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Antigone

I at least will say something to the rulers of the Cadmeans: even if no one else is willing to share in burying him, I will bury him alone and risk the peril

of burying my own brother. Nor am I ashamed to act in defiant opposition to the rulers of the city. A thing to be held in awe is the common womb from which we were born, of a wretched mother and unfortunate father. Therefore, my soul, willingly share his evils, even though they are unwilling,
1035

and live in kindred spirit with the dead. No hollow-bellied wolves will tear his flesh—let no one decree that! Even though I am a woman, I will myself find the means to give him burial and a grave,
1040

carrying the earth in the fold of my linen robe. With my own hands I will cover him over—let no one decree it otherwise. Take heart, I will have the means to do it.
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Seven Against Thebes. Aeschylus. Herbert Weir Smyth (Translator). New York. 1922.

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Current edition Perseus

Seven Against Thebes (English) (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Modernized by Perseus.))

Editions (6)

Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 1032 focus

Ἀντιγόνη

ἐγὼ δὲ Καδμείων γε προστάταις λέγω·

ἢν μή τις ἄλλος τόνδε συνθάπτειν θέλῃ,

ἐγώ σφε θάψω κἀνὰ κίνδυνον βαλῶ

θάψασʼ ἀδελφὸν τὸν ἐμόν, οὐδʼ αἰσχύνομαι
1035

ἔχουσʼ ἄπιστον τήνδʼ ἀναρχίαν πόλει.

δεινὸν τὸ κοινὸν σπλάγχνον, οὗ πεφύκαμεν,

μητρὸς ταλαίνης κἀπὸ δυστήνου πατρός.

τοιγὰρ θέλουσʼ ἄκοντι κοινώνει κακῶν

ψυχή, θανόντι ζῶσα συγγόνῳ φρενί.
1040

τούτου δὲ σάρκας οὐδὲ κοιλογάστορες

λύκοι σπάσονται· μὴ δοκησάτω τινί.

τάφον γὰρ αὐτῷ καὶ κατασκαφὰς ἐγώ,

γυνή περ οὖσα, τῷδε μηχανήσομαι,

κόλπῳ φέρουσα βυσσίνου πεπλώματος.
1045

καὐτὴ καλύψω, μηδέ τῳ δόξῃ πάλιν·

θάρσει, παρέσται μηχανὴ δραστήριος.

Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 1032 focus

ΑΝ.

ἐγὼ δὲ Καδμείων γε προστάταις λέγω,

ἣν μή τις ἄλλος τόνδε συνθάπτειν θέλῃ,

ἐγώ σφε θάψω κἀνὰ κίνδυνον βαλῶ

θάψασ᾽ ἀδελφὸν τὸν ἐμὸν, οὐδ᾽ αἰσχύνομαι

ἔχουσ᾽ ἄπιστον τήνδ᾽ ἀναρχίαν πόλει.
1030

δεινὸν τὸ κοινὸν σπλάγχνον, οὗ πεφύκαμεν,

μητρὸς ταλαίνης κἀπὸ δυστήνου πατρός.

τοιγὰρ θέλουσ᾽ ἄκοντι κοινώνει κακῶν

ψυχὴ, θανόντι ζῶσα συγγόνῳ φρενί.

τούτου δὲ σάρκας οὐδὲ κοιλογάστορες

1035

λύκοι σπάσονται· μὴ δοκησάτω τινί.

τάφον γὰρ αὐτὴ καὶ κατασκαφὰς ἐγὼ,

γυνή περ οὖσα, τῷδε μηχανήσομαι

κόλπῳ φέρουσα βυσσίνου πεπλώματος.

καὐτὴ καλύψω, μηδέ τῳ δόξῃ πάλιν·

1040

θάρσει παρέσται μηχανή δραστήριος.

Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 1032 focus

Ἀντιγόνη

ἐγὼ δὲ Καδμείων γε προστάταις λέγω,
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ἢν μή τις ἄλλος τόνδε συνθάπτειν θέλῃ,

ἐγώ σφε θάψω, κἀνὰ κίνδυνον βαλῶ,

θάψασ᾽ ἀδελφὸν τὸν ἐμόν, οὐδ᾽ αἰσχύνομαι

ἔχουσ᾽ ἄπιστον τήνδ᾽ ἀναρχίαν πόλει.

