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

Prometheus Bound. N. Wecklein. F. D. Allen (Translator). . .

Current edition Experimental

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.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (7)

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 399-435 focus

str. 1

Χορός

στένω σε τᾶς οὐλομένας τύχας, Προμηθεῦ:

δακρυσίστακτα¹ δ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ὄσσων
400

ῥαδινῶν λειβομένα ῥέος παρειὰν

νοτίοις ἔτεγξα παγαῖς:

ἀμέγαρτα γὰρ τάδε Ζεὺς

ἰδίοις νόμοις κρατύνων

ὑπερήφανον² θεοῖς τοῖς
405

πάρος ἐνδείκνυσιν³ αἰχμάν.

407

ant. 1

Χορός

πρόπασα δ᾽ ἤδη στονόεν λέλακε χώρα,

μεγαλοσχήμονά τ᾽ ἀρχαι-

οπρεπῆ.... στένουσι τὰν σὰν⁴

συνομαιμόνων τε τιμάν,
410

ὁπόσοι τ᾽ ἔποικον ἁγνᾶς

Ἀσίας ἕδος νέμονται,

μεγαλοστόνοισι σοῖς πή-

μασι συγκάμνουσι θνατοί.

415

str. 2

Χορός

Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι
415

παρθένοι, μάχας ἄτρεστοι,

καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς

ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαι-

ῶτιν ἔχουσι λίμναν,

420

ant. 2

Χορός

†Ἀραβίας⁵ τ᾽ ἄρειον ἄνθος,
420

ὑψίκρημνον οἳ⁶ πόλισμα

Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται,⁷

δάιος στρατός, ὀξυπρῴ-

ροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς.

425

ep.

Χορός

†μόνον δὲ⁸ πρόσθεν [ἄλλον⁹] ἐν πόνοις¹⁰
425

δαμέντ᾽ [ἀδαμαντοδέτοις¹¹

Τιτᾶνα λύμαις] εἰσιδόμαν θεῶν,

Ἄτλαντος¹² [αἰὲν¹³] ὑπέροχον¹⁴ σθένος κραταιόν,

<ὃς γᾶν¹⁵> οὐράνιόν τε πόλον

νώτοις ὑποστενάζει.†
430

ep.

Χορός

βοᾷ δὲ πόντιος κλύδων

ξυμπίτνων, στένει βυθός,¹⁶

κελαινὸς [δ᾽¹⁷] Ἄιδος ὑποβρέμει μυχὸς γᾶς,

παγαί θ᾽ ἁγνορύτων¹⁸ ποταμῶν

στένουσιν ἄλγος οἰκτρόν.
435
436

Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 399-435 focus

Χορός

στένω σε τᾶς οὐλομένας τύχας, Προμηθεῦ·

δακρυσίστακτα δʼ ἀπʼ ὄσσων
400

ῥαδινὰν λειβομένα ῥέος παρειὰν

νοτίοις ἔτεγξα παγαῖς·

ἀμέγαρτα γὰρ τάδε Ζεὺς

ἰδίοις νόμοις κρατύνων

ὑπερήφανον θεοῖς τοῖς
405

πάρος ἐνδείκνυσιν αἰχμάν.

407

Χορός

πρόπασα δʼ ἤδη στονόεν λέλακε χώρα,

μεγαλοσχήμονά ἀρχαι-

οπρεπῆ στένουσι τὰν σὰν

ξυνομαιμόνων τε τιμάν,
410

ὁπόσοι τʼ ἔποικον ἁγνᾶς

Ἀσίας ἕδος νέμονται,

μεγαλοστόνοισι σοῖς πή-

μασι συγκάμνουσι θνατοί.

415

Χορός

Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι
415

παρθένοι, μάχας ἄτρεστοι,

καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς

ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαι-

ῶτιν ἔχουσι λίμναν,

420

Χορός

Ἀραβίας τʼ ἄρειον ἄνθος,
420

ὑψίκρημνον οἳ πόλισμα

Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται,

δάιος στρατός, ὀξυπρῴ-

ροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς.

