N. Wecklein Prometheus Bound 559.comm-559

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.) — 561-573 focus
Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 561-573 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 552 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 552 focus
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.) — 552 focus
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.) — 552 focus
τίς γῆ; τί γένος; τίνα φῶ λεύσσειν
τόνδε χαλινοῖς ἐν πετρίνοισιν
χειμαζόμενον ;
τίνος ἀμπλακίας ποινὰς ὀλέκῃ;
σήμηνον ὅποι
585
γῆς ἡ μογερὰ πεπλάνημαι.
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 552 focus
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.)) — 561-570 focus
Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 552 focus
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.
What land is this? what race? whom shall I say I here behold storm-tossed in rocky fetters? Of what trespass is the retribution destroying thee? Declare to me into what part of earth I forlorn have roamed.
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 552 focus
que t'apportent les éphémères ? Ne
vois-tu pas la débile impuissance, pareille à celle des songes 1 , 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,
avec ce chant, un autre bien différent, revole maintenant vers moi, le chant d'hyménée que j'entonnai jadis autour du
bain et du lit de tes noces, le jour où, sensible à tes présents, Hésione, notre sœur, fut conduite par toi au lit de l'épousée 2 !
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 552 focus
Whither, ah whither am I borne t
!
To what rude ſhore, what barb'rous race? O thou,
Whoe'er thou art, that chain'd to that bleak rock,
The ſeat of deſolation, rueſt thy crimes,
Say on what ſhore my wretched footſteps ſtray.-
575
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 552 focus
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.
Dove son? fra che genti? Costui
che legato ai dirupi vegg'io,
esposto ai rigori del cielo,
chi sarà ? Questa pena ferale
660
per quale misfatto patisce ?
Or tu dimmi in che parte del suolo,
o me misera!, errando son giunta.
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 552 focus
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.
Quæ terra, quæ natio? quem dicam videre,
Nunc
555
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.) — 552 focus
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.
Alack! what land, what folk are here?
Whom see I clenched in rocky fetters drear
Unto the stormy crag? for what thing done
Dost thou in agony atone?
Ah, tell me whither, well-a-day!
610
My feet have roamed their weary way?
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.) — 552 focus
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.)
Welch Land? Welch Volk? Wen sehen wir dort
An dem Felsabhang in die Bande gezwängt,
Unwettern ein Spiel? Um welches Vergeh'n
Zehrt Strafe dich auf? O verkünde, wohin
560
In die Welt ich Arme verirrte!

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 559; 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

559. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-632

χαλινοῖς:
χαλινοῖσιν
M. Vit. Lips. aliique et Ald. Rob.
χαλινοῖσι
G.

559. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-633

ἐν πετρίνοισιν:
ἐν πετρίνοισι
, superscripto a sec. manu
τοῖς ὀρείοις
, Μ.
ἐν πετρίνοισι
, addito minutis litteris
τοῖς ὀρείοισι
, superscripto
τοῖς ὀρεινοῖς
, ad
πετρίνοισι
autem
ὀρείοις
, Vit.
ἐν πετρίνοισι τοῖς ὀρείοις
Lips. Aug. aliique et Ald. Rob.
ἐν πετρίνοισιν ὀρείοις
alii.
πετρίνοισι τοῖς ὀρείοις
, omisso
ἐν
, et facta correctione
πέτρῃσι
, G.
ἐν πετρίνοισι τοῖσιν ὀρείοις
Turn. Codicis M. scripturam dedit Victorius.

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.

559. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-373

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559. ἰότατι: an Homeric word. In Od. xi. 384 ἐν νόστῳ δ᾽ ἀπόλοντο κακῆς ἰότητι γυναικός, it means by the design of, but here it means on the occasion of. Cp. ἕκατι. τὰν ὁμοπάτριον : Hesione is daughter of Oceanus, ac- cording to Acusilaus (quoted Schol. Od. x. 2, ὡς δὲ ᾿Ακουσίλαος, Ησιόνης τῆς ᾿Ὠκεανοῦ καὶ τοῦ Προμηθέως, sc. Δευκαλίων ἦν υἱός). The expression ὁμοπάτριον implies that she is not a daughter of Tethys, the mother of the Oceanids.