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Anna Swanwick (Translator)

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Prometheus Bound. Aeschylus. Anna Swanwick (Translator). London. 1886.

Sponsored by University of Leipzig.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition Experimental

Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) (English) (Prometheus Bound. Anna Swanwick, 1886.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (7)
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 195-398 focus
Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 265 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 265 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 265 focus
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 265 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 265 focus
ἐλαφρὸν ὅστις πημάτων ἔξω πόδα
ἔχει παραινεῖν νουθετεῖν τε τὸν κακῶς
280
πράσσοντ᾽· ἐγὼ δὲ ταῦθ᾽ ἅπαντ᾽ ἐπιστάμην.
ἑκὼν ἑκὼν ἥμαρτον, οὐκ ἀρνήσομαι·
θνητοῖς ἀρήγων αὐτὸς ηὑρόμην πόνους.
οὐ μήν τι ποιναῖς γ' ᾠόμην τοίαισί με
κατισχνανεῖσθαι πρὸς πέτραις πεδαρσίοις,
285
τυχόντ᾽ ἐρήμου τοῦδ᾽ ἀγείτονος πάγου.
καί μοι τὰ μὲν παρόντα μὴ δύρεσθ᾽ ἄχη,
πέδοι δὲ βᾶσαι τὰς προσερπούσας τύχας
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 265 focus
Translations (8)
Prometheus Bound Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 265 focus
Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 265 focus
'Tis easy, for any one that hath his foot unentangled by sufferings, both to exhort and to admonish him that is in evil plight. But I knew all these things willingly, willingly I erred, I will not gainsay it: and in doing service to mortals I brought upon myself sufferings. Yet not at all did I imagine, that, in such a punishment as this, I was to wither away upon lofty rocks, meeting with this desolate solitary crag. And yet wail ye not over my present sorrows, but after alighting on the ground, list ye to the fortune that is coming on, that ye may learn the whole throughout. Yield to me, yield ye, take ye a share in the woes of him that is now suffering. Hence in the same way doth calamity roaming to and fro settle down on different individuals.
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 265 focus
douleurs présentes, mettez pied à terre, pour
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 265 focus
How eaſy, when the foot is not entangled
In miſery's thorny maze, to give monitions
And precepts to th' afflicted! Of theſe things
I was not unadvis'd; and my offence
275
Was voluntary; in man's cauſe I drew
Theſe evils on my head: but ills like theſe,
On this aerial rock to waſte away,
This deſart and unſocial precipice,
My mind preſag'd it not. But ceaſe your grief,
280
Wail not my preſent woes; on the rough point
Of this firm cliff deſcend, and there obſerve
What further may betide me, e'en the whole
Of my hard fate; indulge me, O indulge
This my requeſt, and ſympathize with me
285
Thus wretched; for affliction knows no reſt,
But rolls from breaſt to breaſt its vagrant tide.
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 265 focus
mi parve allor trarre con me mia madre,
255
e spontaneo prestar soccorso a Giove
che lo bramava.
E pei consigli miei,
il negro abisso del profondo Tartaro,
Crono l'antico e i suoi compagni asconde.
260
Ebbe da me tal beneficio; ed ora
con queste pene turpi il re dei Numi
me ne compensa: è mal della tirannide
questo di non prestar fede agli amici.
Or poi rispondo alla dimanda vostra,
265
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 265 focus
Facile est illi, qui extra dolores pedem
270
Habet, admonere & castigare qui male
Valent. omnia haec ipse scivi:
Volens lubens peccavi, non inficior:
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.) — 265 focus
Easy it is, for one whose foot is set
Outside the slough of pain, to lesson well
295
With admonitions him who lies therein.
With perfect knowledge did I all I did,
I willed to sin, and sinned, I own it all—
I championed men, unto my proper pain.
Yet scarce I deemed that, in such cruel doom,
300
Withering upon this skyey precipice,
I should inherit lonely mountain crags,
Here, in a vast un-neighboured solitude.
Yet list not to lament my present pains,
But, stepping from your cars unto the ground,
305
Listen, the while I tell the future fates
Now drawing near, until ye know the whole.
Grant ye, O grant my prayer, be pitiful
To one now racked with woe! the doom of pain
Wanders, but settles, soon or late, on all.
310
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.) — 265 focus
Wer sichern Fußes außerhalb des Leides steht,
Mag leicht Bedrängten Lehren und Ermahnungen
Ertheilen. Mir war alles dieß ganz wohlbekannt.
265
Ich fehlte wissend, wollend, nie verläugn' ich das,
Und lud, den Menschen helfend, selbst das Leid mir auf.
Ich dachte freilich nimmermehr von solcher Qual
Zerfleischt dahinzuwelken hier am Klippensturz,
Gebannt an diesen öden, nachbarlosen Fels.
270
Doch nicht beklagt das Leiden, das mich jetzt bedrängt:
Nein, steigt hernieder und vernehmt die kommenden
Geschicke, daß ihr Alles bis zum Ende schaut.
Willfahret mir, willfahret, tragt mein Loos mit mir,
Dem Mühbeladnen. Denn das Unglück, wirren Flugs
275
Umschweifend, sucht heut diesen, morgen jenen heim.
(Die Okeaniden steigen während des Folgenden auf den Felsboden hinab.)

