Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, Ioannes Sanravius (Translator), 425

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Tantum antea in laboribus

Domantem in decessis

425

Nocumentis Titanum vidi deorum

Atlantem, qui semper grave robur.

Fortem & cœlestem polum

Humeris sustinet, resonat marinus fluctus

Incidens, tristatur gurges,
430

Nigrum antrum Plutoniæ subsfremit

Terræ, & fontes castorum fluuiorum

Deflent dolorem miserabilem.

Pro.

Prometheus Bound. Aeschylus. Ioannes Sanravius (Translator). Basileae. 1555.

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Funding provided by Schmidt Sciences.

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Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) (Latin) (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.)

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Editions (7)

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 436-525 focus

Προμηθεύς

μή τοι χλιδῇ δοκεῖτε μηδ᾽ αὐθαδίᾳ

σιγᾶν με: συννοίᾳ δὲ δάπτομαι κέαρ,

ὁρῶν ἐμαυτὸν ὧδε προυσελούμενον.¹

καίτοι θεοῖσι τοῖς νέοις τούτοις γέρα

τίς ἄλλος ἢ ᾽γὼ παντελῶς διώρισεν;
440

ἀλλ᾽ αὐτὰ σιγῶ. καὶ γὰρ εἰδυίαισιν ἂν

ὑμῖν λέγοιμι: τἀν βροτοῖς δὲ πήματα

ἀκούσαθ᾽, ὥς σφας² νηπίους ὄντας τὸ πρὶν

ἔννους ἔθηκα καὶ φρενῶν ἐπηβόλους.

λέξω δέ, μέμψιν οὔτιν᾽ ἀνθρώποις ἔχων,
445

ἀλλ᾽ ὧν δέδωκ᾽ εὔνοιαν ἐξηγούμενος:

οἳ πρῶτα μὲν βλέποντες ἔβλεπον μάτην,

κλύοντες οὐκ ἤκουον, ἀλλ᾽ ὀνειράτων

ἀλίγκιοι μορφαῖσι τὸν μακρὸν βίον

ἔφυρον εἰκῆ πάντα, κοὔτε πλινθυφεῖς
450

δόμους προσείλους³ ᾖσαν, οὐ ξυλουργίαν:

κατώρυχες δ᾽ ἔναιον ὥστ᾽ ἀήσυροι

μύρμηκες ἄντρων ἐν μυχοῖς ἀνηλίοις.

ἦν δ᾽ οὐδὲν αὐτοῖς οὔτε χείματος τέκμαρ

οὔτ᾽ ἀνθεμώδους ἦρος οὔτε καρπίμου
455

θέρους βέβαιον, ἀλλ᾽ ἄτερ γνώμης τὸ πᾶν

ἔπρασσον, ἔστε δή σφιν ἀντολὰς ἐγὼ

ἄστρων ἔδειξα τάς τε δυσκρίτους δύσεις.

καὶ μὴν ἀριθμόν, ἔξοχον σοφισμάτων,⁴

ἐξηῦρον αὐτοῖς, γραμμάτων τε συνθέσεις,
460

μνήμην θ᾽⁵ ἁπάντων, μουσομήτορ᾽ ἐργάνην.⁶

κἄζευξα πρῶτος ἐν ζυγοῖσι κνώδαλα

ζεύγλαισι δουλεύοντα σάγμασίν⁷ θ᾽, ὅπως

θνητοῖς μεγίστων διάδοχοι μοχθημάτων

γένοινθ᾽,⁸ ὑφ᾽ ἅρμα τ᾽ ἤγαγον φιληνίους
465

ἵππους, ἄγαλμα τῆς ὑπερπλούτου χλιδῆς.

θαλασσόπλαγκτα δ᾽ οὔτις ἄλλος ἀντ᾽ ἐμοῦ

λινόπτερ᾽ ηὗρε ναυτίλων⁹ ὀχήματα.

τοιαῦτα μηχανήματ᾽ ἐξευρὼν τάλας

βροτοῖσιν, αὐτὸς οὐκ ἔχω σόφισμ᾽ ὅτῳ¹⁰
470

τῆς νῦν παρούσης πημονῆς ἀπαλλαγῶ.

472

Χορός

πέπονθας αἰκὲς¹¹ πῆμ᾽: ἀποσφαλεὶς φρενῶν

πλανᾷ, κακὸς δ᾽ ἰατρὸς ὥς τις ἐς νόσον

πεσὼν ἀθυμεῖς καὶ σεαυτὸν οὐκ ἔχεις

εὑρεῖν ὁποίοις φαρμάκοις ἰάσιμος.
475

Προμηθεύς

τὰ λοιπά μου κλύουσα θαυμάσει πλέον,

οἵας τέχνας τε καὶ πόρους ἐμησάμην.

τὸ μὲν μέγιστον, εἴ τις ἐς νόσον πέσοι,

οὐκ ἦν ἀλέξημ᾽ οὐδέν, οὔτε¹² βρώσιμον,

οὐ χριστόν, οὔτε πιστόν, ἀλλὰ φαρμάκων
480

χρείᾳ κατεσκέλλοντο, πρίν γ᾽ ἐγώ σφισιν

ἔδειξα κράσεις ἠπίων ἀκεσμάτων,

αἷς τὰς ἁπάσας ἐξαμύνονται νόσους.

τρόπους τε πολλοὺς μαντικῆς ἐστοίχισα,

κἄκρινα πρῶτος ἐξ ὀνειράτων ἃ χρὴ
485

ὕπαρ γενέσθαι, κληδόνας τε δυσκρίτους

ἐγνώρισ᾽ αὐτοῖς: ἐνοδίους τε συμβόλους:

γαμψωνύχων τε πτῆσιν οἰωνῶν σκεθρῶς

διώρισ᾽, οἵτινές τε δεξιοὶ φύσιν

εὐωνύμους τε, καὶ δίαιταν ἥντινα
490

ἔχουσ᾽ ἕκαστοι, καὶ πρὸς ἀλλήλους τίνες

ἔχθραι τε καὶ στέργηθρα καὶ συνεδρίαι:

σπλάγχνων τε λειότητα, καὶ χροιὰν τίνα

ἔχοντ᾽ ἂν εἴη δαίμοσιν πρὸς ἡδονήν,

χολῆς λοβοῦ τε ποικίλην εὐμορφίαν:
495

κνίσῃ τε κῶλα συγκαλυπτὰ καὶ μακρὰν

ὀσφῦν πυρώσας δυστέκμαρτον ἐς τέχνην

ὥδωσα θνητούς, καὶ φλογωπὰ σήματα

ἐξωμμάτωσα, πρόσθεν ὄντ᾽ ἐπάργεμα.

τοιαῦτα μὲν δὴ ταῦτ᾽: ἔνερθε δὲ χθονὸς
500

κεκρυμμέν᾽ ἀνθρώποισιν ὠφελήματα,

χαλκόν, σίδηρον,¹³ ἄργυρον, χρυσόν τε¹⁴ τίς

φήσειεν ἂν πάροιθεν ἐξευρεῖν ἐμοῦ;

οὐδείς, σάφ᾽ οἶδα, μὴ μάτην φλύσαι θέλων.

βραχεῖ δὲ μύθῳ πάντα¹⁵ συλλήβδην μάθε,
505

πᾶσαι τέχναι βροτοῖσιν ἐκ Προμηθέως.

507

Χορός

μή νυν βροτοὺς μὲν ὠφέλει καιροῦ πέρα,

σαυτοῦ δ᾽ ἀκήδει δυστυχοῦντος: ὡς ἐγὼ

εὔελπίς εἰμι τῶνδέ σ᾽ ἐκ δεσμῶν ἔτι

λυθέντα μηδὲν μεῖον ἰσχύσειν Διός.
510

Προμηθεύς

οὐ ταῦτα ταύτῃ Μοῖρά πω τελεσφόρος

κρᾶναι πέπρωται, μυρίαις δὲ πημοναῖς

δύαις τε καμφθεὶς ὧδε δεσμὰ φυγγάνω:

τέχνη δ᾽ ἀνάγκης ἀσθενεστέρα μακρῷ.

Χορός

τίς οὖν ἀνάγκης ἐστὶν οἰακοστρόφος;
515

Προμηθεύς

Μοῖραι τρίμορφοι μνήμονές τ᾽ Ἐρινύες.

Χορός

τούτων ἄρα Ζεύς ἐστιν ἀσθενέστερος;

Προμηθεύς

οὔκουν ἂν ἐκφύγοι γε τὴν πεπρωμένην.

Χορός

τί γὰρ πέπρωται Ζηνὶ πλὴν¹⁶ ἀεὶ κρατεῖν;

Προμηθεύς

τοῦτ᾽ οὐκέτ᾽ ἂν πύθοιο μηδὲ λιπάρει.
520

Χορός

ἦ πού τι σεμνόν ἐστιν ὃ ξυναμπέχεις.

Προμηθεύς

ἄλλου λόγου μέμνησθε, τόνδε δ᾽ οὐδαμῶς

καιρὸς γεγωνεῖν, ἀλλὰ συγκαλυπτέος

ὅσον μάλιστα: τόνδε γὰρ σῴζων ἐγὼ

δεσμοὺς ἀεικεῖς καὶ δύας ἐκφυγγάνω.
525
526

Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 436-525 focus

Προμηθεύς

μή τοι χλιδῇ δοκεῖτε μηδʼ αὐθαδίᾳ

σιγᾶν με· συννοίᾳ δὲ δάπτομαι κέαρ,

ὁρῶν ἐμαυτὸν ὧδε προυσελούμενον.

καίτοι θεοῖσι τοῖς νέοις τούτοις γέρα

τίς ἄλλος ἢ ʼγὼ παντελῶς διώρισεν;
440

ἀλλʼ αὐτὰ σιγῶ· καὶ γὰρ εἰδυίαισιν ἂν

ὑμῖν λέγοιμι· τἀν βροτοῖς δὲ πήματα

ἀκούσαθʼ, ὥς σφας νηπίους ὄντας τὸ πρὶν

ἔννους ἔθηκα καὶ φρενῶν ἐπηβόλους.

λέξω δέ, μέμψιν οὔτινʼ ἀνθρώποις ἔχων,
445

ἀλλʼ ὧν δέδωκʼ εὔνοιαν ἐξηγούμενος·

οἳ πρῶτα μὲν βλέποντες ἔβλεπον μάτην,

κλύοντες οὐκ ἤκουον, ἀλλʼ ὀνειράτων

ἀλίγκιοι μορφαῖσι τὸν μακρὸν βίον

ἔφυρον εἰκῇ πάντα, κοὔτε πλινθυφεῖς
450

δόμους προσείλους, ᾖσαν, οὐ ξυλουργίαν·

κατώρυχες δʼ ἔναιον ὥστʼ ἀήσυροι

μύρμηκες ἄντρων ἐν μυχοῖς ἀνηλίοις.

