Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator), 563

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The tale pierces my bosom, the locks of my hair stand erect, when I hear of the big words of these proudly-vaunting impious men. Oh! would that the gods would destroy them in the land.

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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.) — 631-685 focus

Αγγελος

τὸν ἕβδομον δὴ τόν τ᾽¹ ἐφ᾽ ἑβδόμαις πύλαις

λέξω, τὸν αὐτοῦ σου κασίγνητον, πόλει

οἵας² ἀρᾶται καὶ κατεύχεται τύχας:

πύργοις ἐπεμβὰς κἀπικηρυχθεὶς χθονί,

ἁλώσιμον παιᾶν᾽ ἐπεξιακχάσας,
635

σοὶ ξυμφέρεσθαι καὶ κτανὼν θανεῖν πέλας,

ἢ ζῶντ᾽ ἀτιμαστῆρα τὼς ἀνδρηλατῶν³

φυγῇ τὸν αὐτὸν τόνδε τίσασθαι τρόπον.

τοιαῦτ᾽ ἀυτεῖ καὶ θεοὺς γενεθλίους

καλεῖ πατρῴας γῆς ἐποπτῆρας λιτῶν
640

τῶν ὧν γενέσθαι πάγχυ Πολυνείκους βία.

ἔχει δὲ καινοπηγὲς εὔκυκλον⁴ σάκος

διπλοῦν τε σῆμα προσμεμηχανημένον.

χρυσήλατον γὰρ ἄνδρα τευχηστὴν ἰδεῖν

ἄγει γυνή τις σωφρόνως ἡγουμένη.
645

Δίκη δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ εἶναί φησιν, ὡς τὰ γράμματα

λέγει⁵ “κατάξω δ᾽ ἄνδρα τόνδε καὶ πόλιν

ἕξει πατρῴων δωμάτων τ᾽ ἐπιστροφάς.”

τοιαῦτ᾽ ἐκείνων ἐστὶ τἀξευρήματα.

σὺ δ᾽ αὐτὸς ἤδη γνῶθι τίνα πέμπειν δοκεῖ:
650

ὡς οὔποτ᾽ ἀνδρὶ τῷδε κηρυκευμάτων

μέμψει, σὺ δ᾽ αὐτὸς γνῶθι ναυκληρεῖν πόλιν.

Ετεοκλης

ὦ θεομανές τε καὶ θεῶν μέγα στύγος,

ὦ πανδάκρυτον ἁμὸν Οἰδίπου γένος:

ὤμοι, πατρὸς δὴ νῦν ἀραὶ τελεσφόροι.
655

ἀλλ᾽ οὔτε κλαίειν οὔτ᾽ ὀδύρεσθαι πρέπει,

μὴ καὶ τεκνωθῇ δυσφορώτερος γόος.

ἐπωνύμῳ δὲ κάρτα, Πολυνείκει⁶ λέγω,

τάχ᾽ εἰσόμεσθα τοὐπίσημ᾽ ὅποι τελεῖ,

εἴ νιν κατάξει χρυσότευκτα γράμματα
660

ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδος φλύοντα σὺν φοίτῳ φρενῶν.

εἰ δ᾽ ἡ Διὸς παῖς παρθένος Δίκη παρῆν

ἔργοις ἐκείνου καὶ φρεσίν, τάχ᾽ ἂν τόδ᾽ ἦν:

ἀλλ᾽ οὔτε νιν φυγόντα μητρόθεν σκότον,

οὔτ᾽ ἐν τροφαῖσιν, οὔτ᾽ ἐφηβήσαντά πω,
665

οὔτ᾽ ἐν γενείου ξυλλογῇ τριχώματος,

Δίκη προσεῖδε⁷ καὶ κατηξιώσατο:

οὐδ᾽⁸ ἐν πατρῴας μὴν χθονὸς κακουχίᾳ

οἶμαί νιν αὐτῷ νῦν παραστατεῖν πέλας,

ἢ δῆτ᾽ ἂν εἴη πανδίκως ψευδώνυμος
670

Δίκη, ξυνοῦσα φωτὶ παντόλμῳ φρένας.

