Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, Ioannes Sanravius (Translator), 894

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Nunquam Parcæ, nunquam

Videatis me consortem lectorum esse,

Neq; coniunctam alicui cœlesti,

Nam timeo, inamabilem virginitatem
900

Iûs videns, affectam à Iunone

Non ferendis erroribus laborum,

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

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Funding provided by Schmidt Sciences.

Current edition Experimental

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

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (7)

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 887-906 focus

str. 1

Χορός

ἦ σοφὸς ἦ σοφὸς [ἦν]¹ ὃς

πρῶτος ἐν γνώμᾳ τόδ᾽ ἐβάστασε καὶ γλώσ-

σᾳ διεμυθολόγησεν,

ὡς τὸ κηδεῦσαι καθ᾽ ἑαυτὸν ἀριστεύει μακρῷ,
890

καὶ μήτε τῶν πλούτῳ διαθρυπτομένων

μήτε τῶν γέννᾳ μεγαλυνομένων

ὄντα χερνήταν ἐραστεῦσαι γάμων.

894

ant. 1

Χορός

μήποτε μήποτέ μ᾽, ὦ

<πότνιαι>² Μοῖραι, λεχέων Διὸς εὐνά-
895

τειραν ἴδοισθε πέλουσαν:

μηδὲ πλαθείην γαμέτᾳ³ τινὶ τῶν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ.

ταρβῶ γὰρ ἀστεργάνορα παρθενίαν

εἰσορῶσ᾽ Ἰοῦς ἀμαλαπτομέναν⁴

δυσπλάνοις⁵ Ἥρας ἀλατείαις πόνων.
900
901

ep.

Χορός

ἐμοὶ δ᾽ ὅτε⁶ μὲν ὁμαλὸς ὁ γάμος,⁷

ἄφοβος: [οὐ δέδια:]:⁸ μηδὲ κρεισσόνων θεῶν

[ἔρως]⁹ ἄφυκτον ὄμμα προσδράκοι¹⁰ με.

ἀπόλεμος ὅδε γ᾽ ὁ πόλεμος, ἄπορα πόριμος:

οὐδ᾽ ἔχω τίς ἂν γενοίμαν: τὰν Διὸς γὰρ οὐχ ὁρῶ
905

μῆτιν ὅπα φύγοιμ᾽ ἄν.

907

Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 887-906b focus

Χορός

ἦ σοφὸς ἦ σοφὸς ἦν ὃς

πρῶτος ἐν γνώμᾳ τόδʼ ἐβάστασε καὶ γλώσ-

σᾳ διεμυθολόγησεν,

ὡς τὸ κηδεῦσαι καθʼ ἑαυτὸν ἀριστεύει μακρῷ,
890

καὶ μήτε τῶν πλούτῳ διαθρυπτομένων

μήτε τῶν γέννᾳ μεγαλυνομένων

ὄντα χερνήταν ἐραστεῦσαι γάμων.

894

Χορός

μήποτε μήποτέ μʼ, ὦ

πότνιαι Μοῖραι, λεχέων Διὸς εὐνά-
895

τειραν ἴδοισθε πέλουσαν·

μηδὲ πλαθείην γαμέτᾳ τινὶ τῶν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ.

ταρβῶ γὰρ ἀστεργάνορα παρθενίαν

εἰσορῶσʼ Ἰοῦς ἀμαλαπτομέναν

δυσπλάνοις Ἥρας ἀλατείαις πόνων.
900

901

Χορός

ἐμοὶ δʼ ὅτε μὲν ὁμαλὸς ὁ γάμος,

ἄφοβος· οὐ δέδια· μηδὲ κρεισσόνων θεῶν

ἔρως ἄφυκτον ὄμμα προσδράκοι με.

ἀπόλεμος ὅδε γʼ ὁ πόλεμος, ἄπορα πόριμος·

οὐδʼ ἔχω τίς ἂν γενοίμαν.
905

τὰν Διὸς γὰρ οὐχ ὁρῶ

μῆτιν ὅπα φύγοιμʼ ἄν.

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 894 focus

μήποτε μήποτέ μ᾽, ὦ

πότνιαι Μοίραι, λεχέων Διὸς εὐνάτειραν ἴδοισθε πέλουσαν·
895

μηδὲ πλαθείην γαμέτᾳ τινὶ τῶν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ.

ταρβῶ γὰρ ἀστεργάνορα παρθενίαν

εἰσορῶσ᾽ Ἰοῦς μέγα δαπτομέναν

δυσπλάνοις Ἥρας ἀλατείαις πόνων.
900

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 894 focus

μήποτε, μήποτέ μ', ὦ Μοῖ-

ραι, λεχέων Διὸς εὐνά-

τειραν ἴδοισθε πέλουσαν·

μηδὲ πλαθείην γαμέτᾳ τινὶ τῶν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ.

ταρβῶ γὰρ ἀστεργάνορα παρθενίαν
900

εἰςορῶσ᾽ Ἰοῦς μέγα δαπτομέναν

δυςπλάνοις Ἥρας ἀλατείαις πόνων.

στρ. β'.

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 894 focus

Μήποτε μήποτέ μ', ὦ Μοῖ-

Ant.

ραι < τελέστειραι om.>, λεχέων Διὸς εὐνά-
895

τειραν ἴδοισθε πέλουσαν

μηδὲ πλαθείην πλαθείη ἐν Μ πλαθείην (uel πλασθείην) ἐν cett. γαμέτᾳ τινὶ τῶν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ·

ταρβῶ γὰρ ἀστεργάνορα παρθενίαν

εἰσορῶσ' Ἰοῦς ἀμαλαπτομέναν (γ' ἀμαλ. Weil) : γάμῳ δαπτομέναν

δυσπλάνοις δυσπλάγχνοις Ἥρας ἀλατείαις πόνων.
900

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 894 focus

μήποτε μήποτέ μ', ὦ

Μοῖραι, λεχέων Διὸς εὐνά-

τειραν ἴδοισθε πέλουσαν.

μηδὲ πλαθείην γαμέτα
925

τινὶ τῶν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ.

ταρβῶ γὰρ ἀστερ-

γάνορα παρθενίαν

εἰσορῶσ᾽ Ἰοῦς ἀμαλαπτομέναν.

δυσπλάνοις Ἥρας ἀλατείαις πόνων.
930

Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 894 focus

μήποτε μήποτέ μ᾽, ὦ

(πότνιαι) Μοῖραι λεχέων Διὸς εὐνά-

895

τειραν ἴδοισθε πέλουσαν·

μηδὲ πλαθείην γαμέται τινὶ τῶν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ.

