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Seven Against Thebes. Aeschylus. ed. Herbert Weir Smyth. New York. 1922.

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

Editions (6)
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 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.
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 203 focus
Translations (9)
Seven Against Thebes Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 203 focus
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.
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 !
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.
215
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.
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.
190
Seven Against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (Seven Against Thebes. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 203 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.) — 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
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.

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

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πανήγυρις:
πανάγυρις
Par. L.
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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.

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

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

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μή:
μή τι
Cantabr. 1.
206

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βουλεύου:
συμβουλεύου
Lips. Ald.
206

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

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τῆς:
τήσδ'
Par. E.
207

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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

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ἔχει:
ἔχοι
Colb. 2.
208

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λόγος:
λόγους
Lips.
208

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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
.
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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

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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
.

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

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

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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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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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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.