed in Lips.
δὲ
superscriptum.
οὐ πιότατον
Vit. Par. B. C.
οὐδὲ πιστὸν
M. G. et pro varia lectione Par. B. atque sic edd. vett. Quater
πιστὰ φάρμακα
ex Aeschylo commemoravit Eustathius, p. 464, 37. 1050, 49. 1193, 22. 1554, 45: tum scholia in Iliadem in Crameri Anecd. Par. III. 200, 13. 283, 1.

482. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-543

χρείᾳ:
χρείαν
G.

482. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-544

κατεσκέλλοντο:
κατεσκέλοντο
Lips.

482. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-545

πρίν:
πρίν
M. G. Vit. aliique et Rob.
πρὶν
Par. A. B. Ald. Turn.

482. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-546

σφισιν:
σφισιν
Μ.
σφίσι
Lips. Ceteri
σφίσιν
.

483. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-547

ἠπίων:
ἡπιῶν
Lips.

483. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-548

ἀκεσμάτων:
χερασμάτων
diversa lectio in Par. B. et in margine Aldinae apud Morellium.

484. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-549

ἐξαμύνονται:
ἀμείβονται
G. Bess. Ald. et pro varia lectione in Par. B. in quo ad
αἷς
adscriptum
γρ. αἷς
.

485. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-550

τρόπους δὲ:
τρόπους τε
Μ.

485. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-551

ἐστοίχισα:
ἐστοίχησα
G.

488. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-552

τε:
τε
omittit Vit.

489. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-553

γαμψωνύχων:
γαμψονύχων
G.

490. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-554

τε:
τε
omittunt G. Bess. Ald. Rob. non Vit. ut ait Blomfieldius.

491. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-555

εὐωνύμους τε:
εὐώνυμοί τε
G. Rob. Exquisitiorem scripturam
εὐωνύμους τε
praebent M. Vit. Lips. multique alii et Ald.

493. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-556

στέργηθρα:
στέργη θρα
(non στέργητρα), erasa post
η
littera et
e
post
θ
a sec. manu addito, M.
στέργητρα
Colb. 2. Par. N.

493. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-557

συνεδρίαι:
συνεδρίαι
, litteris
δρ
a sec. manu in litura scriptis, M.
συνοδίαι
G.

494. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-558

λειότητα:
τε λειότητα
coniunctim M. Lips. sed in M. secunda manus divisit.

494. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-559

χροιὰν:
χροίαν
G.

495. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-560

δαίμοσιν:
δαίμοσι
M. G. Vit. Lips. Aug. edd. vett. Emendate Grotius in Excerptis p. 11. Post hunc versum credo unum excidisse. Nam non solum copula deest, sed etiam fellis color et forma res alienae sunt. Nihil enim, quod sciam, nisi ruptura fellis spectabatur, de qua Sophocles in Antigona v. 1009.
μετάρσιοι χολαὶ διεσπείροντο
.

498. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-561

κνίσῃ τε:
κνίσῃ τε
Μ. G.
κνήσσῃ
Par. G. Ceteri
κνίσσῃ τε
. Attigit hunc quoque locum I. H. Vossius in famosa illa de ossibus disputatione, in qua Heynium adortus in Epistolis mythologicis 38-40. sive secundae editionis ep. 76-78. demonstrare conatus est sola ossa femorum adipe tecta diis esse oblata, qui mos Hesiodo teste a celebrato illo Promethei dolo originem duxerit, eaque ossa
μηρία
et
μῆρα
ab Homero, non
μηροὺς
appellari. Aperuit Vossii errores Schneiderus in Lexico in v.
μηρίον
, cui assensus est censor Iliadis ab Heynio editae in Bibliotheca Germanica vol. XCIV. part. 1. p. 27. seq. quae censura separatim deinde edita est Berolini et Stettini a. 1805. in eandemque sententiam disputavit Nitzschius in commentariis ad Od. III. 456. Verissime Schneiderus. Iuvabit tamen de vocabulis istis omnique illa Vossii opinione paullo dicere explicatius. Ac
μηρίον
quidem proprie est os femoris,
μηρός
autem totum femur, i. e. os una cum carne qua est circumdatum. Sic etiam in hoc Herodoti III. 103.
κάμηλος ἐν τοῖσι ὀπισθίοισι σκέλεσι ἔχει τέσσερας μηροὺς καὶ γόνατα τέσσερα
. Nimirum in quoque pede duo femora duoque genua numerat. Coxendix enim cameli longior quam equi est, in quo ossa non pauciora nec femora quam in camelo sunt, sed non ut separatum femur conspicua coxendix.
Μηροί
autem pluralem habent etiam neutrius generis
μῆρα
, significatione congruentem cum vocabulo
μηρία
. Itaque obtinuit, ut, quum haec tria nomina in sacris promiscue de femore victimae usurparentur, non dicerentur
μηρία
et
μῆρα
de vivis sive hominibus sive aliis animantibus, sed
μηροί
. Legitur quidem in carmine quod inter Theocritea est XXV. v. 269. de Hercule leonem Nemeaeum sufflocante
πλευρῇσί τε μῆρ᾽ ἐφύλασσον
. Quae verba non mirum est explicata esse ineptissime, quia omni sensu carent. Egregie quid requireretur perspexit Briggsius,
μηροισί τε πλεύρ' ἐφύλασσον
. Apud Bionem in lamentatione Adonidis v. 84. ubi unus Amorum
μηρία λούειν
Adonidis dicitur, vereor ne scribendum sit
ὃ δὲ μηρὸν λούει
. Sed etsi et
μηρία
et
μῆρα
proprie nihil nisi ossa significant, tamen non est ab usu horum vocabulorum carnium notatio exclusa, in quam rem non ambiguum documentum Schneiderus attulit illud quod refert Athenaeus IV. p. 154. B. ex Posidonio,
τὸ δὲ παλαιόν φησιν ὅτι παρατεθέντων κωλήνων τὸ μηρίον ὁ κράτιστος ἐλάμβανεν, εἰ δέ τις ἕτερος ἀντιποιήσαιτο, συνίσταντο μονομαχήσοντες μέχρι θανάτου
. Quo loco usus est Eustathius p. 1606, 13. ut ostenderet
ὅτι οὐ νῶτα μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ μῆρα ἦν περισπούδαστα
. Quod si, ut Schneiderus docuit, non solum Homerus in sacris promiscue
μηρία, μῆρα, μηρούς
dicit, sed etiam apud alios scriptores
μηροί
diis sacrificari perhibentur, ut apud Sophoclem Ant. 1011. et saepius apud Pausaniam, veluti I. 24, 2. II. 10, 1. 5. 11, 7. V. 13, 8. 9. apertum est aut
μηροὶ
non proprie dici, si sola sunt ossa intelligenda, aut
μηρία
non proprium significatum retinere, si, quemadmodum apud Posidonium, os cum sua carne eo vocabulo comprehenditur. Tradunt enim grammatici
μηρία
esse
τὰ μηριαῖα ὀστᾶ
, ut Εtym. Μ. p. 585, 22. Quod Apollonius in lexico Homerico dicit,
μηρία, οὐχ ὡς ἡμεῖς, ἀλλὰ τὰ ἐκ τῶν μηρῶν ἐξαιρούμενα καὶ ἱεροθυτούμενα ὀστᾶ
(omnino enim
ὀστᾶ
ex Hesychio addendum), non indigere arbitror correctione quam Vossius p. 373. fecit, pro
οὐχ ὡς ἡμεῖς
scribi volens
οὐχ οἱ μηροί
, sed hoc dicere puto lexicographum, non usurpare Homerum eam vocem sic uti vulgo
μηρίον
bestiae mactatae os cum carne sua dicatur. Paullo aliter distinguit scholiastes Dionysii Thracis in Bekkeri Anecd. p. 856, 11.
καὶ τὸ μηρίον διάφορον· μηρία γὰρ τὰ ἐναγιζόμενα τοῖς θεοῖς, μηροὶ δὲ τὰ μὴ οὕτως ἔχοντα
. Εt Etym. Μ. p. 585, 43.
διαφέρει γὰρ τὸ ἀρσενικὸν τοῦ οὐδετέρου, ὅτι τὸ μὲν ἀρσενικὸν ὁ ποιητὴς τίθησι καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἁγιαζομένων, ὡς τὸ “μηροὺς ἐξέταμον,” καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἀνθρωπείων, “μιάνθην αἵματι μηροί,” τὸ δὲ οὐδέτερον ἐπὶ τῶν ἁγιαζομένων, ὡς τὸ “αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ κατὰ μῆρ' ἐκάη”
Ex his efficitur, nomina ista nihil ad rem facere, neque ex iis quidquam aut de nudis ossibus, aut de lumbis cum ipsa carne combustis posse colligi. At diserte testari putatur Hesiodus sola diis ossa esse oblata. Nam is quum in Theogonia v. 538. de Prometheo dixisset
τῷ μὲν γὰρ σάρκας τε καὶ ἔγκατα πίονι δημῷ ἐν ῥινῷ κατέθηκε, καλύψας γαστρὶ βοείῃ· τῷ δ᾽ αὖτ᾽ ὀστέα λευκὰ βοὸς δολίῃ ἐπὶ τέχνῃ εὐθετίσας κατέθηκε, καλύψας ἀργέτι δημῷ·
mox v. 556. addit
ἐκ τοῦ δ᾽ ἀθανάτοισιν ἐπὶ χθονὶ φῦλ᾽ ἀνθρώπων καίουσ᾽ ὀστέα λευκὰ θυηέντων ἐπὶ βωμῶν
. Dicatne hic id quod voluit Vossius an non dicat, aliunde certe quam ex eo colligi debet, quod
ὀστέα λευκά
appellat. Est enim illud perpetuum epitheton, quo utuntur poetae etiam ubi non potest de nudis ossibus cogitari, ut Il. XVI. 346.
τὸ δ᾽ ἀντικρὺ δόρυ χάλκεον ἐξεπέρησεν νέρθεν ὑπ' ἐγκεφάλοιο· κέασσε δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὀστέα λευκά
. Od. XI. 219.
ἀλλὰ τὰ μέν τε πυρὸς κρατερὸν μένος αἰθομένοιο δαμνᾷ, ἐπεί κεν πρῶτα λίπῃ λεύκ᾽ ὀστέα θυμός
. At, etiamsi epitheton eripuimus, res ipsa quam narrat Hesiodus ita pro Vossii opinione pugnare videtur, ut censor ille in Bibliotheca Germanica, quoniam Meconae illud Promethei sacrificium perhibetur factum esse, ritum illius loci proprium describi, non morem commemorari communem universae Graeciae existimaret. Id vero non credo eum cuiquam persuasisse: aperte enim obstat quod
ἐπὶ χθονὶ φῦλ᾽ ἀνθρώπων
ossa diis sacrificare poeta dicit. Et tamen, ut rectissime monet Nitzschius, non est credibile diis, quos hominum simillimos esse antiquitas credebat, ea esse oblata quae nemo convivis suis ad epulandum apponeret. Poterit, nisi fallor, hic nodus interpretando solvi. Nam tota haec de Promethei doloso sacrificio fabula eo videtur consilio excogitata esse, ut ostenderetur, cur institutum esset osseas potissimum partes hostiarum, lumbos et coxendicem, diis consecrare. Quum enim qui sacrificabant ipsi quoque partem hostiae et maximam quidem vindicarent, diis dabant ea quae instar aliquod essent totius victimae, ideoque componerentur ex ossibus, carne, adipe, visceribus. Ossa igitur ea principalem locum tenebant, quae et ipsa essent validissima ac fortissima et plurimam optimamque carnem haberent. Ea ex corpore victimae exsecabant: id enim significari, quum
μηροί
νel
μηρία ἐκτέμνεσθαι
dicuntur, perspexit Nitzschius. Veri igitur simillimum est coxendicem cum carne adhaerente esse combustam. Idque colligi posse videtur ex his Eustathii, haud dubie bonos auctores secuti, p. 134, 25.
ἔκαιον δὲ “δίπτυχα ποιοῦντες,” ἤγουν δίπλωμα τῇ πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἐπιθέσει τῶν μηρῶν, ἢ μάλιστα διπλοῦντες ἐν αὐτοῖς τὴν κνῖσαν. ἦν γὰρ σπουδὴ ὁλοκαυτωθῆναι τοὺς μηροὺς λαμπρῷ καταφλεχθέντας πυρί, ὡς εἴγε μὴ τοῦτο ἀπέβαινεν, ἀπαίσιον ἦν τοῖς Ἕλλησι τὸ γινόμενον, καὶ οὐκ ἐδόκουν καλλιερεῖν, ὁπηνίκα κατὰ τὴν τραγῳδίαν οἱ “μηροὶ καταρρυεῖς καλυπτῆς ἐξέκειντο πιμελῆς.” καὶ οὕτω μὲν τοὺς μηροὺς ὡς τι τίμιον ὡλοκαύτουν, ἐξαιροῦντες ἀπὸ τῶν ἄλλων τοῦ ζώου μερῶν, διὰ τὸ συντελεῖν τοῖς ζῴοις εἰς βάδισιν τε καὶ εἰς γένεσιν τῇ προέσει τοῦ σπέρματος. τῶν δὲ λοιπῶν τοῦ ζώου μελῶν μικρά τινα ἐκτέμνοντες, οἷόν τινας ἀπαρχὰς τοῦ ὅλου ζώου, ἐπετίθουν αὐτὰ τοῖς διπτύχοις, καὶ αὐτὸ ὠμοθετεῖν ἐκάλουν, τὸ τοῖς μηροῖς ὠμὰ πάντοθεν ἀκρωτηριάζοντας κρεάτων ἐπιτιθέναι τμήματα, ὡς δοκεῖν, κατὰ τοὺς παλαιούς, ὅλα οὕτω τὰ μέρη τοῦ ἱερείου καρποῦσθαι
. Comparari cum his potest scholiastes Ambrosianus ad Od. III. 470.
καλῶς ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν μερῶν τοῦ ζώου κόπτοντες ἐκάλυπτον τὰ κεκομμένα ἐν πιμελαῖς, μιᾶς κειμένης ἄνωθεν, ἄλλης δὲ κάτωθεν· ἃ καὶ δίπτυχα ὠνόμασαν· καὶ ἔθυον αὐτά, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἦν ὅλον παντελῶς θύειν διὰ τὸ καὶ αὐτοὺς μέλλειν εὐωχεῖσθαι ἐκ τοῦ θυομένου. ἔκοπτον γοῦν ἐξ ὅλων τῶν μερῶν, ἵνα δοκῇ τὸ ὅλον θύεσθαι καὶ μὴ νομίζηται ἡ θυσία κολοβή
. Adde schol. ad Euripidis Phoen. 1256. ed. Matth. et Photium in v.
μασχαλίσματα
. Pausanias II. 10, 1. Herculem ab Sicyoniis partim ut deum, partim ut heroem coli narrans,
καὶ νῦν ἔτι, inquit, ἄρνα οἱ Σικυώνιοι σφάξαντες καὶ τοὺς μηροὺς ἐπὶ τῷ βωμῷ καύσαντες τὰ μὲν ἐσθίουσιν ὡς ἀπὸ ἱερείου, τὰ δὲ ὡς ἥρων τῶν χρεῶν ἐναγίζουσιν
. Apertum est autem, quum exciduntur femina, id et liberalius fieri posse et illiberalius. Nec mirandum, si sacerdotes, cui hominum generi quotidiano usu vilescere solet sacrorum religio, optimas carnium partes sibi servare didicerunt. Praeterea, ut Athenaeus dicit VIII. p. 364. Ε.
καὶ θύοντες μὲν τοῖς θεοῖς, ὀλίγιστα εἰς τὰς θυσίας καὶ τὰ τυχόντα δαπανῶμεν
, testem adhibens Menandrum in
Μέθῃ
, cuius versus tractavi in Opusc. IV. p. 385. seqq. Alia in hanc sententiam attulit Dobraeus ad Aristophanis Plutum v. 1115. Quod si quorum in hoc genere avaritia et illiberalitas a comicis perstringitur, quis non videt eos rem vehementer exaggerare? Vt Pherecrates in
Αὐτομόλοις
apud Clementem Alex. Strom. VII. p. 846. cuius laceri versus sic integrandi esse videntur,
ὅτε τοῖσι θεοῖς θύετε, πρώτιστ᾽ ἀποκρίνετε *τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν* τὸ νομιζόμενον· *κἄπειθ᾽* ὑμῖν (αἰσχύνη τοι τὸ κατειπεῖν) οὐ τὼ μηρὼ περιλέψαντες μέχρι βουβώνων *κρέα πάντα* καὶ τὴν ὀσφὺν κομιδῇ ψιλήν, λοιπὸν τὸν σπόνδυλον αὐτὸν ὥςπερ *οἴνῃ* ῥινήσαντες νέμεθ᾽ ὡςπερ τοῖς κυσὶν ἡμῖν· εἶτ᾽ ἀλλήλους αἰσχυνόμενοι θυλήμασι κρύπτετε πολλοῖς;
Eubuli autem versus in Semele, quos eodem loco affert Clemens, ita scribendi sunt,
πρῶτον μέν, ὅταν ἐμοί τι θύωσίν τινες, θύουσιν αἷμα, κύστιν· οὐ μὴ καρδίαν, μηδ᾽ ἐπιπόλαιον. οὐκ ἐγὼ γὰρ ἐσθίω γλύκιον οὐδὲν μηρίων;
Menander
Δυσκόλῳ
οἱ δὲ τὴν ὀσφὺν ἄκραν καὶ τὴν χολὴν ὀστᾶ τ᾽ ἄβρωτα τοῖς θεοῖς ἐπιθέντες, αὐτοὶ τἄλλα καταπίνουσ' ἀεί
. Incertus poeta apud Clementem VIII. Strom. p. 719. (851.) et Porphyrium de abstinentia II. p. 207. et Cyrillum contra Iulianum IX. p. 306.
τίς ὧδε μῶρος καὶ λίαν ἀνειμένως εὔπιστος ἀνδρῶν, ὅςτις ἐλπίζει θεοὺς ὀστῶν ἀσάρκων καὶ χολῆς πυρουμένης, ἃ καὶ κυσὶν πεινῶσιν οὐχὶ βρώσιμα, χαίρειν ἀπαρχῇ καὶ γέρας λαχεῖν τόδε;
Hermippus apud scholiastam Aristophanis ad Aves v. 1406.
ἀνάπηρά σοι θύουσιν ἤδη βοίδια, Λεωτροφίδου λεπτότερα καὶ Θουμάντιδος
. Haec omnia tantum abest ut ostendant sola ossa diis sacrificata esse, ut prodant carnis plus quam fas esset resectum esse ab iis qui eam ipsi comedere malebant. Neque, opinor, si nihil nisi ossa accepissent dii, quereretur apud Aristophanem in Pluto v. 1129. esuriens Mercurius
οἴμοι δὲ κωλῆς ἧς ἐγὼ κατήσθιον
, nec diceret mox v. 1137.
εἴ μοι πορίσας ἄρτον τίν' εὖ πεπεμμένον δοίης καταφαγεῖν καὶ κρέας νεανικὸν ὧν θύεθ᾽ ὑμεῖς ἔνδον
. Nam quod scholiastes ad versum 1129. dicit,
διαβάλλει οὖν ὡς ὀστέα τοῖς θεοῖς προςφέροντας
, non alio spectare videtur, quam ad partes eas hostiarum, quae plus ossium quam carnis habent. Omnino autem illa scholiastae explicatio neque cum praecedentibus neque cum sequentibus bene conciliari potest. Itaque etiam in Pace v. 1020. non de solis ossibus locutus videtur poeta, quum scriberet
ἀλλ᾽ εἴσω φέρων, θύσας, τὰ μηρί᾽ ἐξελὼν δεῖρ᾽ ἔκφερε, χοὔτω τὸ πρόβατον τῷ χορηγῷ σώζεται
. Quare ne apud Homerum quidem
πίονα μηρία
, aut
μηρία πιότατα ταύρων τε καὶ αἰγῶν
apud Lucianum in Timone c. 9. aut
πιανθέντα μηρία
apud Theocritum XVII. 126. propter adipem, quo involvebantur, sed propterea, quod pinguium hostiarum essent, dici videntur. Ex his consequitur non magnopere vituperandum esse Nonnum, qui sacrum, quod in tertio libro Odysseae descriptum est, imitatus V. 21. scripserit
καὶ εὐφνέων κρέα μερῶν ὠμὰ διατμήξας ἐκαλύψατο δίζυγι δημῷ, μιστύλλων κατὰ βαιόν
, licet ille minus accurate veterem morem expresserit. Interdum etiam homines famelici quae diis destinata essent sibi ipsis auferebant, in quam rem scriptum est epigramma Automedontis in Anthol. Pal. vol. II. p. 409. Ceterum non possum silentio praeterire duo argumenta, quae sententiae suae firmandae caussa attulit Vossius. Quorum alterum p. 375. ridiculum est, canem, a cuius facto Cynosarges nomen habeat, ossa quidem duo adipe involuta asportare, non autem si caro integra adhaesisset, potuisse. Alterum autem plane hue non pertinet, quod p. 377. attigit, Mercurium in hymno Homerico v. 137. combussisse
οὐλόποδ᾽, οὐλοκάρηνα
, quod ille fecisse dicitur, ne furti ullum superesset vestigium. Neque vero probari posse arbitror, quod idem Vossius p. 372. in his Apollonii Rhodii II. 698.
ἐκ δέ νυ πάντων εὐαγέως ἱερῷ ἀνὰ διπλόα μηρία βωμῷ καῖον
, de ossibus duplici adipe involutis, quod etiam aliis placuit, interpretatur. Aperte enim ipsa verba ostendunt duo ex quaque hostia femora intelligi. Ceterum quod Aeschylus
μακρὰν ὀσφύν
dicit, caussa haec est, quod ea pars etiam caudam comprehendebat: unde apud Clementem Eubulus
αὐτοῖς δὲ τοῖς θεοῖσι τὴν κέρκον μόνην καὶ μηρόν, ὥςπερ παιδερασταῖς, θύετε·
quod non ex omni parte intellexisse videtur Vossius p. 373. Itaque inutilis est Reisigii coniectura
χαμ' ἄκραν ὀσφύν
.

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πυρώσας:
πυράσας
Lips. Aug.

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θνητούς:
θνητά
, superscripto
ούς
, Vit.