ταρβῶ γὰρ ἀστεργάνορα παρθενίαν

εἰσορῶσ᾽ Ἰοῦς ἀμαλαπτομέναν

δυσπλάνοις Ἥρας ἀλατείαις πόνων. =

900

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.)) — 887-905 focus

Chorus

Ah, sage, sage indeed, was he who first pondered this truth in his mind and with his tongue gave it utterance—

that to marry in one’s own class is far the best—a poor man should not desire to marry among those who are pampered by riches, or who are mighty in pride of birth.
890

894

Chorus

Never, oh never,

immortal Fates, may you see me the partner of the bed of Zeus, and may I be wedded to no bridegroom who descends to me from heaven. For I shudder when I behold the loveless maidenhood of Io, cruelly crushed like this
895

by her toilsome wanderings sent by Hera.
900

901

Chorus

When marriage is on equal terms, in my opinion it is no cause for dread; so never may the love of the mightier gods cast on me its irresistible glance. That would indeed be a war that cannot be fought, a source of resourceless misery; and

I do not know what would be my fate, for I do not see how I could escape the designs of Zeus.
905

Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 894 focus

Never, O Destinies , never ........ may ye behold me approaching as a partner the couch of Jupiter: nor may I be brought to the arms of any bridegroom from among the sons of heaven: for I am in dread when I behold the maiden Io, contented with no mortal lover, greatly marred by wearisome wanderings at the hand of Juno.

PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 894 focus

Ah ! puissiez-vous ne jamais, ne jamais me voir, Parques, vous sans qui rien ne s'achève, tenir la place d'une épouse dans le lit de Zeus ! Puissé-je même ne jamais connaître les embrassements d'un mari habitant du ciel. Je frémis, quand je vois Io, la vierge rebelle à l'amour, s'épuiser, grâce à
Héra, dans ce dur vagabondage de douleur.

Plus vif.

LE CHŒUR

Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 894 focus

Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 894 focus

Non mai, non mai debba io di Giove il talamo

partecipare, o Moire,

1035

ministre della Sorte,

né a veruno dei Superi

avvicinarmi, che mi sia consorte.

Ché, disfatta per l'odio

d'Era veggendo, in miseri

1040

penosi errori, d'Io

l'aspra verginità, trema il cuor mio.

Epodo

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.) — 894 focus

O Fates, of awful empery!

Never may I by Zeus be wooed—
1005

Never give o'er my maidenhood

To any god that dwells on high.

A shudder to my soul is sent,

Beholding Io's doom forlorn—

By Hera's malice put to scorn,
1010

Roaming in mateless banishment.

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.) — 894 focus

Nimmer, o Mächte des Schicksals, nimmer mögt ihr

Mich in den Armen des Zeus als Lagergenossin erblicken!
890

Führe niemals einer der Himmlischen mich als Gattin heim!

Mich schaudert, Jo's züchtige Mädchengestalt,

Die den Gott flieht, also gemartert zu seh'n

Durch des Irrsals Müh'n, die Hera's Groll ihr schuf.

Schlußgesang.

Commentary

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

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

δρακοντόμαλλοι:

δρακοντόμαλοι

G. aliique pauci et Ald.

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

βροτοστυγεῖς:

βροτοστυγείς

Lips.

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

Γοργόνες:

Γοργόνες

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

τοιοῦτο μέν σοι τοῦτο:

τοιοῦτο

M. aliique et Rob.

τοιοῦτον

G. Vit. Lips. aliique et Ald. Nullus liber

μὰν

, ut refert de G. Vit. Ald. Butlerus, sed hi omnes

μὲν

habent, G. tamen in litura. Elmsleius, quod tragici rarissime

τοιοῦτο

τοσοῦτο

usurpent, scribendum putabat

τοιοῦτον ἕν σοι τοῦτο φρούριον λέγω

. Confidentius ad Oed. Col. 790.

τοιοῦτο

τοσοῦτο

prorsus a tragicis abiudicavit, fortasse quod, sicubi illa inveniuntur, metrum alteram formam admittat, ut in Eumen. 200. 419. Blomfieldio longe probabilius videbatur

τοιόνδε μέν σοι

. Ego quidem vulgatam scripturam servandam duxi, partim quod ille tragicorum usus vix satis stabiliri potest, partim quod sententia in illa Elmsleii coniectura non recte enuntiata videtur. Nam

ἓν

si dicitur, satis est

τοιοῦτο

aut

τοῦτο

addi, utroque autem addito alterum supervacaneum atque adeo molestum est.

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

ὀξυστόμους:

ὀξυστόμου

ante correctionem secundae manu M.

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

ἀκραγεῖς:

ἀκραγεῖς

Ven. 3. Bess. Par. H. Ald.

ἀκραγεῖς

Lips. Hesychius in codice

ἀκραγές

(Musurus ἀκραγγές),

δυςχερές, σκληρόν, ὀξύχολον, ἀσθενές

. Εtym. Μ. p. 52, 13.

ἀκραγγές, ἀσθενές, χαλεπόν, δυςχερές, σκληρόν, αὐστηρόν, καὶ τὸ ἀεὶ κλαῖον παιδίον. τά τε ἀκραγγῆ ὀξύχολα

. Sic etiam MS. Aug. Atque etiam in Bekkeri Anecd. p. 369, 17. legitur

ἄκραγγες, ἀκρόχολον, ἀσθενές, χαλεπόν

. Optima explicatio est

ἀκρόχολον

. Est enim vocabulum illud ab

ἄγη

deductum, de quo Etym. M. p. 9, 1.

ἄγη, θαῦμα, χαρά, ἀπιστία, ζῆλος. παρὰ Ἡρωδιανῷ βασκανία

. MS. Aug.

παρὰ Ἡροδ

. i. e.

παρὰ Ἡροδότῳ

(VI. 60.), ut Suidas quoque. Apertius Iovis ministri sunt aquila quae v. 1026. iecur Promethei exest, quaeque in Agamemnone v. 128. auguria dant aquilae. Hic gryphi sic appellati videntur ut Iovis voluntate ministerio auri custodiendi fungentes.

805. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-913

γρῦπας:

γύπας

γρῦπας

Ven. 3. quum ceteri fere ut Μ.

γρύπας

habeant.

805. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-914

τόν τε:

τό τε

ante sec. manus correctionem M.

τόν γε

Vit.

805. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-915

μουνῶπα:

μουνῶπα

a pr. manu M. Recentior circumflexum accentum in acutum mutavit et ultimae syllabae

ον

supra adscripsit. Eustathius ad Dionysii v. 31.

Αἰσχύλος δὲ μονῶπα στρατὸν ὀνομάζει

. Idem ad Od. p. 1388, 64.

μουνῶπα στρατὸν

ex h. l. commemorat.

806. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-916

Ἀριμασπὸν:

Ἀριμασπὸν

Vit. sed a pr. manu in

Ἀριμασπὸν

mutatum.

806. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-917

ἱπποβάμον:

ἱπποβάμον'

M. a pr. manu et Vit. Lips.

ἱπποβάμους'

806. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-918

οἳ χρυσόρρυτον:

οἳ χρυσόρρυτον

οἱ χρυσόρρυτοι

sic Lips.

807. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-919

νᾶμα:

νᾶμα

G. et a pr. manu M.

807. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-920

Πλούτωνος:

Πλούτωνος

. Lips.

807. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-921

πόρου:

πόρον

M. Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. N. Ven. 3. Vind. 3. 4. Rob. idque superscriptum in Colb. 2. Gravior est et magis Aeschylea coniunctio horum verborum,

νᾶμα πόρου

. Sic in Persis v. 231.

