Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes 203-242

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.) — 203-244 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 203-244 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 203 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 203 focus
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 203 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 203 focus
ὦ φίλον Οἰδίπου τέκος, ἔδεισ᾽ ἀκού-
185
σασα τὸν ἁρματόκτυπον
ὄτοβον, ὅτε τε σύ-
ριγγες ἔκλαγξαν ἑλίτροχοι,
ἱππικῶν τ᾽ ἀύπνων
πηδαλίων διὰ στόμα
190
πυριγενετᾶν χαλινῶν.
ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ δαιμόνων πρόδρομος ἦλθον ἀρ-
195
μήποτ' ἐμὸν κατ᾽ αἰῶνα λίποι θεῶν
205
ἅδε πανάγυρις, μηδ᾽ ἐπίδοιμι τάνδ᾽
ἀστυδρομουμέναν πόλιν καὶ στράτευμ᾽
ἁπτόμενον πυρὶ δαΐῳ.
ἔστι· θεοῦ δ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἰσχὺς καθυπερτέρα·
πολλάκι δ᾽ ἐν κακοῖσιν τὸν ἀμήχανον
κἀκ χαλεπᾶς δύας ὕπερθ᾽ ὀμμάτων
κρημναμενᾶν νεφελῶν ὀρθοῖ.
215
διὰ θεῶν πόλιν νεμόμεθ᾽ ἀδάματον,
δυσμενέων δ᾽ ὄχλον πύργος ἀποστέγει.
220
τίς τάδε νέμεσις στυγεῖ;
ποταίνιον κλύουσα πάταγον ἄμμιγα
225
ταρβοσύνῳ φόβῳ τάνδ᾽ ἐς ἀκρόπτολιν,
τίμιον ἕδος, ἱκόμαν.
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 203 focus
Translations (8)
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 203 focus
O dear son of Œdipus, I felt terror when I heard the din from the clatter of the cars, when the wheel-whirling naves rattled, and [the din] of the fire-wrought bits, the rudders
of the horses, passing through their mouths that know no rest.
No; but I came in haste to the ancient statues of the divinities, trusting in the gods, when there was a pattering at our gates of destructive sleet showering down, even then I was carried away by terror to offer my supplications to the Immortals, that they would extend their protection over the city.
At no time during my life may this conclave of gods abandon us: never may I behold our city overrun, and an army firing it with hostile flame.
But the gods have a power superior still, and oft in adversity does this raise the helpless out of severe calamity, when clouds are overhanging his brow.
'Tis by the blessing of the gods that we inhabit a city unconquered, and that our fortification is proof against the multitude of our enemies. What Nemesis can feel offended at this?
When I heard the sudden din, I came, on the very instant, in distracting panic to this Acropolis, a hallowed seat.
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 203 focus
O cher enfant d'Œdipe, je prends peur à ouïr le fracas, le fracas des chars sonores, le cri qu'ont
poussé les essieux en ébranlant les roues, et aussi le frein des chevaux, qui jamais ne s'endort dans leurs bouches, le mors, fils de la flamme 1 !
je me suis seulement ruée sur les vieilles statues de nos dieux, mettant mon espoir dans le Ciel, au premier grondement de l'avalanche meurtrière qui dévale contre nos portes. C'est alors que l'effroi m'a jetée
vers les Bienheureux, pour les supplier d'étendre leurs secours sur notre cité !
Que jamais je n'aie le spectacle de ma ville parcourue en tout sens par des soldats approchant d'elle une flamme destructrice !
issue, en sa détresse amère, voit un brouillard déjà descendre sur ses yeux, brusquement le relève.
Nous devons aux dieux d'habiter une ville invaincue et de voir nos remparts nous protéger encore des
hordes ennemies. Quelle inquiétude jalouse peut prendre ombrage de mes prières ?
Alors, n'allez pas, quand vous entendrez parler de blessés, de morts, vous précipiter dans les lamentations. C'est le vin d'Arès que le sang des hommes !
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 203 focus
Dear to thy country, son of Oedipus,
My soul was seiz'd with terror, when I heard
The rapid car roll on, its whirling wheels
Grating harsh thunder; and the iron curb
Incessant clashing on the barbed steed.
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Yet therefore to these ancient images,
Confiding in their sacred pow'r, I ran,
220
When at the gates sharp fleet of arrowy show'r
Drove hard; my fears impell'd me to implore
The blest Gods to protect the city's strength r
.
Ah, never, whilst I breath the vital air,
May their blest train forsake us; nor these eyes
Behold destruction raging thro' our streets,
And in fierce flames our stately structures blaze!
230
Yet in the Gods is a superior pow'r,
235
Which often in afflictions clears away
Th' impenetrable cloud, whose sullen gloom
Sharp misery hung before our darken'd eyes.
That we possess our city yet unconquer'd,
That yet our tow'rs repel th' assailing foe,
Is from the Gods: from them our voice calls down
Further success: Why should this move thy anger?
245
Affrighted at the sudden din of war,
And trembling with my fears, with hasty foot
250
I sought this citadel, this sacred seat.
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.) — 203 focus
Figlio d'Edipo, m'invase terrore,
225
rombare udendo il frastuono dei cocchi
che turbinarono, i mozzi stridettero.
E dalle fauci suonâr secchi i ferrei
timoni equini, temprati alla fiamma.
Ai simulacri vetusti dei Dèmoni
corsi a rifugio, fidente nei Superi,
quando alle porte fu strepito e turbine
235
di nevicante procella funerea.
Esterrefatta mi volsi ai Celesti,
che sovra noi la difesa protendano.
Mai questo eccelso di Numi concilio,
sin ch'io respiri, non fugga! Calpesta
Tebe non sia dai nemici: il suo popolo
245
non sia soppresso dal fuoco omicida!
Sí, ma più grande è il potere dei Numi:
250
spesso chi giace nel mal senza scampo,
quando già nubi sul capo gli pendono,
da disperata sciagura redimono.
Dei Numi è grazia, se Tebe non dòmasi,
se l'urto ostile le torri schermiscono :
di quale biasmo può l'odio colpirmi?
Udendo a un tratto il frastuono confuso,
nel tremebondo spavento, son corsa
a questa rocca, onorato rifugio.
265
