Aeschylus Prometheus Bound 901

ed. N. Wecklein

ἐμοὶ δ᾽ ὅτι μὲν ὁμαλὸς ὁ γάμος
ἄφοβος οὐ δέδια, μηδὲ κρεισ-
σύνων θεῶν ἔρως ἄφυ-
κτον ὄμμα προσδράκοι με.
ἀπόλεμος ὅδε γ᾽ ὁ πόλεμος, ἄπορα
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πόριμος, οὐδ᾽ ἔχω τίς ἂν γενοίμαν·
τὰν Διὸς γὰρ οὐχ ὁρῶ
μῆτιν ὅπᾳ φύγοιμ' ἄν.

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.) — 907-1093 focus
Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 907-1093 focus
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 901 focus
ἐμοὶ δ᾽ ὅτι μὲν ὁμαλὸς ὁ γάμος,
οὐ δέδια, μηδὲ κρεισσόνων
θεῶν ἄφυκτον ὄμμα προσδράκοι με.
ἀπολέμιστος ὅδε γ᾽ ὁ πόλεμος, ἄπορα πόριμος·
οὐδ᾽ ἔχω τίς ἂν γενοίμαν· Διὸς γὰρ οὐχ ὁρῶ
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μῆτιν ὅπα φύγοιμ᾽ ἄν.
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (OCR draft) Experimental (Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 901 focus
ἐμοὶ δέ γ' ὅτε μὲν ὁμαλὸς ὁ γάμος,
ἄφοβος, οὐδὲ δέδια· μηδέ τού με
κρεισσόνων θεῶν ἔρως
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προςδράκοι ὄμμ' ἄφυκτον.
ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΡΟΜΗθΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 901 focus
Ἐμοὶ δ', ὅτῳ ὅτι μὲν ὁμαλὸς ὁ γάμος, ἄφοβος ἄφοβος οὐ δέδια·
Epod.
μηδὲ κρεισσόνων θεῶν
ἔρως ἄφυκτον ὄμμα προσδράκοι προσδάρκοι Μ προσδέρκοι cett. με·
ἀπόλεμος ὅδε γ' ὁ πόλεμος, ἄπορα πόριμος, οὐδ'
ἔχω τίς ἂν γενοίμαν·
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τὰν Διὸς γὰρ οὐχ ὁρῶ
μῆτιν ὅπα φύγοιμ' ἄν.
Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 901 focus
ἐμοὶ δ᾽ ὅτε μὲν ὁμαλὸς ὁ γάμος,
[ἄφοβος], οὐ δέδια, μηδὲ κρεισσόνων
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.)) — 907-1090 focus
Prometheus Bound. (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Bound.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 901 focus
For myself, indeed-inasmuch as wedlock on one's own level is free from apprehension—I feel no alarm . And oh ! never may the love of the mightier gods cast on me a glance that none can elude. This at least is a war without a conflict, accomplishing things impossible : nor know I what might become of me, for I see not how I could evade the counsel of Jove.
PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ (OCR draft) Experimental (PROMÉTHÉE ENCHAINÉ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 901 focus
Pour moi, qui m'offre hymen à ma mesure, seul ne m'effraie pas. Que l'amour de l'un des grands dieux ne jette pas sur moi un de ces regards auxquels on ne se dérobe pas ! C'est là une guerre dure à guerroyer, qui ne laisse espérer que le désespoir, et où je ne vois point de quelle adresse
je pourrais bien user ; je ne sais pas de moyens d'échapper au vouloir de Zeus !
Prometheus Chained (OCR draft) Experimental (Prometheus Chained. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 901 focus
Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Prometeo legato: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 901 focus
Solo nozze tra simili
scevre son di terrore,
né le temo io. Ma l'occhio irresistibile
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dei piú possenti Numi
non si fissi su me pieno d'ardore.
Guerra non sostenibile
questa sarebbe, e origine
di mali senza uscita.
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Qual sarebbe mia vita
ignoro: ignoro dove
alla brama sfuggir potrei di Giove.
Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Prometheus vinctus: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 901 focus
Mihi verò æquale matrimonium
Non est terrori: neq; vereor, ut meliorum
Deorum amor inuitabili oculo respiciat
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Nam istud est ineluctabile bellum, & necessitatem
Affert inevitabilem: neq; haberem quò me vertere,
Nam Iouis consilium non video quomodo fugerem."
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.) — 901 focus
From wedlock's crown of fair desire
I would not shrink—an idle fear!
But may no god to me draw near
With shunless might and glance of fire!
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That were a strife wherein no chance
Of conquest lies: from Zeus most high
And his resolve, no subtlety
Could win me my deliverance.
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.) — 901 focus
Ich lobe mir ein gleiches Bündniß ohne Harm :
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Blicke nie ein höh'rer Gott
Auf mich mit unentfliehbar'm Liebesauge!
Wer kämpft solchen Kampf, wer entwirrt hier den Pfad?
Weiß ich dann, was mir geschähe?
Nimmer könnt' ich ja vor Zeus' ewigem Rath entfliehen.
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Commentary

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

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ὅσον:
ὅσσον
Μ. Rob.