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φλογωπὰ σήματα: Ad
φλογωπὰ σήματα
quod attinet, v. Valcken. ad Phoen. 1261. et Musgr. ad eiusdem fabulae v. 1290. 1291.

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ἐξωμμάτωσα:
ἐξωμάτωσα
Lips.

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ἐπάργεμα: Eustathius p. 427, 37.
ἀργὸν γὰρ τὸ λευκόν. ὅθεν καὶ ἐπάργεμον πάθος ὀφθαλμοῦ τὸ κοινῶς λεγόμενον λεύκωμα, ὡς που καὶ Αἰσχύλος παραδηλοῖ
. Idem p. 1430, 60.
καὶ ἄργεμος, νόσος ὀμμάτων ἀφ' οὗ ἄργεια κατὰ Δίδυμον τὰ ἐπὶ ὀφθαλμῶν λευκώματα, ὧν μνήμη τῷ Αἰσχύλῳ ἐν τῷ “πρόσθεν ὄντ᾽ ἐπάργεμα.”

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δὴ ταῦτ'· ἔνερθε:
δὴ ταῦτ᾽ ἔνερθεν
Lips.
δὴ ταῦτα ἔνερθεν
G.
δῆτ᾽ ἔνερθε
, a rec. manu ad priorem vocem
α
, ad alteram
υ
superscripto, Vit.

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κεκρυμμέν':
κεκομμένα δ'
sic Lips.
κεκρημένα
Aug.

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σίδηρον:
σίδηρον
Μ.

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χρυσόν τε τίς:
χρυσὸν δὲ τίς
M. G. Vit. Lips. aliique et Ald. Turn.
χρυσὸν τὲ τὶς
Rob.

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οἶδα:
οἶδ᾽ εἰ μὴ
Vit. et alii nonnulli.

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φλῦσαι:
φλύσαι
Μ.

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μύθῳ:
λόγῳ
Lips. Vind. 1. 4. sed in Lips. superscriptum
μύθῳ
.

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πάντα:
πάντα
G. Vit. Lips. Aug. aliique et edd. vett.
ταῦτα
M. Arund. Cantabr. 2. Ven. 1. Bess.

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συλλήβδην:
συλλήβην
Vit.

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μάθε:
μάθοις
G. Vit. aliique nonnulli, sed in G. superscriptum
μάθε
.

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μὴ νῦν:
μὴ νῦν
Scaliger et Porsonus.

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ἰσχύσειν:
ἰσχύσει
Μ. G. sed in M. secunda manus
ν
adscripsit.

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πω:
που
, superscripto
ω
, Lips. Vnde
πουω
Aug.

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κρᾶναι:
κράναι
Lips. Aug.

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δὲ:
δὲ
omittit G.

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καμφθεὶς:
καμφθεὶς
, post
κ
superscripto a sec. manu
ρ
, Μ.

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δεσμὰ:
δεσμὸν
G.

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φυγγάνω:
φυγγανῶ
G. cum glossa
ἐκφευξούμαι
, et Vind. 1. 3. V. ad v. 527.
θιγγάνω
Lips. Aug.

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Ἐρινύες:
ἐρινύες
Μ. Ceteri quod sciam libri
ἐριννύες
.

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ἄρα Ζεύς:
ἄρα ζεὺς
Μ. Vit. Lips. Aug. Ven. 1. 2. Bess.
ἆρα ζεὺς
G. aliique et Rob.
ἆρ᾽ ὁ ζεὺς
Ald.
ἄρ᾽ ὁ ζεὺς
Ven. 3. Turn.

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ἐκφύγοι γε:
ἐκφύγοι γε
M. Rob. Turn.
ἐκφύγοιτε
Ald.
ἐκφύγοιτο
G. Lips. Aug. et pauci alii.
ἐκφύγῃ γε
Vit. aliique.
ἐκφύγῃ τε
nonnulli.

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πλὴν ἀεὶ κρατεῖν:
πρὶν ἀεικρατεῖν
Μ.

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τοῦτ᾽ οὐκ ἂν ἐκπύθοιο:
τοῦτ᾽ οὐκ ἂν οὖν
(
οὐκ ἂν δὴ
Μ.)
πύθοιο
Μ. edd. vett.
οὖν
omittunt G. Vit. Lips. Aug. Colb. 1. Par. E. Vind. 2. Brunckius
τοῦτ᾽ οὐκέτ᾽ ἂν πύθοιο
, non monito lectore. Id Vind. 1. 3. habent, atque in Colb. 2. Cantabr. 1. 2. scriptum
οὐκ ἔτ᾽ ἄν
. Diu est quum utramque scripturam a metricis profectam, Aeschylum autem
τοῦτ᾽ οὐκ ἂν ἐκπύθοιο
scripsisse credidi. Idque postea repertum est in Ven. 3.

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μηδὲ:
μὴ δὲ
M. G. Lips. Aug.

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τόνδε δ᾽ οὐδαμῶς:
τόνδ᾽ οὐδαμῶς
G. Vit.

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ὅσον μάλιστα:
ὅσον τάχιστα
Par. L. Cantabr. 1.

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δύας:
δύας
Μ. aliique et Ald. Turn.
βίας
G. Vit. Lips. Aug. aliique et Rob.

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ἐκφυγγάνω:
ἐκφυγγάνω
Vit. Lips. Aug. In M. prius scriptum fuit
συφυγγάνω
, quod eadem manus in
ἐκφυγγάνω
mutavit.
ἐκφυγγανῶ
G. Vind. 1. 3. Antiatticista in Bekkeri Anecd. p. 95, 17.
ἐκφυγγάνω· Δίφιλος Εὐνούχῳ
.

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μηδάμ᾽ ὁ πάντα:
μὴδ᾽ ἅμ᾽ ὁ πάντα
Lips.
μὴδ᾽ ἅμὰ πάντα
Aug.

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θεῖτ':
θεῖτο
M. Vit. aliique et Ald.

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ἐλινύσαιμι:
ἐλινύσαιμι
M. Vit. Rob.
ἐλλίνεσαιμι
G.
ἐλίνεσαι
Lips. Aug.
λυμανέαν
Ald. Turn.

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ὁσίαις:
ὁσίαι
G.

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θοίναις ποτινισσομένα:
θοίναις ποτινισομένα
Μ.
ποτινισσομένα θοίναις
Lips. Aug.

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βουφόνοις:
βουφώνοις
G.

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Ὠκεανοῦ: Codices et Ald. Rob.
Ὠκεανοῦ
. Ex Turnebi editione manavit
Ὠκεανοῖο
. Id non tenuissent editores, si cognitas habuissent leges huius Dorici metrorum generis. Blomfieldius rectius tacuisset quod sine iudicio scripsit Porsonus Hesychium hic legisse
Ὠκεανοῖο
. Nam sic ille,
Ὠκεανοῖο πόρον, τὸν ἀέρα, εἰς ὃν αἱ ψυχαὶ τῶν τελευτώντων ἀποχωροῦσιν
. Quae quid ad Aeschylum?

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ἀλλά μοι τοῦτ': Omnes libri
ἀλλά μοι
. Deinde
τόδ' ἐμμένοι
G. Vit. ceterique plerique codices et Rob. Ita etiam M. sed ut
τ'
prius a manu secunda additum sit.
τόδε μένοι
Lips. Aug. Bess. Ald. Turn.
τόδ' ἐμμένει
Cantabr. 2. Par. F. K.
τόδ' ἐμμένη
Par. D.
μοι δ᾽ ἐμμένοι
Par. E. Quaesiverunt metri vitium critici in versu antistrophico. Sed neque iustam responsionem restituere potuerunt, et numeri potius stropham corrigendam esse ostendunt. Quare
ἀλλά
in
μάλα
mutavi,
τόδ
autem in
τοῦτ'
, idque etiam propterea praestat, quod
τόδε
fere ad sequentia refertur.

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ἁδύ: Libri
ἁδύ
. Restitui Doricam formam.

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θαρσαλέαις:
θαρσαλέαις
Lips.

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τείνειν:
τείνειν
M. a prima manu: recentior priori syllabae
ε
, alteri
υ
superscripsit.

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εὐφροσύναις:
εὐφροσύνῃ
, sed ab eadem manu superscripto
αις
, Vit.

539. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-607

δερκομένα:
δερκομένα
M. G. Vit. Lips. Aug. Cantabr. 1. Ven. 2. Par. A. B. C. N.
δερκομένη
editiones.

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μόχθοις:
μόχθοις
ultimis duabus litteris a sec. manu M. Metra ostendunt deesse hic quattuor syllabas paeonem tertium efficientes. Excidisse videtur adverbium crudeliter vel immiserabiliter significans.

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γνώμᾳ:
γνώμᾳ
M. et Mosq. 1.
γνώμῃ
G. Vit. Lips. Aug. edd. vett. Sciens ignaris verae scripturae
αὐτόνῳ γνώμᾳ
adnumeror. V. ad v. 534.

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σέβει:
σέβη
vel
σέβῃ
libri.

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θνητοὺς:
θνητούς
Lips. superscripto
ο
, et ceteri.
θνητοῖς
Ald. Rob.

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ἄχαρις χάρις:
ἄχαρις
(non χάρις)
ἄχαρις
Μ.
χάρις ἄχαρις
ceteri.
ἄχαρις χάρις
primus Turnebus. Alio sensu Plutarchus de Socratis genio p. 583. F.
καὶ μὴν οὐδὲ ἀργόν, ἔφη, καθισόμεθα φρουροῦντες οἴκοι τὸν πλοῦτον· ἄχαρις γὰρ ἂν οὕτως ἡ χάρις καὶ ἄτιμος ἡ κτῆσις
. Aeschylus, ut hic, sic Agam. 1510. Choeph. 40.

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εἰπέ, ποῦ τις ἀλκά: Plene interpunxi ante
ὦ φίλος
. Nam quod Blomfieldio placet,
ὅπως
cum
εἰπέ
construendum esse, sententiam praebet alienam ab huius loci ratione. Tantum abest enim ut chorus expediri sibi velit quomodo homines ingrati esse potuerint, ut id in illa eorum imbecillitate non posse non ita esse ipse fateatur. Scholiastarum alii
ὅπως
per
ἐπεί
explicant, alii vel interpretantur
φέρε
per
σκόπει
, vel intelligi hoc verbum volunt. Et profecto haec debet in his verbis sententia esse, en, ut ingrata gratia est. Recte
εἰπὲ ποῦ τίς ἀλκά
cum duplici interrogatione Vit.
εἰπὲ ποῦ τις ἀλκά
M. G. et Lips. in quo fuerat
ἀλκή
: male lectis litteris
εἰπὲ ποῦ τις ἀλληλὰ
Aug.
εἰπέ που τις
Ald. Rob.
εἰπέ που τίς
Turn. quod ineptissime dictum.

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ἐφαμερίων:
ἐφαμέρων
G.

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ὀλιγοδρανίαν:
ὀλιγοδρανίαν
Μ. G. aliique.
ὀλιγοδρανειαν
Vit.
ὀλιγοδρανίᾳ
Lips. Aug. edd. vett.
ὀλιγοδρανοῦσαν
non in G. est, sed commemoratum a Turnebo.

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ἄκικυν:
ἄκικυν
ultimis tribus litteris a sec. manu M.

