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PROMETHEUS

Think not that I through pride or stubbornness

Keep silence; nay, my brooding heart is gnawed

Seeing myself thus marred with contumely;

And yet what other but myself marked out

To these new gods their full prerogatives?

¹

But I refrain; for, nought my tongue would tell

Save what ye know. But rather list the ills

Of mortal men, how being babes before,

I made them wise and masters of their wits.

This will I tell, not as in blame of men,

But showing how from kindness flow'd my gifts.

For they, in foretime, seeing saw in vain;

Hearing they heard not, but, like shapes in dreams,

Through the long time all things at random mixed;

Of brick-wove houses, sunward-turn'd, nought knew,

Nor joiner's craft, but burrowing they dwelt

Like puny ants, in cavern'd depths unsunned.

Neither of winter, nor of spring flower-strewn,

Nor fruitful summer, had they certain sign,

But without judgment everything they wrought,

Till I to them the risings of the stars

Discovered, and their settings hard to scan.

Moreover number, art supreme, for them

I found, and marshalling of written signs,

Handmaid of memory, the Muses' source.

And I in traces first brute creatures yok'd,

Subject to harness, with vicarious strength

Bearing in mortals' stead their heaviest toils.

And 'neath the car rein-loving steeds I brought,

Chief ornament of wealth-abounding pomp.

And who but I the ocean-roaming wain

For mariners invented, canvass-winged?

Such cunning works for mortals I contrived,

Yet, hapless, for myself find no device

To free me from this present agony.

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.) — 128-194 focus

str. 1

Χορός

μηδὲν φοβηθῇς: φιλία γὰρ ἅδε¹ τάξις

πτερύγων θοαῖς ἁμίλλαις

προσέβα τόνδε πάγον, πατρῴας
130

μόγις παρειποῦσα φρένας.

κραιπνοφόροι δέ μ᾽ ἔπεμψαν αὖραι:

κτύπου γὰρ ἀχὼ χάλυβος διῇξεν ἄντρων

μυχόν, ἐκ δ᾽ ἔπληξέ μου τὰν θεμερῶπιν² αἰδῶ:

σύθην δ᾽ ἀπέδιλος ὄχῳ πτερωτῷ.
135
136

Προμηθεύς

αἰαῖ αἰαῖ,³

τῆς πολυτέκνου Τηθύος ἔκγονα,

τοῦ περὶ πᾶσάν θ᾽ εἱλισσομένου

χθόν᾽ ἀκοιμήτῳ ῥεύματι παῖδες

πατρὸς Ὠκεανοῦ,
140

δέρχθητ᾽, ἐσίδεσθ᾽ οἵῳ δεσμῷ,

προσπορπατὸς⁴ τῆσδε φάραγγος

σκοπέλοις ἐν ἄκροις

φρουρὰν ἄζηλον ὀχήσω.

144

ant. 1

Χορός

λεύσσω, Προμηθεῦ: φοβερὰ⁵ δ᾽ ἐμοῖσιν ὄσσοις
145

ὁμίχλα προσῇξε πλήρης

δακρύων σὸν δέμας εἰσιδοῦσαν⁶

πέτραις προσαυαινόμενον

ταῖσδ᾽⁷ ἀδαμαντοδέτοισι λύμαις:

νέοι γὰρ οἰακονόμοι κρατοῦσ᾽ Ὀλύμπου:

νεοχμοῖς δὲ δὴ νόμοις Ζεὺς ἀθέτως⁸ κρατύνει,
150

τὰ πρὶν δὲ πελώρια νῦν ἀιστοῖ.

152

Προμηθεύς

εἰ γάρ μ᾽ ὑπὸ γῆν νέρθεν θ᾽⁹ Ἅιδου

τοῦ νεκροδέγμονος εἰς ἀπέραντον

Τάρταρον ἧκεν,

δεσμοῖς ἀλύτοις ἀγρίως¹⁰ πελάσας,
155

ὡς μήτε¹¹ θεὸς μήτε τις ἄλλος

τοῖσδ᾽ ἐπεγήθει.

νῦν δ᾽ αἰθέριον κίνυγμ᾽ ὁ τάλας

ἐχθροῖς ἐπίχαρτα πέπονθα.

160

str. 2

Χορός

τίς ὧδε τλησικάρδιος
160

θεῶν, ὅτῳ τάδ᾽ ἐπιχαρῆ;

τίς οὐ ξυνασχαλᾷ κακοῖς

τεοῖσι, δίχα γε Διός; ὁ δ᾽ ἐπικότως ἀεὶ¹²

θέμενος ἄγναμπτον νόον

δάμναται οὐρανίαν
165

γένναν, οὐδὲ λήξει, πρὶν ἂν ἢ κορέσῃ κέαρ,

ἢ παλάμᾳ τινὶ τὰν δυσάλωτον ἕλῃ τις ἀρχάν.

168

Προμηθεύς

ἦ μὴν ἔτ᾽ ἐμοῦ,¹³ καίπερ κρατεραῖς

ἐν γυιοπέδαις¹⁴ αἰκιζομένου,

χρείαν ἕξει μακάρων πρύτανις,
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δεῖξαι τὸ νέον βούλευμ᾽ ὑφ᾽¹⁵ ὅτου

σκῆπτρον τιμάς τ᾽ ἀποσυλᾶται.

καί μ᾽ οὔτε¹⁶ μελιγλώσσοις πειθοῦς

ἐπαοιδαῖσιν θέλξει, στερεάς τ᾽

οὔποτ᾽ ἀπειλὰς πτήξας τόδ᾽ ἐγὼ
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καταμηνύσω,

πρὶν ἂν ἐξ ἀγρίων δεσμῶν χαλάσῃ

ποινάς τε τίνειν¹⁷

τῆσδ᾽¹⁸ αἰκίας ἐθελήσῃ.

180

ant. 2

Χορός

σὺ μὲν θρασύς τε καὶ πικραῖς
180

δύαισιν οὐδὲν ἐπιχαλᾷς,

ἄγαν δ᾽ ἐλευθεροστομεῖς.

ἐμὰς δὲ φρένας ἐρέθισε¹⁹ διάτορος φόβος:

δέδια δ᾽²⁰ ἀμφὶ σαῖς τύχαις,

πᾷ²¹ ποτε τῶνδε πόνων
185

χρή σε τέρμα κέλσαντ᾽ ἐσιδεῖν: ἀκίχητα γὰρ

ἤθεα καὶ κέαρ ἀπαράμυθον²² ἔχει Κρόνου παῖς.

189

Προμηθεύς

οἶδ᾽ ὅτι τραχὺς καὶ²³ παρ᾽ ἑαυτῷ

τὸ δίκαιον ἔχων Ζεύς: ἀλλ᾽ ἔμπας [ὀίω]²⁴

μαλακογνώμων
190

ἔσται ποθ᾽, ὅταν ταύτῃ ῥαισθῇ:²⁵

τὴν δ᾽ ἀτέραμνον στορέσας ὀργὴν

εἰς ἀρθμὸν ἐμοὶ καὶ φιλότητα

σπεύδων σπεύδοντί ποθ᾽ ἥξει.

196

Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 128-195 focus

Χορός

μηδὲν φοβηθῇς· φιλία

γὰρ ἅδε τάξις πτερύγων

θοαῖς ἁμίλλαις προσέβα

τόνδε πάγον, πατρῴας
130

μόγις παρειποῦσα φρένας.

κραιπνοφόροι δέ μʼ ἔπεμψαν αὖραι·

κτύπου γὰρ ἀχὼ χάλυβος

διῇξεν ἄντρων μυχόν, ἐκ

δʼ ἔπληξέ μου τὰν θεμερῶπιν αἰδῶ·

σύθην δʼ ἀπέδιλος ὄχῳ πτερωτῷ.
135

136

Προμηθεύς

αἰαῖ αἰαῖ,

τῆς πολυτέκνου Τηθύος ἔκγονα,

τοῦ περὶ πᾶσάν θʼ εἱλισσομένου

χθόνʼ ἀκοιμήτῳ ῥεύματι παῖδες

πατρὸς, Ὠκεανοῦ,
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δέρχθητʼ, ἐσίδεσθʼ οἵῳ δεσμῷ,

προσπορπατὸς τῆσδε φάραγγος

σκοπέλοις ἐν ἄκροις

φρουρὰν ἄζηλον ὀχήσω.

