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PROMETHEUS

For this I praise thee, nor will cease to praise;

For nought of kindly zeal thou lackest; yet,

Toil not, for vain, nor helpful unto me,

Thy toil will prove,—if toil indeed thou wilt;—

But hold thee quiet rather, keep aloof;

For I, though in mishap, not therefore wish

Wide-spreading fellowship of woe to see.

No truly, for my brother Atlas' doom

Grieves me, who, stationed on the western verge,

The pillars on his shoulders beareth up

Of heaven and earth; burthen of painful grasp.

So, in Cilician caves with ruth I saw

Their earth-born tenant, hostile prodigy,

The hundred-headed, curb'd by violence;

Raging Typhoeus, all the gods who braved,

Hissing out slaughter from his horrid jaws.

Forth from his eyeballs flash'd a hideous glare,

As though by force the reign of heaven to storm.

But on him fell the sleepless dart of Zeus,

The thunder-bolt down-rushing, breathing flame,

Which him from his high-worded boasting hurl'd

Prostrate; for, smitten to his inmost reins,

With strength burnt out, he lightning-blasted fell.

And now his frame, helpless and sprawling lies

Hard by the salt-sea narrows, sorely prest

Beneath the roots of Etna. Seated there,

Upon the topmost peaks, Hephaestos smites

The molten masses, whence one day shall burst

Torrents of fire, devouring with fierce jaws

The level fields of fruitful Sicily.

Such rage Typhoeus shall anew belch forth

With scorching missiles of fire-breathing storm

Insatiate; by the fierce bolt of Zeus

Blasted, but unconsum'd. No tiro thou,

Nor dost my teaching need. Save thou thyself

As best thou knowest how. But be assured

I to the dregs my present doom will drain,

Until the heart of Zeus relax its ire.

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

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.) — 399-435 focus

str. 1

Χορός

στένω σε τᾶς οὐλομένας τύχας, Προμηθεῦ:

δακρυσίστακτα¹ δ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ὄσσων
400

ῥαδινῶν λειβομένα ῥέος παρειὰν

νοτίοις ἔτεγξα παγαῖς:

ἀμέγαρτα γὰρ τάδε Ζεὺς

ἰδίοις νόμοις κρατύνων

ὑπερήφανον² θεοῖς τοῖς
405

πάρος ἐνδείκνυσιν³ αἰχμάν.

407

ant. 1

Χορός

πρόπασα δ᾽ ἤδη στονόεν λέλακε χώρα,

μεγαλοσχήμονά τ᾽ ἀρχαι-

οπρεπῆ.... στένουσι τὰν σὰν⁴

συνομαιμόνων τε τιμάν,
410

ὁπόσοι τ᾽ ἔποικον ἁγνᾶς

Ἀσίας ἕδος νέμονται,

μεγαλοστόνοισι σοῖς πή-

μασι συγκάμνουσι θνατοί.

415

str. 2

Χορός

Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι
415

παρθένοι, μάχας ἄτρεστοι,

καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς

ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαι-

ῶτιν ἔχουσι λίμναν,

420

ant. 2

Χορός

†Ἀραβίας⁵ τ᾽ ἄρειον ἄνθος,
420

ὑψίκρημνον οἳ⁶ πόλισμα

Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται,⁷

δάιος στρατός, ὀξυπρῴ-

ροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς.

425

ep.

Χορός

†μόνον δὲ⁸ πρόσθεν [ἄλλον⁹] ἐν πόνοις¹⁰
425

δαμέντ᾽ [ἀδαμαντοδέτοις¹¹

Τιτᾶνα λύμαις] εἰσιδόμαν θεῶν,

Ἄτλαντος¹² [αἰὲν¹³] ὑπέροχον¹⁴ σθένος κραταιόν,

<ὃς γᾶν¹⁵> οὐράνιόν τε πόλον

νώτοις ὑποστενάζει.†
430

ep.

Χορός

βοᾷ δὲ πόντιος κλύδων

ξυμπίτνων, στένει βυθός,¹⁶

κελαινὸς [δ᾽¹⁷] Ἄιδος ὑποβρέμει μυχὸς γᾶς,

παγαί θ᾽ ἁγνορύτων¹⁸ ποταμῶν

στένουσιν ἄλγος οἰκτρόν.
435
436

Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 343 focus

Προμηθεύς

τὰ μὲν σʼ ἐπαινῶ κοὐδαμῇ λήξω ποτέ·

προθυμίας γὰρ οὐδὲν ἐλλείπεις. ἀτὰρ

μηδὲν πόνει. μάτην γὰρ οὐδὲν ὠφελῶν

ἐμοὶ πονήσεις, εἴ τι καὶ πονεῖν θέλεις.
345

ἀλλʼ ἡσύχαζε σαυτὸν ἐκποδὼν ἔχων·

ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐκ, εἰ δυστυχῶ, τοῦδʼ εἵνεκα

θέλοιμʼ ἂν ὡς πλείστοισι πημονὰς τυχεῖν.

οὐ δῆτʼ ἐπεί με καὶ κασιγνήτου τύχαι

τείρουσʼ Ἄτλαντος, ὃς πρὸς ἑσπέρους τόπους
350

ἕστηκε κίονʼ οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ χθονὸς

ὤμοις ἐρείδων, ἄχθος οὐκ εὐάγκαλον.

τὸν γηγενῆ τε Κιλικίων οἰκήτορα

ἄντρων ἰδὼν ᾤκτιρα, δάιον τέρας

ἑκατογκάρανον πρὸς βίαν χειρούμενον
355

Τυφῶνα θοῦρον· πᾶσιν ὅς ἀντέστη θεοῖς,

σμερδναῖσι γαμφηλαῖσι συρίζων φόβον·

ἐξ ὀμμάτων δʼ ἤστραπτε γοργωπὸν σέλας,

ὡς τὴν Διὸς τυραννίδʼ ἐκπέρσων βίᾳ·

ἀλλʼ ἦλθεν αὐτῷ Ζηνὸς ἄγρυπνον βέλος,
360

καταιβάτης κεραυνὸς ἐκπνέων φλόγα,

ὃς αὐτὸν ἐξέπληξε τῶν ὑψηγόρων

κομπασμάτων. φρένας γὰρ εἰς αὐτὰς τυπεὶς

ἐφεψαλώθη κἀξεβροντήθη σθένος.

καὶ νῦν ἀχρεῖον καὶ παράορον δέμας
365

κεῖται στενωποῦ πλησίον θαλασσίου

ἰπούμενος ῥίζαισιν Αἰτναίαις ὕπο·

κορυφαῖς δʼ ἐν ἄκραις ἥμενος μυδροκτυπεῖ

Ἥφαιστος· ἔνθεν ἐκραγήσονταί ποτε

ποταμοὶ πυρὸς δάπτοντες ἀγρίαις γνάθοις
370

τῆς καλλικάρπου Σικελίας λευροὺς γύας·

τοιόνδε Τυφὼς ἐξαναζέσει χόλον

θερμοῖς ἀπλάτου βέλεσι πυρπνόου ζάλης,

καίπερ κεραυνῷ Ζηνὸς ἠνθρακωμένος.

σὺ δʼ οὐκ ἄπειρος, οὐδʼ ἐμοῦ διδασκάλου
375

χρῄζεις· σεαυτὸν σῷζʼ ὅπως ἐπίστασαι·

ἐγὼ δὲ τὴν παροῦσαν ἀντλήσω τύχην,

ἔστʼ ἂν Διὸς φρόνημα λωφήσῃ χόλου.

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 343 focus

ΠΡ.

τὰ μέν σ᾽ ἐπαινῶ κοὐδαμῆ λήξω ποτέ·
340

προθυμίας γὰρ οὐδὲν ἐλλείπεις. ἀτὰρ

μηδὲν πόνει· μάτην γὰρ οὐδὲν ὠφελῶν

ἐμοὶ πονήσεις, εἴ τι καὶ πονεῖν θέλεις.