ἦν δʼ οὐδὲν αὐτοῖς οὔτε χείματος τέκμαρ

οὔτʼ ἀνθεμώδους ἦρος οὔτε καρπίμου
455

θέρους βέβαιον, ἀλλʼ ἄτερ γνώμης τὸ πᾶν

ἔπρασσον, ἔστε δή σφιν ἀντολὰς ἐγὼ

ἄστρων ἔδειξα τάς τε δυσκρίτους δύσεις.

καὶ μὴν ἀριθμόν, ἔξοχον σοφισμάτων,

ἐξηῦρον αὐτοῖς, γραμμάτων τε συνθέσεις,
460

μνήμην ἁπάντων, μουσομήτορʼ ἐργάνην.

κἄζευξα πρῶτος ἐν ζυγοῖσι κνώδαλα

ζεύγλαισι δουλεύοντα σάγμασὶν θʼ, ὅπως

θνητοῖς μεγίστων διάδοχοι μοχθημάτων

γένοινθʼ , ὑφʼ ἅρμα τʼ ἤγαγον φιληνίους
465

ἵππους, ἄγαλμα τῆς ὑπερπλούτου χλιδῆς.

θαλασσόπλαγκτα δʼ οὔτις ἄλλος ἀντʼ ἐμοῦ

λινόπτερʼ ηὗρε ναυτίλων ὀχήματα.

τοιαῦτα μηχανήματʼ ἐξευρὼν τάλας

βροτοῖσιν, αὐτὸς οὐκ ἔχω σόφισμʼ ὅτῳ
470

τῆς νῦν παρούσης πημονῆς ἀπαλλαγῶ.

472

Χορός

πέπονθας αἰκὲς πῆμʼ· ἀποσφαλεὶς φρενῶν

πλανᾷ, κακὸς δʼ ἰατρὸς ὥς τις ἐς νόσον

πεσὼν ἀθυμεῖς καὶ σεαυτὸν οὐκ ἔχεις

εὑρεῖν ὁποίοις φαρμάκοις ἰάσιμος.
475

Προμηθεύς

τὰ λοιπά μου κλύουσα θαυμάσῃ πλέον,

οἵας τέχνας τε καὶ πόρους ἐμησάμην.

τὸ μὲν μέγιστον, εἴ τις ἐς νόσον πέσοι,

οὐκ ἦν ἀλέξημʼ οὐδέν, οὔτε βρώσιμον,

οὐ χριστόν, οὐδὲ πιστόν, ἀλλὰ φαρμάκων
480

χρείᾳ κατεσκέλλοντο, πρίν γʼ ἐγώ σφισιν

ἔδειξα κράσεις ἠπίων ἀκεσμάτων,

αἷς τὰς ἁπάσας ἐξαμύνονται νόσους.

τρόπους τε πολλοὺς μαντικῆς ἐστοίχισα,

κἄκρινα πρῶτος ἐξ ὀνειράτων ἃ χρὴ
485

ὕπαρ γενέσθαι, κληδόνας τε δυσκρίτους

ἐγνώρισʼ αὐτοῖς ἐνοδίους τε συμβόλους·

γαμψωνύχων τε πτῆσιν οἰωνῶν σκεθρῶς

διώρισʼ, οἵτινές τε δεξιοὶ φύσιν

εὐωνύμους τε, καὶ δίαιταν ἥντινα
490

ἔχουσʼ ἕκαστοι, καὶ πρὸς ἀλλήλους τίνες

ἔχθραι τε καὶ στέργηθρα καὶ συνεδρίαι·

σπλάγχνων τε λειότητα, καὶ χροιὰν τίνα

ἔχουσʼ ἂν εἴη δαίμοσιν πρὸς ἡδονὴν

χολή, λοβοῦ τε ποικίλην εὐμορφίαν.
495

κνίσῃ τε κῶλα συγκαλυπτὰ καὶ μακρὰν

ὀσφῦν πυρώσας δυστέκμαρτον ἐς τέχνην

ὥδωσα θνητούς, καὶ φλογωπὰ σήματα

ἐξωμμάτωσα, πρόσθεν ὄντʼ ἐπάργεμα.

τοιαῦτα μὲν δὴ ταῦτʼ· ἔνερθε δὲ χθονὸς
500

κεκρυμμένʼ, ἀνθρώποισιν ὠφελήματα,

χαλκόν, σίδηρον, ἄργυρον, χρυσόν τε τίς

φήσειεν ἂν πάροιθεν ἐξευρεῖν ἐμοῦ;

οὐδείς, σάφʼ οἶδα, μὴ μάτην φλύσαι θέλων.

βραχεῖ δὲ μύθῳ πάντα συλλήβδην μάθε,
505

πᾶσαι τέχναι βροτοῖσιν ἐκ Προμηθέως.

507

Χορός

μή νυν βροτοὺς μὲν ὠφέλει καιροῦ πέρα,

σαυτοῦ δʼ ἀκήδει δυστυχοῦντος. ὡς ἐγὼ

εὔελπίς εἰμι τῶνδέ σʼ ἐκ δεσμῶν ἔτι

λυθέντα μηδὲν μεῖον ἰσχύσειν Διός.
510

Προμηθεύς

οὐ ταῦτα ταύτῃ Μοῖρά πω τελεσφόρος

κρᾶναι πέπρωται, μυρίαις δὲ πημοναῖς

δύαις τε καμφθεὶς ὧδε δεσμὰ φυγγάνω·

τέχνη δʼ ἀνάγκης ἀσθενεστέρα μακρῷ.

Χορός

τίς οὖν ἀνάγκης ἐστὶν οἰακοστρόφος;
515

Προμηθεύς

Μοῖραι τρίμορφοι μνήμονές τʼ Ἐρινύες

Χορός

τούτων ἄρα Ζεύς ἐστιν ἀσθενέστερος;

Προμηθεύς

οὔκουν ἂν ἐκφύγοι γε τὴν πεπρωμένην.

Χορός

τί γὰρ πέπρωται Ζηνὶ πλὴν ἀεὶ κρατεῖν;

Προμηθεύς

τοῦτʼ οὐκέτʼ ἂν πύθοιο μηδὲ λιπάρει.
520

Χορός

ἦ πού τι σεμνόν ἐστιν ὃ ξυναμπέχεις.

Προμηθεύς

ἄλλου λόγου μέμνησθε, τόνδε δʼ οὐδαμῶς

καιρὸς γεγωνεῖν, ἀλλὰ συγκαλυπτέος

ὅσον μάλιστα· τόνδε γὰρ σῴζων ἐγὼ

δεσμοὺς ἀεικεῖς καὶ δύας ἐκφυγγάνω.
525

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 425 focus

μόνον δὴ πρόσθεν ἄλλον ἐν πόνοις
425

δαμέντ᾽ ἀδαμαντοδέτοις Τιτᾶνα λύμαις

εἰσιδόμαν θεὸν ῎Ατλαν,

ὃς αἰὲν ὑπέροχον σθένος κραταιὸν

γᾶς οὐράνιόν τε πόλον νώτοις ὀχῶν στενάζει.
430

βοᾷ δὲ πόντιος κλύδων

συμπίτνων, στένει βυθὸς,

κελαινὸς ῎Αϊδος δ᾽ ὑποβρέμει μυχὸς γᾶς,

παγαί θ᾽ ἁγνορύτων ποταμῶν στένουσιν ἄλγος

οἰκτρόν.

435

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 425 focus

μόνον δὲ πρόσθεν ἐν πόνοις
425

δαμέντ᾽ ἀδαμαντοδέτοις Τιτᾶνα λύ-

μαις ἐςειδόμαν θεῶν

Ἄτλαντος ὑπέροχον σθένος κραταιόν,

ὃς γᾶν οὐράνιόν τε πόλον

νώτοις ὑποστεγάζει.
430
ἀντ. γ'.

βοᾷ δὲ πόντιος κλύδων

ξυμπίτνων, στένει βυθός,

κελαινὸς Ἄϊδος ὑποβρέμει μυχὸς γᾶς,

παγαί θ᾽ ἁγνορύτων ποταμῶν
435

στένουσιν ἄλγος οἰκτρόν.

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 425 focus

[Μόνον δὴ πρόσθεν ἄλλον ἐν πόνοις
425
¹

δαμέντ' ἀδαμαντοδέτοις ἀκαμαντοδέτοις

Τιτᾶνα λύμαις εἰσιδόμαν θεόν θεῶν,

Ἄτλανθ', ὃς αἰὲν ὑπέροχον σθένος

κραταιὸν ὡς γᾶν οὐράνιόν τε πόλον νώτοις]

Ὑποστενάζει δὲ δὲ βοᾷ πόντιος κλύδων
430
Epod.

ξυμπίτνων, στένει βυθός βαθύς,

κελαινὸς κελαινὸς δ' Ἄιδος ὑποβρέμει μυχὸς γᾶς,

παγαί θ' ἁγνορύτων ποταμῶν

στένουσιν ἄλγος οἰκτρόν.

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 425 focus

μόνον δὴ πρόσθεν ἄλλον ἐν πόνοις

δαμέντ᾽ ἀδαμαντοδέτοις

Τιτᾶνα λύμαις εἰσιδόμαν θεὸν

Ἄτλανθ', ὃς αἰὲν ὑπέροχον σθένος

κραταιὸν οὐράνιόν τε πόλον

445

νώτοις ὑποστενάζει.

¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸

ὑψίκρημνον Ὑψίκρημνον θ'⁹ νέμουσιν νέμουσι ἀδαμαντοδέτοις ἀδαμαντοδέτοις ἀκαμαντοδέτοισ ὃς ὃς ὡσ ὑπέροχον ὑπέροχον ὑπείροχον

26 AESCHYLI

βοᾷ δὲ πόντιος κλύδων

ξυμπίτνων, στένει βυθύς,

κελαινὸς δ᾽ Ἅιδος ὑποβρέμει μυχὸς γᾶς,

παγαί θ᾽ ἁγνορύτων ποταμῶν

450

στένουσιν ἄλγος οἰκτρόν.

ΠΡ.

Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 425 focus

[μόνον δὴ πρόσθεν ἄλλον ἐν πόνοις

425

δαμέντ᾽ ἀδαμαντοδέτοις Τιτᾶνα λύμαις

εἰσιδόμαν, θεὸν Ἄτλανθ᾽,

ὃς αἰὲν ὑπέροχον σθένος κραταιὸν

οὐράνιόν τε πόλον νώτοις - -]

ὑποστενάζει [βοᾶι] δὲ πόντιος κλύδων

430

ξυμπίτνων, στένει βυθός,

κελαινὸς δ᾽ Ἄιδος ὑποβρέμει μυχὸς [γᾶς],

παγαί θ᾽ ἁγνορύτων ποταμῶν

στένουσιν ἄλγος οἰκτρόν. ξ

Translations (7)

Prometheus Bound Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 436-525 focus

Prometheus

No, do not think it is from pride or even from wilfulness that I am silent. Painful thoughts devour my heart as I behold myself maltreated in this way. And yet who else but I definitely assigned

their prerogatives to these upstart gods? But I do not speak of this; for my tale would tell you nothing except what you know. Still, listen to the miseries that beset mankind—how they were witless before and I made them have sense and endowed them with reason.
440

I will not speak to upbraid mankind but to set forth the friendly purpose that inspired my blessing.
First of all, though they had eyes to see, they saw to no avail; they had ears, but they did not understand ; but, just as shapes in dreams, throughout their length of days,
445

without purpose they wrought all things in confusion. They had neither knowledge of houses built of bricks and turned to face the sun nor yet of work in wood; but dwelt beneath the ground like swarming ants, in sunless caves. They had no sign either of winter
450

or of flowery spring or of fruitful summer, on which they could depend but managed everything without judgment, until I taught them to discern the risings of the stars and their settings, which are difficult to distinguish.
Yes, and numbers, too, chiefest of sciences,
455

I invented for them, and the combining of letters, creative mother of the Muses’ arts, with which to hold all things in memory. I, too, first brought brute beasts beneath the yoke to be subject to the collar and the pack-saddle, so that they might bear in men’s stead their
460

heaviest burdens; and to the chariot I harnessed horses and made them obedient to the rein, to be an image of wealth and luxury. It was I and no one else who invented the mariner’s flaxen-winged car that roams the sea.
Wretched that I am—such are the arts I devised
465

for mankind, yet have myself no cunning means to rid me of my present suffering.
470

472

Chorus

You have suffered sorrow and humiliation. You have lost your wits and have gone astray; and, like an unskilled doctor, fallen ill, you lose heart and cannot

discover by which remedies to cure your own disease.
475

Prometheus

Hear the rest and you shall wonder the more at the arts and resources I devised. This first and foremost: if ever man fell ill, there was no defence—no healing food,

no ointment, nor any drink—but for lack of medicine they wasted away, until I showed them how to mix soothing remedies with which they now ward off all their disorders. And I marked out many ways by which they might read the future,
480

and among dreams I first discerned which are destined to come true; and voices baffling interpretation I explained to them, and signs from chance meetings. The flight of crook-taloned birds I distinguished clearly— which by nature are auspicious,
485

which sinister—their various modes of life, their mutual feuds and loves, and their consortings; and the smoothness of their entrails, and what color the gall must have to please
490

the gods, also the speckled symmetry of the liver-lobe; and the thigh-bones, wrapped in fat, and the long chine I burned and initiated mankind into an occult art. Also I cleared their vision to discern signs from flames,which were obscure before this.
495

Enough about these arts. Now as to the benefits to men that lay concealed beneath the earth—bronze, iron, silver, and gold—who would claim to have discovered them before me? No one, I know full well, unless he likes to babble idly.
500

Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word—every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.
505

507

Chorus

Do not benefit mortals beyond reason and disregard your own distress; although, I am confident that you will be freed

from these bonds and will have power in no way inferior to Zeus.
510

Prometheus

Not in this way is Fate, who brings all to fulfillment, destined to complete this course. Only when I have been bent by pangs and tortures infinite am I to escape my bondage. Skill is weaker by far than Necessity.

Chorus

Who then is the helmsman of Necessity?
515

Prometheus

The three-shaped Fates and mindful Furies.

Chorus

Can it be that Zeus has less power than they do?

Prometheus

Yes, in that even he cannot escape what is foretold.

Chorus

Why, what is fated for Zeus except to hold eternal sway?

Prometheus

This you must not learn yet; do not be over-eager.
520

Chorus

It is some solemn secret, surely, that you enshroud in mystery.

Prometheus

Think of some other subject, for it is not the proper time to speak of this. No matter what, this must be kept concealed; for it is by safeguarding it that

I am to escape my dishonorable bonds and outrage.
525

526

Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 425 focus

One other god only indeed have I heretofore beheld in miseries, the Titan Atlas, subdued by the galling of adamantine bonds, who evermore in his back is groaning beneath the excessive mighty mass of the pole of heaven. And the billow of the deep roars as it falls in cadence, the depth moans, and the murky vault of Hades rumbles beneath the earth, and the fountains of the pure streaming rivers wail for his piteous pains.

PROMETHEUS

PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 425 focus

dont un frisson agite les lances acérées. ¹

Plus vif.

Avec un sourd gémissement la vague des mers retombe sur la vague ; l'abîme gémit ; les noires entrailles d'Hadès souterrain lui répondent par un grondement, et les ondes des
fleuves

Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 425 focus

One other, e'er thy galling chain,

430

Of heaven's high ſons with tortures quell'd,

That rack each joint, each ſinew ſtrain,

Titanian Atlas I beheld;

His giant ſtrength condemn'd to bear

The ſolid, vaſt, and pond'rous ſphere.

435

The ſprings whoſe freſh ſtreams ſwell around,

The hoarſe waves from their depths profound,

And all the gloomy realms below,

Sigh to his sighs, and murmur to his woe.

PROMETHEUS.

Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 425 focus

Un altro Nume solo

stretto ne l'adamante

d'obbrobrïosi vincoli

490

pria d'ora io vidi: Atlante

Titano. A lui su gli òmeri

tutta la terra preme

ed il sidereo polo:

egli, sotto quel peso orrido, geme.
495

3 Antistrofe III

CORO

E del pelago l'onde

gridano insiem con lui:

gemiti manda il bàratro,

ed i recessi bui

dell'Ade sotterraneo
500

rombano: le sorgenti,

le linfe pure e monde

dei fiumi, piangon miseri lamenti.

Compiute le evoluzioni, le Oceanine si volgono verso Prometeo.

2 SECONDO EPISODIO

PROMETEO

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.) — 425 focus

Strange is thy sorrow! one only I know who has suffered thy pain—

Atlas, the Titan, the god, in a ruthless, invincible chain!

He beareth for ever and ever the burden and poise of the sky,

The vault of the rolling heaven, and earth re-echoes his cry.
460

The depths of the sea are troubled; they mourn from their caverns profound,

And the darkest and innermost hell moans deep with a sorrowful sound;

And the rivers of waters, that flow from the fountains that spring without stain,

Are as one in the great lamentation, and moan for thy piteous pain.

Prometheus

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.) — 425 focus

Vordem nur Einen Gott erblickt' ich so

In die Schmach diamantener Bande
425

Gezwängt, den Atlas aus der Titanen Stamm,

Der stöhnend trägt in Ewigkeiten hin

Des Himmelpols unermeßliche Wucht,

Gethürmt auf seine Schultern.

Wild rauscht der aufgestürmten See
430

Wogenschlag, die Tiefe seufzt,

Und dumpf hallt es nach Aides' düstre Kluft,

Und der heiligen Ströme rieselnder Born¹

Beklagt sein schmerzlich Leiden.

Prometheus.

Commentary

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

300. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-332

καὶ σὺ δὴ:

δ'

omittunt Lips. 2. in quo

σὺ

in rasura duarum syllabarum est, et Aug. Ald. Rob.

301. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-333

ἥκεις:

ἧκες

, cum explicatione

ἦλθες

, G.

303. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-334

αὐτόκτιτ᾽:

αὐτόκτιτ'

Μ. aliique et Turn.

αὐτόκτητ᾽

Lips. 2. Aug.

αὐτόκτιστο

G. Vit. Lips. 1. Ald. Rob.

304. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-335

ἐλθεῖν:

ἐς

a pr. manu M.

ἐλθεῖν

a secunda, et sic Vit. Lips. 1. 2. Rob. Ald. Turn. et recentiores.

304. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-336

NA: Scholiastam secundum, cuius adnotationi in ed. Stanl. praefixum est

ἢ θεωρὸς τύχας ἐμὰς ἀφίξαι καὶ ξυνασχαλῶν κακοῖς

, Porsonus legisse putabat

θεωρὸς ὤν

. Eam scripturam Butleri negligentia tribuit Aldinae, quam habere dicit

θεωρὸς τύχας

, quum habeat

θεωρήσων τύχας

. Repetiit errorem Wellauerus. Affertur

θεωρὸς ὢν

ex Vind. 3.

305. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-337

ἀφῖξαι:

ἀφίξαι

a pr. manu M.

305. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-338

ξυνασχαλῶν:

ξυνασχαλῶν

Lips. 1.

συνασχαλῶν

M. G. Lips. 2.

συνασχαλών

Vit.

306. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-339

τὸν:

τον

omittit Lips. 1.

307. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-340

τὸν συγκαταστήσαντα: Omnes

τὸν συγκαταστήσαντα

307. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-341

τυραννίδα: Lips. 1.

τυρανίδα

308. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-342

κάμπτομαι:

κάπτομαι

Lips. 1.

311. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-343

γίγνωσκε:

γíγνωσκε

Μ. Vind. 4. Ceteri

γίνωσκε

311. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-344

μεθάρμοσαι:

μεθάρμοσαι

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

μεθάρμωσαι

μεθάρμοσον

Vit. quod in aliis superscriptum.

μεθάρμοζε

Rob.

312. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-345

καὶ:

και

omittit G.

313. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-346

τραχεῖς καὶ:

τραχεῖς τε καὶ

Lips. 2.

314. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-347

ἀνωτέρω:

ἀνωτέρω

Μ. Vit. et plerique ut videtur libri.

ἀπωτέρω

G. Lips. 1. Rob. quod in aliis codd. pro diversa lectione adnotatum.

ἀπατέρω

Lips. 2. Aug.

315. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-348

θακῶν κλύοι:

θακῶν

Μ. G. Lips. 2. Aug. et sic Victorius.

Θακών

Vit. Lips. 1. Ald. Rob. Turn.

κλύει

κλύῃ

Lips. 2. Aug.

316. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-349

μόχθων:

μόχθον

G. Vit.

316. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-350

παιδιὰν:

πεδιὰν

Lips. 2.

317. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-351

ταλαίπωρ':

ταλαίπωρε

318. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-352

πημάτων:

τῶν πημάτων

Lips. 2.

318. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-353

τῶνδε:

τῶνδε

omittit Vit.

319. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-354

ἀρχαῖ᾽:

ἀρχαῖα

G. Lips. 1.

319. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-355

ἴσως σοι:

ἴσωσοι

M. a pr. manu.

ἴσος σοι

Lips. 1.

ἴσως

omisso

σοι

Lips. 2. Aug.

321. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-356

γίγνεται:

γίγνεται

Lips. 1. Ceteri

γίνεται

322. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-357

κακοῖς:

κακῶν

Vit. in quo supra scriptum

ὑποχωρεῖς ἀπὸ τῶν

323. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-358

τοῖς:

τοις

om. Lips. 1.

324. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-359

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

327. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-360

καὶ νῦν:

και μιν

, superscripto

νῦν

, Lips. 2. Aug.

329. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-361

λαβροστόμει:

μη λαβροστόμει

G. Vit. aliique et Ald. Scholiastes Nicandri ad Alex. 160.

καὶ Αἰσχύλος, μὴ λαβροστόμει

330. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-362

οἶσθ᾽:

οἶδ'

Aug.

330. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-363

περισσόφρων:

περισώφρων

G. Lips. 1.

331. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-364

προςτρίβεται:

προςτρίβεται

M. G. Vit. Lips. 1. Vind. 1. 4. et Victorius, atque ita scriptum est apud Stobaeum XXXVI. 17. atque Apostolium VI. 36. et in Monostichis Menandri v. 111.

προςγίνεται

Lips. 2. Aug. aliique codd. et Ald. Rob. Turn. γρ.

προςτρίβεται

margo Lips. 2.

332. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-365

ὁθούνεκ': Libri

ὅθ' οὕνεκ

333. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-366

τετολμηκὼς:

τετολμικῶς

G. Simillime Sophocles Antig. 537.

καὶ ξυμμετίσχω καὶ φέρω τῆς αἰτίας

334. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-367

μηδέ σοι:

μηδέν σοι

M. Vit. Lips. 1. 2. aliique et Rob.

335. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-368

πείσεις:

πείθεις

Μ.

335. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-369

οὐ γὰρ:

οὐτὰρ

335. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-370

εὐπιθής:

εὐπειθής

M. а pr. manu et Vit. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. aliique et Ald. Rob. In Lips. 2. ad

superscriptum

336. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-371

πάπταινε:

πάπταννε

πάμπταινε

Lips. 2. Aug.

336. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-372

πημανθῇς:

πημανθῆ

M. a pr. manu,

addidit secunda.

339. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-373

ἀντισπάσῃς:

μηδαμῶς μὲ ἀντισπάσῃς

ex duabus Cantabrigiensibus Blomfieldius.

341. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-374

τῶνδέ:

τόνδε

om. Lips. 2. Aug.

342. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-375

κοὐδαμῇ:

κουδὲ μὴ

M. G. Vit. aliique.

κουδαμῆ

Lips. 1. edd. vett.

κουδαμή

, ultima littera in litura et supra scripto

οι

, Lips. 2.

κοὐδαμοῦ

Aug. Valckenario ad Phoen. 1723. p. 575.

τὰ μὲν σ' ἐπαινῶν οὐδαμῇ λήξω ποτέ

legendum putanti more suo obsecutus est Brunckius. V. ad Soph. Ai. 1379.

343. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-376

προθυμίας:

προμηθείας

343. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-377

ἀτὰρ:

αὐτὰρ

Vit.

345. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-378

θέλοις:

θέλεις

M. G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. et sic codd. plerique et vett. edd.

θέλοις

Vit. Par. B. Cantabr. 1. quod receperunt Brunckius et Schützius, non, ut Wellauerus ait, inepte, sed aptissime, immo sententia etiam flagitante, quia

μάτην πονήσεις

idem fere est quod

πονήσειας ἂν μάτην

347. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-379

οὐκ εἰ:

ουκ

om. Vit. qui

εἰ

habet et

οὐ

in principio sequentis versus.

347. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-380

οἵνεκα: Libri

εἵνεκα

. Correxit Brunckius.

348. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-381

πλείστοισι:

πλήστοισι

pr. manu habuisse videtur M.

348. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-382

πημονὰς:

πλείστους πημονάς

Vit.

349-374. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-383

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

349. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-384

καὶ:

καὶ

om. G. Pro eo male Porsonus

καί

350. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-385

ὃς πρὸς ἑσπέρους τόπους:

ὃς ἐς ἑσπέρους τόπους

Med. Par. D. Rob.

ὃς πρὸς ἑσπερίους τόπους

Vit. Ceteri

ὃς πρὸς ἑσπέρους τόπους

351. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-386

κίον᾽:

κίονας

G. Lips. 1. Vulgatum

κίον'

, quae etiam in Rob. est, habet Plutarchus de facie in orbe lunae p. 923. C. Eustathius p. 1389, 61.

διὸ καὶ Αἰσχύλος ἐν Προμηθεῖ κίονα εἶπεν ἑνικῶς καὶ οὐ κίονας

, de axe, circum quem volvitur orbis, haec intelligenda putans. P. Petitum, qui in Obss. misc. III. 24.

ἕστηκε κίων

ut vulgatam scripturam affert, refutavit Abreschius. Quo magis mirum est Blomfieldium illud ipsum

ἕστηκε κίων

scribendum coniecisse, probasseque Nitzschium in adn. ad Od. I. 52. p. 18.

351. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-387

οὐρανοῦ:

οὐρανῶν

Rob.

352. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-388

ὤμοις:

ὤμοις

(non

ὤμοισι

) M. G. Vit. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. edd. vett. praeter Rob. Sic etiam apud Plutarchum.

ὤμοισι

Par. D.

352. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-389

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

352. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-390

εὐάγκαλον:

εὐάγγαλον

Lips. 1.

353. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-391

τε:

τε

omittit G.

354. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-392

ἄντρων:

ἄντρων

, superscripto

, Lips. 2.

355. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-393

ἑκατογκάρηνον: Libri

ἑκατοντακάρηνον

, nisi quod M.

ἑκατοντοκάρηνον

habet,

super

a manu secunda adscripto. Ex Pauwii emendatione Porsonus

ἑκατογκάρηνον

. Blomfieldius aliique

ἑκατογκάρανον

, quod

καρανῶσαι, καρανιστῆρα

dicant tragici, probabili, etsi non prorsus certo argumento. Videri potest confirmari Hesychii verbis p. 1126.

ἑκατονκάρανοι, ἑκατὸν αἱ ἐπιζήμιον πρασσόμεναι

, et est fortasse ita, si ille

ἑκατογκάρανον

scripsit et deinde posuit ex Aristophanis Eq. 440.

ἑκατοντάλαντοι δίκαι, αἱ ἑκατὸν τάλαντα ἐπιζήμιον πρασσόμεναι

. In chori carmine apud Aeschylum Choeph. 391.

κάρανα

legitur, sed in trimetro ex Euripidis Meleagro apud scholiastam Pindari ad Nem. X. 12.

κάρα Τυδεὺς γένυσι Μελανίππου σπάσας

356. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-394

πᾶσι δ᾽ ἀντέστη θεοῖς:

πᾶσιν ὃς ἀντέστη θεοῖς

M. G. Vit. Lips. 1. Ald. Rob. Turn.

ὃς πᾶσιν ἀντέστη θεοῖς

Lips. 2. Aug. Par. E. Bess. Gaisfordii coniecturam,

Τυφῶνα θοῦρον, ὃςτις ἀντέστη θεοῖς

, probaverat Porsonus, multis exemplis allatis, in quibus

τις

vel additum temere vel omissum est. Ne commemorem quod sic grave et prope necessarium vocabulum abiicitur, ne recte quidem dictum est

ὅςτις

, quod pronomen quum non sit definientis, quam vim habet

ὃς

, sed declarantis, referendum id esset ad

θοῦρον

, quo languida fieret sententia. Defendere quidem

ὅςτις

pro

ὃς

positum conatus est Blomfieldius, sed aliena sunt exempla quae attulit praeter unum Callimachi h. Apoll. 22. in quo tamen vulgo recte divisim scriptum est de saxo Nioben referente

ὃς τις ἐνὶ Φρυγíῃ διερὸς λίθος ἐστήρικται

, h. e.

διερός τις λίθος

. Praeter alias inscite inventas medelas imperite Wunderlichius coniecit

πᾶσιν ὃς ἀνέστη θεοῖς

, numero prorsus ab Aeschyli arte alieno. Probabilius est quod Lobeckius in prima editione Aiacis ad v. 1122. p. 344. proposuit

πᾶσιν ὃς προὔστη θεοῖς

, ut in Aiacis versu dictum est

ἢ σοὶ γὰρ Αἴας πολέμιος προὔστη ποτέ;

quocum comparari potest scriptura quam in Trachinis v. 1183. servavit scholiastes, falsa illa quidem aperte,

οὐ θᾶσσον οἴσεις, μηδὲ προστήσεις ἐμοί

, quam interpretatur

ἐναντιωθήσῃ

, quo

verbo

etiam Aeschyli enarratores usi sunt. Multo tamen elegantius est, neque exiguam habet veri speciem, quod Naekio in mentem venit in programmate a. 1829. edito sive in eius Opusculis I. p. 175. inter

πᾶσιν ὃς

ἀντέστη

lacunam esse unius versus, hac fere sententia,

qui cunctis unus insana mentis rabie diis obstitit

. Quamquam, si quid excidit, non adducor ut

πᾶσιν

tam longe a

θεοῖς

removisse Aeschylum putem, sed facilius credam altera

ὃς

pronominis positura eum tale quid scripsisse,

ὃς δυςαντήτῳ μένει χειρῶν πεποιθὼς πᾶσιν ἀντέστη θεοῖς

. Sed tamen, quoniam haec omnia non sine magna audacia coniici possunt, ad illud redii quod ut facillimum olim in publicis scholis commendavi,

πᾶσι δ' ἀντέστη θεοῖς

. Eodem modo in Sept. ad Th. 549.

ἕκτον λέγοιμι ἂν ἄνδρα σωφρονέστατον ἀλκήν τ' ἄριστον, μάντιν, Αμφιάρεω βίαν· Ὁμολοΐσιν δὲ πρὸς πύλαις τεταγμένος κακοῖσι βάζει πολλὰ Τυδέως βίαν

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NA: Hunc versum et sequentem afferunt Eudocia p. 406. Tzetzes ad Lycophr. 177.et in Theogonia v. 289. Favorinus in

Τυφωεύς

, priorem solum Eustathius p. 579, 20.

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σμερδναῖσι: Apud Eudociam, Favorinum, Tzetzam in Theogonia et in quibusdam eius libris ad Lycophronem, ut in ed. Rob.

δειναῖσι

. Eustathius

σμερδνῇσι

. Ceteri Aeschyli et Tzetzae libri

σμερδναῖσι

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γαμφηλαῖσι:

γαμφήλαισι

a pr. manu M. et ad secundam syllabam superscripto

γαμφήλαισι

M. a sec. manu et Rob. Eudocia, Favorinus.

γαμφηλαῖσι

Lips. 1.

γαμφηλαις

vel

γαμφηλαις

Vit. Lips. 2. aliique codd. et Ald. Turn. atque Eustathius et Tzetzes. Quod ad has dativi formas attinet, quid de Homeri usu statuendum sit, copiose docet Etym. M. p. 166, 30. et Gudianum p. 249, 41. sed utrumque emendatione indigens. Eam praebet Etym. Augustanum, in quo omissis exemplis sic scriptum,

δεῖ δὲ γιγνώσκειν ὅτι παρὰ τῷ ποιητῇ αἱ τοιαῦται δοτικαí, εἴτε ἐπεκτεταμέναι εἴτε ἀνεπέκτατοι, τὸ α εἰς η τρέπουσι, οἷον ἐν παλάμῃσιν, ἐν παλάμῃς φορεῖ, σεσημειωμένων δυεῖν, θεαῖς καὶ ἀκταῖς

. Itaque non in locis duobus illis quos Etym. M. et Gudianum afferunt, Od. V. 119. et II. XII. 284. servandum est

αις

, sed in duobus vocabulis

θεαῖς

ἀκταῖς

. Atque ex

θεά

dativus exstat etiam II. III. 15S. ubi tamen

αἰνῶς ἀθανάτησι θεῇς εἰς ὦπα ἔοικεν

non solum in libris scriptum est, sed etiam apud Athenaeum V. p. 188. B. ipsoque in Etym. M. p. 36, 7. Subtili quadam ratione Göttlingius ad Aristotelis Polit. p. 343.

