Aeschylus Prometheus Bound 687

Ettore Romagnoli (Translator)

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Ahimè, taci, ahimè, taci!
Mai non credevo che queste orecchie
800
udir dovessero sí strani casi,
né che terrori, brutture, spasimi
tanto a vederli fieri e a soffrirli,
con l'affilata
punta dovessero l'alma aggelarmi.
805
Ahi, destino, destino!
Se d'lo contemplo
la triste sorte, m'investe un brivido!

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

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Funding provided by Schmidt Sciences.

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.) — 609-886 focus
Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 609-886 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 687 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 687 focus
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 687 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 687 focus
ἔα ἔα, ἄπεχε, φεῦ·
οὔποτ᾽ οὔποτ᾽ οὔχουν ξένους
715
μολεῖσθαι λόγους
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 687 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.)) — 609-885 focus
Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 687 focus
Ah! ah! forbear! Alas! Never never did I expect that a tale [so] strange would come to my ears, or that sufferings thus horrible to witness and horrible to endure, outrages, terrors with their two-edged goad, would chill my spirit. Alas! alas! O Fate! Fate! I shudder as I behold the condition of Io.
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 687 focus
Des-
tinée, Destinée, je frémis à contempler le sort d'Io !
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 687 focus
No more, no more, forbear. Ah never, never
Conceiv'd I that a tale ſo ſtrange ſhould reach -
My ears; that miſeries, woes, diſtreſſes, terrors,
695
Dreadful to ſight, intolerable to ſenſe,...
Should ſhock me thus: woe, woe, unhappy fate!
How my ſoul ſhudders at the fate of Iö!
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 687 focus
Ah ah, abstine heu,
Nunquam optarem inaudita verba venire
In meum auditum: neq; huc tristia spectatu,
Et non toleranda nocumenta, mala, terricula bicipiti
Stimulo pungere animam meam,
690
Heu heu, fors fors,
Horrui videns actionem Iouis.
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.) — 687 focus
Woe! woe! avaunt—thou and thy tale of bane!
O never, never dared I dream
750
Such horror of strange sounds should pierce mine ear,
Such loathly sights, such tortures hard to bear,
Outrage, pollution, agony supreme,
Wasting my heart with double edge of pain!
Ah Fate, ah Fate! I gaze on Io's dole,
755
And shudder to my soul!
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.) — 687 focus
O wehe, weh! Halt' ein, weh!
Nimmer, nimmermehr wähnt' ich, daß
So schmerzvolles Leid mir je dring' in's Ohr,
Nie, daß so grausenhaft und unerträglich
Qualen und Marter und Angst, ein zweischneidig Schwert,
690
Eiskalt mir durchbohre das Herz!
O Graun, o Graun! Schicksal, Schicksal!
Wie füllt Jo's Leiden mich mit Schauder!

Commentary

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

696. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-789

πρό γε:
πρό γε
a pr. manu M. Id in
πρό γε
sec. manus mutavit, recentior
ό
supra adscripsit.
πρὸ γε
Brunckius scribendum censuit. Recte vulgo
πρό γε
.

697. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-790

ἔςτ᾽ ἂν:
ὥστ᾽ ἂν
Vit. Lips.

697. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-791

προςμάθῃς:
προσμάθοις
G. Vind. 1. 3.

698. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-792

λέγ᾽, ἐκδίδασκε:
λέγε δίδασκε
Vit. Colb. 1.

698. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-793

τοῖς νοσοῦσί τοι:
τοῖς νοσοῦσί τοι
Μ. G. aliique.
τοῖς νοσοῦσί τι
Lips. Turn.
τοῖς νοσοῦσι τὸ
Ald. Rob.
τοῖς νοσοῦσι γὰρ
Vit. aliique.

699. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-794

προὐξεπίστασθαι:
προὐξεπίσταμαι
Lips.

700. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-795

χρείαν:
χρείαν
M. (si recte adnotatum ex M.) G. Vit. aliique.
χρείαν
Lips. edd. vett.

702. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-796

ἀμφ' ἑαυτῆς:
ἀφ' ἑαυτῆς
G. Vit. aliique et Rob.
ἀφ' ἑαυτῆς
Lips.

703. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-797

ἀκούσαθ':
ἀκούσασθ'
Lips. Ald. Rob. sed in Lips. posterius
o
deletum.
ἄκουε
Vit.

704. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-798

τήνδε τὴν νεάνιδα:
τήνδε τήνδε νεάνιδα
a pr. manu M.

705. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-799

σύ τ':
σὺ δ'
G. edd. vett.
σύ τ'
M. Vit. Lips. aliique.
σύ
est in libris apud Stephanum Byz. qui hunc versum in
Ἰναχία
affert. Recepit Blomfieldius cum Brunckio
σύ τ'
, idque recte quidem, sed non recta adductus caussa, quum hoc magis e consuetudine tragicorum esse putavit, qui aliter libentius dixissent
Ἰνάχειον σπέρμα, σὺ δέ
. Non tragicorum illa verborum collocatio propria est, sed communis omnium Graecorum ; hoc autem loco non apta, quia nulla vis est in appellatione nominis. Nam hic aut, si distingueret poeta personas,
σὺ δ' Ἰνάχειον σπέρμα
, aut, si coniungeret,
σύ τε
dicendum erat. Coniunxit autem, quia in mente habet vobis satis factum est, tibique Io, satis fiet. In fine versus in Lips. mirabili oscitantia scriptum est
εἰς τῆς Ἥρας
, sed animadverso errore supra scriptum
τοὺς ἐμοὺς λόγους
.

706. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-800

βάλ':
μάθ' ριο βάλ
Μ. et superscripto
βάλ'
Colb. 1.
βάλλ'
aliquot codices.

706. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-801

τέρματ᾽ ἐκμάθῃς:
τέρμ᾽ ἐκμάθῃς
Vit. Colb. 1.

707. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-802

μὲν:
μὲν
omittunt Vit. Lips. sed in Vit. postea supra scriptum est.

707. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-803

ἐνθένδ':
ἐνθάδ'
Lips. et aliquot alii.

707. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-804

ἀντολὰς:
ἀντολὰς
M. aliique et ed. Victorii.
γρ. ἀνατολὰς
Par. B.
ἀνατολὰς
Rob.
ἀνατολὰς
, eraso
α
, G.
ἀνατολὰς
Vit. aliique et Ald. Turn.

708. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-805

τρέψασα:
στρέψασα
M. G. ceterique codd. plerique et edd. vett.
τρέψασα
Vit. Lips. Vulgatae
στρέψασα
in G. superscriptum
τρέψασα, κλίνασα
. Non dubitavi recipere
τρέψασα
, partim quia de itinere, quod nunc novum susceptura sit Io, sermo est, partim quod illa, ut ex v. 830-839. apparet, ab occidente venit, ut pergere potius versus orientem quam se retro vertere sit dicenda.

708. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-806

στεῖχ':
στῆχ'
Lips.

708. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-807

γύας:
γύας
Lips. aliique et Ald. Rob.

709. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-808

ἀφίξει: Libri
ἀφίξῃ
.

710. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-809

ναίουσ':
νέουσ'
Μ.

711. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-810

ἐξηρτημένοι: Affert hunc versum Thomas M. p. 146, 10.
ἐξηρτυμένοι
Arund.

712. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-811

πελάζειν:
πολάζειν
Lips.

712. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-812

ἁλιστόνοις πόδας:
ἁλιστόνοις γυίο πόδας
M. G. Vit. Lips. Par. E. Ven. 1. 2. Bess. Barocc. Ald. Rob. Vict.
γυίο πόποδας
Arund. In M. ultimae in
γυίο πόδας
syllabae a recentiore manu
ων
supra adscriptum.
ἀλλ᾽ ἁλιστόνοις πόδας
Turn. Cant. et sic scribi voluit Scaliger. Porsonus ante
ἁλιστόνοις
posuit obelum, quod vocabulum Blomfieldio G. Burgesius ingeniose in
Ἁλιζώνοις
mutare videbatur. Immo infelicissima illa coniectura est. Non enim nominasset poeta hanc gentem ut notam, sed dixisset quum ad Halizones perveneris. Nihil vitii est in
ἁλιστόνοις
. Intelliguntur montes quos alluit Pontus Euxinus. De altero vocabulo perinepta narrat scholiastes, esse qui
γε πόδας
legant, esse etiam qui
Γύποδας
pro
Γυμνόποδας
dictum putent, quod gentis nomen fuerit. Nec laudaverim Elmsleii suspicionem, legendum esse
ἀλλ᾽ ἁλιστόνοις γ᾽ ὑποχρίμπτουσα ῥαχίαισιν
, quae et veri similitudinis nihil habet et vitiosa est propter inutile
γε
. Duplex cogitari vitii origo potest. Aut
γυῖα
scripsit poeta, hoc modo,
ἀλλὰ γυῖ᾽ ἁλιστόνοις
, cuius verbi explicatio
πόδας
in textum venit: nam Hesychius
γυῖα, μέλη, χεῖρές τε καὶ πόδες
: aut aberrans oculis librarius aliquis ad v. 708. ubi est
ἀνηρότους γύας
, hoc
γυ
, superscripto per compendium
ας
posuerat, animadversoque errore addiderat
πόδας
, lectionem genuinam. Id quum veri similius altero videretur, non dubitavi cum aliis scripturam a Turnebi editione profectam recipere.

713. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-813

χρίμπτουσα:
χρίπτουσα ῥαχίεσι
, supra adscripto
μπ
, Lips.

713. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-814

ἐκπερᾶν:
ἐκπέρα. γρ. ἐκπερῶν
Par. B. Mirum quod Elmsleius nominativi cum infinitivo constructione offensus est, ut
ἐκπέρᾳ
scribi vellet.

716. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-815

πρόςπλαστοι:
πρόσπλακτοι
Par. E. Ceteri omnes
πρόςπλαστοι
. Recte vero Elmsleius
πρόσπλατοι
.

717. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-816

ὑβριστὴν ποταμὸν:
ἕξεις δ'
et
γρ. εἰς
Par. B. Sola Robortelli editio
Ἄραξιν
. Ceteri libri omnes
ὑβριστήν
, quod Schützius non adiectivum, sed ipsum nomen fluvii esse putabat. At neque alii norunt fluvium Hybristen nec profecto Aeschylus. Sed quum et scholiastae Araxen intelligi dicant et Eustathius ad Dionysii v. 739. sic scribat,
τοῦ δὲ Μασσαγετικοῦ τούτου Ἀράξου μέμνηται καὶ Αἰσχύλος, καὶ ἀρέσκεται καὶ ἐκεῖνος ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀράσσειν καλεῖσθαι αὐτόν
, non dubitandum esse videtur quin ipsum illud nomen Aeschylus posuerit. Quod si eum fluvium Hybristen appellasset, non id praeteriturus erat Eustathius. Itaque quum neque nomen fluvii sit Hybristes, prorsus autem fieri non potuerit, ut non nominaret poeta fluvium quem
οὐ ψευδώνυμον
esse diceret, certissimum est post hunc versum excidisse alium, in quo nomen Araxis erat, veluti
σμερδναῖς Ἀράξην κύμασιν βρυχώμενον
. In cod. Mosc. adnotatum
γρ. οὐκ εὐώνυμον
, quae grammatici alicuius coniectura esse videtur.

719. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-817

εὔβατος:
ἄβατος
G.
εὔατος
Lips.

720. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-818

αὐτὸν Καύκασον:
αὐτὸν τὸν Καύκασον
Vit. et pauci alii.

720. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-819

μόλῃς:
μόλοις
, erasa alia lectione, superscripto
ἔλθοις
, G.
μόλις
Lips.

720. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-820

ὀρῶν:
ὁρῶν
Lips.

722. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-821

ἀπ' αὐτῶν:
ἐπ' αὐτῶν
G.

722. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-822

ἀστρογείτονας:
ἀστυγείτονας
Vit. Lips. sed Lips. in margine
ἀπὸ
, quod
ἀστρο
esse debebat. Respexit hunc versum Eustathius p. 733, 41. Idem p. 1390, 20.
Αἰσχύλος δὲ ἀστρογείτονας λέγει τὰς τοῦ Καυκάσου κορυφάς
.

723. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-823

ἐς:
εἰς
Vit.

725. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-824

ἵξει:
ἥξεις
M. G. Vit. Bess. Vind. omnes et edd. vett. quae scriptura adnotata est in Par. B. qui codex cum Par. A. Arund. Cantabr. 2. habet
ἵξεις
.
ἥξεις
, superscripto posteriori syllabae
ει
, Lips.

725. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-825

στυγάνορ':
στυγάνορα
plene G. Vit. aliique et Ald. Rob.

726. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-826

κατοικιοῦσιν:
κατοικοῦσι
G. Lips. Par. E. et ante correctionem M. Vit.

727. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-827

Σαλμυδησσία:
Σαλμυδισσία
Μ. G. Bess.
Σαλμυδισία
Vit. Aliter in aliis peccatum.
Σαλμυδησία
Ald. Rob.
Σαλμυδησσία
recte Lips. Ven. 3. Vind. 2. 3. 4. Turn. et id restituit recentior manus in M. Haec verba,
Σαλμυδησσία γνάθος
, affert Eustathius p. 309, 3. et eadem idem una cum sequente versu p. 560, 18. ac scholiastes Sophoclis ad Ant. 966.

728. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-828

ναύταισι:
ναύταισι
legitur apud Eustathium p. 560, 19. et Tzetzam ad Lycophr. 1286.
ναύτοισι
Ald.
ναύτης
Rob.
ναύτῃσι
ceteri libri et scholiastes Sophoclis ad Ant. 969. et Triclinius ad Oed. R. 183.

728. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-829

μητρυιὰ:
μητρυιὰ
a pr. manu M.

729. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-830

αὗταί σ':
αὗταί σ'
Vit. et a pr. manu M.
αὗται δ'
Lips.

729. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-831

ὁδηγήσουσι:
ὁδηγήσουσι
, littera
υ
a rec. manu scripta, M.

730. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-832

στενοπόροις:
στενοπόρου
G. et adscriptum in Par. B.
στενωπόρου
Rob.

731. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-833

θρασυσπλάγχνως:
θρασυσπλάχνως
Lips.
θρασύσπλαγχνον
aliquot codices.

732. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-834

αὐλῶν': Illustravit
αὐλῶνα
I. G. Waltherus in Animadv. histor. et crit. p. 224. seq.

733-735. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-835

NA:
ἔσται - κεκλήσεται
affert Stephanus Byz. in v.
Βόσπορος
.

733. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-836

εἰςαεὶ:
εἰς ἀεὶ
divisim M. G. Vit. Lips.

734. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-837

Βόςπορος δ':
Βόσπορός τ'
Rob. Id probabat Elmsleius. Et
τε
et
δέ
bonum, sed sensu diverso.

734. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-838

ἐπώνυμος:
ἐπώνυμον
Vit.

735. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-839

λιποῦσα:
λιποῦσ᾽ Εὐρώπης
Vit.

736. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-840

ἤπειρον:
ἤπειρον δ'
ἥξεις G.

736. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-841

Ἀσιάδ':
Ἀσιάδ'
Elmsleio scribendum videbatur.

737. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-842

ὁμῶς:
οὕτως
a pr. manu M.

739. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-843

ἐπέρριψεν:
ἐπέῤῥεψε
Par. E. et ad
ε
superscripto
ι
Lips.
ὑπέρριψε
Cantabr. 2. Ceteri
ἐπέρριψε
.

742. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-844

μηδέπω 'ν προοιμίοις:
μηδ᾽ ἐπῶν προοιμίοις
M. addito a rec. manu supra
μηδ'
accentu, et sic G. Lips. aliique et Ald.
μηδ' αὖ ἐν προοιμίοις
Par. D. et
ν
supra versum scripto Vit.
μήδ' ἐπῶν προοίμια
Rob.
μηδέπω 'ν προοιμίοις
restituit Turnebus.

743. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-845

ἰώ μοί μοι, ἔ ἔ.:
ἰὼ ἰώ μοί μοι
Cantabr. 1. Rob. Ceteri
ἰὼ μοί μοι
. Deinde
ἔ ἔ
M. Vit. Lips. et sic vel
ἔ
alii. In Vit. minoribus litteris adscriptum
φεῦ φεῦ
. Quater
ἔ
G. Par. B. Bess. edd. vett.
ἔ ἔ αἰ αἰ
Par. D. Versus est iambicus ischiorrhogicus.

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

κἀναμυχθίζει:
κἀναμυχθίζει
libri praeter Vit. Colb. 1. in quibus
κἀναμοχθίζει
est.
Μυχθίζειν
ut Aeschyleum memorat Eustathius p. 440, 25. 1965, 48.

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

τι:
τι
Vit. ante rasuram, qua
τι
factum, et Ald. Rob. cum paucis codicibus.
τὸ
, addito
ι
, Lips.

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

ἀπὸ στυφλοῦ:
ἀποστύφλου
G. Vit. Lips. Ald. Rob.
ἀπὸ στυφλοῦ
Turn. et, ut videtur, M.
ἀπὸ στύφλου
Brunckius.

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

εἰςάπαξ:
εἰς ἅπαξ
M. G. Vit. Ald. Rob.

753. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-850

NA: In Vit. post
ἦ δυσπετῶς ἂν
statim sequitur
πημάτων ἀπαλλαγή
, sed eadem manus in ima pagina quae omiserat adiecit.

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

ἂν:
ἣν
M. aliique et Ald. Turn.
ἣν ἣν
G. Cantabr. 1. 2. Colb. 2. Vind. 3.
ἂν
ante
ἦν
supra versum Vit.
οὖν
Lips. Rob. cuius scripturae veritatem confirmat incerta sede fluctuans
ν
.

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

οὐδέν:
οὐ
omittunt Par. E. Vind. 2. 4. Pro eo
τὸ
Rob.

757. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-853

ἐκπέσῃ:
ἐκπέσοι
G. et aliquot alii.

759. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-854

ἥδοι᾽ ἄν:
ἥδοι᾽ ἄν
M. G. Lips. Par. A. B. Ven. 3. Bess. edd. vett.
ἡδοίμην ἄν
Cantabr. 1. 2.
ἡδοίμην ἄν
Par. D. Continuant M. G. edd. vett. hunc versum cum praecedente et sequente, ut omnes Io recitet. Verissime Dawesius in Misc. crit. p. 248. hunc versum Prometheo tribuendum et
ἥδοιο
scribendum esse vidit. Sed mira fuit Zeunii negligentia, qui non adnotaverit in Vit. et versibus his tribus recte personas suas attributas esse et perspicue scriptum legi
ἥδοιο ἂν
, addita glossa
εὐφρανθείης
. Personae etiam in Lips. recte in singulis versibus notatae.

760. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-855

πῶς δ᾽ οὐκ ἄν:
πῶς οὐκ
Vit. Colb. 1.

760. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-856

κακῶς:
κακά
Lips. Par. L. Rob.

761. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-857

σοι μαθεῖν:
μαθεῖν σοι
M. (v
σοι
in litura M.) G. Vit. Par. C. Bess. Cantabr. 1. 2. Ox. Vind. omnes et Ald. Rob.
μαθεῖν
Lips.
σοι μαθεῖν
Turn.

762. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-858

τύραννα:
τυράννων
Lips. et adscriptum in Par. B.

763. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-859

αὐτὸς πρὸς αὑτοῦ:
αὐτὸς πρὸς αὑτοῦ
G. Vit. Lips. Ald. Rob. Turn.
αὐτὸς πρὸς αὐτοῦ
Victorius.
πρὸς αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ
M. Cantabr. 1. 2. Arund. quod recte probavit Elmsleius.

763. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-860

κενοφρόνων:
κενόφρον
Lips. Rob.

766. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-861

θέορτον:
θέορτον
commemorat Eustathius p. 784, 4.

766. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-862

εἰ ῥητόν:
εἰρητὸν
M. Lips. Rob.

767. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-863

ῥητὸν: Temere Brunckius
ῥητὸν
in
θεμιτόν
mutavit. Aristophanes Αν. 1715.
οὐ φατὸν λέγειν
. Orpheus Arg. 931.
οὐ φατὸν εἰπεῖν
. Nec multum differt hoc Euripidis in Bacchis v. 472.
ἄρρητ' ἀβακχεύτοισιν εἰδέναι βροτῶν
.

767. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-864

τόδε:
τόδε
M. G. Vit. Cantabr. 1. Par. H. Colb. 2. Ven. 1. Bess. Rob.
τόνδε
Colb. 1.
τάδε
Lips. Ald. Turn.

769. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-865

NA: Affert hunc versum Tzetzes ad Lycophr. 178.

770. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-866

ἀпоστροφὴ:
οὐδέν ἐστιν αὐτῷ τις ἀποστροφὴ τύχης
Par. E. quocum in
τις
G. Lips. Vind. 2. consentiunt.

771. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-867

πλὴν ἔγωγ᾽ ἂν ἐκ δεσμῶν λυθείς: Magnopere fluctuant libri.
πρὶν ἂν ἔγωγ' ἐκ δεσμῶν λυθῶ
Lips. Vind. 1. Ald.
πρὶν ἔγωγ᾽ ἂν ἐκ δεσμῶν λυθῶ
Par. A. B. Turn. Sic etiam G. nisi quod λ habet a prima manu, sed altera lectione erasa, scriptum, et supra
πρὶν
atque
ἕως
adnotatum. Ac
πλὴν
etiam Par. E. Bess. Vind. 3. Vacuum vitio versum praebet Ven. 3.
πλὴν ἔγωγ᾽ ἂν ἐκ δεσμῶν λυθῶ
. Sed
πλὴν
(a sec. manu M.)
ἔγωγ' ἂν ἐκ δεσμῶν λυθείς
M. Vit. In Vit.
λείπει τὸ βοηθήσω τούτῳ
adnotatum est.
πρὶν ἂν ἔγωγ᾽ ἐκ δεσμῶν λυθείς
Rob. Recepit
λυθείς
, quod pro diversa lectione etiam in Par. Β. adscriptum est, Porsonus, servato
πρὶν
et obelo ante
ἔγωγ'
apposito. Temere scripturas librorum pro suo arbitrio mutavit Brunckius. Burgesius ad Dawesii Misc. p. 492. ut Pauwius corrigendum putabat
πρίν γ' ἔγωγ᾽ ἂν ἐκ δεσμῶν λυθῶ
. Elmsleius, qui
ἄν
a
πρίν
separari non posse monuit, scribendum censebat
πλὴν ἔγωγ᾽ ὅταν δεσμῶν λυθείς
aut
λυθῶ
. At
ὅταν λυθείς
certe, verbo per aposiopesin omisso, durissimum est. Acquiescendum erat in scriptura librorum M. et Vit. quae repetitis cogitatione e praecedente versu verbis hanc habet sententiam,
οὐ δῆτα, πλὴν ἔγωγ' ἂν ἀποστροφὴ αὐτῷ τῆςδε τύχης γενοίμην, λυθεὶς ἐκ δεσμῶν
.

772. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-868

λύσων σ':
σ'
omittunt M. Vit. Lips. Colb. 1. 2. Cantabr. 1. 2. Ven. 3.
ὁ λύσσων ἐστὶν
habet Par. G.
τις οὖν ὁ λύσων σε δεσμῶν ἄκοντος Διός
Guelf.

773. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-869

τιν':
τίν'
cum accentu M. Vit. Lips. Ald. Rob.

773. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-870

ἐκγόνων:
αὐτῶν ἐγγόνων
M. et
ἐγγόνων
etiam Par. B. Ven. 3. Bess.
γρ. ἐκγόνων
Par. Β.
αὐτῶν ἐκ γόνων
Ald. In Vit. qui vulgatum habet, supra scriptum
λῦσαι ἐμὲ καὶ αὐτόν
.

773. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-871

εἶναι:
εἶναι
omittit Lips.

774. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-872

παῖς σ':
σ'
omittunt Vit. aliique nonnulli et Ald.
ἦ 'μὸς παῖς ἀπαλλάξοι
Lips.

775. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-873

γένναν:
γένναν πρὸς δέκ'
G. Par. E. Ald.

775. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-874

ἄλλαισιν:
ἄλλαισι
M. Lips. Vind. 1. edd. vett.
ἄλλῃσι
G. Vit. Vind. 3.
ἄλλησιν
alii. Emendate Victorius.

776. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-875

εὐξύμβλητος:
ἐξυμβλῶτος
G.

776. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-876

χρησμῳδία:
χρησμοδία
Lips.

777. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-877

σαυτῆς γ':
σαυτῆς τ'
(non τις) M. Colb. 1. Ceteri
σαυτῆς
sive particula. Non debebat Blomfieldius
καὶ μήτι σαυτῆς
coniicere, sed
καὶ μηδὲ σαυτῆς γ'
.

779. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-878

δυοῖν:
δυοῖν
Μ. G. Vit. Lips. et ceteri quantum constat libri.
δυεῖν
ex Turnebi editione obtinuerat.

779. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-879

σε:
σε
, superscripto
σοι
, Vit.

779. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-880

θατέρῳ:
θάτερον
Colb. 1. et ante correctionem primae manus Vit.

780. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-881

ποίοιν:
ποίοιν
postremis tribus litteris in litura M.
ποίοις
Par. E.
ποίοισιν
Ven. 1.

782. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-882

φράσω:
φράσαι
Rob.

782. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-883

τὸν ἐκλύσοντ' ἐμέ:
τὸν ἐκλύσοντά με
G. et alii nonnulli codices.

783. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-884

χάριν:
τὴν δ᾽ ἐμοὶ δίδου
, omisso
χάριν
, G.

784. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-885

λόγους:
οἴκους
pro
λόγους
Vit. sed supra scriptum
γρ. καὶ λόγους καὶ τὰς ὑποσχέσεις
. Aliter alius glossator interpretatur,
τοὺς ἐμοὺς δηλονότι
. Elmsleius certissime se reponere putabat
λόγου
. Eo trahi possunt hae explicationes,
μὴ ἀπορρίψῃς καὶ οὐκ ἐθελήσῃς εἰπεῖν. ἀτίμους ποιήσῃς
.

785. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-886

γέγωνε:
καὶ τῆσδε μὲν, γέγονε
Lips.

785. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-887

λοιπὴν:
τῇ λοιπῇ
ante correctionem primae manus M.

786. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-888

τὸν λύσοντα:
λύσοντά σε
G. et pauci alii.
λύσοντα σὲ
Bess. Ald.

786. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-889

ποθῶ:
τοῦτο γὰρ νῦν ποθῶ
Lips. paucique alii et Ald.

788. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-890

μὴ οὐ:
οὐ
omittunt G. aliique codices et Rob. et a pr. manu M. Habent
οὐ
Vit. Lips. Ald. et superscriptum a sec. manu M.

788. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-891

ὅσον:
ὅσονπερ χρήζετε
Lips.

790. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-892

ἐγγράφου σὺ:
ἐγγράφουσα
a pr. manu habuisse videtur M.
ἐγγράφου σὺ
habet a secunda.

790. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-893

μνήμοσιν:
μνήμοσιν
Μ.
μνήμασι
G. Vit. Lips. aliique et edd. ante Vict. Imitationem scriptoris qui Hermippum dialogum fecit, apud Schneiderum in praefatione Theophrasti p. 25. adnotavit Dindorfius,
καὶ ἔγωγε μνήμασι δέλτοις φρενῶν ταῦτ᾽ ἐγγράψομαι
.

791. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-894

ὅρον:
ὅτ' ἂν
Vit.
ὅρων
G. Ald.

792. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-895

ἀντολὰς:
ἀντολὰς
Μ. G. Ald. Rob.
ἀνατολὰς
Vit. Lips. aliique.

792. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-896

φλογῶπας:
φλογώπας
Pauwius et ita, ut videtur, M.
φλογωπάς
G. Vit. Lips. et ceteri libri praeter Ald. quae
φλογοπὰς
habet.

792. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-897

ἡλιοστιβεῖς:
ἡλιοστιβεῖς
Lips. Post hunc versum aliquid excidisse Brunckius primus intellexit.

793. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-898

πόντου:
πόντον
M. G. Ven. 1. Bess. Ald.

793. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-899

ἔςτ᾽ ἂν:
ὥστ᾽ ἂν
Vit.

794. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-900

Κισθήνης:
Σκυθίνης
G. aliique et Ald. Rob.
Σκυθήνης
Colb. 1. aliique.
Κυθίνης
Ven. 3.
Κιθήνης
Vit. (de quo falsa refert Butlerus) Lips. Colb. 2.
Κισθένης
Turn. Veram scripturam
Κισθήνης
exhibent M. Par. A. C. D. et adscriptum
Κισθήνης
in Par. B. Harpocratio
Κισθήνη, Ἰσοκράτης Πανηγυρικῷ
(§. 153. p. 72. Steph.).
ὄρος τῆς Θράκης
. Κρατίνος
κἀνθένδ᾽ ἐπὶ τέρματα γῆς ἥξεις καὶ Κισθήνης ὄρος ὄψει
. Photius
Κισθήνη, ὄρος τῆς Θράκης
. Eadem Suidas, apud quem
Καστήνη
legitur. Hesychius
Κισσίνη, πόλις καὶ ὄρος ἐν Θράκῃ
. Aeolidis urbs Cisthene ad sinum Adramyttenum memoratur Stephano Byz. in
Ἴασσα
, Plinio V. 30. Melae I. 18. De ea Strabo XIII. p. 606. extrema
ἔξω δὲ τοῦ κόλπου καὶ τῆς Πυρρᾶς ἄκρας ἥ τε Κισθήνη ἐστί, πόλις ἔρημος, ἔχουσα λιμένα
. Haec videtur esse quam dixit Isocrates. Alia fuit urbs et insula inter Rhodum et insulas Chelidonias, de qua Strabo XIV. p. 666.
μεταξὺ δ᾽ ἐν τῷ λεχθέντι παράπλῳ νησία πολλὰ καὶ λιμένες· ὧν καὶ μεγίστη νῆσος καὶ πόλις ὁμώνυμος ἡ Κισθήνη
. Quem autem Thraciae locum sic appellatum Harpocratio aliique memorant, ex coniectura illic videntur collocasse. Rectius scholia Aeschyli
Κισθήνη, πόλις Λιβύης ἢ Αἰθιοπίας
. id enim coniunctio cum Gorgonibus docet. Acute Meinekius in praefatione Menandri p. 18. Cratini versum e Seriphiis esse coniecit, qua in fabula Persei ad Gorgones iter ad Aeschyli exemplum non sine iocis et risu descripserit poeta facetissimus.

794. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-901

ἵνα: Hiatu offensus Brunckius mollius esse putabat, si scriberetur
ὅπου αἱ Φορκίδες
. At is quidem soloecismus esset. Nam in re certa
οὗ
, non
ὅπου
, dicitur.

795. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-902

αἱ Φορκίδες: In
αἱ Φορκίδες
libri consentiunt omnes: quae scriptura non modo propter hiatum in praegresso
ἵνα
, sed magis etiam propter articulum displicet, qui nimium quantum dictioni poeticae adversatur. Nec dubito quin illud
αἱ Φορκίδες
interpretatio sit doctioris lectionis
Φορκυνίδες
, quam nominis formam etsi non inveni apud Graecos scriptores, tamen qui e Graecis sua hauserunt Romani poetae eam tuentur. Ovidius Metam. IV. 742.
ei imponit Phorcynidos ora Medusae
. V. 230.
et in partem Phorcynida transtulit illam
. Lucanus IX. 626.
squalebant late Phorcynidos arva Medusae
.

796. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-903

ὄμμ' ἐκτημέναι:
ὄμματ'
Par. E.
ἐκτειμέναι
Par. C.
ὄμμα κεκτημέναι
Ald. Rob. Vera scriptura in ceteris et apud Thomam M. p. 218, 18.

797. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-904

μονόδοντες:
μονώδοντες
M. Bess.

797. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-905

ἃς:
τὰς
Lips. aliique et Ald. Tzetzes Chil. III. 952.
Προυσίου ἔχοντος ὀστοῦν ἓν τοὺς ὀδόντας πάντας, ὥςπερ Αἰσχύλος ἐν γραφαῖς καὶ τὰς Φορκίδας λέγει
.

798. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-906

νύκτερος: Libri omnes
οὔθ᾽ ὁ νύκτερος
. Delevi articulum, molestum in oratione poetae.

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

δρακοντόμαλλοι:
δρακοντόμαλοι
G. aliique pauci et Ald.

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

βροτοστυγεῖς:
βροτοστυγείς
Lips.

800. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-909

Γοργόνες:
Γοργόνες
G.

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

τοιοῦτο μέν σοι τοῦτο:
τοιοῦτο
M. aliique et Rob.
τοιοῦτον
G. Vit. Lips. aliique et Ald. Nullus liber
μὰν
, ut refert de G. Vit. Ald. Butlerus, sed hi omnes
μὲν
habent, G. tamen in litura. Elmsleius, quod tragici rarissime
τοιοῦτο
et
τοσοῦτο
usurpent, scribendum putabat
τοιοῦτον ἕν σοι τοῦτο φρούριον λέγω
. Confidentius ad Oed. Col. 790.
τοιοῦτο
et
τοσοῦτο
prorsus a tragicis abiudicavit, fortasse quod, sicubi illa inveniuntur, metrum alteram formam admittat, ut in Eumen. 200. 419. Blomfieldio longe probabilius videbatur
τοιόνδε μέν σοι
. Ego quidem vulgatam scripturam servandam duxi, partim quod ille tragicorum usus vix satis stabiliri potest, partim quod sententia in illa Elmsleii coniectura non recte enuntiata videtur. Nam
ἓν
si dicitur, satis est
τοιοῦτο
aut
τοῦτο
addi, utroque autem addito alterum supervacaneum atque adeo molestum est.

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

ὀξυστόμους:
ὀξυστόμου
ante correctionem secundae manu M.

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

ἀκραγεῖς:
ἀκραγεῖς
Ven. 3. Bess. Par. H. Ald.
ἀκραγεῖς
Lips. Hesychius in codice
ἀκραγές
(Musurus ἀκραγγές),
δυςχερές, σκληρόν, ὀξύχολον, ἀσθενές
. Εtym. Μ. p. 52, 13.
ἀκραγγές, ἀσθενές, χαλεπόν, δυςχερές, σκληρόν, αὐστηρόν, καὶ τὸ ἀεὶ κλαῖον παιδίον. τά τε ἀκραγγῆ ὀξύχολα
. Sic etiam MS. Aug. Atque etiam in Bekkeri Anecd. p. 369, 17. legitur
ἄκραγγες, ἀκρόχολον, ἀσθενές, χαλεπόν
. Optima explicatio est
ἀκρόχολον
. Est enim vocabulum illud ab
ἄγη
deductum, de quo Etym. M. p. 9, 1.
ἄγη, θαῦμα, χαρά, ἀπιστία, ζῆλος. παρὰ Ἡρωδιανῷ βασκανία
. MS. Aug.
παρὰ Ἡροδ
. i. e.
παρὰ Ἡροδότῳ
(VI. 60.), ut Suidas quoque. Apertius Iovis ministri sunt aquila quae v. 1026. iecur Promethei exest, quaeque in Agamemnone v. 128. auguria dant aquilae. Hic gryphi sic appellati videntur ut Iovis voluntate ministerio auri custodiendi fungentes.

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γρῦπας:
γύπας
G.
γρῦπας
Ven. 3. quum ceteri fere ut Μ.
γρύπας
habeant.

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τόν τε:
τό τε
ante sec. manus correctionem M.
τόν γε
Vit.

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μουνῶπα:
μουνῶπα
a pr. manu M. Recentior circumflexum accentum in acutum mutavit et ultimae syllabae
ον
supra adscripsit. Eustathius ad Dionysii v. 31.
Αἰσχύλος δὲ μονῶπα στρατὸν ὀνομάζει
. Idem ad Od. p. 1388, 64.
μουνῶπα στρατὸν
ex h. l. commemorat.

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Ἀριμασπὸν:
Ἀριμασπὸν
Vit. sed a pr. manu in
Ἀριμασπὸν
mutatum.

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ἱπποβάμον:
ἱπποβάμον'
M. a pr. manu et Vit. Lips.
ἱπποβάμους'
G.

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οἳ χρυσόρρυτον:
οἳ χρυσόρρυτον
G.
οἱ χρυσόρρυτοι
sic Lips.

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νᾶμα:
νᾶμα
G. et a pr. manu M.

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Πλούτωνος:
Πλούτωνος
. Lips.

