Aeschylus Prometheus Bound 153

Anna Swanwick (Translator)

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PROMETHEUS
The rest for you and her I will relate,
The track regaining of my former words.
On the land's verge a town, Canobos, stands,
At Neilos' very mouth and sand-bar,—there,
Zeus shall restore thy reason,—stroking thee
With touch alone of unalarming hand;
Then thou dark Epaphos shalt bear, whose name

Records his sacred gendering. He shall reap
All land that Neilos' waves broad-flooding reach.
Fifth in descent from him a female race,
Fifty in number, shall return to Argos,
Not willingly, but wedlock to avoid
Of cousins; these, with passion-winged hearts,
Falcons that follow close on doves, shall come
Chasing unlawful wedlock, but the god
Shall grudge them such fair prey; Pelasgian soil
Harbour shall grant them till, awake by night,

Woman's fell prowess over men prevail;
For every bride her spouse shall reave of life,
The two-edged weapon bathing in his neck.—
May Kypris visit in such guise my foes!—
But of the maids shall one, by love beguiled,
Her partner fail to slay;—her will's keen edge
Blunted, she will of evils twain prefer
Repute of weakness to bloodguiltiness.
She shall a kingly race in Argos bear.
This to set forth at large needs lengthy speech.

But from this seed shall dauntless hero spring,
Bow-famous, who shall free me from these ills.

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.) — 128-194 focus
Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 128-195 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 152 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 152 focus
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 152 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 152 focus
εἰ γάρ μ' ὑπὸ γῆν νέρθεν θ' Ἅιδου
τοῦ νεκροδέγμονος
εἰς ἀπέραντον Τάρταρον ἧκεν,
δεσμοῖς ἀλύτοις ἀγρίοις πελάσας,
ὡς μήτε θεὸς μήτε τις ἄλλος
165
τοῖσδ᾽ ἐπεγήθει.
νῦν δ᾽ αἰθέριον κίνυγμ᾽ ὁ τάλας
ἐχθροῖς ἐπίχαρτα πέπονθα.
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 152 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.)) — 128-195 focus
Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 152 focus
Oh would that he had sent me beneath the earth, and below into the boundless Tartarus of Hades that receives the dead, after savagely securing me in indissoluble bonds, so that no god at any time, nor any other being, had exulted in this my doom. Whereas now, hapless one, I, the sport of the winds, suffer pangs that gladden my foes.
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 152 focus
mes ennemis !
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 152 focus
Beneath the earth,
Beneath the gulfs of Tartarus, g
that ſpread
Interminable o'er the dead,
160
Had his ſtern fury fix'd this rigid chain,
Nor gods, nor men had triumph'd in my pain.
But pendent in th' ætherial air,
The pageant gratifies my ruthleſs foes,
That gaze, inſult, and glory in my woes. h
165
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 152 focus
Prometeo, veggo. Ed una fosca nuvola
di lagrimose stille
mi preme le pupille,
te contemplando in lacci indissolubili
170
•
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 152 focus
Sì uerò me sub terram ad inferos
Mortiferos in immenſum
Tartarum misiſſet, uinculis in disſolutis
Ferociter appropinquans, ut neque Deus,
160
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.) — 152 focus
Had he but hurled me, far beneath
170
The vast and ghostly halls of Death,
Down to the limitless profound
Of Tartarus, in fetters bound,
Fixed by his unrelenting hand!
So had no man, nor God on high,
175
Exulted o'er mine agony—
But now, a sport to wind and sky,
Mocked by my foes, I stand!
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.) — 152 focus
O hätt' er hinab in den Hades mich
Zu den Todten gestürzt, in der Tartarosnacht
Unermeßliche Kluft, mit unlösbarem Band
Zornvoll mich umstrickt, daß weder ein Gott
155
Noch ein Anderer sonst frohlockte darob!
Nun schweb' ich den Lüften ein Spielwerk hier,
Muß dulden zur Lust für die Feinde !
Zweite Strophe.