425

Χορός

μόνον δὴ πρόσθεν ἄλλον ἐν πόνοις
425

δαμέντʼ ἀδαμαντοδέτοις

Τιτᾶνα λύμαις εἰσιδόμαν, θεόν,

Ἄτλαντος αἰὲν; ὑπέροχον σθένος κραταιόν,

ὃς οὐράνιόν τε πόλον

νώτοις στέγων ὑποστενάζει.
430

Χορός

βοᾷ δὲ πόντιος κλύδων

ξυμπίτνων, στένει βυθός,

κελαινὸς δʼ Ἄιδος ὑποβρέμει μυχὸς γᾶς,

παγαί θʼ ἁγνορύτων ποταμῶν

στένουσιν ἄλγος οἰκτρόν.
435

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 399 focus

ΧΟ.

στένω σε τᾶς οὐλομένας τύχας, Προμηθεῦ·

δακρυσίστακτον ἀπ᾿ ὄσσων ῥαδινῶν δ᾽ εἰβομένα

ῥέος παρειὰν
400

νοτίοις ἔτεγξα παγαῖς· ἀμέγαρτα γαρ τάδε Ζεὺς

ἰδίοις νόμοις κρατύνων ὑπερήφανον θεοῖς τοῖς

μεγαλοσχήμονά τ᾽ ἀρχαιοπρεπῆ ---- στένουσι

πάρος ἐνδείκνυσιν αἰχμάν.
405

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 399 focus

Χορὸς Ὠκεανίδων Νυμφῶν
στρ. α'.

στένω σε τᾶς οὐλομένας τύχας, Προμηθεῦ,

δακρυσίστακτον ἀπ' ὄσσων ῥαδινῶν δ᾽ εἰ-
400

βομένα δέος παρειὰν

νοτίοις ἔτεγξα παγαῖς.

ἀμέγαρτα γὰρ τάδε· Ζεὺς δ᾽

ἰδίοις νόμοις κρατύνων

ὑπερήφανον θεοῖς τοῖς
405

πάρος ἐνδείκνυσιν αἰχμάν.

ἀντ. α'.

ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 399 focus

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Στένω σε τᾶς οὐ-

Str. 1.

λομένας τύχας, Προμηθεῦ,

δακρυσίστακτον δ' ἀπ' ὄσσων

ῥαδινῶν ῥαδινὸν λειβομένα ῥέος παρειὰν
400

νοτίοις ἔτεγξα παγαῖς·

ἀμέγαρτα γὰρ τάδε Ζεὺς

ἰδίοις νόμοις κρατύνων

ὑπερήφανον θεοῖς τοῖς

πάρος ἐνδείκνυσιν αἰχμήν.
405

Πρόπασα δ' ἤδη

Ant. 1.

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 399 focus

στένω σε τᾶς οὐλομένας

τύχας, Προμηθεῦ,

δακρυσίστακτον δ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ὄσσων
415

ῥαδινῶν λειβομένα ῥέος παρειὰν

νοτίοις ἔτεγξα πηγαῖς·

ἀμέγαρτα γὰρ τάδε Ζεὺς

ἰδίοις νόμοις κρατύνων

ὑπερήφανον θεοῖς τοῖς
420

πάρος ἐνδείκνυσιν αἰχμήν.

Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 399 focus

ΧΟΡΟΣ.

στένω σε τᾶς οὐλομένας

τύχας Προμηθεῦ δακρυσί-

στακτον δ᾽ ἀπ᾿ ὄσσων ῥαδινὰν [λειβομένα]

ῥέος παρειὰν νοτίοις
400

ἔτεγξα πηγαῖς· ἀμέγαρ-

τα γὰρ τάδε Ζεὺς ἰδίοις

νόμοις κρατύνων ὑπερήφανον θεοῖς

τοῖς πάρος ἐνδείκνυσιν αἰχμήν.

--
405

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.)) — 399-435 focus

Chorus

I mourn your unfortunate fate, Prometheus.