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πόρου:
πόρον
M. Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. N. Ven. 3. Vind. 3. 4. Rob. idque superscriptum in Colb. 2. Gravior est et magis Aeschylea coniunctio horum verborum,
νᾶμα πόρου
. Sic in Persis v. 231.
τῆλε πρὸς δυσμὰς ἄνακτος Ἡλίου φθινασμάτων
.

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τηλουρὸν:
τηλουρὸν
ante recentioris manus correctionem M.

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

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

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696. πρώ: mature, too soon. Cp. Soph. Trach. 630 δέδοικα γὰρ μὴ πρὸ λέγοις ἂν τὸν πόθον τὸν ἐξ ἐμοῦ, πρὶν εἰδέναι τἀκεῖθεν εἰ ποθούμεθα, Plat. Par- men. 135 c πρὼ γὰρ, πρὶν γυμνασθῆναι, ὁρίζεσθαι ἐπιχειρεῖς καλόν τε τί καὶ δίκαιον καὶ ἀγαθόν. - πλέα τις: for τὶς with an adjective, see H. 702 a.

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698. λέγ᾽, ἐκδίδασκε : cp. 608, and see note on 56.

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701. κούφως: with light labor (sc. "on my part"), since it fell to Io (635) to meet their desire. – ἐχρήζετε : cp. 632 f.

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702. τὸν ἀμφ᾽ ἑαυτῆς ἀθλον : = ἀμφ᾽ ἑαυτῆς τὸν ἑαυτῆς ἆθλον ἐξηγουμένης. An attributive of the subject or ob- ject is often modified by the intrusion of a preposition which would natu- rally accompany the predicate. This is most frequent with the prepositions ἐξ, ἀπό, παρά. Cp. Cho. 507 τὸν ἐκ βυθοῦ κλωστῆρα σῴζοντες λίνου = τὸν ἐν βυθῷ κλωστῆρα λίνου (i.e. net) σφ- ζοντες ἐκ βυθοῦ, also Ag. 538 κῆρυξ ᾿Ἀχαιῶν χαῖρε τῶν ἀπὸ στρατοῦ. Krü- ger I. § 50, 8, 10 (cp. H. 788 a). But it occurs also with other prepositions; thus εὐσεβεῖν τὰ πρὸς θεούς, Soph. Phil. 1441

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706. θυμῷ βάλε: cp. the Homeric phrase σὺ δ᾽ ἐνὶ φρεσὶ βάλλεο σῇσι (differently Od. i. 200 ὡς ἐνὶ θυμῷ ἀθάνατοι βάλλουσι). For the dative, cp. Sept. 1048 χώραν τήνδε κινδύνῳ βαλεῖν, Soph. Phil. 67 λύπην πᾶσιν ᾿Αργείοις βαλεῖς, Eur. Phoen. 1535 σκότον ὄμμασι σοῖσι βαλών.

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708. στρέψασα: not τρέψασα, be- cause Io is to turn aside from Pro- metheus in beginning her journey. - στεῖχε γύας: cp. 837; Sept. 466 κλί- μακος προσαμβάσεις στείχει, in prose πορεύεσθαι πεδίον, etc. G. 159, N. 5; H. 712 b. - The geographical de- scription which follows - a mixture of truth and fable - is based on the vague reports of the merchants who were engaged in the traffic between the Hellenic colonies on the Black Sea and the regions to the north- ward. Herodotus was the first to bring to the Greeks a more accurate knowledge of the country and peo- ples north of the Pontus.

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709. Cp. Od. xii. 39 Σειρῆνας μὲν πρῶτον ἀφίξεαι. – Σκύθας νομάδας : Hippocr. de Aëre 93 νομάδες δὲ και λεῦνται, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστι σφι οἰκήματα, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν ἁμάξῃσι οἰκεῦσι· αἱ δὲ ἅμαξαί εἰσι αἱ μὲν ἐλάχισται τετράκυκλοι, αἱ δὲ ἐξάκυκλοι· αὗται δὲ πίλοισι περιπεφραγ- μέναι· εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ τετεχνασμέναι ὥσπερ οἰκήματα, τὰ μὲν διπλᾶ, τὰ δὲ τριπλᾶ· ταῦτα δὲ καὶ στεγνὰ πρὸς ὕδωρ καὶ πρὸς χιόνα καὶ πρὸς τὰ πνεύματα, Hesiod in Strabo p. 302 γλακτοφάγων εἰς γαῖὰν ἀπήναις οἰκί ἐχόντων, Hdt. iv. 46 τοῖσι γὰρ μήτε ἄστεα μήτε τείχεα ἢ ἐκτι- σμένα, ἀλλὰ φερέοικοι ἐόντες πάντες ἔωσι ἱπποτοξόται, ζώοντες μὴ ἀπ᾿ ἀρότου, ἀλλ᾽ ἀπὸ κτηνέων, οἰκήματά τέ σφι ῇ ἐπὶ ζευγέων, κῶς οὐκ ἂν εἴησαν οὗτοι ἄμαχοί τε καὶ ἄποροι προσμίσγειν. Ас- cording to Hdt. iv. 19, these Scythians lived on the Carcinite gulf, west of the Crimean isthmus: τὸ δὲ πρὸς ἠῶ τῶν γεωργῶν τούτων Σκυθέων (on the Borysthenes), διαβάντι τὸν Παντικάπην ποταμόν, νομάδες ἤδη Σκύθαι νέμονται, οὔτε τι σπείροντες οὐδὲν οὔτε ἀροῦντες. But before Herodotus their residence had not been thus determined, and Aeschylus thinks of them as dwelling far in the north near the Ocean. Cp. Strab. p. 492 τὸ πρῶτον μέρος ἐκ τῶν πρὸς ἄρκτον μερῶν καὶ τὸν ᾿Ὠκεανὸν Σκυθών τινες νομάδες καὶ ἁμάξοικοι, Plin. H. N. vi. 20, 53 inhabitabilis prima pars a Scythico pro- muntorio ob nives, proxima inculta saevitia gentium. Anthropophagi Scythae in- sident humanis corporibus vescentes; ideo iuxta vas- tae solitudines.

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712. πελάζειν ... ἐκπερᾶν: jussive infinitive. Cp. Eum. 1007 τὸ μὲν ἀτη- ρὸν χώρας κατέχειν, τὸ δὲ κερδαλέον πέμπειν. GMT. 784.

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713. χρίμπτουσă: before ῥ-. See on 1023. – ῥαχίαισιν: κυρίως δὲ πᾶς ὁ πετρώδης αἰγιαλὸς ῥαχία καλεῖται, Etym. Mag. p. 702, 51. - Cp. Choe- ril. Frg. 2 (p. 719 Nauck) γῆς ὀστοῖ- σιν (i.e. stones) ἐγχριμφθεὶς πόδα.

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714. Either verses have fallen out between 713 and 714, in which some other region, to be visited by Io after leaving the Ocean, was mentioned (cp. Frg. IX. of the Προμηθεὺς λυό- μενος), or the poet means that Io, having passed the Nomad Scythians in her course along the shore of Ocean, is to leave the Chalybes at her left, that is, wander inland and southward between the Scythians and Chalybes, until she reaches the river Hybristes. This she must follow upwards to its source in the Cauca- sus (720). - λαιᾶς χειρός : on the genitive, see Krüger II. § 46, 1, 3; G. 179, 2; H. 760; and Schneidewin- Nauck on Soph. El. 900.

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715. A tribrach in the second foot; the only occurrence in this play. See on 2. Resolutions are more frequent in this description than in other por- tions of the Prometheus. This is due LEIANA Chows out to the exceptional subject-matter and the number of proper names. See 717, 720, 721, 722, 729, 730, 735, 788, 793, 796, 805, 809, 811, 840, 847, 849, 851, 869. – Χάλυβες: these are else- where (Hdt. i. 28; Strab. p. 678) said to live south of the Black Sea. Aeschylus places them in Northern Scythia, because he regards them as Scythians (Sept. 728 χάλυβος Σκυθῶν ἄποικος), and identifies their land with the region which produced the Scythian steel (cp. 301). This region was in reality the Ural Mountains.

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717. Ὑβρίστην ποταμόν: the scho- liast remarks, τὸν ᾿Αράξην, παρὰ τὸ ἀράσσειν καὶ ἠχεῖν τὰ κύματα αὐτοῦ. The ancient expounders, we see, read ὑβριστήν, and supposed that by the designation "boisterous stream" the poet meant the Araxes, referring its name to ἀράσσειν. Cp. Eustath. on Dionys. Perieget. 739 τοῦ δὲ Μασσα- γετικοῦ τούτου ᾿Αράξου μέμνηται καὶ Αἰσχύλος, καὶ ἀρέσκεται καὶ ἐκεῖνος ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀράσσειν καλεῖσθαι αὐτόν. As to Aeschylus's actual notion, see on 714.

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719 f. πρὸς αὐτὸν Καύκασον ἔνθα κτέ. : = πρὸς αὐτὸν τὸν τοῦ Καυκάσου τόπον ἔνθα ποταμὸς ἐκφυσᾷ μένος, till thou hast come to its very source on the
heights of Caucasus. αὐτόν belongs in sense to ἔνθα ποταμός, etc., and con- trasts the source with the lower course of the river. The poet, it would seem, imagines the Caucasus range to lie southeast of the scene of the play, and (as appears from the following) north of the Black and Azov seas.

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722. ὑπερβάλλουσαν: not ὑπερβα- λοῦσαν, because the southerly course is to be entered on during the passage of the mountain.

