Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes 174

Herbert Weir Smyth (Translator)

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Seven Against Thebes. Aeschylus. Herbert Weir Smyth (Translator). New York. 1922.

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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 (7)
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 181-202 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 174 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 174 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 174 focus
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 174 focus
Ἰὼ φίλοι δαίμονες,
Ant. 3.
λυτήριοί <τ'> om. ἀμφιβάντες πόλιν,
δείξαθ' ὡς φιλοπόλιες,
μέλεσθέ θ' μέλεσθε δ' seu μέλεσθ' ἱερῶν δημίων,
175
μελόμενοι δ' ἀρήξατε·
φιλοθύτων δέ τοι πόλεος ὀργίων
μνήστορες ἔστε μοι.
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 174 focus
ἰὼ φίλοι δαίμονες
λυτήριοί τ᾽ ἀμφιβάντες πόλιν
δείξαθ᾽ ὡς φιλοπόλεις,
160
μέλεσθε δ᾽ ἱερῶν δημίων,
μελόμενοι δ᾽ ἀρήξατε.
φιλοθύτων δέ τοι πόλεος ὀργίων
μνήστορες ἔστε μοι.
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 174 focus
ἰὼ φίλοι δαίμονες,
Translations (8)
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 174 focus
O beloved divinities, hovering around our city as its deliverers, show how ye love it; give heed to our public rituals, and when ye give heed to them succour us, and be ye truly mindful, I beseech ye, of the rites of our city which abound in sacrifices.
Re-enter Eteocles.
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 174 focus
qui parle une autre langue 1 . Exaucez des vierges, exaucez pleinement les prières des bras tendus vers vous.

Ah ! divinités amies, enveloppez cette ville de votre secours libérateur : montrez que vous chérissez vos cités ! Souvenez-vous
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 174 focus
And show that Thebes is yet your care!
By ev'ry solemn temple, ev'ry shrine,
Each hallow'd orgie, and each rite divine,
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Each honour to your pow'r in rev'rence paid,
Hear us, ye guardian Gods, hear us, and aid!
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.) — 174 focus
Ahimè, dilettissimi Dèmoni,
voi che la rocca cingete, a difenderla,
mostrate adesso che Tebe v'è cara.
Voi proteggete l'altare ed il tempio,
lunge da loro tenete lo scempio.
195
E vi sovvenga che a voi tante vittime
ne l'orge sacre spruzzarono l'ara.
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 174 focus
Liberatores circum urbem euntes,
Oſtendite quòd urbem amatis,
160
Vobisq; curæ ſunt delubra plebeia.
Curantes uero ſuccurrite,
Religioforum uerò sacrorum
Sponſi eſis mihi.
Seven Against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (Seven Against Thebes. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 174 focus
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.) — 174 focus
Be near us, protect us, and show that the city is dear in your sight!
Have heed for her sacrifice holy, and thought of her offerings take,
140
Forget not her love and her worship, be near her and smite for her sake!
[ Re-enter Eteocles.
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.) — 174 focus
O theure Schußgötter, ihr
Zu treuer Hut dieser Stadt zugesellt,
Zeigt, wie ihr liebt die Stadt! 1
Mitleidig schaut die Tempel an,
Sendet mitleidig Schuß! 2
160
Seid mir der opferreichen Orgien eingedenk,
Welche die Stadt euch weiht!
(Der König, aus der Stadt zurückkehrend, tritt auf.)

