Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes 173

Anna Swanwick (Translator)

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ISMENE
Deadly to behold.

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

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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.) — 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.) — 174 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 174 focus
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 174 focus
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.) — 174 focus
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.) — 174 focus
ἰὼ φίλοι δαίμονες,
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.) — 174 focus
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.) — 174 focus
qui parle une autre langue 1 . 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.) — 174 focus
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.) — 174 focus
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.) — 174 focus
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.
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.) — 174 focus
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,
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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.) — 174 focus
O theure Schußgötter, ihr
Zu treuer Hut dieser Stadt zugesellt,
Zeigt, wie ihr liebt die Stadt! 1
Mitleidig schaut die Tempel an,
Sendet mitleidig Schuß! 2
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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

173. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-260

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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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

166-274. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-122

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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.

173. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-128

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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.