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 203 focus
O chare Oedipi fili, timui audiens
Curruum ftrepitum, strepitum,
Tube clanxerunt flexe,
Equitumq; uigilum clauorum per os
Fabrilium frenorum.
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Sed ad demonum precursor ueni
Statuas confisus dijs antiquas,
195
Quoniam pernicioſe niuis ingentis
Strepitus eſt in portis, iam delatus sum metu
Ad beatorum preces, urbem
Vt subſidio protegant.
Ne tandem meo tempore deficiat deoru hec
Congregatio, neq; uideam
205
Percurſam urbem,
Et exercitum crematum igni hoſtili.
Eſt autem dijs fortitudo potentior,
Que fepe in malis improuidam
Ex molesta anxietate fupra oculos
Suſpenſam nubem expellit.
A'dijs urbem incolimus indomitam;
Hostium turbam turris arcet:
Quid hæc inuidia odit?
220
Nouum audiens tumultum, cum
Terribili metu in banc arcem
225
Venerandam sedem ueni,
Seven Against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (Seven Against Thebes. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 203 focus
ISMENE
Where shall we lay the twain?
ANTIGONE
In spot most rich in honour.
ISMENE
Woe, Sire, thy wedded-bane!
HERALD
Me it behoves to publish the resolve,
And statute of Cadmeia's senators.
Eteocles, for love he bore the land,
Shall be with kindly obsequies interred.
For in our city, warding off her foes,
Death he encountered; free from all offence
Against his country's rites, blameless, he died
Where for the young to die is glorious.
Of him, I thus am ordered to proclaim.
But this, his brother Polyneikes' corse,
Unburied to cast forth, of dogs the prey,
As ravager of this Cadmeian land,
Unless against his spear some god had stood;
Thus e'en in death polluted he will lie,
Cursed of ancestral gods in scorn of whom,
With alien host, he sought the town to capture.
By wingèd fowl entombed, inglorious,
For him this just requital is decreed;—
No rearing of the mound by pious hands,
No shrill-voiced wail shall grace his funeral,
Unhonour'd thus with tender obsequies.
So they who rule Cadmeians have ordained.
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.
HERALD
I warn thee not to disobey the State.
ANTIGONE
I warn thee publish no vain words to me.
HERALD
Bitter a people just escaped from harm.
ANTIGONE
Embitter them; unearthed he shall not lie.
HERALD
Whom the State loathes wilt honour with a tomb?
ANTIGONE
Ay, for the gods have not dishonoured him. *
HERALD
Not till he peril brought upon this land.
ANTIGONE
The wrong he bore he would with wrongs requite.
HERALD
Ay, but 'gainst all he wrought instead of one.
ANTIGONE
Last of the gods is Strife to close dispute.
Yet him I will inter, spare then thy words.
HERALD
But know thou headstrong art, and I forbid.
CHORUS
Woe! Woe!
Dire mischiefs, vaunting loud,
House-ruiners, ye Furies dread,
Who from its roots have quenched in doom
The race of Edipus;-alas!
What must I do? What sorrows bear?
What plan devise? How may I dare
Neither for thee the tear to shed
Nor to escort thee to the tomb?
But from the terrors of the crowd
Trembling, I shrink. Thou wilt obtain
[Addressing the corpse of ETEOCLES.]
Many to weep thy death,—but he
Forlorn, unwept, will pass,
Mourn'd by a sister's lonely-wailing strain.
Who may to this agree?
SEMI-CHORUS I
Let the city strike with doom,
Or not, who Polyneikes mourn;
We will go and to the tomb
Him escort,-a train forlorn;
For this woe is common dower,
And the claims of right
In our townsmen's sight
Vary with the hour.
SEMI-CHORUS II
But this other follow we,
As the city doth approve
And Justice; for in sooth 'twas he,
After those who reign above,
And might of Zeus,—Cadmeia's realm
Who in chief did save
From the alien wave
Which threatened to o'erwhelm.
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.) — 203 focus
Ah, but I shudder, child of Oedipus!
I heard the clash and clang!
The axles rolled and rumbled; woe to us
Fire-welded bridles rang!
170
Ah, but I fled to the shrines, I called to our helpers on high,
When the stone-shower roared at the portals!
175
I sped to the temples aloft, and loud was my call and my cry,
Look down and deliver, Immortals!
Ah, let me die, or ever I behold
The gods go forth, in conflagration dire!
The foemen's rush and raid, and all our hold
Wrapt in the burning fire!
'Tis true: yet stronger is the power divine,
And oft, when man's estate is overbowed
With bitter pangs, disperses from his eyne
190
The heavy, hanging cloud!
By grace of the gods we hold it, a city untamed of the spear,
195
And the battlement wards from the wall the foe and his aspect of fear!
What need of displeasure herein?
Alack, it is fresh in mine ears, the clamour and crash of the fray,
And up to our holiest height I sped on my timorous way,
Bewildered, beset by the din!
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.) — 203 focus
O du, des Oedipus theuerer Sohn, mit Graun
Vernahm ich der heranrasselnden Wagen Gedröhn,
185
Als die räderumrollende Nabe scholl,
Als am stetswachen Steuer das Gebiß der Nosse klang,
Am flammengebornen Zügel.
Hin zu den alten Bildsäulen der Himmlischen
Eilt' ich vertrauenvoll, als der empörte Sturm
Graus und verderbenschwer unter den Thoren scholl;
Aufgeschreckt wandt' ich da mich an die Götter im Gebet,
195
Hold über die Stadt zu wachen.
Nimmer, so lange mir leuchtet des Lebens Licht,
200
Weiche der Götter Chor von hier, nimmermehr
Mög' ich die Burg erstürmt, nimmer mein Volk versengt
Schau'n von der feindlichen Flamme Glut!
Doch weit höher ragt, höher der Götter Macht;
Oft, in der Zeit der Noth, wann dem Verzweifelnden
Ueber das Auge schwer hingen die Wolken, sie
Hebt ihn empor aus des Unglücks Nacht.
210
Nur mit der Götter Huld bleiben wir unbesiegt,
Wehren der Feinde Schwarm schirmende Mauern ab.
215
Was ergrimmt der Tadel drob?
Als ich des Kampfes wildtosenden Sturm vernahm,
220
Floh ich in scheuer Furcht zitternd die Höh'n heran,
Nach der Burg ehrwürd'gem Siz.

