Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes 345

Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator)

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Throughout the town are uproars, against the city rises the turreted circumvallation
, and man is slain by man with the spear. And the cries of children at the breast all bloody resound, and there is rapine sister of pell-mell confusion. Pillager meets pillager, and the empty-handed shouts to the empty-handed, wishing to have a partner, greedy for a portion that shall be neither less nor equal. What of these things can speech picture?

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.)

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Editions (7)
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 369-416 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 369-416 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 345 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 345 focus
κορκορυγαὶ δ᾽ ἂν ἄστυ· πρότι δ᾽ ὁρκάνα πυργῶτις.
πρὸς ἀνδρὸς δ᾽ ἀνὴρ ἀμφὶ δορὶ καίνεται·
βλαχαὶ δ' αἱματόεσσαι
330
τῶν ἐπιμαστιδίων
ἀρτιτρεφεῖς βρέμονται.
ἁρπαγαὶ δέ, διαδρομᾶν ὁμαίμονες.
ξυμβολεῖ φέρων φέροντι,
καὶ κενὸς κενὸν καλεῖ,
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ξύννομον θέλων ἔχειν,
οὔτε μεῖον, οὔτ᾽ ἴσον λελιμμένοι.
τῶν ἐκ τῶνδ᾽ εἰκάσαι λόγος πάρα.
ἀντ. γ'.
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 345 focus
Κορκορυγαὶ δ' ἀν' ἄστυ, περὶ ποτὶ δ' ὁρκάνα
345
Str. 3.
πυργῶτις· πρὸς πτόλιν δ' ἀνδρὸς δ' ἀνὴρ
δόρει δορὶ κλίνεται καίνεται·
βλαχαὶ δ' αἱματόεσσαι
τῶν ἐπιμαστιδίων
ἀρτιτρεφεῖς ἀρτιβρεφεῖς βρέμονται·
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Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 345 focus
κορκορυγαὶ δ᾽ ἀν᾿ ἄστυ, ποτὶ πτόλιν δ᾽
ὁρκάνα πυργῶτις.
πρὸς ἀνδρὸς δ᾽ ἀνὴρ δορὶ καίνεται·
βλαχαὶ δ᾽ αἱματόεσσαι
335
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 345 focus
κορκορυγαὶ δ᾽ ἀν᾽ ἄστυ, περὶ [πόλιν] δ᾽ ὁρκάνα
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πυργῶτις.
πρὸς ἀνδρὸς δ᾽ ἀνὴρ δόρει καίνεται·
βλαχαὶ δ᾽ αἱματόεσσαι
τῶν ἐπιμαστιδίων
ἀρτιτρεφεῖς βρέμονται.
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ἁρπαγαὶ δὲ διαδρομᾶν ὁμαίμονες·
ξυμβολεῖ φέρων φέροντι,
καὶ κενὸς κενὸν καλεῖ,
ξύννομον θέλων ἔχειν,
οὔτε μεῖον οὔτ᾽ ἴσον λελιμμένοι.
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τἀκ τῶνδε
εἰκάσαι λόγος πάρα. –
Translations (7)
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.)) — 369-415 focus
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 345 focus
les hommes, violant tout ce qu'on révère.
Un peu plus agité.

Et voici des clameurs par toute la ville. Autour d'elle s'étend le filet où se prennent les places fortes 1 . Le guerrier s'affaisse sous la lance du guerrier. Les vagissements san-
glants des nourrissons élèvent leur plainte enfantine. Par-
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 345 focus
From house to house, from street to street u
,
The crashing flames roar round, and meet;
Each way the firey deluge preys,
And girds us with the circling blaze.
365
The brave, that 'midst these dire alarms
For their lost country greatly dare,
And fir'd with vengeance rush to arms,
Fall victims to the bloodstain'd spear x
.
The bleeding babe, with innocent cries,
370
Drops from his mother's breast, and dies,
See rapine rushes, bent on prey,
His hasty step brooks no delay.
The spoiler, loaded with his store,
Envious the loaded spoiler views;
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Disdains another should have more,
And his insatiate toil renews.
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.) — 345 focus
le coglieranno! Per certo assevero
che miglior sorte
di questa s'ebbe chi trovò morte.
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Ahimè, ché orribili sciagure, orribili,
sopra una vinta città s'aggravano.
Questi trafigge, prigioni stràscica
quegli, ed un altro le fiamme suscita.
Sozza è di fumo la città tutta:
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ché, furïando, Marte ivi soffia,
sterminatore, ch'entro nei cuori la pietà brutta.
3 Strofe III
Tutto è fragor: di torri su la rocca
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 345 focus
Eiulatus it per urbem, per urbem
Machina turrica,à uiro
Vir haſta interficitur.
ciulatus cruenti
320
Lactentium pueriles ſtrepunt:
Rapinæ difcurrerunt fraterne.
Congreditur onustus onusto,
Vacuusq; uacuum prouocat,
Conſortem uolens habere
325
Neq; minus neq; æqualiter cupiens.
Quædam ex his conijcere poßunt ratione.
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.) — 345 focus
Up to the citadel rise clash and din,
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The war-net closes in,
The spear is in the heart: with blood imbrued
Young mothers wail aloud,
For children at their breast who scream and die!
And boys and maidens fly,
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Yet scape not the pursuer, in his greed
To thrust and grasp and feed!
Robber with robber joins, each calls his mate
Unto the feast of hate—
The banquet, lo! is spread—seize, rend, and tear!
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No need to choose or share!
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.) — 345 focus
Dumpf in den Gassen Aufruhr:
Die Stadt umzäunt ein Thurmwall.
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Dem Mann sinkt der Mann, sterbend von der Lanze Stoß.
Blutaufröchelndes Wimmern
Sterbender Säuglinge stöhnt,
Die man der Brust entrissen.
Wüstes Schweifen, wilder Naub verschwistern sich:
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Auf den Plünd'rer stößt der Plünd'rer,
Und der Leere ruft dem Leeren,
Will zum Raubgenossen ihn;
Doch das Mind're, doch das Gleiche wünscht er nicht.
Und nun - auf welches Schicksal hoffen wir?
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Dritte Gegenstrophe.

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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ὡρκωμότησαν:
ὡρκομότησαν
G.
ὡρκωμώτησαν
Αld.
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πόλει:
πόλεις
Par. G.
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κατασκαφὰς:
κατασκαφὰς
Μ.
κατασφαγάς
, adscripto
κατασκαφάς
Par. B.
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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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Die Helden wollen siegen oder sterben, vgl. Hom. M 328 ἴομεν, ἠέ τω εὖχος ὀρέξομεν ἠέ τις ἡμῖν. Der Ausdruck γῆν τήνδε φυράσειν φόνῳ kennzeichnet den trotzigen Mut der Helden. Die Stelle wird gerühmt von dem Verfasser der Schrift περὶ ὕψους (c. 15) und gab wohl Anlaß, daß in Argos der Altar des Ζεὺς Χέτιος als die Stelle ge- zeigt wurde, wo die Genossen des Polynikes geschworen zu sterben, wenn sie Theben nicht eroberten (Paus. II 19, 8). Auch Sophokles O. K. 380 f. hat die Stelle nach- geahmt.