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scendi giú, forte ora le gambe accerchiagli.

EFESTO

Fatto è ancor questo. E fu travaglio breve.
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POTERE

Dei ceppi i chiodi saldo ora ribatti :

severo è quegli che la pena infligge.

EFESTO

Simile al viso tuo suona la voce.

POTERE

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

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

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.) — 128-194 focus

str. 1

Χορός

μηδὲν φοβηθῇς: φιλία γὰρ ἅδε¹ τάξις

πτερύγων θοαῖς ἁμίλλαις

προσέβα τόνδε πάγον, πατρῴας
130

μόγις παρειποῦσα φρένας.

κραιπνοφόροι δέ μ᾽ ἔπεμψαν αὖραι:

κτύπου γὰρ ἀχὼ χάλυβος διῇξεν ἄντρων

μυχόν, ἐκ δ᾽ ἔπληξέ μου τὰν θεμερῶπιν² αἰδῶ:

σύθην δ᾽ ἀπέδιλος ὄχῳ πτερωτῷ.
135
136

Προμηθεύς

αἰαῖ αἰαῖ,³

τῆς πολυτέκνου Τηθύος ἔκγονα,

τοῦ περὶ πᾶσάν θ᾽ εἱλισσομένου

χθόν᾽ ἀκοιμήτῳ ῥεύματι παῖδες

πατρὸς Ὠκεανοῦ,
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δέρχθητ᾽, ἐσίδεσθ᾽ οἵῳ δεσμῷ,

προσπορπατὸς⁴ τῆσδε φάραγγος

σκοπέλοις ἐν ἄκροις

φρουρὰν ἄζηλον ὀχήσω.

144

ant. 1

Χορός

λεύσσω, Προμηθεῦ: φοβερὰ⁵ δ᾽ ἐμοῖσιν ὄσσοις
145

ὁμίχλα προσῇξε πλήρης

δακρύων σὸν δέμας εἰσιδοῦσαν⁶

πέτραις προσαυαινόμενον

ταῖσδ᾽⁷ ἀδαμαντοδέτοισι λύμαις:

νέοι γὰρ οἰακονόμοι κρατοῦσ᾽ Ὀλύμπου:

νεοχμοῖς δὲ δὴ νόμοις Ζεὺς ἀθέτως⁸ κρατύνει,
150

τὰ πρὶν δὲ πελώρια νῦν ἀιστοῖ.

152

Προμηθεύς

εἰ γάρ μ᾽ ὑπὸ γῆν νέρθεν θ᾽⁹ Ἅιδου

τοῦ νεκροδέγμονος εἰς ἀπέραντον

Τάρταρον ἧκεν,

δεσμοῖς ἀλύτοις ἀγρίως¹⁰ πελάσας,
155

ὡς μήτε¹¹ θεὸς μήτε τις ἄλλος

τοῖσδ᾽ ἐπεγήθει.

νῦν δ᾽ αἰθέριον κίνυγμ᾽ ὁ τάλας

ἐχθροῖς ἐπίχαρτα πέπονθα.

160

str. 2

Χορός

τίς ὧδε τλησικάρδιος
160

θεῶν, ὅτῳ τάδ᾽ ἐπιχαρῆ;

τίς οὐ ξυνασχαλᾷ κακοῖς

τεοῖσι, δίχα γε Διός; ὁ δ᾽ ἐπικότως ἀεὶ¹²

θέμενος ἄγναμπτον νόον

δάμναται οὐρανίαν
165

γένναν, οὐδὲ λήξει, πρὶν ἂν ἢ κορέσῃ κέαρ,

ἢ παλάμᾳ τινὶ τὰν δυσάλωτον ἕλῃ τις ἀρχάν.

168

Προμηθεύς

ἦ μὴν ἔτ᾽ ἐμοῦ,¹³ καίπερ κρατεραῖς

ἐν γυιοπέδαις¹⁴ αἰκιζομένου,

χρείαν ἕξει μακάρων πρύτανις,
170

δεῖξαι τὸ νέον βούλευμ᾽ ὑφ᾽¹⁵ ὅτου

σκῆπτρον τιμάς τ᾽ ἀποσυλᾶται.

καί μ᾽ οὔτε¹⁶ μελιγλώσσοις πειθοῦς

ἐπαοιδαῖσιν θέλξει, στερεάς τ᾽

οὔποτ᾽ ἀπειλὰς πτήξας τόδ᾽ ἐγὼ
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καταμηνύσω,

πρὶν ἂν ἐξ ἀγρίων δεσμῶν χαλάσῃ

ποινάς τε τίνειν¹⁷

τῆσδ᾽¹⁸ αἰκίας ἐθελήσῃ.

180

ant. 2

Χορός

σὺ μὲν θρασύς τε καὶ πικραῖς
180

δύαισιν οὐδὲν ἐπιχαλᾷς,

ἄγαν δ᾽ ἐλευθεροστομεῖς.

ἐμὰς δὲ φρένας ἐρέθισε¹⁹ διάτορος φόβος:

δέδια δ᾽²⁰ ἀμφὶ σαῖς τύχαις,

πᾷ²¹ ποτε τῶνδε πόνων
185

χρή σε τέρμα κέλσαντ᾽ ἐσιδεῖν: ἀκίχητα γὰρ

ἤθεα καὶ κέαρ ἀπαράμυθον²² ἔχει Κρόνου παῖς.

189

Προμηθεύς

οἶδ᾽ ὅτι τραχὺς καὶ²³ παρ᾽ ἑαυτῷ

τὸ δίκαιον ἔχων Ζεύς: ἀλλ᾽ ἔμπας [ὀίω]²⁴

μαλακογνώμων
190

ἔσται ποθ᾽, ὅταν ταύτῃ ῥαισθῇ:²⁵

τὴν δ᾽ ἀτέραμνον στορέσας ὀργὴν

εἰς ἀρθμὸν ἐμοὶ καὶ φιλότητα

σπεύδων σπεύδοντί ποθ᾽ ἥξει.

196

Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 128-195 focus

Χορός

μηδὲν φοβηθῇς· φιλία

γὰρ ἅδε τάξις πτερύγων

θοαῖς ἁμίλλαις προσέβα

τόνδε πάγον, πατρῴας
130

μόγις παρειποῦσα φρένας.

κραιπνοφόροι δέ μʼ ἔπεμψαν αὖραι·

κτύπου γὰρ ἀχὼ χάλυβος

διῇξεν ἄντρων μυχόν, ἐκ

δʼ ἔπληξέ μου τὰν θεμερῶπιν αἰδῶ·

σύθην δʼ ἀπέδιλος ὄχῳ πτερωτῷ.
135

136

Προμηθεύς

αἰαῖ αἰαῖ,

τῆς πολυτέκνου Τηθύος ἔκγονα,

τοῦ περὶ πᾶσάν θʼ εἱλισσομένου

χθόνʼ ἀκοιμήτῳ ῥεύματι παῖδες

πατρὸς, Ὠκεανοῦ,
140

δέρχθητʼ, ἐσίδεσθʼ οἵῳ δεσμῷ,

προσπορπατὸς τῆσδε φάραγγος

σκοπέλοις ἐν ἄκροις

φρουρὰν ἄζηλον ὀχήσω.

144

Χορός

λεύσσω, Προμηθεῦ· φοβερὰ

δʼ ἐμοῖσιν ὄσσοις ὀμίχλα
145

προσῇξε πλήρης δακρύων

σὸν δέμας εἰσιδούσᾳ

πέτραις προσαυαινόμενον

ταῖσδʼ ἀδαμαντοδέτοισι λύμαις.

νέοι γὰρ οἰακονόμοι
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κρατοῦσʼ, Ὀλύμπου· νεοχμοῖς

δὲ δὴ νόμοις Ζεὺς ἀθέτως κρατύνει.

τὰ πρὶν δὲ πελώρια νῦν ἀιστοῖ.

152

Προμηθεύς

εἰ γάρ μʼ ὑπὸ γῆν νέρθεν θʼ Ἅιδου

τοῦ νεκροδέγμονος εἰς ἀπέρατον

Τάρταρον ἧκεν,

δεσμοῖς ἀλύτοις ἀγρίως πελάσας,
155

ὡς μήτε θεὸς μήτε τις ἄλλος

τοῖσδʼ ἐπεγήθει.

νῦν δʼ αἰθέριον κίνυγμʼ ὁ τάλας

ἐχθροῖς ἐπίχαρτα πέπονθα.

160

Χορός

τίς ὧδε τλησικάρδιος
160

θεῶν, ὅτῳ τάδʼ ἐπιχαρῆ;

τίς οὐ ξυνασχαλᾷ κακοῖς

τεοῖσι, δίχα γε Διός; ὁ δʼ ἐπικότως ἀεὶ

θέμενος ἄγναμπτον νόον

δάμναται Οὐρανίαν
165

γένναν, οὐδὲ λήξει, πρὶν ἂν ἢ κορέσῃ κέαρ ἢ παλάμᾳ τινὶ

τὰν δυσάλωτον ἕλῃ τις ἀρχάν.

168

Προμηθεύς

ἦ μὴν ἔτʼ ἐμοῦ, καίπερ κρατεραῖς

ἐν γυιοπέδαις αἰκιζομένου,

χρείαν ἕξει μακάρων πρύτανις,
170

δεῖξαι τὸ νέον βούλευμʼ ὑφʼ ὅτου

σκῆπτρον τιμάς τʼ ἀποσυλᾶται.

καί μʼ οὔτι μελιγλώσσοις πειθοῦς

ἐπαοιδαῖσιν θέλξει, στερεάς τʼ

οὔποτʼ ἀπειλὰς πτήξας τόδʼ ἐγὼ
175

καταμηνύσω,

πρὶν ἂν ἐξ ἀγρίων δεσμῶν χαλάσῃ

ποινάς τε τίνειν

τῆσδʼ αἰκείας ἐθελήσῃ.

180

Χορός

σὺ μὲν θρασύς τε καὶ πικραῖς
180

δύαισιν οὐδὲν ἐπιχαλᾷς,

ἄγαν δʼ ἐλευθεροστομεῖς.

ἐμὰς δὲ φρένας ἐρέθισε διάτορος φόβος·

δέδια δʼ ἀμφὶ σαῖς τύχαις,

πᾷ ποτε τῶνδε πόνων
185

χρή σε τέρμα κέλ-

σαντʼ ἐσιδεῖν· ἀκίχητα γὰρ ἤθεα καὶ κέαρ

ἀπαράμυθον ἔχει Κρόνου παῖς.

189

Προμηθεύς

οἶδʼ ὅτι τραχὺς καὶ παρʼ ἑαυτῷ

τὸ δίκαιον ἔχων Ζεύς. ἀλλʼ ἔμπας ὀίω
190

μαλακογνώμων

ἔσται ποθʼ, ὅταν ταύτῃ ῥαισθῇ·

τὴν δʼ ἀτέραμνον στορέσας ὀργὴν

εἰς ἀρθμὸν ἐμοὶ καὶ φιλότητα

σπεύδων σπεύδοντί ποθʼ ἥξει.
195

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 95 focus

χρόνον ἀθλεύσω.
95

τοιόνδ᾽ ὁ νέος ταγὸς μακάρων

ἐξηῦρ᾽ ἐπ᾿ ἐμοὶ δεσμὸν ἀεικῆ.

φεῦ φεῦ, τὸ παρὸν τό τ' ἐπερχόμενον

πῆμα στενάχω, πῆ ποτε μόχθῳ

χρὴ τέρματα τῶνδ᾽ ἐπιτεῖλαι.
100

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 95 focus

χρόνον ἀθλεύσω.
95

τοιόνδ᾽ ὁ νέος ταγὸς μακάρων

ἐξεῦρ᾽ ἐπ' ἐμοὶ δεσμὸν ἀεικῆ.

αἰαῖ, τὸ παρόν, τό τ' ἐπερχόμενον

πῆμα στενάχω, πῇ ποτε μόχθων

χρὴ τέρματα τῶνδ᾽ ἐπιτεῖλαι.
100

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 95 focus

χρόνον ἀθλεύσω·
95

τοιόνδ' ὁ νέος ταγὸς μακάρων

ἐξηῦρ' ἐξεῦρ' ἐπ' ἐμοὶ δεσμὸν ἀεικῆ·

φεῦ φεῦ αἰ αἰ, τὸ παρὸν τό τ' ἐπερχόμενον

πῆμα στενάχω, ποῖ ποτε μόχθων

χρὴ τέρματα τῶνδ' ἐπιτεῖλαι.
100

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 95 focus

χρόνον ἀθλεύσω. τοιόνδ᾽ ὁ νέος
95

ταγὸς μακάρων ἐξηῦρ᾽ ἐπ᾿ ἐμοὶ

δεσμὸν ἀεικῆ.

φεῦ φεῦ, τὸ παρὸν τό τ᾽ ἐπερχόμενον

πῆμα στενάχω, πῇ ποτε μόχθων

χρὴ τέρματα τῶνδ᾽ ἐπιτεῖλαι.
100

Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 95 focus

χρόνον ἀθλεύσω.

τοιόνδ᾽ ὁ νέος ταγὸς μακάρων

ἐξηῦρ᾽ ἐπ᾿ ἐμοὶ δεσμὸν ἀεικῆ.

φεῦ φεῦ, τὸ παρὸν τό τ᾽ ἐπερχόμενον

πῆμα στενάχω· πῆι ποτε μόχθων

χρὴ τέρματα τῶνδ᾽ ἐπιτεῖλαι.

100

Translations (8)

Prometheus Bound Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 128-195 focus

Chorus

Do not fear! For our group has come in swift rivalry of wings to this crag

as friend to you, having won our father’s consent as best we might. The swift-coursing breezes bore me on; for the reverberation of the clang of iron pierced the depths of our caves and drove my grave modesty away in fright;
130

unsandalled I have hastened in a winged car.
135

136

Prometheus

Alas! Alas! Offspring of fruitful Tethys and of him who with his sleepless current encircles the whole earth, children of your

father Oceanus, behold, see with what fetters, upon the summit crag of this ravine, I am to hold my unenviable watch.
140

144

Chorus

I see, Prometheus;

and over my eyes a mist of tears and fear spread as I saw your body withering ignominiously upon this rock in these bonds of adamant. For there are new rulers in heaven, and Zeus governs with
145

lawless customs; that which was mighty before he now brings to nothing.
150

152

Prometheus

Oh if only he had hurled me below the earth, yes beneath Hades, the entertainer of the dead, into impassable Tartarus,

and had ruthlessly fastened me in fetters no hand can loose, so that neither god nor any other might have gloated over this agony I feel! But, now, a miserable plaything of the winds, I suffer pains to delight my enemies.
155

160

Chorus

Who of the gods is so hard of heart as to exult in this? Who does not sympathize with your woes—save only Zeus? But he in malice, has set his soul inflexibly
160

and keeps in subjection the race sprung from Uranus; nor will he stop, until he has satiated his soul or another seizes his impregnable empire by some device of guile.
165

168

Prometheus

Truly the day shall come when, although I am tortured in stubborn fetters,

the prince of the blessed will need me to reveal the new design whereby he shall be stripped of his sceptre and his dignities. Not by persuasion’s honeyed enchantments will he charm me;
170

and I will never, cowering before his dire threats, divulge this secret, until he releases me from my cruel bonds and provides compensation for this outrage.
175

180

Chorus

You are bold, and do not yield to your bitter pangs; you give too much license to your tongue. But my soul is agitated by piercing fear, and I am in dread about your fate,
180

wondering to what haven you must steer your ship to see an end of your voyage of sorrow. For the heart of Cronus’ son is hardened against entreaty and his ways are inexorable.
185

189

Prometheus

I know that Zeus is harsh and

keeps justice in his own hands; but nevertheless one day his judgement will soften, when he has been crushed in the way that I know.¹Then, calming down his stubborn wrath, he shall at last bond with me in union and friendship,
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as eager as I am to welcome him.
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196

Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 95 focus

through time of years innumerable. Such an ignominious bondage hath the new ruler of the immortals devised against me. Alas! alas! I sigh over the present suffering, and that which is coming on. How, where must a termination of these toils arise?

PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 95 focus

durerai pendant des jours sans nombre. Voilà donc les liens d'infamie qu'a imaginés pour moi le jeune chef des Bienheureux ! Las ! las ! et le mal qui m'accable et le mal qui m'attend m'arrachent des sanglots : après quelles
épreuves la délivrance luira-elle enfin ?

Parlé.

Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 95 focus

with what fierce pains,

Behold, what tortures for revolving ages

I here muſt ſtruggle; ſuch unſeemly chains

This newrais'd ruler of the gods devis'd.

Ah me! That groan burſts from my anguiſh'd heart,

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My preſent woes and future to bemoan.

When ſhall theſe ſuff'rings find their deſtin'd end?

But why that vain inquiry? My clear ſight

Looks through the future; unforeſeen no ill

Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 95 focus

Tempus laborabó: quale iuuenis

Dux beatorum inuenit pro me

Vinculum moleſtum, heu heu. præsens,

Et ſequens detrimentum deploro, quà ratione

PROMETHEUS (cont.).

Tandem laboribus
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Oportet finem his imponere?

Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 95 focus

PROMETHEUS

Plainly I'll tell thee all thou wouldest learn,

Not weaving riddles, but in simple phrase,

As meet it is with friends to ope the lips.

Prometheus seest thou, giver of fire to mortals.

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.) — 95 focus

Eternal ages, year on year!

Such and so shameful is the chain

Which Heaven's new tyrant doth ordain
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To bind me helpless here.

Woe! for the ruthless present doom!

Woe! for the Future's teeming womb!

On what far dawn, in what dim skies,

Shall star of my deliverance rise?
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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.) — 95 focus

Fortkämpfen ich soll!
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Solch schmähliche Fess'lung sann er mir aus,

Der neu sich erhob, der Unsterblichen Fürst!

Ach, ach! Um das Jetzt, um das kommende Leid

Wehklag' ich zumal. Wann wird jemals

Der Mühsale Ziel mir erscheinen?
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Commentary

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

90. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-91

NA: Respexisse videtur Pollux VI. 201. V. Petiti Misc. Obs. II. 18.

90. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-92

παμμῆτόρ:

παμμήτωρ

Μ.

91. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-93

κύκλον ἡλίου:

ἡλίου κύκλον

92. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-94

ἴδεσθέ μ', οἷα:

ίδεσθ᾽ οἷα

Lips. Aug.

93. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-95

δέρκεσθε, οἵαις αἰκίαισιν:

δέρ χθηθ' οἵαις αικίαισι

M. erasis post

δέρ

aliquot litteris.

δέρχθηθ' οἵαις ἀνίαισιν

(

ἀνίαισι

Aug. Rob.) G. Lips. Aug. Rob. Ad

οἵαις

in Lips. supra adscriptum γρ.

αναῖς

. Plerique libri

αἰκίαισι

habere videntur, ut Ald. Turn. Blomfieldius secundum Elmsleii praeceptum ad Med. 608. nota X.

αἰκείαισιν

scripsit. Eximia arte Aeschylus fecit Prometheum, tandem, postquam solus est neque audiri potest a feroci irrisore, quo praesente contemptim tacuerat, rumpere silentium, initio quidem adhuc constricto magnitudine mali pectore aegre et tardioribus numeris caelum terramque testes iniuriae appellare, mox autem libero impetu indignationem citatis anapaestis effundere, paullo post vero dignitatis suae memorem quieto tranquilloque animo sese conscientia recte factorum consolari.

94. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-96

μυριετῆ:

μυριέτη

Lips. Scholiastes

πολυετῆ· ἐν γὰρ τῷ πυρφόρω τρεῖς μυριάδας φησὶ δεδέσθαι αὐτόν

. Hyginus Poet. astr. II. 15.

Prometheum autem in monte Scythiae nomine Caucaso ferrea catena vinxit: quem alligatum ad triginta milia annorum Aeschylus tragoediarum scriptor ait

. Id si Aeschylus

τριςμύρια ἔτη

dixit, videri potest usitata formula nihil nisi ingentem numerum significasse. Ideo tamen hic

μυριετῆ χρόνον

non eam vim quam

πολυετῆ

, sed paullo maiorem habet, numero annis addito quasi vivam imaginem immensi spatii animo offerens.

95. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-97

ἀθλεύσω:

ἀθλεύσω

G. Rob. et alii libri.

98. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-98

αἰαῖ:

φεῦ φεῦ

M. G. et aliquot alii codices.

αι αι

Lips. Aug. atque alii.