144

Χορός

λεύσσω, Προμηθεῦ· φοβερὰ

δʼ ἐμοῖσιν ὄσσοις ὀμίχλα
145

προσῇξε πλήρης δακρύων

σὸν δέμας εἰσιδούσᾳ

πέτραις προσαυαινόμενον

ταῖσδʼ ἀδαμαντοδέτοισι λύμαις.

νέοι γὰρ οἰακονόμοι
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κρατοῦσʼ, Ὀλύμπου· νεοχμοῖς

δὲ δὴ νόμοις Ζεὺς ἀθέτως κρατύνει.

τὰ πρὶν δὲ πελώρια νῦν ἀιστοῖ.

152

Προμηθεύς

εἰ γάρ μʼ ὑπὸ γῆν νέρθεν θʼ Ἅιδου

τοῦ νεκροδέγμονος εἰς ἀπέρατον

Τάρταρον ἧκεν,

δεσμοῖς ἀλύτοις ἀγρίως πελάσας,
155

ὡς μήτε θεὸς μήτε τις ἄλλος

τοῖσδʼ ἐπεγήθει.

νῦν δʼ αἰθέριον κίνυγμʼ ὁ τάλας

ἐχθροῖς ἐπίχαρτα πέπονθα.

160

Χορός

τίς ὧδε τλησικάρδιος
160

θεῶν, ὅτῳ τάδʼ ἐπιχαρῆ;

τίς οὐ ξυνασχαλᾷ κακοῖς

τεοῖσι, δίχα γε Διός; ὁ δʼ ἐπικότως ἀεὶ

θέμενος ἄγναμπτον νόον

δάμναται Οὐρανίαν
165

γένναν, οὐδὲ λήξει, πρὶν ἂν ἢ κορέσῃ κέαρ ἢ παλάμᾳ τινὶ

τὰν δυσάλωτον ἕλῃ τις ἀρχάν.

168

Προμηθεύς

ἦ μὴν ἔτʼ ἐμοῦ, καίπερ κρατεραῖς

ἐν γυιοπέδαις αἰκιζομένου,

χρείαν ἕξει μακάρων πρύτανις,
170

δεῖξαι τὸ νέον βούλευμʼ ὑφʼ ὅτου

σκῆπτρον τιμάς τʼ ἀποσυλᾶται.

καί μʼ οὔτι μελιγλώσσοις πειθοῦς

ἐπαοιδαῖσιν θέλξει, στερεάς τʼ

οὔποτʼ ἀπειλὰς πτήξας τόδʼ ἐγὼ
175

καταμηνύσω,

πρὶν ἂν ἐξ ἀγρίων δεσμῶν χαλάσῃ

ποινάς τε τίνειν

τῆσδʼ αἰκείας ἐθελήσῃ.

180

Χορός

σὺ μὲν θρασύς τε καὶ πικραῖς
180

δύαισιν οὐδὲν ἐπιχαλᾷς,

ἄγαν δʼ ἐλευθεροστομεῖς.

ἐμὰς δὲ φρένας ἐρέθισε διάτορος φόβος·

δέδια δʼ ἀμφὶ σαῖς τύχαις,

πᾷ ποτε τῶνδε πόνων
185

χρή σε τέρμα κέλ-

σαντʼ ἐσιδεῖν· ἀκίχητα γὰρ ἤθεα καὶ κέαρ

ἀπαράμυθον ἔχει Κρόνου παῖς.

189

Προμηθεύς

οἶδʼ ὅτι τραχὺς καὶ παρʼ ἑαυτῷ

τὸ δίκαιον ἔχων Ζεύς. ἀλλʼ ἔμπας ὀίω
190

μαλακογνώμων

ἔσται ποθʼ, ὅταν ταύτῃ ῥαισθῇ·

τὴν δʼ ἀτέραμνον στορέσας ὀργὴν

εἰς ἀρθμὸν ἐμοὶ καὶ φιλότητα

σπεύδων σπεύδοντί ποθʼ ἥξει.
195

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 88 focus

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ.

ὦ δῖος αἰθὴρ καὶ ταχύπτεροι πνοαὶ,

ποταμῶν τε πηγαὶ 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

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 88 focus

Προμηθεύς

ὦ δῖος αἰθὴρ καὶ ταχύπτεροι πνοαί,

ποταμῶν τε πηγαί, ποντίων τε κυμάτων

ἀνήριθμον γέλασμα, παμμῆτόρ τε γῆ,
90

καὶ τὸν πανόπτην κύκλον ἡλίου καλῶ,

Προμηθεύς

ἴδεσθέ μ', οἷα πρὸς θεῶν πάσχω θεός.

δέρκεσθε, οἵαις αἰκίαισιν

διακναιόμενος τὸν μυριετῆ

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 88 focus

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ

Ὦ δῖος αἰθὴρ καὶ ταχύπτεροι πνοαί,

ποταμῶν τε πηγαὶ ποντίων τε κυμάτων

ἀνήριθμον γέλασμα παμμῆτόρ τε γῆ,
90
¹

καὶ τὸν πανόπτην κύκλον ἡλίου καλῶ,

ἴδεσθέ μ' οἷα πρὸς θεῶν πάσχω θεός.

Δέρχθηθ' οἵαις αἰκίαισιν

διακναιόμενος τὸν μυριετῆ

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

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ

ὦ δῖος αἰθὴρ καὶ ταχύπτεροι πνοαί

ποταμῶν τε πηγαὶ ποντίων τε κυμάτων

ἀνήριθμον γέλασμα παμμῆτόρ τε γῆ,
90

καὶ τὸν πανόπτην κύκλον ἡλίου καλῶ·

ἴδεσθέ μ᾽ οἷα πρὸς θεῶν πάσχω θεός.

δέρχθηθ᾽ οἷαις αἰκείαισιν

Testim.:

86 perperam huc refertur Schol. Pind. Pyth. 5, 36d...

90 Phot. Berol. ἀνήριθμον· ἀναρίθμητον Αἰσ. Πρ.

Apparatus Criticus

τόνδε τῶνδε πλευραῖς πλευράς δρᾶν ταῦτ᾽ δρᾶν τάδ' γε δέ σε κίρκωσον κρίκωσον μακρῶι πόνωι χρόνωι ἐν μ. γε σε γε σε γηρύεται γαρύεται τραχύτητα θρασύτητα τέχνης τύχης δῖος δῖος διός πηγαὶ ῥευμάτων παμμῆτόρ παμμήτωρ αἰκείαισιν ἀνίαισι αἰκίαισι

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ
²

διακναιόμενος τὸν μυριετῆ

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

Chorus

Do not fear! For our group has come in swift rivalry of wings to this crag

as friend to you, having won our father’s consent as best we might. The swift-coursing breezes bore me on; for the reverberation of the clang of iron pierced the depths of our caves and drove my grave modesty away in fright;
130

unsandalled I have hastened in a winged car.
135

136

Prometheus

Alas! Alas! Offspring of fruitful Tethys and of him who with his sleepless current encircles the whole earth, children of your

father Oceanus, behold, see with what fetters, upon the summit crag of this ravine, I am to hold my unenviable watch.
140

144

Chorus

I see, Prometheus;

and over my eyes a mist of tears and fear spread as I saw your body withering ignominiously upon this rock in these bonds of adamant. For there are new rulers in heaven, and Zeus governs with
145

lawless customs; that which was mighty before he now brings to nothing.
150

152

Prometheus

Oh if only he had hurled me below the earth, yes beneath Hades, the entertainer of the dead, into impassable Tartarus,

and had ruthlessly fastened me in fetters no hand can loose, so that neither god nor any other might have gloated over this agony I feel! But, now, a miserable plaything of the winds, I suffer pains to delight my enemies.
155

160

Chorus

Who of the gods is so hard of heart as to exult in this? Who does not sympathize with your woes—save only Zeus? But he in malice, has set his soul inflexibly
160

and keeps in subjection the race sprung from Uranus; nor will he stop, until he has satiated his soul or another seizes his impregnable empire by some device of guile.
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168

Prometheus

Truly the day shall come when, although I am tortured in stubborn fetters,

the prince of the blessed will need me to reveal the new design whereby he shall be stripped of his sceptre and his dignities. Not by persuasion’s honeyed enchantments will he charm me;
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and I will never, cowering before his dire threats, divulge this secret, until he releases me from my cruel bonds and provides compensation for this outrage.
175

180

Chorus

You are bold, and do not yield to your bitter pangs; you give too much license to your tongue. But my soul is agitated by piercing fear, and I am in dread about your fate,
180

wondering to what haven you must steer your ship to see an end of your voyage of sorrow. For the heart of Cronus’ son is hardened against entreaty and his ways are inexorable.
185

189

Prometheus

I know that Zeus is harsh and

keeps justice in his own hands; but nevertheless one day his judgement will soften, when he has been crushed in the way that I know.¹Then, calming down his stubborn wrath, he shall at last bond with me in union and friendship,
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as eager as I am to welcome him.
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196

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

,
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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;
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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!