δεινὸν τὸ κοινὸν σπλάγχνον, οὗ πεφύκαμεν,
1015

μητρὸς ταλαίνης κἀπὸ δυστήνου πατρός.

τοιγὰρ θέλουσ᾽ ἄκοντι κοινώνει κακῶν,

ψυχή, θανόντι ζῶσα, συγγόνῳ φρενί.

τούτου δὲ σάρκας οὐδὲ κοιλογάστορες

λύκοι σπάσονται· μὴ δοκησάτω τινί.
1020

τάφον γὰρ αὐτὴ καὶ κατασκαφὰς ἐγώ,

γυνή περ οὖσα, τῷδε μηχανήσομαι,

κόλπῳ φέρουσα βυσσίνου πεπλώματος,

καὐτὴ καλύψω, μηδέ τῳ δόξῃ πάλιν.

θάρσει· παρέσται μηχανὴ δραστήριος.
1025

ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1032 focus

Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 1032 focus

ἐγὼ δὲ Καδμείων γε προστάταις λέγω·

ἢν μή τις ἄλλος τόνδε συνθάπτειν θέλῃ,

ἐγώ σφε θάψω κἀνὰ κίνδυνον βαλῶ

θάψασ᾽ ἀδελφὸν τὸν ἐμόν, οὐδ᾽ αἰσχύνομαι
1020

ἔχουσ᾽ ἄπιστον τήνδ᾽ ἀναρχίαν πόλει

δεινὸν τὸ κοινὸν σπλάγχνον, οὗ πεφύκαμεν,

μητρὸς ταλαίνης κἀπὸ δυστήνου πατρός.

τοιγὰρ θέλουσ᾽ ἄκοντι κοινώνει κακῶν,

ψυχή, θανόντι ζῶσα συγγόνῳ φρενί.
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τούτου δὲ σάρκας οὐδὲ κοιλογάστορες

¹²³⁴⁵

ἄτιμον ἄτιμον. (fuerat fort. ἄτιμον δ᾽) ἔδοξεν ἔδοξ᾽ ἐν τέλει θέλῃ θέλῃ θέλοι κακῶν κακῶν κακὰν ut videtur κακῶς τούτου τούτου τούτω⁶

AESCHYLI

ΑΝ.

λύκοι πάσονται· μὴ δοκησάτω τινί.

τάφον γὰρ αὐτὴ καὶ κατασκαφὰς ἐγώ,

γυνή περ οὖσα, τῷδε μηχανήσομαι

κόλπῳ φέρουσα βυσσίνου πεπλώματος,
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καὐτὴ καλύψω. μηδέ τῳ δόξῃ πάλιν·

θάρσει· παρέσται μηχανὴ δραστήριος.

ΚΗ.

Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 1032 focus

ΑΝ.

ἐγὼ δὲ Καδμείων γε προστάταις λέγω·

Apparatus Criticus

εὐνοíai εὐναίαι στυγῶν στυγῶν cum v. 1. εἴργων ... utrumqne soloecum ... Wakefieldi στέγων πατρώιων πατρώιων δ᾽ τοῦδ᾽ τῶιδ᾽ ἐπέσταλται ἐντέταλται Καδμείων Καδμείας τῶι τοῦδ᾽ τὸ τ. πετηνῶν πετηνῶν πετεινῶν ὑπ᾽ ἐπ᾿ προσσέβειν auctum inani praepositione hic scriptor solus finxit εἶναι δ᾽ ἄτιμον ἀτ. δ᾽ εἶναι δ᾽ ἄτ. δ᾽ εἶναι ἄτιμον εἶναι δ᾽ corr. Brunck. ἐκφορᾶς ἐκ φθορᾶς ἐκφοράν τέλει τέλος singulariter de magistratu nemo dixit; nec plurali quisquam ante Thucydidem, Aeschylus ne ἐν τέλει quidem γε om coniunge δέ γε.

ΑΝ.

