Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes 840

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.) — 822-956 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 840 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 840 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 840 focus
ἐξέπραξεν, οὐδ᾽ ἀπεῖπε
820
πατρόθεν εὐκταία φάτις,
βουλαὶ δ᾽ ἄπιστοι Λαΐου διήρκεσαν·
μέριμνα δ᾽ ἀμφὶ πτόλιν·
θέσφατ᾽ οὐκ ἀμβλύνεται.
ἰὼ πολύστονοι, τόδ᾽ εἰρ-
825
γάσασθ᾽ ἄπιστον· ἦλθε δ᾽ αἰ-
ακτὰ πήματ' οὐ λόγῳ.
στρ. β'.
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 840 focus
Ἐξέπραξεν, οὐδ' ἀπεῖπεν
840
Ant. 1.
πατρόθεν εὐκταία φάτις·
βουλαὶ δ' ἄπιστοι Λαΐου διήρκεσαν·
μέριμνα δ' ἀμφὶ πτόλιν·
θέσφατ' οὐκ ἀμβλύνεται.
Ἰὼ πολύστονοι, τόδ' εἰρ-
845
γάσασθ' ἄπιστον· ἦλθε δ' αἰ-
ακτὰ πήματ' οὐ λόγῳ.
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 840 focus
ἐξέπραξεν, οὐδ᾽ ἀπεῖπεν
825
πατρόθεν εὐκταία φάτις·
βουλαὶ δ᾽ ἄπιστοι Λαΐου διήρκεσαν.
μέριμνα δ᾽ ἀμφὶ πτόλιν·
θέσφατ᾽ οὐκ ἀμβλύνεται.
ἰὼ πολύστονοι, τόδ᾽ εἰρ-
830
γάσασθ᾽ ἄπιστον· ἦλθε δ᾽ αἰ-
ακτὰ πήματ' οὐ λόγῳ.
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 840 focus
ἐξέπραξεν οὐδ᾽ ἀπεῖπεν
πατρόθεν εὐκταία φάτις·
840
βουλαὶ δ᾽ ἄπιστοι Λαΐου διήρκεσαν.
μέριμνα σ᾽ ἀμφὶ πτόλιν·
θέσφατ᾽ οὐκ ἀμβλύνεται.
ἰὼ πολύστονοι τόδ᾽ εἰρ-
γάσασθ᾽ ἄπιστον· ἦλθε δ᾽ αἰ-
845
ακτὰ πήματ᾿ οὐ λόγωι. =
Translations (8)
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 840 focus
The imprecation of the father hath taken full effect, and hath not failed: and the unbelieving schemes of Laïus have lasted even until now;—and care is through our city, and the divine declarations lose not their edge—Alas! worthy of many a sigh, ye have accomplished this horror surpassing credence; and lamentable sufferings have come in deed.
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 840 focus
Elle est de sinistre augure, cette rencontre de lances !
Elle a été au but sans défaillance, la parole qui portait le vœu d'un père ; l'indocilité de Laïos a prolongé ses effets. Et une angoisse étreint la ville : les oracles ne s'émoussent
pas ! Ah ! lamentables guerriers, vous avez accompli ce qu'on n'eût osé croire ! Voici donc venus de pitoyables malheurs, il ne s'agit plus de
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 840 focus
Thou fell, ill-omen'd, cruel spear,
Cou'd'st thou the father's curses hear,
And wing'd with fury drink the brother's gore?
Now, Laius, boast the frantic deed:
950
Thy disobedience has its meed;
The fatal oracle delays no more.
These are your works; and round them stand
Horrors, and death's avenging band.
EPODE.
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.) — 840 focus
Non reluttante a compierlo
930
s'adoperò del padre il triste augurio.
Causa ne fu di Laio il mal consiglio.
Volle che fosse principe
di Tebe un proprio figlio:
ma non furono mai vani gli oracoli.
935
Ahi, quale orrida gesta
compieste! - Ahimè, ché d'opere,
non di parole, è la doglia funesta.
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 840 focus
Confilia incredula Laij adimpleta funt.
785
Solicitudo uerò circa urbem oracula non remittuntur.
O lugubres, hoc incredibile fecistis.
Venerunt deflenda malá, non sermone
Seven Against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (Seven Against Thebes. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 840 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.) — 840 focus
The curse a father on his children spake
Hath faltered not, nor failed!
Nought, Laïus! thy stubborn choice availed—
850
First to beget, then, in the after day
And for the city's sake,
The child to slay!
For nought can blunt nor mar
The speech oracular!
855
Children of teen! by disbelief ye erred—
Yet in wild weeping came fulfilment of the word!
[ Antigone and Ismene approach, with a train of mourners, bearing the bodies of Eteocles and Polynices.
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.) — 840 focus
Nicht verhallte, klar erfüllte
Sich des Vaters grauser Fluch!
Fort wirkte Lajos' starrer unbeugsamer Sinn.
Und meine Sorg' endet nie,
815
Der Götter Sprüche leben fort.
Ihr Vielbeweinten thatet, ach!
Das Unerhörte: thränenreich
Kam ein unaussprechlich Leid.
(Die Leichen der gefallenen Brüder werden in ernstem Trauerzuge auf die Bühne gebracht.) Schlußgesang.

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

840. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-906

ἀδελφοῖν
ἀδελφῶν
Par. C.
ἀδελφοῖν
. γρ.
ἀδελφῶν
. supra ser.
ἀδελφόν
ex Par. B. Faehsius enotavit.
ἀδελφοῖς
Cantabr. 2. Post
ἀδελφοῖν
interpungunt G. Vit. Turn. Et sane melius
θρῆνον ἀδελφοῖν
cum praecedentibus coniungimus, ut explicetur eo
πράγος
, quam cum sequentibus.
840

841. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-907

ἐκ omittit Par. N.
καὶ
pro eo habet Colb. 2.
841

843. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-908

ἡμᾶς
ὑμᾶς
Vit. Ask. A. φήμης
φήμη
Par. E. Πρότερον φήμης esse puto ante luctum sororum.
843

844. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-909

θ᾽ omittunt G. Vind. 1. Rob. ὕμνον
ὕμνον τ'
Colb. 2. Ἐρινύος
ἐρινθος
M. Ceteri
Ἐριννύος
.
844

845. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-910

ἰαχεῖν
ἴσχειν
Par. E. Ἀΐδα τ' M. G. Vit. Lips. Ald. Rob. Turn.
αἵδα τ'
edidit Victorius. Friget dativus et praecessit modo
ὕμνον Ἐρινύος
.
845

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

833-845. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-557

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Der Κορυφαίος als Halbchorführer und der Führer des anderen Halbchors (zu 837) geben ihren Empfindungen beim Anblick der Leichen Ausdruck und der Κορυφαῖος fordert zur Totenklage auf.