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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.

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

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.) — 181-202 focus

Ετεοκλης

ὑμᾶς ἐρωτῶ, θρέμματ᾽ οὐκ ἀνασχετά,

ἦ ταῦτ᾽ ἄριστα καὶ πόλει σωτήρια,

στρατῷ τε θάρσος τῷδε πυργηρουμένῳ,

βρέτη πεσούσας πρὸς πολισσούχων θεῶν
185

αὔειν, λακάζειν, σωφρόνων μισήματα;

μήτ᾽ ἐν κακοῖσι μήτ᾽ ἐν εὐεστοῖ φίλῃ

ξύνοικος εἴην τῷ γυναικείῳ γένει.

κρατοῦσα μὲν γὰρ οὐχ ὁμιλητὸν θράσος,

δείσασα δ᾽ οἴκῳ καὶ πόλει πλέον κακόν.
190

καὶ νῦν πολίταις τάσδε διαδρόμους φυγὰς

θεῖσαι διερροθήσατ᾽ ἄψυχον κάκην:

τὰ τῶν θύραθεν δ᾽ ὡς ἄριστ᾽ ὀφέλλεται,

αὐτοὶ δ᾽ ὑφ᾽ αὑτῶν ἔνδοθεν πορθούμεθα.

τοιαῦτά τἂν γυναιξὶ συνναίων ἔχοις.¹
195

κεἰ μή τις ἀρχῆς τῆς ἐμῆς ἀκούσεται,

ἀνὴρ γυνή τε χὤ τι τῶν μεταίχμιον,

ψῆφος κατ᾽ αὐτῶν ὀλεθρία βουλεύσεται,

λευστῆρα δήμου δ᾽ οὔ τι μὴ φύγῃ μόρον.

μέλει γὰρ ἀνδρί, μὴ γυνὴ βουλευέτω,
200

τἄξωθεν: ἔνδον δ᾽ οὖσα μὴ βλάβην τίθει.

ἤκουσας ἢ οὐκ ἤκουσας, ἢ κωφῇ λέγω;

203

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

Ἐτεοκλής

ὑμᾶς ἐρωτῶ, θρέμματʼ οὐκ ἀνασχετά,

ἦ ταῦτʼ ἄριστα καὶ πόλει σωτήρια,

στρατῷ τε θάρσος τῷδε πυργηρουμένῳ,

βρέτη πεσούσας πρὸς πολισσούχων θεῶν
185

αὔειν, λακάζειν, σωφρόνων μισήματα;

μήτʼ ἐν κακοῖσι μήτʼ ἐν εὐεστοῖ φίλῃ

ξύνοικος εἴην τῷ γυναικείῳ γένει.

κρατοῦσα μὲν γὰρ οὐχ ὁμιλητὸν θράσος,

δείσασα δʼ οἴκῳ καὶ πόλει πλέον κακόν.
190

καὶ νῦν πολίταις τάσδε διαδρόμους φυγὰς

θεῖσαι διερροθήσατʼ ἄψυχον κάκην·

τὰ τῶν θύραθεν δʼ ὡς ἄριστʼ ὀφέλλεται,

αὐτοὶ δʼ ὑπʼ αὐτῶν ἔνδοθεν πορθούμεθα.

τοιαῦτά τἂν γυναιξὶ συνναίων ἔχοις.
195

κεἰ μή τις ἀρχῆς τῆς ἐμῆς ἀκούσεται,

ἀνὴρ γυνή τε χὤ τι τῶν μεταίχμιον,

ψῆφος κατʼ αὐτῶν ὀλεθρία βουλεύσεται,

λευστῆρα δήμου δʼ οὔ τι μὴ φύγῃ μόρον.

μέλει γὰρ ἀνδρί, μὴ γυνὴ βουλευέτω,
200

τἄξωθεν· ἔνδον δʼ οὖσα μὴ βλάβην τίθει.

ἤκουσας ἢ οὐκ ἤκουσας, ἢ κωφῇ λέγω;

Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 149 focus

ἐὴ ἐὴ, ὅτοβον ἁρμάτων ἀμφὶ πόλιν κλύω·

ὦ πότνι᾿ Ἡρα. .....

ἔλακον ἀξόνων βριθομένων χνόαι,

δοριτίνακτος αἰθὴρ δ᾽ ἐπιμαίνεται.

155

τί πόλις ἄμμι πάσχει, τί γενήσεται;

ποῖ δὲ τέλος προβὰς ἐπάξει θεός,

Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 149 focus

Χοροῦ ἡ ΙΑ
στρ. β'.

ἒ ἒ ἒ ἔ.
135

ὄτοβον ἁρμάτων ἀμφὶ πόλιν κλύω.