τούτοις πεποιθὼς εἶμι καὶ ξυστήσομαι

αὐτός: τίς ἄλλος μᾶλλον ἐνδικώτερος;

ἄρχοντί τ᾽ ἄρχων καὶ κασιγνήτῳ κάσις,

ἐχθρὸς σὺν ἐχθρῷ στήσομαι. φέρ᾽ ὡς τάχος
675

κνημῖδας, αἰχμῆς καὶ πέτρων⁹ προβλήματα.

Χορος

μή, φίλτατ᾽ ἀνδρῶν, Οἰδίπου τέκος, γένῃ

ὀργὴν ὁμοῖος τῷ κάκιστ᾽ αὐδωμένῳ:

ἀλλ᾽ ἄνδρας Ἀργείοισι Καδμείους ἅλις

ἐς χεῖρας¹⁰ ἐλθεῖν: αἷμα γὰρ καθάρσιον.
680

ἀνδροῖν δ᾽ ὁμαίμοιν θάνατος ὧδ᾽ αὐτοκτόνος,

οὐκ ἔστι γῆρας τοῦδε τοῦ μιάσματος.

Ετεοκλης

εἴπερ κακὸν φέροι τις, αἰσχύνης ἄτερ

ἔστω: μόνον γὰρ κέρδος ἐν¹¹ τεθνηκόσι:

κακῶν δὲ κᾀσχρῶν οὔτιν᾽ εὐκλείαν ἐρεῖς.
685
686

Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 631-685 focus

Ἄγγελος

τὸν ἕβδομον δὴ τόνδʼ ἐφʼ ἑβδόμαις πύλαις

λέξω, τὸν αὐτοῦ σοῦ κασίγνητον, πόλει

οἵας ἀρᾶται καὶ κατεύχεται τύχας·

πύργοις ἐπεμβὰς κἀπικηρυχθεὶς χθονί,

ἁλώσιμον παιᾶνʼ ἐπεξιακχάσας,
635

σοὶ ξυμφέρεσθαι καὶ κτανὼν θανεῖν πέλας,

ἢ ζῶντʼ ἀτιμαστῆρα τὼς ἀνδρηλάτην

φυγῇ τὸν αὐτὸν τόνδε τείσασθαι τρόπον.

τοιαῦτʼ ἀυτεῖ καὶ θεοὺς γενεθλίους

καλεῖ πατρῴας γῆς ἐποπτῆρας λιτῶν
640

τῶν ὧν γενέσθαι πάγχυ Πολυνείκους βία.

ἔχει δὲ καινοπηγὲς εὔκυκλον σάκος

διπλοῦν τε σῆμα προσμεμηχανημένον.

χρυσήλατον γὰρ ἄνδρα τευχηστὴν ἰδεῖν

ἄγει γυνή τις σωφρόνως ἡγουμένη.
645

Δίκη δʼ ἄρʼ εἶναί φησιν, ὡς τὰ γράμματα

λέγει κατάξω δʼ ἄνδρα τόνδε καὶ πόλιν

ἕξει πατρῴων δωμάτων τʼ ἐπιστροφάς.

τοιαῦτʼ ἐκείνων ἐστὶ τἀξευρήματα.

σὺ δʼ αὐτὸς ἤδη γνῶθι τίνα πέμπειν δοκεῖ·
650

ὡς οὔποτʼ ἀνδρὶ τῷδε κηρυκευμάτων

μέμψῃ, σὺ δʼ αὐτὸς γνῶθι ναυκληρεῖν πόλιν.

