N. Wecklein Prometheus Bound 543.comm-543

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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.) — 526-560 focus
Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 526-560 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 526 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 526 focus
θνητοὺς ἄγαν, Προμηθεῦ.
στρ. β'.
φέρ' ὅπως ἄχαρις χάρις· ὦ φίλος, εἰπέ, ποῦ τις ἀλκά;
τίς ἐφαμερίων ἄρηξις; οὐδ᾽ ἐδέρκης
545
ὀλιγοδρανίαν ἄκικυν,
ἰσόνειρον, ᾧ τὸ φωτῶν
ἀλαὸν 1 γένος ἐμπεποδισμένον; οὔπως
τὰν Διὸς ἁρμονίαν
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 526 focus
Ἡδύ τι θαρσαλέαις
Ant. 1.
τὸν μακρὸν τείνειν βίον ἐλπίσι, φαναῖς
θυμὸν ἀλδαίνουσαν ἐν εὐφροσύναις·
φρίσσω δέ σε δερκομένα
535
Φέρ' ὅπως χάρις ἁ χάρις ἄχαρις, ὦ
Str. 2.
φίλος, εἰπέ· ποῦ τίς ἀλκά,
540
τίς ἐφαμερίων ἄρηξις ; οὐδ' ἐδέρχθης
ὀλιγοδρανίαν ἄκικυν
ἰσόνειρον ᾗ τὸ φωτῶν
ἀλαὸν γένος ἐμπεποδισ-
μένον ; οὔποτε < γάρ τοι om.>
545
1
τὰν Διὸς ἁρμονίαν θνα-
τῶν παρεξίασι βουλαί.
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 526 focus
μηδάμ᾽ ὁ πάντα νέμων
θεῖτ᾽ ἐμᾷ γνώμᾳ κράτος ἀντί-
παλον Ζεύς,
μηδ' ἐλινύσαιμι θεοὺς ὁσίαις
545
θοίναις ποτινισσομένα
βουφόνοις, παρ' Ὠκεανοῦ πατρὸς ἄ-
σβεστον πόρον,
μηδ᾽ ἀλίτοιμι λόγοις,
ἀλλά μοι τόδ' ἐμμένοι
550
καὶ μήποτ᾽ ἐκτακείη·
ἡδύ τι θαρσαλέαις
τὸν μακρὸν τείνειν βίον ἐλ-
πίσιν, φαναῖς
θυμὸν ἀλδαίνουσαν ἐν εὐφροσύναις.
555
φρίσσω δέ σε δερκομένα
μυρίοις μόχθοις διακναιόμενον
Ζῆνα γὰρ οὐ τρομέων
ἰδίᾳ γνώμᾳ σέβῃ
θνατοὺς ἄγαν, Προμηθεῦ.
560
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 526 focus
ἡδύ τι θαρσαλέαις
τὸν μακρὸν τείνειν βίον ἐλπίσι, φαναῖς
θυμὸν ἀλδαίνουσαν ἐν εὐφροσύναις. φρίσ-
535
σω δέ σε δερκομένα
μυρίοις μόχθοις διακναιόμενον –
Ζῆνα γὰρ οὐ τρομέων
ἰδίαι γνώμαι σέβηι θνατοὺς ἄγαν Προμηθεῦ. =
φέρ᾽ ὅπως ἄχαρις χάρις, ὦ φίλος·
εἰπέ, ποῦ τίς ἀλκά;
τίς ἐφαμερίων ἄρηξις; οὐδ᾽ ἐδέρχθης
545
ὀλιγοδρανίαν ἄκικυν ἰσόνειρον,
ἆι τὸ φωτῶν ἀλαὸν γένος ἐμπεπο-
δισμένον; οὔποτε (πολλαί)
τὰν Διὸς ἁρμονίαν θνα-
τῶν παρεξίασι βουλαί. –
550
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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.)) — 526-560 focus
Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 526 focus
Never may Jupiter, who directs all things, set his might in opposition to my purpose, nor may I be backward in attending upon the gods at their hallowed banquets, at which oxen are sacrificed, beside the restless stream of my sire Ocean; and may I not trespass in my words; but may this feeling abide by me and never melt away.
Sweet it is to pass through a long life in confident hopes, making the spirits swell with bright merriment; but I shudder as I behold thee harrowed by agonies Incalculable.... For not standing in awe of Jupiter, thou, Prometheus, in thy self-will honourest mortals to excess.
Come, my friend, own how boonless was the boon; say where is any aid? What relief can come from the creatures of a day? Sawest thou not the powerless weakness, nought better than a dream, in which the blind race of men is entangled? Never shall at any time the schemes of mortals evade the harmonious system of Jupiter.
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 526 focus
ce point, ne m'interroge plus : va, n'insiste pas.
banquets des hécatombes 1 , près du cours paternel de l'intarissable Océan ; que ma langue jamais ne pèche et que
ce principe toujours demeure en mon âme, sans s'en effacer jamais ! Il est doux de couler une longue existence au milieu d'espoirs confiants,
l'âme épanouie en radieuses délices. Mais je
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 526 focus
Never, never may my ſoul
530
Jove's allruling pow'r defy;
Never feel his harſh controul,
Sov'reign ruler of the ſky.
When the hallow'd ſteer has bled s
,
When the ſacred feaſt is ſpread,
535
'Midſt the cryſtal waves below,
Whence father Ocean's boundless billows flow,
Let not my foot be ſlow:
There, th' ætherial gueſts among,
No rude ſpeech diſgrace my tongue.
540
May my mind this rev'rence keep;
Print it ſtrong, and grave it deep.
When thro' life's extended ſcene
Hope her ſtedfaſt luſtre throws,
Swells the ſoul with joy ſerene,
545
With ſublimeſt triumph glows.
Seeſt thou this pure luſtre ſhine?
Are these heartfelt raptures thine?
My cold blood curdles in my veins,
To ſee thy hideous woes, thy tort'ring pains,
550
And adamantine chains.
Thy free ſoul, untaught to fear,
Scorn'd the danger threat'ning near;
And for mortals dar'd defy