EFESTO

Guarda, orrendo a mirare uno spettacolo!

POTERE

Veggo costui patir ciò ch'egli merita.
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Gittagli intorno ai fianchi ora i legami.

EFESTO

Lo debbo far. Ma tu non dar troppi ordini!

POTERE

Ordinerò, t'incalzerò per giunta :

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

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
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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,
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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
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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,
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Dich, Helios' allsehend Auge, ruf' ich an:

Seht, was ich hier von Göttern dulden muß, ein Gott!

Schaut her, welch Leid, qualvoll, schmachvoll,¹²

Mich martert, mit dem Jahrtausende lang

Notes on the current edition

Prometheus Bound

1. * The word Arabia, with Xenophon, included Mesopotamia, as part of the land on which Arabs roam. My friend Professor Newman conjectures that Mardin, built on a limestone rock, which is said to be 2000 feet high, was the city

ὑψίκρημνον

, of which the poet had heard. The Arabs still roam up to the base of this little mountain. No Greek, in Æschylus's day, knew the geography of Courdistân; so it was natural to include the whole of the wonderful "Asiatic Switzerland " in Caucasos.

Commentary

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

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

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ἄγρυπνον:

ἄγριον

G. Lips. 1.

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

caducum fulmen

eripere tentantem.

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κἀξεβροντήθη:

καὶ ἐξεβροντίθη

κἀξεβροντήσθη

Vit.

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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.

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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

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ῥίζαισιν:

ῥίζαισιν

M. Vit. Aug.

ῥίζησιν

G. Lips. 1.

ῥίζεσιν

Lips. 2.

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μυδροκτυπεῖ:

μυδροκτυπεῖ

in litura M.

μυδροκτρυπεῖ

Lips. 2.

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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.

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δάπτοντες:

δ᾽ ἄπτοντες

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ἀγρίαις:

ἀγρίοις

Vit. et pauci alii.

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λευρὰς:

λευροὺς

Μ. Rob. Ceteri libri

λευράς

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γύας:

γυίας

Vit. Lips. 1. aliique.

γυίας

Lips. 2.

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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.

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ἀπλήστου: Libri

ἀπλήστου

. Id in

ἀπλήτου

(scribere debebat

ἀπλάτου

) mutandum suspicabatur Schutzius, quia Pindarus

ἀπλάτου πυρός

dixerit. Cur corrigatur quod caret vitio?

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βέλεσι:

βέλεσσι

Μ.

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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

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σῶζ':

σῶιζ'

Μ.

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ἐπίστασαι:

ἐπίσταμαι

ante corr. Lips. 1.

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λωφήσῃ:

λωφήσῃ

, ut librarius prius

λωφήσει

scripsisse videatur, M.

λογήσῃ

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χόλου:

χόλον

Vit.

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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.

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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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ἐάν τις ἐν καιρῷ γε:

κἄν τις

G. quod etiam scholio in illo codice praepositum est.

ὅταν τις

Plutarchus.

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μαλθάσσῃ:

μαλθάσῃς

M. a pr. manu et G. Lips. 1. Ald. Rob.

μαλθακίσῃ

Lips. 2. Aug.

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σφυδῶντα:

σφυδῶντα

Μ.

σφυγῶντα

Lips. 1.

σφιγῶντα

G. Ceteri omnes

σφριγώντα

. Hesychius

σφυδῶν, ἰσχυρός, εύρωστος, σκληρός· et διασφυδῶσαι, αὐξῆσαι, ἀπὸ τοῦ σφύζειν

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ἰσχναίνῃ:

ἰσχράνει

Μ.

ἰσχαίνῃ

G. Lips. 1. et pauci alii libri.

ἰσχναίνῃ

Vit. Lips. 2. cum plerisque. Sed id cum in Lips. 2. sic scriptum sit ut imperito videri possit

ἰσχναίνῃ

esse, posuit hoc is qui Aug. scripsit.

ἰσχναίνῃ

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προμηθεῖσθαι:

προμηθεῖσθαι

M. G. Lips. 1. aliique et Ald.

προμηθεῖσθαι

Lips. 2. Aug. aliique et Rob.

ἐν τῷ προμηθεῖσθαι μὲ καὶ τολμῶν

, addita explicatione

προνοεῖσθαι ἐμὲ τὸ συμφέρον σοι

, Vit.

προμηθεῖσθαι

recte probarunt Scaliger et Valckenarius ad Phoen. 1475.

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ὁρᾷς:

ὁρᾷς το

, sed lineola transfixo, M.

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δίδασκέ με:

δίδασκέ μοι

Vit.

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περισσὸν:

περισὸν

Lips. 1.

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κουφόνούν:

κουφόνουν

cum unius aut duarum litterarum litura post ν M.

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τῇδε τῇ νόσῳ:

τῇδε τῇ νόσῳ

M. G. Vit. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. et cum plerisque. codd. Ald. Rob.

τήνδε τιν νόσον

inter versus adscriptum in Par. B. et sic Turn. Sophocles Trach. 544.

νοσοῦντι κείνῳ πολλὰ τῇδε τῇ νόσῳ.

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μὴ δοκεῖν φρονεῖν:

μὴ φρονεῖν δοκεῖν

Μ. et pauci alii codices.

μὴ δοκεῖν ἀφρονεῖν

G. Lips. 1. adscripta in utroque glossa φράζεσθαι.

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δόκει σοι:

δόξεις

M. G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. et plerique, quod unus scholiastarum frustra explicare conatur.

δόκει σοι

Vit. et alii pauci.

δόξει σοι, γρ. δοκήσῃ

Par. B. Apertum est scribendum fuisse

δόκει σύ

. Meum, inquit, hoc peccatum esse puta, ut desipere videar, quum recte sapiam. Quibus verbis iubet Oceanum absistere a consilio suo.

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οἶκον:

οἴκους

Lips. 2. Aug.

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πάλιν:

πάλαι

, sed supra scripto

ὀπίσω

, Vit.

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θρῆνος οὑμὸς:

θρῆνός ὁ ἐμὸς

G. Lips. 2. Aug. Ald.

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βάλῃ:

βάλλει

Vit.

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θακοῦντι:

θακοῦντι

M. Vit. aliique et Rob.

κρατοῦντι

G. Lips. 1. 2. Aug. aliique et Ald. Id ut glossa supra adscriptum in Vit.

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ἀχθεσθῇ:

ἀχθεσθῇ

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συμφορὰ:

συμφοραί

a pr. manu habuisse videtur M.

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λευρὸν γὰρ οἶμον:

λευρῶν γὰρ οἴμων

Ven. 2. 3. Rob. Ceteri

λευρὸν γὰρ οἶμον

, praeter Vit. in quo est

εὐρὺν

, superscripto

οι

. G.

λευρὸν

in litura, quum prius

λευρὰν

scriptum fuisset. Euripides Alc. 838.

ὀρθὴν παρ' οἶμον, ἣ ἐπὶ Λάρισσαν φέρει

. Praetuli ut exquisitius femininum, ad quod etiam

λευρὸν

ducere videtur.

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ψαίρει:

ψαίρει

M. G. et ex correctione Vit. probatum Turnebo, Iensio Lect. Luc. p. 393. Valckenario ad Phoen. 1399.

ψαύει

ante corr. Vit. aliique et Ald.

ψαύει

Lips. Aug. aliique et Rob.

ψαύει

, superscripto

ψαίρει

et addito

γρ. ψαίρει

Par. B.

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τετρασκελὴς:

τετρασχελής

Lips.