ἀλλ᾽ ἡσύχαζε σαυτὸν ἐκποδὼν ἔχων·

ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐκ εἰ δυστυχῶ, τοῦδ᾽ οὖνεκα
345

θέλοιμ᾽ ἂν ὡς πλείστοισι πημονὰς τυχεῖν.

οὐ δῆτ᾽, ἐπεί με χαί κασιγνήτου τύχαι

τείρουσ᾽ ῎Ατλαντος, ὃς πρὸς ἑσπέρους τόπους

ἕστηκε κίον᾽ οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ χθονὸς

ὤμοιν ἐρείδων, ἄχθος οὐκ εὐάγκαλὸν.
350

τον γηγενή τε Κιλικίων οἰκήτορα

ἄντρων ἰδὼν ᾤκτειρα, δάϊον τέρας

ἑκατογκάρανον πρὸς βίαν χειρούμενον

Τυφῶνα θοῦρον, πᾶσιν ὃς ἀνέστη θεοῖς,

σμερδναῖσι γαμφηλαῖσι συρίζων φόνον·
355

ἐξ ὀμμάτων δ᾽ ἤστραπτε γοργωπὸν σέλας,

ὡς τὴν Διὸς τυραννίδ᾽ ἐκπέρσων βίᾳ·

ἀλλ᾽ ἦλθεν αὐτῷ Ζηνὸς ἄγρυπνον βέλος,

καταιβάτης κεραυνὸς ἐκπνέων φλόγα,

ὃς αὐτὸν ἐξέπληξε τῶν ὑψηγόρων
360

κομπασμάτων. φρένας γὰρ εἰς αὐτὰς τυπεὶς

ἐφεψαλώθη κἀξεβροντήθη σθένος.

καὶ νῦν ἀχρεῖον καὶ παράορον δέμας

κεῖται στενωποῦ πλησίον θαλασσίου

ἰπούμενος ῥίζαισιν Αἰτναίαις ὕπο·

365

κορυφαῖς δ᾽ ἐν ἄκραις ἥμενος μυδροκτυπεῖ

Ἥφαιστος· ἔνθεν ἐκραγήσονταί ποτε

ποταμοὶ πυρὸς δάπτοντες ἀγρίαις γνάθοις

τῆς καλλικάρπου Σικελίας λευροὺς γύας·

τοιόνδε Τυφὼς ἐξαναζέσει χόλον

370

θερμοῖς ἀπλάτου βέλεσι πυρπνόου ζάλης,

καίπερ κεραυνῷ Ζηνὸς ἠνθρακωμένος.

σὺ δ᾽ οὐκ ἄπειρος, οὐδ᾽ ἐμοῦ διδασκάλου

χρήζεις· σεαυτὸν σῶζ᾽ ὅπως ἐπίστασαι·

ἐγὼ δὲ τὴν παροῦσαν ἀντλήσω τύχην,

375

ἔς τ᾽ ἂν Διὸς φρόνημα λωφήσῃ χόλου.

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 343 focus

Προμηθεύς

τὰ μὲν σ᾽ ἐπαινῶ κοὐδαμῇ λήξω ποτέ·

προθυμίας γὰρ οὐδὲν ἐλλείπεις. ἀτὰρ

μηδὲν πόνει· μάτην γὰρ οὐδὲν ὠφελῶν

ἐμοὶ πονήσεις, εἴ τι καὶ πονεῖν θέλοις.
345

ἀλλ᾽ ἡσύχαζε σαυτὸν ἐκποδὼν ἔχων·

ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐκ εἰ δυςτυχῶ τοῦδ᾽ οἵνεκα

θέλοιμ᾽ ἂν ὡς πλείστοισι πημονὰς τυχεῖν.

οὐ δῆτ᾽, ἐπεί με καὶ κασιγνήτου τύχαι

τείρουσ᾽ Ἄτλαντος, ὃς πρὸς ἑσπέρους τόπους
350

ἕστηκε κίον᾽ οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ χθονὸς

ὤμοις ἐρείδων, ἄχθος οὐκ εὐάγκαλον.

τὸν γηγενῆ τε Κιλικίων οἰκήτορα

ἄντρων ἰδὼν ᾤκτειρα, δάϊον τέρας,

ἑκατογκάρηνον πρὸς βίαν χειρούμενον
355

Τυφῶνα θοῦρον, πᾶσι δ᾽ ἀντέστη θεοῖς,

σμερδναῖσι γαμφηλαῖσι συρίζων φόνον·

ἐξ ὀμμάτων δ᾽ ἤστραπτε γοργωπὸν σέλας,

ὡς τὴν Διὸς τυραννίδ᾽ ἐκπέρσων βίᾳ·

ἀλλ᾽ ἦλθεν αὐτῷ Ζηνὸς ἄγρυπνον βέλος,
360

καταιβάτης κεραυνὸς ἐκπνέων φλόγα,

ὃς αὐτὸν ἐξέπληξε τῶν ὑψηγόρων

κομπασμάτων. φρένας γὰρ εἰς αὐτὰς τυπεὶς

ἐφεψαλώθη κἀξεβροντήθη σθένος.

καὶ νῦν ἀχρεῖον καὶ παράορον δέμας
365

Προμηθεύς

κεῖται στενωποῦ πλησίον θαλασσίου

ἰπούμενος ῥίζαισιν Αἰτναίαις ὕπο·

κορυφαῖς δ᾽ ἐν ἄκραις ἥμενος μυδροκτυπεῖ

Ἥφαιστος, ἔνθεν ἐκραγήσονταί ποτε

ποταμοὶ πυρὸς δάπτοντες ἀγρίαις γνάθοις
370

τῆς καλλικάρπου Σικελίας λευρὰς γύας·

τοιόνδε Τυφὼς ἐξαναζέσει χόλον

θερμῆς ἀπλήστου βέλεσι πυρπνόου ζάλης,

καίπερ κεραυνῷ Ζηνὸς ἠνθρακωμένος.

σὺ δ᾽ οὐκ ἄπειρος, οὐδ᾽ ἐμοῦ διδασκάλου
375

χρήζεις· σεαυτὸν σῶζ' ὅπως ἐπίστασαι·

ἐγὼ δὲ τὴν παροῦσαν ἀντλήσω τύχην,

ἔςτ' ἂν Διὸς φρόνημα λωφήσῃ χόλου.

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 343 focus

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ

Τὰ μέν σ' ἐπαινῶ κοὐδαμῇ κοὐδὲ μὴ λήξω ποτέ·
340

προθυμίας γὰρ οὐδὲν ἐλλείπεις· ἀτὰρ

μηδὲν πόνει· μάτην γὰρ οὐδὲν ὠφελῶν

ἐμοὶ πονήσεις, εἴ τι καὶ πονεῖν θέλοις θέλεις·

ἀλλ' ἡσύχαζε σαυτὸν ἐκποδὼν ἔχων·

ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐκ, εἰ δυστυχῶ, τοῦδ' εἵνεκα
345

θέλοιμ' ἂν ὡς πλείστοισι πημονὰς τυχεῖν.

Οὐ δῆτ', ἐπεί με καὶ κασιγνήτου τύχαι

τείρουσ' Ἄτλαντος, ὃς πρὸς ἐς ἑσπέρους τόπους

ἕστηκε κίον' οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ χθονὸς

ὤμοις ἐρείδων, ἄχθος οὐκ εὐάγκαλον.
350

Τὸν γηγενῆ τε Κιλικίων οἰκήτορα

ἄντρων ἰδὼν ᾤκτιρα ᾤκτειρα, δάϊον τέρας

ἑκατογκάρηνον ἑκατοντο- seu ἑκατοντακάρηνον (χάρανον Μ) πρὸς βίαν χειρούμενον,

Τυφῶνα θοῦρον· πᾶσι δ' πᾶσιν ὃς ἀντέστη θεοῖς,

σμερδναῖσι γαμφηλαῖσι συρίζων φόβον φόνον·
355

ἐξ ὀμμάτων δ' ἤστραπτε γοργωπὸν σέλας,

ὡς τὴν Διὸς τυραννίδ' ἐκπέρσων βίᾳ.