Notes on the current edition

Prometheus Bound

1. From
πρό, μῆτις
—forethought.

Commentary

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

281. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-310

κραιπνόσυτον:
κραιπνόσσυτον
M. Vit. Lips. 1. 2. (in quo ultimae litterae superscriptum
ς
) Aug. ut reliqui fere libri.
κραιπνόσυτον
G. et Parisini E. G. (i. e. Ask. Α.) Colb. 1.

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θᾶκον:
θᾶκον
(hoc accentu) M. G. Vit. Lips. 1.
θῶκον
Lips. 2. Aug. aliique pauci codd. et edd. veteres.

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αἰθέρα θ᾽ ἁγνόν:
αιθέρ' ἁγνὸν
Lips. 2. paucique codd. et Ald. Rob.

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

πόρον:
πόρων
G.

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ὀκριοέσσῃ:
ὀκριοέσσῃ
M. Lips. 1.
ἀκριοέσῃ
G.
ἀκρυοεσσῃ
Vit. Lips. 2. Aug. et plerique.

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χθονὶ:
χθονὴ
Lips. 1.

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πελῶ:
πέλω
Lips. 2. et sic fortasse prius fuit in M.

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διὰ παντὸς:
διαπαντὸς
M. G. Vit. Lips. 1. 2. Aug.
διὰ πάντος
Rob.

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ἀκοῦσαι:
ἀκούσειν
Ven. 2. Rob.

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πρὸς σέ:
πρόσσε
, primo accentu a sec. manu addito, Μ.
πρὸς σὲ
G. Vit. Lips. 2. Omittit has duas voces Lips. 1.

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πτερυγωκῆ:
πτερυγικόν
Lips. 2. Eustathius p. 1545, 48.
οὕτω καὶ ὠκεανὸς τό τε ὕδωρ αὐτὸ καὶ ὁ μυθευόμενος θεός, ὃν ὁ τραγικὸς Αισχύλος ἐπὶ γρυπὸς καθίζων ἐξάγει πρὸς τὸ θέατρον
. Non insolitum hoc spectaculum Atheniensibus fuisse adnotavit Spanhemius, haec afferens Plutarchi in Agesilao c. 19.
κάναθρα δὲ καλοῦσιν εἴδωλα γρυπῶν ξύλινα καὶ τραγελάφων, ἐν οἷς κομίζουσι τὰς παῖδας ἐν ταῖς πομπαῖς
, item Hesychium in
κάνναβρα
et Casaubonum ad Ath. IV. 6. p. 260. h. e. apud Schweighaeuserum vol. II. p. 450.

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στομίων ἄτερ εὐθύνων:
στομίων εὐθύνων ἄτερ
Lips. 1.

