Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes 59

Anna Swanwick (Translator)

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ETEOCLES
This word I to thy former words prefer.
Moreover keeping from these shrines aloof,
Proffer the better prayer, e'en that the gods
Our allies prove; then having heard my prayers,
Do thou the auspicious, sacred Pæan raise,
Hellas' accustomed shout of sacrifice,
Cheering to friends, dispelling dread of foes.—
Unto our country's tutelary gods,
The plain who haunt, the market-place who guard,
To Dirka's fountains, and Ismenos' waters,
Make I this promise, that-if all go well,
And this our town be saved-with blood of sheep
Dyeing the sacred hearths, and slaying bulls
In the gods' honour, trophies I will plant,
And will aloft on spears, the shrines before,
Hang in the sacred fanes the spoils of war.
Pray to the gods such prayers, not with fond moans,
Neither with sobs of anguish vain and wild,
For not the more wilt thou escape thy doom.
Meanwhile, six men of war, myself the seventh,
I, at the seven outlets of the ports,
In gallant style will marshal 'gainst the foe,
Ere hurrying scouts and swiftly-rushing news
Arrive, and by the stress set all ablaze.

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.) — 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.) — 78 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 78 focus
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 78 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 78 focus
Θρέομαι φοβερὰ μεγάλ᾽ ἄχη.
μεθεῖται στρατὸς στρατόπεδον λιπών.
ῥεῖ πολὺς ὅδε λεὼς πρόδρομος ἱππότας.
80
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 78 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.)) — 109-180 focus
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 78 focus
I wail over our fearful, mighty woes! the army is let loose, having quitted its camp, a mighty mounted host is streaming hitherward in advance
the dust appearing high in the air convinces me, a voiceless, clear, true messenger; the noise of the clatter of their hoofs upon the plain
, reaching even to our couches, approaches my ears, is wafted on, and is rumbling like a resistless torrent lashing the mountain-side. Alas! alas! Oh gods and goddesses, avert the rising horror; the white-bucklered
well-appointed host is rushing on with a shout on the other side our walls, speeding its way to the city. Who then will rescue us, who then of gods and goddesses will aid us? Shall I then prostrate myself before the statues of the divinities? Oh ye blessed beings, seated on your glorious thrones, 'tis high time for us to cling to your statues—why do we deeply sighing delay? Hear ye, or hear ye not, the clash of bucklers? When, if not now, shall we set about the orison of the peplus
and chaplets? I perceive a din, a crash of no single spear. What wilt thou do? wilt thou, O Mars, ancient guardian of our soil, abandon thine own land? God of the golden helm, look upon, look upon the city which once thou didst hold well-beloved.
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 78 focus
parle dans votre intérêt autant que dans le mien, je crois : une ville prospère, seule, honore ses dieux.
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 78 focus
Woe, woe, intolerable woe!
Fierce from their camps the hosts advance,
Before their march with thund'ring tread
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Proud o'er the plain their firey courſers prance,
And hither bend their footsteps dread:
Yon' cloud of dust that choaks the air,
A true tho' tongueleſs messenger,
Marks plain the progress of the foe.
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And now the horrid clash of arms,
That, like the torrent, whose impetuous tide
Roars down the mountain's craggy side,
Shook the wide fields with fierce alarms,
With nearer terrors strikes our souls,
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And thro' our chaste recesses rolls:
Hear, all ye pow'rs of Heav'n, propitious hear,
And check the furies of this threat'ning war!
The crouded walls around
Loud clamours rend the sky;
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Whilſt rang'd in deep array th' embattled pow'rs
Their silver shields i
lift high,
And, level with the ground
To lay their rampir'd heads, assail our tow'rs.
What guardian God shall I implore?
110
Bending at what sacred shrine
Call from their happy seats what pow'rs divine,
And suppliant ev'ry sculptur'd form adore?
The time demands it: why then, why delay?-
The sound of arms swells on my' affrighted ear.-
