N. Wecklein Prometheus Bound 96.comm-96

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.) — 128-194 focus
Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 128-195 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 88 focus
χρόνον ἀθλεύσω.
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τοιόνδ᾽ ὁ νέος ταγὸς μακάρων
ἐξηῦρ᾽ ἐπ᾿ ἐμοὶ δεσμὸν ἀεικῆ.
φεῦ φεῦ, τὸ παρὸν τό τ' ἐπερχόμενον
πῆμα στενάχω, πῆ ποτε μόχθῳ
χρὴ τέρματα τῶνδ᾽ ἐπιτεῖλαι.
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Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 88 focus
χρόνον ἀθλεύσω.
95
τοιόνδ᾽ ὁ νέος ταγὸς μακάρων
ἐξεῦρ᾽ ἐπ' ἐμοὶ δεσμὸν ἀεικῆ.
αἰαῖ, τὸ παρόν, τό τ' ἐπερχόμενον
πῆμα στενάχω, πῇ ποτε μόχθων
χρὴ τέρματα τῶνδ᾽ ἐπιτεῖλαι.
100
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 88 focus
χρόνον ἀθλεύσω·
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τοιόνδ' ὁ νέος ταγὸς μακάρων
ἐξηῦρ' ἐξεῦρ' ἐπ' ἐμοὶ δεσμὸν ἀεικῆ·
φεῦ φεῦ αἰ αἰ, τὸ παρὸν τό τ' ἐπερχόμενον
πῆμα στενάχω, ποῖ ποτε μόχθων
χρὴ τέρματα τῶνδ' ἐπιτεῖλαι.
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Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 88 focus
ὦ δῖος αἰθὴρ καὶ ταχύπτεροι πνοαί,
ποταμῶν τε πηγαί, ποντίων τε κυμάτων
ἀνήριθμον γέλασμα, παμμῆτόρ τε γῆ,
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καὶ τὸν πανόπτην κύκλον ἡλίου καλῶ·
ἴδεσθέ μ' οἷα πρὸς θεῶν πάσχω θεός.
δέρχθηθ' οἵαις αἰκίαισιν
διακναιόμενος τὸν μυριετῆ
χρόνον ἀθλεύσω. τοιόνδ᾽ ὁ νέος
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ταγὸς μακάρων ἐξηῦρ᾽ ἐπ᾿ ἐμοὶ
δεσμὸν ἀεικῆ.
φεῦ φεῦ, τὸ παρὸν τό τ᾽ ἐπερχόμενον
πῆμα στενάχω, πῇ ποτε μόχθων
χρὴ τέρματα τῶνδ᾽ ἐπιτεῖλαι.
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Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 88 focus
χρόνον ἀθλεύσω.
95
τοιόνδ᾽ ὁ νέος ταγὸς μακάρων
ἐξηῦρ᾽ ἐπ᾿ ἐμοὶ δεσμὸν ἀεικῆ.
φεῦ φεῦ, τὸ παρὸν τό τ᾽ ἐπερχόμενον
πῆμα στενάχω· πῆι ποτε μόχθων
χρὴ τέρματα τῶνδ᾽ ἐπιτεῖλαι.
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Translations (9)
Prometheus Bound Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 128-195 focus
Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 88 focus
O divine aether, and ye swift-winged breezes, and ye fountains of rivers, and countless dimpling
of the waves of the deep, and thou earth, mother of all—and to the all-seeing orb of the Sun I appeal; look upon me, what treatment I, a god, am enduring at the hand of the gods! Behold with what indignities mangled I shall have to wrestle
through time of years innumerable. Such an ignominious bondage hath the new ruler of the immortals devised against me. Alas! alas! I sigh over the present suffering, and that which is coming on. How, where must a termination of these toils arise?
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 88 focus
divin, vents à l'aile rapide, eaux
des fleuves, sourire innombrable des vagues marines, Terre, mère des êtres, et toi, Soleil, œil qui vois tout, je vous invoque ici : voyez ce qu'un dieu souffre par les dieux !
Mélodrame.
Contemplez les opprobres qui me déchirent et que j'en-
durerai pendant des jours sans nombre. Voilà donc les liens d'infamie qu'a imaginés pour moi le jeune chef des Bienheureux ! Las ! las ! et le mal qui m'accable et le mal qui m'attend m'arrachent des sanglots : après quelles
épreuves la délivrance luira-elle enfin ?
Parlé.
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 88 focus
Ætherial air, and ye ſwiftwinged winds,
Ye rivers ſpringing from freſh ſounts, ye waves d
,
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That o'er th' interminable ocean wreath
Your criſped ſmiles, thou all-producing earth,
And thee, bright ſun, I call, whoſe flaming orb
Views the wide world beneath, ſee what, a god,
I ſuffer from the gods;
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with what fierce pains,
Behold, what tortures for revolving ages
I here muſt ſtruggle; ſuch unſeemly chains
This newrais'd ruler of the gods devis'd.
Ah me! That groan burſts from my anguiſh'd heart,
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My preſent woes and future to bemoan.
When ſhall theſe ſuff'rings find their deſtin'd end?
But why that vain inquiry? My clear ſight
Looks through the future; unforeſeen no ill
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 88 focus
di Giove? Oh!, che su te non debba piangere!
scendi giú, forte ora le gambe accerchiagli.
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 88 focus
O Iouis æther, & uolucres uenti,
Fluuiorum fontes, marinorum fluctuum
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Infinitus motus, omniparaque terra,
Et qui omnia uidet orbem solis uocó,
Videte me, qualia à Dijs patior, Deus cùm sim.
Reſpicite, quibus supplicijs
Affectus, infinitum
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Tempus laborabó: quale iuuenis
Dux beatorum inuenit pro me
Vinculum moleſtum, heu heu. præsens,
Et ſequens detrimentum deploro, quà ratione
Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 84 focus
Chorus
Then who is helmsman of necessity?
PROMETHEUS
The triform Fates and ever-mindful Furies.
Chorus
Is Zeus in might less absolute than these?
PROMETHEUS
E'en he the fore-ordain'd cannot escape.
Chorus
What is ordain'd for Zeus, save aye to reign?
PROMETHEUS
No further may'st thou question; urge me not.
Chorus
Deep mystery, methinks, thou keepest veil'd.
PROMETHEUS
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Turn to some other theme; not meet it is