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συναλγῶ:
συναλγῶ
Μ. Vit.
ξυναλγῶ
G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug.

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ἐςαναγκάζει:
ἐσαναγκάσει
, superscripto
ζει
, Vit.
ἐς ἀναγάζει
. G.

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χωρίς τε:
χωρίς του
G.

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νείμαιμ᾽:
νείμαι μ'
Μ. G. Vit.
νέμοι'
Lips. 1. 2. Aug.

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γνώσει δὲ τάδ᾽: Libri
γνώσῃ
. Athenaeus IV. p. 165. C.
τὸ δὲ χαριτογλωσσεῖν Αἰσχύλος εἴρηκεν ἐν Προμηθεῖ δεσμώτη, γνώσει τάδ᾽ ὡς ἔτυμ', οὐδὲ μάτην χαριτογλωσσεῖν ἔνι μοι
, ubi codices
ἔτημα
et
ἔτοιμα
. Vt Athenaeus, sic etiam G. Vit. Lips. 1.
δὲ
omittunt.

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

ἔτυμ':
ἔτυμ'
Μ. et superscripto
η
Vit.
ἐτήτυμα
Lips. 1.
ἐτύτημα
G.
ἐτύπημα
, adscripto
ν
super
η
, Ligs. 2. Aug.

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οὐδὲ:
οὐ μάτην
Vit.
κοὐ μάτην
Lips. 1.

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χαριτογλωσσεῖν ἔνι μοι:
σὲ τὸ χαριτογλωσσεῖν
Μ.
σοὶ τὸ χ.
Rob.
σὲ χ.
G. Vit. Lips. I. aliique et Ald.
σοὶ χ.
Lips. 2. aliique.
χαριτογλωσσεῖν σοι
vel
σ'
alii.
χαριτογλωσσεῖν
Athenaeus, et sic Turn.

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ξυμπράσσειν: Libri
συμπράττειν
. Correxit Brunckius.

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

ποτ᾽ ἐρεῖς:
ποτ' ἐρεῖς
M. G. Vit. Lips. 1. Rob.
ποτε φὴς
Lips. 2. in quo superscriptum ut glossa
ἐρεῖς
, et Aug. Ald. Alii
ποτε φῇς, ποτε φήσεις
.

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καὶ σὺ δὴ:
δ'
omittunt Lips. 2. in quo
σὺ
in rasura duarum syllabarum est, et Aug. Ald. Rob.

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ἥκεις:
ἧκες
, cum explicatione
ἦλθες
, G.

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αὐτόκτιτ᾽:
αὐτόκτιτ'
Μ. aliique et Turn.
αὐτόκτητ᾽
Lips. 2. Aug.
αὐτόκτιστο
G. Vit. Lips. 1. Ald. Rob.

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ἐλθεῖν:
ἐς
a pr. manu M.
ἐλθεῖν
a secunda, et sic Vit. Lips. 1. 2. Rob. Ald. Turn. et recentiores.

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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.

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τὸν συγκαταστήσαντα: Omnes
τὸν συγκαταστήσαντα
.

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τυραννίδα: Lips. 1.
τυρανίδα
.

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κάμπτομαι:
κάπτομαι
Lips. 1.

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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
G.
μεθάρμοσον
Vit. quod in aliis superscriptum.
μεθάρμοζε
Rob.

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καὶ:
και
omittit G.

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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.

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θακῶν κλύοι:
θακῶν
Μ. G. Lips. 2. Aug. et sic Victorius.
Θακών
Vit. Lips. 1. Ald. Rob. Turn.
κλύει
G.
κλύῃ
Lips. 2. Aug.

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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
G.

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.

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ἴσως σοι:
ἴσωσοι
M. a pr. manu.
ἴσος σοι
Lips. 1.
ἴσως
omisso
σοι
Lips. 2. Aug.

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γίγνεται:
γίγνεται
Lips. 1. Ceteri
γίνεται
.

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κακοῖς:
κακῶν
Vit. in quo supra scriptum
ὑποχωρεῖς ἀπὸ τῶν
.