Χοροῦ ἡ ΙΑ

ὦ πότνι᾽ Ἥρα,

Χοροῦ ἡ ΙΒ

ἔλακον ἀξόνων βριθομένων χνόαι.

Ἄρτεμι φίλα, ἢ ἔ,

Χοροῦ ἡ Ι

δοριτίνακτος αἰθὴρ δ᾽ ἐπιμαίνεται.
140

τί πόλις ἄμμι πάσχει; τί γενήσεται;

ποῖ δὲ τέλος ἔτ᾽ ἐπάγει θεός;

ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 149 focus

Ἐὴ ἐή ἓ ἓ ἓ ἕ,

Str. 2.

ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ ΘΗΒΑΣ

ΧΟΡΟΣ

ὄτοβον ἁρμάτων ἀμφὶ πόλιν κλύω·

ὦ πότνι' Ἥρα.

Ἔλακον ἀξόνων βριθομένων χνόαι·

Ἄρτεμι φίλα φίλα ἔ ἔ ἔ ἔ.

Δοριτίνακτος αἰθὴρ αἰθὴρ δ' ἐπιμαίνεται·
155
Ant. 2.

τί πόλις ἄμμι πάσχει ; τί γενήσεται ;

ποῖ δ' ἔτι τέλος ἐπάγει θεός ;

Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 149 focus

Ἔ ἔ ἔ ἔ,

ὄτοβον ἁρμάτων ἀμφὶ πόλιν κλύω,

135

ὦ πότνι᾽ Ἥρα.

ἔλαχον ἀξόνων βριθομένων χνόαι.

¹²³⁴⁵⁶

fort. φεῦ φεῦ, κηδείαν πόλιν. φεῦ φεῦ | . . Κάδμου | ἅτε ἅτε σέθεν γὰρ σέθεν γὰρ σέθεν λιταῖσί λιταῖσί λιταῖς σε | . . ἀπύουσαι | . . ἄναξ | . . δαΐῳ | . . ὦ | ἀπύουσαι αὐτοῦσαι Λύκει᾽ λύκιος Λύκειος λύκειος fort. στόνων ἀντίτας. ἐντυκάζου Ἀστυκάζου (?) ἐντυκάζου fort. σύ τ᾽ ὦ Λατωὶς εὐτυκάζου (Λητωὶς Seidler, εὐτυκάζου L Dindorf cl. Hesych. εὐτυχάζου· εὔτυκ(τ)ον ἔχε, ἕτοιμον). Post ἐντυκάζου habet Ἄρτεμι φίλα (e v. 138), delevit Seidler. hemichoria alternantia canere videntur. πότνι᾽ πότνια Ἥρα Ἥρα corr. ex Ἥρη

SEPTEM ADVERSUS THEBAS. 13

ΧΟ.

Ἄρτεμι φίλα·

Ἔ ἔ ἔ ἔ,

δοριτίνακτος αἰθὴρ δ᾽ ἐπιμαίνεται.
140

τί πόλις ἄμμι πάσχει, τί γενήσεται;

ποῖ δ᾽ ἔτι τέλος ἐπάγει θεός;

Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 149 focus

ἔ ἔ ἔ ἔ,

ὄτοβον ἁρμάτων ἀμφὶ πόλιν κλύω,

ὦ πότνι᾿ Ἥρα·

Numeri:

152-58 = 159-165 stropha dochmiaca, clausa dimetro iambico 153 = 159 species adonei, sed tamquam anapaesticum metrum aequare potest dochmium 154 = 161 corrupta.

Testim.:

150 Hesych. εὐτυκάζου· εὔτυκον ἔχε, ἕτοιμον.

Apparatus Criticus

δορυσσοῖς σαγαῖς δορυσ(σ)όοις δορυσσοσάγοις ῥυσίπολις ῥυσίπτολις corr. ἵππιος ἵππειος μηχανᾶι μηχανᾷ μαχανᾶι η suprascr. Ποσειδάν Ποσειδάν Ποσειδῶν φόβων φόνων φόβου ἐπώνυμον Κάδμου ἐπώνυμον Κάδμου Κάδμ. ἐπ. ἅτ᾽ εἰ ἅτ᾽ εἰ ἅτε σέθεν γάρ post σέθεν inserunt del Λύκειος Λύκι' (λύκιον) Λύκιος καὶ λύκειος ² σύ τ᾽ om εὐτυκάζου τυκάζου ἐντυκάζου εὐ πυκάζου corr. ex Hesychio [῎Αρτεμι φίλα] ῎Αρτεμις del πότνι᾿ Ἥρα πότνια Ἥρα Ἥρη

ΧΟΡΟΣ
³

ἔλακον ἀξόνων βριθομένων χνόαι.