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ᾧ: Quoniam in antistrophico versu libri habent
καὶ λέχος σὸν ὑμεναίουν
, erat quum putarem
ἰσόνειρον
ex interpretatione receptum esse pro
ὑπνόνειρον
. Sic enim talia explicant grammatici, similiterque in Choeph. v. 316.
ἰσόμοιρον
male scriptum est pro
ἀντίμοιρον
. Atque iussit ita scribi Reisigius in enarratione Oed. Col. ad v. 186. Nihil valet ad defendendam productam in
ἰσόνειρον
primam syllabam comparatum a Dindorfio
ἰσόθεος
, nec Pindari
ἰσοδαίμων
accipio. Sed ut antistrophicum potius versum emendemus numerorum ratio admonet, quae versum Anacreonteum eo magis commendat, quod, si hi trochaei essent, parum scite
καὶ
in antistrophico versu graviorem ictum haberet.
ᾧ
in litura, a sec. manu scripto, ut sub litura
o
apparere videatur, M. G.
ᾧ
, superscripto
ς
, Lips.
αἷς
Colb. 1. Bess. Ald.
ὃ
Rob. Turn. Omittit hoc pronomen Vit.

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ἀλαὸν * δέδεται*: Deesse verbum post
ἀλαὸν
Brunckius vidit. Intercidisse autem tale quale
δέδεται
est, quod posui, non solum metra, sed oratio quoque arguit, quae si
ἐστὶ
intelligendum esset, quod supplent scholiastae, prosae quam poesi esset similior. Vel hanc ob caussam non potest admitti quod Dindorfius Aeschylum scripsisse putat,
ἀλαὸν γένος ἐμπεποδισμένον; οὔποτε θνατῶν τὴν Διὸς ἁρμονίαν ἀνδρῶν παρεξίασι βουλαί
.

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οὔπως: Libri
οὔποτε
, quod non dubitavi in
οὔπω
mutare, metri antistrophici indicio.

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θνατῶν:
θνητῶν
G. Quum in antistrophico versu iambus sit, vereor ne
βροτῶν
scribendum sit.

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ἔμαθον τάδε σὰς:
ἔμαθον δὲ τὰς σὰς
Vit.

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διαμφίδιον: Hesychius
διαμφίδιον μέλος, ἀλλοῖον, διαπαντὸς κεχωρισμένον· ἀμφίς γὰρ χωρίς· Αἰσχύλος Προμηθεῖ δεσμώτῃ
. Ne quis in articulo haereat, aut
τὸ διαμφίδιον
putet pro
διαμφιδίως
dici, qua Theocrito familiari ratione loquendi non utuntur tragici, moneo, poetam, quum dicere in animo haberet
τὸ διαμφίδιον δέ μοι μέλος προςέπτα, ὅτε ὑμεναίουν
, in medio explicandae sententiae caussa inserere
τόδ', ἐκεῖνο δέ
. Vsurpatum
διαμφίς
Dionysio periegetae v. 5. 903. 1136.

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μέλος:
μέλεις
Lips.

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τόδ', ἐκεῖνό θ᾽, ὅτ᾽ ἀμφὶ λουτρὰ καὶ λέχος σὸν:
τόδ' λουτρὰ καὶ
omittit Lips. in quo praecedens versus ultimus paginae est.
ἐκεῖν᾽ ὅτε τότ'
Μ.
ἐκεῖνό τε, ὅτ'
G.
ἐκεῖνό τε ὅ,τ᾽
Colb. 2.
ἐκεῖν᾽ ὅτ'
Vit. aliique.
ἐκεῖν᾽ ὅτε τ'
Ven. 2. aliique.
ἐκείνωτε ὅτ'
Ald.
ἐκεῖνογε ὅτ'
Rob.
ἐκεῖνό θ' ὅ,το
Victorius.
ἐκεῖνό θ' ὅτ'
Brunckius.
λουτρὰ καὶ λέχος σὸν
M. Vit. aliique et Rob.
λοετρὰ καὶ λέχος σὸν
(
σοι
G.) G. Par. B. Bess. Ald.
λουτρά τε καὶ λέχος σὸν
Cantabr. 1.
λοετρά τε καὶ λέχος σὺν
Turn. Mutavi haec ita ut cum strophico versu congruerent. Non habeo fidem Photio dicenti
ὑμεναιοῦν, τὸ ᾄδειν τὸν ὑμέναιον καὶ συνάπτειν τὸν γάμον
, sed prius illud
ὑμεναιεῖν
dici analogia postulat. Quod apud Aristophanem est in Pace v. 1076. 1112.
πρίν κεν λύκος οἶν ὑμεναιοῖ
, recte explicat scholiastes
εἰς γάμους ἄγοιτο
. Eodem modo Theocritus XXII. 179.
ὑμεναιώσουσι δὲ κούρας τάςδε
.

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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2
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.

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4
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.

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6
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.

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8
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).

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10
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).

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11
12
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.

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14
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.

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16
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.

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18
279. καί: and so, accordingly.

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20
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.

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22
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.

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24
284. δολιχῆς : an epic word. The way is long because Oceanus comes from the depths of the sea. Cp. 300 f.

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26
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.

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28
286. πτερυγωκή: formed like πο- δώκης. Cp. ὠκύπτερος.

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30
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.

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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.

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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.

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294. χαριτογλωσσεῖν : see on 180. ἔνι μοι : 'tis my nature; cp. 224.

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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.

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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;

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299. πόνων ἐμῶν ἐποπτής : see 118. – ἐτόλμησας λιπὼν ἐπώνυμον ῥεῦμα: cp. the scholion quoted on 284-396.

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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.

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303. συνασχαλῶν κακοῖς: see on ftare. 161.

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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.

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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.

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346. πλείστοισι πημονὰς τυχεῖν : cp. Pers. 706 ἀνθρώπεια δ᾽ ἄν τοι πήματ᾽ ἂν τύχοι βροτοῖς. - The scholiast says, Προμηθικῶς· οὐ γὰρ κατὰ τὸν ἀνθρώπινον λογισμὸν πολλοὺς αὑτῷ συνατυχεῖν βού- λεται ὁ Προμηθεύς. (The commoner feeling is expressed by the proverb solamen miseris socios habu- isse malorum.) The poet uses this thought to introduce a matter quite foreign to the play. From the mention of Atlas he passes to the de- scription of Typhon, and this enables him to bring in the eruption of Aetna (367-369). ...

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347. οὐ δῦτ᾽, ἐπεί: cp. Soph. O. C. 431 εἴποις ἂν ὡς θέλοντι τοῦτ᾽ ἐμοὶ τότε πόλις τὸ δῶρον εἰκότως κατήνεσεν. οὐ δῆτ᾽, ἐπεί τοι τὴν μὲν αὐτίχ᾽ ἡμέραν οὐδεὶς ἔρωτος τοῦδ᾽ ἐφαίνετ᾽ ὠφελῶν, Eur. Heracl. 505 αὐτοὶ δὲ προστιθέντες ἄλλοισιν πόνους, παρόν σφε σῶσαι, φευ- ξόμεσθα μὴ θανεῖν; οὐ δῆτ᾽, ἐπεί τοι καὶ γέλωτος ἄξια κτέ., also Alc. 555. - The thought, which forms the transi- tion to the following description, is this: "I will not involve others in my misfortunes; the afflictions of my brother Atlas and of Typhon distress me sorely as it is." - For the following, cp. Hesiod Theog. 517 ῎Ατλας δ᾽ οὐρανὸν εὐρὺν ἔχει κρατερῆς ὑπ᾿ ἀνάγκης, πείρασιν ἐν γαίης, πρόπαρ Εσπερίδων λιγυφώνων ἑστηώς, κεφαλῇ τε καὶ ἀκαμάτοισι χέρεσσιν· ταύτην γάρ οἱ μοῖραν ἐδάσσατο μητίετα Ζεύς.

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349. Pindar Pyth. i. 35 calls Aetna α κίων οὐρανία, and just so Hdt. iv. 184 says of Mount Atlas, ἔστι δὲ στει- νὸν καὶ κυκλοτερὲς πάντῃ, ὑψηλὸν δὲ οὕτω δή τι λέγεται ὡς τὰς κορυφὰς αὐ- τοῦ οὐκ οἷά τε εἶναι ἰδέσθαι κίονα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ λέγουσι οἱ ἐπιχώριοι εἶναι. A mountain rising into the clouds seemed to the imagination a pillar supporting the vault of the sky. See Verg. Aen. iv. 247. This 'bearer' (ἄτλας) in the legend be- came a Titan, who as punishment for his sins had to carry the burden of the sky upon his shoulders (see the passage of Hesiod quoted just above). Conversely, colossal crea-
tures are compared to mountain- peaks; thus in Od. x. 113 the queen of the Laestrygones is described, τὴν δὲ γυναῖκα εὗρον ὅσην τ᾿ ὄρεος κορυφήν, and in Od. ix. 191 Poly. phemus resembles ῥίῳ ὑλήεντι ὑψη- λῶν ὀρέων. – In Homer, however, we read, Od. i. 53, ἔχει (sc. ῎Ατλας) δέ τε κίονας αὐτὸς μακράς, αἳ γαῖάν τε καὶ οὐρανὸν ἀμφὶς ἔχουσιν. Here the orig- inal conception of supporting pillars still remains, and the pillars are not entirely replaced by a personal Atlas. The 'columns which keep earth and sky apart' still exist as such, and Atlas is only the person who 'holds' them. Aeschylus has followed Homer. In view of the familiar Homeric pas- sage he says briefly κίον οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ χθονός, leaving the office of the pillar, γαῖαν τε καὶ οὐρανὸν ἀμφὶς ἔχειν, to be understood; this office, indeed, is partly fulfilled by Atlas's own per- son standing on the earth.

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στον, μάντιν ᾿Αμφιάρεω βίαν· Ὁμολωΐσιν δὲ πρὸς πύλαις τεταγμένος κακοῖσι βάζει κτέ. Εp. 366.

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359. καταιβάτης: cp. Ar. Pax 42 Διὸς καταιβάτου (Zeus descending in thunder and lightning), Hor. Carm. iii. 4, 42 scimus, ut impios Ti- tanas immanemque turmam fulmine sustulerit caduco. - ἐκπνέων φλόγα: cp. 917, Pind. Frg. 112 πῦρ πνέοντος κεραυνοῦ, Eur. Suppl. 640 κεραυνῷ πυρπόλῳ, Soph. Ant. 1146 πῦρ πνεόντων χοράγ᾽ ἄστρων.

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361. φρένας : praecordia. Cp. 881, Εum. 159 ὑπὸ φρένας, ὑπὸ λοβόν, Od. ix. 301 οὐτάμεναι πρὸς στῆθος, ὅθι φρένες ἧπαρ ἔχουσιν, Schol. on Il. xi. 579 φρένας ὁ ποιητὴς καὶ πάντες οἱ πα- λαιοὶ ἐκάλουν τὸ διάφραγμα, Arist. H. A. ii. 15 τὸ διάζωμα ὁ καλοῦνται φρένες. The bolt strikes Typhon in the mid- riff, the seat of his μέγα φρονεῖν.

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362. ἐξεβροντήθη σθένος: passive of ἐξεβρόντησε σθένος αὐτῷ. G. 197, 1, N. 2; Krüger I. § 52, 4, 2.

