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jESCHYLI_ 
 
 PROMETHEUS VINCTUS. 
 
 TO WHICH IS SUBJOINED, 
 
 A GREEK ORDO, 
 
 LITERAL PROSE TRANSLATION, 
 
 AND 
 
 NOTES, 
 
 WHICH CONTAIN THE DERIVATIONS OF THE MORE ABSTRUSE 
 
 GREEK WORDS, AND EXPLANATIONS OF THE DIFFICULTIES 
 
 OF METRE, GRAMMAR, fyc. 
 
 OPPOSITE EACH VERSE OF THE CHORUS 
 
 IS PLACED THE NAME OF THE SYSTEM TO WHICH IT BELONGS; 
 AND 
 
 The Ellipses of the Greek Text are supplied in the Ordo. 
 
 LONDON: 
 PRINTED FOR G. & W. B. WH1TTAKER, 
 
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 1822, 
 

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 Printed by R. Gilbert, St. John's-square, London, 
 
PREFACE* 
 
 The object of this work is to give a close,, 
 and almost verbal translation, of the plays of 
 iEschylus : for which purpose a greater attention 
 has been paid to exactness than elegance. It 
 is hoped that the Ordo, together with the Trans- 
 lation and Notes, may render the difficulties 
 t)f iEschylus easily conquerable,, even by those 
 who read without a master, or may have wanted 
 the advantages of an early grammatical educa- 
 tion. It has not been thought necessary to 
 mark the quantity of the Iambic verses, because 
 such a measure would have rendered the work 
 much too expensive; and the Iambic verses 
 being arranged in detached systems, are as easily 
 recognized as the common Hexameter of the 
 heroic poets. The verses of the Chorus are 
 
 a 2 
 
IV 
 
 marked throughout, because they vary perpe- 
 tually, and require greater attention. 
 
 If this work should be deemed useful to Greek 
 students, it is the intention of the Translator to 
 publish the rest of the plays of iEschylus; for 
 which purpose they are preparing. 
 
TnO©ESI2 
 nP0MH©En2 AESMftTOY. 
 
 nPOMHGEfiS ev 2xz/0i£C SsSeptsvoy hci to xgxXopg'vaj to 
 7rvq, e nvvhivzrcct *\oj ^'k^vcofxivri, on holt Klyvmrov ygvo//,g'vyj, 
 Ix Tins ewaQriGEcoS rov Aim* ri^erai rov "Etfapov. 'Egpwi* SI 
 gragayjvgTa* a^rstXiv ayTw xggazwy&oiffgffS'a*, eav /xai ei'tfy) t<£ 
 /xg'XXovTa gffgff&ai to; Ait. TTgog'Xgyg yag o Ify qjjmSsvs £i$ l£- 
 wd&ajdeTat o Zeis to?* dq%ris two rivos omsiov ulov. ri\os 51, 
 fipovrris ygvo^g'wtf, a^c«w o IfyopwjS'gL'S' yivsrou. 
 
 Keirai Sg ^ pty&o^rotia gv irctpBKSdasi Ttocpx So^oxXg? KoX- 
 %ioV Stega 5g Ei5/3i9noV) oXct/* oi5 xstrai. n jxgv axowai tg3 
 Spacparos vTtbxzirou h 2xt&/$& gV* to Kauxawov. 6 Sg %opr 
 auvfarinitsv g£ fixeaviSa/v wy*$wv. to Sg xe^aXaiov a#To2 |<rn, 
 ITf opMoSia/s 1 SgW. 
 
 'IffT&v Sg, oti o5 xaTa tov xojvov Xoyov lv Kauxaffa; (p^jaJ 
 SgSg'a&ai tov n^o^trj&g'a, aXXa srgos" TaJV Eygajfc'a/oiJ' f^ipsai rov 
 '•QxgavoS, off awo t&/v tfgos- T*iv 'Ici XgybptgWv e%eari ox//x- 
 CaXgtv. 
 
 lo, in her wanderings, hears from Prometheus, when 
 enchained in Scythia for the theft of fire, that after her 
 arrival in Egypt she will bring forth Epaphus, from the 
 congress of Jove. Mercury arriving, threatens him 
 with thunder, unless he disclose the events which are 
 about to happen to Jupiter ; for Prometheus had fore- 
 told that he would be driven from his empire by one of 
 his descendants. At last the thunder descends, and 
 Prometheus disappears. 
 
VI 
 
 The action of the fable is placed by Sophocles in 
 Colchis. Euripides has assigned it no particular place. 
 The scene of the drama lies in Scythia, on mount Cau- 
 casus. The Chorus consists of Oceanic nymphs. The 
 important matter of the play is the enchaining of Pro- 
 metheus. 
 
 It is to be understood, that Prometheus, according to 
 common report, was not enchained on Caucasus, but 
 in the European parts of the ocean, as it may be con- 
 jectured by what is said to Io. 
 
 AAAftS, 
 
 Ifyopwj&ea;? ex Aios - xexXo<poTos" to itvp xou SeScukotos dvQpeo- 
 <7rois, oY ov rkyycts iuzgcls av&qumoi ei!§ovto, ogyioSels o TjEvs 
 TrapaiS&ciJGiv avTov KgaTst xou JSigc, roi$ avrov vTir\fkrcas y xat 
 f H(pa/(TTa;, i)S dvayayovTES <Kpos to Ka^xasiov opos, SeafAOiGt 
 Gi$wqo7s aitrov eke? WQOGrikoijGaiEv. ov ysvofxivov, vrapaylvovrou 
 TtQLGOLi ou *Q>xeccvomoci vvfAtpai rn^os TraqafjLvQiav ocvrov, xal avros 
 o 'Oxeavoy, os Xaj xai Xs'yei rco rfy>opw)8eT, Jva dvrskSouv ir^oS tov 
 A/a, SsriGEGi xocl \irous tteIgyi avrov exXvgocl tov Segiaov TIpo- 
 {Atj&sV xal Ylpo^r^Evs ovx sp, to tov Ato* eIScus axapc^Tov 
 xal hpccGv. xou dvot%coQYiG<zvTos tov £Ixe<x,vov, TtoLqayivETou 'Ici 
 3rXava;//Jvy?, r) tov 'lviy^ov, xai pcav&avsi map avTov a te 
 wzttovSe xai a Treiozrai, xai otj tJs t£/v auiw drtoyovoov Xvgei 
 qcvtov, os m o Atof c H§axX'/if • xai cm ex T'/yS" hvatyriGzas to2 
 Ato* Ts'^et tov ^ErcraCpov. SpaGVGTOfAOVVTi Ss rTgoptaj&ET xaTa 
 Aias", a/s* sx'jrsffsirai ttjs - agx.^ 5 " ^ °^ Te '£ STat ^raiSos*, xai aXXa 
 /3Xaff^a)^a Xs'yovTi, TraqaylvETai *Ep(AriS A toy 'zre/xvJ/avTos' 
 agrEiXa/v, a^Tw xsgafvov, si j/,^ Ta pts'XXovTa gv^Q^geg^oli tw 
 Aw si war xai //,ri fiov\6(A,Evov (BpovTW xaTappayE\Ga avTov 
 dtyavi^Ei. 
 
 f H fj,h Gxrtvr] tov SgapcaTOS z^oxeiTai sv 2x6/3"/a, sflri to 
 Kauxaffiov oqos, r\ Se E7tiypa$r\ tovtov, ]TIPOMH©ET2 
 
 AESMftTHS. 
 
Vll 
 
 Prometheus having stolen fire from Jupiter, and 
 bestowed it upon mortals, by means of which they dis- 
 covered every art ; Jupiter, being indignant, delivers 
 him to Strength and Force, his servants, and to Vulcan, 
 that having conducted him to mount Caucasus, they 
 may enchain him there in iron fetters. This being 
 done, all the Oceanic nymphs resort to him for the 
 purpose of conference, and also Oceanus himself, who 
 proposes to Prometheus to visit Jove, for the purpose 
 of entreating him to relieve him from confinement. To 
 this Prometheus objects, from a consciousness of the 
 inflexibility and determination of Jupiter. When 
 Oceanus retires, Io, the daughter of Inachus, arrives, 
 and hears from Prometheus her past and future suffer- 
 ings, and that one of her descendants will release him, 
 viz. Hercules the son of Jove ; and that from the con- 
 gress of Jupiter she will bring forth Epaphus. Mer- 
 cury, dispatched by Jupiter, comes to Prometheus, 
 whilst inveighing against him ; and foretelling that he 
 will be ejected from dominion by one of his descen- 
 dants, and uttering other blasphemies. He threatens 
 to overwhelm him with thunder, unless he choose 
 to disclose the events about to happen to Jupiter; 
 and finding him obstinate, the thunder is let loose, and 
 Prometheus disappears. 
 
 The scene of the drama lies in Scythia, on mount 
 Caucasus. The title of the play is Prometheus 
 Chained. 
 
TA TOT APAMATOS nPOSflllA. 
 
 KPAT02. 
 
 BIA. 
 
 HOAI2TOS. 
 
 nPOMH©EY2. 
 
 XOPOS ftKEANIAftN NYMfcftN. 
 
 flKEANOS. 
 
 I£l H INAXOY. 
 
 EPMH2. 
 
 DRAMATIS PERSONS. 
 
 Strength. 
 
 Force. 
 
 Vulcan. 
 
 Prometheus. 
 
 Chorus op Nymphs of the Ocean. 
 
 Oceanus. 
 
 Io, Daughter of Inachus. 
 
 Mercury. 
 
AI2XTAOT 
 
 ITPOMH0ETS AE2MHTHS. 
 
 KPAT02, BIA, H$AI2T02, IIPOMH0EY2. 
 
 KPAT02. 
 X0ONO2 f6gy 6*V | ryXovgov yK\o(iev iritiov. 
 
 ORDO. 
 KPA. c, Hxo/xev els fxh vrikovgov srsSov xSovos", 
 
 TRANSLATION. 
 
 We are come to the uttermost verge of the earth, 
 
 NOTES. 
 Line 1. From the first unto the ninety-third line the Iambic 
 measure is used, a species of metre invented by Archilochus, 
 and which originally consisted of six Iambi in each verse. The 
 Lyric poets finding the perpetual recurrence of Iambic feet mo- 
 notonous, and too restrictive, admitted the Spondee to the first, 
 third, and fifth feet, and this being resolved into the Dactyl and 
 Anapaest, and the Iambus into a Tribrach, the first, third, and 
 fifth places of the verse admitted the Iambus, Tribrach, Spondee, 
 Dactyl, and Anapaest, the second and fourth places admitted the 
 Iambus and Tribrach, and the sixth place an Iambus or Pyrrhic. 
 We have marked the quantity and divided the feet by lines, of 
 the first six verses, retaining the usual method of scanning by 
 double feet, from which circumstance the verse is denominated 
 a Trimeter Iambic. 
 
 GRAMMATICAL NOTES. 
 
 Line 1. Trikou^, b xai ^, adj. from rr ; Xs adv. distant, 
 and ogor h h, sub. a boundary. 
 
 B 
 
2 AI2XTAOY 
 
 Xkv9ijv eg oTfJt\ov 9 a£()0Tov elg J l^plccv. 
 HqxzKTTSi <ro\ j is jg^ {jteXeiv J eTriCToXctg, 
 
 fit m u — w — « ^> — o m o *- 
 
 #£ (To/ 7ra,T7}f) | etpeiTO, rov\$e 7rpog TreTgoug 
 \j^v}Xo7C^fi\yoig rev \eu(>\yw o%pc£<roLi 9 5 
 
 dfiotfjL&VTlVCOV J $6<Tftci)V BV d^\^7tT0ig TTltioug. 
 
 Is SkjJSojv oifxov, bU aQ^orov l^yi^iav. "Utpouare yj^h col Sg 
 
 Xe^gyov STgar i5\^Xoxg*jpcvo*r Trsrgatf ev ippyKtois vriSais 
 
 to the Scythian tract, to the unpeopled desert. Vulcan 
 it behoves you to attend to the orders which the Father 
 has given to you, and to enchain this audacious God to 
 the lofty rocks, in the irrefragable fetters of adamantine 
 chains ; 
 
 2. SxuQris ov, 6, sub. used as an adj. a Scythian, f Es 
 Att. Di. for els.. OTfjios ov, o, a tract or way, from vita to 
 carry. "Afgoror, o xa), r>, without mortals, from a. priv. 
 and figoros a mortal. 
 
 4. e(psiro plusq. perf. from e<pispcai to send or com- 
 mand. 
 
 5. i5\J/7)Xox§?)ptvo* o ycou w, having lofty precipices, from 
 v^nXos lofty, and xg?)//,vos- a precipice. Ascogyos- ov, 6, 
 rash, audacious ; it may signify the man-maker, 6 ths 
 Xa«r E^yocaxfjisvo;. *Oyjki<5&i, a. i. inf. oyj^%Z<u to bind, 
 from ox,^ a chair. 
 
 6. a^afjLocvrivof, n, ov, from aS*/xar iron, a and Sa/c/,a&/ to 
 subdue, ippmros ov o xal a, irrefragable, not to be 
 broken, from a and fr;<r<Ky to break. 
 
riPOMH©EY2 AEXMftTHL 3 
 
 to <rov yccg ctrQog, ttuvtbx^ov irvoog triXctg^ 
 
 6vrjTo7<n xXityug toit&vtv* roioitraB toi 
 
 cifjLGLfiTlocq <r(pe Set QeoTg $ovvcu Jjxqv* 
 
 cog civ Ci$u%()y Trjv Aug tvqolvviSoi 10 
 
 GTTsgysiv, (pihavQgtoTTov $e 7rave<r§cti tqottov. 
 
 HO. Kodrog, ]?/# ts> <r(pttv ph IvToXy A tog 
 *%** TtXog drj, xovdsv eftirodcov in. 
 tyt* V uTohfJibg slfit trvyysv^ Qbov 
 cijorat (Slot, (pctgxyyt vrgog SiMrxetfiegep. 15 
 
 y<zq xXfivJ/as' oeKas iravriyyov itvqos to gov avQos c&Traasv avro 
 flwrotur to! Se? <j<pe Jouvai Qso7s S/xoqv TOjSff^g a^a^rias* ojs 
 av JiJap^Syj <TT6g7s.1v tyjv ruqccvv&a, A*or, Sg TravsaQixi <pt- 
 XavOqufTrou rqoirou. HO. KgaTor T5 IW, IvtoX^ //,ev Atoi* 
 ff$a>v e^s* S-xi Te'Xos", xai oiJSev gTt Efjs/iroSafV* hyw S' eiptl aroK/jios 
 Swat ouyysvYj 9"sov /3/<^ •zrgo*' iva^eifAegto (pdigccyyi. 
 
 for having stolen the flame of the all- working fire, 
 your ornament, he bestowed it upon mortals : where- 
 fore it is necessary he should give retribution to the 
 Gods for such errors^ that he may be taught to respect 
 the tyranny of Jupiter, and to abstain from his philan- 
 thropic conduct. Vulc. Strength and Force, the 
 command of Jupiter to you has now an end, and nought 
 impedes the business. But I dread to bind a kindred 
 God by force to this weather-beaten rock. 
 
 7. <noLvri%\os 9 ov, xai r h having the power of forming 
 all things, from iriy and riyyw. 
 
 13. l/x^oSo/v, adv. from ev ttj oSoJ twv tfocta/v, abbreviated 
 probably into iywobuv, in a similar manner to the English 
 expression " what hour of the clock/' what o'clock. 
 
 15. (pd%<zy%, ayyos, y, a valley between mountains 
 ivtjycEifjLsqos, «, Kai v)> stormy, having cold winters, from 
 %vs and '/jEi^.m, 
 
 B 2 
 
4 AI2XYA0Y 
 
 KuvTuq $* ccvdyMi ruvde ftoi roXfiuv (T^eltaV 
 svcogiocfav yccfj iraT(>og Xoyovg jSa^J. 
 rijg o(>()o&ov\ov ©tfjufiog di7rv^Toc ttciT, 
 ukovtcH <r olkm SvcrXvrotg jgaAjcet^atn 
 ir()o<r7rcHr<roc\£VG't0 Tcp£ cc7fuvQ^ea7rca Trdyca, 20 
 
 2iJ/6/, CTccdevTog $* yXiov (po(£y (pXoy), 
 X^dc ctftenfyttg avQog* dtTfiivta $e cot 
 
 Ss awyiM /xoi wivTOJS ff%s6siv rofyxav raivSe s^aJv, yoip, /Sag:/ 
 TrqZyfMtx. av sw zucopii^m XoyovS sraTgor. amu^rira. mcCt rns 
 cgQoQovXou ©initios, qlkm TrpoaTra.GGcikBvacj <rs cUkovto, (WXt/- 
 rois xockKEvtAOLGi TaiS' a.7roc\6^oj e 7Ta) wdycp, n/a o\}/ei ovre (panwv 
 ovrs pco§(p-y)v rou /3gOTa/v, Ss (TTa9st/T0J (po/C^ (pkoyl r{k\bv 
 
 Yet necessity enjoins me to restrain entirely the men- 
 tion of these thoughts, for it were awful to disregard 
 the commands of the Father. O ! lofty-minded son of 
 the truth- directing Themis, unwillingly I shall bind you 
 reluctant in firm fetters to this solitary rock, where you 
 will neither hear the voice, nor see the form of any mor- 
 tal, and, slowly roasted by the clear flame of the sun, 
 you will change the bloom of your complexion, 
 
 17. JLua)%ioi? ) a> 9 to neglect, disregard, from ev well, and 
 cSga care; by antiphrase it is made to signify to neglect. 
 
 18. '0%Qi£ou\os, ov, o, xal, «, prudent, right counsel- 
 ing, from 'QpQus right, and fiouXw advice, anrv^nrnsy ov, 
 6, having lofty designs, from ounvs and iawtis. 
 
 20, \A7rav6gcyflrof, ov, 0, xai, ft, remote from men, from 
 amo and ivflgwwos". 
 
 22. SraQEVTos, ri, ov, from otoctos one who stands, con- 
 stant, and £&*/ to roast. 
 
 23. 'Aot/.i'yQs, perf. part, from «£w to please. 
 
nP0MH©ET2 AE2MHTH2. 5 
 
 tj ITOMiXslflUV VV% a,7T0K(l\)l\>U <pdog y 
 
 7rd%viiv 6* Iduv y\\iog <nte$oi ttclKw. 25 
 
 ds) $ rov irugovTog d%Oii$tav komqv 
 
 T(jv<rsi <r m o Xucpvjo-cov yd(> ov 7r6<pV7te tt«. 
 
 toicivt d7Tfjv^u) rov QiXavGguTrov tqottov 9 
 
 6eog Sew yd{> ov% V7TQTJj<r<rtov %dXov^ 
 
 @t>oroi<n rifjLug uirotcrug iregct Mwig. 30 
 
 uvQ' Zv dTeD7rrj vqvh (p^ov^ctig iriTgm, 
 
 % woixiXs/ptwv vv% aflrox§i/\J/£i Se ooi datxivw tyaos, S* %kios *7rd\iy 
 C X £ ^F *^ av wa%iw. Sg ayfir^uv rov xaxou del Tragovro* rqvcsi 
 <ye* ya.% o "kcofyriGcov ov irco TtiQuxe. dirfivqco rovavrot, rov (piXay- 
 Qqunrou rgiirov* yag §ebs ovy^ vTtorriGGm ypkov 9"ea/v (IntoLOOLS 
 rtfxds (SqproliGi iriga S/xtjs. dvtf <5v (ppovprioeis rw^s drz&nri 
 mirpav. 
 
 and the various-robed night will to you, grateful for the 
 favour, shut out the light, and the sun again will 
 scatter the eastern frost. But the weight of evil ever 
 present will oppress you : for he who will deliver you is 
 not yet born. Such misfortunes have you reaped from 
 your philanthropic conduct : for being a God, you have 
 not feared the Gods, but have given honours to mortals 
 contrary to justice. In return for which you will remain 
 on this desert rock, 
 
 24. rioiXiXs/piwv, having a variegated robe, from ttoj- 
 xlXos and sipa. a robe or vestment. 
 
 25. SxeSa, Attic contraction for rashes*, from oy»cI<x.oj, 
 to dissipate. 
 
 26. v Ay$r$i>v <W, ft, misery, grief, from a%Qos weight. 
 
 27. Aaf(pnacvv, fut. 1 pt. from \w$iw to alleviate or ease. 
 29. vvorrioGu, to fear, from tiro and itrr^ata to let fall 
 
 or contract the wings from fear. 
 9 
 
6 AI2XTAOT 
 
 0^6o(TTOCOY}V 9 CtV7TVCS 9 OV XCCJLC7TTUV yOVU* 
 
 TToXXovg F ofivgpovg Kcd ycovg ctvu<pe\e~g 
 <p6iy%ef &to$ ya(> SvfTTroc^ulTTjTOi Qgsveg, 
 airocg $s Tfa%i)c, otrrig oiv viov yc^otrri. 33 
 
 KP. eieV ti peXXsig kou Tcotroncn^u fioiryiv ; 
 rt tov Geoig sxOhttov ov CTVysTg Qbov. 
 cCTig to crov QvTjToTci 7T(>ov$uicbv yimg ; 
 
 HO. to %vyytveg toi feivov, y\ G* ofjuXicc* 
 
 oqSooro&riV , olvtivos, oil xdfATrrcov yow Sg (p§£y%ei woXkobs 
 hlvQixovs xaX oLvootyzkzis yoovs' ya.% Q gives A 10* SuaTragotir'nToi. 
 air us Se T § a X^ 5 '> ogtis av xgaTy? veov. KP. efev* 5ia t/ 
 (xiXksis xoci xocroixri^si (acctyiv ; S*a rl ov arvyets tov $aov 
 s x&iffTOv SsoIV, ogtis Trgovticoxev to gov yigtxS ^vnroiGt ; 
 H$. to! to ^yysves" Sen/ov, 73 &' 6/xiX/a, Jeiva. 
 
 upright, sleepless, with unbent knees, and will pour 
 forth many lamentations and unavailing groans : for the 
 mind of Jupiter is difficult of persuasion. All are 
 severe who have acquired new dominion. For. Be it 
 so: but why delay and lament to no purpose? Why 
 hate you not this God, most hateful to the Gods them- 
 selves, who has delivered by treachery your peculiar 
 reward to mankind ? Vulc. Because the ties of kin- 
 dred and acquaintance are powerful. 
 
 32. '0§9offTaJajv, adv. standing upright, from 'OqQhs 
 and 'iGTYifAi. 
 
 31. AuGTru^alrriTos, ov, 5, xal, ri, implacable, inexora- 
 ble, from Sis and iraqonreo^ai to entreat. 
 
 36. Efsv, sync, for zwouv. The ellipsis may be thus 
 supplied, tolvtql ri TrgxyftacTa. elev, let these matters be : 
 granted. 
 
 39. Bvyyevyt, zos> 0, xa\, v, Att. Dial from aw and 
 yivcpwu. 
 
nPOMH©£Y2 AESMftTHS. 7 
 
 KP. fcvptpilf* 9 ccvyiKCV<TTe~v 8s tcov Trocr^og Xoym 
 Oiov tb Trcog ; ov tovto Seipuivsig 7tXbov ; 4L 
 
 HO. ccsi ys $ij vyjXyjg <rv \tcti Qgoccovg 7r\scog 
 KP, uKog ycco ovSsv tovSb Qor}ve7(rdcci* <rv $b 
 
 TO, ft1J$SV C0(pBX0VVTCC U7J WOVBi fJLCCTIjV. 
 
 HO. co 7roXXcc iiicryfiBTcrot xsiocdvufyoL. 45 
 
 KP. ri Viv (TTvyBigl ttovoov ycco 9 wg #7rA£ Xoyca, 
 
 TCdV VVU 7TtZ()0V7aV OvSlv CUTIOL TB^Vrj 
 
 HO. BfJLTrug Tig avTrjv ocXXog cctpsXev XolxjbTv. 
 
 KP. ^vfjL(pYifJLi m wSs ri sari, olov avTiKOUGTEiv Se ruv Xoywv 
 irotrqos; ov Jei/xa/vstf tovto •zrXsov ; HO. gu ys S^ dsl vr t \ris 
 kol\ vXscis §%ciaous. KP. ya§ ov§h olkos SgwvsTaSoci tov^s ab 
 XI fjuri wovsi (Jidrnv rd. utpekovvra [Ar$iv. HO. a> yjEigwvafyoc 
 itoWa, puffyj&siVa. KP. t\ oruy£s vlv ; yag, us omhu \6yu 9 
 riy^iin ovbh airix ruv Ttovuv vvv ttxqqvtuv. HO. %(/.7ras r\% 
 aXkos utyeXsv Xay^Tv aurrtv. 
 
 For. I assent: but how is it possible to disobey the 
 commands of the Father? Are you not more afraid of 
 that? Vulc. But you are ever pitiless and full of 
 daring. Str. It avails nothing to lament him, and do 
 not you labour to no purpose after things which bring 
 nothing advantageous. Vulc. O ! my much detested 
 handicraft. Str. Wby blame you that, for in plain 
 truth your art is not the cause of your present la- 
 bours? Vulc. At least I wish some other had ob- 
 tained it. 
 
 40. 'Avrjxo^ffTt'w, to disobey, from a and oLkqvgtyis an 
 auditor or disciple. 
 
 45. XeiQuvaZix f as, n 3 a handicraft or art, from % B k 
 and «va£. 
 
 48. fi$eXsv, a. 2. act. from otpelXu to owe. Although 
 we translate this verb by the words " 1 wish," its person 
 is always regulated by the object spoken of, as us u<p57w, 
 
8 AI2XYAOT 
 
 KP. (Lttqlvt 67ra%S5} TrXrjv 9eo7<ri Koigocvhv 9 
 eXevQefjog ycc^ ovng 1<ttI ttXtjv Aiog. 50 
 
 HO. ZyvcoKu, kou to7<t$ ovfiev *vtmt£v e%&>. 
 
 KP. ovxovv Itts^bi ^(TfJLoi rwJs Treg&oiXuv, 
 cog py cr IXivvovtcz, irgoorSegxQy tfut^ ; 
 
 HO. ku) $vj 7T(>oxet()u yccXioi $6(>xt<rdcii vrtyoi. 
 
 KP. anivra. htocyfiri flrXtiv xoigavelv S^oT^t* yiq ovns e<m 
 i\sv§£QO$ 7t\riV Atck. HO. gyvo/xa, xau t^co oir$ev ivreweiv 
 
 ToTffSs. aXoQ&cffl E7T5GI. KP. OUXOVV 67T6l£si TTEglCaXetV SgJ^fit 
 
 t<5Ss. &/$" TTonrig fJLri TrgoffSeg^S-rf (ye gXm/ovra. HO. x«l Sri 
 >J/aX(a Trgo^eigcr nig% Se'gxg<jS*ai. 
 
 Str. All things are irksome except to reign among 
 the Gods, and none is free but Jupiter himself. Vulc. 
 I admit it, and have nothing to gainsay to these truths* 
 Str. Will you not hasten to fasten chains about him, 
 lest the Father should behold you delaying. Vulc. 
 The fetters are now at hand, they are present to your 
 view. 
 
 I wish that I ; <v$ wpsXes, I wish that you ; wi cycpsXgv, I 
 wish that he. Epcsraf, x. r. X. may be rendered thus ; 
 at least some other ought to have obtained it. 
 
 50. 'EXsuQegos in this place means that all beings 
 except Jupiter are subjected to some restraint, and he 
 alone, as master of the universe, is completely free. 
 
 51 . v Eyvu/xa, perf. act. from yvoo/, yvwaa), syvwxa. The 
 reduplication of the first consonant is omitted in the 
 perfect tense, to avoid the harsh sound heard in yeyvwxa. 
 By attending to the admonitions of the ear much may 
 be learned. 
 
 52. f £«€i|si f fut. mid. Att. for eW£r), from gWyoptai 
 to hasten. 
 
 54. Y[%oyu%Qs t ov, b, kx\, y), ready, before the hands, 
 from tt£o and x e <£- 
 
nPOMH0EY2 AESMaTHI D 
 
 KP. Xot&UV VlV, UfJL(pl %6£<ni> lyK^UTBl vQtVZl 55 
 
 gxicrTyoi GeTve, TrcctrcraXeuE nraog Trergaug. 
 
 HO. iregxivsTui Jq xou para, rovpyov rcSe. 
 
 KP. a^ocor(TB pciXXov, <r<piyye, fjiviocx.fjL7i ^dcXoc» 
 Svvog ycif) evgeTv xcifc dfjuyi^avcov noftovg. 
 
 HO. ccgagev qSe y coXbvtj SureKXvTcog. 60 
 
 KP. xa* ryvSe vuv ttoqttowov do-(pocXojg f ivct 
 fid&vi cro(pt(rTfjg &v Atog vco9e(TTe(>og. 
 
 KP. XaQwv vjv, &e?vs pociGTvpt gyxgaTgi ff&g'vet a/x^* X e P ff * v > 
 TrocGGdXzvB irpos wirpoits. HO. irEpocivsrai ro$s to e^yov xoCi 
 q$ J-w fxtzTp. KP. aqpiGaz /xaXXov, otpiyye, (jlw$oliayi t /ikcc» 
 yag lari Sg*vo£ si/ggn/ wopovs, xotX a% &ywyj!wm. HO. rJSs ys 
 ciXivn SucexXutoj? oipocgsv. KP. xai viJv srogTradov acr<paXcc/£ 
 T7jv5g, *va pcaS^ wv vafSiarep or <j<w(pi<7?w A10V. 
 
 Str. Take and hammer them with powerful force 
 about his hands ; peg him to the rocks. Vulc. 'Tis 
 done: and now the work proceeds. Str. Strike 
 harder, bind him, relax not ; for his craft will find ways 
 of escape even from impossibilities. Vulc. At least 
 this arm is inextricably fixed. Str. And now clasp 
 that securely ; that he may learn he is a less able con- 
 triver than Jupiter. 
 
 55. AaCo/v ViV, sc. ra \J/aX/a. 
 
 56. Faiaryp vpos S, a hammer, from pale* to strike. 
 YloLcaoikeuco, to fix with nails or pegs, from TrccacaXos 
 a peg. 
 
 60. "Apapzv, perf. ind. mid. att. for %pw, from ape* to 
 fit or fix. AvGzxXvrws, adv. not easy to be extricated, 
 from ius ex and Xud to loosen. 
 
 61. TlopTt&w, to buckle, from itopun a buckle. 
 
 62. N«M*, slow, dull. 
 
 C 
 
10 AI2XTAOY 
 
 HO. ttX^v tovF ecu ovfitlg IvSlncog fAfi^Mto poi. 
 KP. udxfJLOLVTivov vvv (rtpyjvog cevdotfiyj yvecdov 
 <TT£f>vtdv $ioLfJL7rct% 7rucr(rci\ev e^u/jusi/cog. 65 
 
 HO. a*, a), noGfJLTjQeV, <TO)V V7T£j)OT£VtO TTQVtidV. 
 
 KP. c\j <T uZ KUTOTtveTg, rcov Aiog r ixfiguv V7f£(> 
 (TTBveig ; 07rag py cruvrov oiitTieTg wore. 
 HO. cgug Geuftcc $u<rQea,Tov ofApxoriv. 
 
 HO. ou^sU av Iv^ikcus ptepc-4/airo not ttXtiV toDSs spyov. 
 KP, vvv TtaGodksuE sppoufjLzvojs auSzti'/i yva&ov d^ocfMccvrivov 
 <7(p^voJ Sia//,<ra£ GTEgvcov. HO. at, ou x Ylpo^r^EV, vitzpGrivw 
 cm wovcuv, KP, gu Se xaroxvstV av, rs gtbvsis vntp rcuv 
 eyftgwv Aiof ; opgc onus yJh Tiori qIktms gocutqv* HO. oqjis 
 $sa/x,a $VG§iaTov o/xpta(7iv» 
 
 Vulc. None can justly blame me for aught except 
 this business. Str. Now drive firmly the obstinate 
 tooth of the adamantine wedge completely through his 
 chest. Vulc. Ah! Ah! Prometheus! I lament over 
 your distresses. Str. And do you again draw back, 
 and pity the enemies of Jupiter ? Take care lest you 
 hereafter feel for yourself. Vulc. You behold a sight 
 horrible to the eyes. 
 
 64. 'Ai/SaSyjs - , Eos' o kqu fi, admiring himself, pleasing 
 himself, pertinacious, from avros and aSiaj to please* 
 
 65. 'Eppcunivajs, adv. powerfully, strongly, from pciico 
 to be able. 
 
 68. OIktieiV, 2 sing, f. 1. ind. act. Att. for oIktIgeu, 
 from oIktI^cj to lament. 
 
 69. Au&iaros, ov, h kol\ r\, painful to the sight, from 
 Vvs and &s«o//,at to behold. 
 
I7POMH0ETS AESMflTHS. 11 
 
 KP. ooco KVgovvTX rovfie rcav VTtCt&0)V. 70 
 
 aXK dftipl 7r\svf)cus [jLOiCx^XifTTrj^ug j2a\e. 
 
 HO. SoZv tuvt avccyzrj, pvjSev eyneXev ccyocv. 
 
 KP. ? fjL%u KeXtixrcx) Ka,7n6uv%co ye irpog. 
 X^si xcxtw, (TKeXr] <5e zt^Kcafrov /3tg*. 
 
 HO. tccc) Jij 7TB7r^UKTUi rovgyov OV [&UX(fia 7T0PCJ. / 
 
 KP. epgcpftevcog vvv dsTve $ia,TO(*ovg Tredug, 76 
 
 cog 0V7TiTipyiTrig ye tojv egycov $<x,f*vg. 
 
 KP. opa> rov^e xvpovvroc, rouv eira%io!fV, aXku /3aXs ^ccayjxXia - 
 Tripas df*(pl m\evp<x~s. HO. olviym $ppv ravra, /xoiStv 
 eyxeXsve ayav. KP. r> /u/Jiv nsXeusw, hou en&ajvZaj ye irpos. 
 %dpei Kccrco, Ss xipyccoGov aaeXn fiigc. HO. xal Soi to epyov 
 mhtpaLY.rcu ov ^ccKpSo Ttova). KP. vvv %ehs eppwf/,ivws oWro- 
 pous w&ccf, ojs esfitifMYirns ye rcuv epycov fiapvs. 
 
 Str. I behold one receiving his deserts : but fix the 
 belts around his ribs. Vulc. Necessity enjoins the 
 performance ; but exhort me not so violently. Str. 
 But indeed I will exhort you, and moreover impel you; 
 proceed downwards, enchain his legs with force. Vulc. 
 And now the work is finished with no great difficulty. 
 Str. Now firmly beat the perforating fetters, since he 
 who examines the work is severe. 
 
 71. M.a<j}(/x,\iGTr,p, Tipos 0, a trace by which a horse 
 draws, a breast-band. 
 
 73. 'ETr&couGGco, to incite, to encourage ; a term ap- 
 plied to sportsmen when animating dogs, from em and 
 &a'$, &a>o£, 6 y.aX r\ y an animal like a wolf. 
 
 74. Kif how, to fix with rings, from y.ipytos or %pw.os a ring. 
 
 76. Apropos, ov, 5 nai ri, penetrating, perforating, 
 from Sii and rogew to perforate. 
 
 77. \E72-m//.73T7j<?, ov o, a censor, from iTtiri^ico to re- 
 
 c2 
 
12 AI2XTAOT 
 
 H<X>. ofjtoix (zogtpY) yXcoccroc crov ymvtrou* 
 KP. (rv [4,u\6ocKi'£ov 9 rrjv $' epyjv otu9ct$ia,v 
 
 ogyrjg ts TfjotxuTyTct fJLvj ttittXtio'O'b pot. 80 
 
 HO. <TT£i'x / t>dfJLZV 9 cog KciXoicnv ccp(pi&\yi<rT(>* tX u * 
 KP. evToaidoc vvv vfyif^e, koli Oeoiv yigu 
 
 cvXZvj iQfjfjLegoicri irftotrriQu. rl <roi 
 
 0101 TS Qv7]To) TUV$* U7TUVT^(rOCt TTCVttV *> 
 
 tyevtioovvfJLcag ore Saipoveg Tlgofivfisot 85 
 
 H$. ykwaaoi gov ynpveroci b'fJLoia fAOpQri, KP, gv fjt*cik§axl- 
 
 2pV 9 T6 [JL71 SflTlVXTJffffE fJLOl S* l//,7)V TfiV OtU§a$tO.V T£ T payjj T%T(X. 
 
 opyr t s. HO. GTBixwfjLsv, a$ zyjzi d^(piQ\nGrpa. xgjXoigw. 
 KP. IvroLvSoi wv 2Cgi£e, x«i gvXcuv yipa. &s£v irpoorfoei f^yj- 
 fxipoiGi, xa.roL rl Swroi bggovtoci oiot re omcLvrkriGotX gqi to/vS' 
 ^ovo;v ; Ja/pcovss -^ev^ajvvfjicos x.x.'KovgIv gb Ylpo^r^ix ; 
 
 Vulc. Your tongue is rough like your form. Str. 
 Indulge your effeminacy, but reproach me not with my 
 pertinacity and the roughness of my manners. Vulc. 
 Let us be gone, since he bears the fetters on his limbs. 
 Str. There now upbraid, and, stealing the God's re- 
 wards, grant them to mortals. In what manner will 
 mankind be able to relieve you from these labours? 
 The Gods call you, falsely, the Provident, 
 
 prehend. The epithet b eirmiAyrris, doubtless relates to 
 Jupiter. 
 
 79. MaX&ax/^ai, to be effeminate, to languish, from 
 /xaX&<%Ko*, yj, ov, effeminate, soft. 
 
 81 . \Apup/C Xmrpov, ov to, any thing which is thrown 
 around, from i^QcxXKu to throw around. 
 
 83. TIpoGriSei, att. imper. fr. flr/wn'&oj/xi. 
 
 85. Tipo^r^ioc. This pun, which consists in the simi- 
 larity between the adjective Ylpoy*r$Yis> and the proper 
 name Ylpo^rfczvs, cannot be well expressed in English. 
 
nPOMH0ETS AESMflTHI 13 
 KockoiHTiv. avrov yoc(> <rs os? ngopijOtug, 
 
 IIP. 2 hog <xlQr}(> 9 %oci tuxottts^oi 7rvotcu 9 
 
 TTOTCtfAW T£ 7TV\yCt^ 7T0VTIM TB KVfiOlTUV 
 
 dv7}(>iQfjLov yiXourpu, TrupftviTOf) re yy\> 90 
 
 XUl TOV irotVOTTTVlV KVTCXOV 7}\lOV TtOtXto* 
 
 ios<r9e fty oTcc iv^og QeZv 7*w%a; deog. 
 
 OB/jxOriQ olocig al)teioci<riV Anapaest Dim. 
 
 yap SeT <re olutov Up ofjLr&ius orco rpb%w lx.Kv\ic§riO£i rrioSz 
 T£^V73^, IIP. Sj Sioy al&rig kcu Ttxy^vTrrspoi ttmoou, te Twyal 
 Trorafxoh, re dvnp&fAOv yi\aafjLX irovricoy w^irm rs yw may*- 
 V*nrop 9 xal ycaXco tov TravoTrTTiv kukKov riklov" i'Ssff&E ptg* oTa 
 
 for you will stand in need of Providence, by means of 
 which you may escape from these toils. Pro. O ! di- 
 vine air, and ye swift-winged gales, ye fountains of 
 rivers, and unnumbered playful smiles of Ocean's waves, 
 and Earth thou mother of all things, and thou all- 
 viewing circle of the Sun, on thee I call ; behold me ! 
 what distresses I, a Deity, suffer from the Deities. 
 You see with ??hat afflictions torn 
 
 88. ToLyjjTtr^; t ov 9 xaJ w, swift, from rx%v; and 
 
 TTTSpoV. 
 