῎Αρτεμι φίλα· ἔ ἔ ἔ ἔ.

δοριτίνακτος αἰθὴρ ἐπιμαίνεται.
155

τί πόλις ἄμμι πάσχει, τί γενήσεται;

ποῖ δ᾽ ἔτι τέλος ἐπάγει θεός; –

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

Eteocles

You intolerable things! I ask you, is this the best way to save the city? Does it hearten our army here besieged,

when you fall before the images of the gods that guard the city and shout and shriek—behavior that moderate people despise? May I never share my home with the female race, neither in time of evil nor in pleasant prosperity! When things go well for her, her boldness is unbearable,
185

but when she is afraid, she is an even greater evil for home and city. So now your cries as you rushed here and there in panicked flight have rattled the citizens into dispirited cowardice. The cause of the enemy outside our gates is excellently strengthened by your behavior, while we inside are ruined by our own people.
190

This is the sort of trouble you will have if you dwell with women. Now if anyone fails to obey my authority—whether man or woman or something in between—a sentence of death will be decreed for him and by no means whatsoever will he escape destruction by stoning at the people’s hands.
195

It is for the man to take care of business outside the house; let no woman make decrees in those matters. Keep inside and do no harm! Do you hear me or not? Am I speaking to the deaf?
200

The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 149 focus

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!

LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 149 focus

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 ¹, détruis l'armée de nos ennemis, fais-leur payer nos
sanglots ! Et toi, vierge née de Léto ², arme-toi !

LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES

LE CHŒUR

Ah ! ah ! j'entends le bruit des chars tout autour de la ville. O puissante Héra ! Les essieux ont crié sous le poids des guerriers. Artémis aimée ! — Aux javelines qui l'ébranlent
l'éther répond en furieux. Quel est donc le destin de Thèbes ? Que deviendra ma cité ? Où le Ciel la conduit-il à la fin ?

The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 149 focus

Hark! fraught with war

The groaning car,

Imperial Juno! shakes the ground;

Fierce as they pass,

The wheels of brass,

160

Dear Virginhuntress! roar around:

The gleaming lustre of the brandish'd spear

Glares terribly across the troubled air .

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.) — 149 focus

Ahi, ahi, ahi, ahi!

D'intorno ai muri fragore di cocchi

odo, Era venerabile!

Degli assi onusti odi stridere i mozzi,

dilettissima Artemide!

170

Infuria l'etra squassato dai cuspidi!

Qual doglia incombe su la mia città ?

A quale esito il Dio la condurrà ?

Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 149 focus

Latonâ nata puella, arcum bene tende

140

Diana chara: heu heu, ſtrepitum curruum

Circa urbem audio, & ueneranda Iuno:

Reſonuerut fistula onuftorum axium.

O chara Diana, heu heu,

Haſta concuffus æther furit:
145

Quid urbs nostra patitur, quid fiet?

Quò tandem finem ducet deus, heu, heu, heu.

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.) — 149 focus

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

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.) — 149 focus

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.

Neunte.

O was umdroht die Stadt? Wehe, was wird aus ihr?
140

Wohin lenkt ihr ein Gott das Ziel?

Zehnte.

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

920. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-976

ὢ Haec

Antigonae

tribuunt M. Vit. Ald. Turn.

Ismenae

hemichorio

recte Rob. Nulla personae nota in Lips.

ὢ

Vit. et parte circumflexi erasa G. Ceteri

ὦ

. Omittit interiectionem regius Spanhemii, non videtur omittere M. πολλοῖς

πολλοῖσι

920

Commentary (N. Wecklein, 1902; German; OCR draft) (Seven Against Thebes, explanatory commentary pp. 15–100. Single-witness OCR; source readings and all reference placements require scan review.) focus

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

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

920. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-595

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νείκεος ἐν τελευτῇ (d. i. „,und damit fand ihr Hader sein Ende") spielt an auf den Namen Πολυνεί κης. Vgl. 565.

Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes 147

Anna Swanwick (Translator)

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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.

Current edition Experimental

Χοροῦ ἡ ΙΑ
στρ. β'.

ἒ ἒ ἒ ἔ.
135

ὄτοβον ἁρμάτων ἀμφὶ πόλιν κλύω.

Χοροῦ ἡ ΙΑ

ὦ πότνι᾽ Ἥρα,

Χοροῦ ἡ ΙΒ

ἔλακον ἀξόνων βριθομένων χνόαι.