Ἐτεοκλής

ὦ θεομανές τε καὶ θεῶν μέγα στύγος,

ὦ πανδάκρυτον ἁμὸν Οἰδίπου γένος·

ὤμοι, πατρὸς δὴ νῦν ἀραὶ τελεσφόροι.
655

ἀλλʼ οὔτε κλαίειν οὔτʼ ὀδύρεσθαι πρέπει,

μὴ καὶ τεκνωθῇ δυσφορώτερος γόος.

ἐπωνύμῳ δὲ κάρτα, Πολυνείκει λέγω,

τάχʼ εἰσόμεσθα τοὐπίσημʼ ὅποι τελεῖ,

εἴ νιν κατάξει χρυσότευκτα γράμματα
660

ἐπʼ ἀσπίδος φλύοντα σὺν φοίτῳ φρενῶν.

εἰ δʼ ἡ Διὸς παῖς παρθένος Δίκη παρῆν

ἔργοις ἐκείνου καὶ φρεσίν, τάχʼ ἂν τόδʼ ἦν·

ἀλλʼ οὔτε νιν φυγόντα μητρόθεν σκότον,

οὔτʼ ἐν τροφαῖσιν, οὔτʼ ἐφηβήσαντά πω,
665

οὔτʼ ἐν γενείου ξυλλογῇ τριχώματος,

Δίκη προσεῖδε καὶ κατηξιώσατο·

οὐδʼ ἐν πατρῴας μὴν χθονὸς κακουχίᾳ

οἶμαί νιν αὐτῷ νῦν παραστατεῖν πέλας.

ἦ δῆτʼ ἂν εἴη πανδίκως ψευδώνυμος
670

Δίκη, ξυνοῦσα φωτὶ παντόλμῳ φρένας.

τούτοις πεποιθὼς εἶμι καὶ ξυστήσομαι

αὐτός· τίς ἄλλος μᾶλλον ἐνδικώτερος;

ἄρχοντί τʼ ἄρχων καὶ κασιγνήτῳ κάσις,

ἐχθρὸς σὺν ἐχθρῷ στήσομαι. φέρʼ ὡς τάχος
675

κνημῖδας, αἰχμῆς καὶ πέτρων προβλήματα.

Χορός

μή, φίλτατʼ ἀνδρῶν, Οἰδίπου τέκος, γένῃ

ὀργὴν ὁμοῖος τῷ κάκιστʼ αὐδωμένῳ·

ἀλλʼ ἄνδρας Ἀργείοισι Καδμείους ἅλις

ἐς χεῖρας ἐλθεῖν· αἷμα γὰρ καθάρσιον.
680

ἀνδροῖν δʼ ὁμαίμοιν θάνατος ὧδʼ αὐτοκτόνος,

οὐκ ἔστι γῆρας τοῦδε τοῦ μιάσματος.

Ἐτεοκλής

εἴπερ κακὸν φέροι τις, αἰσχύνης ἄτερ

ἔστω· μόνον γὰρ κέρδος ἐν τεθνηκόσι·

κακῶν δὲ κᾀσχρῶν οὔτινʼ εὐκλείαν ἐρεῖς.
685

Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 563 focus

ΧΟ.

ἱκνεῖται λόγος διὰ στηθέων,

καὶ τριχὸς ὄρθιος πλόκαμος ἵσταται,

μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων κλυούσας
565

ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν. εἴθε γὰρ θεοὶ

τούσδ᾽ ὀλέσειαν ἐν γᾷ.

Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 563 focus

Χορὸς Παρθένων
στρ. γ΄.

ἱκνεῖται λόγος διὰ στηθέων,

Χορὸς Παρθένων

τριχὸς δ᾽ ὀρθίας πλόκαμος ἵσταται,
545

μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων κλυούσα

ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν. εἴθε γὰρ

θεοὶ τούςδ᾽ ὀλέσειαν ἐν γῇ.

ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 563 focus

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Ἱκνεῖται λόγος διὰ στηθέων,

Str. 3.

