Aeschylus Prometheus Bound 78

Anna Swanwick (Translator)

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OCEANOS
399
To me right eager hast thou bayed that word,
For my four-footed bird, with wings outspread,
Fans the clear track of æther; fain, in sooth,
407 415 420 425
In wonted stall to bend the weary knee.

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

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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.) — 88 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 88 focus
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 88 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 88 focus
ὦ δῖος αἰθὴρ καὶ ταχύπτεροι πνοαί,
ποταμῶν τε πηγαί, ποντίων τε κυμάτων
ἀνήριθμον γέλασμα, παμμῆτόρ τε γῆ,
90
καὶ τὸν πανόπτην κύκλον ἡλίου καλῶ·
ἴδεσθέ μ' οἷα πρὸς θεῶν πάσχω θεός.
δέρχθηθ' οἵαις αἰκίαισιν
διακναιόμενος τὸν μυριετῆ
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 88 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.) — 88 focus
O divine aether, and ye swift-winged breezes, and ye fountains of rivers, and countless dimpling
of the waves of the deep, and thou earth, mother of all—and to the all-seeing orb of the Sun I appeal; look upon me, what treatment I, a god, am enduring at the hand of the gods! Behold with what indignities mangled I shall have to wrestle
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 88 focus
divin, vents à l'aile rapide, eaux
des fleuves, sourire innombrable des vagues marines, Terre, mère des êtres, et toi, Soleil, œil qui vois tout, je vous invoque ici : voyez ce qu'un dieu souffre par les dieux !
Mélodrame.
Contemplez les opprobres qui me déchirent et que j'en-
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 88 focus
Ætherial air, and ye ſwiftwinged winds,
Ye rivers ſpringing from freſh ſounts, ye waves d
,
95
That o'er th' interminable ocean wreath
Your criſped ſmiles, thou all-producing earth,
And thee, bright ſun, I call, whoſe flaming orb
Views the wide world beneath, ſee what, a god,
I ſuffer from the gods;
100
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 88 focus
di Giove? Oh!, che su te non debba piangere!
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 88 focus
O Iouis æther, & uolucres uenti,
Fluuiorum fontes, marinorum fluctuum
95
Infinitus motus, omniparaque terra,
Et qui omnia uidet orbem solis uocó,
Videte me, qualia à Dijs patior, Deus cùm sim.
Reſpicite, quibus supplicijs
Affectus, infinitum
100
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.) — 88 focus
O Sky divine, O Winds of pinions swift,
O fountain-heads of Rivers, and O thou,
95
Illimitable laughter of the Sea!
Earth, the Mighty Mother, and thou Sun,
Whose orbèd light surveyeth all—attest,
What ills I suffer from the gods, a god!
Behold me, who must here sustain
100
The marring agonies of pain,
Wrestling with torture, doomed to bear
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.) — 88 focus
O heil'ger Aether und o Lüfte, schnellbeschwingt,
O Stromesquellen und der Meereswallungen
Endloses Glanzspiel! Erde, dich Allmutter, auch,
90
Dich, Helios' allsehend Auge, ruf' ich an:
Seht, was ich hier von Göttern dulden muß, ein Gott!
Schaut her, welch Leid, qualvoll, schmachvoll, 1 2
Mich martert, mit dem Jahrtausende lang

Commentary

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

399. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-448

στένω σε τᾶς: Affert primum huius carminis versum scholiastes Aristophanis ad Vesp. 270. ut stasimi, et profecto aptissime, quum πάροδος chori quae dicitur non a stantibus in orchestra, sed sedentibus in curru alato sit cantata. Schol.
τὸ στάσιμον ᾄδει ὁ χορὸς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κατεληλυθώς
.
στένω σε τᾶς
, super
ă
adscripto
η
, Μ.
στένω σε τὰς
G. Vit. Aug. Ald.
στένωσις τὰς
Lips.

