Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes 900

Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead (Translator)

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Hark, how the city and its towers make moan—
How the land mourns that held them for its own!
Fierce greed and fell division did they blend,
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Till death made end!
They strove to part the heritage in twain,
Giving to each a gain—
Yet that which struck the balance in the strife,
The arbitrating sword,
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By those who loved the twain is held abhorred—
Loathed is the god of death, who sundered each from life!

Seven Against Thebes. Aeschylus. Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead (Translator). . .

Current edition Experimental

English (E. D. A. Morshead, 1908) (OCR draft) (English) (Aeschylus, Seven against Thebes — Morshead translation. Wikisource transcription; speech corresp and card milestones aligned to Smyth perseus-grc2.)

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.) — 900 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 900 focus
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 900 focus
Διήκει δὲ καὶ πόλιν στόνος,
Ant. 1.
στένουσι πύργοι, στένει
900
πέδον φίλανδρον· μένει
κτέανα δ' ἐπιγόνοις,
δι' ὧν αἰνομόροις,
δι' ὧν νεῖκος ἔβα
καὶ θανάτου τέλος.
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Ἐμοιράσαντο δ' ὀξυκάρδιοι
κτήμαθ' ὥστ' ἴσον λαχεῖν·
διαλλακτῆρι δ' τ' οὐκ
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 900 focus
Διήκει δὲ καὶ πόλιν στόνος,
Στένουσι πύργοι,
Στένει πέδον φίλανδρον· μενεῖ
885
κτέανά τ᾽ ἐπιγόνοις,
δι᾽ ὧν αἰνομόροις,
δι᾽ ὧν νεῖκος ἔβα
καὶ θανάτου τέλος.
Ἐμοιράσαντο δ᾽ ὀξυκάρδιοι
890
κτήμαθ᾽, ὥστ᾽ ἴσον λαχεῖν.
διαλλακτῆρι δ᾽ οὖν
ἀμεμφεία φίλοις,
οὐδ᾽ ἐπίχαρις Ἄρης.
str. 2.
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 900 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.) — 900 focus
And moreover sighing pervades the city, the towers sigh, the land that loved her heroes sighs: and for posterity remains the substance by reason of which, by reason of which
, contention came upon them whom evil destiny, and the issue of death.
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 900 focus
et par l'esprit de discorde issu de l'imprécation paternelle.
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 900 focus
Charg'd with death thou cruel curse,
Each hath felt thy fatal force.
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.) — 900 focus
Per Tebe un urlo corre:
i piani amici gemono
tutti, geme ogni torre.
Ai discendenti loro i beni andranno
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onde la gara ai miseri,
onde il mortale danno
sorgeva. Ugual retaggio
con animo crudel si compartirono.
Ma chi cosí li conciliava, il biasimo
1005
degli amici riscuote: non di grazia
riscuote Ares omaggio.
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 900 focus
Percurrit urhem luctus, lugentq; turres,
830
Luget etiam regio chara.
Manebunt poſseſsiones nepotibus,
Pro quibus infœlicibus fratribus, pro quibus contentio uenit,
Et mortis finis.
Diuiserunt uero animosi
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Poſseſsiones, tanquam fortiti æqualiter.
Separator non uacabit culpa, neq;
Amicis gratus erit Mars,
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.) — 900 focus
Die Wehklage hallt die Stadt hindurch.

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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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
.
913

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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.
914

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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.
916

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σίδαρος
σίδηρος
G. Lips. Cantabr. 2.
917

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δατητὰς
δατητὰς
M. Vit.
δαητὴς
Lips. Cantabr. 2. Par. C. Turn.
διατητὴς
Αld.
δαητὰς
Arund. Rob.
δ᾽ ἀητὰς
, sed cum glossa
μεριστής
, G. Idem cum glossa
ἀφανισμὸν ποιήσας
Mosc. 2.
διητής
Cantabr. 1.
918

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πατρῴαν Libri
πατρός
. Scribendum
πατρῴαν
. Viderunt hoc etiam Bothius et Burneius. ἀληθῆ
ἀληθῆ
Vind. 1.3. et
η
supra scripto Vit.
ἀληθὴς
ut ceteri M. sed
α
supra scripto a sec. manu.
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ὢ Haec
Antigonae
tribuunt M. Vit. Ald. Turn.
Ismenae
G.
hemichorio
recte Rob. Nulla personae nota in Lips.
ὢ
Vit. et parte circumflexi erasa G. Ceteri
ὦ
. Omittit interiectionem regius Spanhemii, non videtur omittere M. πολλοῖς
πολλοῖσι
G.
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ἀχθέων Libri
ἀχέων
. Scribendum erat
ἀχθέων
.
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922. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-978

σώματι
σώμασι
Par. Κ.
σώματος
Ald. Turn. Ceteri
σώματι
. Defendi potest
σώμασι
, sub corporibus defunctorum. Sed melius scribitur
σώματι
, ut Blomfieldio quoque visum est. γᾶς
γᾶς
supra adscripto Lips.
γῆς
Cantabr. 2.
922

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
Das Asyndeton bei der Er- läuterung von δυσδαίμων.

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6
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.

917. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-592

7
8
ὁμοσπόροις καὶ πανωλέθροις (so nach Meineke für ὁμόσποροι καὶ πανώλεθροι) scil. χερσὶν ἐτελεύτησαν.

918. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-593

9
10
διατομή, Verwundung. Vgl. Eur. Hek. 782 διατεμών χρόα. οὐ φίλαις d. i. ἐχθίσταις. Die Bru- derhände haben recht unbrüderliche Wunden beigebracht.

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12
Vgl. Eur. Fragm. 453 τὴν δ᾽ ἐχθρὰν στάσιν εἶργ᾽ ἀπ' οἴκων τὰν μαινομέναν τ' ἔριν θηκτῷ τερπομέ ναν σιδάρῳ.

920. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-595

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14
νείκεος ἐν τελευτῇ (d. i. „,und damit fand ihr Hader sein Ende") spielt an auf den Namen Πολυνεί κης. Vgl. 565.

921. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-596

15
16
In der blutgetränkten antistr Erde hat sich ihr Lebensblut ge- mischt, sodaß recht eigentlich bei ihnen Blutsgemeinschaft besteht". κάρτα steht wie bei Platon ἀτεχνῶς, wenn auf die eigentliche Bedeutung des gewöhnlich in metaphorischem Sinne gebrauchten Ausdrucks hin- gewiesen werden soll.