Aeschylus Prometheus Bound 94

Anna Swanwick (Translator)

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IO
ANTISTROPHE.
Whence know'st thou to speak my sire's name?

Oh answer a wretched one's prayer;—
Ah me! the dire anguish! Woe! Woe!
Who art thou, poor wretch, who dost truly proclaim
My plague, with its phrenzying torture, that came
From Zeus and doth sting to despair?
Woe! ah woe!
With boundings, by food-craving anguish pursued,
On rushing with passionate throe,
By wrathful devices of Hera subdued,
I come. Of the wretched are any who know

Such pangs as I suffer? But now by clear sign,
Reveal what for me yet remaineth to bear;
What cure for my plague. If such knowledge be
thine,
Forthwith to the sad-roaming maiden declare.

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.) — 95 focus
χρόνον ἀθλεύσω.
95
τοιόνδ᾽ ὁ νέος ταγὸς μακάρων
ἐξηῦρ᾽ ἐπ᾿ ἐμοὶ δεσμὸν ἀεικῆ.
φεῦ φεῦ, τὸ παρὸν τό τ' ἐπερχόμενον
πῆμα στενάχω, πῆ ποτε μόχθῳ
χρὴ τέρματα τῶνδ᾽ ἐπιτεῖλαι.
100
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 95 focus
χρόνον ἀθλεύσω.
95
τοιόνδ᾽ ὁ νέος ταγὸς μακάρων
ἐξεῦρ᾽ ἐπ' ἐμοὶ δεσμὸν ἀεικῆ.
αἰαῖ, τὸ παρόν, τό τ' ἐπερχόμενον
πῆμα στενάχω, πῇ ποτε μόχθων
χρὴ τέρματα τῶνδ᾽ ἐπιτεῖλαι.
100
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 95 focus
χρόνον ἀθλεύσω·
95
τοιόνδ' ὁ νέος ταγὸς μακάρων
ἐξηῦρ' ἐξεῦρ' ἐπ' ἐμοὶ δεσμὸν ἀεικῆ·
φεῦ φεῦ αἰ αἰ, τὸ παρὸν τό τ' ἐπερχόμενον
πῆμα στενάχω, ποῖ ποτε μόχθων
χρὴ τέρματα τῶνδ' ἐπιτεῖλαι.
100
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 95 focus
χρόνον ἀθλεύσω. τοιόνδ᾽ ὁ νέος
95
ταγὸς μακάρων ἐξηῦρ᾽ ἐπ᾿ ἐμοὶ
δεσμὸν ἀεικῆ.
φεῦ φεῦ, τὸ παρὸν τό τ᾽ ἐπερχόμενον
πῆμα στενάχω, πῇ ποτε μόχθων
χρὴ τέρματα τῶνδ᾽ ἐπιτεῖλαι.
100
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 95 focus
χρόνον ἀθλεύσω.
95
τοιόνδ᾽ ὁ νέος ταγὸς μακάρων
ἐξηῦρ᾽ ἐπ᾿ ἐμοὶ δεσμὸν ἀεικῆ.
φεῦ φεῦ, τὸ παρὸν τό τ᾽ ἐπερχόμενον
πῆμα στενάχω· πῆι ποτε μόχθων
χρὴ τέρματα τῶνδ᾽ ἐπιτεῖλαι.
100
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.) — 95 focus
through time of years innumerable. Such an ignominious bondage hath the new ruler of the immortals devised against me. Alas! alas! I sigh over the present suffering, and that which is coming on. How, where must a termination of these toils arise?
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 95 focus
durerai pendant des jours sans nombre. Voilà donc les liens d'infamie qu'a imaginés pour moi le jeune chef des Bienheureux ! Las ! las ! et le mal qui m'accable et le mal qui m'attend m'arrachent des sanglots : après quelles
épreuves la délivrance luira-elle enfin ?
Parlé.
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 95 focus
with what fierce pains,
Behold, what tortures for revolving ages
I here muſt ſtruggle; ſuch unſeemly chains
This newrais'd ruler of the gods devis'd.
Ah me! That groan burſts from my anguiſh'd heart,
105
My preſent woes and future to bemoan.
When ſhall theſe ſuff'rings find their deſtin'd end?
But why that vain inquiry? My clear ſight
Looks through the future; unforeſeen no ill
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 95 focus
scendi giú, forte ora le gambe accerchiagli.
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 95 focus
Tempus laborabó: quale iuuenis
Dux beatorum inuenit pro me
Vinculum moleſtum, heu heu. præsens,
Et ſequens detrimentum deploro, quà ratione
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.) — 95 focus
Eternal ages, year on year!
Such and so shameful is the chain
Which Heaven's new tyrant doth ordain
105
To bind me helpless here.
Woe! for the ruthless present doom!
Woe! for the Future's teeming womb!
On what far dawn, in what dim skies,
Shall star of my deliverance rise?
110
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.) — 95 focus
Fortkämpfen ich soll!
95
Solch schmähliche Fess'lung sann er mir aus,
Der neu sich erhob, der Unsterblichen Fürst!
Ach, ach! Um das Jetzt, um das kommende Leid
Wehklag' ich zumal. Wann wird jemals
Der Mühsale Ziel mir erscheinen?
100

