Heu heu, quò quò, unde unde,
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Prometheus Bound. Aeschylus. Ioannes Sanravius (Translator). Basileae. 1555.
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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.) — 561-573 focus
Ἰώ
τίς γῆ; τί γένος; τίνα φῶ λεύσσειν
τόνδε χαλινοῖς
1
ἐν πετρίνοισιν
χειμαζόμενον;
τίνος ἀμπλακίας ποινὰς ὀλέκει;
σήμηνον ὅποι
565
γῆς ἡ μογερὰ πεπλάνημαι.
566
τίς γῆ; τί γένος; τίνα φῶ λεύσσειν
τόνδε χαλινοῖς
1
ἐν πετρίνοισιν
χειμαζόμενον;
τίνος ἀμπλακίας ποινὰς ὀλέκει;
σήμηνον ὅποι
565
γῆς ἡ μογερὰ πεπλάνημαι.
Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 561-573 focus
Ἰώ
τίς γῆ; τί γένος; τίνα φῶ λεύσσειν
τόνδε χαλινοῖς ἐν πετρίνοισιν
χειμαζόμενον;
τίνος ἀμπλακίας ποινὰς ὀλέκῃ;
σήμηνον ὅποι γῆς ἡ μογερὰ πεπλάνημαι.
565
τίς γῆ; τί γένος; τίνα φῶ λεύσσειν
τόνδε χαλινοῖς ἐν πετρίνοισιν
χειμαζόμενον;
τίνος ἀμπλακίας ποινὰς ὀλέκῃ;
σήμηνον ὅποι γῆς ἡ μογερὰ πεπλάνημαι.
565
Ἰώ
ἆ ἆ, ἒ ἔ,
χρίει τις αὖ με τὰν τάλαιναν οἶστρος,
εἴδωλον Ἄργου γηγενοῦς, ἄλευʼ ἆ δᾶ· φοβοῦμαι
τὸν μυριωπὸν εἰσορῶσα βούταν.
ὁ δὲ πορεύεται δόλιον ὄμμʼ ἔχων,
570
ὃν οὐδὲ κατθανόντα γαῖα κεύθει.
ἀλλʼ, ἐμὲ τὰν τάλαιναν
ἐξ ἐνέρων περῶν κυναγετεῖ, πλανᾷ
τε νῆστιν ἀνὰ τὰν παραλίαν ψάμμαν.
ἆ ἆ, ἒ ἔ,
χρίει τις αὖ με τὰν τάλαιναν οἶστρος,
εἴδωλον Ἄργου γηγενοῦς, ἄλευʼ ἆ δᾶ· φοβοῦμαι
τὸν μυριωπὸν εἰσορῶσα βούταν.
ὁ δὲ πορεύεται δόλιον ὄμμʼ ἔχων,
570
ὃν οὐδὲ κατθανόντα γαῖα κεύθει.
ἀλλʼ, ἐμὲ τὰν τάλαιναν
ἐξ ἐνέρων περῶν κυναγετεῖ, πλανᾷ
τε νῆστιν ἀνὰ τὰν παραλίαν ψάμμαν.
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 566 focus
ἆ ἆ,
χρίει τις αὖ με τὰν τάλαιναν οἶστρος,
εἴδωλον ῎Αργου γηγενοῦς, ἄλευ δᾶ,
τὸν μυριωπὸν εἰσορῶσα βούταν.
ὁ δὲ πορεύεται δόλιον ὄμμ᾽ ἔχων,
570
ὃν οὐδὲ κατθανόντα γαῖα κεύθει.
ἀλλ᾽ ἐμὲ τὰν τάλαιναν
ἐξ ἐνέρων περῶν κυναγετεῖ,
πλανᾷ τε νῆστιν ἀνὰ τὰν παραλίαν ψάμμαν.
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 566 focus
ἔα ἔα, να ἔα·
χρίει τις αὖ με τὰν τάλαιναν οἶστρος,
εἴδωλον Ἄργου γηγενοῦς, ἄλευε δᾶ,
565
ἔα ἔα, να ἔα·
χρίει τις αὖ με τὰν τάλαιναν οἶστρος,
εἴδωλον Ἄργου γηγενοῦς, ἄλευε δᾶ,
565
Ἰὼ ἡ Ἰνάχου
τὸν μυριωπὸν εἰςορῶσα βούταν.