 90. Uawnrag, opo9 fi, mother of all things, from <zois 
 and ixriTYip. 
 
 91. YlavovTw, oy, 5, seeing all things, from itav and 
 otttoijloci to see. 
 
 93. The lines from the ninety-third unto the hun- 
 dredth are Anapaestic, a metre which admits, without 
 restriction of places, an Anapaest, Spondee, Dactyl, 
 and, though very seldom, the Proceleusmatic. The 
 
 6 
 
14 AI2XTAOT 
 
 totKVUtOfA&VOg TOV fJLVOHTVi Anapaest. Dim. 
 
 X(>ovov udXsvcrco. TOtcvS* o veog 95 Id. 
 
 Tocycq fAocKuguv s%zvp itt ipoi Id. 
 
 defffJLQV cestui]. Anap. Mon. 
 
 (ptVj $£$' TO 7TUQOV) TO T STTSWOfJLEVQV Anap. Dim. 
 ftyifJLU (TTSVO&XCO. 7T7J 7TOTB fjt,6%QcdV . Id. 
 
 XM reouuTOi tcov\F IttituXoli; 100 Paroemiacus. 
 
 / / / 5- / 
 
 KUtTOl Tl (pV\fJLl; 7TUVT0C, 7r^cv^S7ri<TTCCfJt t oci Trim. Iamb. 
 
 (Dcs9()Ctig rot fteXXovr, ov$e poi iroruivtov 
 
 $HZKV0Ll6fAZVD$ O&'kZVOOJ TOV %£>OVOV [AVplcTYi. TOlOvSe SsffplOV 
 
 act*?) o veo£ rar/o$ fAaxccpeuv s%svpe sirl gpco*. (peD, tyzv* arwiyjf) 
 
 TO TTOCpoV Tir^Oi T6 TJ SflTeg^OptSVOV. ^7} 7T0T6 %py) ri^OLTCC 
 
 t^vSe p^o^So/v £7riTeTXat ; xcclroi ri (p^pu ; ^oi^eTriVrapta* 
 (yxs&^s - 7rxvroc r& ixiXKovra, qv$z ou$h Tiorxmov irr^x rfei 
 e/xo/. 
 
 I shall struggle for ever. You see what disgraceful 
 fetters the new ruler of the Gods has found out for me. 
 Alas! Alas! I lament the present evil and the future: 
 From whence hereafter will the end of these labours 
 arise? But what do I say? I clearly foresee all the 
 future, nor will any unexpected misery afflict me. 
 
 hundredth line is a Paroemiacus, so called from Tlagoifjuoc, 
 because many proverbs were uttered in that measure. 
 The Paroemiacus requires an Anapaest in the last place 
 but one of the line. 
 
 94. Aiotxmico, to torment, to tear, from Sii and xva/.w 
 to pluck or tear. 
 
 95. AhXeuaj, to struggle, from a&Xov a contest. 
 
 9(j. Tayw, ov, o, a leader, from rdaaco to order, com- 
 mand. 
 
 102. Ylorawiosy ix y iov, fresh, new, unforeseen, from 
 ssroTi, for xpos, and alvos a fable or proverb. 
 
nPOMHQETS AESMftTHI 15 
 
 wyfA ovSb yj?£i* Trjv TreTT^cofJisvyjv $e x$ 
 
 ctiroLv (pegeiv cog gucrrcx, yiyvcdcrycovd cri 
 
 to tyis ccvccynrjg l(rr dtyiTOV crQsvog* 105 
 
 dxx obre (Ttyoiv, outs [at} criyctv rv^ctg 
 
 mov ts pot TOCO'S* BCTTi. QvqToTg yuf* yt(>ct 
 
 TTogcov, dvdyKutg rouc^ evtQvypai rccXccg. 
 
 voto()rjK07r\Y}acoTOU Je dygujAou Trvoog 
 
 Ttyyviv xXoTTocitzv, rj SiSc&rx.c&Xog Tixyyg 110 
 
 TTOLtryig (3j>0T0~g Tretpqve, kou pzyotg Trogog. 
 
 el x^yj EfXE Qaqsiv ojs qqiara rwv 7rs7rqco^.syriV ouaav, yiyvcLcxovrx 
 on to cr&evos- iris dvocyycriS sari ao^gj-rov. d\X 9 ecri olov ri fXoi 
 ours aiygiv ours (j*r) OLygiv rdotis ruyjxs, yag Troqdv yiga. §vriTo7$ 
 rdXas svi^suyixxi toughs dvdyxxis. S^go/pcai 7iriyr,v tiuqqs 
 xXoiraidv, Ss vaftyKOftXriqcorov, r) vi(pr,\s o^ibdaxaXos xal piyas 
 Troqos wtkavis riyQins @qotq7s» 
 
 But it behoves me to bear as calmly as possible my des- 
 tined fate, well knowing that the power of necessity is 
 invincible. It is alike unavailing to me to conceal or 
 mention my misfortunes. For having given benefits to 
 mortals, 1 am unfortunately subjected to these necessi- 
 ties. I sought out the fountain of fire, which stolen 
 by me, and concealed within a cane, became the teacher 
 and great bestower of every art to mortals. 
 
 105. 'AS^iror. ov y o Y.&X r), not to be conquered, from 
 a and Iripis a contention. 
 
 109. N<zp§riX.Q7rXr)pcoTo?, ov y o kgu r\ y concealed in a 
 cane, from vxp%r}% a cane, and izXnpbu to fill. 
 
 110. KXovaios, aid, aw, furtive, gotten by stealth. 
 112. KwXixr^x, rot, to 7 from a pleonastic, and vXdty 
 
 to make to err. 
 
16 AI2XTAOY 
 
 TOIOKTOS 7T01VCC$ OLir\0L%y\ {JLUTCoV TIVU, 
 
 J tU ax** Tig cSfAol irgofTiTTTci fJi otfp£yyijg> 1 1 5 
 
 Gec<rvTog 9 r) fyoreiog, yj TceK^ocfjcsvTj ; 
 
 IKSTO TSf>fJLOViOV S7TI irayov, Anap. Dim. CataL 
 
 TTcvuv Bfjtcav Gewgog ij ri Stj GeXeov ; 
 c^oire SetTfAcoTyv pe $vo"7TOTflov Geov 9 
 
 virocl&Qios cuv, itciaaaXsvros SstJ/xorcri, rlvco ToiaaJg Tron/a* 
 a^rXaxrjptarwv. a, a, si, ga, t*V a^cJ, rls ©5pta aipEyyyk 
 grgojeVra /xs Szogutos, 99 /BgorHtos- ^ xexqafjiixivri ; 1'xeto eVi 
 Tsg/utoviov t ndr/0Vy SeougiQS gpca/v tiovgjv, r) Jyj Ss'Xwv t/ ; o^ari (xe 
 
 SvGTTQTfAQV &gOV SgJpOWTTJV, 
 
 Exposed to the inclemencies of air, riveted in 
 chains, such are the punishments I suffer for my errors. 
 Ah ! Ah ! Alas ! Alas ! what noise, what odour ob- 
 scurely creeps upon me ; is it divine or mortal, or of 
 the heroic race ? Is it come to this distant soil to view 
 my distresses, or for what other purpose ? Behold me, 
 a Deity, unfortunate, enchained, 
 
 113. 'Ytfa&pw, ou, 6xai^,inopenair,fromi5zroand aJSpa. 
 
 115. IlgoffEflrTa, a. 2. act. fr. wpoaiTrTYif/,.. 'Atpsyyr)?, 
 aos", 5 kx\ fi, obscure, from a, pr. and (piyyos, eq$, to, light, 
 splendour. 
 
 116. ©eoauros, ou, 0, kou i\, divine, coming from God, 
 from &sc>r and csvgj to rush or proceed. Ksxpa^ivo^, 
 prset. part, from xgccco to mix. 
 
 117. This verse may be scanned thus, and be con- 
 sidered as an Anapaest with the Proceleusmatic : 
 
 _ O U mm W U O U U t> — i 
 
 ixgTO ts^//,ovi|ov g^i Trocyov. 
 119. /HwGTrbr&os, ou, 5 xal ^, unfortunate, from S^ and 
 Tror/AOf fate, condition. 
 
ITPOMHQEY2 AE2MfiTH2. 17 
 
 rov Aiog IxQpw* rov nan QeoTg 120 Anap. Dim. 
 
 &' ct7rs%9eioig e\9ovQ\ ottoctoi Id. 
 
 TTjU Atog avXrjv zlcroi'xyovirw, Id - 
 
 diet rrjv \ictv (piXorrjTa, QqotZv. Id. 
 
 <peu, (pev, rl nor ctv KivaOiCfJuz kXvco Id. 
 
 ireXag oitovuv ; a*0i)a f l\ot(pox7q 125 Id. 
 
 wrepvytov l^iivouq VTrocugiQi. Id. 
 
 Tra^ ^ (po&eoov ro ttooctboitov. Paraem. 
 
 tov s%9gov Ajor, tov IxQovra S/a dTrsy^Qsiocs mxai flsoJV, ottc5(toi 
 sljoi^vo^civ roiv a^Xyjv Aior, Jia t^v X/av (ptXoryjra /3goT&/v. 
 (psv, <f>ei), ri xivaflitypta oicuvm tzzKols wots olv yCkuca ; § alQoig 
 v^off^g/^et sXaf galV §i7ra7s" 7rr£guya>$/. ^«v to wpoaigitov <po£egov 
 
 detested by Jupiter, and exposed to the hatred of all 
 the Gods, who frequent the palace of Jove, through my 
 too great affection for mankind. Alas! Alas! what 
 fluttering of birds close to me do I now again hear? 
 The air resounds with the light stroke of wings. 
 Whatever approaches is dreadful to me. 
 
 121. Ai* owsyfislxs eXS-ov^', literally, coming through 
 the hatred. 
 
 122. El<joi%vsaj, to enter into, to frequent, from sti and 
 pillar. 
 
 124. Kiva&ur/xa, aros, ro, Movement, motion, from 
 xjvaJh'^a; to move. 
 
 126. e Y*roflri/gj§ft/, to sound light, to hiss moderately, 
 from oupty% a pipe, and vvo. 
 
 127. Upoaepwov, 1 perg. neut. praes. past, from irpQ* 
 Qtpitw to approach. 
 
 D 
 
18 AI2XYAOY 
 
 xopor. 
 
 yccg yc^e rccfcig TTTBgvycov Id. 
 
 QoctTq u^iXkatg 7T()0cre£ct 130 Id. 
 
 / ^ / r Epich. Dim. or 
 
 TOVdi Trccyov, TTUT^aUS Anap. Dim. Bra. 
 
 / ~ _ > Epich. Dim. or 
 
 ^oy;£ TFupnroxxr* (ppvccq. Iamb . Dim> Cat . 
 
 K^0Ci7TV0(p0^0l $B fJL BTfSfJL^oiu aZf>0(,C Epich. Trim. 
 
 9 \ » \ 9- p Epich. Dim. or 
 
 TCTVTTcvy^ axy^XvQog^ Iamb . Dim . Cat- 
 
 v\ Siy^v avTgcov (tvxov, en <T 135 Id. 
 
 J HTrAij^g jHOU Iamb. Mon ? 
 
 XOPOS. (pofojfl'jjs' pwSgy* yao r!$s <p*X/a Taxis' irregvyw 
 wgooiSa rovJg srayov Goals' a/x/XXais", yioyis Kaqziirovox warqcpaS 
 (pgEvar. Se xgai9rvo(f>ogoi a5§ai gftrg/A\|/av /w,s' yag a%&> XTiJflrov 
 ^aXi/Co^ Siri^sv i^vypv avrpcov, Sg g<zrX7)£g ex ptoy 
 
 Chorus. Fear nothing: for this friendly train has 
 hastened to this rock with rapid movements, having 
 scarcely solicited paternal permission. The rapid 
 moving airs have sent me: for the echo of the blows of 
 the hammer resounded through the recesses of the 
 caves, and suffused over my cheeks 
 
 128. The Chorus. The strophe and antistrophe of 
 the chorus consist of similar or isochronal feet, which 
 may be seen by an examination of them. A minute 
 account of the different metres used in the chorus will 
 be found in the works of Burney, Herman, Morell, and 
 others, and to them we refer our readers. The marginal 
 notes will teach to what species of metre each verse 
 belongs. 
 
 133. KpaiTrvcxpogos", ou, b xoil fi, swift, quick, from 
 Kpamvos and (p£§w. 
 
 134. *A%w, Dor. for l\yjh. 
 
nPOMH0ET2 AE2MX1TH2. 10 
 
 Ta,u Qeu6PC07nv uiou>* <TU- Epich. Dim. Acat. 
 
 GfjV <T ct7T£$i\og o%to 7rrsocarca. Epich. Trim. Cat. 
 IIP. cm, at, at, cti, 
 
 Tr\q 7ro\VTS)tvov Ti)9vog exyova, 140 Anap. Dim. 
 
 TOV 7T601 TTOCCOLV 9 SlXl<r<r0f*eV0U Id. 
 
 %9w aXOlfATjTCp pZVfJLOCTL TTGUdsq Id. 
 
 *7TCIT0C$ '{iKSOiVOV) ^p^TJT , i<rIo6<r&' f Id. 
 
 ac? dec pep 7Tf)0<r7ro(>7ra,TcSi Id. 
 
 TrjcrSe (pccoocyyog CK07reXoig Iv ctzgoig 145 Id. 
 
 Qoovpccv a,£ijXov oxrfaroi)* Paraeniiacus. 
 
 ■ — »i . 
 Ttfv Q Efts guv iv atioj* Ss-aTrsSiXo* ffi/SriV tttspcijtqj oyw. IIP. 
 al, aT, a?, a?. eV/ova ttJs ttoXi/tskvoi/ TV161/0V, rz itouocs rov 
 CIke&vov •zrargos' sI\iggo{jAvov daoifjiriroj psvfjLXTL tfepl TTzaav 
 yfi&VGi, Ssg^floQTs, 6(t/Ssj9s, o7w Sc(7pu3 TTgOff-TrogflraTO*, OyYjGOJ 6V 
 
 the ingenuous shame. Unsandaled, I have flown to 
 you with speed. Pro. Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Descen- 
 dants of the fruitful Tethys, children of your parent 
 Oceanus, who rolls with sleepless course around the 
 whole earth, behold, see, bound in what chain, I keep 
 among the lofty rocks the unenvied station of this desert. 
 
 137. ®s[A£%u>iris, ri y modest, bashful, from 3-cpcsgo5- and 
 orv}/, ojTiQs o, an eye. 
 
 138. *Aflrg5iXos-, ov, h yea.) w, without sandals, from a pr. 
 and wsSiXov, a sandal or shoe. 
 
 140. Ho\uTsx.vof, ov, h xal r\, having many children, 
 from noXvs and tskvov, ov to, offspring. 
 
 142. 'Axo/pcojrof, ov, 5 vlol\ it, watchful, sleepless, from 
 a pr. and Koi^dco to sleep. 
 
 146. v A£'/)Xos-, ov, b na\.i, whom no one envies, vile, 
 despised, from a pr. and ^Xor, ov, q, emulation, envy. 
 
 d2 
 
20 AI2XTAOT 
 
 XOPOE. 
 
 , lfJLo7(Tiv ocraroig cfj^xXa, Id. 
 
 ^ irQ0<ry%B TrXypyjg ^ocyc^vtov^ Id. 
 
 0"0V SifJLag el(ri$0VCT<Z 150 Epicbor. Dim. 
 
 r / Iamb. Dim. Cat. 
 
 ITiTQCUS irQOO-UVMVOfABVOV, ^ or Epich Dim . 
 
 tol7<t$* d$ocf/,ot,VTO$£TOio'i XvfJLCtig* Cbor. Imp.Dim. Hyp. 
 
 ' \ '* M ' Iamb. Dim. Cat. 
 
 *£*/ yapoMovofioi or Epieh# Dim . 
 
 KQXToZor O\VfjL7T0V m V£0%po7g Periodicus. 
 
 ^S 0^ VOUOig 155 Iamb. Monom. CaU 
 
 Zsvg uQsTCog KgotTwei, roc Epichor. Dim. 
 
 XO. Xbvggoj, Uqo[/,Y$Ev 9 5s (pofsga o^ly^ka, TrX-jfjgriS Saxg^v 
 zjgoGri%s l^otaw offeror /txot elfffSoi^a ffov $£{/,ocs KgoaavaivofASvov 
 itkvQous, rcudSz o&ocfjLavToSiroiGi "kv^ais' yoip ve'o* oidx.ovofjt.oi xgoc- 
 rovaiv O"ku[A7T0V Se S73 Zel^ dQircJS xgocruvst vso^f/.oTs' vopoot^ 
 
 Chor I see, Prometheus, and the trembling mist full 
 of tears rushes o'er my eyes, when I behold your form 
 parching on the rocks in these iron-bound misfortunes : 
 for new governors controul Olympus, and already 
 Jupiter, without restraint, governs by new institutions, 
 
 149. Ugoaffis, a 1. act. from tt^ogccIggco to rush to- 
 wards. 
 
 151. n%oGocvaivo(jLevos, part, from TrqoGavoclvofj^xi to be 
 dried, from v^bs and auaivco to become dry. 
 
 153. Oiaxovopto?, ou, o, a pilot, one who directs the 
 rudder, from oia£, axos o, the tiller of a rudder, and vsjxw 
 to direct or govern. 
 
 154. Neo^/xor, oS, o xal w, new, fresh, from vsos*. 
 
 156. AOirws, adv. without law, from a pr. and 9*to*, 
 ^, ov, fixed. 
 
IIPOMH0EY2 AE2M\QTH2. 21 
 
 WfHV Se TrsXcagtci vvv uifTTOi Cbor, Imp. Dim. Hyp. 
 
 IIP. 6* yccp f& V7T0 yv\v, V6(>9ev (f AlSoV Anap. Dim. Cat. 
 rov vsKgoSeynovog, elg um^vTOu Id. 
 
 TCLOTotoov ijxev, SscpoTg ccXvrotg 160 Id. 
 
 aygiotg TreXucocg, cog ftyrs 9sog Id. 
 
 [tyrs rig aXXog rottrcV lysyvjSei. v Id. 
 
 VVV Gli(/Bf)iOV KlVUyfA ToCkOCg Id.-e*. 
 
 *xfi(>otS e7ri%u(>TK ttbttovQck. 164 Parami. 
 
 Ss vvv d'icroi r<z tt§Jv TrsXcigfa. IIP. yag e! TreXaJffar ayg/oiy 
 aXvrois Saei/tdiS, Jqk£v (xs uttq yriv, re vegflsv vsxgoSeVptovos" 
 A»'Soy, eU uTripoLvrov TagTagov, c&f /xyjrs Seas', pc^rs tis" aXXor 
 
 sysyvjSei ToIffSs c nriiA<x.Giv. 0^8 v5v, £y#j T^Xas", alSs'giov xivuyiAct 
 wincvQa, hwiyjxgra, e%0goiV. 
 
 and he now levels those who were once great. Pro, 
 If having bound me in cruel indissoluble chains, he had 
 sent me beneath the earth, and below the dead-receiving 
 Hell, to the extensive Tartarus, so that neither God 
 nor any other being could have received joy from them, 
 / had been content: but now I, the unfortunate, am 
 made aerial sport, and suffer indignities which give joy 
 to mine enemies. 
 
 157. 'Ai'tfroo;, to obliterate, from aiaros obscure, un- 
 known, from a pr. and ijr//xt. 
 
 159. NexgoSsyp^v, ovosy h kou f), receiving the dead, 
 from vsxgos- and Se%opwM. 'AtfegavTos-, ov, 5 xxl y, infinite, 
 extensive, from a pr. and zje^aivco to end. 
 
 163. KiwyiAx, cltos to, any thing which is moved 
 about, from Kiwaaco to move. 
 
 164. ETr/xagTos-, ou, *a\ ri 9 an adjective applied to 
 things from which we derive pleasure. 
 
22 AI2XYAOT 
 
 XOPOS. 
 
 rig ZSs TXvjciKccgSiog crr^oCpTJ jQ\ Iamb. Dim. Cat 
 Oeuv otu t«T tirixoifyii ; Id. 
 
 rig ov (tuvol^x ^^ nxxoTg Id. 
 
 ^/ A / . « v > » \ Iamb. Trim* 
 
 reoi(rt 9 d;%# ye Aiog ; o o S7ri7coTccg as* Cat 
 
 SccftvcLTCti cvgotvlav 170 Dact. Penthem. 
 
 ygyyav* cJJg X^- Dact. Dim. 
 
 £g; 7T£<i> ai> */ KOQecri ksxo, tj TrocXupa, tivi Dact. Pentam. 
 
 rocv dvtrccXcoTOV eXy rig ccgx^* Chor.Imp.Dim.Hyp. 
 
 XO. ris 9"ea/v oj$s rXr.ffixi^ios oru rccie sm%aqri ; fis ov 
 GuvoLoyyikgi rsdiai xaxois Viyjz ye A toy ; 6 Se asl SifjLsvos 
 ayvafjLTTTOv voov eTnxoTa/s SdfAVxrai ovgavlav ye'vvav' ov^e 
 Xyi^ei 9T/;!v >? ctv xopicri v.kccp, w t1* eXoj TtoCkot.y.y. nvl roiv ^ugcL- 
 T^corov d%%dv* 
 
 Chor. What God is so hard-hearted as to be delighted 
 with these things? Who does not suffer with your 
 sufferings, except Jupiter? But he, for ever upholding 
 an inflexible mind, angrily subdues the celestial race ; 
 nor will he cease, until he satiate his heart ; or some one 
 seize by artifice the impregnable empire. 
 
 165. TXo)<7ixa§Sior, ou, b xal y, hard hearted, from 
 r\dco and xagfiioi the heart. 
 
 167. ^vv(x,ayjx\<i.aj, to grieve with another, to sympa- 
 thize, from guv and oLGyjihaLoj. 
 
 168. 'Ettikotcos, adv. angrily, from ew\ and xoror. 
 
 169. "AyvapKTos, ov, b xou ri, hard, inflexible, from a 
 pr. and yvd^Trrcj to bend. 
 
 173. ZWaXa;Tor, ou, 6 kocI w, difficult to be taken, from 
 Siy and qlKqw to take. 
 
nPOMH0EYS AESMftTHS. 23 
 
 IIP. ? priv £T* eftov, KM7re(> xgocTegaTg 
 sv yvt07TB$otig ouTC^ofiivov^ 175 
 
 $ei%oci to veov jSouAgu^, v<p* orov 
 
 OC7J7TTDQV TlflOtg T WXO&VXoiTOll* 
 
 Kcci fji ovts fjte)uy\u(r<roig ireiQovg * 
 
 iTTuodoucriv 6tX%ei 9 (TTeoeotg r „ 180 
 
 OV7T0T U7TSiAxg TfTvi^g^ too eyco 
 
 xaT»[njvv(rca 9 Trow uu 1% uygi'cov 
 
 TIP. 7) pc^y zjQuTowis [Aotxdqcov srt e%ei %%elav Ifxov, Kalnep 
 aix.i£pnhov sv x^arspous yvwirzlia.is, $e7%oci to vs'ov ^ouXeu^oc 9 
 p(p orov r a,7toavXoiroci OKr&rpov rs n^xs. xccl outs 6iK%ei //,£ 
 lj*zkiy\c!jGGQis EiraoiSouaw zjs&ovs, ts outiots irrrfeaS CTspsis 
 pLitsikxs, syui koctoc^vugoj to_5s, zrgiv av •/jzkd.ay s% dyqiwv 
 
 Pro. Nevertheless the ruler of the blessed shall still 
 have need of me (although now suffering in stubborn 
 fetters), to point out a new plot by which he shall be 
 robbed of his sceptre and honours ; and he shall neither 
 soothe me by the honey-tongued incantations of persua- 
 sion, nor ever stooping to his firm threats will I dis- 
 cover it, until he shall loose me from 
 
 174. The lines from 5 /xr<v to eQeXriM are anapaests, 
 the last being a Paraemiacus. 
 
 175. TvioTr&w, w?, w, a fetter, from yuiov, ov, to, a limb, 
 and srsSoo, ris y w, a fetter. 
 
 176. YlguTuns, sous o, a%%m vttoitos, chief magistrate, a 
 director. 
 
 179. MeX/yXwffdor, ov, h maX w, having soft speech, 
 from piKi honey, and yk^oo% tongue. 
 
24 AI2XTA0Y 
 
 Sec/Aw xxXccarri) Troivccg re rtveiv 
 Tyro cuKtlug e9e\r}<rY}, 
 
 XOPOS. 
 
 (TV {JLSV 9j)Ot(nJS TS> KOU TTiZ^Uig UVTUTTf*. /3 . Iamb. Dim. 
 
 Ivouviv ov$h Itti'xc&gLsj 186 Id. 
 
 ayotv £ IXsuOsgocrTOfitTg. Id. 
 
 IfJLoig Sb (ppivocg hsQice diocrooog (po&og* Iamb. Jrim. 
 
 $e$ta $* dfJL(pi <roug rvxccig, Ion.aMin. Dim. 
 
 IF SI 7T0TS tmSs 7T0VC0V 190 Dact. Penthem. 
 
 Xgii <TS TSftfAX Xt\- Troch. Mon. Hyp. 
 
 cuvr i<ri$tiv. ax/^ros yct(> rfiea, km) iceag Dact. Pen. 
 
 SeaiAuiv, re eSeXo^r) rivw zsoivas nrriaV aiTtsii?. XO. ov y*h 
 re hpocovs, xal zTnyjikcjis otiblv zjix%cc7$ Suochjiv, Sg oiyav eXs^&s- 
 
 ffaTs" Thais' zjoi sjots yjgh as xiXaccvroc eaihtv Tggpta r£v$s 
 
 these cruel fetters, and be willing to yield me retribution 
 for this indignity. Chor. You are indeed bold, and 
 cede nothing to your bitter sufferings: you use the 
 freest language: but penetrating fear agitates my mind, 
 and I tremble for your fate, and know not into what port 
 retreating, you may find an end of these labours : for 
 the son of Saturn has manners which are inflexible 
 
 187. 'EXzuQepoeropiw, to speak freely, from eXeiJSggo^ 
 and (TTo/xa. 
 
 1S8. Aidropos, ov 9 o xccl w y perforating, penetrating, 
 from hi and roqsdf to penetrate. 
 
 189. Ae'Sia, 1 sing. perf. ind. mid. from htico to fear. 
 
 191. KeXravTa, 3 sing. a. 1. part, from xeXXcy properly, 
 to direct a vessel to land. 
 
 192. KniypTos, ou, 6 xaJ fi, not to be soothed by 
 prayers, from a pr. and niyyuM to seize. 
 
ItPOMH©ET2 AESMftTHS. 25 
 
 dtfUQtipvQoVBXe' Xgovov TTUig. Chor.Imp.Dim.Hyp. 
 IIP. oi $* on Tgaxvg kou tfuif eavTcS Anap. Dim. 
 to lUcuov t%m Zevg. u\\ Ifiirocg 19$ Id - 
 
 fjLCtkuxoyvtofACOV Anap. Mon. 
 
 scroti troQ\ orccv tcmtvi goucdy* Anap. Dim. 
 
 Tip $* ciTeoxfjLVov crro^icrocg ogyviv, Id. 
 
 Ug OC^fJLOV SfJLOl, K&l (plXoTVjTM Id. 
 
 OUsvicdV (TKevfioVTi 1V0§ y%U* 200 Paroemiacus. 
 XO. ttccvt ewtdi\v$/ov, kgc) yeyuv qfuv Xoyov, 
 
 dTrx^ifxv^QV xiccg. IIP. oTS' on Zeus lari Tpocyyjs xal g^wv 
 ro Stxaiov xqdro^ TtccQ eocuroj. dXKac ftori egtoci \yjTtOLS fAaXaix,* 
 yvdfJLCtjv, orciv pai&ri tocutyi Xi/pcp' Ss oro^icus tojv dripocfAVov 
 hoym wots GTtzubwv s%zi l/xot gvsvSqvti bU ag&ptov kcu (piXo- 
 rnrtx,* XO. ekkoXu^/ov Trdvra, xai yiycuvs fifMV Xoyov 
 
 and an inexorable heart. Pro. I know that Jupiter is 
 inflexible, and possesses in himself the right of power: 
 but hereafter he will become entirely gentle, when de- 
 pressed by these misfortunes, and keeping down his 
 haughty pride, he will hereafter come hastening to re- 
 ceive my offered union and friendship. Cho. Discover 
 all and speak out to us the cause, 
 
 193. 'Attagapw&of, ov, h kou ri, inexorable, from a, pr. 
 arid zjagapc^&eopta*. 
 
 196. MaXaxyvciptwv, ovof, 6 xai rt, of soft and gentle 
 mind, from ptaXaxor, *i, ov, and yva/pw). 
 
 198. \Arsga/x,vos> ov, o kou w, crude, difficult of diges- 
 tion. 
 
 199. 'AgS/xos, ov, h, friendship, union, from apw to 
 connect. 
 
 200. From hence, until the two hundred and eighty- 
 fifth line, we have a series of Iambic verses. 
 
 201. Yzywiw, to speak out, to vociferate. 
 
 E 
 
26 AI2XYA0Y 
 
 TTOlto XotCtoV <TZ ZtVg \tt UiTlCtfjL&Tl, 
 
 ovrcag uTipcog ytou TTtK^cog ouki^stgu ; 
 Si$a%op ypag, bi n py ftkcwmi \oyca. 
 
 IIP. uXyeivoc ph \jloi ytoci \eyew \rr\v rci$6 9 205 
 akyog Jis criyaiv, ttocvtccx^ $e $v<r7TOTfio&. 
 ens) rw/ifTT ij^ocvTO tiotlftovsq %oAov, 
 CTaag r iv a,X\ij\oi<nv eoooQvveTO — 
 o* fJilv 6£\ovTsg Ik^ocXbTv sdootg Koovov, 
 tag Zsvg ccvd<r<roi SvjQsv, ol ds rovpTraXw 210 
 
 C7T£V$ov7&g, ug Zsvg iayikot ct(>%6i6v Qecav — 
 
 lirl 7rolw aiTi£[AOLTi TjBus Xaf civ as, ovruS alxltyrai irly^us nod 
 itiKgus ; $3a%ov Ti^ois, et ^yj ffhwnrzi ri Xoycj. IIP. eanv 
 aXyeiva ptg'v ptoi y.ou Xe'y«*v rode, Je akyos oiygcv, 5e itcivrczyjn 
 ^vaTror^x. ivel nxyyara. Sa/poovss" riefeavro %oKov 9 re araais 
 wqoSuvsTO ev aXXoiXouiv — ol i&h §i\ovrss IxCaXen/ Kgovov sS^as, 
 cus Ze^S StjQev dvciGGOi, ol Se CTrsudovrzs to i'pwraXiv, #£ Zev£ 
 fAriWora &p%mv &sa/v — 
 
 by whose allegation Jupiter thus bitterly and dis- 
 gracefully afflicts you. Instruct us, if no injury arise 
 from the relation. Pro. It is painful to me to 
 mention, painful to conceal these things ; grievous in 
 every way. As soon as the Deities commenced discord, 
 and revolt was excited among them (some wishing to 
 eject Saturn from his throne that Jupiter forsooth might 
 reign, and others expediting the contrary that Jupiter 
 might never govern the Gods), 
 
 209. Titanus and Japetus, the two eldest sons of 
 Ouranus, opposed the sovereignty of Jupiter, who 
 released from confinement Briareus, Coitus, and Gyges, 
 and by their assistance defeated his enemies. 
 
^•KU- . 
 
 nPOMHQKTS AE2MATH2. 27 
 
 ipTQ&ZQ* lyco roc \u<rTU QovXsvuv, irtQeiv 
 TiTccvotg, Ovgczvoi) re zee) Xdovog tbkvoCj 
 
 aTlfJLCMTCLVTiq KOC/jTBgoTg (p()0VVJfJLM<rw 9 215 
 
 iaovT ocftoxQ) iroog fiiuv re Si<r7r6<rety. 
 IfjLOh Se /Jtrjrr]^ ou% oiiroc^ povov Qspiig, 
 xcci Touot) ttoXXcov ovofJLUTtov [Aootpyj (jua, 
 to fitWov y KgMvoiTQ 7r^ovTeQs(r7rizsi. \y 
 
 ZvTaXfy sydif fiou'keuejv ri, \Zara. ouk '/iSvvn^nv tt&siv Ttroiv(Z? 9 
 rs rix.va. Ovpocvov xotl X&ovcSf Se artpta^avres" ou^x/Kols /x»- 
 yjxvdt Kocpregois <ppovYi(jt,&cnv, cpovro SsaTrocaiv mpos fiiotv re 
 «/^0X»^*» ^g lAwryp ©spctf kou Taia, i*X% pop^ri TroXkuv 
 ovo/xaro/v, TCgovT&zcTtUzi e/xoi, ovy^ %,<%&% (aqvov, to ixiXKov ri 
 xpaivGiro* 
 
 then I, tlwugh giving the best advice, was not able to 
 influence the Titans, the sons of Ouranus and Terra* 
 Despising in their bold thoughts crafty policy, they 
 thought to obtain empire by force, and without labour : 
 but my mother Themis or Gaia, (for under one form she 
 is distinguished by various names), foretold to me, not 
 once only, how the future would turn out : 
 
 214. riSwriSm, for eoVvtS&ojv, Att. Dial, from Suvaoptai 
 to be able. AlixuXos, ou, h xal ri, cunning, various, de- 
 ceitful, from alpuyv knowing. From Afpu/Xo* comes the 
 Latin word aemulus, and our emulous. 
 
 215. ' 'At i^axsy a 1. part, from dn^d^co to despise or 
 disdain. 
 
 219. UpouTBQeomKGi, plusq. perf. act. for TrgosrsSeoTrUet, 
 from wpoSsomfyj to foretel. To pce'XXov, x. r. X. may be 
 thus arranged, 7r^ovre^s<77Ttx.ei o$ov ri to pos'XXov egyov xga/- 
 vojto, foretold me the way in which the future events 
 would be determined. 
 
 r 2 
 
28 AI2XTAOY 
 
 tag ov kolt *V%i5r/, ovSb TT^og to KUgTSgov 220 
 
 XP^Vf $o\co ^s, rovg VTrBf)0"XfiVT0ig xgotTBTv. 
 TotavT b[jlov \oyoi<riv sfcyyovfjievov, 
 
 OVK yi^tcCCOLV OvSs TTgOC&XeifycM TO 7TMV. 
 7C0CCTKTTU 07} (JLOI TWV TTU^BCTCOTCOV TOTS 
 
 Itpalvsr slvou, Tf^oorXotQiOvru fAyTBgcc, 225 
 
 B7C0V& BKOVTl Tj^vI CV^TTUDUCrTOCTBTv. 
 
 Ifjuoug $b QovXaTg Taftrdgov fJLBXot[zCoidrig 
 
 XBv9fJLC0V KUXVTTTBI 70V TTOCXoCiyBVTj KoOVOV, 
 
 £$M 9 i)S %ptM OV HOLT loyjJV, 0V$S TtpOS TO KOLgTZpOV, Se SoXo?, 
 
 xqarsiv robs v7rsq<7%ovra$. Iptou s%nyovi/.(vQu roiavrd, \6yoian, 
 ov>t Jfelojoav o*5Se TrpofjQxi^ai to 9r2v. 5?) xpdricra rm tots 
 mapzarwrm IfatVETO (jlqi eTvoci, s^z wgooXocQovroL (AYirspoc, exovtgc 
 Trapaorarsiv Ixovt* Ztjv*. pCEXapcCaSyjr xsv^fxa/v Taprd^ou 
 xaXvTrrsi, Ipous Se (3ou\ouf, tov mcCkauyviri Kpovov, 
 
 she said, that there was need neither of force nor vio- 
 lence, but of craft, to subjugate those who had the 
 superiority. When I declared such things to them by 
 words, they deigned not even once to look at me. The 
 best way, under the then existing circumstances, ap- 
 peared to be, that I should take my mother, and with 
 voluntary aid assist Jupiter. The dark-profound abyss 
 of Tartarus covers, through my councils, the ancient 
 Saturn, 
 
 225. Some editions have ^-gosXafovTi, in which case 
 it agrees with l^o\ in the preceding line, but TrpoaXafiovra, 
 must have e/xs understood. 
 
 227. MsXa/x&x&'ytf, gof, 5 xou w, having a dark abyss, 
 from //.sXas and /3a5o$-. 
 
 228. UccXuiysvrtf, sor, 5 xal i\ 9 old, one born a long 
 time ago, from ^aXou and ys/voptaj. 
 
nPOMH0ET2 AESMftTHS. 29 
 
 o tcov dewv rvouvvog cotpeXyjuevogy 230 
 
 ~ M t\/ » » / f 
 
 TCOCKMHTl TFOlVULg TOLKTde f6 MVT7J[JtH\y0iT04 
 
 svscti y<ko TTtcq rovro ttj tvoclvvIoi 
 
 VOtTfJfAU, TGtg (plXOKTl fJbf} TTBTTOVVtVCU* 
 OXJV SPCt)T0CT 9 OUTIOIV KWJ fjVTlVM 
 
 cciKi^eTal ps, touto ctj (rutpypHO). 235 
 
 07TCdg TU'XJkO'TOl TOV TTUTQWQV Big 9()OV0V 
 TCOiQs^BTy tvdvg SuifAQClV V6[JLBl yS(>0t 9 
 
 roicc^ hpya, e% 6[jlqv avTo^si^aTo pee TaiVSe xaytouGi woivofis* 
 yag Ttm rovro voaaj/xa 'heart rri ri/gavv/S*, /xai vrsTtovSivoct rots 
 (piXoiGi. 5-y) <7a(pyjvia) rovro, o S* o&v epcoroirs, xa&* Jivnva amav 
 aixiQerod pes. o'^w^ ra^wra xa&c£sTO elf Trotrg&ov Sgovov. 
 svSus ve/xei yipec Sa/ptojtv 
 
 and his allies. The tyrant of the Gods, assisted in 
 these matters by me, repaid me by this evil recom- 
 pence: for somehow this disease belongs to tyranny 
 " to mistrust its friends." I will now unfold that which 
 you require, viz. the reasons why be afflicts me. As 
 soon as he was seated on his paternal throne, he imme- 
 diately distributed rewards, 
 
 229. xari tWSs spyx, with respect to these matters, or 
 in these particulars. 
 
 231. Avra/xs/CVa*, to remunerate, from av-ri and 
 a/xe/£o/xat to make an exchange, or repay. 
 
 235. Sa^wS, for aaQwiacj, f. 1. act. I will explain, 
 from <ra(py]vi£a/. 
 
 237. Tgga, contr. of yegara. 
 
30 AI2XTAOT 
 
 ccXXoktiv uXXcc, %ou $it<rTotxlQ ro 
 
 upxw 9 Qootcov $6 twv Tc&XuiTrdgcov Xoyov 
 
 ovtc t<rxsv ov$tv\ aXX' uicracrocg yivog 24,0 
 
 TO 7TUV 9 £X(*V& V ^X° (pVTVCM VBOV. 
 
 kou tokti 6 ovdeig avre^uivs TrXyv eftov. 
 eyco S* IroXfjLijr' e%t(>v<rd[jLviv fyorovg 
 rov firi &u£()cu(rQevTug elg Al'Sov poXsTv. 
 