αἳ αἳ

Rob. Qui cum Porsono

φεῦ φεῦ

praetulerunt, videntur id hiatus vitandi caussa fecisse. At is in interiectionibus legitimus est. Aptius hic videtur

αἰαῖ

, solentque id glossatores

φεῦ φεῦ

interpretari.

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πῇ:

πῆι

M. G. Lips. Aug. multique alii codices et Rob.

πῆ

Ald.

πῇ

a recte editum inde a Turnebo.

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τέρματα:

τέρματα

M. Ita recte Turnebus. Fuerunt qui hoc corrigendo orationem enervarent.

τέρμα

G. Lips. Aug. Rob. et reliqui ut videtur libri. In edd. vett. coli signo vel puncto post

στενάχω

distinguitur, non posito signo interrogandi post

ἐπιτεῖλαι

, quod placuit fere recentioribus. At multo gravior hic obliqua oratio est. Sic etiam v. 183. ss.

102. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-101

σκεθρῶς:

σκοθρῶς

M. a pr. manu.

τορῶς

nonnulli codices.

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τὰ μέλλοντ', οὐδέ μοι:

τὰ μέλλοντα οὐδ᾽ ἐμοὶ

103. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-103

πῆμ' οὐδὲν:

πῆμα οὐδὲν

104. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-104

γιγνώσκονθ᾽:

γιγνώσκονθ'

Μ. Reliqui

γινώσκονθ'

105. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-105

NA: Moschopulus in Agapetum apud Fabricium Bibl. Gr. vol. XII. p. 306. sive ed. Harl. vol. VIII. p. 41. Theodorus Hyrtacenus Epist. S. et 43.

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ἀδήριτον:

ἀδήρητον

Lips. Aug.

108. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-107

πορὼν:

πορῶν

M. Lips.

πορών

G. Aug.

108. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-108

ἐνέζευγμαι:

ἐνέζευγμαι

M. G. aliique codices.

ἐζευγμαι

Aug. Lips. et plerique codices.

ὑπέζευγμαι

edd. vett.

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NA: Hesychius in v.

ναρθηκοπλήρωτες

. Schol. Ambrosianus ad Od. v. 490.

110. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-110

πηγὴν:

πηγήν

scriptum est apud Hesychium.

παγήν

, superscripto

, Lips.

111. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-111

πάσης:

πάσης

M. G. Lips. Aug. et plerique codices.

πᾶσι

nonnulli codices et Ald. Rob.

111. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-112

πέφηνε:

πέφηνε

M, G. Lips. Aug. et ceteri ut videtur codices.

πέφυκε

editiones veteres.

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τοιάςδε:

τοιᾶς δε

G. Ceteri

τοιάσδε

. Quod Stanleius coniecerat non satis perspecto usu Graecorum,

τοιώνδε

, quattuor codices Vindobonenses habere dicit Schützius, testis valde suspectus.

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πασσαλευτὸς ὤν:

πασσαλευτός

, omisso

ὤν

, G. Lips. Aug. et plerique codices.

πασσαλευμένος

Μ. et alii codices,

πασσαλευόμενος

Cantabr. 2.

δεσμοῖσι πεπασσαλευμένος

Rob.

πασσαλευτὸς ὢν

receptum inde a Turnebo.

114-115. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-115

NA: In Lips.

ἔα. ἔα. ἔα. ἔα. τίς ἀχώ. τίς ὀδμά

. ab alia, ut videtur, manu in fine praecedentis versus post

πασσαλευτός

addita sunt, omissis

προσέπτα μ' ἀφεγγὴς θεόσυτος

. Eadem omissa in Aug. in quo priora sic scripta sunt,

ἔα. ἔα. ἔα. τίς ἀχώ. τίς ὀδμά

. Recte scholiastae

ἐκπλήξεως ἐπιρρήματα. ἐπιρρήματα ἐκπληκτικά

. Quorum

ἔα ἔα

rei subitae mirationem,

ἔα ἔα

quid secuturum sit exspectationem significat. Vehementer commoveri Prometheum, ubi illa in solitudine aliquem ad se accedere sentit, per se patet. Itaque hic unicus est in hac tragoedia locus, in quo Prometheum pauca videmus liberioribus numeris exclamare. In ceteris quae loquitur omnibus summam servat gravitatem, aut iambis, aut, quum indignatione corripitur, anapaestis utens,

115. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-116

NA: Quis credat quaesitum esse quid oluerint Oceanides? Ambrosiam spirare putabat Schützius, odorem qualis esset deorum marinorum Jacobsius in Museo Attico vol. III. p. 403. Neutrum qualis sit intelligas. Ambrosium enim ipsum nomen non mortalium, sed deorum esse indicat: hic vero qui est? Non magis dicas quid dii marini redoleant, nisi valde diversum ab eo quod

νέποδες καλῆς ἁλοσύδνης

apud Homerum. Satis est meminisse, qui vitam sub dio agant, sensibus uti acrioribus, eoque facile vel levi aurae motu adventum alicuius percipere naribus.

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θεόσυτος:

θεόσυτος

M. G. et reliqui, ut videtur, libri praeter Arundelanium, ex quo

θεόσυτος

Stanleius restituit.

116. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-118

κεκραμένη:

κεκραμμένη

ante rasuram M.

117. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-119

ἐπὶ πάγον: Constat hic versus ex dochmio et Cretico.

ἐπίπαγον

Lips.

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ἐμῶν θεωρός:

ἡμῶν θεωρός

, cum rasura ante

ός

, Μ.

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θεόν:

θεὸν

superscripto

ὢν

Lips.

θεῶν

Aug.

122. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-122

εἰςοιχνεῦσιν:

εἰσοιχνεῦσιν

Μ.

εἰσοιχνεῦσι

alii.

εἰσιχνεῦσιν

Lips. Aug.

εἰσιχνεῦσι

G. et alii. Eustathius p. 1483, 39.

ὅσοι τὴν Διὸς αὐλὴν οἰχνεῦσι

123. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-123

βροτῶν:

τῶν βροτῶν

codices nonnulli et Ald. Rob.

τὸν

solum G.

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φεῦ φεῦ:

αἳ αἳ

Vind. 2. 4. Ask. A.

φεῦ φεῦ

ceteri libri, quod hic, ubi stupet potius quam dolet Prometheus, recte se habet.

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κινάθισμα:

κινάθισμα

memorat Hesychius.

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ἐλαφραῖς:

ἐλαφρᾶς

Μ.

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φοβηθῇς:

φοβηθεὶς

, gravi accentu per circumflexum tramisso, Lips.

φοβηθείς

Aug.

128. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-128

ἥδε: Libri

ἥδε

. Scribendum

ὧδε

. Scholiastes ex antiquis et probis auctoribus

ὁ ρυθμὸς Ἀνακρεόντειός ἐστι κεκλασμένος πρὸς τὸ θρηνητικόν. ἐπεδήμησε γὰρ τῇ Αττικῇ Κριτίου ἐρῶν, καὶ ἠρέσθη

(libri

ἠράσθη

)

λίαν τοῖς μέλεσι τοῦ τραγικοῦ. ἐχρῶντο δὲ αὐτοῖς οὐκ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν τοῖς θρηνητικοῖς, ὡς καὶ Σοφοκλῆς Τυροῖ. ἔστι δὲ ταῦτα ὅμοια τῷ οὐδ᾽ αὖ μ' ἐάσεις μεθύοντ᾽ οἴκαδ᾽ ἀπελθεῖν

. Dixi de hoc metro in Elem. doctr. metr. p. 492. et ad Sophoclis Antig. 833.

129. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-129

ἁμίλλαις:

ἁμίλαις

Lips.

130. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-130

προςέβα:

προσέβα

, superscripto

, Lips.

131. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-131

μόγις:

μόλις

G. (sed hic

a minio in

mutato) et Ven. 3. Rob.

133-134. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-132

ἄντρων μυχόν:

ἄντρων μυχῶν

Lips. Aug. Omiserunt Turnebus

ἄντρων

, Canterus

μυχόν

134. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-133

μου:

με

pro

μου

Lips. Aug.

134. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-134

θεμερῶπιν:

θεμερῶπιν

Μ. a pr. manu et Victorius.

θερμερώπιν

Μ. a sec. manu et G. Aug. cum plerisque libris et Εtym. Μ. p. 447, 12.

θερμερώπην

Lips.

θερμωπὴν

Ask. C.

θερμῶπιν

Colb. 1.

θεμεῤῥῶπιν

Turn. V. Bentl. in epist. ad Millium p. 66. (516. ed. Lips.) Hesychius

θεμερῶπις, ἐρασμία αἰσχύνη

. Sic recte emendarunt. Idem

θεμερή, βεβαία, σεμνή, εὐσταθής. θεμερόν, σεμνόν, ἀφ' οὗ καὶ τὸ σεμνύνεσθαι θεμερύνεσθαι

, quod verbum Pollux VI. 185. comicum esse dicit. Pro radice horum vocabulorum sumendum est

θεμός

, quod significaverit positionem, h. e. motus in quietem mutationem: unde

θεμῶσαι

Ιl. IX. 486. 542. Hinc

θεμερός

sedatus, modestus, lenis, mitis est. Empedocles emendatus a Bentleio

Δῆρις θ' αἱματόεσσα καὶ Αρμονίη θεμερώπις

. Id ad mites maturitate fructus translatum in epigrammate quod in Brunckii Anal. vol. III. p. 189. est CXC. et in Appendice Anthol. Palat. 239.

Αττει θ᾽ ὑψίστῳ καὶ συνιέντι τὸ πᾶν, τῷ πᾶσιν καιροῖς θεμερώτερα πάντα φύοντι

. Welckero in Trilogia p. 25. omnium interpretum soli, credo, in mentem venit Oceanides maxima corporis parte nudas, ut in picturis, in orchestram esse demissas.

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αἰαῖ, αἰαῖ:

αι

ter M. bis Lips. Aug.

οι

bis G.

αι

quater codex Par. B. et sic post Heathium editores.

138. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-136

εἱλισσομένου:

τ' εἰλισσομένου

M. G. Lips. Aug.

θ' είλισσομένου

inde a Turnebo editores.

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ἀκοιμήτῳ:

ἀκοιμήτωρ'

ρεύματι Lips.

140. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-138

ἐςίδεσθ':

ἐσίδεσθ'

non

ἐσίδεσθέ με

neque

εἰσίδεσθέ μ'

, M. atque ita Turn.