Commentary

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

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

γνώμην· δυοῖν δὲ:
γνώμην. δυοῖν (δυεῖν Μ.) δὲ
M. Lips. Arund. Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. C. E. F. N.
γνώμαιν δὲ δυοῖν
G.
γνώμαιν (vel γνωμαῖν) δυοῖν δὲ
Par. A. B. D. H. Rob.
γνώμων (γνωμῶν· Turn.) δυοῖν δὲ
Ald. Turn.
γνώμοιν δυοῖν
, omisso
δέ
, Vit.

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

ἄναλκις:
ἄναλκις
Par. A. C. et superscriptum in B.

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

αὕτη:
αἳ
G. Ox. Bess. Ald.

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

μακροῦ λόγου δὲ: Vulgo
μακροῦ λόγου δεῖ ταῦτ᾽ ἐπεξελθεῖν τορῶς
, et sic M. Vit. Lips. ceterique plerique codices et Ald. Turn.
δεῖ ταῦτ' ἐξελθεῖν
Rob.
ταῦτα ἐξελθεῖν
Par. N.
ταῦτά τ᾽ ἐξελθεῖν
G. Mosc. 2. In
δεῖ
consentiunt libri praeter Ox. in quo
δὴ
est. Non est credibile sic haec sine coniunctione superioribus esse addita. Quare recipiendum duxi quod Schützius coniecit
δὲ
pro
δεῖ
. Et confirmatur hoc glossa codicis G.
πάρεστι
, etsi hic quoque codex
δεῖ
habet. Neque
δεῖ
habuerunt scholiastae, qui in explicatione verborum adhibuerint
ἐστίν
et
εἴη ἄν
.

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

ἐκ τῆσδε:
ἐκ τῶνδε
Par. Β. (sed hic adscripto
ἐκ τῆσδε
) Ox. Ven. 1.
καὶ τῶνδε
G.

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

τόξοισι κλεινός:
τόξοισι κλεινοῖς
M. Rob. Ceteri
τόξοισι κλεινός
. Quem poeta extollere hic debebat Herculem, ut cuius memorandi caussa quae praecedunt omnia dixerat, eius significatione bene videbat mirifice commoveri audientium animos debere, si diceret
θρασύς, τόξοισι κλεινός
, prae quo misere languet
θρασὺς τόξοισι κλεινοῖς
, nec languore careret, si diceretur
θρασύς τις, τόξοισι κλεινός
.

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

ὃς πόνων ἐκ τῶνδ' ἐμὲ:
ὃς πόνων ἐκ τῶνδ' ἐμὲ
Μ. G. Vit. Lips. edd. vett. Alii codices
ὃς τῶνδ᾽ ἐκ πόνων ἐμὲ
, vel
ὃς ἐκ πόνων τῶνδέ με
, vel
ὃς ἐκ πόνων τῶν ἐμὲ
, vel
ὃς πόνων τῶν ἐμέ
.

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

χρησμὸν:
χρησμὸν
littera
η
a sec. manu M.

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

ἐμοὶ:
ἐμὴ
Vit. Cantabr. 1. 2. Ox. Par. K. Ven. 3. Bess. et ex corr. G. in quo prius
ἐμοὶ
fuerat.
οι
superscriptum in Colb. 2.
ἐμοὶ
M. Lips. aliique codices et edd. vett.

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

θεῶν: In fine versus libri omnes
Θέμις
, praeter G. in quo est
θεῶν
, superscripto
Θέμις
ut ex interpretatione. In Vit. ad
Θέμις
adscripta interpretatio
ἡ γῆ
. Hae glossae, simulque
παλαιγενής
epitheton, quod ineptum esset si de Promethei matre diceretur, genuinam esse produnt codicis Guelferbytani scripturam, interpretes autem ex v. 211. seqq. quae esset illa deorum mater explicaturos in diversa discessisse, aliis Tellurem, aliis Themidem dici putantibus. Itaque hunc sum librum secutus.

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

ὅπως δὲ χὤπῃ:
ὅπως δ᾽ ἔχω πῇ
Lips. Codex Vit. habuerat
πῶς δ᾽ ἔχω. ποῖ
, cum hac glossa,
ᾧτινι τρόπῳ ἔξω ποῦ
, quod
ποῦ
ab eadem manu in
πότε
mutatum, in textu autem correctum primum verbum in
ὅπως
, deinde ad
γρ
supra apposita signa quibus fieret
ὅπῃ
.