 Tto TOt TOlOcTcrh TTljfAOVOtTo'l KCCftTTTOfJLUt, 245 
 
 olXKol aKKoiaiv xal Si6fft0i%/£sT0 &p%riv. Se ovk tayjcV q&Ssvx 
 Xoyov rm raXouTrcogwv /3/?ot£v, £k\* uiordjaas to mxv yivos, 
 *X%VK EV tyvTvaai aXKo veov. xal oudsU nXm ly^ov avTs'Cawe 
 rotate. Sg eyco eroX/xajffa* iifipvoiywv fiporovs rov yuri pioXsTv 
 ^lupp&ioSivras eU oixov Ai'Sot/. rut roi xa/xgjrToptai TOialVSe 
 
 to the Deities; some to these, some to those, and 
 arranged his empire : but he made no account of the 
 unfortunate mortals, for, intending to obliterate the 
 whole race, he meant to create a new one. No one 
 except me opposed these intentions. I alone dared. 
 I saved mankind from descending, utterly destroyed, to 
 the depths of hell. For this reason I am afflicted with 
 these misfortunes, 
 
 238. AiacrQixlfyiAoci, to divide, or arrange in divisions* 
 A term formed from the separation and division of cat- 
 tle which have pastured together, from S<a and arolyo^ 
 an order or rank. 
 
 239. TaXatTro/gaf, ov, h xa! r>, wretched, unfortunate, 
 from raXaw to bear, and zsZpos grief, vexation. 
 
 243. 'E^egi/ffapwjv figorous rov pw pooXeiv ^lappouaSivhois lis 
 oTxov Kilov, may be thus literally translated; I saved 
 mankind that they might not go breaking through into 
 the mansion of hell. 
 
nPOMHQETS AESMXITHS. 81 
 
 wouT'xj'W fi\v d\ysivu7<rtv, olx.Tf>ou<Tiv $ 3b7v. 
 Ovrjrovg $* Iv owta Tf^oUfiBvog, tovtov tux^m 
 ovk yfycoOiiv avrog, ccXXct vyXBug 
 o)d B^vQ/ii(T[jLeu 9 Zrjv) $v<nt\Bijg Qect. 
 
 XO. tn^c(p^cov tb kcck *nBTf>ug elgy<i<r(jLBvog 9 250 
 otTTig, nfjofjtyjQev, croicriv ov £vm(rxa7(£ 
 poxfioig* lyco yctf) ovt ocv tio't$Biv tolIb 
 e X$7& v i £ici$ov<ru r yXyvvQriv jceu(>. 
 
 cckytivouon fjilv moioyjciv, S' o\y.Tpouaw iSelv. SI ^o&eptivos 
 SvriTOufhoixTcp, avrot ovx. -w^jcJ&ojv rvy/iv rovrov, %a^\ay^xros 9 
 aXXa ur$B \n\eous Ippv^iMGyLou, 3"ga $v<jx\sws Z»v/. XO. 
 ris av tin rs Gi&npoqpcjv xccl s\py&G&svo$ Ik Ttsrqas vans, 
 Tlpo[JLY}§tv, ov %uva,ayjxkgi goigiv fjLOjftois* yip syu oiirs 
 £Xpn£ov sfxs oiv sigio'eiv raSe, rs sloiSovcoi rikyvvSriv xsdp. 
 
 dreadful to suffer, and pitiable to behold. Feeling 
 pity towards mankind, I was not thought worthy to 
 obtain this favour, and am thus unmercifully bound, an 
 object inglorious to Jupiter. Cho. His mind must be 
 firm as iron, must be made of stone, who does not, 
 Prometheus, melt at your distresses. I did not solicit 
 to see these things, but having seen them my heart is 
 afflicted. 
 
 248. No)X£<2r, without pity; adverb formed by aphae- 
 resis from dvrikws: derived by some from vn and eXsos 
 pity. 
 
 249. 'Eppv§[jLi<JiAai, plusq. perf. pass, from pvb&ity to 
 bind, to form. Av ntksrts, sor, 5 xal ^, infamous, inglo- 
 rious, from $vs and xXe'oy. 
 
 250. Si&flf oQpwv, ovos, 5 kou w, of iron mind, from otivgos 
 and Qpw. E^yajptsvor perf. part, pass, from ipyi^o^k 
 to labour, to perform a work. 
 
32 AI2XTA0T 
 
 IIP. not,) pyjv (piXoig l\tivog elcoguv eyoo. 254 
 
 XO. py 7TOV Tl 7T()Ov£ljg TM$S Ku) TTS^UITB^U I 
 
 IIP. OpijTovg y eVautn* py\ 7T^o^KB(rdoci pogov. 
 XO. to iroTov tvotov Tq<r$e <puf)ficw.ov vocov ; 
 IIP. rvtpXag ev uvTo7g eXTrwag xutcokktu. 
 XO. psy co(pe\vifjLoi tout ISco^frca fyoroig. 
 ,M.JL£- HP. Tr^og to7<t$6 pevroi ttv^ lyca <r<piv ca7rot(roc. 
 XO. km vvv (pXoycdTrov TTVg 'ixpixr etpyjpegoi $ 
 
 IIP. kou pwiv eyej ekeivbs (piXois elaopoiv. XO. pwi mov n 
 wpouGrt xaJ wspocirspco rouvtie ; IIP. y* %'nocvatt hvnrovs /xa) 
 grpoSe^xE^&at (jiogov. XO. siJgciv to atojov (pa^ptaxov r^ffJe 
 voaof ; IIP. Kocrdomact rvtykocs IXitiias. Iv azJrotV. XO. 
 sSojqriGco rovro (Jiiycz wtpikyixa, fiporols. IIP. lyu f^ivroi 
 
 WTtOLGOL ItVp CtylV TtpoS Toi<J&e. XO. KCU VVV S(pYif^SpOl ty^OVGl 
 
 Trvp (pXoycyTrov. 
 
 Pro. Indeed I am an object of pity to my friends. 
 Cho. And did you not advance somewhat farther than 
 this? Pro. Yes! I prevented mankind from foresee- 
 ing their fate. Cho. By finding what remedy for that 
 evil? Pro. I bestowed upon them blind hope, 
 Cho. You gave a great blessing to mortals. Pro. I 
 moreover bestowed fire upon them, in addition to these 
 favours. Cho. And do mortals now possess the bril- 
 liant fire ? 
 
 255. TlpovGns, for tfgos'GV, from argoCaivft/. JJapairipco, 
 comp. degr. from tfega. 
 
 258. KaroSxitra, a. 1. act. from xa-roix/^ai to make to 
 inhabit. 
 
 261. OXoyambs, oi, ov, shining, glittering, from <pXo§ 
 and (l)^ y cJ#o£, 6, an eye. 'E^ptgf 0?, ov, 5 kou ri, diurnal, 
 QSporU a mortal, is understood), from swJ and w/^'ga a day. 
 
nPOMHQEYS AESMftTHS. 33 
 
 IIP. d$ ov ys iroXXccg lnfia$ii<rovTcu Tt%vot,g. 
 XO. roioTartie Jq cs Zevg B7r uiTia,[jLOL<rtv 
 oclKi^erai re, KovSo&fJLy %&Xc{> komuv ; 
 
 OvF BO'TiV C&OXoU TBPfJLU (TOt TTDOKeiftSVOV ; 265 
 
 IIP. ovjc ctXXo y ov$ev 9 ttXtjv %Totv zeivto Sokvi. 
 
 XO. $c£et <Js 7rug ; rig \k%ig ; ov% opug on 
 yjfjLu^TBg ; cog $* yifAOLOTig, out IfJioi Xsyeiv. 
 Ttottf ijSovijv, vol t aXyog. ccXXoc ravToc, plv 
 peQcapev* ciQXou £' tKXvciv $T6t rivet. 270 
 
 IIP. d(p* oi ye, exptaQwoviUi iroXXds ri%w$. XO. Stf TLzvs 
 te auKi^srai oe iiri toioigSs ouridfMotGiv, %cu ou^afMrj yjiXgi y.ow.m ; 
 oi5S' sonv coi ri^kx cLQXou TrpoytzlfAzvov. TIP, ouk aXKo 7* 
 ozJSsv, wXriv orav Sokyj ytslva). XO. was Ss ^o^si ; ris eXsrls ; 
 °v% °PP S ° r * viv*a>%v*s ; S' atf %[jloc%T£S, our* l^oi Xsyeiv xaS' 
 yiSovriv, rs akyos 001. dXXd f/,h [abOcu^bv ravra. Ss £rirsi tiW 
 €xXt/o"*v oiQXou. 
 
 Pro. From which they will learn many arts. Cho. 
 Then Jupiter hath punished you upon such accusa- 
 tions, and remits nothing of your misfortunes. Is there 
 no termination of this difficulty in view? Pro. None 
 other except when it may please him. Cho. But how 
 will it please him ? What hope ? See you not that you 
 have erred ? But in what manner you have erred I 
 cannot relate with pleasure, and it would give pain to 
 you : but let us leave these considerations. Search out 
 some escape from this agony. 
 
 264. ITgoxeZ/xsvov, from 7tpoy.Bi^ai to be placed before : 
 ao\ flrgox£*'/xEvov, lying before you. 
 
 268. "Our g/xo! xiyzw %<x£ -wSovriv, It is not to me to speak 
 with pleasure. 
 
 F 
 
34 AI2XYAOT 
 
 IIP. eXoMppov, ocrrtg irvjudircav t%u iroSa, 
 s%6/, 7ra,»ouv&iv vovVsrsiv re rov zocKcoq 
 tt^ccctcovt' lyco Se rotvff o&ttuvt v\ivi<n<bpviv* 
 
 SKCOV, B7CWV VjfJLUflTOV) OVX a^VrjG'OfJLOir 
 
 QvvjroTq uaqyttiV) uvrog BV^ofjLyjv Trcvovq. r 275 
 
 OV fAV\V Tt TtQWOUq y UOfJLTJV TOlOUili fJLB 
 
 rvxovr egyjfjLov rovF ayuTOVoq TtcHyov* 
 
 KOCITOI TOC, (JLSV TTOlfiOVTU fJLV} $Vj>B<r9* CC^T}, 
 
 IIP. eXa^gov sqyov £<tt/ rivi oar is s%st srocfa e%w Tryfjidrcov vaqai- 
 vsiv re vo^QstsTv rov TigdaaovroL xaKws, 5' syou 'hiriardyLY^ airavra, 
 ravrd. ekqov, ekguv yfAaqrov , ovk dgyr\aoixai 9 dqriycov Qmrots 
 ai/roS Evqpysfw itovovs. ov jtxrjv ri y oSopcyjv (ae ytocrtayyocvE'io^a.i 
 roiatai noivous Trgor TrsSagffiW mirQous, rvy^ovrd rov^E Egh^ov 
 dyelrovos itdyov. ytalroi /xtj WgsaSs jxev rd irdgovra. 
 
 Pro. Easy is it for one, who has the foot disentangled 
 from evil, to exhort and advise him who is involved in 
 misery. I knew all these things. Willingly, willingly 
 have I erred. I deny it not. By assisting mortals, I 
 myself have found misfortunes. But yet I did not 
 think that I should be worn down by such punishments 
 on these lofty rocks, fixed on this desert unfrequented 
 place. But lament not the present pains, 
 
 272. NofSereci, to advise, from vovs and t/0*)/x,i. 
 
 277. Kocri(jxvaivco, to lessen, from xara and Uy/os 
 small. YlE^dpaios, ou, 6 xal r\> lofty, iEol. Dial, for 
 piErdgGios. 
 
 278. 'Aysirajv, ovos, h xal fi, Avithout neighbours, de- 
 sert, from a pr. and yEircuv. 
 
IIPOMH0EY2 AE2MJ1TH2. 35 
 
 7re$o7 Se Qurcii rug 7T(>o<re()7rov<rcig rvxug 280 
 
 UK0V(roiQ\ cog fjtocdrjrB dux, reXovg to 7Tmv. 
 
 wideo'di pot, 7ri9e<r9e, <rvfA7rovrj<rure 
 
 re? vvv poyovvri. ruvroi toi TrXavupevvi 
 
 nr^og uXXor ocXXov Tnjpovrj 7T(>o(n£avei. 
 
 XO. ovk ctKovcroug e7rtOcav%otg 285 Anap. Dim. Cat^ 
 tovto, noofMjQei) 9 Anap. Monom. Cat, 
 
 KOti VVV l\a(p()to 7TQ$) K()0li7rv6<rVT0V Anap. Dim. Cat. 
 
 Ganov 7T(>o\i7rov<r, alQegcc ff clyvov, Id. 
 
 irofiov otcovuv, oz^iOBfra'y Id. 
 
 xQovl T7ih ireXco' rovg covg Ss Trovoug 290 Id. 
 
 Se ficcaxi TreSot dKovGars rds ir^oGSQirovaxs tvyjzs, us [xdQyirs 
 Sici riXovs to tiolv. TriQsoOi &oi y wiOeaQe, GvysitovriGOLTi raj vvv 
 {AoyovvTi. xarai tocvtoc, Trn^ovri rot TtXavcofjiivw tfpoaiQdvsi a\- 
 Xote irqbs aXkov. XO. TIqoijlyiSsv, e7rs§cuu%ocs rovro ovk 
 oLkovoou? y,al vvv it^Kntovacc xgaiTrvoavrov 9*2xov IXa$>gai 7rol$l s 
 9"' ayvov al&e'ga, wopov oic5va/v, tfsXS Ta$s yfiovl oKgiQisavf 
 
 but descending on the earth, listen to events which are 
 creeping on, that you may fully know the whole, 
 Attend, attend to me, labour with him who is now in 
 difficulty: for with respect to these matters, misfortunes 
 wandering about, light now on this, anon on another 
 person. Cho. Prometheus ! you have mentioned this 
 to willing ears, and leaving now with light step this 
 swiftly-moving seat, and the pure air, the tract of birds, 
 I approach to the rugged earth : 
 
 280. FleSoV, adv. on the ground. Bacxi, 1 pers. f. 
 plur. a. 2. past, from jSa/vw. 
 
 281. Ai<£ ri\ov$ 9 the same as h&vroivTos entirely. 
 
 289. 'Qjcgiosis*, Qiaaoc 9 osv, rough. 
 
 290. ITsXa;, for WeXocgw, fut. 1. from TttktkZp to ap* 
 proach, from viXas near. 
 
 f 2 
 
36 AI2XTAOT 
 
 XwiCp ^ TTUVTog OC7C0V(TUi. Paraem. 
 
 XIKEANOS. 
 
 qKCti SoXiXW riofJLU K&evQoV Anap.Dim.Cat. 
 
 diotfjLSifyoifjLSvog 7T()og ce 9 n^opj^eu, Id. 
 
 tov TTTiovyuxri rovS* olcovov Id. 
 
 yvcipii, (TTOfJi(o)v aTS(>, evQuvuv. 295 Id. 
 
 rocTg cuTg Je rvxcziSy icQi, cvvotXyea* Id. 
 
 to re yd(> pe, $ok£, %uyytveg ovrtag Id. 
 
 e<rczvay7tci%et, %a£K re yevovg. Id. 
 
 ovk strriv otu psl^pvu fioT^ocv Id. 
 
 vtlpcMfJL, y vol. 300 Anap.Mon. 
 
 Se yU$Zfi> &KOVG0LI Sia ttolvtos robs govs itovovs. fiK. Tipofxri* 
 §sv, wco ii^os gb, 5iapi£i\I/a/x£V05' rigfxa, iokiyfis xsXeiJ&oz/, 
 svSvvwv yvcJ/x*), arzp ffropt/wy, tovJe vrregwceoxY) tov olo/vov. 
 Itabi, GWotkycZ raits gous Se rvyjxi r ya)% Joxcc/, to re £yyysvEV 
 otfrcyy Iffavayxa^si /xe, te %a>/>ir yivovs ova eVtiv S^o* otcu 
 yeifjiaci^ /xs/£ova fxoigav r^r e/>W <P*Xottjto£ $ goi. 
 
 
 I solicit to hear entirely your distresses. Ocean. 
 Prometheus ! I come to you, having passed through 
 the space of the long journey, guiding by will alone, 
 and not by bit, this swiftly-flying bird. Be assured 
 that I suffer with your misfortunes, and I feel that my 
 alliance in blood thus impels me, and independent of 
 alliance, there is none to whom I would bestow a 
 greater share of my regard than to you. 
 
 294. TlrspvyujKris, so?, h xa* f>, swift on the wing, from 
 ?3T*%v%, vyos, ri, a wing, and cjkv$. 
 
 297. Hi/yyevT]*, to*, 6 h<z\ ri % consanguineous, to afpca 
 fyyywis* 
 
nPOMH0ET2 AESMf^THS. 37 
 
 yvcoarei de rao cog tTvp , ovde (jlxtijv Anap. Dim. 
 
 X t oLDiToy\u)<r<rs7v bvi fzoi* (psoe yaf> 9 Id. 
 
 (rrjfjiociu o ri xf>rj rot %vfJL7r(>(x,<r<TW Id. 
 
 ov yot() ttot IgeTg cog 'Hkzkvov Id. 
 
 (piXog \<tti t3e£ouoTS()og <roi. 305 Parsem. 
 
 IIP. su % rl x$ y ll JL0C '> Ka * *** $V ^ovm 1(jlm 
 fang 67ro7FT7ig ; TTtog IroXftvicrug, Xi7rcav 
 
 67TUVV[4,6v T6 ()SV[AU Ku) 7T6T^B(p^ 
 
 Xe yvciast rd"Se cos erv&x, ovle en (xot itivm yyxqiroy'koooaeXv 
 yap (pipe, arcane o ri %%ri %u(A7rpccG<jeiv yao ov wore spets cos 
 !<m Qikos fieGaioreqos ooi fLxeavov. IIP. ea f rl, yghy*a\ xou 
 el St} iix.eis eitoTcmS eyicov zionvv; ttcus eroXtxyaas, \i7rdv re 
 pevywt, ewdivviAOV xa) iterpviQedpri 
 
 You well know that these assertions are true; and that 
 it is not in me vainly to flatter. But come on, point 
 out what it behoves me to act in conjunction with 
 you ; for at no time shall you say that there exists a 
 firmer friend to you than Oceanus. Pro. Cease ! What 
 matter 1 Do you come as spectator of my labours ? How 
 have you dared to leave the stream of ocean, so called 
 from you, and the rock-roofed 
 
 301. Tvcocei, for yvcoay, 1. f. mid. from yiyvcootco. 
 
 302. XapiroyXcoaaeco, to flatter, from %apis and yXwaaa* 
 v Evi, for hear i. 
 
 304. EpeXs, f. 1. act. from eiqu to speak. 
 
 306. *Ea, imp. mood of eaco to suffer or leave ; as we 
 say in English, let the matter rest. 
 
 307. 'Etfoz-TTtf, ov, 6, a spectator, from sttotttopww. 
 
 308. 'E^ro/v^or, ov, h xal ^, one who takes his name 
 from another, or one who gives his name to another, 
 from eirl and ovofxa. Tlerqy)%e(pri$y sos, b kou r\, rocky .» 
 covered with rocks, from zsirpcc and egetpw to cover. 
 
 8 
 
38 AI2XTAOT 
 
 aUTOKTlT CIVTfiOl, T7JV Ci^OfZ^TO^U 
 
 bXQbTv eg cuocv ; SJ deca^ccav Tvxpt,g 310 
 
 IfJLoig cc(pt%ui 9 xai fcvvoKrxaXeov KocKoTg ; 
 $e(>)tou QsctfjLcz, Tcvfie tov Atog (piXov, 
 
 TOV %VyKUT0l<rTYl<r0lVT0C T7JV TVf)CCVV$0l 9 
 oluig V7T* CtVTOV 7TY](JLQV0t7<ri KUfA7TT0(JLCCl. 
 
 X1K. cqZ, TI^ofJLTiQeij^ not) Tragocivscrui yi cot 315 
 
 GeXto TU XwPTOl, KQU7Te(> OVTt TTOMlXto* 
 
 yiyvoxnte creoiVTov, kou fAeQagftoorui r^o7rovg 
 vscvg* veog yccg not) rv^otvvog h QeoTg. 
 
 copwGcov e/xas" rv%as> xal %&vctc , xjzkwv xaxois ; Sigxou 9"eapta, 
 tovJs tov (plKov Atos - , rov ^t/yxaTaffTyiffavTa rriv rupcivviSa, olous 
 Z5YitA,ovouo i niywr 0^x11)7? aurov, £2K. YlgopmSsv, hpcu xatys 
 §£\co <7rotgxivi<7<xi roc \wari. goi 9 xafareg ovn woixlXco. yiyvojcxs 
 OEotVTov, ytoci pC/S&ag/^Oda* vzous rpowovs* x.a.1 yip vios rugavvos 
 lari 6v S'eoiV. 
 
 self-erected caves, to approach the iron-teeming earth? 
 Or are you come, that you may behold my misfortunes, 
 and condole with my distresses ? Behold a sight, behold 
 this friend of Jove, who in conjunction with him erected 
 his tyranny: see in what miseries I am bowed down 
 by him. Ocean. I see, Prometheus, and indeed I 
 wish to advise you for the best, although yourself are 
 fruitful in resources. Know yourself, and assume a new 
 conduct: for there is a new ruler among the Gods. 
 
 309. Autoxtitos, ov 9 o Kou Yi, self-constructed, from 
 avTos and kt'lco to build. StS^go/xooTo;^, ocpo$ y o xocl w, 
 producing iron, from ailnpos and pt^rojg. 
 
 317. MsflagiKOffai, a. 1. imp. mid. from ptsfla^o^optat 
 to put off something old and suit oneself with what is 
 new, from /aera, which in compound words implies 
 change, and ap^o^aj to adapt. 
 
IIPOMH0EY2 AESMfiTHS. 39 
 
 si 8' Zh TDo&x£t$ *&) redyjyfJLSvovs Xoyovg 
 
 gtyeig, toix & v (rou Kc *i ftoMgccv avcoreoa) 320 
 
 Qclkuv xXvot Zsvg, coorre cot rov vZv xflXov 
 
 ttuoovtoc (ib%QcoV) iraibiolv eivcci coksTv. 
 
 aX"X % TaXo6i7TC0o\ ocg £%£'£ ooyocg u(peg, 
 
 $rei Se tcov^b tttj^octcov cL7TotXXuya,g. 
 
 &f>%ou iG'cog cot (pxtvofjLou xiystv rctSe, 325 
 
 roictvTQL f/evTOi ry\g uyocv VlfyfjyOQGU 
 
 yXco(ra m 7ig J II do fiijQiv, TU7rixeioK yiyvzTou. 
 
 Ss si ov$e pl^sts rQccyjZs xou TsS^ypcEvoys" \oyovs y Tjzvs kou 
 
 &ax£v X.OLTQL fJL&Xgciv OOQV &VGJTEQOJ ?(£%& oLV xXltOl GOV, &GTS TOV 
 
 %oKoy vvv zsoiQwrat, ixoyfioov SoxsTv goi hi vat ^ratSjav. aXX* oj 
 TaKoLXTtooQE u(p£S oqyus as s'^sts", 5s tyrst diraXKocyas reives 
 TTWlAdrw. 'lows (pctivoiAai goi Xiysiv rc&s a§%a7a. rigopMoSsi), 
 TOiaDra fxiyroi s'igI ra IniyjziQo. tws ayav v-^/yyogou yXouGGW, 
 
 But if you thus throw outroagh and sharp expressions, 
 Jove, although sitting far above, may soon hear, and 
 the agony of the present miseries may seem sport. 
 But O unfortunate! dismiss the pride you now feel, 
 and seek retreat from these evils. Perhaps I appear 
 to you to be saying old-fashioned things ; but forsooth, 
 Prometheus, such are the rewards of a very lofty-in- 
 veighing tongue. 
 
 319. T&nyijLivQus, perf. part. pass, from &r/yw to 
 sharpen. 
 
 322. Houhci, play, from nous a boy. 
 
 325. Kqyjz&s, ou%> ouov, old, ancient. 
 
 326. Y-^rtyoqos, ov, o xal y, boasting, holding high 
 language, from v-^os and alyogx. 
 
 327. 'Ett/x^ov, ov, to, a reward, from sVl and % £ V 
 the hand. 
 
40 AI2XYAOT 
 
 (rv $* ov$£ttc0 Tcwreivoc, ouT BlKSig KCMOig, 
 Trgog roTg ttuoovo'i $' uWoc 7T/)o<r\a£s7v 3"6Ae*ff. 
 oijKovv, SfJLoi ye wcifjcsvog dioouncccXcp, 330 
 
 TTftCg KlVTfia, KttihOV BKTBVSig 9 OgCOV OTl 
 
 r^u^vg fJLovufi'Xpg ov$* V7rsv9vvog KgUTet. 
 
 xo&t vvv syu) fiBv tifti) new TreipotcrofjLM, 
 
 tocv dwcopoii, Tcovfie <f bkXvctou 7rovcov. 
 
 <rv $* y<rvx u £ 6 > P 7 !^ <zy°w XaGootrTo/iBi. 335 
 
 ij ovtc oi<r(? ctK()i£cdg f uv f 7TB^cr(ro(p^cov 9 on 
 
 aXXa it pot vo!$ itapovai, xaatoiS. ye ovxouv y^pcifxevos l/xoi SiSaff- 
 TcaXco IxrsveTs" xoj\ov irpos xevrpcL 9 bpevv on {xovccpyjis rpayps 
 ouV uitevbvvos y.g(x,rit. xa! vvv ftev eyu> eTfjLi xotl irei%ciGO[Jt,cct, eav 
 SuvcofjLoti, EKkvaai Ge to/vJs irovcov, gu S' t hov%a.2 i z, ixr^e oiyav 
 XaCgdffToTAEi, % ovk oioOa, oLnpiQws, wv it£%iGG&(ppajv on 
 
 You, at no time humble, yield not to evils, but wish to 
 add other distresses to the present. If you do not use 
 me as your instructor, you will strike your foot against 
 the pricks, seeing that the monarch is severe, and rules 
 without controul. But I now depart, and will endea- 
 vour to free you, if I am able, from these distresses. 
 Be you still, nor violently mouth out abuse ; for certainly 
 you must well know, being greatly endowed in mind, 
 
 332. ^YnsvQuvos, ou, 5 xaJ ^, accountable, subject to 
 investigation, from into and Bvbwn. The accounts which 
 the Athenian magistrates were obliged to render at the 
 termination of office were called bvSwou. 
 
 335. Aa£go<jropte<y, to talk intemperately, from Xafgo^ 
 violent, and <7To/xa a mouth. 
 
 336. rieg*<j<j6(pga;v, ovos, 6 xai ri } greatly wise, from 
 zsipujGos and (ppyv. 
 
I1POMH0EY2 AE2M&TH2. 41 
 y\to<r<rvi paroda, fyifiici ttpoo'td&btcu ; 
 
 IIP. oyAw <T , OV OVVBK BKTOg airitzg KVOSig, 
 TTOCVTCdV [ABTaCXCOV KOLl TBToXflYlKOOg BfJLOl. 
 XCtt VVV BUCOV) fJLV$B <TQl fABXTIOrUTCO. 340 
 
 TrctPTtog ycc(> ov irBiceig viV ov yug BVTf^rig. 
 
 TTUTTTCCIVB £' OiVTOg fXTJ Tl ITflfJLUvGfjg 0$60. 
 
 X1K. iroXka y oiptivoov rovg TTBXug (pgsvovv etpug 
 y cuvtov* B^yca koJ Koyca TBTtfiuigopui. 
 
 OfjflUfJLBVOV Jfi Hr$<X,pU)q [A CCVTHTTTCCO-Yig. 345 
 
 ZfltMcH <n%p arp IS erect (JLa.ra,ip. yXciaari ; IIP. tynXco as, ovveko, oti 
 
 Xl/gelf E KTQS QLlTi&S, [AETOCGXOUV TTCCVTCOV KCU TETOXlXTiXcls EfXoi. Xftft 
 
 vvv eZgov, r65s yjp^t^ /xt^s i^eXriGcirco cot. yag ov Trdvrcos tteIgeis 
 viV yag ov svTT&w. 5' avros zzxTrrcuvE ixri itn^av^s n oXoi. Q>K. 
 %<$vs zjoXKco y' &[AEivuv (pgevoSv rovs zszk&s rj oxvrov. rzx[Aoctpo- 
 y*qu sgyw xcu ov Xoyo?. Se lAr&aixws dvriairdians pes og^/xsvov, 
 
 that punishment treads close upon an insolent tongue. 
 Pro. I envy that you who have shared and dared all 
 things in conjunction with me, are free from blame ; and 
 now cease ; trouble not yourself; you will by no means 
 persuade him, for he is not easily to be persuaded. 
 Watch, lest you yourself should suffer something in 
 this journey. Ocean. You are much better suited to 
 think for your friends than yourself ; but I will prove my- 
 self by deed and not by word. Do not restrain my ardour, 
 
 338. OS' ovvek exactly corresponds with propterea 
 quod, so often used by Caesar. 
 
 341. Et/tfsiSyir, so?, 5 y.a\ '/) y one who easily obeys or is 
 persuaded, from ev and ttei&co. 
 
 343. Tovs <ke\ols, those near, a man's friends, because 
 friends are commonly near to a person. Qpevod, to 
 instruct, teach, from $pw. 
 
 345. 'AvTiffTracc/, to draw in an opposite direction, 
 from dvtl and oitatb to draw. 
 
 G 
 
42 AI2XTAOT 
 
 au^ftJ ycc^ uvx® rvivSe Swgzciv Ifiol 
 Sacetv Ai\ co(rre roovfis <r exXvcrcu irww. 
 
 IIP. TOC \LIV <T BTTCUVa)) KOuSuflTf Alj£w 7T0Tf. 
 
 7T()o()vfJLiag yoc^ cvSev iX2k$tfBug. utcc^ 
 
 fjLqSlv ttovsi' (jcccttjv yoc^ ov$ev ooQzXwv 350 
 
 ifjioi) TTovycreis ei n kou ttovbTv 9e\ug. 
 
 aAA* ij<ru;£a£s, croiUTov skttoSuv s%aw. 
 
 syco yot(> owe ei oxxttvxoq* rovd cvvbkcc 
 
 GeXoip uv cog 7rXei<TToi<n 7rrifJL0V<x,g rvxtlv. 
 
 0V Sfjr\ STTei fJLB KM KOKTiyVljTOV T\)*)(JXl 355 
 
 recover* "ArXuvTog, og Tr^og eorTregovg roTrovg 
 
 yag av%cZ, oivyj!) Aki Sougsiv epcol nov5e Sup sav, a/ffrt IxXSffai' 
 
 CTS TftJvSs ?70VWV. IIP. /X£V ItZOCWU) 6S Y.0LTO, TX, HOli OvS&tArt 
 
 Xri^cj ttote swaivsTv <rs, yip ou^sv eKhsimtf TrpoSvixiois* drap 
 jxooSev wovei* y«g flrovriffgi* ptaro^v, cJ<psXo/v ovSev 1/xoJ, s? xai 
 SeXstf TrovsTv n. aXX* w^a§s, e%ft;v <7ai/rov IxsroScJv yag syw 
 si' Si/<jrt/^5 oiJjc av §£\oi[xi ovvekx rovtie ws rvyjziv Tmitovas 
 itkzloTQiGi. oi Stjt', Isrsi xx\ rvyju xxaiyvrirov "ArXavros 
 Tsipoucl /xe, o£ earnxe tt^os" sGiripous tqttovs 
 
 for I flatter, I flatter myself, that Jove will grant me 
 the boon of relieving you from these distresses. Pro. 
 I praise you on this account, nor shall I ever cease to 
 praise you : for you have shewn every kindness to me. 
 But forbear to labour, for you will labour in vain, and all 
 your anxiety to overcome difficulties will yield me no ad- 
 vantage. Cease then, while you are in security, for I, 
 though unfortunate, would not wish on that account to 
 bestow misery on others. No, since also the misfor- 
 tunes of my brother Atlas afflict me, who stands in the 
 western countries 
 
 352. ffauTov eWoSa-v e%o/v, while you are out of mis- 
 chief; ixTroSwv contr. from Ix-mf hfov rwv woSwv. 
 
I1POMH0EY2 AE2MftTH2. 43 
 
 SffTljlte, KlOV OVgMOV TB KM %00VO£ 
 
 touoiv s(>b$cov 9 c&xQoq ovz evctyKc&Xov. 
 
 top yyjyevri tb KtXvctuv oIkvjto^ 
 
 avT(>cov IScav uktsi(>u, $di'ov TB^ccq^ ' 360 
 
 ItLKToynclfioivov Trgog fiixv xBiftovpsvov 
 
 Tv(pcavct Qovf)ov 9 ocng dvTBcrrj 9eo7g 7 
 
 <rfiBf>$vou<ri y&fjt,(pfi\u?<rt avgltyav Qovov. 
 
 B% OpftCCTUV $* yfTQUTTTB yO^ytdTTOV <TB\ct$, 
 
 toq r^v Aio$ rvfiOLvvltf BKTrigirov (Zia. 365 
 
 egg/Sa/v lifxoiv kiovoi rs ovgotvov xa-l %§pvof 9 ayfios ouk eudy- 
 xaXov. re wKTzipot, ISaiv rov ynyevio diKyiToqa, TLtkiKicov owrgm, 
 $d\'ov rigtzSf Sovqov Tutyajva. zKaroyxdpGcvov ^eigoi/ptevov *%?* 
 /3<av, oans dvrifjrn §eo7$, cvpi^cuv (povov ciABpbvouci yoiyJQn- 
 Xaicri* Se YiprpoLTtrs yo^yamov aiXocs £% ofxfxdrcuv, ws IxTregja/v 
 fiigc rriv rvpocvvi^x A*o*". 
 
 supporting on his shoulders the pillar of heaven and 
 earth, a weight not easily carried. I saw with pity 
 the earth-born inhabitant of Cilician caves, horrible 
 prodigy, the powerful hundred-headed Typhon, sub- 
 dued by force, who opposed all the Gods, breathing 
 forth slaughter from his horrid jaws, and flashing the 
 grim lightning from his eyes, with the intent to over- 
 throw by force the tyranny of Jove. 
 
 358. 'Ef sSScj, to prop. EzvayxaXo*-, ov, o kou fi, easily to 
 be embraced or carried, from ev and dy*d\n an arm. 
 
 362. Tutpdv, a giant, son of Tartarus and Terra. 
 He made war against heaven, and put to flight the 
 astonished Gods, except Jupiter and Minerva. Jupiter 
 at last subdued him. 
 
 364. Topyojitos, ov 7 o, of grim or horrid aspect, from 
 Topyw and w^. 
 
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44 AISXTAOT 
 
 aXX* ijXQev wotm Zyvcg aygUTrvov (3eXog, 
 Kuroci^ccTfjg KEoavvog Ik7Tvscov (pXoyu, 
 og uvtov e^B7rXyjz^ t&v v^yo^oav 
 xofJL7roc<T[JLcirtov % (poevug yoi^ slg ccvrccg TV7rsig, 
 i<pefyct\coQri Kafctyovrifivi (rQevog* 370 
 
 km vvu c&xgeTov zu) ttu^o^ov Ssfjcotg 
 xsitoii <TT6vco7rov ttXtjO'iov 9a,Xa<r<riov 9 
 iTrovfJievog glfatciv Alrvaiaig xjtto. 
 KO{>v(poug ft ev ungcctg yftsvog [avXootctvttb? 
 
 ak\d oiygvirvov /3eXo£ Ztjvoj-, xocrociGdrins xegai/vos - , lamim 
 QXiyoc, ^X&sv olutca), as I^ETrXfl^s a^Tov avrl zJvJ/ajyogo/v KoymaG- 
 (AotTcov. yag runels sU avraS (pgs'var, oSivos e(ps\J/aXa;9 , 7j xaJ 
 HpQpovTY&ri* kou vvv dy^psiov hoc) moLphoQW ^i^(x.s xsirou TrXnatov 
 SolXolooIqu gtevcjwov, wouiAevos vtto A\rwiccis pifyuaiv. Ss 
 "H^ff-ros* riyLzvos lv axqais Kopvtyous fjLv$%ox,Tt/7:st 9 
 
 But the sleepless weapon of Jupiter, the descending 
 thunder, breathing fire, came and smote him for his 
 insolent invectives. Struck to his very soul, his 
 strength was reduced to ashes, and annihilated ; and 
 now the weak and vasty body lies near the marine 
 streight, depressed beneath the iEtnean roots; .and 
 Vulcan sitting at the lofty top forms the ardent mass : 
 
 306. * Ay pumas, ov, o kou ri, sleepless, from aypoj to 
 excite. 
 
 367. KaraiGaiw, ou, o, the descender, from xara! for 
 xa-ra and /3a*W. 
 
 370. Oe^aXoci, to reduce to cinders, from (ps^aXos a 
 coal or spark. Ex£govTua/, to annihilate by thunder. 
 
 371. Axpefit, wi>y s»3v, useless, from a and %pzi&. 
 374. Mi/Sgoxiwgft/, to forge hot iron, from &vlpo$ a 
 
 fiery mass, and xrmlw to strike. 
 8 
 
nPOMHQETS AESMftTHS. 45 
 
 H(pat<rTog, evQev iKguyvjcovTCM ttotb 375 
 
 ttotoc^o) TTUgog $d,7TT0VTeg oiy^iotig yvctQoig 
 
 ryq xa\\i7cot()7rou XweXiotg Xsugovg yiiug* 
 
 roiovlt Tv(pug e^uvu^ecei yp\ov 
 
 §e/>fjio7g uttXtjctov (Hxscrt ftU(>7rvoov ^dXyg, 
 
 kuIttsq Tceoocvvcp Zyvog 7}v9poi}tcofjt,evog* 380 
 
 (TV 6 OVJC U7TStp0g, OVO BfJLOV dtOOUTKUXoV 
 
 XW&'G* vkvtqv <ru)l£ oTrcog iTTiarTotcrui' 
 
 SyCO Sb T7JV TTUfjOVCOlV UVrXfjOTCO TVXflV, 
 
 ev&ev zsors zsoray»o\ zsvgos ezpaynaovrai ^octttovtsS dyploci? 
 yi)ci.§oi$ Xsvpovs yv&s ?r\s. Y.oiXhiY.&Qizov SixsXias". Tv(pous xaci- 
 
 SspyiOiS fiiXsci amXriorov wvpTtvoov Zpkns* Se oh ovx, amziQpS, 
 cutis Xg^p'^S s^ov ^i^acaKaXov" aai^e gsolutov oirws luiarccaai 9 
 iyw Ss oLvrXriGOJ tw zsapovaccv rvyjnv, 
 
 from whence hereafter rivers of fire shall break forth, 
 devouring with voracious jaws the light soil of the 
 fruitful Sicily. Typhon, although consumed by the 
 thunder of Jove, will belch forth his rage in hot showers 
 of the insatiable fire-spouting storm : but you are not 
 unskilful, and need not my instruction. Let your 
 knowledge protect yourself. I will support my present 
 misfortunes, 
 
 375. EKpocywovTcci, f. 2. pass, from sx^yw[jn to break 
 out. 
 
 377. KaXkUzpTro?, ov, 6 xal w, bearing fine fruits, from 
 xa\os and xa§?ro£. 
 
 378. 'E^ava^sw, to boil out, from Ix, ava, %sd?, to boil. 
 "AwXnoros, ov, b x.a\ fi, insatiable, from a and vXwQco to 
 be filled. 
 
 379. Hupirvoos, ov, o Teal y> from Trig and irvon a blast. 
 
 380. 5 Hv9gaxo//xsvo5-, perf. part. pass, from d\9p%Koci to 
 reduce to ashes* from avQpa%, outos, h, a cinder. 
 
46 AI2XYAOY 
 
 \g t uv Aug (pgcvtjpoi XtoCpTjory ^joXou. 
 
 X1K. ovkouv, ngOfJLyQsv, rovro yiyvclffKBig, on 
 cayqg voo'ovcvig shtiv largoi Xoyot ; 386 
 
 IIP. buv rig Iv icuigta ye fiuXOuovri Kzcif>, 
 Koti fjifj c(p^yc3vroc Qvpcv- l<r%vcx,lvri jQ/ia. 
 
 X1K. iv rZ TTgofMiQe'ia'Qoii $e kou roXfiav rlvoc 
 cpoig ivovtruv fylfticiv ; S&outkb jus. 3£0 
 
 IIP. fAo%Qov irtfiura'ov, KOU(pOVOVV r evyQiccv. 
 