ἐσίδεσθέ με

G. et alii codices.

ἐσίδεσθέ μου

Lips. Aug.

ἐσίδεσθέ με

plerique.

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προςπορπατὸς:

πρὸς πατρὸς

, adscripto a manu tertia, quae saeculi XV. esse videtur,

προσπορπατὸς

, Μ.

πρὸς πα τος

, post

eraso

, ut videtur, et superscripto ab alia manu

πορ

, G.

πρὸς πορ πατός

, superscripto

πορ

προςπαρτός

, Lips.

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σκοπέλοις:

σκοπέλων

Aug. et superscripto

οις

Lips.

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ἐν ἄκροις:

ἐν ἄκραις

144. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-142

λεύσσω:

λεύσω

145. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-143

ὁμίχλη:

ὁμίκλα

Arund. Ven. 2. Ceteri libri

ὁμίχλη

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εἰςιδούσα:

ἰσίδουσα

, cum hoc accentu, litteris autem

αι

paene evanidis, M.

εἰσιδούσῃ

G. Hoc et

εἰσιδοῦσι

legi observat scholiastes. Atque aliquot codices

εἰσιδοῦσι

vel

εἰσιδοῦσιν

εἰσιδοῦσα

Lips. Aug.

εἰσιδοῦσαι

, superscripto

, Par. N.

εἰσιδοῦσαι

Turnebus. Dubitari potest an

εἰσιδοῦσαν

scripserit Aeschylus, ut in Choeph. 405.

ἐπάλλεται δ' αὖτέ μοι φίλον κέαρ τόνδε κλύουσαν οἶκτον

147. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-145

πέτραις:

πέτραι

Lips. Aug.

πέτραις

aliquot codices et Aldina, quod fortasse praeferendum est.

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ταῖςδ᾽ ἀδαμαντοδέτοισι:

ταῖς ἀδαμαντοδέτοις

M. Lips. Aug. et ceteri libri plerique.

ταῖς ἀκαμαντοδέτοις

G. In M. priori syllabae in

ἀδαμαντοδέτοις

supra adscriptum a pr. manu

δ' α

.. Turnebus

ἀδαμαντοδέτοισι

, Victorius

ταῖςδ'

posuit.

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δὲ δὴ:

δὲ δὴ

M. et ceteri libri plerique.

δε

δὲ

Lips. Aug.

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ἀθέτως: Libri omnes

ἀθέσμως

, nisi quod

ἀθέμως

Lips. Aug. Emendavit Bentleius in epist. ad Millium p. 66. (516. ed. Lips.) ex Hesychio, apud quem sic scriptum est,

ἀθέτως, ἀθέσμως, οὐ συγκατατεθειμένως. Αἰσχύλος Προμηθεῖ δεσμώτῃ

151. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-149

δὲ:

γάρ

pro

δὲ

152. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-150

εἰ γάρ μ' ὑπὸ γῆν:

εἰ γὰρ ὑπὸ γαῖαν

Lips. Aug.

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νέρθεν θ': Libri

νέρθεν τ' ἀΐδου

, nisi quod

ἔρθεν

(sed spiritu et accentu linea transfixis) G. habet et

ἔρθεν

Par. N.

νέρθεν θ' Ἅιδου

Turnebus, unde usitatam formam Blomfieldius restituit.

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ἧκεν:

ἧκε

G. Lips.

155. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-153

ἀγρίως:

ἀγρίοις

M. et pauci alii codices, quod recepit Blomfieldius. Id Aeschylus si scripsisset, posuisset

ἀλύτοις δεσμοῖς ἀγρίοις

155-156. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-154

ὡς μήτε θεὸς μήτε τις ἄλλος: Libri

ὡς μήποτε θεὸς μήτε τις ἄλλος

. In M. hoc ultimum vocabulum

ἄλλος

a manu tertia refectum est. Turnebum, qui

μήτε θεῶν τις

scribendo anapaestum restituit, secuti sunt posteriores. Non affirmem tamen systemata, quae inter strophas sunt, non fuisse numeris aequalia, ut in fine huius fabulae, ut in Agamemnone, ut in Eumenidibus. Nam hoc quidem systema, si huic versui,

ὡς μήποτε θεός

, hemistichium additur, praecedenti systemati etiam interpunctionibus par erit. Illud autem quod sequitur v. 188. non magis vacuum est suspicione lacunae. Non scripsit autem Aeschylus, quod Elmsleius coniecit,

ὡς μήποτε θεὸς μηδεὶς ἄλλος

. Nam neque

θεός

synecphonesin admittit praegressis duabus brevibus syllabis, et perversum est optare Prometheum ut eum numquam ne ullus quidem deus conspiciat, quasi tolerabilius sit, si eum unus videat. Itaque sic potius, si quid mutandum est, integrandus erit versus,

ὡς μήποτέ τις μήτε θεός τις

. De repetito

τις

dixit Porsonus in addendis ad Hecubam p. 100.

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ἐγεγήθει:

ἐπεγήθει

M. Lips. Aug. Ald.

ἐπεγήθει

ex correctione, antea

ἐπεγήθη

G. Alii codices

ἐπιγεγήθει, ἐπιγεγήθει, ἐπιγεγήθη

. Blomfieldius

ἐγεγήθει

ex Elmsleii sententia, qui

γεγήθει

saepe, numquam

ἐπεγήθει

, nisi in dubio versu Choeph. 759. inveniri observavit. Id universe de Atticis dictum oportebat. Et glossatores etiam hic cum

ἐπιχαίρειν

simplex

χαίρειν

coniunxerunt.

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κίνυγμ᾽:

καὶ νύγμ'

Aug. Memorat

αἰθέριον κίνυγμα

ex hoc loco Eustathius p. 472, 44. 805, 28. 957, 21.

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ἐπίχαρτα:

ἐπίχαρμα

Lips. Aug. aliique codices. In Lips. a secunda manu

τα

supra scriptum.

ἐπιχάρματα

aliquot libri.

ἐπίχαρτα

M. G. Recte ipse Prometheus

ἐπίχαρμα

vocaretur, cuiusmodi exempla Blomfieldius attulit, non item recte diceretur

ἐχθροῖς ἐπίχαρμα πεπονθέναι

159. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-158

NA: Hoc in versu incipit lacero in folio

πλησικάρδιος

fragmentum codicis Lipsiensis, praemissum ei codici quem adhuc simpliciter Lipsiensem dixi, nunc usque ad v. 391. cum Butlero Lipsiensem 2. nominabo fragmentum dicam Lips. 1.

161. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-159

ξυνασχαλᾷ:

ξυνασχάλει

Lips. 1. et Aug. hic quidem propter

αι

in Lips. 2. male lectum.

162. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-160

δίχα γοῦν ἑνός; ὃ δ᾽ ἐπικότως:

δίχαγε διός

M. sed

δίχαγε

a manu tertia super evanidas litteras scriptum.

δίχα τε διὸς

G. Lips. 2.

ἐπισκότως

Lips. 1.

αἰεὶ

M. et alii nonnulli codices. Elegantissimum quidem trimetrum praebet vulgata lectio,

τεοῖσι δίχα γε Διός; ὃ δ᾽ ἐπικότως ἀεί

. Non esse tamen hanc veram scripturam quum

ἠρέθισε

in antistrophico versu prodit, tum arguunt codices Colb. 1. et Ask. A. (sive Reg. G.)

δίχα γ᾽ ἑνὸς

habentes, ad quod in Ask. Λ.

διός

, in altero libro

καὶ διός

supra adscriptum. Porro in Par. B.

γρ. ἑνός, ἤγουν διός

. Quod si vix dubitari potest quin

Διός

ex interpretatione versui insertum sit, apparet scribendum esse

δίχα γοῦν ἑνός

. Fortius est

γοῦν

quam

γ' εὖ

, ut cum restrictione etiam affirmationem continens, ut sit

certe quidem

. Sic in Agam. 1386.

γνώσει διδαχθεὶς ὀψὲ γοῦν τὸ σωφρονεῖν

. Sophocles Oed. R. 408.

εἰ καὶ τυραννεῖς, ἐξισωτέον τὸ γοῦν ἴσ᾽ ἀντιλέξαι

. Et sic ille saepius.

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ἄγναμπτον:

ἄγναμπτον

in M. a manu tertia refectum.

ἄγναπτον

G. aliique nonnulli codices. γρ.

ἄκαμπτον

Par. B. Spondeus indicio est non esse

ἄγναμπτον

ab Aeschylo scriptum. Quod apud Hesychium suo quidem loco inter

ἄκανθα

ἀκανθόνωτον

positum est,

ἄκανθον

(codex

ἀκανθόν

ἄγναμπτον

, videri potest ad Aeschyli versum pertinere, ut scriptum fuerit

ἀκα.... νόον

. Nisi tamen illud

ἄκαμπτον

alieno loco insertum ad

ἀκαμπής

vel

ἄκαμπος

, quae in Hesychii libro paullo superius posita sunt, referendum est. Scholiastae Aeschyli has adscripserunt interpretationes,

ἀμείλικτον, ἀκαμπῆ, σκληρόν, ἀμετακίνητον

. Veri simile est ut

ἀστραφῆ

scripserit poeta. Hesychius

ἀστραφής, σκληρός. Σοφοκλῆς Μυσοῖς

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δάμναται:

δάμνεται

Lips. 1. 2. Aug.

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λήξει:

λήξη

Lips. 1. 2. Aug.

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κέαρ:

τὸ κέαρ

G. Lips. 1.

166. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-165

παλάμᾳ:

παλάμα

, adscripto supra

a sec. manu, Μ.

παλάμη

G. Lips. 1.

παλάμα

, superscripto

, Lips. 2.

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τὰν:

τάν

, superscripto

, Lips. 2. Idem

ἕλη

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ἦ μὴν ἔτ᾽ ἐμοῦ:

ἢ μὴν ἔτ᾽ ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ

M. sed

ἀπ'

in litura.

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γυιοπέδαις:

γυοπέδαις

Μ.

γυιοπέδοις

Lips. 1.

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πρύτανις:

πρυτανές

Lips. 2.

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ὑφ᾽ ὅτου:

ἀφ' ὅτου

a pr. manu M.

ὑφ᾽ ὅτου

a secunda.

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σκῆπτρον τιμάς τ᾽:

σκηπτρόν τε τιμάς τ'

Lips. 1.