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

203. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-298

πανήγυρις:
πανάγυρις
Par. L.
203

203-204. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-299

μηδ᾽ ἐπίδοιμι τάνδ' ἀστυδρομουμέναν πόλιν: Verba
μηδ' ἐπίδοιμι πόλιν
suo loco in Vit. omissa sunt, sed monente his verbis librario,
ζήτει κάτω στίχων
, infra adscripta sunt supra v. 213. 1η
ἀστυδρομουμέναν
prius
o
et in quarta syllaba
v
in litura a manu recentiore scripta habet Μ.
ἀστυδρομουμένην
G. Vit. Cantabr. 1. Par. C. Ven. A. Rob. Turn.
ἀστυδραμουμένην
Lips.
ἀστυδρουμένην
Ald.
Αστυδραμουμέναν πόλιν
neque ut recentiores interpretantur, populatam, vel oppugnatam, neque ut alter scholiastes, ob discursationem civium, sed eam dici puto urbem, per quam huc illuc hostes et cives cursitant, persequentes, fugientes, rapientes, servare aliquid cupientes.

204. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-300

στράτευμ': In
στράτευμ'
priores duas litteras a secunda manu in litura habet M.
204

205. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-301

ἁπτόμενον:
γράφεται τυφόμενον, οἷον καιόμενον πολεμίῳ πυρί
manus secunda in margine M. Id metrum non admittit, nisi pro
στράτευμ'
aliud vocabulum ponatur.
205

206. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-302

μή:
μή τι
Cantabr. 1.
206

206. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-303

βουλεύου:
συμβουλεύου
Lips. Ald.
206

206. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-304

κακῶς:
δειλῶς
pro
κακῶς
G. Mosc. 2. Vind. 1. Taur.
206

207. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-305

τῆς:
τήσδ'
Par. E.
207

208. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-306

γονῆς: Libri
γυνὴ
σωτῆρος, nisi quod G.
γυνὴ τῆς σωτῆρος
habet et Ven. B.
γύναι
, quod Blomfieldius ex coniectura posuit. Paullo hoc minus ineptum quam
γυνή
. In Opusc. vol. IV. p. 335.
γονῆς σωτῆρος
scribendum dixi.
208

208. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-307

ἔχει:
ἔχοι
Colb. 2.
208

208. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-308

λόγος:
λόγους
Lips.
208

209. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-309

ἔστι· θεοῖς:
ἔστι θεοῦ
, sed a secunda manu
οἷς
supra adscripto, M.
ἐστὶν Θεοῦ
Par. L.
θεοῦ
codex Palatinus Marcellini in vita Thucydidis p. VIII. Bekk. sive p. 2. ed. min.
9er
editiones Marcellini. Ceteri Aeschyli codices
ἔστι θεοῖς
.
209

209. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-310

δ᾽ ἔτ᾽:
δ' έτ'
Vit. Par. F. Ald. Rob. et ex secundae manus correctione M.
δ᾽ ἔτι
G. Turn.
δέ τ'
Lips. et a pr. manu M. Recte autem scholiastae post
or
interpunctionem agnoscunt. Parum verborum collocationis rationem cognoverunt qui secus sentiunt.
209