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τοῖς:
τοις
om. Lips. 1.

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

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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.

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περισσόφρων:
περισώφρων
G. Lips. 1.

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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.

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ὁθούνεκ': Libri
ὅθ' οὕνεκ
.

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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.

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οὐ γὰρ:
οὐτὰρ
G.

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εὐπιθής:
εὐπειθής
M. а pr. manu et Vit. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. aliique et Ald. Rob. In Lips. 2. ad
ε
superscriptum
ι
.

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

πάπταινε:
πάπταννε
G.
πάμπταινε
Lips. 2. Aug.

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πημανθῇς:
πημανθῆ
M. a pr. manu,
ς
addidit secunda.

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ἀντισπάσῃς:
μηδαμῶς μὲ ἀντισπάσῃς
ex duabus Cantabrigiensibus Blomfieldius.

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τῶνδέ:
τόνδε
om. Lips. 2. Aug.

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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.

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προθυμίας:
προμηθείας
G.

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ἀτὰρ:
αὐτὰρ
Vit.

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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
.

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οὐκ εἰ:
ουκ
om. Vit. qui
εἰ
habet et
οὐ
in principio sequentis versus.

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οἵνεκα: Libri
εἵνεκα
. Correxit Brunckius.

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πλείστοισι:
πλήστοισι
pr. manu habuisse videtur M.

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πημονὰς:
πλείστους πημονάς
Vit.

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

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καὶ:
καὶ
om. G. Pro eo male Porsonus
καί
.

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ὃς πρὸς ἑσπέρους τόπους:
ὃς ἐς ἑσπέρους τόπους
Med. Par. D. Rob.
ὃς πρὸς ἑσπερίους τόπους
Vit. Ceteri
ὃς πρὸς ἑσπέρους τόπους
.

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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.

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οὐρανοῦ:
οὐρανῶν
Rob.

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ὤμοις:
ὤμοις
(non
ὤμοισι
) M. G. Vit. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. edd. vett. praeter Rob. Sic etiam apud Plutarchum.
ὤμοισι
Par. D.

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

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εὐάγκαλον:
εὐάγγαλον
Lips. 1.

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τε:
τε
omittit G.

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ἄντρων:
ἄντρων
, superscripto
ω
, Lips. 2.

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ἑκατογκάρηνον: Libri
ἑκατοντακάρηνον
, nisi quod M.
ἑκατοντοκάρηνον
habet,
α
super
η
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
.

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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
et
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
ι
G.
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
et
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.

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

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1
2
193-396. First Episode. 193- 283. First Scene: Prometheus and the Coryphaeus. The scholiast says: τὴν ὑπόθεσιν (that is, the expo- sition of the events supposed to pre- cede the opening of the play) βουλό- μενος διδάξαι, τὸ περίεργον (curiosity) τοῦ γυναικώδους ήθους προσέλαβεν (availed himself of, as a motive). οὐκ ἂν γὰρ ὁ ᾿Ὠκεανds (who enters later) ἠξίωσεν ἐρωτῆσαι εἰδώς. The curiosity of the chorus is a natural conse- quence of their awakened sympathy. Still it is to be observed that Prome- theus on his part is moved to tell his story by the longing to unburden his heart to sympathizing friends (see 198). He needs only the request in order to comply at once. - The Pro- logue and this first scene of the first episode constitute the first act of the drama, which expounds the situation and prepares the way for the follow- ing dramatic development.

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4
277-283. The anapaests of the chorus accompany the action of the machinery by which Oceanus is brought on the scene. See on 114-127.

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5
6
282 f. πελῶ: future of πελάζω. πόνους . . . διὰ παντὸς ἀκοῦσαι: as promised in 272. Compliance with this request follows much later, 755 ff. and in the speech beginning at 823. Curiosity and expectation are thus maintained.