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363. παράορον: from Il. vii. 156 πολλὸς γάρ τις ἔκειτο παρήορος ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα, the poet has taken the general meaning of παρήορος ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα (stretched out at length, in this direction and that), without intending that παρα- shall have a definite applica- tion. 365 370

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364. στενωποῦ: defined more ex- actly by the next verse. Ср. 729.

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365. ἰπούμενος : cp. Pind. Ol. iv. 10 Αἴτναν ἔχεις ἶπον ἀνεμόεσσαν ἑκατογκε- φάλα Τυφῶνος, Frg. 93 κείνῳ μὲν Αἴτνα δεσμὸς ὑπερφίαλος ἀμφικεῖται.

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366. κορυφαῖς δέ: a sentence sub- ordinate in thought is expressed as co-ordinate for greater vividness. ρυφαῖς stands in contrast to ῥίζαισιν. ко- ·μυδροκτυπεῖ: cp. Thuc. iii. 88 νομί- ζουσι δὲ οἱ ἐκείνῃ ἄνθρωποι ἐν τῇ Ἱερᾷ (one of the Liparaean islands) ὡς ὁ Ήφαιστος χαλκεύει, ὅτι τὴν νύκτα φαί- νεται πῦρ ἀναδιδοῦσα πολὺ καὶ τὴν ἡμέραν καπνόν. - Verses 366-372 are irrelevant to the play, but the poet wished to bring in this vaticinium post eventum, and the whole description of Atlas and Typhon is meant to lead up to it.

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367. ἐκραγήσονταί ποτε: the spec- tators would think at once of the eruption of Ol. 75, 2 (479-478 B.C.) which the Parian Marble, line 68, mentions in the words καὶ τὸ πῦρ ἐρρύη κᾶον ἐν Σικελίᾳ περὶ τὴν Αἴτνην (as restored by Boeckh, Corp. Inscr. Gr. 375 380 II. p. 302). Another eruption, which took place Ol. 88, 2 (425 в.с.), is spoken of by Thuc. iii. 116 γῆν τινα ἔφθειρε (sc. ὁ ῥύαξ τοῦ πυρός) τῶν Κατα- ναίων, οἳ ἐπὶ τῇ Αἴτνῃ τῷ ὄρει οἰκοῦσιν, ὅπερ μέγιστόν ἐστιν ὄρος ἐν τῇ Σικελίᾳ.

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368. δάπτοντες ἀγρίαις γνάθοις : like a beast of prey. Cp. Cho. 325 πυρὸς μαλερὰ γνάθος, Phrynichus Frg. 5, (p. 721 Nauck) πεδία δὲ πάντα καὶ παράκ- τιον πλάκα ὠκεῖα μάργοις φλὸξ ἐδαίνυτο γνάθοις, Eur. Med. 1187 παμφάγου πυ- ρός, Hdt. iii. 16 Αἰγυπτίοισι νενόμισται τὸ πῦρ θηρίον εἶναι ἔμψυχον, πάντα δὲ αὐτὸ κατεσθίειν τάπερ ἂν λάβῃ.

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369. Cp. Eur. Η. F. 464 τῆς καλλι- κάρπου Πελασγίας.

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370. ἐξαναζέσει: see on 133.

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371. ἀπλάτου: cp. Pind. Pyth. i. 39 τᾶς (sc. Αἴτνας) ἐρεύγονται μὲν ἀπλά- του πυρὸς ἁγνόταται ἐκ μυχῶν παγαί, Frg. 93 ἀλλ᾽ οἷος ἄπλατον κεράϊζες θεῶν Τυφῶν᾽ ἑκατοντακάρανον ἀνάγκᾳ, Ζεῦ πάτερ, εἰν ᾿Αρίμοις ποτέ, Εum. 53 οὐ πλατοῖσι φυσιάμασιν. – βέλεσι: said of the streams of lava, which shoot forth like missiles. -

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373 f. Return to the subject, sug-
gested by mention of the κεραυνός Ζηνός. - σὺ δε: Prometheus recurs to the thought of 344. The sense is the same as if the words were σὺ δέ, οὐ γὰρ ἄπειρος εἶ οὐδ᾽ ἐμοῦ διδασκάλου χρήζεις, σεαυτὸν σῴζ᾽, ὅπως ἐπίστασαι. Cp. 72 and Eur. Iph. T. 64 f. The expression οὐδ᾽ ἐμοῦ διδασκάλου χρήζεις recalls Oceanus's words 322 ἔμοι γε χρώμενος διδασκάλῳ.

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376. ἔς τε (= ἔστε): used by Aes- chylus five times in this play (457, 656, 697,792) and once in Eum. (449). - λωφήσῃ: see on 27. ... cense frous 385 399 (Mein. IV. p. 240) λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος· ψυχῆς γὰρ οὗτος μόνος ἔχει θελκτήρια· λέγουσι δ᾽ αὐτὸν οἱ πάλαι σοφώτατοι ἀστεῖον εἶναι φάρμακον.

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379 f. ἐάν τις ἐν καιρῷ γε μαλθάσση · · σφυδώντα ἰσχναίνῃ βίᾳ: the foregoing word σφριγώσης, together with ἰατροί, has suggested the idea of an ulcer or tumor, and this metaphor is continued. The sense is, "wrath can be allayed when it has spent its force, and time has mitigated its hard- ness and crudity, but not while it is still turgid and malignant." μαλθάσ- σειν implies a gentle pressure, soften- ing the ripened ulcer. σφυδῶν describes the fresh swelling, hard, full to burst- ing, and painful to touch (cp. Hesych. σφυδῶν· ἰσχυρός, εὔρωστος, σκληρός). ἰσχναίνειν is to 'reduce' the ulcer by pressure. Cp. Ar. Ran. 940 οἰδοῦσαν (τὴν τέχνην)... ἴσχνανα. The scholi- ast quotes a maxim of the physician Hippocrates, πέπονα φαρμακεύειν, μὴ ὠμά. Figurative and literal expres- sions are mixed in these verses. 377-380. Cic. Tusc. iii. 31 ut Prometheus ille Aeschyli, cui cum dictum esset 'Atqui, Prometheu, te hoc tenere existumo, mederi posse rationem ira- cundiae.' respondit 'Siquidem qui tempestivam medicinam admovens non ad gravescens vulnus illidat manus.' 378. Cp. Menander fab. inc. 23

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381. δέ: for the position of this word, see on 321.

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383. Prometheus grows impatient, and answers curtly, here and 386. At that point Oceanus loses tem- per, and the dialogue passes into a stichomythy. - εὐηθίαν : εὐηθία is a parallel form to εὐήθεια, as ὠφελία to ὠφέλεια. For the meaning of the word, cp. Thuc. iii. 83 οὕτω πᾶσα ἰδέα κατέστη κακοτροπίας διὰ τὰς στάσεις τῷ Ἑλληνικῷ, καὶ τὸ εὔηθες, οὗ τὸ γενναῖον πλεῖστον μετέχει, καταγελασθὲν ἠφα- νίσθη, Plat. Rep. iii. 400 ε εὐηθείᾳ, οὐχ ἣν ἄνοιαν οὖσαν ὑποκοριζόμενοι καλοῦμεν ὡς εὐήθειαν, ἀλλὰ τὴν ὡς ἀληθῶς εὖ τε καὶ καλῶς τὸ ἦθος κατεσκευασμένην διά- νοιαν, and the play on words in Dem. XVIII. 11 κακοήθης δ᾽ ὤν, Αἰσχίνη, τοῦτο παντελῶς εὔηθες ᾠήθης κτἑ.

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384. τῇδε τῇ νόσῳ νοσεῖν : Soph. Trach. 544 νοσοῦντι κείνῳ πολλὰ ср. 395 τῇδε τῇ νόσῳ, Εl. 650 ζῶσαν ἀβλαβεῖ βίῳ.

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386. ἐμὸν δοκήσει: "it will be seen that this crime - of being right when one seems to be wrong-is mine, not thine." ἀμπλάκημα : ironical, like νόσῳ above.

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387. σὸς λόγος: not the last speech only, but the tenor of the whole col- loquy.

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388. γάρ: yes, for, implying as- sent to what precedes. - θρήνος: ὁ οἶκτος, Schol. ούμός : possessive pronoun standing for the objective genitive (ἐμοῦ). Cp. Pers. 699 τὴν ἐμὴν αἰδῶ μεθείς. G. 147, Ν. 1; Η. 694.

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389. νέον: see on 35. - ἕδρας: on this use of the cognate accusative see Krüger II. § 46, 6, 2.

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391 f. Oceanus betrays by this answer the hopeless difference of sentiment between him and Prome- theus; hence the emphatic rejoinder στέλλου, κόμιζε, σῴζε. For the asyn- deton see on 56, and cp. 937 below, and Soph. El. 632 ἐῶ, κελεύω, θῦε.

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393. ὁρμωμένῳ . . . λόγον: equiva- lent in sense to ὁρμωμένῳ μοι ἐθώυξας ὁρμᾶσθαι, that is to say, "I needed not your bidding." Cp. 277. Oceanus speaks with ill-concealed vexation. These and the following words further hint at the mode of his departure.

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394. ψαίρει: cp. Verg. Aen. v. 216 mox aëre lapsa (sc. columba) quieto radit iter liquidum, xi. 756 aethera verberat alis (sc. aquila). Here said of the move- ments of the animal's wings as he prepares for his flight. With this the stage machinery is set in motion.

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

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397. οὐλομένας: the epic form οὐ- λόμενος occurs here and there in lyric passages of tragedy. ὀλόμενοs=per- ditus, accursed, baleful, unblest; it corresponds, as participle, to the exe cration ὄλοιο, just as ὀνήμενος (blessed) corresponds to the benediction ὄναιο. On the genitive of relation see Krüger I. § 47, 21.

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398 ff. δακρυσίστακτα: adverbial. Cp. Eur. Or. 410 εὐπαίδευτα δ᾽ ἀποτρέ- πει λέγειν, Phoen. 310 μόλις φανεὶς ἄελπτα κἀδόκητα, 1739 ἀπαρθένευτ᾽ ἀλω-
μένη, Soph. Ant. 527 φιλάδελφα κάτω δάκρυ λειβομένη, Εl. 962 ἄλεκτρα γηρά- σκουσαν ἀνυμέναιά τε. – ῥαδινόν: λε- πτόν, ἰσχνόν, εὐκίνητον, ἁπαλόν, εὐδιά- σειστον, Hesych. The phrase ῥαδινὸν ῥέος (alliterative) is an imitation of the Homeric τέρεν δάκρυ, Il. iii. 142, xix. 323.

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

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

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

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407 f. μεγαλοσχήμονα: cp. εὔμορ- φον κράτος, Cho. 490. – ἀρχαιοπρεπή: 410. 415 420 in contrast to the recent dominion of Zeus. – ἑσπέριοι: the supplement is sugested by Od. viii. 29 ἠὲ πρὸς ἠοίων ἢ ἑσπερίων ἀνθρώπων. "West and East" carries out the idea of πρόπασα χώρα.

