Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes 900

ed. N. Wecklein

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Διήκει δὲ καὶ πόλιν στόνος,
Στένουσι πύργοι,
Στένει πέδον φίλανδρον· μενεῖ
885
κτέανά τ᾽ ἐπιγόνοις,
δι᾽ ὧν αἰνομόροις,
δι᾽ ὧν νεῖκος ἔβα
καὶ θανάτου τέλος.
Ἐμοιράσαντο δ᾽ ὀξυκάρδιοι
890
κτήμαθ᾽, ὥστ᾽ ἴσον λαχεῖν.
διαλλακτῆρι δ᾽ οὖν
ἀμεμφεία φίλοις,
οὐδ᾽ ἐπίχαρις Ἄρης.
str. 2.

Seven Against Thebes. Aeschylus. ed. N. Wecklein. Berolini. 1885.

Current edition Experimental

Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) (Greek) (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (6)
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 957-965 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 957-965 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 900 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 900 focus
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 900 focus
Διήκει δὲ καὶ πόλιν στόνος,
Ant. 1.
στένουσι πύργοι, στένει
900
πέδον φίλανδρον· μένει
κτέανα δ' ἐπιγόνοις,
δι' ὧν αἰνομόροις,
δι' ὧν νεῖκος ἔβα
καὶ θανάτου τέλος.
905
Ἐμοιράσαντο δ' ὀξυκάρδιοι
κτήμαθ' ὥστ' ἴσον λαχεῖν·
διαλλακτῆρι δ' τ' οὐκ
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 900 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.)) — 957-965 focus
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 900 focus
And moreover sighing pervades the city, the towers sigh, the land that loved her heroes sighs: and for posterity remains the substance by reason of which, by reason of which
, contention came upon them whom evil destiny, and the issue of death.
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 900 focus
et par l'esprit de discorde issu de l'imprécation paternelle.
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 900 focus
Charg'd with death thou cruel curse,
Each hath felt thy fatal force.
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.) — 900 focus
Per Tebe un urlo corre:
i piani amici gemono
tutti, geme ogni torre.
Ai discendenti loro i beni andranno
1000
onde la gara ai miseri,
onde il mortale danno
sorgeva. Ugual retaggio
con animo crudel si compartirono.
Ma chi cosí li conciliava, il biasimo
1005
degli amici riscuote: non di grazia
riscuote Ares omaggio.
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 900 focus
Percurrit urhem luctus, lugentq; turres,
830
Luget etiam regio chara.
Manebunt poſseſsiones nepotibus,
Pro quibus infœlicibus fratribus, pro quibus contentio uenit,
Et mortis finis.
Diuiserunt uero animosi
835
Poſseſsiones, tanquam fortiti æqualiter.
Separator non uacabit culpa, neq;
Amicis gratus erit Mars,
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.) — 900 focus
Hark, how the city and its towers make moan—
How the land mourns that held them for its own!
Fierce greed and fell division did they blend,
915
Till death made end!
They strove to part the heritage in twain,
Giving to each a gain—
Yet that which struck the balance in the strife,
The arbitrating sword,
920
By those who loved the twain is held abhorred—
Loathed is the god of death, who sundered each from life!
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.) — 900 focus
Die Wehklage hallt die Stadt hindurch.

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

883. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-942

NA Hemichorii nota praefixa in G. Arund. Rob. chori in Lips.
883

884. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-943

ἀμεμφεία
ἀμεμφία
Ald. Rob. Ceteri
ἀμεμφίᾳ
. Scribendum erat
ἀμεμφείᾳ
.
884

885. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-944

ἐπίχαρις
ἐπιχαρής
Ask. A. Vind. 2. 4.
885

886. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-945

σιδαρόπλακτοι Hemichorii notam omittit Arund.
Ἀντιγόνη
praefixum in Vit.
σιδαρόπλακτοι
Rob.
σιδηρόπληκτοι
Μ. G. Vit. Cantabr. 2. Par. C. et
α
ad alterum
η
supra adscripto Lips.
σιδηρόπλακτοι
Cantabr. 1. Par. L. Ask. A. Turn.
σιδηρόπλακτα
Ald. ἔχουσιν
ἔχουσιν
. et regius Spanhemii. Ceteri
ἔχουσι
.
886

887. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-946

σιδαρόπλακτοι δὲ τοὺς μένουσιν Hemichorii notam addunt G. Ald. Turn. Erasa in M. Hic versus in Par. Ε. hoc loco omissus infra post
ἐκ φρενὸς ἃ
v. 895. collocatur.
σιδαρόπλακτοι
Rob.
σιδαρόπληκτοι
Μ.
σιδηρόπληκτοι
G. Vit. Lips. Par. G.
σιδηρόπλακτοι
Ald. Turn. Libri
μένουσι
. Post hunc versum in M. Par. L.
τετυμμένοι δῆθ᾽ ὁμοῦ
ex v. 864. repetitum est.
887

888. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-947

τάχ᾽ ἄν τις εἴποι Hemichorii nota praefixa in G.
τάχα δ᾽ ἂν
Par. N. Colb. 1. Ald. In
τις
ultimam litteram a sec. manu in litura habet M.
εἴπῃ
Vit. Lips.
888

889. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-948

NA Hemichorii nota praefixa in G. Ald. Turn. Erasa in M. Hoc dicit, ferri ictu ita prostrati iacent, ferri ictu facta manet eos, mox dici poterit qualis, paterni sepulcri sortitio. Exilem interpretationem addit scholiastes in G.
σιδηρόπληκτοι δέ εἰσιν οἱ τάφοι, διότι ἐλαξεύθησαν οἱ λίθοι δι' ὧν οἱ τάφοι
.
889

890-891. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-949

δόμων μάλ᾽ ἀχὰν ἐπ' αὐτοῖς προπέμπει Hemichorii notam omittunt Vit. Lips. Ox. Ald. Rob. Turn.
δόμων μαλαχάεσσα τοὺς προπέμπει
Μ. a prima manu: secunda fecit
μάλ' ἀχάεσσα
et in margine adscripsit
λείπει τὸ προπομπώ
: recentior manus
μάλ' ἠχῶ ἐπ᾿ αὐτοὺς
adiecit.
μάλ' ἀχὼ ἐπ᾿ αὐτοὺς
Vit. aliique, ut videtur, codices et Ald. Turn. γρ.
ἀχήεις
adscriptum in Par. B.
μάλ' ἀχὴ εἰς αὐτοὺς
Par. C.
μάλ' ἀχὼ ἐς αὐτοὺς
Colb. 2. Ask. A. Ven. Β.
μάλ' ἠχὴ ἐπ' αὐτοὺς
Lips.
μάλ' ἀχὴν ἐς αὐτοὺς
Arund. Rob. et agnoscunt
ἠχὴν
scholiastae.
μάλ' αὐτοὺς ἀχὼ
G. (sic G.) Vind. 1.
μάλ᾽ ἀχὼ αὐτοὺς
Vind. 3.
δὲ αὐτοὺς
ex Par. E. enotatum est.
πέμπει
Colb. 2. Elmsleius ad Eur. Med. v. 147. scribendum putavit
δόμων μάλ᾽ ἀγὼν ἐς οὖς προπέμπει δαϊκτὴρ γόος
. Equidem scribendum potius censeo
δόμων μάλ' ἀχὰν ἐπ' αὐτοῖς προπέμπει δαϊκτὴρ γόος
, aedium propter eos lamenta meus prosequitur regum luctus.

892. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-950

γόος
γόος τ'
Rob.
892

893. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-951

δαϊόφρων
δαίφρων δ'
M. G. Vit. Lips. Arund. Οx. Par. G. E. L. Colb. 1. 2. Ven. A. B.
δαίφρων τ'
Rob. Particula recte omissa in Ald. Turn. Scribendum autem erat
δαϊόφρων
. Vidit hoc etiam Blomfieldius. φιλογαθής
φιλογαθής
Arund. Cantabr. 2. regius Spanhemii, et sic M. in quo tamen
ο
radendo ex
α
factum esse videtur.
φιλεγαθής
ex Par. E. affertur.
φιλομαθής
Vind. 3. Ceteri
φιλαγαθής
.
893

894. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-952

ἐτύμως omittit Rob. δακρυχέων
δακρυχέων δ'
Μ. Vit. Lips. Cantabr. 1. 2. Par. E. Colb. 1. Vind. 1. 2. 3. 4.
δάκρυ χέων δ'
Rob.
δάκρυχέω δ'
Par. C.
δάκρυα χέων
, omisso
δ'
, G.
δάκρυ χέων
Ald.
δακρυχέων
Turn. et adscripto γρ. καὶ οὕτως,
δάκρυ χέων δ' ἐκ φρ.
Par. B.
894

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

1
2
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).

883. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-583

3
4
στόνος, στένουσι . . στένει: vgl. Prom. 413 στένω πρόπασα δ᾽ ἤδη στονόεν λέλακε χώρα . . ὑπό- σοι τ' . . μεγαλοστόνοισι σοῖς πήμασι συγκάμνουσι θνατοί. πέδον φί- λανδρον wie εὐμενεῖ πέδῳ 17. Die Muttererde liebt ihre Zöglinge. μενεῖ: Schol. ἄλλοις ἔσται τὰ χρή- ματα δι' ἃ ἀπώλοντο. Wegen der Stellung von δέ zu 41 ( δ' ist ge- setzt für z' sowohl wegen dieser Stellung wie um des Sinnes willen).

887. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-584

5
6
δι' ὧν νεῖκος καὶ θανάτου τέλος ανομόροις ἔβη. Ζυ αινομό- ροις vgl. Hom. χ 480 ὅ μ' ἔτρεφε τυτθὸν ἐοῦσαν, δύσμορος αἰνόμορον. Wegen der Wiederholung von δι' ὧν zu 124. θανάτου τέλος nach dem Homerischen τέλος θανά- τοιο.

890. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-585

7
8
Schol. ὀξύθυμοι ὄντες ἐμοι- ρήσαντο καὶ διενείμαντο τὰ κτήματα ὥστ᾽ ἴσον λαχεῖν. 8921. διαλλακτῆρι δ' οὖν (gesetzt für δ' οὐκ) κτέ., jedenfalls können die Freunde beider (als ἀμφὶς ἀρω- γοί vor Gericht) sich nicht über Ares beklagen, als ob er als Schieds- richter parteiisch gewesen sei und den einen der Streitenden begünstigt habe. Vgl. 927. Für φίλοις kann man nach dem vorhergehenden Da- tiv διαλλακτῆρι den Gen. φίλων er- warten.