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8
284-396. Second Scene of the First Episode. Oceanus, father of the Oceanids, enters (from the right), mounted upon a winged steed (τετρασκελής οἰωνός 395) like 285. 290 Pegasus. The scholiast understands a griffin, because of this word οἰωνός, but sea-gods, in older Greek art, are often seen riding on hippocamps or sea-horses. The machine here used was the αἰώρημα, a sort of crane with hanging ropes, by which persons could be swung aloft, moved through the air, and let down again. The scholiast remarks, καιρὸν δίδωσι τῷ χορῷ καθήκασθαι (καθιμᾶσθαι ?) τῆς μηχανῆς ᾿Ὠκεανὸς ἐλθών· ὑπερβολῇ δὲ ἐχρήσατο, ὅπου γε Ὅμηρος οὐκ εἰσήγα- γεν ᾿Ὠκεανὸν εἰς τὸν σύλλογον τῶν θεῶν (on this cp. Il. xx. 7 οὔτε τις οὖν Ποταμῶν ἀπέην νόσφ᾽ ᾿Ὠκεανοῖο). The anapaests of Oceanus accompany the descent of the chorus from their chariot into the orchestra. - This scene and the second episode form the second act, the beginning of the action which leads to the catastrophe. See on 307 and 436.

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9
10
284. δολιχῆς : an epic word. The way is long because Oceanus comes from the depths of the sea. Cp. 300 f.

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11
12
285. διαμειψάμενος : cp. Sept. 334 δια- μεῖψαι ὁδόν, 856 δι᾽ ᾿Αχέροντ᾽ ἀμείβεται
τὰν ναύστολον θεωρίδα. ‘Dicendum erat κέλευθον διαμείβεσθαι, pro quo τέρμα κελεύθου dixit ratione habita verbi ἥκω' (Dindorf). Cp. Eur. Phoen. 163 εἴθε δρόμον νεφέλας ποσὶν ἐξανύσαιμι δι᾽ αἰθέρος πρὸς ἐμὸν ὁμογενέ- τορα.

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14
286. πτερυγωκή: formed like πο- δώκης. Cp. ὠκύπτερος.

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16
287. γνώμῃ : 'admirationis augen- dae causa non brutus, sed mente ac ratione praeditus esse fingitur' (Schütz). In Il. xviii. 419, the golden handmaids of Hephaestus are endowed with reason, speech, and power of action; in Od. viii. 556, the ships of the Phaeacians sail τιτυσκό- μεναι φρεσί, and we are told that αὐταὶ ἴσασι νοήματα καὶ φρένας ἀνδρῶν. As these ships need neither helms- man nor rudder, so Oceanus's steed needs no bit, because of its own ac- cord it obeys the will (γνώμη) of its rider.

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18
289 f. τὸ συγγενὲς ἐσαναγκάζει : cp. 39. According to Hesiod Theog. 133, Oceanus is son of Uranus and 295. 309 305 Gaea, and the oldest of the Titans. See on 14. - γένους : = τῆς συγγε- νείας.

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20
291 f. ὅτῳ ... νείμαιμι : without av, as Ag. 620 οὐκ ἔσθ᾽ ὅπως λέξαιμι, Cho. 172 οὐκ ἔστιν ὅστις πλὴν ἐμοῦ κείραιτό νιν, Il. xxii. 348 ὡς οὐκ ἔσθ᾽ ὃς σῆς γε κύνας κεφαλῆς ἀπαλάλκοι, Soph. Phil. 692 οὐκ ἔχων βάσιν οὐδέ τιν᾿ ἐγχώρων κακογείτονα, παρ᾽ ᾧ στόνον ἀποκλαύ- σειεν, Eur. Alc. 52 ἔστ᾽ οὖν ὅπως ῎Αλ- κηστις εἰς γῆρας μόλοι; 117 οὐδὲ ναυ- κληρίαν ἔσθ᾽ ὅποι TIS αἴας στείλας δυστάνου παραλύσαι ψυχάν. GMT.241; Krüger II. § 54, 3, 8. – μοῖραν νεί- μαιμι: cp. Hdt. ii. 172 ἐν οὐδεμιῇ μοίρῃ μεγάλῃ ἦγον, Plat. Crat. 398 b μεγά- λην μοῖραν καὶ τιμὴν ἔχει. This sense of dignity, station, rank was devel- oped from the meaning due share, just due. Cp. Soph. Trach. 1238 ἁνὴρ ὅδ᾽, ὡς ἔοικεν, οὐ νεμεῖν ἐμοὶ φθίνοντι μοῖραν.