115
Hold now the pall, the garland k
, as you pray.-
Hark! 'tis the rude clash of no single spear.
Stern God of war,
Dost thou prepare
Thy sacred city to betray?
120
Look down, look down l
;
O save thine own;
Nor leave us to the foe a prey:
If e'er thy soul had pleasure in the brave,
God of the golden helm, hear us, and save!
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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.) — 78 focus
Piango alti lagni d'orrore di doglia.
Già già dal campo si sfrena l'esercito :
105
rotola avanti l'esercito fitto
dei cavalieri: l'eterea polvere
si leva a dirmelo, muto palese
veridico araldo.
Orrido grido, fra rombe di zoccoli,
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dalla pianura mi sgomina e preme,
come torrente che scrosci dal monte.
Contro la rocca si lancia, già leva,
chiuso nell'armi, l'esercito avverso,
gli scudi bianchi, con orride grida.
115
Chi mai dei Numi, chi mai delle Dive
soccorso darà ?
A quali altari di Dèmoni innanzi
debbo io cadere ? Beati Signori,
è questo il punto che stretta io mi tenga
120
ai vostri simulacri.
Nei troppi lagni che indugiasi? Udite
o non udite fragore di scudi?
Quando offrirò, se non ora,
pepli corone e preghiere ?
125
Odi lo strepito? Tale frastuono
sola una lancia non leva.
Che fai?
Marte Signore, l'antica tua terra
cosí tradirai?
130
Deh! queste mura, a te un giomo sí care,
Nume elmo d'oro, proteggi proteggi!
Tutte le fanciulle si aggruppano intorno all'ara.
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 78 focus
Lugeo terribilia & magna mala.
Dimittitur exercitus caſtra relinquens,
Decurrit huc multus populus precurrens equites,
Aetherius puluis me persuadet uiſus,
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Mutus maniſeſtus, promptus nuncius,
Excitator conculcatusq; campo
Appropinquat, clamor uolat, fremit
Instar aquæ murmurantis inexpugnabilis.
Heuheu, heu dij
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Et deæ, præsens malum arcete.
Clamat pro mænibus
Scutum habens album, furgit populus
Structus in urbem irruens.
Quis defendet? quis auxiliabitur
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Deorum aut dearum?
Vtrum ego accidam statuis
Deorum heu defensores dij,
Tempus est habendi ſtatuas:
quid cunctamur
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Luctuoſi? auditis, aut non auditis clypeorum
Strepitum ? peplos
& coronas
Circa preces habebimus?
Strepitum audiui, & strepitumq; non unius haſte.
105
Quid facies? deferes ô Mars terrisenex
Tuam terram?
duream qui habes galeam demon,
Reſpice reſpice urbem,
Quam tandem charam poſuisti . dij
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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.) — 78 focus
I wail in the stress of my terror, and shrill is my cry of despair.
The foemen roll forth from their camp as a billow, and onward they bear!
Their horsemen are swift in the forefront, the dust rises up to the sky,
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A signal, though speechless, of doom, a herald more clear than a cry!
Hoof-trampled, the land of my love bears onward the din to mine ears.
As a torrent descending a mountain, it thunders and echoes and nears!
The doom is unloosened and cometh! O kings and O queens of high Heaven,
Prevail that it fall not upon us! the sign for their onset is given—
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They stream to the walls from without, white-shielded and keen for the fray.
They storm to the citadel gates—what god or what goddess can stay
The rush of their feet? to what shrine shall I bow me in terror and pray?
O gods high-thronèd in bliss, we must crouch at the shrines in your home!
Not here must we tarry and wail: shield clashes on shield as they come—
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And now, even now is the hour for the robes and the chaplets of prayer!
Mine eyes feel the flash of the sword, the clang is instinct with the spear!
Is thy hand set against us, O Ares, in ruin and wrath to o'erwhelm
Thine own immemorial land, O god of the golden helm?
Look down upon us, we beseech thee, on the land that thou lovest of old,
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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.) — 78 focus
Ich klag' um graunvolles Leid! 1
Heran stürmt das Heer, dort aus den Zelten brach's,
Vorauf zahllos hier wälzt sich ein Reiterstrom:
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Der Staub, himmelan wölkend, bezeugt es uns,
Ein sprachloser, untrüglicher Bote, laut!

