N. Wecklein Prometheus Bound 1022.comm-1022

F. D. Allen (Translator)

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English commentary on Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) (English) (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.)

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Editions (5)
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 1007 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 1007 focus
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1007 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 1007 focus
λέγων ἔοικα πολλὰ καὶ μάτην ἐρεῖν·
τέγγῃ γὰρ οὐδὲν οὐδὲ μαλθάσσῃ λιταῖς
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ἐμαῖς· δακὼν δὲ στόμιον ὡς νεοζυγής
πῶλος βιάζῃ καὶ πρὸς ἡνίας μάχῃ·
ἀτὰρ σφοδρύνῃ γ᾽ ἀσθενεῖ σοφίσματι·
αὐθαδία γὰρ τῷ φρονοῦντι μὴ καλῶς
αὐτὴ καθ᾽ αὑτὴν οὐδενὸς μεῖζον σθένει.
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Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 1007 focus
Translations (7)
Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 1007 focus
With all that I have said I seem to be speaking to no purpose : for not one whit art thou melted or softened in thy heart by entreaties, but art champing the bit like a colt fresh yoked, and struggling against the reins. But on the strength of an impotent scheme art thou thus violent; for obstinacy in one not soundly wise, itself by itself availeth less than nothing. And mark, if thou art not persuaded by my words, what a tempest and three-fold surge of ills, from which there is no escape, will come upon thee. For in the first place the Sire will shiver this craggy cleft with thunder and the blaze of his bolt, and will overwhelm thy body, and a clasping arm of rock shall bear thee up. And after thou shalt have passed through to its close a long space of time, thou shalt come back into the light! and a winged hound of Jupiter, a blood-thirsting eagle, shall ravenously mangle thy huge lacerated frame, stealing upon thee an unbidden guest, and [tarrying] all the livelong day, and shalt banquet his fill on the black viands
of thy liver. To such labours look thou for no termination, until some god shall appear as a substitute in thy pangs, and shall be willing to go both to gloomy Hades, and to the murky depths around Tartarus. Wherefore advise thee, since this is no fictitious vaunt, but uttered in great earnestness; for the divine mouth knows not how to utter falsehood, but will bring every word to pass. But do thou look around and reflect, and never for a moment deem pertinacity better than discretion.
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1007 focus
S'en tenir à parler, serait, je crois, parler longuement pour rien. Pas un instant tu n'es touché ni adouci par des prières venues de moi. Mordant le frein
au contraire, comme un poulain novice au joug, tu résistes, tu te bats contre les rênes. Mais ta rage se fie à une impuissante ruse. L'opiniâtreté, chez qui raisonne mal, seule, peut moins que rien. Considère donc, si mes raisons ne
savent te convaincre, quel ouragan, quelle triple lame de maux va t'assaillir, inévitable 1 . Cette âpre cime d'abord, mon père, avec son tonnerre et la flamme de sa foudre, la fera voler en éclats ; ton corps enfoui n'aura plus d'autre lit que
l'étreinte du roc ; et une longue durée de jours s'achèvera, avant que tu reviennes à la lumière. Mais alors le chien ailé de Zeus, l'aigle fauve, taillant férocement ton corps, n'en
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 1007 focus
I ſee thou art implacable, unſoften'd
By all the mild intreaties I can urge;
But like a young ſteed rein'd, that proudly ſtruggles,
And champs his iron curb, thy haughty ſoul
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Abates not of its unavailing fierceness.
But pride, diſdaining to be rul'd by reaſon,
Sinks weak and valueleſs.
But mark me well,
If not obedient to my words, a ſtorm,
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A firey and inevitable deluge
Shall burſt in threefold vengeance on thy head.
First, his fierce thunder wing'd with lightning flames
Shall rend this rugged rock, and cover thee
With hideous ruin:
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long time ſhalt thou lie
Astonied in its rifted ſides, till drag'd
Again to light;
then ſhall the bird of Jove,
The rav'ning eagle, lur'd with ſcent of blood,
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Mangle thy body, and each day returning,
An uninvited gueſt, plunge his fell beak,
And feaſt and riot on thy black'ning liver.
Expect no pauſe, no reſpite, till ſome god
Comes to relieve thy pains, willing to paſs
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The dreary realms of everduring night, o
The dark deſcent of Tartarus profound.
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 1007 focus
Se piú dicessi, invano io parlerei:
tu non ti plachi alle preghiere mie,
tu non t'intenerisci. E il freno mordi,
come puledro nuovo al giogo, e imprechi
e repugni alle briglie.
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E pure, inferma
è la saggezza onde t'esalti: audacia
per chi non ha saggezza, è men che nulla
di per sé stessa.
Or vedi, se convincerti
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rifiuti ai detti miei, quale procella,
qual maroso di mali ineluttabili
piomberà sopra te.
Prima, quest'aspra
rupe, col fuoco e col celeste folgore
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il padre squarcerà, vi asconderà
le membra tue, ché una petrosa branca
le stringa.
Dopo lungo ordine d'anni,
di nuovo a luce tornerai. Ma il cane
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di Giove alato, l'aquila cruenta,
voracemente il corpo a gran brandelli
da mane a sera ti dilanierà,
senza invito rependo, del tuo fegato
a banchettar l'epula negra.
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E termine
di tale strazio alcuno non attendere,
se alcun dei Numi non si mostri e assuma
