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ματι von erster,
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κύματι von zweiter Hand,
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κύματι jüngere Handschriften), vgl. Aristoph.Thesm. 872
ποντίῳ
σάλῳ
κάμνοντας
ἐν
χει
μῶνι
καὶ
ναυαγίαις.
Seven Against Thebes. N. Wecklein. . .
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Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 203-244 focus
str.
1
Χορος
ὦ φίλον Οἰδίπου τέκος, ἔδεισ᾽ ἀκού-
σασα τὸν ἁρματόκτυπον ὄτοβον
1
ὄτοβον,
ὅτε
2
τε σύριγγες ἔκλαγξαν ἑλίτροχοι,
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ἱππικῶν τ᾽ ἄπυον
3
πηδαλίων διὰ στόμα
πυριγενετᾶν χαλινῶν.
ὦ φίλον Οἰδίπου τέκος, ἔδεισ᾽ ἀκού-
σασα τὸν ἁρματόκτυπον ὄτοβον
1
ὄτοβον,
ὅτε
2
τε σύριγγες ἔκλαγξαν ἑλίτροχοι,
205
ἱππικῶν τ᾽ ἄπυον
3
πηδαλίων διὰ στόμα
πυριγενετᾶν χαλινῶν.
Ετεοκλης
τί οὖν; ὁ ναύτης ἆρα μὴ ʼς πρῷραν φυγὼν
πρύμνηθεν ηὗρε μηχανὴν σωτηρίας,
νεὼς καμούσης ποντίῳ πρὸς
4
κύματι;
210
211
τί οὖν; ὁ ναύτης ἆρα μὴ ʼς πρῷραν φυγὼν
πρύμνηθεν ηὗρε μηχανὴν σωτηρίας,
νεὼς καμούσης ποντίῳ πρὸς
4
κύματι;
210
ant.
1
Χορος
ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ δαιμόνων πρόδρομος ἦλθον ἀρ-
χαῖα βρέτη, θεοῖσι πίσυνος,
5
νιφάδος
ὅτ᾽ ὀλοᾶς νιφομένας βρόμος ἐν πύλαις:
δὴ τότ᾽ ἤρθην φόβῳ πρὸς μακάρων λιτάς, πόλεως
ἵν᾽ ὑπερέχοιεν ἀλκάν.
215
ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ δαιμόνων πρόδρομος ἦλθον ἀρ-
χαῖα βρέτη, θεοῖσι πίσυνος,
5
νιφάδος
ὅτ᾽ ὀλοᾶς νιφομένας βρόμος ἐν πύλαις:
δὴ τότ᾽ ἤρθην φόβῳ πρὸς μακάρων λιτάς, πόλεως
ἵν᾽ ὑπερέχοιεν ἀλκάν.
215
Ετεοκλης
πύργον στέγειν εὔχεσθε πολέμιον δόρυ.
πύργον στέγειν εὔχεσθε πολέμιον δόρυ.
Χορος
οὔκουν
6
τάδ᾽ ἔσται πρὸς θεῶν;
οὔκουν
6
τάδ᾽ ἔσται πρὸς θεῶν;
Ετεοκλης
ἀλλ᾽ οὖν θεοὺς
219
ἀλλ᾽ οὖν θεοὺς
str.
2
Χορος
μήποτ᾽ ἐμὸν κατ᾽ αἰῶνα λίποι
9
θεῶν
ἅδε πανάγυρις, μηδ᾽ ἐπίδοιμι τάνδ᾽
220
ἀστυδρομουμέναν πόλιν καὶ στράτευμ᾽
ἁπτόμενον πυρὶ δαΐῳ.
10
μήποτ᾽ ἐμὸν κατ᾽ αἰῶνα λίποι
9
θεῶν
ἅδε πανάγυρις, μηδ᾽ ἐπίδοιμι τάνδ᾽
220
ἀστυδρομουμέναν πόλιν καὶ στράτευμ᾽
ἁπτόμενον πυρὶ δαΐῳ.
10
Ετεοκλης
μή μοι θεοὺς καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶς:
πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας
μήτηρ, γονῆς
11
σωτῆρος: ὧδ᾽ ἔχει λόγος.
225
226
μή μοι θεοὺς καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶς:
πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας
μήτηρ, γονῆς
11
σωτῆρος: ὧδ᾽ ἔχει λόγος.