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22
294. χαριτογλωσσεῖν : see on 180. ἔνι μοι : 'tis my nature; cp. 224.

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24
296. ᾿Ὠκεανοῦ: instead of ἐμοῦ, :1
because the speaker is stating a fut- ure thought of Prometheus. This mention of his own name imparts an air of assurance to his asser- tion; cp. Soph. O. C. 626 κοὔποτ᾽ Οἰδίπουν ἐρεῖς ἀχρεῖον οἰκητῆρα δέξα- σθαι. At the same time it serves the incidental purpose of inform- ing the spectators who the new- comer is.

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26
298. τί χρήμα: cp. Ag. 1306, Cho. 885 τί δ᾽ ἐστὶ χρῆμα; Eur. Andr. 896, Suppl. 92, Hipp. 905, H. F. 525, Or. 1573 ἔα, τί χρῆμα;

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299. πόνων ἐμῶν ἐποπτής : see 118. – ἐτόλμησας λιπὼν ἐπώνυμον ῥεῦμα: cp. the scholion quoted on 284-396.

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30
301. αὐτόκτιτα : cp. αὐτοφυής, αὐτό- χυτος, αὐτόρριζος, αὐτόξυλος, etc. - ἄντρα: cp. 133. – σιδηρομήτορα: cp. Il. viii. 47 Ἴδην μητέρα θηρῶν, Asty- damas Frg. 6 (p. 780, Nauck) οἰνομή- τορ᾽ ἄμπελον. Scythia is appropriately called "mother of iron"; cp. Sept. 817 Σκύθῃ σιδήρῳ, Suid. Χάλυβες· ἔθνος Σκυθίας, ἔνθεν ὁ σίδηρος τίκτεται. According to Hesiod (Clem. Alex. Strom. i. 307) and Aristotle (Plin. H. N. vii. 57. 197) the art of casting 310. bronze was invented by the Scythians. Cp. 714 below.

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32
303. συνασχαλῶν κακοῖς: see on ftare. 161.

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34
304. δέρκου: refers back to θεωρή- σων. See on 119.- θέαμα: in the sense of θέαμα δυσθέατον ὄμμασι (69). Cp. Plut. Ages. 14 θέαμα τοῖς Ἕλλη- σιν ἦσαν. – τόνδε : of the speaker. So ὅδε ὁ ἀνήρ = ἐγώ is frequent in tragedy.

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330 ff. ζηλῶ σε: thou art to be en- vied, thou canst thank fortune. – καὶ τετολμηκώς : having so much as of fered. For καί cp. 197, for τετολμηκώς 381. Prometheus means, "one might expect that the mere disposition to show me sympathy would bring Zeus's displeasure on you." πάντων gives no good sense; Weil writes πόνων μετα- σχεῖν (cp. 274), following the scholion ἐμοὶ συναλγῶν. The sense would be best satisfied by τούτων μετασχεῖν. – ἔασον: let it be, have done, as in Soph. Ο. C. 593 ὅταν μάθης μου, νουθέτει, τὰ νῦν δ᾽ ἔα. Cp. the phrase ἔα τοῦτο.

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346. πλείστοισι πημονὰς τυχεῖν : cp. Pers. 706 ἀνθρώπεια δ᾽ ἄν τοι πήματ᾽ ἂν τύχοι βροτοῖς. - The scholiast says, Προμηθικῶς· οὐ γὰρ κατὰ τὸν ἀνθρώπινον λογισμὸν πολλοὺς αὑτῷ συνατυχεῖν βού- λεται ὁ Προμηθεύς. (The commoner feeling is expressed by the proverb solamen miseris socios habu- isse malorum.) The poet uses this thought to introduce a matter quite foreign to the play. From the mention of Atlas he passes to the de- scription of Typhon, and this enables him to bring in the eruption of Aetna (367-369). ...

