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.) — 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
Ἀντιγόνη
παισθεὶς ἔπαισας.
Ἰσμήνη
σὺ δʼ ἔθανες κατακτανών.
Ἀντιγόνη
δορὶ δʼ ἔκανες—
Ἰσμήνη
δορὶ δʼ ἔθανες—
Ἀντιγόνη
μελεοπόνος.
960
Ἰσμήνη
μελεοπαθής.
Ἀντιγόνη
ἴτω γόος.
Ἰσμήνη
ἴτω δάκρυ.
Ἀντιγόνη
πρόκεισαι —
Ἰσμήνη
κατακτάς.
965
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 922 focus
ΗΜ.
πάρεστι δ᾽ εἰπεῖν ἐπ᾿ ἀθλίοισιν
ὡς ἐρξάτην πολλὰ μὲν πολίτας,
ξένων τε πάντων στίχας
925
πολυφθόρους ἐν δαΐ.
ΗΜ.
ἰὼ δυσαίων σφὶν ἁ τεκοῦσα
προ πασᾶν ὁπόσαι τεκνογόνοι κέκληνται.
παῖδα τὸν αὑτᾶς πόσιν αὑτᾷ θεμένα τούσδ᾽ ἔτεχ',
οἱ δ᾽ ὧδ᾽ ἐτελεύτασαν ὑπ᾽ ἀλλαλοφόνοις χερσὶν ὁμοσπόροισιν.
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 922 focus
Ἡμιχόριον Α
ἀντ. γ'.
πάρεστι δ᾽ εἰπεῖν ἐπ᾽ ἀθλίοισιν,
ὡς ἐρξάτην πολλὰ μὲν πολίτας,
ξένων τε πάντων στίχας
πολυφθόρους ἐν δαΐ.
900
Ἡμιχόριον Β
δυςδαίμονάς σφ᾽ ἡ τεκοῦσα
πρὸ πασῶν
γυναικῶν, ὁπόσαι τεκνογόνοι κέκληνται.
παῖδα τὸν αὑτᾶς πόσιν αὑ-
τᾷ θεμένα, τούςδ᾽ ἔτεχ᾽· οἳ δ᾽
905
ὧδ᾽ ἐτελεύτασαν ὑπ' ἀλληλοφόνοις
χερσὶν ὁμοσπόροισιν.
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 922 focus
Πάρεστι δ' εἰπεῖν ἐπ' ἀθλίοισιν
Ant. 2.
ὡς ἐρξάτην πολλὰ μὲν πολίτας,
ξένων
τ'
δ' ἐπακτῶν στίχας
πολυφθόρους ἐν δαΐ. —
925
Δυσδαίμων σφιν ἡ τεκοῦσα
πρὸ πασᾶν γυναικῶν
ὁπόσαι τεκνογόνοι κέκληνται·
παῖδα τὸν αὑτᾶς πόσιν αὑτῷ
θεμένα τούσδ' ἔτεχ', οἳ δ' ὧδ'
930
ἐτελεύτασαν ὑπ' ἀλλα-
λοφόνοις χερσὶν ὁμοσπόροισιν.
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 922 focus
Πάρεστι δ᾽ εἰπεῖν ἐπ᾽ ἀθλίοισιν
ὡς ἐρξάτην πολλὰ μὲν πολίτας,
ξένων τε πάντων στίχας
πολυφθόρους ἐν δαΐ.
SEPTEM ADVERSUS THEBAS.
ΧΟΡΟΣ
Δυσδαίμων σφιν ἡ τεκοῦσα
910
πρὸ πασᾶν γυναικῶν ὁπόσαι
τεχνογόνοι κέκληνται.
παῖδα τὸν αὑτᾶς πόσιν αὑτῷ θεμένα
τούσδ᾽ ἔτεχ᾽, οἳ δ᾽ ὧδ᾽ ἐτελεύ-
τασαν ὑπ᾽ ἀλλαλοφόνοις
915
χερσὶν ὁμοσπόροισιν.
str. 3.