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411 f. ἔποικον ᾿Ασίας ἕδος νέμον- ται : = ᾿Ασίαν ἐποικοῦσι. ἔποικος is here used in a general sense, conveying simply the idea of dwelling; 80 ἔποικον ἕδος = seat of residence. The scholiast, wrongly taking the word as colonist, imagines an anachronism (οὔπω γὰρ ἦν ἐποικισθεῖσα τοῖς "Ελλησιν ἡ ᾿Ασία). With ᾿Ασίας ἕδος cp. Ιθάκης ἕδος Od. xiii. 344, Θήβης ἕδος ΙΙ. ίν. 406.

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414. συγκάμνουσι : not = σὺν ἡμῖν κάμνουσι (Schol.), but like συνασχαλᾶν above (161, 243), συμπονεῖν (274). Cp. Eur. Alc. 614 ἥκω κακοῖσι σοῖσι συγκάμνων, τέκνον.
δάιος στρατός, ὀξυπρώτας.

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417 f. Σκύθης: see on 2. — οἵ : σχῆμα πρὸς τὸ σημαινόμενον. Ср. 421, 805, 808. – γᾶς ἔσχατον τόπον: cp. 666; Soph. Trach. 1100 ἐπ᾿ ἐσχάτοις τόποις.

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420. ᾿Αρίας : see App. In Cho. 423 ῎Αριον is explained by the Schol. as Περσικόν. Cp. Hesych. ᾿Αρείας πώλους· Περσικάς· ῎Αρειοι γὰρ ἔθνος Περσικόν. Ιη ᾿Αρίας ἄρειον there is an etymologizing play on words, as in Frg. 305 τοῦτον δ᾽ ἐπόπτην ἔποπα τῶν αὑτοῦ κακῶν. Cp. Eum. 155 ὄνειδος ἐξ ὀνειράτων, Pers. 995 ἄρειόν τ᾽ ᾿Αγχάρην, 11. νί. 201 ἤτοι ὁ κὰπ πεδίον τὸ ᾿Αλήιον οῖος ἀλᾶτο. See also notes on 86 and 692. – ἄνθος : cp. Ag. 197 ἄνθος ᾿Αρ- γείων, Pers. 59 ἄνθος Περσίδος αἴας οἴχεται ἀνδρῶν, ibid. 252, 925, Suppl. 663 ἥβας δ᾽ ἄνθος.

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421. ὑψίκρημνον πόλισμα: proba- bly the lofty Ecbatana (᾿Αγβάτανα Pers. 961), the capital of the Medes, is meant.

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422. Καυκάσου πέλας: a geogra- phical definition like ἀμφὶ Μαιώτιν λίμναν just above. - νέμουσιν : cp. Eum. 1019 Παλλάδος πόλιν νέμοντες.

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423. ὀξυπρῴροισι: cp. βούπρῳρος, ἀνδρόπρωρος. – βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς: cp. Eur. Phoen. 113 πολλοῖς μὲν ἵπποις, μυρίοις δ᾽ ὅπλοις βρέμων. With ἐν αἰχμαῖς cp. Eur. Εl. 321 καὶ σκῆπτρ᾽ ἐν οἷς Ἕλλησιν ἐστρατηλάτει, Xen. Mem. iii. 9. 2 ἐν πέλταις καὶ ἀκοντίοις διαγω- νίζεσθαι.

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425. The foregoing thought, "I bewail thy sufferings in common with all humanity," is followed in the third strophe by the sole exam- ple of similar sufferings. This is then described at length, after the manner of the Homeric similes. The com- parison of past instances is common in tragedy; see Cho. 603 ff., Soph. Ant. 944 ff., El. 837 ff., Phil. 676 ff., Eur. Med. 1282 μίαν δὴ κλύω μίαν τῶν πάρος γυναῖκ᾽ ἐν φίλοις χέρα βαλεῖν τέκνοις κτέ., Hipp. 545 ff., H. F. 1017 ff.

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425-430. Responsion with the an- tistrophe has been disturbed by inter- polation. See App.

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426. ἐν πόνοις δαμέντα: ἐν is not simply the equivalent of the instru- mental dative, as often (for instance Pers. 251 ἐν μιᾷ πληγῇ κατέφθαρται πολὺς ὄλβος), but expresses the dura- tion of the pain, as if it were πόνοις ἐνεζευγμένον. See on 168. – ἀκαμαν- τοδέτοις λύμαις: interpolated from 148 (one manuscript has ἀδαμαντοδέ- τοις). – θεόν: like his brother Pro- metheus.

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429 ff. For the thought cp. 348 ff. In both passages Atlas is described as 'upholding sky and earth,' but the language is here even vaguer than in the former place. The expression σθένος γαίας affords a hint of the con- ception intended. While the heavens press down from above, the earth bears up against the pressure of At- las's feet, and the strength with which she resists this pressure is in the poet's mind. - πόλον : cp. the scholi- ast on Ar. Av. 179 πόλον γὰρ οἱ παλαιοὶ οὐχ ὡς οἱ νεώτεροι σημεῖόν τι (a point) καὶ πέρας ἄξονος, ἀλλὰ τὸ περιέχον ἅπαν. Εὐριπίδης Πειρίθῳ (Frg. 597) ‘τὸν ᾿Ατ- λάντειον τηροῦσι πόλον.' - νώτοις ὑπο- στενάζει : = νώτοις βαστάζων στενάζει. But see App.

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431 ff. Further description of At- las's situation. 'Fluctus marinos quasi misericordia Atlantis tangi fingit, quia Atlas haud procul a mari in Maure- tania stare ferebatur' (Schütz). — συμπίτνων : sc. ῎Ατλαντι στενάζοντι. The wave which breaks at Atlas's feet groans in sympathy with him, and the lament is passed on to the depth of the sea and finally to the dark re- cesses of the lower world. So too the rivers groan, whose sources are near Atlas. With βοᾷ δὲ πόντιος κλύδων συμπίτνων, cp. Il. xiv. 394 οὔτε θαλάσ- σης κῦμα τόσον βοάᾳ ποτὶ χέρσον, κτἑ.

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Sept. 900 διήκει δὲ καὶ πόλιν στόνος, στένουσι πύργοι, στένει πέδον φίλαν- δρον.

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436-525. Second Episode. Prometheus and the Coryphaeus. Prometheus calls to mind the benefits he has conferred on gods and men, and his bitterness increases as he contrasts these with his present treat- ment.

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437. σιγάν: see Introduction, pp. 23 and 27. – συννοίᾳ : cp. Soph. Ant. 278 ἐμοί τοι, μή τι καὶ θεήλατον τοὔργον τόδ᾽, ἡ ξύννοια βουλεύει πάλαι, Hdt. i. 88 ὁ δὲ συννοίῃ ἐχόμενος ἥσυχος ἦν. The nature of the 'brooding thoughts' suggested by his pains is hinted at in the words καίτοι... διώρισεν. - δάπτο- μαι κέαρ: cp. Od. i. 48 δαίεται ἦτορ, Il. vi. 202 ὃν θυμὸν κατέδων.

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440. τίς ἄλλος ἢ ᾿γώ: διὰ τὸ συμβα- λέσθαι Διὶ κατὰ τῶν Τιτάνων, Schol. Cp. 219 with 229. Hence παντελώς, finally, after all, if one goes to the bottom of the matter.

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441 f. εἰδυίαισιν ἂν ὑμῖν λέγοιμι : cp. 1040, Suppl. 742 καὶ λέγω πρὸς εἰ- δότα, Αg. 1402 πρὸς εἰδότας λέγω, Il. x. 250 εἰδόσι γάρ τοι ταῦτα μετ᾿ ᾿Αργείοις ἀγορεύεις, xxiii. 787 εἰδόσιν ὄμμ᾽ ἐρέω πᾶσιν, Pind. Pyth. iv. 251 εἰδότι τοι ἐρέω, Soph. Ο. C. 1539 τὰ μὲν τοιαῦτ᾽ οὖν εἰδότ᾽ ἐκδιδάσκομεν, Eur. Hec. 670 οὐ καινὸν εἶπας, εἰδόσιν δ᾽ ὠνείδισας, Or. 1183 εἰδότ᾽ ἠρόμην, Hdt. iii. 103 ἐπιστα- μένοισι τοῖσι Ἕλλησι οὐ συγγράφω, vii. 8 ἐπισταμένοισι εὖ οὐκ ἄν τις λέγοι, Thuc. ii. 36 μακρηγορεῖν ἐν εἰδόσιν οὐ βουλόμενος ἐάσω, Plaut. Pseud. 996 novi: notis praedicas.

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442. τὰν βροτοῖς δὲ πήματα: ὰ εἶ- χον πήματα πρώην, Schol. The pres- ent condition of mankind is known; but to put Prometheus's merit in a clear light, it is necessary to set forth their former wretched plight (447 ff.). In this sense Prometheus says be- low, λέξω δὲ μέμψιν οὔτιν᾿ ἀνθρώποις ἔχων.

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444. φρενῶν ἐπηβόλους: cp. Soph. Ant. 492 λυσσῶσαν αὐτὴν οὐδ᾽ ἐπήβολον φρενῶν, Porphyr. Quaest. Homer. i. τὸ δὲ ἐπήβολος σημαίνει τὸν ἐπιτυχῆ καὶ ἔγκρατῆ ἀπὸ τῆς βολῆς καὶ τοῦ βάλλειν. Σοφοκλῆς ᾿Αλκμαίωνι ῾ εἴθ᾽ εὐ φρονή- σαντ᾽ εἰσίδοιμί πως φρενῶν ἐπήβολον καλῶν σε.'

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448 f. ὀνειράτων ἀλίγκιοι μορφαῖσι : see on 548, and cp. Ar. Av. 687 ἀνέρες εἰκελόνειροι. In a different sense Ag. 1218 ὀνείρων προσφερεῖς μορφώμασι. ἀλίγκιος is an Homeric word. – τὸν μακρὸν βίον: an expression for "the whole duration of life" (τὸ μῆκος τοῦ βίου), like our 'the live-long day.' Cp. Eur. Hipp. 374 νυκτὸς ἐν μακρῷ χρόνῳ, and 537 below.

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450. ἔφυρον εἰκῇ: cp. Eur. Suppl. 201 αἰνῶ θ᾽ ὡς ἡμῖν βίοτον ἐκ πεφυρμένου καὶ θηριώδους θεῶν διεσταθμήσατο, and the passage of a tragedy preserved Stob. Ecl. Phys. i. 1 ἔπειτα πάσης Ελ- λάδος καὶ συμμάχων βίον διώκησ᾽ ὄντα πρὶν πεφυρμένον θηρσίν θ᾽ ὅμοιον· πρῶτα μὲν τὸν πάνσοφον ἀριθμὸν ηὕρηκ᾽ ἔξοχον σοφισμάτων (cp. 459), and finally the long description of the primitive con- dition of mankind in Lucret. v. 951 ff. - οὔτε ... οὐ: cp. 479; Cho. 291 οὔτε κρατῆρος μέρος εἶναι μετασχεῖν, οὐ φιλοσπόνδου λιβός, Soph. Ant. 249 οὔτε του γενῇδος ἦν πλῆγμ᾽, οὐ δικέλλης ἐκ- βολή, Ο. C. 972 οὔτε βλάστας πω γε- νεθλίου πατρός, οὐ μητρός εἶχον, Eur. Οr. 46 ἔδοξε δ᾽ ῎Αργει τῷδε μήθ᾽ ἡμᾶς στέγαις, μὴ πυρὶ δέχεσθαι μήτε προσφω- νεῖν τινα, Tro. 934, Frg. 326. – πλιν- θυφεῖς : lateribus contextos. The word is found only here.

