Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes 109-180

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.) — 108-180 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 109 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 109 focus
σύ τ᾽, ὦ Διογενὲς φιλόμαχον κράτος,
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ῥυσίπολις γενοῦ, Παλλάς, ὅ θ᾽ ἵππιος
ποντομέδων ἄναξ
ἰχθυβόλῳ μαχανᾷ, Ποσειδῶν,
ἐπίλυσιν φόβων, ἐπίλυσιν δίδου.
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 109 focus
Θεοὶ πολιάοχοι πολιοῦχοι seu πολισσοῦχοι πάντες ἴτε χθονός χθονός ἴθ' (uel ἴτ') ἴτε πάντες,
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Str. 1.
ἴδετε παρθένων
ἱκέσιον λόχον δουλοσύνας ὕπερ·
κῦμα κῦμα γὰρ περὶ πτόλιν δοχμολόφων ἀνδρῶν
Σύ τ', ὦ Διογενὲς φιλόμαχον κράτος,
Ant. 1.
ῥυσίπολις ῥυσίπτολις γενοῦ,
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Παλλάς, ὅ θ' ἵππιος ποντομέδων ἄναξ
ἰχθυβόλῳ, Ποσειδάων, μηχανᾷ ἰχθυβόλῳ μηχανᾷ Ποσειδῶν,
ἐπίλυσιν φόβων φόνων φόβου, ἐπίλυσιν δίδου.
Σύ τ', Ἄρης, φεῦ φεῦ, Κάδμου ἐπώνυμον
πόλιν φύλαξον κήδεσαί τ' ἐναργῶς.
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Καὶ Κύπρις, ἅτε γένους προμάτωρ,
ἄλευσον· σέθεν γὰρ σέθεν ἐξ αἵματος
γεγόναμεν, λιταῖς <δέ> om. σε θεοκλύτοις
ἀϋτοῦσαι ἀπύουσαι πελαζόμεσθα.
Καὶ σύ, Λύκει' λύκι' seu λύκιος ἄναξ, Λύκειος γενοῦ
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στρατῷ δαΐῳ στόνων ἀντίτας ἀϋτᾶς·
σύ τ', ὦ Λατωΐς, εὖ πυκάζου Λατογένεια κούρα τόξον εὖ πυκάζου (ἐντυκάζου Μ2) Ἄρτεμι φίλα.
Ἐὴ ἐή ἓ ἓ ἓ ἕ,
Str. 2.
Ἐὴ ἐή,
ἀκροβόλων ἀκροβόλων δ' ἐπάλξεων λιθὰς ἔρχεται·
ὦ φίλ' Ἄπολλον.
Κόναβος ἐν πύλαις χαλκοδέτων σακέων
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ἀλλά, καὶ Διόθεν
πολεμόκραντον ἁγνὸν τέλος ἐν μάχᾳ, σύ τε μάχαισί τε,
μάκαιρ' ἄνασσ', Ὄγκα πρὸ πτόλεως πόλεως,
ἑπτάπυλον ἕδος ἐπιρρύου.
Ἰὼ παναρκεῖς παναλκεῖς θεοί,
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Str. 3.
ἰὼ τέλειοι τέλειαί τε γᾶς
τάσδε πυργοφύλακες,
πόλιν δορίπονον μὴ προδῶθ'
ἑτεροφώνῳ στρατῷ·
κλύετε παρθένων κλύετε πανδίκως -δίκους
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χειροτόνους λιτάς.
Ἰὼ φίλοι δαίμονες,
Ant. 3.
λυτήριοί <τ'> om. ἀμφιβάντες πόλιν,
δείξαθ' ὡς φιλοπόλιες,
μέλεσθέ θ' μέλεσθε δ' seu μέλεσθ' ἱερῶν δημίων,
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μελόμενοι δ' ἀρήξατε·
φιλοθύτων δέ τοι πόλεος ὀργίων
μνήστορες ἔστε μοι.
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 109 focus
Θεοὶ πολίοχοι χθονός, ἔτ᾽ ἔτε πάντες,
ἴδετε παρθένων
ἱκέσιον λόχον δουλοσύνας ὕπερ.
κῦμα γὰρ περὶ πτόλιν δοχμολόφων ἀνδρῶν
καχλάζει πνοαῖς Ἄρεος ὀρόμενον.
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ἀλλ᾽ ὦ Ζεῦ πάτερ παντελές, πάντως
ἄρηξον δαΐων ἅλωσιν.
Ἀργέιοι δὲ πόλισμα Κάδμου
Σύ τ᾽, ὦ Διογενὲς φιλόμαχον κράτος,
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ῥυσίπολις γενοῦ,
Παλλάς, ὅ θ᾽ ἵππιος ποντομέδων ἄναξ
ἰχθυβόλῳ μαχανᾷ, Ποσειδῶν,
ἐπίλυσιν φόνων, ἐπίλυσιν δίδου.
Ἔ ἔ ἔ ἔ,
ὄτοβον ἁρμάτων ἀμφὶ πόλιν κλύω,
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ὦ πότνι᾽ Ἥρα.
ἔλαχον ἀξόνων βριθομένων χνόαι.
Ἔ ἔ ἔ ἔ,
ἀκροβόλων δ᾽ ἐπάλξεων λιθὰς ἔρχεται,
ὦ φίλ᾽ Ἄπολλον·
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κόναβος ἐν πύλαις χαλκοδέτων σακέων.
καὶ Διόθεν
πολεμόκραντον ἁγνὸν τέλος ἐν μάχᾳ,
σύ τε μάχαιρ᾽ ἄνασσ᾽ Ὄγκα πρὸ πόλεως
ἑπτάπυλον ἕδος ἐπιρρύου.
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ἰὼ παναρκεῖς θεοί,
ἰὼ φίλοι δαίμονες
λυτήριοί τ᾽ ἀμφιβάντες πόλιν
δείξαθ᾽ ὡς φιλοπόλεις,
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μέλεσθε δ᾽ ἱερῶν δημίων,
μελόμενοι δ᾽ ἀρήξατε.
φιλοθύτων δέ τοι πόλεος ὀργίων
μνήστορες ἔστε μοι.
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 109 focus
θεοὶ πολιάοχοι χθονὸς ἴθι πάντες ἴδετε παρθένων
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ἱκέσιον λόχον δουλοσύνας ὕπερ.
κῦμα [γὰρ] περὶ πτόλιν δοχμολόφων ἀνδρῶν
καχλάζει πνοαῖς Ἄρεος ὀρόμενον.
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ἀλλ᾽ ὦ Ζευ πάτερ παντελές,
πάντως ἄρηξον δαΐων ἅλωσιν.
Ἀργεῖοι γὰρ πόλισμα Κάδμου
κυκλοῦνται, φόβος δ᾽ ἀρείων ὅπλων,
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διὰ δέ τοι γενύων ἱππίων
μινύρονται φόνον χαλινοί.
σύ τ᾽, ὦ Διογενές φιλόμαχον κράτος,
ῥυσίπολις γενοῦ
Παλλάς, ὅ θ᾽ ἵππιος
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ποντομέδων ἄναξ
ἰχθυβόλωι μηχανᾶι Ποσειδάν
ἐπίλυσιν φόβων ἐπίλυσιν δίδου.
σύ τ᾿ Ἄρης φεῦ φεῦ
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ἐπώνυμον Κάδμου πόλιν
φύλαξον κήδεσαί τ᾽ ἐναργῶς.
καὶ Κύπρις, ἅτ᾽ εἰ γένους προμάτωρ,
ἄλευσον· σέθεν
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ἐξ αἵματος γεγόναμεν· λιταῖς σε
θεοκλύτοις ἀπύουσαι πελαζόμεσθα.
καὶ σύ, Λύκει᾽ ἄναξ, Λύκειος γενοῦ
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στρατῶι δαΐωι
--- στόνων ἀυτᾶς·
σύ τ᾽ ὦ Λατογένεια κούρα τόξον εὐτυκάζου.
[῎Αρτεμι φίλα]. –
ἔ ἔ ἔ ἔ,
ὄτοβον ἁρμάτων ἀμφὶ πόλιν κλύω,
ὦ πότνι᾿ Ἥρα·
ἀκροβόλων [δ᾽] ἐπάλξεις λιθὰς ἔρχεται.
ὦ φίλ᾽ Απολλον.
κόναβος ἐν πύλαις χαλκοδέτων σακέων.
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† καὶ Διόθεν ....
.... πολεμόκραντον ἁγνὸν τέλος ἐν μάχαι.
σύ τε μάκαιρ᾽ ἄνασσ᾽ Ὄγκα πρὸ πόλεως
ἑπτάπυλον ἕδος ἐπιρρύου. =
ἰὼ παναρκεῖς θεοί,
ἰὼ τέλειοι τέλειαί τε γᾶς
τᾶσδε πυργοφύλακες,
πόλιν δορίπονον μὴ προδῶθ᾽
ἑτεροφώνωι στρατῶι.
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κλύετε παρθένων κλύετε πανδίκως
χειροτόνους λιτάς. –
ἰὼ φίλοι δαίμονες,
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.)) — 109-180 focus
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 109 focus
Tutelary gods of our country, behold
, behold this train of virgins suppliant to escape from slavery
, for around our city a surge of men with waving crests is rippling, stirred by the blasts of Mars. But, O Jove, sire all-perfect! avert thoroughly from us capture by the foemen; for Argives are encircling the fortress of Cadmus; and I feel a dread of martial arms, and the bits which are fastened through the jaws of their horses are knelling slaughter. And seven leaders of the host, conspicuous in their spear-proof harness, are taking their stand at our seventh gate
, assigned their posts by lot.
Do thou too, O Jove-born power that delightest in battle, Pallas, become a saviour to our city; and thou, equestrian monarch, sovereign of the main, with thy fish-smiting trident, O Neptune, grant a deliverance, a deliverance from our terrors. Do thou too, O Mars, alas! alas! guard the city which is named after Cadmus, and manifestly shew thy care;—and thou, Venus, the original mother of our race, avert [these ills]—for from thy blood are we sprung; calling on thee with heaven-ward orisons do we approach thee.—And thou Lycaean king—be thou fierce as a wolf
to the hostile army, [moved] by the voice of our sighs
. Thou too, virgin-daughter of Latona, deftly adorn thyself with thy bow, O beloved Diana.
Ah! ah! ah! I hear the rumbling of cars around the city, O revered Juno, the naves of the heavy-laden axles creak, the air is maddened with the whizzing of javelins—what is our city undergoing? What will become of it? To what point is the deity conducting the issue
? ah! ah!
A shower of stones too from their slingers is coming over our battlements. O beloved Apollo! there is the clash of brass-rimmed shields at the gates, and the just issue in battle must be decided by arms according to the disposal of Jove
. And thou Onca
, immortal queen, that dwellest in front of our city, rescue thy seven-gated seat.
O gods, all-potent to save, O ye gods and goddesses, perfect guardians of the towers of this land, abandon not our war-wasted city to an army of aliens. Listen to these virgins, listen to our all-just prayers, as is most right, to the orisons of virgins which are offered with out-stretched hands.
O beloved divinities, hovering around our city as its deliverers, show how ye love it; give heed to our public rituals, and when ye give heed to them succour us, and be ye truly mindful, I beseech ye, of the rites of our city which abound in sacrifices.
Re-enter Eteocles.
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 109 focus
faire, Arès ? Trahiras-tu ton antique domaine ? Dieu au casque d'or, jette un regard, un regard sur la ville à qui jadis tu donnas ton amour 1 .