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ἀποσυλᾶται:

ἀποσυλλᾶται

Lips. 2.

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καί μ' οὔτε:

καί μὲ οὔτοι

Μ. Colb. 1. Par. L. Rob.

καί μ' οὔτε

Lips. 2. Aug. et plerique.

καίτοι μὲ οὐ

G. et duo Vindob. pariterque Turnebus. Recte Blomfieldius secutus est Porsonum

καί μ' οὔτε

scribi iubentem. Opponi enim inter se preces et minae debebant.

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μελιγλώσσοις:

μελιγλώσσης

Lips. 1. 2. Aug.

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ἐπαοιδαῖσιν:

ἐπαιοιδαῖσι

M. G. Lips. 1.

ἐπ' ἀοιδαῖσι

Lips. 2. Aug.

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τ':

τ'

omittunt Lips. 2. Aug.

175. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-177

τόδ᾽:

τὸ δ'

Lips. 1.

τώδ'

, superscripto

, Lips. 2.

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ποινάς τε:

ποινάς

(sic a pr. manu, a tertia

ποιναὶ

)

τέ μοι τίνειν

Μ.

ποινάς τ᾽ ἐμοὶ

(

τέμου

Lips. 2. Aug.)

τίνειν

(

τείνειν

G.) G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug.

ποινάς τε τίνειν

Turnebus.

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τῆσδ':

τῆς

Μ.

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ἐνδίδως:

ἐπιχαλᾶς

Μ.

ὑποχαλᾶς

Lips. 1. Vindob. 1.

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ἐμὰς:

ἐμοὶ

Aug.

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ἠρέθισε: Libri

ἠρέθισε

. Turnebus solus

ερέθισε

, quod ab Elmsleio probatum recepit Blomfieldius: v. ad v. 162.

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δέδια δ᾽: Libri

δέδια γάρ

. Porsonus

δέδια δ'

. Vt gemellum comparat Blomfieldius

δέδια δ'

in Soph. Oed. Col. 1468. At ibi non potuit

δέδια γάρ

dici.

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σαῖς τύχαις:

σαῖς τύχαι

Lips. 1.

σὰς τύχας

aliquot codices.

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πᾷ:

ὅπαι

Μ.

ὅπα

G. Lips. 1. aliique codices.

ὅπα

, superscripto

οι

Lips. 2.

ὅπαιοι

Aug.

ὅπη

vel

ὅποι

alii.

πᾷ

primus Turnebus.

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τῶνδε:

τῶν δὲ

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NA: In nonnullis codicibus hic est ordo verborum

ποτέ χρή σε τῶνδε πόνων τέρμα

, in Lips. 2. Aug. vitiose scriptum

ποτὲ χρή σε τῶν δαιμόνων τέρμα

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ἐςιδεῖν:

εἰσιδεῖν

Lips. 2. Aug. Colb. 2.

ἐπιδεῖν

Par. L.

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ἀκίχητα:

Ἀκίχητα, ἀκατάληπτα

Hesychius.

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γὰρ:

γὰρ

omittit G.

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ἀπαράμυθον:

οὐπαράμυθον

M. G. Ox. Ven. 1. Bess. Par. C. L. Vind. 1. Turn.

οὐπαράμυθον

Lips. 1.

ἀπαράμυθον

Lips. 2. Aug. cum ceteris, credo, codicibus et Ald. Rob.

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Κρόνου παῖς:

ὁ κρόνου παῖς

G. Lips. 1.

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τραχὺς καὶ:

τραχύς τε καὶ

M. G. Lips. 1.

θρασύς τε καὶ

Lips. 2. Aug. aliique. In Lips. 2. γρ.

τραχύς

superscriptum.

ὡς

(pro

ὅτι

)

τραχύς καὶ

Colb. 1.

θρασὺς καὶ

alii.

τραχὺς καὶ

Turnebus.

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NA: Post

ἔχων

libri addunt

οἴῳ

, ut M. a sec. manu (nam a pr. manu habuit

οἵῳ

) et G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. vel

οἵῳ

, formam verbi non usitatam tragicis. Eiecerunt critici praeter Scholefieldium, qui post eam vocem lacunae signum posuit. Si quid genuini in isto vocabulo est, neque illud ortum est ex

ὅμως

ἔμπας

adscripto, putandum erit

οἵῳ

fuisse, excidisseque tot versus quot requiruntur ad aequandum hoc systema ei quod praecedit. V. ad v. 155. Potuit certe

οἵῳ γάμῳ

dici, sententiaque esse eadem quae v. 911. seqq. continetur.

190. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-195

ὅταν:

ὅτ' ἂν

M. G. Rob.

191. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-196

ῥαισθῇ:

ῥαισθῇ

, ut videtur, M.

ῥαγῇ

Lips. 2. Aug. et plerique codices. Alii codices

ῥαγῇ, ῥαισθῇ, ῥαχθῇ, ῥαγῇ

ταύτῃ

refertur ad ea quae in proximo systemate dixerat Prometheus.

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ἀρθμὸν:

ἀρθμὸν

M. aliique libri.

ἁρμὸν

G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. aliique. γρ.

ἁρμὸν

Lips. 2.

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γέγων':

γεγών'

Lips. 1.

196. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-199

αἰτιάματι:

αιτιάματι

Lips. 2. Antiatticista Bekkeri p. 78, 25.

αἰτίαμα. Αισχύλος Προμηθεῖ δεσμώτῃ

198. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-200

βλάπτει: Libri

βλάπτῃ

, nisi quod Lips. 1. ante correctionem

βλάπτειν

199. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-201

ἀλγεινὰ:

ἀλγεινά

, superscripto

οι

, Lips. 2. Aug.

199. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-202

ἐστὶν:

ἔστιν

Μ.

ἐστὶ

200. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-203

δύςποτμα:

δύσποτμος

Par. F.

201. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-204

ἤρξαντο:

ἤρξατο

Lips. 1.

202. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-205

NA: om. Lips. 2. Idem

ὠρθύνετο

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ἕδρας:

ἕδρας

M. G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug.

ἕδρας

Ven. 3. Rob. Turn.

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ἀνάσσοι:

ἀνάσσοι

M. G. Rob. Turn.

ἀνάσσῃ

Lips. 1. 2. Aug. aliique codd. et Ald.

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NA: In G. sedecim versus 205–220. bis scripti sunt a diversis manibus. Nam quum prima manus desiisset in v. 204. ita ut superesset trium versuum spatium, secunda manus addidit in ea ipsa pagina versus 205. 206. 207. in altera autem 208-220. Quum autem folia aliquot intercidissent, tertia manus in quattuor foliis insertis adscripsit qui deerant versus 205-294. In iis quae bis scripta sunt non est nisi glossarum aliqua diversitas.

205. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-209

ἄρξειεν:

ἄρξειεν

Μ.

ἄρξειε

G. Lips. 1. 2.

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ἐνταῦθ᾽:

ἐντεῦθ᾽

Lips. 2. Aug.

ἐντεῦθεν

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τὰ λῷστα:

ταλωστὰ

Lips. 1.

λῶστα

Lips. 2.

τἄριστα

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πιθεῖν:

πιθεῖν

a pr. manu M.

209. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-213

καρτεροῖς:

καρτερών

Lips. 2. Aug.

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ἀμοχθὶ:

ἀμοχθὶ

M. et Regius Spanhemii. Ceteri

ἀμοχθεί

211. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-215

μήτηρ:

μητρὶ

G. aliique codices et ex correctione Lips. 1. in quo antea

μοί

. Lips. 2.

μοι

, supra scriptis.

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μορφὴ:

μορφή

G. et a pr. manu M. De Telluris

πολυωνυμίᾳ

disseruerunt Stanleius ad h. 1. et Bern. Martinus Var. Lect. III. 13. Videndus etiam Arnaldus de diis

παρέδροις

cap. 22. Schützius vero vel unum exemplum requirebat, in quo Themis nomen haberet Telluris. Nam Themis quum ab Aeschylo non solum in principio Eumenidum

Τιτανὶς παῖς Χθονός

, sed in ipso etiam Prometheo v. 877. dicta sit

Τιτανίς

, negabat dubium esse quin Aeschylus Hesiodum aliosque auctores secutus Themidem a Tellure distinxerit. Accedere quod, si Telluris filius esset Prometheus, Titanes, quos v. 207.

Οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ Χθονὸς τέκνα

vocet, rectius videatur fratres appellaturus fuisse. Quumque praeterea in exponendo Themidis vaticinio inutile sit et incommodum istud de alio Themidis nomine additamentum, versum hunc,

καὶ Γαῖα, πολλῶν ὀνομάτων μορφὴ μία

, spurium, Aeschylo plane indignum, atque ex glossa marginali vel interpretatione alicuius grammatici intrusum esse censebat. Videri enim istam interpretationem ex errore scholiastarum natam, qui quum

οὐχ ἅπαξ μόνον

ad Themidem referrent, requisiverint aliquid quod his verbis opponeretur. Haec etsi speciose disputata sunt, tamen versum illum genuinum esse certissimum est. Nihil quidem ponderis habet Io. Tzetzes, qui et ad Hesiodi O. et D. 9. scribit

Θέμις ἡ γῆ κατ' Αισχύλον

, et in Exegesi in Il. p. 52, 24.

Αἰσχύλος Θέμιν λέγει τὴν γῆν ἐν τῷ Προμηθεῖ προφανῶς· Θέμις τε καὶ Γῆ πολλῶν ὀνομάτων γραφῇ μιᾷ

quo respicit etiam p. 135, 25.

