Seven Against Thebes. Aeschylus. ed. Gottfried Hermann. Lipsiae. 1852.
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Critical apparatus to Seven Against Thebes (OCR draft) (Latin) (Latin and Greek critical apparatus to Gottfried Hermann's 1852 edition of Seven Against Thebes.)
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Editions (7)
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 203-244 focus
Χορος
ὦ φίλον Οἰδίπου τέκος, ἔδεισ᾽ ἀκού-
σασα τὸν ἁρματόκτυπον ὄτοβον
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ὄτοβον,
ὅτε
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τε σύριγγες ἔκλαγξαν ἑλίτροχοι,
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ἱππικῶν τ᾽ ἄπυον
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πηδαλίων διὰ στόμα
πυριγενετᾶν χαλινῶν.
Ετεοκλης
τί οὖν; ὁ ναύτης ἆρα μὴ ʼς πρῷραν φυγὼν
πρύμνηθεν ηὗρε μηχανὴν σωτηρίας,
νεὼς καμούσης ποντίῳ πρὸς
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κύματι;
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Χορος
ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ δαιμόνων πρόδρομος ἦλθον ἀρ-
χαῖα βρέτη, θεοῖσι πίσυνος,
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νιφάδος
ὅτ᾽ ὀλοᾶς νιφομένας βρόμος ἐν πύλαις:
δὴ τότ᾽ ἤρθην φόβῳ πρὸς μακάρων λιτάς, πόλεως
ἵν᾽ ὑπερέχοιεν ἀλκάν.
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Ετεοκλης
πύργον στέγειν εὔχεσθε πολέμιον δόρυ.
Χορος
οὔκουν
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τάδ᾽ ἔσται πρὸς θεῶν;
Ετεοκλης
ἀλλ᾽ οὖν θεοὺς
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Χορος
μήποτ᾽ ἐμὸν κατ᾽ αἰῶνα λίποι
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θεῶν
ἅδε πανάγυρις, μηδ᾽ ἐπίδοιμι τάνδ᾽
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ἀστυδρομουμέναν πόλιν καὶ στράτευμ᾽
ἁπτόμενον πυρὶ δαΐῳ.
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Ετεοκλης
μή μοι θεοὺς καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶς:
πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας
μήτηρ, γονῆς
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σωτῆρος: ὧδ᾽ ἔχει λόγος.
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Χορος
ἔστι: θεοῦ
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δ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἰσχὺς καθυπερτέρα:
πολλάκι δ᾽ ἐν κακοῖσι τὸν
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ἀμάχανον
κἀκ χαλεπᾶς δύας ὕπερθ᾽ ὀμμάτων
Ετεοκλης
ἀνδρῶν τάδ᾽ ἐστί, σφάγια καὶ χρηστήρια
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θεοῖσιν ἕρδειν, πολεμίων πειρωμένων:
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σὸν δ᾽ αὖ τὸ σιγᾶν καὶ μένειν εἴσω δόμων.
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Χορος
διὰ θεῶν πόλιν νεμόμεθ᾽ ἀδάματον,
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δυσμενέων δ᾽ ὄχλον πύργος ἀποστέγει.
τίς
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τάδε νέμεσις στυγεῖ;
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Ετεοκλης
οὔτοι φθονῶ σοι δαιμόνων τιμᾶν γένος:
ἀλλ᾽ ὡς πολίτας μὴ κακοσπλάγχνους τιθῇς,
εὔκηλος ἴσθι μηδ᾽ ἄγαν ὑπερφοβοῦ.
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Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 203-244 focus
Χορός
ὦ φίλον Οἰδίπου τέκος, ἔδεισʼ ἀκού-
σασα τὸν ἁρματόκτυπον ὄτοβον ὄτοβον,
ὅτε τε σύριγγες ἔκλαγξαν ἑλίτροχοι,
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ἱππικῶν τʼ ἀπύαν πηδαλίων διὰ στόμα
πυριγενετᾶν χαλινῶν.
Ἐτεοκλής
τί οὖν; ὁ ναύτης ἆρα μὴ ʼς πρῷραν φυγὼν
πρύμνηθεν ηὗρε μηχανὴν σωτηρίας,
νεὼς καμούσης ποντίῳ πρὸς κύματι ;
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Χορός
ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ δαιμόνων πρόδρομος ἦλθον ἀρ-
χαῖα βρέτη, θεοῖσι πίσυνος, νιφάδος
ὅτʼ ὀλοᾶς νειφομένας βρόμος ἐν πύλαις·
δὴ τότʼ ἤρθην φόβῳ πρὸς μακάρων λιτάς, πόλεως
ἵνʼ ὑπερέχοιεν ἀλκάν.
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Ἐτεοκλής
πύργον στέγειν εὔχεσθε πολέμιον δόρυ.
