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The House of the Atridae

H. C. Baldry
- 01 Mar 1955 - 
- Vol. 5, Iss: 01, pp 16-17
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In this article, the manuscripts give 966-70 all to Prometheus: Tyrwhitt and Erfurdt restored 968-9 to Hermes, a change which has won general acceptance and seems certain.
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THE manuscripts give 966—70 all to Prometheus : Tyrwhitt and Erfurdt restored 968-9 to Hermes, a change which has won general acceptance and seems certain. But 970 is still difficult. In the first place TOUS vflpi£oi>Tas is grammatically ambiguous: is it subject or object of ippiieiv? If we take it (1) as subject, we shall follow Wilamowitz's interpretation '\"sic, i.e. oboedientia sua, superbire decet superbos\" scil. Titan quamuis uictus et cruci affixus iure superbit, quia morem uni gerit contumaciae animi sui', with Prometheus referring to his own attitude. The objection to this is that if TOVS vpp££ovras is the subject of vfipildv, heavy emphasis is thrown on ovras (just as e.g. at Plat. Prot. 352 d-e, in

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