Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, ed. N. Wecklein, 894

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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

Prometheus Bound. Aeschylus. ed. N. Wecklein. Berolini. 1885.

Current edition Experimental

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) (Greek) (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. N. Wecklein, 1885.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (6)

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 887-906 focus

str. 1

Χορός

ἦ σοφὸς ἦ σοφὸς [ἦν]¹ ὃς

πρῶτος ἐν γνώμᾳ τόδ᾽ ἐβάστασε καὶ γλώσ-

σᾳ διεμυθολόγησεν,

ὡς τὸ κηδεῦσαι καθ᾽ ἑαυτὸν ἀριστεύει μακρῷ,
890

καὶ μήτε τῶν πλούτῳ διαθρυπτομένων

μήτε τῶν γέννᾳ μεγαλυνομένων

ὄντα χερνήταν ἐραστεῦσαι γάμων.

894

ant. 1

Χορός

μήποτε μήποτέ μ᾽, ὦ

<πότνιαι>² Μοῖραι, λεχέων Διὸς εὐνά-
895

τειραν ἴδοισθε πέλουσαν:

μηδὲ πλαθείην γαμέτᾳ³ τινὶ τῶν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ.

ταρβῶ γὰρ ἀστεργάνορα παρθενίαν

εἰσορῶσ᾽ Ἰοῦς ἀμαλαπτομέναν⁴

δυσπλάνοις⁵ Ἥρας ἀλατείαις πόνων.
900
901

ep.

Χορός

ἐμοὶ δ᾽ ὅτε⁶ μὲν ὁμαλὸς ὁ γάμος,⁷

ἄφοβος: [οὐ δέδια:]:⁸ μηδὲ κρεισσόνων θεῶν

[ἔρως]⁹ ἄφυκτον ὄμμα προσδράκοι¹⁰ με.

ἀπόλεμος ὅδε γ᾽ ὁ πόλεμος, ἄπορα πόριμος:

οὐδ᾽ ἔχω τίς ἂν γενοίμαν: τὰν Διὸς γὰρ οὐχ ὁρῶ
905

μῆτιν ὅπα φύγοιμ᾽ ἄν.

907

Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 887-906b focus

Χορός

ἦ σοφὸς ἦ σοφὸς ἦν ὃς

πρῶτος ἐν γνώμᾳ τόδʼ ἐβάστασε καὶ γλώσ-

σᾳ διεμυθολόγησεν,

ὡς τὸ κηδεῦσαι καθʼ ἑαυτὸν ἀριστεύει μακρῷ,
890

καὶ μήτε τῶν πλούτῳ διαθρυπτομένων

μήτε τῶν γέννᾳ μεγαλυνομένων

ὄντα χερνήταν ἐραστεῦσαι γάμων.

894

Χορός

μήποτε μήποτέ μʼ, ὦ

πότνιαι Μοῖραι, λεχέων Διὸς εὐνά-
895

τειραν ἴδοισθε πέλουσαν·

μηδὲ πλαθείην γαμέτᾳ τινὶ τῶν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ.

ταρβῶ γὰρ ἀστεργάνορα παρθενίαν

εἰσορῶσʼ Ἰοῦς ἀμαλαπτομέναν

δυσπλάνοις Ἥρας ἀλατείαις πόνων.
900

901

Χορός

ἐμοὶ δʼ ὅτε μὲν ὁμαλὸς ὁ γάμος,

ἄφοβος· οὐ δέδια· μηδὲ κρεισσόνων θεῶν

ἔρως ἄφυκτον ὄμμα προσδράκοι με.

ἀπόλεμος ὅδε γʼ ὁ πόλεμος, ἄπορα πόριμος·

οὐδʼ ἔχω τίς ἂν γενοίμαν.
905

τὰν Διὸς γὰρ οὐχ ὁρῶ

μῆτιν ὅπα φύγοιμʼ ἄν.

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 894 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.) — 894 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.) — 894 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

Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 894 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

Chorus

Ah, sage, sage indeed, was he who first pondered this truth in his mind and with his tongue gave it utterance—

that to marry in one’s own class is far the best—a poor man should not desire to marry among those who are pampered by riches, or who are mighty in pride of birth.
890

894

Chorus

Never, oh never,

immortal Fates, may you see me the partner of the bed of Zeus, and may I be wedded to no bridegroom who descends to me from heaven. For I shudder when I behold the loveless maidenhood of Io, cruelly crushed like this
895

by her toilsome wanderings sent by Hera.
900

901

Chorus

When marriage is on equal terms, in my opinion it is no cause for dread; so never may the love of the mightier gods cast on me its irresistible glance. That would indeed be a war that cannot be fought, a source of resourceless misery; and

I do not know what would be my fate, for I do not see how I could escape the designs of Zeus.
905

Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 894 focus

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.) — 894 focus

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.

