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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
Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 399-435 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 415 focus
Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι
415
παρθένοι, μάχας ἄτρεστοι,
καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς
ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαιῶτιν ἔχουσι λίμναν,
Ἀραβίας τ᾽ ἄρειον ἄνθος,
420
ὑψίκρημνον οἳ πόλισμα
Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται,
δάϊος στρατὸς, ὀξυπρῴροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς.
μόνον δὴ πρόσθεν ἄλλον ἐν πόνοις
425
δαμέντ᾽ ἀδαμαντοδέτοις Τιτᾶνα λύμαις
εἰσιδόμαν θεὸν ῎Ατλαν,
ὃς αἰὲν ὑπέροχον σθένος κραταιὸν
γᾶς οὐράνιόν τε πόλον νώτοις ὀχῶν στενάζει.
430
βοᾷ δὲ πόντιος κλύδων
συμπίτνων, στένει βυθὸς,
κελαινὸς ῎Αϊδος δ᾽ ὑποβρέμει μυχὸς γᾶς,
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 415 focus
Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι
415
παρθένοι, μάχαις ἄτρεστοι,
Σαρματᾶν τ' ἄρειον ἄνθος,
420
ὑψίκρημνον οἳ πόλισμα,
Καυκάσου πύλας, νέμονται,
δάϊος στρατός, ὀξυπρώ-
ροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς.
στρ. γ'.
μόνον δὲ πρόσθεν ἐν πόνοις
425
δαμέντ᾽ ἀδαμαντοδέτοις Τιτᾶνα λύ-
μαις ἐςειδόμαν θεῶν
Ἄτλαντος ὑπέροχον σθένος κραταιόν,
ὃς γᾶν οὐράνιόν τε πόλον
νώτοις ὑποστεγάζει.
430
ἀντ. γ'.
βοᾷ δὲ πόντιος κλύδων
ξυμπίτνων, στένει βυθός,
κελαινὸς Ἄϊδος ὑποβρέμει μυχὸς γᾶς,
παγαί θ᾽ ἁγνορύτων ποταμῶν
435
στένουσιν ἄλγος οἰκτρόν.
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 415 focus
Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι
415
Str. 2.
παρθένοι, μάχας ἄτρεστοι,
καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς
ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαι-
Ἀραβίας τ' ἄρειον ἄνθος,
420
Ant. 2.
ὑψίκρημνον οἳ θ' οἳ πόλισμα
Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται νέμουσι,
δάϊος στρατὸς ὀξυπρῴ-
ροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς.
[Μόνον δὴ πρόσθεν ἄλλον ἐν πόνοις
425
1
δαμέντ' ἀδαμαντοδέτοις ἀκαμαντοδέτοις
Τιτᾶνα λύμαις εἰσιδόμαν θεόν θεῶν,
Ἄτλανθ', ὃς αἰὲν ὑπέροχον σθένος
κραταιὸν ὡς γᾶν οὐράνιόν τε πόλον νώτοις]
Ὑποστενάζει δὲ δὲ βοᾷ πόντιος κλύδων
430
Epod.
ξυμπίτνων, στένει βυθός βαθύς,
κελαινὸς κελαινὸς δ' Ἄιδος ὑποβρέμει μυχὸς γᾶς,
παγαί θ' ἁγνορύτων ποταμῶν
στένουσιν ἄλγος οἰκτρόν.
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 415 focus
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 415 focus
Κολχίδος τε γᾶς ἔνοικοι,
415
παρθένοι μάχας ἄτρεστοι,
καὶ Σκύθης ὅμιλος, οἳ γᾶς
ἔσχατον τόπον ἀμφὶ Μαι-
ῶτιν ἔχουσι λίμναν· –
Ἀραβίας τ᾽ Ἄρειον ἄνθος,
420
ὑψίκρημνον [θ᾽] οἳ πόλισμα
Καυκάσου πέλας νέμονται,
δάιος στρατὸς ὀξυπρώι-
ροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς. =
[μόνον δὴ πρόσθεν ἄλλον ἐν πόνοις
425
δαμέντ᾽ ἀδαμαντοδέτοις Τιτᾶνα λύμαις
εἰσιδόμαν, θεὸν Ἄτλανθ᾽,
ὃς αἰὲν ὑπέροχον σθένος κραταιὸν
οὐράνιόν τε πόλον νώτοις - -]
ὑποστενάζει [βοᾶι] δὲ πόντιος κλύδων
430
ξυμπίτνων, στένει βυθός,
κελαινὸς δ᾽ Ἄιδος ὑποβρέμει μυχὸς [γᾶς],
παγαί θ᾽ ἁγνορύτων ποταμῶν
στένουσιν ἄλγος οἰκτρόν. ξ
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
Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 415 focus
the virgins that dwell in the land of Colchis too, fearless of the fight, and the Scythian horde who possess the most remote region of earth around lake Maeotis:
and the warlike flower of Arabia
, who occupy a fortress on the craggy heights in the neighbourhood of Caucasus, a warrior-host, clamouring amid sharply-barbed spears.
One other god only indeed have I heretofore beheld in miseries, the Titan Atlas, subdued by the galling of adamantine
bonds, who evermore in his back is groaning beneath
the excessive mighty mass of the pole of heaven. And the billow of the deep roars as it falls in cadence, the depth moans, and the murky vault of Hades rumbles beneath the earth, and the fountains of the pure streaming rivers wail for his piteous pains.
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 415 focus
de la sainte Asie 1 , devant ta gémissante angoisse, souffrent avec toi, tout mortels qu'ils sont ;
Bien marqué.