 %s rs (ppovniAa. Aios* <%v XovQwey %o\ov. flK. Ilgo/jw&eD, 
 ouxovv yiyvclcxsif rovro, on Xoyoi slaiv locrqol voaovans opyris. 
 IIP. bcHv rU ys tAaXSdaGYi xsoig h Kocipw xa\ (tri \a%V(xiv^ (Sip 
 o(pQiyoivroL S^xov. X2K. oqps Ivovoav fyfjuoiv ev rai rivx zspo- 
 lAW§ziG§at 2e xai roXfxav ; S/5a<xxs pte. IIP. //,o%&o , S<yeis 
 zjspiaaov l**by$t0Vy ts xou(povovv sifo&iav. 
 
 until the temper of Jove shall abate its rage. Ocean. 
 Prometheus, know you not this, that words are the 
 physicians of diseased pride. Pro. Provided we 
 soothe the heart opportunely, and do not roughly irri- 
 tate the swelling bosom. Ocean. Do you think that 
 any punishment will follow the prudent and bold at- 
 tempt of a friend? Instruct me. Pro. Superfluous 
 labour and light-minded folly. 
 
 387. MaXSaffffw, to soften, to soothe by soft words, 
 from /xaX&a softened wax. 
 
 388. 'lexvaivoj, to render thin, to lessen, from I<r%vor 
 thin, lean. Kal ^n c<p%iywvr<z Supov \a%valvn fit?, may be 
 literally translated thus, u if he do not forcibly make 
 lean the swelling mind." The metaphor seems to 
 have been taken from the act of milking, in which the 
 tumid udder is reduced by pressure : c(ppiypv, to swell, 
 is properly applied to udders distent with milk. 
 
 391. KovQ&vous, ou, h kou, f), light, inconstant, from 
 xovtpos and vqqs* EvwStd, as, ft, folly, from w and ri&o*. 
 
nPOMH0EY2 AESMftTHS. 47 
 
 X1K. ea fJLB ryJe rri vbffto vo<re?v 9 S7re* 
 xs()$i<rTov 9 bv <p/)ovovvTu pvj SokbTv (pgovsw. 
 
 IIP. epov $oKii<rsi T d7rXo6KV}[/ sivoti to$s. 39^ 
 X1K. cuQug p eg oTkcv <rog Xoyog (rreXXsi ttoiXiv. 
 IIP. [tij ye£(> <rs fyvivog ovpog slg sxfyav QctXrj. 
 XXK. yj rip vscv ^ockovvti TfuyK^otretg s2ga£; 
 IIP. tovtov <pv\d<r<rov fWfltoT a,x® e<r ®V zs ^ m 
 X1K. ij <rvj, TlQOftriQsv, %vp(po()oi SifictCKaiXog 
 nP. ctbXXov, KOfJLifyu, <ru>£s rov ttuqovtu vovv. 
 X1K. ogfAupevco fiat rov$* eSdv^ag XoyoV 401 
 
 flK. si /xe voasiv r^s rri visa, snsl sari srgSypta ytsfitarov 
 tivol (ppovovvTtx, sv } [AW SojcsTv <p%ovsiv* IIP. rode doxyGsi sTvou 
 to EfAov &7tk(iyi.riy.0L. UK. cos Xoyos golems gtsKXsi [jlb TtoCkw 
 ss oTxov. IIP. b i/xos" S'gTjvoS ptyi ya§ $&k*Q <js els £%9"gav« 
 ilK. % t£ Solxovvti viov zsayxpoiTEls s'Sgas* ; IIP. tyvkiaaou 
 tovtov y*vmoTs oLyftsaSri xsa/5 • £2K. TlqofAnSev, ri art ipy*- 
 (poga sgtou £pto£ SiSaj^aXos". TIP. ote'XXoc, no^i^ou, c&^e 
 rov TzaqoitTot. vovv* f!K« sSwu^&s TovSe Xoyav ptoj og/Aaz/xeva;, 
 
 Ocean. Permit me to indulge this weakness, for it is 
 often profitable that one who is wise should not appear 
 to be wise. Pro. This will seem my folly. Ocean. 
 Your language will certainly make me return home. 
 Pro. Let not your sorrow on my account expose you 
 to hatred. Ocean. What to the hatred of him who 
 has lately attained the all-powerful seat? Pro. Have 
 a care of him lest his heart be vexed. Ocean. Pro- 
 metheus, your calamity will be my instructor. Pro. 
 Prepare, set out, retain your present intention. 
 Ocean. You speak these words to me disposed to 
 hasten ; 
 
 396. ®%7ivos ov^if, the sorrow you have conceived for 
 my misfortunes. 
 
48 AI2XTAOT 
 
 \svmv yoco oluov aideoog if/a/fle/ TrreooTg 
 rBr^oiCKsXrig oicovog occfJLBvog ce ruv 
 (TrocQfjLoTg Iv clxstoKTi zu^Biev yovv. ' 404 
 
 XO. <rraw « rug ovXopivug ct^. cL. Um ^^ aU 
 
 Tuxctg, U^ofjLfjQev 9 $cnc(>v<rt- id. 
 
 (TraXTOVj wit C(T<rcov gctSlvoov Choriamb. Dim. 
 
 DBog Trcioeiocv voTiotg Iamb. Dim. Cat. orEpich. 
 
 sreyze irotyoctg otfjLByx^" t, Id. 
 
 ra ya£ ra^e Zsu£ *<5Vo/£ 410 Id. 
 
 I/0^0*£ 7C()UTVVtoV, V7T6^7}" Id. 
 
 (pavoy S^oft Tofc jrogof sv- Id. 
 
 SeiKvvtriv alxpciv. DactDim. 
 
 ydo TsrpaGxsXris o'iojvos \J/a/§ei tzteqqTs \Eug>ov ol[/.ov a&£QO$ m 
 aj/xsvos" Je Tav xapt\J/£i£v yovy Iv olxsioiai ffra^ , p^oT$■. XO. 
 ITflo/uwjS'eS, (rrsvft; o*£ xam ras ouXo^ivois rv%ccs % Jaxg^j/rax- 
 tov ^eos" a$ro pocSivouv ooocov ET£y%5 Kixpsioiv voriois Ttwyais. ydg 
 TjSvs xgarvvouv roiSe dy^kyctQra. Itilois v6[/,ois evSeixwaiv vtizqti- 
 (pavov aiyj^iv rots &soTf itdpos* 
 
 for my four-footed bird will skim the light tract of the 
 air, and, pleased, will repose in his domestic stall. 
 Cho. Prometheus ! I lament your fallen fortunes. The 
 tear-distilling 1 stream from tender eyes, has moistened 
 my cheek with humid waters. Jove, ruling by laws 
 peculiar to himself, uninfluenced by pity, shews his 
 haughty power to those who were formerly Gods, 
 
 403. TsTfatfXEXyjf, eo£, o xal w, four-footed, from TErpds 
 and okeKos. 
 
 406. AocK^valaruKrog, ou, 6 xa! w, tear-falling, tear-dis- 
 tilling, from Sxxpv and ar&Zp. 
 
 409. 'A/ziyagTa for d^sydprcos, without a sense of pity. 
 
 411. "YVspipavor, of, 6 kccI v\> proud, he who wishes to 
 be superior to others, from vmlp and <pajvo/xa*. 
 
ITPOMH0ET2 AESMilTHS. 49 
 
 *rf oiratra. $* y$rj crrovoiv ccvtktt. cc. Ian ^'Ep™h Cat# 
 
 XsXcoce x^k* psyaXo- 415 Id. 
 
 crxyfjiova, r ccpx^07roB7rif] Chor.Dim. 
 
 o-TBvovcx rav <r*v, guvopou- ^Epkh?^ 
 
 jjLovcov re riuoiv, ottogo!, t Id. 
 
 B7roizov ccyvag Acruzg id. 
 
 £do£ vepovTui, peyctXo- 420 Id. 
 
 ctovokti <ro7g tryjfjiacri <ruy- Id. 
 
 KottAVOXjCTi, §V7jToi* Iamb. Dim. Hyp. 
 
 Ko\%i$og re yccg evoutoi cttd. (3. Troch.Dim. 
 
 Jf yjoo) TrponaGct %dpa. gtovoev XeXaxs, gtevovgx re Tav aav 
 l/.£yaXoGj(ri[jLOva r oc^aioTiqeTiri ri^oiv re n/xav £t/vai/x,ova;v, 
 ts oTTOffoi Svogro/ veptovrat Esrcuxov eSos" ayvois 'Aaiar, Guyx,dfAvouGi 
 cots (AEya.'kQGTQVQiGi 7rri(JL(z,Gi* re irapQivoi evoiJtot KoX%/Sos" y£$, 
 
 and still the whole region resounds with groans in la- 
 menting your vast and ancient honours, and those of your 
 brothers ; and whatever mortals inhabit the neighbouring 
 soil of the chaste Asia, grieve with your deep groaning" 
 miseries. The virgins, inhabitants of the Colchican land, 
 
 415. M eyaXoff^o-j/x^v, ovos, 6 kou y, having vast appear- 
 ance, from (xiyccs and Gyri&a.. 
 
 416. AqyjuoTtgsiiris, zos, 6 xod y, ancient, from aoyjiios 
 and itgwoj. 
 
 417. S^vo/xai^wv, ovos, o xocl'r), a brother or sister, 
 from guv, opus, and al/xa. 
 
 420. Msy oXogtqvqs, n 9 ov, emitting vast groans, from 
 y*kyaL$ and gtovos. 
 
 423. KoXx'^os. Colchis, a country of Asia, at the 
 south of the Asiatic Sarmatia, east of the Euxine sea, 
 north of Armenia, and west of Iberia, now called 
 Mingrelia. 
 
 H 
 
50 AI2XTAOY 
 
 '/roLffiivoi, fjtoc^ocig ccr^B(rrot 9 Troch. Dim, 
 
 xoa XkvQijs cftiXog, o\ yocq 425 Id. 
 
 scr^ocrov T07T0V ci[A,(pt Mat- Troch. Dim. Cat. 
 
 coTiV ^oVG'i "hlfJLVMV* Epichor. Dim. 
 
 Agufciccg r ccpstov avOog, uVTiCT.fi. Troch. Dim. Acat. 
 V^iK^Tj^VOV o\ 7roXi(Tf^CC Id. 
 
 KuvKcicrov 7re\ctG vepovTczi, 430 Id. 
 
 datog (TT^OLToq^ o£v7rgaj- Troch. Dim. Cat 
 
 (tGiCi fi^efjccov bv ulxfjLotTq. Epichor. Dim. Cat. 
 
 [Aoyov o?j 7rpc<rdiV ctWov BTrcoSog. lamb. Dim. Cat. 
 
 aTQzaroi li.d.'Xjxis, kocI 2xi59ȣ ofJuXos, o? sy^ouGi sgj^cztov roirov 
 d(j*(pl ]S/locicuriv X/^vav* ts apziov avQor % AqxQids 9 o'l vi^ovroth 
 
 h o^oTr^ciqoiGi atyjiaXs. sljj56//,av Sri 7rpoG%sv /xovov cxXkov 
 
 fearless in battle, and the Scythian bands who possess 
 the extreme regions around the Moeotic lake; and the 
 martial flower of Arabia who inhabit the lofty seated 
 city on Caucasus, a warlike force, terrible with their 
 sharp pointed spears. I have already seen one other 
 
 424. v At§£(tto?, ov, 5 kcu 7), fearless, from a and 
 
 426. d(x(pl MaicoTiv. Mseotis Pains, a large lake or 
 part of the sea between Europe and Asia, at the north 
 of the Euxine, to which it communicates by the Cim- 
 merian Bosphorus, now called the sea of Azoph, or 
 Zabach. 
 
 429. 'Y-^tx^javos-, ov, b ko.\ w, having lofty precipices, 
 from i5\J/os- and k^^vo?. 
 
 431. *0%u<n%upos, ov 9 o xaJ ft, having a sharp point, 
 from 6%us and v^pa a prow or point. 
 
nPOMH©EY2 AESMftTHL 51 
 
 \v 77GV0i$ SapevT dfiafioiVTOdSTOig Chor. Imp. Trim. Ac. 
 
 Tirccvcc Xv/xoitg Bi(TiScjXOiV 9scoV Epionic.Trim. A cat. 
 
 "AtXocvQ\ eg eclev V7T£P0X 0V 4 '36 lamb. Dim. Acat. 
 
 aQevog KgUTUicv Iamb. Monom. Hyp. 
 
 ovodvtov re ttoXov, Dact.Penthem. 
 
 VCQTOig \)7T0(TTZVOLLZl % Iamb. Dim. Cat. 
 
 Pool, 06 7T0VT10C K^VOCdV 440 Iamb. Dim. 
 
 (TV/jLTrirvcov^ cttbvsi fiuOcg, Trocli. Dim. Cat. 
 
 .. \ tv' >/ A ».^ c p r \ «* Antisp. Trim. 
 
 neXuivog 6 Aidog vKofyepei poyjg yag, Hy p. imp . 
 TtOLyai Q* ccyvoovrcov TTQTUfJLCtiV Anap. Dim. Cat. 
 
 crrevovfTiv aXyog omtcov. Iamb. Dim. Cat. 
 
 XufxaiS Qscuv ^oefxivra. sv aSa/xavroSeTOij' ttovojs-, * ArXavra T i- 
 Tava, G^alev Kara viri^O'/pv xgarocibv oQevos vttogtzvz^ei ovpotviov 
 re Tiohov. Ss tiovtios xXv^cuv Gv^n:irvojv fioa, fivQbs arivzi, Ss 
 xsXaivos lAvyjbs * A'&os woQpi^zi y&f, re srayca ccyvo^vrcuv 
 7roTa{j.ajv gtwqvgiv olar^ov a\yo$. 
 
 in the destruction of the Gods, subdued by adamantine 
 labours, Atlas the Titan, who always, by superior power- 
 ful strength, supports on his shoulders the setherial pole. 
 The waves of the sea unite in lamentation, the deep 
 groans, the black recess of hell resounds beneath the 
 earth, and the fountains of pure streams bemoan your 
 lamentable distress. 
 
 436. "KrXavra.. Atlas one of the Titans, son of 
 Japetus and Clymene, and brother to Epemitheus, Pro- 
 metheus, and Menaetius. c T(Vsgo%os-, ov, eminent, excel- 
 lent, from vTrlq and *%co. 
 
 439. 'Ttfoffrevaga;, to groan beneath, from vvo and 
 (Trevor, ou, o, narrow, contracted. 
 
 443. Yl'%ya\ 9 Dor. for myaL 'Ayyoppvros, v, ov, pure- 
 flowing, from <zyvQ$ chaste, and purls fluid, from puw. 
 
 H 2 
 
52 AI2XYAOT 
 
 FTP. fir; tqi X^^V ^°^ 6 ~ rg 5 jct^r' czvQctoiu 445 
 
 C00t)V IfJLCtVTOV U)$e 7TO0V(TbXgV[^SV0V. 
 
 kolitoi SeoTcri To7g veoig rovroig ysgoc. 
 
 rig cc\Xog } *) V** TruvrsXcog Smqktsv I 
 
 aXX uvrcc ciyco ycoa yap &id\)toL<riv au 450 
 
 v/lcTv XeyotfJLi. roiv /3ooroig ce 7rrjfjLuroc 
 
 cckov(Toc9\ cog c(pocg, vyiriovg ovrocg to tt^iv^ 
 
 evvovg eQqKftKui (poevcov eTrijGoXovf 
 
 IIP. fAri rot Sbxerrs (xe Giyav %^£f?, f^rir avQoto'la,' Ss JaTT- 
 rofAcu Tt&TeL y.coc.% <Jvvvoip> oquv l^aurbv c^Se txqovge\ov^evov» 
 xalroi ris aWos % lyco TravreXo/s" Sioupicsv yi^cc rovrots rots viols' 
 SeoHgi ; aXX<% Giyco avrd* x.ou yap ccv XiyotfJLt zJ/xTv e\$v Iocgiv ri 
 
 aV UKOUGOLTE TTYifAOLTO. /3/POTQiV u)S e&OJXE otyoLS , VflTl'tOVS 0VT0CS TO 
 
 irgiv, tvvovs y.aX iTzriQoXovs (pgevcUv* 
 
 Pro. Think not that I am silent from pride or perti- 
 nacity : but my heart is devoured with the consciousness 
 of seeing myself thus punished with contumely. Yet 
 who besides myself ever bestowed rewards on these 
 new gods I But let me be silent ; for I should tell them 
 to you already acquainted with them. Hear the mis- 
 fortunes of mortals ; how I rendered them, who were 
 heretofore unacquainted with language, intelligent and 
 inquisitive in their minds. 
 
 446. SzJwoia, thought, grief, knowledge, from guv and voos. 
 
 447. YI%ouge\ou[ji,£vo$, treated with contumely. 
 
 449. Aiopity, to define, to distinguish, from Sid and 
 opos, a boundary. 
 
 450. TL'iSuidaiv, for eI^xuiccgiv. 
 
 452. Ntithos-, ov, o, a child, an infant, ignorant, from 
 >yj and ettos. 
 
 453. "Ewous, ou h o kou r), intelligent, possessing intel- 
 
 4 
 
I1POMH0ET2 AESMHTHl 53 
 aXX* Zv Js<5W evvoiccv egvjyovfJLevog* 455 
 
 CI 7TD00TOL {JLiV, j3X£7T0VTeg S&X67T0V ftCCTVJV, 
 
 xXvovreg qvtc tjxgvov* aXX cvsidoctcov 
 
 e(pU()ov elwi ^o^vtcc, kovts 7rXivQv<ps7g 
 
 oopovg 7roocretXoug y/crocv^ ov ZvXovgyiccv 9 46o 
 
 os \t%co f syjuv our iv & {xifj.^iv dvSq&Trois, dXXa s^nyoufAevos 
 
 EUV010LV OcipCOV U)V Si'SctiKZ' o\ //.6V TIQCJTCZ fiXiltOVTES eQXettov 
 
 (j,z~r,v, xXvqvteS ouk wovov* dXXd dXiyxiot, f/,oq(paX(n ovsipdrcov 
 <)iz tov (JLaxpov y^pbvov 'ityuqov ndvTa. slxr,, kql\ outs riGOLV 
 tiXivSuQeTs irpoGEiXous SofAous, ou ZuXoupyidv* 
 
 I will proceed to relate (attaching no blame what- 
 ever to mortals) the benevolence of those gifts which I 
 bestowed. When they first had the power of sight, 
 they saw to no purpose, hearing they heard not, but 
 like the images of dreams, they for along time confused 
 all things without distinction ; they had not then brick 
 built and sun- ward houses, nor the art of the carpenter, 
 
 lect, from ev and vo6$. 'E,7rriSoXos, ou, & xxl r>, one who 
 hits a mark, and thence metaphorically used for skil- 
 ful, ingenious, from eh\ and fiaXXcv, 
 
 455. dXX' Sjv Se'Swxa, the relative Sjv is here placed in 
 the same case as the antecedent Sripav. 
 
 458. 'Axiyxtos, ou, h y.a\ ri, like, from rfxJz, lkos, b x«i fi, 
 of the same age. 
 
 459. Elxr), adv. accidentally, confusedly. TLXivQvtpvs, 
 eos, o y.x\ ri, built of bricks, from TrXlvQoi and t(paivcu. 
 
 460. IIpbtEiXous, ou, o xa) r h sunny, exposed to the sun, 
 from itpos and zl\w, the splendour of the sun. ^Ht^v, 
 3 pi. plusq. perf. Att. from si'So/. BuXoupyix, as, %, the 
 fabrication of woods, from \ukov and epyov* 
 
54 AI2XTAOY 
 
 Ka.TtoQWxzq <T svatov, coo'T ayvvooi 
 
 fjLUgfjLyjxes, uvTfitov ev ftv%oig avv\Aioig. 
 
 ijv <T ovfisv uvToTg ovtb %si[ioltos tbz^jlu^ 
 
 out ctvGefJicofiovg ij(>os 9 cvtb xct^Tupov 
 
 Seooug /2e&ociov' aW* ccreo yvcoftrjg to ttcw 4-65 
 
 bttqclctctov, eg tb or) arQiv ctvTOAoig tyco 
 
 uarr^M £$ei%a, Tag tb Svtrx^Crovg Sxxniq. 
 
 KOCl (AVIV CCglQfJLCV B%0%OV CO^lG'^CCTCaV^ 
 
 Ss tvaiov, cugts anavqoi fjLvgfA'nxes, Ka,rcJjpvyjzs sv oivnklois ixv%o~s 
 avrqcov. r?v Se avrois ouSev (SiGaiov rixyLGtp ovrz yjcl^aros, ovrs 
 gLv9e{jlou'$qvs ripos, ours xapwifAov Sioovs' dXkoi %7r^aaaov to tzuv 
 arsq yvcLiAYiS, %s ts StJ lyoj sSst^a a$iv dvroXoi^ oiarpcuv, Te ras 
 
 ^VOXplTOVS $UGEIS, Y.CU fXYiV agiS/XOV B%0%OV O0<QlO{JLciTM, 
 
 but they lived like the little ants beneath the ground 
 in the gloomy recesses of caves. They possessed no 
 established distinction between winter, the flower- 
 bearing spring, and the fruitful summer; but they 
 transacted all things without thought ; until I pointed 
 out to them the rising, and the more hard to be discri- 
 minated setting of the stars ; and moreover I invented 
 for them the art of calculation, 
 
 461. KarcJgi/l;, v%os, o xou w, dug down, from xara and 
 opvaaoj. 'Awavpos, ov, 6 xcci fi> light, small, from amp and 
 ouqoj, to draw. 
 
 462. 'AvriKios, ov, 6 xocl r)y shady, without sun, from a 
 and rfkios. 
 
 464. 'AvQepuic^fr, eos, 6 xai w, flowery, from avSeptov, ov 
 to, a (lower. 
 
 466. 'AvToXaj for dvccroXdf, from dvariWu to rise. 
 
 467. Auoxqitos, ov, o xxl v, obscure ; difficult of expla- 
 nation, from 5i/y and npkt&. ' 
 
IIPOMH0EY2 AESM^THS. 55 
 
 £%£vdov avTo7$ y ybct\i\L<krw Js cruvQtcreig, 
 
 [Avyjurjv 9\ U7TUVTC0V [AOVcroprjTOg z$yoLvy\v. 4/0 
 
 QvrjroTg fjisyicrTwv $ici$oxoi fjco^Qfj^txrcov 
 
 yevotvQ , J^' ctpfAc&T qyc&yov (piXyjviovg 
 
 i7r7rovg 9 uyocXpcc. rrjg V7rs^7rXovTov %A/^^. 475 
 
 £%evqov oLvrois Ss avvbiczis ypafxixdrcoy, re fMvn^inv (xouGOfxriropGc 
 Egyavojv aTrccvrcvV y.ou TTpcuroS s^sv^oc xvutSaXa. sv QvyoTai <$ou<* 
 Xsvovra ^suyXcziGi, re hyocyov (Qiknvious "nnzovs ayoc.7y.fxac rv\s 
 vTZZQTrXovTov %Xt$ris v(p* aqfxarx oncos yivoivro gcI[aq<giv Sia- 
 
 a science superior to all others ; and the arrangement 
 of letters, and memory, the artificer of all things, the 
 mother of composition. I first yoked the animals, and 
 made them labour under the yoke, and made the horse 
 that ornament of sumptuous luxury obedient to the 
 reins, and fixed him in the chariot, that he might be- 
 come to man the reliever of his greatest labours. 
 
 469. 2z5vQe<jfs", Bcosy 7), composition, the putting together 
 of any thing, from guv and riQwixi. 
 
 470. Moi/<70jw,oiTft;g, opo$, ri> mother of letters, from 
 [xovgcz and //,ooT7)g. 
 
 473. Aia£o%os-, 0Vy 5 xal r), succeeding, successor, 
 from SjaXs%o/xa«. 
 
 474. "Hyayov, Att. for vyov. $i\r!vi05", n, ov, loving 
 the reins, from (piXico and wj#. 
 
 475. *AyaX/x«, aTor, to, an ornament, from dyaXkco, to 
 adorn. ^YnignXouTos, ov, xai ri, rich beyond measure, 
 abundantly wealthy, from vK5% and wXqutqs* 
 
56 AISXYAOT 
 
 QocXucrcroirXccy^crot ^' ov rig ccXXog uvt Ifiou 
 Xivctttso sups vocvtiXcov oxyfjMTU. 
 
 (3(>oto?o'iv, ccvrog ovx 6X&) <ro(pi<rfJL , orta 
 
 ry\g vvv TTctooiXTYig Tryjfiovijg ccTT&XXccyco. 480 
 
 XO. 7rs7rov9ag ctixeg tty^ • a7rccr(puXs)g (poevcov 
 irXciva,' xaytog 6 ictroog cog ng 9 etg vccrov 
 ttbctcov avupBig, kom ctbolvtov ov% £%£*£ 
 evosTv o7roioig (puQfjLomoig id<rifJLog* 
 
 06 ov ns aXXos dvr l[xov bv%e QaXocGGoftXayxrcc XivoTrrspoc oyri- 
 (Aara. vavrtXcov. rciXccs s^sv^cuv toizvtcx, i^riyjzvihiAOLTcx. fiporotoiv, 
 olvto% ovx y £%w Gotyia&a. ItTO) a7TocXXayuj rris Trrifjiovrjs vvv ltd- 
 
 QOVGW, XO, TZklZOvQcLS Ct'lX£$ HVi^O.' OMOGtyOLkziS HlXoLVOL (p£H~ 
 
 vouv* S' cos tis xxyCoS idr^os aQv[/,s7s ttsgcuv sU vogov kou ouyr 
 &%£is GeavTov evpsiv Imoiois (pagpcaxois' ictGiyLOS* 
 
 None except me found out the sea-wandering, sail- 
 flying chariots of sailors, I, the unfortunate, who found 
 out these contrivances for mankind, know not any art 
 by which I may escape from the present misery. Cho. 
 You have suffered disgraceful insult; you are lost in 
 the aberration of intellect ; and like a bad physician 
 you want presence of mind in a disease which afflicts 
 yourself, and do not maintain sufficient command over 
 yourself to find by what medicines you may be cured. 
 
 476. ©aXaGGonXayytros, ov, o kou y, roaming through 
 the sea, from ^ocXolggx and nXdZfio to wander. 
 
 477. AivoTrre^or, ov, b xa\ w, having wings (sails) made 
 of linen, from Xivov and siregov. 
 
 483. 'AQviazgu, to despond in mind, or to be deficient 
 in presence of mind, from a and &^/xor. 
 
 484. 'Ia<N/xo*, ov, oKGcl f), curable, from iao//,#i, to cure. 
 
nPOMH©ET2 AESMftTHS. 57 
 
 IIP. ra Xoi7T(z fjiov nXvovaru, Qotvpct<re4 i?Xs'ov> 
 mccg re^vocg ts kou ttoqovq Bfji^crocfjCfjv* , 486 
 
 to fjutv /xiytcTOv, el rig elg vccrov 7reo"oi, 
 ovk ijv a,\e£fjfjt, ovoev, ovtb l^^cocifjuov^ 
 ov XP i(rrov 9 ovrs ttio'tov, aXXu (pcc^uzcou 
 %0e/<* KUTB(T}ciXXovro 9 ttoiv y lyoo trtpiciv 4#0 
 
 eG6l%0L K^OUTBig 7}7nC0V OUCeVfJUZTCdV 
 
 a\g Tccg U7rct<rag ifcotfV&vtavTcii vocovg. 
 
 IIP. yXvouGx [Aou t<£ Xomu, ^av^dasi ttXeov o?a$" re te'%- 
 vixj xat Tropous 6fJW<?ci(j[.r>v* to /xgv {xiyiarov, el' ns Ttivoi eiV 
 vo<rov, 0(5x ?jv oi;Sev aXe^/xoc, oi/re figouaifJLOv, ou %pvyrov 9 ours 
 ttiotov, dXka. jcareaxeXXovro %p£ip (pocp^dncov, nqiv 7' eya/ 
 gJei^a (T(p/(Ttv npoioaiS rwicov dKSG^dTQJV als l^a/xjJvwvTat Tar 
 
 «7Ta0ttS VQGQVS* 
 
 Pro. When you shall have heard from me the re- 
 mainder, you will more wonder at the arts and con- 
 trivances which I invented. This was the greatest. 
 "When any one was afflicted with disease, there was no 
 remedy by diet, ointment, or draught, and they were 
 lost by the want of medicines, until I pointed out the 
 mixture of mild remedies, by which they might ward 
 off disease. 
 
 485. ®xv[Aoiq£i, Att. for havyi*&o'Q. 
 
 488. B%q!)(ji(jlq;, ov, xal a, pertaining to eating, from 
 fipu>Gi$ food. 
 
 489. XpiGTtf, ou, 0, pertaining to ointment, from xqtco 
 to anoint. TIigtos, ov y 6, that which is drank, drinkable, 
 from viva to drink. 
 
 490. KcLTzoxiXkw, to dry up, to waste, from Kara, and 
 
 I 
 
58 AI2XTAOT 
 
 rqo'KQvq $s TroXXovg [luvtim\<; e<rroixi<rK 
 
 V7?uf> ysvicdai, ytKy^ovocg re Sucxgirovg 4-95 
 
 iyvco(>i<r uvro'i'g, evofilovg rs (TVfjL&oXovg, 
 
 yufjc^covv^cov re irrncnv olcovcav cnctdgug 
 
 $ic£()i<r\ oinveg rs Sefciol (pvcnv, 
 
 tvuvufioug re xoa tilouruv yvriva, 
 
 *X 0V(r * txaarroi, km 7T(>og ctXXyXovg riveg 
 
 *x9gcu rs Ttoti arregyijOgx noti %vvt$()ioii 9 
 
 500 
 
 Se larolyjiGx rpoirovs ttoXKous (aolvtikyis rtyyins xaJ ttqcZtos 
 expiva. a e% oveipdrcov %pw ysviaQaci Swap, re eyvcu^iGsc avrois 
 ^vaycpirovs xXajSovas - , re evobiouS ov&Qokovs, re StcigiGx okeQqquS 
 itrr^Giv ycLysifmvyuv olouveuv, re olrives Se^tol (Qugiv re evuvv^ovs 
 xal rivrivoc S/airay exocGrot ey^ovGi, ycai re rives e%fipai xaJ 
 crigynOpot xal JjyveSgiai itpos dXKr{Kovs m 
 
 I arranged many methods of divination, and first dis- 
 tinguished what things in dreams were of true vision. 
 I explained to them obscure oracles, and the acci- 
 dental occurrences on the road. I defined clearly the 
 flight of the curve-taloned birds, the auspicious and 
 inauspicious, to what food each is addicted, their 
 hatred, affections, and alliance; 
 
 > 
 
 493. Stoix,^, to arrange, to dispose in order, from 
 6roi%os an order. 
 
 495. "Ytt^, aros, to, a true dream or vision. "Ywup 
 differs from ovap, the former being a true vision, the 
 latter a false dream. 
 
 49G. 'EvoSiW GvfxQoKovf, omens which occur on the road. 
 
 497. TaiAy^ciwxos, ov, o kou w, having crooked talons, 
 from yafjuy^og and "ow%. 
 
 501. Ei/vE.fyi«, as, a, a sitting together, a council, from 
 gvv and efy#. 
 
nPOMH0ET2 AESMflTHS. 59 
 
 <rir\diyyvm rs Xsiottjto, >tou X^ 0i0CV rivex ' 
 €%ovt uv strj locifioviv nr^oq rjdovyjv' 
 
 %0X^ 9 \0&0V TB 7T0lKl\yiV SVfAO(i(plCX,V* 
 
 nvltry $e kcoXcc <ruy>toiXv7iTcc 9 Koct pc&Kficcv 505 
 
 ccrtpvv 7rvod>(ra$, ^vcrlycfJLU^Tov eig Texvyv 
 taStatra, Ovyrovg* Koti (pXoyuTrci (T^oltcx, 
 l^cofjifidrcacu^ irgotrQev ovr l^u^ys^oc. 
 Toiavrcc [xev $rj rccvr' he^9s $e x® ov °$ 
 
 ts Xsiomrx onXdyy^vcov xal riva %poiccv sy^ovrot av aw mpos 
 riSoMYiV Sa/pco(TiV* re izoiKikriv £u[JLO%(pia.v y^oXris re XofoD. Se 
 hvqqjgcls xufXa GuyKaXvirra. ytviori xai [Aocxpav ootpuv, ljo*coaoL 
 hvnrovs eh ^vareyi^aqrov riyQinv. xai V&w&tugqI tyXoyojiroi 
 GYilAarx, ovrcx. ETrapysfAa, 7rqoa^ev % roioiira. fxlv Sri raXtra. 
 
 the smoothness of the entrails of animals, and the colour 
 which they should have to be acceptable to the Gods ; 
 and the various appearances of the gall and liver. I 
 burnt the limbs involved in fat, and the long chine, and 
 directed mortals to this difficult art. I made clear the 
 omens to be observed in flames, till then involved in 
 obscurity. So much for these things. 
 
 502. kou riva, xpoiav eypvra av etn <n£os r!8ovriv Sa/pwjtv, 
 literally, " and what colour having they might be 
 agreeable to the Gods." 
 
 504. Ei//xog(p/a, a$ 9 ri, beauty, from ev and n,op§r\. 
 
 505. AvarixiAccqTos, ou, b Ka\ w 9 difficult to be under- 
 stood, from $u$ and rsxpia/ga/, 
 
 507. t Oo6co > to lead the way, from hoos, 
 
 508. E^opt/xaToo;, to render clear, from 1% and o/xM-a. 
 J E7rag7£/xof, ov 9 5 liciX y, covered with darkness, from 
 a^/eptov a cataract in the eye. 
 
 509. roiavTz ixh Sri tocvtoc, literally, u such are thes-fe 
 things." 
 
 i2 
 
60 AI2XTAOT 
 
 KBZPVfJtfJLBV UvQcC07r0lCiV OOtpsXljuoiTCC, 510 
 
 'XjxhKov^ (Tidyjoov, aoyvoov, vouvov r$ 3 ng 
 
 QYjGTSltV UV 7TCt()0lVSV e£SVP£iV £f*0V \ 
 
 ovosig, petty oiSa, fjuvj fjidryiv (pKvcroa QeXw* 
 
 @(j u X e * ^ fivQc*) ttccvtu crvWq&Svjv pccOs, 
 
 vravoti tv/voli j3poto?(Tiv Ik JJpofJujQsag. 515 
 
 XO. fJLfJ VVV @(>OTG\)q fASV fcXpeAfi; KOLtOOV 7T6()CC, 
 
 cravrov <T ccKrjSei $v<rTV% t ovvTog* cog lyea 
 ebeXirig si pi tcovSs <r Ik Sbct/jlcov en 
 
 vis av (pwGEiEV z£sv%e7v wdgoiOEV sfxov wQpEXruxccrcx. avSpdtTtoiGt 
 KsytqvfJLfjiBvcx, evspQs %8ovos, yjzkHQv, a/Joigoy, oigyugov, re y^pttGov. 
 ov&e\s, acc(pa cTSa, /xri SeXcov pcarr/v (pXvffai. i^dOs mivrcc cvk- 
 Xy€$Y}V Se /3ga%57 pu;9a>, wolggu ri%voci e\g\ fiporoiGiv ek I7go- 
 IATiQeous, XO. ///?] vvv oo(QeXei PqotouS Ttkpa, ytaigov, Je ax7$E* 
 oocvrov Sugtuxovvtqs* us iyco glpu eveXirls as sn XvMvra, Ik 
 t£vJs ISeoiawv, 
 
 Who can say that he found out before me those auxilia- 
 ries to men, concealed beneath the earth, brass, iron, 
 silver, and gold. No one, I am well assured, unless 
 he wish vainly to trifle. Learn all collectively, and in 
 one short word, every art was given to mortals by 
 Prometheus. Cho. Assist not mortals contrary to 
 your interest, nor disregard your own misfortunes, 
 since I entertain great hopes, that you being freed from 
 these chains, 
 
 514. 2^XX?i£Sajv, collectively, taken together, from 
 cvy and Xa^Qcivco. 
 
 516. NiJv, therefore, an enclitic particle. Koupou vipcc 
 farther than is fit or proper. 
 
 517. Attest, imp. mood, from axyjSs'o;, to be unmindful 
 or without care of a mtfter, from kv$qs care, 
 
 518. EueXms, iSof, o xocl w, entertaining good hopes, 
 from ev and hans. 
 
riPOMH©ET2 AESMfiTHS. 61 
 
 hvvevTu, fAr$h peTov Ifr^vceiv Aiog* 
 
 IIP. ov tolvto, tocutvj (jloTqcc 7Tco reXtctpogog 520 
 Kfiuvoii TreTTguTur fjLV^tcag $e 7rv\fJL0vot7g 9 
 cvoag re Kc&fjt,(pde)g 9 £$e SurfJLoi (puyyctvw. 
 Tz%yyj <T dvdyKrjg civQevecrTeoa, pangca. 
 
 XO. rig ovv ocvccyzrjg Ivriv olotKO(rroo<pog ; 
 
 IIP. MgT^m r()ijjio(>(poi 9 pvTjuopeg r 'Egivvveg* 525 
 
 XO, tgvtcov ugct Zsvg ecTTiv <z<r()sve<rT6Dog ; 
 
 IIP. ovk ovv civ eKQvyoi ys rrjv TreTrocofAtvrjv. 
 
 layjuaziv jjinoev fxs7oy Ajqs\ IIP. fjLcngcc TzXscQopoS ov nin^ca- 
 toci izw kqxvxi Tavra. ravrri* Se xafAtyQels [Avplait vrniAovofis rs 
 <)ucct$ 9 (pvyydvco S^s Ssjpta. Sg riy^n {jLaxqw da^svetjripoc dydy- 
 xms* XO. rls ovv hariv olccyLoarpotyos dvdyws \ YIP, rpi- 
 {AoqQoi M oifai, ts fAvyfjLovzS 'Epmuss* XO, Zeus iariv apx 
 da$svi<JTepos tqutcov ; IIP. ovx, ovv oiv ex(fuyot ye rriv neTrpaj- 
 
 Avill be nothing inferior in power to Jove. Pro. Fate 
 which concludes all things, has not destined these mat- 
 ters to be thus attained ; but when I shall have been 
 depressed by myriads of miseries and pains, I shall then 
 escape these chains. Art is far weaker than necessity. 
 Cho. Who then is the pilot of necessity? Pro. The 
 triple fates, and the remembering Furies. Cho. Is 
 Jupiter then weaker than these? Pro. He certainly 
 cannot escape the destined fate. 
 
 520. Tz\s(j(popQs, ov, ytul 7), leading or bringing to an 
 end, from riXos and (pepcu, 
 
 521. YlzKQcoTai, 3 pers. s. plusq. perf. from n%ioj,7rpuracj. 
 524. OiaytooTQotpos, ov, 0, a pilot, one who turns the 
 
 rudder, from o*S§, oocos and orpiQco. 
 
 526. y Apx, thus accented, has power in interrogatives, 
 and is equivalent to the Latin Num. 
 
 527. 1%, a particle, saltern, at least 
 
62 AI2XTAOT 
 
 XO/ t/ yuo 7rs7T()coTcit Zrjvtj ttXtjv cuei k^octbTv ; 
 
 IIP. rovr ovx bt civ iruQoto, /xvjfie Xlttudbi. 
 
 XO. ? ttov t) crepvov larrw o %vva,{i7rexet$ \ 530 
 
 IIP. ccXXov Xoyov [jie[JLV7j(rds 9 rov$e <T ovSocpug 
 xuioog yeycovsiVj ocXXoc (rvyKot,Xv7TTBog 
 ocrov fjt,d,Xt<TTU m tovOb yctg cca^cov lyco 
 ^(Tfiovg olsiKsTg %ou Svocg eKCpvyyctvco. 
 
