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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.

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; 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

English commentary on Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) (N. Wecklein, translated by F. D. Allen. Ginn & Company, 1893; compared with the 1891 printing. Printed commentary pages 31–144. Provisional alignment and unresolved OCR are visibly flagged.) focus

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

;

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.'

397. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-284

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N. Wecklein Prometheus Bound 397.comm-397

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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.

Notes on the current edition

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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.

Notes on the current edition

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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,

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Χορός

†Ἀραβίας⁵ τ᾽ ἄρειον ἄνθος,
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ὑψίκρημνον οἳ⁶ πόλισμα

Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται,⁷

δάιος στρατός, ὀξυπρῴ-

ροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς.

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Χορός

Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι
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παρθένοι, μάχας ἄτρεστοι,

καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς

ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαι-

ῶτιν ἔχουσι λίμναν,

Χορός

Ἀραβίας τʼ ἄρειον ἄνθος,
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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.
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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,
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displays towards the gods of old an overweening spirit.
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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;
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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;
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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.
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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
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the vault of heaven on his back.
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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.
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Lacrymosum ab oculis
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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;
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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.