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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θήσειν τρόπαια, δαΐων δ᾽ ἐσθήματα στέψω πρὸ ναῶν δουρίπηχθ᾽ ἁγνοῖς δόμοις.: Vulgo
θήσειν τρόπαια, πολεμίων δ᾽ ἐσθήματα λάφυρα δαΐων δουρύπληχθ᾽ ἁγνοῖς δόμοις
.
ἐσθήμασι
a pr. manu M. recentior
τα
supra adscripsit.
ἐς θήματα
Ald. Turn.
δουρίπληχθ'
M. G. Cantabr. 1. et a pr. manu Vit.
δουρό-πληχθ'
a sec. manu Vit.
δουρίπληκθ'
Lips.
δουρίπληκτα
Par. F.
δος-ρίπληχθ'
Par. L.
δορύπληχθ'
Par. C.
δυρίπληχθ'
Par. N.
δουροπλήθ
Ald.
δουρυπλήχθ'
Turn.
δορικτήτο
Rob. Porsonus ad Euripidis Hec. v. 482. manifesto
δουρίληφθ'
esse scribendum pronuntiat.
ἁγνοῖς νόμοις
Par. E. Brunckius post haec in Par. B. a sciolo additum esse dicit hunc versum,
στέψω πρὸ ναῶν πολεμίων ἐσθήματα
. Eadem habere videtur M. Priora tria verba inveniuntur in Par. A. et in Lips. in quo
πρὸς
scriptum est. Apertum est scripsisse Aeschylum, ut ante multos annos conieci,
ὧδ᾽ ἐπεύχομαι θήσειν τρόπαια, δαΐων δ᾽ ἐσθήματα στέψω πρὸ ναῶν δουρίπηχθ᾽ ἁγνοῖς δόμοις
. Hastis affixa templis. Comparari possunt quae ex Iosephi Ant. V. 14. Stanleius attulit,
τοῦ δὲ ἱεροῦ παντὸς ἦν ἐν κύκλῳ πεπηγμένα σκυλα βαρβαρικά
.

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τοιαῦτ᾽:
τοιαῦθ'
G.
τοι ταῦτ᾽
Par. Ε.
τοῖα δ᾽
Cantabr. 1.
262

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ἐπεύχου:
ἐπεύ-χομαι
Par. G.
262

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ποιφύγμασιν:
ποιφύγμασιν
priore
a
supra versum,
&
in litura, M.
ποιφύ-γμασι
Lips. Rob.
ποιφύμασι
Ald.
ποιφύρμασιν
Cantabr. 1.
p
superscriptum in Cantabr. 2.
ποῖ φύγμασιν
Mosc. 2. cum glossis
θρηνοῖς, βοαῖς
.
263

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γάρ τι:
οὐ γάρ τοι
G. Vit. Mosc. 2. Ald. Rob.
264

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μᾶλλον: In
μᾶλλον
lituram inter
o
et
y
habet M.
264

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μὴ:
μὴ οὐ
Par. E.
264

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φύγῃς:
φύγοις
G. Mosc. 2. Οx. Ven. A.
φυγων
, supra scripto γρ.
φύγης
, Lips.
264

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ἕξ:
ἐξ
Lips.
265

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ἐμοὶ:
εὐδόμω
G. Par. E. Valckenarius ad Phoen. v. 755. coniiciebat
ἐγὼ μὲν ἄνδρας έξ
. Blomfieldius recepit, quod Burtonus ex margine Aldinae notaverat,
ἐγὼ δέ γ' ἄνδρας ἓξ
. Non perceperunt eximiam vim iracundae orationis. Hoc dicit Eteocles,
ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἐπ᾿ ἄνδρας ἓξ τάξω ἀντηρέτας, ἐμοὶ σὺν ἑβδόμῳ ἐπὶ τὸν ἑβδομον
. Effert voce illa,
ἕξ, ἐμοὶ σὺν ἑβδόμῳ
, quod est sex ducibus opponam qui cum iis pugnent, septimus ipse ibo: habet autem in mente atrocissimum cum fratre certamen.
265

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ἐς:
ἐς
Arund.
267

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ἑπτατειχεῖς:
ἑπτατοιχεῖς
G.
ἑπταστοιχοῖς
Lips. γρ.
ἐπ-ταστοιχεῖς
supra scriptum in Mosc. 1.
ἑπτατυχεῖς
Cantabr. 1. γρ.
εἰς ἑπτὰ τείχους, ήγουν εἰς τὰς ἑπτὰ πύλας τῆς πόλεως
Par. B.
267

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μολών:
μου-λῶν
Vit. Lips. et ante emendationem G.
μολεῖν
Par. E.
267

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ἀγγέλους:
ἀγγέλου
Lips. et ex rasura Mosc. 1.
268

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ταχυρρόθους:
ταχυρρόφους
Vit.
παλιρόθους
Lips.
268