210-212. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-311

πολλάκι δ᾽ ἐν κακοῖσι τὸν ἀμήχανον κἀκ χαλεπᾶς δύας ὑπέρ τ᾽ ὀμμάτων κρημναμενᾶν νεφελᾶν ὀρθοῖ:
πολλάκις δ'
G. Lips. Cantabr. 1. et Marcellinus.
κακοῖσιν
Mosc. 2.
τὴν ἀμήχανον
Par. A.
τὴν ἀμήχανον
Μ. ceterique libri et codex Palatinus Marcellini. Agnoscunt femininum scholia et glossae. Sed
τὸν ἀμήχανον
, quod Canterus coniectura assecutus est et apud Marcellinum Aldus posuerat, habuit scholiastes codicis M. qui haec adscripsit,
τὸν μὴ δυνάμενον ἑαυτῷ μηχανήσασθαι καὶ βοηθῆσαι ὁ θεὸς ὀρθοῖ
. Tum
κἀκ χαλεπᾶς
G. Vit. Arund. Cantabr. 1. 2. Colb. 2. Par. C. Ask. A. Ox. Ven. Ä. B. Rob. et sic M. ex correctione.
záz yu-λεπὰς
M. a pr. manu et Lips.
κακχαλεπᾶς
Par. E.
καν χαλεπᾶς
Par. L.
καχαλεπᾶς
Colb. 1.
ν' ἀχαλεπῆς
Par. N.
καὶ χαλεπᾶς
cod. Pal. Marcellini.
καὶ χαλεπάς
eiusdem ed. Aldina.
ἐκ χαλεπᾶς
Ald. Turn. idque apud Marcellinum Stephanus posuit. In
δύας
inter
v
et
a
lituram habet M. Omittunt hanc vocem spatio relicto cod. Pal. et ed. Ald. Marcellini. Libri
υπερθ'
, nisi quod ex Aug.
ὑπέρ τ'
enotatum est.
ὑπέρ τε
Marcellinus.
ὁμάτων
G. Lips.
όμματατων
Par. E.
κριμνα-μέναν νεφέλαν ὀρθοῦ
Μ.
κρημναμέναν νεφέλαν ὀρθοῖ
G.
κρημνα-μένην νεφέλαν ὀρθοῦ
Ald. Rob.
κνημναμέναν
ex Par. E. affertur. Ceteri
κρημναμέναν νεφέλαν ὀρθοῖ
, et sic etiam codex Pal. Marcellini,
κριμναμένων νεφελῶν ὀρθοῖ
eiusdem editio Aldina. Marcellini verba haec sunt,
θεοῦ (θεῶν Αld.) γὰρ ἰσχὺς καὶ κατ᾽ Αἰσχύλον ὑπερτέρα, πολλάκις δ᾽ ἐν κακοῖσι τὴν (τὸν Ald.) αμήχανον καὶ χαλεπᾶς (καὶ χαλεπὰς Ald.) . . . . ὑπέρ τε ὀμμάτων κρημναμέναν νεφέλαν (κριμναμένων νεφελῶν Αld.) ὀρθοῖ
. In his versibus
tày
quidem apertum vitium est, ortum ex eo, quod
κρημναμέναν νεφέλαν
scriptum erat pro genitivis. Deinde qui
κακοῖσιν
scripserunt, ut syllabam strophicae aequarent, haud optime consuluerunt elegantiae numerorum. Potuerat poeta, si id curasset, scribere
πολλάκις ἐν κακοῖς ἃ τὸν ἀμήχανον
. Optime se haberet
ἐκ χαλεπᾶς δύας
, nisi consonante opus esset ad producendam ultimam in
ἀμήχανον
syllabam. Nunc illud tantum dubitari potest, utrum
κἀκ χαλεπᾶς δύας
an
κακ χαλεπᾶς δύας
scribendum sit.
Ὑπέρ τ' ὀμμάτων
et per se aptius est et venustius quam cum apostropho
υπερθ᾽ ὀμμάτων
. Genitivos
κρημναμενῶν νεφελῶν
iam pridem reposui. Denique
door
etsi per metri legem tueri licet, tamen non puto ab Aeschylo scriptum esse, quum ille accuratissime coaequare pedes consueverit. Mirae sunt scholiastarum et glossatorum interpretationes,
ἐγείρει καὶ εἰς τοὐναντίον τρέπει. ἀφαιρεῖται. ἀποσοβεῖ αὐτὴν ὁ θεός
· quae omnia ad falsam scripturam
κρημναμέναν νεφέλαν
pertinent. Posui quod Aeschylus scribere certe potuit,
ἔστι· θεοῖς δ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἰσχὺς καθυπερτέρα· πολλάκι δ᾽ ἐν κακοῖσι τὸν ἀμήχανον κἀκ χαλεπᾶς δύας ὑπέρ τ᾽ ὀμμάτων κρημναμενᾶν νεφελῶν σαοῖ
. Hesychius
σαοῖ, βοηθεῖ, καὶ σώζει
. Theognis v. 868.
αἰχμητὴς γὰρ ἀνὴρ γῆν τε καὶ ἄστυ σαοῖ
. Callimachus h. in Delum v. 21.
Σαρδώ θ' ἱμερόεσσα, καὶ ἣν ἐπενήξατο Κύπρις ἐξ ὕδατος τὰ πρῶτα, σαοῖ δέ μιν ἀντ᾽ ἐπιβάθρων
. Non praetereundum tamen duco quod apud Hesychium simile litteris, sed ignotum aliunde verbum legitur,
ὀθρεῖν, ἄγειν
.