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347. οὐ δῦτ᾽, ἐπεί: cp. Soph. O. C. 431 εἴποις ἂν ὡς θέλοντι τοῦτ᾽ ἐμοὶ τότε πόλις τὸ δῶρον εἰκότως κατήνεσεν. οὐ δῆτ᾽, ἐπεί τοι τὴν μὲν αὐτίχ᾽ ἡμέραν οὐδεὶς ἔρωτος τοῦδ᾽ ἐφαίνετ᾽ ὠφελῶν, Eur. Heracl. 505 αὐτοὶ δὲ προστιθέντες ἄλλοισιν πόνους, παρόν σφε σῶσαι, φευ- ξόμεσθα μὴ θανεῖν; οὐ δῆτ᾽, ἐπεί τοι καὶ γέλωτος ἄξια κτέ., also Alc. 555. - The thought, which forms the transi- tion to the following description, is this: "I will not involve others in my misfortunes; the afflictions of my brother Atlas and of Typhon distress me sorely as it is." - For the following, cp. Hesiod Theog. 517 ῎Ατλας δ᾽ οὐρανὸν εὐρὺν ἔχει κρατερῆς ὑπ᾿ ἀνάγκης, πείρασιν ἐν γαίης, πρόπαρ Εσπερίδων λιγυφώνων ἑστηώς, κεφαλῇ τε καὶ ἀκαμάτοισι χέρεσσιν· ταύτην γάρ οἱ μοῖραν ἐδάσσατο μητίετα Ζεύς.

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349. Pindar Pyth. i. 35 calls Aetna α κίων οὐρανία, and just so Hdt. iv. 184 says of Mount Atlas, ἔστι δὲ στει- νὸν καὶ κυκλοτερὲς πάντῃ, ὑψηλὸν δὲ οὕτω δή τι λέγεται ὡς τὰς κορυφὰς αὐ- τοῦ οὐκ οἷά τε εἶναι ἰδέσθαι κίονα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ λέγουσι οἱ ἐπιχώριοι εἶναι. A mountain rising into the clouds seemed to the imagination a pillar supporting the vault of the sky. See Verg. Aen. iv. 247. This 'bearer' (ἄτλας) in the legend be- came a Titan, who as punishment for his sins had to carry the burden of the sky upon his shoulders (see the passage of Hesiod quoted just above). Conversely, colossal crea-
tures are compared to mountain- peaks; thus in Od. x. 113 the queen of the Laestrygones is described, τὴν δὲ γυναῖκα εὗρον ὅσην τ᾿ ὄρεος κορυφήν, and in Od. ix. 191 Poly. phemus resembles ῥίῳ ὑλήεντι ὑψη- λῶν ὀρέων. – In Homer, however, we read, Od. i. 53, ἔχει (sc. ῎Ατλας) δέ τε κίονας αὐτὸς μακράς, αἳ γαῖάν τε καὶ οὐρανὸν ἀμφὶς ἔχουσιν. Here the orig- inal conception of supporting pillars still remains, and the pillars are not entirely replaced by a personal Atlas. The 'columns which keep earth and sky apart' still exist as such, and Atlas is only the person who 'holds' them. Aeschylus has followed Homer. In view of the familiar Homeric pas- sage he says briefly κίον οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ χθονός, leaving the office of the pillar, γαῖαν τε καὶ οὐρανὸν ἀμφὶς ἔχειν, to be understood; this office, indeed, is partly fulfilled by Atlas's own per- son standing on the earth.

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στον, μάντιν ᾿Αμφιάρεω βίαν· Ὁμολωΐσιν δὲ πρὸς πύλαις τεταγμένος κακοῖσι βάζει κτέ. Εp. 366.

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360. ἐξέπληξε: see on 133.