Αισχύλος δὲ Θέμιν φησὶ μητέρα Προμηθέως, ἀλλ' οὐκ Ασίαν

. Sed ipso licet Aeschylo auctore uti, qui quum in fine fabulae scripserit

ὦ μητρὸς ἐμῆς σέβας, ὦ πάντων αἰθὴρ κοινὸν φάος εἱλίσσων, ἐφορᾷς μὲ ὡς ἔκδικα πάσχω;

inepta invocatio matris esset, nisi terram et caelum his versibus designaret. Ergo non emendando, sed explicando succurrendum. Quod qui facere conatus est Welckerus in Trilogia p. 39. seqq. non solum aliena multa immiscuit, sed in ipsa etiam explicatione falli videtur, quum Themidem et Tellurem unum numen esse contendit, cognomenque hoc Themidis arbitrio poetae separatum a Telluris numine putat. Nam contrarium potius statuendum est, videturque ipse statuisse in Appendice Trilogiae p. 67. diversas omnium ipsiusque Aeschyli sententia deas hic in unum esse numen coniunctas. Id ipse Aeschylus declarat, quum eas dicit

πολλῶν ὀνομάτων μορφὴν μίαν

. Nimirum senserunt illi, qui religiones Graecis condiderunt, quos deos vocarent unius cuiusdam naturae communitate contineri, muneribusque magis atque officiis quam separatis numinibus singulos ab se invicem discretos vivere. Ita factum est ut, qui pro muneribus illis diversi di putabantur, saepe vel coniunctis officiis vel uno munere aliis praelato in unum confunderentur, ac modo duobus consociatis nominibus, modo uno ex alius dei natura petito appellarentur. Magis autem illa deorum in unam naturam coniunctio Aeschyli aevo per philosophos celebrata est atque dispersa, ex quo genere multa sunt a tragicis commemorata. Ac Terra quidem modo eadem quae Rhea habita est, de qua quum alii multi scriptores, tum copiosissime exposuit Lucretius II. 599-658. paucis autem complexus Apollonius Rhodius II. 1098. scripsit, Rheam dicens,

ἐκ γὰρ τῆς ἄνεμοί τε θάλασσά τε νειόθι τε χθὼν πᾶσα πεπείρηται νιφόεν θ᾽ ἕδος Ουλύμποιο

. Aeschylus autem in Supplicibus v. 857. 867. et Sophocles in Philocteta v. 391. Iovem terrae filium vocarunt; modo confusa est cum Cerere, quod constat factum esse saepissime, Ceresque ipsa omnibus Rheae attributis ornata est ab Euripide longo carmine in Helena a v. 1321. Ita hic quoque Aeschylus, sive ipse primus Prometheum Themidis filium appellavit, sive, quod veri similius est, antiquam aliquam fabulam est secutus, hanc famam praetulit, quia haec nobilior esset origo coniunctiorque cum virtutibus et meritis Promethei, quam si Clymenae vel Asiae filius diceretur. Themis autem coniunctissima cum Tellure est, siquidem antiquissimum Delphicum oraculum Telluris fuisse creditum est, cui successerit Themis, ut et in Eumenidum initio dictum est et ab Euripide in Iphigenia in Tauris v. 1259. seqq. Et sic etiam Olympiae. Pausanias V. 14, 10.

ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ Γαíῳ καλουμένῳ βωμός ἐστιν ἐπ' αὐτῷ Γῆς, τέφρας καὶ οὗτος· τὰ δ᾽ ἔτι ἀρχαιότερα καὶ μαντεῖον τῆς Γῆς αὐτόθι εἶναι λέγουσιν. ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ ὀνομαζομένου στομίου Θέμιδι ὁ βωμὸς πεποίηται

. Has igitur fatidicas deas in unam coaluisse cernimus. Itaque non est quod miremur, si poeta v. 876. scripsit, quod veri simile est,

τοιόνδε χρησμὸν ἡ παλαιγενὴς μήτηρ ἐμοὶ διῆλθε Τιτανὶς θεῶν

. Nam eodem modo qui proprie Titanida est

Τιτάν Προμηθεύς

vocatur ab Sophocle in Oed. Col. v. 56. et ab Euripide Phoen. v. 1122. Ione v. 455. Quo tamen non referendum videtur illud Ciceronis ex Aeschylo

Titanum suboles, socia nostri sanguinis

, quod ab Aeschylo sic scriptum fuisse credibile est,

ὦ κοινὸν αἷμα, γέννα Τιτάνων, ἐμοί

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μέλλον:

μέλον

Lips. 1.

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κραíνοιτο: Non opus videtur ut cum Elmsleio scribatur

κρανεῖτο

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προὐτεθεσπίκει:

προστεθεστήκει

214. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-220

καρτερὸν:

κρατερὸν

G. ubi primum scripti hi versus.

215. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-221

χρείη:

χρὴ

χρῆ

G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. et sic fere ceteri.

χρεῖ ἦ

a manu tertia margo Μ. γρ.

χρεῖ ᾖ

supra scriptum in G. Lips. 2. Aug. et sic Rob.

χρείη

restituit Dawesius Misc. crit. p. 333.

215. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-222

δὲ:

δὲ

omissum in M. a pr. manu tertia adscripsit. Omittunt Lips. 1. aliique.

τε

habent G. Lips. 2. Aug. aliique.

215. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-223

ὑπερσχόντας:

ὑπερέχοντας

libri, nisi quod

ὑπερέχοντας

quidam Parisini. Ex Turnebi editione vulgabatur

ὑπερέξοντας

, Porsonum alii

ὑπερσχόντας

corrigentem secuti sunt. Sic Valckenarius in Euripidis Hipp. 1365. quum legeretur

ὑπερέχων

, correxit

ὁδ᾽ ὁ σωφροσύνῃ πάντας ὑπερσχών

. Aliud tamen monstrant glossae in Lips. 2.

μεγάλους

, in Ox.

τοὺς μεγάλους

, in G. et Lips. 1.

τοὺς μείζονας

, quibus non videtur

ὑπερσχόντας

, sed

ὑπερτέρους

explicatum esse. Scholiastes ad Od. III. 65.

ὑπέρτερα, τὰ ὑπέρθετα καὶ μείζονα

. Ad I. XI. 437.

ὑπέρτερον, μέγα

. Ad Od. XV. 491.

ὑπέρτερον, ὑπέροχον, μέγα

. Ad XI. 290.

ὑπέρτερον εὖχος, μεγάλως τῇ δόξῃ ὑπερέχον

. Schol. Ven. B. ad Il. XI. 785.

ὑπέρτερον δὲ ἀεὶ τὸν ὑπερέχοντα φησιν

. Schol. Α.

ὁ γὰρ ὑπερέχων κατά τι ἐστιν ὑπέρτερος. καὶ νῦν λέγει, τῷ γένει, τῇ εὐγενείᾳ ὑπερέχει

. Ibi dem in alio scholio

οὐ λέγει ὅτι τῇ γεννήσει σοῦ ἐστὶν ὑπερέχων, ἀλλ᾽ ὑπερτέραν γενεὰν λέγει οὐ τὴν χρόνῳ ὑπερέχουσαν, ἀλλὰ γένους ἀξίᾳ

. Glossa in Aeschyli Sept. ad Th. 511.

ὑπέρτερον, μειζόνως

. Schol. Sophoclis ad El. 455.

ἐξ ὑπερτέρας χειρός, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἰσχυροτέρας, οἷον μετὰ δυνάμεως μείζονος

. Hinc scripsi

ὑπερτέρους

. Sententia eadem est quae si diceret

τοὺς δὲ δόλῳ ὑπερτέρους

. De hac collocatione articuli dixit Heindorfius ad Plat. Phaedonem p. 139. V. ad Eur. Andr. 215.

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τοιαῦτ᾽ ἐμοῦ:

τοιαῦτά μου

ante correctionem G.

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ἐξηγουμένου:

ἐξηγομένου

Lips. 1.

ἐξηγουμένω

, adscripto

super

, Lips. 2.

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οὐδὲ:

οὐδὲν

ante corr. Lips. 1.

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προςβλέψαι: Idem

προβλέψαι

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κράτιστα:

κράτιστα

, superscripto

οι

, Lips. 2.

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προςλαβόντα:

προσλαβόντι

M. G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. et multi alii. Nonnulli

προσλαβόντα

, quod Brunckius restituit.

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ἑκόνθ' ἑκόντι:

ἑκὼν θ' ἑκόντι

Lips. 1.

ἔκονθ' έτι

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μελαμβαθὴς:

μελαμβαθής

M. aliique.

μελαμβαφής

Aug.

μελεμβαφής

G. Lips. 1. 2.

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κευθμὼν:

κευθμών

Lips. 1.

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παλαιγενῆ:

τὸν παλαιὸν

Lips. 2. Aug.

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αὐτοῖσι συμμάχοισι:

αὐτοῖσυμάχοισι

ex correctione, quum penultima syllaba prius

ου

fuisset, Lips. 1.

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ποιναῖς:

ποιναῖς

Μ. et plerique libri.

πηναῖς

Lips. 1.

τιμαῖς

G. Mosq. 1.

ποιναῖς

γρ.

τιμαῖς

Par. B. Id non videtur interpretis esse. Atque unus scholiastarum

τιμωρίας

adscripsit. Hesychius

τιμή, δόξα, ποτὲ δὲ καὶ τιμωρία, ἢ ἀντέκτισις ἡ κυρία

. Itaque recepi, praesertim quum acerbius dictum videretur.

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ταῖςδέ μ' ἐξημείψατο:

ταῖσδ᾽ ἐξημείψατο

Lips. 2.

ἀντημείψατο

ex Arund. et Cant. 2. recepit Blomfieldius.

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γάρ πως:

γὰρ πῶς

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τοῖς:

τοῖς

omittit G.

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τυραννίδι:

τοῦτο τῆρανύδι

Lips 1.

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ἐρωτᾶτ':

ἐρωτᾶτε μὲ

Lips. 1.

ἐρωτᾶτ' ἐμ'

Lips. 2. Aug.

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αἰτίαν:

αἰτίην

Μ. G.

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τὸν:

τὸν

bis Lips. 1.

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καθέζετ':

καθίζετ'

G. Lips. 1.

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δαíμοσιν νέμει:

δαίμοσι

M. G. Lips. 1. 2.

νέμοι

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διεστοιχίζετο:

διεστοιχίζετο

ex hoc loco habere videtur Hesychius.

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βροτῶν δὲ τῶν:

βροτῶν τῶνδε τῶν

Lips. 1.

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λόγον:

λόγων

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οὐδὲν:

οὐδένα

Μ.

οὐδὲν

G. Lips. 1. 2.

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φιτῦσαι:

φιτύσαι

Μ.

φυτῦσαι

Lips. 2. Aug.

αντῆσαι

G. Lips. 1.

φιτῆσαι, φυτεῦσαι

alii.

φιτῦσαι

Turnebus.

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τοῖσιν:

τοῖσιν

ultima littera in litura M. Blomfieldius ex Elmsleii sententia

καὶ τοισίδ'

. Non opus. Quae defendendo

τοισίδ'

allata exempla sunt, nihil ponderis habent. Nam aliud est

hic

, aliud

hice

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ἀντέβαινε:

ἀντέβαινεν

Lips. 2.