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

174. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-261

ὀφέλλεται:
ὀφέλλεται
Μ. Ox. Par. N. Colb. 1. Ven. A. et antequam corrigeretur G.
174

175. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-262

ὑφ᾽ αὑτῶν:
ὑπ' αὐτῶν
Lips. ed. Vict. Ceteri
ὑφ᾽ αὑτῶν
. Vtrumque scholia commemorant.
175

175. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-263

ἔνδοθεν:
ἔνδον
G.
175

176. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-264

τοιαῦτά τἂν γυναιξὶ συνναίων ἔχοις: Hunc versum omittit M. Inde a Turnebo
τοιαῦτα δ᾽ ἂν
editum.
τοιαῦτ᾽ ἂν
G. (sic G.) Lips. Cantabr. 2. Mosc. 1. Par. L. Ald. Rob.
τοιαῦτα ἂν
Vit. Par. N.
τοιαῦτ᾽ ἐν
Par. E. Ven. A.
τοιαῦτά γ' ἂν
Cantabr. 1. Ven. B. Recte Blomfieldius
τοιαῦτά ταν
. V. Porsonum ad Med. v. 863.
έχεις
Mosc. 1.
176

177. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-265

ἀρχῆς:
τῆς
inter versus habet M.
177

177. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-266

ἀκούσεται:
ἀκούσηται
G. Vit. Par. E. Pro eo verbo
μεταίχμιον
e versu sequente repetit Rob.
177

178. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-267

χὤ τι τῶν μεταίχμιον:
χ' ὅτι τῶν μεταιχμίων
G. Taur.
ὅπερ ὑπάρχει τῶν μέσων
glossa in G. Attulit quaedam his similia Abreschius in Diluc. Thucyd. p. 599. Recte scholiastes hanc irati orationem esse dicit, sic loquentis, ut omnia comprehendat. Obversabantur tamen animo senes et pueri. Similiter Eum. v. 72.
αἷς οὐ μίγνυται θεῶν τις, οὐδ᾽ ἄνθρωπος, οὐδὲ θήρ ποτε
.
178

180. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-268

δήμου δ᾽ οὔ τι μὴ φύγῃ:
δ᾽ οὔτι δήμου
Par. E.
μὴ
supra scripto
οὐ
et addito
παρ-έλκει
Par. B.
φύγοι
G.
180

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

166-274. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-122

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erstes Epeisodion. Eteokles, welcher die im Volke durch die Angstrufe der Jungfrauen (des Chors) entstandene Entmuti- gung wahrgenommen hat (174f.), kommt zurück, weist die Jung- frauen zurecht und lehrt sie die rechte Weise des Gebetes. Die Szene dient der Charakteristik des Eteokles.

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καὶ νῦν (gern nach ἀεὶ μέν), wenn zur allgemeinen Regel ein besonderer Fall als Bestätigung hinzugefugt wird. - διαδρόμους von den Personen, welche ängstlich durcheinanderlaufen, übertragen: ihr habt durch euer ängstliches und lärmendes Hin- und Herrennen den Bürgern feige Entmutigung beigebracht" ( διερροθήσατε: διὰ τοῦ θορύβου ἐμβεβλήκατε Schol., der vielleicht διερροθήκατε gelesen hat).

177. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-130

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Hesych. ὀφέλλεται· αὔξεται. Vgl. 235.

178. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-131

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ὑπ' αὐτῶν (d. i. ἡμῶν αὐτῶν), eine jüngere Handschrift für vo' αὑτῶν. Nach diesem Vers bieten jüngere Handschriften den Vers τοιαῦτα τἂν γυναιξὶ συνναίων ἔχοις, der ergänzt wurde, also die V. 182 f. nach 181 umgestellt waren. Denn daß diese vor 178 ihren Platz haben, zeigt ἀρχῆς τῆς ἐμῆς. 1791. μέλει γάρ begründet nicht das Vorhergehende, sondern das folgende Verbot. Vgl. Hom. Z 490 ἀλλ᾽ εἰς οἶκον ἰοῦσα τὰ σ' αὐτῆς ἔργα κόμιζε . . πόλεμος δ' ἄνδρεσσι μελήσει, in anderem Sinne πόλεμος δ' ἄνδρεσσι (den Menschen) μελήσει Y 137. ἔνδον κτέ. d. h. bleibe im Hause, auf daß du keinen Schaden stiftest.