Shedding from my eyes a coursing flood of tears I wet my tender cheeks with their moist streams. For Zeus, holding this unenviable power by self-appointed laws,
400

displays towards the gods of old an overweening spirit.
405

407

Chorus

Now the whole earth cries aloud in lamentation; . . . lament the greatness of the glory of your time-hallowed honor,

the honor that was yours and your brother’s; and all mortals who make their dwelling place in holy Asia share the anguish of your most lamentable suffering;
410

415

Chorus

And those who dwell in the land of Colchis , the maidens fearless in fight; and the Scythian multitude that inhabits the most remote region of the earth bordering the Maeotic lake;
415

420

Chorus

And the warlike flower of Arabia , which hold the high-cragged citadel near the Caucasus , a hostile host that roars among the sharp-pointed spears.
420

425

Chorus

One other Titan god before this I have seen in distress, enthralled in torment by adamantine bonds—Atlas, pre-eminent in mighty strength, who moans as he supports
425

the vault of heaven on his back.
430

Chorus

The waves of the sea utter a cry as they fall, the deep laments, the black abyss of Hades rumbles in response, and the streams of pure-flowing rivers

lament your piteous pain.
435

Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 399 focus

I bewail thee for thy lost fate, Prometheus. A flood of trickling tears from my yielding eyes has bedewed my cheek with its humid gushings: for Jupiter commanding this thine unenviable doom by laws of his own, displays his spear appearing superior o'er the gods of old .

PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 399 focus

dans l'étable familière !

Le char d'Océan s'éloigne. Un silence. Puis les Océanides, groupées sur l'étroite plate-forme d'un roc, commencent à chanter. Un peu traînant.

LE CHŒUR

Je gémis sur le destin qui de toi fait un maudit, Prométhée ; et les larmes qui coulent de mes yeux
attendris inondent ma joue de leurs flots jaillissants. Voilà donc par quels tristes arrêts, érigeant en lois ses caprices,
Zeus fait sentir aux dieux d'antan son empire orgueilleux.

Déjà ce pays entier élève une clameur

Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 399 focus

For thee I heave the heartfelt ſigh,

My boſom melting at thy woes;

For thee my teardiſtilling eye

In ſtreams of tender ſorrow flows:

For Jove's imperious ruthleſs ſoul,

410

That ſcorns the pow'r of mild controul,

Chaſtens with horrid tort'ring pain

Not known to gods, before his iron reign.

Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 399 focus

Per te gemo, Promèteo,

pel tuo destino acerbo.

Da la palpebra molle

460

versando un rivo di stillanti lagrime,

le mie gote bagnai d'umide polle.

Ché il suo poter superbo

con l'arbitrio di sí miseri scempi

ostenta Giove ai Numi che l'imperio

465

ebbero ai prischi tempi.

1 Antistrofe I

CORO

Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 399 focus

Lugeo infœlicem tuam fortunam Prometheu,

Lacrymosum ab oculis
405

Delicatis distillans fluentum, genas

Humidis tinxi fontibus. Immensa enim

Haec Iupiter legibus proprijs firmans,

Superbam prius dijs ostendit

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.) — 399 focus

For the woe and the wreck and the doom, Prometheus, I utter my sighs;
445

O'er my cheek flows the fountain of tears from tender, compassionate eyes.

For stern and abhorred is the sway of Zeus on his self-sought throne,

And ruthless the spear of his scorn, to the gods of the days that are done.

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.) — 399 focus

Ich klag'um de in schmerzliches Jammergeschick, Prometheus,

Und ein Strom träufelnder Zähren

Aus dem zarten Auge nekt mir
400

Mit dem feuchten Quell die Wange.

Unerträglich schaltet Zeus hier

Nach Gesezen eigner Willkühr,

Und den alten Göttern zeigt er

Uebergewaltig seinen Heerstab.
405
Erste Gegenstrophe.

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 397-435; verify numbering and scope.

Commentary

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

397. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-445

τετρασκελὴς:

τετρασχελής

Lips.

397. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-446

δέ τἂν:

δέ τ' ἄν

M. G. Cantabr. 1. Vulgo

δέ τ' ἄν

. Blomfieldius recte

δέ τἂν

398. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-447

κάμψειεν:

κάμψειε

G. Vit.

κάμψει

Lips. Aug. etsi glossa est in Lips.