The ſovereign monarch of the ſky.
555
Vain thy ardor, vain thy grace,
They nor force nor aid repay;
Like a dream man's feeble race,
Shortliv'd reptiles of a day.
Shall their weak devices move
560
Th' order'd harmony of Jove?
Touch'd with pity of thy pain,
All ſad and ſlow I pour the moral ſtrain;
Chang'd from that melting vein,
When the light mellifluous meaſure
565
Round thy bath, and round thy bed
For our ſeanymph ſiſter ſpread,
Awoke young love and bridal pleaſure,
And pour'd the ſoul of harmony,
To greet the bright Heſione.
570
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 526 focus
Deh!. Giove che dominio
615
ha su tutte le genti,
mai non s'opponga alle speranze mie:
deh!, ch'io mai non sia tarda a offrire ai Superi
di bovi epule pie,
presso del padre Océano
620
all'eterne fluenti:
mai non mi sfuggano empie
parole: ognor nel seno
pietà mi regni, e mai non venga meno.
Dolce cullare l'animo
625
di letizie serene:
dolce nutrir, sin che la vita dura,
ardue speranze. Ma se te, Promèteo,
d'infinita sciagura
io
630
veggo oppresso, un brivido
corre per
le mie vene.
Ma tu, fiero, non trepidi
del Signor dei Celesti,
635
ed ai mortali troppo onore presti.
Ecco quali mercedi
sono or compenso, amico, alle tue grazie.
Dove or trovi negli uomini
alcun sostegno, alcun soccorso? Vedi
640
la fiacca inettitudine,
simile ai sogni vani,
che, in ceppi, degli umani
stringe le cieche torme?
Non mai voler d'efimeri
645
potrà di Giove vïolar le norme.
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 526 focus
Nequaquam, qui omnia regit, ponet meæ sen
525
tentiæ robur
Aduersarium Iupiter: neq; definam
Deos sanctis conuiuijs interpellans,
Sacrificijs trans Oceani patris
Immortale equor: neq; unquam mentirer verbis.
530
Sed mihi hoc manebit, & nunquam tabescet:
Suave aliquid, longam extendere vitam,
Spe manifesta animum crescentem
In prudentia.
horreo te respiciens
535
Infinitis laboribus afflictum.
Iovem enim non timens,
Propria sententia colis admodum mortales, ô Pro
metheus.
Age quomodo ingrata
540
Gratia, ô amice dic, ubi aliquod subsidium?
Quis mortalium auxilium præbet? neq; vidisti
Languorem immobilem, somnij similem, quo
Hominum cæcum genus impeditum.
Nunquam Iouis concentum mortalium
545
Euitant consilia.
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.) — 526 focus
O never may my weak and faint desire
570
Strive against God most high—
Never be slack in service, never tire
Of sacred loyalty;
Nor fail to wend unto the altar-side,
Where with the blood of kine
575
Steams up the offering, by the quenchless tide
Of Ocean, Sire divine!
Be this within my heart, indelible—
Offend not with thy tongue!
Sweet, sweet it is, in cheering hopes to dwell,
580
Immortal, ever young,
In maiden gladness fostering evermore
A soft content of soul!
But ah, I shudder at thine anguish sore—
Thy doom thro' years that roll!
585
Thou could'st not cower to Zeus: a love too great
Thou unto man hast given—
Too high of heart thou wert—ah, thankless fate!
What aid, 'gainst wrath of Heaven,
Could mortal man afford? in vain thy gift
590
To things so powerless!
Could'st thou not see? they are as dreams that drift;
Their strength is feebleness—
A purblind race, in hopeless fetters bound,
They have no craft or skill,
595
That could o'erreach the ordinance profound
Of the eternal 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.) — 526 focus
Nimmer empöre mein Herz
525
Zeus, des Weltalls Lenker, zu feindlichem Troye!
Nimmer sei ich lässig, den Göttern zu nah'n
Mit heiligen Opfern der Stiere
Dort an meines Vaters Okeanos rastlosflutendem Strom!
Nimmer auch frevle mein Mund!
530
Möge das feststeh'n in mir,
Und nimmerdar entschwinden!
Erste Gegenstrophe.
Seliger, welcher getrost
Dehnen darf sein Leben in leuchtender Hoffnung,
Stets die Seele weidend in wonniger Lust!
535
Doch faßt mich ein Schauer, gewahr' ich's,
Wie du dulden mußt, von unsäglicher Qual ohn' Ende verzehrt,
Weil du nach eigenem Sinn,
Ohne Furcht vor Zeus, zu hoch
Die Menschen ehrst, Prometheus!
540
Zweite Strophe.
O wie fehlt für die Liebe die Liebe!
Wer, Theurer, kann dich retten
Von den Söhnen des Tags, wer steht dir bei? Du sah'st nicht,
Wie die nichtige Kraft der Unmacht,
Traumgestalten gleich, die Menschen,
545
Dieß blinde Geschlecht, in Bande verstrickt hält?
Nimmer vermag Zeus' ewigem Rath
Der Menschen Wille vorzugreifen.
Zweite 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 543; 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

543. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-611

θνητοὺς:
θνητούς
Lips. superscripto
ο
, et ceteri.
θνητοῖς
Ald. Rob.

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

526-560. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-358

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526-560. Second Stasimon. The subject - praise of peace with Heaven and a tranquil life - is sug- gested by the words of the cory- phaeus 519 τί γὰρ πέπρωται Ζηνὶ πλὴν ἀεὶ κρατεῖν ; The dactylo-epitritic rhythm corresponds with this senti- ment, and 'affords, in the midst of the heat of tragic pathos, a moment of refreshing coolness and cheerful calm' (Westphal). ποτε ἀντίπαλον κράτος ποιοῖτο τῇ ἐμῇ γνώμῃ, ἀντὶ τοῦ μηδέποτε ἐναντίος μοι γένοιτο, Schol. – θεῖτο κράτος ἀντίπα- λον: see on 163.

543. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-365

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543. ἰδίᾳ: gives the right sense, but the metre requires a cretic. Probably idíą has replaced μουνάδι, as a gloss. Cp. ἰδιογνώμων and μονο- γνώμων, also μονόφρων Ag. 757; Pers. 734 μονάδα δὲ Ξέρξην ἔρημόν φασιν ... μολεῖν, Eur. Andr. 855 μονάδ᾽ ἔρημον οὖσαν, Bacch. 609 μονάδ᾽ ἐρημίαν, Phoen. 1520 μονάδ᾽ αἰῶνα. The tragic poets use the Ionic form μοῦνος for metrical convenience. Cp. 804 and note on 345.