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723 f. ᾿Αμαζόνων : cp. 416. - στυγά- νορα: cp. Suppl. 287 καὶ τὰς ἀνάνδρους κρεοβόρους τ᾿ ᾿Αμάζονας. - Θεμίσκυραν · ἀμφὶ Θερμώδοντα: the fabulous race of the Amazons was sometimes as- signed to the river Thermodon and the city Themiscyra (Strabo p. 505 τὴν δὲ Θεμίσκυραν καὶ τὰ περὶ τὸν Θερμώδοντα πεδία καὶ τὰ ὑπερκείμενα ὄρη ἅπαντα ᾿Αμαζόνων καλοῦσι καί φασιν ἐξελαθῆναι αὐτὰς ἐνθένδε), sometimes to the part of Scythia bordering on the sea of Azov and the Tanais. The first- named view, in post-Homeric times, became the more generally accepted. Aeschylus avoids conflict with it by assuming a later migration of the Amazons from Scythia to the Ther- modon. Migration in the contrary direction is assumed by Hdt. iv. 110.

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725 f. ἵνα ... Σαλμυδησσία γνάθος : not a definition of Θερμώδοντα, but of the whole country of the Amazons, which is thereby given a greater ex- tension: round about the Thermodon to where, etc. There is perhaps a refer- ence to Il. iii. 187 οἵ ῥα τότ᾽ ἐστρα- τόωντο παρ᾿ ὄχθας Σαγγαρίοιο ... ἤματι τῷ ὅτε τ᾽ ἦλθον ᾿Αμαζόνες ἀντιάνειραι, in ignorance or neglect of the great actual distance. Salmydessus, ac- cording to Strab. p. 319, is an ἔρημος αἰγιαλὸς καὶ λιθώδης, ἀλίμενος, ἀνα- πεπταμένος πολὺς πρὸς τοὺς βορέας, σταδίων ὅσον ἑπτακοσίων μέχρι Κυα- νέων τὸ μῆκος (that is, from the cape Thynias to the Thracian Bosporus). Cp. Soph. Ant. 966 παρὰ δὲ κυανέων σπιλάδων διδύμας ἁλὸς ἀκταὶ Βοσπόριαι ἰδ᾽ ὁ Θρῃκῶν Σαλμυδησσός, Xen. Anab. vii. 5. 12 Σαλμυδησσόν, ἔνθα τῶν εἰς τὸν Πόντον πλεουσῶν νεῶν πολλαὶ ὀκέλλουσι καὶ ἐκπίπτουσι· τέναγος γάρ ἐστιν ἐπὶ παμπολὺ τῆς θαλάττης.

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727. μητρυιά: cp. Hesiod O. D. 825 ἄλλοτε μητρυιὴ πέλει ἡμέρη, ἄλλοτε μήτηρ.

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728. μάλ᾽ ἀσμένως: as στυγάνορες (724), the Amazons will cheerfully aid Io, who is ἀστεργάνωρ (898).

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729. λίμνης: Μαιώτιδος, defined by what follows. Cp. 364.

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730. The only case in our play of a dactyl in the first foot. See on 18. - Join ὃν λιποῦσαν χρή σε ἐκπερᾶν αὐλῶνα Μαιωτικόν.

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732. λόγος μέγας: cp. Soph. Ai. 226 ἀγγελίαν ... τὰν ὁ μέγας μῦθος (rumor late serpens) ἀέξει.

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733. Βόσπορος: the understanding of this name as βοὸς πόρος (cp. τῆς σῆς πορείας) helped to fix the direction of Io's legendary wandering. The deri- vation, however, is wrong. At any rate the Thracian Bosporus, which, even more universally than the Cim- merian, was believed to owe its name to Io's passage, really received its name from the goddess Εκάτη Φωσφό- ρος (dialectic Βοσπόρος), who was there worshipped.

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734. λιπούσα δ' Εὐρώπης πέδον : the Cimmerian Bosporus was consid- ered the boundary of Europe and Asia. Cp. 790. All the places hither- to mentioned Aeschylus regards as belonging to Europe. See on 631.

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735. ἀρ᾽ ὑμῖν δοκεῖ : ἆρα confidently spoken for ἆρ᾽ οὐ (as -ne for nonne). Cp. Soph. O. Τ. 822 ἆρ᾽ ἔφυν κακός, ἆρ᾽ οὐχὶ πᾶς ἄναγνος; Ο. C. 753 ἆρ᾿ ἄθλιον τοὔνειδος ὠνείδισ᾽ εἰς σὲ κἀμὲ καὶ τὸ πᾶν γένος; 780 ἆρ᾽ ἂν ματαίου τῆσδ᾽ ἂν ἡδονῆς τύχοις; Krüger I. § 69, 9.

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736. ὁμῶς : = ὁμοίως. Cp. Εum. 387 δυσοδοπαίπαλα δερκομένοισι καὶ δυσομ- μάτοις ὁμῶς, 695 τό τ᾽ ἦμαρ καὶ κατ᾿ εὐφρόνην ὁμῶς, Ιl. i. 209 ἄμφω ὁμῶς θυμῷ φιλέουσά τε κηδομένη τε.

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741. εἶναι ἐν προοιμίοις : like ἔν τισιν ἀριθμεῖσθαι; belong to the προοίμια,
count as such. Cp. Pers. 435 εὖ νῦν τόδ᾽ ἴσθι, μηδέπω μεσοῦν κακόν, Eur. Med. 60 ἐν ἀρχῇ πῆμα κοὐδέπω μεσοῖ. On the aphaeresis see Krüger II. § 14, 9,5; H. 83.

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747. Cp. Eur. Med. 145 τί δέ μοι ζῆν ἔτι κέρδος; 798 ἴτω· τί μοι ζῆν κέρδος; στυφελόν· τραχύ, σκληρόν. Cp. Pers. 303 στύφλους παρ᾿ ἀκτάς, 964 στυφελοῦ ἐπ᾿ ἀκτᾶς.

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749 f. ὅπως ἀπηλλάγην : see on 157.

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753. θανεῖν μέν : as if τέρμα δὲ μό- χθων οὐδέν ἐστι προκείμενον followed.

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754. For the thought cp. Soph. Trach. 1173 τοῖς γὰρ θανοῦσι μόχθος οὐ προσγίγνεται, Εl. 1170 τοὺς γὰρ θανόν- τας οὐχ ὁρῶ λυπουμένους.

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755. νῦν δέ: nunc vero; follow- ing the thought εἰ θανεῖν πεπρωμένον ἦν, αὕτη ἦν ἂν πημάτων ἀπαλλαγή. – Cp. 257.. - 748. στύφλου: Hesych. στύφλον ἢ

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756. πρὶν ἂν ἐκπέσῃ τυραννίδος : unlike the statement made in 258.
Prometheus at last lifts slightly the veil of the secret so often hinted at, and defines somewhat the danger threatening Zeus. But the former statement, πλὴν ὅταν κείνῳ δοκῇ, is really more exact. For ἐκπεσεῖν τυ- ραννίδος is only a possibility, which in the end is not fulfilled.

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760. ὄντων: sc. τῶνδε, as Soph. Ai. 981 ὡς ὧδ᾽ ἐχόντων ... πάρα στενάζειν, Ant. 1179 ὡς ὧδ᾽ ἐχόντων τἄλλα βου- λεύειν πάρα. GMT. 848 and 917.

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761. τύραννα σκήπτρα: cp. Soph. Ant. 1169 τύραννον σχῆμα, Eur. Andr. 3 τύραννον ἑστίαν, Ηipp. 843 τύραννον δῶμα. Like δοῦλος, κασίγνητος, γέρων, and gentile nouns, τύραννος is a word which hovers between substantive and adjective. Cp. Ag. 750 γέρων λόγος, Frg. 317 γέρον γράμμα (Catull. lxviii. 46 charta loquaturanus), Frg. 338 κάπηλα τεχνήματα. σκήπτρα is accusative. G. 197, Ν. 2; H. 724 a.

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762. πρὸς αὐτὸς αὐτοῦ: the metre would permit αὐτὸς πρὸς αὐτοῦ, but the juxtaposition of αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ adds point to the expression and sharpens its irony. See on 19; and cp. Ag. 836 τοῖς τ᾽ αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ πήμασιν βαρύνεται, Soph. Ai. 1132 τοὺς γ᾽ αὐτὸς αὐτοῦ πολεμίους, Ο. C. 929 σὺ δ᾽ ἀξίαν οὐκ οὖσαν αἰσχύνεις πόλιν τὴν αὐτὸς αὐτοῦ, 1356 τὸν αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ πατέρα τόνδ᾽ ἀπή- λασας, Timocles, Meineke Com. III. p. 593 τὰς αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ συμφορὰς ῥᾷον φέρει, Philemon, Meineke Com. IV. p. 50 τοὺς αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ βούλεθ᾽ ὑγιαί- νειν φίλους; also the verse quoted by Macarius VIII. 18 (Paroemiogr. Graec. II. p. 216 ed. Leutsch) τὴν αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ (νῦν) θύραν κρούεις λίθῳ, Babr. 56, 9 τά γ᾽ αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ πᾶς τις εὐπρεπῆ κρίνει. In prose, Aeschin. ΙΙΙ. 233 καταλέλυκεν τὴν αὐτὸς αὐτοῦ δυναστείαν (where some mss. have the usual order αὐτὸς τὴν), [Plat.] Alc. II. 144 c οὐδὲ τὴν ὁτουοῦν μητέρα διενοεῖτο ἀποκτεῖναι, ἀλλὰ τὴν αὐτὸς
αὑτοῦ, Nicostrat. in Stob. Flor. 70, 12 εἰ γε μέλλει τις ... ἡδέως εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν τὴν αὐτὸς αὐτοῦ εἰσελεύσεσθαι, Parthen. 3 πρὸς τῆς αὐτὸς αὐτοῦ γενεᾶς τρωθείς, Aristid. i. p. 128 σαγηνεύων τὴν ἀρχὴν τὴν αὐτὸς αὐτοῦ, ii. p. 148 ὁ δ᾽ ἀφ᾿ ἑστίας ἀρξάμενος τῆς αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ τὸ σύμμετρον ᾑρεῖτο πρὸ τοῦ πλέονος. Also Ovid. Am. i. 7, 26 valui poenam fortis in ipse meam, Ars Amat. iii. 668 indicio prodor ab ipse meo.