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ἐστί:
έχει
pro
ἐστὶ
Rob. γρ.
χωρὶς τοῦ ἐστί, ἀνδρῶν τάδε σφάγια
ex Par. B. affert Faehsius. Omittit
ἐστὶ
Ven. B.
213

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θεοῖσιν ἕρδειν:
θεοῖσιν ἔρδειν
G. Vit.
θεοῖσιν ἔδειν
Par. G.
θεοῖσι ἔρδειν
Lips.
214

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πειρωμένων:
πειρωμένοις
M. Vit. sed uterque
wr
supra adscripto.
214

215. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-315

σὸν δ᾽ αὖ τὸ:
σὸν δ᾽ αὐτῇ σιγῶν
G.
215

215. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-316

εἴσω:
ἔσω
Mosc. 1. Par. A. B.
215

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διὰ θεῶν: Libri omnes
διὰ θεῶν
. Quod correxi.
216

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νεμόμεθ᾽:
νεμόμεθ'
G. Vit. Ox. Par. C. E. Ald. Rob. Τurn.
νεμόμεσθ'
M. Lips. Ven. B.
216

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ἀδάματον:
ἀδάμα-τον
Pauwius, et sic, ut videtur, M.
ἀδάμαντον
Par. L. et adscriptum in Par. B. Ceteri
ἀδάμαστον
.
216

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ὄχλον:
όχλων
Par. E. Id alter scholiastes commemorat.
217

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ἀποστέγει:
ἀπο-στέργει
Mosc. 2. et ante rasuram G.
αποστέγη
Ald. Ne quis optativum hic et in praecedente versu requirat, tenendum est refutare chorum quae dixerat Eteocles ita ut et diis et munimentis salutem urbis deberi affirmet.
217

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τίς: Libri
τί
. Scribendum esse
τίς
Heathius vidit.
218

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στυγεῖ:
στυγείση
Ask. A.
218

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οὔτοι:
οὗτοι
M. G. Colb. 2. Par. L. et
t
supra adscripto Lips. Ceteri
οὔτι
.
219

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τιθῇς:
τιθεῖς
a pr. manu habuisse videtur M.
220

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ἕκηλος:
έκηλος
editio Victorii et eraso
v
G. γρ.
έκηλος
Par. B.
εὔ-hos
M. Vit. Lips. Arund. Cantabr. 1. 2. Ox. Ask. A. Par. B. E. Vind. 2. 4. Ald. Rob. Turn. Vtrumque scholia commemorant.
221

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κλύουσα:
κρύουσα
Rob.
222

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πάταγον:
лúrτayor
Ald. Rob. et supra scriptum in Cantabr. 2.
222

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ἀνάμιγα:
ἀνάγκα
, ut olim correxeram, ex Aug. enotatum.
μ-μιγα
M. Par. L.
ἄεμα
Par. E.
ἄμα
G. Ceteri
ἅμα
.
222

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τάνδε ποτὶ σκοπάν, τίμιον ἕδος, ἱκόμαν: Hunc versum omittunt Lips. Aug.
τάνδ᾽ ἐς ἀκρόπολιν
Μ. et reliqui fere omnes libri, nisi quod ex Par. E.
zoóлohiy
affertur et Ald. Rob.
Tv d'
habent. Sed
s ozoníav
habet Mosc. 2.
¿5 σxonův
G. Vt versum restitueret, Porsonus scripsit
túrð ég úzgóntoku
. Vix dubitari posse puto
άzgóлov
interpretum esse, ut in M. ad proximum versum adscriptum est
τὴν ἀκρόπολιν τίμιον ἕδος
, poetam autem scripsisse
τάνδε ποτὶ σκοπάν
.

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τετρωμένους:
vozovies
Lips.
τετραμένους
, superscripto
w
, G.
τες-TQauμérovs
Vit. Ox. Par. C. Ven. A. Vind. 2. 4.
7o. TETQuuuέvovs
Par. B. In Vit. supra adscriptum
τow
, in Par. C.
w
.
225

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πύθησθε:
пúðо19ɛ
Ox. Par. E. Ven. A.
226

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ἁρπαλίζετε:
ἁρπαλίζητε
Ald.
ἁρπα-λίζεται
Par. N. Colb. 1. Hesychius
ἁρπαλίζομαι, ἀσμένως δέχομαι
. Activo utitur Aeschylus Eum. v. 966.
226

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φόνῳ:
góp
Ald. Sed
góry
M. G. Vit. Lips. Arund. Cantabr. 1. Ox. Par. A. B. C. F. Ven. B. Rob. Turn.
49óvo
Par. N. In
τούτῳ
, quod in G.
TOTO
scriptum, sed
o
in
a
mutato, haeserunt scholiastae. In Lips. super
yao
scriptum est
yɛ
. Comma ponendum erat post
Bóozetai
.
227