Ἀλλ' ἦλθεν αὐτῷ Ζηνὸς ἄγρυπνον βέλος,

καταιβάτης κεραυνὸς ἐκπνέων φλόγα,

ὃς αὐτὸν ἐξέπληξε τῶν ὑψηγόρων
360

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ

κομπασμάτων· φρένας γὰρ εἰς αὐτὰς τυπεὶς

ἐφεψαλώθη κἀξεβροντήθη σθένος.

Καὶ νῦν ἀχρεῖον καὶ παρήορον παρήωρον seu παράορον (uel -ωρον) δέμας

κεῖται στενωποῦ πλησίον θαλασσίου

ἰπούμενος ῥίζαισιν Αἰτναίαις ὕπο,
365

κορυφαῖς δ' ἐν ἄκραις ἥμενος μυδροκτυπεῖ

Ἥφαιστος. Ἔνθεν ἐκραγήσονταί ποτε

ποταμοὶ πυρὸς δάπτοντες ἀγρίαις γνάθοις

τῆς καλλικάρπου Σικελίας λευροὺς γύας·

τοιόνδε Τυφὼς ἐξαναζέσει χόλον
370

θερμοῖς θερμῆς ἀπλήστου βέλεσι πυρπνόου ζάλης,

καίπερ κεραυνῷ Ζηνὸς ἠνθρακωμένος.

Σὺ δ' οὐκ ἄπειρος, οὐδ' ἐμοῦ διδασκάλου

χρῄζεις· σεαυτὸν σῷζ' ὅπως ἐπίστασαι·

ἐγὼ δὲ τὴν παροῦσαν ἀντλήσω τύχην,
375

ἔστ' ἂν Διὸς φρόνημα λωφήσῃ χόλου.

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 343 focus

τὰ μέν σ' ἐπαινῶ κοὐδαμῇ λήξω ποτέ·

προθυμίας γὰρ οὐδὲν ἐλλείπεις. ἀτὰρ

μηδὲν πόνει· μάτην γὰρ οὐδὲν ὠφελῶν

ἐμοὶ πονήσεις, εἴ τι καὶ πονεῖν θέλεις.

ἀλλ᾽ ἡσύχαζε σαυτὸν ἐκποδὼν ἔχων·
360

ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐκ εἰ δυστυχῶ τοῦδ' εἵνεκα

θέλοιμ᾽ ἂν ὡς πλείστοισι πημονὰς τυχεῖν.

οὐ δῆτ᾽, ἐπεί με καὶ κασιγνήτου τύχαι

τείρουσ' Ἄτλαντος, ὃς πρὸς ἑσπέρους τόπους

ἕστηκε κίον᾽ οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ χθονὸς
365

ὤμοις ἐρείδων, ἄχθος οὐκ εὐάγκαλον.

τὸν γηγενῆ τε Κιλικίων οἰκήτορα

ἄντρων ἰδὼν ᾤκτειρα, δάιον τέρας,

ἑκατογκάρανον πρὸς βίαν χειρούμενον

Τυφῶνα θοῦρον, πᾶσιν ὃς ἀντέστη θεοῖς,
370

σμερδναῖσι γαμφηλαῖσι συρίζων φόβον·

ἐξ ὀμμάτων δ᾽ ἤστραπτε γοργωπὸν σέλας,

ὡς τὴν Διὸς τυραννίδ᾽ ἐκπέρσων βίᾳ.

¹²³⁴

⁵ κοὐδαμῇ κοὐδαμῇ κ' οὐδὲ μὴ θέλεις θέλοις ⁶ καὶ χαὶ ὃς πρὸς ὃς πρὸς ἑκατογκάρανον ἑκατοντοκάρηνον ἑκατοντα-⁷ ⁸ γαμφιλαῖσι

22 AESCHYLI

ἀλλ᾽ ἦλθεν αὐτῷ Ζηνὸς ἄγρυπνον βέλος,

καταιβάτης κεραυνὸς ἐκπνέων φλόγα,

375

ὃς αὐτὸν ἐξέπληξε τῶν ὑψηγόρων

κομπασμάτων. φρένας γὰρ εἰς αὐτὰς τυπεὶς

ἐφεψαλώθη κἀξεβροντήθη σθένος.

καὶ νῦν ἀχρεῖον καὶ παράφρον δέμας

κεῖται στενωποῦ πλησίον θαλασσίου

380

ἱπούμενος ῥίζαισιν Αἰτναίαις ὕπο,

κορυφαῖς δ᾽ ἐν ἄκραις ἥμενος μυδροκτυπεῖ

Ἥφαιστος. ἔνθεν ἐκραγήσονταί ποτε

ποταμοὶ πυρὸς δάπτοντες ἀγρίαις γνάθοις

τῆς καλλικάρπου Σικελίας λευροὺς γύας·

385

τοιόνδε Τυφὼς ἐξαναζέσει χόλον

θερμοῖς ἀπλάτου βέλεσι πυρπνόου ζάλης,

καίπερ κεραυνῷ Ζηνὸς ἠνθρακωμένος.

σὺ δ᾽ οὐκ ἄπειρος, οὐδ᾽ ἐμοῦ διδασκάλου

⁹¹⁰¹¹¹²¹³¹⁴¹⁵

ἄγρυπνον ἄγρυπνοσ παράφρον παρήορον παράορον παράωρον ἱπούμενος ἰπούμενοσ ἱπνούμενοσ θερμοῖς θερμοῖς θερμῆσ ἀπλάτου ἀπλήστου¹⁶ βέλεσι βέλεσι βέλεσσι ¹⁷ ¹⁸

PROMETHEVS VINCTUS. 23

χρήζεις· σεαυτὸν σῷζ' ὅπως ἐπίστασαι·

390

ἐγὼ δὲ τὴν παροῦσαν ἀντλήσω τύχην,

ἔστ᾽ ἂν Διὸς φρόνημα λωφήσῃ χόλου.

ΩΚ.

Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 343 focus

ΠΡ.

τὰ μέν σ᾽ ἐπαινῶ κοὐδαμῆι λήξω ποτέ·
340

προθυμίας γὰρ οὐδὲν ἐλλείπεις. ἀτάρ

μηδὲν πόνει· μάτην γὰρ οὐδὲν ὠφελῶν

ἐμοὶ πονήσεις, εἴ τι καὶ πονεῖν θέλοις.

ἀλλ᾽ ἡσύχαζε σαυτὸν ἐκποδὼν ἔχων·

ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐκ, εἰ δυστυχῶ, τοῦδ᾽ εἵνεκα
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Testim.:

329 Stob. fl. 36, 17 Αἰσ. Menander Monost. 111.

Apparatus Criticus

τῶνδε om. τῶν ἀπαλλαγάς ἀπαλλαγήν λέγειν λέγων κακοῖς κακῶν παροῦσι παροῦσιν τραχὺς θρασύς ἐκλῦσαι ἐκλύσειν ἐκλύειν ἢ om. περισσόφρων περισώφρων ὢν om. προστρίβεται προσγίνεται μηδέ μηδέ μηδέν πείσεις πείθεις εὐπιθής εὐπειθής πημανθῆις πημανθείς ἀντισπάσηις μ᾿ ἀντισπάσηις σ᾽ σε κοὐδαμῆι κοὐδὲ μή κού μή θέλοις θέλοις θέλεις οὐκ om. εἰ εἰ καὶ

ΠΡ.
¹

θέλοιμ᾽ ἂν ὡς πλείστοισι πημονὰς τυχεῖν.

