Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes 158

Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator)

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A shower of stones too from their slingers is coming over our battlements. O beloved Apollo! there is the clash of brass-rimmed shields at the gates, and the just issue in battle must be decided by arms according to the disposal of Jove
. And thou Onca
, immortal queen, that dwellest in front of our city, rescue thy seven-gated seat.

Seven Against Thebes. Aeschylus. Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator). London. 1849.

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The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) (English) (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (7)
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 181-202 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 181-202 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 158 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 158 focus
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 158 focus
Ἐὴ ἐή,
ἀκροβόλων ἀκροβόλων δ' ἐπάλξεων λιθὰς ἔρχεται·
ὦ φίλ' Ἄπολλον.
Κόναβος ἐν πύλαις χαλκοδέτων σακέων
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ἀλλά, καὶ Διόθεν
πολεμόκραντον ἁγνὸν τέλος ἐν μάχᾳ, σύ τε μάχαισί τε,
μάκαιρ' ἄνασσ', Ὄγκα πρὸ πτόλεως πόλεως,
ἑπτάπυλον ἕδος ἐπιρρύου.
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 158 focus
Ἔ ἔ ἔ ἔ,
ἀκροβόλων δ᾽ ἐπάλξεων λιθὰς ἔρχεται,
ὦ φίλ᾽ Ἄπολλον·
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κόναβος ἐν πύλαις χαλκοδέτων σακέων.
καὶ Διόθεν
πολεμόκραντον ἁγνὸν τέλος ἐν μάχᾳ,
σύ τε μάχαιρ᾽ ἄνασσ᾽ Ὄγκα πρὸ πόλεως
ἑπτάπυλον ἕδος ἐπιρρύου.
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Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 158 focus
ἀκροβόλων [δ᾽] ἐπάλξεις λιθὰς ἔρχεται.
ὦ φίλ᾽ Απολλον.
κόναβος ἐν πύλαις χαλκοδέτων σακέων.
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† καὶ Διόθεν ....
.... πολεμόκραντον ἁγνὸν τέλος ἐν μάχαι.
σύ τε μάκαιρ᾽ ἄνασσ᾽ Ὄγκα πρὸ πόλεως
ἑπτάπυλον ἕδος ἐπιρρύου. =
Translations (8)
Seven Against Thebes Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 181-200 focus
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 158 focus
Une grêle de pierres vient de loin frapper nos créneaux.
O cher Apollon ! J'entends à nos portes le fracas des boucliers d'airain.
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 158 focus
Alas my country! must these eyes,
Must these sad eyes behold thy fall?
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Ah, what a storm of stones, that flies,
And wing'd with ruin smites the wall!
O Phœbus! at each crouded gate
Begins the dreadful work of fate;
Each arm the thund'ring falchion wields,
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And clashes on the sounding shields.
O thou, whose kind and matchless might,
Blest Onca, thro' the glowing fight
Obedient conquest joys t' attend,
All our sev'n gates, dread queen, defend!
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Eschilo, I Sette a Tebe: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Sette a Tebe: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 158 focus
Ahi, ahi, ahi, ahi!
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 158 focus
Ad alta propugnacula uenit lapis,
O chariſsime Apollo: ſtrepitus in portis eſt
Aeneorum ſcutorum, ex Ioue
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Bellicus finis castus in pugnis est.
O beata regina Minerua, ante urbem conſtituta,
Septem portarũ solum protege: heu præpotētes dij,
Heu perfecti perfecteq;
Seven Against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (Seven Against Thebes. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 158 focus
ANTIGONE
Pour forth lamentations.
English (E. D. A. Morshead, 1908) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Seven against Thebes — Morshead translation. Wikisource transcription; speech corresp and card milestones aligned to Smyth perseus-grc2.) — 158 focus
The blast of the terrible stones on the ridge of our wall is not stayed,
At the gates is the brazen clash of the bucklers—Apollo to aid!
Thou too, O daughter of Zeus, who guidest the wavering fray
To the holy decision of fate, Athena! be with us to-day!
Come down to the sevenfold gates and harry the foemen away!
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German (J. J. C. Donner, 1854; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylos. Deutsch in den Versmaßen der Urschrift. Stuttgart: Hoffmann, 1854. Native Donner line citations, Smyth card correspondence, selected textual readings and metrical facsimiles. Remaining OCR differences and unattributed reading notes are documented in the linked review inventory.) — 158 focus
Hoch an die Zinnen prallt ein Steinregen auf:
Ha! Theurer Apollon!

Commentary

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

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δ᾽ εἴμ᾽:
M. Lips. Ven. A. B. Ald. Rob.
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Commentary (N. Wecklein, 1902; German; OCR draft) (Seven Against Thebes, explanatory commentary pp. 15–100. Single-witness OCR; source readings and all reference placements require scan review.) focus

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Prolog, in welchem mit tiefer Empfindung und stimmungs- voll die Situation und der Drang des Augenblicks gekennzeichnet wird, nachdem die vorausliegenden Begebenheiten durch die voran- gehenden beiden Dramen der Tri- logie gegeben sind. Dabei tritt uns der Charakter des Eteokles in seiner entschlossenen Tatkraft und patrioti- schen Begeisterung entgegen und wird durch V. 28f., 57f. der weitere Verlauf des Dramas vorbereitet. Eteokles kommt aus dem Palaste und spricht zu den vor dem Hause versammelten Kriegern, Jünglingen, Männern und Greisen, welche nach 35 abziehen.

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δέ an dritter Stelle, ohne daß die beiden vorhergehenden Worte einen einzigen Begriff ausmachen, öfters bei Aschylos, vgl. 686, 1015 und zu Ag. 744.