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δέ τἂν:

δέ τ' ἄν

M. G. Cantabr. 1. Vulgo

δέ τ' ἄν

. Blomfieldius recte

δέ τἂν

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κάμψειεν:

κάμψειε

G. Vit.

κάμψει

Lips. Aug. etsi glossa est in Lips.

κλίνειε

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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

adscripto

, Μ.

στένω σε τὰς

G. Vit. Aug. Ald.

στένωσις τὰς

Lips.

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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

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

addito

, 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,

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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

ἄλλων

a sec. manu mutatum G.

ἄλλον

, superscripto

ων

, Lips.

ἄλλων

, superscripto

ἄλλον

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.

426. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-477

ἀδαμαντοδέτοις:

ἀδαμαντοδέτοις

Colb. 1. Ceteri libri

ἀκαμαντοδέτοις

, quod iam Stanleius corrigendum esse vidit. Inepta et ipsa secum pugnans vox est

ἀκαμαντοδέτοις

, nec dubium quin Aeschylus ut supra v. 148.

ἀδαμαντοδέτοις

, sed alio significatu, scripserit. Illic enim proprie eo vocabulo usus est, hic nihil nisi invictam necessitatem dixit. Ita Dionysii tyranni dominatus

ἀδάμαντι δεδεμένος

dicebatur, de quo Kuhnius et Perizonius ad Aeliani V. H. VI. 12. Ita Pindarus Pyth. IV. 125.

τίς δὲ κίνδυνος κρατεροῖς ἀδάμαντος δῆσεν ἅλοις

, commemoratus inter alia ab Rittershusio ad Oppiani Cyneg. III. 240. Eodem pertinet illud in oraculo, apud Herodotum VII. 141.

σοὶ δὲ τόδ᾽ αὐτις ἔπος ἐρέω, ἀδάμαντι πελάσσας

426. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-478

Τιτᾶνα λύμαις:

τιτᾶν ἀλύμαις

Vit.

427. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-479

ἐςειδόμαν:

εἰσιδόμαν

, superscripto

ην

, Vit. Lips.

εἰσιδόμην

Vind. 4. Ald. Rob.

εἰσιδόμαν

ceteri.

εἰςειδόμαν

scribendum esse antistropha monstrat.

427. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-480

θεῶν:

θεὸν

M. G. Par. L. Rob.

θεόν

, superscripto

ῶν

, Bess.

θεῶν

ceteri.

428-430. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-481

Ἄτλαντος ὑπέροχον σθένος κραταιόν, ὃς γᾶν οὐράνιόν τε πόλον νώτοις ὑποστεγάζει:

ἄτλανθ᾽ ὡς

Μ.

ἄτλανθ' ὃς

ceteri, praeter Vit. Ald. qui divisim

ἄτλαν θ' ὃς

habent, ex inepta recentioris scholiastae sententia, qui

Τιτάνα

Typhonem intelligens accusativum esse volebat

Ἄτλαν

. Scilicet Tzetzes ad Hesiodi O. et D. 381.

Ἄτλας, Ἄτλα

declinari propter

Ἀτλαγενέων

affirmavit: quam sapientiam notavit Lobeckius ad Phryn. p. 669. Nihil ad illam declinationem tuendam confert vocativus

Ἄτλα

, quem a Graecis acceptum in hoc Ovidii Metam. IV. 643. videmus,

tempus, Atla, veniet

: cui par est apud Homerum

Πουλυδάμα

. Sed tamen indulserunt sibi interdum poetae huiusmodi mutationes formarum: unde apud Choeroboscum ad Theodosii canones in Bekkeri Anecd. p. 1183. legimus

καὶ λέγουσιν οἱ ποιηταὶ πολλάκις ὁ Αἴας τοῦ Δία καὶ ὁ Δρύας τοῦ Δρύα καὶ ὁ Θόας τοῦ Θόα, ὡς παρ' Ἡσιόδῳ “ἡ δὲ Θόαν τέκεν υἱόν,” καὶ παρ' Ἀλκαίῳ “Αἴαν τὸν ἄριστον.” οἱ γὰρ ποιηταὶ μέτρῳ δουλεύοντες πολλάκις διὰ τὴν ἀνάγκην τοῦ μέτρου παραβαίνουσι τὸν κάνονα

. Hesiodus quidem scribere poterat, et scripsit fortasse,

ἣ δὲ Θόαντ' ἔτεχ' υἱόν

. Alcaei versum integrum habet Hephaestio p. 61. Gaisf.

Κρονίδα βασιλῆος γένος, Αἴαν, τὸν ἄριστον πέδ Αχιλλέα

. Hic, ubi nulla metri necessitas cogebat, mirabilis est versus quem Dindorfius dedit,

εἰςιδόμαν θεὸν Ἄτλαν ὃς αἰὲν

Post

Ἄτλανθ᾿ ὃς

omnes libri

αἰέν

. Tum

ὑπείροσχον

Lips.

ὑπείοέχον

Par. C. Ceteri libri

ὑπείροχον

, praeter Vit. in quo recte scriptum est

ὑπέροχον

. Libri

σθένος κραταιὸν οὐράνιόν τε πόλον νώτοις ὑποστενάζει

, nisi quod

κρατεὸν

πῶλον

G. habet, Robortellus autem

ὑποβαστάζει

. Nihil hoc est nisi interpretatio verae scripturae

ὑποστεγάζει

, quae a me in dissertationis de differentia prosae et poeticae orationis parte prima p. 33. sive in Opusc. vol. I. p. 114. proposita effugit editorum praeter Dindorfium notitiam. In Vit. ad

ὑποστενάζει

superscriptum

βαστάζει

. Hesychius

στέγει, κρύπτει, συνέχει, βαστάζει, ὑπομένει

. Suidas in v.

στέγει, καὶ στεγόντων, ἀνεχόντων, βασταζόντων

. Atqui

στεγάζω

idem est quod

στέγω

. Totum locum, in quo emendando et alii et ego (veluti in Opusc. VII. p. 255.) varie laboravimus, nunc restituisse mihi videor. Et illud quidem Reisigius recte vidit,

σθένος

non potuisse de caelo dici, scribique, ex parte recte, voluit

Ἄτλαντος αἰὲν ὑπείροχον σθένος

. Deinde illud

οὐράνιόν τε πόλον

referri apparet ad aliquam terrae commemorationem, quemadmodum v. 351. Atlas dictus est

κίον᾽ οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ χθονὸς ὤμοις ἐρείδων

. Perturbati sunt strophae postremi versus eo quod

ὃς αἰέν

, non recte illud scriptum, in alienum locum venit. Scripsi

Ἄτλαντος ὑπέροχον σθένος κραταιόν, ὃς γᾶν οὐράνιόν τε πόλον νώτοις ὑποστεγάζει

432. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-482

NA: Excidisse versum stropha docet.

433. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-483

ξυμπίτνων:

ξυμπίτνων

sic M.

ξυμπιτνών

, acuto qui in media syllaba fuerat expuncto, Vit.

ξυμπίπτων

Cantabr. 1. Ven. 2. Vind. 3. et pro varia lectione Par. Β.

ξυμπιτνών

ceteri et in margine Vind. 3.

433. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-484

βυθός:

βαθὺς

(non βαθός) M. Rob. In M. ad

στένει

adscriptum ἀπ᾿ εὐθείας τῆς τὸ

στένος

434. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-485

κελαινὸς: Libri

κελαινὸς δ᾽ ἄΐδος

. Delendam esse particulam stropha monstravit.

434. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-486

ὑποβρέμει:

ἀποβρέμει μυχὸς γᾶς

Vit.

ὑποβρέμυχος γᾶς

435. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-487

παγαί θ':

παγαί θ'

(non πηγαὶ δ' aut πηγαί θ') M. Vit. et ceteri plerique ac Rob.

πηγαί θ'

Lips. Aug. aliique et Ald.

πηγαὶ δ᾽

435. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-488

ἁγνορύτων:

ἁγνωρύτων

Μ.

ἁγνωρούτων

Vit.

ἁγνορρήτων

ἁγνηρούτων

Par. F. Ceteri

ἁγνορρύτων

. Emendavit Heathius.

436. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-489

οἰκτρόν:

πικρόν

pro

οἰκτρόν

Vit. et pauci alii.

437. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-490

μή τοι:

μήτι

G. Vit. cum paucis codicibus et Ald.

μήτοι

ceteri et Rob.

437. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-491

μηδ':

μηδ'

M. G. Vit. Lips. Aug. et ceteri ut videtur codices.

μήτ'

editiones veteres.

437. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-492

αὐθαδίᾳ:

αὐθαδείᾳ

ἀθυμίᾳ

Vit. Par. C.

αὐθαδίᾳ

supra adscriptum in Vit.

439. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-493

προςσελούμενον:

προσηλούμενον

, super

a sec. manu adscripto

, Μ.

προσηλούμενον

G. Par. G. D. F. N. Vind. 3. Cantabr. 1. 2. et pro varia lectione Par. Β.

προσελούμενον

Vit. Lips. Aug. Par. B. Vind. 1. 2. 4. Ald. Rob.

προσσελλούμενον

Ven. 3.

προσσελλούμενον

Turnebus, qui has scripturas adnotavit,

προσηλούμενον

προσεούμενον

. Brunckius ex Dawesii sententia in Misc. crit. p. 163.

προςἑλούμενον

. Porsonus, ut antea Askewius voluerat,

προσσελούμενον

, quod plerique receperunt. Ex Kiddii adnotatis ad Dawesii librum p. 295. cognovimus Bentleium, quod in uno codice Stobaei

προηγελοῦμεν

et apud Hesychium

προυγελεῖν

invenerat,

προϋγελούμενον

veram esse lectionem pronuntiasse. Mirae illae et inauditae formae

προυγελεῖν

προσελεῖν

qua radice ortae sint, qua analogia defendi possint, qua significationis derivatione commendentur, altum et apud ipsos et apud eorum pedisequos silentium. Solus, quod sciam, Buttmannus perplexam quandam viam in Lexilogi vol. II. p. 159. init, ut adhibita littera Aeolica et

προηγελεῖν

προυσελεῖν

tueretur, dirimi litem ratus Creticis

πρείους, πείγιστος, πρεινήϊον, πρειγευτής

πρέσβυς

deflexis. De his Creticis copiose disseruit Valckenarius ad Theocriti Adoniazusas p. 319. seq. At haec non videntur comparari posse cum isto

προηγελεῖν

vel

προυσελεῖν

. Quod verbum etsi, quia rarissimum est, videri potest peregrinum esse, tamen nisi ostendatur et qui Doriensium

προυγελεῖν

usurpaverint et Attici quomodo id in multo magis mirabilem formam

προυσελεῖν

mutaverint, suspecta potius utraque forma, quam altera alteri praeferenda aut alterutra omnino admittenda censeri debet. Invenitur hoc verbum, quod hodie sciamus, apud duas dumtaxat antiquos scriptores, hoc in Aeschyli versu et apud Aristophanem in Ranis v. 730. Ibi haec leguntur,

τῶν πολιτῶν θ᾽ οὓς μὲν ἴσμεν εὐγενεῖς καὶ σώφρονας ἄνδρας ὄντας, καὶ δικαίους, καὶ καλούς τε καγαθούς, καὶ τραφέντας ἐν παλαίστραις καὶ χοροῖς καὶ μουσικῇ, προσελοῦμεν

. Tertium exemplum, in quo recte idem verbum agnovit Lobeckius ad Ai. p. 252. ed. pr. 159. ed. alt. Aeliani est in epistola tertia, sed illud, ut videtur, ex Promethei versu sumptum,

καὶ γὰρ ἂν εἰκότως μοι στενάξαι τὰ τῶν προγόνων ἠρία, εἰ Εὐπειθείδης ὁ Κορυδαλλεὺς ἐμαυτὸν περιοψοίμην προσηλούμενον, καὶ ταῦτα ἀνδραπόδου ἴσως δυεῖν μναῖν ἀξίου

. Videamus nunc de scriptura. Atque apud Aeschylum nullus liber nec

προσσελούμενον

nec

προγελούμενον

praebet. Apud Aristophanem autem liber Ravennas

προυσελοῦμεν

. Ceteri libri, in quibus Venetus est, non minoris ille quam Ravennas auctoritatis,

προσελοῦμεν

, in duobus, quos Dobraeus contulit, alterum

supra scriptum est. Etiam Suidas

προσελοῦμεν

habet. Sed apud Stobaeum XLIII. 28. ubi Aristophanis versus leguntur, codex N. non A. quem Grotius nominat, in quo libro non legitur iste locus, et editio princeps habent

προηγελοῦμεν

. Hesychius

προϋγελεῖν, προπηλακίζειν, ὑβρίζειν

. Sed idem etiam

προσέλει, προπηλακίζει

. Incertum est pertineatne huc quod apud eundem sic scriptum legitur,

προσελα, προύτελα, προτελεῖ

. Tum in Etym. Μ. in v.

προσέληνοι

p. 690, 12.

προυσελλεῖν λέγουσι τὸ ὑβρίζειν. καὶ οἱ Ἀρκάδες, ἐπειδὴ λοιδορητικοί εἰσιν. οὕτως ἐν ὑπομνήματι Προμηθέως δεσμώτου

. Ex eodem fonte haustum est scholion cod. M. ad Aeschyli versum,

ὑβριζόμενον. ὅθεν καὶ Ἀρκάδες προσέληνοι. ὑβρισταὶ γὰρ μέμψιν ἀνθρώπων ἔχων

. Similiter scholia aliorum codicum. Tzetzes ad Lycophr. 482. de Arcadibus

ἢ ὅτι προσέληνοι οἱ ὑβρισταὶ λέγονται. προσελεῖν γὰρ τὸ ὑβρίζειν

. Sic etiam repetens illa Favorinus. Et idem

προσελεῖν τὸ ὑβρίζειν κατὰ Ἀρκάδας· ἐπειδὴ οἱ Ἀρκάδες λοιδορητικοί εἰσιν. Ἀριστοφάνης “ἐν ταῖς παλαίστραις καὶ χοροῖς καὶ μουσικῇ προσελοῦμεν.”

Hinc in Tzetzae Chil. I. 882. et IV. 813. quibus in locis

προσελοῦν

legebatur,

προσελεῖν

restituit Kiesslingius. Viroque loco Tzetzes dicit

τὸ γὰρ ὑβρίζειν προσελεῖν καλεῖται παρ' Ἀρκάσιν

, nisi quod in priore, fortasse per errorem,

παρ' ἑτέροις

legitur. Eadem forma in scholiis Aristophanis, quae hoc verbum Atticis tribuunt. Tam multis testibus

προσελεῖν

, tam paucis

προϋσελεῖν

προυγελεῖν

cognitum habemus. Et quis, si hoc verbum

προυγελεῖν

vel

προυσελεῖν

fuisset, a

προσελήνοις

illud repetivisset Arcadibus? Mihi quidem sapientior fuisse videtur Dobraeus, qui in addendis ad Aristophanica p. (124) et

υγ

ex illa litterarum forma ortum esse iudicavit, qua in codicibus

σσ

scribi solet. Haec et in forma verbi et in significatione explicanda aptissima est et minimae obscuritatis ratio. Namque ut a

τέλλειν τελεῖν

, sic a

σέλλειν σελεῖν

est deductum.

Σέλλειν

autem, cognatum illud cum

εἴλειν, ἔλλειν

, quod

ὁρμᾶν

significaret, commemoravit Eustathius p. 1041, 29. 32. et ex eo Favorinus in v.

ξυσσέλμοιο νηός

. Videtur id proprie crispantem motum, quo aliquid rotatur, iactatur, vibratur, notasse. Inde

σόλος

, eodem loco memoratus Eustathio, ut a

δικεῖν δίσκος

. Inde

σέλας, σελήνη, σέλμα, Σελλήεις

et aliquot alia nomina. Nisi fallor, pertinet huc etiam

σελλίζειν

. Hesychius

σελλίζεσθαι, ψελλίζεσθαι. τινὲς δέ, σελλίζει, ἀλαζονεύει

. Id verbum grammatici a quodam Sello repetunt, quem vereor ne ipsi finxerint, quoniam Aeschinem quendam ab Aristophane in Vespis v. 325. et 1243.

τὸν Σελλοῦ

et v. 459.