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

δεῖ:
δὲ
pro
δεῖ
Lips. Alii nonnulli
δή
.

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

λόγου:
χρόνου
G. Lips. aliique et Ald. Rob. Turn.
λόγου
M. Vit. Par. F. Hoc praetuli. Apte comparavit Stephanus Pers. 714.
πάντα γάρ, Δαρεῖε, ἀκούσει μῦθον ἐν βραχεῖ λόγῳ
. Quamquam ibi quoque pars librorum
χρόνῳ
habet.

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

σύ τ':
σὺ δ'
Vit. Colb. 1. Ceteri, opinor, omnes ut M. G. Lips. edd. vett.
σύ τ'
, aptius his leviter et segnius adiectis.

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

ἐλελεῦ, ἐλελεῦ:
ἐλελελελελεῦ
M. G. Lips. Turn.
ἐλελελελελελεῦ
septem syllabis Cantabr. 1. Quinque syllabis Ald. Sic etiam Rob. sed
ἰὼ. ἰὼ.
praemittens.
ἰω, ἰω, ἔλε, ἔλε, ἔλε, λε λεῦ
Par. E. Codex Vit. in quo quod praecedit
i
nomen Io est, sic,
έλε λε λε ἐλε λελεῦ
, octo syllabis, quarum quinta et sexta minoribus litteris in vacuo spatio insertae. Hesychius
ἐλελεῦ, ἐπιφώνημα πολεμικόν. οἳ δέ, προαναφώνησις παιανισμοῦ. τίθησι δὲ αὐτὸ Αἰσχύλος ἐπὶ σχετλιασμοῦ ἐν Προμηθεῖ δεσμώτῃ
. Emendavit Pauwius
ἐλελεῦ, ἐλελεῦ
.

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

φρενοπληγεῖς:
φρενοβλαβεῖς
G. Lips. Bess. aliique nonnulli.

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

ἄρδις:
ἄρσις
G. Hesychius
ἄρδις, ἀκίς. Αἰσχύλος Προμηθεῖ δεσμώτῃ
.

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

ἄπυρος:
ἄπειρος
G. Par. E. F. Dictum est
ἄπυρος
ut in Choeph. 487.
πέδαις δ᾽ ἀχαλκεύτοις ἐθηρεύθης, πάτερ
.

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

κραδία:
καρδία
M. G. Vit. Lips. Cantabr. 2. Par. E. Bess. Ceteri
κραδία
.

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

φόβῳ φρένα λακτίζει:
φρένα φόβῳ λακτίζει
Vit. aliique nonnulli et Ald.
φόβῳ λακτίζει φρένα
Rob.

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

ὄμμαθ' ἑλίγδην:
ὄμματ' ἐλίγδην
Lips.

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

ἀκρατής:
ἀκρατοὺς
Vit. Lips. sed in Vit.
ής
superscriptum.

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

παίουσ':
πταίουσ'
Par. L.
παύουσ'
Par. Κ.
παίουσιν
G.
παίουσ'
etiam M. habere videtur. Hoc dicit, perturbala dicta mea illiduntur (h. e. luctantur) diri fluctibus fati.

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

πρὸς κύμασιν:
στυγνοῖς
Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. L. Vind. 1. 3.
στυγνῆς πρὸς κύμασι
G. et a pr. manu M. in quo a sec. manu
προς
factum est. In G. adscriptae hae interpretationes,
λυπηραῖς, ταραχαῖς
. Lips.
πρὸς κύμασιν ἄτης
, ad penultimam superscripto
ι
.