225
ant.
2
Χορος
ἔστι: θεοῦ
12
δ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἰσχὺς καθυπερτέρα:
πολλάκι δ᾽ ἐν κακοῖσι τὸν
13
ἀμάχανον
κἀκ χαλεπᾶς δύας ὕπερθ᾽ ὀμμάτων
ἔστι: θεοῦ
12
δ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἰσχὺς καθυπερτέρα:
πολλάκι δ᾽ ἐν κακοῖσι τὸν
13
ἀμάχανον
κἀκ χαλεπᾶς δύας ὕπερθ᾽ ὀμμάτων
Ετεοκλης
ἀνδρῶν τάδ᾽ ἐστί, σφάγια καὶ χρηστήρια
230
θεοῖσιν ἕρδειν, πολεμίων πειρωμένων:
16
σὸν δ᾽ αὖ τὸ σιγᾶν καὶ μένειν εἴσω δόμων.
233
ἀνδρῶν τάδ᾽ ἐστί, σφάγια καὶ χρηστήρια
230
θεοῖσιν ἕρδειν, πολεμίων πειρωμένων:
16
σὸν δ᾽ αὖ τὸ σιγᾶν καὶ μένειν εἴσω δόμων.
str.
3
Χορος
διὰ θεῶν πόλιν νεμόμεθ᾽ ἀδάματον,
17
δυσμενέων δ᾽ ὄχλον πύργος ἀποστέγει.
τίς
18
τάδε νέμεσις στυγεῖ;
235
διὰ θεῶν πόλιν νεμόμεθ᾽ ἀδάματον,
17
δυσμενέων δ᾽ ὄχλον πύργος ἀποστέγει.
τίς
18
τάδε νέμεσις στυγεῖ;
235
Ετεοκλης
οὔτοι φθονῶ σοι δαιμόνων τιμᾶν γένος:
ἀλλ᾽ ὡς πολίτας μὴ κακοσπλάγχνους τιθῇς,
εὔκηλος ἴσθι μηδ᾽ ἄγαν ὑπερφοβοῦ.
239
οὔτοι φθονῶ σοι δαιμόνων τιμᾶν γένος:
ἀλλ᾽ ὡς πολίτας μὴ κακοσπλάγχνους τιθῇς,
εὔκηλος ἴσθι μηδ᾽ ἄγαν ὑπερφοβοῦ.
ant.
3
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Χορός
ὦ φίλον Οἰδίπου τέκος, ἔδεισʼ ἀκού-
σασα τὸν ἁρματόκτυπον ὄτοβον ὄτοβον,
ὅτε τε σύριγγες ἔκλαγξαν ἑλίτροχοι,
205
ἱππικῶν τʼ ἀπύαν πηδαλίων διὰ στόμα
πυριγενετᾶν χαλινῶν.
ὦ φίλον Οἰδίπου τέκος, ἔδεισʼ ἀκού-
σασα τὸν ἁρματόκτυπον ὄτοβον ὄτοβον,
ὅτε τε σύριγγες ἔκλαγξαν ἑλίτροχοι,
205
ἱππικῶν τʼ ἀπύαν πηδαλίων διὰ στόμα
πυριγενετᾶν χαλινῶν.
Ἐτεοκλής
τί οὖν; ὁ ναύτης ἆρα μὴ ʼς πρῷραν φυγὼν
πρύμνηθεν ηὗρε μηχανὴν σωτηρίας,
νεὼς καμούσης ποντίῳ πρὸς κύματι ;
210
τί οὖν; ὁ ναύτης ἆρα μὴ ʼς πρῷραν φυγὼν
πρύμνηθεν ηὗρε μηχανὴν σωτηρίας,
νεὼς καμούσης ποντίῳ πρὸς κύματι ;
210
Χορός
ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ δαιμόνων πρόδρομος ἦλθον ἀρ-
χαῖα βρέτη, θεοῖσι πίσυνος, νιφάδος
ὅτʼ ὀλοᾶς νειφομένας βρόμος ἐν πύλαις·
δὴ τότʼ ἤρθην φόβῳ πρὸς μακάρων λιτάς, πόλεως
ἵνʼ ὑπερέχοιεν ἀλκάν.