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453. Cp. Hom. Нутn xx. 1 ῞Ἥφαι- στον . · ὃς μετ᾿ ᾿Αθηναίης γλαυκώπιδος ἀγλαὰ ἔργα ἀνθρώπους ἐδίδαξεν ἐπὶ χθο- νός, οἱ τὸ πάρος περ ἄντροις ναιετάασκον
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458. δυσκρίτους: belongs with ἀν- τολάς as well as δύσεις. Words com- mon to two members of a sentence, the poets like to put in the second member, to give it greater weight and to bind the whole together. Cp. Εl. 105 ἔστ᾽ ἂν παμφεγγεῖς ἄστρων ῥιπάς, λεύσσω δὲ τόδ᾽ ἦμαρ, 929 ἡδὺς οὐδὲ μητρὶ δυσχερής, Ο. C. 1399 οἴμοι κελεύθου τῆς τ᾽ ἐμῆς δυσπραξίας, Aesch. Ag. 589 φράζων ἅλωσιν Ἰλίου τ᾽ ἀνά- στασιν, Eum. 9 λιπὼν δὲ λίμνην Δηλίαν τε χοιράδα.' So Schneidewin on Soph. Ο. Τ. 802 (κηρύξ τε κἀπὶ πωλικῆς ἀνὴρ ἀπήνης ἐμβεβώς). See on 21, and 1015 below; also Cho. 206 στίβοι ποδῶν ὅμοιοι τοῖς τ᾽ ἐμοῖσιν ἐμφερεῖς, Eur. Heracl. 158 εἰς γόους τε καὶ τὰ τῶνδ᾽ οἰκτίσματα βλέψας, Med. 1366 ὕβρις οἵ τε σοὶ νεοδμῆτες γάμοι. - As an ex- ample of a δύσκριτος δύσις the scholi- ast cites, οἷον Ωρίων ὅτε δύων χειμῶνα ποιεῖ. σεις: the invention of architecture, astronomy, arithmetic, and letters is elsewhere ascribed to Palamedes. Cp. Soph. Frg. 379 οὗτος (Παλαμήδης) δ᾽ ἐφηῦρε τεῖχος ᾿Αργείων στρατῷ, σταθμῶν τ᾿ ἀριθμῶν καὶ μέτρων εὑρήματα..., ἐφηῦρε δ᾽ ἄστρων μέτρα καὶ περιστροφάς, Eur. Frg. 582 τὰ τῆς γε λήθης φάρμακ᾿ ὀρθώσας μόνος, ἄφωνα καὶ φωνοῦντα συλλαβάς τε θεὶς ἐξηῦρον ἀνθρώποισι γράμματ᾽ εἰδέναι.

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466. ἄγαλμα ... χλιδής: the pas- sion for fine horses was very strong at Athens, and led to much extrava- gance. In Thuc. vi. 16, Alcibiades takes credit for the splendor of the Olympian θεωρία ‘διότι ἅρματα μὲν ἑπτὰ καθῆκα, ὅσα οὐδείς πω ἰδιώτης πρότερον.᾿ Cp. Hdt. vi. 35 Μιλτιάδης ἐὼν οἰκίης τεθριπποτρόφου, [Dem.] XLII. 24 ἱππο- τρόφος ἄγαθός ἐστι (sc. Φαίνιππος) καὶ φιλότιμος ἅτε νέος καὶ πλούσιος καὶ ἰσχυρὸς ὤν, and especially the begin ning of Aristophanes's Clouds.

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472 ff. μεσολαβοῦσαι αἱ τοῦ χοροῦ τὴν ἔκθεσιν τῶν κατορθωμάτων διανα- παύουσι τὸν ὑποκριτήν [Αἰσχύλου], Schol. That is, the object of the interruption is simply to rest the ac- tor. Accordingly, the coryphaeus re- peats assentingly the sentiment which Prometheus has last uttered. This is often the case in such intermediate speeches of the chorus. The words πέπονθας αἰκὲς πῆμα, thou hast been shamefully treated, voice the feeling of indignation implied in Prome- theus's speech. The chorus is amazed at the unjust dispensation by which Prometheus, who helped others, can- not help himself. – ἀποσφαλεὶς φρε- νῶν πλανᾷ : equivalent to οὐκ ἔχω σόφισμα above. Cp. Pers. 392 φόβος δὲ πᾶσι βαρβάροις παρῆν γνώμης ἀπο- σφαλεῖσιν, Eur. Iph. Α. 742 μάτην ᾖξ᾽, ἐλπίδος δ᾽ ἀπεσφάλην, Ag. 1530 ἀμηχανῶ φροντίδος στερηθεὶς εὐπάλαμον μέριμναν ὅπα τράπωμαι. Asyndeton, because the clause is explanatory of πέπονθας αἰκὲς πῆμα. Krüger I. § 59, 1, 5.

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485. ἔκρινα : κρίνω is the regular word for the interpretation of dreams. potan, πιστός (for netόs) occurs only here; Cp. ὀνειροκρίτης, and Cho. 37 κριταί Lokon. but cp. πίστρα, πιστήρια. Not only the metre, but the assonance χριστὸν πιστόν, suggested the unusual form. 482. ἠπίων: cp. ἤπια φάρμακα Il. iv. 218, xi. 830; ἠπίοισι φύλλοις Soph. Phil. 697. TE τῶνδ᾽ ὀνειράτων. - For the thought cp. Pind. Frg. 96 εὕδει δὲ (sc. ζωόν, the soul) πρασσόντων μελέων, ἀτὰρ εὑδόντεσσιν ἐν πολλοῖς ὀνείροις δείκ- νυσι τερπνῶν ἐφέρποισαν χαλεπῶν τε κρίσιν.

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496 ff. κνίσῃ... τέχνην : this τέχνη is the ἐμπυρομαντεία, which derived signs (σήματα) from the form, bright- ness and power of the sacrificial flames. Cp. Apoll. Rh. i. 144 αὐτὸς δὲ θεοπροπίας ἐδίδαξεν οἰωνούς τ᾽ ἀλέγειν ἠδ᾽ ἔμπυρα σήματ᾿ ἰδέσθαι. Such ἔμπυρα (= φλογωπά) σήματα, of evil portent, are described Soph. Ant. 1006 ἐκ δὲ θυμάτων Ηφαιστος οὐκ ἔλαμπεν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ σποδῷ μυδῶσα κηκὶς μηρίων ἐτήκετο κάτυφε κἀνέπτυε καὶ μετάρσιοι χολαὶ διεσπείροντο, καὶ καταρρυεῖς μηροὶ κα- λυπτῆς ἐξέκειντο πιμελῆς. Incident- ally, in κνίσῃ ὀσφῦν, the poet refers to the doctrines as to what part of the victims should be offered to the gods, and in what way. There is here a vague allusion to the story in Hesiod (see Introd. p. 5). Ср. also Il. i. 460 μηρούς τ᾽ ἐξέταμον κατά τε κνίσῃ ἐκάλυψαν, δίπτυχα ποιήσαντες, ἐπ᾿ αὐτῶν δ᾽ ὠμοθέτησαν. – μακρὰν ὀσφῦν : = μεγαλὴν ὀσφῦν. Cp. Eum. 75 δι' ἠπείρου μακρᾶς. The so-called ἱερὸν ὀστοῦν, os sacrum, is meant. Cp. Etym. Magn. p. 468, 28 ἱερὸν ὀστοῦν, τὸ ἄκρον τῆς ὀσφύος· οὕτω γὰρ κέκληται ὅτι μέγα ἐστίν (hence the epithet μακράν), ἢ ὅτι ἱερουργεῖται τοῖς θεοῖς.

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499. ἐξωμμάτωσα, ἐπάργεμα: these correspond in their proper significa- tions. ἄργεμος, νόσος ὀμμάτων (cata- ract), ἀφ᾽ οὗ ἄργεμα κατὰ Δίδυμον τὰ ἐπὶ ὀφθαλμῶν λευκώματα (albugo), Eustath. p. 1430, 60; ἐπάργεμα λέγε- ται τὰ ὄμματα, ὅταν ἢ τετυφλωμένα ὑπὸ λευκωμάτων, Hesych. On ἐξομματοῦν, take scales from the eyes, cp. the verse from Sophocles's Phineus in Ar. Plut. 635 (ἀντὶ γὰρ τυφλοῦ) ἐξωμμάτωται καὶ λελάμπρυνται κόρας. Here “open the eyes is said for "make plain." What we perceive, seems to us, as it were, to have eyes. So τυφλός means invisible as well as not seeing. ματα. دو

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502. άργυρον χρυσόν τε: the last two objects, united by τé, form to- gether the third member of the series. Cp. Cic. Div. i. 51 aurum et argentum, aes, ferrum.

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504. φλύσαι: cp. Cic. de Fin. v. ζεε φλούρια 27 dixerit hoc quidem Epi- curus, semper beatum esse sapientem, quod quidem solet ebullire nonnunquam.

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505. Cp. Eur. Frg. 364, 5 βραχεῖ δὲ μύθῳ πολλὰ συλλαβὼν ἐρῶ, Lucret. vi. 1083 sed breviter pau- cis praestat comprendere multa.

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507 f. Paratactic for μή νυν βρο- τοὺς ὠφελῶν σαυτοῦ ἀκήδει, according to a favorite Greek mode of expres- sion. Cp. Dem. Ix. 27 καὶ οὐ γράφει μὲν ταῦτα, τοῖς δ᾽ ἔργοις οὐ ποιεῖ. In ὠφέλει the time of the action is not thought of, only its sense as opposed to ἀκήδει. Observe that ἀκηδεῖν is an epic word.

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509 f. The prediction of Prome- theus in 476 is fulfilled; the account of his achievements has brought the chorus to enthusiastic admiration. He has only, they think, to exert his inventive genius in his own behalf, to become as powerful as Zeus him- self. To the enlightened spectator this utterance, in a certain sense, is true, since at the end of the trilogy Prometheus is to take his place at the side of the other gods, and so of Zeus, as an object of worship. The thought serves furthermore as tran- sition to the mention of the secret and the revelation of Prometheus's designs.

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511 f. Prometheus tacitly accepts the words ἐκ δεσμῶν λυθέντα μηδὲν μεῖον ἰσχύσειν Διός, but as to time (οὔπω) and manner (ταύτῃ, as you suppose; cp. on 247) of his release the chorus, he asserts, is wrong. – μοῖρα πέπρωται: cp. τὴν πεπρωμένην μοῖραν, Hdt. i. 91. This general statement leads to a discussion of the nature of Destiny. – τελεσφόρος: Eur. Heracl. 899, μοῖρα τελεσσιδώτειρα. – κράναι : here intransitive, go into fulfilment (ούπω μοῖρα πέπρωται ταῦτα ταύτῃ κρᾶ- ναι). Cp. Cho. 1075 ποῖ δῆτα κρανεῖ, ποῖ καταλήξει μετακοιμισθὲν μένος ἄτης; – The scholiast remarks, οὔπω μοι λυθῆ- ναι μεμοίραται· ἐν γὰρ τῷ ἑξῆς δράματι λύεται, ὅπερ ἐμφαίνει Αἰσχύλος. – Eur. Med. 365 ἀλλ᾽ οὔτι ταῦτα ταύτῃ, μὴ δοκεῖτέ πω, seems an imitation of this passage. Cp. Ar. Eq. 843 οὐκ ἀγαθοὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἐστί πω ταύτῃ μὰ τὸν Ποσειδώ. -

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513. φυγγάνω: the meaning of the present is, I am to escape; so 525 ἐκφυγγάνω, I have the means of escap- ing. Cp. Soph. Phil. 113 αἱρεῖ τὰ τόξα ταῦτα τὴν Τροίαν μόνα.

