Seven Against Thebes. Aeschylus. ed. Gottfried Hermann. Lipsiae. 1852.
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Editions (7)
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 966a-1009 focus
Αντιγονη
ἠέ.
Ισμηνη
ἠέ.
Αντιγονη
μαίνεται γόοισι φρήν.
1
Ισμηνη
ἐν
2
δὲ καρδία στένει.
Αντιγονη
ἰὼ ἰὼ πάνδυρτε
3
σύ.
Ισμηνη
σὺ δ᾽ αὖτε καὶ πανάθλιε.
970
Αντιγονη
πρὸς φίλου [γ᾽
4
] ἔφθισο.
Ισμηνη
καὶ φίλον ἔκτανες.
Αντιγονη
διπλᾶ λέγειν.
Ισμηνη
διπλᾶ δ᾽ ὁρᾶν.
Αντιγονη
ἄχεα δοιὰ
5
τάδ᾽ ἐγγύθεν.
975
Ισμηνη
πέλας ἀδελφέ᾽
6
ἀδελφεῶν.
Χορος
ἰὼ Μοῖρα βαρυδότειρα μογερά,
πότνιά τ᾽ Οἰδίπου σκιά:
μέλαιν᾽
7
Ἐρινύς, ἦ μεγασθενής τις εἶ.
980
Αντιγονη
ἠέ.
Ισμηνη
ἠέ.
Αντιγονη
δυσθέατα πήματα
8
Ισμηνη
Αντιγονη
οὐδ᾽ ἵκεθ᾽ ὡς κατέκτανεν.
Ισμηνη
σωθεὶς δὲ πνεῦμ᾽ ἀπώλεσεν.
Αντιγονη
Ισμηνη
καὶ τὸν
13
ἐνόσφισεν.
Αντιγονη
τάλαν γένος.
14
Ισμηνη
τάλαν πάθος.
Αντιγονη
Ισμηνη
Χορος
ἰὼ
21
Μοῖρα βαρυδότειρα μογερά,
πότνιά τ᾽ Οἰδίπου σκιά:
μέλαιν᾽ Ἐρινύς, ἦ μεγασθενής τις εἶ.
994
Αντιγονη
σὺ τοί νιν
22
οἶσθα διαπερῶν,
Ισμηνη
σὺ δ᾽ οὐδὲν ὕστερος μαθών,
995
Αντιγονη
ἐπεὶ κατῆλθες ἐς πόλιν,
Ισμηνη
δορός γε τῷδ᾽ ἀντηρέτας.
Αντιγονη
ὀλοὰ λέγειν.
Ισμηνη
ὀλοὰ δ᾽ ὁρᾶν.
Αντιγονη
ἰὼ πόνος,
1000
Ισμηνη
ἰὼ
23
κακά,
Αντιγονη
δώμασι καὶ χθονί, [πρὸ πάντων δ᾽ ἐμοί
24
].
Ισμηνη
καὶ τὸ πρόσω γ᾽ ἐμοί:
Αντιγονη
ἰώ, δύστανε τῶν
25
κακῶν ἄναξ.
Ισμηνη
ἰὼ πάντων πολυστονώτατε.
26
1005
Αντιγονη
ἰώ,
27
ποῦ σφε θήσομεν χθονός;
Ισμηνη
ἰώ, ἔνθα
28
τιμιώτατον.
Αντιγονη
ἰὼ δαιμονῶντες ἐν ἄτᾳ.
29
Ισμηνη
ἰὼ πῆμα πατρὶ πάρευνον.
1010
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 966-1010 focus
Ἀντιγόνη
ἠέ.
Ἰσμήνη
ἠέ.
Ἀντιγόνη
μαίνεται γόοισι φρήν.
Ἰσμήνη
ἐντὸς δὲ καρδία στένει.
Ἀντιγόνη
ἰὼ ἰὼ πάνδυρτε σύ.
Ἰσμήνη
σὺ δʼ αὖτε καὶ πανάθλιε.
970
Ἀντιγόνη
πρὸς φίλου
γʼ· ἔφθισο.
Ἰσμήνη
καὶ φίλον ἔκτανες.
Ἀντιγόνη
διπλᾶ λέγειν—
Ἰσμήνη
διπλᾶ δʼ ὁρᾶν—
Ἀντιγόνη
ἄχθεα τῶνδε τάδʼ ἐγγύθεν.
975
Ἰσμήνη
πέλας ἀδελφέʼ ἀδελφεῶν.
Χορός
ἰὼ Μοῖρα βαρυδότειρα μογερά,
πότνιά τʼ Οἰδίπου σκιά,
μέλαινʼ Ἐρινύς, ἦ μεγασθενής τις εἶ.