τῆλε πρὸς δυσμὰς ἄνακτος Ἡλίου φθινασμάτων

808. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-922

τηλουρὸν:

τηλουρὸν

ante recentioris manus correctionem M.

811. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-923

ὄχθας:

ὄχθας

Lips. et a pr. manu M.

811. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-924

ἕρφ':

ἕρφ'

Lips. aliique nonnulli et Ald.

ἕρφ',

adscripta explicatione

πορεύου

, G.

812. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-925

Βυβλίνων:

Βυβλίνων

M. Colb. 2. Cant. 1.

812. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-926

ὀρῶν:

ὀρῶν

G. Lips.

813. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-927

εὔποτον:

εὔποτον

, sed adscripta explicatione

γλυκύ

, Vit. Iis quae Stanleius de dulcedine aquae Nili ex Achillis Tatii IV, 18. et Spartiani Pescennio Nigro c. 7. attulit addi possunt Athenaeus p. 41. F. Eustathius p. 1499, 59.

814. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-928

τρίγωνον:

τρίγωνον

, superscripto

ον

, Vit.

τρίγωνα

Par. D. N.

816. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-929

κτίσαι:

κτῆσαι

Vit.

817. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-930

τῶν δ' εἴ τι σοι:

τῶν εἰ τι σοι

a pr. manu,

τῶν δ᾽ εἴ τι, σοι

a sec. M. Hunc versum a verbis his,

εἴ τί σοι

, et duos sequentes affert Athenaeus VIII. p. 347. C. Eustathius p. 1535, 24. commemorat

ψελλόν τι

(sic)

καὶ δυσεύρετον

. Antiatticista in Bekkeri Anecd. p. 116, 18.

ψελλός. Αἰσχύλος Προμηθεῖ. τέθεικε δὲ τὴν λέξιν ἐπὶ τοῦ σαφῶς μὴ εἰρημένου

. Sine interpretatione memoratur hoc verbum in excerptis

ἐκ τοῦ Ἀριστοφάνους τοῦ περὶ λέξεων διαλαβόντος

, quae Herodiani Epimerismis adiecit Boissonadius p. 285.

818. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-931

ἐπαναδίπλαζε:

ἐπαναδίπλαζε

G. Dindorfio placet

ἐπανδίπλαζε

819. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-932

NA: Hic versus ab alia manu scriptus in M.

819. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-933

ἢ θέλω:

εἰ θέλεις

ἢ θέλῃς

Vit. in quo

ει

s a correctore est.

ἢ θέλεις

Οx. Bess. Ald.

820. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-934

μέν:

μέντοι

Vit. et alii nonnulli.

821. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-935

πλάνης:

πλάνης

, superscripto

γρ. τύχης

, Lips.

τύχης

Ven. 3. Par. H. K. L.

823. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-936

αἰτούμεσθα:

αἰτούμεθα

Vit. Lips. aliique et Ald.

823. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-937

που: Ad

που

in Vit. superscriptum

τι

823. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-938

ἥνπερ: Consentiunt libri in

ἥντιν'

, etsi id hic

ἣν

dicendum erat. Non invitus acciperem, si liber aliquis praeberet

ἣν πρὶν ᾐτούμεσθα

, quemadmodum supra v. 700.

τὴν πρίν γε χρείαν

est dictum. Sed facillimum visum est

ἥνπερ

scribere. Sic v. 610. libri

ὃ

ὅτι

, ubi ex Etym. a Porsono

ὅπερ

restitutum est.

826. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-939

ἐκμεμόχθηκεν: In

ἐκμεμόχθηκεν

litterae

με

a sec. manu in M.

ἐκμόχθηκε

Vit.

ἐμμεμόχθηκε

G. Ceteri

ἐκμεμόχθηκε

829. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-940

εἶμι:

εἰμὶ

Lips.

830. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-941

δάπεδα: Libri

δάπεδα

. Porsonus ad Euripidis Or. 324. aut produci primam syllabam aut scribendum esse

γάπεδα

animadvertit, allatis his Stephani Byzantii in

γῆ

λέγεται καὶ γήπεδον τὸ πρὸς τοῖς οἴκοις ἐν πόλει κηπίον, ὅπερ οἱ τραγικοὶ διὰ τοῦ α φασὶ δωρίζοντες

. Addidit Blomfieldius scholiastam ad Il. IV. 2.

δάπεδον δὲ τὸ ὁμαλὸν χωρίον· γήπεδα δὲ τὰ ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι προκείμενα ταῖς οἰκίαις οἷον κηπίδια· οἰκόπεδα δὲ οἰκιῶν κατεριφεισῶν ἐδάφη

, et Eustathium p. 436, 41.

γήπεδον μέντοι τὸ ἐν πόλει προκείμενον οἰκίαις οἷον κηπίδιον

, et scholiastam Oppiani ad Hal. I. 54.

ἐκ τοῦ γῆ καὶ πέδον γήπεδον, τὸ τῆς οἰκίας πεδίον. οἰκήπεδον δὲ τὸ τῆς καταβληθείσης οἰκίας πεδίον, ἐρειποτόπιον λεγόμενον

. Tum Lycophronem v. 617.

τοῦ τειχοποιοῦ γαπέδων ἀμειβέως

, ubi libri confirmarunt hanc scripturam, restituendam Aeschylo etiam Choeph. v. 786.

831. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-942

αἰπύνωτόν τ':

αἰπύνωτόν τ'

a pr. manu M. ex quo sec. manus

αἰπύνωτόν τ'

fecit.

αἰπύνωτον δ'

Vit.

832. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-943

θᾶκός τ': Libri

θῶκος

. Correxit Brunckius.

τ'

omittit Vit. sed a glossatore

τὲ

superscriptum.

832. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-944

Θεσπρωτοῦ:

Θεσπρώτου

Lips. Strabo VII. p. 328.

Δωδώνη τοίνυν τὸ μὲν παλαιὸn ὑπὸ Θεσπρωτοῖς ἦν καὶ τὸ ὄρος ὁ Τόμαρος ἢ Τμάρος, ἀμφοτέρως γὰρ λέγεται, ὑφ᾽ ᾧ κεῖται τὸ ἱερόν· καὶ οἱ τραγικοὶ δὲ καὶ Πίνδαρος Θεσπρωτίδα εἰρήκασι τὴν Δωδώνην· ὕστερον δὲ ὑπὸ Μολοττοῖς ἐλέγετο

. Aeschylum spectasse videtur et Euripidem Phoen. v. 989.

ΚΡ. Θεσπρωτὸν οἶδας. Μ. σεμνὰ Δωδώνης βάθρα;

834. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-945

ὑφ' ὧν:

ἀφ᾽ ὧν

G. In

σὺ

posteriorem litteram, in

αἰνικτηρίως

tres primas a rec. manu refectas habet M.

835. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-946

προςηγορεύθης:

προσηγορήθης

Par. B. H. N. Ven. 3. quod Blomfieldio paullo vetustius visum est. At potestate differt. Nam

προςηγορεῖν

est blande alloqui, salutare, consolari. Apud Sophoclem El. 1470. Orestes, velatum interfectae Clytaemnestrae corpus afferens Aegistho,

οὐκ ἐμὸν τόδ', ἀλλὰ σόν, τὸ ταῦθ᾽ ὁρᾶν τε καὶ προςηγορεῖν φίλως

. Conf. Eur. Phoen. 996.

Προςαγορεύειν

, cuius perrarus apud tragicos usus est, invenitur apud Aeschylum Choeph. 938.

835. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-947

κλεινὴ:

δάμαρ κλεινὴ

Lips. sed supra

δάμαρ

iterum

κλεινὴ

scriptum.

836. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-948

μέλλουσ᾽ ἔσεσθαι, εἰ: E Turnebi editione manavit

μέλλουσ᾽ ἔσεσθ', εἰ τῶνδε προςσαίνει σέ τι

. omisso

εἰ

scriptum est

ἔσεσθαι τῶνδε

in M. G. Vit. Cantabr. 2. Par. B. D. H. K. L. N. Ven. 2. 3. Vindobonensibus omnibus et in Ald. Rob.

ἔσῃσθαι τῶνδε

Ox. Deinde

προσαίνει σέ τι

M. G. Vit. Lips. Par. E. Ven. 3.

προσαίνεις ἔτι

Colb. 1. Scholiastae quoque

εἰ

ignorant, qui haec verba,

τῶνδε προςσαίνει σέ τι

, volunt

διὰ μέσου

dicta esse. Interpretantur autem duobus modis, utroque ironia vacuo, uno quo

προςσαίνει

pro

θέλγει, ἡδύνει

dictum accipiatur, altero tali,

εἰς μνήμην ἔρχεται καὶ εὐφραίνει σε διὰ τὸ εἶναι ἀληθῶς δάμαρτα Διός

, οι

ὑπομιμνήσκει καὶ εὐφραίνει σε

Similiter apud Hesychium legitur

προσαίνουσί με, προςβάλλουσι, προςέρχονται

, quod pertinet ad

προςσαίνουσί με

in Eur. Hipp. 863. Hoc sensu si Aeschylus verbo isto usus esset, excidisse versum oporteret, quo haec pro apodosi praecedentium essent, verbi caussa

τῶνδε προςσαίνει σέ τι κλύουσαν ὀρθῶς οὐδὲν ἐξῃκασμένον;

quemadmodum locutus est in Agam. v. 1203. Interrogandi signum post

σέ τι

habet Cantabr. 1. Blomfieldius ex Arund. Cantabr. 1. Par. G. E.

ἔσεσθαι· τῶν δὲ

divisim scripsit, pathetice sumenda putans haec verba, quae sic est interpretatus, quin et hisce oraculis gratum aliquod tibi inerat. At neque significare hoc possunt ista verba, et quod

πάθος

dicit mala potius inconcinnitas eaque languidissimae sententiae est, nec melior machina quam si cum interrogatione dicatur

τῶνδε προςσαίνει σέ τι;

cuiusmodi interrogatio si mediae orationi insereretur, habere deberet particulam interrogativam, ut

μῶν σε προςσαίνει τάδε;

Νon puto dubitari posse quin

εἰ

necessarium esse recte perspexerit, quicumque fuit, qui

ἔσεσθ', εἰ τῶνδε

scripsit. Sed hoc tamen propter elisam diphthongum non videtur ferri posse. Non malam, sed audaciorem medicinam adhibuit Cantabrigiensis in Diarii classici fasc. V. p. 78.

μέλλουσ᾽ ἔσεσθαι, τῶνδέ γ' εἰ σαίνει σε τι

. Mihi aliquando emendandum videbatur, mutatione perparva,

ὑφ᾽ ὧν σὺ λαμπρῶς κοὐδὲν αἰνικτηρίως προςηγορεύθης, εἰ Διὸς κλεινὴ δάμαρ μέλλουσ᾽ ἔσεσθαι τῶνδε προςσαίνει σέ τι

. Sed abhorret id tamen a simplicitate dictionis Aeschyleae. Quare satius visum est propagatam a Turnebo lectionem ita servare ut plene scriberetur

ἔσεσθαι

cum eoque per crasin coalesceret

εἰ

. Saepissime enim librarii voculas, quae crasi non animadversa viderentur versum corrumpere, omittendas esse existimarunt. V. ad Eur. Iph. Taur. v. 667.

837. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-949

οἰστρήσασα:

οἰστρήσασα

οἰστρᾶν

dictum. V. ad Eur. Iph. Aul. 77.

838. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-950

ᾖξας:

ᾖξας

Vit. et fortasse a pr. manu M. qui

ᾖξας

a sec. manu habet.

839. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-951

παλιμπλάγκτοισι:

παλιπλάκτοισι

a pr. manu M.

παλιμπλάκτοισι

idem a sec. manu et G. Vit. Par. D.

παλιπλάγκτοισι

Ven. 3.

πολυπλάκτοισι

Lips.

πολυπλάγκτοισι

Arund. Cantabr. 1. Par. K. Vindobonenses et Rob.

839. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-952

χειμάζει:

χειμάζει

pro vulgato

χειμάζῃ

Par. E.

841. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-953

κεκλήσεται:

κεκλήσεται

Vit. Lips. et ceteri plerique.

κληθήσεται

M. G. Bess. edd. vett. idemque superscriptum est in Par. B. et habet Tzetzes ad Lycophr. 630. ubi hunc versum cum praecedente affert. Ionium mare ab Inachi filia appellatum esse Aeschylo auctore praeter Tzetzam tradunt Stephanus Byz. in

Ἰόνιον πέλαγος

, Etym. Μ. p. 473, 16. Eustathius ad Dionysii v. 92. scholiastes Euripidis ad Phoen. v. 211. ed. Matth. qui sic scribit,

οἳ δέ φασιν Αἰσχύλῳ αὐτὸν ἕπεσθαι οἰομένῳ πάντα πόντον Ἰόνιον λέγεσθαι ὃν ἀλωμένη περιῆλθεν ἡ Ἰώ

. Eandem nominis originem non memorato Aeschylo alii multi prodiderunt, ut Apollodorus II. 1, 3. scholiastes Pindari ad Pyth. III. 120. Apollonii Rhodii ad IV. 308. Euripidis ad Hipp. 727. Eustathius ad Dionysii v. 389. Hyginus fab. 145.

842. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-954

πᾶσιν:

πᾶσι

Vit. Lips. edd. vett. Post hunc versum in G. tamquam alius versus legitur

Ἰόνιος ἀπὸ σοῦ μνημονεύματα τῆς σῆς πλάνης

843. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-955

τάδ':

σημεῖα σοι τάδ'

843. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-956

ἐστὶ:

ἔστι

Μ.

846. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-957

ἐς ταὐτὸν:

ἐς ταὐτὸ

ante correctionem Vit.

847. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-958

ἔστιν:

ἔστιν

Μ.