ὃ δὲ πορεύεται δόλιον ὄμμ᾽ ἔχων,
ὃν οὐδὲ κατθανόντα γαῖα κεύθει.
στρ.
ἀλλά με τὰν τάλαιναν
ἐξ ἐνέρων περῶν κυναγεῖ, πλανᾷ
570
τε νῆστιν ἀνὰ τὴν παραλίαν ψάμμον.
τὸν μυριωπὸν εἰςορῶσα βούταν.
ὃ δὲ πορεύεται δόλιον ὄμμ᾽ ἔχων,
ὃν οὐδὲ κατθανόντα γαῖα κεύθει.
ἀλλά με τὰν τάλαιναν
ἐξ ἐνέρων περῶν κυναγεῖ, πλανᾷ
570
τε νῆστιν ἀνὰ τὴν παραλίαν ψάμμον.
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 566 focus
Ἆ ἆ,
ἐή
ἢ ἔ
ἔα ἔα,
Ἆ ἆ,
ἐή
ἢ ἔ
ἔα ἔα,
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 566 focus
ἀ ὰ, ἔ ἔ,
χρίει τις αὖ με τὰν τάλαιναν οἶστρος,
εἴδωλον Ἄργου γηγενοῦς, ἄλευ᾽ ὦ δᾶ,
τὸν μυριωπὸν εἰσορῶσα βούταν.
590
ὃ δὲ πορεύεται δόλιον ὄμμ᾽ ἔχων,
ὃν οὐδὲ κατθανόντα γαῖα κεύθει.
ἀλλά με τὰν τάλαιναν ἐξ ἐνέρων περῶν
ἀ ὰ, ἔ ἔ,
χρίει τις αὖ με τὰν τάλαιναν οἶστρος,
εἴδωλον Ἄργου γηγενοῦς, ἄλευ᾽ ὦ δᾶ,
τὸν μυριωπὸν εἰσορῶσα βούταν.
590
ὃ δὲ πορεύεται δόλιον ὄμμ᾽ ἔχων,
ὃν οὐδὲ κατθανόντα γαῖα κεύθει.
ἀλλά με τὰν τάλαιναν ἐξ ἐνέρων περῶν
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 566 focus
ἀἀ ἕ ἕ·
χρίει τις αὖ με τὰν τάλαιναν οἶστρος,
εἴδωλον Ἄργου γηγενοῦς ἀλεῦμαι [φοβοῦμαι]
τὸν μυριωπὸν εἰσιδοῦσα βούταν.
ὃ δὲ πορεύεται δόλιον ὄμμ᾽ ἔχων,
570
ὃν οὐδὲ κατθανόντα γαῖα κεύθει
ἀλλά με τὰν τάλαιναν
ἐξ ἐνέρων περῶν κυνηγετεῖ πλανᾶι
τε νῆστιν ἀνὰ τὰν παραλίαν ψάμμον. –
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.)) — 561-570 focus
Enter Io
1
566
Io
What land is this? What people? By what name am I to call the one I see exposed to the tempest in bonds of rock? What offence have you committed that as punishment you are doomed to destruction?
Tell me to what region of the earth I have wandered in my wretchedness?
565
566
What land is this? What people? By what name am I to call the one I see exposed to the tempest in bonds of rock? What offence have you committed that as punishment you are doomed to destruction?
Tell me to what region of the earth I have wandered in my wretchedness?
565
Oh, oh! Aah! Aah! A gad-fly, phantom of earth-born Argus is stinging me again! Keep him away, O Earth! I am fearful when I behold that myriad-eyed herdsman. He travels onward with his crafty gaze upon me;
not even in death does the earth conceal him, but passing from the shades he hounds me, the forlorn one, and drives me famished along the sands of the seashore.