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763. εἰ μή τις βλάβη: cp. 196.

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764. ἀσχαλᾷ: for the tense see on 171. Krüger II. § 53, 1, 1. Ср. Eur. Phoen. 633 οὐ γὰρ οἶδ᾽ εἴ μοι προσειπεῖν αὖθις ἔσθ᾽ ὑμᾶς ποτε.

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765. θέορτον: cp. 116.

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766. τί δ᾽ ὅντινα: cp. Soph. O. T. 1056 τί δ᾽ ὅντιν᾿ εἶπε; ὅντινα refers to the question θέορτον ἢ βρότειον: in full τί δ' ("why ask") ὅντινα γάμον γαμεῖ; - γάρ: because τί δ᾽ ὅντιν implies a refusal. — ῥητὸν αὐδᾶσθαι : cp. Ar. Av. 1713 οὐ φατὸν λέγειν, Orph. Arg. 931 οὐ φατὸν εἰπεῖν, also Eur. Bacch. 472 ἄρρητ᾽ ἀβακχεύτοισιν εἰδέναι βροτῶν.

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767. ἐξανίσταται: for the present tense see note on 513.

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770. ἄν: peradventure. The un- certainty implied in av refers solely to the possible alternative that Zeus, unwarned by Prometheus, shall enter into the fatal union. Perhaps verbis suppressed wittiwhich is showed 80. ε.δ. αποστρόφουμι

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771 f. ὁ λύσων: see on 27. The object is easily supplied; cp. 27, 176, 337, 721, 783, 785. - Io's words, "who shall free thee against Zeus's will?" imply "no one can free thee." Ac- cordingly Prometheus, without regard το ἄκοντος Διός, answers, to Io's aston- ishment, "from thy offspring my de- liverer shall come." In point of fact the deliverance, in the following drama, does not come about ἄκοντος Διός, but rather, as in Hesiod Theog. 529, οὐκ ἀέκητι Ζηνὸς Ὀλυμπίου ὑψιμέ- δοντος.

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774. ἀπὸ Ἰοῦς Ἔπαφος, οὗ Λιβύη, ἧς Βῆλος, οὗ Δαναός, οὗ ῾Υπερμνήστρα ἡ μὴ κτείνασα τὸν Λυγκέα τὸν ὁμόζυγον, ἧς ῎Αβας, οὗ Προῖτος, οὗ ᾿Ακρίσιος, οὗ Δα- νάη, ἧς Περσεύς, οὗ Ηλεκτρυών, οὗ ᾿Αλκμήνη, ἧς Ἡρακλῆς, Schol.

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775. οὐκέτι: no longer, in contrast to the foregoing revelations. - εὐ- ξύμβλητος : cp. Soph. Trach. 694 ἀξύμ- βλητον ἀνθρώπῳ μαθεῖν, Cho. 170 εὐξύμ- βολον τόδ᾽ ἐστὶ παντὶ δοξάσαι.

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776 f. καὶ μηδὲ σαυτής : and thine own sufferings, too, seek not to learn; that is, "thou understandest not my prophecy; shouldst thou ask to know it, thine own sufferings also would be revealed to thee; the explanation of the prophecy involves the prediction of thy woes." προτείνων : not προ- τείνας; "do not hold it forth and at the same moment deprive me of it."

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780. Cp. Eur. Phoen. 951 τοῖνδ᾽ ἑλοῦ δυοῖν πότμοιν τὸν ἕτερον· ἢ γὰρ παῖδα σῶσον ἡ πόλιν. – ἑλοῦ γὰρ ἤ: ...ἤ in indirect question, as in Homer, for the common εἰ... ἤ, to express sharp contrast of the alter- natives (δυοῖν θατέρῳ). Cp. Cho. 890 εἰδῶμεν ἢ νικῶμεν ἢ νικώμεθα, Soph. Ο. C. 80 οἵδε γὰρ κρινοῦσί σοι ἢ χρή σε μίμνειν ἢ πορεύεσθαι πάλιν, Eur. Med. 492 οὐδ᾽ ἔχω μαθεῖν ἢ θεοὺς νομί- ζεις τοὺς τότ᾽ οὐκ ἄρχειν ἔτι ἢ καινὰ κεῖσθαι θέσμι᾽ ἀνθρώποις τὰ νῦν. See Krüger II. § 65, 1, 3. – πόνων τὰ λοιπά: cp. 634. - The stichomythy ends with a speech of two verses.

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782. τούτοιν : sc. τοῖν χαρίτοιν. The dual of ὁ, οὗτος, ὅδε, αὐτός, ὅς, ὅστις has one form for all genders in the older Attic.

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783. ἀτιμάσῃς λόγου: sc. με (see on 771). For the expression, cp. Suppl. 378 τάσδ᾽ ἀτιμάσαι λιτάς, Soph. O. C. 49 μή μ᾿ ἀτιμάσῃς, . . . ὧν σε προστρέπω φράσαι, 1273 οὐδ᾽ ἀνταμείβει μ᾽ οὐδέν, ἀλλ᾽ ἀτιμάσας πέμψεις ἄναυδος, Ant. 21 οὐ γὰρ τάφου . . . τὸν δ᾽ ἀτιμάσας ἔχει; Ο. C. 1278 ὡς μή μ᾽ ἄτιμον ... οὕτως ἀφῇ με μηδὲν ἀντειπὼν ἔπος, Ο. Τ. 788 καί μ' ὁ Φοῖβος ὧν μὲν ἱκόμην ἄτιμον ἐξέπεμψεν.

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789. ἐγγράφου κτέ.: cp. Suppl. 179 αἰνῶ φυλάξαι τἄμ᾽ ἔπη δελτουμένας, Eum. 274 δελτογράφῳ δὲ πάντ᾽ ἐπωπᾷ φρενί, Soph. Frg. 535 θὲς δ᾽ ἐν φρενὸς δέλτοισι τοὺς ἐμοὺς λόγους, Cho. 450 τοιαῦτ᾽ ἀκούων ἐν φρεσὶν γράφου, Soph. Phil. 1325 καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἐπίστω καὶ γράφου φρενῶν ἔσω, Pind. Οl. xi. 2 πόθι φρενὸς ἐμᾶς γέγραπται, Paul. Ep. Cor. II. iii. 3 ἐπιστολὴ Χριστοῦ ἐγγεγραμμένη οὐκ ἐν πλαξὶ λιθίναις, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν πλαξὶ καρδίας.

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790. ῥεῖθρον: i.e. the strait. - ἠπεί- ροιν ὅρον: see on 734.

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791. ἀντολὰς ἡλιοστιβεῖς : peri- phrasis for ἀντολὰς ἡλίου. With ἡλιο- στιβής cp. Sept. 859 τὰν ἀστιβῆ ᾿πόλ- λωνι. The following places must therefore lie in the east. Thence Io is to reach Egypt by following the course of the river Aethiops (809 ff.). - After 791 some verses have fallen out.

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792. πόντου: probably the Cas- pian is meant, with which, however, the ancients confounded the sea of Aral.

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793. Γοργόνεια : explained by 798 f. The home of the Gorgons, although placed in the west by Hesiod (Theog. 274 f.), was sometimes thought of as in the east. Cp. Schol. Pind. Pyth. x. 72 αἱ δὲ Γοργόνες κατὰ μέν τινας ἐν τοῖς Ερυθραίοις μέρεσι καὶ τοῖς Αἰθιοπικοῖς, ἅ ἐστι πρὸς ἀνατολὴν καὶ μεσημβρίαν, κατὰ δέ τινας ἐπὶ τῶν περάτων τῆς Λιβύης ἅ ἐστι πρὸς δύσιν. Cisthene we must accordingly understand_to be in the far east, at the end of the world. The verse of the comic poet Cratinus (quoted by Harpocration under Κισθήνη), κἀνθένδ᾽ ἐπὶ τέρματα - γῆς ἥξεις καὶ Κισθήνης ὄρος ὄψει, is probably a parody of this passage.

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794. αἱ Φορκίδες ... δηναιαὶ κόραι : cp. Hesiod Theog. 270 Φόρκυι δ᾽ αὖ Κητὼ Γραίας τέκε καλλιπαρήους ἐκ γενετῆς πολιάς, τὰς δὴ Γραίας καλέου- σιν ... Γοργούς θ' αἱ ναίουσι πέρην κλυ- τοῦ ᾿Ωκεανοῖο.

