Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes 900

ed. Herbert Weir Smyth

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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.) — 957-965 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 900 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 900 focus
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 900 focus
Διήκει δὲ καὶ πόλιν στόνος,
Ant. 1.
στένουσι πύργοι, στένει
900
πέδον φίλανδρον· μένει
κτέανα δ' ἐπιγόνοις,
δι' ὧν αἰνομόροις,
δι' ὧν νεῖκος ἔβα
καὶ θανάτου τέλος.
905
Ἐμοιράσαντο δ' ὀξυκάρδιοι
κτήμαθ' ὥστ' ἴσον λαχεῖν·
διαλλακτῆρι δ' τ' οὐκ
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 900 focus
Διήκει δὲ καὶ πόλιν στόνος,
Στένουσι πύργοι,
Στένει πέδον φίλανδρον· μενεῖ
885
κτέανά τ᾽ ἐπιγόνοις,
δι᾽ ὧν αἰνομόροις,
δι᾽ ὧν νεῖκος ἔβα
καὶ θανάτου τέλος.
Ἐμοιράσαντο δ᾽ ὀξυκάρδιοι
890
κτήμαθ᾽, ὥστ᾽ ἴσον λαχεῖν.
διαλλακτῆρι δ᾽ οὖν
ἀμεμφεία φίλοις,
οὐδ᾽ ἐπίχαρις Ἄρης.
str. 2.
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 900 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.)) — 900 focus
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 900 focus
And moreover sighing pervades the city, the towers sigh, the land that loved her heroes sighs: and for posterity remains the substance by reason of which, by reason of which
, contention came upon them whom evil destiny, and the issue of death.
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 900 focus
et par l'esprit de discorde issu de l'imprécation paternelle.
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 900 focus
Charg'd with death thou cruel curse,
Each hath felt thy fatal force.
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.) — 900 focus
Per Tebe un urlo corre:
i piani amici gemono
tutti, geme ogni torre.
Ai discendenti loro i beni andranno
1000
onde la gara ai miseri,
onde il mortale danno
sorgeva. Ugual retaggio
con animo crudel si compartirono.
Ma chi cosí li conciliava, il biasimo
1005
degli amici riscuote: non di grazia
riscuote Ares omaggio.
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 900 focus
Percurrit urhem luctus, lugentq; turres,
830
Luget etiam regio chara.
Manebunt poſseſsiones nepotibus,
Pro quibus infœlicibus fratribus, pro quibus contentio uenit,
Et mortis finis.
Diuiserunt uero animosi
835
Poſseſsiones, tanquam fortiti æqualiter.
Separator non uacabit culpa, neq;
Amicis gratus erit Mars,
Seven Against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (Seven Against Thebes. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 900 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.) — 900 focus
Hark, how the city and its towers make moan—
How the land mourns that held them for its own!
Fierce greed and fell division did they blend,
915
Till death made end!
They strove to part the heritage in twain,
Giving to each a gain—
Yet that which struck the balance in the strife,
The arbitrating sword,
920
By those who loved the twain is held abhorred—
Loathed is the god of death, who sundered each from life!
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.) — 900 focus
Die Wehklage hallt die Stadt hindurch.

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

900. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-958

ἐν δαΐ M. Par. B. H. L.
ἐν δαΐῳ
G. Vind. 1. 3.
ἐν δαΐσι
Par. E. K. Vind. 2. 4. Ceteri
ἐν δαΐδι
, idque adscriptum in Par. B.
900

901. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-959

δυςδαίμονάς σφ᾽ ἡ τεκοῦσα Hemichorii nota carent G. Vit. Ald. Turn. Ante
ἐν δαΐδι
habet eam Rob. Libri
δυσδαίμων σφὶν ἡ τεκοῦσα
, nisi quod
ἣ
habent M. Cantabr. 2. Par. G. H. L. Colb. 2.
ἡ τεκοῦσα
omittit Lips. Elmsleius ad Eur. Med. v. 393.
δυςδαίμων
ex interpretatione ortum esse suspicabatur. In G. haec glossa adscripta,
δυςτυχεῖς λίαν αὐτούς
, in Vit.
δυςδαιμονωτέρους αυτούς
. Scripsi
δυςδαίμονάς σφ᾽ ἡ τεκοῦσα
, i. e.
ἃ σφὲ τεκοῦσα
.
901

902. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-960

πρὸ
προπασῶν
Arund.
προ
omittit Ask. A.
πρόπαρθεν
ex Par. E. affertur. In M. a pr. manu
πρὸ πασᾶν
fuisse videtur.
902

903. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-961

ὁπόσαι
ὁπόσοι
Lips. τεκνογόνοι
παιδογόνοι
Colb. 2. κέκληνται
κέκληται
Par. C.
κέκλυνται
Αld.
903

904. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-962

αὑτᾶς
αὑτῶς
Turn.
αὑτᾶς
G. Ald. Rob. et e correctione Lips. In G. asper spiritus minio adscriptus.
αὐτᾶς
etiam M. sed spiritus lenis a sec. manu in litura scriptus est.
αὐτῆς
Vit. et ante correctionem Lips. αὑτᾷ
αὑτῷ
Μ.
αὐτῆ
G. Vit.
αὐτῇ
Cantabr. 2. Rob.
αὐτὰ
Turn.
αὐτὴ
Ald.
904

905. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-963

θεμένα
θεμένῃ
Cantabr. 2.
θεμένη
G. Ald. Rob. τούςδ᾽
τοιούσδ᾽
Par. F.
τοιουσδ᾽
Ven. B. ἔτεχ᾽
ἔσχ'
pro
ἔτεχ'
G. οἳ δ᾽ sic M. Turn.
905

906. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-964

ὧδ᾽
ὧδε τ'
Par. N. ἐτελεύτασαν Μ. Vit. Par. A. B. L.
ἐτελεύτησαν
Lips. Ald. Turn.
ὧδε τελεύτησαν
G.
ἐτετελεύτησαν
ex Colb. 1. affertur.
ἐτελεύτησε
Par. E.
ἐτέλεσαν
Rob.
τέλεσαν
Arund. aut, ut Blomfieldius dicit,
ἐτέλεσεν
. ἀλληλοφόνοις
ἀλλαλοφόνοις
M. Cantabr. 1. Par. A. Β.
ἀλληλοφόνοις
Vit. Ald. Turn.
ἀλλαλοφόνοισι
G.
ἀλληλοφόνοισι
Arund. Cantabr. 2. Rob.
ἀλλήλων φόνοισι
Lips.
906

908. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-965

δῆτα καὶ Hemichorio haec recte tribuunt G. Rob.
Ismenae
M. Vit. Lips. Ald. Turn.
δὴ καὶ
Par. A.
δὴ καὶ δῆτα
ex Par. B. Faehsius affert. πανώλεθροι
πανόλεθροι
Ald.
πανωλέθριοι
Par. E. Vind. 2. 4. et adscriptum in Par. B.
908

909. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-966

διατομαῖς Libri omnes
διατομαῖς
, nisi quod in M. a recentiore manu inde factum est
διὰ τομαῖς
. Scribendum est
διαρταμαῖς
. Si quis obvertat
διαρταμή
non inveniri in lexicis, cogitet lexica e scriptoribus, non scriptores e lexicis colligi.
Διαρταμήσει
habet Aeschylus Prom. v. 1027.
909

910. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-967

μαινομένᾳ
μαινόμενα
, ad
α
supra adscripto
η
, Lips.
910

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

872-940. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-580

1
2
ein ἰάλεμος nach der Angabe in 900, wonach dieser Ge- sang mit Zerreißen der Wangen (und mit Schlägen an Kopf und Brust nach 840f.) begleitet ist. Vgl. Cho. 422f., Soph. Αi. 627 f. mit Eur. Or. 1395. Diese Totenklage (854 f.) wird von Halbchören gesungen, welche in gleicher Weise abwechseln wie in Eum. 143-168, im ersten Strophenpaar zweimal, in den bei- den folgenden nur einmal. Auch die Unterbrechung des ersten Satzes durch den anderen Halbchor findet sich in den Eum. ebenso. 872 Η. δι' εὐωνύμων ὁμοσπλάγχνων τε (vgl. Pers. 569 Θρήκης ἂμ πε- διήρεις δυσχίμους τε κελεύθους) πλευρωμάτων τετυμμένοι, „,ins Herz, ins Bruderherz getroffen", Das schmerzliche Wort τετυμμένοι be- stätigt ( δῆτα: zu 864) der andere Halbchor. In der Lücke ist das verb. fin. verloren gegangen (etwa ἐπέσετε μέλεοι).

907-908. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-587

3
4
Für ὡς ἐρξάτην vermutet W. Headlam ἐρεξάτην. πολλὰ μὲν πολίτας ξένων τε στίχας für πολλὰ μὲν πολίτας, πολλὰ δὲ ξένων στίχας wie Cho. 583 πολλὰ μὲν γᾶ τρέφει ἄχη πόντιαί τ᾿ ἀγκάλαι κνωδάλων βρύουσι, Soph. Τrach. 1012 πολλὰ μὲν ἐν πόντῳ κατά τε δρία πάντα καθαίρων, Eur. Med. 430 πολλὰ μὲν ἀμετέραν ἀνδρῶν τε μοῖραν εἰπεῖν. Häufig so πρῶτα μὲν . . τέ wie Hik. 415 f. — τ' ἐπακ- τῶν für τε πάντων Meineke. Vgl. στράτευμ' ἐπακτόν 570, 1019 (wahr- scheinlich auch Soph. Ο. Κ. 1418 πῶς γὰρ αὖθις ἂν πάλιν στράτευμ' ἄγοιμ' ἐπακτόν).

909. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-588

5
6
Unrichtig der Sehol. μετὰ φθορᾶς ἐλθούσας, denn πολυφθό ρους gibt den Erfolg von ἐρξάτην πολλὰ ξένων στίχας und ist mit στίχας statt mit ξένων verbunden: ,von den Fremden sind viele im Kampfe umgekommen". - Hesych. δαΐ· μάχῃ, ein Homerisches Wort ( ἐν δαὶ λυγρῇ Ν 286).

910. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-589

7
8
Für δυσδαίμων hat, wie der strophische Vers zeigt, Dindorf wohl mit Recht δυσαίων geschrieben. Vgl. Soph. Ο. Κ. 150 δυσαίων μα κραίων τε. σφ' & (so H. Vob für σφιν ἡ) τεκοῦσα, ἡ τεκοῦσά σφε, wie Soph. Phil. 1242 μ' οὐπικωλύων, Θ. Τ. 139 τοῦτον ὁ κτανών, 263 ταῦτα τοῖς μὴ δρῶσιν, Demosth. 8, 28 ταῦτα τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας.