N. Wecklein Prometheus Bound 555.comm-555

F. D. Allen (Translator)

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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.) — 537 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 537 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
θνατῶν παρεξίασι βουλαί.
550
ἀντ. β΄.
ἔμαθον τάδε σὰς προςιδοῦσ᾽ ὀλοὰς τύχας, Προμηθεῦ.
τὸ διαμφίδιον δέ μοι μέλος προςέπτα
τόδ', ἐκεῖνό θ᾽, ὅτ᾽ ἀμφὶ λουτρὰ
καὶ λέχος σὸν ὑμεναίουν
ἰότατι γάμων, ὅτε τὰν ὁμοπάτριον ἕδνοις
555
ἄγαγες Ἡσιόναν
πιθὼν δάμαρτα κοινόλεκτρον.
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 537 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.
Ἔμαθον τάδε σὰς προσιδοῦσ'
Ant. 2.
ὀλοὰς τύχας, Προμηθεῦ·
τὸ διαμφίδιον δέ μοι μέλος προσέπτα
550
τόδ' ἐκεῖνό θ' ὅ τ' ἀμφὶ λουτρὰ λοετρά
καὶ λέχος σὸν ὑμεναίουν
ἰότατι γάμων, ὅτε τὰν
ὁμοπάτριον ἕδνοις
ἄγαγες Ἡσιόναν πεί-
θων πιθὼν seu ποθῶν δάμαρτα κοινόλεκτρον.
555
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 537 focus
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.) — 537 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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ἔμαθον τάδε σάς προσιδοῦσ᾽ ὀλο-
ὰς τύχας, Προμηθεύ.
τὸ διαμφίδιον δέ μοι μέλος προσέπτα,
τόδ᾽ ἐκεῖνό θ᾽, ὅτ᾽ ἀμφὶ λουτρὰ καὶ λέχος σὸν
555
ὑμεναίουν ἰότατι γάμων, ὅτε
τὰν ὁμοπάτριον ἕδνοις
ἄγαγες Ησιόναν πι-
θὼν δάμαρτα κοινόλεκτρον.
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.) — 537 focus
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.
This I learned by witnessing thy destructive fate, Prometheus. And far different is this strain that now flits towards me from that hymenaeal chant which I raised around the baths and thy couch with the consent
of nuptials, when, after having won Hesione with thy love-tokens, thou didst conduct her our sister to be thy bride, the sharer of thy bed.
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 537 focus
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
que t'apportent les éphémères ? Ne
vois-tu pas la débile impuissance, pareille à celle des songes 2 , qui entrave les pas de l'aveugle race humaine ? Jamais volonté mortelle ne violera l'ordre établi par Zeus.
Cela, je l'apprends à contempler ta misère, Prométhée, et,
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 537 focus
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.) — 537 focus
Dolce cullare l'animo
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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.
E questo, Prometèo,
appresi nel veder tua sorte misera.
Oh!, ben diversi suonano
questo mio canto d'ora, e l'imeneo
650
che dal mio labbro al talamo
tuo si levò d'attorno
e ai tuoi lavacri, il giorno
che sposa alla tua casa
la mia sorella Esíone
655
venne: ché i doni tuoi l'ebber suasa.
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 537 focus
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.
Didici hæc, tuas
Respiciens perniciosas fortunas, Prometheu.
Anceps mihi cantio accidit,
Hoc & illud pro lauacris, & lecto,
550
Tuum Hymeneum desiderio nuptiarum, premis
Duxisti Hesionam tunc sororem,
Persuadens uxorem coniugem.
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.) — 537 focus
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.
Alas, Prometheus! on thy woe condign
I looked, and learned this lore;
And a new strain floats to these lips of mine—
600
Not the glad song of yore,
When by the lustral wave I sang to see
My sister made thy bride,
Decked with thy gifts, thy loved Hesione,
And clasped unto thy side.
605
[ Enter Io, horned like a cow.
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.) — 537 focus
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.
Ich erkannt' es an dir, o Prometheus,
An deinem schweren Leide.
550
O wie anders umschwebt mich dieses Lied, wie anders,
Als jener Gesang, der am Brautbad
Dir von uns erklang, am Brautbett,
Zu der festlichen Lust, da du meine Hesione,
Durch hochzeitliche Gaben verlockt,
555
Heimführtest in der Liebe Lager!
(Jo, die Tochter des Inachos, von Here in eine Kuh verwandelt, kommt heftig auf die Bühne gestürmt; die Hörner an ihrer Maske deuten ihre Ver- wandlung an.)

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 555; 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

555. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-625

ἰότατι:
ἰότατι
M. Vit. aliique.
ἰότητι
G. Lips. Aug. edd. vett.

555. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-626

γάμων:
γάμον
Lips.

555. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-627

ὅτε τὰν:
ὅτε τὴν ὁμοπάτριον
post
ἕδνοις ἤγαγες Ἡσιόναν
, duorum versiculorum sedibus permutatis, Ald. Rob. Turn.
τὰν
, superscripto
η
, Lips. Id negligentius adspectum fecit ut in Aug.
τ'
scriberetur.

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.

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555. διαμφίδιον μέλος: ἀλλοῖον, δια- παντὸς κεχωρισμένον· ἀμφὶς γὰρ χωρίς · Αἰσχύλος Προμηθεῖ δεσμώτῃ, Hesych.