Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes 181

Robert Potter (Translator)

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It is not to be borne, ye wayward race: p
Is this your best, is this the aid you lend
The state, the fortitude with which you steel
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The souls of the besieg'd, thus falling down
Before these images to wail, and shriek
With lamentations loud? Wisdom abhors you.
Nor in misfortune, nor in dear success,
Be woman my associate: if her pow'r
195
Bears sway, her insolence exceeds all bounds;
But if she fears, woe to that house and city.
And now, by holding counsel with weak fear,
You magnify the foe, and turn our men
To flight: thus are we ruin'd by ourselves.
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This ever will arise from suffering women
To intermix with men.
But mark me well,
Whoe'er henceforth dares disobey my orders,
Be it or man or woman, old or young,
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Vengeance shall burst upon him, the decree
Stands irreversible, and he shall die.
War is no female province, but the scene
For men: hence, home; nor spread your mischiefs here.
Hear you, or not? Or speak I to the deaf?
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Seven Against Thebes. Aeschylus. Robert Potter (Translator). London. 1779.

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Editions (7)
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 181-202 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 181-202 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 181 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 181 focus
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 181 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 181 focus
ὑμᾶς ἐρωτῶ, θρέμματ᾽ οὐκ ἀνασχετά,
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ἢ ταῦτ᾽ ἄριστα καὶ πόλει σωτήρια,
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 181 focus
Translations (8)
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.)) — 181-200 focus
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 181 focus
Intolerable creatures! is this, I ask you, best and salutary for our city, and an encouragement to this beleaguered force, for you to fall before the statues of our tutelary gods, to shriek, to yell—O ye abominations of the wise. Neither in woes nor in welcome prosperity may I be associated with woman-kind; for when woman prevails, her audacity is more than one can live with; and when she is affrighted, she is a still greater mischief to her home and city. Even now, having brought upon your countrymen this pell-mell flight, ye have, by your outcries, spread dastard cowardice, and ye are serving, as best ye may, the interests of those without, but we within our walls are suffering capture at our own hands;—such blessings will you have if you live along with women. Wherefore if any one give not ear to my authority, be it man or woman, or other between [these names
,] the fatal pebble shall decide against him, and by no means shall he escape the doom of stoning at the hand of the populace. For what passeth without is a man's concern, let not woman offer advice—but remaining within do thou occasion no mischief. Heard'st thou, or heard'st thou not, or am I speaking to a deaf woman?
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 181 focus
des sacrifices que ce peuple vous offrit, et que ce sou-
venir vous guide à son secours. Ne soyez pas oublieuses des mystères prodigues d'offrandes célébrés dans cette cité.
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.) — 181 focus
Insopportabil razza, a voi medesime
lo chiedo, utile è questo, è salutare
per
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la città, potrà coraggio infondere
in chi combatte su le mura, urlare,
piagnucolar, prostrate ai simulacri
dei Numi della Patria? Odio dei saggi!
--
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Mai nei malanni, mai nella fortuna
non m'abbia in casa la donnesca razza!
Impera, ella è protervia intollerabile:
teme, piú grave è il mal per la sua casa,
per la sua patria. - Ed or, tra i cittadini,
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con lo scompiglio delle vostre fughe,
vociferate esanime viltà.
Cosí vantaggio immenso hanno i nemici;
e noi dai nostri fra le nostre mura
siam cosí posti a sacco. Ecco bel frutto
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del conviver con donne. Ora, se alcuno
non ode il mio comando, o uomo o donna
o chiunque egli sia, pena di morte
sarà votata contro lui, dal popolo
lapidato sarà; né questa sorte
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potrà sfuggire. Gli uomini al governo:
donna non dia consiglio! E tu rimani
in casa, e non far danno. Avete udito
o non avete udito? O parlo a sorde?
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 181 focus
Vos interrogo, greges non tolerandos,
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Vtrum hæc optima, & urbi salutaria ſunt,
Exercituiq; audacia huic turres cuſtodienti,
Cadentes ad ſtatuaſes defenſorum deorum
Clamare, uociferari prudentibus odioſa.
Neq; in malis, neq; in felicitate chara,
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Conturbernatis fuero muliebri generi.
Nam confidens truculenta eſt audacia,
Verita domo & urbi plus mali.
Et nunc ciuibus cursores fugas
Ponentes, iniecistis exanimem ignauiam.
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Ea quæ sunt extra portam, tanqui optima, iuuater
Ipſi ab ipſis intus expugnamur.
Talia cohabitans muliebribus habebis.
Quod ſi quis meo imperio non audiens fuerit,
Vir & mulier, horung, medium,
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Calculus perniciofus contra ipſos conſtitutus est,
Lapidariam populi ne effugiat mortem.
Curæ sit uiro, ne mulier conſultet
De his quæ foris funt, intus existens ne danũ inferat.
Audiuisti, aut non audiuiſtian ſurde loquors
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Seven Against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (Seven Against Thebes. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 181 focus
ANTIGONE
Wretched kindred!
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.) — 181 focus
Hark to my question, things detestable!
Is this aright and for the city's weal,
And helpful to our army thus beset,
That ye before the statues of our gods
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Should fling yourselves, and scream and shriek your fears?
Immodest, uncontrolled! Be this my lot—
Never in troublous nor in peaceful days
To dwell with aught that wears a female form!
Where womankind has power, no man can house,
150
Where womankind feeds panic, ruin rules
Alike in house and city! Look you now—
Your flying feet, and rumour of your fears,
Have spread a soulless panic on our walls,
And they without do go from strength to strength,
155
And we within make breach upon ourselves!
Such fate it brings, to house with womankind.
Therefore if any shall resist my rule—
Or man, or woman, or some sexless thing—
The vote of sentence shall decide their doom,
160
And stones of execution, past escape,
Shall finish all. Let not a woman's voice
Be loud in council! for the things without,
A man must care; let women keep within—
Even then is mischief all too probable!
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Hear ye? or speak I to unheeding ears?
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.) — 181 focus
Euch, Weiber, frag' ich, unerträgliches Gezücht,
Dient das zum Besten, schafft es Wohlgedeih'n der Stadt
Und Muth dem Kriegerheere, das der Feind umschloß,
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So vor den Heimatgöttern hier in Staub gestürzt,
Zu schrei'n, zu jammern, ihr dem weisen Mann ein Graun?
Niemals im Unglück, noch im holden Schein des Glücks,
Sei ich in Einem Hause mit dem Frauenvolk!
Denn sind sie oben, ist ihr Troß nicht auszusteh'n;
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Im Leide sind sie größres Leid für Haus und Stadt.
Und jetzt in wildverworr'ner Flucht euch dort und hier
Umtreibend, weckt ihr feige Furcht im Volk umher.
Dem Feinde draußen leistet ihr den besten Dienst,
Und wir vernichten drinnen uns durch eigne Schuld.
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Das hat davon zum Lohne, wer mit Frauen lebt.
Doch wer sich frevelnd meinem Wort entgegenstellt,
Frau'n oder Männer oder wer es immer sei,
Gesprochen werde wider ihn der Todesspruch,
Der Steinigung des Volkes soll er nicht entgeh'n!
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Dem Manne, nicht dem Weibe, liegt zu sorgen ob,
Was außen vorgeht: schade sie nur innen nicht!
Sprech' ich zu Tauben? Hört ihr oder hört ihr nicht?