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χρείας: In
χρείας
litterae
ρεί
a recentiore manu scriptae sunt in M. prima
χεῖρας
scripserat.
269

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μέλει: Hunc versum affert Marius Plotius p. 2643. ed. Putsch. 271. ed. Gaisf.
μέλλει
G. Vit.
270

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ὑπνώσσει:
υπνώσει
G. Vit. Cantabr. 1. Ald. Rob. et antequam a recentiore manu
o
insereretur M.
270

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δὲ: Hunc versum et duos sequentes affert Triclinius ad Sophoclis El. v. 121. de
particulae
in M. recentior manus
yao
superscripsit.
271

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καρδίας:
καρδίας
, quod vocabulum Par. L. omittit, neque synizesi dissyllabum fit, et multo minus
κάρτας
scribendum est.
271

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μέριμναι:
μερίμναι
G.
μέ-ριμνας
Par. E.
μερίμναις
Ald.
μέριμνα
Rob.
271

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τάρβος: Male in Ald. Rob. post
ζωπυροῦσι
puncto, in recentioribus inde a Vict. post
τάρβος
commate distinguitur.
272

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ἀμφιτειχῆ:
τῶν ἀμφὶ τείχη λεῶν
margo Aldina apud Burtonum, ex infelici cuiuspiam emendatione.
τῶν
habet etiam Par. E.
ἀμφιτειχή
, sed expuncto priore accentu, Lips.
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δράκοντας ὡς τις τέκνων ὑπερδέδοικεν λεχαίων δυςευνάτορας πάντροφος πελειάς: Libri
δράκοντα δ᾽ ὡς τις
, nisi quod
δράκοντα δ' ὅστις
a pr. manu erat in G.
δράκονθ᾽ ὡς τις
Vit.
δράκονθ' ὥστε
Par. Ν.
δράκοντα δ᾽ ὡς περ
Rob. Deinde
τέκνων δ'
Par. E. Tum libri
ὑπερδέδοικε
, praeter Cantabr. 1. in quo
υπερ, δέδοικε
scriptum est, et Par. C. qui
ὑπερδέδοικα
, ultimae vocali superscripto
e
, habet. In M. ultima
ὑπερδέδοικε
vocabuli littera a recentiore manu in litura scripta est: prima
ὑπερδέδοικα
scripsisse videtur. Deinde libri
λεχέων
. Scribendum esse
λεχαίων
etiam Lachmannus vidit. Scholiastes
λεχέων (scribe λεχαίων), τοῦτ' ἔστι, νεμομένων ἐπὶ τῆς καλιᾶς· ταύτην γὰρ λέχος εἶπεν· οἷον τὸν ἐν ὡρισμένῳ τόπῳ μένοντα καὶ μήπω δυνάμε-νον ἵπτασθαι
. Deinde
δυςεννήτορας ὁ πάντρομος πελειάς
M. in quo libro recentior manus ad ultimas duas syllabas
δυςεννήτορας
vocabuli
εt
et
a
, ad
&
communem formam
ἡ
adscripsit: ad
u
in
πάντρομος
prima manus
q
supra adscripsit.
δυςεννήτορας
, quod Victorius ex M. dedit, agnoscit scholiastes codicis M., qui sic interpretatur,
δυςευνήτους, διὰ τὸν φόβον τοῦ δράκοντος
. Arguit autem
δυςεννήτορας
scriptum fuisse
δράκοντας
. Ceteri libri
δυςευνήτειρα πάντροφος πελειάς
, nisi quod Ask. a pr. manu
δυσευνάτειρα
habet,
δυσευνάτειρα
Cantabr. 1.
δυς-εννήτειο' &
, ut puto, Vit.
πελιάς
Par. N.
πάντρομος πελεία
ex Par. L. Faehsius affert. Interpretantur
δυςεννήτειρα
scholiastae sic,
ἄγρυπνος διὰ τὸν φόβον
et
ἀεὶ γρηγοροῦσα
et, quo
πάντροφος
simul explicatur,
ἄγρυπνος διόλου τρέφουσα τοὺς νεοσσούς
. Non videtur autem
πάν-τροφος
alteri vocabulo
πάντρομος
cedere debere. Legit
πάντροφος
Tzetzes, qui ad Lycophr. v. 87. haec adnotavit,
καὶ γὰρ ἡ περιστερὰ μόνη τῶν πτηνῶν δι᾽ ὅλου ἔτους ὀχεῖται καὶ νεοττοποιεῖ, ὅθεν Αισχύλος φησί “παντρόφου πελειάδος.”
Eustathii ad Od. p. 1602, 7. haec sunt verba,
πολυβότειραν δὲ χθόνα Ὁμήρου εἰπόντος, ὁρμηθεὶς ἐντεῦθεν ὁ Σοφοκλῆς παμβῶτιν ἔφη τὴν γῆν. ὅθεν πάλιν ἕτερός τις λαβὼν πάντροφον πελειάδα ἔφη κατ' ἄλλον λόγον τὴν δι᾽ ὅλου ἔτους τρέφουσαν νεοσσούς
. Scholiastes Aeschyli similiter
πάντροφον δὲ τὴν πελειάδα φησίν, ὅτι πάντα τὰ ὄρνεα ἅπαξ τοῦ ἔτους τίκτει, ἡ δὲ περιστερὰ ἀεί· διὸ ἀνάκειται τῇ Ἀφροδίτη
. Nihil aliud esse videtur
πάντροφος
quam omnino nutriens, i. e. penitus nutrix, ut
πάμβοτον λoos
in Suppl. v. 542. et
naµµýtwo
apud Sophoclem Ant. v. 1282. Sunt autem hi versus ita scribendi,
δράκοντας ὡς τις τέκνων ὑπερδέδοικεν λεχαίων δυςευνάτορας πάντροφος πελειάς.
Ει
δράκοντας
scribendum viderunt etiam Bothius et Burneius,
δυςεννά-Togas
Blomfieldius. Plurali utitur chorus quod hostium multitudinem in mente habet.