Plus vif.

LE CHŒUR

Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 894 focus

Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 894 focus

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.

Epodo

Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 894 focus

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.) — 894 focus

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.) — 894 focus

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.

Commentary

Critical apparatus to Prometheus Bound (OCR draft) (Latin and Greek critical apparatus to Gottfried Hermann's 1852 edition of Prometheus Bound.) focus

922. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1038

οὐδὲν γὰρ αὐτῷ:

οὐ γὰρ αὐτῷ

Lips.

τὸ μὴ οὐ: M. Ald. Rob. Turn.

μὴ οὖν

affertur ex Par. E. Omittunt

οὐ

, quod in Vit. in principio sequentis versus additum est Lips. Arund. Cantabr. 1. Colb. 2. Mosc. 1. Par. L. N. Ven. 2. Vind. 1. 3. Si omittitur,

significatur; si additur,

quo minus

: quorum prius rem certo eventuram indicat. Quare

sine

rectius dicitur in iis rebus, quae iam comprobatae sunt eventu, ut in Agam. v. 1128.

ἄκος δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐπήρκε σαν, τὸ μὴ πόλιν μὲν ὥσπερ οὖν ἔχει παθεῖν

. Itaque hoc loco aptius videtur

un ov

, praesertim quum vitaverit malum illud Iuppiter.

924. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1039

νῦν παρασκευάζεται:

παρασκευάζεται νῦν

G. Mosc. 2. Bess. Ald. Rob.

925. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1040

ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸς αὑτῷ: M. sed spiritu utriusque pronominis a sec. manu addito, et G.

ἐπ' αὐτὸς αὐτῷ

Vit. Lips. Cantabr. 1. Ald.

αὐτὸς ἐπ' αὐτῷ

Rob.

αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ

Mosc. 1. et fortasse Par. K. ex quo

ἑαυ- τῷ

affertur.

926. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1041

κεραυνοῦ:

κεραυνῶν

ante correctionem Lips.

κρείσσον: Lips. et ante rec. manus correctionem M.

εὑρήσει:

εὑρήσοι

, littera

a sec. manu, M. idemque superscriptum in Colb. 2.

927. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1042

βροντῆς θ':

βροντῆς

Lips. Cantabr. 1. Ceteri omnes

βροντῆς

, quod Blomfieldius temere in

βροντὰς

mutavit, non cogitans verba comparationem significantia sic ut nomina comparativa construi. Vide Heindorfium ad Plat. Gorg. §. 68. p. 97. Pro vulgato

βροντῆς θ'

Vit.

βροντῆς δ'

ὑπερβάλλοντα: Cantabr. 1. et ante sec. manus correctionem M.

928. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1043

τινάκτειραν: Non aptum est, quod Elmsleium coniecisse Blomfieldius dicit,

θαλασσίαν δέ

τιναχτειρα

sine accentu Lips.

929. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1044

αἰχμὴν τὴν Ποσειδῶνος:

αἰχμήτην

pro

αἰχμὴν τὴν

αἰχμὴν τοῦ

Rob.

πόσε δῶνος

Lips.

930. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1045

κακῷ:

κακῶν

M. ante recentioris manus correctionem et Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. K. Ven. 2. Vind. 1. 3.

τῷ κακῶν

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

;

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

922. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-586

⁴

;

922. κεραυνού : κεραυνός, ignea coruscatio; βροντή, fragor caeli tonantis.

923. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-587

⁵

⁶

;

923. βροντῆς ὑπερβάλλοντα: ὑπερ- βάλλειν takes the genitive, as a verb of surpassing, here and Plat. Gorg. 475 ο ἆρα λύπῃ ὑπερβάλλει τὸ ἀδικεῖν τοῦ ἀδικεῖσθαι; also Aristot. Hist. An. ii. 11 πολὺ ὑπερβάλλοντες τῶν περὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ὑπαρχόντων. Cp. the use of ὑπερφέρειν (Soph. O. T. 380 τέχνη τέχνης ὑπερφέρουσα) and ὑπερέχειν

;

(Plat. Gorg. 475 ο οὐκ ἄρα λύπῃ γε ὑπερέχει, following the words quoted above).

924. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-588

⁷

⁸

;

924 f. θαλασσίαν τρίαιναν : cp. Eur. Ιοη 282 πληγαὶ τριαίνης ποντίου. νόσον: 'ubi Latinis pestis, noxa aut calamitas, ibi Graecis νόσος in usu est' (Schütz). Cp. Soph. Ant. 418 καὶ τότ᾽ ἐξαίφνης χθονός τυφὼς ἀείρας σκηπτόν, οὐράνιον ἄχος, πίμπλησι πε- δίον· . . . μύσαντες δ᾽ εἴχομεν θείαν νό- σον. - According to Pindar Isthm. vii. 60 ff., the sagacious Themis, when Zeus and Poseidon sought the hand of Thetis, announced to the gods, εἵνεκεν πεπρωμένον ἦν φέρτερον γόνον ἂν ἄνακτα πατρὸς τεκεῖν ποντίαν θεόν, ὃς κεραυνοῦ τε κρέσσον ἄλλο βέλος διώ- ξει χερὶ τριόδοντός τ᾽ ἀμαιμακέτου, Δί γε μισγομέναν ἢ Διὸς παρ᾿ ἀδελφεοῖσιν. Aeschylus, for the sake of effect, has retained the part of the prophecy re- lating to Poseidon, although its occa- sion - the competition of Poseidon for Thetis's hand - is absent from his account. One may understand him to mean that Poseidon's domin- ion would perish along with Zeus's.

926. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-589

⁹

¹⁰

;

926. πταίσας τῷδε πρὸς κακῷ: cp. Sept. 210 νεὼς καμούσης ποντίῳ πρὸς κύματι. ...

927. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-590

¹¹

¹²

;

927. For τὲ καί with a word meaning 'differ' or 'different,' cp. Soph. Ο. C. 808 χωρὶς τό τ᾽ εἰπεῖν πολλὰ καὶ τὰ καίρια, Eur. Alc. 528 χωρὶς τό τ᾽ εἶναι καὶ τὸ μὴ νομίζεται, Xen. Hier. i. 2 πῇ διαφέρει ὁ τυραννικός τε καὶ ὁ ἰδιω- τικὸς βίος. See Elmsley on Soph. l.c.

928. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-591

¹³

¹⁴

;

928. θήν: this particle is chiefly epic. Krüg. II. § 69, 38. — ἐπιγλωσσᾷ: prophesy ill, utter ominous words; ἐποι- ωνίζῃ κατὰ τοῦ Διὸς & βούλει γενέσθαι αὐτῷ, Schol. So Hesych. ἐπιγλωσσῶ· ἐποιωνίζου διὰ γλώττης, Αἰσχύλος Ἡρα- κλείδαις. Cp. Cho. 1044 μηδ' ἐπιζευχ- θῇς στόμα φήμῃ πονηρᾷ μηδ᾽ ἐπιγλωσσῶ κακά, Ar. Lys. 37 περὶ τῶν ᾿Αθηνῶν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπιγλωττήσομαι τοιοῦτον οὐδέν.

929. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-wecklein-allen1893-com-eng1-592

¹⁵

¹⁶

;

929. τελεῖται: may be either fu- ture or present (see on 211). – πρὸς δέ: see on 73.

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Chorus

Ah, sage, sage indeed, was he who first pondered this truth in his mind and with his tongue gave it utterance—

that to marry in one’s own class is far the best—a poor man should not desire to marry among those who are pampered by riches, or who are mighty in pride of birth.
890

Chorus

Never, oh never,

immortal Fates, may you see me the partner of the bed of Zeus, and may I be wedded to no bridegroom who descends to me from heaven. For I shudder when I behold the loveless maidenhood of Io, cruelly crushed like this
895

by her toilsome wanderings sent by Hera.
900

LE CHŒUR

Nam timeo, inamabilem virginitatem
900

Iûs videns, affectam à Iunone

Non ferendis erroribus laborum,

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.

Commentary

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Current edition Experimental

Chorus Ah, sage, sage indeed, was he who first pondered this truth in his mind and with his tongue gave it utterance— that to marry in one’s own class is far the best—a poor man should not desire to marry among those who are pampered by riches, or who are mighty in pride of birth. 890

Chorus Never, oh never, immortal Fates, may you see me the partner of the bed of Zeus, and may I be wedded to no bridegroom who descends to me from heaven. For I shudder when I behold the loveless maidenhood of Io, cruelly crushed like this 895 by her toilsome wanderings sent by Hera. 900

LE CHŒUR

Nam timeo, inamabilem virginitatem 900 Iûs videns, affectam à Iunone Non ferendis erroribus laborum,

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.

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Chorus

Ah, sage, sage indeed, was he who first pondered this truth in his mind and with his tongue gave it utterance—

that to marry in one’s own class is far the best—a poor man should not desire to marry among those who are pampered by riches, or who are mighty in pride of birth.
890

Chorus

Never, oh never,

immortal Fates, may you see me the partner of the bed of Zeus, and may I be wedded to no bridegroom who descends to me from heaven. For I shudder when I behold the loveless maidenhood of Io, cruelly crushed like this
895

by her toilsome wanderings sent by Hera.
900

Nam timeo, inamabilem virginitatem
900

Iûs videns, affectam à Iunone

Non ferendis erroribus laborum,

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.