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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ἱππικῶν τ᾽ ἀγρύπνων πηδαλίων δία στόμια: Libri omnes et Triclinius infra ad v. 834. atque ad Sophoclis Oed. R. v. 863.
ἱππικῶν τ᾽ ἀΰπνων πηδαλίων διὰ στόμα
. Scribendum esse
αγρύπνων
et
δια στόμια
metrum indicio est. Atque
άyouлvov
etiam Seidlerus de v. dochm. p. 129. et Blomfieldius scripserunt. Vtitur hoc vocabulo Aeschylus in Prometheo v. 360.
ἀλλ᾽ ἦλθεν αὐτῷ Ζηνὸς ἄγρυπνον βέλος
. In
día oróuia
etiam Lachmannus incidit et antea Schützius, nisi quod hic novum vocabulum,
diaorópa
, finxit. Est autem
στόμιον
ferrum quod ori equorum inseritur.

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πυριγενετᾶν:
Avoiуεvéτav
Ald. Turn.
лvoiyεvetur
Colb. 1. Rob. et supra scriptum in Cantabr. 1.
189

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χαλινῶν:
χαλινών
ita scriptum in M. ut
ω
ex
a
factum videatur.
189

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τί οὖν: Libri
τί ovv
; Blomfieldius ex Porsoni ad Phoen. v. 892. sententia
τί d'ouv
; corrigens quae contraria sunt. Graviter vero refragatur
τί our dý
; in Aiace v. 873. nisi quis
võv
scribere iubeat, quod in Sept. ad Th. v. 685. fecit Blomfieldius. Et sane hic quoque
τί võv
; recte quaereret Eteocles.
190

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ἆρα μὴ 'ς:
йga un is
recte G. Colb. 1. Par. N. Vind. 1.3.
doa ue is
Par. H. ut videtur.
oa uns
a pr. manu M. recentior
µ's
fecit.
ἆρά μ' εἰς
Par. E. Ven. A.
ἆρα μ' ἐς
Vind. 2. 4. Ald. Rob.
ἆρά γ' εἰς
Cantabr. 1. 2. Οx.
ἆρά γ' ἐς
Turn.
ἆρα μὴ
, omisso
εἰς
, Vit. Par. K. L. Ask. A.
do εls
Par. C.
190