Commentary

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

610. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-690

ὅπερ:
ὅτι
M. Vit. Ven. 3. edd. vett.
ὃ
G. Lips. Aug. Par. E. Vind. 2. 4. Restituit
ὅπερ
Porsonus ex Εtym. Μ. p. 762, 30. et Gudiano p. 532, 32. ubi hic et duo sequentes versus ut Sophoclis afferuntur. In Etym. Gud. scriptum est
τορόν σοι
.

612. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-691

φίλους:
φίλον
ante correctionem primae manus, Vit.

614. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-692

NA: Usus est hoc versu scriptor Christi patientis v. 699.

614. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-693

θνητοῖσιν:
θνητοῖσι
, supra adscripto
ν
, Μ.
θνητοῖσι
G. Vit. Lips. Vind. 3. edd. vett.
βροτοῖσι
Colb. 2. Par. E.

615. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-694

τλῆμον:
τλήμων
Lips. Aug.

615. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-695

δίκην: Ad
δίκην
in G. ab ea manu, quae scholia scripsit, superscriptum
χάριν
, scholioque praefixum
τοῦ χάριν
. In textu
χάριν
Colb. 2. Vind. 1.
γρ. χάριν
Par. B. Scriptor Christi patientis v. 700.
τοῦ δίκην πάσχεις τάδε
, ubi mendose
δίκης
editum.

616. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-696

NA: Afferunt hunc versum Tzetzes ad Lycophr. 106. et scholiastes Theocriti ad IV. 51.

617. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-697

οὔκουν:
οὐκ οὖν
Aug. sed Lips. cum ceteris
οὔκουν
.

617. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-698

τήνδε:
τάνδε
Lips. Vind. 2. Ald. Rob.

618. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-699

αἰτεῖ:
αἰτεῖ
a pr. manu M. G. Vulgatum
αὐτῇ
in utroque a correctore factum.
αἰτεῖς
Vind. 3.

618. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-700

πᾶν γὰρ ἂν πύθοιό μου:
πᾶν γὰρ οὖν πύθοιό μου
Μ.
πᾶν γὰρ πύθοιό μου
Vit. Colb. 1. 2.
πάντα γὰρ πύθοιό μοι
G. Ven. 1. Ox. Ald. Rob.
πᾶν γὰρ ἐκπύθοιό μου
Lips. Aug. Vind. 2. 3. 4. Turn.
γρ. πᾶν γὰρ ἂν πύθοιο. γρ. πάντα γὰρ πύθοιο
Par. Β. Restituit Brunckius
πᾶν γὰρ ἂν πύθοιο μου
. Et videtur sic habere Bess. nisi quod in eo
μοι
est.

619. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-701

ὤχμασεν:
ᾤχμασεν
M. Vit. Lips. Aug. Cantabr. 1.
ὤχμασε
G. edd. vett.

620. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-702

βούλευμα μὲν τὸ Δῖον:
βούλευμα μὲν τὸ δῖον
etiam Μ.
β. μέντοι τὸ δῖον
Vit.
β. μὲν τοῦ διὸς
Lips. Aug.

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.).

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3
4
610. Cp. Suppl. 464 αἰνιγματῶδες τοὔπος· ἀλλ᾽ ἁπλῶς φράσον, and 949 below.

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5
6
612. πυρὸς βροτοῖς δοτήρα: on the dative with personal verbal substan- tives see Krüger I. § 48, 12, 5, and on 501.- This verse, though lacking the regular caesura, is not divided in the middle, because δοτῆρ' and ὁρᾷs are closely connected by elision. Cp. 710 and see note on 640.

613. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-399

7
8
613. The stichomythy is intro- duced by a speech of two verses (see on 38), and at 622 below the transi- tion to a new topic is similarly marked.

615. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-400

9
10
615. ἁρμοῖ: ἀρτίως, Hesych. Ac- cording to Heraclides (Eustath. on Iliad p. 140, 13), a Syracusan word. Cp. Soph. Ai. 787 τί μ᾽ αὖ τάλαιναν ἀρτίως πεπαυμένην κακῶν ἀτρύτων ἐξ ἕδρας ἀνίστατε; Eur. Frg. 337 τί μ᾽, ὦ ξέν᾽, ἄρτι πημάτων λελησμένην ὀρθοῖς;