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Chorus

But when, his sanity regained, he grew miserable in his wretched

marriage, then carried away by his grief and with maddened heart he accomplished a double evil. With the hand that killed his father he struck out his eyes, which were dearer to him than his children.
780

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.) — 792-821 focus

Αγγελος

θαρσεῖτε, παῖδες μητέρων τεθραμμέναι.

πόλις πέφευγεν ἥδε δούλιον¹ ζυγόν:

πέπτωκεν ἀνδρῶν² ὀβρίμων κομπάσματα:

πόλις δ᾽ ἐν εὐδίᾳ τε καὶ κλυδωνίου
795

πολλαῖσι πληγαῖς ἄντλον οὐκ ἐδέξατο.

στέγει δὲ πύργος, καὶ πύλας φερεγγύοις

ἐφραξάμεσθα μονομάχοισι προστάταις:

καλῶς³ ἔχει τὰ πλεῖστ᾽ ἐν ἓξ πυλώμασι:

τὰς δ᾽ ἑβδόμας ὁ σεμνὸς ἑβδομαγέτης
800

ἄναξ Ἀπόλλων εἵλετ᾽, Οἰδίπου γένει

κραίνων παλαιὰς Λαΐου δυσβουλίας.

Χορος

τί δ᾽ ἔστι πρᾶγμα νεόκοτον πόλει πλέον;

Αγγελος

πόλις σέσωσται: βασιλέες⁴ δ᾽ ὁμόσποροι

Χορος

τίνες; τί δ᾽ εἶπας; παραφρονῶ φόβῳ λόγου.
805

Αγγελος

φρονοῦσα νῦν ἄκουσον: Οἰδίπου τόκω⁵—

Χορος

οἲ ʼγὼ τάλαινα, μάντις εἰμὶ τῶν κακῶν.

Αγγελος

οὐδ᾽ ἀμφιλέκτως μὴν κατεσποδημένω⁶—

Χορος

ἐκεῖθι κεῖσθον;⁷ βαρέα δ᾽ οὖν ὅμως φράσον.

Αγγελος

ἅνδρες⁸ τεθνᾶσιν ἐκ χερῶν αὐτοκτόνων.
810

Χορος

αὑτοὺς⁹ ἀδελφαῖς χερσὶν ἠναίρονθ᾽ ἅμα;¹⁰

Αγγελος

πέπωκεν αἷμα γαῖ᾽¹¹ ὑπ᾽ ἀλλήλων φόνῳ.

Χορος

οὕτως ὁ δαίμων κοινὸς ἦν ἀμφοῖν ἄγαν.¹²

Αγγελος

αὐτὸς δ᾽ ἀναλοῖ δῆτα δύσποτμον γένος.¹³

τοιαῦτα χαίρειν καὶ δακρύεσθαι πάρα:
815

πόλιν μὲν εὖ πράσσουσαν, οἱ δ᾽ ἐπιστάται,

δισσὼ στρατηγώ, διέλαχον σφυρηλάτῳ

Σκύθῃ σιδήρῳ κτημάτων παμπησίαν.

ἕξουσι δ᾽ ἣν λάβωσιν ἐν ταφῇ χθόνα,¹⁴

πατρὸς κατ᾽ εὐχὰς δυσπότμους φορούμενοι.¹⁵¹⁶
820

[πόλις σέσωσται: βασιλέοιν δ᾽ ὁμοσπόροιν
πέπωκεν αἷμα γαῖ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἀλλήλων φόνῳ.]

822

Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 778 focus

Χορός

ἐπεὶ δʼ ἀρτίφρων

ἐγένετο μέλεος ἀθλίων

γάμων, ἐπʼ ἄλγει δυσφορῶν
780

μαινομένᾳ κραδίᾳ

δίδυμα κάκʼ ἐτέλεσεν·

πατροφόνῳ χερὶ τῶν

κρεισσοτέκνων ὀμμάτων ἐπλάγχθη·

Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 778 focus

ἐπεὶ δ᾽ ἀρτίφρων

ἐγένετο μέλεος ἀθλίων

γάμων, ἐπ᾿ ἄλγει δυσφορῶν

780

μαινομένᾳ κραδίᾳ

δίδυμα κάκ' ἐτέλεσεν·

πατροφόνῳ χερὶ τῶν

κρεισσοτέκνων ὀμμάτων ἐπλάγχθη·

Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 778 focus

ἐπεὶ δ᾽ ἀρτίφρων

ἐγένετο μέλεος ἀθλίων
760

γάμων, ἐπ' ἄλγει δυςφορῶν

μαινομένᾳ κραδίᾳ

δίδυμα κάκ' ἐτέλεσεν·

πατροφόνῳ χερὶ τῶν

κρεισσοτέκνων ὀμμάτων ἐπλάγχθη.
765
ἀντ. έ.

ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 778 focus

Ἐπεὶ δ' ἀρτίφρων <ὢν> om.

Str. 5.

ἐγένετο μέλεος ἀθλίων
780

γάμων, ἐπ' ἄλγει δυσφορῶν,

μαινομένᾳ κραδίᾳ,

δίδυμα κάκ' ἐτέλεσεν·

πατροφόνῳ χερὶ τῶν

κρεισσοτέκνων ὀμμάτων δ' ἀπ' ὀμμ. seu δ' ὄμμ. ἐπλάγχθη
785

Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 778 focus

ἐπεὶ δ᾽ ἀρτίφρων

ἐγένετο μέλεος ἀθλίων

γάμων, ἐπ᾽ ἄλγει δυσφορῶν
765

μαινομένα κραδίᾳ

δίδυμα κάκ' ἐτέλεσεν·

πατροφόνῳ χερὶ τῶν

κρεισσοτέκνων ὀμμάτων ἐπλάγχθη·

Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 778 focus

ἐπεὶ δ᾽ ἀρτίφρων ἐγένετο μέλεος ἀθλίων

775

γάμων, ἐπ᾿ ἄλγει δυσφορῶν

μαινομέναι κραδίαι

δίδυμα κάκ᾽ ἐτέλεσεν·

πατροφόνωι χερὶ τῶν

κρεισσοτέκνων ὀμμάτων ἐπλάγχθη· –

780

Apparatus Criticus

πύργος πύργου εὔρει ἄρη δὲ om σὺm συμ σὺn μὴ πόλις μὴ καὶ π. βαρεῖαι voce βαρεῖαι proximi versus permutavi παλαιφάτων παλαιφάτων παλαίφατοι ἀρᾶν ἀραί corr. Bothe alii τελεῖn τέλειαι τέλεια substitui τελεῖν πενομένους πελόμεν οὐ τελ(λ)- τελούμ- παλλ- corr. Bücheler Kirchhoff ἐkβολὰn ἐκβολάν et -âv πρόπρυμνα πρόπρυμναν ἀλφηστᾶn ἀλφηστᾶn - ῶν -άων παχυνθείς ὁ παχ. ἀνδρῶν ἄνδρα τοσόνδ᾽ τοσόν γ' τοσόνδε θεοὶ καὶ θεοὶ δὲ κ. πόλεος πόλεος ὁ πόλεως πολύβοτός πολύβατος fort. Σ (ὁ ὑπὸ πολλῶν ἐμβατευόμενος) αἰών: βίος aequales; πολύβοτος ad πουλυβότειρα formatum; αἰὼn πάντροφος Nonnus Ioh. 9, 154 ἁρπαξάνδραν ἀναρπαξάνδραν corr. Herm. δ᾽ ἀρτίφρων δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔμφρων ἐγένετο ἔγεντο κραδίαι κραδίαι καρδίαι κάκ᾽ ἐτέλεσεν κακὰ τέλ. ἐξετέλ. κρεισσοτέκνων κρεισσοτέκνων κρείσσω τέκνων (κρεισσόνων τέκνων L) quamvis invitis concedendum nobis esse videtur Aeschylum ad ἰσότεκνος sim. hoc κίβδηλον cudisse, ad sensum vero eximium cf. 530 Choeph. 934 ὀμμάτων ὄμμ. δ᾽ ὀμμ. δ᾽ ἀπ᾿ ὀμμ.