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πύργους:
ὑπὸ πύρ-γου
Lips.
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πανδημεὶ:
πανδημὶ
Ald. Rob.
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στείχουσιν:
στείχουσιν
Μ. Ceteri
στείχουσι
.
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τί:
Tíç
Vit. Lips. Cantabr. 1. Par. A. B. H. Vind. 1. 3. et ex correctione G. in quo antea
τί
fuerat ut in M. ceterisque.
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δ':
Ti d'
Rob. et sic ante emendationem primae vel secundae manus M.
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ἀμφιβόλοισιν:
ἀμφιβόλοισι
Vit. Lips.
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ἰάπτουσι:
Ράπτουσιν
Ox. Ald. Rob.
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πολίταις:
πολίτας
G.
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ὀκριόεσσαν:
ὀκριόεσσαν
G. Cantabr. 1. Mosè. 1. Ox. Par. A. B. C. Taur. Vind. 1. 3. et a recentiore manu M.
ὀκρυόεσσαν
M. a pr. manu et Vit. Ven. B. Ald. Rob. Turn.
οκρηρόεσσαν
Lips.
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Διογενεῖς: In
dioyevεis
ultimas tres litteras M. a recentiore manu in rasura habet.
dioyevès
Par. E. et ante emendationem Vit. Post hoc vocabulum
&
addunt Ven. A. Ald. Rob. Turn. In G. supra scriptum est ita ut ad textum pertineat, in Vit. tamquam interpretatio. Omittunt
&
M. Lips. Arund. Cantabr. 1. 2. Mosc. 2. Ox. Par. A. B. K. L. N. Ask. A. Ven. B.
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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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οὐδ᾽ ἀπ' Ισμηνόν (so Schütz für Ἰσμηνοῦ) λέγω, οὐδὲ Ἰσμηνὸν ἀπολέγω, auch den Ismenos lehne ich nicht ab (vergesse ich nicht, last not least). Ein Wechsel der Wendung wie Prom. 91 ὦ διος αἰθὴρ καὶ τὸν πανόπτην κύκλον ἡλίου καλῶ, Soph. Αi. 859 ὦ φέγ γος . . καὶ τὰ Τρωικά πεδία προ- σαυδῶ. Die gleiche Tmesis Ag. 1599 ἀπὸ σφαγὴν ἐρῶν (mit dem gleichen handschriftlichen Fehler σφαγῆς). Ζυ απολέγω vgl. Ag. 504 τὸν ἀντίον δὲ τοῖσδ᾽ ἀποστέργω λόγον.