 XO. fJLTjSoCfZ 7ToivTOC VBfJLUV <TT(>. cl. Dact. Penth. 
 9b7t Ipa, yvd- 536 Troch.Mon. 
 
 XO. yiq ri TtkTtfwroLi 7j*rm<> itX^m xpa.rs~v ahl. IIP. ouk 9 £ri 
 av TtuSoio tovto, fxriSs Xiirdqsi. XO. tj ttov lorlvri csfxvov o 
 %MOL[*Miy£is ; IIP. ixifAvrioSs aXKov Xoyov, Se ov^ix^oos 
 xctigoS sen yeycovsh tovSs Xoyov, aXka. avyxaXvirrios Icrri ogov 
 [AaXiGTo.' yoLQ sydf cdfav tovSs Xoyov, enQvyycivco SsgiaouS 
 deiKsts xal liv&s. XO. TjEvs q ve//.o/v Travra ^r^i^x &£iro 
 
 Cho. But what is destined to Jove except eternal 
 empire? Pro. You may not yet know this; forbear 
 to enquire. Cho. The matter is perhaps important 
 which you conceal ? Pro. Talk of some other thing, 
 for this is by no means the proper time to mention that ; 
 and it must be concealed as much as possible : for by 
 keeping this circumstance I shall escape disgraceful 
 fetters and woes. Cho. Jupiter the ruler of all, let 
 him never oppose his power in opposition to my opinion, 
 
 529. Amapia, to ask earnestly, to persevere. 
 
 530. riot;, enclitic, and may signify in this place 
 " perhaps." Vigerus says, concerning the signification 
 of the enclitic itov, dicatur de re non satis certa ac 
 definiia nempe fortassis ac serviat modestise et cau- 
 tioni dicentis. 
 
 4 
 
IIPOMH0ET2 AESMftTHS. C3 
 
 \icl Xjjccrog ctVTiirccXov Zev$, Epionic. Dim. Acat. 
 
 fivfi eA/i/u- Troch. Mon. 
 
 GottfJLi Qsovg ocrio&tg 9o£- Epionic. or Epich. Dim. Hyp. 
 
 VUig TTOTlVKrcoflivac 540 Dact. Penthem. 
 
 /3oU(p OVQiQ. 7TCZD Troch. Mon. 
 
 S^TCSocvoto TTCtTOog Dact. Penth. or Epich. Dim. Acat. 
 
 a<r£e<TTOV TTOfiOV, Dact. Dim. 
 
 [jtyjS* aXiTOifM Xoyotg* Dact. Penthem. 
 
 CcXXcc flOt T0<T Ipuevoi 5^5 Troch. Dim. Cat. 
 
 KUi [Z^7T0T iKTOOCSlTj. Iamb. Dim. Cat. 
 
 rj$V T/ dctP<ru\eoug CLVTlCTT* d,. Dact. Penthem. 
 
 (/.rids 1\ivvgouij*i TroTivioGofAsva. Seovs oalais fiovQovoi? S'o/vais* 
 wagx asSecrov wogov itoLTQos 'Qkegcvqio, pwSs akiroifjLi \6yots* 
 aXXa roSe sfA^ivoi, ycocl [Armors EJcraxsin /xoj. lari n ^Jy 
 reiviiv tov (AcotQQV fitiv sXttigi Sapczkious 
 
 nor let me delay to approach the Gods with customary 
 sacrifices of oxen, at the restless dwelling of my father 
 Ocean, nor let me be guilty of offensive expressions, 
 but let this consideration ever be present and never be 
 obliterated from me. There is something delightful in 
 passing a long life in confident hopes, 
 
 537. 'AvtIkolXos, ou, o kocI r), opposing, striving in op- 
 position, from avrl and Ttotkn. 
 
 540. n<mv/<7ffopbai, Dor. for TrgooviaaoiAou, to approach. 
 
 541. BouQovot, ov, 5 kou r), pertaining to the slaughter 
 of oxen, from $qvs and (pwn. 
 
 543. *A<j£Wrof, fiy ov, inextinguishable, restless, from 
 a and cQzvw[m. 
 
 546. 'E>cTaxe/y), a, 2. opt. from ^rmoyLon to wear 
 away. 
 
64 AI2XYAOT 
 
 TOP (zomdov Ttl- Trocli. Monom. 
 
 VSIV f3l'ov Inn i(Tl> (pctvoug Epichor.Dim.Acat. 
 
 Qvpcv aA&M- 550 Troch. Mon. 
 
 .,_ » » ' ^ /• Epionic.orDact.Trim. 
 
 vcu<rai/ ei/ BV<pQo<rvvcug 9 <p£<r- F orEpichor. 
 
 (T0 Je <T6 SefjKOfJLtvu Dact. Penthem. 
 
 fjLV^iotg fid- Troch. Mon. 
 
 %00/£ ^lOCKVUioflBVOV. Dact. Penthem. 
 
 Z^va yom OV T()OfJt,eCt)V Dact. Penthem. 
 
 BV l$i& yvtofJLOC, <T£&6i Qvot,- Troch. Dim. Acat. 
 
 TOVg kyoW) Yl^OfJi^VJ. Troch. Dim. Bracbyc. 
 
 <plj) oTfug uxu^g xptQigi taqiXog, <TT(). @'. Anap Dim.C. 
 
 £*7T£ 7T0U Tig CcKkcc ; 560 Troch. Dim. Brach. 
 
 rig B(pocfJLBOi(av Anap. Mon. 
 
 UOVjfctg ; OuT B^X^VS Iamb. Dim. Cat. 
 
 aXSaivcwffav S't/pcov ev Qolvolis eutpgoouvais, Se (pqlaaco 5e^xoptev<% 
 as Staxvaiopisvov fxvqiois [toyftois «y*g ov t%0[a&quv Zajva, 
 IT^optyj&ei), ayav aiGst Svnrous Iv Wip yve!>fAr\. (pegs ottcos 1 
 yji^is ax<zpu 9 & (p/Xor, ems, irov ris iKxoi ; ris agyfos eQoiijle- 
 
 recreating ones mind in lucid pleasures ; but I tremble 
 when I behold you afflicted with numberless labours. 
 For disregarding Jupiter, O Prometheus, you respect 
 mankind too much. See how this favour is unfavoura- 
 ble my friend ; say whence is the advantage to you ? 
 What assistance from mortals? See you not 
 
 549. Oavor, n t ov, lucid, clear, from tyziw. 
 
 551. JLvQpocuvn, ris, ?), pleasure, from bv and (pg^v. 
 
 557. 2#«, Att. for dQ v . 
 
 561. 'E<pajt/-eg*ft>v, for e<p>?piEgift/v t fipoTM is understood. 
 
nPOMH0EY2 AESMfiTHS. 63 
 
 oXiyo^ocviav Anap. Mom 
 
 UKMW) icrovBtgov, a to (pUTUV Iamb. Trim. Cat. 
 
 ctXciov * * * ysvog S[A7r67ro$i- 566 Anap. Dim. Cat. 
 
 CfJLiVOV ; 0V7T0TS TOCV AtOg CCgfJLOVlCW Id. 
 
 Ouoctcov iFUfxfcioHTi QovXxi, Iamb. Dim. Hyp, 
 
 efjictQov Tct$e crag 7T(>OGri$oiJ<r cXooiq avr*l3 . Anap. Dim. 
 
 ™%A5£, II^OfJLijQBV 9 Iamb. Mon.Hyp, 
 
 TO SiOtfjctplSlOV 5/0 Anap. Mon, 
 
 £g fJLOi fJLtXoq 7T()0(Te7rTU, Iamb. Dim. Cat, 
 
 aaiKuv, loovsipov 6\iyo$%oLvlav f p to akaxtv yevoS Qcotguv sari 
 sfjLireTroSiGfA.ivov ; outtotb fiouXal Ovxtcuv vrapzfyxGi rciv agptov/av 
 A<6f. ITgopwjSei}, vrgoGitiovGoi gols oKools Tuyjxs eptaSov raSs, 
 2e toSs to /xs'Xor TtpoaittTcc (aoi 
 
 the weak and visionary imbecility by which the blind 
 race of mankind is enchained? Never will the councils 
 of mortals deceive the harmony of Jove. Prometheus, 
 by observing your unfortunate destiny, I have learned 
 these things. But a different strain now inspires me 
 from that, 
 
 563. OXiyoSgawa, ar, y), weakness, imbecility, from 
 oXtyos and Sgaivw, to do or perform. 
 
 564. v Amkus 9 vqs, o kcc\ r), weak, from a and xUus 
 strength. *I<j6vsiqos, ov, 6 xat r\, like a dream, vain, from 
 \aos and ovsigov. 
 
 565* E/x^ggroJiff/xsvov, perf. part, from siattoSi^oj to im- 
 plicate or involve, from p and novs. 
 
 566. AgtAovloc, oLSy r), connection, fixed order of things, 
 from ag/xor a joint. 
 
 570. AiaiAtpftios, ov, h xcn r) 9 different, from hi and 
 
 K 
 
66 AI2XYAOT 
 
 ToS\ ZKthu 6\ o, T UfJL" Ion.a.Min.Mon.Hyp, 
 (pi XOVT^O, KOU As%0£ COV VJJLSVOtlOVV Iamb. Trim. Brach. 
 lOTUTt yoifJLCQV) OTi TUV OfAOTTCc- Anap. Dim. Acat 
 Tgtov e$voig uyocyeg 'Haovctv 575 Id. 
 
 TTiQtoV $U(JLUf)TOt, K01V0\SKT()0V* Iamb. Dim. Hyp 
 
 in. 
 
 tig yq ; Tt ysvog ; rivx (pea XtvWew Anap. Dim. Acat 
 rbv$i %aX/i/0;£ \v tfergivoHTtv Id. 
 
 %ei[Au£o(ievov ; rivog u7rXuKiug id. 
 
 vroivjj cr* oXbkbi ; crypiivdv owy 380 Id- 
 
 XofTga xat <xov Xe'%or, 8te m&wv e'Svoij ayocyss rav oiAOTrocrpiov 
 *Hffi6vav xoivoXsKTqov $d[/,apra. I £2. vis yri ; ri yivos ; rlvoc 
 <foj Xei/oteiv, tovJe %£i/Aa£6ptevov Iv werpivoioni yjxkivoTs ; tfonw 
 
 which I sang in celebration of marriage around your 
 bath and couch > when having persuaded by large dowry, 
 you led our sister Hesione the espoused companion of 
 your bed. Io. What land is this ? What race? Whom 
 may I say that I behold exposed on this rocky prison I 
 The punishment of what error destroys you? Inform me 
 to what riart of the 
 
 573. l TfXBvcci6dj to sing the hymeneal song, from $jjl£- 
 vaios, ou, o, Hymen. 
 
 574. 'O/xoflraT/Hof, ou, o xal ri, one born of the same' 
 father, a brother or sister, from optos- and itzrrip. 
 
 575. "Ayaye*, Dor. for wyxyzs, Att. for wyzs. f/ ESv«, 
 cuv, t&, the gifts which the spouse gave to his mistress. 
 
 576. KoivoXejct§o£, ov y 6 kou w> participating the same 
 bed, a wife, from xoivos and Xe*t§oV. 
 
 579. Xe^a^o/xat, to winter, to be exposed to winter 
 
nPOMH©£Y2 AE2MJ1THL 67 
 
 tyk$ *J floySDOC 7T67r\ctV1JfjtOU. Paraem. 
 
 »\ a »/ * 
 
 %f>Ui Ttg av fjti tuv TuXaivuv ot<TT£0? Iamb. Trim, Cat. 
 
 Bi$ct)\ov"Apyov yyjysvovg, Iamb. Dim. 
 
 aXsve, $£ J (po&ou[/>cci f Iamb. Dim. Cat. 
 
 zrov (jlvdicottcv elcrogcocrcc /3ovtccv 9 585 Iamb. Trim. Cat. 
 
 o $e TTOgeveTUt $o\iov GfifJL s%tov Paeon. Trim. 
 
 joy ov$e koctOocvcvtoc yotia, kbuQbi* Iamb. Trim. Cat. 
 
 ocKXa fjts rav raXouvav Epichor.Dim.Acat. 
 
 ej? IvegtoV TTBoSv Iamb. Mon. Hyp. or Dim. Dact. 
 
 yr\s lyw w (xoyepx TrstfXavyjptai. a, a, sa, sa. av tis oicrqps 
 %qlsi pts rdv rdkawrzV Ja, uksvs sutaXov ynysvov$ "ApyoW 
 tyoGovfxai, sIgoqwgol rov fAvpiconov /Sovray, 6 Ss tfoqzusroLi %%ojv 
 SoX*ov ofX[xx 9 ov KocrQccvovrx ou$l youa, xeuQei* aXXi Ttspoiv 1% 
 Ivsga;v KuvnyeTei /&e riv rakandv, 
 
 earth, I, the unfortunate, have wandered. Ah ! Ah ! 
 Alas! Alas! Again this sting pierces me miserable. 
 
 Earth ! turn from me the image of the soil-born Argos. 
 
 1 tremble when I behold tlje hundred-eyed shepherd ; 
 but he, whom dead the earth hides not, follows me with 
 deceitful look, and passing from the shades of Hell 
 hunts me the unfortunate, 
 
 581 . ITs^Xav^ai, perf. pass, from tfXavaw to wander, 
 to be led from the right path. 
 
 582. Ohrpos, ou, h, a gad-fly, a breeze. 
 
 583. Torysw, zos 9 6 xa.1 %, earth-born, from yn and 
 7/vo/xai. 
 
 584. 'AXsw, to turn away. AS Dor. for 7$?. 
 
 585. Nivgiwwos, ov, h xix.1 y, having numberless eyes, 
 from fjivqiof and a*^* 
 
 Jk 2 
 
68 AI2XYAOY 
 
 KuvriyBTsT 9 TrXuvoi tb vyjo-tiv dvd rccu iamb. Trim. 
 
 TrcigctXiuv fyotfJLfAOV. 590 Paeon. Mon. Hyp. 
 
 U7fo $e K7j()07rXa,<rTog OTO&Bt $wct% <tt{>. Tro ^'f )im ' 
 
 d%BTuq V7TV0$6tccv vcfJLQV) Epichor.Dim.Hyp. 
 
 id)> l&, ITCTVOI) Iamb. Dim. Brachy. 
 
 7TC&, 7TC7T01 7TC& fJU dyoUCTl Antisp.Dim. Cat. 
 
 ttjXbttXocvoi ttXocvoci ; 595 Chor.Hyp. 
 
 Ti TV OTB (A to Koovis TTuT, Troch. Dim. Bracliy. 
 
 rl 7T0TB Tula's 3 BVB- Dact. Dim. 
 
 <^BV%ag Bvgoov dfjcoc^Tovcocv bv iryfjcovotTg ; Poiyschem. 
 
 ts TtXavgc VYtGTiv avoi rciv TtapctXlav y^cc^tAOV. Ss oiy^&TOLS Sova^ 
 KYipo7r\ocaros vtyoroQzi uttvoSotocv vopcov i&, icu, vivot, vice, 
 <n<moi TtoLy ryjXsVXavoi TtkowoLi ay oval /xs, Z Kgovis TraT, rl 
 vote, rl wots hi%au%<zs fxs h ralffSs WA&mcus svpouv pes ifjidip- 
 tougolv ; 
 
 and drives me famished along the sea-girt shore, \yhile 
 the resounding waxen pipe plays the sleep-bestowing 
 measure. Ah ! Ah! Alas! Alas! Whither, Alas! Whi- 
 ther will these extensive wanderings lead me i O ! Son 
 of Saturn, wherefore, wherefore have you yoked me to 
 these misfortunes, as the punishment of errors of which 
 you have found me guilty ? 
 
 589. Kvvnyerico, to hunt, from xuav and oiyco. N^aris-, 
 contraction of amoris, hungry, famished. 
 
 590. Ylagikiosy a, ov, nqar the sea, from nupa and 
 
 591. KyjgoTrXaffTo* Sova£, a reed made into a pipe and 
 joined with wax. KnpowXocaros, from w^os and 'xXdrrco. 
 OtqGzoj, to sound, from oroQos a noise. 
 
 592. 'A^e'ras, Dor. for ri%irr t s resounding, from iyjw* 
 *Y7tvoSot«v> Dor. for z5#vo$ott)v, from vwvos and Ions. 
 
nP0MH©EY2 AESMftTHS. 69 
 
 2, 6. ol(TT^rjXoCTCp $6 SeifAOLTl SsiXtK&V Polyschem. 
 
 7ro&^dzo7rov co$e refgsig ; 600 Iamb. Dim. Cat. 
 
 *n/£*' fJLB (pXe%0V, 7} %0M* fcaAuif/01/, $ Troch.Dim.Hyp. 
 
 TTOVTloig SccKSCTi $cg @0V()XV 9 Paeon. Dim. Hyp. 
 
 (tySe fJLOl (p9ov^<rvjg Troch. Mori. Hyp. 
 
 zvyfJLCCTOOV, onolq. adYjV fjLB Troch. Dim. Acat. 
 
 7roXv7fXuvot nrXocvut yeyv- Troch. Dim. Brachy. 
 
 (JLvdntutfi ovS* e%co 6()5 Pact. Dim. 
 
 ftaQeTv OTTO. 7TV}fJL0Vcig aXv^CO. Period. Dim. Hyp. 
 
 TiXvsig (pQtypa, rag Antisp. Mon. Hyp. 
 
 QoUKSfita iruf&lvov ; Antisp. Mon. Hyp. 
 
 g, e. cuds Tstpeis ieiXalav waQocytoTrov olargYiXocrco Se Sg/^can ; 
 
 (pXg'^OV //,£ <7?^t, 09 XOckW^OV %&0vJ, Y] So* (3oV%JcV WOVTIOIS SdxSGl. 
 
 (jlyiSs (pQovriGYiS (Jloi svytAxrojv, ava%, TrokuTi'ka.voi <n:\dvai aSojv 
 yzyvyuv ductal pes, oyS' g%o; /.4aS"£tv ctfa aXv^o; #7)/xova*-. xXi/ej* 
 <p6iyf/*x ri$ fiovxipco wocpSivov ; 
 
 AH! Ah! Is it thus that you drive me wretched, dis- 
 tracted by deep penetrating horrors ? Consume me in 
 fire, bury me beneath the earth, cast me as food to the 
 monsters of tlie deep. Refuse me not these prayers, 
 O King! These extensive wanderings have sufficiently 
 humbled me, nor know I how to avoid these miseries. 
 Do you hear the voice of the horned virgin 1 
 
 599. Olar^riXacTos ou, 5 xai w, agitated by stings, from 
 oiotqos and IXai5va/. 
 
 G01. Tlazdxovos, furious, distracted. 
 
 603. E5ypta, oltos, to, a prayer, from 'ivyp^ai. 
 
 604. T^yu^vdxxai, perf. acl. i'romyvfxm^co, to exercise. 
 608. BouKBpcus, co, 6 y.<%\ ri, having the horns of a cow, 
 
 from (Sovs and xsgas. 
 
70 AI2XTAOY 
 
 IIP. 7Tto$ ^' 0V TCXVCO TTjg Ol(TTf)Q$lV'!]T0V K0^q 9 
 
 r%g *\vob')(jucu; y r\ Aiog Qa\7rsi KBctfi 6lQ 
 
 tfjUTi, xul vvv rovg VTrBopyjKBig d()OfA0\)g 
 *H(>a, (TTVyyjTog Tfoog fiiotv yvftvu^BTUi ; 
 
 in. 
 
 7ro8ev efjLcv <rv 7rotTaogcvofjL u7TVBig; avTic. Tro.Dim.H, 
 
 slut fxoi* to, fJLoys^a,^ rig cov Chor. Dim. Hyp. 
 
 Tig Ufioc ft > co rotkoig, 6 15 Paeon. Mon. Hyp, 
 
 7civ Tci\a,i'7rto()0V Z£ £- Antisp.Dim.Cat. 
 
 TyiTvpa, tt^ocG^obT^ Dact.Dim. 
 
 kotruTcv tb votrov m- ™ P Ti&?™ 
 
 , ^ i Troch. Mon. Hyp. 
 
 vopccorczg a, pct^oti- Troch. Mon. Hyp. 
 
 IIP. Se Ttws ov kKvoj tyiS olarpo^ivrirov no^oor, ttjs - Suyarpos 
 'Iva^e'iots tj Sotkirei neap Ajos" sqgjti, xccl vvv GrvyriTQ$"i\(iQc 
 yvfAVct^erat TTga* $iav rous vire^weis Spinous ; I«fi. woSev 
 €v ot/nvets ovopca sfxov Ttccrgos ; at rakas, elite pioi ?p (xoyepp, xis 
 £jv %it aga ojbe errnrvy^x vtQoah poets fxe rav rcckocincopov re civo- 
 fjLocoizs Qeocurov yoaov a j£gga<~ 
 
 Prq. Do I not hear the sting-tormented damsel, the 
 daughter of Inachus, who soothes the heart of Jove in 
 love, and now hated by Juno, is driven by force through 
 immense wanderings? Io. Whence mention you the 
 name of my father I O unfortunate ! inform me, the 
 afflicted, who you are that thus truly address the misera- 
 ble damsel, and who name the heaven-sent disease 
 which wastes by piercing 
 
 609. 'OiffTgoSwjTo*, ov 9 o y,a\ fi, from qTotqqs and hviw. 
 Tlais ov. Nonne. Whether or no. 
 
 610. ^TtcpiATixrif, eos, 6 xa! «, very long, from v<nl% an^ 
 
 613. Airucj, to pronounce. 
 
 617. Tlpo69fQ*w, to address, or speak to. 
 
11POMH0EY2 AE2MHTH2. 71 
 
 VU ftfe, %OlOVCTCl KBVTDOHrt <poiT<z\SOl$ ; Antisp. Imp. Trim. 
 
 ^ *f / ts\ / » / Ton a lVlin* 
 
 6j 5. VKlfiTyifJLCLTUV 6i VY\(TTl(TiV OUKZlCtiq Trim Ho! 
 
 \u£f)0O"UT0t; rfkQov, ' R^uq 62 1 Iamb. Dim. Cat. 
 
 i7Tl%0TOlCTL fJL$Z<n loLfJLz7<TCX,' <W- Troch. Dim. Hyp. 
 
 tictipovcov SI rlvtS, o?-fi\ 6- Paeon. Dim. Hyp. 
 
 01 lycoy fAOyovav ; Troeh.Mon.Hyp* 
 
 aXXa fJLOi Tooujg TBKfAVjooV) 625 Troch. Dim. Aoat 
 
 Tt ft STTOC^fXSVSi TTCtOeTv, Troch. Dim. Cat. 
 
 T* fJiB %$ ; T* <pa£- Iamb. Mon. 
 
 jJLOLKOV VOCOV $6i%0V, S?7T£j) 0Kr9x, Period. Dim. Hyp, 
 
 9ooet 9 (pflci^B Ta, Antisp. Mon. Hyp. 
 
 0V(T7rXdcVU) 7TCLpQeVCd. Id. 
 
 o?-e, £-o? eyri, t/vs*" Ss $vg$xi(&ovcov (Aoyovsiv ; aXXa roqcos rax* 
 (junpov fMoi o n s7Tz[A[ji,sv£i (jls nx&ziv, ri pis yjyh ; ^cltpv, Sgoii, 
 
 me with furious stings. Ah ! Ah ! I am come impetu- 
 ously driven by the unseemly famishments of my wan- 
 derings ; subdued by the angry contrivances of Juno. 
 Oh! Ah! Ah! Alas me, who of the evil deities is at 
 work? Clearly point out what remains for me to suffer. 
 What must happen to me? Shew, speaks, say some cure 
 of her disease, if you are acquainted with it, to the un- 
 fortunately wandering virgin* 
 
 620. <&oitol\£os, i%, eov, furious, from (poiror, ov, 5, fury. 
 622. AaCgoovror, o, 6 xocl ri, rushing with fury, from 
 
 "kiQpos and cvm. 
 
 626. 'ETTa/xpcavst, for eV^v^/xevsu 
 
 629. &ugw\mqs adj. unfortunately wandering. 
 
72 AI2XYAOT 
 
 IIP. A/£w TOgZq (Tot 7Toiv 9 oire(> X$Q l< > '^^h 
 gvk s/xttXskmv otlviyfjLctT , aXX anr'hS Xoytoj 631 
 ilxTTTtfi Hkcliov TTPcg (plXovg olyziv ctto^u. 
 Trvpog @{>OTo7g Sorij^ ogc&g UoofJirftza,. 
 
 1X2. d K01V0V O)(pZ\vifJL0L 9v7]ToT(ri (pccvetg, 
 <r\yjfjL0v, nQOfjLyjQsv, rov SiKijv 7rcto"X£ig tql$b ; 635 
 
 IIP. UQfJLoT TTBTrCtUfJLUl TOVg SfJLOVg QfiqVOOV Trovovg* 
 
 III. 6vk ovv 7r6()otg uv ttjvSb Scogedv Ifiol ; 
 
 IIP. 7J&fa ropous vroiv goi, feeg PCCT^** ^a&Eiv, ovk e^ttXIkcov 
 oanyiAoiToCy aXK* <xt\co Xoyco, cJjTTsg S/xaiov o\ysiv gto^oc ttqqs 
 (piXovS. opas Sorvpoc Ttvpos fipororf, TIpofAnOioc* 112. a> <P&ve\s 
 koivqv cJ(pEX7)poa SvajroTo 1 *, rXripcov IIpoptyj&Et}, S/xtjv rovvtOLGyEis 
 raJe ; IIP. agpccn itkitcLvy^ai Spwajv robs lp*ovs ttovovs, 
 l£l. ovk ovv av Trogoif rrlvSe Scopsav epto* ; 
 
 Pro. I will relate clearly every thing you request to 
 learn, without enweaving enigmas, but in plain language, 
 as it is just to speak to friends. You behold the be- 
 stower of fire to mankind, Prometheus, lo. O ! thou 
 universal benefit to mankind, suffering Prometheus ! 
 whence endure you these indignities ? Pro. I have 
 just ceased to lament my misfortunes. Io. Will you 
 not then bestow this favour on me? 
 
 630. From this verse until the 708th the lines are 
 tambic. 
 
 635. Tov SUm. SiV/jv, commonly called an adverb, is 
 used here as a preposition ; but it is properly neither 
 adverb nor preposition, which may be seen by supplying* 
 the ellipsis, xaiu S/xtjv rov sgyov ma.ayjm racSs ; by punish- 
 ment of what action do you suffer these things ? rov Att. 
 for twos. 
 
 636. A%fj,o7, adv. just now, lately. 
 
hPOMH0ETS AESMftTHS. 73 
 
 tlP. Xey rprw ulrer ttccv yoc^ oiv ttvQqio p>ou. 
 
 1X1. (Tfjfjuqvov oa'Tig ev (poc^ocyyi cr uxfAcicre. 
 
 IIP. QovXevpa. filv ro A?w* c H<pa/<rrou tie %e*£. 
 
 1X1. TTotvccg $e TTOtcav u^Xooc^fJbdcTcov Timgi 641 
 
 IIP. TOCTOVTOV UpteOd (TOl (rutpqvicrcM povov. /.- 
 
 Lft. not) 7T(>og ye Tourotg, re^px ryg epj£ TrXavyg 
 $ei%op, rig e<rrou ry TuXaiTrcagcp x^ovog ; 
 
 IIP. to fjbrj pctQetv croi 7t(>e7<r<rov ij p,u9e~v rah. 
 
 LQ. firiTQl flB TCDV^Vig TOvP OTTSg ftgXXai &aBuV. 
 
 IIP. XeV 6 ^vrtva ^ojpeoiv aJreT* yap oiv ttvQoio itav (Aou. Id2# 
 cripLyvov §ebv qgtis cuxixaai gs h Qagayyi. IIP. to /xsv A7o? 
 fiovXeufAa, %sl§ Ss *H(paI(jTov. I«Q. Ss vtoiciv aitXaxni/Arcov 
 riveis iroivas ; IIP. «*§&; G&tynviooLi go) [jlovqv rooovrov. I£2. 
 xai ScT^ov, wpos ye tqvtqis, ripp*a Tins e/xw srXavojr, rU ygovos 
 %srai rn TaXamcipa) ; IIP. to (aw ptaSetv rctSe ytpetoGov aoi $ 
 /xa&elv. Ifi. ptTirof xfuxf/ips' pis toUto 3irg^ fAeXkco sraQeTv. 
 
 Pro. Say what favour you ask, for you may hear all 
 things frofri me. Io. Declare who bound you to this rock. 
 Pro. The will of Jupiter and the hand of Vulcan. Io. 
 The punishment of what errors are you suffering? PRO; 
 I am content to declare only thus much to you. Io. 
 Discover moreover in addition to these things the end 
 of my wanderings : at what time will that happen to the 
 tmfortunate Io? Pro. The ignorance of these things 
 were better for you than the knowledge. Io. Conceal 
 not from me that which I am about to suffer. 
 
 642. Ag*Efi/,-Iam content, I am willing. 
 
 645. To (ayi /xa&giV. The article used with the infini- 
 tive gives it the force of a noun, and in the English 
 language the same thing is observed when the article is 
 used with a participle, as " the ntrt knowing these 
 things," &c. 
 
 L 
 
74 AI2XYAOT 
 
 IIP. a AX' ov (jisyotifica tovSb <roi SugijfjLOLTog. 6±7 
 
 Ifl. tl fierce ftsXXetg fjbv\ ov yiyuviffKBiv to 7Tocv ; 
 
 FTP. (pQovog fih ov$e)g, <rug $* owed 9()cc%<xi (pf/tvotq. 
 
 Lfl. fly pov iTQOJcffiov fjiccccrov, cog \fioi yXvicv. 
 
 IIP. B7re) TrgoOvfAsT, x$ hiyw anove $rj. 651 
 
 XO. [Jb^7rco yV (AoTgotv 8* ySovyg Kccpo) iro^e. 
 rrjv TycrSs TTftWTOV l(rr^(Tta[JLBv vocrov, 
 avrijg Xsyovtr^g rug iroXvcpQogovg Tv%ctg* 
 ret XohTTci $ adXcou gov $i$axQv TC * &&(>&>• G55 
 
 HP. crov egyov, 'loT, roucrc? VTrovgyycou xdcgiv, 
 
 IIP. dKK* ov (jLsyaiqoj aoi rovSe ^ajpr^xaros. IQ. rt ^yrac 
 fjiiKKeis fAYi ov yeycuvioKStv to rcav.; IIP. outieU /asv (pSovos, S* 
 qkvou §pdi%ou ooL<y (ppevxs. I«Q. yt*ri TrpoKinSou fjiov fxaaaov, us ro 
 IjlccSeTv rctSe earl yKuxv ejxoi. FTP. eirel Tr^odvfxsi, y^pw Kiyeiv* 
 cUkovs $aj. XO. (Juottcu ye 9 xat wops ixoipxv S' T^ovfo eixoL 
 srga/f ov laryginocofAev- to5v voaov rya^e Kopws, avrrt Key Quays ris 
 vroKuQQoqous rvy^as* &iSa%0y]Tft/ holto, t« Kontx V cLQKcov iti^oL 
 cov, IIP. 'IoT, Ian gov egyov virovgyr t aa.i yjxpiv rula^e S'eatf, 
 
 Pro. I do not begrudge you this present. Io. Why 
 then delay you to divulge the whole? Pro. I have no 
 objection, but am reluctant to disturb your mind. Io, 
 Do not be anxious for me any longer, for it is agreeable 
 to me. Pro. Since you wish it, it is necessary to 
 speak: now hear. Cho. Not yet. Grant me also a 
 share of the pleasure. Let us first enquire into her 
 calamity, and let her relate her ruined fortunes. With 
 respect to the future miseries, let her be taught them by 
 you. Pro. It belongs to you, Io, to perform this 
 favour to them, 
 
 650. Maaaov, Dor. for (Ae~£ov. 
 
 052. Motw ye, not yet at least, only not yet. 
 
nPOMHOETS AESMflTHS. 75 
 
 uXXcog re 7rocvrcog Ktii notciyvrircug irotr^og. 
 
 tag r a7roycKot\)(rut Koc7foSv^oc(r9oct rvyotg 
 
 Ivrctvtf, 07rrj peXXet rig otcreo'Qoct Sccxgv 
 
 iVQog rZv xXvovrcov, ci%ia,v r^v\v s%s*. 660 
 
 IXi. ovk oTS* 07rug v[jl7v a,7n<rr7}<Tcti pz %°y> 
 (rucpsT <5g [i66a ttccv oirs^ 7T(>o<rxt>y&Tei 
 *7rev(re<r()s 9 Kairot kcu Xzyovr ouvxyvopou 
 6ec<rcrvrov xeipMot, xcti $ict<pQo()ccv 
 
 aKkws ts itxvrus v.a\ xoLGiyvnrotlf iroiTqos. ojs re kxokXizvgqu 
 kou amobvpoL&cx.i rvyjxs IvTctvQoc, oirn ri% /xe'XXs* oUaeoSai 5ax§t/, 
 *%ei d%iav rpiQw. Ifi. ovk otSa ottcjs yj>ri pts oLitiarriaat 
 v(a7v. Sg irsuGtoOs j<%(p£4 /xiJ&o; wcHv oTrsp flrgocr^r^sTc* xairoi xod 
 GuvyjuvoiAou \iyovaoc Szoaavrov y^si^ouvoc, xocl foaffiopaiTt 
 
 especially as they are the sisters of your father ; and to 
 lament and weep over misfortunes, there, where one is 
 sure to be repaid by a tear from the listeners, is a meri- 
 torious office. lo. I know not how I can refuse you. 
 Hear then in plain language all you require : although 
 I blush at relating the heaven-sent tempest, the de- 
 struction 
 
 657. "AXkous re itivrus ko\, x. t. X. Especially as they 
 are all the sisters of your father. "AWcvs te Ttivrcos con- 
 veys the idea that no one would hear Io's misfortunes 
 except such as would have the delicacy to respect and 
 conceal them. Inachus, the father of lo, was the son of 
 Oceanus and Tethys, consequently the Oceanides were 
 aunts of lo. 
 
 660. 'A£/av rgiCoiv, an agreeable delay or occupation. 
 
 663. YlsuasaQe, fut. mid. from 7r^v9avopta«. 
 
 664. Kal $ia(p$opQiv [AopQrit, the ruin of my figure. Io 
 had been turned into a heifer, an indignity likely to vex 
 the temper of a pretty woman. 
 
 l2 
 
76 AI2XYAOY 
 
 pooQyg, o6ev ptoi trxzrXix tt^otbtttocto. 66$ 
 
 dei yug ofysig evvvxoi 7ro\ovfjt,evcu 
 
 slg TTaoQevtovccs rovg euovg, iruMyopow 
 
 XeioKTt fjLVUoig eo fJLty zvooupov nogy, 
 
 r/ TroigQevevsi ^ot^ov^ i%ov <roi yoifiov 
 
 rvyuv ftsylcTov ; Zevg yol(> iftBgou jQeAe* 67Q 
 
 TTficg <rov Te9u\7TTui, Koti ^vvuifi&rQou Kvttqiv 
 
 to Zyvog, aAX* e%ij\9e TT^og Asovyg @a,Qvy 
 
 ixo^ris, o&ev TtpOGvnraLrb fxoi GyjETXigc. yip o^si* 'ivvvypi del 
 TToXoiJ/xeva* th IfjLovs robs vrafievSvas, irocpnyopovv /xe XsIoigi 
 jjlvSois* XiyovGoci, Sj y^Lyon. zudottfAov xogoj, ti Socpov flrag&evei/ei, 
 b%6v Got Tuyjcw fAEyiGTou ydfAOu ; ya% 7azbs rk§c£knra.i mpbs gov 
 /3eXe* IfJiepou xcu viXei %uvotigEG§oti KifogiV gu Se, w ttou, ja?) 
 aTZoXotxriGris to "kiyps 7jWvqs, c?XX' e^X&s 7rfw /-SaSiv Xgi/xo/va 
 Aegv^f, 
 
 of my form, from what cause they have afflicted me, 
 wretched. Nightly dreams, coming constantly to my 
 chamber, addressed me in flattering words. " O greatly 
 * ■ fortunate damsel, why continue so long unwed ded, wh en 
 V it is in your power to obtain the highest nuptials. For 
 a Jupiter is warmed by the arrow of love, and is desirous 
 (t to meet your ardent wishes. O virgin, refuse not the 
 %i couch of Jove, but proceed to the fertile bay of Lern^ 
 
 666. "Evv^xos", ov y h xal ti, nightly, from ev and vu%. 
 
 667. UapSevuiv, wvos, 6, the private chamber of virgins. 
 669. 'E£ov, praes. part, from s%ei[M. 
 
 672. 'A<zro\axT/§o/, to kick back, to reject; metaphori- 
 cally applied from the efforts of a horse to disengage 
 himself. Cui male si palpere, recalcitrat undjque tutq§. 
 Hor. Serm. i. 20. lib. 11. 
 
riPOMHOEYS AEXMflTHS. 77 
 
 feiptovoi, woipvug @ov(TTci,<reig re TTgog TfctTgog, 
 
 tag civ to ATov oftpa, XootpYicy ttoQov. 675 
 
 Toio7<r$s Troccrocg ev(poovotg cvsiocuri 
 
 Zvveixouijv dvtTTijvogj eg rs $yj ttoctoI 
 
 iTAfjv. yeytavsiv vvktiQoit cvBi^ctroc. 
 
 p <T eig re TivQca, noi^i &ca$cavi]g iruKVovg 
 
 Geo7TD07Tovg ia,\Xsv 9 eag (Ac&Ooi ti X9^ 680 
 
 €^eavr y xiyovrccy ^oclfJLocrtv irficiara'ziv (ph\cc. 
 
 ijkov 6 dvayytWcvreg aioXocTOfzovg 
 
 re irpos ftovGriazis vrolfAvots Karoos, ojs to Aiov o/jifxa, av 
 "hwtpriGr) woSou. eyci Svamvos ^vvsiy^ofjinv tiolgocs Eixppovocs 
 TOjoIffSs ovs/<p xgi ss rs tyiv cigotv V) S7) stX?jv ysycovsTv vvxritpoira, 
 bvslpartz ifxZ vrarg]. S' iaXXsv ttvkvovs ^zoitpfmovs sis rs 
 TIvSuj ytou l<n\ AuScivflS us /xa&oi ri •/gri avrov ^pcuvrocyj 
 T^syovrcc, mgoLGGSw (f>iXa Sa/ptociv. 7}X.ov S' ivayyiXKovrss alo\oe- 
 rofjt,ov$ 
 
 f* and to the sheep-folds and ox-stalls of your father, that 
 " the eye of Jove may rest from desire." Miserable, I 
 was pursued every night by such dreams, until I made 
 bold to mention these night-wandering dreams to my 
 father : and he sent many messengers to Delphi and 
 Dodona, that he might learn by what actions or words 
 he could please the deities. The messengers returned, 
 bringing back doubtful, 
 
 674. Bouarams, sus, ri, an ox stall, from @ovs and 
 oracis. 
 
 676. Eu$p6vy}, ns, fi> night, so called because good 
 council is best found in the stillness of night, from sv 
 
 and <p£7jv. 
 
 678. NvKTi<poiTo$, ov, 5 y.a\ 7}, wandering by night, 
 from vu% and (poirdu, 
 
 682. AhXoaroixos, ov, 6 k%\ ri, obscure, ambiguous, from 
 
 %loKos and ot6[agc. 
 