κλίνειε

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

στένω σε τᾶς: Affert primum huius carminis versum scholiastes Aristophanis ad Vesp. 270. ut stasimi, et profecto aptissime, quum πάροδος chori quae dicitur non a stantibus in orchestra, sed sedentibus in curru alato sit cantata. Schol.

τὸ στάσιμον ᾄδει ὁ χορὸς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κατεληλυθώς

στένω σε τᾶς

, super

adscripto

, Μ.

στένω σε τὰς

G. Vit. Aug. Ald.

στένωσις τὰς

Lips.

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

δ᾽ εἰβομένα: Libri omnes

δακρυσίστακτον δ'

, praeter Bess. in quo

τ'

est, et Lips. Aug. qui

δακρυσίστατον δ'

habent. Tum

ῥαδινῶν (ῥαδηνῶν G.) λειβομένα

M. G. Lips. Aug. et ceteri plerique. Idem fuit in Vit. sed a prima manu in

ῥαδινὸν λ.

mutatum est.

ῥαδινὸν λειβομένα

aliquot codices et Ald. Rob. Εt

ῥαδινόν

quidem potest videri verum esse, ut Aeschylus expresserit

τέρε δάκρυον

. Vt stropham antistrophae exaequaret Heathius scripsit

δακρυσίστακτον ἀπ᾿ ὄσσων ῥαδινῶν ῥέος παρειάν

, omissis

δέ

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,

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

τὴν σὰν:

τῶν σῶν

G. Vit. Ald.

τὰν σὰν

Rob.

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

τε:

τε

omittunt Lips. Aug. Bess. Ald.

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

τιμάν:

τιμᾶν

ante corr. M.

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

ὁπόσοι:

ὅποσοι

G. et aliquot alii.

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

ἁγνᾶς:

ἁγνὸς

Lips. Ald.

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

σοῖς:

σοῖς

M. G. Vit. Lips. Aug.

σοισι

pauci codices.

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

θνητοί:

θνατοί

Μ. G. Ceteri

θνητοί

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

μάχαις:

μάχας

M. aliique.

μάχαν

Rob.

μάχης

Lips. Aug. Ald.

μάχαις

G. Vit. et multi alii. Hoc tenui. Sophocles Ai. 365.

τὸν ἐν δαίοις ἄτρεστον μάχαις

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Σκύθης:

Σκύθη

Lips.

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γᾶς:

γῆς

Vit.

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τόπον:

τόπον

M. Vit. aliique et Rob.

πόρον

G. Lips. Aug. aliique.

τόπον πόρον

Ald. Restituit

τόπον

Porsonus, vocabulum tragicis tritissimum.

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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.

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ὑψίκρημνον οἳ:

ὑψίκρημνονθ' οἳ

Μ.

ὑψίκριμνον θ᾽ οἳ

Lips.

ὑψίκρημνον τ' οἳ

Ald.

ὑψίκρημνον θ' οἳ

ceteri. Delendam esse copulam viderunt Bothius atque Elmsleius.

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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

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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

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ὀξυπρώροισι:

ὀξυπόροισι

Lips. Aug.

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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.

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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

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Τιτᾶνα λύμαις:

τιτᾶν ἀλύμαις

Vit.

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ἐςειδόμαν:

εἰσιδόμαν

, superscripto

ην

, Vit. Lips.

εἰσιδόμην

Vind. 4. Ald. Rob.

εἰσιδόμαν

ceteri.

εἰςειδόμαν

scribendum esse antistropha monstrat.

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θεῶν:

θεὸν

M. G. Par. L. Rob.

θεόν

, superscripto

ῶν

, Bess.

θεῶν

ceteri.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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;

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⁴

;

397. οὐλομένας: the epic form οὐ- λόμενος occurs here and there in lyric passages of tragedy. ὀλόμενοs=per- ditus, accursed, baleful, unblest; it corresponds, as participle, to the exe cration ὄλοιο, just as ὀνήμενος (blessed) corresponds to the benediction ὄναιο. On the genitive of relation see Krüger I. § 47, 21.

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⁵

⁶

;

398 ff. δακρυσίστακτα: adverbial. Cp. Eur. Or. 410 εὐπαίδευτα δ᾽ ἀποτρέ- πει λέγειν, Phoen. 310 μόλις φανεὶς ἄελπτα κἀδόκητα, 1739 ἀπαρθένευτ᾽ ἀλω-

;

μένη, Soph. Ant. 527 φιλάδελφα κάτω δάκρυ λειβομένη, Εl. 962 ἄλεκτρα γηρά- σκουσαν ἀνυμέναιά τε. – ῥαδινόν: λε- πτόν, ἰσχνόν, εὐκίνητον, ἁπαλόν, εὐδιά- σειστον, Hesych. The phrase ῥαδινὸν ῥέος (alliterative) is an imitation of the Homeric τέρεν δάκρυ, Il. iii. 142, xix. 323.

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⁷

⁸

;

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

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⁹

¹⁰

;

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

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¹¹

¹²

;

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

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¹³

¹⁴

;

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

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¹⁵

¹⁶

;

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

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¹⁷

¹⁸

;

411 f. ἔποικον ᾿Ασίας ἕδος νέμον- ται : = ᾿Ασίαν ἐποικοῦσι. ἔποικος is here used in a general sense, conveying simply the idea of dwelling; 80 ἔποικον ἕδος = seat of residence. The scholiast, wrongly taking the word as colonist, imagines an anachronism (οὔπω γὰρ ἦν ἐποικισθεῖσα τοῖς "Ελλησιν ἡ ᾿Ασία). With ᾿Ασίας ἕδος cp. Ιθάκης ἕδος Od. xiii. 344, Θήβης ἕδος ΙΙ. ίν. 406.

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¹⁹

²⁰

;

414. συγκάμνουσι : not = σὺν ἡμῖν κάμνουσι (Schol.), but like συνασχαλᾶν above (161, 243), συμπονεῖν (274). Cp. Eur. Alc. 614 ἥκω κακοῖσι σοῖσι συγκάμνων, τέκνον.

;

δάιος στρατός, ὀξυπρώτας.

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²¹

²²

;

416. παρθένοι: see on 723. - μάχας ἄτρεστοι : cp. Soph. O. T. 885 Δίκας ἀφόβητος, Sept. 875 κακῶν ἀτρύμονες, Pers. 51 λόγχης ἄκμονες. Krüger II. § 47, 26, 9.

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²³

²⁴

;

417 f. Σκύθης: see on 2. — οἵ : σχῆμα πρὸς τὸ σημαινόμενον. Ср. 421, 805, 808. – γᾶς ἔσχατον τόπον: cp. 666; Soph. Trach. 1100 ἐπ᾿ ἐσχάτοις τόποις.

420. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-295

²⁵

²⁶

;

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

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²⁷

²⁸

;

421. ὑψίκρημνον πόλισμα: proba- bly the lofty Ecbatana (᾿Αγβάτανα Pers. 961), the capital of the Medes, is meant.

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²⁹

³⁰

;

422. Καυκάσου πέλας: a geogra- phical definition like ἀμφὶ Μαιώτιν λίμναν just above. - νέμουσιν : cp. Eum. 1019 Παλλάδος πόλιν νέμοντες.

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³¹

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Sept. 900 διήκει δὲ καὶ πόλιν στόνος, στένουσι πύργοι, στένει πέδον φίλαν- δρον.

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Χορός

Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι
415

παρθένοι, μάχας ἄτρεστοι,

καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς

ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαι-

ῶτιν ἔχουσι λίμναν,

420

Χορός

†Ἀραβίας⁵ τ᾽ ἄρειον ἄνθος,
420

ὑψίκρημνον οἳ⁶ πόλισμα

Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται,⁷

δάιος στρατός, ὀξυπρῴ-

ροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς.

425

Χορός

Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι
415

παρθένοι, μάχας ἄτρεστοι,

καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς

ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαι-

ῶτιν ἔχουσι λίμναν,

Χορός

Ἀραβίας τʼ ἄρειον ἄνθος,
420

ὑψίκρημνον οἳ πόλισμα

Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται,

δάιος στρατός, ὀξυπρῴ-

ροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς.