θεῇς

not sine iota littera defendere studuit.

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φόνον:

φόβον

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

φόνον

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ὀμμάτων:

ὀμάτων

G. Lips. 1.

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ἤστραπτε:

ἤστραπται

G. Lips. 2.

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γοργωπὸν:

γοργωπὸν

ex hoc versu habere videtur Hesychius.

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ἄγρυπνον:

ἄγριον

G. Lips. 1.

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NA: Non latuit hic locus Bentleium Horatio Carm. III. 4, 44.

caducum fulmen

eripere tentantem.

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κἀξεβροντήθη:

καὶ ἐξεβροντίθη

κἀξεβροντήσθη

Vit.

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παράορον:

παράωρον

Vit. aliique codd.

πανάωρον

Ox. Bess. Ald. γρ.

καὶ πανάωρον

Vit.

παρήωρον

G. Lips. 1. aliique codd. et Rob.

παρήορον

Lips. 2. Aug. Colb. 2. Turn.

παράφρον

, quod Bergkius in Diurn. antiq. Darmst. a. 1835. p. 952. restituendum monuit ex Hesychii glossa

παράορος, σειραφόρος

, praebuit M. V. II. VII. 156.

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ἰπούμενος:

ἰπνούμενος

Lips. 2. Aug. eum plerisque libris et schol. Aristoph. ad Vesp. 139. in ed. Ald.

ἱπνούμενος

G. et a manu recentiore Μ.

ἱπούμενος

Vit. ex correctione primae manus, quae alterum

delevit. Eodem errore apud Hesychium et Photium

ιπποῦμεν

ἰππούμενος

scriptum.

ἰπνούμενον

Lips. 1. Quod Hemsterhusius ad Pluti v. 816. reponendum vidit

ἰπούμενος

habet M. a pr. manu et Par. C. et pro diversa scriptura Par. B. Eustathius p. 16, 40.

ἰποῦν ῥῆμα τὸ βλάπτειν παρὰ τῷ Αἰσχύλῳ

. Etiam Pindarus Ol. IV. 11. Aetnam vocavit

ἶπον ἀνεμόεσσαν ἑκατογκεφάλα Τυφῶνος ὀβρίμου

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ῥίζαισιν:

ῥίζαισιν

M. Vit. Aug.

ῥίζησιν

G. Lips. 1.

ῥίζεσιν

Lips. 2.

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μυδροκτυπεῖ:

μυδροκτυπεῖ

in litura M.

μυδροκτρυπεῖ

Lips. 2.

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ἔνθεν ἐκραγήσονταί:

ἐνθένδ᾽ ἐκρ.

Lips. 1.

ἔνθ᾽ ἐκρραγήσονταί ποτε

G. Describit poeta recentis memoriae incendium Aetnae Ol. LXXV. 2. de quo marmor Parium in Corp. inscr. vol. II. p. 302. et Thucydides III. 116. V. Cluverii Sic. ant. I. p. 104.

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δάπτοντες:

δ᾽ ἄπτοντες

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ἀγρίαις:

ἀγρίοις

Vit. et pauci alii.

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λευρὰς:

λευροὺς

Μ. Rob. Ceteri libri

λευράς

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γύας:

γυίας

Vit. Lips. 1. aliique.

γυίας

Lips. 2.

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θερμῆς:

θερμοῖς

, quod in Par. Β. adscriptum est, Ald. Turn. Cant. et posteriores. Fortius est quod plerique libri cum Rob. habent

θερμῆς

. Ita, non

θερμής

, etiam M.

θέρμης

G. et ante correctionem Vit.

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ἀπλήστου: Libri

ἀπλήστου

. Id in

ἀπλήτου

(scribere debebat

ἀπλάτου

) mutandum suspicabatur Schutzius, quia Pindarus

ἀπλάτου πυρός

dixerit. Cur corrigatur quod caret vitio?

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βέλεσι:

βέλεσσι

Μ.

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NA: In libris huic versui appositum est Promethei nomen, quoniam qui praecedunt versus tributi sunt Oceano. V. ad v. 349. Scholia haec praebent,

σὺ δ᾽· ὦ Ὠκεανέ. οὐκ ἄπειρος· τῆς ὀργῆς τοῦ Διός. οὐκ ἄπειρος, φησίν, ὑπάρχεις ὧν λέγεις, ἀλλ᾽ ἔμπειρος· ἔμπειρος δὲ ὢν τούτων φύλασσε ὅπως σώσεις ἑαυτὸν ὡς γινώσκεις· οὐ γὰρ ἐν τούτῳ χρήζεις διδασκάλου τινός

. Prior interpretatio non satisfacit. Nam si iram Iovis expertus esse dicitur Oceanus, quaenam est illa ira? Non iram, sed audaciam Iovis et quidem non magis quam ceteri omnes antiqui dei expertus erat, cunctorum illo sibi imperium arrogante. Melius est alterum, non inexpertum eorum quae dicat esse Oceanum. Dixit autem Oceanus v. 326.

τραχὺς μόναρχος, οὐδ᾽ ὑπεύθυνος κρατεῖ

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σῶζ':

σῶιζ'

Μ.

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ἐπίστασαι:

ἐπίσταμαι

ante corr. Lips. 1.

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λωφήσῃ:

λωφήσῃ

, ut librarius prius

λωφήσει

scripsisse videatur, M.

λογήσῃ

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χόλου:

χόλον

Vit.

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γιγνώσκεις:

γιγνώσκεις

Μ. Ceteri

γινώσκεις

. Cicero Q. Tusc. III. 31.

Sed sumendum tempus est non minus in animorum morbis quam in corporum: ut Prometheus ille Aeschyli, cui quum dictum esset atqui, Prometheu, te hoc tenere existumo, mederi posse rationem iracundiae, respondi siquidem quis tempestivam medicinam admovens non ad gravescens vulnus illidat manus

. His refutatur Bentleius, qui etiam alterum distichon Oceano tribuendum putabat.

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ψυχῆς νοσούσης: Libri omnes

ὀργῆς νοσούσης εἰσὶν ἰατροὶ λόγοι

. Stobaeus ΧΧ. 13.

ὀργῆς ματαίας εἰσὶν αἴτιοι λόγοι

. Plutarchus in Consol. ad Apollonium p. 102. Β.

καλῶς ἔχειν ὑπέλαβον τῶν παραμυθητικῶν σοι μεταδοῦναι λόγων πρὸς ἄνεσιν τῆς λύπης καὶ παῦλαν τῶν πενθικῶν καὶ ματαίων ὀδυρμῶν. ψυχῆς γὰρ νοσούσης εἰσὶν ἰατροὶ λόγοι, ὅταν τις ἐν καιρῷ γε μαλθάσσῃ κέαρ

. Plutarchum homo doctus in Novae bibliothecae Germanicae vol. LXVI. parte I. cuius observationes Latine versae in Beckii Commentariis societatis philologicae vol. II. exstant,

ψυχῆς

pro

ὀργῆς

substituisse, quoniam de dolore, non de ira scriberet, suspicabatur. Eadem Wyttenbachii sententia fuit. Eustathius p. 696, 33. fortasse ex Plutarcho,

κατὰ γὰρ τὴν τραγῳδίαν ψυχῆς νοσούσης εἰσὶν ἰατροὶ λόγοι

. Εt p. 1005, 21.

ἐπεὶ καὶ φύσει κατὰ τὸν εἰπόντα ψυχῆς νοσούσης εἰσὶν ἰατροὶ λόγοι

. Sic hic versus scriptus est etiam in Georgidae Gnomologio in Boissonadii Anecd. I. p. 100. Attulerat Stanleius Isocratis verba in or. de pace S. 39.

ὑμᾶς δὲ χρὴ πρῶτον μὲν τοῦτο γιγνώσκειν, ὅτι τῶν μὲν περὶ τὸ σῶμα νοσημάτων πολλαὶ θεραπεῖαι καὶ παντοδαπαὶ τοῖς ἰατροῖς εὕρηνται, ταῖς δὲ ψυχαῖς ταῖς νοσούσαις καὶ γεμούσαις πονηρῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν οὐδέν ἐστιν ἄλλο φάρμακον πλὴν λόγος ὁ τολμῶν τοῖς ἁμαρτανομένοις ἐπιπλήττειν

: verum ibi pro

νοσούσαις

codex Vrbinas praebuit

ἀγνοούσαις

. Plutarchi et Eustathii scripturam probarunt Stephanus, Casaubonus ad Athenaeum p. 65. Gatakerus in Adv. misc. p. 487. C. Ei repugnare videtur Ciceronis interpretatio, nisi hunc sententiam magis quam verba expressisse putabimus.

Ὀργή

quidem non videtur

νοσοῦσα

dici potuisse. Nam etsi

νοσεῖν περί τι

vel

ἐπί τινι

de vehementi cupiditate dicitur, ut apud Platonem in Phaedro p. 228. Β.

ἀπαντήσας δέ τῳ νοσοῦντι περὶ λόγων ἀκοήν, ἰδὼν μὲν ἥσθη ὅτι ἕξοι τὸν συγκορυβαντιῶντα, καὶ προςάγειν ἐκέλευε

, tamen si quid simpliciter

νοσεῖν

dicitur, ei significatur deesse aliquid, quominus id sit quod pro natura sua esse debeat. Itaque

ὀργὴ νοσοῦσα

non erit nimia et modum excedens ira intelligenda, sed quae non impleat modum nec possit recte censeri ira esse. Adhaeret enim illi verbo debilitationis quaedam notatio. Non igitur recte

νοσούσης

ille interpretatus est, qui pro eo verbo

ματαίας

, quod apud Stobaeum est, posuit. Pauwianam sapientiam, qui, quod

ὀργή

quamlibet animi affectionem significaret, eo vocabulo hic usum esse Aeschylum putavit, non debebat probare Wellauerus. Reisigius quod ad Soph. Oed. C. 1190. leni sane mutatione coniecit,

ὀργῆς νοσοῦσιν εἰσὶν ἰατροὶ λόγοι

, hac credo sententia, ut miseris iram lenire adhortationes dicantur, id si Aeschylus voluisset, scripsisset

νοσοῦσιν ὀργῆς

. Aliud in mentem venit G Dindorfio, quem moverunt haec verba Themistii in or. VII. p. 98.