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ἐγὼ δ' ἐτόλμησ᾽:

ἐγὼ δὲ τόλμησ'

Μ.

ἐγὼ δὲ τολμῆς

G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. Alii

ἐγὼ δὲ τολμῆς

vel

ἐγὼ δ᾽ ὁ τολμῆς

. Schol.

τινὲς ἐτόλμησα, καὶ τὸ ἑξῆς μετὰ ἤθους. δύναται καὶ τολμῆς εἶναι, ὡς τιμήεις τιμῆς

. Emendate

ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἐτόλμησ'

Par. F.

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ἐξελυσάμην:

ἐξελυσάμην

M. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. (in cuius margine γρ.

ἐξερωσάμην

) aliique codices et Rob.

ἐξερυσάμην

G. aliique et Ald. Turn. At in hoc verbo duplicari solet

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βροτοὺς:

βροτόν

Lips. 2.

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τοῦ μὴ:

τὸ μη

Μ.

τὸ μὴ

Rob. et Regius Spanhemii. Ceteri libri

τοῦ μή

. G. Bernhardy in Syntaxi p. 356. magis, quam hoc Aeschyli

τοῦ μή

, defendendum censuit illud Herodoti I. 86,

ῥύσεται τοῦ μὴ ζῶντα κατακαυθῆναι

. Non intelligo quid voluerit.

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τῷ τοι:

τῷ ταῖς τοιαῖσδε

, sed ad

ταῖς

a sec. manu superscripto

τοι

, Μ,

τῷ τοιαῖσδε

Lips. 2.

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πημοναῖσι:

πημοναῖσιν

Lips. 1.

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κάμπτομαι:

κάπτομαι

Lips. 2.

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οἰκτραῖσιν:

οἰκτραῖσι

Lips. 2.

οἰκταῖσι

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τούτου:

τοῦτο

Aug.

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αὐτός:

αὐτὸς

pro

αὐτός

Lips. 2. Aug.

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ἀλλὰ νηλεῶς: Libri

ἀλλ' ἀνηλεώς

, quae proba quidem vox est, usurpata Platoni de leg. III. p. 697. et aliis: v. Dorv. ad Char. p. 724. (643.) sed recte tamen, opinor, Elmsleii monitu

ἀλλὰ νηλεῶς

scripsit Blomfieldius. Hanc enim formam ab Homero acceptam probasse videntur tragici.

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ἐρρύθμισμαι:

ἐρύθμισμαι

Μ. a prima manu (tertia

addidit) et Lips. 2.

ἐρρύθισμαι

Lips. 1.

ἐρύθμης και

G. in quo post

Ζηνί

interpunctum est.

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θέα:

θέα

Lips. 1.

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NA: Eustathius p. 1940, 58.

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σιδηρόφρων:

σιδηρόφρον

Lips.

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ξυνασχαλᾷ:

ξυανασχαλᾷ

Lips. 1.

συνασχαλα

ceteri.

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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1-127: Prologue (πρόλογος).

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88-127. Second Scene. Pro- metheus alone. With this invocation of the elements cp. Il. iii. 277 ἠέλιός θ' ὃς πάντ᾽ ἐφορᾶς καὶ πάντ᾽ ἐπακούεις, καὶ ποταμοὶ καὶ γαῖα, Soph. Phil. 936& λιμένες, ὦ προβλῆτες, ὦ ξυνουσίαι θηρῶν ὀρείων, ὦ καταρρῶγες πέτραι, ὑμῖν τάδ', οὐ γὰρ ἄλλον οἶδ᾽ ὅτῳ λέγω, ἀνακλαίομαι. Apsines (Rhet. Gr. ed. Spengel I. p. 400) says: κινεῖ δὲ ἔλεον καὶ λόγος πρὸς τόπον τινὰ γινόμενος.

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90. ἀνήριθμον γέλασμα : of the slightly ruffled surface of the sea, lighted up by the sun. Cp. Il. xix. 362 γέλασσε δὲ πᾶσα περὶ χθὼν χαλκοῦ ὑπὸ στεροπῆς. The verb yeλᾶν often denotes merriment or cheerfulness in a figurative sense; thus Hesiod Theog. 40 γελᾷ δέ τε δώματα πατρὸς . . . θεᾶν ὀπὶ λειριοέσσῃ σκιδναμένῃ. The scholi- ast on our passage renders γέλασμα by διάχυμα. In a different sense Catullus, lxiv. 273, says of the sea-waves leni resonant plangore cachinni. – παμμήτορ γῆ: cp. Hom. Hymn xxx. 1 γαῖαν παμμήτειραν, Cho. 127 γαῖαν ἡ τὰ πάντα τίκτεται.

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⁸

;

91. καὶ ... καλῶ: ἤλλαξε τὴν φράσιν, Schol. Cp. Soph. Αi. 859 & φέγγος, ὦ γῆς ἱερὸν οἰκείας πέδον Σαλαμῖνος, ὦ πατρῷον ἑστίας βάθρον κλειναί τ᾽ ᾿Αθῆναι, καὶ τὸ σύντροφον γένος, κρῆναί τε ποτα- μοί θ' οἵδε, καὶ τὰ Τρωικὰ πεδία προσαυδῶ, χαίρετ', ὦ τροφῆς ἐμοί, also O. C. 1091. — κύκλον : cp. Pers. 504 λαμπρὸς ἡλίου κύκλος. This expres- sion (like orbis solis) had its origin in ancient conceptions of the sun as a wheel of fire. In the Edda the sun is called fagravhel, that is, 'fair-wheel,' 'wheel of brightness.' See Grimm's Deutsche Mythologie, I. 586, II. 664.

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¹⁰

;

92. πρὸς θεῶν: πρός τινος and ἔκ τι- νος, for ὑπό τινος, are common in He- rodotus and the tragedians. Krüger II. § 52, 3, 1. πάσχειν ἐκ Occurs 759, πάσχειν ὑπό 1041.

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¹²

;

93 f. The transition from iambi to anapaests marks an outbreak of more violent passion. At 101, with a calmer mood, the quieter rhythm returns. αἰκίαισιν (= ἀεικελίοις μόχθοις) δια- κναιόμενος : cp. 541. - τὸν μυριετή χρόνον: said like τὸν πλείω χρόνον, (Ar. Ran. 160, Thuc. iv. 117), τὸν πάντα χρόνον (Ar. Nub. 462). μυριετῆ· πολυετῆ· ἐν γὰρ τῷ πυρφόρῳ τρεῖς μυ- ριάδας φησὶ δεδέσθαι αὐτόν, Schol. (cp. Hygin. Poet. astr. ii. 15). Both num- bers are merely hyperbolic expres- sions for a very long time. – ἀθλεύσω : absolute, suffer. Cp. Il. xxiv. 734 ἀθ- λεύων πρὸ ἄνακτος ἀμειλίχου. The word is Ionic.

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¹⁴

;

96. ταγός: cp. Pers. 23 ταγοὶ Περ- σῶν, 323 νεῶν ταγός, Soph. Ant. 1057 ἆρ' οἶσθα ταγοὺς (lords and masters) ὄντας ἂν λέγῃς λέγων;

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¹⁵

¹⁶

;

97. The anapaestic monometer forms a close, but a less emphatic one than the paroemiac.-δεσμόν : the singular as in 141. We have δεσμούς ἀεικεῖς 525. – ἀεική: see on 113.

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¹⁸

;

99. στενάχω, πῇ: as it were I groan to think how, etc. Cp. 182; Soph. Ai. 794 ὥστε μ' ὠδίνειν τί φής, Eur. Hec. 184 δειμαίνω τί ποτ᾿ ἀναστένεις, Ar. Nub. 1391 οἶμαί γε τῶν νεωτέρων τὰς καρδίας πηδᾶν ὅ τι λέξει. - πῇ πότε: cp. 545; Eur. Alc. 213 ἰὼ Ζεῦ, τίς ἂν πῶς πᾶ πόρος κακῶν γένοιτο ; Krüger I. § 51, 17, 10; H. 1013.

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²⁰

;

100. χρή: nearly = μέλλει. – ἐπι- τεῖλαι: ἐπιτέλλεσθαι of the rising of heavenly bodies, Hom. Hymn iii. 371 ἠελίοιο νέον ἐπιτελλομένοιο, Hesiod Ο. D. 567 πρῶτον παμφαίνων ἐπιτέλλε- ται. The active in the 'Iλιὰς μικρά (Tzetzes on Lycophr. 344) λαμπρή δ᾽ ἐπέτελλε σελήνη. In a figurative sense, Theogn. 1275 ὡραῖος καὶ ἔρως ἐπιτέλλεται ἡνίκα περ γῆ ἄνθεσιν εἰαρι- νοῖς θάλλει ἀεξομένη.

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²²

;

101. καίτοι τί φημι: 'se ipsum obiurgat Prometheus; et paulisper ob malorum magnitudinem naturae suae oblitus iam ad se redit' (Schütz). θνητοῖς γὰρ γέρα – προυξεπίσταμαι : as son of Themis. Ср. 209, 873.

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²⁴

;

102. ποταίνιον: predicative; shall not come unexpected.

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²⁶

;

105. ἀδήριτον: Il. xvii. 41 ἀλλ᾽ οὐ μὰν ἔτι δηρὸν ἀπείρητος πόνος ἔσται λong οὐδέ τ᾽ ἀδήριτος. Here = ἄμαχος (ἀδή- ριτον· ἄμαχον, ἀκατάμαχον, Hesych.). Cp. ἀνίκητος, ίnvictus. For the thought cp. Simon. Frg. 5,21 (Plat. Prot. 345d) ἀνάγκᾳ δ᾽ οὐδὲ θεοὶ μάχονται, Soph. Ant. 1106 ἀνάγκῃ δ᾽ οὐχὶ δυσμαχητέον, Ο. C. 191 καὶ μὴ χρείᾳ πολεμῶμεν, Eur. Iph. Τ. 1486 τὸ γὰρ χρεὼν σοῦ τε καὶ θεῶν κρατεῖ.