215
ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ δαιμόνων πρόδρομος ἦλθον ἀρ-
χαῖα βρέτη, θεοῖσι πίσυνος, νιφάδος
ὅτʼ ὀλοᾶς νειφομένας βρόμος ἐν πύλαις·
δὴ τότʼ ἤρθην φόβῳ πρὸς μακάρων λιτάς, πόλεως
ἵνʼ ὑπερέχοιεν ἀλκάν.
215
Ἐτεοκλής
πύργον στέγειν εὔχεσθε πολέμιον δόρυ.
οὐκοῦν τάδʼ ἔσται πρὸς θεῶν· ἀλλʼ οὖν θεοὺς
τοὺς τῆς ἁλούσης πόλεος ἐκλείπειν λόγος.
πύργον στέγειν εὔχεσθε πολέμιον δόρυ.
οὐκοῦν τάδʼ ἔσται πρὸς θεῶν· ἀλλʼ οὖν θεοὺς
τοὺς τῆς ἁλούσης πόλεος ἐκλείπειν λόγος.
Χορός
μήποτʼ ἐμὸν κατʼ αἰῶνα λίποι θεῶν
ἅδε πανάγυρις, μηδʼ ἐπίδοιμι τάνδʼ
220
ἀστυδρομουμέναν πόλιν καὶ στράτευμʼ
ἁπτόμενον πυρὶ δαΐῳ.
μήποτʼ ἐμὸν κατʼ αἰῶνα λίποι θεῶν
ἅδε πανάγυρις, μηδʼ ἐπίδοιμι τάνδʼ
220
ἀστυδρομουμέναν πόλιν καὶ στράτευμʼ
ἁπτόμενον πυρὶ δαΐῳ.
Ἐτεοκλής
μή μοι θεοὺς καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶς·
πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας
μήτηρ, γυνὴ σωτῆρος· ὧδʼ ἔχει λόγος.
225
μή μοι θεοὺς καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶς·
πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας
μήτηρ, γυνὴ σωτῆρος· ὧδʼ ἔχει λόγος.
225
Χορός
ἔστι· θεοῦ δʼ ἔτʼ ἰσχὺς καθυπερτέρα·
πολλάκι δʼ ἐν κακοῖσι τὸν ἀμάχανον
κἀκ χαλεπᾶς δύας ὕπερθʼ ὀμμάτων
κρημναμενᾶν νεφελᾶν ὀρθοῖ.
ἔστι· θεοῦ δʼ ἔτʼ ἰσχὺς καθυπερτέρα·
πολλάκι δʼ ἐν κακοῖσι τὸν ἀμάχανον
κἀκ χαλεπᾶς δύας ὕπερθʼ ὀμμάτων
κρημναμενᾶν νεφελᾶν ὀρθοῖ.
Ἐτεοκλής
ἀνδρῶν τάδʼ ἐστί, σφάγια καὶ χρηστήρια
230
θεοῖσιν ἕρδειν πολεμίων πειρωμένους ·
σὸν δʼ αὖ τὸ σιγᾶν καὶ μένειν εἴσω δόμων.
ἀνδρῶν τάδʼ ἐστί, σφάγια καὶ χρηστήρια
230
θεοῖσιν ἕρδειν πολεμίων πειρωμένους ·
σὸν δʼ αὖ τὸ σιγᾶν καὶ μένειν εἴσω δόμων.
Χορός
διὰ θεῶν πόλιν νεμόμεθʼ ἀδάματον,
δυσμενέων δʼ ὄχλον πύργος ἀποστέγει.
τίς τάδε νέμεσις στυγεῖ;
235
διὰ θεῶν πόλιν νεμόμεθʼ ἀδάματον,
δυσμενέων δʼ ὄχλον πύργος ἀποστέγει.
τίς τάδε νέμεσις στυγεῖ;
235
Ἐτεοκλής
οὔτοι φθονῶ σοι δαιμόνων τιμᾶν γένος·
ἀλλʼ ὡς πολίτας μὴ κακοσπλάγχνους τιθῇς,
εὔκηλος ἴσθι μηδʼ ἄγαν ὑπερφοβοῦ.
οὔτοι φθονῶ σοι δαιμόνων τιμᾶν γένος·
ἀλλʼ ὡς πολίτας μὴ κακοσπλάγχνους τιθῇς,
εὔκηλος ἴσθι μηδʼ ἄγαν ὑπερφοβοῦ.
