N. Wecklein Prometheus Bound 941.comm-941

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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 (5)
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 944 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 944 focus
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 944 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 944 focus
σὲ τὸν σοφιστήν, τὸν πικρῶς ὑπέρπικρον,
τὸν ἐξαμαρτόντ᾽ εἰς θεοὺς ἐφημέροις
πορόντα τιμάς, τὸν πυρὸς κλέπτην λέγω·
πατὴρ ἄνωγέ σ᾽ οὖστινας κομπεῖς γάμους
αὐδῶν πρὸς ὧν τ᾽ ἐκεῖνος ἐκπίπτει κράτους.
980
καὶ ταῦτα μέντοι μηδὲν αἰνικτηρίως,
ἀλλ᾽ αὔθ᾽ ἕκαστα φράζε, μηδέ μοι διπλᾶς
ὁδούς, Προμηθεῦ, προσβάλης· ὁρᾷς δ᾽ ὅτι
Ζεὺς τοῖς τοιούτοις οὐχὶ μαλθακίζεται.
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 944 focus
Translations (7)
Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 944 focus
Thee, the contriver, thee full of gall and bitterness, who sinned against the gods by bestowing their honours on creatures of a day, the thief of fire, I address. The Sire commands thee to divulge of what nuptials it is that thou art vaunting, by means of which he is to be put down from his power. And these things, moreover, without any kind of mystery, but each exactly as it is, do thou tell out; and entail not upon me, Prometheus, a double journey; and thou perceivest that by such conduct Jove is not softened.
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 944 focus
Toi — oui, toi, le malin, le hargneux entre les
hargneux, l'offenseur des dieux, qui as aux éphémères livré leurs privilèges, le voleur du feu — écoute ! Mon père t'ordonne de parler : quel est cet hymen dont tu fais un épouvantail ? et par qui doit-il être jeté à bas de son pou-
voir ? Cette fois, plus d'énigmes ! appelle chaque chose par son nom. Et ne m'inflige pas un second voyage, Prométhée : tu le vois, ce n'est pas ainsi qu'on adoucit Zeus.
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 944 focus
Thou doeſt thy meſſage proudly, in high terms,
Becoming well the ſervant of ſuch lords.
Your youthful pow'r is new; yet vainly deem ye
Your highrais'd tow'rs, impregnable to pain:
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Have I not ſeen two ſovereigns m
of the ſky
Sink from their glorious ſtate? And I ſhall ſee
A third, this preſent lord, with ſudden ruin
Diſhonorably fall. What, ſeem I now
To dread, to tremble at these newrais'd gods?
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That never ſhall their force extort from me.
Hence then, the way thou cameſt return with ſpeed:
Thy vain inquiries get no other anſwer.
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 944 focus
A te, gran saggio, a te che acerbo sei
piú che ogni acerbo, che in oltraggio ai Numi
i loro onori compartisti agli uomini,
a te favello, involator del fuoco.
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Ordina il padre che tu dica quali
nozze son queste ond'ei cadrà dal soglio.
Né parlar con enigmi: esponi il tutto
punto per punto; e vedi ch'io non debba
rifar la strada, Prometèo.
1105
Lo sai,
non molciscono ambagi il cuor di Giove.
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 944 focus
Te acerbe super acerbum impostorem
In deos peccantem, mortalibus
Præbentem honores, furem ignis dico,
Pater iussit, quas iactitas nuptias,
950
Proloqui, à quibus ipse eijcietur imperio:
Et hæc quidem non obscurè,
Sed inconsulto dic: neq; mihi duplâs
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.) — 944 focus
Thou, double-dyed in gall of bitterness,
Trickster and sinner against gods, by giving
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The stolen fire to perishable men!
Attend—the Sire supreme doth bid thee tell
What is the wedlock which thou vauntest now,
Whereby he falleth from supremacy?
Speak forth the whole, make all thine utterance clear,
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Have done with words inscrutable, nor cause
To me, Prometheus! any further toil
Or twofold journeying. Go to—thou seëst
Zeus doth not soften at such words as thine!
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.) — 944 focus
Dich Ueberklugen, dich in Herbheit überherb,
Dich Frevler an den Göttern, der dem Tagsgeschlecht
Das Schönste gab, des Feuers Räuber, red' ich an.
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Den Bund, von dem du prahltest, heißt der Vater dich
Kundthun, der ihn vom Königsthrone stürzen soll.
Und nicht in Räthsel hülle dich, nein, rede klar
Und unverholen, daß du mich nicht nöthigest,
Zweimal, Prometheus, herzugeh'n. Wohl siehst du ja,
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Daß Zeus durch solche Dinge nicht geschmeidig wird.

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 941; 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

941. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1055

θῶπτε:
θῶπτε
Turn. et a pr. manu M. sed
v
deletum et a sec. manu supra adscriptum
θώπευε
, quod habent G. Lips. aliique et Ald.
θῶπτε
Rob.
θῶπε
Vit.
τὸν κρατοῦντ᾽ ἀεί: Quod dicit
τὸν κρατοῦντ᾽ ἀεί
, intelligendus is cui quoque tempore regnare contigit. V. Monckium ad Eur. Ale. 716.

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.

941. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-602

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941. ἀλλ᾽ εἰσορῶ γάρ : cp. Eur. Hec. 724 ἀλλ᾽ εἰσορῶ γὰρ τοῦδε δεσπότου δέ- μας ᾿Αγαμέμνονος, τοὐνθένδε σιγῶμεν, φίλαι. - τρόχιν: Hesych., τρόχις· ἄγ- γελος, ἀκόλουθος. Here, however, a contemptuous designation of the di- vine messenger, as διάκονος τοῦ νέου τυράννου. So throughout the following scene Hermes is treated with lofty disdain by Prometheus. The phrase Διὸς τρόχις suffices for the spectators, without mention of the name. τρό- χις furthermore alludes to Hermes's winged shoes, and it is probable that he is swung from above upon the stage, by means of the αἰώρημα (see on 284).