ennemi. Les Argiens enserrent la ville de Cadmos ! L'effroi 2 , l'effroi des armes homicides ! Entre les mâchoires des chevaux les mors sonnent un glas de massacre !
Sept chefs désignés par leur vaillance, l'ardente javeline armant leur bras, s'avancent contre nos sept portes, dans l'ordre voulu par le sort !
Et toi, fille de Zeus, puissante guerrière, sois le salut de la
cité, Pallas ! Et toi, dieu cavalier, dont le trident redouté du poisson règne sur les mers 3 , Poséidon, délivre-nous, délivre-nous de ces terreurs ! Et toi, Arès, hélas ! hélas ! veille sur une
ville qui porte le nom de Cadmos : sois son allié par les armes comme tu l'es par le sang ! Et toi, Cypris, antique
aïeule de notre race 4 ,
protège-nous ! C'est ton sang qui coule en nos veines, et nous venons à toi avec des appels, des san-
glots qui implorent ta divinité. Et toi, dieu qui détruis les loups 5 , détruis l'armée de nos ennemis, fais-leur payer nos
sanglots ! Et toi, vierge née de Léto 6 , arme-toi !
Une grêle de pierres vient de loin frapper nos créneaux.
O cher Apollon ! J'entends à nos portes le fracas des boucliers d'airain.
O toi dont Zeus a fait l'arbitre sacré qui décide au combat du sort d'une guerre 7 ; et toi, divine reine,
Onka, qu'on adore devant nos murs, sauvez votre ville aux sept portes !
qui parle une autre langue 8 . Exaucez des vierges, exaucez pleinement les prières des bras tendus vers vous.

Ah ! divinités amies, enveloppez cette ville de votre secours libérateur : montrez que vous chérissez vos cités ! Souvenez-vous
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 109 focus
And all ye pow'rs, whose guardian care m
Protects these walls, this favour'd land,
O hear these pious, suppliant strains;
Propitious aid us, aid a virgin band,
And save us from the victor's chains!
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For all around with crested pride
High waves the helm's terrific tide,
Tost by the furious breath of war.
And thou, great Jove, almighty fire,
Confound with foul defeat these Argive pow'rs,
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Whose arms insult our leaguer'd tow'rs,
And fright our souls with hostile fire.
The reins that curb their proud steeds 'round,
Rattle, and death is in the sound:
'Gainst our sev'n gates sev'n chiefs of high command,
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In arms spearproof, take their appointed stand.
Daughter of Jove, whose soul
Glows at th' embattled plain:
And thou, by whom the pawing steed arose n
,
Great monarch of the main
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Curb'd by thy strong controul;
From our fears free us, free us from our foes!
On thee, stern Mars, again I call:
Haste thee, God, and with thee bring
The Queen of Love, from whose high race we spring;
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If Cadmus e'er was dear, defend his wall!
Thou terror of the savage Phœbus, hear,
In all thy terrors rush upon the foe!
Chaste Virginhuntress, Goddess ever dear,
Wing the keen arrow from thy ready bow!
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Hark! fraught with war
The groaning car,
Imperial Juno! shakes the ground;
Fierce as they pass,
The wheels of brass,
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Dear Virginhuntress! roar around:
The gleaming lustre of the brandish'd spear
Glares terribly across the troubled air o
.
Alas my country! must these eyes,
Must these sad eyes behold thy fall?
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Ah, what a storm of stones, that flies,
And wing'd with ruin smites the wall!
O Phœbus! at each crouded gate
Begins the dreadful work of fate;
Each arm the thund'ring falchion wields,
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And clashes on the sounding shields.
O thou, whose kind and matchless might,
Blest Onca, thro' the glowing fight
Obedient conquest joys t' attend,
All our sev'n gates, dread queen, defend!
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And all ye mighty, guardian pow'rs,
That here preside, protect our tow'rs:
Nor the warwasted town betray,
To fierce and dissonant foes a prey!
Ye Gods, deliverers of this land,
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To whom we stretch the suppliant hand,
Hear us, O hear our virgin pray'r,
And show that Thebes is yet your care!
By ev'ry solemn temple, ev'ry shrine,
Each hallow'd orgie, and each rite divine,
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Each honour to your pow'r in rev'rence paid,
Hear us, ye guardian Gods, hear us, and aid!
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.) — 109 focus
Dei della patria, qui tutti volgetevi,
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e questa schiera mirate di vergini,
che del servaggio da voi schermo implorano.
Un flutto d'uomini, d'elmi che ondeggiano
di Marte ai soffî, precipita e mugghia.
Deh!, Giove signore, che l'esito
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concedi, fa' tu che nei vincoli
non piombi d'infesto dominio!
Gli uomini argivi s'aggirano ai valli
di Tebe attorno. Dall'armi sanguinëe
spira terror: dalle fauci a' cavalli
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i freni strage stridono.
E sette duci, nell'armi cospicui,
disposti come li elesse la sorte,
crollan le lancie di Tebe alle porte.
Figlia di Giove, tu volgi, deh, Pàllade,
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Tebe a salvare, tua possa belligera.
Equestre sire del mare, Posídone,
col tuo tridente di squali sterminio,
da questo orrore tu affrancaci affrancaci!
Tu Marte - oh noi miseri, oh miseri! -
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da cui questa rocca si nomina,
tu veglia su noi, tu soccorrici.
Tu, che a noi sei genitrice remota,
stornali, o Diva di Cipro: ché origine
da te traggiamo; e con prece devota
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presso il tuo Nume or vedici.
E lupo adesso, re Licio, a lor móstrati,
dei miei lamenti sii vindice.
Affretta,
figlia di Lato, su lor la saetta.
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Ahi, ahi, ahi, ahi!
D'intorno ai muri fragore di cocchi
odo, Era venerabile!
Degli assi onusti odi stridere i mozzi,
dilettissima Artemide!
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Infuria l'etra squassato dai cuspidi!
Qual doglia incombe su la mia città ?
A quale esito il Dio la condurrà ?
Ahi, ahi, ahi, ahi!
Ahimè, potentissimi Superi,
O Divi, o Giove, custodi ben vigili
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di queste mura, deh, preda non giaccia
la città nostra cui guerra flagella
di questa turba ch'estrania favella.
Udite, è giusto, la prece che levano
queste fanciulle, alte al cielo le braccia.
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Ahimè, dilettissimi Dèmoni,
voi che la rocca cingete, a difenderla,
mostrate adesso che Tebe v'è cara.
Voi proteggete l'altare ed il tempio,
lunge da loro tenete lo scempio.
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E vi sovvenga che a voi tante vittime
ne l'orge sacre spruzzarono l'ara.
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 109 focus
Patroni uidete omnes,
Videte uirginum supplicem cateruã pro seruitute,
Tumultus per urbem galeatorum
Virorum ftrepitat flatibus
Martis horrens concitatus.
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Sed ô Iupiter pater, perfecte omnino
Arce hoſtium expugnationem.
nam Argiui
Cadmi urbem circundant.
Metus uerò martialium armorum,
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Vinctaq; maxillis equinis
Incutiunt metum frena.
Septem fortes uiri ornati de exercitu
Fortibus ſcutis, feptem portis
Adfunt, forte aßecuti.
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Tu uerò generofum robur pugnæ amans,
Liberatrix urbis sis ô Pallas:
Equestrisq; pontipotens rex
Tridente machina Neptune
Solutionem metus, folutionem da.
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Et tu Mars, heu heu Cadmi denominatam
Vrbem custodi, & cura exacte.
Et Venus, generis tritauia,
Adiuua: tuo ex ſanguine
Nati sumus, precibus te
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Religiofis uociferantes adimus.
Et tu Lyciæ rex, terribilis esto
Exercitui hostili, qui uocem habet gemebundam.
Tu uerò
Latonâ nata puella, arcum bene tende
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Diana chara: heu heu, ſtrepitum curruum
Circa urbem audio, & ueneranda Iuno:
Reſonuerut fistula onuftorum axium.
O chara Diana, heu heu,
Haſta concuffus æther furit:
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Quid urbs nostra patitur, quid fiet?
Quò tandem finem ducet deus, heu, heu, heu.
Ad alta propugnacula uenit lapis,
O chariſsime Apollo: ſtrepitus in portis eſt
Aeneorum ſcutorum, ex Ioue
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Bellicus finis castus in pugnis est.
O beata regina Minerua, ante urbem conſtituta,
Septem portarũ solum protege: heu præpotētes dij,
Heu perfecti perfecteq;
huius terræ turriŭ cuſtodes,
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Vrbem hastatam ne tradatis exercitui barbaro.
Audite uirgines, audite iuſtas omnino
Electas preces: heu chari dæmones,
Liberatores circum urbem euntes,
Oſtendite quòd urbem amatis,
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Vobisq; curæ ſunt delubra plebeia.
Curantes uero ſuccurrite,
Religioforum uerò sacrorum
Sponſi eſis mihi.
Seven Against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (Seven Against Thebes. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 109 focus
CHORUS
ANTISTROPHE II.
For of the crime I tell
On which of old swift vengeance fell,
Yet whose dread issue the third age doth wait;
When Laios, 'gainst Apollo's will divine,
From Pythia's central shrine
Who thrice proclaimed the sacred oracle,
"Die without issue wouldst thou save the State,—"
CHORUS
STROPHE III.
Yet he, by friends o'erpower'd, perverse of mind,
Begat his proper woe
In Edipus, the parricide, who dared,
In field unhallow'd whence he sprang, to sow
A bloody offshoot. Frenzy blind
In wedlock the infatuate couple paired.
CHORUS
ANTISTROPHE III.
And now a sea of ill leads wave on wave;—
One falls and one doth rear
Against the city's stern, with clamour rude
Its triple crest—between, fence slight to save,
The breadth of wall extends. I fear
Lest with its kings the city be subdued.
CHORUS
STROPHE IV.
For the dread settlements at last,
Of curses breathed of old, fulfilment find,
Nor doth the coming anguish lag behind.
When wealth of merchants seeking gain
O'erweighted is, into the briny main
From the ship's stern the precious freight is cast.
CHORUS
ANTISTROPHE IV.
For to what man did gods e'er pay
Such honour, and his co-mates of the State,
And the whole race of diverse-feeding men,
As then to Edipus, whose hand
Had from the ravening monster purged the land,
That riddling pest which seized on men for prey.
CHORUS
STROPHE V.
But when, unhappy wight,
Apprised of his dire wedlock, anguish-fraught,
Intolerant of pain,
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With frenzied heart he twofold mischief wrought;
For with the hand that had his father slain,
His proper eyes he did bereave of sight. *
CHORUS
ANTISTROPHE V.
And at his sons he flung,
By ignominious treatment vex'd at heart,
Curses with bitter tongue,
That they with iron-wielding hand should part
One day their wealth. I tremble lest that vow
Erinys, swift of foot, accomplish now.
MESSENGER
Ye maidens, mother-nurtured, courage take,
Our city hath escaped the vassal yoke;
The boasts of haughty men are come to nought.
Our city floats in calm, and from the shock
Of many billows yet hath sprung no leak.
Staunch are our towers; the chiefs, our gates who fenced,
In single fight their pledges have redeemed.
All at six gateways prospers in the main;
The seventh gate, Apollo, royal Lord,
Dread leader of the seventh, chose to guard,
Avenging on the sons of Edipus
Laios' ill-counselled trespass wrought of old.
CHORUS
What new event hath to the city chanced?
MESSENGER
Saved is the city, but the brother kings-
CHORUS
What sayest thou? Through fear I am distraught.
MESSENGER
Be calm and listen. Edipus' two sons—
CHORUS
Ah wretched me! Prophet I am of ills.
MESSENGER
Earth drinks their blood, each by the other slain.
CHORUS
Came they to this? 'Tis horrible, yet speak.
MESSENGER
Dead are our chiefs by fratricidal hands.
CHORUS
Then are they slain by hands too brotherly.
MESSENGER
Prone in the dust they lie, too true the tale.
CHORUS
Thus dealt the god impartially with both.
MESSENGER
Yea, he himself destroys th' ill-fated race.
CHORUS
Cause have we here for gladness and for tears.
The city prospers but its governors,
Twin captains have, with Scythia's welded steel,
Between them portioned all their heritage,
Holding what each received in sepulture,
Borne onward by their father's direful curse.
CHORUS
O mighty Zeus, and tutelary powers
To whom to rescue these Cadmeian towers
Has fallen, whether now
Shall I rejoice, and in triumphant strain,
Our town's unharming saviour, Fortune, hail,
Or those war-chiefs bewail,
Wretched, ill-fated, childless twain,
Who rightly, as their names avow— *
Names full of glory and of strife,
Are through intent unhallowed reft of life.
CHORUS
STROPHE.
Dark curse, with full completion crowned,
Of Edipus, inherent in the race!
Hovers an evil chill my heart around.
Like Bacchanal, when on mine ear
The tidings fell that the blood-dripping slain
Through evil Fate had died-their tomb to grace,
A dirge I wove, sad strain.—
Ill-omened is this concert of the spear.
CHORUS
ANTISTROPHE.
Their father's baleful curse hath wrought,
Untired, its battle to the bitter end;
Now Laios' wilful counsels have their meed.
Around the city hovers care;
Not blunted are the oracles ;-this deed
CHORUS
Which ye have wrought, oh lamentable pair,
All credence doth transcend.
Dire woes are come, not by mere rumour taught.
CHORUS
Epode.
Lo, obvious now to sight the herald's tale!
Twofold anxieties, disasters twain
Of pride * and mutual slaughter, fraught
With twofold doom.
To their dread issue are these evils brought.
What can I sing? What but the grievous bale
Fixed at the heart of this ill-fated home?
But now, in escort of the dead,
Oh friends! adown grief's sobbing gale,
With measured beat of hands on head,
Ply ye the oar-stroke, ply amain,
Which over Charon's river evermore
Wafteth the galley, black of sail, ‡
Unchartered, to the sunless reign,
Untrodden by the god of light,
Invisible to mortal sight,
The all-receiving shore.
CHORUS
But for a task of bitter pain,
Their brothers' requiem to intone,
Antigone draws with Ismene near;
From lovely, deep-zoned breasts, I deem
Will they, in no ambiguous strain,
With fitting wail their woes deplore,
And ere their utterance reach our ear,
Us, too, it doth beseem
The Fury's harsh-toned hymn to sing,
And hostile pæan chant to Hades' King.
Oh most unhappy in your brothers, ye
Of all who round their garments cast the zone;
I weep, I moan,-
Here is no guile,-these wailings that I pour
Come from my very heart, unfeignedly.
SEMI-CHORUS I
STROPHE I.
Woe! Woe!
Ye frantic ones, your friends who disobeyed,
By sorrow unsubdued, unhappy twain,
Spear-armed your father's house who captive made.
SEMI-CHORUS II
Wretched in sooth, wretched their doom, laid low
To their own dwelling's bane.
SEMI-CHORUS I
ANTISTROPHE I.
Woe! Woe!
O ye your household walls in dust who laid,
Who bitter kingship tasted; war's keen blade
To you, at length, hath reconcilement brought.
SEMI-CHORUS II
Ay, the dread fury of their sire hath wrought
This all too-stubborn woe.
SEMI-CHORUS I
STROPHE II.
Both smitten through the breast,
The left, ye brethren, offspring of one womb!
Woe! Woe! ye fiend possest!
Woe for the curse of mutual-slaughtering doom!
SEMI-CHORUS II
Smitten, as ye relate,
Were they, in home and life, with ruin dire,
Both by dumb Fury, and contentious Fate,
Sprung from the curse of Edipus, their sire.
SEMI-CHORUS I
ANTISTROPHE II.
Moans through the city reign,
The turrets moan, moans the man-loving plain;
But with their kin doth bide
Their wealth, dire cause to that ill-fated twain
Of strife, whose issue death to either side.
SEMI-CHORUS II
With hearts keen whetted they
Their wealth apportioned, equal shares they gain;-
Friends blame the umpire, * nor may their affray
Be now applauded in triumphal strain.
SEMI-CHORUS I
STROPHE III.
Steel-smitten, hapless pair!
Steel-smitten, lie they there.
What fortune, one perchance may ask,
Awaiteth them ?-A share
In their ancestral tomb.
SEMI-CHORUS II
Grief, with heart-piercing groan,
Escorts them from their home-sad task;—
Sorrow unfeignèd and unfeignèd moan,
Distressful, joyless, din!
Wasteth my heart as from its depths within
True tears I shed, weeping those princes' doom.
SEMI-CHORUS I
ANTISTROPHE III.
This o'er them one may say,
O'er that unhappy twain;—
That to their friends much bale they wrought
And to the alien host,
Slaughtered in deadly fray.
SEMI-CHORUS II
Of womankind on earth,
Of all, the mother's name who boast,
Most wretched she who gave them birth;—
Wedding her son these forth she brought,
By kindred hands and mutual murder slain.
SEMI-CHORUS I
STROPHE IV.
Brothers indeed together reft of life,
Severed in conflict rude;—
Falling in frenzied strife,
So did they end their feud.
SEMI-CHORUS II
Stayed is their hate, and on the gory plain
Commingled is their life;
Too truly of one blood these foemen now.
Stern umpire of their strife,
The fire-born stranger from beyond the main,
The whetted steel. Hostile was Ares too,
Bitter apportioner of wealth, I trow,
Making the curse paternal all too true.
SEMI-CHORUS I
ANTISTROPHE IV.
Of heaven-sent woe allotted shares have they;—
Unhappy, doom'd from birth!
Lies 'neath their lifeless clay
Wealth fathomless of earth.
SEMI-CHORUS II
O ye who your own house have caused to bloom
With many bitter woes!
O'er you at last these curses their shrill lay
Have chanted, fraught with doom;
For now your race is turned to flight,
In utter rout. Ay, on the very gate
Where fell your deadly blows,
Stands Atè's trophy;-and the fiend elate
After her twofold conquest ceased from fight.
ANTIGONE
Smiting, thou wast smitten.
ISMENE
Slaying, thou wast slain.
ANTIGONE
Thou with spear didst slaughter.
ISMENE
Thee the spear laid low.
ANTIGONE
In thy toil most wretched.
ISMENE
Wretched in thy woe.
ANTIGONE
Pour forth lamentations.
ISMENE
Mourners, weep amain.
ANTIGONE
Prostrate lies the slayer.
ISMENE
Near him lies the slain.
ANTIGONE
STROPHE.
Alas! with sighing raves my spirit.
ISMENE
Moans my heart within my breast.
ANTIGONE
Worthy thou of all lamentings.
ISMENE
Direst fate hath thee oppressed.
ANTIGONE
By thy friend wert reft of life.
ISMENE
Thou thy friend hast slain in strife.
ANTIGONE
Twofold horrors to relate.
ISMENE
Twofold to behold.
ANTIGONE
Brothers these by brothers slain.
ISMENE
Near them stand we, sisters twain.
ANTIGONE
Deadly deeds to tell of.
ISMENE
Deadly to behold.
CHORUS
Woe, woe, for wretched Fate,
Donor of baleful dower!
Woe for the shade august of Edipus!
O swart Erinys strong art thou in power!
ANTIGONE
ANTISTROPHE.
Woes, alas, to sight distressing,
ISMENE
Showed he me, his exile past.
ANTIGONE
After slaying he returned not.
ISMENE
Saved, his breath away he cast.
ANTIGONE
Perished hath he; all too true.
ISMENE
Ay, and him he also slew.
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.) — 109 focus
And ye, O protecting gods, in pity your people behold!
Yea, save us, the maidenly troop, from the doom and despair of the slave,
For the crests of the foemen come onward, their rush is the rush of a wave
Rolled on by the war-god's breath! almighty one, hear us and save
From the grasp of the Argives' might! to the ramparts of Cadmus they crowd,
115
And, clenched in the teeth of the steeds, the bits clink horror aloud!
And seven high chieftains of war, with spear and with panoply bold,
Are set, by the law of the lot, to storm the seven gates of our hold!
Be near and befriend us, O Pallas, the Zeus-born maiden of might!
O lord of the steed and the sea, be thy trident uplifted to smite
120
In eager desire of the fray, Poseidon! and Ares come down,
In fatherly presence revealed, to rescue Hamionia's town!
Thine too, Aphrodite, we are! thou art mother and queen of our race,
To thee we cry out in our need, from thee let thy children have grace!
Ye too, to scare back the foe, be your cry as a wolf's howl wild,
125
Thou, O the wolf-lord, and thou, of she-wolf Leto the child!
Woe and alack for the sound, for the rattle of cars to the wall,
And the creak of the griding axles! O Hera, to thee is our call!
Artemis, maiden beloved! the air is distraught with the spears,
And whither doth destiny drive us, and where is the goal of our fears?
130
The blast of the terrible stones on the ridge of our wall is not stayed,
At the gates is the brazen clash of the bucklers—Apollo to aid!
Thou too, O daughter of Zeus, who guidest the wavering fray
To the holy decision of fate, Athena! be with us to-day!
Come down to the sevenfold gates and harry the foemen away!
135
O gods and O sisters of gods, our bulwark and guard! we beseech
That ye give not our war-worn hold to a rabble of alien speech!
List to the call of the maidens, the hands held up for the right,
Be near us, protect us, and show that the city is dear in your sight!
Have heed for her sacrifice holy, and thought of her offerings take,
140
Forget not her love and her worship, be near her and smite for her sake!
[ Re-enter Eteocles.
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.) — 109 focus
Schußgötter dieses Landes ihr,
Auf, auf, alle,
105
Blickt auf der Jungfrau'n schuhflehende Schaar, o wehrt
Die Knechtschaft von ihr!
Tochter Kronions du, Pallas, der Schlachten froh,
120
Rette die Stadt aus Noth, und du, hoch zu Roß
Waltender Meeresfürst,
Der den Trident, Fische jagend, wirft, Poseidon,
Löse mein armes Herz, lös' es von schwerer Angft!
Der Kriegsräder Hall rauscht um die Stadt heran:
Heilige Hera!
Ha, wie die Nabe kracht unter der Achse Last!
Sausend von Speergeklirr rasen die Lüfte drein.
Hoch an die Zinnen prallt ein Steinregen auf:
Ha! Theurer Apollon!
Gottheiten, allwaltende!
Auf, Götter, auf, Götterfrau'n, dieses Lands,
150
Dieser Burg starker Hort!
Gebt nicht die speerumstürmte Stadt
Hin an fremdredend Volk!
Höret die Jungfrau'n, hört, wie sie gerecht empor
Fleh'n mit erhobner Hand!
155
O theure Schußgötter, ihr
Zu treuer Hut dieser Stadt zugesellt,
Zeigt, wie ihr liebt die Stadt! 4
Mitleidig schaut die Tempel an,
Sendet mitleidig Schuß! 5
160
Seid mir der opferreichen Orgien eingedenk,
Welche die Stadt euch weiht!
(Der König, aus der Stadt zurückkehrend, tritt auf.)