φάρμακον δὲ ὀργῆς οἰδαινούσης τὸ μὲν αὐτίκα λόγος ἐστίν, ᾧ σὺ τηνικαῦτα ἐπράϋνας σφαδάζουσαν καὶ ζέουσαν ἔτι

, ut Aeschylum

ὀργῆς ζεούσης

scripsisse crederet, ad sententiam recte, modo satis appareret unde in libros

νοσούσης

irrepserit. Fatendum tamen est scholiastas aliud verbum quam

νοσούσης

videri legisse. Eorum unus

εἰπόντος τοῦ Προμηθέως ὅτι ἐγὼ τὴν παροῦσαν ὑπομενῶ τύχην, ἕως οὗ ὁ νοῦς τοῦ Διὸς παυθήσεται τῆς ὀργῆς, φησὶν ὁ Ὠκεανὸς πρὸς αὐτόν, οὐδὲ τοῦτο γινώσκεις, ὦ Προμηθεῦ, ὅτι οἱ λόγοι οἱ παρακλητικοὶ θεραπεύουσι τὴν ὀργὴν ἀγριαίνουσαν καὶ ἐπαιρομένην;

Alius interpres adscripsit

ἀκμαζούσης

. In alio scholio est

εἰπόντος Ὠκεανοῦ ὅτι τῆς ἀκμαζούσης ὀργῆς οἱ λόγοι εἰσὶν ἰατροί

. Quas interpretationes qui consideret, facile adducatur ut eas ad

σφριγώσης

pertinere putet, quandoquidem mox ad

σφριγῶντα

v. 382. adnotatum est

αὐξόμενον καὶ ζέοντα. ἀκμάζοντα. νεάζοντα καὶ αὐξάνοντα

. Atque apud Hesychium

σφριγᾷ, — ἀκμάζει, νεάζει. σφριγῶν, ἀκμάζων, νεάζων, αὔξων. σφριγῶντα, ἐπαιρόμενον, ἰσχύοντα

. Quod si cui hariolari libeat, suspicari poterit lectum fuisse olim

ὀργῆς σφριγώσης

, idque verbum quum librario in mente haereret, illatum ab eo esse pro

σφυδῶντα

, quod codex M. v. 382. habet. Verum eadem opera etiam alia coniici possunt, ut

ὀργῆς βρυούσης

. Nam Hesychius

βρύει, ῥέει, πηγάζει, ἀναβλύζει, πηδᾷ, ἀνθεῖ, ἀνίησιν, αὔξεται

. Dicitur id autem etiam non adiecto nomine, ut in Soph. Electra v. 422.

βρύοντα θάλλον

. Sed tamen consultius visum est tenere scripturam quae apud Plutarchum et Eustathium et Georgidam est, quum ad eam explicandam, quoniam de ira sermo est, facile adscribi potuerit

ὀργῆς

, quod pro diversa scriptura habitum deinde expulso

ψυχῆς

ὀργῆς

mutatum fuerit.

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ἐάν τις ἐν καιρῷ γε:

κἄν τις

G. quod etiam scholio in illo codice praepositum est.

ὅταν τις

Plutarchus.

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μαλθάσσῃ:

μαλθάσῃς

M. a pr. manu et G. Lips. 1. Ald. Rob.

μαλθακίσῃ

Lips. 2. Aug.

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σφυδῶντα:

σφυδῶντα

Μ.

σφυγῶντα

Lips. 1.

σφιγῶντα

G. Ceteri omnes

σφριγώντα

. Hesychius

σφυδῶν, ἰσχυρός, εύρωστος, σκληρός· et διασφυδῶσαι, αὐξῆσαι, ἀπὸ τοῦ σφύζειν

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ἰσχναίνῃ:

ἰσχράνει

Μ.

ἰσχαίνῃ

G. Lips. 1. et pauci alii libri.

ἰσχναίνῃ

Vit. Lips. 2. cum plerisque. Sed id cum in Lips. 2. sic scriptum sit ut imperito videri possit

ἰσχναίνῃ

esse, posuit hoc is qui Aug. scripsit.

ἰσχναίνῃ

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προμηθεῖσθαι:

προμηθεῖσθαι

M. G. Lips. 1. aliique et Ald.

προμηθεῖσθαι

Lips. 2. Aug. aliique et Rob.

ἐν τῷ προμηθεῖσθαι μὲ καὶ τολμῶν

, addita explicatione

προνοεῖσθαι ἐμὲ τὸ συμφέρον σοι

, Vit.

προμηθεῖσθαι

recte probarunt Scaliger et Valckenarius ad Phoen. 1475.

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ὁρᾷς:

ὁρᾷς το

, sed lineola transfixo, M.

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δίδασκέ με:

δίδασκέ μοι

Vit.

385. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-431

περισσὸν:

περισὸν

Lips. 1.

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κουφόνούν:

κουφόνουν

cum unius aut duarum litterarum litura post ν M.

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τῇδε τῇ νόσῳ:

τῇδε τῇ νόσῳ

M. G. Vit. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. et cum plerisque. codd. Ald. Rob.

τήνδε τιν νόσον

inter versus adscriptum in Par. B. et sic Turn. Sophocles Trach. 544.

νοσοῦντι κείνῳ πολλὰ τῇδε τῇ νόσῳ.

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μὴ δοκεῖν φρονεῖν:

μὴ φρονεῖν δοκεῖν

Μ. et pauci alii codices.

μὴ δοκεῖν ἀφρονεῖν

G. Lips. 1. adscripta in utroque glossa φράζεσθαι.

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δόκει σοι:

δόξεις

M. G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. et plerique, quod unus scholiastarum frustra explicare conatur.

δόκει σοι

Vit. et alii pauci.

δόξει σοι, γρ. δοκήσῃ

Par. B. Apertum est scribendum fuisse

δόκει σύ

. Meum, inquit, hoc peccatum esse puta, ut desipere videar, quum recte sapiam. Quibus verbis iubet Oceanum absistere a consilio suo.

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οἶκον:

οἴκους

Lips. 2. Aug.

389. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-437

πάλιν:

πάλαι

, sed supra scripto

ὀπίσω

, Vit.

390. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-438

θρῆνος οὑμὸς:

θρῆνός ὁ ἐμὸς

G. Lips. 2. Aug. Ald.

390. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-439

βάλῃ:

βάλλει

Vit.

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

θακοῦντι:

θακοῦντι

M. Vit. aliique et Rob.

κρατοῦντι

G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. aliique et Ald. Id ut glossa supra adscriptum in Vit.

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ἀχθεσθῇ:

ἀχθεσθῇ

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

συμφορὰ:

συμφοραί

a pr. manu habuisse videtur M.

396. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-443

λευρὸν γὰρ οἶμον:

λευρῶν γὰρ οἴμων

Ven. 2. 3. Rob. Ceteri

λευρὸν γὰρ οἶμον

, praeter Vit. in quo est

εὐρὺν

, superscripto

οι

. G.

λευρὸν

in litura, quum prius

λευρὰν

scriptum fuisset. Euripides Alc. 838.

ὀρθὴν παρ' οἶμον, ἣ ἐπὶ Λάρισσαν φέρει

. Praetuli ut exquisitius femininum, ad quod etiam

λευρὸν

ducere videtur.

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

ψαίρει:

ψαίρει

M. G. et ex correctione Vit. probatum Turnebo, Iensio Lect. Luc. p. 393. Valckenario ad Phoen. 1399.

ψαύει

ante corr. Vit. aliique et Ald.

ψαύει

Lips. Aug. aliique et Rob.

ψαύει

, superscripto

ψαίρει

et addito

γρ. ψαίρει

Par. B.

397. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-445

τετρασκελὴς:

τετρασχελής

Lips.

397. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-446

δέ τἂν:

δέ τ' ἄν

M. G. Cantabr. 1. Vulgo

δέ τ' ἄν

. Blomfieldius recte

δέ τἂν

398. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-447

κάμψειεν:

κάμψειε

G. Vit.

κάμψει

Lips. Aug. etsi glossa est in Lips.

κλίνειε

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

στένω σε τᾶς: Affert primum huius carminis versum scholiastes Aristophanis ad Vesp. 270. ut stasimi, et profecto aptissime, quum πάροδος chori quae dicitur non a stantibus in orchestra, sed sedentibus in curru alato sit cantata. Schol.

τὸ στάσιμον ᾄδει ὁ χορὸς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κατεληλυθώς

στένω σε τᾶς

, super

adscripto

, Μ.

στένω σε τὰς

G. Vit. Aug. Ald.

στένωσις τὰς

Lips.

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δ᾽ εἰβομένα: Libri omnes

δακρυσίστακτον δ'

, praeter Bess. in quo

τ'

est, et Lips. Aug. qui

δακρυσίστατον δ'

habent. Tum

ῥαδινῶν (ῥαδηνῶν G.) λειβομένα

M. G. Lips. Aug. et ceteri plerique. Idem fuit in Vit. sed a prima manu in

ῥαδινὸν λ.

mutatum est.

ῥαδινὸν λειβομένα

aliquot codices et Ald. Rob. Εt

ῥαδινόν

quidem potest videri verum esse, ut Aeschylus expresserit

τέρε δάκρυον

. Vt stropham antistrophae exaequaret Heathius scripsit

δακρυσίστακτον ἀπ᾿ ὄσσων ῥαδινῶν ῥέος παρειάν

, omissis

δέ

λειβομένα

. Sed particula abesse non potest, nem que

λειβομένα

delendum est, sed excidit aliquid in antistropha. Quare deleta post

δακρυσίστακτον

particula ex

λειβομένα

feci

δ᾽ εἰβομένα

. Sophocles Ant. 527.

φιλάδελφα κάτω δάκρυ εἰβομένη

402. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-450

νοτίοις:

νωτίοις

ante correctionem M.

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

ἔτεγξα:

ἔτεγξα

libri praeter Par. A. qui

ἔτεγξε

habet. Coniecerat ita Heathius, receperunt Brunckius, Porsonus, alii. At ne eiecto quidem

εἰβομένα

opus erat

ἔτεγξε

scribi.

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παγαῖς:

πηγαῖς

M. Lips. aliique.

παγαῖς

G. Vit.

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τάδε· Ζεὺς δ᾽:

τάδε. Ζεὺς γὰρ ἰδίοις

Vind. 2. Ceteri codices et Ald.

τάδε Ζεὺς ἰδίοις

, nisi quod quidam ut Vit. post

τάδε

interpungunt, in quo codice supra scriptum

ὁ γάρ

. Verissima Robortelli scriptura

τάδε, Ζεὺς δ᾽ ἰδίοις

404. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-454

κρατύνων:

κρατύνει

Vind. 1. 3. et in litura, quum antea

κρατύνων

fuisset, G.

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

ὑπερήφανον:

ὑπερήφανος

ante correctionem M.

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θεοῖς τοῖς πάρος:

θεοῖς τοῖς πάρος

M. G. Vit. et cum plerisque codd. Rob.

τοῖς πάρος θεοῖς

Lips. aliique nonnulli et Ald.