Et, avec eux, les vierges de Colchide, intrépides combattantes 2 ;
et les hordes de Scythie, qui occupent les confins du monde, autour du Méotis stagnant 3 ;
dont un frisson agite les lances acérées. 5
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 415 focus
The Colchian virgin, whoſe bold hand
Undaunted graſps the warlike ſpear;
On earth's laſt verge the Scythian band,
The torpid lake Mæotis near;
425
Arabia's martial race, that wield
The ſharp lance in th' embattled field,
Thro' all their rockbuilt cities moan,
The crags of Caucaſus return the groan.
One other, e'er thy galling chain,
430
Of heaven's high ſons with tortures quell'd,
That rack each joint, each ſinew ſtrain,
Titanian Atlas I beheld;
His giant ſtrength condemn'd to bear
The ſolid, vaſt, and pond'rous ſphere.
435
The ſprings whoſe freſh ſtreams ſwell around,
The hoarſe waves from their depths profound,
And all the gloomy realms below,
Sigh to his sighs, and murmur to his woe.
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 415 focus
E della terra Colchide
le abitatrici vergini
non mai sazie di guerra;
e d'intorno al Meòtide
stagno le turbe scitiche,
480
ai confin' della terra;
e il prode fior d'Arabia,
la cui città sul Caucaso
surge, su vette estreme,
formidoloso esercito,
485
che, recinto da cuspidi
di lance aguzze, freme.
Un altro Nume solo
stretto ne l'adamante
d'obbrobrïosi vincoli
490
pria d'ora io vidi: Atlante
Titano. A lui su gli òmeri
tutta la terra preme
ed il sidereo polo:
egli, sotto quel peso orrido, geme.
495
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 415 focus
Et Colchidæ terræ incolæ virgines
Pugnæ intrepidæ, multitudoq; Scythica:
Qui etiam extremum terræ locum circum Mæotide
Paludem inhabitant, Arabiæq; martialis natio,
420
Et qui oppidum Caucafum altiiugum
Prope habitant, infestus exercitus
Resonans cum hastis acutis.
Tantum antea in laboribus
Domantem in decessis
425
Nocumentis Titanum vidi deorum
Atlantem, qui semper grave robur.
Fortem & cœlestem polum
Humeris sustinet, resonat marinus fluctus
Incidens, tristatur gurges,
430
Nigrum antrum Plutoniæ subsfremit
Terræ, & fontes castorum fluuiorum
Deflent dolorem miserabilem.
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.) — 415 focus
And they of the Colchian land, the maidens whose arm is for war;
And the Scythian bowmen, who roam by the lake of Maeotis afar;
And the blossom of battling hordes, that flowers upon Caucasus' height,
455
With clashing of lances that pierce, and with clamour of swords that smite.
Strange is thy sorrow! one only I know who has suffered thy pain—
Atlas, the Titan, the god, in a ruthless, invincible chain!
He beareth for ever and ever the burden and poise of the sky,
The vault of the rolling heaven, and earth re-echoes his cry.
460
The depths of the sea are troubled; they mourn from their caverns profound,
And the darkest and innermost hell moans deep with a sorrowful sound;
And the rivers of waters, that flow from the fountains that spring without stain,
Are as one in the great lamentation, and moan for thy piteous pain.
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.) — 415 focus
Auch das Volk auf. Kolchis' Erde,
Mädchen ohne Furcht in Schlachten,
415
Auch die Skythen, deren Horde
Fern am äußersten Saum der Welt
Schwärmt um den See Mäotis;
Zweite Gegenstrophe.
Und Arabia's Heldenblüte,
Und, die steilgethürmte Burgen
420
Nah' am Kaukasos bewohnen,
Wilde Schaaren, im Kampfe mit
Spiziger Lanze tosend.
Schlußgesang.
Vordem nur Einen Gott erblickt' ich so
In die Schmach diamantener Bande
425
Gezwängt, den Atlas aus der Titanen Stamm,
Der stöhnend trägt in Ewigkeiten hin
Des Himmelpols unermeßliche Wucht,
Gethürmt auf seine Schultern.
Wild rauscht der aufgestürmten See
430
Wogenschlag, die Tiefe seufzt,
Und dumpf hallt es nach Aides' düstre Kluft,
Und der heiligen Ströme rieselnder Born 1
Beklagt sein schmerzlich Leiden.

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 433; 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

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
.

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

1
2
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.'

433. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-304

3
4
433. ῎Αΐδος μυχὸς γᾶς: two geni- tives, one of which (yas) is more closely connected with the govern- ing substantive than the other. Cp.4 Soph. O. C. 669 τᾶσδε χώρας ἵκου τὰ κράτιστα γᾶς ἔπαυλα, Eur. Suppl. 53 τάφων' χώματα γαίας, Cycl. 293 ή τε Σουνίου δίας ᾿Αθάνας σῶς ὑπάργυρος πέ- τρα. ῎Αïdos is here used in a broad sense, of the gloomy nether world. For the asyndeton στένει, ὑποβρέμει, and for the whole description, cp.
Sept. 900 διήκει δὲ καὶ πόλιν στόνος, στένουσι πύργοι, στένει πέδον φίλαν- δρον.