N. Wecklein Prometheus Bound 934.comm-934

F. D. Allen (Translator)

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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.)

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Editions (5)
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 907 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 907 focus
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 907 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 907 focus
ἢ μὴν ἔτι Ζεύς, καίπερ αυθάδης φρενῶν,
ἔσται ταπεινός, οἷον ἐξαρτύεται
940
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 907 focus
Translations (7)
Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 907 focus
Yet truly shall Jove, albeit he is self-willed in his temper, be lowly, in such
wedlock is he prepared to wed, as shall hurl him out of his sovereignty and off his throne a forgotten thing; and the curse of his father Saturn shall then at length find entire consummation, which he imprecated when he was deposed from his ancient throne. From disasters such as these there is no one of the gods beside myself that can clearly disclose to him a way of escape. I know this, and by what means. Wherefore let him rest on in his presumption, putting confidence in his thunders aloft, brandishing in his hand a fire-breathing bolt. For not one jot shall these suffice to save him from falling dishonoured in a downfall beyond endurance; such an antagonist is he now with his own hands preparing against himself, a portent that shall baffle all resistance; who shall invent a flame more potent than the lightning, and a mighty din that shall surpass the thunder; and shall shiver the ocean trident, that earth-convulsing pest, the spear of Neptune. And when he bath stumbled upon this mischief, he shall be taught how great is the difference between sovereignty and slavery.
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 907 focus
j'en réponds, où Zeus, pour opiniâtre que soit son cœur, sera tout humble, car l'hymen auquel il s'apprête le jettera à bas de son pouvoir
et de son trône, anéanti. Elle sera dès lors de tout point accomplie, la malédiction dont l'a maudit Cronos, son père, le jour où il tomba de son trône antique. Et le moyen d'éloigner tels revers, nul dieu, si ce n'est moi, ne le lui saurait révéler clairement. Seul, je sais l'avenir et
comment il se peut conjurer. Après cela, qu'il trône donc sans crainte, se fiant au fracas dont il emplit les airs, agitant dans ses mains le trait embrasé : nul secours ne l'empêchera de choir ignominieusement d'une chute intolérable
— si fort est l'adversaire qu'à cette heure il se prépare à lui-même, être prodigieux avec qui la lutte est ardue, inventeur d'un feu plus puissant que la foudre, d'un fracas formidable à couvrir le tonnerre ; par qui même le fléau marin
qui ébranle la terre, le trident, arme de Poséidon, doit voler en éclats 1 . Le jour où il butera contre ce malheur, il apprendra quelle distance sépare « régner » de « servir ».
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 907 focus
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 907 focus
Sí, sebben tracotante, un giorno Giove
tapino esser dovrà: tai nozze affretta,
1055
che dal dominio, che dal soglio giú
l'abbatteranno;
e sparirà nel nulla.
L'imprecazione allor del vecchio Crono
sarà compiuta interamente, ch'egli
1060
scagliò, piombando dall'antico trono.
Di tal rovina niun potria dei Numi
chiaro mostrargli, se non io, lo scampo.
Io questo, e il modo so. Pertanto ei segga
pieno di fede negli aerei bómbiti,
1065
squassando in pugno il suo dardo di fiamma:
impedir non potrà che senza onore
in rovina d'obbrobrio egli giú piombi.
Tale un campione, a sé stesso egli stesso,
ora apparecchia, insuperabil mostro:
1070
questi una fiamma troverà che arda
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 907 focus
Certè tamen Iupiter, quamvis sit superbus, mens
Erit humilis, tale optabit
910
Matrimonium parare, quod ipsum tyrannico
Solio imprôvidum eijciet.
patris verò execratio
Saturni tunc perficietur omnino,
Quam imprecatus est cadens diuturnis folijs.
915
Talium laborum eversionem nullus deorum
Poterit, me excepto, manifestè demonstrare.
Ego hæc noui, & quomodo ad hæc nunc
Fidens sedeat sublimibus fragoribus
Confisus, quatiens manibus igniuomum telum:
920
Nihil illum hæc iuvabunt, quin
Cadat turpiter casu non tolerando.
Talem aduersarium parat nunc
Ipse sibi inexpugnabile monstrum,
Qui flammam fulmine potiorem inveniet,
925
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.) — 907 focus
And yet shall Zeus, for all his stubborn pride,
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Be brought to low estate! aha, he schemes
Such wedlock as shall bring his doom on him,
Flung from his kingship to oblivion's lap!
Ay, then the curse his father Cronos spake
As he fell helpless from his agelong throne,
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Shall be fulfilled unto the utterance!
No god but I can manifest to him
A rescue from such ruin as impends—
I know it, I, and how it may be foiled.
Go to, then, let him sit and blindly trust
1030
His skyey rumblings, for security,
And wave his levin with its blast of flame!
All will avail him not, nor bar his fall
Down to dishonour vile, intolerable—
So strong a wrestler is he moulding now
1035
To his own proper downfall—yea, a shape
Portentous and unconquerably huge,
Who truly shall reveal a flame more strong
Than is the lightning, and a crash of sound
More loud than thunder, and shall dash to nought
1040
Poseidon's trident-spear, the ocean-bane
That makes the firm earth quiver. Let Zeus strike
Once on this rock, he speedily shall learn
How far the fall from power to slavery!
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.) — 907 focus
Wohl wird sich Zeus trok seines stolzen Sinnes noch
Demüthig beugen, weil er einen Ehebund
Zu schließen sich bereitet, der in Dunkel ihn
Vom Königsthrone niederstürzt. Dann wird gewiß
Der Fluch des Vaters Kronos ganz erfüllt an ihm,
905
Den dieser einst vom alten Throne stürzend sprach.
Wie solches Unheil abzuwenden sei, vermag
Der Götter keiner, außer mir, ihm kundzuthun.
Ich weiß es, weiß die Mittel. Trokig mag er denn
Dort oben thronen, auf den hohen Donner stolz,
910
Umsprüht von Bligen, die sein Arm glutathmend schwingt!
Denn nimmer rettet dieses ihn, daß nicht hinab
Er stürzte schmachvoll unerträglich schweren Sturz.
Solch einen Ringer rüstet er nun gegen sich
Selbst selber aus, ein Wunder unbezwungner Kraft,
915
Der Wetterflammen, mächt'ger als der Blik, ersinnt
Und Tosen, lauter dröhnend als des Donners Hall,
Der auch des Oceanes erderschütterndes
Schreckniß, Poseidons dreigezackten Speer, zerschellt.
Kommt dieses Unheil über ihn, dann lernt er wohl,
920
Wie gar verschieden Sclaverei von Herrschen ist.

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 934; 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

934. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1048

δεσπόσειν:
δεσπόζειν
Vit. Vind. 2.
Ζηνός τινα;: Μ. a sec. manu, prius
ζηνός τινὰ
fuerat,
ζηνὸς τινὰ
Par. B. et adnotatum in Mosc. 1.
ζηνός τίνα
Vit.
ζηνός τίνα;
Rob.
διὸς τινὰ
G. Arund. Mosc. 2. Vind. 2. 4.
διὸς τίνα
Par. E.
διός τινα;
Ald.
τινὰ διὸς
Lips. Mosc. 1. Ven. 2. Vind. 1. 3. et adnotatum in Par. B.

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

907-943. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-577

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907-943. First Scene of the Exodos. Prometheus and the Cory- phaeus. Preparation of the catas- trophe.

934. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-596

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934. Ср. 313.