78 AI2XTAOT 
 
 X^yiVfAovg, dcrijJLovg^ XvcicgiTwg r BigyfJitvovg* 
 TBXog ^' evocgyvjg (3cz?ig yXOev Ivaxu, 
 
 (TUQUS 67n<TK7}7rTOVCroi KOU fAv9oVU€V9J f 685 
 
 %%0d $6[A,M TB TCCc) TTUT^CCg CodsTv BUS, 
 
 cctperov aXoi<r9ou yy\g bit l<r%aT0/£ cgoig. 
 
 xel fJLq QsXoi, 7TV(>cd7rcv &v Aiog (jloXsTv 
 
 kb(>olvvov, og 7rocv \^ou(rr^<TBi ysvog. 
 
 roio7<r$B TTBta-dslg Ao%iov [x,uvTBVftcccriv, €90 
 
 IfcyXoccBV fJLB icdrnKXeHre Itapwruv 
 
 FfJLB ClQsTOV E%CO T£ <$6(JLQJV TtOcl <7t%TQOL$ d\<Z(J§Oll STTi Ig^jXTOIS OpOlS 
 
 yris, xatl el fj*ri §e\oi, wvpouTrov ytspauvov Aios" av ptoXen/, Sir 
 i^aiarciasi tixv yivos, Tret^&elr toioIjSs fjiavrsv^ciGiV Ao%iou 
 axcov e^riXocasv k<x\ iitiyikziaiv fxe axouaay Scop^arojV 
 
 uncertain, and obscurely delivered oracles. At last a 
 perspicuous oracle came to Inachus, clearly enjoining 
 and telling him, to drive me away, dismissed from home 
 and country, to wander to the extreme boundaries of 
 the earth, and if he should refuse, that the flaming 
 lightning of Jove would descend and obliterate his 
 whole race. Though unwilling, he was compelled by 
 these oracles of Apollo to driye and shut rue unwilling 
 out from his palaces ; 
 
 683. "Aanfjiof, ov 9 xrx\ 71, obscurus, to which there i$ 
 no mark atlixed, from ol and w^a. 
 
 687. *A$ztqs, dismissed, from d<piwtJLi, 
 
 689. 'E£aV<7Toa;, to obliterate, from ociaros, and that 
 word from oc and i?4jai. 
 
nPOMH©ET2 AESMilTHL 79 
 
 anovarotv oczcov* aXX* enqvccyzuQ viv 
 
 Aiog *xukivog 7roog (Slav Tt^oLffGiiv rccoe. 
 
 svdvg Jg /zootpTJ Ktxi (pglvzg fiictcrqotpoi 
 
 ycrctv, KEgc6<rTig S\ cog o^ar, o^vcropc*) 695 
 
 pvcdTTi %f)t<r9e7<r 9 efJLfjLocvei <nci/)Tr i fta.Ti 
 
 y<r<rov Trgog bvttotou re Kegxyeiug geog, 
 
 Aegvyg re zo^vrjv* fiovitoXog $e yyyevyjg, 
 
 aKkoL y^aXivoS A*o? eTrojvayxa^s viv wpos )3iav irpotGGeiv rccSe. Se 
 £u§us ptog^ol kou QgivsS wgocv Siaorgo^oj, Se KSpzGTis, oj$ opc&Tc, 
 
 XQIgSeTg a.O%UGTQ(JiCf) (JLVaiirt, TiGGOV EfAfAOCVsT GKtpTYjfJ.XTt TtQps re 
 
 svworov pios Ksg^vs/atf, re ytpmnv Aigvw Sg "Apyos yrtysv^s 
 fiouxoXot, - 
 
 but the command of Jupiter compelled him to do these 
 things. Immediately my shape and mind were dis- 
 torted and disfigured by horns, as you see, and stung 
 with the sharp breeze I rushed with frantic speed to 
 the pure stream of Cenchrea, and the fountain of Lerna. 
 Argos, the earth-born shepherd, 
 
 692. oulwgolv aKcov, contr. for dtKovGav ocekoov. 'Esravay- 
 xa£a>, to compel or necessitate, from avayxoj. 
 
 694. AizGrpofyos, ou> kou r), perverted, distorted, from 
 
 695. 9 0%uaro(jt,o$, ov, 5 kou w, possessing a sharp mouth, 
 from h^vs and gto^ol. 
 
 696. Mucous, the same as oforgos a gad-fly. 'E/x^av^, 
 ear, 5 kou ri y furious, from e/x//.a/vo/x.#i. 
 
 697. t H<t<7ov, a. 2. act. from ociggoj. Jlvi:qtqs 9 ov, h kou 5\ y 
 a term usually applied to rivers whose waters are sweet 
 to the taste; of agreeable flavour; from ev and ttvtos 
 from viva. Cenchrea was a stream in the Isthmus of 
 Corinth. A place called Kenkri now stands on the 
 ancient site of the town of Cenchrea . 
 
 698. Lerna was a country of Argolis, celebrated for 
 a grove and lake. 
 
80 AI2XTA0T 
 
 anguTog o^jtiv^ "Aftyog cofjiotfyrtij 7TVKvo7g 
 
 otrcroig SsfiogKag rovg Ipovg kutoc (rriGovg* 7W* 
 
 cL7TPO<r$oKviTog 8* cii(pvl$iog ccvrou fto^og 
 
 tqv $jv u7re<TT&()ii<reV ci<rTQ07tXyi% £ eyco 
 
 fjt,u<TTiyi Oeux. yv\v ttpo yyjg eXuvvofAut. 
 
 X017TCV TTOVMi (T^JJiOHVB* [Ji^e ft OUCTt<r<Zg 70S' 
 
 ^vvQuXire pvQotg T^ivSeciu 9 vcxrrifJLa. yct(> 
 olIg"X}<ttqv sivut (prifii (rvvQerovg Xoyovg. ,. 
 
 OM.QXT0S Y.OLXOL OgyrjV WlAaQTZl [JLOl SsSo^XcJi" WUKVOtS OGGOtS XOiToL 
 
 tovs e{Aou$ oriQou r. oLTrpoa^onnros Se altyvftios (Aogos awzGripm- 
 
 (76V OLVTOV TOV £*1V' 2f' £7^ 0i<JTp07r\y)£ eXoCVVOfJiOCL (JLOlGTiyi §£ip 
 
 7?iV fl^o 7^5". Kkuert ru. nqayftivToc, si Ss sy^hs bweiv o ri eno -ri 
 Xoi9rov ptego£ srova/v ff^/xatvs* /x?$£ o\x.Tiaa$ £i/v&aX«zre pes vJ/er/SeW 
 "kbyois' ydp <pn[Ai cuvQirous Xoyovs thai aiGjycrQv voorjpta. 
 
 insatiable in his anger, followed me, gazing with nu- 
 merous eyes behind my steps. Unexpected and sud- 
 den fate deprived him of life ; but I, breeze-stung, am 
 driven by divine wrath from land to land. You hear 
 the past, but if you have aught to say about my future 
 labours, signify them ; nor pitying soothe me with false 
 words: for I think that flattering expressions are a 
 most disgraceful evil. 
 
 J o* 
 
 699. "Axparos opyh, glowing with anger. 
 
 701. AtfgoffSoxyjTo*, ovy 6 xaJ 7>, unexpected, from a r 
 
 TTgOf, SoX£&>. 
 
 702. Ol<yTgo#X7)£, riyos , o x<z\ r), from oigtqos and Ti\r\GGOJ. 
 
 706. Nojajpta, (Xros, to, a disease. 
 
 707. Si/v&sror, y), ov, compounded, not simple, fron> 
 
 guv and t/&7)jlu. 
 
XIPOMH0EY2 AESMATHS. 81 
 
 XO. tu, \ct> % 
 
 CV7T0T, 0V7T0T 1}V~ 710 
 
 trdoct Xoyovg 
 lq dnoocv spuy, 
 cu<T SSe SvctQsutoc kcu $v<roi<rTot 
 
 TriJfAUTOt, XVfJL0&T0C 9 
 (prjKBl TCBVT^CO if/U^e/!/ lpU%aV IfJLCtV. 
 
 fl0l(>0& 9 fJL0t^0C 3 7TS(p()tK , 6*0"- 
 
 720 
 
 Iamb. Mon- 
 
 Paeon. Mon. 
 
 Troch. Mon. Hyp. 
 
 Id. 
 
 Dact. Mon. Ac. 
 
 Antisp. Doch. 
 
 Iamb. Trim. Cat. 
 
 Dact. Dim. 
 
 Dact. Mon. 
 
 Doch. Dupl. 
 
 Iamb. Mon. 
 
 Troch. Dim. Cat. 
 
 Iamb. Dim. Cat. 
 
 XO. ea, %x" (fsv 'ounors, ovitors nvy^ovv %ivovs "koyovs /xoXe7<j6a* 
 Ireptav aKoav, ov^s itri^ocroc^ Xiz/otara, <$Ei(Aa.Ta. cSSs $uo§£a,Ta, xal 
 
 y.oipoc, mityfw.cc, zigio'q'vgx 7r%cH$;tv 'IoS*. 
 
 Cho. Ah! Ah! Forbear! Alas! I never, never thought 
 that these strange accounts would reach my ears, nor 
 that distresses, expiations, and horrors, so dreadful to 
 the sight, and intolerable, would lacerate my soul with 
 sharp stings. Alas! Alas! O! Fate! Fate! I tremble 
 when I behold the destiny of Io. 
 
 714. At/ff&eaTo*, ov, o hoc.) f t , horrible to the sight, from 
 St/* and &eao//,ai. Augoigtqs, ov, 5 xat ft, intolerable, from 
 Sis* and olco, oIgoj. 
 
 717. ApQwrtS, sos, o kqu w, sharp on both sides, from 
 ij/4>! and cckw a point. 
 
 M 
 
82 AI2XTAOT 
 
 IIP. 7T(>o ye (rrevct^eig, kom (po&ov ttXsoc, rig £*• 
 ZTCHTytQ) eg T civ koci to, Xoittol Trgotrpcityg. 
 
 XO. Xey\ BK$i$ourx.e' ro7g voaovcrl toi yXvnu 
 to Xoittov ctXyog Tr^ov^BTTitrrucrQ^ ro^cog. 
 
 FTP. tv\v irglv ys xqzIclv rjvvcroicQ Ipov ttoc^oc 725 
 Ttovtpcog* pudeTv yx(> Tyjtrfie Trocar £X(ji& Te 
 rov ocfjt(p y euvTvjg ocQXov e%yiyov[ASV7jg. 
 
 TO, XoiTTol VUV CCK0V(Tcx9\ da, W7J TTO^drj 
 
 tXtjvoci TToog "Hgctg ttjv^b tyjv veaviScz* 
 
 cv r\ 'Ivc&xbiov (Ttjb^ijlu^ rovg spovg Xoyovg 730 
 
 Qvfiu /3dx\ &q cxv ri^fiur ezfjtd,9vg oJou. 
 
 IIP. 9TgO 7= OTEVCC^EIS, Y.OU eI Tl$ <7I\E(Z (f>o€oV. EfflG^ES, ES T£ 
 
 rriv cuqrtv y aa\ TrpoG^xbriS roc Xoiwoc. XO. Xsys, skS/cWxe* 
 sgtI rot yXvao rois vogovgi Trgou^ETrlarotQai robots ro Xoittov 
 akyos. IIP. 7ivi>G0LG$i ye y.qu§qjs rr t v %ge/av TTglv tzqlqoc EfMov' 
 yoig TTpcuroc £XC?C £TE (*&§& rrtG^B xoqris E&youfjLEvns rov oc9Xov 
 txfAtyi Eocurris. vvv iytovGxre roc Xomoc woc^n, otoc yjp'h ttivJe rrjv 
 vsdvtdoc rXfjvou 7rpo$"Hpa,s' gv ts 'IvaJ%£iOV gtieq^oc $qcXe Sc/xoJ 
 rovs Ipto^S Xoyovs ojs ocv EK[jLoc6rs riqfxaroc otiov. 
 
 Pro. You lament too soon, and are too prone to fear. 
 Restrain yourself until you learn the remainder. Cho. 
 Speak: declare: it is pleasant to the sick to know 
 clearly beforehand the evil which is to come. Pro. 
 You easily obtained from me the prior request ; for 
 you first solicited to hear from her own mouth an ac- 
 count of her misfortunes. Now hear the future suffer- 
 ings which it behoves this damsel to endure from Juno ; 
 and do you, seed of Inachus, consider in your mind my 
 words, that you may learn the end of your journey. 
 
 721. From hence, unto the nine hundredth and second 
 line, we have a series of Iambic verses. TI%o ye, k. r. X. 
 literally, you groan beforehand, and are a person full of 
 fear. # 
 
riP0MH©EY2 AESMHTH2. 83 
 
 ttocotov ulv evOevF vjXiou Troog tzvToXocg 
 <TTfiVtyoL<roL cravTTjv* creix avqooTOVg yvo&g. 
 Xnvdag d d(pi%ettfofJici$ag 9 c? TrXeitTag creyocg 
 t 7rB^(Tioi vutovg; Itt EVKvnXotg ox°^t 735 
 
 eKfj&oXoig Tofcotoriv B%in>Tij(Jt,svot*- 
 oig fjbvj 7re\ct£eiv, aAX' dXicrrovoig TfoSotg 
 X^TTTOvfroc pocxiottcriv BKiregaiv yfiovci. 
 XctioLg Ss X si f>°$ 0<i VityoTSKTOveg 
 
 WpuTQV fJLSV CTpi^OLGO, GaVTTiV IvSevJs TtpOS (ZVroXois 7]klou, <JT£iVe 
 
 awporovs yvis. Ss -oiQi%ei ILnvQas vo{A>a8as 9 o? s^Tiprn^ivhi 
 Ijo3? oko\$ ro%oiaiv, TreSagujot vociovai xXsktixs ariyas, ln\ suxvk- 
 Xoi5" ox ois ' °fs XQW as A^ wz'Kgc^eiv, aXkoi xpi(/.7rrouaoc tioS&s 
 aXkcrovois p(x,yj.(uoiv %qt) gs iytitspoiv %&ova. Sg ol Gi^yigoriKTOves 
 
 First turning yourself from hence towards the rising* 
 sun, proceed to uncultivated fields, and you will come 
 to the Scythian Nomades, who adorned with far-shoot- 
 ing bows, dwell aloft in wicker mansions constructed on 
 swift waggons, whom it behoves you not to approach: 
 but directing your feet towards the resounding shore, 
 go out from the land. The Chalybes, artificers of iron, 
 
 733. 'Avt^otos", ov, o xal t), uncultivated, unploughed, 
 from a and uqooj. 
 
 734. Nopuk, ctSos 1 , 6 xa.1 7), living in pastures, from 
 wiaoj. UXzktos, t), ov, woven,' of wicker work. 
 
 735. *Et/xt/xXos, ov, o km, 7), swift, round, from e5 and 
 y.vHko$. 
 
 737. 'Ax*<xtovoj, ov, o xoc\ 7i, groaning with the force of 
 the sea ; resounding, from aks and arivoi. 
 
 739. ' SiSoQgoTgxrwv, ovos, I, a worker of iron, from 
 oibnqos and rinLrm, from tsvkcj. 
 
 M 2 
 
84 AI2XTAOY 
 
 cikovci XuXvCsg, ovg <pu\d,%a<rOct{ ce %$' 7¥> 
 
 avY\fjL£(*ot yoio, ovSs Trooo'^Xutrroi fcevoig. 
 y^eig $' v&oktttjv iroTUfiov^ ov tyBvScevvfjLov, 
 ov fiy '7reou(rys, ov yotf* sv&otrog Treouv^ 
 
 *7T(>iv UV TTftOq UVTOV KotVKCKTOV fJLOXfjq^ OQCOV 
 
 vtytCTOV, ev9o& TTOTUfJLOC SKQVCTci [JLSVOg 745 
 
 xpoTCtQcav ct7T avTctiv. da-rpoydrovocg $e X(>ij 
 xo^v(pccg V7T6()&clWovcrciv 9 eig fjt,z<ry\fJLG>oivviv 
 
 XdXvGsS dtxovm "Koliqls %£ipo$, ovs ygh <js (pv\oi%oiG§oci' yag 
 dvyiiAzqol slei ov$e TrpoGTrXaGTOi %ivoif S* r&£is CSqiarwv worafAov, 
 ov ^£v§cl)WiA,ov r ov fxri Ttzqia'QS, yag ov svGaros ^eg£v, ttqIv av 
 ptoXyis- irgos avrov KaiJxacrov, ii^iarov opouv, evSte moray^s 
 %x.(pvGgi ixivos amo xpordtpcov ccvtuiv. Ss y^pri as vTTegGciKkovoav 
 
 dwell on the left hand, whom you must guard against, 
 for they are fierce and inhospitable to strangers. You 
 will come to that turbulent river (Araxis) which belies 
 not its name, which you will pass not, for it is not easy 
 to be passed until you approach to Caucasus himself, 
 the highest of mountains, where from its very tops the 
 river spouts out its violence. You must pass over its 
 summits, 
 
 741. 'AvripLepos, ov, 5 Tioci fi, fierce, from a and fnxz%os. 
 TlqoaiikoLarosy ov, o xal w, easy of access, one who may be 
 approached, from mgpGTth&Xju for TrqoaireXd^aj. 
 
 742. e Y£gi<TTyiv. The following are the rivers, to one 
 of which iEschylus is supposed to have alluded : 
 Araxis, Ister, Tanais, Alazon, Borysthenes, Hybrista. 
 
 746. " 'A<rrgoysrra/v, ovos, 6 xa* i\ 7 near the stars, from 
 aarqov and yslrcov. 
 747, Ms<7?jpt,£givo^ ri, ov, meridian, from yiaos and 
 
nPOMH0ETS AESMfiTHS, 85 
 
 Pyvui Ke\eu9ov, gird* *AuoL?ovcav ctooltcv 
 
 *££* (TTvyocvo^ , a; ©s^icrycv^ocv ttots 
 
 xaToiKiov(riv dfitpi ©eofzci$ov9\ Hva. 7/jo 
 
 T f a %^~# ttovtov ^ocXfjcv^Tjcloc yvocdog 
 
 avTui <r' o$yjyyi<rovG'tv Teal fjiocX d<rfjL£vug. 
 icdftov $' \tt cLvruTg arrBvo7ro^oig Xipvvjg 7ru\otig 
 
 xsXsy&ov, g'v&a i'£ei arvydvopoc gtqztov 'A/^a^ova/v, a7 ttots 
 xxroixiovGiv ®e[AtGKV%(ZV a/A(pl ©spfjLcidovra, 7va Tpay/ia. 2aX- 
 pw/Jyjd/a, yvoiQos vrovrou, ly$%i&£vos vauroiiGt, (jLnrpvLoi veovv* 
 avrai oSnyYicouciv as xat jxaXa aff/XEWs". £' ^'|gi? K*pc,pt,E§jxov 
 JaS^ov eV' aurous crsvonopois itvkous "kl^v/is, 
 
 which approach the stars, and descend to the southern 
 side, when you will arrive at the man-detesting army 
 of the Amazons, who hereafter shall colonize Themis- 
 cyra near Thermodon, where is situated the rough Sal- 
 mydesia, hostile to sailors, an aestuary of the ocean, the 
 step-mother of vessels. They (the Amazons) will put 
 you in your way, and that too with pleasure. You will 
 come to the Cimmerian isthmus, on the narrow entrance 
 of the lake, 
 
 749. Swyzva/g, ovor, 6 xou y, detesting men, from 
 aruyos hatred, and dvwp a man. ©e^itrxvpav. Themiscyra, 
 a town of Cappadocia, at the mouth of the Thermodon. 
 
 750. KcCTOlKlQVGlV, 1 f. act. for XOCTOlKlGOUOlV. 
 
 751. SaXpcuSrjffja. Salmydessus, a bay on the Euxine 
 sea. 
 
 752. Ex.S'go&vos-, ov, 5 kou f), an enemy to strangers, 
 from £%§%os an & l £ ' v0 *« 
 
 753. c OSar/Eft/, to lead the way, from oSor and %yw. 
 
 754. ILrwoiropos, ou, h xal w, narrow, having narrow 
 passes, from arwos and ni^os. 
 
86 AI2XTAOT 
 
 KippsgiKov yfcziSi ov 6/)K<rvG''7rXdyxvct)s <tb %^ 755 
 Xi7Tov<ruv ctvXuv bkttbqclv Mcucotikov* 
 bctui Sb GvyroTg Big ubi Xoyog [JLByotg 
 T7\q (rv\g TTogetug, Bo(T7ro^og <T B7rcovvfAog 
 
 KBKXTjCBTCtr Xl7T0VCCX, $* EVDUTTTjg 7TB$0V, 
 
 VlTTBl^OV Tj^Sig 'AcnT. Ct{> V[jl7v $OKBl 7^0 
 
 o tcov Qbmv TVfjczvvog Big roc nravff oyjag 
 fiiuiog uvea ; rySs ycif> Gvyryi Qeog 
 
 X&&V [AiyiJVCll, TOCO'S* B7TB^l^BV TTXoLVOtg. 
 
 itikqoZ $* Bxugo'ag) £ nogr], tqjv trcov yctfttov 
 [AVij<TTi}()og % ovg yoip) vvv ctrcTjitooig Xoyovg, 765 
 
 ov ygh cs XiTTovfJocv SpoctJVTrXoiyjQ/ctJs snTrsqpv JS/laieonxov 
 auXcuvoc, Ss {Asyocs Xoyos rr k s avis Kopsids sgtou els* dsl S"V73TojV, 
 
 Se XZxXt)GET0CI ~BoG7tOQOS ETTCUWfJLOS' Ss XlTTOVGO. TTE^OV E^gG/flW 
 vfeziS 'Aff»5flt TjTTE/gOV. 6 TUQ&VVOS TOUV 0SO/V OLQCL SoXEi Vf/AV slvOCl 
 
 h[Aa>$ filaioS els' rdi ir&vra, ; yag &soj %py&v fjuyrivoci r^Se 
 ^wrf!, sTrippi-^ev tocg'Sz wXoivaS. oj xogr), S' \yjuqgols TTjKgoi) 
 HvriGTvpos ruv acuv yapewv. ya% Soze? Xoyou$ ous vvv daYixoas , . 
 
 leaving which, you must boldly venture to pass across 
 the Mseotic strait. There will he report for ever of 
 your passage among mankind, and the Bosphorus, by 
 its name, will perpetuate the circumstance. Then leav- 
 ing the soil of Europe, you will arrive at the Asiatic 
 continent. Does the tyrant of the Gods forsooth 
 appear to you to be equally powerful in all things? 
 This God, in pursuit of his affections with a mortal, 
 has subjected her to these wanderings. My girl, you 
 have acquired a bitter suitor of your affections ; 
 
 755. ®%aGV7i\(i.yyvws, adv. boldly, properly, of hold 
 entrails, irom hgiavs and erffXay^vov an entrail. 
 7G5. 'Axmoois, pcrf. ind. Att, for moots. 
 
IIPOMH0EY2 AESMftTHS. 87 
 
 UVUi $0X61 Co) UTjSeTTU 9 P TTDOOlfJLlOig. 
 111. ICO fJLQl fJLOl. £, S. 
 
 TIP. (rv <T oiv KSKgotyag KavczpvxQiQi* rt itox) 
 Sgctcreig, orctv rol \onvoi ttvvOccvti xo&kcc ; 
 
 XO. ? yctg ri Xoiftov TYftie TrrifAoiTM l(*z7q ; 770 
 
 IIP. Jba"%g^as£>cJ/ ys TrzXotyog arrj^g Svrjg. 
 
 1X2. ri Syr efto) £y\v zs^og 9 ccW* ou^ Iv recast 
 tfyty eftc&VTvjv Tq<r$* oinvo <TTV(pXov ^iroocg^ 
 07rug 7r6$ep (ryc^a,(roi f tc2v ircivTtav TTovcav 
 
 (xr^e.Traj eTvou goi sv w poo idiots. I<Q. ici pcot fjioi. e, si. IIP. 
 gv S' av xixpayocs xal avapu/%0/|ei* ri nov SqcLgzis qtolv <kv\- 
 Savri Ta \onrx Tcaxd ; XO. yap v s%s7s ri Xojttov Tir^droov 
 tt$s ; nP. oY'tf^e/pcsgov ye vriXocyoS oLrr,pols $un$. I ft. Srira. 
 ri xiptios s<jt\ Ipcol ^v, aXX' oux %ppi-^oj sfxavrrtv sv recast gLtzq 
 rriG^s gtvQXqv Ttirpaf, onus Gxyi-4/ocGa, 7i&co 9 d.7ir{Kkd.yriv rav 
 Trivruv wovuv : 
 
 for the report which you have heard, is but the prelude 
 to your miseries. lo. Alas me ! me ! Ah ! Ah ! Pro. 
 You exclaim and groan again ! What then will you do 
 when you hear your future evils ? Cho. Do you speak 
 of any future calamity to her? Pro. Yes, a boisterous 
 ocean of fatal vexation. lo. Of what benefit is life to 
 me? Shall I not throw myself immediately from this 
 rough precipice, that falling on the plain I may escape 
 from all evils ? 
 
 766. ripoo//xiov, ov, to, preface, beginning, from t.qq 
 and oi^ri a song. 
 
 767. 'AvatAvyftlfyi, Att. for dv&[jLVxQityri, from olvxfJiu%- 
 Gityixcci to groan, from lAuyftity, and that from nitty to 
 transmit a noise through the nose. 
 
 771. 'Arwpos, ga, p ov, noxious, pernicious, from a raj. 
 
88 AI2XTAOT 
 
 d7njWuyyjv ; xotifforov ycto elg una^ QuvtTv, F75 
 
 7] rccg u7TcL<ruq yjfJLSgotg 7ra<r%g;i/ Kotytoog. 
 
 IIP. 7i fiixTTrercoq ccv rovg epovg ccQXovg (pegoig, 
 
 OTCO OuVsTv fJLBV S(TTIV OV TTBTTataflBVOV. 
 
 avTT} yoc(> yv ccv Trijfjcccrcov u7raXXuyyj m 
 
 vvv S* cvfiev s<tti re^cc pot TTgoneifjcsvov 780 
 
 (to%fictiv 9 7Tf>iv ccv Zevg eK7rs<ry) rv^ccvvtSog. 
 
 1X1. 7} yoc^ Tfor Icrriv B)C7re<re7v <x>t*x*i$ ^tcc ; . 
 
 IIP. ritioi ccVy ckfJLUi) t%v$* locvccc crvfjccpooctv. 
 
 HI. 7rcag <T cvk ccv 7\ng ex &tog ivccvxp) xowZq > 
 
 yap EffTi xqsiogov sis aitot^ Savsiv, y Ttiay^iv xaxcZs rcis uTraaas 
 vtfjLipas. IIP. w oiv tyipois ^vgitbtZs rovs b(xovs oiQXovs, oru 
 ptev ov sariv ttsttqcuiazvov Savsiv. avrn yo\% oiv yv dircxXKayn 
 TrntActTcuv. vvv Ss Ian oiiblv riq(Ax ^oyficov ngoxsifAsvov poi, 
 <xplv TjSvs oiv Ixniari tvqolvviSos. Ifi. i) ydcg wots ioriv A/a 
 sxttegsHv upyjis ; IIP. ol^oci oiv ?$oio, \$ovg<x. ttJv^s av^opiv. 
 Ifl. srw£ S' ovk oiv riSoifJLYiv nrts Ttiayju xotxws ex Aio$ ; 
 
 for it were better thus to die at once, than suffer con- 
 stant misery. Pro. You would certainly bear with 
 difficulty my pains, to whom it is not fated to die : for 
 this were a retreat from distress. But now there is no 
 epd of labour before me, until Jove shall be ejected 
 from his tyranny. Io. And is it destined to Jove to 
 lose his empire? Pro. Methinks it would please you 
 to behold this calamity. Io. How is it possible I should 
 not be pleased, who suffer evil from Jupiter. 
 
 775. 'A^yjXXayriV, a. 2. ind. pass, from oXmoCKKirru. 
 777. Avgttetojs, adv. from $vs and tiItitw. 
 782. % y<z% ttot. x. t. X. Whether at any time is it 
 that Jove shall fall from dominion? 
 
nPOMH0ET2 AESMftTHL 89 
 
 IIP. tog Toivvv ovTtov tuv$b cot [jluQbTv ttu^.^jss <i^.icri.~- 
 
 1X1. vrgog row tv^ccvvx (ncrjTrr^ (rv^Srio'eTcti ; 
 
 IIP. ccvTog TT^og uvtou ksvoQqqvuv @OV\BVfAUTUV. 
 
 I XI. notta TooTTta; <r%[i^vQv , el uy Tig @\a,&ij m 
 
 IIP. yaps? yotfJLov toiovtov, cq ttot #<r%aAc&. 
 
 Ili. Oeogrou, tj j3^oTeiov ; si gyTov, (pfiucrov. 790 
 
 IIP. ri $' mtw ; ov yoif) ^tcv av^cccQui roh. 
 
 IIP. roiwv itapi aoi /xa&sTv t&Jv^s ovrwv ws* Ifi. Trpos rov 
 ai/Xaj&oiffETav rupavvx aurjirrpa, ; FTP. ai/ros sorgo* xsvotypovcov 
 {Zov'ksvfjLoiTOJY aurov, I«Q. vroicp rpoircp ; oyiiadvov, ei pri iori 
 ris jSXafy}. IIP. ya/xeV roiovrov yd[A0v> £> mors aayjxXgi. 
 
 in. Ssogrov, r) fiporeiov ; e5 pwrov, (ppoicov. IIP, ri 5e (f^iaco 
 oyrivoc ydfjLov . yag o£ pnrov oci^oia^oci to^e. 
 
 Pro. Then you must know that things are thus. Io. 
 By whom shall he be deprived of his tyrannic sceptre? 
 Pro. By himself, in consequence of his own foolish 
 councils. Io. In what manner? Tell it if there be no 
 harm. Pro. He will contract such a marriage as will 
 repent him. Io. Divine or human? if allowed, speak. 
 Pro. Why should I tell what kind of marriage, for it 
 is not allowed to mention this? 
 
 787. Kevo<P§wv, mos, o ycoci ri, foolish, thinking foolish 
 things, from xsvqs and <p/w. 
 
 789. Ta/xer ydc[j,ov. k. r. X. Prometheus, in speakin^ 
 of a future circumstance, uses in this place the present 
 time ; a method too common in ancient and modern 
 authors to be much wondered at: but, nevertheless, 
 contrary to the rules of grammar, and into which poets 
 have been forced by the impossibility of evading the 
 rules of metre. 
 
 790. ©Eogro*-, o kcu r\ } sent from God, from &€or and op&. 
 
 N 
 
90 AI2XYAOT 
 
 1X1. 71 7T£0£ SctfJUZfiTOS i%0Lvl(TTCl7M QgOVCOV ", 
 
 IIP. yj te?£tui ys <noulot> (pt^r^ov nmrficg. 
 
 in. ovK BfTTtv uvtm tijitF d7TO(TT^o(p^ tvxw ; 
 
 IIP. ov Xtitcc, 7T(>iv y sycoy uv lye Izvpm XvGelg- 
 
 1X1. rig ovv o \v<rcov <r* scrlv uzovrog Aicg ; 796 
 
 IIP. tm ccJv tiv avrov Inyovtav tivcti yj^tov. 
 
 IXi. 7rcog eT7rug ;q 9 [tog ntoug <r uTraKkafcu komwv ; 
 
 FTP. rplrog ye yivvotv Tfgog oex, uXKutonv yovoug. 
 
 I £2. ^ E^av/ffrarat Spovw irpos SdiAapros ; IIP. wysri^eTai 
 TtaX&OL. (fiprspov vrocTgos. I £2. oj5$' eariv amoGTopOpri avrco 
 rriciSe rvyris ; IIP. ov SriTa, vrplv ys av syaye XvSeU Ix 
 Sexpta/v- Ifl. ris ovv lariv o \vacov as olxovios Aiqj ; I7P. 
 %pzwv avrov zfvtxi nva, rcov owv Ixyova/v. IfX. vrois el^as - ; ?? 
 epw tfaiV a9TaXXa£ei as xocxcuv ; IIP. t^/tos" ys itods xocroi 
 7svvav, tfpos Sexa aXXaujv yovous. 
 
 lo. Will he be ejected from his throne by his wife? 
 Pro. She will produce a son superior to his father. 
 Io. Is there no escape for him from this calamity? 
 Pro. By no means, until I shall be released from 
 chains. Io. Who then is he that can release thee 
 against the will of Jove ? Pro. It is necessary that 
 he should be one of your descendants. Io. How say 
 you? Shall my son relieve you from evils? Pro. The 
 third of your race, after ten other descendants. 
 
 799. The thirteen successors alluded to by Prome- 
 theus were : 1. Epaphus, 2. Libya, 3. Belus, 4. Danaus, 
 5. Hypermnestra, 6. Abas, 7. Proetus, 8. Acrisius, 
 9. Danae, Ita Perseus, 11. Electryon, 12. Alcmena, 
 13. Hercules. ft 
 
nPOMH©ET2 AESMftTHI 91 
 
 1X1. 7]$* OVK IT BV^VfJL^XTJTOg Vf %^<Tjtt#<5Va. 800 
 
 IIP. net) fJLY$l coiVTijg InfjuzQuv $rei irovovg. 
 
 Iil. fjuvi fiot irgorelvcov Keofiog, sir U7ro<TTe(>ti. 
 
 IIP, $vo?v Xcyoiv <re 6are()Cd$u)(>yi<ro{A,a,t. 
 
 I XI. iroloiv ; tt(>c$si£qv, al^triv r Ifioi $$ov. 
 
 IIP. $$&>[&• eXov yoif) tj ttovcov toL Xoittcc, trot, 805 
 (pocccco coc(p7jvcog 9 q rov sjcXvctovt ipl. 
 
 XO. rovrcav <ry r^v pev ri}^, x^i; <T Ifioi %i,^v 
 Qecrdou QeXijtrov, fjuvfi urifjida-^g Xoyovg. 
 recti ry$e ph yeycavs ryv \017rvjv 7rXocvijv 9 
 
 Id. ^Se ri yjpnG&zS&lac ovx, %r sari zvfyutxQ'knTos. TIP. xou 
 pwjSe tyrei Ix/xa&etv itovovs cavrris. \Q>. yw Trporslvcov xiqSos 
 (A.oi, sTra, a7T0(7T6g£t. IIP. Swgajjoptat cs Saripa) Suoiv \6yotv. 
 Iil. woiotv Xoyoiv ; TTgoSei^ov, rs S/Soi/ t |l//,oi atipemv. IIP. 
 S/ctapu* yag hXov ri o&(pwVGu$ (ppiacu cot. ra Xoiira, hovqjv, rj rov 
 IxXvaovri epts. XO. cv Siknaov SicQai rwv ptsv %dpiv rovrotv 
 Xoyoiv rr$e 'Io?, twv 5s %dpiv l/xoi, [jly^s drifAcians eyovs Xoyous. 
 xou /xiv yiyuve rr\v \oi7rr)v vtkowm rrjiSe, 
 
 Io. This oracle is not easy of conjecture. Pro. But 
 seek not to know your misfortunes. Io. Do not pre- 
 sent me a favour, then snatch it from me. Pro. I will 
 give you one of two relations. Io. Of what two? De- 
 clare them, and give me the choice. Pro. I grant 
 them. Choose either that I shall clearly divulge to you 
 your future labours, or the person who shall free me. 
 Cho. Be pleased to grant the favour of one of these 
 relations to her, the other to me, nor disdain my 
 request ; and relate the remaining wanderings to her, 
 
 800. Y.iUJjy&Knros , ov, h kou % easy of conjecture, 
 from sS and qv^QoXKco. 
 
 802. ITgoreiW, part, used for the imp. mood. 
 
 n2 
 
92 AI2XTAOT 
 
 IfAoi $e Toy Xvcovtu* tovto yuo wo^ca. SJO 
 
 IIP. BTTsl 7T(>oQvfJLU<r(!)\ OVK tVCtVTlUHTOflCtl 
 
 to [Ay ov yeywveTv iroiv o<rov 7rf>o<r%()Yi£eT6. 
 
 (To) 7TOC0T0V, 'loT, 7T0Xv$0V0V TTXcCVfJV (pgCC<rU, 
 
 jjv lyygcttpov crv fjLvyfjLO(Tiv SsXTOtg (pgevuv. 
 
 OTOtV TTZfiJiirviq ()S79()0V 9 q7T6l(>C0V cgov 8 1 5 
 
 TTgcq ccvToXag (p\oyoo7ruq y\io<TTt£e7g 
 
 TTOVTOV TFe^tOtTOL (pXOlCT&OV) B£ T CCV IfclKYI 
 
 yroog To^yovua, TtiVux, KirOv/vug, Ivoc 
 
 Jg tov avJga \vgovto, ae 9 sptol* yaip 7T0&&/ tovto, IIP. eVs* 
 vrpoSufAEi&s, ovk zMVTiouaofAai to (j.r) ov ysyawsiv Trav oaov 
 9r § 0(7 W!pC 6Te ' 'I ?* Q%x<m goi <7T%gutov vro\vo s ovov wXxvnv, rjv oh 
 syyga(poi/ [AvriiAOGiv SeX-rotf (pgsva/v. orav Trepdaris pefogov, opoi 
 rweiqwv <tte7%£ vrgios <p\oycu<7ra$ omoltoKqls fi\iOGTiGs7f, vspcuaoc 
 
 (fXOifffoV TTOVTOV 1$ TS TO)V OUgftV % aV S^/xop 77^0$ ITo/? JOVSIOC TTsS/fiC 
 
 and the person who will free you to me ; for I desire to 
 hear this. Pro. Since you desire it, I shall not object 
 to declare all you request: Io, I shall first mention to 
 you your extensive migration, which do you engrave on 
 the recording tablets of your mind. When you may 
 have passed over the stream which divides the con- 
 tinents, leaving the roar of the ocean, proceed to the 
 flaming sun-trodden east, until you arrive at the Gor- 
 gonian plains of Cisthene, where 
 
 813. IloXi/Sovos-, ov, h y.cl\ r), much agitated, from vo\vs 
 and Soviet. 
 
 816. c HXio<7TiCai£, so*, 6 kcu v\, trodden by the sun, 
 from tJXios" and gteIGco. 
 
 818. Kkj&wi. Cisthene, a town of iEolia. 
 
IIPOMH0EY2 AESMfiTHS. 93 
 at <&0DK$6G vmovcti, $mvoum KOgOU 
 
 T(>Sl$ KVKVOfjLO(><pOt 9 KOIVOV OfJifJL eKTIJfteVOU, 820 
 
 fAoir6$ovT6g, ug oW vjXiog Trgoa-^BojcBToci 
 
 UKTKTlVj OVV 1\ VVKTSDOg f/,7}Vyj 7T0TS. 
 
 TTBhctg $* dSeXQcti rwtie r^eTg kutcctttsooi, 
 
 SgautovTOftoiWoi To^yovBg QfiOTOVTvyzTg) 
 
 oig 6vijTog ov$e)g ei<n$d>v e%ei Trvoccg. 825 
 
 al rgsiV xt/xvo/xog^oi Ocyx/Se*-, Sojvaial xopai, valovai, ektvuaevoii 
 xoivov bpcpta, pcovoJovrsf, ccs ovrs rfkios vrpoe'SigytETou axTio-jv, ours 
 
 *$ VUKTSpOS (AVIW) 7T0T£. TrlXoiS Sfi e\gi TqElS KOLtiltrZQQi <X$sX<p<X,l 
 
 ra/vSe, SqaytovTOfAcxXkoi figoroGruysiS YopyoveS, as ou^eIs Svnros 
 
 BiG&UIV E%El TTVods, 
 
 the three swan-like daughters of Phorcys, ancient 
 damsels, dwell ; who possess one common eye, one 
 common tooth, whom the sun never regards with his 
 rays, nor the nocturnal moon. Near, dwell the three 
 winged sisters, the Gorgons, bearing snakes in their 
 hair, enemies to mankind, whom beholding no mortal 
 can survive. 
 