τριχὸς δ' ὀρθίας πλόκαμος ἵσταται,

ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ ΘΗΒΑΣ

ΧΟΡΟΣ

μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων
565

κλύειν κλύων ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν. Εἴθε γὰρ εἴθε οἱ θεοὶ (εἰ θεοὶ θεοὶ Μ)

θεοὶ τούσδ' ὀλέσειαν ἐν γῇ.

Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 563 focus

ἱκνεῖται λόγος διὰ στηθέων,

550

¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷

ἀνοσίοις ἀνοσίοις οις superscr. Versum post 539 collocat Doederlein. δ᾽ ὁρᾷ δὲ δρᾷ ἔσω εἴσω εἰσαμεῖψαι εἰσαμεῖψαι τεῖχος εἰκὼ εἰκὼ χυροῦσαν fort. ἔξω μένουσα. κροτησμοῦ κροτησμοῦ rasura mutatum in κροτισμοῦ fort. κατορθώσαιμ᾽ ἔπος.

ΧΟ.

τριχὸς δ᾽ ὀρθίας πλόκαμος ἵσταται

μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων

κλύων ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν. εἴθε θεοὶ

θεοὶ τούσδ᾽ ὀλέσειαν ἐν γῇ.

ΑΓ.

Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 563 focus

ΧΟΡΟΣ

ἱκνεῖται λόγος διὰ στηθέων,

τριχὸς δ᾽ ὀρθίας πλόκαμος ἵσταται·

μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων κλυόντες
565

ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν εἰ θεοὶ [θεοὶ]

τούσδ᾽ ὀλέσειαν ἐν γᾶι. –

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.)) — 631-685 focus

Scout

Last I will tell of the seventh champion, him at the seventh gate,¹ your own brother, and of what fate he prays for and calls down on the city. His prayer is that after he mounts the battlements and is proclaimed king in the land,

and shouts the paian in triumph over its capture, he may then meet you in combat, and once he kills you, that he may perish at your side, or, if you survive, make you pay with banishment in the same way as you dishonored him with exile. Mighty Polynices shouts such threats and
635

invokes his native gods, the gods of his fatherland, to watch over his prayers in every way. He holds a shield, a perfect circle, newly-made, with a double symbol cleverly fastened on it:
640

a woman modestly walking in the fore leads a man in arms made, it appears, of hammered gold. She claims to be Justice, as the lettering indicates, I will bring this man back and he will have his city and move freely in his father’s halls.
Such are the inventions fixed to their shields.
645

Quickly determine yourself whom you think it best to send. Know that you will find no fault with me in the substance of my report, but you yourself determine on what course to pilot the city. Exit.
650

Eteocles

O my family sired by Oedipus, steeped in tears,

driven to madness by the gods and by the gods detested! Ah, now indeed our father’s curses are brought to fulfillment. But neither weeping nor wailing is proper for me now, lest a grief even harder to bear is brought to life. As for him whose name is so very fitting, Polynices, we shall know soon enough what the symbol on his shield will accomplish,
655

whether the babbling letters shaped in gold on his shield, together with his mind’s wanderings, will bring him back. If Justice, Zeus’s maiden daughter, were attending his actions and his thoughts, this might be so. But as it is, neither when he escaped the darkness of his mother’s womb,
660

nor in childhood, nor at any point in his early manhood, nor when the beard first thickened on his cheek, did Justice acknowledge him and consider him worthy. And even now I do not think that she is standing by his side to aid the destruction of his fatherland.
665

Indeed, Justice would truly be false to her name, if she should ally herself with a man so utterly audacious in his plans. Trusting in this fact I will go and stand against him—I myself in person. Who else has a more just claim? Commander against commander, brother against brother,
670

enemy against enemy, I will take my stand. Quick, bring my greaves to protect against spears and stones!
675

Chorus

No, son of Oedipus, most dear of our men, do not be like in temperament to him who is called by such an evil name. It is enough that Cadmeans

are advancing to close combat with Argives. That bloodshed can be expiated. But when men of the same blood kill each other as you desire, the pollution from this act never grows old.
680

Eteocles

If indeed a man should suffer evil, let it be without dishonor, since that is the only benefit for the dead.

