Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes 980

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.) — 966a-1009 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 980 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 980 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 980 focus
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 980 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 980 focus
ἠέ.
965
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 980 focus
ἠέ. ἠέ.
δυσθέατα πήματα
ἔδειξεν ἐκ φυγᾶς ἐμοί.
980
οὐδ᾽ ἵκεθ᾽ ὡς κατέκτανεν.
σωθεὶς δὲ πνεῦμ᾽ ἀπώλεσεν.
ὤλεσε δῆτα (ὅδε).
καὶ τὸν ἐνόσφισεν.
ὀλοὰ λέγειν ὀλοὰ δ᾽ ὁρᾶν
†δύστονα κήδε᾽ ὁμώνυμα.
985
†δίυγρα τριπάλτων πημάτων.
[– ὀλοὰ λέγειν ὀλοὰ δ᾽ ὁρᾶν].
Translations (8)
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 980 focus
In very truth he lost it.
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 980 focus
Maux affreux à contempler —
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 980 focus
Fierce from flight atchiev'd he deeds,
At which my heart with anguish bleeds,
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.) — 980 focus
Ahimè!
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 980 focus
Nigraq; Erinnys, certe magno robore prædita es.
Seven Against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (Seven Against Thebes. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 980 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.) — 980 focus
O dark were the sorrows
That exile hath known!
1000
He slew, but returned not
Alive to his own!
He struck down a brother, but fell, in the moment of triumph hewn down!
O lineage accurst,
O doom and despair!
1005
Alas, for their quarrel,
The brothers that were!
And woe! for their pitiful end, who once were our love and our care!
O grievous the fate
That attends upon wrong!
1010
Stern ghost of our sire,
Thy vengeance is long!
Dark Fury of hell and of death, the hands of thy kingdom are strong!
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.) — 980 focus
Wehe!
930

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

980. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1027

καὶ τὸ πρόσω γ' ἐμοί Huic versui
ἰὼ ἰὼ
praeponunt G. (sic G.) Ald. Rob. Turn.
ἰώ. γρ. μόνος
ex Par. B. Faehsius affert. Alterum
ἰὼ
omittunt Cantabr. 1. Par. C. utrumque M. Vit. Lips. Arund. Cantabr. 2. Par. K. L. Ask. A. Colb. 1. 2. Deinde
καὶ τὸ πρόσω γ' ἐμοί
M. G. Vit. Lips. Arund. Cantabr. 2. Ox. Par. B. E. F. K. L. N. Colb. 1. 2. Ald. Turn.
Tò πρόσω γ' ἐμοί
, omisso
καὶ
, Rob. Inde a Victorio edebatur
ἰὼ ἰὼ καὶ πρόσω γ' ἐμοί
.
980

981-982. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1028

ἰὼ δυςπότμων. ἄναξ Ἐτεόκλεις. σὺ δ᾽ ἀρχαγέτας, Inde a Turn. haec ita leguntur,
Ι. ἰω ἰὼ δυστόνων κακῶν ἄναξ Ετεόκλεις ἀρχηγέτα.
Semel habent
ἰὼ
Lips. Arund. Ox. Par. B. Ald. Erasum alterum
ἰὼ
in G. Deinde
δυστόνων
Lips. Turn.
δυστάνων
M. Ox. Par. B. E. L. Vind. 1. 2. 3. 4. Ald.
δυστήνων
Vit. Cantabr. 2.
δυςπότμων
G. Arund. Cantabr. 1. Par. A. F. K. Ask. A. Ven. B. Rob. Tum
πημάτων
pro
κακῶν
Lips. Cantabr. 2. Par. C. Vind. 2. 3. 4. adscriptumque in Par. B. Deinde
ἐτεόκλεες
Lips.
ἐτέοκλες
Par. F.
ἀρχαγέτα
Vind. 1. Verba haec,
Ετεόκλεις ἀρχαγέτα
, omissa sunt in M. Par. B. C. L. Ask. A. Sed in M. sec. manus tamquam interpretationem addidit. Scripsi
Α. ἰὼ δυςπότμων Ι. ἄναξ Ἐτεόκλεις. 4. σὺ δ᾽ ἀρχαγέτας Ι. . . .
Excidit Polynicis commemoratio. Recepti a Brunckio
δυςπότμων
interpretationes sunt
δυστήνων
et inde facta
δυστάνων
et
δυστόνων
, tum etiam
κακῶν
et
πημάτων
.

983. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1029

πάντων πολυστονώτατοι Personae notam omittunt Vit. Lips. Antigonae nomen, sed correctum in
ισμ.
habet G.
πάντων πολυπονώτατοι
M. Arund. Cantabr. 1. 2. Ox. Par. A. B. C. E. F. L. N. Colb. 1. Ven. A. B. Ald. Turn. In M. haec interpretatio,
ἐπιπονώτατοι. λείπει τὸ ἀδελφοί
, a sec. manu supra adscripta est.
πάντων πολυπονώτατον
Lips.
πάντων πολυπονώτατε
, sed cum glossa
πολυπαθέστεροι
, G.
πάντων πολυπονώτατοι πάντων
Sic Vit.
πολυστονώτατοι πάντων
Rob. Recepi quod Victorii editio praebet,
πάντων πολυστονώτατοι
.
983

984. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1030

NA Excidisse versum, qui Ismenae erat, antistrophicorum ratio docet.
984

985. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1031

ἰώ, ἰώ, δαιμονῶντες ἄτᾳ Antigonae nomen habet Vit. et e correctione G. Ismenae Lips. Ald. Rob. Turn.
ἰὼ ἰὼ
Vit. Par. F. Rob. Ceteri semel
ἰώ
.
δαιμονῶντος
Lips. Rob.
ἐν ἄτᾳ
M. Vit. et plerique, ut videtur, reliqui codices ac Rob. Turn.
ἐν ἄτῃ
Ald.
ἐν ἄτῃ
Lips. Cantabr. 2.
ἐν
recte omittunt G. Arund. Par. F. Ask. A. Colb. 2.
ἐν ἄτᾳ
omittit Par. E.
985

986. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1032

ἰώ, ἰώ, ποῦ σφε θήσομεν χθονός Ismenae tribuit hunc versum G. Antigonae Lips. Ald. Rob. Turn. Nulla personae nota in Vit.
ἰὼ ἰὼ
semel Lips. Cantabr. 2. Par. B. E. In M. alterum
ἰὼ
a sec. manu insertum est.
ποῦ
Cantabr. 1. Par. H. et
ποῦ
supra adscripto Par. B.
θήσομεν
Ald.
θήσομαι
Ven. Β.
θάψομαι
Cantabr. 2.
ἐν χθονί
pro
χθονός
G. (sic G.) Arund.
986

987. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1033

ἰώ, ὅπου τιμιώτατον Antigonae nomen praefixum in G. Ismenae in Vit. Lips. Ald. Rob. Turn.
ἰὼ ἰὼ
G. Arund. Cantabr. 1. Par. F. Colb. 2. Rob.
τιμιωτάτων
Par. E.
987

988. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1034

ἰώ, ἰώ, πῆμα πατρὶ πάρευνον Ismenae nomen praefixum in G. Antigonae in Vit. Lips. Ald. Rob. Turn.
ἰὼ
semel Vit. Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. F.
πάτριον
Colb. 2.
πάρευνος
Lips.
988

989. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1035

δόξαντ᾽ De tertio actore ab Aeschylo hic in scenam producto v. praef. ad Eur. Phoen. p. IX.
μέλοντ'
pro
δόξαντ'
Brunckius ex Par. A. ut ait: ex Colb. 2.
μέλλοντ'
enotatum est. ἀπαγγέλλειν
ἀπαγέλειν
, altero
λ
supra adscripto, M.
ἀπαγγεῖλαι
Par. E. Vind. 2. 4.
989

990. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1036

πόλεως
χθονός
pro
πόλεως
Gantabr. 1.
990

991. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1037

εὐνοíᾳ
εὐναίᾳ
Vit. Ald. In Vit.
τάφῳ
interpretationis caussa adscriptum.
εὐνοίᾳ
, ut ceteri, habet M. sed ut
οι
ex
αι
factum esse videatur, adscriptumque est hoc scholion,
εὐφήμως τὸν τάφον εὐνὴν εἶπεν. ἔδοξεν οὖν τοῖς προβούλοις τῶν Θηβαίων Ετεοκλέα ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τοῦ τάφου καταθάπτεσθαι. διὰ μέντοι τὸ θάπτειν Ετεοκλέα ἀπαγορεύει καὶ μὴ θάπτεσθαι Πολυνείκην. γῆς δὲ κατασκαφὰς εἶπεν οἷον τὰς κάτω σκαφάς.
991

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

941-995. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-605

1
2
θρῆνος der Antigone und Ismene. Antigone steht an der Leiche des Polynikes, Ismene an der des Eteokles. Der Gesang besteht aus vier Teilen; im ersten und dritten entspricht immer die Partie der Ismene der Partie der Antigone, im zweiten Teile besteht außer dieser Responsion noch die Responsion eines größeren Strophen- paares, das mit einem Ephymnion der beiden Schwestern schließt; im letzten Teile entsprechen sich zwei Verse, die wieder von Antigone und Ismene gemeinsam gesungen werden, und zwei Verse, von denen der eine der Antigone, der andere der Ismene gehört. Eine ähnliche Gestalt der Responsion findet sich nur noch Eur. Androm. 1197 ff.

980. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-623

3
4
σύ τοί νιν (so bietet eine jüngere Handschrift für σὺ τοίνυν) κτέ., du kennst sie (die Erinys) aus Erfahrung. διαπερῶν, über- stehend, durchmachend (Schol. διαβὰς αὐτήν), vgl. μόχθους διε πέρασε Eur. Herk. 830.

981. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-624

5
6
Und du kennst sie, da du sie ebenso früh (wie der Bruder) kennen gelernt hast." Jüngere Handschriften geben ὕστερον (Blay- des vermutet οὐ μεθύστερον oder οὐδὲν ὑστερεῖς).

982. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-625

7
8
ἐπεὶ κατῆλθες schließt sich an διαπερών (980) an.

983. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-626

9
10
Schol. ἀντιστάτης τῷ Ετεο- κλεί.

988. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-627

11
12
Nauck vermutet πόλει für χθονί, da diese zwei Wörter häu- fig vertauscht werden.

989. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-628

13
14
Die Erklärung πρὸ πάντων δ᾽ ἐμοί steht in den Handschriften nach xoví im Text (G. C. Haupt hat dieselbe ausgeschieden).

990. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-629

15
16
ἰω δύστανε τῶν κακῶν (gen. relat.) für τω ἰὼ δυστάνων κακῶν um des Versmaßes willen. Die Bei- schrift Ετεόκλεις ἀρχηγέτα, welche im cod. Med. am Rande steht, entspricht nicht dem Sinne, da Antigone vielmehr den Polynikes beklagt.

991. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-630

17
18
πολυστονώτατε Weil für πολυπονώτατοι. Robortello πολυ- στονώτατοι, aber auch Ismene wird, wie vorher Antigone, nur den einen Bruder (Eteokles) anreden.