Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes 129

Anna Swanwick (Translator)

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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.

Seven Against Thebes. Aeschylus. Anna Swanwick (Translator). London. 1886.

Sponsored by University of Leipzig.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition Experimental

Seven Against Thebes (OCR draft) (English) (Seven Against Thebes. Anna Swanwick, 1886.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (7)
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 108-180 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 109-180 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 128 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 128 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.) — 128 focus
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.
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 128 focus
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.
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 128 focus
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]. –
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.)) — 109-180 focus
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 128 focus
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.
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 128 focus

ennemi. Les Argiens enserrent la ville de Cadmos ! L'effroi 1 , 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 2 , 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 3 ,
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 128 focus
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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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.) — 128 focus
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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Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 128 focus
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
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.) — 128 focus
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
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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,
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Thou, O the wolf-lord, and thou, of she-wolf Leto the child!
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.) — 128 focus
Tochter Kronions du, Pallas, der Schlachten froh,
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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!

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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καὶ πολυνεικεῖς
καὶ
omissum prius, sed minio supra scriptum in G.
καὶ πολυνεικεῖς
post
ὀρθῶς
collocavit Blomfieldius. Βothius et Dindorfius haec duo vocabula delenda esse putaverunt. Mihi non videtur esse veri simile aut praetermissum esse Eteoclem aut non significatum Polynicem. Scholiastes haec adnotavit,
ὀρθῶς οὖν καὶ ἐπωνύμως Ἐτεοκλῆς καὶ Πολυνείκης ἐκλήθησαν
. Puto dimidiam versus partem excidisse: quam sic explevi,
* κλεινοί τ' ἐτεὸν* καὶ πολυνεικεῖς
. Possunt alia excogitari, veluti
σύν τ' εὐκλείᾳ
.
810

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

807-816. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-540

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Die anapästische Partie, welche der Κορυφαῖος vorträgt, bereitet den folgenden Chorgesang vor und begleitet die Bewegung des in eine neue Stellung über- gehenden Chors.

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ἐπολολύξω wie ὀλολυγμὸν εὐφημοῦντα τῇδε λαμπάδι ἐπορ θιάζειν Ag. 28 von dem jubelnden Dankgebet von Frauen. Vgl, oben zu 254.