τὸν Σελλαρτίου

appellatum videbant. At non Sellus, sed Aeschines propter vanitatis insolentiam famosus erat: quare istiusmodi feroces iactatores

αἰσχινίζειν

potius quam

σελλίζειν

essent dicti. Hinc colligi posse videtur Aeschinem istum non quod patrem haberet Sellum, sed quod temere gloriosus esset,

τὸν σελλοῦ

, i. e. iactatoris filium, vulgo esse appellatum: quam appellationem propter eandem caussam Aristophanes etiam ad Amynian transtulit, in eadem illum fabula v. 1267.

Ἀμυνίαν τὸν σελλοῦ

vocans. Ac titubant, eoque confirmant suspicionem nostram scholiastae, quos non mirandum est Sellum istum patrem putasse Aeschinis, quia qui illi pater fuerit non est proditum. Scholiastes Aristophanis ad Av. 824. de Aeschine

καὶ οὗτος πένης, θρυπτόμενος καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπὶ πλούτῳ καὶ λέγων ἑαυτὸν πλούσιον. ἦν δὲ Αἰσχίνης Σελλοῦ. ἔλεγον δὲ ἐκ μεταφορᾶς τοὺς τοιούτους σελλούς. καὶ τὸ ἀλαζονεύεσθαι δὲ σελλίζειν

. Qui eadem habet Suidas in

Θεαγένους χρήματα

, apud eum scriptum est

ἦν δὲ Αἰσχίνης σέλλος

. Scholiastes ad Vesp. 1259.

κομήτης ὁ Ἀμυνίας, Προνάπου υἱός. ὁ γὰρ Σέλλος οὐκ ἦν αὐτοῦ πατήρ, ἀλλ᾽ Αἰσχίνου. ἵνα οὖν καὶ τὸν Ἀμυνίαν καὶ τὸν Αἰσχίνην κωμωδήσῃ ὡς πένητας, τοῦτο εἶπεν

· et paullo post

Σέλλου δὲ εἶπεν, ἐπειδὴ πένης Αἰσχίνης ὁ Σέλλου

. Hesychius

σεσσελλίσαι. Φρύνιχος ἐν Κρονίῳ ἄγαμαι Διονύσου στόματος, ὡς στελλίσαι κεκομμένα πολλάκις

. Αἰσχίνης τις ὑπῆρχε Σέλλου καλούμενος, ἀλάζων καὶ ἐν τῷ διαλέγεσθαι καὶ ἐν τῷ προςποιεῖσθαι πλουτεῖν, πενόμενος καθ᾽ ὑπερβολήν, ὡς τοὺς παραπλησίους οὕτω καλεῖσθαι. Corrigendum puto Φρύνιχος ἐν Κρόνῳ

ἄγαμαι, Διονῦ, σοῦ στόματος, ὡς σεσέλλισαι· καὶ κωμικοὶ πολλάκις

. Neque non huc referendum, quod idem Hesychius habet,

σελληγορεῖ, εὐχερείας ἀναφώνημα

. Scribe

εὐχερείας ἀναφωνεῖ

, i. e. temeritates loquitur. Cognatum cum

προςσελεῖν

esse

σίλλος

iam ab aliis observatum est, quod nomen ipsum quoque ab

εἴλλειν

ἴλλειν

habet originem, recteque, ut opinor, Valckenarius ad fragmenta Callimachi p. 282. etiam

ἕλλετε

, quod in fr. 292. pro

ἔρρετε

dictum tradidit Eustathius p. 756, 37. non ille tamen Heraclide auctore, ut Hemsterhusius ad fr. 121. ait, ex eadem radice natum suspicabatur. Ex his quae disputavi apparebit cur in Aeschyli versu scripserim

προςσελούμενον

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καίτοι:

καίτι

Vit.

440. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-495

τοῖς νέοις:

τοῖς νέοις

supra versum scriptum in Lips. omissum in Aug.

441. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-496

διώρισεν:

δι᾽ ὤρισεν

442. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-497

αὐτὰ:

ἀλλ' αὐτῷ

443. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-498

τἄν βροτοῖς:

γρ. τἀμβροτοῖς

Par. B.

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πήματα: Pro

πήματα

, quod omnes libri habent, Brunckius

πταίσματα

posuit, quia in Par. Β. minutissimis litteris inter versus scriptum est

πταίσματα ἃ εἶχον προτοῦ, κατ᾽ εἰρωνείαν

. At illud

κατ᾽ εἰρωνείαν

πήματα

spectat,

πταίσματα

autem, quae manifesta interpretatio est, etiam numeros corrumpit. Comparari potest Euripidis hoc in Heracl. 962.

χρὴ γὰρ οὐχ ἅπαξ θνήσκειν σε, πολλὰ πήματ' ἐξειργασμένον

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ἀκούσαθ':

ἀκούσασθ'

Lips.

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ὥς σφας:

ὥσφας

, deleto qui in altera syllaba erat accentu, Μ.

ὡς σφὰς

Lips. Ald. Rob. Turn. et ex correctione primae manus Vit. in quo antea erat

ὡς σφᾶς

, ut inde a Victorio scribitur. Scribendum erat

ὡς σφας

. V. ad Soph. Oed. Col. 486.

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ἐπηβόλους:

ἐπηβόλους

M. Vit. Aug.

ἐπιβόλους

G. et ante corr. Lips. Commemoratur

φρενῶν ἐπήβολος

non addito auctoris nomine ab Eustathio p. 625, 37.

450. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-503

ἀλίγκιοι: Margo ed. Ald. apud Morellium

γρ. ἀλίγκιον

. Nullo in libro haec scriptura est, sed fuit in Vit. in quo tamen correcta est.

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χρόνον:

χρόνον

Lips. Aug. Ald. Rob.

βίον

adscripto

χρόνον

Vit. Par. B.

βίον

Μ. G. et ceteri.

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προςείλους:

προσήλους

G. aliique et Ald. Rob.

προσήλους

, superscripto alteri syllabae

ει

, M. Vit. Lips.

προσείλους

codices nonnulli et Turn. V. Etym. Μ. in

πρόςειλος οἰκία

p. 690, 15. et Olearium ad Philostr. p. 69. ac Dawesium Misc. crit. p. 269.

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ἦσαν:

ᾔσαν

Μ.

ἦσαν

G. Aug. aliique.

ἦσαν

, supra scripto

, Lips.

εἶσαν

Vit. a correctore.

σαν

codices nonnulli et edd. vett.

ἦσαν

scribendum esse monuerat Piersonus in addendis ad p. 174. notarum in Moerin.

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ἔναιον:

ἔναγον

a pr. manu habuisse videtur M.

ἔνναιον

Aug.

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ἀήσυροι:

Ζήσυροι

M. a pr. manu et Turn.

ἀείσυρος

Cantabr. 1.

ἀήσυροι

M. a recentiore manu et ceteri. In Par. A. B.

superscriptum. Eustathius p. 1500, 27. de vocabulo

ἁλιαής

disserens,

γίνεται δὲ παρὰ τὴν ἅλα καὶ τὸ ἄω τὸ πνέω· ἐξ οὗ — ἀήτης ἐπὶ ἀνέμου, καὶ ἀήσυρον κατὰ τοὺς παλαιοὺς τὸ κούφον, ὅθεν καὶ “Ζήσυροι μύρμηκες” παρὰ Αἰσχύλῳ

. Idem p. 1547, 20.

ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ῥηθέντος ἄω καὶ ἀήσυρον τὸ κοῦφον· ὅθεν καὶ παρ' Αἰσχύλῳ “μύρμηκες ἀήσυροι.”

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NA: Versus 455–461. affert Achilles Tatius in Isagoge ad Aratum, versus 455–460. Stobaeus Ecl. phys. I. 2. hic quidem v. 455. servans Aeschyli librorum scripturam; sed apud Achillem Tatium est

οὐκ ἦν γὰρ αὐτοῖς

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θέρους:

θέρεος

458. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-511

ἔςτε:

ὥστε

Lips.

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ἀντολὰς:

ἀνατολὰς

G. Vit.

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δύσεις: Libri Aeschyli omnes cum Achille Tatio

δύσεις

, nisi quod in Par. C.