τοῖς πρὸς θεοῖς

Aug.

406. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-457

ἐνδείκνυσιν:

ἐνδείκνυσιν

G. Arund. Par. L.

ἐνδεικνύειν

Μ.

ἐνδεικνύει

Par. D.

δεικνύει

Vit. et pauci alii.

δείκνυσιν

Lips. Aug. aliique et edd. vett.

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

αἰχμάν:

αἰχμήν

M. G. Vit.

αἰχμάν

Lips.

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

μεγαλοσχήμονά τ' ἀρχαιοπρεπῆ δακρυχέει στένουσα: Libri

μεγαλοσχήμονα τ' ἀρχαιοπρεπῆ

, nisi quod Vind. 2. 3. 4.

τε

plene scriptum habent, Aug. autem

μεγαλοσχήμον τ' ἀρχαιοπρεπή

. Sola Aldina

μεγαλοσχήμων ἀπ' ἀρχαιοπρεπή

. Tum

στένωσι

, super

addito

, Μ.

στένουσι

G. Vit. aliique pauci et Rob.

στένουσα

Lips. Aug. aliique et Ald.

στένουσαν

Par. E. Agnoscunt

στένουσι

scholiastae. At sic tam languida fit oratio, ut plane indigna sit Aeschylo. Itaque vix dubitari posse videtur quin

στένουσι

correctori debeatur, qui

στένουσα

construi non posse animadverteret. Sed stropha monstrat post

ἀρχαιοπρεπή

excidisse verbum, quod videtur

δακρυχέει

fuisse,

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

τὴν σὰν:

τῶν σῶν

G. Vit. Ald.

τὰν σὰν

Rob.

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

τε:

τε

omittunt Lips. Aug. Bess. Ald.

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

τιμάν:

τιμᾶν

ante corr. M.

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

ὁπόσοι:

ὅποσοι

G. et aliquot alii.

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

ἁγνᾶς:

ἁγνὸς

Lips. Ald.

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

σοῖς:

σοῖς

M. G. Vit. Lips. Aug.

σοισι

pauci codices.

414. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-466

θνητοί:

θνατοί

Μ. G. Ceteri

θνητοί

416. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-467

μάχαις:

μάχας

M. aliique.

μάχαν

Rob.

μάχης

Lips. Aug. Ald.

μάχαις

G. Vit. et multi alii. Hoc tenui. Sophocles Ai. 365.

τὸν ἐν δαίοις ἄτρεστον μάχαις

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

Σκύθης:

Σκύθη

Lips.

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

γᾶς:

γῆς

Vit.

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

τόπον:

τόπον

M. Vit. aliique et Rob.

πόρον

G. Lips. Aug. aliique.

τόπον πόρον

Ald. Restituit

τόπον

Porsonus, vocabulum tragicis tritissimum.

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

Σαρματᾶν:

Ἀραβίας

M. G. Vit. et plerique.

Ἀρσαβίας

Lips. et pauci. Tum

ἄνθος

Ald.

ἄνθος

M. G. Vit. Lips. Aug. et cum ceteris plerisque Rob. I. H. Vossius in Geographia vet. p. XVIII. non opus esse ait ut exclamemus quod Plautinus Charmides in Trinummo IV. 2.89. dicenti

omnium primum in Pontum advecti ad Arabiam terram sumus

respondet,

an etiam Arabia est in Ponto?

Collocasse enim Aeschylum Arabiam in vicinia Caucasi. At si Euripides in Bacchis v. 16. sciebat ubi sita esset Arabia, respondere licebit quod Charmidae isti respondetur,

est: non illaec ubi tus gignitur, sed ubi absinthium fit atque cunila gallinacea

. Laborarunt jam veteres interpretes in quaerenda ratione qua Arabiam Scythiae admoverent: qui quum ei rei Troglodytas adhibuerunt, gravi errore, quem Casaubonus ad Strabonem p. 506. notavit, Troglodytas qui ad sinum Arabicum incolebant, de quibus Strabo in principio libri XVII. exposuit, confuderunt cum illis quorum sedes fuit inter Caucasum et paludem Maeotidem, de quibus idem Strabo refert libro XI. p. 506. quem locum spectarunt scholiastae. Praeter hos alii fuere Troglodytae ad Istrum circa Tomos, de quibus dixit Strabo libro VII. p. 318. Elmsleius cum Butlero latius patere visum antiquis esse nomen Arabiae et Aeschylum nihilo peritiorem geographiae Shakespeario fuisse censebat. Profecto ita est in iis locis qui ubi terrarum siti essent nemo tum accurate sciebat. At id non potest cadere in Arabiam, cuius nomen usque ad Caucasum porrigi credere relinquendum Welckero in Trilogia p. 20. et Bothio. Apertum est autem Aeschylum de noto claroque populo loqui, qui vel ad Caucasum vel in ipso Caucaso habitet. Nam quod sequitur,

ὑψίκρημνον θ' οἱ πόλισμα Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται

, non solum metri indicio sine

τε

copula scribendum est, sed etiam propter ipsam sententiam. Ineptissima esset enim gentis commemoratio, cuius nomen, quo in genere sibi placent tragici, taceretur, et tamen illa vocaretur

δάϊος στρατός, ὀξυπρώροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς

. Hinc non puto dubitari posse quin Sarmatas dixerit Aeschylus scripseritque

Σαρματᾶν τ᾽ ἄρειον ἄνθος

. In hos enim plane quadrat tota illa descriptio: sed nomen iam perantiquo tempore obscuratum fuisse oportet, ut ex superstitibus litterarum vestigiis

Ἀραβίας

eruerent librarii. Simillimi ipsis etiam verbis versus sunt Dionysii periegetae 652. seqq.

421. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-472

ὑψίκρημνον οἳ:

ὑψίκρημνονθ' οἳ

Μ.

ὑψίκριμνον θ᾽ οἳ

Lips.

ὑψίκρημνον τ' οἳ

Ald.

ὑψίκρημνον θ' οἳ

ceteri. Delendam esse copulam viderunt Bothius atque Elmsleius.

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

νέμονται:

νέμουσι

Μ. (si recte adnotatum est et Vit. paucique alii. Ceteri libri

νέμονται

, quod praestat non aliam ob caussam, quam quod gravior spondeus fit diphthongo, quam si

νέμουσιν

scribitur: nam in strophico versu est

οἳ γᾶς

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

Καυκάσου πύλας: Sed

Καυκάσου πέλας

, quod libri habent, non puto scripsisse Aeschylum. Primum enim ipsa verba videntur aliquid vitii prodere. Nam

πόλισμα

, quod

ὑψίκρημνον

dicatur, in Caucaso potius ipso quam in vicinia Caucasi situm, esse intelligitur. Deinde tam apposite convenit haec descriptio portis Caucasiis, ut sponte se offerat apta loco scriptura,

Καυκάσου πύλας

. Plinius H. N. VI. 12.

ab his sunt portae Caucasiae, magno errore multis Caspiae dictae, ingens naturae opus montibus interruptis repente, ubi fores obditae ferratis trabibus, subter medias amne diri odoris fluente citraque in rupe castello, quod vocatur Cumania, communito ad arcendas transitu gentes innumeras, ibi loci, terrarum orbe portis discluso, ex adverso maxime Harmastis oppidi Iberum

. De iisdem, etsi nomine non appellans, Strabo XI. p. 500.

ἐκ δὲ τῶν πρὸς ἄρκτον νομάδων ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἀνάβασις χαλεπή· καὶ μετὰ ταύτην ποταμία στενὴ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἀράγου ποταμοῦ τεττάρων ἡμερῶν ὁδὸν ἔχουσα ἐφ᾽ ἕνα· φρουρεῖ δὲ τὸ πέρας τῆς ὁδοῦ τεῖχος δύςμαχον

. Ptolemaeus has

Σαρματικὰς πύλας

appellavit. Denique vero etiam Lucianus videtur

Καυκάσου πύλας

legisse, quas ille quidem eo errore quem Plinius notavit Caspias dixit, quum scripsit in Prometheo cap. 4.

σὺ δέ, στωμύλος γὰρ εἶ καὶ δικανικός, ἀπολόγησαι ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ, ὡς δικαίαν τὴν ψῆφον ἔθετο ἀνεσταυρῶσθαί με πλησίον τῶν Κασπίων τούτων πυλῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ Καυκάσου, οἴκτιστον θέαμα πᾶσι Σκύθαις

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

ὀξυπρώροισι:

ὀξυπόροισι

Lips. Aug.

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

μόνον δὲ πρόσθεν ἐν πόνοις:

μόνον δὴ πρόσθεν

M. Vit. Lips. Aug. aliique et Rob.

μόνον

omissum in G. sed in margine ante

δὴ

suppletum.

μόνον δὲ πρόσθεν

Ven. 2. Vind. 1. 3.

σου

post

πρόσθεν

addunt Par. B. Ox. Ald. Tum

ἄλλον ἐν πόνοις

Μ. aliique et Rob.

ἄλλων

Vit. Aug. aliique et Ald.

ἄλλον

ἄλλων

a sec. manu mutatum G.

ἄλλον

, superscripto

ων

, Lips.

ἄλλων

, superscripto

ἄλλον

γρ. πρόσθεν ἄλλον

, Par. B. Delendum esse

ἄλλων

vel

ἄλλον

adnotatio scholiastarum

ἢ σοῦ ἢ τῶν ἄλλων

docet. Scribendum est

μόνον δὲ πρόσθεν ἐν πόνοις

. Antistrophica enim haec sunt.

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

ἀδαμαντοδέτοις:

ἀδαμαντοδέτοις

Colb. 1. Ceteri libri

ἀκαμαντοδέτοις

, quod iam Stanleius corrigendum esse vidit. Inepta et ipsa secum pugnans vox est

ἀκαμαντοδέτοις

, nec dubium quin Aeschylus ut supra v. 148.

ἀδαμαντοδέτοις

, sed alio significatu, scripserit. Illic enim proprie eo vocabulo usus est, hic nihil nisi invictam necessitatem dixit. Ita Dionysii tyranni dominatus

ἀδάμαντι δεδεμένος

dicebatur, de quo Kuhnius et Perizonius ad Aeliani V. H. VI. 12. Ita Pindarus Pyth. IV. 125.

τίς δὲ κίνδυνος κρατεροῖς ἀδάμαντος δῆσεν ἅλοις

, commemoratus inter alia ab Rittershusio ad Oppiani Cyneg. III. 240. Eodem pertinet illud in oraculo, apud Herodotum VII. 141.

σοὶ δὲ τόδ᾽ αὐτις ἔπος ἐρέω, ἀδάμαντι πελάσσας

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

Τιτᾶνα λύμαις:

τιτᾶν ἀλύμαις

Vit.

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

ἐςειδόμαν:

εἰσιδόμαν

, superscripto

ην

, Vit. Lips.

