N. Wecklein Prometheus Bound 888.comm-888

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.) — 887-906 focus
Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 887-906b focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 887 focus
μήποτε μήποτέ μ᾽, ὦ
πότνιαι Μοίραι, λεχέων Διὸς εὐνάτειραν ἴδοισθε πέλουσαν·
895
μηδὲ πλαθείην γαμέτᾳ τινὶ τῶν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ.
ταρβῶ γὰρ ἀστεργάνορα παρθενίαν
εἰσορῶσ᾽ Ἰοῦς μέγα δαπτομέναν
δυσπλάνοις Ἥρας ἀλατείαις πόνων.
900
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 887 focus
μήποτε, μήποτέ μ', ὦ Μοῖ-
ραι, λεχέων Διὸς εὐνά-
τειραν ἴδοισθε πέλουσαν·
μηδὲ πλαθείην γαμέτᾳ τινὶ τῶν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ.
ταρβῶ γὰρ ἀστεργάνορα παρθενίαν
900
εἰςορῶσ᾽ Ἰοῦς μέγα δαπτομέναν
δυςπλάνοις Ἥρας ἀλατείαις πόνων.
στρ. β'.
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 887 focus
Μήποτε μήποτέ μ', ὦ Μοῖ-
Ant.
ραι < τελέστειραι om.>, λεχέων Διὸς εὐνά-
895
τειραν ἴδοισθε πέλουσαν
μηδὲ πλαθείην πλαθείη ἐν Μ πλαθείην (uel πλασθείην) ἐν cett. γαμέτᾳ τινὶ τῶν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ·
ταρβῶ γὰρ ἀστεργάνορα παρθενίαν
εἰσορῶσ' Ἰοῦς ἀμαλαπτομέναν (γ' ἀμαλ. Weil) : γάμῳ δαπτομέναν
δυσπλάνοις δυσπλάγχνοις Ἥρας ἀλατείαις πόνων.
900
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 887 focus
ἦ σοφὸς ἦ σοφὸς ἦν ὃς
πρῶτος ἐν γνώμᾳ τόδ᾽ ἐβάστασε καὶ γλώσ-
σᾳ διεμυθολόγησεν,
915
ὡς τὸ κηδεῦσαι καθ' ἑαυ-
τὸν ἀριστεύει μακρῷ,
καὶ μήτε τῶν πλού-
τῳ διαθρυπτομένων
μήτε τῶν γέννα μεγαλυνομένων
920
μήποτε μήποτέ μ', ὦ
Μοῖραι, λεχέων Διὸς εὐνά-
τειραν ἴδοισθε πέλουσαν.
μηδὲ πλαθείην γαμέτα
925
τινὶ τῶν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ.
ταρβῶ γὰρ ἀστερ-
γάνορα παρθενίαν
εἰσορῶσ᾽ Ἰοῦς ἀμαλαπτομέναν.
δυσπλάνοις Ἥρας ἀλατείαις πόνων.
930
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 887 focus
μήποτε μήποτέ μ᾽, ὦ
(πότνιαι) Μοῖραι λεχέων Διὸς εὐνά-
895
τειραν ἴδοισθε πέλουσαν·
μηδὲ πλαθείην γαμέται τινὶ τῶν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ.
ταρβῶ γὰρ ἀστεργάνορα παρθενίαν
εἰσορῶσ᾽ Ἰοῦς ἀμαλαπτομέναν
δυσπλάνοις Ἥρας ἀλατείαις πόνων. =
900
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.)) — 887-905 focus
Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 887 focus
Wise was the man, aye, wise indeed, who first weighed well this maxim, and with his tongue published it abroad, that to match in one’s own degree is best by far
;and that one who lives by labour should woo the hand neither of any that have waxed wanton in opulence, nor of such as pride themselves on nobility of birth.
Never, O Destinies
, never ........ may ye behold me approaching as a partner the couch of Jupiter: nor may I be brought to the arms of any bridegroom from among the sons of heaven: for I am in dread when I behold the maiden Io, contented with no mortal lover, greatly marred by wearisome wanderings at the hand of Juno.
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 887 focus
Oui, c'était un sage, un vrai sage, le pre-
mier 1 dont l'esprit pesa et la langue formula que « s'allier selon son rang » est de beaucoup le premier des biens ; et donc de ne pas convoiter, quand on n'est qu'un artisan, une alliance avec des gens infatués de leur richesse ou enivrés de leur lignage
.