Translations (8)

The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 778 focus

But when he unhappy was apprised of his wretched marriage, despairing in his sorrow, with phrenzied heart he perpetrated a twofold horror; he deprived himself with parricidal hand of the eyes that were more precious than his children.

LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 778 focus

Mais, quand il eut, l'infortuné, pris soudain conscience de
son malheureux hymen, dans sa douleur impatiente, dans le délire de son âme, il acheva un double malheur : de sa main parricide, il se sépara de ses yeux — ses yeux plus chers
que ses fils !

Et contre

The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 778 focus

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.) — 778 focus

Ma reso conscio il misero

dei nefandi sponsali,

865

con dissennato spirito,

male reggendo l'impeto

del cordoglio, due mali

compiva. Con la man che il padre uccise,

sé dalle care luci in bando mise:

870

5 Antistrofe V

Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 778 focus

Poſtquam cordatus fuit miſer miſeras

735

Nuptias pre dolore ægrè ferens,

Furenti corde duo mala fecit,

Cruenta manu meliorum filiorum

Ab oculis percuffus est, filijs execratas

Permifit culpandas educationes, beu beu & acere

740

Seven Against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (Seven Against Thebes. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 778 focus

With frenzied heart he twofold mischief wrought;

For with the hand that had his father slain,

His proper eyes he did bereave of sight. *

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.) — 778 focus

But when, in the fulness of days, he knew of his bridal unblest,

A twofold horror he wrought, in the frenzied despair of his breast—

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.) — 778 focus

Doch kaum sah er ein,

Der Arme, welch unsel'gen Bund

Er schloß, da trug er nicht den Schmerz;

Rasend verübte die Hand

Des Vatermörders zwei
755

Frevel: er blendete was sein Auge,

Theurer ihm war, als ein Kind

Fünfte Gegenstrophe.

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

778. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-847

στέγει δὲ πύργος, καὶ πύλας φερεγγύοις:

στέγει

M. Vit. Lips. Cantabr. 2. Ald. Turn.

στέργει

Cantabr. 1. Mosc. 2. Par. C. E. N. Colb. 1. Vind. 2. 4. et adscripto γρ.

στέγει

Par. Β.

στέργει

habuerat etiam G. sed ρ erasum est.

στένει

Rob.

πύργος καὶ πύλαι·

Vit.

ἱκανοῖς δὲ

φερεγγύοις

adscripto.

φερεγγύους

Rob.

φερεγγύοις. γρ. φερεγγύους, ὃν ἢ πρὸς τὸ πύλας, φερεγγύους πύλας, τὰς δυναμένας φέρειν τὴν ἐγγύην

Par. B.

778

779. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-848

ἐφραξάμεσθα:

ἐφραξάμεσθα

Turn.

ἐφραξάμεθα

M. G. Vit. Lips. Mose. 1. 2. Vind. 1. 2. 3. 4. Αld. Rob.

ἐφρεξάμεθα μονομάχαισι

Par. E.

779

780. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-849

καλῶς ἔχει τὰ πλεῖστ᾽ ἐν ἓξ πυλώμασιν:

καλῶς δ᾽ ἔχει

Lips. Cantabr. 1. Colb. 1. 2. Rob. In M.

δ'

a recentiore manu supra adscriptum est.

πλεῖστα ἓξ

Vit. Mosc. 1. uterque supra scripto

ἐν

. In Vit. syllaba una inter

πλεῖστα

ἓξ

erasa.