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514. τέχνη: sollertia. " Skill avails nought against Necessity" is a general sentiment. Prometheus hints that the time of his release is fixed by Fate; he cannot change it, nor can Zeus himself. This last idea is taken up by the chorus in 517.

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515. οἰακοστρόφος (cp. 148): that is, "in whose hands lies the execu- tion of the law of the universe ? "

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516. τρίμορφοι: as it were, ἑvds ὀνόματος (Μοίρας) τρεῖς μορφαί. Re- versed in 210 Γαῖα πολλῶν ὀνομάτων μορφὴ μία– μνήμονες: cp. Ag. 155 παλίνορτος οἰκονόμος δολία μνάμων μῆ- νις. In Eum. 382 the Erinyes call themselves κακῶν μνήμονες, σεμναὶ καὶ δυσπαρήγοροι βροτοῖς. The Moῖραι are the representatives of eternal law, the Erinyes carry out this law by πλὴν ἀεὶ κρατεῖν ; punishing all who violate it. Cp. Eum. 334, where the Erinyes say, τοῦτο γὰρ λάχος Μοῖρ᾽ ἐπέκλωσεν ἐμπέ- δως ἔχειν, θνατῶν τοῖσιν αὐτουργίαι ξυμπέσωσιν μάταιοι, τοῖς ὁμαρτεῖν ὄφρ᾽ ἂν γᾶν ὑπέλθῃ, and Hesiod Theog. 217 καὶ Μοῖρας καὶ Κῆρας ἐγείνατο (sc. Νὺξ) νηλεοποίνους (where Κῆρες = Ἐρινύες, cp. Sept. 1054 φθερσιγενεῖς Κῆρες Ἐρι- vues, and Eum. 321, where the Erinyes are said to be daughters of Night). This verse taken together with 910 f. shows why Zeus is still subject to Fate. Prometheus has in mind the danger of loss of sovereignty. See Introduction, p. 17 f.

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518. οὔκουν . γε: the power of Fate over Zeus is limited to the in- fliction of penalties for his transgres- sions of universal law. Cp. the words of the Pythian priestess, Hdt. i. 91 τὴν πεπρωμένην μοῖραν ἀδύνατά ἐστι ἀποφυγεῖν καὶ θεῷ.

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519. Cp. Eum. 125 τί σοι πέπρα πέπρακται πρᾶγμα πλὴν τεύχειν κακά;

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522. The scholiast remarks, τῷ ἑξῆς δράματι φυλάττει τοὺς λόγους. - λόγου: λόγος (like ἔπος) is often used of the subject-matter of a discourse. Cp. Eur. Hel. 120 ἄλλου λόγου μέμνησο, μὴ κείνης ἔτι.

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526-560. Second Stasimon. The subject - praise of peace with Heaven and a tranquil life - is sug- gested by the words of the cory- phaeus 519 τί γὰρ πέπρωται Ζηνὶ πλὴν ἀεὶ κρατεῖν ; The dactylo-epitritic rhythm corresponds with this senti- ment, and 'affords, in the midst of the heat of tragic pathos, a moment of refreshing coolness and cheerful calm' (Westphal). ποτε ἀντίπαλον κράτος ποιοῖτο τῇ ἐμῇ γνώμῃ, ἀντὶ τοῦ μηδέποτε ἐναντίος μοι γένοιτο, Schol. – θεῖτο κράτος ἀντίπα- λον: see on 163.

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529 f. ὁσίαις θοίναις: the sacrifi- cial feasts which the Oceanid maidens set for the gods on the shore of Ocean, remind one of the banquets of the Aethiopians in Homer (Il. i. 423 Ζεὺς γὰρ ἐς Ωκεανὸν μετ᾿ ἀμύμονας Αἰθιοπῆας χθιζὸς ἔβη κατὰ δαῖτα, θεοὶ δ᾽ ἅμα πάντες ἕποντο). The gods visit the banquets of the Oceanids, as in Ovid, Fast. iv. 423, frigida caeles- tum matres Arethusa voca- rat; venerat ad sacras et dea flava dapes. – βουφόνοις : cp. Eum. 283 καθαρμοῖς χοιροκτόνοις, Ag. 209 παρθενοσφάγοισι ῥείθροις.

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532. ἄσβεστον πόρον : cp. 139. 526 ff. ὁ πάντα διοικῶν Ζεὺς μηδέ- Hesych. explains, ἄσβεστον· ἀκατά-
παυστον. Cp. also Ag. 958 ἔστιν θά- λασσα, τίς δέ νιν κατασβέσει; For πόρον, see 806; Cho. 366 παρὰ Σκα- μάνδρου πόρον, Pers. 493 ἐπ᾿ ᾿Αξίου πόρον.

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534 f. τόδε: "the following rule of life.” – ἐκτακείη : ' videtur a scrip- tura in tabulis cereis petitum esse, quae igni admoto aut solis radiis colliquescit ideoque deletur' (Schütz). Cp. 789, and Critias Frg. 2, 12 λῆστις δ᾽ ἐκτήκει μνημοσύνην πραπίδων.

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536. Cp. Theogn. 765 ὧδ᾽ εἴη κεν ἄμεινον· ἐΰφρονα θυμὸν ἔχοντας νόσφι μεριμνάων εὐφροσύνως διάγειν τερπομέ- νους.

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537. τὸν μακρὸν βίον : all the days of one's life. See on 449. – τείνειν : Pers. 708 ὁ μάσσων βίοτος ἣν ταθῇ πρόσω, Ag. 1362 ἢ καὶ βίον τείνοντες ὧδ᾽ ὑπείξομεν, Eur. Ion 624 βίου αἰῶνα τείνει, Med. 670 ἄπαις γὰρ δεῦρ᾽ ἀεὶ τείνεις βίον;

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538. φαναῖς ἐν εὐφροσύναις: cp. Plat. Phaedr. 256 Η εἰς γὰρ σκότον οὐ νόμος ἐστὶν ἔτι ἐλθεῖν τοῖς κατηργμένοις ἤδη τῆς ἐπουρανίου πορείας, ἀλλά φανὸν βίον διάγοντας εὐδαιμονεῖν. ἀλδαί- νουσαν: ἀλδαίνειν, like ἀλιταίνειν just above (533), is an epic word.

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543. ἰδίᾳ: gives the right sense, but the metre requires a cretic. Probably idíą has replaced μουνάδι, as a gloss. Cp. ἰδιογνώμων and μονο- γνώμων, also μονόφρων Ag. 757; Pers. 734 μονάδα δὲ Ξέρξην ἔρημόν φασιν ... μολεῖν, Eur. Andr. 855 μονάδ᾽ ἔρημον οὖσαν, Bacch. 609 μονάδ᾽ ἐρημίαν, Phoen. 1520 μονάδ᾽ αἰῶνα. The tragic poets use the Ionic form μοῦνος for metrical convenience. Cp. 804 and note on 345.

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544 f. φέρ᾿ ὅπως : pregnant, look how. δεῦρο δὴ καὶ σκόπησον, Schol. - ἄχαρις χάρις: ἡ χάρις ἣν ἐχαρίσω τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἄχαρις ἦν καὶ ἀμείψασθαί σε μὴ δυναμένη, Schol. Cp. Ag. 1545 ἄχαριν χάριν ἀντ᾽ ἔργων μεγάλων ἀδίκως ἐπικρᾶναι, Cho. 42 τοιάνδε χάριν ἀχάρι- τον ἀπότροπον κακῶν, Eur. Iph. Τ. 566, Phoen. 1757, and the Homeric "Ipos ῎Αϊρος (Od. xviii. 73); also note on 904. – ποῦ τίς: see on πῇ πότε, 99.

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546 f. ἐφαμερίων : see on 83. With this description of human helpless- ness, cp. Ar. Αυ. 685 ἄγε δὴ φύσιν ἄνδρες ἀμαυρόβιοι, φύλλων γενεᾷ προσό- μοιοι, ὀλιγοδρανέες, πλάσματα πηλοῦ, σκιοειδέα φῦλ᾽ ἀμενηνά, ἀπτῆνες ἐφη- μέριοι, ταλαοὶ βροτοὶ, ἀνέρες εἰκελόνειροι. · ὀλιγοδρανίαν: with epic quantity before δρ. Homer uses the parti- ciple ὀλιγοδρανέων as equivalent to ὀλιγηπελέων. Cp. Orph. Argon. 432 ἀνθρώπων ὀλιγοδρανέων πολυεθνέα φύτ- λην ἤειδον. – ἄκικυς : ἀσθενής, ἀδύνατος, Hesych. Cp. Aesch. Frg. 230 σοὶ δ᾽ οὐκ ἔνεστι κῖκυς οὐδ᾽ αἱμόρρυτοι φλέβες, Od. xi. 393 ἀλλ᾽ οὐ γάρ οἱ ἔτ᾽ ἦν ἐς ἔμπεδος οὐδέ τι κίκυς.

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548 f. ἰσόνειρον : ι long, following epic usage, as in ἰσόθεος Pers. 80, ἰσοδαίμων Pind. Nem. iv. 136. For the sense, see on 448, and cp. Pind. Pyth. viii. 135 ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ᾽ οὔ τις ; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος, Eur. Med. 1224 τὰ θνητὰ οὐ νῦν πρῶτον ἡγοῦμαι σκιάν. – φωτῶν : = ἀνδρῶν. Cp. Soph. Αί. 300 ὥστε φῶτας, in distinction to animals. – ἳ δέδεται: cp. Anth. Pal. νί. 296 ἐκ γήρως ἀδρανίῃ δέδεται.

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550 f. οὔπως... παρεξίασι βουλαί: cp. Suppl. 1048 Διὸς οὐ παρβατός ἐστιν μεγάλα φρὴν ἀπέραντος, Od. ν. 103 ἀλλὰ μάλ᾽ οὔπως ἔστι Διὸς νόον αἰγιόχοιο οὔτε παρεξελθεῖν ἄλλον θεὸν οὔθ᾽ ἁλιῶ- σαι, Hesiod Theog. 613 ὡς οὐκ ἔστι Διὸς κλέψαι νόον οὐδὲ παρελθεῖν, and see on 906. For παρεξίασι cp. also Il. i. 132 οὐ παρελεύσεαι οὐδέ με πείσεις, Soph. Ant. 60, εἰ νόμου βίᾳ ψῆφον τυράννων ἢ κράτη παρέξιμεν. — τὰν Διὸς ἁρμονίαν: ὑψηλῶς καὶ τραγικῶς τὸ τῆς εἱμαρμένης ὄνομα Διὸς ἁρμονίαν εἶπεν, Schol., but this is inconsistent with 514 ff. By ἁρμονία Διός is meant rather the compact system of Zeus's realm. Cp. 230 διεστοιχίζετο ἀρχήν.