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φρυαγμάτων:
7o. qovuaruúrov
Par. B.
228

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ἀκούουσ᾽:
ἄκουσ᾽
ἄγαν Par. G.
ἄκου ἄταν
Rob.
229

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γῆθεν:
9v
Ven. B. Turn. et adscriptum in Par. B. Sed M. Vit. Lips. et ceteri fere codices atque Ald. Rob.
yñ9ɛv
. G.
779'
.
230

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κυκλουμένων:
κυκλούμενον
Rob. et
ων
superscripto Mosc. 1.
230

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οὐκοῦν:
οὔκουν
cum interrogatione Brunckius. Rectius libri
οὐκοῦν
sine interrogatione.
231

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οὐ σῖγα;:
οὔ· σίγα·
Μ. G. Vit.
οὔ, σίγα
Ald. Rob.
οὐ σίγα
Lips.
οὐ σίγα, σιώπα. γρ. οὐ σιγά
ex Par. B. Fachsius affert.
οὐ σίγα·
Turn.
233

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πτόλιν:
Tókur
Vit. Lips. Par. C. Ald. Rob.
233

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ξυντέλεια:
& §vyyérria
Rob. Non immerito miratur Toupius ad Hesychium t. IV. p. 93. quod
§urtékɛiar
deos interpretantur, credo ob
navýyvoir Jεav
v. 202. Potius communitas civium videtur esse intelligenda.
234

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φθόρον:
gogor
Par. E.
9
litteram in
qógov
a recentiore manu insertam habet M.
235

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σιγῶσ᾽:
οὐ σιγῶσ᾽
Ask. A.
235

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ἀνασχήσει:
avaozio
Mosc. 1. Ven. B. Rob. Ceteri
ἀνασχήσῃ
.
235

236. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-346

δουλείας:
δουλίας
G.
236

237. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-347

καὶ σὲ καὶ πᾶσαν πόλιν:
κἀμὲ καὶ πᾶσαν πτόλιν
M. Cantabr. 1.
κἀμὲ καὶ πᾶσαν πόλιν
Vit. Mosc. 1.
καί με καὶ πᾶσαν πόλιν
Turn.
ἐμὲ καὶ πᾶσαν nór
G. (sic G.) Lips. Mosc. 2. Par. C. E. Ven. A. Ald. Rob.
xảµè xai σὲ καὶ πόλιν
Arund. Par. K. L. (in Par. L.
και με
superscriptum dicit Butlerus, Faehsius
καί σε καμὲ καὶ πόλιν
affert) Ven. B. quod receperunt Porsonus et Blomfieldius. Inutile vero est
zaué
, necessarium autem
καὶ σέ
, neque illud
καμὲ
vel
καί με
quidquam aliud est quam prava scriptura, cui adiecta correctio
καὶ σὲ
in ordinem recepta expulit
πᾶσαν
. Itaque iam dudum scribendum iudicaveram
αὐτὴ σὺ δουλοῖς καὶ σὲ καὶ πᾶσαν πόλιν
, quum id etiam Wunderlichium perspexisse vidi.
237

238. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-348

Ζεῦ:
ζεὺς
Lips. Ald. Turn. Quod quid sibi velit monstrat Vit. in quo est
ζεν στρέψον
.
238

239. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-349

γυναικῶν:
γυναικεῖον
Lips.
239

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ἄνδρες:
άνδρας
M. Lips. Rob. Aperte praestat
άνδρες
, quod habent G. Vit. Cantabr. 2. Ox. Par. A. B. C. E. N. Ask. A. Ald. Turn.
240

240. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-351

πόλις:
πόλιν
Par. E.
240

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παλινστομεῖς:
πάλιν στομεῖς
Lips. Ald. Recte antiquior scholiastes
πα-λινστομεῖς
interpretatur
δυςφημεῖς
. Aliter non conveniret
θιγγάνουσ ἀγαλμάτων
.
241

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

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2
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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4
στέγειν (Schol. ἀπείργειν, decken vor) δόρυ wie ὄχλον πύργος ἀποστέγει 220 στέγων ἐχθρούς 1000, στέγων ἅλα Hik. 141 (Schol. εἴργων).

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6
ναοὺς δὲ für das hdschr. ἀλλ᾽ οὖν, da ἀλλ᾽ οὖν unpassend ist und ἐκλείπειν ein Objekt verlangt.

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8
Die Götter verlassen das eroberte Land und suchen sich einen besseren Wohnsitz, vgl. 291, wozu der Schol. bemerkt: εἴρηται καὶ ἐν Ξοανηφόροις Σοφοκλέους ὡς οἱ θεοὶ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰλίου φέρουσιν ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων τὰ ἑαυτῶν ξόανα, εἰδότες ὅτι αλίσκεται, Eur. Tro 25 λείπω (Poseidon spricht) τὸ κλεινὸν Ἴλιον βωμούς τ' ἐμούς, Verg. Αen. II 351 excessere omnes adytis arisque relictis di, Tac. hist. V 13 apertae repente delubri (in Jeru- salem) fores et audita maior hu- mana vox, excedere deos; simul ingens motus excedentium, dagegen Herod. VIII 41 προθυμότερον ἐξέλι- πον τὴν πόλιν ὡς καὶ τῆς θεοῦ ἀπολελοιπυίης τὴν ἀκρόπολιν. Vgl. Lobeck Aglaoph. S. 275f., Diels Sibyllin. Bl. S. 78.