Χορός

βοᾷ δὲ πόντιος κλύδων

ξυμπίτνων, στένει βυθός,

κελαινὸς δʼ Ἄιδος ὑποβρέμει μυχὸς γᾶς,

παγαί θʼ ἁγνορύτων ποταμῶν

στένουσιν ἄλγος οἰκτρόν.
435

Chorus

I mourn your unfortunate fate, Prometheus.

Shedding from my eyes a coursing flood of tears I wet my tender cheeks with their moist streams. For Zeus, holding this unenviable power by self-appointed laws,
400

displays towards the gods of old an overweening spirit.
405

Chorus

Now the whole earth cries aloud in lamentation; . . . lament the greatness of the glory of your time-hallowed honor,

the honor that was yours and your brother’s; and all mortals who make their dwelling place in holy Asia share the anguish of your most lamentable suffering;
410

Chorus

And those who dwell in the land of Colchis , the maidens fearless in fight; and the Scythian multitude that inhabits the most remote region of the earth bordering the Maeotic lake;
415

Chorus

And the warlike flower of Arabia , which hold the high-cragged citadel near the Caucasus , a hostile host that roars among the sharp-pointed spears.
420

Chorus

One other Titan god before this I have seen in distress, enthralled in torment by adamantine bonds—Atlas, pre-eminent in mighty strength, who moans as he supports
425

the vault of heaven on his back.
430

Chorus

The waves of the sea utter a cry as they fall, the deep laments, the black abyss of Hades rumbles in response, and the streams of pure-flowing rivers

lament your piteous pain.
435

CORO

Lacrymosum ab oculis
405

Delicatis distillans fluentum, genas

Humidis tinxi fontibus. Immensa enim

Haec Iupiter legibus proprijs firmans,

Superbam prius dijs ostendit

For the woe and the wreck and the doom, Prometheus, I utter my sighs;
445

O'er my cheek flows the fountain of tears from tender, compassionate eyes.

For stern and abhorred is the sway of Zeus on his self-sought throne,

And ruthless the spear of his scorn, to the gods of the days that are done.

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Χορός Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι 415 παρθένοι, μάχας ἄτρεστοι, καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαι- ῶτιν ἔχουσι λίμναν, 420

Χορός †Ἀραβίας 5 τ᾽ ἄρειον ἄνθος, 420 ὑψίκρημνον οἳ 6 πόλισμα Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται, 7 δάιος στρατός, ὀξυπρῴ- ροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς. 425

Χορός βοᾷ δὲ πόντιος κλύδων ξυμπίτνων, στένει βυθός, 16 κελαινὸς [δ᾽ 17 ] Ἄιδος ὑποβρέμει μυχὸς γᾶς, παγαί θ᾽ ἁγνορύτων 18 ποταμῶν στένουσιν ἄλγος οἰκτρόν. 435 436

Χορός Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι 415 παρθένοι, μάχας ἄτρεστοι, καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαι- ῶτιν ἔχουσι λίμναν,

Χορός Ἀραβίας τʼ ἄρειον ἄνθος, 420 ὑψίκρημνον οἳ πόλισμα Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται, δάιος στρατός, ὀξυπρῴ- ροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς.

Χορός βοᾷ δὲ πόντιος κλύδων ξυμπίτνων, στένει βυθός, κελαινὸς δʼ Ἄιδος ὑποβρέμει μυχὸς γᾶς, παγαί θʼ ἁγνορύτων ποταμῶν στένουσιν ἄλγος οἰκτρόν. 435

Chorus I mourn your unfortunate fate, Prometheus. Shedding from my eyes a coursing flood of tears I wet my tender cheeks with their moist streams. For Zeus, holding this unenviable power by self-appointed laws, 400 displays towards the gods of old an overweening spirit. 405

Chorus Now the whole earth cries aloud in lamentation; . . . lament the greatness of the glory of your time-hallowed honor, the honor that was yours and your brother’s; and all mortals who make their dwelling place in holy Asia share the anguish of your most lamentable suffering; 410

