N. Wecklein Prometheus Bound 563.comm-563

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.) — 561 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 561 focus
ἔα ἔα, να ἔα·
χρίει τις αὖ με τὰν τάλαιναν οἶστρος,
εἴδωλον Ἄργου γηγενοῦς, ἄλευε δᾶ,
565
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 561 focus
Ἆ ἆ, ἐή ἢ ἔ ἔα ἔα,
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 561 focus
τίς γῆ; τί γένος; τίνα φῶ λεύσσειν
τόνδε χαλινοῖς ἐν πετρίνοισιν
χειμαζόμενον ;
τίνος ἀμπλακίας ποινὰς ὀλέκῃ;
σήμηνον ὅποι
585
γῆς ἡ μογερὰ πεπλάνημαι.
ἀ ὰ, ἔ ἔ,
χρίει τις αὖ με τὰν τάλαιναν οἶστρος,
εἴδωλον Ἄργου γηγενοῦς, ἄλευ᾽ ὦ δᾶ,
τὸν μυριωπὸν εἰσορῶσα βούταν.
590
ὃ δὲ πορεύεται δόλιον ὄμμ᾽ ἔχων,
ὃν οὐδὲ κατθανόντα γαῖα κεύθει.
ἀλλά με τὰν τάλαιναν ἐξ ἐνέρων περῶν
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 561 focus
ἀἀ ἕ ἕ·
χρίει τις αὖ με τὰν τάλαιναν οἶστρος,
εἴδωλον Ἄργου γηγενοῦς ἀλεῦμαι [φοβοῦμαι]
τὸν μυριωπὸν εἰσιδοῦσα βούταν.
ὃ δὲ πορεύεται δόλιον ὄμμ᾽ ἔχων,
570
ὃν οὐδὲ κατθανόντα γαῖα κεύθει
ἀλλά με τὰν τάλαιναν
ἐξ ἐνέρων περῶν κυνηγετεῖ πλανᾶι
τε νῆστιν ἀνὰ τὰν παραλίαν ψάμμον. –
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.) — 561 focus
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.
Ah me! alas! alas! again the hornet
stings me miserable: O earth avert
the goblin of earth-born Argus
: I am terrified at the sight of the neatherd of thousand eyes, for he is journeying on, keeping a cunning glance, whom not even after death does earth conceal: but issuing forth from among the departed he chases me miserable, and he makes me to wander famished along the shingled strand,
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 561 focus
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 1 !
dire que j'ai devant les yeux, battu de la tourmente sous un
harnais de roc ? quelle faute expies-tu en te mourant ici ? Révèle-moi donc en quel point du monde, malheureuse, m'ont portée mes erreurs.
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 561 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
Again that ſting!-Ah me, that form again!-
With all his hundred eyes the earthborn Argus-
Cover it, Earth! See, how it glares upon me,
The horrid ſpectre! - Wilt thou not, O Earth,
Cover the dead, that from thy dark abyss
580
He comes to haunt me, to purſue my ſteps,
And drive me foodleſs o'er the barren ſtrand?
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 561 focus
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.
È assalita da piú fiero delirio.
Ahimè! Ahimè!
665
Misera me! L'assillo ancor mi punge!
Lo spettro io veggo, ahimè!, d'Argo terrigeno,
del pastor dai mille occhi! O Giove, salvami!
Egli s'avanza! M'affascina l'occhio
cui neppur morto la terra nasconde.
670
Ma come un cane, surgendo dagli Inferi,
me sciagurata sospinge, e digiuna
lungo le sabbie del pelago incalza.
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 561 focus
Quæ terra, quæ natio? quem dicam videre,
Nunc
555
Heu heu, quò quò, unde unde,
570
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.) — 561 focus
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?
Ah, but it maddens, the sting! it burns in my piteous side!
Ah, but the vision, the spectre, the earth-born, the myriad-eyed!
Avoid thee! Earth, hide him, thine offspring! he cometh—O aspect of ill!
Ghostly, and crafty of face, and dead, but pursuing me still!
615
Ah, woe upon me, woe ineffable!
He steals upon my track, a hound of hell—
Where'er I stray, along the sands and brine,
Weary and foodless, come his creeping eyne!
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.) — 561 focus
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!
Ach, ach! Weh, weh!
Mich sticht der Wahnsinn, mich Arme, wieder!
Des Erdensohns, des Argos Bild,
Wehrt's ab! Hu! Grauen fast mich,
Den Tausendäugigen seh' ich, meinen Hüter.
565
Sieh, dort schleicht er her, lauernden Trug im Blick!
Im Tode selbst verbirgt ihn nicht die Erde;
Nein, aus des Hades Grüften
Steigt er empor, und jagt
Mich Arme gleich dem Wilde, scheucht mich
570
Lechzende durch des Gestades Sand.

