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Seven Against Thebes. Aeschylus. Guilielmus Dindorfius (Editor). Lipsiae. 1882.

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Current edition Experimental

Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) (Greek) (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (6)
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. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 778 focus
ἐπεὶ δ᾽ ἀρτίφρων
ἐγένετο μέλεος ἀθλίων
760
γάμων, ἐπ' ἄλγει δυςφορῶν
μαινομένᾳ κραδίᾳ
δίδυμα κάκ' ἐτέλεσεν·
πατροφόνῳ χερὶ τῶν
κρεισσοτέκνων ὀμμάτων ἐπλάγχθη.
765
ἀντ. έ.
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 778 focus
Ἐπεὶ δ' ἀρτίφρων <ὢν> om.
Str. 5.
ἐγένετο μέλεος ἀθλίων
780
γάμων, ἐπ' ἄλγει δυσφορῶν,
μαινομένᾳ κραδίᾳ,
δίδυμα κάκ' ἐτέλεσεν·
πατροφόνῳ χερὶ τῶν
κρεισσοτέκνων ὀμμάτων δ' ἀπ' ὀμμ. seu δ' ὄμμ. ἐπλάγχθη
785
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 778 focus
ἐπεὶ δ᾽ ἀρτίφρων
ἐγένετο μέλεος ἀθλίων
γάμων, ἐπ᾽ ἄλγει δυσφορῶν
765
μαινομένα κραδίᾳ
δίδυμα κάκ' ἐτέλεσεν·
πατροφόνῳ χερὶ τῶν
κρεισσοτέκνων ὀμμάτων ἐπλάγχθη·
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 778 focus
ἐπεὶ δ᾽ ἀρτίφρων ἐγένετο μέλεος ἀθλίων
775
γάμων, ἐπ᾿ ἄλγει δυσφορῶν
μαινομέναι κραδίαι
δίδυμα κάκ᾽ ἐτέλεσεν·
πατροφόνωι χερὶ τῶν
κρεισσοτέκνων ὀμμάτων ἐπλάγχθη· –
780
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.)) — 792-820 focus
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 778 focus
But when he unhappy was apprised of his wretched marriage, despairing in his sorrow, with phrenzied heart he perpetrated a twofold horror; he deprived himself with parricidal hand of the eyes that were more precious than his children.
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 778 focus
Mais, quand il eut, l'infortuné, pris soudain conscience de
son malheureux hymen, dans sa douleur impatiente, dans le délire de son âme, il acheva un double malheur : de sa main parricide, il se sépara de ses yeux — ses yeux plus chers
que ses fils !
Et contre
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 778 focus
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.) — 778 focus
Ma reso conscio il misero
dei nefandi sponsali,
865
con dissennato spirito,
male reggendo l'impeto
del cordoglio, due mali
compiva. Con la man che il padre uccise,
sé dalle care luci in bando mise:
870
5 Antistrofe V
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 778 focus
Poſtquam cordatus fuit miſer miſeras
735
Nuptias pre dolore ægrè ferens,
Furenti corde duo mala fecit,
Cruenta manu meliorum filiorum
Ab oculis percuffus est, filijs execratas
Permifit culpandas educationes, beu beu & acere
740
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.) — 778 focus
But when, in the fulness of days, he knew of his bridal unblest,
A twofold horror he wrought, in the frenzied despair of his breast—
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.) — 778 focus
Doch kaum sah er ein,
Der Arme, welch unsel'gen Bund
Er schloß, da trug er nicht den Schmerz;
Rasend verübte die Hand
Des Vatermörders zwei
755
Frevel: er blendete was sein Auge,
Theurer ihm war, als ein Kind
Fünfte 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

778. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-847

στέγει δὲ πύργος, καὶ πύλας φερεγγύοις:
στέγει
M. Vit. Lips. Cantabr. 2. Ald. Turn.
στέργει
Cantabr. 1. Mosc. 2. Par. C. E. N. Colb. 1. Vind. 2. 4. et adscripto γρ.
στέγει
Par. Β.
στέργει
habuerat etiam G. sed ρ erasum est.
στένει
Rob.
πύργος καὶ πύλαι·
Vit.
ἱκανοῖς δὲ
ad
φερεγγύοις
adscripto.
φερεγγύους
Rob.
φερεγγύοις. γρ. φερεγγύους, ὃν ἢ πρὸς τὸ πύλας, φερεγγύους πύλας, τὰς δυναμένας φέρειν τὴν ἐγγύην
Par. B.
778

779. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-848

ἐφραξάμεσθα:
ἐφραξάμεσθα
Turn.
ἐφραξάμεθα
M. G. Vit. Lips. Mose. 1. 2. Vind. 1. 2. 3. 4. Αld. Rob.
ἐφρεξάμεθα μονομάχαισι
Par. E.
779

780. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-849

καλῶς ἔχει τὰ πλεῖστ᾽ ἐν ἓξ πυλώμασιν:
καλῶς δ᾽ ἔχει
Lips. Cantabr. 1. Colb. 1. 2. Rob. In M.
δ'
a recentiore manu supra adscriptum est.
πλεῖστα ἓξ
Vit. Mosc. 1. uterque supra scripto
ἐν
. In Vit. syllaba una inter
πλεῖστα
et
ἓξ
erasa.
πυλώμασιν
Μ. Ceteri
πυλώμασι
.
780

781. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-850

ἑβδομαγέτας:
ἑβδομαγέτης
Mose. 1. Dorica forma etiam Proclus usus est in commentario ad Timaeum Platonis III. p. 200. Dixi de hoc nomine Apollinis in Opusc. VII. p. 293.
781

782. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-851

εἵλετ', Οἰδίπου:
εἵλετο
a pr. manu M.
εἵλετ'
G.
οἰδίπου
G.
οἰδίπους
Mosc. 1.
782

783. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-852

παλαιὰς:
παλαιᾶς
Lips.
783

784. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-853

πρᾶγος νεόκοτον πόλει παρόν:
πρᾶγος
Arund. Cantabr. 1. Par. A. B. L. Vind. 1. 4. Rob.
πρᾶγμα
M. G. Vit. Lips. Ald. Turn. adscriptumque in Par. B.
νεόκοτον
M. Vit. Lips. Par. B. Ald. Rob. Turn.
νεόκητον
G. Mosc. 2. quod in G. per
νεωστὶ γεγενημένον
, in Mosc. 2. per
νεωστὶ κατεσκευασμένον
explicatur.
νεότοκον
Par. H. N. Colb. 1. idemque adscriptum in Cantabr. 2. Par. B.
παρόν
G. Par. B. aliique, ut videtur, codices et Ald. Turn.
πλέον
M. Vit. Lips. Cantabr. 1. Mosc. 1. Par. E.N. Colb. 1. adscriptumque in Par. B. In Vit. γρ.
παρών
a recentiore manu supra scriptum est.
καὶ πλέον
Rob.
784

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

777-806. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-521

1
2
drittes Epeisodion: ein Bote meldet die Katastrophe, den Wechselmord der beiden Brü- der. Schol. ἄγγελος ὁ καὶ πρότερον ἀπαγγείλας περὶ τῆς τῶν Ἀργείων ἐφόδου, οὗτος καὶ νῦν ἀπαγγέλλει τὴν ἀδελφοκτονίαν. Daß es der gleiche sein soll, ergibt sich aus 782 f.

779. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-523

3
4
πέπτωκε, sind zunichte ge- worden, wie Eur. Hipp. 41 ἀλλ᾽ οὔτι ταύτῃ τόνδ' ἔρωτα δεῖ πεσεῖν. ὀβρίμων, die auf ihre Kraft pochen.

780. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-524

5
6
Auch bei ἐν εὐδίᾳ scil. ἐστί (Blomfield ἐν εὐδία ' στί) schwebt wie beim Folgenden die Vorstellung eines Schiffes vor. Vgl. 2f. ἄντ λον οὐκ ἐδέξατο d. h. das Schiff ist nicht leck geworden.

782. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-525

7
8
στέγει absolut,,gewährt Schutz".