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795. τρεῖς κυκνομόρφοι: three is the number commonly given, but Hesiod seems to mention only two Graeae, Pephredo and Enyo. 'Swan- form - perhaps a swan's body with a human head - belongs to them be- cause they are sea-divinities, and swim in the sea like water-fowl. For a like reason other sea-gods were given the form of fishes' (Schoemann, Die He- siodische Theogonie, p. 156). — ἐκτημέ- ναι : the perfect ἐκτῆσθαι, for κεκτήσθαι, recurs Il. ix. 402, and in Herodotus.

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796 f. Cp. Frg. 169 ἃς οὔτε πέμφιξ ἡλίου προσδέρκεται οὔτ᾽ ἀστερωπὸν ὄμμα Λητῴας κόρης. - The scholiast notes κατῴκουν δὲ ὑπὸ γῆν καὶ οὔτε ἡλίῳ οὔτε σελήνῃ ἦσαν θεαταί.

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798 f. ἀδελφαί: cp. Hesiod l.c. Their names are Σθεινώ, Εὐρυάλη, and
Μέδουσα. – δρακοντόμαλλοι : cp. Cho. 1048 γυναῖκες αἵδe (the Erinyes) Γορ- γόνων δίκην ... πεπλεκτανημέναι πυκνοῖς Harpies Apoll. Rh. Arg. ii. 289 μεγά- λοιο Διὸς κύνας. – ἀκραγεῖς: Hesych. οτά-κράζω ἀκραγές· δυσχερές, σκληρόν, ὀξύχολον δράκουσιν. For μαλλός said of hair, (Bekk. Anecd. p. 369, 17 ἀκρόχολον). Silant. cp. Eurip. Bacch. 112 πλοκάμων μαλ- λοῖς.

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801. φρούριον: here cautio, οἷον φρουρήσασθαι. The scholiast explains καταγωγὴν ἣν ὀφείλεις φυλάξασθαι. Cp. φρούριον· προφύλαγμα, Hesych. See 715, 804; also 712, 718, 807.

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803. See on 804; also Ctesias Exc. Ind. 12 ἔστι δὲ καὶ χρυσὸς ἐν τῇ Ἰνδικῇ χώρᾳ, οὐκ ἐν τοῖς ποταμοῖς εὑρισκόμενος καὶ πλυνόμενος, ὥσπερ ἐν τῷ Πακτωλῷ ποταμῷ· ἀλλ᾽ ὄρη πολλὰ καὶ μεγάλα, ἐν οἷς οἰκοῦσι γρῦπες, ὄρνεα τετράποδα, μέγεθος ὅσον λύκος· σκέλη καὶ ὄνυχες οἷαπερ λέων· τὰ ἐν τῷ ἄλλῳ σώματι πτερὰ μέλανα, ἐρυθρὰ δὲ τὰ ἐν τῷ στή- θει· δι᾽ αὐτοὺς δὲ ὁ ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσι χρυσός πολὺς ὢν γίνεται δυσπόριστος. Cp. So- lin. 13 in Asiatica Scythiater- wae sunt locupletes, inhabi- tabiles tamen, nam cum auro et gemmas affluant, Grypes tenent universa, ali- tes ferocissimae et ultra omnem rabiem saevientes, quarum immanitate obsis- tente ad venas divites ac- cessus difficilis ac rarus est; quippe visos discerpunt veluti geniti ad plectendam avaritiae temeritatem. - Ζη- νὸς κύνας: as servants of Zeus; cp. 1021 below. Said of the eagles Ag. 136 πτανοῖσιν κυσὶ πατρός, and of the From ἄκροs and ἄγη (= ζῆλος), exceed- ingly violent.

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804. μούνωπα : see on 543. – στρα- τὸν ᾿Αριμασπόν: see on 761. On the name, Hdt. iv. 27 οὐνομάζομεν αὐτοὺς σκυθιστὶ ᾿Αριμασπούς· ἄριμα γὰρ ἓν καλέουσι Σκύθαι, σποῦ δὲ τὸν ὀφθαλ- μόν, Eustath. on Dion. Perieg. 31 ἀρὶ μὲν γὰρ τὸ ἓν σκυθιστί, μασπὸς δὲ ὁ ὀφθαλμός. This etymology, obviously connected with the belief in a one- eyed race, came probably from the ᾿Αριμάσπεα, an epic poem by Aristeas, of which Hdt. says (iv. 13) ἔφη δὲ ᾿Αριστέης ὁ Καϋστροβίου ἀνὴρ Προκοννή- σιος ποιέων ἔπεα, ἀπικέσθαι ἐς Ἰσσηδόνας φοιβόλαμπτος γενόμενος, Ἰσσηδόνων δ᾽ ὑπεροικέειν ᾿Αριμασποὺς ἄνδρας μουνο- φθάλμους, ὑπὲρ δὲ τούτων τοὺς χρυσοφύ- λακας γρῦπας, τούτων δὲ τοὺς Ὑπερβο- ρέους κατήκοντας ἐπὶ θάλασσαν. Cp. Paus. i. 24. 6 τούτους τοὺς γρῦπας ἐν τοῖς ἔπεσιν ᾿Αριστέας ὁ Προκοννήσιος μάχεσθαι περὶ τοῦ χρυσοῦ φησιν ᾿Αριμα- σποῖς τοῖς ὑπὲρ Ἰσσηδόνων· τὸν δὲ χρυσὸν ὃν φυλάσσουσιν οἱ γρῦπες ἀνιέναι τὴν γῆν· εἶναι δὲ ᾿Αριμασποὺς μὲν ἄν- δρας μονοφθάλμους πάντας ἐκ γενετῆς, γρῦπας δὲ θηρία λέουσι εἰκασμένα, πτερὰ δὲ ἔχειν καὶ στόμα ἀετοῦ. These stories about griffins and Arimaspi had their origin in the Persian-Indian fable of gold-digging ants (which in Ctesias's account, quoted above, appear as
griffins) and Indian gold-hunters (Hdt. iii. 102). The gold-mining ants have been recognized in the marmots of the sandy plains of Thibet (Lassen Indische Alterthumskunde I. p. 1021).

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805 f. χρυσόρρυτον: cp. Hdt. iii. 116 πρὸς δὲ ἄρκτου τῆς Εὐρώπης πολλῷ τι πλεῖστος χρυσὸς φαίνεται ἐών· ὅκως μὲν γινόμενος οὐκ ἔχω οὐδὲ τοῦτο ἀτρε- κέως εἶπαι, λέγεται δὲ ὑπὲκ τῶν γρυπῶν ἁρπάζειν ᾿Αριμασποὺς ἄνδρας μουνοφθάλ- μους. The river Pluton is nowhere else mentioned. Probably it is a fiction, like the Hybristes 717. The name (from πλοῦτος) corresponds to the idea of the region. - πόρου: see on 532.

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807 ff. σύ: expresses affectionate interest. – τηλουρὸν γῆν, κελαινὸν φύ- λον: personal accusative as apposi- tive to the name of the country. Cp. Krüger II. § 46, 3, 1 and 2. κελαινὸν φῦλον is further defined by ποταμὸς Αἰθίοψ in the next verse. - ἡλίου πη- γαῖς : this cannot be the Fount of the Sun, sacred to Ammon, which is described by Hdt. iv. 181 ἐπίκλησιν δὲ αὕτη ἡ κρήνη καλέεται ἡλίου; cp. Quint. Curt. iv. 7, 22 aquam solis vocant, Lucret. vi. 848 esse apud Hammonis fanum fons luce diurna frigidus, at calidus nocturno tempore fertur. Rather it appears from Eur. Frg. 771, Μέροπι τῆσδ᾽ ἄνακτι γῆς, ἣν ἐκ τεθρίπ- πων ἁρμάτων πρώτην χθόνα Ἥλιος ἀνί- σχων χρυσέᾳ βάλλει φλογί· καλοῦσι δ᾽ αὐτὴν γείτονες μελάμβροτοι Ἕω φαεννὰς Ηλίου θ᾽ ἱπποστάσεις, that the παντο- τρόφος λίμνη, described in Frg. II. of the Προμ. λυόμενος below, is meant. Its waters give life and happiness. Origi- nally it was thought to be in the heav- ens, afterwards on the earth; cp. the Homeric verse (Od. iii. 1) Ἠέλιος δ᾽ ἀνόρουσε λιπὼν περικαλλέα λίμνην οὐρα- νὸν ἐς πολύχαλκον. — Strabo p. 33, quoting the Frg. of the Προμηθεὺς λυόμενος just mentioned, shows that the early Greeks regarded all the south as belonging to Aethiopia, as the whole north to Scythia; he adds μηνύει δὲ καὶ Ἔφορος τὴν παλαιὰν περὶ τῆς Αἰθιοπίας δόξαν προστίθησι δ᾽ ὅτι μείζων ἡ Αἰθιοπία καὶ ἡ Σκυθία· δο- κεῖ γάρ, φησί, τὸ τῶν Αἰθιόπων ἔθνος παρατείνειν ἀπ᾿ ἀνατολῶν χειμερινῶν μέχρι δυσμῶν, ἡ Σκυθία δ᾽ ἀντικεῖται τούτῳ.