οὐ δῆτ᾽, ἐπεί με καὶ κασιγνήτου τύχαι

τείρουσ᾽ Ἄτλαντος, ὃς πρὸς ἑσπέρους τόπους

ἕστηκε κίον᾽ οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ χθονός

ὤμοις ἐρείδων, ἄχθος οὐκ εὐάγκαλον.
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τὸν γηγενῆ τε Κιλικίων οἰκήτορα

ἄντρων ἰδὼν ὤικτιρα, δάιον τέρας,

ἑκατογκάρανον πρὸς βίαν χειρούμενον

Τυφῶνα θοῦρον· πᾶσιν [ὃς] ἀντέστη θεοῖς,

σμερδναῖσι γαμφηλῆισι συρίζων φόβον·
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ἐξ ὀμμάτων δ᾽ ἤστραπτε γοργωπὸν σέλας,

ὡς τὴν Διὸς τυραννίδ᾽ ἐκπέρσων βίαι·

ἀλλ᾽ ἦλθεν αὐτῶι Ζηνὸς ἄγρυπνον βέλος,

καταιβάτης κεραυνὸς ἐκπνέων φλόγα,

ὃς αὐτὸν ἐξέπληξε τῶν ὑψηγόρων
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κομπασμάτων. φρένας γὰρ εἰς αὐτὰς τυπείς

ἐφεψαλώθη κἀξεβροντήθη σθένος.

καὶ νῦν ἀχρεῖον καὶ παράορον δέμας

κεῖται στενωποῦ πλησίον θαλασσίου

ἰπούμενος ῥίζηισιν Αἰτναίαις ὕπο,
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κορυφαῖς δ᾽ ἐν ἄκραις ἥμενος μυδροκτυπεῖ

Ἥφαιστος. ἔνθεν ἐκραγήσονταί ποτε

ποταμοὶ πυρὸς δάπτοντες ἀγρίαις γνάθοις

τῆς καλλικάρπου Σικελίας λευροὺς γύας·

τοιόνδε Τυφὼς ἐξαναζέσει χόλον
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Apparatus Criticus

πλείστοισι πλείστους πλείστους γε πημονὰς πημοναῖς πημονᾶς πημονών ² πρὸς ἑσπέρους ἐς ἑσπ. ἑσπερίους Κιλικίων Κιλίκων ἑκατογκάρανον ἑκατοντακάρανον ἑκατονκάρηνον corr. Pauw [ὃς] πᾶσιν ὅς ὃς πᾶσιν del. γαμφηλῆισι γαμφηλῆσι -λαῖσι φόβον φόβον φόνον ἐκπέρσων ἐκπέρσαι θέλων ἄγρυπνον ἄγρυπνος ἄγριον σέλας (ex 356) αὐτὸν αὐτός παράορον παράορον παράωρον παρήορον παράωρον πανάωρον ἰπούμενος ἰπούμενος ἰππούμ. ἰπν(vel ἱπν)ούμενος ῥίζηισιν ῥίζησιν ῥίζαισιν ἐν ἄκραις ἀν᾿ ἄκρ. ἄκροις ἔνθεν ἐνθένδ᾽ δ' ἀγρίαις ἀγρίοις λευροὺς λευρούς λευράς γύας γύας γυίας

ΠΡ.
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θερμοῖς ἀπλάτου βέλεσι πυρπνόου Ζάλης,

καίπερ κεραυνῶι Ζηνὸς ἠνθρακωμένος.

σὺ δ᾽ οὐκ ἄπειρος, οὐδ᾽ ἐμοῦ διδασκάλου

χρήιζεις· σεαυτὸν σῶιζ᾽ ὅπως ἐπίστασαι·

ἐγὼ δὲ τὴν παροῦσαν ἀντλήσω τύχην,
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ἔστ᾽ ἂν Διὸς φρόνημα λωφήσηι χόλου.

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.)) — 343 focus

Prometheus

I thank you for all this and shall never cease to thank you; in zeal you lack nothing, but do not trouble yourself; for your trouble will be vain and

not helpful to me—if indeed you want to take the pain. No, keep quiet and keep yourself clear of harm. For even if I am in sore plight, I would not wish affliction on everyone else. No, certainly, no! since, besides, I am distressed by the fate
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of my brother Atlas, who, towards the west, stands bearing on his shoulders the pillar of heaven and earth, a burden not easy for his arms to grasp. Pity moved me, too, at the sight of the earth-born dweller of the Cilician caves curbed by violence, that destructive monster
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of a hundred heads, impetuous Typhon. He withstood all the gods, hissing out terror with horrid jaws, while from his eyes lightened a hideous glare, as though he would storm by force the sovereignty of Zeus.
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But the unsleeping bolt of Zeus came upon him, the swooping lightning brand with breath of flame, which struck him, frightened, from his loud-mouthed boasts; then, stricken to the very heart, he was burnt to ashes and his strength blasted from him by the lightning bolt.
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And now, a helpless and a sprawling bulk, he lies hard by the narrows of the sea, pressed down beneath the roots of Aetna ; while on the topmost summit Hephaestus sits and hammers the molten ore. There, one day, shall burst forth
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rivers of fire,¹with savage jaws devouring the level fields of Sicily , land of fair fruit—such boiling rage shall Typho, although charred by the blazing lightning of Zeus, send spouting forth with hot jets of appalling, fire-breathing surge.
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But you are not inexperienced, and do not need me to teach you. Save yourself, as you know best; while I exhaust my present lot until the time comes when the mind of Zeus shall abandon its wrath.
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Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 343 focus

In part I commend thee, and will by no means at any time cease to do so. For in zeal to serve me thou lackest nothing. But trouble thyself not; for in vain, without being of any service to me , wilt thou labour, if in any respect thou art willing to labour. But hold thou thy peace, and keep thyself out of harm's way; for I, though I be in misfortune, would not on this account be willing that sufferings should befall as many as possible. No, indeed, since also the disasters of my brother Atlas gall my heart, who is stationed in the western regions, sustaining on his shoulders the pillar of heaven and of earth, a burthen not of easy grasp. I commiserated too when I beheld the earthborn inmate of the Cilician caverns, a tremendous prodigy, the hundred-headed impetuous Typhon, overpowered by force, who withstood all the gods, hissing slaughter from his hungry jaws; and from his eyes there flashed a hideous glare, as though he would perforce overthrow the sovereignty of Jove. But the sleepless shaft of Jupiter came upon him, the descending thunderbolt breathing forth flame, which scared him out of his presumptuous bravadoes; for having been smitten to his very soul he was crumbled to a cinder, and thunder-blasted in his prowess. And now, a helpless and paralyzed form, is he lying hard by a narrow frith, pressed down beneath the roots of Aetna . And, seated on the topmost peaks, Vulcan forges the molten masses, whence there shall one day burst forth floods devouring with fell jaws the level fields of fruitful Sicily: with rage such as this shall Typhon boil over in hot artillery of a never-glutted fire-breathing storm; albeit he hath been reduced to ashes by the thunderbolt of Jupiter. But thou art no novice, nor needest thou me for thine instructor. Save thyself as best thou knowest how; but I will exhaust my present fate until such time as the spirit of Jupiter shall abate its wrath.

OCEAN

Knowest thou not this then, Prometheus, that words are the physicians of a distempered feeling

?

PROMETHEUS

PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 343 focus

cherche pas à me retenir. Je me fais
fort, je me fais fort d'obtenir de Zeus la grâce de te dégager de ces peines.