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 922 focus
ΗΜΙΧ. Α
πάρεστι δ᾽ εἰπεῖν ἐπ᾿ ἀθλίοισιν,
ὡς ἐρξάτην πολλὰ μὲν πολίτας,
ξένων δὲ πάντων στίχας
πολυφθόρους ἐν δαΐ.
925
ΗΜΙΧ. Β
δυσδαίμων σφιν ἁ τεκοῦσα
πρὸ πασᾶν γυναι-
κῶν ὁπόσαι τεκνογόνοι κέκληνται.
ΗΜΙΧ. Α
παῖδα τὸν αὑτᾶς πόσιν αὑ-
τᾶι θεμένα τούσδ᾽ ἔτεχ᾽, οἳ
930
δ᾽ ὧδ᾽ ἐτελεύτασαν ὑπ᾿ ἀλλαλοφόνοις
χερσὶν ὁμοσπόροισιν. =
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.)) — 957-965 focus
Antigone
You were struck as you struck.
Ismene
You died as you killed.
Antigone
By the spear you killed—
Ismene
By the spear you died—
Antigone
Your deed made you wretched.
960
Ismene
You suffering made you wretched.
Antigone
Let the lament come.
Ismene
Let the tears come.
Antigone
You are laid out for mourning—
Ismene
Though you did the killing.
965
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 922 focus
Semi-Chorus
Ill-fated was she that bare them before all women, as many as are mothers of children. Having taken to herself her own son for a husband, she brought forth these, and they have ended their existence thus by fraternal hands that dealt mutual slaughter.
Semi-Chorus
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 922 focus
Et sur ces infortunés on a droit de proclamer qu'ils ont ensemble et parmi leurs concitoyens et dans les rangs des envahisseurs fait grand carnage au combat 1 .
femmes qui sont appelées mères ! Elle les a conçus d'un fils dont elle avait fait son époux, et voilà comment ils
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 922 focus
1st SEMICHORUS.
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.) — 922 focus
CORO
Dire ben puoi che ai cittadini i miseri
cagione fûr di gravi mali, e a tutti
1020
gli stranieri che a gran file caddero
nella pugna distrutti.
Misera, ahimè!, fra quante donne vantano
di bei figli decoro,
la genitrice loro,
1025
che il figlio suo fece suo sposo, e il vivere
diede a questi germani,
che trovaron cosí morte reciproca
dalle fraterne mani!
4
Strofe IV
CORO
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 922 focus
Duos reges.
Liceat uerò dicere de miſeris,
Quod fecerint multa quidem ciuibus,
850
Et turmis exitialibus hoſpitum omnium
In face ipſos pariens infælix
Ante omnes mulieres quæcunq;
Nati parê uocatæ ſunt:
Filium suum sibi maritum ponens
855
Hos peperit, qui hic occubuerunt,
Mutuæ cædis manibus simul fatis.
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.) — 922 focus
Say we, above these brethren dead,
On citizen, on foreign foe,
Brave was their rush, and stern their blow—
Now, lowly are they laid!
Beyond all women upon earth
940
Woe, woe for her who gave them birth!
Unknowingly, her son she wed—
The children of that marriage-bed,
Each in the self-same womb, were bred—
Each by a brother's hand lies dead!
945
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.) — 922 focus
Wohl darf ich anklagen diese Armen;
Sie häuften viel Jammers auf die Bürger
Und auf des Feinds ganzes Heer,
885
Das Schaar um Schaar sank im Streit.
Zweiter Halbchor.
Wohl war sie, die euch geboren,
Der Frau'n allerunseligste, die
Kinder im Schooße trugen,
Sie, die den Sohn, den sie gebar, nahm zum Gemahl,
890
Söhne dem Sohn zeugte, die solch blutigen Tod fanden im Kampf,
Bruder von Bruders Händen!
Erster Halbchor.
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
899.
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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.
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