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σύ θην:
σύ θὴ
a pr. manu M. Recentior
ν
et gravem litterae
η
accentum superscripsit.
σὺ δὴ
G. Vit. Lips. edd. et fortasse reliqui libri omnes. Correxit accentum Dindorfius: nam grammatici
θὴν
encliticis adnumerant.
ταῦτ᾽ ἐπιγλωσσᾷ:
ταῦτ᾽ ἐπιγλωσσᾶι
, sed
ι
in
ἐπι
a recentiore manu, Μ.
ταῦθ᾽ ὑπο- γλωσσᾶ
G. Patet librarium
ὑπογλωσσᾷ
scribere voluisse.
ταῦτ᾽ ἐπι- γλώσσα
Lips.

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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.

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καὶ τῶνδέ γ' ἕξει: Μ. sed prius
εξεισ
fuerat.
καὶ τῶνδε δ᾽ ἕξει
Rob.
καὶ τῶνδ᾽ ἕξει
codices nonnulli.

936. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1050

πῶς δ᾽ οὐχὶ:
πῶς δ' οὐχὶ
M. G. Vit. edd. vett.
πῶς δ' οὐκὶ
Lips. Cantabr. 1.2. Colb. 2. Vind. 2. 3. 4. quos recte secuti sunt Blomfieldius aliique.
ἐκρίπτων:
ἐκρίπτων
G. Vit. Lips.
ἐκρίπτες
Par. D. Parum elegans Elmsleii coniectura est ad Med. 1371.
τοιάδε ῥίπτων ἔπη
.

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τί δ᾽ ἂν:
τί δαὶ
Μ.
τίνα δ᾽ ἂν
Par. F.

938. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg003-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1052

ἄν: omittunt Vit. Colb. 2.
ἂν
pro eo habent G. Mosc. 2.
τοῦδέ γ':
τοῦδ' ἀλγίω
Vit. Colb. 1. Elmsleius coniiciebat
τοῦδ᾽ ἔτ' ἀλ- γίω
, similibus quibusdam exemplis adductus: item Wellauerus. At etiam
E
recte se habet.

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

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931. τῶνδε : τῶν ἐμῶν. -

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932. ἐκρίπτων: see on 312.

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933. ᾧ θανεῖν οὐ μόρσιμον: the thought recurs 1053; in a different relation 753 and Frg. III. of the Προ- μηθεὺς λυόμενος 23 f.

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934. Ср. 313.

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936. οἱ προσκυνοῦντες τὴν ᾿Αδρά- στειαν : Hesych. ᾿Αδραστία· ἡ Νέμεσις. 'Ad vitandam invidiam Graeci sole- bant dicere προσκυνῶ τὴν Νέμεσιν. Dem. adv. Aristogit. I. p. 495 [xxv. 37] καὶ ᾿Αδράστειαν μὲν ἄνθρωπος ὢν ἔγωγε προσκυνῶ, Plat. Rep. v. 451 & προσ- κυνῶ δὲ ᾿Αδράστειαν, ὦ Γλαύκων, χάριν οὗ μέλλω λέγειν' (Giacomelli). Cp. also Eur. Rhes. 342 ᾿Αδράστεια μὲν ὁ Διὸς παῖς εἴργοι στομάτων φθόνον, 468 σὺν δ᾽ ᾿Αδραστείᾳ λέγω, ξὺν σοὶ στρατεύειν γῆν ἐπ᾿ ᾿Αργείων θέλω καὶ πᾶσαν ἐλθὼν Ἑλλάδ᾽ ἐκπέρσαι δορί, Alciphr. Ep. i. 33 προσκυνῶ δὲ τὴν Νέμεσιν, Soph. Phil. 776 τὸν φθόνον δὲ πρόσκυσον. ...

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937. σέβου, προσεύχου, θώπτε: cp. 392. – τὸν κρατοῦντ᾽ ἀεί : = τὸν ἀεὶ (for the time being) κρατοῦντα. Cp. Eur. Οr. 889 ὑπὸ τοῖς δυναμένοισιν ὢν ἀεί, Αr. Vesp. 1318 κωμῳδολοιχῶν περὶ τὸν εὖ πράττοντ᾽ ἀεί, Plut. 1026 φάσκων βοηθεῖν τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις ἀεί, Χen. Cyr. viii. 5. 16.

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938. ἔλασσον ἢ μηδέν: cp. Plat. Theaet. 179 e ἧττον αὐτοῖς ἔνι ἢ τὸ μη- δέν. The abstract idea of nothingness is expressed by μηδέν (not οὐδέν) or τὸ μηδέν. Cp. Soph. Αi. 1275 ἤδη τὸ μηδὲν ὄντας, Εl. 1166 δέξαι με τὴν μηδὲν εἰς τὸ μηδέν, Eur. Cycl. 355 ἄλλως νομίζει Ζεὺς τὸ μηδὲν ὢν θεός, Soph. Ai. 1231 ὅτ᾽ οὐδὲν ὢν τοῦ μηδὲν ἀντέστης ὕπερ.