δύσης

est, superscripto

ει

. Sed Stobaeus

ὁδούς

. Et hoc quidem olim in Observationibus criticis p. 18. praeferendum iudicavi, quia occasus siderum neque omnino cur difficiles observatu dicantur, neque cur difficiliores quam ortus, perspici possit, quod contra id recte de meatu eorum praedicetur. Quod Wellauerus conquestus est, constringi sic artioribus vinculis sermonem poeticum, praetereaque antecedens

ἀντολάς

postulare

δύσεις

, per se cadit, quia quae hic facta est distinctio aperte non poeticae dictionis est, sed accuratae demonstrationis, tantumque abest ut propter ortus commemorandi sint occasus, ut quo facilius ortuum appellatio animum ad occasuum cogitationem advertit, eo proclivius fuerit librariis

δύσεις

scribere. Ac valde sibi placere

ὁδούς

Dobraeus quoque, vir non hebetis iudicii, professus est in Aristophanicis p. (54). Sed tamen ne

ὁδούς

quidem satis aptum est, siquidem ortu siderum cognito non admodum difficile erat meatus explorare. Multo magis hic memoranda erat natura et vis ac potestas siderum, quae quod alia in aliis est, recte dicitur difficilis esse ad diiudicandum. Quare

δύσεις

posui, quod apparet quam facile, ortus mentione praegressa, in

δύσεις

potuerit mutari.

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σοφισμάτων:

νοσφισμάτων

, non

νοφισμάτων

, M. in cuius margine recentior manus

σοφισ

adscripsit. Commemorat

νοσφισμάτων

scholion, quod non habet M.

γράφεται καὶ νοσφισμάτων. καὶ γάρ τις μέτρον γινώσκων τῶν πραγμάτων αὑτοῦ οὔποτε τοῦ εἰκότος ἐκπέσοι

. Apud Stobaeum Ecl. phys. 1. 2. est

ἀριθμὸν εὑρὼν ἔξοχον σοφισμάτων βίον διώκησ᾽ ὄντα πρὶν πεφυρμένον θηρσίν θ' ὅμοιον· πρῶτα μὲν τὸν πάνσοφον ἀριθμὸν εὕρην ἔξοχον σοφισμάτων

. Quae ad Euripidis Palamedem pertinuisse videntur. Illud mirum est, quod scholiastes Aristidis p. 273. ed. Fromm. p. 702, 30. ed. Dind. ubi haec ipsa Palamedis verba in mente habuit Aristides, adnotavit,

τοῦτο ἐν Αἰσχύλῳ Προμηθεὺς λέγει περὶ τοῦ ἀνθρωπείου γένους

. In florilegio Stobaei LXXXI. 1. afferuntur versus 460-462.

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τε:

πρῶτος

apud Stobaeum, et sic Porsonus scribi iubebat.

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συνθέσεις:

γραμμάτων δὲ σύνθεσιν

apud Stobaeum legitur.

γραμμάτων συνθέσεις

γραμμάτων τε συνθέσεις

ceteri libri Aeschyli omnes, et

συνθέσεις

etiam Stobaei codex A.

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NA: Adnotatio ΩΣ et ΟΥΣiou in Crameri Anecd. Ox. IV. p. 318, 19.

Αἰσχύλος δὲ Προμηθέα φησὶν εἰρηκέναι ταῦτα

462. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-518

μνήμην ἁπάντων μουσομήτορ' ἐργάνην:

μνήμην ἁπάντων

Μ.

supra addito post primam vocem a recentiore manu.

μνήμην ἁπάντων

etiam Stobaeus.

μνήμην τ᾽ ἁπάντων

Aug. Ceteri libri omnes

μνήμην θ᾽ ἁπάντων

. Tum

μουσομητὸς

apud Stobaeum est. Denique

ἐργάνην

M. a pr. manu, quae quas amplius litteras addiderat, iis deletis manus admodum recens

ἐργάτιν

scripsit.

ἐργάτιν

Par. B. in quo additum

γρ. μουσομήτορος ἐργάτην

, Bess. et edd. vett.

ἐργάτην

Vit. Lips. Aug. aliique.

ἐργάνῃ

praebuit Stobaeus. Brunckius secutus est Hemsterhusium, qui ad Lucianum vol. I. p. 88. sic scribendum censuit,

γραμμάτων τε σύνθεσιν, μνήμης ἁπάντων μουσομήτορ' ἐργάνην

. Recepit

ἐργάνην

Blomfieldius, ut lectionem antiquam, servans ille

μνήμην θ'

, id quod fecerunt etiam quum alii, tum Wellauerus, argutias esse dicens, quibus ea scriptura damnetur. Id ille temere iudicavit. Nam artem memoriae si a Prometheo inventam dixisset Aeschylus, quae ab aequali eius Simonide inventa fertur, aut propter tempora stolidissime confusa ridiculus, aut ineptus propter commemorationem inventi, quod non disciplina aliqua doctrinave contineri, sed naturae beneficio tribui hominibus videretur, ab iis qui hoc iactantem Prometheum audirent esset iudicatus. Hemsterhusii elegantissima est coniectura et profecto optima, nisi quod non opus erat

σύνθεσιν

adsumere,

μνήμης ἁπάντων μουσομήτορ' ἐργάνην

. Nam etsi servari posset

μνήμην

, si sic interpungeretur,

μνήμην ἁπάντων, μουσομήτορ' ἐργάνην

, quod olim defendi in Obs. crit. p. 19. tamen multo aptius et commodius cum aperto genitivo coniungitur

ἐργάνην

, quam si

Μουσῶν

μουσομήτορα

esset intelligendum. Sic etiam Euripides Androm. v. 1014. (987.)

τίνος οὕνεκ' ἄτιμον ὀργάναν χέρα τεκτοσύνας Ἐνυαλίῳ δοριμήστορι προςθέντες τάλαιναν, τάλαιναν μεθεῖτε Τροίαν

. Apertum est autem

ἐργάνην

propterea adsciscendum esse, quia

ἐργάτιν

, in quo personae notatio est, non apte declarando plurali

συνθέσεις

adhiberetur. Nam

ἐργάτης

effectrix est,

ἐργάνη

autem proprie effectionem significat. Apposite comparavit Schützius Livii verba in principio libri sexti,

et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere, una custodia fidelis memoriae rerum gestarum

. Eodem modo Euripides in Palamede apud Stobaeum LXXXI. 7. litteras

λύπης φάρμακα

appellavit, imitatus ille Aeschylum.

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πρῶτος:

πρώτων

, superscriptis

ος

ως

a pr. manu, Vit.

πρώτως

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κνώδαλα:

κνώδ

Μ. deletis reliquis litteris, quas recentior manus supplevit.

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ζεύγλαισι:

ζεύγλαισι

M. G. et superscripto

Vit.

ζεύγλησι

Lips.

Ζεύγλην

alii curvaturam iugi, alii partem eam cui collum iumenti immittitur, vel, quod idem est, lora, quae subiugia ab Latinis vocantur, esse tradunt. Hoc significatu hic dixit Aeschylus et ante eum Homerus Il. XIX. 405.

πᾶσα δὲ χαίτη ζεύγλης ἐξεριποῦσα παρὰ ζυγὸν οἶδας ἵκανεν

. V. scholiastas Homeri et Schefferum de re vehiculari p. 116. seqq. In Etym. M. p. 499. alia commemoratur significatio,

τὸ τοῦ τραχήλου μέρος, καθ᾽ ὃ ὁ ζυγός

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σώμασίν θ':

σώμασίν θ'

Μ. et pauci alii. Ceteri

σώμασί θ'

. Haec vox iam scholiastis molestiam creavit, qui eam vel ad

δουλεύοντα

referri, ut

ἐπισάττεσθαι

iumenta et

φόρτους ἐπάνω τῶν σωμάτων αἴρειν σκευοφοροῦντα

dicerentur, vel construi cum sequentibus verbis voluerunt hoc modo,

καὶ ὑφ᾽ ἅρματ᾽ ἤγαγον φιληνίους ἵππους, ὅπως ἐν τοῖς σώμασι γένωνται διάδοχοι μεγίστων μοχθημάτων τοῖς θνητοῖς

, quam interpretationem meliorem esse censuerunt. Sic interpunctum in M. a sec. manu et in Vit. atque in editione Garbitii, admiseruntque hanc satis duram constructionem Porsonus eumque secuti recentiores. In Vit. ad

σώμασί θ' ὅπως

superscriptum

ἡνίαις οἱ ἄνθρωποι

. Tan. Faber in epistola 67. partis l. scribendum putabat

σήμασιν

, quo signa virgae motu aliove modo iumentis data intelligerentur. Brunckius insigni audacia

κέντροισιν

posuit. Pauwi

σάγμασιν

in minore editione recepit Schutzius. Fefellit interpretes quod

ζεύγλαισι

σώμασιν

ablativorum potestate dicta putarunt, nec viderunt

σώμασιν

non de iumentorum, sed de sessorum qui iumentis inequitant corporibus esse accipiendum. Id ostendunt usitata in hac re verba

σωματηγός

εἰ

σωματηγεῖν

. Eustathius p. 1625, 40. de Aristophane grammatico,

ἀστράβαι δέ, φησίν, οἱ καταμόνας σωματηγοῦντες ἡμίονοι

. Hesychius in v.