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πρῷραν:
πρώραν
G.
πρώρην
Lips.
πρώραν
M. Vit. et, quantum constat, ceteri.
190

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φυγὼν:
φυγών
omittit Lips.
190

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πρύμνηθεν:
πρύμνοθεν
Ven. A. et
η
ad
o
supra scripto Par. G.
πρήμ-νόθεν
Par. E.
191

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εὗρε:
Evoε
ante lituram habuisse videtur M.
191

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πρὸς κύματι:
v zúμari
M. Vit. Lips. Par. L. sed in M.
¿v zú
in litura scriptum est a secunda manu.
192

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θεοῖς πίσυνος, ἅτε νιφάδος: Libri
πίσυνος θεοῖς, νιφάδος
, nisi quod
πίσσυνος
est in Vit. Colb. 1. Seidlerus
θεοῖσι πίσυνος, νιφάδος
. Vt melius haec strophae responderent, scripsi
θεοῖς πίσυνος, ἅτε νιφάδος
.
194

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ὀλοᾶς:
ὀλοὺς
Ald. Rob.
ολους
Vit.
195

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νιφομένας:
νιφομένας
G. (
ης
supra scripto G.) Vit. Lips. Cantabr. 1. Par. A. B. C. L.
vigouévys
Ald. Rob. Turn. et
a
supra scripto Cantabr. 2.
veiqouέvns
, supra scripto
α
, M.
195

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δὴ:
d
omittit Cantabr. 1.
196

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φόβῳ:
φόβῳ
omittunt Par. K. Taur.
196

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πόλεος: Libri
πόλεως
. Quod olim correxi.
809
Ask. A.
197

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στέγειν:
στέργειν
G. Colb. 1. Mosc. 2. Vind. 1. 3.
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πολέμιον:
πολέμιον
Μ. (sic M.) G. Vit. Cantabr. 1. Mosc. 1.,Ox. Par. A. B. C. E. Ven. A. B.
noλɛ-uiwr
Lips. Ald. Rob. Turn.
199

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οὐκ οὖν τάδ᾽ ἔσται πρὸς θεῶν; ἀλλ᾽ οὖν θεοὺς αὐτοὺς ἁλούσης πόλεος ἐκλείπειν λόγος.: Libri
ovxovv
, nisi quod in M. accentus a recentiore manu additus est. Certe hoc divisim scribendum, ut sit interrogatio. Notae chori in principio versus, in medio versu Eteoclis, in M. a recentiore manu adiectae sunt. Turbata putanda esset
orizoµvdía
, si totus versus choro esset tributus: nunc non totum pronuntiante coryphaeo non est quod reprehendatur. Non aptum est, si quis per
vлogooàν
haec verba Eleocli tribueret. Deinde libri
ἀλλ᾽ οὖν θεοὺς τοὺς τῆς ἁλούσης πόλεος ἐκλείπειν θεούς
, nisi quod permira diversitate Rob.
αλλ' όκκα θεοὺς
habet,
πόλεως
M. G. Vit. Lips. Ven. A. Ald. Rob.
τῆς
omittit Cantabr. 2.
ἐκλιπεῖν
habet Par. E. et antequam corrigeretur M.
ἐκλείπει
G.
ἔκλειπον
Lips. Muretus Var. lect. V. 19.
ἀλλ' οὐ
scribendum esse coniecit, ut interrogatio esset. Quod olim conieceram,
τὰ τῆς ἁλούσης πόλεος
, confirmari potest scholio codicis Vit. in quo est
ἀλλ' ὁ λόγος ἐξᾴδεται τὰ τῆς πόλεως θεοὺς φεύγειν, πορθείσης αὐτῆς
. Sed scholia edita et Monacensia
τοὺς τῆς πόλεως θεοὺς φεύγειν, πορθηθείσης αὐτῆς
habent. Nihil efficitur Wunderlichii disputatione in Obs. erit. p. 159. Nam in Agam. v. 323. recte dictum est
εἰ δ᾽ εὖ σέβουσι τοὺς πολισσούχους θεοὺς τοὺς τῆς ἁλούσης γῆς θεῶν θ᾽ ἱδρύματα
, quod ibi de certa urbe sermo est. Hic vero
της
non aptum, ut de qualibet urbe. Neque
ἐκλείπειν
nude positum recte defenditur isto
ἐκλέλοιπεν
in Persis v. 127. quod id coniunctum est eum
ἐξαμείψας πρῶνα
. Repetendus potius accusativus est ex
ἁλούσης πόλεος
, ut ego dixi ad Soph. Antig. v. 1325. et Fritzschius in Quaest. Luc. p. 174. Sed isti articuli nimis suspecti sunt, praesertim quum alter, qui omnino prave positus est, in uno codice desit. Credo Aeschylum scripsisse, quod Schützius coniecit,
ἀλλ᾽ οὖν θεοὺς αὐτοὺς ἁλούσης πόλεος ἐκλείπειν λόγος
. Ad sententiam conf. v. 286. seqq. Euripides Troad. v. 25.
λείπω τὸ κλεινὸν Ἴλιον βωμούς τ' ἐμούς. ἐρημία γὰρ πόλιν όταν λάβῃ κακή, νοσεῖ τὰ τῶν θεῶν, οὐδὲ τιμᾶσθαι θέλει.
Dixerunt de hac re interpretes ad Virg. Aen. II. 351. Rutgersius Var. lect. VI. 17. comparabat haec Senecae in Phoen. v. 633. favisse fac votis deos omnes luis: cessere et aversi fugam petiere.