ἔστι

G. Vit. Lips. edd. ante Vict. Afferunt hunc versum scholiastes Ambrosianus ad Od. IV. 563. VI. 204. Eustathius p. 1386, 12. 1509, 35. 1559, 60. quorum locorum in postremo

ἔστι τις πόλις

, in ceteris

ἔστι πόλις

legitur.

848. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-959

NA: Hic versus in Colb. 1. post sequentem positus est. In Vit. totus ita legitur,

Νείλου πρὸς αὐτῷ χώματι

. Inter versus adnotatum

καὶ πρὸς ἀναχωματισμῷ, ἤγουν ταῖς ὄχθαις

, et deinde in fine versus

τῷ στόματι

. Lips.

πρὸς αὐτόματι καὶ προςχώματι

849. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-960

ἐνταῦθα:

ταῦτα

pro

ἐνταῦθα

, superscripto ad ultimam syllabam

, Lips.

849. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-961

τίθησιν:

τίθεισιν

, superscripto a sec. manu

, Μ.

851. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-962

χειρὶ: Libri

χειρὶ

, nisi quod M. a sec. manu gravem accentum habet.

851. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-963

ἀταρβεῖ:

ἀταρβεῖ

scholia explicant

ἀφοβοποιῷ

, similiterque Blomfieldius nullum metum incutiente, placido, comparans Moschi versus II. 50.

ἐν δ᾽ ἦν Ζεὺς Κρονίδης, ἐπαφώμενος ἠρέμα χερσὶν πόρτιος Ἰναχίης, τὴν ἑπταπόρῳ παρὰ Νείλῳ ἐκ βοὺς εὐκεράοιο πάλιν μετάμειβε γυναῖκα

. Non credam isto significatu hoc vocabulum dictum esse, qui ne aptus quidem hic est, quum non sit quare metuendam sibi manum eius a quo amatur putet Io: sed est epitheton ornans, potentiam Iovis significandi caussa positum.

851. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-964

θιγὼν:

θιγὼν

M. Rob. Ceteri

θίγων

852. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-965

γεννημάτων: Omnes libri

γεννημάτων

, nisi quod M. a pr. manu et Lips.

γεννημάτων

. Miror Valckenario placuisse quod ad Phoen. 639. refert Scaligerum ex Peyraredi coniectura in libri sui margine adscripsisse,

θιγημάτων

. Nam quod affert ex Hesychio,

θιγημάτων, μιασμάτων

, id alio spectare apertum est, et ne scriptum quidem sic est apud Hesychium, sed, uti debebat,

θιγμάτων

. Tanta tamen fuit auctoritas Valckenarii, ut huic probatum verbum analogiae contrarium reciperent Brunckius et Schützius. Nihil prodesse puto tali coniecturae defendendae hoc scholion codicis Vit.

ἐνταῦθα ὁ Ζεὺς πάλιν ποιήσει ἄνθρωπον, ἀφόβῳ χειρὶ ἐφαψάμενός σου· τέξεις δὲ καὶ παῖδα Ἔπαφον ὀνομαζόμενον, ἐπώνυμον τῆς ἐπαφήσεως τῆς Διός

. Sensum enim eo scholio, non verba singula reddi alia scholia ostendunt. At, inquiunt Valckenarius et Brunckius, absurdum est

γεννημάτων

. Fateor ita videri posse, quum non praecedat quo referatur hoc vocabulum: quod recte se haberet, si

ἔγκυον

pro

ἔμφρονα

dixisset. At non multo minus absurdum esset, si ferri posset,

θιγημάτων

. Nam si sanam mentem contactu suo restituit virgini, quis inde colligat etiam gravidam eo contactu factam esse? Inde mihi olim nata est suspicio, in quam postea vidi etiam Elmsleium incidisse, deesse hic versum post

ἔμφρονα

, praesertim quum

μόνον

, si ad

τίθησιν ἔμφρονα

referatur, plane sit inutile, quia mentis compotem Iuppiter etiam nutu et sola voluntate sua reddere poterat. Nam alia minus probabilis est Elmsleii coniectura, haec verba,

ἐπαφῶν ἀταρβεῖ χειρὶ καὶ θιγὼν μόνον

, ex adnotatione in textum venisse: quae verba neque interpretem produnt, et ad intelligentiam rei sunt necessaria. Itaque omissi versus signa ante hunc versum posui. Recte enim iam omnia procedent, si tale quid scriptum fuisse statuamus,

παύσας τε μόχθων τῶνδε φιτύσει γόνον

. Vereor enim ne nimiae negligentiae reum faciat Aeschylum, qui quasi res nota fuerit omnibus omisisse eum credat mentionem graviditatis afferatque contraria ratione non dissimiles versus ex Supplicibus 298-300.

ΧΟ. καὶ Ζεύς γ᾽ ἐφάπτωρ χειρὶ φιτύει γόνον. ΒΑ. τίς οὖν ὁ Δῖος πόρτις εὔχεται βοός;

ΧΟ. Ἔπαφος, ἀληθῶς ῥυσίων ἐπώνυμος·

quod ut illic

ῥύσια

dicuntur, etsi nihil praecessit quo id vocabulum referatur, sic hic dictum sit

γεννημάτων

. At multo tamen facilius ex eo, quod potitus virgine Iuppiter tangendo ex ea prolem genuit, servatam esse, quam genuisse eum prolem ex eo, quod mentis compotem reddiderit, potest intelligi.

853. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-966

τέξεις κελαινὸν Ἔπαφον:

τέξει κελαινὸν Ἔπαφ'

Lips.

855. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-967

γέννα:

γένα

855. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-968

πεντηκοντάπαις:

πεντηκοντάπαις

G. Coll. 2. Cantabr. 1. Ven. 3. Bess. Ald. Turn. Ceteri

πεντηκοντόπαις

, ut Eustathius p. 37, 32. Atticam formam Blomfieldius recepit.

857. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-969

θηλύσπορος:

θηλύσπορος

Μ.

θηλύπορος

Lips.

θηλύσπορον

G. Ald.

858. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-970

ἐπτοημένοι:

ἐπτωημένοι

ἐπτούμενοι

Lips.

859. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-971

NA: Suppl. 210.

ἐν ἁγνῷ δ᾽ ἑσμὸς ὡς πελειάδων ἵζεσθε κίρκων τῶν ὁμοπτέρων φόβῳ, ἐχθρῶς ὅμαιμον καταμιαινόντων γένος

860. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-972

θηρεύσοντες:

θηρεύοντες

Vit. Colb. 1.

861. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-973

φθόνον:

φθόνον

Lips. Par. E.

864. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-974

δαμέντων:

δαμέντα

Cantabr. 1.