ἢν μή τις ἄλλος τόνδε συνθάπτειν θέληι,

ἐγώ σφε θάψω κἀνὰ κίνδυνον βαλῶ

θάψασ᾽ ἀδελφὸν τὸν ἐμόν, οὐδ᾽ αἰσχύνομαι

ἔχουσ᾽ ἄπιστον τήνδ᾽ ἀναρχίαν πόλει.
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δεινὸν τὸ κοινὸν σπλάγχνον, οὗ πεφύκαμεν,

μητρὸς ταλαίνης κἀπὸ δυστήνου πατρός.

τοιγὰρ θέλουσ᾽ ἄκοντι κοινώνει κακῶν,

ψυχή, θανόντι ζῶσα συγγόνωι φρενί.

τούτου δὲ σάρκας οὐδὲ κοιλογάστορες
1035

λύκοι πάσονται· μὴ δοκησάτω τινί.

τάφον γὰρ αὐτὴ καὶ κατασκαφὰς ἐγώ

γυνή περ οὖσα τῶιδε μηχανήσομαι

κόλπωι φέρουσα βυσσίνου πεπλώματος,

καὐτὴ καλύψω. μηδέ τωι δόξηι πάλιν·
1040

θάρσει παρέσται μηχανή δραστήριος.

Translations (8)

The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 1032 focus

But I say to the rulers of the Cadmaeans, if not another single person is willing to take part with me in burying him, I will bury him, and will expose myself to peril by burying my brother. And I feel no shame at being guilty of this disobedient insubordination against the city. Powerful is the tie of the common womb from which we sprung, from a wretched mother, and a hapless sire. Wherefore, my soul, do thou, willing with the willing share in his woes, with the dead, thou living, with sisterly feeling—and nought shall lean-bellied wolves tear his flesh—let no one suppose it. All woman though I be, I will contrive a tomb and deep-dug grave for him, bearing earth in the bosom-fold of my fine-linen robe, and I myself will cover him; let none imagine the contrary: an effective scheme shall aid my boldness.

Herald

I bid thee not to act despite the state in this matter.

Antigone

I bid thee not announce to me superfluous things.

Herald

Yet stern is a people that has just escaped troubles.

Antigone

Aye, call it stern

,—yet this [corpse] shall not lie unburied.

Herald

What! wilt thou honour with a tomb him whom our state abhors

?

Antigone

Heretofore he has not been honoured by the gods

.

Herald

LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1032 focus

The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 1032 focus

And to these Theban rulers I declare,

If none besides dare bury him, myself

Will do that office, heedless of the danger,

And think no shame to disobey the state,

Paying the last sad duties to a brother.

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Nature has tender ties, and strongly joins

The offspring of the same unhappy mother,

And the same wretched father. In this task

Shrink not, my soul, to share the ills he suffer'd,

Involuntary ills; and whilft life warms

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This breast, be bold to show a sister's love

To a dead brother. Shall the famish'd wolves

Fatten on him? Away with such a thought.

I, tho' a woman, will prepare his tomb,

Dig up the earth, and bear it in this bosom,
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In these fine folds to cover him. Go to.

I will not be oppos'd. Fruitful invention

Shall devise means to execute the task.

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.) — 1032 focus

Ai patroni di Tebe io questo dico.

Se niun altro costui vuol seppellire,

io lo seppellirò, questo pericolo

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affronterò sola io. Non m'è disdoro,

dando sepolcro al fratel mio, mostrarmi

ribelle alla città.

Troppa è la forza

del comun sangue onde nascemmo: misera
1140

madre, da te, da te, padre infelice.

Di buon grado i suoi mali ora partecipa,

anche s'ei non lo voglia, anima mia!

Le carni di costui non pasceranno

i famelici lupi: oh!, niun lo speri!
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lo gli darò sepolcro : io scaverò

la fossa, ancor che donna: io nelle pieghe

d'un mantello di bisso, porterò

il morto corpo, e gli darò sepolcro.

Né pensi alcuno opporsi. Al mio volere
1150

sarà compagna l'opera mia scaltra.