 819. $o/>x/$e;. These monsters, as well as the Gor- 
 gons, were daughters of Phorcys and Ceto. 
 
 820. KvM&fAopQof, ou, h xat ^, having the appearance 
 of a swan, from kvkvqs and pco§(py}. 
 
 821. Mov6Soi/*j oJovToy, 6 xai y, having one tooth, from 
 (jlovos and oSous. 
 
 823. KocrdwTEpQs, ou, o xal w, winged, from xara and 
 
 TTTEpOV. 
 
 824. AgaxovropcaXXor, ov, h xaJ ^, having snakes in 
 place of hair, from £§ax«uv, and (xaXkos, hair. Bgorooruyris, 
 eos, o xal ft, hating men, from Photos and orvyos. 
 
94 AI2XYAOY 
 
 roiovro {JLiv trot tovto (pf>ovf)iov Xlyco. 
 aWyv F unovcrov Svc^e^ Qsca^ocv 9 
 c%v<TTOfjLOvg y<£() Zyvog uKgayeig wuvctg 
 TfvuTrug <pv\cc%cxi, rov re povvcaTra (Tt^utov 
 
 *A(>t[*U<r7rcV iTTTTO^UfJLOV \ o\ XfjUCOgjlVTOV S30 
 
 ClTCOVClV OCfJL(pk VUfAOC, TIXoVTMOg TTOPOV. 
 TOVTOtg (TV fJLYI TTSXa^B* TTIjXoVfjOV $s yyv 
 
 q&Sj xbXmvm (pvXov, di ir^og r{klov 
 vuiovcri nyyoug, \v§u TTOTupog AiQiofy. 
 
 Xsy&> nlv tovto toiovto (pgovpiov ooi. S' aycovaov aXXiw ^voyjcQJh 
 SsciigiaV yxp (pvXa^ai o^vgto^ovs axgaysiV xvvxs Zow* T*p virxs, 
 rov tz fjLovvouira, iTMoQctfAovu 'Agipcaffflrov ffrgarov, o* oIkovgiv 
 apt(pj %(3VGoppvTov va//a, wbpov TIXqutcovos. Se oasis' TYikovpov 
 yyjv, xsXaivov <f>5Xov, o* vaiovai TtpoS wnyous yihlov, %v9a ttotoc^os 
 
 Aje/ovj/. 
 
 I tell you, that they being such, are to be avoided. Hear 
 another terrible sight : guard against the voracious and 
 dumb dogs of Jupiter, the Gryphins, and the one-eyed 
 equestrian Arimaspian troops, who dwell on the golden 
 fount, the stream of Pluto. You will arrive at a dis- 
 tant land, a dark tribe, which dwell near the fountains 
 of the sun, where flows the river iEthiops. 
 
 828. 'Axgav^f, bos, o xal w, mute, from a and xp&fyj. 
 
 830. ^A^aaisos. The Arimaspi were a people of 
 Scythia, dwelling on the river Arimaspias. 'lititoQi^m, 
 ovos, o, one who mounts a horse, from "mmos and /3a* va/. 
 
 834. TioTa^os Ai&io-vl/. The river iEthiops or Niger 
 was supposed by the ancients to roll its black stream 
 through immense deserts scorched with intolerable heat 
 till it came to the last cataract, and thence falling into 
 Egypt assumed the name of the Nile. The Niger and 
 
ITPOMH0EY2 AE2MX1TH2. 95 
 
 tmtou «7rag> o%0a£ egtp , £&>£ ay e£*K*7 835 
 
 KCCTCcGuCTftOV, Bvdu Bv&XlVUV CfjOOV K7TO 
 
 i7j<rt (tbtttov Ne7ho$ bv7Totop (>eog. 
 ovrog <r oXuhtbi rqv roiycovov Big %9ovc& 
 
 NSl\0)TW 9 OU Srj TqV fAOMgCCV CC7T0l1tf(X,V 
 Io7, TFBTr^TCli (TOi TB KOU TBKVOtg XTlCat. 840 
 
 TM$* Bi Ti CTOl ^BXkcV TB KCc) $V(TBVQBTOV t 
 B7TaV0t$l7T\0t^B 9 KOU (TOtipUg BKfJtdvQciVB 9 
 
 spire napol o^&as" rourou, ecus av e%Lm xarafa^ptov, svfla NsrXos 1 
 iWi onto BaC Xivcov opcvv getttov euttotov p&os. ovroS oScugei ge e\s 
 rriv rqiycvvov %&ova NeiXomv, ov Sri HETtQwrctl aol re, lot*, xai 
 tekvois xtIgoci Trjv ixaKgacv otTroixiocv. ETTccva^'iTrXoc^E kol\ golems 
 ExiAavQavi ri ro/vSs, ei ts \J/sXXov xou SvGsvpErov Gor' 
 
 Creep along the banks of this, until you arrive at a 
 cascade, where the Nile sends out, from mountains 
 covered with papyrus, its sweet and venerable stream. 
 He will direct you to the triangular land surrounded 
 by the Nile, where it is decreed to you, Io, and your 
 children, to found a distant colony. Recapitulate, and 
 clearly inquire into any particular circumstance of these 
 things, if obscure and difficult to you ; 
 
 Nile are still rivers of mysterious importance, which the 
 enterprize of modern travellers has not been able to 
 elucidate. 
 
 838. TpiycovQS, ou, o xa\ it, triangular, from rpls and 
 yuvix. Tqlyojvov x&ova. The Delta, so called from its 
 resemblance to that letter. 
 
 841. ¥eXXo£, rj, ov, any thing imperfectly enounced, 
 obscure. Avgevqetqs, ov, o kocI w, not easy to be found, 
 from $us and EupiGxcu. 
 
 842. 'EwavaS/'TrXflt^w, to reduplicate, from Im, av«, and 
 <WX6os\ 
 
96 AI2XTAOY 
 
 (T^oKy $s ttXsicov vj Qe\u 7rd(>e<rTi fiot. 
 
 XO. el pev ti T7i$e \017rov ij Tru^eifjtevov 
 exetg yeyooveTv rvjg 7ro\u(p9of)ov TrXcivijg, 845 
 
 Xey* el Jg ttocvt eigijzug, q[Mv otv xctqw 
 $og qvriv alTOVfjLeorStz, [ze^VTifroct de nrov. 
 
 IIP. to ttuv Tro^eiug yds Tegp oittvptoev \ 
 07rcag J' olv elfivj [xy \jloltv\v Kkvovcrd, fjiov 
 a TToiv fjLGXeTv $ev£ eytfJLefAO'xfiyiKev (pf)OL<rco 9 S50 
 
 reKfjLTjgiov tout uvto Sovg [mjQcqv IflOOV. 
 
 Ss TrXstwv ay^okri ircL^ari [aoi rj §s\co. XO. \£ye, el [msv 
 %%us ysy covsw ri Xoivrov ^ Trocq&ifjLsvov rris wokvqfooQOv itkawns 
 tv)$£ eJ Se s'lgnxas Trdvra, Sos av riixiv %ipiv rJvnva alro^/xgaSa, 
 
 Sg 7T0V l^i^VfKJOH. IIP. ^g aKTJXOEV TO <7l(lV TEpfJLOl ItOQEiOLS. 
 
 V oitcos av e\$r, [aw iacctw ytkuouGa, pou, (ppacGco a gxpos^o^Q-flxev 
 tfglv /xoXen/ Sevpo, syoo Sous rovro ocvro T£K/x>5gtov 1/txaJv pwJ&wv. 
 
 for I have more leisure than 1 wish. Cho. Say, if you 
 are able to mention, any thing about this pernicious 
 wandering, which was omitted or passed by: but if you 
 have told all, bestow on 11s the favour which we 
 requested, and which you well remember. Pro. She 
 hath heard the whole of her wanderings, but that she 
 may know she hath not vainly listened to me, I will 
 relate her distresses until her arrival hither, giving her 
 this proof of my veracity. 
 
 844. Ylapeifjt,£vov f perf. part. pass, from Trap'wiAi, to 
 pass by or omit. 
 
 845. Ho\v(p^o^os, ov, kuI w, pernicious, from Ttokvs 
 and (p&g/gw. 
 
 847. Alroupcea&a, Att. from aclrovfxs^a. 
 
 848. Akwkoev, Att. for wtosv. 
 
riP6MH©EY2 AE2MftTH2. 97 
 o^jXoi/ fjLsv ovv top TfXeTarrov lycXsfyco \6yuv, 
 
 TTgOg OLVTO $* sTfM TBDfJLOC (TCOV TTXoiVIJfJloiTCdV. 
 
 €7rei yct(> y\9eg 7Tf>og MoXcxraroL yotmilot,) 
 
 T1JV ul7TVVCOT0V T OCfJL<p) ACdSuVIJV, \vOL 855 
 
 ftotVTtioL QaKog t etrr) Oscr7r^carov &iog, 
 
 TBgUg T U7n<TT0V f al 7T()00'1}yO(>Ol $0V6$> 
 
 v<p* cov (rv XoLfJL7TDcag novSev otivtKTfifiiajg 
 7T(>o(riiyo(>ev9iig y Atog xXeivy SdfAUf) 
 
 ovv /xev sxXe/vJ/cy tov ttXhutov o%Xov Xoya/v, S* sf/xi irgbs avro 
 TspiXac acuv irXocvinf/,oircov. yoip e#ei ^X0gr wpbs MoXo<x<t£ yasrsSa 
 re &i/.<pl rriv aiTrvvourov Aw&yiw, Xvgl earl re fxavreix Saxos 
 ®B(j7Tpcorov Aior, re oiftiarov repots, al Ttgoariyopoi Spves, v(f* &v 
 av XctfATrgws xal ovVdv othutTW pious iz%OGnyo%ev$n$ y ^eXKovaot 
 soeoSai xXeivfl Sa/xap Aioi" 
 
 I shall omit the greatest part of the account, and pro- 
 ceed to the very end of her wanderings. Soon as you 
 arrived at the Molossian plains, and to the lofty-ridged 
 Dodona, where exist the prophetic seat of the Thes- 
 protian Jove, and the incredible prodigy the speaking 
 oaks, you were addressed by them clearly and without 
 obscurity as the future illustrious wife of Jove : 
 
 852. "Ox,Xov //,£ V , x. t. X, Literally, I shall leave out 
 the greatest crowd of the words. 
 
 854. yioKooaa.yd.Tt^x. MolossiawasacountryofEpirus. 
 
 855. Awuvcorof, ou, o xa! w, having lofty ridges, from 
 oamvs and \urov. Aa>$u>\wv. Dodona, a town of Thes- 
 protia in Epirus, celebrated for an oracle of Jupiter, 
 supposed to have been the most ancient in Greece. 
 An extensive grove which surrounded the temple had 
 the gift of prophecy, and the oaks spoke ; in the same 
 manner as any oaks may speak, which have priests 
 concealed in the trunks or boughs. 
 
 O 
 
98 AI2XYAOT 
 
 fiiXXovT eceo-Qur rcov Se irfjocro'aim <re rr 86o 
 
 BVTEvQev, clfTTfiYicruca, rv\v Trot^uycriocv 
 
 KtXevQov, ri^ag TTgcg psyotv xoXttov 'Peotg, 
 
 oi(p ov 7rocKifi7rX(lyiCTOi(n xeipdQt fyofiotg* 
 
 Xqcvov Jls rov jxbXXovtu nvovriog (AV%og+ 
 
 <roi(pug B7n(TTCi(r , Icvtog KiKXyicrsroii, S65 
 
 rqg (rriq 7T0(>ei<zg fivvjfJLa, ro7g irao'iv /3()OTo7g. 
 
 CTifJiudi (Toi rutf l<rr) Trig Ifivjg (pgsvog, 
 
 cog SecKsrui irXzov ri rov Trstpotcrftsvou. 
 
 ' \ _ \ t^» « ~ r f£. _j . 1 \ t 
 
 TCt X017TO, VfltV TTjdB T SJ£ KOtVOV (pOOMTCO, 
 
 tig roevrov IxQcov roov Ttcthui Xoycov *%i/0£. 870 
 
 Se n roov 7r%o<JGocivEi af Ivtei)&sv, oiaxQriGaGQL Six rriv Tta^xxrixv 
 xitevOov, rfeas mpos ftiyxv xoknov 'Pear, aif>* ov ^£*/xa^et 9ra- 
 XifjuTrXdyyiroiGi Sp6[jL0i$, gx§ws iiriaraao, novrios [Auyjbs rov St 
 fxsXKovroc %povov y xsJcXoiffsrai 'Iovioy, pw/xa rots ttoLgiv figoroT* 
 
 TYlS GY)$ TtOQZlxS. TGC$£ 8<TT/ GVfASld GOl TVS 6/XW <f>§EVCtf, i)S Sfif X€- 
 
 rai t> TrXiov rov 7ts(pxaixivov. eXSouv sU ravrov \'%vos rwv Trxkai 
 Xoyajv, (ppxco) roc "Koitix stteol els xoivov S' vfMV re ty$s xoqri. 
 
 
 and yoa received some consolation from this. Driven 
 furiously along the sea- washed w^y* you rushed to the 
 great gulphofRhea, from whence you have hastened 
 hither with wandering speed. Be well assured, the 
 watery bay in future time shall be called the Ionian, a 
 monument to all mankind of your passage. These may 
 serve as demonstrations that my mind sees somewhat 
 more than appears. Returning to the head of my for- 
 mer discourse, I shall address the rest in common to you 
 and her. 
 
 86 L. TIaqdKriof, ov, 6 nai ^, pertaining to the shore, 
 from itx^x and axryj. 
 
 862. KoXttov Tear. The Adriatic Sea. 
 
 863. Xs//xa£gi for %e*/x«£*). 
 
IIPOMH0EY2 AEXMfiTHS, 99 
 
 s<ttiv TroXig Kc£vto£og IrxccTij %00i>0£, 
 NeiXou 7T(>oq uvTto (rTofjean tcoc) TrgocxcifjuzTf 
 evTowdx $yj ere Ztvg rlQqtriv eptpfjovx, 
 
 BTTOMpCOV UTOi^sT X^ % KUl 6tytaV fAQVOV. 
 
 E7rc£vvfjiov Se tuv Aiog ytvvqfJui,TUV 875 
 
 TB^stg jteXuivov "ETrctipov, og zoc^7rco(reTui 
 ocryv TfXurv^ovg NeTXog dgSevet x®° m * 
 
 iroKis Kavwf os egtiv layim %6ovof, itpos aura oto(jlkti kql\ 
 < BpoG%oimo(.Ti Ns/Xoi/* evraSS'a cWi Zeus rifaalv ge ept<pgova, 
 £7rx(pSjv (A&vov aragCei %ei%i xai SiycJv. Se Ts|e*£ xsXaivov 
 v E^a(pov litciiw^ov rcuv yEwn/xdrouv Aios^, os xocpTrwGEToci oenv 
 yfiova. tfka.Tvppous NeTKos d$Euei. 
 
 The city Ganobus is situated at the extremity of the 
 laend, at the very mouth and muddy outlet of the Nile. 
 There Jove will restore your intellect, by only soothing 
 and touching you with gentle hand. You will produce 
 the dusky Epaphus, so called from the embraces of 
 Jupiter; who (Epaphus) will possess whatever soil the 
 broad-flowing Nile waters* 
 
 872. UpoexufAz, QLTos, to, a collection of mud. 
 
 873. "Eptpqajv, ovos, 5 kx\ w, of sound mind, from sv 
 and (pph, 
 
 874. EsrapaJv, part, from EKatydco. 'Aragfyjs-, eos, o kolI 
 y, that which creates no fear, mild, placid, from a and 
 
 TCCgGoS. 
 
 876. Ka£9roo//,ai, to enjoy or reap the fruits, from 
 
 KOCgKOS. 
 
 877. Hk&Tvppou$ 9 qv, o 7ta\ fi, having broad streams 
 from vXxtus and qovs* 
 
 o 2 
 
100 AI2XYAOT 
 
 TTty&TTTfJ £' CC7T CLVTOV yiVVCC f 7reVT7J}COVToi'7rxig 
 
 6i}\v<r7roi>og 9 (pevyovcra, <ruyyevri yupov 880 
 
 dveifyiuv ol J*, B7TTOii(JLevoi <pf>ivotg, 
 
 MQKOl 7Te\eiUV OV fJLOtKQoiv \t\SlfJLfJLlV0l 9 
 
 7j%ov<r$ 6rj(>ev<rovT£s ov Qijf)a,<ri(jLovg 
 
 t ni[iMr% yevva QnXvGTrogos 9rsvT*}xovraflrai* oun avrov sXevoerai 
 7r<xki\> ovy£ ekovgol irqbs "Apyos, (psvyovaot, avyysvri ya/xov ave- 
 4/tftJv' oi S' etttotj/xevoi <Ppivac$y ojs 7tlpx.oi ov ixaitQoiv o$ov XeXeijx- 
 IJ,£voi "TTeXeio/v, rfeovai Swpevaovrss yx^ovs ov hn^xai^ovs. 
 
 The fifth line from him, a family consisting of fifty fe- 
 males, will return unwillingly to Argos, to avoid the 
 kindred union of their cousins, but they (the sons of 
 iEgyptus) love-stricken will follow (like hawks close in 
 pursuit of doves) hunting after marriages which are not 
 to be obtained, 
 
 878. IH^itm, x. r. X. The poet alludes to the well 
 known story of Danaus, who, with his fifty daughters, 
 fled from Egypt to Argos. They were pursued by the 
 fifty sons of Egyptus, who having contracted marriages 
 with their cousins, were all murdered by them on the 
 night of their nuptials, except Lynceus the husband of 
 Hypermnestra. 
 
 880. ®r{kvG<no%os, ov, 5 kx\ % 9 female, from §y{Kv; and 
 oweipoj. Tivvx TrgvrTjxovTo^aty §r[kva e nopQs y a race consist- 
 ing of fifty girls. 
 
 881. 'Etfroyj/Afc'voi (ppivxs, violently agitated in mind. 
 Eflrroyj/uiEvoi, perf. part. pass, from itrow to frighten. 
 
 882. K/gxo*, before x/gxo* the conjunction m may be 
 understood, but not necessarily, for the appellation of 
 x/gxoi may be directly applied to the sons of Egypt. 
 
nPOMHeEYS AESMfiTHS. 101 
 
 ycc/xovg, <p9ovov $e ccopciTCdv efcsi Qeog* 
 
 neXcuryta, Se $b%btcu QvjXvktmco 885 
 
 V A^6/ StZfJLBVTUg VVKTrippOVgyTCp 9^CC(T6t. 
 
 yvvq yoifi ctvfy* skohttov ulcovoq CTre^st, 
 MQijktov ev <r(pxyct{<ri Qccifycccoi %i(pog* 
 
 TOlclS* 67T* 6%0f Ot)^ TOVg Sf&OVg BXGot ¥LV7T()t$. 
 
 fjnav $e iroiiim I'psqog 9s\%ei 9 to py sgo 
 
 Se &eo? e£ei f&ovov oaj^drcov. YlzkCLoyia. £s Ss^srat ccurovS 
 SaptEvras" S^Xj/xtovo; "Age* WY.ntyQOvgri'rcf Spciasi, yag skxgtvi 
 yuw /3a\J/affa S/&t}xtov fytyos h ctyayoLici, trregsT avJga Exatrrov 
 at&Jvo?. roixSe xifxpis e\6ot etti roi^ l^ovs lyfipout. Sg "[xspos 
 SsX^et po/av flra/Scyv, to /k,^ 
 
 for the god will refuse possession of their persons. 
 Pelasgia will receive them slain in female war by 
 means of night-protected courage: for each female 
 will deprive her husband of life, staining her twice- 
 whetted weapon in slaughter. Such love shall fall 
 on my enemies. But tenderness will restrain one of 
 the damsels from the 
 
 885. ®rikvx,?ovos 9 ov y xai f), slain by woman ; Sfaus 
 and xre/vw. 
 
 886. Ni/xTi(p§oz5§y)Tos', 0, o xai r), protected by nightly 
 guards, from vu% and (ppoupiofAai. NuxritpgoupriTct) Qpdasi, 
 by courage protected by the night. The word wxr*- 
 (pQpvgnTos implies that the Danaides were emboldened 
 to effect deeds under the protection of obscurity and 
 retirement, from which at another time they would 
 have abstained. 
 
 888. At&ajxTor, ov, xai 7i, utrinque acutus, sharp on 
 both sides, or twice sharpened, from SI? and &*iya/. 
 
 890. M/av Se, x. r. X. Hypermnestra, who alone 
 spared her husband Lynceus. 
 
102 AI2XYAOY 
 
 TCTBlVOU %VVBVV0V 9 CcXX CCTTOCfJL^XVvd^O'BTOit 
 
 kXvbiv uvuXzig poiXXov ij fiiouQovog. 
 avTij tcut "Agyog /3a<riXi)cov refcet yhog. 
 
 fJLOMfiQV XoyOV $St TUXtT BTTB^bXQbiV TORUS' 8<J5 
 
 ■ i i h m 
 
 xreTva* Zvvevvov, iXK* oiira^QXvy^inGzroLi yvci/xW Ss fZouXw- 
 a&rai xXueiv 3*aTggov Suotv \6yoiv, avc/Xxts itaXkov rj (jliouQovqs. 
 o&vn ri%si f3a.<fi\iKov yivot kolt " hpyos. SsT ^ocxpov Xoyou 
 
 slaughter of her hed-fellow; her mind will relent, and 
 she will prefer one of two appellations, rather to be 
 called a coward than an assassin. She will bring forth a 
 royal race at Argos. There is need of lengthened 
 discourse to go fully through these matters ; 
 
 891. Bvvevvos, ou, o kx\ w 9 one who sleeps in the same 
 bed with another, a husband, a wife, from guv and euvw. 
 *A t nay£'kuw, to become blunt, to relax, from a&QXus 
 blunt, dull. 
 
 892. BouXyGeroci xXueiv $e Sdregov Suoiv Xoyoiv avaXxis 
 ixZXXov % puai(povo*. She will prefer to hear one of two 
 appellations, coward rather than assassin. This seems 
 to be the best grammatical arrangement of the sen- 
 tence, in which there is nothing extraordinary, but 
 that olvoXkis and (juaityovos are nominative cases, although 
 apparently governed by kXusiv. But pivaXxis and puatC* 
 (povos are supposed to be spoken by the enemies of 
 Hypermnestra, and are in fact not governed by xXusiv. 
 This may be illustrated by an English sentence, thus : 
 " She will prefer to hear t thou coward,' than ' thou 
 assassin';" that is, she will prefer to hear the words 
 thou coward, than thou assassin. 
 
riPOMH©EY2 AESMilTHl 103 
 
 (TnvoocLq ye fjiqv Ik TyrSe (pucriTou Goucrvg^ 
 TO£ot<n uXeivog, og ttovm ex tcovo 6[xe 
 
 fMirij(> Ifio) $iy\9s Tirocvig Qe/xig* 
 
 07rag Se %a>7r^, tocvtcc dst ftoMgov Xoyov %#&) 
 
 Bi7TSiv 9 crv r ov$ev ex/zctQovtrcc, icsfjfiavug. 
 
 I XI. eAsAsu, l\e\ev, Anap.Mon.Cat. 
 
 vtto fju u\) crCp&KsXog, xczi (p^evoTrXvjyeTg Anap.Dim. Ac. 
 fJLOcvlou 9dX7T0VT y oI<ttoo\) o oiohg Id. 
 
 XgM ft ccTTV^og. 905 Auap. Mon.Acat. 
 
 ex Triads oTtopc&s ys (jly,v Qpocaus (puoerai, xksivos r6%oiat 9 0$ 
 Xvasi £/xe sx. tcuvSe ttovojv. TtTavlr ©spur, TraXaiysvriS (jLYimg 
 $ir)\Qe roiov^e ygnofAov spcoi. owojs Ss kou onio, 5eI* (jlockqov Xoyou 
 siTTsTv ravroi, te gu EX/xa&'oSffa xspSaveiS ouSiv. ID,. sXsKbv, 
 EXeXet), a5 otycL>ts\QS kocI QgsvoTrXriys'is (Axvioci viro ^iKitoval /xe, 
 
 but from this seed will spring a bold one, illustrious in 
 his bow, who will free me from these labours. Tita- 
 nian Themis, my age-honoured mother, related this 
 oracle to me. But how and when, there is need of 
 much discourse to tell these things, and you would 
 receive no advantage from the knowledge. Io. Ah 
 me ! Ah me ! pains and distracting frenzy assail me ; 
 the fiery sting of the breeze pierces me : 
 
 897. T6£oi<ji xXsivos. Hercules, the thirteenth in 
 descent from Io. 
 
 903. <f>%£v<m'k'nyris 9 sos, xocl r>, frantic, from <ppw and 
 TrXriGGaj. "Anupos, ov 9 kql\ w, most ardent, from a in tens. 
 
 and wvq. 
 
104 . m AI2XYAOT 
 
 XOUOiu Jfi <po£to (pDBVCC \UKTi£ei 9 Anap. Dim. Acat. 
 tqoxoSivbTtoii $* ofifiotff ixlyoijv, Id. 
 
 e%a> $e tyofiou (pSQOfiui, Xvtrcrijg Id. 
 
 TTvsvfiuTi ficcfiyct), y\co<r<rrjg uKgotTiig* Id. 
 
 GoXsgo) $e Xoyoi TruiovfeiKii 910 Id. 
 
 (TTVyvyg TTDOg KVflOKTlV C&Tqg* Parsemiac. 
 
 XO. r\ <ro<pog, r\ <ro(pog ?v, og <TT(>. Epion. velDact. Tr. 
 
 TTDCorog ev yvco- Troch. Mon. Acat. 
 
 fioc roS* l£cx<rTU<re } not) yhcocr- Epionic.Dim. 
 
 (TCL h6flvQoXcyq<TiV, J)15 Dact.Trira. 
 
 tag TO KySev- Troch. Mon. Acat. 
 
 era/ kol6 eotVTov ocokttbV' Dact.Trira. 
 
 it fictTCftta' TCod fiTjTS tcov ttXou- Troch.Dim. 
 
 is Kpcibix "koLKTiCjci (ppivee QoScf), $' ofAfAoiTa. tkiylSw Tpo%o$iveirai 9 
 Se dxpoLTrtS y\dtoam y (pi^ofjioci s%co S^opou tAocpyw mzvtiaTi 
 \vaor6> Se Qokzpol Xoyoi elx^ woliqvgi it^bs ku(aocoiv aruyvris 
 
 O.TYIS* XO. 7? 7JV (TOCOS', 7} 7]M GOtyOf, o£ TTqWTOS iQivrClOZ ToSs 
 
 ev yvcvfApytad StsiAvSokoyriGEv y\coa<jgc, ous to xribsia&i xo&eaurov 
 [Aaxpcp £qiotsubi' ycoci two . o\ra y^epvnrocv, /uwJth h^xarsvaat rSv 
 
 my heart strikes with alarm against my breast, my eyes 
 roll, and I am driven from my course by the violent 
 blast of frenzy ; my tongue grows ungovernable, and 
 violent expressions are poured out inconsiderately by 
 the torrent of my detested calamity. Cho. He was 
 truly, he was truly wise, who first felt this in thought, 
 and made it known by tongue, that to marry suitably to 
 oneself is by far the wisest conduct ; and that one who 
 is humble, should neither seek after a partner, 
 
 906. Kpoc^la, Se (p6€co (pgeva XaxTt^e*. My heart kicks 
 with affright against my diaphragm. 
 
 907. TgoxoWa;, to turn like a wheel, from rpoy^os 
 and S<vso>. 'Ex/ySr/v adv. from ikiaaoo. 
 
nPOMH0ETS AESMftTHS. 105 
 
 Ttd StGcQpVTTTOUBVCdV, Epion. Dim. Cat. or Dact. Pen. 
 
 uvjtb Ttav yev- 920 Troch.Mon. 
 
 VO, [ZSyocXwofjLBVCOv Dact. Penthem. 
 
 VVTCC •X£MT i TOW eooUTTevtrM* Troch.Dim.Hyp. 
 
 ftyTrOTS, (JL7J7T0TB fJL S (loT- OCVT. Dact. Trim, or Epion. 
 
 am * * * Troch.Mon. Acat # 
 
 * XiXSCtv Aiog 6VVCC- 925 Dact. Trim. 
 
 retouv $0i<r6e irlXoVO'OlV* Iamb. Dim. Cat. 
 
 [jLTjos TrX&Qei- Choriamb. Mon. 
 
 fjv yot^kjct Tivt TtoV e% Dact. Trim. 
 
 OVPC&VOU* TOto£$ yao d<TT£0- TrochDim. 
 
 ydvooa TTUgQeviotv 930 Dact. Penthem. 
 
 SizSpuwroiAivctjv wXovrct) /xojrs ruv iAsy<zkuvo[JLevM yevvgc. 
 /x-Wote, fjLrinors at ./xoigsn, i'$oiff3 > 6 pes wiXovaoLV svvaireiqav 
 Xsy^iajv Aio*. /xyjSs TrXa&enw rm yaptsT$e to/v e£ oupavov* 
 yag ragGou ziaopuaa. iarspydvopa. vragQeviotv 
 
 among those who abound in wealth, nor among those 
 who boast of pedigree. Never, never, O destinies ! 
 may you behold me the partner of the couch of Jove. 
 Nor may I receive a husband from among the heavenly 
 deities* for I tremble when I behold the man-disdaining 
 virgin, 
 
 919. Ai&$pi/7TToiJL3ii, to be effeminate, to be devoted 
 to luxury, from Spvirrw to bend. 
 
 921 . MeyaXuva, ' to extol magnificently, to amplify, 
 from i^iyoLs. 
 
 922. Xegvai-rw, ou, o, one who lives by daily labour, 
 from %zlq and vyj&o; to spin. 
 
 925. 'Ewxreipa, as, rj, a wife, from swn a couch. 
 929. 'Aorsgyivcop, ogor, i\> disliking men, from &, 
 sriqyw, imp. 
 
 p 
 
106 AI2XYAOY 
 
 »v •% t- 
 
 et<roQU)cr I- Troch. Moir 
 
 ovg (JLsyu locTtro^iivoLV Dact.Penthem* 
 
 $u<T7r\dvoig 'Hoocg dXoiTeictlg. Epichor. Dim. Hyp. 
 
 » \ ?»*/; \ t ^\ c # * Iamb. Dirir. 
 
 spot o on fiev ofJLocXog o yocpog £7rudog. c a t 
 
 U(poGog 9 0U paeonic. Mon. 
 
 J£&A5. fJL7i$e 7t(i£i<r<ro- 935 Paeonic. Dim. 
 
 veav 6s2p socag Trod*. Mon. Hyp. 
 
 u(pV%T0V OfJLfJLOl TT^OCO^OiKOt (JLS. Iamb. Dim. Hyp. 
 
 ccTfoXe/jLog oSs. y o 7ro\efjt,og, kirogoi Id. 
 
 7T0(iifJL0g. ovS* e%6> rig av yBVol^UV* Troch. Dim. Hyp. 
 
 TOCV Aiog yotf) 0V% °t>to 9*9. Troch. Dim. Cat. 
 
 fJLlJTW 01F0L <p6yo$[A ocv. Epichor. Dim. 
 
 o y£p*os ofAotkos a(po£o£ eIVj epool, ou 8eS*a. /xr^Se *£pa>S x.p£iaoowjv 
 9"6ft/v Trqoa^qocKOi pes Kara. atyuKTov of/tfjL.oc. oSe y£ o TtohsyLos 
 anoksyLOS, wbpijAQS oVo§«. ovV *£%oj vis av yevo/ptav* yap ovy£ 
 opoj ottx av (fvyoiixi rav /x^rtv Aios. 
 
 Io, greatly afflicted by the vexatious persecutions of 
 Juno* But when a marriage equal and fearless may be 
 my lot, I shall be happy. Never let the love of the 
 powerful deities regard me with unavoidable eyes. This 
 were a war without a conflict, accomplishing things 
 impossible. I know not how I might act, for I see 
 not in what manner I could escape the power of 
 Jupiter. 
 
 934. e OpoaXo*, equal, from h^ov. 
 
 937. "A<puxros, ov, 5 kcl\ w, inevitable, from a and 
 
 Qeuyw. 
 
 940. riogi//,o?, adj. has the force and meaning of the 
 
 part. 7rogt£a/v. 
 
nPOMHQEYS AESMnTHS. 107 
 IIP. ri urjv ST* Zsiig, nai7rso uv9ci$i] (paovtav, 
 
 *<TTOU TOtmiVOS, T010V t£Uf)T\)lTUl 
 
 ydfjLov yoLftsTv, og uvtov Ik TV^ccwtSog <H5 
 
 G^ovcov r aitrrov lx£aAe; % TTurgog $* ccgcz 
 Kgovov tot 9 v}$ri iravTsXcog x/)oiv9Jj<reTcx,i 9 
 
 V)V SK7TITVC0V Jj(MTO &JVOUUV QgCVM. 
 
 ToicdvSe fJL0%ficov lytTP07rriv ov$e)g 9 sap 
 wvcut uv omtw 7r\vjv ifjLov $t7%ui vctip&g. 950 
 
 tyoo Toed oydot, % ea T^07rca TTgog focvTa vvv 
 Qctf)(rtov Kot9Ji<r9w 9 ToTg Trztiuftcioig 7CTV7rotg 
 
 IIP. % yJr\v en Zeir, xotfasp (pgovo/v dvOccSy, scroti roMtiws, 
 sZagTvzrai yaptsty roiov ydpov, o$ sxGaXsi avrbv alVrov lx 
 rvqxvvfios re Sgovojv. & oi^d Tfocrpos Kgovoy tot' t$7) wavrsXas 
 xqavSrioBTai riv wpoiTO exvirvajv Sojvaio/v Sgovcov. ovtitU &s£v 
 wXriv tfAov av ivvairo go.$oqs Ssi^ai airSt ixrpoisiiv roiouv^s 
 l/*oy$ojv. hya ol^u TaJs xal 2> rpbnto. vvv xaf&ri&oj Sapouv 
 
 VpQS T&VTGt, 7TK7T0S To\$ TTsJaOffiW XTVTTQIS, 
 
 Pro. Nevertheless Jupiter, though meditating haughty 
 deeds, shall yet be low : he is preparing to contract a 
 marriage Avhich shall cast him from the tyranny and 
 throne. The curse of his father Saturn will then be 
 completely fulfilled, which he imprecated when he fell 
 from his ancient dominion. None of the Gods but me 
 will be able clearly to point out to him a retreat from 
 such misfortunes : but I know these events, and in 
 what manner they may be avoided. Now let him sit 
 confiding in circumstances, relying on his lofty thunder, 
 
 948. Anvaios-, a, ov, ancient, of long duration, 
 from Sriv. 
 
 952. Ylcoccpoioit for txzrapoiois, 
 p2 
 
108 AI2XTAOT 
 
 TrtfTTog, ?\voL<r<rm X 6i tfi wvgiwoov (ZtXog. 
 
 ovSh yccg uvrea to&vt e7ru(>}ceo'ei to fty ov 
 
 7TBcreTv ccTipcog irrtopoLT ovk dvota'xtTct* 9$$ 
 
 T010V TTCCXUKTTyjV vvv TruoourKSVoiFeTcii 
 
 S7T uvrog aura, ovcrfJLu^corctrov repots 
 
 og dvj KEgocvvov x()6i(ro m ov' evgycrsi <pXoyu 9 
 
 figovTctg (f V7re^uXXovru ku^tboov ktv7T0V 9 
 
 OctXourcrluv rs 9 yqg tivuktbi^olv vocrov, 960 
 
 wdaocuv wvpwvoov fii\os %e*g/. yap ravroc ovlh cVagxtffe* 
 airy to [jlw ov ttsobw drifxcos TrrdfJiocroc ovk dvaa^srtz' avros 
 vDv irapscaasvcH^srai ocutco,toiov TraXaicT^v Si/jpta^curaTOV ripotS* 
 os S?) Gugwaet (fiXoya. x^iaaoyoc xegauvov, re xapTEpov Tttvitw 
 {msqQ&Wovtcl Qqovrds* Tg cxeSa SaXaao~/av rgt'ajvav, Tivax- 
 teiqocv voaov yrif, 
 
 hurling the flaming lightning from his hand : but no- 
 thing will avail, so as to prevent him from falling dis- 
 gracefully into insupportable misfortunes. Such an 
 adversary, prodigy invincible, he is now preparing 
 against himself, who will find a flame superior to his 
 thunder, a powerful blow which will surpass his light- 
 ning : who will dissipate the marine trident, the spear 
 of Neptune, the shaking pestilence of the earth. 
 
 955. 'Ava.6x sr *$i *9 ° v > supportable, from avocay^aj. 
 
 956. HccXocigtw, ov, o, an adversary, one who strives 
 against another, from ttoXaicj to contend or strive 
 against. 
 
 957. Avaixaxof, ov, kou y y not assailable, difficult to 
 be subdued, from $us and y.iyr\. 
 
 960. . Tiva;m*g«j as, 7), that which shakes, from rivdoov- 
 to shake. 
 
IIPOMH0EY2 AESMHTHS. 109 
 
 Tf>ictivcLVj aixpW T V V noreiocovog, <ntecoi, 
 
 irTotirug Se reah Trgog kockc?) [AoiOii<re'Tou 
 
 c<rov to T ctt>x 6iV xa * r ° fovXsvsw Vy/jx. 963 
 
 XO. crv Qvjv ct Xf>j£ Bi Si 70MT irtiyXttiVCcl Aiog. 
 
 IIP. CC7TSO TiXSlTCM, nv^og J' ct (ZovXofJLoii xiyta. 
 
 XO. tcoci 7r()o<r$oKciv xi* 7 ! oea'Troa'Siv Zyvog rtvoc; 
 
 IIP. net) tuvSs y sPei SvcXotpcoTsgovg irovovg. 
 
 XO. TTcog £' oujgi ru^sTg^ routS* Itc^Itttcov E7Tij ; 
 
 nP. ri $ uv (pG&olpyiv, Z QuveTv ov pc^tripov ; 
 
 getoli ogov ^lyjx to t* hpyyuv Kctl to SovXeveiv. XO. a %pr\- 
 Z^is ov Sriv Eiriyhajoop ravia A tor. IIP. Xiyco anzp TsXeTVat, 
 <npos Se a, fiouXofAoii TeXaff&ai. XO. xa\ %qyi TrpooSoxfiv rivx 
 
 TtEOTTOOElV TjIWOS J TIP. X&1 r /E S%El ^VOXo^COTEqOVS TtOVQUS 
 
 ToJvSg. XO. vus V ovyj rap^EiS, EXginTcov rotci^E etm ; 
 IIP. ri V av (poSoi(X7)v P 3> ov f^opoi^ov Sccvew ; 
 
 Tottering with these evils he (Jupiter) shall learn how 
 great the difference between the ruler and the slave. 
 Cho. You mouth out against Jupiter the things you 
 desire. Pro. I speak those things which will happen, 
 and which I wish may happen. Cho. And are we to 
 expect that some one will subdue Jove? Pro. He 
 shall have labours more difficult of riddance than these 
 which I have mentioned. Cho. Do you not tremble 
 when you use such expressions ? Pro. What should 
 I fear, who am not fated to die ? 
 
 96L Tptaiva, ra>, w, a trident, from r^s. 2xsS£, 1 f. 
 Att. for GKE^xGEij from oxz'Sdco. 
 
 967. AvgXoQos, ou, o ycod w, scarcely tolerable, not 
 easy to be carried, from ous and Ko$o$, a neck. 
 9 
 
110 AI2XTAOT 
 
 XO. d\\* ccQ\gv civ croi rovSs y aXylco ttoqoi. 970 
 
 IIP. $* OVV 7T01SITCO, 7TC6VT01 ^OCrSoKfJTci fJLOk. 
 