Ἄρτεμι φίλα, ἢ ἔ,

Χοροῦ ἡ Ι

δοριτίνακτος αἰθὴρ δ᾽ ἐπιμαίνεται.
140

τί πόλις ἄμμι πάσχει; τί γενήσεται;

ποῖ δὲ τέλος ἔτ᾽ ἐπάγει θεός;

Ἐὴ ἐή ἓ ἓ ἓ ἕ,

Str. 2.

ΧΟ.

Ἄρτεμι φίλα·

Ἔ ἔ ἔ ἔ,

δοριτίνακτος αἰθὴρ δ᾽ ἐπιμαίνεται.
140

τί πόλις ἄμμι πάσχει, τί γενήσεται;

ποῖ δ᾽ ἔτι τέλος ἐπάγει θεός;

Numeri:

Testim.:

Apparatus Criticus

Diana chara: heu heu, ſtrepitum curruum

Circa urbem audio, & ueneranda Iuno:

Reſonuerut fistula onuftorum axium.

O chara Diana, heu heu,

Haſta concuffus æther furit:
145

Quid urbs nostra patitur, quid fiet?

Quò tandem finem ducet deus, heu, heu, heu.

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

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.

Neunte.

O was umdroht die Stadt? Wehe, was wird aus ihr?
140

Wohin lenkt ihr ein Gott das Ziel?

Zehnte.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

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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.

Current edition Experimental

Χοροῦ ἡ ΙΑ στρ. β'. ἒ ἒ ἒ ἔ. 135 ὄτοβον ἁρμάτων ἀμφὶ πόλιν κλύω.

Χοροῦ ἡ ΙΑ ὦ πότνι᾽ Ἥρα,

Χοροῦ ἡ ΙΒ ἔλακον ἀξόνων βριθομένων χνόαι. Ἄρτεμι φίλα, ἢ ἔ,

Χοροῦ ἡ Ι δοριτίνακτος αἰθὴρ δ᾽ ἐπιμαίνεται. 140 τί πόλις ἄμμι πάσχει; τί γενήσεται; ποῖ δὲ τέλος ἔτ᾽ ἐπάγει θεός;

Ἐὴ ἐή ἓ ἓ ἓ ἕ, Str. 2.

ΧΟ. Ἄρτεμι φίλα· Ἔ ἔ ἔ ἔ, δοριτίνακτος αἰθὴρ δ᾽ ἐπιμαίνεται. 140 τί πόλις ἄμμι πάσχει, τί γενήσεται; ποῖ δ᾽ ἔτι τέλος ἐπάγει θεός;

Numeri:

Testim.:

Apparatus Criticus

Diana chara: heu heu, ſtrepitum curruum Circa urbem audio, & ueneranda Iuno: Reſonuerut fistula onuftorum axium. O chara Diana, heu heu, Haſta concuffus æther furit: 145 Quid urbs nostra patitur, quid fiet? Quò tandem finem ducet deus, heu, heu, heu.

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

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.

Neunte. O was umdroht die Stadt? Wehe, was wird aus ihr? 140 Wohin lenkt ihr ein Gott das Ziel?

Zehnte.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

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.

Χοροῦ ἡ ΙΑ
στρ. β'.

ἒ ἒ ἒ ἔ.
135

ὄτοβον ἁρμάτων ἀμφὶ πόλιν κλύω.

Χοροῦ ἡ ΙΑ

ὦ πότνι᾽ Ἥρα,

Χοροῦ ἡ ΙΒ

ἔλακον ἀξόνων βριθομένων χνόαι.

Ἄρτεμι φίλα, ἢ ἔ,

Χοροῦ ἡ Ι

δοριτίνακτος αἰθὴρ δ᾽ ἐπιμαίνεται.
140

τί πόλις ἄμμι πάσχει; τί γενήσεται;

ποῖ δὲ τέλος ἔτ᾽ ἐπάγει θεός;

Ἐὴ ἐή ἓ ἓ ἓ ἕ,

Str. 2.

ΧΟ.

Ἄρτεμι φίλα·

Ἔ ἔ ἔ ἔ,

δοριτίνακτος αἰθὴρ δ᾽ ἐπιμαίνεται.
140

τί πόλις ἄμμι πάσχει, τί γενήσεται;

ποῖ δ᾽ ἔτι τέλος ἐπάγει θεός;

Diana chara: heu heu, ſtrepitum curruum

Circa urbem audio, & ueneranda Iuno:

Reſonuerut fistula onuftorum axium.

O chara Diana, heu heu,

Haſta concuffus æther furit:
145

Quid urbs nostra patitur, quid fiet?

Quò tandem finem ducet deus, heu, heu, heu.

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

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.

Neunte.

O was umdroht die Stadt? Wehe, was wird aus ihr?
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Wohin lenkt ihr ein Gott das Ziel?