Ἀντιγόνη
ἠέ.
980
Ἰσμήνη
ἠέ.
Ἀντιγόνη
δυσθέατα πήματα —
Ἰσμήνη
ἔδειξεν ἐκ φυγᾶς ἐμοί.
Ἀντιγόνη
οὐδʼ ἵκεθʼ ὡς κατέκτανεν.
Ἰσμήνη
σωθεὶς δὲ πνεῦμʼ ἀπώλεσεν.
Ἀντιγόνη
ὤλεσε δῆτʼ
ἄγαν.
985
Ἰσμήνη
καὶ τὸν ἐνόσφισεν.
Ἀντιγόνη
τάλαν γένος.
Ἰσμήνη
τάλαν πάθος.
Ἀντιγόνη
δύστονα κήδεʼ ὁμαίμονα.
Ἰσμήνη
δίυγρα τριπάλτων πημάτων.
990
Χορός
ἰὼ Μοῖρα βαρυδότειρα μογερά,
πότνιά τʼ Οἰδίπου σκιά,
μέλαινʼ Ἐρινύς, ἦ μεγασθενής τις εἶ.
Ἀντιγόνη
σὺ τοί νιν οἶσθα διαπερῶν—
Ἰσμήνη
σὺ δʼ οὐδὲν ὕστερος μαθών—
995
Ἀντιγόνη
ἐπεὶ κατῆλθες ἐς πόλιν,
Ἰσμήνη
δορός γε τῷδʼ ἀντηρέτας.
Ἀντιγόνη
ὀλοὰ λέγειν.
Ἰσμήνη
ὀλοὰ δʼ ὁρᾶν.
Ἀντιγόνη
ἰὼ πόνος—
1000
Ἰσμήνη
ἰὼ κακά—
Ἀντιγόνη
δώμασι καὶ χθονί.
Ἰσμήνη
πρὸ πάντων δʼ ἐμοί.
Ἀντιγόνη
καὶ τὸ πρόσω γʼ ἐμοί.
Ἰσμήνη
ἰὼ ἰὼ δυστόνων κακῶν, ἄναξ.
1005
Ἀντιγόνη
ἰὼ πάντων πολυστονώτατοι.
Ἰσμήνη
ἰὼ ἰὼ δαιμονῶντες ἄτᾳ.
Ἀντιγόνη
ἰὼ ἰώ, ποῦ σφε θήσομεν χθονός;
Ἰσμήνη
ἰώ, ὅπου
ʼσʼτι τιμιώτατον.
Ἀντιγόνη
ἰὼ ἰώ, πῆμα πατρὶ πάρευνον.
1010
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 994 focus
ΑΝ.
σὺ τοίνυν οἶσθα διαπερῶν,
990
ΙΣ.
σὺ δ᾽ οὐδὲν ὕστερος μαθών,
ΑΝ.
ἐπεὶ κατῆλθες ἐς πόλιν,
ΙΣ.
δορός γε τῷδ᾽ ἀντηρέτας.
ΑΝ.
ὀλοὰ λέγειν.
ΙΣ.
ὀλοὰ δ᾽ ὁρᾶν.
ΑΝ.
ἰὼ πόνος,
995
ΙΣ.
ἰὼ κακὰ,
ΑΝ.
δώμασι καὶ χθονὶ,
ΙΣ.
[πρὸ πάντων δ᾽ ἐμοί].
ΑΝ.
ἰὼ ἰὼ, δυστάνων κακῶν ἄναξ
ΙΣ.
[Ετεόκλεις ἀρχηγέτα].
ΙΣ.
ἰὼ πάντων πολυπονώτατοι.
1000
ΑΝ.
ἰὼ δαιμονῶντες ἐν ἄτᾳ.
ΙΣ.
ἰὼ, ποῦ σφε θήσομεν χθονός;
ΑΝ.
ἰὼ, ὅπου τιμιώτατον.
ΙΣ.
ἰὼ πῆμα πατρὶ πάρευνον.
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 994 focus
Ἀντιγόνη
στρ. ς'.
σύ τοί νιν οἶσθα διαπερῶν,
Ἰσμήνη
ἀντ. ς'.
σὺ δ᾽ οὐδὲν ὕστερος μαθών,
Ἀντιγόνη
στρ. ζ'.
ἐπεὶ κατῆλθες ἐς πόλιν,
975
Ἰσμήνη
ἀντ. ζ'.
δορός γε τῷδ' ἀντηρέτας.
Ἀντιγόνη
στρ. η'.
ὢ πόνος.
Ἰσμήνη
ὢ κακά.
Ἀντιγόνη
ἀντ. η'.