 XO. ol 7T^o(TKVvoijVTeg rvjv 9 A^ooc(TTBiocv <ro(poL 
 IIP. cr't&ov, 7T(>o<revxov, 6u7Tts tov k(>octovvt cceL 
 
 ifioi d tXucrcrov Zqvdg ij ftydev fzeXeu 
 
 Sqoltu)) K^UTBirea rcvfie tov @po&x'uv wovov 975 
 
 O7rcog QaXtr Suoov yuo ovk cco^ei 9eo7g. 
 
 &XX ei<ro(>to yccf* rovos tov ^log too^iv. 
 
 tov tov rvgccvvov tov veov StCCKOVOV* 
 
 XO. aXXa av ttoqoi goi ah\ov y* aXyico toSSe. IIP. 6 Ss oSv 
 woisItoj, TrccvTot TTgo^Sox^Ta f/*oi t XO. ol fiat ooQq] ttqooxu- 
 vovvtes tojv *ASga(7T£tav. IIP. gbSov, vrgoffeuxov, OZirre tov 
 dsl xparovvTa.' Se (msKsi sfxol Zajvos 1 sXaffffov w piajJgv. dqccra/, 
 xqaTtirco oirouS SeXsi tovSe tov fip&yjbv %povov. yag ovx, ap%£i 
 Japov &£OiV, aXXa elaogaJ yag tovJe tov T^op^iv Aios, tov Siaxpvov 
 toD vs'ot; rov tuqxvvou* 
 
 Cho. But he may bring- upon you labours more weighty 
 than this. Pro. Let him do it, all evils are anticipated 
 by me. Cho. They are wise who reverence temper- 
 ance. Pro. Worship, adore, flatter the reigning 
 deity. I esteem Jupiter less than nothing. Let him 
 act, let him domineer as he pleases, during this short 
 period : for lie will not long rule the Gods. But I 
 behold this messenger of Jove, this servant cf the nevv 
 tyrant ; 
 
 970. *A\y Ioj 9 contr. for dXyiovoc, akyioa } aXyico. 
 972. \Afyao~T6ia. This goddess was the same as 
 Nemesis. 
 
 973 The adverb ael, is to be construed with tov 
 
 xgaToSvTa, and not with haurTs. Tov xparoTniTot di) y the 
 God who happens to be reigning. 
 {)?(}. Aiz^ov, Dor. for Sry^ov. 
 
nPOMH0EY2 AESMftTHS. Ill 
 
 WcMTUjq ri kouvov dyyiXuv sXyXvQi* 
 EPMHS. 
 
 (T6 TOV (TOtptCTflVj TOV TTUCgcUg VTTB^IZ^OV^ 980 
 
 tov l%ufjLot(>TovT slq Oeovg/etpfffAsgoig 
 irofiovTa, Ttftug, tov TTVgog kXbtttvjv Xsyco* 
 ircbTij() civuye <r ovcrivug TcofiTTtTg yctpovg 
 avticivj 7Tf)og Zv BKUvog Ik7T17Ttsi Koccroug* 
 
 KOi) TUVTCl fAtVTOl fJLY^h C&lviKTfJftiag, 985 
 
 ctXX' avff bkocottu tx,(p(>uQ m fiv\$£ (jloi hirXoig 
 cooug, ngOfJuqQev, 7T^o(r^ocX^g. o^ocg <T on 
 Xtvg roTg rotovroig qJ%) pwXMiQl^QT a u L^^X^^/jt.r^h 
 IIP. <rifJLVC<TT0fJLog ys tcoci (pftovYipoirdq 7rXeag 
 
 l\v}\v$e oLyye'ku>v Trdvras rl xouvhv. EPMH2. 6e tov ao<pi3- 
 
 TYiV, TOV VTtigiriXpOV TilJiqOJf, TOV E%&IA(ZQTQVTC£ sU §EQUf, ItO^tX 
 
 rifJLas ityruxiQoiS, tov xXiftrinv <xvqqs 9 \iycj* irarrig oivcoye ae 
 avbcjiv ovarweis ydfxovs xoptsrsiV, vrpos uv eyteivos exTriirrei xdcH- 
 rovs' ko\ (Jiivrot eKtypocQe ratira, /xrjSev alviKrwplco?, aXXa avra. 
 ewer a* pwjSs tfpoQdXrt ptot Upof^n Qev, SiTrXois h$ov?. S' bpa$ 
 on ZcL'f ouy) ^aXux^l^ercci rots roiovrois. I7P. 5 (jlvQos 
 early ye Ge(j.vo<jrofJLOS v.ou ttXsojs" <PpQ\Y){A&ros, 
 
 doubtless he comes the reporter of something fresh. 
 Merc. You, the wiseacre, the bitterly over bitter, 
 the delinquent towards the Gods, bestower of honours 
 on mortals, I say you, the fire-stealer, my Father orders 
 you to declare what marriage you are chattering about, 
 by which he is to lose his power. Declare these things 
 without obscurity ; declare each particular ; and do not, 
 Prometheus, present me double ways, for you see that 
 Jupiter is not to be softened by such contrivances. 
 Pro. This language is pompous and full of insolence, 
 
 985. Alviytrnplcos, adv. from a!viW>pi«i. 
 989. 2ej/,vo<jtop<,o£, ov, o y.ol\ r\ y one who speaks gravely, 
 from ffs/xvos and ctoiaz. 
 
112 AI2XYAOT 
 
 c pvdog eCTiv, cog Qevv UTnjpirov. 99<> 
 
 vsov veot k(>cx,tb7tb, not) SokbTtb $rj 
 
 vxUtv u7rsvQrj 7TBQya,fi* ovk Ik rcovd lyco 
 
 hrcovg TV^ccvvoug BKTTBcrovTag ^<r6o[Z7jv ; 
 
 TPITOV CB TCV VUV KOlgUVOVVT B7fO^OflOCl 
 
 ouffyiVTu Koci ru^trrot.. py ri <roi $okZ 995 
 
 tup£siv V7ro7TT7}(r(rBiv re rovg VBovg $Bovg ; 
 
 TTOXXOV <yB KOCI TOU TTUVTCg IWeiTTto. orv Se 
 
 KB\Bv9oV> 7jV7TBj) ?A$g£, lyKOVBl TTOCXtV* 
 
 ws vwnpirov &so;v. ve'oi ve'ov xgareire y.ol\ S-yj Xoxeirs vafeiv 
 a7Tsv6>i srepya/xa. ovk sya> ^a9o//,yjv SiggouS rupoivvous ekwegmtocs 
 £k ro/vcfs ; X' iTto-^o^oLi rov t§itov vDv xotgavoSvra alGyjGra. tcou 
 T&yjLOTa, SKwicovTa.. yw Soxa; goi ri Tagfsn/ re ukotttiqggeiv 
 robs viovs Seous. sXXe/tfw 7s ttoXKov xa.1 rov ttolvtoS. Se gu 
 waLklv lyxovst xeXs^&ov, fivirep tjXS'ss'. 
 
 worthy the servant of the Gods. You are yet young in 
 empire, and think that you inhabit impregnable towers. 
 Have I not known two tyrants already ejected from 
 them ? And I shall see the third, who now rules, fall 
 disgracefully and rapidly. Think you in the least par- 
 ticle that I fear, or submit to the new Gods ? I am free 
 from every sense of fear : but measure back the way 
 you came. 
 
 990. ^YwYipims, ov 9 5, a servant, from too and egeiw, 
 a rower. 
 
 992. 'ATrevSrj*, eos, xai f>, free from grief, from a and 
 
 997. IloXXot; ys xai tou sravroS eXKeiTraj. I am devoid 
 of much and the whole ; that is to say, I am free from 
 every particle. 
 
 998. EyKovsw, to hasten, from ev and xovi*, the dust; 
 because those who hasten are dusty. 
 
nPOMH©EY2 AESMfiTHS. 113 
 
 TTEvtrsi yoio ovSev Zv dviCTO^ug Ifie. 
 
 EP. Toio7<r$e pevroi koc\ iroiv uvOuoio'fAounv 1000 
 ag records vuvtov Trypovotg KccOcaoftKroig. 
 
 FTP. rqg cr?ig XocroBiocg tvjv Iftyv dvortroxzluv, 
 <ru(pa>g t7ricrTa,<r, ovk ocv aAA#£a/^ eyco. 
 KgeTorov ycto oifAoci ry^e XoiTgeveiv 7T6Tou, 
 ij TTUTfn (pZvoci Zyvi m<rrov ayyeXov. 1005 
 
 ovTcog vQolPeiv rovg v£oi£ovrug %peaw. 
 
 EP. xAiduv eotxug roig 7roi(>ov(ri 7T(>a,yfJLU<rt. 
 
 IIP. %A*Ja; ; xkiScavTug Z$s rovg IfjLOvg lyco 
 e^Qgoug HSoifii* kui ere y h rovroig \iyta* 
 
 yap ttevgei ouo'zv Sv <zvigto%gXs epos. EP. xo&cb places Gavrov sU 
 TadSs nnfjiovas (tivroi aa\ <xp\v roioiG^s az5&aS/<rpta<7JV. IIP. 
 caucus Iwiaraoo, syw ova av aXKa^aifxi rriv Ipcaiv ^vGitpa%iav 
 dvri rr\S ar\$ Xarpelas, yap off^at kqsiggov Xargsustv rye's tfe'rgps, 
 % (pvvou TTiGTov ayysXov narpl Zw. %psouv ovrwS vQgi^siv 
 robs vQqi'Cpvras* EP. gv somas %\i$fiv rois itagovGi it pay' 
 l^aGi. IIP. yXiSaj ; sy# i'Soipu rovs simus syfipovs w^s yfci- 
 5a/vraS, xa\ gs ye Xsyco ev rovrots. 
 
 For you shall hear nothing from me respecting the 
 matters you are in search of. Merc. You have hereto- 
 fore exposed yourself to these calamities by such auda- 
 cities. Pro. Be you well assured, that I would not 
 change my misfortunes for your slavery ; for, in my 
 opinion, it is better to be enslaved on this rock, than 
 become the trusty messenger of father Jupiter. It is 
 necessary thus to insult the insulters. Merc. You 
 seem to glory in your present affairs. Pro. I glory? 
 Would that I might see mine enemies thus glorying, 
 and you, I say, among them. 
 
 1001. K(Z&ogjM,t§a;, to direct a vessel to its station, 
 from Kara and o^os, a naval station. 
 
 1002. AuGirpafya, as, v, misfortune, from ovs and Trpdrru, 
 
 Q 
 
114 AI2XYAOY 
 
 EP, y\ Kolfjce yoi(> ri %V[A<po()ct7g iircuTta ; 1010 
 IIP. awrXcp Xoycp rovg Ttowrag exfioiioct) Qeovg, 
 
 OtTOl, 7T<XV0VTS$ SV 9 KOMOVri fA BKOlZMg. 
 
 EP. ZXVCO <T lyu fJt,B[JL7}V0T 0V C(JLM(>aV vocrov. 
 
 FTP. vo<ro?fA av ei vo<ry}fjLK rovg l%Qpovg crrvytTv, 
 EP. eivjg (pogvjrog ovk ai/, el 7T^u(T(roig KuXcog. 1015 
 FTP. obfJLOi. EP. roSe Xtvg rovTrog ovk STricrarou. 
 IIP. uXX* BK$iooi(ntei Trdivff o y^dcTccov %yovog. 
 EP. Jtui fjuqv <rv y 0V7fea cca(p^oveTv S7rlo m ra,<rui. 
 IIP. <re ycig Trgoorijvfictiv ovk ctv, ovQ* V7T^bt7jv. 
 EP. Ijtuv hiKug ovSbv m %$Cfi ttut^. 102a 
 
 EP. v) yag n zTcaixioL xal i/xg %uiA<popcus ; IIP. aTrXu Xoyw, 
 syfiai^u rovs TCcivras Qsous, oaoi ev flraQovrer, xqcxovgi fte exSixats. 
 EP. syw xkvco (is (ASfJi^voroc vogov ov Gftixpoiv. IIP. av 
 vosoifju, et sgt\ vocniux. Gruyzh rov$ £%9"goi5f. EP. ovx av sins 
 
 CpOpJTOS", £i TT^CCGGOIS XoXouS. IIP. CU[AOl. EP. 7!j£VS OVX 
 
 E7r/(JTCfcTa* ro5e to eVcs - . IIP. aXXa 6 ygovos ympdGxcjv lx5i- 
 SaVxsi sravTa. EP. xai pwiv cri ye ofora; stiigtocgou Gootypovzw. 
 IIP. yap ovx av wpoGnvlim gs ovra feajgerajv. EP. soixocS 
 IpsTv ou$h ojv Ttocrrip %g7§«- 
 
 Merc. Do you in any way blame me for your calami- 
 ties? Pro. In plain words, I hate all the Gods, who, 
 advantageously bestowed, unjustly injure me. Merc. 
 I listen to you as one distracted with serious disease. 
 Pro. I am diseased, if disease consist in hating mine 
 enemies. Merc. You would be insufferable, if you 
 were in prosperity. Pro. Ah me! Merc. Jupiter 
 is unacquainted with this expression. Pro. But the 
 age-reaching time will teach all things. Merc. Yet 
 you have not yet learned wisdom from it. Pro. Else I 
 should not talk to you, a menial. Merc. You seem to 
 say nothing which my Father requires. 
 
nPOMH©ETS AESMftTHS. 115 
 
 IIP. koc) fJLriv oQslXcev y oiv rivoip uvrca %ot^v. 
 EP. lice()TO[Mi<roig SijQbv cog vru7$* ovroc ps. 
 IIP. ov yoi(> <rv TrccTg re, rcoari rovS* dvova-TB^og^ 
 el ir(>ocr$ox5,g IpoZ n TreweTo-Oou ira^cc ; 
 
 OVX BCTTtV UlKMTft OvSs fl^X^W ^ 0Tt P ,()25 
 
 KjiOTfistyeTut fjiB Zzvg yeycovrjcai rufie, 
 
 ttd)v oiv xa\a<rOri hvpcb Xvpavrvjijiu. 
 
 7T(>og tuvtoc, ^i7fTB(r9ci) fih aiQctXovtro'a <pXo%, 
 
 IIP. kou iayiv otydXcov y oiv r/voipu %£piv aura. EP. SyJ&sv 
 Ixs^Topwoffaf (as ojs ovroc gsraTSa. OP. yaq gv sis ts ttouS kou 
 
 %Tl dvQUGTSgOS TOl)Ss, £? ^TgOffJoX^S" WSVGsUgSoU Ti m&QQL €/XoS ; OVK 
 
 sgtiv aUiGiAcx. ov^s p/wj^awj/xa, orcf ILzus ^gor^SNj/era/ iae «yey&/- 
 vriGou rac?e, itpiv av T^vfjuavrvipix Sss/xa ^aXaff&r). wqoS ravrv, 
 <pXo£ /xsv a&aXovGGa pmriG&oj, 
 
 Pro. It behoves me forsooth to return him thanks. 
 Merc. Truly you have upbraided me like a boy. 
 Pro. And boy you are, and yet more stupid than a 
 boy, if you expect to hear aught from me ; for there is 
 neither punishment nor contrivance, by which Jupiter 
 can compel me to speak out these things, before these 
 pernicious chains be loosened. Moreover, let the 
 ardent flame be thrown, 
 
 1021. Kal urn o<psiX&>v, x. r. X. as well as the succeed- 
 ing line are said ironically. 
 
 1023. "Avooj contr. olvovs, ov 9 o k<x\ yi, mad ; devoid of 
 intellect. Comp. Deg. oIvougtsqos. 
 
 1025. "Aixuy/xa, aros, ro, a blow, a stripe, from alx/£a/ 
 to punish with stripes 
 
 1028. AJ&aXoew, ardent, from al^cckn a cinder. 
 
 Q2 
 

 
 116 AI2XYAOT 
 
 XBUKOTTTSQtt Ss Vl<pU$t KOl) @()0VT7lfJt,a,<ri 
 
 XdoVlOig KVKC&TCO 7TCCVT01, 7L0CI TaQCMTITBTtf 1030 
 
 yvdfjL^u yoco ov$ev tcovob p \ ohttb tlcu (podtroct 
 7T(>og ov x& m viv ex,7rs(retv rugavvifiog. 
 
 EP. h(>u vuv si <ro\ tcZvt ct^coyoc (pcuvsrai. 
 
 IIP. utttou ttccXou Svj k&) J3b£ov\bvtui raJs. 
 
 EP. ToXpynrov, od [acctmb, roX/xfja'cv ttotb 1035 
 Troog rocg Traocvorag iryfjiovotg coQcog (poovsiv. 
 
 UP. oyKBig fjLMTriv {ib, ya^l OTfcog, Trccgijyoocov. 
 bI<tb\9btco <tb fJuyiTTotf cog syu>, Aiog 
 yvcofAijv <po&y\§zig y GyXwovg yBvyi<rofJLOti^ 
 
 Sg Itavrct. KUKctrco ytal TaqoLGoiroj vi<po$* koc\ yfiovlois fipovrri- 
 [aolgi. yocp ovosv ra>v$e y\ay*^si [as wars vlcu cpgdaou irpos ov 
 y^piajv sari vtv sxTtsastv rz/gavv/So*. EP. vDv oga el ravrat 
 (focivsroci dpcoyd aoi. IIP. rocSs ttoXoci S^ ojitrou kou fisSou- 
 Xsvrcti. EP. toX/xoxtov, oo [axtoiis, roXpnaov itors 7rg>o$ robs 
 
 ItOLQOVGCLS TTYlfAOvis QpOVSLV 6g6aJ$. OP. 6%ks7s ptaTTJV, TTXpTl- 
 
 yopuv pte onus kviacx.* [armors s'ias\§srco as us syv, (QoGnSeU 
 yvfiipwjv Aios*, ysvr\ao^on SriXitvous, 
 
 let him blend and overwhelm all things by the white- 
 winged snow and subterranean thunder. None of 
 these will prevail on me to disclose by what means he is 
 to fall from the tyranny. Merc. But see if this 
 conduct be advantageous to you. Pro. It has 
 been long since seen and weighed by me. Merc. 
 Endeavour, fool! endeavour to think justly in your 
 present calamities. Pro. You disquiet me to no pur- 
 pose, exhorting me like a wave. Let it never enter 
 your thoughts, that I, fearing the intentions of Jupiter, 
 will bear a woman's mind, 
 
 1029. B%6vTWfjLx y^oviovy subterranean thunder. 
 1039. &n\vtovs, ov, 6 xal ^, soft, effeminate, from 
 
 QyiXvs and vovs. 
 
nPOMH0ET2; AESMflTHS. 117 
 
 xa) XiTTa^o-co rov p'tyx (TTvyovptvov, 1040 
 
 yvvocucofiifjLoiq VTrTiccG-fjcourw X^cav 
 
 XV(TCt! fJLZ fovfJLW TtavSs" TOV TTUVTOg 0BCO. 
 
 EP. Xtyuv somx TToKXa kcu [accttiv I^g/V 
 rsyyei yoco ov$sv 9 ov$e fjia,\()ct(r<rei Ksag 
 XtToug* $cckcov $e <tt6[mov cog veotyyvis 1045 
 
 iruXog, @ta£ei Ttou nr^og ijvtxg ftot.%11. 
 utoco <r<po$f>ivu y cc<r9evei tro(pt(r^ocTi' 
 av9a,$ic& ycif) rca (p^ovovvri (jlvj Kukcag 
 uvrfj naff avTijv ovSevog ptTov cOevet. 
 
 nod \iitoLg'}\(5Cti rov y*iya. GTuyouixsvov yvvaiKOfjiUois vnriia^oLaw 
 %zpwv "kvaxi pes ro/vSs oW/x&V Ss'o; rov wavros. EP. Xiyojv 
 soixoc egeiv iroXKx, Ttoci f^irnv' yap xiap ov^sv riyysi oub*e yuoLk- 
 SdcGzi XiTaTr Ss Saxciv crropuov its veotyyris TreuXos, j3ia£ei 
 xai jxa^si Tipos rinas, oirxq o~(poSgi/vsi xa/ ye aG^evei gq$'ig- 
 ptart* yap avQaSia ra) (pgovovvri (j*ri ytaXcus a&e'vei ptetbv outisvos 
 avrn xaS"' avrnv. 
 
 and implore with effeminate uplifting of hands him 
 who greatly hates, to relieve me from these chains. I 
 am free from all such qualities. Merc. It seems I 
 speak much, and to no purpose ; for your heart nor 
 softens nor is soothed by entreaties : but champing the 
 bit, like a newly-yoked colt, you violate and fight 
 against the reins, and are vehement but weak in your 
 contrivances. Pertinacity in one not truly wise be- 
 comes by its own efforts weaker than nothing. 
 
 1041. TuvaiKOfjuiAos, ov, 6 Kal fi, imitating women, 
 from ywri and imijlos. ^wn&Giux,, aros to, superiority, or 
 the lifting up of any thing, from vmrws supine. 
 
 1045. Neo£i/yw, zos, 5 xaJ fi, lately yoked, from veo* 
 and tyyos. 
 
118 AI2XYAOT 
 
 (ntifyoti $*, lav pyj roig spots 7ret(rQyg Xoyoig, ioso 
 
 oiog <re xzipuv jcou %om.w T^uMpta, ,e^ t 
 
 BTreur aQVKTog* TT^eoru plv yoi{> ozf>l$ct 
 
 (pagoiyyu (Zoovryfy km Tttoowvia, (p\oyi 
 
 ttut^ (tvcl^o^u TyvSe, not) Jtfjvtyei Sepctg 
 
 to <rov, Trergaiu J* dyKocXTj <re (3u(TTU(rei 9 1055 
 
 jjt,a,K(jov Se fjLTjzog i>tTB\evTvio m ag %£oi/ot; 
 
 atyoggov rfcug elg (pctog 9 Aiog Je rot 
 
 TTTTjvog KVtav, $u(powog ccerog, XciGgcog 
 
 ayciy\/ai S' eav nw TTEKJ&riJ- rati EJytOiV Xoyotf, o\os yjzifxuv xal 
 atyvKTQS rpiKUfjiio^ xqlkwv IettbigI ge. mpSirot, ph yip iraryip 
 twapdfyci rw$£ oxg/Sa (pagayya fiqovrri xal XEgavvip (pXoyi, 
 xal xgik^si to gov Senas', Se Ttsrpcciac ayxaXaj fiaGTc&GEi ge. Se 
 IxreXsmwas' ptaxgov pc^xor x,? ^ *' rJ^gts" a-^oppov eU <paoV 51 
 ttttjvos xi5a/v Aios 1 , Sa^oivo* afiToy, 'k&Qqm, 
 
 Observe, unless you be persuaded by my words, bow 
 great and unavoidable a storm of evils will assail you. 
 In the first place, the Father will tear up this lofty 
 summit with thunder and flaming lightning, and hide 
 your body ; a rocky mass shall bury you, and having 
 been obliterated for a long time, you shall return again 
 to light. The winged dog of Jupiter, the blood-stained 
 eagle, shall violently 
 
 1051. Tgixypua, aj, %, the third wave, and because 
 the third wave was supposed to be the largest, it sig- 
 nified a large wave, from rpU and xvfjLoc. 
 
 1055. 'AyxaXyj, rjr, f>, an elbow. Baara^o;, to oblite- 
 rate, to bury. 
 
 1057. "Ay^oppov, back again, from a\{/ and poos. 
 
 1058. A<z<poivo$, y), ov, from ox and (povof. 
 
nP0MH©ET2 AESMfiTHS. 119 
 
 moL^ru^ui\(Tti trdficirog fiiyu (>cckos, 
 
 uKXrjTog e^TTcov SutruXsvg TrotvyifiB^og 1060 
 
 xs\ccivoG()C0tov $* viTTUf) EzOoivrjcrBTUi. 
 
 Toiovde (Aoxfiov rs^a, pr; ri TTfiotrdoKU, 
 
 TTfiiv civ Secov rig oid$oxog rcav ccov ttovoov 
 
 (puvvi, Ge\tj<rri r Big uvuvyyjrov {jloXbTv 
 
 Aifitjv, Kve(pccicc r dfitpi Toc^rd^ov @d9i]. 1065 
 
 ^iaqrocfjLYi<ysi fxiyx pdnos go!>ia,oc.tos, ipirm Ss ayCknros itocvriixs^ 
 §o£ (ioctraXeus enQowriGeTai xeXouvoSgcorov r^ira^. pri irpootioxa. 
 ti rsQfAcc roiouSe poo^&oi/, vrpiv rts Sso/v SioSokos rouv awv 
 ttovuv (Qavri, rs SsXaiffyj /xoXelv sU dvauynrov Ai'Soov, re a/x(pi 
 xvEfyociiz $d&n Taprdqov. 
 
 lacerate the vast fragment of your body, and coming 
 an uninvited diurnal guest, shall devour your black 
 liver. Expect not the termination of such labours, 
 until some God the reliever of your labours appear, 
 and may choose to proceed to the gloomy Hell, and the 
 shady depths of Tartarus. 
 
 1059. Aiagrapcsa/, to dissect, to cut in pieces, from 
 S«£ and olqtu&os a butcher. Paxo*, so*, to, a torn vest, a 
 lacerated fragment. 
 
 1060. "AxXtjto*-, ou, xaJ fi, uncalled, from a and 
 xotkicj. AatraXsis-, a guest, from Sflffmj. AaiTaXs^S ma.- 
 vr)[j.£%os, a guest who stays the whole day. 
 
 1061. KsXaivofyoror, ou, h xa\ w, affording black food, 
 from KsXaivos and (Bqojtos, from figeuMco, 
 
 1063. AiaSo^o*, ou, h kou w, a successor, from SiaSe- 
 
 %OlA(X.l. 
 
 1064. 'Avauynros, ou, o %cu ft, obscure, from a and 
 
 avyri. 
 
 8 
 
120 AI2XTAOY 
 
 TToog ruvru (SovXbu 9 cog o$* ov TreirXcKruBvog 
 o %ofjL7rog^ aXXa, xa* Aiai/ eipyjuevog' 
 lyivoiqyogBiv yoco ovk btthttutoli (Tropcc, 
 
 TO Aw, ocXXoc 7T0CV ZTTOg T6X61. <TU 06 
 
 7rw7Truive not) (powri^e, fiv$ uvQcttilotv \(>7() 
 
 BvGcvXiug ufteivov yiyyj<rvi ttotb. 
 
 XO. jifttv fJLBv Egftrjg ovk utcuiqcc, (palv&Tui 
 Xiyuv oivcoye yoif) ere ttjv avOuSiuv 
 fieQwr, egevvqiv ttjv <ro(pijv evQovXlocv, 
 
 TTlQoV' (TO(pea ycC() Otlc^OV S^tXfJLOC^TOCVilV. 1075 
 
 riP. bi$oti roi fioi tucS 9 ccyysXiug 
 
 fiou\Eu gargoj* roevra.* ojs o&e koiavos ov TTETrXocoiAEVoS, aXXa 
 xai X/av slpn^ivos* ya§ ro Aiov <jropta ouk sTtiaracrai 4/ez/$92 
 ■yogelv, dXKoi waiv sitos teXsT. Ss ov isiiztaiME xal (pgovri^e, 
 (AW<>e rfyriw TTors aiz&aS/av dfAeivov EvSovXlocs . XO, Ep^S" 
 (paivsrai rifMV (aev Xiyeiv oux, axaipv yag avuye os /xs&evra 
 t^v ai&aS/av lgei/v£v t^v <jo(priv suGovXtav. w&ov' yag ala^gov 
 ao(pa! l^a/xa^ravEiv. IIP. o$e e§uiv%sv TaaSs dyys\ias ptoi 
 roi eibon, 
 
 Weigh these words, since they are no feigned boast, 
 but deliberately spoken. The divine mouth knows not 
 how to lie ; but every word comes to pass. But observe 
 and think, and imagine not that pertinacity is better 
 than good council. Cho. Mercury appears to us to 
 speak words suited to the occasion, for he orders you 
 to lay aside your obstinacy and pursue wise counsel. 
 Obey, for it is disgraceful to a wise man to err. Pro. 
 This slave has delivered these messages to me, 
 
 1068. ^su^nyoqico, to speak falsely, from ^Eufos and 
 ayvQEOj from dyopd. 
 
 1076. The verses from this line to the end are Ana- 
 paestic. 
 
IIPOMHOEY2 AE2MATHS. 121 
 
 od evcovrsv, ttuc^uv ob Kowug 
 
 irgog raw, bit b{jloi j)i7TTe<r9co jjlbv 
 
 irvgog ocfjc(p^K7jg Qb<rrfM%oq y alQfjg S* 108O 
 
 egedt^ecrQu Qgovrij, trtpouceXu r 
 
 dy^icav ccve/xuv* x&ovu $* bk irvOftBVtov 
 
 ociraTg pifaig TrvBVfJtoc x.^otSxtvoi^ 
 
 KVfJLOL $e 7T0VT0V TpO,%Bi ' goQi'cp 
 
 arrgtov hoSovg* Big tb kbXuivqv 
 
 T(Hf)TUfiOV U^TjV £/*{/£/£ ${fJLO,g 
 
 TGVfjLov, oLvoLywqg (TTB^uTg llvoug* 
 
 o^Sev deixes, £%9"§ov Sg kolkous itday^lv bw ex.&gcSv. irpos tocvtcc, 
 a^mns f&bovpuyps w^S pntria^cu poev itf Epoot, Sg a&rip 
 Ip&iQkaQoj /3govrrj rs afpayiiXcp dypiouv dvifjLcov' Sg TrvsvfJLoe, xpoi.- 
 SaJvoi yftovx aureus pl^ccis ex, wuSfJiivejv, Sg ^uyy^cuasisv rpay^X 
 
 poSlO) KVfMOC 7Z0VT0V, Tg SioSoi/*- T&/V OVqaVlOJV OLGTQWV TS pt^/SlE TO 
 
 epcov SifAas, GTEppotis S/vatS" avayxrjr, a/?Snv eU x-sXaivov Tdpraqov, 
 
 who well know that it is nothing singular that an enemy 
 should suffer evil from an enemy. Well ! let the two- 
 edged blast of fire be hurled at me, and let the air con- 
 tend with thunder, and with the torrent of furious winds : 
 let the storm tear up the earth with its roots from the 
 foundation, and let the waves of the ocean disturb with 
 violent impetuosity the tract of the aetherial stars, and 
 let him cast my body, caught in the dreadful whirlpools 
 of necessity, deep into the recess of Tartarus, 
 
 1080. 'A/xpTjxflf go?, 5 xa! w, sharp on both sides, from 
 ifjL(pl and &w a point. Boarpvyps, ov, o, a lock of curled 
 hair. 
 
 1084. c P69iov, ov, to, a violent wave. 
 
 1086, AtoSof, ov, y, a passage or tract, from 5** and 5$oV. 
 R 
 
122 AI2XYAOT 
 
 TTUVTUq SfJLB y ov Qa,vuTcZ<r£i. 
 EP. TO/aJg fllvTOl TUV <p£ei/07TAlJfcT6W 1090 
 
 fiovXevftuT B7r7j r Btrnv olkovcou. 
 
 ri yuo eXXetTrei fty 7ro&(>o&7ruieiV 9 
 
 si /iffi ctTVXcov ri X ^? poMM I 
 
 uXX ovv Vfjt,s7g y ul 7nj[jio<rvvcMg 
 
 %\)y}LUfJLVov<roLi rocTg rovSe, tottcov 1095 
 
 Peru ttoi x^str \ic reaves Ootog* 
 
 jxij (posvag Vficav yXtQicocrri 
 
 fipovrqg fJLVKTjp ctTegufJivov. 
 
 y ov wdvrcos Socvarcicei spi. EP. roiccSs (jiivTot (SovXeufJuzra, 
 re etto) rcov (p^svoTiXwrcuv IffTiv rif/Xv oLkovgoli* yxp r* sWbittei 
 fxii moLQQLTtoLiZ'W ; 6t avtos /xtiSs drvy^cuv ri %a\c/i /uoavia/v ; iXKoi 
 ovv vfAeis y* at ^vyKoifxvovGaci rais itnyLocvvocis rovtie Xso/gyoi), 
 Soo;? iJLZTOL%Gjpziri Ttoi Ik rSv^s rbitoov, &v\ drigafAVov ^vm^cx, 
 figovrw ooXi&ici^ (ppivas vfxcvv. 
 
 yet shall he not entirely deprive me of life. Merc. 
 Such are the opinions and words we hear from maniacs; 
 for in what do they differ from madness ? If he were 
 fortunate, would he fall short of absolute distraction ? 
 But you who sympathize in the miseries of this wretch, 
 quickly retire from this place, lest the harsh roar of the 
 thunder should infatuate your minds. 
 
 1090. OgevowXojxro*, ov, o kou f>, furious, mad, from 
 (ppyv and mXrioGoj* 
 
 1092. IlagaTraift/, to be mad. 
 
 1097. HXt&iow, to make foolish, from ofo/Stor. 
 
 1098. M^jcyjpca, arof, to, a roar, from y^vnioj. Are- 
 ga/Lxvof, see 198. 
 
nPOMH0EYS AESMflTHI 123 
 
 XO. uKKo rt (pdovu kou 7roi^oc[^v9ov [a 
 o, r% ycoti KSio'eig 9 ov yccg $rj ttou 1100 
 
 tovto ys tXijtov 7roc^s(rv^ug STrog* 
 ir^q [jlb KsXevstg \mxxqtv\t atnceTv ; 
 
 rovg ycco TTPO^orug fJLi<re7v epaQov' 
 
 7COVK StTTl VCHTOg, 1105 
 
 TyrS* 7JVTW dTTZTTTVCTOe, fJLCtXXoV. 
 
 EP. aAX' ovv fJLB[AV7j(r9\ d *yco 7T(*o\eya) m 
 (Jt,vi$e 7T(>og ccryg O^uOeTcro^L^^^^^-^ — - ■ * " ~ 
 
 XO. (pwvei kou TtoLpat.y*v§QV [xi ri txXko o, ri kou tieIgsis 9 yo\p 
 Sfl <RaLgiGV%a.$ tovto ys %iros iiov ov tXojtov. Tt&s xz'ksveis (AS 
 affxstv KOLKornrcx.. sSe'Kqj wolc/jcW fjueroi tovo^e §eov o, rt %pn' 
 yap eptaSov puffav rovs ttqoSotocs kou ovy. vqgos sari, rjvrivtx. 
 fjioXKov auTtiTtrvGot, roSaSs vosov. EP. aXKoi ovv ptEpcvooffSs rcuv 
 sttecov a lyw vrQokiyoti z3/>uv, (j*n$s vfAsts ^npot&ziao'A vrpos ams 
 
 Clio. Utter and advise some other opinion than this, 
 to which you may persuade me, for this proposal which 
 you have divulged is not agreeable. Why do you exhort 
 me to be guilty of a baseness ? With him am I willing 
 to suffer whatever may happen. For I have learned to 
 detest those who betray, and there is no evil which I 
 more abhor than this. Merc. Nevertheless, remember 
 the advice I have given, nor when you be overtaken by 
 misery, 
 
 1101. Tlocpotovpv, to draw or tear immoderately. Ov 
 yag, k. r. X. for you have certainly wrested this word in 
 an inadmissible manner. 
 
 1106. 'Anonrvw, to spit out; metaphorically, to re- 
 ject or despise. 
 
 r2 
 
124 A12XTAOY 
 
 ug Xevg VfJioiq elg oLiroooTtTov 111© 
 
 wijjtt 6icrs(oo&Xsv fly cyr 9 uvtcu o 
 
 xovk efcocitpviig, ouSb Xotdguicdg, 
 £i$ cmlfioiVTOv Siktvov uTrjg 
 
 ef/,7TXsx f Qyj<rs<r9* V7T avoiotg. 1115 
 
 HP. Ku) fJLyjV Bgyep KQVK In fJLvdto 
 xfictv CStrUkBDTOCl* 
 
 /x£jiA\}/y)<7&s rv%nv 9 fX7j5g $roT£ vpsis filgnQ&e cttf ZeuS elffe'C aXsv 
 
 i^a* air as sU nypa* ya% viaeiS sl^viai, kc&I ovx, h%xi(Qvv)S 9 
 ou$e XaSga/a;*, epfzrXs^&iQffsu&e i/zr' ivoias zU aTrspavrov $/x- 
 Tfov arm. IIP. xai pwv, j^&cyv osadXevrai sgya; xai oj5x 
 
 blame fortune, nor say that Jove has exposed you to 
 unforeseen calamity ; for you yourselves are the authors 
 of your own misfortunes. Forewarned, and without 
 precipitation or deceit, but from inattention alone on 
 your parts, you will be involved in the impervious net 
 of fate. Pro. The earth is agitated in deed, not in 
 threat, 
 
 1110. 'Aflr§6o7rTo*j ov, h xal w, unforeseen, from a wqo 
 and oTrro/xau 
 
 1114. 'AtfegavTof, ov 9 b kocI w, not to be passed, from a 
 and tfega/vo/. 
 
 1115. *EiAv\sx$'r)<T£G§£, f. 1. pass, from spt^XExo/xai, to 
 be implicated or involved. 
 
 1117. Izooi'kzuTai, perf. pass, from ouXtuofjioci, to be 
 agitated like the waves of the sea. 
 
nPOMH©EY2 AE2MJ1TH2. 125 
 
 @(>ovTy£ 9 sXtKig £' eKXccp,7rov<n 
 
 crtfiOTrviq IQxttm^o^ <tt^o\lQ>qi l\ xovtv 1120 
 
 UXlG'G'OVfri* (TKtOTU $* CCVifJLCaV 
 
 *7Tvev[tciToi Kc&vTCdVy ug aXXyXct 
 crdcCiv avriirvovv dirotiuKvvfJLZvctf 
 
 ijvVTSTdgUICTCM J* euQqg TTQVTCp. 
 
 toiccS* i7f Ifioi fari A$o9ev 1125 
 
 co fJtijToog eftyg <rcGug, ca ttoivtm 
 
 Sfi fipvyjici ri%<*> fiqovrriS Trapecfjivxoirai, Sf ZjkmvQpi eXjxe£ <xte- 
 Qtmris iyCk&yjTtovoi, Se arpo^Qoi zikioaovoi xovjv* Js ttveuiaoitol 
 irdvrajy avi^uv otiprp a^oSstxvi/pcgva avn'srvoi/y ardaiv us 
 aXMXa. Sg a&rip ^vvrsrd^coiraci ttovtw* roiafe pmn AioS'ey 
 rzirxpvoot, (poGov, (Qowzqws orziyjci Iff l/xo/. S) aiQas iyws lAwrpos, 
 
 the roaring echo of the thunder bellows, the glaring 
 flashes of the lightning flame, and the whirlwinds roll 
 forth the dust. The blasts of all the winds pour forth, 
 presenting opposing revolt to each other. The air 
 is confused with the ocean. Such heaven-sprung 
 violence, bringing fear, openly marches towards me. 
 O adoration of my mother Themis ! 
 
 1118. Bgi5%ior, ou, h xou w, roaring like the sea, from 
 
 1119. "Ex*!, mot, y, a volume, a vortex, from aXloou. 
 
 1120. "Liitu^os, ou, S xal w, most ardent, fiery in the 
 extreme, from £a, particle of augmentation, and mup. 
 
 1123. 'Avrtwvous, ov, h xal %, blowing in opposition, 
 from dvrl and wviat. 
 
 1125. T^, fis, v>, impetus, violence. 
 
 7 
 
126 AI2XTAOT. 
 
 aI9iJQ koivov (pccog slxlca'caVj 
 
 1129 
 
 or ouSrip alXiaacov xoivov (pdos flravrwv, iao^gis fxe ws ffoi(j%cj 
 
 O air, affording light, common to all, you behold what 
 injustice I suffer! 
 
 1129. "EkSdcqs, ov 9 h not ft, from ex and S/xo>. 
 
 <//' . VJ 
 
 
 
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 <pirvo-cu 
 
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