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εὖ ξυντυχόντων ( τῶν πραγ μάτων εὐτυχῶς ἀποβάντων Schol.) wie Hik. 129 πελομένων καλῶς, Eum. 775 ὀρθουμένων, 970 προ- φρόνως ἐπικραινομένων, Soph. Εl. 1344 τελουμένων εἴποιμ' ἄν.

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αἱμάσσων τόθ' für αἱμάσσον- τας Ritschl. τότε, wenn der Sieg errungen ist, dann ist es Zeit zum Opfern. - ἑστίας, die Opferherde, vgl. βούθυτον ἑστίαν Soph. Ο. Κ.

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ταυροκτονοῦντας θεοῖσιν ist erklärende Beischrift zu αἱμάσσον- τας ἑστίας θεῶν, welche mit ὧδ' ἐπεύχομαι zu einem Trimeter er- gänzt wurde.

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ήσω, αναθήσω wie Eur. Phoen. 576 Θήβας πυρώσας τάσδε Πολυνείκης θεοῖς ἀσπίδας ἔθηκε. - δαΐων, πολεμίων. ἐσθήματα, σκυλα: den Feinden abgenommene πανοπλίαι wurden den Göttern ge- weiht. στέψω (als Weihgeschenk anheften) wie 50. Vgl. auch Eur. Τro. 573 Εκτορος ὅπλοις σκύλοις τε Φρυγῶν δοριθηράτοις, οἷσιν Αχιλ- λέως παῖς Φθιώτης στέψει ναοὺς ἀπὸ Τροίας. δουρίπηκτα, mit der Lanze angesteckt. In betreff der Sitte feindliche Rüstungen als Siegeszeichen an den Tempeln (an den Triglyphen) anzuheften vgl. Hom. Η 82 τεύχεα συλήσας οἴσω προτὶ Ἴλιον ἱρήν καὶ κρεμόω προτὶ νηὸν ᾿Απόλλωνος ἑκάτοιο, Ag. 583 θεοῖς λάφυρα ταῦτα τοῖς καθ' Ἑλ λάδα δόμων ἐπασσάλευσαν ἀρχαίων γάνος, Eur. Rhes. 180 θεοῖσιν αὐτὰ (nämlich λάφυρα) πασσάλευε πρὸς δόμοις, ebenso an Palästen Eur. Bakch. 1212 ἀράσθω λαβὼν πηκ τῶν πρὸς οἴκους κλιμάκων προσαμ- βάσεις, ὡς πασσαλεύῃ κρᾶτα τριγ λύφοις τόδε λέοντος. Statt der zwei Verse geben die Handschriften drei, welche augenscheinlich aus erklärenden Zusätzen entstanden sind: θήσειν (von dem interpolierten ἐπεύχομαι abhängig gemacht) τρο παῖα, πολεμίων δ' ἐσθήματα | λά φυρα δαΐων δουρίπληχθ' δουρί πηχθ' Dindorf) ἁγνοῖς δόμοις | στέ ψω πρὸ ναῶν πολεμίων δ' ἐσθήματα.

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ποιφύγματα sind Schreckens- laute, die unter starkem Schnauben ( ποιφύσσειν) hervorgestoßen werden, Schol. ἐκφοβήμασι τοῖς δυναμένοις ἐκπλῆξαι τοὺς ἀκούοντας.

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Eteokles will die durch die lauten Rufe der Jungfrauen unter- brochene Tätigkeit wieder auf- nehmen und die ausgewählten (57) Führer feierlich ( τον μέγαν τρόπον) an den sieben Toren aufstellen. ἐπάρχους ( λοχαγούς, Rottenführer) hat Canter vermutet für ἐπ' ἄνδρας zur Herstellung der Konstruktion. Vgl. Ag. 1226 νεῶν ἔπαρχος, Pers. 330 Κιλίκων ἔπαρχος.

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ἑπτατειχεῖς ἐξόδους s. v. 2. ἑπτὰ ἐξόδους τειχέων, vgl. Eur. Phoen. 1058 τὰ δ᾽ ἑπτάπυργα κλῇς θρα γᾶς und 748 ἐλθὼν ἑπταπυργον ἐς πόλιν (1. ἔξοδον) τάξω λοχαγοὺς πρὸς πύλαισιν, ὡς λέγεις, ἴσους ἴσοισι πολεμίοισιν ἀντιθείς.