PROMÉTHÉE

Je t'en sais gré et jamais ne l'oublierai : ton zèle n'a point de défaillance. Mais ne prends nulle peine : ta peine serait vaine à vouloir me servir — si vraiment cette peine était dans tes projets. Reste en repos et
tiens-toi hors d'affaire. Je ne voudrais point, parce que je suis dans le malheur, voir des revers frapper les autres en foule. Non, je souffre assez déjà du sort de mon frère, Atlas, qui, debout, au couchant, soutient de ses épaules la colonne
qui sépare le ciel et la terre, fardeau malaisé pour les bras qui l'étreignent. Et j'ai senti aussi la pitié me prendre le jour où j'ai vu le fils de la Terre ¹, jadis habitant des grottes ciliciennes, monstre terrible à cent têtes, Typhée, l'impétueux, dompté par la force. Il s'était dressé contre tous les
dieux, sifflant l'effroi par sa terrifiante mâchoire ; de ses yeux jaillissait en éclairs une lueur d'épouvante, qui disait son dessein de renverser par violence le pouvoir de Zeus. Mais sur lui vint le trait vigilant de Zeus, la foudre qui
s'abat dans un souffle de feu : elle le fit choir du haut de ses

PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ

PROMÉTHÉE

vanteries superbes. Atteint en plein cœur, il a vu sa force mise en poudre, anéantie par le tonnerre. Et maintenant, corps étalé inerte, il gît près d'un détroit marin,
comprimé par les racines de l'Etna, tandis qu'au haut de ses cimes Héphaistos installé frappe le fer en fusion. C'est de là qu'un jour jailliront des torrents de feu, qui iront dévorer de leurs dents sauvages les guérets féconds des
plaines de Sicile — si puissant sera le courroux bouillonnant que, dans les traits brûlants d'une insatiable tempête de feu, Typhée exhalera encore, tout carbonisé par la foudre de Zeus ! Mais tu n'es pas un novice et tu n'as pas besoin de mes leçons. Mets-toi à l'abri — comme tu sais le faire ² !
Pour moi, j'entends épuiser le destin qui maintenant est le mien, jusqu'au jour où le cœur de Zeus

Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 343 focus

For this thou haſt my thanks; thy courteſy

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With grateful memory ever ſhall be honour'd.

But think not of it, the attempt were vain,

Nor wou'd thy labour profit me; ceaſe then,

And leave me to my fate: however wretched,

I wiſh not to impart my woes to others.

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OCEANUS.

No; for thy brother's fate, th' unhappy Atlas m

,

Afflicts me: on the western ſhore he ſtands,

Supporting on his ſhoulders the vaſt pillar

Of Heav'n and Earth, a weight of cumbrous graſp.

Him too, the dweller of Cilicia's caves,
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I ſaw, with pity ſaw, Earth's monſtrous ſon,

With all his hundred heads n

ſubdued by Force,

The furious Typhon, who 'gainſt all the gods

Made war; his horrid jaws with ſerpenthiſs

Breath'd ſlaughter, from his eyes the gorgonglare
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Of baleful lightnings flaſh'd, as his proud force

Wou'd rend from Jove his empire of the ſky.

But him the vengeful bolt, inſtinct with fire,

Smote ſore, and daſh'd him from his haughty vaunts,

Pierc'd thro' his ſoul, and wither'd all his ſtrength.
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Thus ſtretch'd out huge in length beneath the roots

Of Ætna, near Trinacria's narrow ſea,

Aftonied, blaſted, ſpiritless he lies;

On whoſe high ſummit Vulcan holds his ſeat,

And forms the glowing maſſ. In times to come
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Hence ſtreams of torrent fire with hideous roar

Shall burſt, and with its waſteful mouths devour

All the fair fields of fruitful Sicily.

Such rage ſhall Typhon, blaſted as he is

With Jove's fierce lightning, pour inceſſant forth
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In ſmoking whirlwinds and tempeſtuous flame.

PROMETHEUS.

Thou art not unexperienc'd, nor haſt need

Of my inſtruction; ſave thyſelf, how beſt

Thy wiſdom ſhall direct thee. I will bear

My preſent fate, till Jove's harſh wrath relents.
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OCEANUS.

Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 343 focus

che incombono su me, sí che sappiate

compiutamente il tutto.

Esauditemi,
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compatite al dolente, esauditemi,

ché la sciagura, ciecamente errando,

ora su questo piomba, ora su quello.

CORO

Non a gente incresciosa

la tua parola, Prometèo, si volge.
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Sí che ora dal cocchio veloce

e da l'ètere limpido, tramite

degli augelli, con l'agile piede

scenderò su la terra: ché bramo

per intero ascoltar le tue pene.
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Il cocchio delle Oceanine sparisce. Su un cavallo marino alato giunge Oceano.

OCEANO

Giungo a te, Prometèo: questo augello

dalle penne veloci, diressi

col voler, senza freni. Ben lunga

fu la via che m'addusse a la mèta.

Sappi ch'io di tua sorte doloro:
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mi vi astringe la stirpe comune,

io mi penso: ma, oltre alla stirpe,

niun v'è la cui doglia

io partecipi piú che la tua.

Tu saprai che sincero è il mio labbro,
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che dir vane parole e lusinghe

mio costume non è. Dimmi dunque

in che cosa giovare io ti posso;

e dovrai convenir che nessuno

piú d'Oceano t' è fido amico.
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PROMETEO

Ahimè, che avviene? A contemplar mie doglie

anche tu giungi? E come ardisti mai,

lasciando il flutto che da te si noma,

e le volte di roccia, onde Natura

i tuoi spechi inarcò, sopra la terra
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madre del ferro, il pie' muovere ? Giungi

a veder le mie pene, a pianger meco?

Ecco ciò che veder tu puoi: l'amico

di Giove, quei che seco estrussi il regno,

sotto che strazi, sua mercè, mi fiacco.
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OCEANO

Prometèo, ben lo veggo; e consigliarti

vo' pel tuo meglio, benché tu sei scaltro.

Rientra in te: nuovi costumi adotta,

ché il Signore dei Numi anch' egli è nuovo.

Se parole cosí scabre e taglienti
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tu scaglierai, t'udirà certo Giove,

se ben tanto alto siede, e allora, un gioco

ti parrà da fanciullo, il mal presente.

Su' via, tapino, bandisci la furia

che t'empie il seno, e alle tue pene cerca
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qualche riscatto. A te forse parranno

triti vecchiumi le parole mie;

ma della lingua tua troppo superba

è questa, Prometèo, la triste mancia.

Ma tu non sai farti umile, non sai
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cedere ai mali; ed altri procacciartene,

oltre ai presenti, vuoi. Se un mio consiglio

ti piace udir, non calcitrare al pungolo :

vedi che aspro, che assoluto è Giove.

Adesso io vado, e tenterò la prova
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se ti posso scampar da queste pene.

Tu rimani tranquillo, e audace troppo

il tuo labbro non sia. Sempre il castigo

s'appiglia a troppo temeraria lingua:

sei tanto sapiente, e questo ignori ?
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PROMETEO

Felice te, che la mia doglia ardisci

partecipare, e fuor di colpa resti!

Ma lasciami or, di me cura non darti.

Modo non v'è che tu possa convincermi.

Bada a te stesso, fa' che il tuo viaggio
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non ti debba fruttar qualche cordoglio.

OCEANO

Molto piú vali a dar consiglio a quanti

ti son vicini, che a te stesso. I fatti,

non le parole, me ne dànno prova.

Accinto io sono già: né trattenermi
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ti piaccia: io mi lusingo, io mi lusingo

che Giove il dono di mandarti libero

da queste pene a me voglia concedere.

PROMETEO

lo ti son grato, e sempre ti sarò,

che del tuo buon voler nulla risparmi.
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Ma pur, non affannarti: affanno vano

il tuo sarebbe, e senza utile mio.

Sta tranquillo, e da me tien lunge il piede.