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10
Unrichtig der Schol. μηδέ- ποτε, φησίν, ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐμοῦ βίου καταλείποιεν τὴν πόλιν οἱ θεοί. Es ist vielmehr eine Tmesis anzu- nehmen: ἐμὸν αἰῶνα ( ἐμὸν βίον) καταλίποι.

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θεῶν πανήγυρις: Schol. τὴν τῶν δεῶν εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ συναγωγὴν πανήγυριν τραγικώτερον εἶπεν, vgl. 237 ξυντέλεια, Hik. 228 πάντων ἀνάκτων τῶνδε κοινοβωμία, ein θεῖος ἀγών (Hom. Η 298).

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14
αστυδρομουμέναν von dem Rennen Straße auf Straße ab, vgl. 238 αρπαγαὶ δὲ διαδρομᾶν ὁμαί- μονες. Schol. τυφόμενον, και όμενον πολεμίῳ πυρί. Dazu würde πύργωμα besser als στράτευμα pas- sen und die Responsion wird ge- nauer, wenn man αστυδρομουμέναν πόλιν δαΐῳ θ᾽ ἁπτόμενον πυρὶ πύργωμα schreibt. Vgl. Eur. Phön. 287 ἑπτάστομον πύργωμα Θηβαίας χθονός.

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16
μήτηρ: vgl. Theogn. 385 πε- νίην μητέρ' αμηχανίης, Soph. Αi. 173 ὦ μεγάλα φάτις, μάτερ αἰσχύνας ἐμᾶς. Zum Gedanken vgl. Soph. Ant. 676 τῶν δ᾽ ὀρθουμένων σώζει τὰ πολλὰ σώμαθ᾽ ἡ πειθαρχία. Σωτῆρος: Schol. γυνὴ Διὸς σωτῆρος. Zeus Soter ist also der Vater der εὐπραξία. ὧδ' ἔχει λόγος auch Cho. 519 im Sinne sic stat sententia. Vgl. εἴρηται λόγος Eum. 713 (dixi), πάντ' ἀκήκοας λόγον Soph. Αi. 480 und zu Ag. 587.

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18
ἔστι, nämlich ἡ πειθαρχία .. μήτηρ.

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20
Wo die Not am größten, ist Gottes Hilfe am nächsten". Eur. Iph. Τ. 721 ἀλλ' ἔστιν ἔστιν ἡ λίαν δυσπραξία λίαν διδοῦσα μετα- βολάς, ὅταν τύχῃ.

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22
,,Mögen auch Wolken schweren Kummers über den Augen hangen". Vgl. Soph. Αnt. 528 νεφέλη δ᾽ ὀφρύων υπερ αἱματόεν ῥέθος αἰσχύνει, Eur. Hipp. 173 στυγνὸν δ᾽ ὀφρύων νέφος αὐξάνεται, Cic. Pis. IX 20 frontis tuae nubeculam, Hor. epist. I 18, 94 deme supercilio nubem. κρίμνημι verhält sich zu κρεμάννυμι wie σκίδνημι zu σκε- δάννυμι.

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24
τόδ' für τάδ' Blomfield dem gegen Theben. Sinne entsprechend. σφάγια Schlachtopfer, χρηστήρια Opfer für die Opferschau, Schol. τὰ εἰς χρῆσιν καὶ θυσίαν θύματα. Vgl. Hik. 459 δεῖ κάρτα θύειν καὶ πεσεῖν χρη- στήρια.

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26
πειρωμένοις, als ob ανδράσι προσήκει vorherginge, weil bei πολεμίων πειρωμένων eine Unklar- heit entstehen könnte. Dem πει- ρωμένοις entspricht das folgende σοί, welches nach dem Schol. τῇ yvvaní für oóv hergestellt ist. In gleicher Weise wechselt die Kon- struktion Eum. 411 πᾶσι δ᾽ ἐς κοινὸν λέγω, βρέτας τε τοὐμὸν τῷδ᾽ ἐφημένῳ ξένῳ ὑμᾶς θ᾽ ὁμοίας οὐδενὶ σπαρτῶν γένει. Zum Ge- danken vgl. Soph. Αi. 293 γύναι, γυναιξὶ κόσμον ἡ σιγὴ φέρει, Eur. Heraklid. 476 γυναικὶ χὰρ σιγή τε καὶ τὸ σωφρονεῖν κάλλιστον εἴσω θ' ἥσυχον μένειν δόμων, Fragm. 927 ἔνδον γυναικῶν καὶ παρ' (1. πρὸς) οἰκέτας λόγος.

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διὰ θεῶν statt des gewöhn- lichen διὰ θεούς, wenn es nicht ursprünglich nach der Vermutung von Meineke διὰ θεόν geheißen hat: Den Göttern verdanken wir es, daß unsere Stadt noch unbe- zwungen ist und daß die Mauer uns schirmt". Hermann will die Responsion mit διαὶ θεῶν her- stellen, aber wahrscheinlich ist der antistrophische Vers nicht in Ord- nung. αποστέγει: zu 202. un-

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30
Schol. οὐδεὶς ταῦτα ὁρῶν ἡμᾶς ποιούσας μισήσειεν ἄν: „Wel- ches Verargen ist hierüber willig?" d. i. worin kann es seinen Grund haben (womit kann es ge- rechtfertigt werden), wenn man unser Flehen zu den Göttern tadelt?