Chorus And those who dwell in the land of Colchis , the maidens fearless in fight; and the Scythian multitude that inhabits the most remote region of the earth bordering the Maeotic lake; 415

Chorus And the warlike flower of Arabia , which hold the high-cragged citadel near the Caucasus , a hostile host that roars among the sharp-pointed spears. 420

Chorus One other Titan god before this I have seen in distress, enthralled in torment by adamantine bonds—Atlas, pre-eminent in mighty strength, who moans as he supports 425 the vault of heaven on his back. 430

Chorus The waves of the sea utter a cry as they fall, the deep laments, the black abyss of Hades rumbles in response, and the streams of pure-flowing rivers lament your piteous pain. 435

CORO

Lacrymosum ab oculis 405 Delicatis distillans fluentum, genas Humidis tinxi fontibus. Immensa enim Haec Iupiter legibus proprijs firmans, Superbam prius dijs ostendit

For the woe and the wreck and the doom, Prometheus, I utter my sighs; 445 O'er my cheek flows the fountain of tears from tender, compassionate eyes. For stern and abhorred is the sway of Zeus on his self-sought throne, And ruthless the spear of his scorn, to the gods of the days that are done.

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Χορός

Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι
415

παρθένοι, μάχας ἄτρεστοι,

καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς

ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαι-

ῶτιν ἔχουσι λίμναν,

420

Χορός

†Ἀραβίας⁵ τ᾽ ἄρειον ἄνθος,
420

ὑψίκρημνον οἳ⁶ πόλισμα

Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται,⁷

δάιος στρατός, ὀξυπρῴ-

ροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς.

425

Χορός

Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι
415

παρθένοι, μάχας ἄτρεστοι,

καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς

ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαι-

ῶτιν ἔχουσι λίμναν,

Χορός

Ἀραβίας τʼ ἄρειον ἄνθος,
420

ὑψίκρημνον οἳ πόλισμα

Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται,

δάιος στρατός, ὀξυπρῴ-

ροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς.

Χορός

βοᾷ δὲ πόντιος κλύδων

ξυμπίτνων, στένει βυθός,

κελαινὸς δʼ Ἄιδος ὑποβρέμει μυχὸς γᾶς,

παγαί θʼ ἁγνορύτων ποταμῶν

στένουσιν ἄλγος οἰκτρόν.
435

Chorus

I mourn your unfortunate fate, Prometheus.

Shedding from my eyes a coursing flood of tears I wet my tender cheeks with their moist streams. For Zeus, holding this unenviable power by self-appointed laws,
400

displays towards the gods of old an overweening spirit.
405

Chorus

Now the whole earth cries aloud in lamentation; . . . lament the greatness of the glory of your time-hallowed honor,

the honor that was yours and your brother’s; and all mortals who make their dwelling place in holy Asia share the anguish of your most lamentable suffering;
410

Chorus

And those who dwell in the land of Colchis , the maidens fearless in fight; and the Scythian multitude that inhabits the most remote region of the earth bordering the Maeotic lake;
415

Chorus

And the warlike flower of Arabia , which hold the high-cragged citadel near the Caucasus , a hostile host that roars among the sharp-pointed spears.
420

Chorus

One other Titan god before this I have seen in distress, enthralled in torment by adamantine bonds—Atlas, pre-eminent in mighty strength, who moans as he supports
425

the vault of heaven on his back.
430

Chorus

The waves of the sea utter a cry as they fall, the deep laments, the black abyss of Hades rumbles in response, and the streams of pure-flowing rivers

lament your piteous pain.
435

Lacrymosum ab oculis
405

Delicatis distillans fluentum, genas

Humidis tinxi fontibus. Immensa enim

Haec Iupiter legibus proprijs firmans,

Superbam prius dijs ostendit

For the woe and the wreck and the doom, Prometheus, I utter my sighs;
445

O'er my cheek flows the fountain of tears from tender, compassionate eyes.

For stern and abhorred is the sway of Zeus on his self-sought throne,

And ruthless the spear of his scorn, to the gods of the days that are done.