Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes 945

Paul Mazon (Editor)

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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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Seven Against Thebes. Aeschylus. Paul Mazon (Editor). Paris. 1920-1925.

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Current edition Experimental

ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) (Greek) (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (6)
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
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.
940
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 945 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.)) — 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!
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.) — 945 focus
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.

Notes on the current edition

Seven Against Thebes

1. 961-1004 choro restituit Wil. : Antigonae Ismenaeque attrib. codd.

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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αὖτε
αὖ
G. Par. E.
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πρὸς φίλου ἔφθισο Personae notam omittunt G. Vit.
πρὸς φίλου τ᾽ ἔφθιτο
Lips. Par. C. Turn.
πρὸς φίλου τ᾽ ἐφθίσω
Vind. 2. 4.
τεφθίσου
ex Par. E. affertur. Ceteri
πρὸς φίλου γ' ἔφθισο
. Delendam esse particulam etiam Blomfieldius vidit.
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φίλον
Antigonae
nota praefixa et sic porro personae permutatae in G. Vit.
φίλος
Par. L.
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λέγειν
πάρεστιν
post
λέγειν
addunt Vit. Mosc. 1. Par. N. Colb. 1.
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ἄχεα δοιὰ τάδ᾽ ἔγγυθεν
ἀχέων τοίων τάδ᾽ ἐγγύθεν
M. Vit. Lips. Par. B. Ald. Turn.
ἀχέων τοίων τάδ' ἐγγύθι
Par. N. Colb. 1. γρ.
ἐγγύθι
Par. B.
γόων τοίων τάδ᾽ ἐγγύθεν
Arund. Cantabr. 1. Par. F. K. Ask. A. Colb. 2. Rob. Supra scriptum
ἀχέων
in Par. F. Colb. 2.
γόων ποίων τάδ᾽ ἐγγύθεν
G. Mosc. 2. In margine M. recentior manus adscripsit
ἀχέω ἤγουν θρηνῶ
, atque secundus scholiastes, qui
γόων
legit, postquam
τοίων
per
διπλῶν
ex antecedentibus sumptum explicavit, haec addit,
εὕρηται δὲ καὶ ἐν παλαίῳ βιβλίῳ ἀχέω τάδ᾽ ἐγγύθεν, ἤγουν ἐκ τοῦ πλησίον θρηνῶ, ὅπερ ἐστὶ κρεῖττον. μαρτυρεῖ δὲ καὶ τὸ ἐπαγόμενον τὸ πέλας δ' αἱ δ᾽ ἀδελφαὶ ἀδελφῶν
. Ineptum est
τοίων
vel
ποίων
. Scripsi
ἄχεα δοιὰ τάδ᾽ ἐγγύθεν
. Cohaerent haec et sequentia cum praegressis.
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πέλας ἀδελφὰ δ᾽ ἀδελφεῶν Personae notam omittunt Lips. Arund. Ald. Rob. Turn. Antigonae versum tribuunt G. Vit.
πέλας δ' αΐδ᾽ ἀδελφοὶ ἀδελφῶν
M. G. (
ἀδελφῶν
G.) Vit. Lips. Arund. Cantabr. 1. Par. A. B. F.
πέλαδ' αἱ δ᾽ ἀδελφαὶ ἀδελφεῶν
Rob.
πέλας αἱ δ᾽ ἀδελφαὶ ἀδελφῶν
Ald. Turn. Scripsi
πέλας ἀδελφὰ δ᾽ ἀδελφεῶν
, paria fratrum mala. Sophocles Antig. v. 192.
καὶ νῦν ἀδελφὰ τῶνδε κηρύξας ἔχω ἀστοῖσι
.
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ὀλοὰ λέγειν. ὀλοὰ δ᾽ ὁρᾶν. Hi duo versus in libris post v. 976. collocati sunt, ad quem locum quare eos hic posuerim explicabitur.

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βαρυδότειρα Hunc versum Ismenae tribuit Vit. hunc et duos sequentes Ismenae G. Lips. Rob. Antigonae Ald. Turn.
βαρυσδότειρα
Par. C.
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NA Antigonae hic versus est in Vit. Οἰδίπου σκιὰ simulacrum Oedipi est quod Eteocli in somniis apparuit: vide v. 691. Umbra, mortui simulacrum, σκιά est apud Euripidem Herc. fur. v. 494. et apud Sophoclem Ai. v. 1257. et simpliciter simulacrum in eadem Sophoclis fabula v. 301. Quod haec rariora sunt, ad alienissima confugerunt scholiastae.
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μέλαιν' Hunc versum cum Vit. Ismenae tribuendum censui. Nam quum omnino parum credibile sit hoc ephymnium ab sola Antigona pronunciari, tum vero flagitant etiam sequentia, ut utrobique hunc versum Ismena pronuntiet. Vtroque enim loco, quae statim sequuntur, Antigonae verba sunt: a qua non et finiri prior stropha et incipi sequens poterat. Porsonus.
μέλαινά τ'
libri. Ἐρινύς
ἐρινὺς
Μ.
Ἐριννύς
vulgo. τις omittunt Ox. Ald.
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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

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1
2
θρῆνος der Antigone und Ismene. Antigone steht an der Leiche des Polynikes, Ismene an der des Eteokles. Der Gesang besteht aus vier Teilen; im ersten und dritten entspricht immer die Partie der Ismene der Partie der Antigone, im zweiten Teile besteht außer dieser Responsion noch die Responsion eines größeren Strophen- paares, das mit einem Ephymnion der beiden Schwestern schließt; im letzten Teile entsprechen sich zwei Verse, die wieder von Antigone und Ismene gemeinsam gesungen werden, und zwei Verse, von denen der eine der Antigone, der andere der Ismene gehört. Eine ähnliche Gestalt der Responsion findet sich nur noch Eur. Androm. 1197 ff.

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3
4
μελεόπονος, der Trauriges ge- tan hat. Vgl. πολύπονος Pers. 323.

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κατακτάς auch Eur. Alk. 3 und 696, Iph. T. 715, Hom. X 323.

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7
8
μαίνεται, vgl. Θυιάς 821.

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10
ἐν (für ἐντὸς Burney) ad- verbiell vor δέ wie Soph. Ο. Τ. 182, Trach. 207, hier wohl im Sinne von ἐντός.

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πάνδυρτε für πανδάκρυτε Ritschl um des Versmaßes willen; Pers. 943 und 946 ist πάνδυρτον für πανόδυρτον hergestellt worden. Die Tragiker bedienen sich der Form δύρομαι um des Versmaßes willen. Hermann schreibt δακρυτέ, welches vielleicht um der genaueren Responsion willen vorzuziehen ist.