le pene tue, che al cieco Ade, e del Tartaro
nei tenebrosi abissi elegga scendere.
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Dunque risolvi. Ché non è già questa
vana millanteria, ma vero espresso.
Ché mentire non sa di Giove il labbro,
ma ciò ch'ei dice, ei compie. Or tu considera,
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 1007 focus
Dicens visus sum multa frustra dicere,
Neq; molliris, neq; mitigaris precibus
Meis, mordens frenum tanquam recenter coniugatus
Pullus vim infers, contraq; habenas pugnas,
Vehemensq; es consilio infirmo,
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Contumacia ei, qui non sapit bene,
Ipsa per se nihil potest.
Vide si non meis verbis persuadearis,
Quanta in te tempestas, & malorum procella
Veniet inevitabilis. primò quidem asperam
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Convallem tonitru & fulmineâ flammâ
Pater dissipabit, in hacq; occultabit corpus
Tuum, cauata petra feriet te:
Ibi longum tempus perficiens,
Rursus in lucem venies:
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Iouis verò
Alatus canis cruenta aquila, voraciter
Lacerabit corporis magnam fissuram,
Non vocatâ veniens, vorans quotidie
Nigrum hepar conuiuabitur.
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Talis laboris finem ne expecta,
Donec aliquis deorum successor tuorum laborum
Apparuerit, volueritq; tenebrosum ire in
Orcum, obscurumq; antrum tartari.
Ad hæc consulta: nam non ficta est
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Hæc iactantia, sed valdè vera,
Mentiri nescit os
Iouis: sed quæ dicit, perficit.
tu verò
Vide, & curam adhibe, neq; contumaciam
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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.) — 1007 focus
So, I shall speak, whate'er I speak, in vain!
No prayer can melt or soften thy resolve;
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But, as a colt new-harnessed champs the bit,
Thou strivest and art restive to the rein.
But all too feeble is the stratagem
In which thou art so confident: for know
That strong self-will is weak and less than nought
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In one more proud than wise. Bethink thee now—
If these my words thou shouldest disregard—
What storm, what might as of a great third wave
Shall dash thy doom upon thee, past escape!
First shall the Sire, with thunder and the flame
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Of lightning, rend the crags of this ravine,
And in the shattered mass o'erwhelm thy form,
Immured and morticed in a clasping rock.
Thence, after age on age of durance done,
Back to the daylight shalt thou come, and there
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The eagle-hound of Zeus, red-ravening, fell
With greed, shall tatter piecemeal all thy flesh
To shreds and ragged vestiges of form—
Yea, an unbidden guest, a day-long bane,
That feeds, and feeds—yea, he shall gorge his fill
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On blackened fragments, from thy vitals gnawed.
Look for no respite from that agony
Until some other deity be found,
Ready to bear for thee the brunt of doom,
Choosing to pass into the lampless world
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Of Hades and the murky depths of hell.
Hereat, advise thee! 'tis no feignèd threat
Whereof I warn thee, but an o'er-true tale.
The lips of Zeus know nought of lying speech,
But wreak in action all their words foretell.
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Therefore do thou look warily, and deem
Prudence a better saviour than self-will.
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.) — 1007 focus
Ich rede viel und rede, scheint es, ganz umsonst.
Denn meine Bitten rühren nicht, erweichen nicht
Dein Herz; den Zaum zerknirschend, gleich dem jungen Roß,
Und wild dich bäumend, bietest du dem Zügel Trok.
Indef in machtlos eitlem Wahn erhebst du dich.
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Denn Troy, mit klugem Sinne nicht gepaart, vermag
Niemals zu siegen, auf sich selbst allein gestellt.
Bedenke, wenn du meinen Rath achtlos verschmähst,
Welch Ungewitter, welches Weh's graunvolle Flut
Dich unentfliehbar fassen wird. Zeus wird zuerst
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Mit Donnerschlägen und des Wetterstrahles Keil
Den schroffen Abhang splittern hier, und deinen Leib
In Nacht begraben, dichtumrankt vom Felsenarm.
Und hast du langer Zeiten Lauf vollendet dort,
So steigst du wieder an das Licht. Dann wird des Zeus
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Beschwingter Hund, sein blutigrother Adler, dir
Giervoll zerfleischen deines Leibs ein großes Stück,
Ein Gast, der ungeladen kommt an jedem Tag,
Mit deiner Leber schwarzem Raub sich sättigend.
Und hoffe nicht, das Ende solcher Pein zu schau'n,
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Bevor ein Gott als Stellvertreter deiner Qual
Erscheint, bereit, in Hades' düstres Haus hinab
Zu geh'n, in sonnenlose Nacht des Tartaros.
Nun magst du dich entschließen; nicht ersonnen ja
War diese Drohung, sondern sehr im Ernst gemeint;
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Denn Nichts von Lügenreden weiß der Mund des Zeus;
Nein, jedes seiner Worte wird zur That. So sieh
Umher und überlege dir's, und achte nie
Den kecken Troß für besser als Besonnenheit.

Notes on the current edition

Prometheus Bound

1. Two-source OCR draft: unmatched words are bracketed; readings, punctuation, possible marginalia and note boundaries remain unverified. Agreement between OCR sources is not proof of correctness.
2. Reference placement provisional: local window supported by running Greek. Source note 1022; verify numbering and scope.

Commentary

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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944-1039. Second Scene of the Exodos. Prometheus and Hermes. Development of the catas- trophe.

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1022. κύων: see on 803.