Non perché sono io misero, vorrei

che sciagura incogliesse ad altri molti.
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No, che mi rode anch'essa il cuor, la sorte

d'Atlante fratel mio, che ritto sta

nelle contrade d'Espero, e con gli òmeri

la colonna del cielo e de la terra

sostiene, immane pondo. E il cuor mi pianse,
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quando il figlio di Gea, l'abitatore

degli spechi Cilicî, orribil mostro

che spira furia da cento cerèbri,

mirai domato da la forza. Ei stette

a faccia a faccia contro i Numi tutti,
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sibilando terror da le mascelle

spaventevoli; e vampo mostruoso

folgoreggiavan gli occhi, e a viva forza

prostrar credea di Giove la tirannide.

Ma di Giove su lui l' insonne dardo,
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il folgore piombò, che dal ciel cade

spirando fiamma; e dai superbi vanti

giú l'abbatté. Colpito entro nei visceri,

ei fu converso in cenere, e disfatto

il poter suo fra l'ululo dei tuoni.
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Ed or, salma disutile, rovescio

giace nei pressi del marino stretto,

e le radici d'Etna su lui gravano.

E sta sopra le cime ultime Efesto,

e batte il ferro incandescente; e quindi
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fiumi di fuoco eromperanno un giorno,

con selvagge mascelle, e struggeranno

le piane valli e gli opulenti frutti

de la Sicilia, coi roventi strali

d'un implacabil turbine di fiamma.
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Tanto furor, se bene dalla folgore

converso in bragia, ebollirà Tifone.

Ma tu ciò non ignori, e non hai d'uopo

ch'io t'ammaestri. Or, come tu sai, sàlvati:

io la sciagura mia sopporterò,
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P

sin che di Giove non declini l'ira.

OCEANO

Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 343 focus

In his te laudo, & nunquam desistam.

Nam nihil diligentiæ negligis: sed

Nihil frustra laborato, nihil profuturus

Mihi laborabis, quamvis laborare velis:

Sed quiesce, te ipsum procul continens.
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Nam ego etsi infælix sim, non tamen

Vellem pluribus tales pœnas contingere.

Oce.

Non videlicet: nam etia me fratris tui fortunæ

Molestia afficiunt Atlantis, qui in Hesperijs locis

Stat, columnam cœli & terræ
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Humeris sustinens, pondus non tolerandum:

Terrigenumq; acerbarum incolam

PROMETHEVS.

Latebrarum videns, misericordia tactus sum, hostile

Centiceps, vi conantem Typhonem (monstrum,

Impetuosum, qui omnibus dijs restitit,
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Acerbis maxillis canens cædem,

Ex oculis coruscavit terribile lumen,

Tanqm Iovis tyrannidem depopulaturus vi.

Sed decidit in illum Iovis inquietum iaculum,

Procumbens fulmen, spirans flammam,
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Quod cum perterruit ab altis

Iactationibus: in ipsa mente percussus,

Illius robur combustum, & de cœlo tactum est,

Nunc verò cassum & immensum corpus

Iacet prope angustias maris,
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Vaporans sub radicibus Æthnæ.

In altis eius verticibus sedens, ferrum cudit

Vulcanus: inde profluent aliquando

Fluvij ignis, vorantes feris genis

Frugiparentis Siciliæ latos campos:
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Tali Typhon feruebit bili,

Calidæ inexoptabilis iaculis ignivomi turbinis,

Sic Iovis flumine combustus.

Pro.

Tu neq; ineptus es, neq; me præceptore

Indiges: teipsum serva, ut scis.
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Ego præsentem feram fortunam,

Donec Iovis voluntas desistat irasci.

Oce.

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.) — 343 focus

In part I praise thee, to the end will praise;

Goodwill thou lackest not, but yet forbear

Thy further trouble! If thy heart be fain,

Bethink thee that thy toil avails me not.
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Nay, rest thee well, aloof from danger's brink!

I will not ease my woe by base relief

In knowing others too involved therein.

Away the thought! for deeply do I rue

My brother Atlas' doom. Far off he stands
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In sunset land, and on his shoulder bears

The pillar'd mountain-mass whose base is earth,

Whose top is heaven, and its ponderous load

Too great for any grasp. With pity too

I saw Earth's child, the monstrous thing of war,
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That in Cilicia's hollow places dwelt—

Typho; I saw his hundred-headed form

Crushed and constrained; yet once his stride was fierce,

His jaws gaped horror and their hiss was death,

And all heaven's host he challenged to the fray,
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While, as one vowed to storm the power of Zeus,

Forth from his eyes he shot a demon glare.

It skilled not: the unsleeping bolt of Zeus,

The downward levin with its rush of flame,

Smote on him, and made dumb for evermore
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The clamour of his vaunting: to the heart

Stricken he lay, and all that mould of strength

Sank thunder-shattered to a smouldering ash;

And helpless now and laid in ruin huge

He lieth by the narrow strait of sea,
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Crushed at the root of Etna's mountain-pile.

High on the pinnacles whereof there sits

Hephaestus, sweltering at the forge; and thence

On some hereafter day shall burst and stream

The lava-floods, that shall with ravening fangs
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Gnaw thy smooth lowlands, fertile Sicily!

Such ire shall Typho from his living grave

Send seething up, such jets of fiery surge,

Hot and unslaked, altho' himself be laid

In quaking ashes by Zeus' thunderbolt.
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But thou dost know hereof, nor needest me

To school thy sense: thou knowest safety's road—

Walk then thereon! I to the dregs will drain,

Till Zeus relent from wrath, my present woe.

Oceanus

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.) — 343 focus

Für Solches lob' ich jego dich und immerdar.

Gewiß, an Freundeseifer fehlt dir's nicht: indeß

Laf deine Mühe; nichtig ja, nuklos für mich,

Bleibt alle Mühe, wenn du ja dich mühen willst.

Nein, harre ruhig, halte dich der Sache fern.
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Denn wenn ich selbst auch leide, möcht' ich darum nicht,

Daß Vielen gleiches Ungemach begegnete.

O nein! Des Bruders Schicksal schon betrübt mich tief,

Des Atlas, der im fernen Abendlande steht,

Und auf den Schultern, eine schwergewalt'ge Last,
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Des Himmels und der Erde Säulen stüßend trägt.

Den Erdensohn auch sah ich, der Kilikia's

Felskluft bewohnt, und seufzte, wie das Ungethüm

Mit hundert Häuptern durch Gewalt gebändigt ward,

Der grimme Typhon, der den Göttern allzumal
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Trog bot, Verderben schnaubend aus dem grausen Schlund;

Aus seinen Augen blikte wild des Feuers Glanz,

Als wollt' er stürzen mit Gewalt Zeus' Herrscherthron.

Ihn aber traf Kronions ewigwacher Pfeil,

Der Donnerstrahl, der flammenathmend niederfuhr,
360

Daß hochvermess'ner Prahlerei Verheißungen

Zum Nichts zerstoben: mitten schlug in's Herz der Strahl,

Und brach im Dampfe wilder Glut die stolze Kraft.

Und nun, ein machtlos hingestreckter Riesenleib,

So liegt er dort, des Meeres engem Sunde nah,
365

Tief unter Aetna's Felsengrund hinabgedrückt:

Auf hoher Kuppe sikend schlägt sein glühend Erz

Hephästos. Dorther stürzen einst Glutströme sich

Hernieder, und verzehren rings mit grimmem Zahn

Die fruchtumglänzten Segensau'n Sikelia's.
370

So wird Typhoeus seine Wuth in flammenden

Geschossen aussprüh'n niegedämpften Glutorkans,

Obwohl zur Asche durch Kronions Strahl verbrannt.

Doch dir gebricht erfahrne Kunde nicht, du brauchst

Nicht meines Rathes; rette dich, wie du's vermagst.
375

Ich will das Loos ausdulden, das Zeus' Wille mir

Beschieden, bis die Flamme seines Zorns erlischt.

Okeanos.

Commentary

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

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

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

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

ὃς πρὸς ἑσπέρους τόπους:

ὃς ἐς ἑσπέρους τόπους

Med. Par. D. Rob.