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Boten voll von Hast und mit rasch die Stadt durcheilenden Mitteilungen. φλέγει (intrans.) ὑπὸ χρείας, es entsteht eine all- gemeine Aufregung infolge der Not des Augenblicks.

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erstes Stasimon: Die Jungfrauen bringen es nicht über sich, der Mahnung des Eteo- kles zu gehorchen. In ihrer Angst führen sie sich den allgemeinen Sturmangriff auf die Stadt vor Augen und rufen die Götter um Hilfe an. Welches schönere Land könnt ihr für unser Land ein- tauschen? Bringt deshalb Verderben über die Feinde, verleiht Sieg den Bürgern. Beklagenswert wäre es, wenn eine so uralte Stadt von Hellenen geknechtet würde und die Greuel der Plünderung erdulden müßte". Diese Greuel werden mit den lebhaftesten Farben geschildert nach Hom. I 592 κατέλεξεν ἅπαντα κήδε' ὅσ' ἀνθρώποισι πέλει τῶν ἄστυ ἁλώῃ· ἄνδρας μὲν κτείνουσι, πόλιν δέ τε πῦρ ἀμαθύνει, τέκνα δέ τ' ἄλλοι ἄγουσι βαθυζώνους τε γυναῖκας, Χ 61 κακὰ πόλλ' ἐπιδόντα, υἷάς τ' ὀλλυμένους ἑλκηθείσας τε θύγατρας καὶ θαλάμους κεραϊζο- μένους καὶ νήπια τέκνα βαλλόμενα προτὶ γαίῃ. - Den Gesang trägt wohl der Gesamtchor vor.

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μέλει d. i. „ich bin der Mahnung eingedenk". Schol. μέλει μοι ὧν εἶπεν ὁ Ἐτεοκλῆς, ἀλλ' ὁ ἐν ἐμοὶ φόβος οὐκ ἠρεμεῖν με ποιεῖ καὶ ἡσυχάζειν. 2751. γείτονες καρδίας μέριμναι: Schol. αἱ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ (vielmehr ἐν τῷ ἥπατι) μέριμναι, die am Herzen sitzenden Sorgen. - καρδίας ist wie Hik. 74, 807 als Spondeus zu lesen (die äolische Form κάρτας will Dindorf setzen). ζωπυρείν, anfachen ( ζωπύρει τοὺς ἄνθρακας), übertragen auch Eur. El. 1121 ἀν αὖ σὺ ζωπυρεῖς νείκη νέα. Von ζωπυροῦσι τάρβος (,,fachen meine Angst an“) ist wie von ταρβῶ oder ταρβεῖν με ποιοῦσι der Acc. τὸν ἀμφιτειχή λεών abhängig. Ebenso regiert Eur. Bakch. 1288 καρδία πήδημ᾽ ἔχει wie δέδοικα den Acc. τὸ μέλλον und ist Demosth. 4, 45 τεθνᾶσι τῷ δέει wie δεδοίκασι mit dem Acc. τοὺς τοιούτους ἀποστό λους verbunden.

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Wie um ihre Jungen im Neste (die noch nicht flügge) die scheue Taube die Drachen, schlimme Lagergenossen, fürchtet". Zulez αíov (so Lachmann für λεχέων) vgl. Apoll. Rh. I 1182 λεχαίην φυλλάδα, Blay- des λεχηρῶν nach Eur. Phoen. 1541 λεχήρη), Schol. νεμομένων ἐπὶ τῆς καλιᾶς. πάντρομος nach dem Homerischen τρήρωνα πέλειαν. Zum Gleichnis vgl. 490, Hom. B 308f., Mosch. IV 21, Hor. epod. I 19 ut assidens inplumibus pullis avis serpentium adlapsus timet.

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τοὶ μὲν (285 τοὶ δὲ) wie Pers. 571 τοὶ δὲ episch. Gemeint sind die Schwerbewaffneten der Feinde.

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τί γένωμαι; was soll aus mir werden“. Vgl. Hom. ε 465 ὤ μοι ἐγώ, τί πάθω; τί νύ μοι μή- κιστα γένηται;

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τοὶ δέ, die Schleuderer, welche aus der Ferne Steine auf die Verteidiger der Stadtmauer werfen ( ἀκροβόλοι, ἀκροβολισταί). ἀμφιβόλοισιν: Schol. πάντοθεν βαλλομένοις.