οὐκοῦν τάδʼ ἔσται πρὸς θεῶν· ἀλλʼ οὖν θεοὺς
τοὺς τῆς ἁλούσης πόλεος ἐκλείπειν λόγος.
Χορός
μήποτʼ ἐμὸν κατʼ αἰῶνα λίποι θεῶν
ἅδε πανάγυρις, μηδʼ ἐπίδοιμι τάνδʼ
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ἀστυδρομουμέναν πόλιν καὶ στράτευμʼ
ἁπτόμενον πυρὶ δαΐῳ.
Ἐτεοκλής
μή μοι θεοὺς καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶς·
πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας
μήτηρ, γυνὴ σωτῆρος· ὧδʼ ἔχει λόγος.
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Χορός
ἔστι· θεοῦ δʼ ἔτʼ ἰσχὺς καθυπερτέρα·
πολλάκι δʼ ἐν κακοῖσι τὸν ἀμάχανον
κἀκ χαλεπᾶς δύας ὕπερθʼ ὀμμάτων
κρημναμενᾶν νεφελᾶν ὀρθοῖ.
Ἐτεοκλής
ἀνδρῶν τάδʼ ἐστί, σφάγια καὶ χρηστήρια
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θεοῖσιν ἕρδειν πολεμίων πειρωμένους ·
σὸν δʼ αὖ τὸ σιγᾶν καὶ μένειν εἴσω δόμων.
Χορός
διὰ θεῶν πόλιν νεμόμεθʼ ἀδάματον,
δυσμενέων δʼ ὄχλον πύργος ἀποστέγει.
τίς τάδε νέμεσις στυγεῖ;
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Ἐτεοκλής
οὔτοι φθονῶ σοι δαιμόνων τιμᾶν γένος·
ἀλλʼ ὡς πολίτας μὴ κακοσπλάγχνους τιθῇς,
εὔκηλος ἴσθι μηδʼ ἄγαν ὑπερφοβοῦ.
Χορός
ποτίφατον κλύουσα πάταγον ἀνάμιγα
ταρβοσύνῳ φόβῳ τάνδʼ ἐς ἀκρόπτολιν,
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τίμιον ἕδος, ἱκόμαν.
Ἐτεοκλής
μή νυν, ἐὰν θνῄσκοντας ἢ τετρωμένους
πύθησθε, κωκυτοῖσιν ἁρπαλίζετε.
τούτῳ γὰρ Ἄρης βόσκεται, φόνῳ βροτῶν.
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 226 focus
ΧΟ.
ἔστι· θεοῦ δ᾽ ἔτ᾿ ἰσχὺς καθυπερτέρα·
πολλάκι δ᾽ ἐν κακοῖσι τὸν ἀμάχανον
κἀκ χαλεπᾶς δύας ὕπερθ᾽ ὀμμάτων
κρημναμενᾶν νεφελᾶν ὀρθοῖ.
ΕΤ.
ἀνδρῶν τάδ᾽ ἐστὶ, σφάγια καὶ χρηστήρια
230
θεοῖσιν ἕρδειν, πολεμίων πειρωμένων·
σὸν δ᾽ αὖ τὸ σιγᾶν καὶ μένειν εἴσω δόμων.
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 226 focus
Χορὸς Παρθένων
ἀντ. β'.
ἔστι· θεοῖς δ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἰσχὺς καθυπερτέρα·
πολλάκι δ᾽ ἐν κακοῖσι τὸν ἀμήχανον
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κἀκ χαλεπᾶς δύας ὑπέρ τ᾽ ὀμμάτων
κρημναμενᾶν νεφελᾶν ὀρθοῖ.
Ἐτεοκλῆς
ἀνδρῶν τάδ᾽ ἐστί, σφάγια καὶ χρηστήρια
θεοῖσιν ἕρδειν, πολεμίων πειρωμένων·
σὸν δ᾽ αὖ τὸ σιγᾶν καὶ μένειν εἴσω δόμων.
215
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 226 focus
ΧΟΡΟΣ
Ἔστι· θεοῦ δ' ἔτ' ἰσχὺς καθυπερτέρα·
Ant. 2.
πολλάκι δ' ἐν κακοῖσι τὸν ἀμήχανον
κἀκ χαλεπᾶς δύας ὕπερθ' ὀμμάτων
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κριμναμενᾶν
κρημναμενᾶν νεφελῶν ὀρθοῖ.
ΕΤΕΟΚΛΗΣ
Ἀνδρῶν τάδ' ἐστί, σφάγια καὶ χρηστήρια
θεοῖσιν ἕρδειν πολεμίων
πειρωμένους
-μένοις seu -μένων·
σὸν δ' αὖ τὸ σιγᾶν καὶ μένειν εἴσω δόμων.
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 226 focus
ΕΤ.