861-864. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-975

Vulgo hi versus sic scripti leguntur,

φθόνον δὲ σωμάτων ἕξει θεός· Πελασγία δὲ δέξεται θηλυκτόνῳ Ἄρει δαμέντων νυκτιφρουρήτῳ θράσει

. Quae quum intellectum esset non admittere aptam explicationem, Brunckius temere scripsit

φθόνον δὲ σώμαθ' ὧν ἕξει θεός, Πελασγία δὲ δέξεται θηλυκτόνῳ Ἄρει δαμέντων

. Heynius ad Apollodorum p. 273. (108. ed. sec.) aut

σώματα

de puellis, quarum fructum deus maritis invideat, dici, et deinde

δαμέντας

legi debere, aut procorum corpora fato subducenda significari censebat. Siebelis in diatriba de Aeschyli Persis p. 118. nihil mutandum ratus sic vertit, Aegypti filii Danaidum venabuntur nuptias, sed illarum deus invidebit corpora (non committet ut iis potiantur), ipsorum vero (Aegypti filiorum) a feminis caesorum corpora terra leget Pelasgica. Horum quidem nihil admitti posse apertum est. Blomfieldius

δαμέντας

edidit, Boissonadius

δαμέντα

, hanc Medicei libri scripturam esse falso dicens (habet enim ille quoque liber

δαμέντων

) deumque putans ob caesa corpora invidiam facere dici. Ne haec quidem habent quo cuiquam possint probanda videri. Illud vero mirere, quod qui

δαμέντας

vel

δαμέντα

scripserunt, non

δέξεται

mutarunt in

δέρξεται

, quo sententiam saltem aptam effecissent. Verba qui explicari satis ducit, acquiescere poterit in Wellaueri sententia, qui nihil mutans ad

δέξεται

intelligendum putabat

αὐτάς

ex praegresso

σωμάτων

, et

δαμέντων

genitivum absolutum esse volebat, hoc sensu, deus ipsis corpora puellarum invidebit, easque Pelasgia excipiet, interfectis illis ferro muliebri. Et illud quidem non potest dubium esse,

φθόνον σωμάτων ἕξει θεός

de virginum dictum esse corporibus, quorum potiri non permissurus sit deus Aegypti filiis: nec minus certum est

Πελασγία δὲ δέξεται

ad Danaides referri: absurdum est enim de corporibus Aegyptiadum receptis sepultisque cogitare, nec quidquam perversius quam

δαμέντας

, Pauwii inventum, aut

δαμέντα

inferri potuit. Sed

δαμέντων

si tum additum est genitivo absoluto, perobscura est ista brevitas orationis, omissa utraque et virginum et sponsorum nominatione. Quo efficitur ut vix dubitari possit quin aliquid exciderit ante

θηλυκτόνῳ

. Credibile est huiusmodi quid dictum fuisse,

Πελασγία δὲ δέξεται τὸν ἐγγενῆ στόλον γυναικῶν, νυμφίων θηλυκτόνῳ Ἄρει δαμέντων νυκτιφρουρήτῳ θράσει

. Similem in mediis versibus omissionem supra ad v. 753. ex Vit. adnotavimus.

867. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-976

ἐπ' ἐχθροὺς:

ἐς ἐχθροὺς

M. (si recte ex M. adnotatum) Vit. aliique et Rob.

ἐπ' ἐχθροὺς

G. Lips. Ald. Turn. adscriptumque in Par. B. Blomfieldius quum praelaturum fortasse aliquem

ἐς

putavit, quia melius intrare amor quam contra ire diceretur, non cogitavit id hic non esse melius, ubi illud ipsum contra ire necessario est intelligendum: de quo significatui praepositionis citavit Valckenarium ad Phoen. 79.

Εἰς

quum pro

ἐπί

dici putatur, ut in Euripidis Or. 1010.

τὰ πανύστατα δ᾽ εἰς ἐμὲ καὶ γενέταν ἐμὸν νεῖμαι

, vis praepositionis est ea, ut pervenire aliquid aliquo, non ut tendere ad perveniendum, quod est in

ἐπί

, significetur. Hic etsi utrumvis dici potuit, aptius tamen videtur

ἐπί

, praesertim quum de connubio olim Iovi periculoso sit accipiendum.

868. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-977

ἵμερος:

ἵμερον

Lips.

869. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-978

ἀπαμβλυνθήσεται:

ἀπαμβλυνθήσεται

Par. D. E. Ald. Turn.

ἀπαμβλυθήσεται

M. Lips. Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. B. Bess.

ἀπαμβληθήσεται

ἐπαμβλυνθήσεται

Vit.

ἐπαμβληθήσεται

Rob. et adscriptum in Par. B.

870. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-979

γνώμην· δυοῖν δὲ:

γνώμην. δυοῖν (δυεῖν Μ.) δὲ

M. Lips. Arund. Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. C. E. F. N.

γνώμαιν δὲ δυοῖν

γνώμαιν (vel γνωμαῖν) δυοῖν δὲ

Par. A. B. D. H. Rob.

γνώμων (γνωμῶν· Turn.) δυοῖν δὲ

Ald. Turn.

γνώμοιν δυοῖν

, omisso

δέ

, Vit.

871. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-980

ἄναλκις:

ἄναλκις

Par. A. C. et superscriptum in B.

872. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-981

αὕτη:

αἳ

G. Ox. Bess. Ald.

873. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-982

μακροῦ λόγου δὲ: Vulgo

μακροῦ λόγου δεῖ ταῦτ᾽ ἐπεξελθεῖν τορῶς

, et sic M. Vit. Lips. ceterique plerique codices et Ald. Turn.

δεῖ ταῦτ' ἐξελθεῖν

Rob.

ταῦτα ἐξελθεῖν

Par. N.

ταῦτά τ᾽ ἐξελθεῖν

G. Mosc. 2. In

δεῖ

consentiunt libri praeter Ox. in quo

δὴ

est. Non est credibile sic haec sine coniunctione superioribus esse addita. Quare recipiendum duxi quod Schützius coniecit

δὲ

pro

δεῖ

. Et confirmatur hoc glossa codicis G.

πάρεστι

, etsi hic quoque codex

δεῖ

habet. Neque

δεῖ

habuerunt scholiastae, qui in explicatione verborum adhibuerint

ἐστίν

εἴη ἄν

874. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-983

ἐκ τῆσδε:

ἐκ τῶνδε

Par. Β. (sed hic adscripto

ἐκ τῆσδε

) Ox. Ven. 1.

καὶ τῶνδε

875. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-984

τόξοισι κλεινός:

τόξοισι κλεινοῖς

M. Rob. Ceteri

τόξοισι κλεινός

. Quem poeta extollere hic debebat Herculem, ut cuius memorandi caussa quae praecedunt omnia dixerat, eius significatione bene videbat mirifice commoveri audientium animos debere, si diceret

θρασύς, τόξοισι κλεινός

, prae quo misere languet

θρασὺς τόξοισι κλεινοῖς

, nec languore careret, si diceretur

θρασύς τις, τόξοισι κλεινός

875. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-985

ὃς πόνων ἐκ τῶνδ' ἐμὲ:

ὃς πόνων ἐκ τῶνδ' ἐμὲ

Μ. G. Vit. Lips. edd. vett. Alii codices

ὃς τῶνδ᾽ ἐκ πόνων ἐμὲ

, vel

ὃς ἐκ πόνων τῶνδέ με

, vel

ὃς ἐκ πόνων τῶν ἐμὲ

, vel

ὃς πόνων τῶν ἐμέ

876. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-986

χρησμὸν:

χρησμὸν

littera

a sec. manu M.

877. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-987

ἐμοὶ:

ἐμὴ

Vit. Cantabr. 1. 2. Ox. Par. K. Ven. 3. Bess. et ex corr. G. in quo prius

ἐμοὶ

fuerat.

οι

superscriptum in Colb. 2.

ἐμοὶ

M. Lips. aliique codices et edd. vett.

877. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-988

θεῶν: In fine versus libri omnes

Θέμις

, praeter G. in quo est

θεῶν

, superscripto

Θέμις

ut ex interpretatione. In Vit. ad

Θέμις

adscripta interpretatio

ἡ γῆ

. Hae glossae, simulque

παλαιγενής

epitheton, quod ineptum esset si de Promethei matre diceretur, genuinam esse produnt codicis Guelferbytani scripturam, interpretes autem ex v. 211. seqq. quae esset illa deorum mater explicaturos in diversa discessisse, aliis Tellurem, aliis Themidem dici putantibus. Itaque hunc sum librum secutus.

878. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-989

ὅπως δὲ χὤπῃ:

ὅπως δ᾽ ἔχω πῇ

Lips. Codex Vit. habuerat

πῶς δ᾽ ἔχω. ποῖ

, cum hac glossa,

ᾧτινι τρόπῳ ἔξω ποῦ

, quod

ποῦ

ab eadem manu in

πότε

mutatum, in textu autem correctum primum verbum in

ὅπως

, deinde ad

γρ

supra apposita signa quibus fieret

ὅπῃ

878. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-990

δεῖ:

δὲ

pro

δεῖ

Lips. Alii nonnulli

δή

878. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-991

λόγου:

χρόνου

G. Lips. aliique et Ald. Rob. Turn.

λόγου

M. Vit. Par. F. Hoc praetuli. Apte comparavit Stephanus Pers. 714.

πάντα γάρ, Δαρεῖε, ἀκούσει μῦθον ἐν βραχεῖ λόγῳ

. Quamquam ibi quoque pars librorum

χρόνῳ

habet.

879. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-992

σύ τ':

σὺ δ'

Vit. Colb. 1. Ceteri, opinor, omnes ut M. G. Lips. edd. vett.

σύ τ'

, aptius his leviter et segnius adiectis.

880. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-993

ἐλελεῦ, ἐλελεῦ:

ἐλελελελελεῦ

M. G. Lips. Turn.

ἐλελελελελελεῦ

septem syllabis Cantabr. 1. Quinque syllabis Ald. Sic etiam Rob. sed

ἰὼ. ἰὼ.

praemittens.

ἰω, ἰω, ἔλε, ἔλε, ἔλε, λε λεῦ

Par. E. Codex Vit. in quo quod praecedit

nomen Io est, sic,

έλε λε λε ἐλε λελεῦ

, octo syllabis, quarum quinta et sexta minoribus litteris in vacuo spatio insertae. Hesychius

ἐλελεῦ, ἐπιφώνημα πολεμικόν. οἳ δέ, προαναφώνησις παιανισμοῦ. τίθησι δὲ αὐτὸ Αἰσχύλος ἐπὶ σχετλιασμοῦ ἐν Προμηθεῖ δεσμώτῃ

. Emendavit Pauwius

ἐλελεῦ, ἐλελεῦ

881. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-994

φρενοπληγεῖς:

φρενοβλαβεῖς

G. Lips. Bess. aliique nonnulli.

882. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-995

ἄρδις:

ἄρσις

G. Hesychius

ἄρδις, ἀκίς. Αἰσχύλος Προμηθεῖ δεσμώτῃ

882. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-996

ἄπυρος:

ἄπειρος

G. Par. E. F. Dictum est

ἄπυρος

ut in Choeph. 487.

πέδαις δ᾽ ἀχαλκεύτοις ἐθηρεύθης, πάτερ

883. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-997

κραδία:

καρδία

M. G. Vit. Lips. Cantabr. 2. Par. E. Bess. Ceteri

κραδία

883. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-998

φόβῳ φρένα λακτίζει:

φρένα φόβῳ λακτίζει

Vit. aliique nonnulli et Ald.

φόβῳ λακτίζει φρένα

Rob.

884. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-999

ὄμμαθ' ἑλίγδην:

ὄμματ' ἐλίγδην

Lips.

886. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1000

ἀκρατής:

ἀκρατοὺς

Vit. Lips. sed in Vit.

ής

superscriptum.

887. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1001

παίουσ':

πταίουσ'

Par. L.

παύουσ'

Par. Κ.

παίουσιν

παίουσ'

etiam M. habere videtur. Hoc dicit, perturbala dicta mea illiduntur (h. e. luctantur) diri fluctibus fati.

888. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1002

πρὸς κύμασιν:

στυγνοῖς

Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. L. Vind. 1. 3.

στυγνῆς πρὸς κύμασι

G. et a pr. manu M. in quo a sec. manu

προς

factum est. In G. adscriptae hae interpretationes,

λυπηραῖς, ταραχαῖς

. Lips.

πρὸς κύμασιν ἄτης

, ad penultimam superscripto

889. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1003

NA: Totam primam huius carminis stropham habet scholion haud dubie recentissimum ad primum epigramma Callimachi. Nicephorus Gregoras Hist. Byz. VIII. 14. p. 383. ed. Bonn.

ἦ σοφὸς ἦν ἄρ᾽ ἐκεῖνος ὃς πρῶτος ἐν γνώμῃ τόδ᾽ ἐβάστασε καὶ γλώσσῃ διεμυθολόγησεν, εἴτε Θαλῆς ὁ Μιλήσιος ἦν, εἴτε Πλάτων ὁ Ἀρίστωνος, εἴτε καὶ ἄμφω, παρὰ θατέρου ἕτερος ἐκδεξάμενος, τό γ' ἑαυτὸν μακαρίζειν ἐκθύμως, ὅτι μὴ βάρβαρος, ἀλλ᾽ Ἕλλην γεγένηται

. Idem XXI. 5. p. 1025.

ἀλλὰ γὰρ ἦ σοφὸς ἦν ἐκεῖνος ὃς πρῶτος ἐν γνώμῃ τόδ᾽ ἐβάστασε καὶ γλώττῃ διεμυθολόγησε, τὸν μακρὸν ἅπαντα φύειν τ' ἄδηλα χρόνον καὶ τὰ φανέντα καλύπτειν·

quae posteriora ex Sophoclis Aiace v. 646. sumpta sunt.

890. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1004

γνώμᾳ:

γνώμᾳ

, superscripto

ῃ

, Lips.

890. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1005

ἐβάστασε:

ἐβάσταζε

Par. Ε. et e corr. Lips. in quo fuerat

ἐβάσταξε

890-891. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1006

γλώσσᾳ:

γλώσσῃ

G. Ald. Rob.

γλώσσα

, superscripto

ῃ

, Lips.

γλῶσσα

a pr. manu M. ex quo factum

γλώσσαι

891. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1007

διεμυθολόγησεν:

διεμυθολόγησε

Vit.

892. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1008

ἀριστεύει: Eustathius p. 717, 4. et 758, 63.

ὡς τὸ κηδεύειν καθ' ἑαυτὸν ἀριστεύει μακρύ

ἀριστεύοι

Lips.

ἀριστεύειν

G. Bess. Ald.

893. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1009

πλούτῳ:

πλούτου

, superscripto

ῳ

, Vit.

894. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1010

γέννᾳ:

γένα

895. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1011

ὄντα:

ὄντα

omittit G.

895. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1012

χερνήτην:

χερνήταν

, ultimae vocali superscripto

, Lips.

896. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1013

μήποτε, μήποτέ μ', ὦ:

μήποτε μήποτέ μ' ὦ

M. Vit. Rob. Τurn.

μήποτε μήποτ᾽ ὦ

G. Lips. aliique et Ald.

μήποτέ με ὦ

pauci codices.

897. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1014

λεχέων Διὸς: Manifestum est post

Μοῖραι

excidisse quattuor syllabas. Non inepte coniiciat quis epitheto quo Sophocles usus est in Ant. v. 987. dixisse Aeschylum

ὦ Μοῖραι μακραίωνες

, quod hic ad futurum tempus esset referendum.

Διὸς λεχέων

Lips. aliique nonnulli.

Διός

omittunt Vit. aliique nonnulli et Ald. Turn.

λεχέων

omittit Par. L.

899. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1015

πλαθείην:

πλαθείην

M. Lips. Ox.

πλασθείην

G. Vit. aliique et edd. vett.

899. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1016

γαμέτᾳ:

γαμετᾷ

a pr. manu M. ex quo

γαμέτᾳ

a sec. manu factum.

ἐν γαμετᾷ

Lips. Ald. Rob.

ἐν γαμέτᾳ

G. Vit. Cantabr. 1. Par. C. D. E. Ven. 3. Turn. Delevit importunam praepositionem, quae a M. et, ut videtur, ab aliis abest, Canterus.

900. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1017

NA: Vehementer falsus est Doederlinus, qui ad Sophoclis Oed. Col. 563. quod

ἄστοργος

aliquando de homine dicatur, ita explicandum putavit

ἀστεργάνορα

, ut Io Iovi nupsisse significaretur, tamquam mortalium nuptiis sibi non suffecturis. Placuit hoc Halmio in Lectionum Aeschylearum parte priore. At nec nupsit Io Iovi, nec potest

ἀστεργάνωρ

illo significatu dici. Domo pulsa Io insania agitata fugit machinis Iunonis. Itaque virginitas eius dicitur non amans alicuius mariti, i. e. expers connubii.

901. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1018

εἰςορῶσ':

εἰσοροῦσ᾽

Lips.

901. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1019

Ἰοῦς:

Ἰὼ

ex correctione, quum prius

love

scriptum fuisset, Vit.

901. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1020

μέγα δαπτομέναν:

γάμῳ (γάμῳ Rob. Turn.) δαπτομέναν

M. Rob. Turn. et superscripto ultimae syllabae

Lips.

γάμῳ δαπτομένην

G. Vit.

γάμῳ

Par. Ε.

γάμων

Ven. 3.

με γάμῳ

Bess. Ald.

δαπανομένην

Colb. 1. Par. D.

δαπανωμένων

Par. G.

δ᾽ ἀπτομένην

Ald. Optime Schützius emendavit

μέγα δαπτομέναν

902. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1021

δυςπλάνοις:

δυσπλάγχνοις

M. Lips. aliique et Turn.

δυσσπλάγχνοις

G. Par. B. Ald. Rob.

δυσπλάχνων

, sed

οις

superscripto, Vit.

γρ. ἀσπλάγχνοις

Par. B. Veram scripturam

δυςπλάνοις

Turnebus attulit, haud dubie ex C. Sic etiam Ox. et Bigot.

902. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1022

ἀλατείαις:

ἀλατείαις

M. Par. D.

ἀλατείαισι

Vit. aliique et Rob.

ἀλατείαισι

ἀλατίαισι

Lips. aliique pauci.

ἀλατίαισι

Ald.

ἀλατίαισιν

Turn.

ἀλατείῃσι

Par. E.

902. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1023

πόνων:

πόνων

omittunt Par. C. Turn. Similiter Io in Suppl. v. 546. dicitur

μαινομένα πόνοις ἀτίμοις ὀδύναις τε κεντροδαλήτισι θυὰς Ἥρας

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.).

801. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-510

⁴

;

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

803. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-511

⁵

⁶

;

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

804. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-512

⁷

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Nam timeo, inamabilem virginitatem
900

Iûs videns, affectam à Iunone

Non ferendis erroribus laborum,

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Chorus

Ah, sage, sage indeed, was he who first pondered this truth in his mind and with his tongue gave it utterance—

that to marry in one’s own class is far the best—a poor man should not desire to marry among those who are pampered by riches, or who are mighty in pride of birth.
890

Chorus

Never, oh never,

immortal Fates, may you see me the partner of the bed of Zeus, and may I be wedded to no bridegroom who descends to me from heaven. For I shudder when I behold the loveless maidenhood of Io, cruelly crushed like this
895

by her toilsome wanderings sent by Hera.
900

LE CHŒUR

O Fates, of awful empery!

Never may I by Zeus be wooed—
1005

Never give o'er my maidenhood

To any god that dwells on high.

A shudder to my soul is sent,

Beholding Io's doom forlorn—

By Hera's malice put to scorn,
1010

Roaming in mateless banishment.

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Chorus Never, oh never, immortal Fates, may you see me the partner of the bed of Zeus, and may I be wedded to no bridegroom who descends to me from heaven. For I shudder when I behold the loveless maidenhood of Io, cruelly crushed like this 895 by her toilsome wanderings sent by Hera. 900

LE CHŒUR

O Fates, of awful empery! Never may I by Zeus be wooed— 1005 Never give o'er my maidenhood To any god that dwells on high. A shudder to my soul is sent, Beholding Io's doom forlorn— By Hera's malice put to scorn, 1010 Roaming in mateless banishment.

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Nam timeo, inamabilem virginitatem
900

Iûs videns, affectam à Iunone

Non ferendis erroribus laborum,

Chorus

Ah, sage, sage indeed, was he who first pondered this truth in his mind and with his tongue gave it utterance—

that to marry in one’s own class is far the best—a poor man should not desire to marry among those who are pampered by riches, or who are mighty in pride of birth.
890

Chorus

Never, oh never,

immortal Fates, may you see me the partner of the bed of Zeus, and may I be wedded to no bridegroom who descends to me from heaven. For I shudder when I behold the loveless maidenhood of Io, cruelly crushed like this
895

by her toilsome wanderings sent by Hera.
900

O Fates, of awful empery!

Never may I by Zeus be wooed—
1005

Never give o'er my maidenhood

To any god that dwells on high.

A shudder to my soul is sent,

Beholding Io's doom forlorn—

By Hera's malice put to scorn,
1010

Roaming in mateless banishment.