δώμασι.
Ἰσμήνη
καὶ χθονί,
Ἀντιγόνη
στρ. θ'.
πρὸ πάντων δ᾽ ἐμοί.
Ἰσμήνη
ἀντ. θ'.
καὶ τὸ πρόσω γ' ἐμοί.
980
Ἀντιγόνη
στρ. ι'.
ἰὼ δυςπότμων.
Ἰσμήνη
ἀντ. ι'.
ἄναξ Ἐτεόκλεις.
Ἀντιγόνη
σὺ δ᾽ ἀρχαγέτας,
Ἰσμήνη
Ἀντιγόνη
στρ. ια'.
ἰώ πάντων πολυστονώτατοι.
Ἰσμήνη
Ἀντιγόνη
ἰώ, ἰώ, δαιμονῶντες ἄτᾳ.
985
Ἰσμήνη
ἰώ, ἰώ, ποῦ σφε θήσομεν χθονός;
Ἀντιγόνη
ἀντ. ια'.
ἰώ, ὅπου τιμιώτατον.
Ἰσμήνη
ἰώ, ἰώ, πῆμα πατρὶ πάρευνον.
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 994 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 994 focus
σὺ τοίνυν οἶσθα διαπερῶν.
980
ΙΣ.
σὺ δ᾽ οὐδὲν ὕστερος μαθών.
ΑΝ.
ἐπεὶ κατῆλθες ἐς πόλιν.
ΙΣ.
δορός γε τῷδ᾽ ἀντηρέτας.
ΑΝ.
ὀλοὰ λέγειν.
ΙΣ.
ὀλοὰ δ᾽ ὁρᾶν.
985
ΑΝ.
ἰὼ πόνος.
ΙΣ.
ἰὼ κακά.
ΑΝ.
δώμασι καὶ χθονί.
ΙΣ.
καὶ τὸ πρόσω γ᾽ ἐμοί.
ΑΝ.
ἰὼ ἰὼ δυστάνων κακῶν ἄναξ.
990
AESCHYLI
ΙΣ.
ἰὼ πάντων πολυπονώτατοι.
ΑΝ. ΙΣ.
ἰὼ δαιμονῶντες ἐν ἄτᾳ.
ΑΝ.
ἰὼ ποῦ σφε θήσομεν χθονός;
ΙΣ.
ἰὼ ὅπου τιμιώτατον.
ΑΝ. ΙΣ.
ἰὼ ἰὼ πῆμα πατρὶ πάρευνον.
995
ΚΗΡΥΞ
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 994 focus
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.)) — 966-1010 focus
Antigone
Ah me!
Ismene
Ah me!
Antigone
My heart is mad with wailing.
Ismene
My heart groans within me.
Antigone
Ah, the grief, brother all-lamentable.
Ismene
And you also, brother all-wretched.
970
Antigone
You perished at the hands of your nearest and dearest.
Ismene
And you killed your nearest and dearest.
Antigone
Twofold to tell of—
Ismene
Twofold to look upon—
Antigone
Are these sorrows so close to those.
975
Ismene
Fraternal sorrows stand close by fraternal sorrows.
Chorus
O Fate, giver of grievous troubles, and awful shade of Oedipus, black Erinys, you are indeed a mighty force.
Antigone
Ah, me
980
Ismene
Ah, me
Antigone
Sorrows hard to behold—
Ismene
He showed me when he returned from exile.
Antigone
But he made no return after he had killed.
Ismene
He was saved, but lost his life.
Antigone
He lost it, all too truly.
985
Ismene
And took this one’s life away.
Antigone
Wretched family!
Ismene
Wretched suffering!
Antigone
Kindred sorrows full of groans!
Ismene
Sorrows steeped in tripled griefs.
990
Chorus
O Fate, giver of grievous troubles, and awful shade of Oedipus, black Erinys, you are indeed a mighty force.
Antigone
Now you know of the Erinys by experience—
Ismene
And you are made aware no later—
995
Antigone
When you came back to our city,
Ismene
Yes, to face him with your spear.
Antigone
A tale of destruction!
Ismene
Destruction to look upon!
Antigone
Oh, the grief—
1000
Ismene
Oh, the evils—
Antigone
For home and land.
Ismene
Above all for me,
Antigone
And more also for me.
Ismene
Ah I pity your grievous suffering, my king.
1005
Antigone
Pity for you both, most lamentable of all men.
Ismene
You were possessed by delusion.
Antigone
Where shall we lay them in the earth?
Ismene
Ah, where their honor is greatest.
Antigone
To lie beside their father, a cause for him of sorrow.
1010
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 994 focus
Antigone
Alas! the trouble.