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

109. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-168

Ἄρεος:
ἄρεως
Vit.
109

109. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-169

ὀρόμενον:
ὀρόμενον
M. Turn.
ὀρρόμενον
G. Vit. Lips. Arund. Cantabr. 1. 2. Colb. 2. Vindobonenses et Ald. Rob.
109

110. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-170

σὺ δ' ἀλλ᾽, ὦ Ζεῦ, Ζεῦ, πάτερ παντελές: Libri
ἀλλ᾽ ὦ ζεῦ πάτερ παντελές
. Sed quum haec stropha accurate sibi respondentem habeat antistropham, in qua duo sunt dochmii,
σύ τ' Αρης, φεῦ φεῦ, Κάδμου ἐπώνυμον
, non dubitavi quin addito
où d'
et geminato
Zev
scribendum esset
σὺ δ᾽ ἀλλ᾽, ὦ Ζεῦ, Ζεῦ, πάτερ παντελές
.
110

111. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-171

ἄρηξον:
ἄρρηξον
Colb. 1.
ἐπάρηξον
Par. E. Vind. 2. 4.
111

111. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-172

δαΐων:
δαίω
Par. E. Versus 111-152.
τέλειαί τε γᾶς
omissi in Ven. B.
111

112. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-173

Ἀργεῖοι δὲ:
doyɛor de
M. prioris vocabuli accentu omisso, ad
de
autem supra adscripto
ráo
. Falso enim narratur
yùo
particulae supra adscriptum esse
d'è
. Habet
de
etiam Par. L. Ceteri libri
doyɛîoi rào̟
. In antistrophico versu quum sit
xaì Kóñqıç åtɛ
, patet scribendum esse
Αργέτοι δέ
.
112

113. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-174

ἀρήϊων:
γὰρ ἀρηΐων
Ox.
γὰρ ἠτών
Ald.
ἀρκίων
affertur ex Par. C. Ε.
ἀργείων
Mosc. 1. adscripto
γρ. ἀρηΐων, ἤτοι πολεμικῶν
. Ceteri
δ᾽ ἀργίων
. Atticista Blomfieldius
αρείων
scripsit. Ego probem
ἀρῄων
. Animi caussa non silebo Wakefieldium, quem ad Lucr. II. 48. miseritum est editorum Aeschyli, qui
qóẞos
concoquere potuerint, quod ipse in
ψόφος
mutat.
113

114. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-175

διάδετοί τε δὴ γένυος ἱππίας:
διαδέτοι
, adscripto in margine a recentiore manu
διάδετοι
, M.
diúderoi
G. Vit. Lips. Cantabr. 2. Colb. 1. Par. N. Vind. 1. 2. 3. 4. Turn.
dia de toi
Ox. Par. L. Ald. In Par. B. Taur. haec adscripta sunt
γράφεται καὶ (δὲ καὶ Taur.) διὰ δέ τοι, καὶ συντάσσεται οὕτως, οἱ διὰ τῶν ἱππείων δέτοι (sic Par. B. δὲ Taur.) γενύων χαλινοὶ (κινύρονται φόβον addit Taur.).
διάδετοι τὲ
Rob.
διάδετοι δὲ
vulgo inde a Victorio. Incertum est utrum
de
habeat M. an omittat: sed videtur habere. Deinde libri
γενύων ἱππείων
, nisi quod
ἱππίων
habent Vit. (sic Vit.) et Mosc. 2. Scripsi
διάδετοί τε δὴ γένυος ἱππίας
, cui versui antistrophicus accurate respondet.
114

115. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-176

κινύρονται:
xrvigorta
G. Lips. Cantabr. 1. 2. Mosc. 2. Taur.
115

115. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-177

φόνον:
φόνον
M. G. Vit. Lips. Ald.
qóror
, supra scripto
ov
, Mosc. 1.
góßor
Arund. Cantabr. 1. 2. Mosc. 2. Par. C. E. Taur. Vind. A. Rob. Turn. et
v
ad
ß
supra adscripto Coll. 2.
góẞo
Colb. 1. Par. N.
góẞov
Ask. A.
115

116. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-178

πρέποντες: Pro
πρέποντες
Rob. habet
προπέμπονται
, quam lectionem etiam Stephanus commemorat. Vulgatum habet etiam Thomas M. qui in v.
Eẞdóun
p. 133. ed. Ritsch. haec affert.
116

117. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-179

δορυσόοις:
Jogvoóos
Lips. Cantabr. 2. et Thomas.
dogioooors
Vit.
do-ovodois
Mosc. 2. Ceteri
dogrooóors
. In Par. B. adscriptum
yo. zai δορυσσοσάγεις ἤγουν ὡπλισμένοι
.
117

117. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-180

ἑβδόμαις:
ἑβδόμοις
G.
εὐδόμαις
Par. C. Ald. Thomam M. qui
ἑβδόμαις
pro
ἑπτά
dictum ait, defensum ab Abreschio p. 88. vituperavit Valckenarius in diss. de Aristobulo p. 119. portam septimam
kuç vpíoraç
esse volens. Hic quoque ille longe quaesita captare quam reputare maluit omnem huic loco vim et virtutem detrahi, si uni portarum, non omnibus, adstare septem illi duces dicerentur. Quae Abreschius de illo genere loquendi attulit, iis addendus Schaeferus in Melet. crit. p. 97.
117

119. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-181

NA: Excidisse versum antistropha monstrat.
119

120. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-182

σύ τ᾽:
où d'
Lips.
120

120. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-183

κράτος:
κράτος
Ald. Rob.
120

121. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-184

ῥυσίπολις:
φυσίπολις
Lips. Mosc. 1.
φυσόπτολις
Par. N.
φυσίπτολις
M. G. Vit. et ceteri.
121

121. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-185

Παλλάς:
πολλὰς
Vit. Cantabr. 2. Colb. 1. Par. N. Ald. Rob.
121

121. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-186

ἵππιος:
ἵπτιος
Vit.
ἵππειος
Arund.
121

122. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-187

ποντομέδων:
ποντομέδων δ'
Mosc. 1.
122

123. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-188

ἰχθυβόλῳ:
izvẞólov
Mosc. 1. 2.
123

123. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-189

μαχανᾷ:
μαχανᾶ
, supra adscripto
η
ad primam et ultimam syllabam, M.
pazara
Vit. Cantabr. 1. Par. B. L. Ceteri
μηχανᾷ
.
123

123. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-190

Ποσειδῶν:
пoσridãν
M. Vit. et regius a Spanhemio collatus.
70σ1ð☎v
Par. N. Ceteri
лоσɛð@v
. Incertum esse dicit Brunckius, utrum Par. A.
ποσειδῶν
an
ποσειδῶν
habeat.
123

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φόβων:
góẞor
G. Arund. Par. A. B. C. H. I. K. Ask. A.
qórov
Cantabr. 2. Par. L. et
Bov
supra scripto M.
góẞov
Vit. Lips. Ald. Rob. Turn.
124

124. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-192

δίδου:
φόβου
pro
δίδου
iterat Lips.
124

125. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-193

Κάδμου ἐπώνυμον:
ἐπώνυμον κάδμου
Μ.
125

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κήδεσαι:
κηδεύσαι τ'
sine accentu G.
κήδευσαί τ'
Taur.
κηδέσθητ'
, supra scripto
κήδεσαί τ'
Mosc. 1.
κηδέσθη τ'
a correctore, quum antea esset
κήδευσαι τ'
, Vit.
κήδευσέ τ'
Mosc. 1.
126

127. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-195

ἅτε:
ἅτε
ad
&
supra scripto
η
M.
127

127. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-196

γένους:
γένος
Vit.
127

128. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-197

γὰρ:
yao
praebent G. Arund. Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. A. B. F. H. Ask. A. Colb. 1. Omittunt M. Vit. Lips. Ald. Rob. Turn.
128

128. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-198

αἵματος:
θυγατρὸς
post
αἵματος
addit Par. F.
128

129. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-199

λιταῖσί σε: Libri
λιταῖς σε
. A me repositum
λιταῖσί σε
receperunt editores.
129

129. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-200

θεοκλύτοις:
98ozhýτois
Par. F. id quod etiam alter scholiasta agnoscit. Ceteri
Θεοκλύτοις
. Apte comparat Abreschius
θεοκλυτεῖν
, de quo verbo interpretes Hesychii dixerunt.
129

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ἀϋτοῦσαι: Libri omnes
άлvоvσα
. Moschus II. 98. (100.)
ȧvnäúortos
et 120. (126.)
vоrτεs
. Inconsiderate de mensura huius verbi disseruit Blomfieldius in glossario ad Promethei v. 613. Futurum et aoristus non possunt unquam breve
v
habere. Nec praesens aut imperfectum longa
v
esse possunt, nisi apud epicos, si sequens syllaba longa est, et ne id quidem aliter quam ut
v
non sit sub ictu. Ostendere id potest vel
ἠπύτα κήρυξ
. Εx quo consequitur hic scribendum esse cum Seidlero
αὐτοῦσαι
. In contrariam partem peccarunt librarii v. 132.
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πελαζόμεσθα:
πελα-Couεoda
M, et ita primus edidit Victorius.
λalóµɛdɑ
G. Vit. Lips. Cantabr. 2. Colb. 1. Ox. Mosc. 1. 2. Par. L. Vind. 1. 2. 3. 4. Ald. Rob. Turn.
130

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Λύκει᾽:
λύκɛ
M. Rob. Turn.
λύzi
G. Vit. Lips. Arund. Cantabr. 1. 2. Colb. 2. Mosc. 1. Par. N. Vind. 1. 2. 3. 4. Ald. Post
ἄναξ
Lips.
τε
addit.
131

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Λύκειος:
λύκιος
, sed mutatum in
λύκειος
, sic M.
λύκει
Ald.
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γενοῦ:
γενοῦ
post
στρατῷ δαΐῳ
habent Vind. 2. 4.
131

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ἀϋτᾶς:
τῷ στρατῷ τῷ δαΐῳ
G. Mosc. 2.
avras
Mosc. 1. et supra scripto Cantabr. 2.
antas
Mosc. 2. Ceteri
aütus
. In Lips.
η
ad
ã
supra adscriptum est. Scholiastarum is qui interpretatur
Tor queτégor στεναγμῶν ἀκροατής
, legerat
αϊτάς
, quod nescio an exhibere voluerit librarius qui in codice Mosc. 1.
avrὰs
scripsit. Et scribendum esse
åttaç
coniecit Stanleius. Schützius in postrema editione
divas
dedit. De mensura huius verbi copiose disseruit Bachmannus ad Lycophr. v. 461. Putant
atta
vocativum media brevi posuisse Alcaeum in versibus ab Athenaeo X. p. 430. D. XI. p. 481. A. servatis. Aeschylum ne si licuisset quidem Atticis illud corripere, hic
dïtàs
scripturum fuisse credo. Valde enim nocet virtuti orationis nomen substantivum, ubi gravis simplicitas participium poscit. Neque vero
aütus
aut similis nominis genitivus ferri potest, ad quem scholiastae perinepte
Evɛzev
supplent. Dativum posuerat Aeschylus, cui ex sequente
ou
adhaesit, verum non
άvtã
, sed
ἀñóó̟
. Hesychius
ἠπύη, φωνή
.
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σύ τ':
ou
omittunt Ox. Ven. A. Ald. Turn.
133

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Λατογένεια:
λατογένεια
Μ. Cantabr. 1. Par. L. Taur. et
7
supra adscripto G. Lips. Colb. 2. Ceteri
λητογένεια
.
133

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κούρα:
κούρα
, supra scripto
η
, G. Lips.
κούρη
, supra scripto
α
, Mosc. 1. Hic versus cum antistrophico comparatus invicto argumento ostendit veram esse eam huius metri rationem, quam a me monstratam contra Boeckhium defendit Weissenbornius.
133

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Ἄρτεμι φίλα, τόξον εὐτυκάζου: Libri
tógov εð пv×ášov úgteµ qíka. è è è è
, nisi quod
ἐντυκάζου (sic)
M. habet, litteris quidem
er
in litura. Idem
ἐντυκάζου
adscriptum est in Par. B. Hinc
εvtvzážov
restituit L. Dindorfius in Stephani Thesauro in v.
εὔτυκτος
. Hesychius
εντύκαζον (pro εὐτυκάζου), εύτυκτον, ἔχει ἕτοιμον
. Post haec verba quum libri habeant
"Αρτεμι φίλα. è è è è
, dubitari potest utrum librarius aberraverit ad v. 139. an perverterit ordinem verborum. Hoc probabilius iudicavi, ut duo versus eodem metro essent: strophicus enim excidit. Quare scripsi
Αρτεμι φίλα, τόξον εὐτυκάζου
.
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ὄτοβον:
Toẞor
recte Brunckius. Et sic M. Ceteri
tτoßov
, ante quod vocabulum Vit.
τὸ ἀκροξόνιον
addit.
136

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ὦ πότνι᾽ Ἥρα: Libri
ὦ πότνια ἥρα
.
137

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ἔλακον:
ἔλαβον
Par. E.
138

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χνόαι:
zróur
adscriptum, ut videtur, in Par. B.
138

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ἢ ἔ: Bis scribendum erat, dochmio monstrante. Ter habet Mosc. 2. ceteri quater.
139

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δοριτίνακτος δ' αἰθὴρ: Libri
dogvtíraztos d' aidyo
, praeter Med. in quo
dogiri-vaxtos
(non omissa particula) scriptum est (recte, ut videtur, quamquam dubitat de hac re Lobeckius ad Ai. v. 211.) et Colb. 2. in quo
d'
omissum est. Deleverunt etiam Porsonus et Blomfieldius. Fallitur tamen Wellauerus prorsus otiosam putans particulam. Immo necessaria est, quia
ἐπιμαίνεται
refertur ad praegressum alius virginis dictum,
ἔλακον ἀξό-vwv Boldoμérov zróa
. Adstrepit vero, inquit, isti curruum stridori tremefactus hastis aether. Quare post
alǹo
posui particulam.
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ἐπιμαίνεται:
ἐπιμένεται
Mosc. 1.
ἐπισημαίνεται
adscriptum in Par. B.
140

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τί πόλις ἄμμι:
τί πτόλις
Par. L.
καὶ πόλις
G.
uuu
M. Vit. Colb. 2. et Faehsio teste Par. L.
v
ceteri.
141

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πάσχει:
πάσχειν
Par. E.
141

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γενήσεται:
τι γεν-νήσεται
Αld.
καὶ γεννήσεται
Mosc. 2.
141

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ποῖ δὲ τέλος ἔτ᾽:
ποῖ δ᾽ ἔτι τέλος
M. Ald. Turn.
ποῖ δέτι τέλος
, ad
ποῖ
supra adscripto
7
, Lips.
πῆ δ᾽ ἔτι τέλος
Vit. Mosc. 1. Vind. 2. 3. 4.
ποῖ δέ τοι τέλος
Ask. A. Cantabr. 2.
ποῖ τι τέλος
Rob.
ποῖ τέλος
G. Taur. Recte Seidlerus
ποῖ δὲ τέλος ἔτ'
, ut melius congruens antistrophico. Est enim ex Cretico et dochmio compositus versus.
142

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ἀκροβόλων: Triclinius, ut videtur, ambigit a Thebanisne an ab Argivis venire dicantur lapides. Magis mirum est, quod Blomfieldio in glossario placuit,
ἀκροβόλων λιθάδα
esse lapidum imbrem a velitibus iactum. Bothius non animadversis antistrophicis huic versui praeposuit illum,
κόναβος ἐν πύλαις χαλκοδέτων σακέων
, non male quidem, sed nulla tamen necessitate. Sunt haec de Thebanis potius quam de Argivis intelligenda. Egregie poeta omne periculum gradatim descripsit, primo e statione signa moventem exercitum hostium, deinde campum armis implentem ac magis magisque urbi appropinquantem, iam denique hac in stropha initium proelii, Thebanos lapidum iaculatione de moenibus se defendentes, in portis autem comminus consertam pugnam.
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ὦ φίλ᾽ Ἄπολλον:
ὦ φίλτατ' ἄπολλον
Rob.
145

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ἐκ Διόθεν: Libri
καὶ διόθεν
, praeter Robortelli editionem, in qua recte
ἐκ διόθεν
scriptum est. Excidisse verbum quod aut
πέλοι
vel
μόλοι
significaret, aut quale est
ἐπαιτῶ
, et fortasse hoc ipsum, et metrum prodit et sententia.
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πολεμόκραντον ἁγνὸν τέλος ἐν μάχᾳ σύ τε, μάκαιρ᾽ ἄνασσ᾽ Ὄγκα, ὑπὲρ πόλεως:
πολεμόκρατον
Cantabr. 1. Par. E. N. Colb. 1.
πο-λεμόκραντον ἁγνὸν τέλος
purum et vacuum scelere exitum belli dicit, in mente habens odia fratrum. Libri
ἐν μάχαισί τε μάκαιρ' ἄνασσ' ὄγκα πρὸ πόλεως
, nisi quod
μάχεσι
habet Par. C. deinde
μάκερ
G.
μάχαις'
Ald.
ἄνασ'
Lips. tum
ὄγγα
Mose. 1.
πρὸ πόλεως
autem omittunt Arund. Par. K. et Cantabr. 2. in quo recentior manus addidit. Aperte
ἐν μάχαισί τε
nihil aliud est quam
ἐν μάχα· σύ τε
. Deinde metrum ostendebat scribendum esse
ὑπὲρ πόλεως
, cuius interpretatio est
προ πόλεως
. Nam etsi
Onea
dicta est Minerva a vico portae ab isto vico dictae vicino, de quo Millerus in Orchomeno p. 121. disseruit, tamen hic significatur pro urbe i. e. pro civibus. Confirmat emendationem glossa in Vit. supra adscripta
ἡ ἐπάνω τῆς πόλεως ἱστορουμένη
. Et scholiastes,
γίνωσκε γὰρ ὅτι ἐζωγράφουν ταύτην πρὸ τῶν πυλῶν τῆς πόλεως. ἣν καὶ ὁ Λυκόφρων πυλαίτιδα λέγει διὰ τὸ ἄνωθεν ἱστο-ρεῖσθαι ταύτην τῶν τῆς πόλεως πυλῶν
. Sic codices et Rob. sed Stephanus
ἱστορεῖσθαι
in
ἵστασθαι
mutavit. Lycophronis versus est 356.