But you cannot speak of any glory for happenings that are at once evil and held in dishonor.
685

LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 563 focus

Les mots s'enfoncent dans ma poitrine, mes cheveux tressés se dressent, quand j'entends parler

LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES

LE MESSAGER

l'insolence de ces impies arrogants. Ah ! puissent donc les dieux les anéantir sur ce sol !

LE MESSAGER

Je passe

The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 563 focus

Theſe words appal my throbbing breaſt:

635

And the light tangles of my braided hair

Riſe upright with my fear,

As from the impious foes around

Theſe dreadful voices ſound,

Furious with thund'ring threats expreſt.

640

Ye pow'rs, that rule on high,

Scatter their dreaded forces wide,

Or let their creſted pride

Low in the dust beneath our rampires lie!

SOLDIER.

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.) — 563 focus

In fondo al seno mi sceser quei detti:

s'erge la treccia degl'irti capelli,

le gran minacce, le grandi parole

di questi iniqui ascoltando. Oh, se i Numi

635

nel nostro suolo li vogliano spenti !

ESPLORATORE

Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 563 focus

It ſermo per pectus,

Stat cæſaries surrectorum pilorum,

535

Magna iactabundorum

Audiens profanorum uirorum:utinam

Dij hos perdant in terra.

Nun.

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.) — 563 focus

Home to my heart the vaunting goes,
550

And, quick with terror, on my head

Rises my hair, at sound of those

Who wildly, impiously rave!

If gods there be, to them I plead—

Give them to darkness and the grave.
555

The Spy

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.) — 563 focus

Das Wort schneidet mir in's Herz tief hinein,

Und vor Entseken sträubt wild sich das Haar empor,

Da der ruchlose Troy der Troker
540

Mir in die Ohren schallt. Daß die Götter sie

Tilgten in Kadmos' Lande!

Der Bote.

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

58. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-94

ἐξόδοισι:

ἐπεξόδοισι

Μ. G.

ἐπ᾿ ἐξόδοις

Lips.

58. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-95

τάγευσαι:

ταγεῦσαι

Rob.

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

1-77. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-1

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.

58. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-45

⁴

τάγευσαι, Schol. τάξον, eigent- lich,,laß sie in deinem Interesse (als deine Stellvertreter) Führer sein", wie das Medium öfters eine Handlung bezeichnet, welche auf Veranlassung des Subjekts für dieses vorgenommen wird. τάχος steht öfters bei Aschylos wie ως τάχος (bei Sophokles nie ως, ὅ τις ὅσον τάχος).

Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes 563

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Messenger

Current edition Experimental

Ετεοκλης

εἴπερ κακὸν φέροι τις, αἰσχύνης ἄτερ

ἔστω: μόνον γὰρ κέρδος ἐν¹¹ τεθνηκόσι:

κακῶν δὲ κᾀσχρῶν οὔτιν᾽ εὐκλείαν ἐρεῖς.
685
686

Ἐτεοκλής

εἴπερ κακὸν φέροι τις, αἰσχύνης ἄτερ

ἔστω· μόνον γὰρ κέρδος ἐν τεθνηκόσι·

κακῶν δὲ κᾀσχρῶν οὔτινʼ εὐκλείαν ἐρεῖς.
685

ΧΟ.

ἱκνεῖται λόγος διὰ στηθέων,

καὶ τριχὸς ὄρθιος πλόκαμος ἵσταται,

μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων κλυούσας
565

ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν. εἴθε γὰρ θεοὶ

τούσδ᾽ ὀλέσειαν ἐν γᾷ.

Χορὸς Παρθένων
στρ. γ΄.