Ismene
Alas! the horrors upon our family and our land, and me above all.
Antigone
Alas! alas! and me, be sure, more than all.
Ismene
Alas! alas! for the wretched horrors! O sovereign Eteocles, our chieftain!
Antigone
Alas! ye most miserable of all men.
Ismene
Alas! ye possessed by Atè.
Antigone
Enter Herald.
Herald
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 994 focus
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 994 focus
ANTIGONE.
Thou their pow'r hast past, hast known.
ISMENE.
Soon this knowledge was thy own.
ANTIGONE.
To the town advancing near.
ISMENE.
Lifting high thy purple spear,
1120
Burning fierce with enmity.
ANTIGONE.
Sad to tell.
ISMENE.
And sad to see,
ANTIGONE.
Ah, what woes on us await!
ISMENE.
And our house oppress'd with fate:
1125
Thro' the land the evils spread,
Falling heaviest on my head.
ANTIGONE.
I th' afflicting burden share,
Equal sorrow, equal care.
ISMENE.
Eteocles, from thee it flows,
1130
Author of these mournful woes.
ANTIGONE.
Each the gushing tear demands.
ISMENE.
Each with frenzy arm'd his hands.
ANTIGONE.
Where shall we with pious care
The sepulchral earth prepare?
1135
ISMENE.
Where the hallow'd ground shall spread
Aweful honours o'er the dead.
ANTIGONE.
Their unhappy father nigh
Let the mournful ruins lie.
ANTIGONE, ISMENE, CHORUS, HERALD,
HERALD.
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.) — 994 focus
ISMENE
tu l'apprendesti nel punto stesso.
1095
ANTIGONE
perché movevi vêr la tua terra,
ISMENE
contro il fratello piantato in guerra.
ANTIGONE
Orrori a narrare!
ISMENE
Orrori a mirare !
ANTIGONE
Ahimè! affanni...
1100
ISMENE
Ahimè! danni...
ANTIGONE
alla casa ed alla patria,
ISMENE
a me stessa innanzi tutto!
ANTIGONE
Ahimè! Ahimè! dove la tomba avranno ?
ISMENE
Ahimè! ahi! Dove piú onorato è il suolo ?
1105
ANTIGONE ed ISMENE
Ahi duolo, ahi duolo!
Al par del padre è misero
l'uno e l'altro figliuolo.
FINALE
ARALDO
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 994 focus
Anti.
Tu uerò mihi poſteà disces.
Ifm.
Poſtquam ueniſti in urbem.
Anti.
Haſte hic aduerſarios.
Ifm.
Pernicioſa dictu.
Anti.
Heu heu labor.
915
Ifm.
Heu malá domibus
Et terræ, ante omnia uero mihi.
Anti.
Heu heu, hoc procul à me.
Ifm.
Heu heu infœlicium malorum
Rex Eteocles dux,
920
Anti.
Heu omnium maxime miferandi.
Ifm.
Heu heu infanientes in detrimento.
Anti.
Heu heu ubi terrarum ipſos ponemus?
Ifm.
Heu ubi precioſissimum.
Anti.
Heu heu dolor propinquus patri.
925
Cad.
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.) — 994 focus
By proof have ye learnt it!
At once and as one,
1015
O brothers belovèd,
To death ye were done!
Ye came to the strife of the sword, and behold! ye are both overthrown!
O grievous the tale is,
And grievous their fall,
1020
To the house, to the land,
And to me above all!
Ah God! for the curse that hath come, the sin and the ruin withal!
O children distraught,
Who in madness have died!
1025
Shall ye rest with old kings
In the place of their pride?
Alas for the wrath of your sire if he findeth you laid by his side!
[
Enter a
Herald.
Herald
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.) — 994 focus
Das sahst du hierherkommend schon-
940
Ismene.
Nicht minder schnell erfuhrest du's-
940
Antigone.
Sobald du zogest nach der Stadt-
Ismene.
Die Lanze hobest wider ihn!
Antigone.
O schwere Noth!
Ismene.
bittres Leid!
Antigone.
Dem Haus -
Ismene.
Und dem Land!
Antigone.
Weh, und vor allen mir!
Ismene.
Und nicht minder mir!
Antigone.
Graun! Unselig Mißgeschick!
945
Ismene.
Graun! Tiefsten Jammers Opfer ihr,
Wahnsinnsopfer des Schicksals!
Antigone.
Wo bestatten wir die Todten?
Ismene.
An der ehrenvollsten Stätte!
Antigone.
Gram, zum Vater gebettet! Wehe!
(Ein Herold kommt aus der Stadt.)
Der Herold.
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
957-972.
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965.
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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
941-995.
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