ἀνδρῶν τάδ᾽ ἐστί, σφάγια καὶ χρηστήρια
θεοῖσιν ἔρδειν, πολεμίων πειρωμένοις·
σὸν δ᾽ αὖ τὸ σιγᾶν καὶ μένειν εἴσω δόμων.
ΧΟ.
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Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 226 focus
ΧΟ.
ἔστι· θεοῖς δ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἰσχὺς καθυπερτέρα·
πολλάκι δ᾽ ἐν κακοῖσι τὸν ἀμήχανον
κἀκ χαλεπᾶν δύας ὕπερθ᾽ ὀμμάτων
κριμναμενᾶν νεφελᾶν ὀρθοῖ. –
ΕΤ.
ἀνδρῶν τάδ᾽ ἐστί, σφάγια καὶ χρηστήρια
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θεοῖσιν ἔρδειν πολεμίων πειρωμένους.
σὸν δ᾽ αὖ τὸ σιγᾶν καὶ μένειν εἴσω δόμων.
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.)) — 203-242 focus
Chorus
Dear son of Oedipus, I grew afraid when I heard the clatter of the crashing chariots,
when the hubs screamed as they whirled around the wheel, and when I heard the sound of the steering gear, fire-forged bits, in the horses’ mouths.
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Eteocles
Well, then, has a helmsman ever found a way to safety by fleeing from stern to prow,
when his ship is foundering in high seas?
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Chorus
But trusting in the gods I came in haste to their ancient statues, when the deadly blizzard of falling stones thundered against the gates. Just then I set out in fear to pray to the Blessed Ones
that they spread their protection over the city.
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Eteocles
Pray that the rampart withstand the enemy spear. Yes, the outcome is in the gods’ hands—but then, it is said that the gods of a captured city abandon it.
Chorus
Never so long as I live may this divine assembly abandon us,
nor may I live to see the city overrun and the army seizing it with hostile fire!
220
Eteocles
When you invoke the gods, do not be ill-advised. For Obedience is
the mother of Success, wife of Salvation—as the saying goes.
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Chorus
So she is, but the power of god is supreme, and often in bad times it raises the helpless man out of harsh misery even when stormclouds are lowering over his eyes.
Eteocles
It is the man’s duty to offer victims and sacrifices to the gods when they test their enemy; your duty is to be silent and to remain inside the house.
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Chorus
By the will of the gods we inhabit an unconquered city, and the rampart withstands the enemy throng.
What indignation makes you resent this?
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Eteocles
I do not begrudge your honor of the divine race; but lest you make the citizens cowardly, be calm and do not be overly fearful.
Chorus
When I heard the strange and jumbled clashes,
I came in trembling fear to this citadel, our seat of worship.
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Eteocles
If, then, you hear that men are dying or wounded, do not seize on the news with loud wailing. For this is the food of Ares, human blood.
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 226 focus
Eteocles
It is the business of men, to present victims and offerings of worship to the gods, when foemen are making an attempt: 'tis thine on the other hand to hold thy peace and abide within doors.
Chorus
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 226 focus
ÉTÉOCLE
C'est aux hommes à offrir aux dieux des hécatombes, à questionner le sort en tâtant l'ennemi. Ton rôle, à toi, est de te taire et de rester dans ta maison.
LE CHŒUR
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 226 focus
ETEOCLES.
The victim, and the hallow'd sacrifice,
When the foes menace, are the task of men;
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Thine, to be silent, and remain at home.
s
CHORUS.
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.) — 226 focus
quando già nubi sul capo gli pendono,
da disperata sciagura redimono.
ETEOCLE
Pria della pugna, sacrifici e vittime
offrire ai Numi, cómpito è degli uomini :
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il tuo, tacere e rimanere in casa.
CORO
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 226 focus
Eteocles
Virorum hæc funt, uictimas
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Dijs facere hostium laceßentium:
Tuum uerò uiciſsim tacere, manere domi.
Cho.
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.) — 226 focus
'Tis true: yet stronger is the power divine,
And oft, when man's estate is overbowed
With bitter pangs, disperses from his eyne
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The heavy, hanging cloud!
Eteocles
Let men with sacrifice and augury
Approach the gods, when comes the tug of war:
Maids must be silent and abide within.
Chorus
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.) — 226 focus
Doch weit höher ragt, höher der Götter Macht;
Oft, in der Zeit der Noth, wann dem Verzweifelnden
Ueber das Auge schwer hingen die Wolken, sie
Hebt ihn empor aus des Unglücks Nacht.
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Eteokles.
Dem Manne ziemt es, frommer Opfergabe Zoll
Den Göttern darzubringen, wenn die Feinde droh'n;
Dir ziemt zu schweigen und zu harren still daheim.
Der Chor.
Dritte 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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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
166-274.
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