ARALDO

Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 1032 focus

Ego præfectis Cadmeorum dico,

Si noluerit aliquis alius hunc inhumare,

Ego ipſum sepeliam, ſi in diſcrimen ueniam:

Non pudore afficta sepeliens fratrem meum.
950

Habens infidelem magistratus carentiam urbi.

Habent enim magnas uires comunia uiſcera, quibus

nati sumus,

Matris miſeræ, patris infœlicis.

Certe enim uolens nolenti particeps erit malorum.
955

Anima mortuo uiuens menti conſanguineæ.

Huius carnes neq;

Lupi ingluuioſi uorabunt, ne uiſum ſit alicui.

Sepulchrum enim huic, defeſsionem ego,

Quamuis mulier sim, hic condum.
960

In sinu ferens byſſinum peplum.

Ipſaq; obtegam, neq; si uifum fuerit cotrariũ alicui,

Confidentiæ adest ars efficax.

Cad.

Seven Against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (Seven Against Thebes. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 1032 focus

ANTIGONE

But to Cadmeia's rulers I declare,

If none will join in burying this man,

Myself will bury him, and take the risk,

Interring mine own brother:—shame is none

To cancel fealty and brave the State.

Dread tie the common womb from which we sprang,—

Of wretched mother born and hapless sire.

Wherefore my soul, do thou take willing share

In woes he willed not; living, aid the dead

With sisterly affection; his dear flesh

No hollow-bellied wolves shall piecemeal rend;

Let none suppose it ;-woman though I be,

Tomb and interment will I scheme for him:

Ay, bearing earth in fold of flaxen robe,

Him will I shroud;-let none suppose aught else.

Courage! Effectual means will fail me not.

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.) — 1032 focus

And I—to those who make such claims of rule

In Cadmus' town—I, though no other help,

( Pointing to the body of Polynices)

I, I will bury this my brother's corse

And risk your wrath and what may come of it!
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It shames me not to face the State, and set

Will against power, rebellion resolute:

Deep in my heart is set my sisterhood,

My common birthright with my brothers, born

All of one womb, her children who, for woe,
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Brought forth sad offspring to a sire ill-starred.

Therefore, my soul! take thou thy willing share,

In aid of him who now can will no more,

Against this outrage: be a sister true,

While yet thou livest, to a brother dead!
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Him never shall the wolves with ravening maw

Rend and devour: I do forbid the thought!

I for him, I—albeit a woman weak—

In place of burial-pit, will give him rest

By this protecting handful of light dust
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Which, in the lap of this poor linen robe,

I bear to hallow and bestrew his corpse

With the due covering. Let none gainsay!

Courage and craft shall arm me, this to do.

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.) — 1032 focus

Und ich erkläre dieses Volks Gewaltigen :

Wenn Keiner mir den Todten mitbestatten will,

Ich selbst bestatt' ihn, und bestehe die Gefahr,

Bestatte meinen Bruder, und erröthe nicht,

Unfolgsam Troß zu bieten dem Machtwort der Stadt.
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Stark sind des Blutes Bande, dem wir beid' entstammt,

Der ärmsten Mutter Sprossen und des ärmsten Manns.

Drum dulde willig, was er ungern trug, o Herz,

Dem Todten lebend opfre dich mit Schwestersinn!'

Nein, diesen Leichnam sollen nicht raubgierige
980

Wehrwölfe mir zerfleischen: hoffe Keiner das!

Ich will mit eignen Händen ihm, obwohl ein Weib,

Das Grab bereiten und die Grabesehren weih'n;

Im Schooß des Byssoskleides trag' ich ihn hinaus,

Bestatte selbst ihn: wehren soll es Keiner mir!
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Dem Muth gesellt sich siegend auch die frische That.

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

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πρίν γε

πρίν τε

Lips. βαλεῖν

λαβεῖν

Par. L.

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κακοῖσιν

κακοῖσι

Lips. ἀντημείβετο

ἀντιμείβετο

G. Lips. Ald.

ἀνταμείβεται

Par. Ε.

ἀντημείψατο

, sed supra scripto

αντημείβετο

, Cantabr. 1.

αντημείβου

Par. C.