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ἐπιρρύου:
ἐπιρύου
Οχ. Ald.
επιρρύου
ut ceteri M. sed
v
supra additum est. Correpta est autem huius verbi penultima syllaba, ut v. 285. 803.
150

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παναλκεῖς:
παναρκεῖς
, a recentiore manu
a
supra adscripto M. γρ.
παναρκεῖς
Par. Β.
παναλεῖς
Par. E.
151

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τέλειαί τε:
τελείας τε
Lips. Rob.
θεαὶ τέλειαί τε
Mosc. 1.
152

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γᾶς:
γῆς
Lips.
152

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τῆσδε:
τάσδε
etiam M. non
τασδέ γε
.
152

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δορίπονον:
δορίπονον
Μ. et sie Vict.
δορύπονον
G. Vit. Lips. Arund. Cantabr. 1. Vind. 1. 2. 3. 4. Ald. Rob. Turn.
153

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μὴ:
ἐφ'
Lips.
153

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προδῶθ᾽:
προδόθ᾽
Rob.
προθῶτ
153

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ἑτεροφώνῳ:
ἑτεροφόνῳ
G. Par.N.
ἑτεροφρώνῳ
Par. C. γρ.
ἑτεροφρόνῳ
Par. B. Ceteri
ετεροφώνω
. Vt hic versus cum antistrophico congrueret, aliquando putavi scribendum esse
ἑτεροβάμονι
, quo simplicius esset
ἑτερο ήμονι
. Nunc antistrophicum potius versum mutandum esse censui.
154

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πανδίκως:
πανδίκους
an
πανδίκως
habeat M. propter ambiguas litteras incertum est, videtur tamen
πανδίκως
potius esse.
πανδίκως
Vit. Par. Α. Β. C. N. Colb. 1. Ven. A. Ald. Turn.
πανδίκως
, sed supra adscripts
σκους
et γρ.
πανδήμους
, Mosc. 1.
πανδίκως
per
δικαίως
scholia explicant.
πανδόκους
Lips.
πανδίκους
G. Rob. quod per
δικαίας
scholion explicat. Praestat fortasse
πανδίκως
.
155

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λυτήριοί τ' ἀμφιβάντες: Libri
λυτήριοι ἀμφιβάντες
. Inserui copulam cum Seidlero.
158

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δείξαθ᾽:
δείξασθ'
G. Lips. Par. E.
158

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φιλοπόλεις:
φιλόπολις
Αld.
φιλοπόλιδες
G. Par. L. Ceteri
φιλοπόλιες
. Emendarunt Wunderlichius et Seidlerus.
159

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μέλεσθέ θ' ἱερῶν:
μέλεσθ᾽ ἱερῶν
Lips. Ald. Turn.
μέλλεσθ᾽ ἱερῶν
G. Taur.
μέλεσθε δ᾽ ἱερῶν
Μ. Vit. Colb. 1. Mosc. 1. Rob.
μέλλεσθέ θ᾽ ἱερῶν
Arund. Colb. 2. Recte Blomfieldius
μέλεσθέ θ' ἱερῶν
. Refertur enim ad
λυτήριοι τε
.
159

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ἱερῶν:
ἱρῶν
Par. E.
159

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μελόμενοι δ' ἀρήξατε: Libri
μελόμενοι δ᾽ ἀρήξατε
, nisi quod
μελλόμενοι
habent Ald. Rob. et
de
plene Vit. Non strophicus versus, sed hic depravatus est. Scripsisse videtur Aeschylus
μελόμενοι δὲ ἥξετε
. Cohaeret sententia sic,
δείξατε ὡς φιλοπόλεις ἐστέ, μέλεσθέ τε ἱερῶν δημίων, μελόμενοι δὲ ἥξετε
.
160

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πόλεος:
πόλεος
Porsonus.
πόλιος
Lips.
πόλεων
Par. E. Ceteri
πόλεως
.
161

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μνήστορες:
μνηστήρες. γρ. μνήστορες
Par. B.
162

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ἔστε μοι: Quod Stephanus scribendum esse vidit,
ἔστε μοι
, erat iam in Ald. Rob. Ceteri, ut videtur, libri
ἐστέ μοι
.
162

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θρέμματ᾽:
θρέματ'
Lips.
163

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ἄριστα:
ἀρεστὰ
scribendum esse suspicatur Dindorfius.
164

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θάρσος:
θράσος
G. Par. G. Ox. Ald. Rob. Turn.
165

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πυργηρουμένῳ:
πυργηρουμένω
ex
πυργηρουμένη
factum in M.
πυργυρουμένῳ
Cantabr. 1. Par. L.
165

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πολισσούχων:
πολισούχων
G. Lips. Par. C. Ald. Rob.
166

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αὔειν:
ἀΰειν
Rob.
167

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λακάζειν:
λακίζειν
Mosc. 2. Οx.
167

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μισήματα:
μιμήματα
Ven. Α. Ox. Scholiastae
σωφρόνων μισήματα
accusativum esse putarunt, pendentem ex
αὔξειν
et
λακάζειν
. Vocativum esse, ipsasque virgines increpari, vix dubitare poterit qui Valckenarii ad Hippolyti v. 406. adnotationem legerit, huius tamen loci non memoris.
167

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εὐεστοῖ: Inter
εὐεστοί
et
φίλῃ
litura in M.
εὐεστῆ
G. Lips. Taur. γρ.
εὐετῇ
ex Par. B. Faehsius affert.
εὐετοῖ
Par. N. Colb. 1.
168

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φίλῃ:
φίλα
Taur. et
ή
supra adscripto G.
168

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τῷ γυναικείῳ φυτῷ: Non credo Aeschylum scripsisse
τῷ γυναικείῳ γένει
, quod plerique libri habent. Nam non modo supervacaneus, verum ne recte quidem additus est articulus.
τω γυναικείω γένει
, non addito ad
τω
accentu, Μ.
φίλῳ
pro
γένει
habent Lips. Par. E.
φύλω γένει
Par. C.
φύλῳ
cum glossa
γένει
Vind. 2. 4.
γένει. γρ. φύλῳ
Par. B. γρ.
καὶ φύλῳ
schol. Vit. Hinc patet scriptum fuisse
ξύνοικος εἴην τῳ γυναικείῳ φυτῷ
, alicui mulieri. Nam
qutóv
etiam de hominibus dici constat.
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οἴκῳ:
ἥκω
pro
οἴκῳ
Ald.
171

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πλέον:
πόλεως
Par. Κ.
πλείον
Par. E.
171

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τάςδε:
τὰς
pro
τάςδε
G. Taur.
172

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φυγὰs:
βοὺς
Rob. et adscripto
φυγάς
Vind. 2. 4.
φυγάς
, ut ceteri, Vit. sed adscriptum est γρ.
βοάς
.
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διερροθήσατ᾽:
διερροθήσαιτ'
Par. E.
διερεθίσατ'
, adscripta glossa
ενε-βάλετε
G. et cum glossa
ἐνεβάλλετε
, adscripto autem supra γρ.
διερροθήσατ'
, Taur.
διερρησατ'
Rob.
κακὴν
Lips.
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ὀφέλλεται:
ὀφέλλεται
Μ. Ox. Par. N. Colb. 1. Ven. A. et antequam corrigeretur G.
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ὑφ᾽ αὑτῶν:
ὑπ' αὐτῶν
Lips. ed. Vict. Ceteri
ὑφ᾽ αὑτῶν
. Vtrumque scholia commemorant.
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ἔνδοθεν:
ἔνδον
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τοιαῦτά τἂν γυναιξὶ συνναίων ἔχοις: Hunc versum omittit M. Inde a Turnebo
τοιαῦτα δ᾽ ἂν
editum.
τοιαῦτ᾽ ἂν
G. (sic G.) Lips. Cantabr. 2. Mosc. 1. Par. L. Ald. Rob.
τοιαῦτα ἂν
Vit. Par. N.
τοιαῦτ᾽ ἐν
Par. E. Ven. A.
τοιαῦτά γ' ἂν
Cantabr. 1. Ven. B. Recte Blomfieldius
τοιαῦτά ταν
. V. Porsonum ad Med. v. 863.
έχεις
Mosc. 1.
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ἀρχῆς:
τῆς
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ἀκούσεται:
ἀκούσηται
G. Vit. Par. E. Pro eo verbo
μεταίχμιον
e versu sequente repetit Rob.
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χὤ τι τῶν μεταίχμιον:
χ' ὅτι τῶν μεταιχμίων
G. Taur.
ὅπερ ὑπάρχει τῶν μέσων
glossa in G. Attulit quaedam his similia Abreschius in Diluc. Thucyd. p. 599. Recte scholiastes hanc irati orationem esse dicit, sic loquentis, ut omnia comprehendat. Obversabantur tamen animo senes et pueri. Similiter Eum. v. 72.
αἷς οὐ μίγνυται θεῶν τις, οὐδ᾽ ἄνθρωπος, οὐδὲ θήρ ποτε
.
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δήμου δ᾽ οὔ τι μὴ φύγῃ:
δ᾽ οὔτι δήμου
Par. E.
μὴ
supra scripto
οὐ
et addito
παρ-έλκει
Par. B.
φύγοι
G.
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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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Parodos, welche die Schrecken einer belagerten und dem Sturm entgegensehenden Stadt mit solcher Kraft und sinnlicher Lebendigkeit des Ausdrucks vor die Augen führt, daß wir das kriegerische Treiben vor den Mauern ebenso vor uns sehen, wie im Agamemnon die Kassandraszene uns zu Zuschauern der Vorgänge im Hause macht. Zu der Kraft des Ausdrucks kam bei der Auf- führung noch die Veranschaulichung durch die σχήματα ὀρχήσεως, wie bei Athen. I S. 22 A berichtet wird, ὅτι Τελέστης ὁ Αἰσχύλου ὀρχηστής οὕτως ἦν τεχνίτης ὥστε ἐν τῷ ὀρχεῖσθαι τοὺς Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας φανερὰ ποιῆσαι τὰ πράγματα δι ὀρχήσεως. Von diesem Telestes heist es dort weiter: πολλὰ ἐξεύρηκε σχήματα, ἄκρως ταῖς χερσὶ τὰ λεγόμενα δεικνύς. Auf diese χειρο- νομία weist z. Β. ὅδε 80 hin. Das Ganze zerfällt in 4 Teile: im ersten (78-106) kommen die zwölf Choreuten einzeln zum Vortrag, wie sie der Reihe nach entweder einzeln oder, was wahrscheinlicher ist, in drei Gruppen zu je 4 Personen auf- treten ( σποράδην wie Eum. 244 1.). Der Chor besteht ja aus Jungfrauen, Bürgerstöchtern, welche in ihrer Angst zu den Altären der Götter flüchten, also vorher noch nicht versammelt sind. Im zweiten Teile (107—134) singen, wie die drei gleichen Verse 112, 116, 119 = 126, 130, 133 erkennen lassen, die drei στοίχοι nacheinander die Strophe und ebenso die Antistrophe. Den dritten Teil (135–151) tragen die beiden Halbchöre vor, nur in die Weherufe brechen alle zusammen aus. Den letzten Teil (152-165), ein Gebet, spricht der Gesamtchor. Die Wahl von Jungfrauen er- klärt der Schol. gut: εὐπτόητον ἡ τῶν παρθένων ἡλικία, μάλιστα δὲ πρὸς πολιορκίαν.