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 563; 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

563. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-639

ἔα ἔα, ἦ ἔα·:
ἔα ἔα, ἔα ἔα
Vit. Lips. Ald. Rob. et sic etiam M.
ἔα ἔα, ἔα ἔα
Turn.
ἔ, ἔ
Colb. 1. Par. H.
ἔα ἔα, ἔ ἔ
et
γρ. ἔα, ἔα
Par. B.
ἔ ἔ ἔ ἔ
G. pro his interiectionibus omnibus, superscripto
φεῦ φεῦ
.

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

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561-886. Third Episode. Io and Prometheus. The myth of Io is connected with that of Prometheus by the person of Heracles, the libera- tor of Prometheus, who is descended from paphus, the son of Zeus and Io (see on 774). The appearance of Io therefore prepares the way for the introduction of Heracles in the Προ- μηθεὺς λυόμενος. But the immediate significance of this scene consists in the present relation of Zeus and Io. Io appears as innocent and yet perse- cuted; her sufferings, superficially considered, put Zeus in the worst possible light. Accordingly the in- dignation of Prometheus rises more and more, till at last, carried away by passion, he vaunts his secret in such terms that the interposition of Zeus becomes inevitable. So the transition to the catastrophe is pre- pared. The geographical part of this episode, with its description of marvels, like the scene of Heracles in the Προμηθεὺς λυόμενος (see below, Frg. VII. and VIII.), doubtless had a peculiar charm for the Athenians of the period. On the origin of the myth of Io, see Introd. p. 9, footnote. Io appears as a horned maiden (588, 674; so indi- cated by her mask). In early Greek art, especially in vase-paintings, she has the figure of a cow outright. On the throne of the Amyclaean Apollo, a work of the sculptor Bathycles (about Ol. 60), Hera was represented as glaring at Io, 'who is already a cow' (Paus. iii. 18. 7). On an archaic black-figured vase of the Munich collection (No. 573; see Panofka, Argos Panoptes, plate 5), Argus is seen, seated on the ground, a fero- cious figure with long hair and beard, and a huge eye in his shaggy breast; he holds in his hand a long cord, attached to the horns of a cow. Near by stands Hermes, grasping the cord near the horns with his left hand, and about to draw his sword with his right. Argus's dog
stands at bay in front of his master. Through the influence of this trag- edy, Io came later to be depicted in art as a maiden with horns. So, for instance, on a red-figured vase of the Berlin Museum (Panofka, l.c., plate 3). The stinging gadfly' of the legend (cp. Suppl. 306 BΑ. τί οὖν ἔτευξεν ἄλλο δυσπότμῳ βοΐ; ΧΟ. βοη- λάτην μύωπα κινητήριον, Verg. Georg. iii. 147 cui nomen asilo Ro- manum est, oestrum Graii vertere vocantes), which is mentioned in Io's narrative, 675 be- low, had also to be omitted in the scenic representation. The difficulty was met by a figurative conception of οἶστρος; the maddening sting was interpreted as the reminiscence of the crafty eye of Argos (567). — On account of the unusual manner of Io's entrance and exit, the anapaests which commonly accompany the ar- rival and departure of a personage are here and at 877 given to the actor, not to the chorus. So above, at the entrance of the chorus (120 ff.).

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563. χειμαζόμενον : here in its proper sense, exposed to wind and weather. Cp. 15. Other commen- tators take the word figuratively, vexatum, cruciatum, as in Soph. Phil. 1459 Ἑρμαῖον ὄρος παρέ- πεμψεν ἐμοὶ στόνον ἀντίτυπον χειμαζο μένῳ, Eur. Hipp. 315 ἄλλῃ δ᾽ ἐν τύχῃ χειμάζομαι, Suppl. 269 πόλις χειμα- σθεῖσα, cp. below 838, 643, 1015. κει.