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ἐμὸν κατ᾽ αἰῶνα:
ἐμὴν
Οχ. Ven. A. Etsi
alura
feminino genere Eustathius p. 501, 26.
τραγικώτερον
esse dicit, exemplo usus Euripidis, tamen non mutem vulgatam, quum praesertim illud
euir
ex glossa
ἐμὴν ζωήν
, quam libri nonnulli habent, ortum esse videatur. Valckenarius ad Callimachi fragm. p. 271. seq. cum scholiastis haec sic intelligit
κατ' ἐμὸν χρόνον, ἤγουν ἡμῶν ζώντων
. Aeschylum hoc voluisse puto,
μήποτε καταλίποι ἐμὸν αἰῶνα
, quod magis poeticum est.
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λίποι:
λείποι
Μ. Par. L. Taur.
λίπει
Lips.
202

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πανήγυρις:
πανάγυρις
Par. L.
203

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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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σύριγγες: zu 137. Vgl. Hik. 187 σύριγγες οὐ σιγῶσιν ἀξονήλατοι. ἑλίτροχοι: Schol. περὶ ἃς ἑλίστ σονται οἱ τροχοί, besser es knarr- ten die sich drehenden Büchsen der Räder". 1901. στόμια (für στόμα Lach- mann) πυριγενετᾶν χαλινῶν ἤπυεν ( ἄπυεν für αύπνων um des Sinnes wie Versmaßes willen, Lachmann ἄπυον) διὰ ἱππικῶν (Heimsöth πωλι- κῶν, ohne Not) πηδαλίων, das im Feuer gearbeitete (d. i. stählerne, vgl. 925) Zaumgebiß erklirrte bei der Lenkung der Rosse, vgl. Eur. Hipp. 1223 ἐνδακοῦσαι στόμια πυρι- γενῆ γναθμοις, Or. 820 πυριγενεῖ τεμεῖν παλάμα χρόα.

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Allegorie mit dem Ge- danken:,,kann das Hin- und Her- rennen Hilfe bringen?" τί οὖν: dieser Hiatus findet sich öfters (691, Eum. 903, Hik. 310, Soph. Phil. 100, Ai. 873). ηύρεν ist gnom. Aorist.

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σαλεύματι (gesetzt für * * ματι von erster, ἐν κύματι von zweiter Hand, πρὸς κύματι jüngere Handschriften), vgl. Aristoph.Thesm. 872 ποντίῳ σάλῳ κάμνοντας ἐν χει μῶνι καὶ ναυαγίαις.

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πρόδρομος (vorwärts eilend): zu 80. 1971. θεοῖς τε πίσυνος für das hdschr. πίσυνος θεοῖς um des Vers- maßes und des Sinnes willen. νιφάδος von dem Steinhagel nach Hom. Μ 156 οἳ δ᾽ ἄρα χερμαδίοισιν ἐνδμήτων ἀπὸ πύργων βάλλον . νιφάδες δ᾽ ὡς πῖπτον ἔραζε. Naber vermutet λιθάδος nach 144, nicht unwahrscheinlich, da νιφομένας folgt. — νιφομένης, nicht νιφούσης: Ζεὺς νίφει, dagegen νιφὰς λιθάς) νίφεται. Zu βρόμος ergänzt sich bei ὅτε leicht ἦν.

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δὴ πότε: die epische Stel- lung, in Prosa τότε δή.

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ἀλκήν, ihre helfende, schützende Hand. Vgl. Hom. Δ 249 ὄφρα ἴδητ' αἴ κ' ἔμμιν ὑπέροχῃ χεῖρα Κρονίων, Ω 374 ἀλλ᾽ ἔτι τις καὶ ἐμεῖο θεῶν ὑπερέσχεθε χεῖρα, ξ 184.

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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.