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zweiter Teil, dessen drei Abschnitte durch den Schluß- rhythmus ge- kennzeichnet werden. In der Strophe werden die Götter in ihrer Gesamt- heit und Zeus, in der Antistrophe die besonderen Schutzgottheiten des Landes, Athena, Poseidon, Ares, Aphrodite, Apollon und Artemis angerufen.

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ἱκέσιον ὑπὲρ δουλοσύνης, in- ständig bittend um Abwendung der Knechtschaft, wie Soph. O. T. 187 ὧν ὅπερ . . εὐῶπα πέμψον ἀλκάν.

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κῦμα ἀνδρῶν wie κῦμα φω- τῶν 1069. δοχμολόφων: Schol. τῶν ἐπινευόντων τοὺς λόφους. ἐν γὰρ τῇ κινήσει συμβαίνει πλαγιά ζεσθαι τοὺς λόφους, nach Hom. Π 216 ψαῦον δ' ἱππόκομοι κόρυθες λαμπροῖσι φάλοισιν νευόντων. Im Hinblick auf λευκολόφας Phoen. 119, γοργολόφας Aristoph. Ach. 567 hat Brunck hier δοχμολοφᾶν ge- schrieben.

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Schol. καχλάζει οὐ βορέου ἢ νότου πνοῇ, ἀλλὰ τῇ τοῦ Ἄρεως, zu 64. Vielleicht παφλάζει nach Hom. N 798 κύματα παφλάζοντα πολυφλοίσβοιο θαλάσσης, braust und schäumt", nicht,, plätschert", wie Eur. Hipp. 1211 κῦμα πέριξ ἀφρὸν πολὺν παφλάζον (für καχ- λάζον) zu schreiben sein dürfte.

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πάντως, welches in den Hand- schriften nach παντελές steht und um des Versmaßes willen umgestellt ist, gehört zu ἄρηξον: Schol. πάν- τως καὶ ἡμῖν βοήθησον, ὥστε μὴ ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων ἅλωσιν γενέσθαι. παντελές, Schol. πάντων ἔχων τέλος, vgl. Ag. 1486.

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ἄρηξον ( πόλει) δαΐων ἄλωσιν wie Eur. Med. 1275 αρῆξαι φόνον δοκεῖ μοι τέκνοις.

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κυκλοῦνται wie 233, vgl. Pers. 461 ἀμφὶ δὲ κυκλοῦντο πᾶσαν νῆσον (d. i. αμφεκυκλοῦντο).
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βρόμος ist für das wenig besagende póßos gesetzt. So er- hält der Satz Beziehung zum Vor- hergehenden (Begründung der Wahr- nehmung, daß die Feinde die Stadt umzingeln) und zum Folgenden, worin das Getöse weiter ausge- führt wird. Wakefield ψόφος, aber ψόφος wird nicht vom Waffen- geklirr gesagt. Vgl. dagegen Prom. 439 δάϊος στρατὸς · βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖς, Eur. Herakl. 832.

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διάδετοι δέ τοι γενῦν ἱππιᾶν (die durch die Gebisse der Pferde gezogenen Zäume) für διαδέτοι γε- νύων ἱππείων Dindorf. Mit γενῦν vgl. Ἐρινῦν für Ερινύων Eur. Iph. T. 931 u. a.

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μινύρονται L. Dindorf für κινύρονται nach Hesych. μινύρονται· προφωνοῦσι, προλέγουσι, welche Erklärung unserer Stelle entspricht (das Klirren der Gebisse weissagt uns Tod und Verderben).

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δορυσσῷ σαγᾷ (aus dem Heere durch ihre kriegerische Rüstung hervortretend Vorbe- reitung der späteren Beschreibung durch den Boten) für δορυσσόοις σαγαΐς nach den Spuren der ersten Hand δορυσσόοι * * * * * * σ ( δορυσσόοι σαγᾶι). Vgl. Pers. 243 φεράσπιδες σαγαί, Eur. Herakl. 699 ὁπλίτην κόσμον. ἑβδόμαις für ἑπτά wie δεκάτους für δέκα Hom. Θ 404 οὐδέ κεν ἐς δεκάτους περιτελλομένους ἐνιαυτούς.

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ὅ τε ἄναξ steht als Voka- tiv wie Ag. 514 νῦν χαῖρε μὲν χθών, χαῖρε δ᾽ ἡλίου φάος ὕπατός τε χώρας Ζεὺς ὁ Πύθιός τ᾽ ἄναξ, Soph. Phil. 986 ὦ Λημνία χθὼν καὶ τὸ παγκρατὲς σέλας. Vgl. zu 70. ἵππιος hief Poseidon als Schöpfer oder Bezähmer des Rosses und εὑρετὴς τῆς· ἱππικῆς. Als ἵππιος wurde er mit der Ἀθηνᾶ ἱππία im attischen Kolonos verehrt (Schol. zu Soph. Ο. Κ. 711).

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Ιχθυβόλοις μάχαν ἀποσοβῶν κέντροις (mit dem fischstachelnden Dreizack das Kampfgetümmel fort- scheuchend) ist zur Herstellung des Versmaßes gesetzt für ιχθυβόλῳ μαχανᾷ Ποσειδῶν ἰχθυβόλω μάχαν αποσόβει κέντρω R. Merkel). Vgl. Hesych. ιχθυόκεντρον τρίαιναν. Der Gott soll mit der ihm eigen- tümlichen Waffe Hilfe bringen. So soll Soph. O. T. 202 Zeus mit dem Blitze, Apollon mit dem Bogen, Artemis und Dionysos mit Fackeln Beistand leisten.

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ἐπίλυσιν φόνων ἐπίλυσιν δίδου eine besonders im doch- mischen Versmaße beliebte Weise der Wiederholung, vgl. 156, 770 ff., 887f., Cho. 156 κλύε δέ μοι σέβας, κλύ᾽, ὦ δέσποτ᾽ ἐξ ἀμαυρᾶς φρενός, Eur. Hipp. 836 τὸ κατὰ γᾶς θέλω, τὸ κατὰ γᾶς κνέφας.

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Der Ausruf φεν φεν bezieht sich auf die doppelte Bedeutung von κηδείαν, welches nicht blog die verschwägerte", was es hier eigentlich heißen soll, sondern auch die der Totentrauer verfallene, dem Untergang geweihte" be- zeichnet. Den gleichen Doppelsinn hat κῆδος Ag. 702. · κηδείαν ist für ἐπώνυμον Κάδμου um des Metrums willen sowie im Hinblick auf das folgende κήδεσαι ἐναργώς gesetzt.

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Schol. κηδεστὴς ἐναργῶς γενοῦ. Αρμονίαν γὰρ τὴν Αφροδίτης καὶ Ἄρεως εἶχεν Κάδμος. Die Ver- wandtschaft ( κῆδος) bewähre sich als Sorge ( κῆδος). · Ähnlich 8f.

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Das epische ὥστε auch 488, 738, 1047 und öfters bei Äschylos nicht bloß in lyrischen und ana- pästischen Partien, sondern auch im Trimeter Pers. 300, Eum. 25, 1025. προμάτωρ ( ει): als Mutter der Harmonia, der Gemahlin des Kadmos, ist Aphrodite Ahnmutter des Kadmeischen Stammes. Vgl. Soph. Ο. Τ. 1 ώ τέκνα, Κάδμου τοῦ πάλαι νέα τροφή.

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λιταῖσι θεοκλύτοις mit fehent- lichen Rufen zu dir, Göttin.

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ἀυτοῦσαι (für ἀπύουσαι um des Versmaßes willen Seidler), an- rufend wie Eur. Hipp. 167 τὴν δ᾽ . . οὐρανίαν.. ἀύτευν.

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Λύκειος .. ἀντίτας (gesetzt für αυτᾶς, Aktiv zu ἄντιτος, also 8. V. a. ἄντιτα ἔργα τελῶν nach Hom. e 51, vgl. τίτας Cho. 65): ,werde den Feinden ein wölfischer Wiedervergelter unserer Klagen". Schol. ὥσπερ λύκος αὐτοῖς ἐφόρμησον ἀνθ' ὧν ἡμεῖς νῦν θρηνοῦμεν. Äschylos leitet also den Beinamen des Apollon Λύκειος von λύκος ab wie Sophokles El. 6 τοῦ λυκοκτόνου θεοῦ ἀγορὰ Λυκεῖος und benützt den Bei- namen für den Gedanken (zu 8 f.). Vgl. Hor. epist. II 2, 28 vehemens lupus et sibi et hosti iratus pariter.

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ὦ Λατωίς, εὐτυκάζου (s. V. 2. ἑτοιμάζου, rüste dich, halte dich bereit) für ὦ Λατογένεια κούρα, τόξον ἐντυκάζου ( Λητωίς Seidler, εὐτυκάζου L. Dindorf nach Hesych. εὐτυκάζου· εὔτυκ( τ) ον ἔχε, ἕτοιμον).

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dritter Teil: Die Angst der Jungfrauen steigert sich, da sie das Rasseln der Streitwagen, das Schwingen der Lanzen, den Steinhagel gegen die Zinnen der Mauern vernehmen, und ihr Flehen zu den Göttern wird immer ein- dringlicher.