1033

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ἀλλ᾽ εἰς ἅπαντας ἀνθ᾽ ἑνὸς τόδ᾽ ἔργον ἦν. ἔρις περαίνει μῦθον ὑστάτη θεῶν. ἐγὼ δὲ θάψω τόνδε· μὴ μακρηγόρει. ἀλλ᾽ αὐτόβουλος ἴσθ᾽, ἀπεννέπω δ᾽ ἐγώ. In G. et in editionibus inde a Canteriana hi versus ita distincti leguntur,

ΚΗ. ἀλλ᾽ εἰς ἅπαντας ἀνθ᾽ ἑνὸς τόδ᾽ ἔργον ἦν. ΑΝΤ. Ἔρις περαίνει μῦθον ὑστάτη θεῶν. ἐγὼ δὲ θάψω τόνδε· μὴ μακρηγόρει. ΚΗ. ἀλλ᾽ αὐτόβουλος ἴσθ', ἀπεννέπω δ᾽ ἐγώ.

In M. ad primum tantum horum versuum lineola appicta est. In Vit. secundus versus chori est, tertius Antigonae. Lips. primum versuum Antigonae continuat, secundum hemichorio, tertium Antigonae, quartum praeconi tribuit. In Ald. Turn. primus et secundus versus praeconis sunt, tertius Antigonae, quartus hemichorio tribuitur. In Rob. primo et quarto praeconis, secundo et iterum tertio Antigonae nomen praefixum est. Colloquii aequabilitas postulat ut post primum versum excidisse statuamus versum Antigonae, hac fere sententia,

οἵ γε ξυνήδρισαν ὑβρίσαντί νιν

. Dicunt autem omnia praeco et Antigona alternis versibus. ἀνθ᾽ ἑνὸς

ἀνθενός

, non

αὐθενὸς

, G. περαίνει

περαίνοι

Ald. ad quam lectionem spectat glossa in Vit.

περαινέτω

. θάψω

θάψων

Ald. δ᾽ omittit Par. E. ἀπεννέπω

ἀπ' ἐννέπω

M. Vit. Ald. Turn.

στ'

Vind. 2.

στ'

, supra adscripto

ἰ

, Lips.

ἴσθ'

G. Arund. Cantabr. 2. Par. E. K. Colb. 2. Vind. 1. 3. 4. Rob. et scholiastes secundus.

ἀπ᾽ ἐννέπω

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NA In his quoque personae vulgo non recte distinctae sunt. Verba

φεῦ φεῦ ... δεῖμα πολιτῶν

in Vit. Arund. Rob. choro tribuuntur. Sic etiam ex correctione in G. in quo antea fuerant Antigonae. Hemichorio dantur in M. et reliquis libris. Verba

τί πάθω ... δεῖμα πολιτῶν

Antigonae sunt in G. Rob. et in G. quidem usque ad

Πολυνείκην

. Ismenae sunt in Vit. Lips. Ox. Par. A. B. Ald. Turn. Lineola praefixa in M. Verba

σύ γε μὴν ... πίθοιτο

, quibus in M. lineola praefixa est, in G. Antigonae continuantur. Personae notam omittit Arund. In ceteris omnibus haec hemichorii sunt. Verba

δράτω ... τὰ δίκαια

, quae in ceteris omnibus hemichorii sunt, nisi quod priores duo versus in G. Antigonae continuantur, Rob. Antigonae tribuit. Lineola in M. praefixa est. In Lips. Arund. nulla personae nota. Denique verba

ἡμεῖς δ᾽ ἅμα τῷδ'

et quae sequuntur in Ox. Ald. Turn. chori sunt. Hemichorii nota praefixa est in M. G. Vit. Rob. Nulla nota in Lips. Recte Pauwius

φεῦ φεῦ ... πίθοιτο

toti choro, reliqua hemichoriis tribuit.

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φθερσιγενεῖς

Θαρσιγενεῖς

Rob.

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Ἐρινύες Μ.

Ἐριννύες

vulgo. αἵτ᾽

αἵδ'

Cantabr. 2. Οἰδιπόδα γένος

οἰδίποδα

, supra scripto

ος

, Vit.