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

NA: Totam primam huius carminis stropham habet scholion haud dubie recentissimum ad primum epigramma Callimachi. Nicephorus Gregoras Hist. Byz. VIII. 14. p. 383. ed. Bonn.
ἦ σοφὸς ἦν ἄρ᾽ ἐκεῖνος ὃς πρῶτος ἐν γνώμῃ τόδ᾽ ἐβάστασε καὶ γλώσσῃ διεμυθολόγησεν, εἴτε Θαλῆς ὁ Μιλήσιος ἦν, εἴτε Πλάτων ὁ Ἀρίστωνος, εἴτε καὶ ἄμφω, παρὰ θατέρου ἕτερος ἐκδεξάμενος, τό γ' ἑαυτὸν μακαρίζειν ἐκθύμως, ὅτι μὴ βάρβαρος, ἀλλ᾽ Ἕλλην γεγένηται
. Idem XXI. 5. p. 1025.
ἀλλὰ γὰρ ἦ σοφὸς ἦν ἐκεῖνος ὃς πρῶτος ἐν γνώμῃ τόδ᾽ ἐβάστασε καὶ γλώττῃ διεμυθολόγησε, τὸν μακρὸν ἅπαντα φύειν τ' ἄδηλα χρόνον καὶ τὰ φανέντα καλύπτειν·
quae posteriora ex Sophoclis Aiace v. 646. sumpta sunt.

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

γνώμᾳ:
γνώμᾳ
, superscripto
ῃ
, Lips.

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

ἐβάστασε:
ἐβάσταζε
Par. Ε. et e corr. Lips. in quo fuerat
ἐβάσταξε
.

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

γλώσσᾳ:
γλώσσῃ
G. Ald. Rob.
γλώσσα
, superscripto
ῃ
, Lips.
γλῶσσα
a pr. manu M. ex quo factum
γλώσσαι
.

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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2
561-886. Third Episode. Io and Prometheus. The myth of Io is connected with that of Prometheus by the person of Heracles, the libera- tor of Prometheus, who is descended from paphus, the son of Zeus and Io (see on 774). The appearance of Io therefore prepares the way for the introduction of Heracles in the Προ- μηθεὺς λυόμενος. But the immediate significance of this scene consists in the present relation of Zeus and Io. Io appears as innocent and yet perse- cuted; her sufferings, superficially considered, put Zeus in the worst possible light. Accordingly the in- dignation of Prometheus rises more and more, till at last, carried away by passion, he vaunts his secret in such terms that the interposition of Zeus becomes inevitable. So the transition to the catastrophe is pre- pared. The geographical part of this episode, with its description of marvels, like the scene of Heracles in the Προμηθεὺς λυόμενος (see below, Frg. VII. and VIII.), doubtless had a peculiar charm for the Athenians of the period. On the origin of the myth of Io, see Introd. p. 9, footnote. Io appears as a horned maiden (588, 674; so indi- cated by her mask). In early Greek art, especially in vase-paintings, she has the figure of a cow outright. On the throne of the Amyclaean Apollo, a work of the sculptor Bathycles (about Ol. 60), Hera was represented as glaring at Io, 'who is already a cow' (Paus. iii. 18. 7). On an archaic black-figured vase of the Munich collection (No. 573; see Panofka, Argos Panoptes, plate 5), Argus is seen, seated on the ground, a fero- cious figure with long hair and beard, and a huge eye in his shaggy breast; he holds in his hand a long cord, attached to the horns of a cow. Near by stands Hermes, grasping the cord near the horns with his left hand, and about to draw his sword with his right. Argus's dog
stands at bay in front of his master. Through the influence of this trag- edy, Io came later to be depicted in art as a maiden with horns. So, for instance, on a red-figured vase of the Berlin Museum (Panofka, l.c., plate 3). The stinging gadfly' of the legend (cp. Suppl. 306 BΑ. τί οὖν ἔτευξεν ἄλλο δυσπότμῳ βοΐ; ΧΟ. βοη- λάτην μύωπα κινητήριον, Verg. Georg. iii. 147 cui nomen asilo Ro- manum est, oestrum Graii vertere vocantes), which is mentioned in Io's narrative, 675 be- low, had also to be omitted in the scenic representation. The difficulty was met by a figurative conception of οἶστρος; the maddening sting was interpreted as the reminiscence of the crafty eye of Argos (567). — On account of the unusual manner of Io's entrance and exit, the anapaests which commonly accompany the ar- rival and departure of a personage are here and at 877 given to the actor, not to the chorus. So above, at the entrance of the chorus (120 ff.).

874. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-555

3
4
874. διήλθε: like διεῖπε, set forth fully. – Τιτανὶς Θέμις: see on 210.

875. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-556

5
6
875. ὅπως, ὅπη: these are joined, to include every possible circum- stance. For the ellipsis cp. 915. What Prometheus here passes over, the spectator learns in the Προμηθεὺς λυόμενος. 'Io

877. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-557

7
8
877 ff. As a motive for Io's depar- ture, the poet employs a fresh ac- cession of madness (οἶστρος). primos tantum furoris impetus verbis describit, reliquos vero scena egressa spectatoris imaginationi coniciendos relinquit' (Schütz). — ἐλελεῦ: θρηνώ- δες ἐπίφθεγμα, Schol. ἐλελεῦ· ἐπιφώ- νημα πολεμικόν· οἳ δὲ, προαναφώνησις παιανισμοῦ· τίθησι δὲ αὐτὸ Αἰσχύλος ἐπὶ σχετλιασμοῦ ἐν Προμηθεῖ δεσμώτῃ, Hesych. The battle-cry serves to depict the fury of madness. - ὑπό... θάλπουσι: see on 574. In trimeter, Aeschylus nowhere interposes impor- tant words, or several words, between preposition and verb, except in Ag. 1215 and the doubtful passage Sept. 1028. ὑπό here implies inception, "begins to burn." For θάλπειν cp. Αg. 1256 παπαῖ, οἷον τὸ πῦρ· ἐπέρ- χεται δέ μοι, spoken by Casandra, seized with prophetic mania. - σφά- κελος: σπασμὸς τοῦ ἐγκεφάλου, Schol. Cp. Eur. Hipp. 1351 διά μου κεφαλᾶς ᾄσσουσ᾽ ὀδύναι, κατὰ δ᾽ ἐγκέφαλον πηδᾷ σφάκελος. – ἄρδις : ἀκίς, Αἰσχύλος Προ- μηθεῖ δεσμώτῃ, Hesych.

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883. ἔξω δρόμου φέρομαι: (δρόμος =track) cp. Cho. 1022 ὥσπερ ξὺν ἵπποις ἡνιοστροφῶ δρόμου ἐξωτέρω· φέρουσι γὰρ νικώμενον φρένες δύσαρκτοι, Ag. 1245 ἐκ δρόμου πεσὼν τρέχω. Also Engl. 'be deranged.'

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887. ή σοφός: the scholiast ex- plains that Pittacus is meant, who, when consulted by a man in doubt whether to marry a rich woman, or a poorer one whose rank was the same as his own, directed his ques- tioner to listen to a group of boys who were playing at tops close by. These were heard to cry τὴν καθ᾽ ἑαυ- τὸν ἔλαυνε. Αn epigram of Callima- chus, in Diog. Laert. i. 80, gives τὴν κατὰ σαυτὸν ἔλα. Another scholiast compares Pind. Pyth. ii. 64 χρὴ δὲ καθ᾽ αὑτὸν αἰεὶ παντὸς ὁρᾶν μέτρον, εὐναὶ δὲ παράτροποι ἐς κακότατ᾽ ἀθρόαν ἔβαλον ποτὶ κοῖτον ἰόντα. – In like manner a proverb is introduced in Soph. Ant. 620 σοφίᾳ γὰρ ἔκ του κλει- νὸν ἔπος πέφανται. Cp. Ag. 369 οὐκ ἔφα τις θεοὺς βροτῶν ἀξιοῦσθαι μέλειν κτέ., 750 παλαίφατος δ᾽ ἐν βροτοῖς γέρων
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888. ἐβάστασε: weighed (by lifting). The scholiast explains by ἐδοκίμασεν, and quotes Od. xxi. 405 ἐπεὶ μέγα τόξον ἐβάστασε καὶ ἴδε πάντῃ. Cp. Ar. Thesm. 438 πάσας δ' ἰδέας ἐξήτασεν, πάντα δ᾽ ἐβάστασεν φρενί, Polyb. viii. 18 πᾶν ἐβάστασε πρᾶγμα καὶ πᾶσαν ἐπίνοιαν ἐψηλάφα.