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Schol. χνόαι τὰ ἀκραξόνια, περὶ ἃ αἱ χοινικίδες οἱ παραξονῖται (die Naben) λεγόμενοι und Schol. zu Soph. Εl. 745 ἔθραυσε δ᾽ ἄξονος μέσας χνόας: τὸ λεπτὸν μέρος τοῦ ἄξονος τὸ τριβόμενον ὑπὸ τῆς χοινικίδος. Weil die Schwere des Wagens auf der Achse ruht ( βριθο- μένων, βαρυνομένων), knarrt die Achsenspitze (zvón) (Hom. E 838 ( χνόη) μέγα δ' ἔβραχε φήγινος ἄξων βριθοσύνῃ), indem sie sich an der Radbüchse ( σύριγξ) reibt. Vgl. 188 σύριγγες ἔκλαγξαν ἑλίτροχοι.

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Die Umstellung von ἓ ἓ ἓ ἔ und die Ergänzung dieser Inter- jektion nach 146 stellt volle Sym- metrie her.

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δ', welches der Med. nach δοριτίνακτος hat, fehlt in einer jüngeren Handschrift. Die vom Speerschwingen erschütterte Luft saust zu dem Knarren der Wagen".

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ἄμμι für ἡμῖν wie ὄμμε für ὑμᾶς Eum. 623, Soph. Αnt. 846. — πάσχει γενήσεται: was ist unserer Stadt zu erleiden bestimmt? was wird noch geschehen?"

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πο wie Cho. 256 καὶ ποῖ τελευτᾷ καὶ καρανοῦται λόγος u. δ. bei τελευτᾶν: y,zu welchem Ende noch führt es die Gottheit hin- aus?"

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Die Steine werden nach der Höhe der Mauer, wo die Ver- teidiger stehen, geschleudert. Vgl. Tac. hist. II 22, Caes. b. Gall. II 6. Schol. ἀκροβολίζεσθαί ἐστι τὸ ἐν πολέμῳ συμβολῆς προκατάρχεσθαι. - ἀκροβόλων τα ακρόβολος, nicht zu ἀκροβόλος (Hesych. ακροβόλοι· ἀκον- τισταί, τοξόται). Ansprechend aber schreibt A. Ludwig ἀκροβόλος. — Der Gen. ist abhängig von λιθὰς ἔρχεται wie von λιθοβολείται und den Ver- ben des Zielens. λιθάς (Steinhagel) gebildet wie νιφάς, φυλλάς, αἱμάς. Blaydes vermutet νιφάς nach 197 u. Eur. Androm. 1129 πυκνῇ δὲ νιφάδι πάντοθεν σποδούμενος. Ther · umgekehrt, wie 198 zeigt.

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( Απολλον), παῖ Διὸς ὅθεν (für καὶ Διόθεν van den Bergh).. ἐν μάχα s. v. a. ὅθεν ( ἐξ οὗ) τέλος ἐν μάχα κραίνεται, von dem des Krieges hehres Ziel im Kampfe be- schieden wird.

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Ὄγκα ἡ Ἀθηνᾶ παρὰ Θη βαίοις. ἐπεύχεται δὲ τὴν ἐπιχώριον ᾿Αθηνῶν, ὡς ὁ Θετταλὸς Ζεῦ ἄνα (Hom. П 233) nai d Λύκιος η κλύθι, ἄναξ, ὅς που Δωδωναίε 66 Λυκίης" (ebd. 514) καὶ ὁ Ἴλιος Ζεῦ Ἴδηθεν μεδέων" ( Ω 308). Ογκαία Αθηνᾶ τιμᾶται παρὰ Θη βαίοις, Ὄγκα δὲ παρὰ τοῖς Φοίνιξιν. καὶ Ὀγκαῖαι πύλαι (474). μέμνηται καὶ ᾿Αντίμαχος καὶ Ῥιανός. Φοίνιξ δὲ ἄνωθεν ὁ Κάδμος. Daza Paus. ΙΧ 12, 2 Ὄγκα κατὰ γλῶσσαν τὴν Φοινίκων καλεῖται. Ursprünglich der Aphrodite identisch ward sie von den Hellenen wegen ihrer krie- gerischen Natur als Athena be- zeichnet. Vgl. Hermes II S. 280. Ein Dochmius läßt sich mit Ὄγκα πρὸ πτόλεως oder Ὄγκα πρὸς πύλαις herstellen; aber es fehlt die genaue Responsion und das Fol- gende scheint auf Ὄγκα ἑδρὶς πυλών (Hesych. ἑδρίς· ἑδραῖος) oder vielmehr Ὄγκα ἕδρα πυλῶν hinzu- weisen ( ἕδρα ist dann von ἐπί in ἐπιρρύου abhängig: „,zu deinem Sitz an einem Tore hinzu"). Jeden- falls scheint der Sinn zu sein:,,du hast an einem Tor eine geweihte Stätte (488); beschütze mit diesem Tore auch die übrigen". — ἐπιρρύου mit kurzem v wie 290, 809. in

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Schol. κατὰ πάντα βοηθοί, richtiger Hesych. παναρκές· ἰσχυρόν, παντοδύναμον, allvermögend.

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Gebet die Stadt nicht als eine speerbedrängte (eroberte, δο- ριάλωτον, vgl. δορὸς ἄγραν 309) einem fremdredenden Heere preis". Schol. τῷ μὴ βοιωτιάζοντι (in äolischem Dialekt). ἐπειδὴ δὲ Ἕλληνες καὶ οἱ Ἀργεῖοι, οὐκ εἶπεν βαρβαροφώνῳ. Des Dialektunter- schiedes wird auch Cho. 561 ge- dacht: φωνὴν ἥσομεν Παρνησίδα, γλώσσης αϋτὴν Φωκίδος μιμουμένω.

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χειροτόνους, von dem Beten- den übertragen. Schol. Ὅμηρος, χεί ρας ἀνασχόντες" ( Θ 347).

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λυτήριοι, erlösend. ἀμ- φιβάντες (schirmend): Schol. παρὰ τὸ ., ὃς Χρύσην αμφιβέβηκας (Hom. A 37).

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ἔλθετε (für ἀρήξατε Enger), kommt zu Hilfe, wie Soph. O. T. 167 τρισσοὶ ἀλεξίμοροι προφάνητε μοι, εἴ ποτε ἔλθετε καὶ νῦν.

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φιλοθύτων ὀργίων, der opfer- frohen Weihen, der freudig (und dargebrachten Opfer. reichlich) Blaydes vermutet πολυθύτων, un- nötig.

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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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θρέμματα, Brut, Gezücht, wie Soph. Εl. 622 ὦ θρέμμ' ἀναιδές, Eur. Androm. 261 ὦ βάρβαρον σὺ θρέμμα.

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Schol. καθ' ὑπόκρισιν (d. i. ironisch) ἀναγνωστέον, ἢ ὡς ἐν ἐρωτήσει μετ' ἐπιτιμήσεως, natürlich das letztere, da ὑμᾶς ἐρωτῶ vor- hergeht. - ἀρωγά für ἄριστα Weil: kann das helfen und dem Staat zum Heile sein?"

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πρὸς βρέτη θεῶν: die Prä- position wird bei den Tragikern häufig nachgestellt, wenn eine attri- butive Bestimmung folgt, hier der Gen. wie Prom. 680 ποίμνας βου- στάσεις τε πρὸς πατρός.

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σωφρόνων μισήματα erklärt der Schol. ( ταῦτα, προσπίπτειν τοῖς ξοάνοις καὶ βοᾶν wohl mit Recht als Apposition zum Inhalt des vor- hergehenden Satzes. Denn das vor- ausgehende θρέμματ' οὐκ ἀνασχετά ist der Auffassung als Vokativ nach Eum. 73, wo die Erinyen μισήματ' ἀνδρῶν καὶ θεῶν Ὀλυμπίων heißen, und Soph. Εl. 289 ὦ δύσθεον μίσημα nicht günstig.

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ἐν εὐεστοί φίλῃ auch Ag. 920. Schol. εὐδαιμονία, εὐετηρία, Hesych. εὐεστώ· εὐθηνία, ἀπὸ τοῦ εὖ εἶναι.

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κρατοῦσα: aus γυναικείῳ er- gänzt sich γυνή (generell): „hat die Frau die Oberhand, so ist sie ein trotziges Wesen, mit dem nie- mand auskommen kann; glaubt sie sich in Gefahr, so ist sie im öffent- lichen wie im Familienleben ein noch größeres Unheil (d. h. im Glücke übermütig, im Unglück gleich ver- zagt). Ähnlich Eur. Fragm. 276 γυναῖκές ἐσμεν· τὰ μὲν ὄκνω νικώ- μεθα, τὰ δ᾽ οὐκ ἂν ἡμῶν θράσος ὑπερβάλοιτό τις.

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καὶ νῦν (gern nach ἀεὶ μέν), wenn zur allgemeinen Regel ein besonderer Fall als Bestätigung hinzugefugt wird. - διαδρόμους von den Personen, welche ängstlich durcheinanderlaufen, übertragen: ihr habt durch euer ängstliches und lärmendes Hin- und Herrennen den Bürgern feige Entmutigung beigebracht" ( διερροθήσατε: διὰ τοῦ θορύβου ἐμβεβλήκατε Schol., der vielleicht διερροθήκατε gelesen hat).

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Hesych. ὀφέλλεται· αὔξεται. Vgl. 235.

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ὑπ' αὐτῶν (d. i. ἡμῶν αὐτῶν), eine jüngere Handschrift für vo' αὑτῶν. Nach diesem Vers bieten jüngere Handschriften den Vers τοιαῦτα τἂν γυναιξὶ συνναίων ἔχοις, der ergänzt wurde, also die V. 182 f. nach 181 umgestellt waren. Denn daß diese vor 178 ihren Platz haben, zeigt ἀρχῆς τῆς ἐμῆς. 1791. μέλει γάρ begründet nicht das Vorhergehende, sondern das folgende Verbot. Vgl. Hom. Z 490 ἀλλ᾽ εἰς οἶκον ἰοῦσα τὰ σ' αὐτῆς ἔργα κόμιζε . . πόλεμος δ' ἄνδρεσσι μελήσει, in anderem Sinne πόλεμος δ' ἄνδρεσσι (den Menschen) μελήσει Y 137. ἔνδον κτέ. d. h. bleibe im Hause, auf daß du keinen Schaden stiftest.