οἰδίποδος ἀγένος

, vitio ex duabus coniunctis lectionibus orto, G.

1041

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ὠλέσατε πρέμνοθεν

ὀλέσατε

Lips.

ὤλεσσατε

Elmsleius ad Med. v. 814.

πρέμνοθεν

Is. Vossius ad Hesychium in v.

αὐτόπρεμνος

πρύμναδε

. Libri

πρυμνόθεν

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δρῶ

ἐρῶ

Μ. μήσωμαι

μίσομαι

G. Vit. Lips. Par. E. Vind. 2. 3. 4.

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πῶς

πῶς πο

Cantabr. 1. Par. B. Ven. A. Ald. Rob. μήτε σὲ κλαίειν

μήτε σε

M. G. Colb. 1.

μήτε

, omisso pronomine, Par. H.

μή σε

Rob.

μήποτέ σὲ

vel

μηποτέ σε

Vit. Ox. Par. L. Ven. A. Ald. et adscriptum in Par. B.

μή ποτε

, omisso pronomine, Turn.

κλαίειν

M. G. Vit. Lips. Par. B.

κλαίειν

Victorius, et hoc adscriptum in Par. B.

κλύειν

Par. A. Ald. Rob. Turn.

κλαύσειν

, adscripto

κλαίειν

, Par. N.

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μήτε

M. G. Vit. Lips. Arund. Par. A. B. Ε. Ven. A. Β.

μήποτε

Par. L.

μήποτέ σε

Ox. Par. C. Ald. Rob. Turn. τύμβῳ Μ. G. Vit. Par. B. Ald. Turn.

τύμβων

Rob.

τύμβον

, fortasse rectius, Lips. Arund. Mosc. 2. Par. A. K. L. adscriptumque in Par. B. In Par. E. post verba

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legitur

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,,Dem Mute werden die Mittel und Wege zur Ausführung nicht fehlen. Vgl. μηχανὴ λυτή- ριος Eum. 649, τύχη πρακτήριος Hik. 532.

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πόλιν βιάζεσθαι τάδε, dem Staate zum Trotz dieses zu tun, wie Soph. Ant. 79 βία πολιτῶν δρᾶν ἔφυν ἀμήχανος, 663 νόμους βιάζεται ( νόμου βία 59).

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περισσὰ κηρύσσειν hat Be- zug auf das vordringliche Wesen der Herolde, welche sich gern als Machthaber aufspielten: ,,tue nicht, was über deinen Auftrag hinaus- geht; deines Amtes ist nur das Verkünden; zu befehlen hast du nichts".

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Vgl. Prom. 35 ἅπας δὲ τραχὺς ὅστις ἂν νέον κρατῇ.

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τράχυνε, mache du rauh d. h. laß du rauh sein, sprich du immerhin davon, daß das Volk rauh und streng sei.

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τοῦδε διατετίμηται hat der Schol. gelesen, welcher die Erklä- rung gibt: τὰ περὶ τῆς τιμῆς τού- του ὑπὸ θεῶν κέκριται. Die Hand- schriften geben τοῦδ᾽ οὐ διατετί- μηται. Der Sinn ist: bereits ist dessen Sache von den Göttern zu Ende geehrt" d. h. mit dem Ehren dieses Mannes ist es aus, da er tot ist, die Zeit zum Ehren ist für ihn vorüber. Vgl. Hesych. διαπεφρού- ρηται βίος· Αἰσχύλος Φρυξίν· οἷον ἡ διὰ τοῦ βίου φρουρὰ συντετέλε- σται ἢ διελήλυθεν ὁ χρόνος (80 konnte in dem Stücke Achilleus er- widern auf die Mahnung des Pria- mos φρούρει βίον) und Eur. Hipp. 1456 ΘΗΣ. μή νυν προδῷς με, τέκνον, ἀλλὰ καρτέρει. ΙΠΠ. κε- καρτέρηται τἄμ' (mit meinem καρ- τερείν ist es zu Ende). ὄλωλα γάρ, πάτερ.

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κινδύνῳ βαλεῖν: vgl. Prom. 732 θυμῷ βάλε, Soph. Phil. 67 λύπην πᾶσιν Αργείοις βαλεῖς, Eur. Phoen. 1535 σκότον ὄμμασι σοῖσι βαλών. „Vorher hat er unser Land in Gefahr gebracht". Dieses Ver- brechen muß gesühnt werden.

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Vgl. Cho. 122 πῶς δ᾽ οὔ, τὸν ἐχθρὸν ἀνταμείβεσθαι κακοῖς Soph. Ant. 643 ὡς καὶ τὸν ἐχθρὸν ἀνταμύνωνται ( ἀνταμείβωνται) και κοῖς, Grundsatz griechischer Moral nach Archil. Fragm. 65 èv d'éñí- σταμαι μέγα, τὸν κακῶς τι δρῶντα δεινοῖς ἀνταμείβεσθαι κακοῖς. Vgl. zu Eur. Med. 809.

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Schol. ὑπὸ μόνου τοῦ Ἐτεο- κλέους ἀδικηθεὶς πρὸς πάντας ἐπο- λέμησε τοὺς Θηβαίους.

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,,Der Streit führt ein Ge- spräch zu Ende als späteste der Gottheiten" d. h. bei dem Streiten wird man nie fertig. Der Vers hat sprichwörtliches Aussehen wie der bei Suidas unter pis angeführte: ἔρις < δ> ἔριν τίκτουσα προσμνᾶ- ται (1. προσμᾶται) λόγον. Antigone bricht den endlosen Streit ab um zur Tat zu kommen. Deshalb ist der folgende Vers, welcher die Stichomythie stört, überflüssig und erscheint als Interpolation (zur Her- stellung der Stichomythie wollte Blomfield 1042 tilgen).

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,,Wohlan, steh allein mit deinem Entschluß, Einsprache er- hebe ich" d. h.,,ich lege nach- drücklich Verwahrung ein und über- lasse die Verantwortung dir allein“. Mit αυτόβουλος vgl. αὐτόγνωτος Soph. Ant. 875 σὲ δ' αὐτόγνωτος ὤλεσ' ὀργά. Der Herold ab.

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trägt der Koryphaios vor; dann trennt sich der Chor in zwei Halbchöre, welche sich den beiden Schwestern anschließen, von denen Antigone der Leiche des Polynikes, Ismene der Leiche des Eteokles folgt. Es sprechen die Halbchorführer.

Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes 1032

Herbert Weir Smyth (Translator)

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AESCHYLI

ΚΗ.

ΑΝ.

ἐγὼ δὲ Καδμείων γε προστάταις λέγω·

Apparatus Criticus

Herald

I bid thee not to act despite the state in this matter.

Antigone

I bid thee not announce to me superfluous things.

Herald

Yet stern is a people that has just escaped troubles.

Antigone

Aye, call it stern

,—yet this [corpse] shall not lie unburied.

Herald

What! wilt thou honour with a tomb him whom our state abhors

?

Antigone

Heretofore he has not been honoured by the gods

.

Herald

HERALD.

ARALDO

Cad.

Herald

Der Herold.

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ΚΗ.

ΑΝ. ἐγὼ δὲ Καδμείων γε προστάταις λέγω·

Apparatus Criticus

Herald I bid thee not to act despite the state in this matter.

Antigone I bid thee not announce to me superfluous things.

Herald Yet stern is a people that has just escaped troubles.

Antigone Aye, call it stern ,—yet this [corpse] shall not lie unburied.

Herald What! wilt thou honour with a tomb him whom our state abhors ?

Antigone Heretofore he has not been honoured by the gods .

Herald

HERALD.

ARALDO

Cad.

Herald

Der Herold.

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ΑΝ.

ἐγὼ δὲ Καδμείων γε προστάταις λέγω·

Herald

I bid thee not to act despite the state in this matter.

Antigone

I bid thee not announce to me superfluous things.

Herald

Yet stern is a people that has just escaped troubles.

Antigone

Aye, call it stern

,—yet this [corpse] shall not lie unburied.

Herald

What! wilt thou honour with a tomb him whom our state abhors

?

Antigone

Heretofore he has not been honoured by the gods

.