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²⁸

;

106. οὔτε σιγᾶν οὔτε μὴ σιγᾶν : ex- plained by 197, whence we see that the motive for silence is the pain of speaking (not caution as in Ag. 548, πάλαι τὸ σιγᾶν φάρμακον βλάβης ἔχω). The scholiast wrongly explains, ἀλλ᾽ οὔτε σιγᾶν δύναμαι (ἀλγῶ γὰρ) οὔτε ἐλέγ- χειν· εὐλαβοῦμαι γὰρ τὸν Δία. Cp.Soph. Phil. 329 ὦ παῖ Ποίαντος, ἐξερῶ, μόλις δ᾽ ἐρῶ, ἅγωγ᾽ ὑπ᾿ αὐτῶν ἐξελωβήθην μολών.

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³⁰

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107. γέρα: see on τιμάς, 30. — Here and in 821 we find the thesis of the fifth foot formed by the long final syllable of a word of more than one

;

syllable (θνη-τοῖς). This is very rare in tragedy (H. 1091,5). It is excusa- ble when, as here, a distinct pause, in connexion with the caesura of the fourth foot (hephthemimeris), imme- diately precedes. See also on 648. ...

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108. ἀνάγκαις : said like αἰκίαι 93. – ἐνέζευγμαι : a favorite metaphor of Aeschylus. Cp. 578, 1009; Ag. 1639 τὸν δὲ μὴ πειθάνορα ζεύξω βαρείαις (sc. ζεύγλαις), 841 μόνος δ᾽ Ὀδυσσεὺς ζευχθεὶς ἕτοιμος ἦν ἐμοὶ σειραφόρος, Cho. 795 ζυγέντ᾽ ἐν ἅρμασιν πημάτων, also Ag. 218 ἀνάγκας ἔδυ λέπαδνον. Figures and comparisons drawn from husbandry and rural life are frequent in the tra- gedians. With our passage cp. Eur. Οr. 1330 ἀνάγκης εἰς ζυγὸν καθέσταμεν, Hipp. 1389 οἵαις συμφοραῖς συνεζύγης.

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109. ναρθηκοπλήρωτον: τὴν ἐν νάρ- θηκι θησαυρισθεῖσαν, παρόσον τῷ νάρθηκι ἐχρῶντο πρὸς τὰς ἐκζωπυρώσεις τοῦ πυρός, Hesych. The νάρθηξ (ferula communis, in modern Greek ἀνάρθη- kas) is an umbelliferous reed-like plant, about four feet high; its stalk is filled with an acrid milky juice (habent fungosam intus me- dullam ut sambuci: Plin.). When dried it readily catches and preserves a spark of fire; the peas- ants of southern Italy use it as tinder. Cp. Phanias, Anthol. vi. 294 νάρθηξ πυρικοίτας, also Theophr. Hist. Pl. vi. 2, 7, Plin. H. N. xiii. 22. 42. On the mythical significance of the narthex, see Introduction, p. 2. - This clause is properly explanatory of what goes before, nevertheless it is introduced by de as if it were a new and distinct statement. The scholiasts often ren- der this dé by yap; an example is Cho. 239 προσαυδᾶν δ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἀναγκαίως ἔχον, which is explanatory of the foregoing words τέσσαρας μοίρας ἔχον ἐμοί. – θηρῶμαι: historical present. Krüger I. § 53, 1, 11; GMT. 33.

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116. θεόσυτος: the tribrach in the first foot generally, in Aeschylus, con- sists of a single word of three sylla- bles, as in 666. Here and 817 it is the first part of a longer word: the remaining cases of this are Sept. 272 πεδιονόμοις, Eum. 806 λιπαροθρόνοισιν, Frg. 195, 2 βορεάδας. - Compounds in -συτος and in -puros either double the medial o or p, or do not double it, according to the requirements of the verse: cp. 643. With θεόσυτος ή βρότειος cp. 765. – κεκραμένη : ἡμιθέων, Schol. Demigods according to the later conception are not meant, but beings who, like the Oceanids, stand midway between the higher (celestial) gods and the human race: cp. 529 f., 902. For the expression cp. Eur. Cycl. 218 μήλειον ἢ βόειον ἢ μεμιγμένον ;

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131. μόγις: 'Quod se patri aegre persuasisse dicunt, ut iis commeatum daret, id e vetere sexus muliebris, vir- ginum inprimis disciplina iudican- dum. Sic paedagogus Antigones apud Euripidem (Phoen. 89) viam circumspicit, verens ne quis in publi- cum prodeuntem regis filiam vitu- peret' (Schütz). Cp. Suppl. 996 ὑμᾶς δ᾽ ἐπαινῶ μὴ καταισχύνειν ἐμὲ ὥραν ἐχούσας τήνδ᾽ ἐπίστρεπτον βροτοῖς, κτἑ. – παρειποῦσα: cp. Il. vi. 62; vii. 120 ὡς εἰπὼν παρέπεισεν ἀδελφειοῦ φρένας ἥρως αἴσιμα παρειπών. See also Il. i. 555, vi. 337, Hes. Theog. 90 μαλακοῖσι παραιφάμενοι ἐπέεσσιν. Grammatically παρειποῦσα can be taken with τάξις, 130. 135. our maiden s mydeply of grave infert but in thought it stands as if ἐγὼ προσέβην had preceded. See on 201.

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Aeschylus Prometheus Bound 95

Ettore Romagnoli (Translator)

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EFESTO

Fatto è ancor questo. E fu travaglio breve.
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POTERE

Dei ceppi i chiodi saldo ora ribatti :

severo è quegli che la pena infligge.

EFESTO

Simile al viso tuo suona la voce.

POTERE

Current edition Experimental

Prometheus

Alas! Alas! Offspring of fruitful Tethys and of him who with his sleepless current encircles the whole earth, children of your

father Oceanus, behold, see with what fetters, upon the summit crag of this ravine, I am to hold my unenviable watch.
140

Chorus

I see, Prometheus;

and over my eyes a mist of tears and fear spread as I saw your body withering ignominiously upon this rock in these bonds of adamant. For there are new rulers in heaven, and Zeus governs with
145

lawless customs; that which was mighty before he now brings to nothing.
150

Parlé.

Dux beatorum inuenit pro me

Vinculum moleſtum, heu heu. præsens,

Et ſequens detrimentum deploro, quà ratione

PROMETHEUS (cont.).

Tandem laboribus
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Oportet finem his imponere?

PROMETHEUS

Plainly I'll tell thee all thou wouldest learn,

Not weaving riddles, but in simple phrase,

As meet it is with friends to ope the lips.

Prometheus seest thou, giver of fire to mortals.

Eternal ages, year on year!

Such and so shameful is the chain

Which Heaven's new tyrant doth ordain
105

To bind me helpless here.

Woe! for the ruthless present doom!

Woe! for the Future's teeming womb!

On what far dawn, in what dim skies,

Shall star of my deliverance rise?
110

Fortkämpfen ich soll!
95

Solch schmähliche Fess'lung sann er mir aus,

Der neu sich erhob, der Unsterblichen Fürst!

Ach, ach! Um das Jetzt, um das kommende Leid

Wehklag' ich zumal. Wann wird jemals

Der Mühsale Ziel mir erscheinen?
100

Commentary

Stable identifiers

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EFESTO Fatto è ancor questo. E fu travaglio breve. 90

POTERE Dei ceppi i chiodi saldo ora ribatti : severo è quegli che la pena infligge.

EFESTO Simile al viso tuo suona la voce.

POTERE

Current edition Experimental

Prometheus Alas! Alas! Offspring of fruitful Tethys and of him who with his sleepless current encircles the whole earth, children of your father Oceanus, behold, see with what fetters, upon the summit crag of this ravine, I am to hold my unenviable watch. 140

Chorus I see, Prometheus; and over my eyes a mist of tears and fear spread as I saw your body withering ignominiously upon this rock in these bonds of adamant. For there are new rulers in heaven, and Zeus governs with 145 lawless customs; that which was mighty before he now brings to nothing. 150

Parlé.

Dux beatorum inuenit pro me Vinculum moleſtum, heu heu. præsens, Et ſequens detrimentum deploro, quà ratione

PROMETHEUS (cont.). Tandem laboribus 105 Oportet finem his imponere?

PROMETHEUS Plainly I'll tell thee all thou wouldest learn, Not weaving riddles, but in simple phrase, As meet it is with friends to ope the lips. Prometheus seest thou, giver of fire to mortals.

Eternal ages, year on year! Such and so shameful is the chain Which Heaven's new tyrant doth ordain 105 To bind me helpless here. Woe! for the ruthless present doom! Woe! for the Future's teeming womb! On what far dawn, in what dim skies, Shall star of my deliverance rise? 110

Fortkämpfen ich soll! 95 Solch schmähliche Fess'lung sann er mir aus, Der neu sich erhob, der Unsterblichen Fürst! Ach, ach! Um das Jetzt, um das kommende Leid Wehklag' ich zumal. Wann wird jemals Der Mühsale Ziel mir erscheinen? 100

Commentary

Stable identifiers

EFESTO

Fatto è ancor questo. E fu travaglio breve.
90

POTERE

Dei ceppi i chiodi saldo ora ribatti :

severo è quegli che la pena infligge.

EFESTO

Simile al viso tuo suona la voce.

Prometheus

Alas! Alas! Offspring of fruitful Tethys and of him who with his sleepless current encircles the whole earth, children of your

father Oceanus, behold, see with what fetters, upon the summit crag of this ravine, I am to hold my unenviable watch.
140

Dux beatorum inuenit pro me

Vinculum moleſtum, heu heu. præsens,

Et ſequens detrimentum deploro, quà ratione

PROMETHEUS (cont.).

Tandem laboribus
105

Oportet finem his imponere?

PROMETHEUS

Plainly I'll tell thee all thou wouldest learn,

Not weaving riddles, but in simple phrase,

As meet it is with friends to ope the lips.

Prometheus seest thou, giver of fire to mortals.

Eternal ages, year on year!

Such and so shameful is the chain

Which Heaven's new tyrant doth ordain
105

To bind me helpless here.

Woe! for the ruthless present doom!

Woe! for the Future's teeming womb!

On what far dawn, in what dim skies,

Shall star of my deliverance rise?
110

Fortkämpfen ich soll!
95

Solch schmähliche Fess'lung sann er mir aus,

Der neu sich erhob, der Unsterblichen Fürst!

Ach, ach! Um das Jetzt, um das kommende Leid

Wehklag' ich zumal. Wann wird jemals

Der Mühsale Ziel mir erscheinen?
100