Now to discourse of this, but close to wrap
In strictest silence; for, this secret kept,
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Unseemly bonds I 'scape and tortures keen.
IO
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What country? What race? who is he,
This man, whom, rock-bound, I survey,
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Storm-battered? What trespass hath thee
Thus doomed to destruction? Oh, say,
To what region of earth have I wandered, forlorn?
Ah me! The dire anguish! Ah me!
Again the barbed pest doth assail!
Thou phantom of Argos, * earth-born;
Avert him, O earth! Ah, I quail,

The herdsman beholding with myriad eyes.
With crafty look, onward, still onward he hies;
Not even in death is he hid 'neath the earth;
But, e'en from the shades coming back,
He hounds me, forlorn one, in anguish of dearth,
To roam by the sea-waves' salt track.
PROMETHEUS
And how not hear the maid of Inachos,
Brize-driven, who the heart of Zeus with love
Doth warm, and now in courses all too long,
Through Hera's hate, is rudely exercised?
IO
ANTISTROPHE.
Whence know'st thou to speak my sire's name?

Oh answer a wretched one's prayer;—
Ah me! the dire anguish! Woe! Woe!
Who art thou, poor wretch, who dost truly proclaim
My plague, with its phrenzying torture, that came
From Zeus and doth sting to despair?
Woe! ah woe!
With boundings, by food-craving anguish pursued,
On rushing with passionate throe,
By wrathful devices of Hera subdued,
I come. Of the wretched are any who know

Such pangs as I suffer? But now by clear sign,
Reveal what for me yet remaineth to bear;
What cure for my plague. If such knowledge be
thine,
Forthwith to the sad-roaming maiden declare.
PROMETHEUS
Plainly I'll tell thee all thou wouldest learn,
Not weaving riddles, but in simple phrase,
As meet it is with friends to ope the lips.
Prometheus seest thou, giver of fire to mortals.

IO
O common benefit On mortals risen,
Hapless Prometheus, why art suffering thus?
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.) — 88 focus
O Sky divine, O Winds of pinions swift,
O fountain-heads of Rivers, and O thou,
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Illimitable laughter of the Sea!
Earth, the Mighty Mother, and thou Sun,
Whose orbèd light surveyeth all—attest,
What ills I suffer from the gods, a god!
Behold me, who must here sustain
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The marring agonies of pain,
Wrestling with torture, doomed to bear
Eternal ages, year on year!
Such and so shameful is the chain
Which Heaven's new tyrant doth ordain
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To bind me helpless here.
Woe! for the ruthless present doom!
Woe! for the Future's teeming womb!
On what far dawn, in what dim skies,
Shall star of my deliverance rise?
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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.) — 88 focus
O heil'ger Aether und o Lüfte, schnellbeschwingt,
O Stromesquellen und der Meereswallungen
Endloses Glanzspiel! Erde, dich Allmutter, auch,
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Dich, Helios' allsehend Auge, ruf' ich an:
Seht, was ich hier von Göttern dulden muß, ein Gott!
Schaut her, welch Leid, qualvoll, schmachvoll, 1 2
Mich martert, mit dem Jahrtausende lang
Fortkämpfen ich soll!
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Solch schmähliche Fess'lung sann er mir aus,
Der neu sich erhob, der Unsterblichen Fürst!
Ach, ach! Um das Jetzt, um das kommende Leid
Wehklag' ich zumal. Wann wird jemals
Der Mühsale Ziel mir erscheinen?
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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 96; verify numbering and scope.

Commentary

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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1-127: Prologue (πρόλογος).

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88-127. Second Scene. Pro- metheus alone. With this invocation of the elements cp. Il. iii. 277 ἠέλιός θ' ὃς πάντ᾽ ἐφορᾶς καὶ πάντ᾽ ἐπακούεις, καὶ ποταμοὶ καὶ γαῖα, Soph. Phil. 936& λιμένες, ὦ προβλῆτες, ὦ ξυνουσίαι θηρῶν ὀρείων, ὦ καταρρῶγες πέτραι, ὑμῖν τάδ', οὐ γὰρ ἄλλον οἶδ᾽ ὅτῳ λέγω, ἀνακλαίομαι. Apsines (Rhet. Gr. ed. Spengel I. p. 400) says: κινεῖ δὲ ἔλεον καὶ λόγος πρὸς τόπον τινὰ γινόμενος.

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96. ταγός: cp. Pers. 23 ταγοὶ Περ- σῶν, 323 νεῶν ταγός, Soph. Ant. 1057 ἆρ' οἶσθα ταγοὺς (lords and masters) ὄντας ἂν λέγῃς λέγων;