Ah ! puissiez-vous ne jamais, ne jamais me voir, Parques, vous sans qui rien ne s'achève, tenir la place d'une épouse dans le lit de Zeus ! Puissé-je même ne jamais connaître les embrassements d'un mari habitant du ciel. Je frémis, quand je vois Io, la vierge rebelle à l'amour, s'épuiser, grâce à
Héra, dans ce dur vagabondage de douleur.
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 887 focus
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 887 focus
Saggio saggio fu quei che tale massima
1025
primo fermò nell'anima
e con parole espresse,
che matrimonio eleggere
al suo stato conforme ognun dovesse.
Sposar non cerchi il povero,
1030
né chi d'orgoglio ha l'anima
piena per il molto oro,
né chi vanta d'illustri avi il decoro.
Non mai, non mai debba io di Giove il talamo
partecipare, o Moire,
1035
ministre della Sorte,
né a veruno dei Superi
avvicinarmi, che mi sia consorte.
Ché, disfatta per l'odio
d'Era veggendo, in miseri
1040
penosi errori, d'Io
l'aspra verginità, trema il cuor mio.
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 887 focus
Sanè sapiens erat, sapiens sanè,
Qui hoc tulit sententia,
890
Et linguâ protulit,
Affinitatem contrahere suæ conditionis parem
Multum pro desset: at neq; diuitijs
Magnificas, neq;
Genere superbas pauper
895
Amaret nuptias,
Nunquam Parcæ, nunquam
Videatis me consortem lectorum esse,
Neq; coniunctam alicui cœlesti,
Nam timeo, inamabilem virginitatem
900
Iûs videns, affectam à Iunone
Non ferendis erroribus laborum,
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.) — 887 focus
O well and sagely was it said—
Yea, wise of heart was he who first
Gave forth in speech the thought he nursed—
In thine own order see thou wed!
Let not the humble heart aspire
1000
To the gross home of wealth and pride;
Nor be it to a hearth allied
That vaunts of many a noble sire.
O Fates, of awful empery!
Never may I by Zeus be wooed—
1005
Never give o'er my maidenhood
To any god that dwells on high.
A shudder to my soul is sent,
Beholding Io's doom forlorn—
By Hera's malice put to scorn,
1010
Roaming in mateless banishment.
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.) — 887 focus
Weise, ja weise fürwahr ist, wer zuerst es
Sinnend erwogen im Geist und laut mit der Zunge verkündigt,
Daß der Ehbund zwischen den Gleichen allein glückbringend sei.
885
Den Eh'n des Reichthums, der im Besize sich bläht,
Und des Hochmuths, der sich des Stammes vermißt,
Nachzugeh'n, frommt niedrer Armuth nimmermehr.
Nimmer, o Mächte des Schicksals, nimmer mögt ihr
Mich in den Armen des Zeus als Lagergenossin erblicken!
890
Führe niemals einer der Himmlischen mich als Gattin heim!
Mich schaudert, Jo's züchtige Mädchengestalt,
Die den Gott flieht, also gemartert zu seh'n
Durch des Irrsals Müh'n, die Hera's Groll ihr schuf.
Schlußgesang.

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 888; 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

888. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1002

πρὸς κύμασιν:
στυγνοῖς
Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. L. Vind. 1. 3.
στυγνῆς πρὸς κύμασι
G. et a pr. manu M. in quo a sec. manu
προς
factum est. In G. adscriptae hae interpretationes,
λυπηραῖς, ταραχαῖς
. Lips.
πρὸς κύμασιν ἄτης
, ad penultimam superscripto
ι
.

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

887-906. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-564

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2
887-906. Third Stasimon. For the dactylo-epitritic rhythms, see on 526. The tranquil reflexions of the chorus contrast agreeably with the turmoil of the preceding scene.

888. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-566

3
4
888. ἐβάστασε: weighed (by lifting). The scholiast explains by ἐδοκίμασεν, and quotes Od. xxi. 405 ἐπεὶ μέγα τόξον ἐβάστασε καὶ ἴδε πάντῃ. Cp. Ar. Thesm. 438 πάσας δ' ἰδέας ἐξήτασεν, πάντα δ᾽ ἐβάστασεν φρενί, Polyb. viii. 18 πᾶν ἐβάστασε πρᾶγμα καὶ πᾶσαν ἐπίνοιαν ἐψηλάφα.