ἀστράβη, οἳ δὲ κατὰ τὸ πλεῖστον μὲν τὴν σωματηγὸν ἡμίονον οὕτως ἔλεγον· ἐνίοτε δὲ πάντα ἁπλῶς τὸ σωματηγοῦντα ὑποζύγια

. Εtym. Μ. p. 159, 54.

οἳ δὲ τὴν σωματηγὸν ἡμίονον ἀστράβην λέγουσιν

. Eadem verba in eodem vocabulo habet Suidas.

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διάδοχοι:

διάδοχον

M. a pr. manu.

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γένοινθ':

γένωντ'

Ven. 1. Bess.

γένωνται

Vind. 1. 3.

γένοινθ'

Μ. G. Vit. Lips. Aug. et ceteri libri. Emendavit Dawesius in Misc. crit. p. 268 (481. ed. Kidd.).

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ὑφ᾽ ἅρμα τ': Libri

ὑφ᾽ ἅρματ'

, praeter Aug. qui

ὑφ᾽ ἅρμα τ'

habet. Sic Turn. et Grotius in Excerptis p. 9. eodemque modo Dawesius quoque et Tyrwhittus emendarunt.

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θαλασσόπλαγκτα:

θαλασσόπλακτα

Vit. Lips. et a pr. manu M.

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ναυτίλων ὀχήματα:

ναυτιλόχων ὀχήματα

Μ.

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ἐξευρὼν:

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Lips. Aug. Ven. 1. Par. E. Bess. Vind. 2. 4. Rob.

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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367. ἐκραγήσονταί ποτε: the spec- tators would think at once of the eruption of Ol. 75, 2 (479-478 B.C.) which the Parian Marble, line 68, mentions in the words καὶ τὸ πῦρ ἐρρύη κᾶον ἐν Σικελίᾳ περὶ τὴν Αἴτνην (as restored by Boeckh, Corp. Inscr. Gr. 375 380 II. p. 302). Another eruption, which took place Ol. 88, 2 (425 в.с.), is spoken of by Thuc. iii. 116 γῆν τινα ἔφθειρε (sc. ὁ ῥύαξ τοῦ πυρός) τῶν Κατα- ναίων, οἳ ἐπὶ τῇ Αἴτνῃ τῷ ὄρει οἰκοῦσιν, ὅπερ μέγιστόν ἐστιν ὄρος ἐν τῇ Σικελίᾳ.

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468. λινόπτερα: similarly Ennius (quoted by Servius on Verg. Aen. i. 224) naves velivolae; Ovid Pont. iv. 5, 42 velivolae rates; cp. Suppl. 734 νῆες ὠκύπτεροι, Eur. Hipp. 752 & λευκόπτερε πορθμίς, Od. vii. 36 νέες ὠκεῖαι ὡς εἰ πτέρον ἠὲ νόημα, xi. 125 εὐήρε᾽ ἐρετμά, τά πτερὰ νηυσὶ πέλονται. – ὀχήματα: cp. Suppl. 33 ξὺν ὄχῳ ταχυήρει, Od. iv. 708 νηῶν ὠκυπόρων ἐπιβαινέμεν, αἱ θ' ΤΕ ἁλὸς ἵπποι ἀνδράσι γίγνονται, Soph. Trach. 656 πολύκωπον ὄχημα ναός, Eur. Ι. Τ. 410 νάϊον ὄχημα.

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469 f. Cp. Eur. Frg. 897 μισῶ σο- φιστὴν ὅστις οὐχ αὑτῷ σοφός.

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Προμηθεύς

ὦ δῖος αἰθὴρ καὶ ταχύπτεροι πνοαί,

ποταμῶν τε πηγαί, ποντίων τε κυμάτων

ἀνήριθμον γέλασμα, παμμῆτόρ τε γῆ,
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καὶ τὸν πανόπτην κύκλον ἡλίου καλῶ,

Προμηθεύς

ἴδεσθέ μ', οἷα πρὸς θεῶν πάσχω θεός.

δέρκεσθε, οἵαις αἰκίαισιν

διακναιόμενος τὸν μυριετῆ

Testim.:

Apparatus Criticus

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ
²

διακναιόμενος τὸν μυριετῆ

Prometheus

Alas! Alas! Offspring of fruitful Tethys and of him who with his sleepless current encircles the whole earth, children of your

father Oceanus, behold, see with what fetters, upon the summit crag of this ravine, I am to hold my unenviable watch.
140

Chorus

I see, Prometheus;

and over my eyes a mist of tears and fear spread as I saw your body withering ignominiously upon this rock in these bonds of adamant. For there are new rulers in heaven, and Zeus governs with
145

lawless customs; that which was mighty before he now brings to nothing.
150

Mélodrame.

Contemplez les opprobres qui me déchirent et que j'en-

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;
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EFESTO

Guarda, orrendo a mirare uno spettacolo!

POTERE

Veggo costui patir ciò ch'egli merita.
85

Gittagli intorno ai fianchi ora i legami.

EFESTO

Lo debbo far. Ma tu non dar troppi ordini!

POTERE

Ordinerò, t'incalzerò per giunta :

Videte me, qualia à Dijs patior, Deus cùm sim.

Reſpicite, quibus supplicijs

Affectus, infinitum
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ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ 2 διακναιόμενος τὸν μυριετῆ

Prometheus Alas! Alas! Offspring of fruitful Tethys and of him who with his sleepless current encircles the whole earth, children of your father Oceanus, behold, see with what fetters, upon the summit crag of this ravine, I am to hold my unenviable watch. 140

Chorus I see, Prometheus; and over my eyes a mist of tears and fear spread as I saw your body withering ignominiously upon this rock in these bonds of adamant. For there are new rulers in heaven, and Zeus governs with 145 lawless customs; that which was mighty before he now brings to nothing. 150

Mélodrame. Contemplez les opprobres qui me déchirent et que j'en-

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

EFESTO Guarda, orrendo a mirare uno spettacolo!

POTERE Veggo costui patir ciò ch'egli merita. 85 Gittagli intorno ai fianchi ora i legami.

EFESTO Lo debbo far. Ma tu non dar troppi ordini!

POTERE Ordinerò, t'incalzerò per giunta :

Videte me, qualia à Dijs patior, Deus cùm sim. Reſpicite, quibus supplicijs Affectus, infinitum 100

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Προμηθεύς

ὦ δῖος αἰθὴρ καὶ ταχύπτεροι πνοαί,

ποταμῶν τε πηγαί, ποντίων τε κυμάτων

ἀνήριθμον γέλασμα, παμμῆτόρ τε γῆ,
90

καὶ τὸν πανόπτην κύκλον ἡλίου καλῶ,

Προμηθεύς

ἴδεσθέ μ', οἷα πρὸς θεῶν πάσχω θεός.

δέρκεσθε, οἵαις αἰκίαισιν

διακναιόμενος τὸν μυριετῆ

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ
²

διακναιόμενος τὸν μυριετῆ

Prometheus

Alas! Alas! Offspring of fruitful Tethys and of him who with his sleepless current encircles the whole earth, children of your

father Oceanus, behold, see with what fetters, upon the summit crag of this ravine, I am to hold my unenviable watch.
140

Mélodrame.

Contemplez les opprobres qui me déchirent et que j'en-

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

EFESTO

Guarda, orrendo a mirare uno spettacolo!

POTERE

Veggo costui patir ciò ch'egli merita.
85

Gittagli intorno ai fianchi ora i legami.

EFESTO

Lo debbo far. Ma tu non dar troppi ordini!

POTERE

Ordinerò, t'incalzerò per giunta :

Videte me, qualia à Dijs patior, Deus cùm sim.

Reſpicite, quibus supplicijs

Affectus, infinitum
100