πυλώμασιν

Μ. Ceteri

πυλώμασι

780

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

777-806. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-521

drittes Epeisodion: ein Bote meldet die Katastrophe, den Wechselmord der beiden Brü- der. Schol. ἄγγελος ὁ καὶ πρότερον ἀπαγγείλας περὶ τῆς τῶν Ἀργείων ἐφόδου, οὗτος καὶ νῦν ἀπαγγέλλει τὴν ἀδελφοκτονίαν. Daß es der gleiche sein soll, ergibt sich aus 782 f.

779. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-523

⁴

πέπτωκε, sind zunichte ge- worden, wie Eur. Hipp. 41 ἀλλ᾽ οὔτι ταύτῃ τόνδ' ἔρωτα δεῖ πεσεῖν. ὀβρίμων, die auf ihre Kraft pochen.

780. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-524

⁵

⁶

Auch bei ἐν εὐδίᾳ scil. ἐστί (Blomfield ἐν εὐδία ' στί) schwebt wie beim Folgenden die Vorstellung eines Schiffes vor. Vgl. 2f. ἄντ λον οὐκ ἐδέξατο d. h. das Schiff ist nicht leck geworden.

Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes 778

Herbert Weir Smyth (Translator)

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Chorus

But when, his sanity regained, he grew miserable in his wretched

marriage, then carried away by his grief and with maddened heart he accomplished a double evil. With the hand that killed his father he struck out his eyes, which were dearer to him than his children.
780

Current edition Perseus

Χορος

τί δ᾽ ἔστι πρᾶγμα νεόκοτον πόλει πλέον;

Αγγελος

πόλις σέσωσται: βασιλέες⁴ δ᾽ ὁμόσποροι

Χορος

τίνες; τί δ᾽ εἶπας; παραφρονῶ φόβῳ λόγου.
805

Αγγελος

φρονοῦσα νῦν ἄκουσον: Οἰδίπου τόκω⁵—

Χορος

οἲ ʼγὼ τάλαινα, μάντις εἰμὶ τῶν κακῶν.

Αγγελος

οὐδ᾽ ἀμφιλέκτως μὴν κατεσποδημένω⁶—

Χορος

ἐκεῖθι κεῖσθον;⁷ βαρέα δ᾽ οὖν ὅμως φράσον.

Αγγελος

ἅνδρες⁸ τεθνᾶσιν ἐκ χερῶν αὐτοκτόνων.
810

Χορος

αὑτοὺς⁹ ἀδελφαῖς χερσὶν ἠναίρονθ᾽ ἅμα;¹⁰

Αγγελος

πέπωκεν αἷμα γαῖ᾽¹¹ ὑπ᾽ ἀλλήλων φόνῳ.

Χορος

οὕτως ὁ δαίμων κοινὸς ἦν ἀμφοῖν ἄγαν.¹²

Apparatus Criticus

Et contre

5 Antistrofe V

With frenzied heart he twofold mischief wrought;

For with the hand that had his father slain,

His proper eyes he did bereave of sight. *

But when, in the fulness of days, he knew of his bridal unblest,

A twofold horror he wrought, in the frenzied despair of his breast—

Doch kaum sah er ein,

Der Arme, welch unsel'gen Bund

Er schloß, da trug er nicht den Schmerz;

Rasend verübte die Hand

Des Vatermörders zwei
755

Frevel: er blendete was sein Auge,

Theurer ihm war, als ein Kind

Fünfte Gegenstrophe.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

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Chorus But when, his sanity regained, he grew miserable in his wretched marriage, then carried away by his grief and with maddened heart he accomplished a double evil. With the hand that killed his father he struck out his eyes, which were dearer to him than his children. 780

Current edition Perseus

Χορος τί δ᾽ ἔστι πρᾶγμα νεόκοτον πόλει πλέον;

Αγγελος πόλις σέσωσται: βασιλέες 4 δ᾽ ὁμόσποροι

Χορος τίνες; τί δ᾽ εἶπας; παραφρονῶ φόβῳ λόγου. 805

Αγγελος φρονοῦσα νῦν ἄκουσον: Οἰδίπου τόκω 5 —

Χορος οἲ ʼγὼ τάλαινα, μάντις εἰμὶ τῶν κακῶν.