ἱκνεῖται λόγος διὰ στηθέων,

Χορὸς Παρθένων

τριχὸς δ᾽ ὀρθίας πλόκαμος ἵσταται,
545

μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων κλυούσα

ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν. εἴθε γὰρ

θεοὶ τούςδ᾽ ὀλέσειαν ἐν γῇ.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Ἱκνεῖται λόγος διὰ στηθέων,

Str. 3.

τριχὸς δ' ὀρθίας πλόκαμος ἵσταται,

ΧΟΡΟΣ

μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων
565

κλύειν κλύων ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν. Εἴθε γὰρ εἴθε οἱ θεοὶ (εἰ θεοὶ θεοὶ Μ)

θεοὶ τούσδ' ὀλέσειαν ἐν γῇ.

ΧΟ.

τριχὸς δ᾽ ὀρθίας πλόκαμος ἵσταται

μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων

κλύων ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν. εἴθε θεοὶ

θεοὶ τούσδ᾽ ὀλέσειαν ἐν γῇ.

ΑΓ.

Eteocles

If indeed a man should suffer evil, let it be without dishonor, since that is the only benefit for the dead.

But you cannot speak of any glory for happenings that are at once evil and held in dishonor.
685

LE MESSAGER

l'insolence de ces impies arrogants. Ah ! puissent donc les dieux les anéantir sur ce sol !

LE MESSAGER

Je passe

SOLDIER.

ESPLORATORE

Nun.

Home to my heart the vaunting goes,
550

And, quick with terror, on my head

Rises my hair, at sound of those

Who wildly, impiously rave!

If gods there be, to them I plead—

Give them to darkness and the grave.
555

The Spy

Das Wort schneidet mir in's Herz tief hinein,

Und vor Entseken sträubt wild sich das Haar empor,

Da der ruchlose Troy der Troker
540

Mir in die Ohren schallt. Daß die Götter sie

Tilgten in Kadmos' Lande!

Der Bote.

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Ετεοκλης εἴπερ κακὸν φέροι τις, αἰσχύνης ἄτερ ἔστω: μόνον γὰρ κέρδος ἐν 11 τεθνηκόσι: κακῶν δὲ κᾀσχρῶν οὔτιν᾽ εὐκλείαν ἐρεῖς. 685 686

Ἐτεοκλής εἴπερ κακὸν φέροι τις, αἰσχύνης ἄτερ ἔστω· μόνον γὰρ κέρδος ἐν τεθνηκόσι· κακῶν δὲ κᾀσχρῶν οὔτινʼ εὐκλείαν ἐρεῖς. 685

ΧΟ. ἱκνεῖται λόγος διὰ στηθέων, καὶ τριχὸς ὄρθιος πλόκαμος ἵσταται, μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων κλυούσας 565 ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν. εἴθε γὰρ θεοὶ τούσδ᾽ ὀλέσειαν ἐν γᾷ.

Χορὸς Παρθένων στρ. γ΄. ἱκνεῖται λόγος διὰ στηθέων,

Χορὸς Παρθένων τριχὸς δ᾽ ὀρθίας πλόκαμος ἵσταται, 545 μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων κλυούσα ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν. εἴθε γὰρ θεοὶ τούςδ᾽ ὀλέσειαν ἐν γῇ.

ΧΟΡΟΣ Ἱκνεῖται λόγος διὰ στηθέων, Str. 3. τριχὸς δ' ὀρθίας πλόκαμος ἵσταται,

ΧΟΡΟΣ μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων 565 κλύειν κλύων ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν. Εἴθε γὰρ εἴθε οἱ θεοὶ (εἰ θεοὶ θεοὶ Μ) θεοὶ τούσδ' ὀλέσειαν ἐν γῇ.

ΧΟ. τριχὸς δ᾽ ὀρθίας πλόκαμος ἵσταται μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων κλύων ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν. εἴθε θεοὶ θεοὶ τούσδ᾽ ὀλέσειαν ἐν γῇ.