400-401. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-449

δ᾽ εἰβομένα: Libri omnes
δακρυσίστακτον δ'
, praeter Bess. in quo
τ'
est, et Lips. Aug. qui
δακρυσίστατον δ'
habent. Tum
ῥαδινῶν (ῥαδηνῶν G.) λειβομένα
M. G. Lips. Aug. et ceteri plerique. Idem fuit in Vit. sed a prima manu in
ῥαδινὸν λ.
mutatum est.
ῥαδινὸν λειβομένα
aliquot codices et Ald. Rob. Εt
ῥαδινόν
quidem potest videri verum esse, ut Aeschylus expresserit
τέρε δάκρυον
. Vt stropham antistrophae exaequaret Heathius scripsit
δακρυσίστακτον ἀπ᾿ ὄσσων ῥαδινῶν ῥέος παρειάν
, omissis
δέ
et
λειβομένα
. Sed particula abesse non potest, nem que
λειβομένα
delendum est, sed excidit aliquid in antistropha. Quare deleta post
δακρυσίστακτον
particula ex
λειβομένα
feci
δ᾽ εἰβομένα
. Sophocles Ant. 527.
φιλάδελφα κάτω δάκρυ εἰβομένη
.

402. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-450

νοτίοις:
νωτίοις
ante correctionem M.

402. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-451

ἔτεγξα:
ἔτεγξα
libri praeter Par. A. qui
ἔτεγξε
habet. Coniecerat ita Heathius, receperunt Brunckius, Porsonus, alii. At ne eiecto quidem
εἰβομένα
opus erat
ἔτεγξε
scribi.

402. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-452

παγαῖς:
πηγαῖς
M. Lips. aliique.
παγαῖς
G. Vit.

403-404. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-453

τάδε· Ζεὺς δ᾽:
τάδε. Ζεὺς γὰρ ἰδίοις
Vind. 2. Ceteri codices et Ald.
τάδε Ζεὺς ἰδίοις
, nisi quod quidam ut Vit. post
τάδε
interpungunt, in quo codice supra scriptum
ὁ γάρ
. Verissima Robortelli scriptura
τάδε, Ζεὺς δ᾽ ἰδίοις
.

404. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-454

κρατύνων:
κρατύνει
Vind. 1. 3. et in litura, quum antea
κρατύνων
fuisset, G.

405. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-455

ὑπερήφανον:
ὑπερήφανος
ante correctionem M.

405-406. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-456

θεοῖς τοῖς πάρος:
θεοῖς τοῖς πάρος
M. G. Vit. et cum plerisque codd. Rob.
τοῖς πάρος θεοῖς
Lips. aliique nonnulli et Ald.
τοῖς πρὸς θεοῖς
Aug.

406. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-457

ἐνδείκνυσιν:
ἐνδείκνυσιν
G. Arund. Par. L.
ἐνδεικνύειν
Μ.
ἐνδεικνύει
Par. D.
δεικνύει
Vit. et pauci alii.
δείκνυσιν
Lips. Aug. aliique et edd. vett.

406. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-458

αἰχμάν:
αἰχμήν
M. G. Vit.
αἰχμάν
Lips.

408-409. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-459

μεγαλοσχήμονά τ' ἀρχαιοπρεπῆ δακρυχέει στένουσα: Libri
μεγαλοσχήμονα τ' ἀρχαιοπρεπῆ
, nisi quod Vind. 2. 3. 4.
τε
plene scriptum habent, Aug. autem
μεγαλοσχήμον τ' ἀρχαιοπρεπή
. Sola Aldina
μεγαλοσχήμων ἀπ' ἀρχαιοπρεπή
. Tum
στένωσι
, super
ο
addito
υ
, Μ.
στένουσι
G. Vit. aliique pauci et Rob.
στένουσα
Lips. Aug. aliique et Ald.
στένουσαν
Par. E. Agnoscunt
στένουσι
scholiastae. At sic tam languida fit oratio, ut plane indigna sit Aeschylo. Itaque vix dubitari posse videtur quin
στένουσι
correctori debeatur, qui
στένουσα
construi non posse animadverteret. Sed stropha monstrat post
ἀρχαιοπρεπή
excidisse verbum, quod videtur
δακρυχέει
fuisse,

409. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-460

τὴν σὰν:
τῶν σῶν
G. Vit. Ald.
τὰν σὰν
Rob.

410. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-461

τε:
τε
omittunt Lips. Aug. Bess. Ald.

410. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-462

τιμάν:
τιμᾶν
ante corr. M.

411. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-463

ὁπόσοι:
ὅποσοι
G. et aliquot alii.

411. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-464

ἁγνᾶς:
ἁγνὸς
Lips. Ald.

413. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-465

σοῖς:
σοῖς
M. G. Vit. Lips. Aug.
σοισι
pauci codices.

414. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-466

θνητοί:
θνατοί
Μ. G. Ceteri
θνητοί
.

416. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-467

μάχαις:
μάχας
M. aliique.
μάχαν
Rob.
μάχης
Lips. Aug. Ald.
μάχαις
G. Vit. et multi alii. Hoc tenui. Sophocles Ai. 365.
τὸν ἐν δαίοις ἄτρεστον μάχαις
.

417. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-468

Σκύθης:
Σκύθη
Lips.

417. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-469

γᾶς:
γῆς
Vit.

418. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-470

τόπον:
τόπον
M. Vit. aliique et Rob.
πόρον
G. Lips. Aug. aliique.
τόπον πόρον
Ald. Restituit
τόπον
Porsonus, vocabulum tragicis tritissimum.

420. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-471

Σαρματᾶν:
Ἀραβίας
M. G. Vit. et plerique.
Ἀρσαβίας
Lips. et pauci. Tum
ἄνθος
Ald.
ἄνθος
M. G. Vit. Lips. Aug. et cum ceteris plerisque Rob. I. H. Vossius in Geographia vet. p. XVIII. non opus esse ait ut exclamemus quod Plautinus Charmides in Trinummo IV. 2.89. dicenti
omnium primum in Pontum advecti ad Arabiam terram sumus
respondet,
an etiam Arabia est in Ponto?
Collocasse enim Aeschylum Arabiam in vicinia Caucasi. At si Euripides in Bacchis v. 16. sciebat ubi sita esset Arabia, respondere licebit quod Charmidae isti respondetur,
est: non illaec ubi tus gignitur, sed ubi absinthium fit atque cunila gallinacea
. Laborarunt jam veteres interpretes in quaerenda ratione qua Arabiam Scythiae admoverent: qui quum ei rei Troglodytas adhibuerunt, gravi errore, quem Casaubonus ad Strabonem p. 506. notavit, Troglodytas qui ad sinum Arabicum incolebant, de quibus Strabo in principio libri XVII. exposuit, confuderunt cum illis quorum sedes fuit inter Caucasum et paludem Maeotidem, de quibus idem Strabo refert libro XI. p. 506. quem locum spectarunt scholiastae. Praeter hos alii fuere Troglodytae ad Istrum circa Tomos, de quibus dixit Strabo libro VII. p. 318. Elmsleius cum Butlero latius patere visum antiquis esse nomen Arabiae et Aeschylum nihilo peritiorem geographiae Shakespeario fuisse censebat. Profecto ita est in iis locis qui ubi terrarum siti essent nemo tum accurate sciebat. At id non potest cadere in Arabiam, cuius nomen usque ad Caucasum porrigi credere relinquendum Welckero in Trilogia p. 20. et Bothio. Apertum est autem Aeschylum de noto claroque populo loqui, qui vel ad Caucasum vel in ipso Caucaso habitet. Nam quod sequitur,
ὑψίκρημνον θ' οἱ πόλισμα Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται
, non solum metri indicio sine
τε
copula scribendum est, sed etiam propter ipsam sententiam. Ineptissima esset enim gentis commemoratio, cuius nomen, quo in genere sibi placent tragici, taceretur, et tamen illa vocaretur
δάϊος στρατός, ὀξυπρώροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς
. Hinc non puto dubitari posse quin Sarmatas dixerit Aeschylus scripseritque
Σαρματᾶν τ᾽ ἄρειον ἄνθος
. In hos enim plane quadrat tota illa descriptio: sed nomen iam perantiquo tempore obscuratum fuisse oportet, ut ex superstitibus litterarum vestigiis
Ἀραβίας
eruerent librarii. Simillimi ipsis etiam verbis versus sunt Dionysii periegetae 652. seqq.

421. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-472

ὑψίκρημνον οἳ:
ὑψίκρημνονθ' οἳ
Μ.
ὑψίκριμνον θ᾽ οἳ
Lips.
ὑψίκρημνον τ' οἳ
Ald.
ὑψίκρημνον θ' οἳ
ceteri. Delendam esse copulam viderunt Bothius atque Elmsleius.

422. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-473

νέμονται:
νέμουσι
Μ. (si recte adnotatum est et Vit. paucique alii. Ceteri libri
νέμονται
, quod praestat non aliam ob caussam, quam quod gravior spondeus fit diphthongo, quam si
νέμουσιν
scribitur: nam in strophico versu est
οἳ γᾶς
.

422. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-474

Καυκάσου πύλας: Sed
Καυκάσου πέλας
, quod libri habent, non puto scripsisse Aeschylum. Primum enim ipsa verba videntur aliquid vitii prodere. Nam
πόλισμα
, quod
ὑψίκρημνον
dicatur, in Caucaso potius ipso quam in vicinia Caucasi situm, esse intelligitur. Deinde tam apposite convenit haec descriptio portis Caucasiis, ut sponte se offerat apta loco scriptura,
Καυκάσου πύλας
. Plinius H. N. VI. 12.
ab his sunt portae Caucasiae, magno errore multis Caspiae dictae, ingens naturae opus montibus interruptis repente, ubi fores obditae ferratis trabibus, subter medias amne diri odoris fluente citraque in rupe castello, quod vocatur Cumania, communito ad arcendas transitu gentes innumeras, ibi loci, terrarum orbe portis discluso, ex adverso maxime Harmastis oppidi Iberum
. De iisdem, etsi nomine non appellans, Strabo XI. p. 500.
ἐκ δὲ τῶν πρὸς ἄρκτον νομάδων ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἀνάβασις χαλεπή· καὶ μετὰ ταύτην ποταμία στενὴ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἀράγου ποταμοῦ τεττάρων ἡμερῶν ὁδὸν ἔχουσα ἐφ᾽ ἕνα· φρουρεῖ δὲ τὸ πέρας τῆς ὁδοῦ τεῖχος δύςμαχον
. Ptolemaeus has
Σαρματικὰς πύλας
appellavit. Denique vero etiam Lucianus videtur
Καυκάσου πύλας
legisse, quas ille quidem eo errore quem Plinius notavit Caspias dixit, quum scripsit in Prometheo cap. 4.
σὺ δέ, στωμύλος γὰρ εἶ καὶ δικανικός, ἀπολόγησαι ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ, ὡς δικαίαν τὴν ψῆφον ἔθετο ἀνεσταυρῶσθαί με πλησίον τῶν Κασπίων τούτων πυλῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ Καυκάσου, οἴκτιστον θέαμα πᾶσι Σκύθαις
.

423. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-475

ὀξυπρώροισι:
ὀξυπόροισι
Lips. Aug.

425. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-476

μόνον δὲ πρόσθεν ἐν πόνοις:
μόνον δὴ πρόσθεν
M. Vit. Lips. Aug. aliique et Rob.
μόνον
omissum in G. sed in margine ante
δὴ
suppletum.
μόνον δὲ πρόσθεν
Ven. 2. Vind. 1. 3.
σου
post
πρόσθεν
addunt Par. B. Ox. Ald. Tum
ἄλλον ἐν πόνοις
Μ. aliique et Rob.
ἄλλων
Vit. Aug. aliique et Ald.
ἄλλον
in
ἄλλων
a sec. manu mutatum G.
ἄλλον
, superscripto
ων
, Lips.
ἄλλων
, superscripto
ἄλλον
et
γρ. πρόσθεν ἄλλον
, Par. B. Delendum esse
ἄλλων
vel
ἄλλον
adnotatio scholiastarum
ἢ σοῦ ἢ τῶν ἄλλων
docet. Scribendum est
μόνον δὲ πρόσθεν ἐν πόνοις
. Antistrophica enim haec sunt.

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

397-435. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-283

1
2
397-435. First Stasimon. The ionic rhythms accord with the sor- rowful burden of the song, which calls to mind the words of Fr. v. Schlegel, 'Es geht ein allgemeines Weinen, so weit die stillen Sterne scheinen, durch alle Adern der Natur.'

401. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-286

3
4
401. νοτίοις ἔτεγξα παγαῖς : cp. Soph. Ant. 1123 ὑγρῶν Ἰσμηνοῦ ῥεί- θρων, Eur. Ion 105 ὑγραῖς ῥανίσιν νοτε- ρόν, Η. F. 98 δακρυρρόους πηγάς.

402. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-287

5
6
402 ff. ἀμέγαρτα τάδε : depends on κρατύνων. With ἀμέγαρτα cp. ἄζηλον 143. – ἰδίοις νόμοις : cp. 186. – θεοῖς τοῖς πάρος : cpр. 151. – αἰχμή : ‘spear- point,' figurative for rule of might. Cp. Cho. 630 γυναικείαν ἄτολμον αἰχμάν.

406. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-288

7
8
406. στονόεν λέλακε : transitive, sends forth a mournful cry. Ср. Ад. 711 πολύθρηνον μέγα που στένει, Pers. 944 ἥσω τοι καὶ πάνδυρτον.

407. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-289

9
10
407 f. μεγαλοσχήμονα: cp. εὔμορ- φον κράτος, Cho. 490. – ἀρχαιοπρεπή: 410. 415 420 in contrast to the recent dominion of Zeus. – ἑσπέριοι: the supplement is sugested by Od. viii. 29 ἠὲ πρὸς ἠοίων ἢ ἑσπερίων ἀνθρώπων. "West and East" carries out the idea of πρόπασα χώρα.

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11
12
409. συναιμόνων: Atlas and Ty- phon. Both are undergoing punish- ment in the western world.

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420. ᾿Αρίας : see App. In Cho. 423 ῎Αριον is explained by the Schol. as Περσικόν. Cp. Hesych. ᾿Αρείας πώλους· Περσικάς· ῎Αρειοι γὰρ ἔθνος Περσικόν. Ιη ᾿Αρίας ἄρειον there is an etymologizing play on words, as in Frg. 305 τοῦτον δ᾽ ἐπόπτην ἔποπα τῶν αὑτοῦ κακῶν. Cp. Eum. 155 ὄνειδος ἐξ ὀνειράτων, Pers. 995 ἄρειόν τ᾽ ᾿Αγχάρην, 11. νί. 201 ἤτοι ὁ κὰπ πεδίον τὸ ᾿Αλήιον οῖος ἀλᾶτο. See also notes on 86 and 692. – ἄνθος : cp. Ag. 197 ἄνθος ᾿Αρ- γείων, Pers. 59 ἄνθος Περσίδος αἴας οἴχεται ἀνδρῶν, ibid. 252, 925, Suppl. 663 ἥβας δ᾽ ἄνθος.

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425-430. Responsion with the an- tistrophe has been disturbed by inter- polation. See App.