Αγγελος οὐδ᾽ ἀμφιλέκτως μὴν κατεσποδημένω 6 —

Χορος ἐκεῖθι κεῖσθον; 7 βαρέα δ᾽ οὖν ὅμως φράσον.

Αγγελος ἅνδρες 8 τεθνᾶσιν ἐκ χερῶν αὐτοκτόνων. 810

Χορος αὑτοὺς 9 ἀδελφαῖς χερσὶν ἠναίρονθ᾽ ἅμα; 10

Αγγελος πέπωκεν αἷμα γαῖ᾽ 11 ὑπ᾽ ἀλλήλων φόνῳ.

Χορος οὕτως ὁ δαίμων κοινὸς ἦν ἀμφοῖν ἄγαν. 12

Apparatus Criticus

Et contre

5 Antistrofe V

With frenzied heart he twofold mischief wrought; For with the hand that had his father slain, His proper eyes he did bereave of sight. *

But when, in the fulness of days, he knew of his bridal unblest, A twofold horror he wrought, in the frenzied despair of his breast—

Doch kaum sah er ein, Der Arme, welch unsel'gen Bund Er schloß, da trug er nicht den Schmerz; Rasend verübte die Hand Des Vatermörders zwei 755 Frevel: er blendete was sein Auge, Theurer ihm war, als ein Kind Fünfte Gegenstrophe.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

Chorus

But when, his sanity regained, he grew miserable in his wretched

marriage, then carried away by his grief and with maddened heart he accomplished a double evil. With the hand that killed his father he struck out his eyes, which were dearer to him than his children.
780

Χορος

τί δ᾽ ἔστι πρᾶγμα νεόκοτον πόλει πλέον;

Αγγελος

πόλις σέσωσται: βασιλέες⁴ δ᾽ ὁμόσποροι

Χορος

τίνες; τί δ᾽ εἶπας; παραφρονῶ φόβῳ λόγου.
805

Αγγελος

φρονοῦσα νῦν ἄκουσον: Οἰδίπου τόκω⁵—

Χορος

οἲ ʼγὼ τάλαινα, μάντις εἰμὶ τῶν κακῶν.

Αγγελος

οὐδ᾽ ἀμφιλέκτως μὴν κατεσποδημένω⁶—

Χορος

ἐκεῖθι κεῖσθον;⁷ βαρέα δ᾽ οὖν ὅμως φράσον.

Αγγελος

ἅνδρες⁸ τεθνᾶσιν ἐκ χερῶν αὐτοκτόνων.
810

Χορος

αὑτοὺς⁹ ἀδελφαῖς χερσὶν ἠναίρονθ᾽ ἅμα;¹⁰

Αγγελος

πέπωκεν αἷμα γαῖ᾽¹¹ ὑπ᾽ ἀλλήλων φόνῳ.

Χορος

οὕτως ὁ δαίμων κοινὸς ἦν ἀμφοῖν ἄγαν.¹²

With frenzied heart he twofold mischief wrought;

For with the hand that had his father slain,

His proper eyes he did bereave of sight. *

But when, in the fulness of days, he knew of his bridal unblest,

A twofold horror he wrought, in the frenzied despair of his breast—

Doch kaum sah er ein,

Der Arme, welch unsel'gen Bund

Er schloß, da trug er nicht den Schmerz;

Rasend verübte die Hand

Des Vatermörders zwei
755

Frevel: er blendete was sein Auge,

Theurer ihm war, als ein Kind

Fünfte Gegenstrophe.