εἰσιδόμην

Vind. 4. Ald. Rob.

εἰσιδόμαν

ceteri.

εἰςειδόμαν

scribendum esse antistropha monstrat.

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

θεῶν:

θεὸν

M. G. Par. L. Rob.

θεόν

, superscripto

ῶν

, Bess.

θεῶν

ceteri.

428-430. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-481

Ἄτλαντος ὑπέροχον σθένος κραταιόν, ὃς γᾶν οὐράνιόν τε πόλον νώτοις ὑποστεγάζει:

ἄτλανθ᾽ ὡς

Μ.

ἄτλανθ' ὃς

ceteri, praeter Vit. Ald. qui divisim

ἄτλαν θ' ὃς

habent, ex inepta recentioris scholiastae sententia, qui

Τιτάνα

Typhonem intelligens accusativum esse volebat

Ἄτλαν

. Scilicet Tzetzes ad Hesiodi O. et D. 381.

Ἄτλας, Ἄτλα

declinari propter

Ἀτλαγενέων

affirmavit: quam sapientiam notavit Lobeckius ad Phryn. p. 669. Nihil ad illam declinationem tuendam confert vocativus

Ἄτλα

, quem a Graecis acceptum in hoc Ovidii Metam. IV. 643. videmus,

tempus, Atla, veniet

: cui par est apud Homerum

Πουλυδάμα

. Sed tamen indulserunt sibi interdum poetae huiusmodi mutationes formarum: unde apud Choeroboscum ad Theodosii canones in Bekkeri Anecd. p. 1183. legimus

καὶ λέγουσιν οἱ ποιηταὶ πολλάκις ὁ Αἴας τοῦ Δία καὶ ὁ Δρύας τοῦ Δρύα καὶ ὁ Θόας τοῦ Θόα, ὡς παρ' Ἡσιόδῳ “ἡ δὲ Θόαν τέκεν υἱόν,” καὶ παρ' Ἀλκαίῳ “Αἴαν τὸν ἄριστον.” οἱ γὰρ ποιηταὶ μέτρῳ δουλεύοντες πολλάκις διὰ τὴν ἀνάγκην τοῦ μέτρου παραβαίνουσι τὸν κάνονα

. Hesiodus quidem scribere poterat, et scripsit fortasse,

ἣ δὲ Θόαντ' ἔτεχ' υἱόν

. Alcaei versum integrum habet Hephaestio p. 61. Gaisf.

Κρονίδα βασιλῆος γένος, Αἴαν, τὸν ἄριστον πέδ Αχιλλέα

. Hic, ubi nulla metri necessitas cogebat, mirabilis est versus quem Dindorfius dedit,

εἰςιδόμαν θεὸν Ἄτλαν ὃς αἰὲν

Post

Ἄτλανθ᾿ ὃς

omnes libri

αἰέν

. Tum

ὑπείροσχον

Lips.

ὑπείοέχον

Par. C. Ceteri libri

ὑπείροχον

, praeter Vit. in quo recte scriptum est

ὑπέροχον

. Libri

σθένος κραταιὸν οὐράνιόν τε πόλον νώτοις ὑποστενάζει

, nisi quod

κρατεὸν

πῶλον

G. habet, Robortellus autem

ὑποβαστάζει

. Nihil hoc est nisi interpretatio verae scripturae

ὑποστεγάζει

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superscriptum

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στέγει, κρύπτει, συνέχει, βαστάζει, ὑπομένει

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στέγει, καὶ στεγόντων, ἀνεχόντων, βασταζόντων

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σθένος

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Ἄτλαντος αἰὲν ὑπείροχον σθένος

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οὐράνιόν τε πόλον

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Προμηθεύς οὐ ταῦτα ταύτῃ Μοῖρά πω τελεσφόρος κρᾶναι πέπρωται, μυρίαις δὲ πημοναῖς δύαις τε καμφθεὶς ὧδε δεσμὰ φυγγάνω: τέχνη δ᾽ ἀνάγκης ἀσθενεστέρα μακρῷ.

Χορός τίς οὖν ἀνάγκης ἐστὶν οἰακοστρόφος; 515

Προμηθεύς Μοῖραι τρίμορφοι μνήμονές τ᾽ Ἐρινύες.

Χορός τούτων ἄρα Ζεύς ἐστιν ἀσθενέστερος;

Προμηθεύς οὔκουν ἂν ἐκφύγοι γε τὴν πεπρωμένην.

Χορός τί γὰρ πέπρωται Ζηνὶ πλὴν 16 ἀεὶ κρατεῖν;

Προμηθεύς τοῦτ᾽ οὐκέτ᾽ ἂν πύθοιο μηδὲ λιπάρει. 520

Χορός ἦ πού τι σεμνόν ἐστιν ὃ ξυναμπέχεις.

Προμηθεύς οὐ ταῦτα ταύτῃ Μοῖρά πω τελεσφόρος κρᾶναι πέπρωται, μυρίαις δὲ πημοναῖς δύαις τε καμφθεὶς ὧδε δεσμὰ φυγγάνω· τέχνη δʼ ἀνάγκης ἀσθενεστέρα μακρῷ.

Χορός τίς οὖν ἀνάγκης ἐστὶν οἰακοστρόφος; 515

Προμηθεύς Μοῖραι τρίμορφοι μνήμονές τʼ Ἐρινύες

Χορός τούτων ἄρα Ζεύς ἐστιν ἀσθενέστερος;

Προμηθεύς οὔκουν ἂν ἐκφύγοι γε τὴν πεπρωμένην.

Χορός τί γὰρ πέπρωται Ζηνὶ πλὴν ἀεὶ κρατεῖν;

Προμηθεύς τοῦτʼ οὐκέτʼ ἂν πύθοιο μηδὲ λιπάρει. 520

Χορός ἦ πού τι σεμνόν ἐστιν ὃ ξυναμπέχεις.

ΠΡ.

Chorus You have suffered sorrow and humiliation. You have lost your wits and have gone astray; and, like an unskilled doctor, fallen ill, you lose heart and cannot discover by which remedies to cure your own disease. 475

Chorus Do not benefit mortals beyond reason and disregard your own distress; although, I am confident that you will be freed from these bonds and will have power in no way inferior to Zeus. 510

Prometheus Not in this way is Fate, who brings all to fulfillment, destined to complete this course. Only when I have been bent by pangs and tortures infinite am I to escape my bondage. Skill is weaker by far than Necessity.

Chorus Who then is the helmsman of Necessity? 515

Prometheus The three-shaped Fates and mindful Furies.

Chorus Can it be that Zeus has less power than they do?

Prometheus Yes, in that even he cannot escape what is foretold.

Chorus Why, what is fated for Zeus except to hold eternal sway?

Prometheus This you must not learn yet; do not be over-eager. 520

Chorus It is some solemn secret, surely, that you enshroud in mystery.

Prometheus Think of some other subject, for it is not the proper time to speak of this. No matter what, this must be kept concealed; for it is by safeguarding it that I am to escape my dishonorable bonds and outrage. 525

PROMETHEUS

PROMETHEUS.

Titano. A lui su gli òmeri tutta la terra preme ed il sidereo polo: egli, sotto quel peso orrido, geme. 495

CORO E del pelago l'onde gridano insiem con lui: gemiti manda il bàratro, ed i recessi bui dell'Ade sotterraneo 500 rombano: le sorgenti, le linfe pure e monde dei fiumi, piangon miseri lamenti. Compiute le evoluzioni, le Oceanine si volgono verso Prometeo.

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Atlantem, qui semper grave robur.

Fortem & cœlestem polum

Humeris sustinet, resonat marinus fluctus

Incidens, tristatur gurges,
430

Nigrum antrum Plutoniæ subsfremit

Terræ, & fontes castorum fluuiorum

Deflent dolorem miserabilem.

Χορός

τίς οὖν ἀνάγκης ἐστὶν οἰακοστρόφος;
515

Προμηθεύς

Μοῖραι τρίμορφοι μνήμονές τ᾽ Ἐρινύες.

Χορός

τούτων ἄρα Ζεύς ἐστιν ἀσθενέστερος;

Προμηθεύς

οὔκουν ἂν ἐκφύγοι γε τὴν πεπρωμένην.

Χορός

τί γὰρ πέπρωται Ζηνὶ πλὴν¹⁶ ἀεὶ κρατεῖν;

Προμηθεύς

τοῦτ᾽ οὐκέτ᾽ ἂν πύθοιο μηδὲ λιπάρει.
520

Χορός

ἦ πού τι σεμνόν ἐστιν ὃ ξυναμπέχεις.

Χορός

τίς οὖν ἀνάγκης ἐστὶν οἰακοστρόφος;
515

Προμηθεύς

Μοῖραι τρίμορφοι μνήμονές τʼ Ἐρινύες

Χορός

τούτων ἄρα Ζεύς ἐστιν ἀσθενέστερος;

Προμηθεύς

οὔκουν ἂν ἐκφύγοι γε τὴν πεπρωμένην.

Χορός

τί γὰρ πέπρωται Ζηνὶ πλὴν ἀεὶ κρατεῖν;

Προμηθεύς

τοῦτʼ οὐκέτʼ ἂν πύθοιο μηδὲ λιπάρει.
520

Χορός

ἦ πού τι σεμνόν ἐστιν ὃ ξυναμπέχεις.

Chorus

You have suffered sorrow and humiliation. You have lost your wits and have gone astray; and, like an unskilled doctor, fallen ill, you lose heart and cannot

discover by which remedies to cure your own disease.
475

Chorus

Do not benefit mortals beyond reason and disregard your own distress; although, I am confident that you will be freed

from these bonds and will have power in no way inferior to Zeus.
510

Prometheus

Not in this way is Fate, who brings all to fulfillment, destined to complete this course. Only when I have been bent by pangs and tortures infinite am I to escape my bondage. Skill is weaker by far than Necessity.

Chorus

Who then is the helmsman of Necessity?
515

Prometheus

The three-shaped Fates and mindful Furies.

Chorus

Can it be that Zeus has less power than they do?

Prometheus

Yes, in that even he cannot escape what is foretold.

Chorus

Why, what is fated for Zeus except to hold eternal sway?

Prometheus

This you must not learn yet; do not be over-eager.
520

Chorus

It is some solemn secret, surely, that you enshroud in mystery.

Prometheus

Think of some other subject, for it is not the proper time to speak of this. No matter what, this must be kept concealed; for it is by safeguarding it that

I am to escape my dishonorable bonds and outrage.
525

Titano. A lui su gli òmeri

tutta la terra preme

ed il sidereo polo:

egli, sotto quel peso orrido, geme.
495

CORO

E del pelago l'onde

gridano insiem con lui:

gemiti manda il bàratro,

ed i recessi bui

dell'Ade sotterraneo
500

rombano: le sorgenti,

le linfe pure e monde

dei fiumi, piangon miseri lamenti.

Compiute le evoluzioni, le Oceanine si volgono verso Prometeo.