ὃς πρὸς ἑσπερίους τόπους

Vit. Ceteri

ὃς πρὸς ἑσπέρους τόπους

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

κίον᾽:

κίονας

G. Lips. 1. Vulgatum

κίον'

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

διὸ καὶ Αἰσχύλος ἐν Προμηθεῖ κίονα εἶπεν ἑνικῶς καὶ οὐ κίονας

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

ἕστηκε κίων

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

ἕστηκε κίων

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

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

οὐρανοῦ:

οὐρανῶν

Rob.

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

ὤμοις:

ὤμοις

(non

ὤμοισι

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

ὤμοισι

Par. D.

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

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

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

εὐάγκαλον:

εὐάγγαλον

Lips. 1.

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

τε:

τε

omittit G.

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

ἄντρων:

ἄντρων

, superscripto

, Lips. 2.

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

ἑκατογκάρηνον: Libri

ἑκατοντακάρηνον

, nisi quod M.

ἑκατοντοκάρηνον

habet,

super

a manu secunda adscripto. Ex Pauwii emendatione Porsonus

ἑκατογκάρηνον

. Blomfieldius aliique

ἑκατογκάρανον

, quod

καρανῶσαι, καρανιστῆρα

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

ἑκατονκάρανοι, ἑκατὸν αἱ ἐπιζήμιον πρασσόμεναι

, et est fortasse ita, si ille

ἑκατογκάρανον

scripsit et deinde posuit ex Aristophanis Eq. 440.

ἑκατοντάλαντοι δίκαι, αἱ ἑκατὸν τάλαντα ἐπιζήμιον πρασσόμεναι

. In chori carmine apud Aeschylum Choeph. 391.

κάρανα

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

κάρα Τυδεὺς γένυσι Μελανίππου σπάσας

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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

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

357-358. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-395

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.

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

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

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

γαμφηλαῖσι:

γαμφήλαισι

a pr. manu M. et ad secundam syllabam superscripto

γαμφήλαισι

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

γαμφηλαῖσι

Lips. 1.

γαμφηλαις

vel

γαμφηλαις

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

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

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

αις

, sed in duobus vocabulis

θεαῖς

ἀκταῖς

. Atque ex

θεά

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

αἰνῶς ἀθανάτησι θεῇς εἰς ὦπα ἔοικεν

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

θεῇς

not sine iota littera defendere studuit.

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

φόνον:

φόβον

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

φόνον

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

ὀμμάτων:

ὀμάτων

G. Lips. 1.

358. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-400

ἤστραπτε:

ἤστραπται

G. Lips. 2.

358. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-401

γοργωπὸν:

γοργωπὸν

ex hoc versu habere videtur Hesychius.

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

ἄγρυπνον:

ἄγριον

G. Lips. 1.

361. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-403

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

caducum fulmen

eripere tentantem.

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

κἀξεβροντήθη:

καὶ ἐξεβροντίθη

κἀξεβροντήσθη

Vit.

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

παράορον:

παράωρον

Vit. aliique codd.

πανάωρον

Ox. Bess. Ald. γρ.

καὶ πανάωρον

Vit.

παρήωρον

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

παρήορον

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

παράφρον

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

παράορος, σειραφόρος

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

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

ἰπούμενος:

ἰπνούμενος

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

ἱπνούμενος

G. et a manu recentiore Μ.

ἱπούμενος

Vit. ex correctione primae manus, quae alterum

delevit. Eodem errore apud Hesychium et Photium

ιπποῦμεν

ἰππούμενος

scriptum.

ἰπνούμενον

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

ἰπούμενος

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

ἰποῦν ῥῆμα τὸ βλάπτειν παρὰ τῷ Αἰσχύλῳ

. Etiam Pindarus Ol. IV. 11. Aetnam vocavit

ἶπον ἀνεμόεσσαν ἑκατογκεφάλα Τυφῶνος ὀβρίμου

367. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-407

ῥίζαισιν:

ῥίζαισιν

M. Vit. Aug.

ῥίζησιν

G. Lips. 1.

ῥίζεσιν

Lips. 2.

368. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-408

μυδροκτυπεῖ:

μυδροκτυπεῖ

in litura M.

μυδροκτρυπεῖ

Lips. 2.

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

ἔνθεν ἐκραγήσονταί:

ἐνθένδ᾽ ἐκρ.

Lips. 1.

ἔνθ᾽ ἐκρραγήσονταί ποτε

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

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

δάπτοντες:

δ᾽ ἄπτοντες

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

ἀγρίαις:

ἀγρίοις

Vit. et pauci alii.

371. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-412

λευρὰς:

λευροὺς

Μ. Rob. Ceteri libri

λευράς

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

γύας:

γυίας

Vit. Lips. 1. aliique.

γυίας

Lips. 2.

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

θερμῆς:

θερμοῖς

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

θερμῆς

. Ita, non

θερμής

, etiam M.

θέρμης

G. et ante correctionem Vit.

373. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-415

ἀπλήστου: Libri

ἀπλήστου

. Id in

ἀπλήτου

(scribere debebat

ἀπλάτου

) mutandum suspicabatur Schutzius, quia Pindarus

ἀπλάτου πυρός

dixerit. Cur corrigatur quod caret vitio?

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

βέλεσι:

βέλεσσι

Μ.

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

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

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

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

τραχὺς μόναρχος, οὐδ᾽ ὑπεύθυνος κρατεῖ

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

σῶζ':

σῶιζ'

Μ.

376. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-419

ἐπίστασαι:

ἐπίσταμαι

ante corr. Lips. 1.

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

λωφήσῃ:

λωφήσῃ

, ut librarius prius

λωφήσει

scripsisse videatur, M.

λογήσῃ

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

χόλου:

χόλον

Vit.

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

γιγνώσκεις:

γιγνώσκεις

Μ. Ceteri

γινώσκεις

. Cicero Q. Tusc. III. 31.

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

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

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

ψυχῆς νοσούσης: Libri omnes

ὀργῆς νοσούσης εἰσὶν ἰατροὶ λόγοι

. Stobaeus ΧΧ. 13.

ὀργῆς ματαίας εἰσὶν αἴτιοι λόγοι

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

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

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

ψυχῆς

pro

ὀργῆς

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

κατὰ γὰρ τὴν τραγῳδίαν ψυχῆς νοσούσης εἰσὶν ἰατροὶ λόγοι

. Εt p. 1005, 21.

ἐπεὶ καὶ φύσει κατὰ τὸν εἰπόντα ψυχῆς νοσούσης εἰσὶν ἰατροὶ λόγοι

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

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

: verum ibi pro

νοσούσαις

codex Vrbinas praebuit

ἀγνοούσαις

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

Ὀργή

quidem non videtur

νοσοῦσα

dici potuisse. Nam etsi

νοσεῖν περί τι

vel

ἐπί τινι

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

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

, tamen si quid simpliciter

νοσεῖν

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

ὀργὴ νοσοῦσα

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

νοσούσης

ille interpretatus est, qui pro eo verbo

ματαίας

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

ὀργή

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

ὀργῆς νοσοῦσιν εἰσὶν ἰατροὶ λόγοι

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

νοσοῦσιν ὀργῆς

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

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

, ut Aeschylum

ὀργῆς ζεούσης

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

νοσούσης

irrepserit. Fatendum tamen est scholiastas aliud verbum quam

νοσούσης

videri legisse. Eorum unus

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

Alius interpres adscripsit

ἀκμαζούσης

. In alio scholio est

εἰπόντος Ὠκεανοῦ ὅτι τῆς ἀκμαζούσης ὀργῆς οἱ λόγοι εἰσὶν ἰατροί

. Quas interpretationes qui consideret, facile adducatur ut eas ad

σφριγώσης

pertinere putet, quandoquidem mox ad

σφριγῶντα

v. 382. adnotatum est

αὐξόμενον καὶ ζέοντα. ἀκμάζοντα. νεάζοντα καὶ αὐξάνοντα

. Atque apud Hesychium

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

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

ὀργῆς σφριγώσης

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

σφυδῶντα

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

ὀργῆς βρυούσης

. Nam Hesychius

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

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

βρύοντα θάλλον

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

ὀργῆς

, quod pro diversa scriptura habitum deinde expulso

ψυχῆς

ὀργῆς

mutatum fuerit.

