Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes 758

Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator)

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as it were a sea of troubles brings on one billow that subsides, and rears another triply cloven, which too dashes about the stern of our state. But between [it and us] there stretches a fence at a small interval, a tower in width alone
. And I fear lest the city should be overcome along with its princes.

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.) — 792-821 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 792-821 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 758 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 758 focus
κακῶν δ᾽ ὥςπερ θάλασσα κῦμ᾽ ἄγει·
τὸ μὲν πίτνον, ἄλλο δ᾽ ἀείρει
740
τρίχαλον, ὃ καὶ περὶ πρύ-
μναν πόλεως καχλάζει·
μεταξὺ δ᾽ ἀλκὰν δι᾽ ὀλίγου
τείνει πύργος ἐν Ἄρει.
δέδοικα δέ, σὺν βασιλεῦσι
745
μὴ πόλις δαμασθῇ.
στρ. δ'.
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 758 focus
Κακῶν δ' ὥσπερ θάλασσα κῦμ' ἄγει,
Ant. 3.
τὸ μὲν πίτνον, ἄλλο δ' ἀείρει
760
τρίχαλον, ὃ καὶ περὶ πρύμ-
ναν πόλεως καχλάζει·
μεταξὺ δ' ἀλκὰ δι' ὀλίγου
τείνει πύργος ἐν εὔρει
δέδοικα δὲ σὺν βασιλεῦσι
765
μὴ πόλις δαμασθῇ.
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 758 focus
κακῶν δ᾽ ὥσπερ θάλασσα κῦμ᾽ ἄγει,
τὸ μὲν πίτνον, ἄλλο δ' ἀείρει
τρίχαλον, ὃ καὶ περὶ πρύ-
745
μναν πόλεως καχλάζει.
μεταξὺ δ᾽ ἀλκὰ δι᾿ ὀλίγου
τείνει πύργος ἐν εὔρει.
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 758 focus
κακῶν δ᾽ ὥσπερ θάλασσα κῦμ᾽ ἄγει,
τὸ μὲν πίτνον, ἄλλο δ᾽ ἀείρει
τρίχαλον, ὃ καὶ περὶ πρύ-
μναν πόλεως καχλάζει.
760
μεταξὺ δ᾽ ἄλκαρ δι᾽ ὀλίγου
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.)) — 792-820 focus
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 758 focus
elle en soulève une autre, trois fois
plus puissante, qui gronde et bouillonne autour de l'étrave de notre cité. Entre elle et nous ne s'étend d'autre défense que l'épaisseur d'un médiocre rempart ; et j'ai peur que
Thèbes ne succombe avec ses rois 1 .
Car voici que s'achève le douloureux règlement des imprécations d'autrefois. Les misérables voient
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 758 focus
The dreadful curſe pronounc'd of old
To vengeance rouſes ruthless hate;
875
And ſlaughter, ranging uncontrol'd,
Purſues the hideous work of fate.
Wreck'd in the ſtorm the great, the brave, the wise
Are ſunk beneath the roaring tide.
Such was the chief, this city's pride,
880
Dear to each God in yon' bright ſkies,
Whoſe prudence took our dread away,
The rav'ning monſter gorg'd with human prey,
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.) — 758 focus
Un estuare di sciagure, simile
ad un mar, li sospinge. Un flutto piomba,
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s'erge un altro, con triplice
artiglio: un terzo avvolge con gran romba
della città la poppa. A schermo tendesi
poco la torre entro l'immensità.
Ond'io nel cuore trepido
850
che coi suoi re sprofondi la città.
4 Strofe IV
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 758 focus
Quemadmodum mala fluctus marinus ducit,
Hoc quidem proftrat, aliud tollit
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Tridente, ille uerò circa puppim
Vrbis ſtrepitum habet, ſubſidium inter nos:
Paulo post contendit, nempe amplitudine turris...
Vereor ne cum regibus urbs pereat.
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.) — 758 focus
And now the waxing surge, the wave of fate,
Rolls on them, triply great—
One billow sinks, the next towers, high and dark,
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Above our city's bark—
Only the narrow barrier of the wall
Totters, as soon to fall;
And, if our chieftains in the storm go down,
What chance can save the town?
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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.) — 758 focus
Ein Meer, wälzt er des Leides Flut heran;
Da sinkt sie, da thürmt sie sich dreifach,
Schwillt, bis sie zuleht um der Stadt
Steuerbord emporschlägt.
Im Mittel schirmt nur kurze Frist
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Uns im Kampfe die Mauer.
Ich fürchte, zugleich mit den Herrschern
Fällt die Stadt im Sturme.
Vierte Strophe.

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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ἐξόδοισι:
ἐπεξόδοισι
Μ. G.
ἐπ᾿ ἐξόδοις
Lips.
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τάγευσαι:
ταγεῦσαι
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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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).