570
Oh, oh! Aah! Aah! A gad-fly, phantom of earth-born Argus is stinging me again! Keep him away, O Earth! I am fearful when I behold that myriad-eyed herdsman. He travels onward with his crafty gaze upon me;
not even in death does the earth conceal him, but passing from the shades he hounds me, the forlorn one, and drives me famished along the sands of the seashore.
570
Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 566 focus
Ah me! alas! alas! again the hornet
stings me miserable: O earth avert
the goblin of earth-born Argus
: I am terrified at the sight of the neatherd of thousand eyes, for he is journeying on, keeping a cunning glance, whom not even after death does earth conceal: but issuing forth from among the departed he chases me miserable, and he makes me to wander famished along the shingled strand,
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 566 focus
dire que j'ai devant les yeux, battu de la tourmente sous un
harnais de roc ? quelle faute expies-tu en te mourant ici ? Révèle-moi donc en quel point du monde, malheureuse, m'ont portée mes erreurs.
harnais de roc ? quelle faute expies-tu en te mourant ici ? Révèle-moi donc en quel point du monde, malheureuse, m'ont portée mes erreurs.
Elle sursaute, épouvantée.
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ
Vif.
Agité.
Elle commence à courir en tous sens, comme si elle fuyait un ennemi invisible.
Ah ! un taon de nouveau me taraude, infortunée ! C'est le spectre d'Argos, fils de la Terre. Las ! Terre, éloigne-le ! Je m'épouvante, quand je vois le bouvier aux yeux innombrables.
Le voici qui s'avance, avec son regard perfide ! Même mort, la terre ne le cache pas ; il sort des enfers pour donner la chasse à l'infortunée, pour la faire errer, affamée, sur le sable qui borde les mers !
Le voici qui s'avance, avec son regard perfide ! Même mort, la terre ne le cache pas ; il sort des enfers pour donner la chasse à l'infortunée, pour la faire errer, affamée, sur le sable qui borde les mers !
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 566 focus
Again that ſting!-Ah me, that form again!-
With all his hundred eyes the earthborn Argus-
Cover it, Earth! See, how it glares upon me,
The horrid ſpectre! - Wilt thou not, O Earth,
Cover the dead, that from thy dark abyss
580
He comes to haunt me, to purſue my ſteps,
And drive me foodleſs o'er the barren ſtrand?
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 566 focus
È assalita da piú fiero delirio.
Ahimè! Ahimè!
665
Misera me! L'assillo ancor mi punge!
Lo spettro io veggo, ahimè!, d'Argo terrigeno,
del pastor dai mille occhi! O Giove, salvami!
Egli s'avanza! M'affascina l'occhio
cui neppur morto la terra nasconde.
670
Ma come un cane, surgendo dagli Inferi,
me sciagurata sospinge, e digiuna
lungo le sabbie del pelago incalza.
1
Strofe
IO
Strepe il vocale cerato calamo
Strepe il vocale cerato calamo
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.) — 566 focus
Ah, but it maddens, the sting! it burns in my piteous side!
Ah, but the vision, the spectre, the earth-born, the myriad-eyed!
Avoid thee! Earth, hide him, thine offspring! he cometh—O aspect of ill!
Ghostly, and crafty of face, and dead, but pursuing me still!
615
Ah, woe upon me, woe ineffable!
He steals upon my track, a hound of hell—
Where'er I stray, along the sands and brine,
Weary and foodless, come his creeping eyne!
Ah, but it maddens, the sting! it burns in my piteous side!
Ah, but the vision, the spectre, the earth-born, the myriad-eyed!
Avoid thee! Earth, hide him, thine offspring! he cometh—O aspect of ill!
Ghostly, and crafty of face, and dead, but pursuing me still!
615
Ah, woe upon me, woe ineffable!
He steals upon my track, a hound of hell—
Where'er I stray, along the sands and brine,
Weary and foodless, come his creeping eyne!
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.) — 566 focus
Ach, ach! Weh, weh!
Mich sticht der Wahnsinn, mich Arme, wieder!
Des Erdensohns, des Argos Bild,
Wehrt's ab! Hu! Grauen fast mich,
Den Tausendäugigen seh' ich, meinen Hüter.