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Χορός

Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι
415

παρθένοι, μάχας ἄτρεστοι,

καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς

ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαι-

ῶτιν ἔχουσι λίμναν,

420

Χορός

†Ἀραβίας⁵ τ᾽ ἄρειον ἄνθος,
420

ὑψίκρημνον οἳ⁶ πόλισμα

Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται,⁷

δάιος στρατός, ὀξυπρῴ-

ροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς.

425

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Apparatus Criticus

Apparatus Criticus

OCEAN

Knowest thou not this then, Prometheus, that words are the physicians of a distempered feeling

?

PROMETHEUS

PROMETHEUS.

Thou art not unexperienc'd, nor haſt need

Of my inſtruction; ſave thyſelf, how beſt

Thy wiſdom ſhall direct thee. I will bear

My preſent fate, till Jove's harſh wrath relents.
385

OCEANUS.

Esauditemi,
320

compatite al dolente, esauditemi,

ché la sciagura, ciecamente errando,

ora su questo piomba, ora su quello.

PROMETEO

Felice te, che la mia doglia ardisci

partecipare, e fuor di colpa resti!

Ma lasciami or, di me cura non darti.

Modo non v'è che tu possa convincermi.

Bada a te stesso, fa' che il tuo viaggio
385

non ti debba fruttar qualche cordoglio.

OCEANO

Molto piú vali a dar consiglio a quanti

ti son vicini, che a te stesso. I fatti,

non le parole, me ne dànno prova.

Accinto io sono già: né trattenermi
390

ti piaccia: io mi lusingo, io mi lusingo

che Giove il dono di mandarti libero

da queste pene a me voglia concedere.

OCEANO

Nam nihil diligentiæ negligis: sed

Nihil frustra laborato, nihil profuturus

Mihi laborabis, quamvis laborare velis:

Sed quiesce, te ipsum procul continens.
350

Nam ego etsi infælix sim, non tamen

Vellem pluribus tales pœnas contingere.

Oce.

Non videlicet: nam etia me fratris tui fortunæ

Molestia afficiunt Atlantis, qui in Hesperijs locis

Stat, columnam cœli & terræ
355

Humeris sustinens, pondus non tolerandum:

Terrigenumq; acerbarum incolam

Pro.

Tu neq; ineptus es, neq; me præceptore

Indiges: teipsum serva, ut scis.
380

Ego præsentem feram fortunam,

Donec Iovis voluntas desistat irasci.

Oce.

Oceanus

Okeanos.

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Χορός Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι 415 παρθένοι, μάχας ἄτρεστοι, καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαι- ῶτιν ἔχουσι λίμναν, 420

Χορός †Ἀραβίας 5 τ᾽ ἄρειον ἄνθος, 420 ὑψίκρημνον οἳ 6 πόλισμα Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται, 7 δάιος στρατός, ὀξυπρῴ- ροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς. 425

Χορός βοᾷ δὲ πόντιος κλύδων ξυμπίτνων, στένει βυθός, 16 κελαινὸς [δ᾽ 17 ] Ἄιδος ὑποβρέμει μυχὸς γᾶς, παγαί θ᾽ ἁγνορύτων 18 ποταμῶν στένουσιν ἄλγος οἰκτρόν. 435 436

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Apparatus Criticus

Apparatus Criticus

OCEAN Knowest thou not this then, Prometheus, that words are the physicians of a distempered feeling ?

PROMETHEUS

PROMETHEUS. Thou art not unexperienc'd, nor haſt need Of my inſtruction; ſave thyſelf, how beſt Thy wiſdom ſhall direct thee. I will bear My preſent fate, till Jove's harſh wrath relents. 385

OCEANUS.

Esauditemi, 320 compatite al dolente, esauditemi, ché la sciagura, ciecamente errando, ora su questo piomba, ora su quello.

PROMETEO Felice te, che la mia doglia ardisci partecipare, e fuor di colpa resti! Ma lasciami or, di me cura non darti. Modo non v'è che tu possa convincermi. Bada a te stesso, fa' che il tuo viaggio 385 non ti debba fruttar qualche cordoglio.

OCEANO Molto piú vali a dar consiglio a quanti ti son vicini, che a te stesso. I fatti, non le parole, me ne dànno prova. Accinto io sono già: né trattenermi 390 ti piaccia: io mi lusingo, io mi lusingo che Giove il dono di mandarti libero da queste pene a me voglia concedere.

OCEANO

Nam nihil diligentiæ negligis: sed Nihil frustra laborato, nihil profuturus Mihi laborabis, quamvis laborare velis: Sed quiesce, te ipsum procul continens. 350 Nam ego etsi infælix sim, non tamen Vellem pluribus tales pœnas contingere.

Oce. Non videlicet: nam etia me fratris tui fortunæ Molestia afficiunt Atlantis, qui in Hesperijs locis Stat, columnam cœli & terræ 355 Humeris sustinens, pondus non tolerandum: Terrigenumq; acerbarum incolam

Pro. Tu neq; ineptus es, neq; me præceptore Indiges: teipsum serva, ut scis. 380 Ego præsentem feram fortunam, Donec Iovis voluntas desistat irasci.

Oce.

Oceanus

Okeanos.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

Χορός

Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι
415

παρθένοι, μάχας ἄτρεστοι,

καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς

ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαι-

ῶτιν ἔχουσι λίμναν,

420

Χορός

†Ἀραβίας⁵ τ᾽ ἄρειον ἄνθος,
420

ὑψίκρημνον οἳ⁶ πόλισμα

Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται,⁷

δάιος στρατός, ὀξυπρῴ-

ροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς.

425

OCEAN

Knowest thou not this then, Prometheus, that words are the physicians of a distempered feeling

?

PROMETHEUS.

Thou art not unexperienc'd, nor haſt need

Of my inſtruction; ſave thyſelf, how beſt

Thy wiſdom ſhall direct thee. I will bear

My preſent fate, till Jove's harſh wrath relents.
385

Esauditemi,
320

compatite al dolente, esauditemi,

ché la sciagura, ciecamente errando,

ora su questo piomba, ora su quello.

PROMETEO

Felice te, che la mia doglia ardisci

partecipare, e fuor di colpa resti!

Ma lasciami or, di me cura non darti.

Modo non v'è che tu possa convincermi.

Bada a te stesso, fa' che il tuo viaggio
385

non ti debba fruttar qualche cordoglio.

OCEANO

Molto piú vali a dar consiglio a quanti

ti son vicini, che a te stesso. I fatti,

non le parole, me ne dànno prova.

Accinto io sono già: né trattenermi
390

ti piaccia: io mi lusingo, io mi lusingo

che Giove il dono di mandarti libero

da queste pene a me voglia concedere.

Nam nihil diligentiæ negligis: sed

Nihil frustra laborato, nihil profuturus

Mihi laborabis, quamvis laborare velis:

Sed quiesce, te ipsum procul continens.
350

Nam ego etsi infælix sim, non tamen

Vellem pluribus tales pœnas contingere.

Oce.

Non videlicet: nam etia me fratris tui fortunæ

Molestia afficiunt Atlantis, qui in Hesperijs locis

Stat, columnam cœli & terræ
355

Humeris sustinens, pondus non tolerandum:

Terrigenumq; acerbarum incolam

Pro.

Tu neq; ineptus es, neq; me præceptore

Indiges: teipsum serva, ut scis.
380

Ego præsentem feram fortunam,

Donec Iovis voluntas desistat irasci.