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Seven Against Thebes. N. Wecklein. . .

Current edition Experimental

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

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 (9)
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
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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
Seven Against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (Seven Against Thebes. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 111 focus
CHORUS
ANTISTROPHE III.
And now a sea of ill leads wave on wave;—
One falls and one doth rear
Against the city's stern, with clamour rude
Its triple crest—between, fence slight to save,
The breadth of wall extends. I fear
Lest with its kings the city be subdued.
CHORUS
STROPHE IV.
For the dread settlements at last,
Of curses breathed of old, fulfilment find,
Nor doth the coming anguish lag behind.
When wealth of merchants seeking gain
O'erweighted is, into the briny main
From the ship's stern the precious freight is cast.
CHORUS
ANTISTROPHE IV.
For to what man did gods e'er pay
Such honour, and his co-mates of the State,
And the whole race of diverse-feeding men,
As then to Edipus, whose hand
Had from the ravening monster purged the land,
That riddling pest which seized on men for prey.
CHORUS
STROPHE V.
But when, unhappy wight,
Apprised of his dire wedlock, anguish-fraught,
Intolerant of pain,
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With frenzied heart he twofold mischief wrought;
For with the hand that had his father slain,
His proper eyes he did bereave of sight. *
CHORUS
ANTISTROPHE V.
And at his sons he flung,
By ignominious treatment vex'd at heart,
Curses with bitter tongue,
That they with iron-wielding hand should part
One day their wealth. I tremble lest that vow
Erinys, swift of foot, accomplish now.
MESSENGER
Ye maidens, mother-nurtured, courage take,
Our city hath escaped the vassal yoke;
The boasts of haughty men are come to nought.
Our city floats in calm, and from the shock
Of many billows yet hath sprung no leak.
Staunch are our towers; the chiefs, our gates who fenced,
In single fight their pledges have redeemed.
All at six gateways prospers in the main;
The seventh gate, Apollo, royal Lord,
Dread leader of the seventh, chose to guard,
Avenging on the sons of Edipus
Laios' ill-counselled trespass wrought of old.
CHORUS
What new event hath to the city chanced?
MESSENGER
Saved is the city, but the brother kings-
CHORUS
What sayest thou? Through fear I am distraught.
MESSENGER
Be calm and listen. Edipus' two sons—
CHORUS
Ah wretched me! Prophet I am of ills.
MESSENGER
Earth drinks their blood, each by the other slain.
CHORUS
Came they to this? 'Tis horrible, yet speak.
MESSENGER
Dead are our chiefs by fratricidal hands.
CHORUS
Then are they slain by hands too brotherly.
MESSENGER
Prone in the dust they lie, too true the tale.
CHORUS
Thus dealt the god impartially with both.
MESSENGER
Yea, he himself destroys th' ill-fated race.
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.
CHORUS
O mighty Zeus, and tutelary powers
To whom to rescue these Cadmeian towers
Has fallen, whether now
Shall I rejoice, and in triumphant strain,
Our town's unharming saviour, Fortune, hail,
Or those war-chiefs bewail,
Wretched, ill-fated, childless twain,
Who rightly, as their names avow— *
Names full of glory and of strife,
Are through intent unhallowed reft of life.
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!

Notes on the current edition

Seven Against Thebes

1. Single-witness OCR: uncollated. Source layout and readings require scan review; automatic flags are not exhaustive.
2. Reference placement provisional: provisional local reference window from running Greek. Verify the printed source numbering and note scope against the scan.

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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Κάδμου ἐπώνυμον:
ἐπώνυμον κάδμου
Μ.
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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

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Parodos, welche die Schrecken einer belagerten und dem Sturm entgegensehenden Stadt mit solcher Kraft und sinnlicher Lebendigkeit des Ausdrucks vor die Augen führt, daß wir das kriegerische Treiben vor den Mauern ebenso vor uns sehen, wie im Agamemnon die Kassandraszene uns zu Zuschauern der Vorgänge im Hause macht. Zu der Kraft des Ausdrucks kam bei der Auf- führung noch die Veranschaulichung durch die σχήματα ὀρχήσεως, wie bei Athen. I S. 22 A berichtet wird, ὅτι Τελέστης ὁ Αἰσχύλου ὀρχηστής οὕτως ἦν τεχνίτης ὥστε ἐν τῷ ὀρχεῖσθαι τοὺς Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας φανερὰ ποιῆσαι τὰ πράγματα δι ὀρχήσεως. Von diesem Telestes heist es dort weiter: πολλὰ ἐξεύρηκε σχήματα, ἄκρως ταῖς χερσὶ τὰ λεγόμενα δεικνύς. Auf diese χειρο- νομία weist z. Β. ὅδε 80 hin. Das Ganze zerfällt in 4 Teile: im ersten (78-106) kommen die zwölf Choreuten einzeln zum Vortrag, wie sie der Reihe nach entweder einzeln oder, was wahrscheinlicher ist, in drei Gruppen zu je 4 Personen auf- treten ( σποράδην wie Eum. 244 1.). Der Chor besteht ja aus Jungfrauen, Bürgerstöchtern, welche in ihrer Angst zu den Altären der Götter flüchten, also vorher noch nicht versammelt sind. Im zweiten Teile (107—134) singen, wie die drei gleichen Verse 112, 116, 119 = 126, 130, 133 erkennen lassen, die drei στοίχοι nacheinander die Strophe und ebenso die Antistrophe. Den dritten Teil (135–151) tragen die beiden Halbchöre vor, nur in die Weherufe brechen alle zusammen aus. Den letzten Teil (152-165), ein Gebet, spricht der Gesamtchor. Die Wahl von Jungfrauen er- klärt der Schol. gut: εὐπτόητον ἡ τῶν παρθένων ἡλικία, μάλιστα δὲ πρὸς πολιορκίαν.

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zweiter Teil, dessen drei Abschnitte durch den Schluß- rhythmus ge- kennzeichnet werden. In der Strophe werden die Götter in ihrer Gesamt- heit und Zeus, in der Antistrophe die besonderen Schutzgottheiten des Landes, Athena, Poseidon, Ares, Aphrodite, Apollon und Artemis angerufen.

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ἐπίλυσιν φόνων ἐπίλυσιν δίδου eine besonders im doch- mischen Versmaße beliebte Weise der Wiederholung, vgl. 156, 770 ff., 887f., Cho. 156 κλύε δέ μοι σέβας, κλύ᾽, ὦ δέσποτ᾽ ἐξ ἀμαυρᾶς φρενός, Eur. Hipp. 836 τὸ κατὰ γᾶς θέλω, τὸ κατὰ γᾶς κνέφας.