565
Sieh, dort schleicht er her, lauernden Trug im Blick!
Im Tode selbst verbirgt ihn nicht die Erde;
Nein, aus des Hades Grüften
Steigt er empor, und jagt
Mich Arme gleich dem Wilde, scheucht mich
570
Lechzende durch des Gestades Sand.
Ach, ach! Weh, weh!
Mich sticht der Wahnsinn, mich Arme, wieder!
Des Erdensohns, des Argos Bild,
Wehrt's ab! Hu! Grauen fast mich,
Den Tausendäugigen seh' ich, meinen Hüter.
565
Sieh, dort schleicht er her, lauernden Trug im Blick!
Im Tode selbst verbirgt ihn nicht die Erde;
Nein, aus des Hades Grüften
Steigt er empor, und jagt
Mich Arme gleich dem Wilde, scheucht mich
570
Lechzende durch des Gestades Sand.
Commentary
Critical apparatus to Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) (Latin and Greek critical apparatus to Gottfried Hermann's 1852 edition of Prometheus Bound.) focus
570.
mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-646
κυναγεῖ:
κυνηγέτει sic M.
κυνηγετεῖ G. Vit. Lips. Aug. edd. vett.
κυναγετεῖ Brunckius. Scribendum potius erat
κυναγεῖ, quo restituitur dochmius.
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
561-886.
mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-375
561-886. Third Episode. Io and Prometheus. The myth of Io is connected with that of Prometheus by the person of Heracles, the libera- tor of Prometheus, who is descended from
paphus, the son of Zeus and Io (see on 774). The appearance of Io therefore prepares the way for the introduction of Heracles in the
Προ-
μηθεὺς
λυόμενος. But the immediate significance of this scene consists in the present relation of Zeus and Io. Io appears as innocent and yet perse- cuted; her sufferings, superficially considered, put Zeus in the worst possible light. Accordingly the in- dignation of Prometheus rises more and more, till at last, carried away by passion, he vaunts his secret in such terms that the interposition of Zeus becomes inevitable. So the transition to the catastrophe is pre- pared. The geographical part of this episode, with its description of marvels, like the scene of Heracles in the
Προμηθεὺς
λυόμενος (see below, Frg. VII. and VIII.), doubtless had a peculiar charm for the Athenians of the period. On the origin of the myth of Io, see Introd. p. 9, footnote. Io appears as a horned maiden (588, 674; so indi- cated by her mask). In early Greek art, especially in
vase-paintings, she has the figure of a cow outright. On the throne of the Amyclaean Apollo, a work of the sculptor Bathycles (about Ol. 60), Hera was represented as glaring at Io, 'who is already a cow' (Paus. iii. 18. 7). On an archaic
black-figured vase of the Munich collection (No. 573; see Panofka, Argos Panoptes, plate 5), Argus is seen, seated on the ground, a fero- cious figure with long hair and beard, and a huge eye in his shaggy breast; he holds in his hand a long cord, attached to the horns of a cow. Near by stands Hermes, grasping the cord near the horns with his left hand, and about to draw his sword with his right. Argus's dog
stands at bay in front of his master. Through the influence of this trag- edy, Io came later to be depicted in art as a maiden with horns. So, for instance, on a
red-figured vase of the Berlin Museum (Panofka, l.c., plate 3). The stinging gadfly' of the legend (cp. Suppl. 306
BΑ.
τί
οὖν
ἔτευξεν
ἄλλο
δυσπότμῳ
βοΐ;
ΧΟ.
βοη-
λάτην
μύωπα
κινητήριον, Verg. Georg. iii. 147 cui nomen asilo Ro- manum est, oestrum Graii vertere vocantes), which is mentioned in Io's narrative, 675 be- low, had also to be omitted in the scenic representation. The difficulty was met by a figurative conception of
οἶστρος; the maddening sting was interpreted as the reminiscence of the crafty eye of Argos (567). — On account of the unusual manner of Io's entrance and exit, the anapaests which commonly accompany the ar- rival and departure of a personage are here and at 877 given to the actor, not to the chorus. So above, at the entrance of the chorus (120 ff.).