ΑΓ.

Eteocles If indeed a man should suffer evil, let it be without dishonor, since that is the only benefit for the dead. But you cannot speak of any glory for happenings that are at once evil and held in dishonor. 685

LE MESSAGER l'insolence de ces impies arrogants. Ah ! puissent donc les dieux les anéantir sur ce sol !

LE MESSAGER Je passe

SOLDIER.

ESPLORATORE

Nun.

Home to my heart the vaunting goes, 550 And, quick with terror, on my head Rises my hair, at sound of those Who wildly, impiously rave! If gods there be, to them I plead— Give them to darkness and the grave. 555

The Spy

Das Wort schneidet mir in's Herz tief hinein, Und vor Entseken sträubt wild sich das Haar empor, Da der ruchlose Troy der Troker 540 Mir in die Ohren schallt. Daß die Götter sie Tilgten in Kadmos' Lande!

Der Bote.

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Ετεοκλης

εἴπερ κακὸν φέροι τις, αἰσχύνης ἄτερ

ἔστω: μόνον γὰρ κέρδος ἐν¹¹ τεθνηκόσι:

κακῶν δὲ κᾀσχρῶν οὔτιν᾽ εὐκλείαν ἐρεῖς.
685
686

Ἐτεοκλής

εἴπερ κακὸν φέροι τις, αἰσχύνης ἄτερ

ἔστω· μόνον γὰρ κέρδος ἐν τεθνηκόσι·

κακῶν δὲ κᾀσχρῶν οὔτινʼ εὐκλείαν ἐρεῖς.
685

ΧΟ.

ἱκνεῖται λόγος διὰ στηθέων,

καὶ τριχὸς ὄρθιος πλόκαμος ἵσταται,

μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων κλυούσας
565

ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν. εἴθε γὰρ θεοὶ

τούσδ᾽ ὀλέσειαν ἐν γᾷ.

Χορὸς Παρθένων
στρ. γ΄.

ἱκνεῖται λόγος διὰ στηθέων,

Χορὸς Παρθένων

τριχὸς δ᾽ ὀρθίας πλόκαμος ἵσταται,
545

μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων κλυούσα

ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν. εἴθε γὰρ

θεοὶ τούςδ᾽ ὀλέσειαν ἐν γῇ.

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Ἱκνεῖται λόγος διὰ στηθέων,

Str. 3.

τριχὸς δ' ὀρθίας πλόκαμος ἵσταται,

ΧΟΡΟΣ

μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων
565

κλύειν κλύων ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν. Εἴθε γὰρ εἴθε οἱ θεοὶ (εἰ θεοὶ θεοὶ Μ)

θεοὶ τούσδ' ὀλέσειαν ἐν γῇ.

ΧΟ.

τριχὸς δ᾽ ὀρθίας πλόκαμος ἵσταται

μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων

κλύων ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν. εἴθε θεοὶ

θεοὶ τούσδ᾽ ὀλέσειαν ἐν γῇ.

Eteocles

If indeed a man should suffer evil, let it be without dishonor, since that is the only benefit for the dead.

But you cannot speak of any glory for happenings that are at once evil and held in dishonor.
685

LE MESSAGER

l'insolence de ces impies arrogants. Ah ! puissent donc les dieux les anéantir sur ce sol !

LE MESSAGER

Je passe

Home to my heart the vaunting goes,
550

And, quick with terror, on my head

Rises my hair, at sound of those

Who wildly, impiously rave!

If gods there be, to them I plead—

Give them to darkness and the grave.
555

Das Wort schneidet mir in's Herz tief hinein,

Und vor Entseken sträubt wild sich das Haar empor,

Da der ruchlose Troy der Troker
540

Mir in die Ohren schallt. Daß die Götter sie

Tilgten in Kadmos' Lande!