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32
φθονῶ, νεμεσώ. Todt vermutet ansprechend dos für γένος.

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34
ἕκηλος jungere Handschriften für εύκηλος, welche Form die Tragiker nur um des Versmaßes willen (577, Soph. El. 241) ge- brauchen. ἄγαν υπερφοβοῦ zur Hervorhebung des Übermaßes wie ὑπερπόλλους ἄγαν Pers. 796, ὑπερ- κόπων ἄγαν ebd. 829, ἄγαν ύπερ- βριθές Soph. Αi. 951, ἄγαν υπερ- κόπων Eur. Heraklid. 388.

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ποταίνιον (Schol. πρόσφατον): zur Herstellung der Responsion und des dochmischen Versmaßes schreibt Heimsöth ποτίφατον und Prien κλύουσ᾽ ἀνάμιγα πάταγον. ἄμμιγα, ἀναμίξ, ἀνάμιγδα, durcheinander.

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ταρβοσύνῳ φόβῳ wie Hik 744 περίφοβον τάρβος.

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výv: zu 404.

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Hesych. ἁρπαλίζομαι· ἀσμε- νως δέχομαι: nehmt nicht die Nachricht gierig mit Wehklagen auf".

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D. i. Das bringt einmal der Krieg mit sich, Blutvergießen; das läßt sich nicht ändern".

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D. i. überhöre es, Schol. xäv ἀκούῃς, προσποιοῦ μὴ ἀκούειν.

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Die Stadt erdröhnt in ihren Grundfesten, so daß man auf die Umzinglung derselben schließen mus“. Schol. ὡς κυκλούντων τὴν πόλιν τῶν πολεμίων σείεται ἡ ἡμε τέρα γῆ. Ohne Not Nauck νέρθεν für γῆθεν. — κυκλουμένων (zu 114), αὐτῶν ( τῶν πολεμίων), wie häufg. Die Lesart einer jüngeren Hand- schrift κυκλούμενον verdient des- halb keinen Vorzug.

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Dem Zusammenhang scheint eher πέποιθ' zu entsprechen, wie Heimsöth für δέδοικ' vermutet.

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,,Wirst du nicht stille es unterlassen solches in der Stadt zu verbreiten". Vgl. Soph. Ai. 75 οὐ σίγ᾽ ἀνέξῃ μηδὲ δειλίαν ἀρῇ; Eur. Hipp. 213 οὐ μὴ παρ᾽ ὄχλῳ τάδε γηρύσῃ.

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ξυντέλεια: Schol. τὸ κοινὸν ἄθροισμα τῶν θεῶν, μεταφορικῶς· κυρίως γὰρ ἡ τῶν στρατιωτῶν ἄ- θροισις· τέλος γὰρ τὸ τάγμα. Ὅμηρος" ἐλθεῖν ἐς φυλάκων ἱερὸν τέλος ( Κ 567), Harpokr. συντελεῖς οἱ συνδα πανῶντες καὶ συνεισφέροντες, τὸ δὲ πρᾶγμα συντέλεια καλεῖται, hier vielmehr von τέλος „Weihe“, also ,, heiliger Verein". Vgl. 206. Da der Chor die Bildsäulen der Götter um- fängt, ist die nähere Bestimmung θεῶν ξυντέλεια (so schreibt Weil) nicht nötig.

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ἐς φθόρον unser vulgäres zum Henker". Vgl. Soph. O. T. 1146 οὐκ εἰς ὄλεθρον; οὐ σιωπήσας ἔσῃ.

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θεοὶ πολῖται s. v. a. θεοὶ πο- λιοῦχοι: Schol. τοὺς ἰδίους καὶ πα- τρώους ἐπικαλοῦνται θεούς, danach liest Heimsäth θεοὶ πατρῷοι. Wegen des Infinitivs zu 75.

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Das Schol. θρηνοῦσα δῆλον ὅτι καὶ κράζουσα σὺ ἡμᾶς δούλους ποιεῖς scheint auf αὔουσα δουλοῖς hinzuweisen. - Jüngere Hand- schriften geben κἀμὲ καὶ σὲ καὶ πόλιν, vgl. Soph. Ο. Τ. 64 ή δ' ἐμὴ ψυχὴ πόλιν τε κἀμὲ καὶ σ' ὁμοῦ στένει, Blomfield vermutet αὐτὴ σὲ δουλοῖς καμὲ καὶ πᾶσαν πόλιν, Wunderlich αὐτὴ σὺ δουλοῖς καὶ σὲ καὶ πᾶσαν πόλιν, jedenfalls läßt sich σὲ (für σεαυτήν wie μὲ für ἐμαυτήν Hik. 122 ζῶσα γόοις με τιμῶ) nicht entbehren. Vgl. Eur. Phoen. 437 παῦσαι πόνων με καὶ σὲ καὶ πᾶσαν πόλιν.

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βέλος, dein Wurfgescho (den Blitz).