Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes 945

Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator)

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Ihr Theil am Leid, welches Zeus verhängte, fiel,
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Ach! den Unsel'gen zu:
Unter den Leichen hinab
Dehnt sich ihr Reich ohn' Ende.

Seven Against Thebes. Aeschylus. Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator). . .

Current edition Experimental

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1854; OCR review) (OCR draft) (German) (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.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (7)
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 957-965 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 957-965 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 945 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 945 focus
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 945 focus
Ἔχουσι μοῖραν λαχόντες οἱ μέλεοι ὦ μέλεοι seu μέλεοι
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Ant. 3.
διοδότων διοσδότων ἀχέων·
ὑπὸ δὲ σώματι γᾶς
πλοῦτος ἄβυσσος ἔσται.
Ἰὼ πολλοῖς ἐπανθίσαντες ἐπανθήσαντες
πόνοισι γενεάν πόνοισί γε δόμους (uel δόμοι)·
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τελευτᾷ δ' αἵδ' ἐπηλάλαξαν
Ἀραὶ τὸν ὀξὺν νόμον,
τετραμμένου παντρόπῳ φυγᾷ γένους
ἕστακεν ἔστακε δ' Ἄτας τροπαῖον ἐν πύλαις
ἐν αἷς ἐθείνοντο, καὶ
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δυοῖν κρατήσας ἔληξε δαίμων.
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Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 945 focus
Ἔχουσι μοῖραν λαχόντες, ὦ μέλεοι,
διοσδότων ἀχέων
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ὑπὸ δὲ σώματι γᾶς
πλοῦτος ἄβυσσος ἔσται.
Ἰὼ πολλοῖς ἐνανθίσαντες
πόνοισι γενεάν
τελευταῖαι δ᾽ ἐπηλάλαξαν
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ἀραὶ τὸν ὀξὺν νόμον, τετραμμένου
παντρόπῳ φυγᾷ γένους.
ἔστακε δ᾽ Ἄτας τροπαῖον ἐν πύλαις,
ἐν αἷς ἐθείνοντο, καὶ δυοῖν κρατή-
σας ἔληξε δαίμων.
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Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 945 focus
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.)) — 957-965 focus
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 945 focus
Hapless youths! They have obtained their portion of heaven-awarded woes, and beneath their bodies shall be a fathomless wealth of earth
! Alas! ye that have made your houses bloom with many troubles! And at its fall these Curses raised the shout of triumph in shrill strain, when the race had been put to flight in total rout; a trophy of Atè has been reared at the gate at which they smote each other, and, having overcome both, the daemon rested.
Enter Antigone and Ismene.
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 945 focus
Ils ont reçu leur lot, les infortunés, leur lot de douleurs choisies par les dieux. Et sous leurs corps demeurera le trésor
sans fond de la glèbe.
Hélas sur vous qui avez à votre race apporté ce couronnement de souffrances ! Enfin, les Imprécations ont
poussé la clameur aiguë du triomphe : la race a pris la fuite dans une déroute totale. Le
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 945 focus
They have the wretched share they chose,
Share of heav'n-appointed woes s
:
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And the rich, contested prize
Deep beneath earth's bosom lies.
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.) — 945 focus
Miseri! La sua parte ognun riscosse
di mali che ad ognun partiano i Superi.
Ora un abisso è sotto le lor fosse
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di dovizia infinita.
Ahimè, di quanti spasimi
la stirpe vostra fu per voi fiorita!
Intonava l'Erinni in su le schiatta
l'ululo di vittoria, il fiero cantico,
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poi che fu spersa, all'ultima disfatta.
Il trofeo d'Ate stette su le soglie,
ove cadder colpiti. E quivi il dèmone
desisté, poi che d'ambi ebbe le spoglie.
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 945 focus
Sortiti ſunt fatum ô miseri
Ab Ioue datorum dolorũ, ſub uero corpore terræ
Immenſæ diuitiæ erunt.
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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.) — 945 focus
They have their portion—each his lot and doom,
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Given from the gods on high!
Yea, the piled wealth of fatherland, for tomb,
Shall underneath them lie!
Alas, alas! with flowers of fame and pride
Your home ye glorified;
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But, in the end, the Furies gathered round
With chants of boding sound,
Shrieking, In wild defeat and disarray,
Behold, ye pass away!
The sign of Ruin standeth at the gate,
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There, where they strove with Fate—
And the ill power beheld the brothers' fall,
And triumphed over all!

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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θεμένα
θεμένῃ
Cantabr. 2.
θεμένη
G. Ald. Rob. τούςδ᾽
τοιούσδ᾽
Par. F.
τοιουσδ᾽
Ven. B. ἔτεχ᾽
ἔσχ'
pro
ἔτεχ'
G. οἳ δ᾽ sic M. Turn.
905

906. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-964

ὧδ᾽
ὧδε τ'
Par. N. ἐτελεύτασαν Μ. Vit. Par. A. B. L.
ἐτελεύτησαν
Lips. Ald. Turn.
ὧδε τελεύτησαν
G.
ἐτετελεύτησαν
ex Colb. 1. affertur.
ἐτελεύτησε
Par. E.
ἐτέλεσαν
Rob.
τέλεσαν
Arund. aut, ut Blomfieldius dicit,
ἐτέλεσεν
. ἀλληλοφόνοις
ἀλλαλοφόνοις
M. Cantabr. 1. Par. A. Β.
ἀλληλοφόνοις
Vit. Ald. Turn.
ἀλλαλοφόνοισι
G.
ἀλληλοφόνοισι
Arund. Cantabr. 2. Rob.
ἀλλήλων φόνοισι
Lips.
906

908. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-965

δῆτα καὶ Hemichorio haec recte tribuunt G. Rob.
Ismenae
M. Vit. Lips. Ald. Turn.
δὴ καὶ
Par. A.
δὴ καὶ δῆτα
ex Par. B. Faehsius affert. πανώλεθροι
πανόλεθροι
Ald.
πανωλέθριοι
Par. E. Vind. 2. 4. et adscriptum in Par. B.
908

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διατομαῖς Libri omnes
διατομαῖς
, nisi quod in M. a recentiore manu inde factum est
διὰ τομαῖς
. Scribendum est
διαρταμαῖς
. Si quis obvertat
διαρταμή
non inveniri in lexicis, cogitet lexica e scriptoribus, non scriptores e lexicis colligi.
Διαρταμήσει
habet Aeschylus Prom. v. 1027.
909

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μαινομένᾳ
μαινόμενα
, ad
α
supra adscripto
η
, Lips.
910

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γαίᾳ Hemichorii nota carent libri.
γαῖα
G. Vit.
912

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ζωὴ φονορύτῳ Scribendum esse
ζωὴ φονορύτῳ
etiam Blomfieldius vidit.
ζωὴ
Vit. Cantabr. 2.
ζωὴν
Par. E. Ceteri
ζωὰ
, cui in Lips.
η
supra adscriptum est. Omnes
φονορύτῳ
.
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εἴσ᾽
εἰσ'
M. G. Cantabr. 1. 2. Mosc. 1. Par. A. B.
εἰσ'
Vit. Lips. Arund. Par. E. N. Rob.
εἰσὶν
Ald. Turn.
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915. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-971

NA Chori nota praefixa in M. Lips. Ald. Turn. semichorii in G. Rob. neutra in Vit.
915

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συθείς
σεισθεὶς
Mosc. 1.
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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

872-940. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-580

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2
ein ἰάλεμος nach der Angabe in 900, wonach dieser Ge- sang mit Zerreißen der Wangen (und mit Schlägen an Kopf und Brust nach 840f.) begleitet ist. Vgl. Cho. 422f., Soph. Αi. 627 f. mit Eur. Or. 1395. Diese Totenklage (854 f.) wird von Halbchören gesungen, welche in gleicher Weise abwechseln wie in Eum. 143-168, im ersten Strophenpaar zweimal, in den bei- den folgenden nur einmal. Auch die Unterbrechung des ersten Satzes durch den anderen Halbchor findet sich in den Eum. ebenso. 872 Η. δι' εὐωνύμων ὁμοσπλάγχνων τε (vgl. Pers. 569 Θρήκης ἂμ πε- διήρεις δυσχίμους τε κελεύθους) πλευρωμάτων τετυμμένοι, „,ins Herz, ins Bruderherz getroffen", Das schmerzliche Wort τετυμμένοι be- stätigt ( δῆτα: zu 864) der andere Halbchor. In der Lücke ist das verb. fin. verloren gegangen (etwa ἐπέσετε μέλεοι).

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4
Für ὡς ἐρξάτην vermutet W. Headlam ἐρεξάτην. πολλὰ μὲν πολίτας ξένων τε στίχας für πολλὰ μὲν πολίτας, πολλὰ δὲ ξένων στίχας wie Cho. 583 πολλὰ μὲν γᾶ τρέφει ἄχη πόντιαί τ᾿ ἀγκάλαι κνωδάλων βρύουσι, Soph. Τrach. 1012 πολλὰ μὲν ἐν πόντῳ κατά τε δρία πάντα καθαίρων, Eur. Med. 430 πολλὰ μὲν ἀμετέραν ἀνδρῶν τε μοῖραν εἰπεῖν. Häufig so πρῶτα μὲν . . τέ wie Hik. 415 f. — τ' ἐπακ- τῶν für τε πάντων Meineke. Vgl. στράτευμ' ἐπακτόν 570, 1019 (wahr- scheinlich auch Soph. Ο. Κ. 1418 πῶς γὰρ αὖθις ἂν πάλιν στράτευμ' ἄγοιμ' ἐπακτόν).

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6
Unrichtig der Sehol. μετὰ φθορᾶς ἐλθούσας, denn πολυφθό ρους gibt den Erfolg von ἐρξάτην πολλὰ ξένων στίχας und ist mit στίχας statt mit ξένων verbunden: ,von den Fremden sind viele im Kampfe umgekommen". - Hesych. δαΐ· μάχῃ, ein Homerisches Wort ( ἐν δαὶ λυγρῇ Ν 286).

910. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-589

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8
Für δυσδαίμων hat, wie der strophische Vers zeigt, Dindorf wohl mit Recht δυσαίων geschrieben. Vgl. Soph. Ο. Κ. 150 δυσαίων μα κραίων τε. σφ' & (so H. Vob für σφιν ἡ) τεκοῦσα, ἡ τεκοῦσά σφε, wie Soph. Phil. 1242 μ' οὐπικωλύων, Θ. Τ. 139 τοῦτον ὁ κτανών, 263 ταῦτα τοῖς μὴ δρῶσιν, Demosth. 8, 28 ταῦτα τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας.

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10
Das Asyndeton bei der Er- läuterung von δυσδαίμων.

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12
ἐτελεύτησαν ὑπὸ χερσίν wie Epic. Fragm. ed. Kink. 3 χερσὶν ὑπ' ἀλλήλων καταβήμεναι " Αιδος εἴσω, vgl. Hom. Γ 352 ἐμῆς ὑπὸ χερσὶ δάμασσον, Soph. Ant. 975 ἀραχθὲν ὑφ' αἱματηραῖς χείρεσσι, Ο. Τ. 202 ὑπὸ σῷ φθίσον κεραυνῷ.