Χορός
ποτίφατον κλύουσα πάταγον ἀνάμιγα
ταρβοσύνῳ φόβῳ τάνδʼ ἐς ἀκρόπτολιν,
240
τίμιον ἕδος, ἱκόμαν.
ποτίφατον κλύουσα πάταγον ἀνάμιγα
ταρβοσύνῳ φόβῳ τάνδʼ ἐς ἀκρόπτολιν,
240
τίμιον ἕδος, ἱκόμαν.
Ἐτεοκλής
μή νυν, ἐὰν θνῄσκοντας ἢ τετρωμένους
πύθησθε, κωκυτοῖσιν ἁρπαλίζετε.
τούτῳ γὰρ Ἄρης βόσκεται, φόνῳ βροτῶν.
μή νυν, ἐὰν θνῄσκοντας ἢ τετρωμένους
πύθησθε, κωκυτοῖσιν ἁρπαλίζετε.
τούτῳ γὰρ Ἄρης βόσκεται, φόνῳ βροτῶν.
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 203 focus
ΧΟ.
ὦ φίλον Οἰδίπου τέκος, ἔδεισ᾽ ἀκού-
203-207. 211-215.
ὦ φίλον Οἰδίπου τέκος, ἔδεισ᾽ ἀκού-
σασα τὸν ἁρματόκτυπον ὄτοβον ὄτοβον,
ὅτε τε σύριγγες ἔκλαγξαν ἑλίτροχοι,
205
ἱππικῶν τ᾽ ἄπυον πηδαλίων δία
στόμια πυριβρεμετᾶν χαλινῶν.
ΕΤ.
τί οὖν; ὁ ναύτης ἆρα μὴ᾽ς πρῶραν φυγὼν
πρύμνηθεν ηύρε μηχανὴν σωτηρίας,
νεὼς καμούσης ποντίῳ πρὸς κύματι;
210
τί οὖν; ὁ ναύτης ἆρα μὴ᾽ς πρῶραν φυγὼν
πρύμνηθεν ηύρε μηχανὴν σωτηρίας,
νεὼς καμούσης ποντίῳ πρὸς κύματι;
210
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 203 focus
Χορὸς Παρθένων
στρ. α'.
ὦ φίλον Οἰδίπου τέκος, ἔδεισ᾽ ἀκού-
σασα τὸν ἁρματόκτυπον ὄτοβον, ὄτοβον,
185
ὅτε τε σύριγγες ἔκλαγξαν ἑλίτροχοι,
ἱππικῶν τ᾽ ἀγρύπνων
πηδαλίων δία στόμια
πυριγενετᾶν χαλινῶν.
ὦ φίλον Οἰδίπου τέκος, ἔδεισ᾽ ἀκού-
σασα τὸν ἁρματόκτυπον ὄτοβον, ὄτοβον,
185
ὅτε τε σύριγγες ἔκλαγξαν ἑλίτροχοι,
ἱππικῶν τ᾽ ἀγρύπνων
πηδαλίων δία στόμια
πυριγενετᾶν χαλινῶν.
Ἐτεοκλῆς
τί οὖν; ὁ ναύτης ἆρα μὴ εἰς πρῷραν φυγὼν
190
πρύμνηθεν εὗρε μηχανὴν σωτηρίας,
νεὼς καμούσης ποντίῳ πρὸς κύματι;
τί οὖν; ὁ ναύτης ἆρα μὴ εἰς πρῷραν φυγὼν
190
πρύμνηθεν εὗρε μηχανὴν σωτηρίας,
νεὼς καμούσης ποντίῳ πρὸς κύματι;
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 203 focus
ΧΟΡΟΣ
Ὦ φίλον Οἰδίπου τέκος, ἔδεισ' ἀκού-
Str. 1.
σασα τὸν ἁρματόκτυπον ὄτοβον ὄτοβον,
ὅτι τε σύριγγες ἔκλαγξαν ἑλίτροχοι,
205
ἱππικῶν τ'
ἀγρύπνων
ἀύπνων
πηδαλίων διὰ στόμα,
πυριγενετᾶν χαλινῶν.
Ὦ φίλον Οἰδίπου τέκος, ἔδεισ' ἀκού-
σασα τὸν ἁρματόκτυπον ὄτοβον ὄτοβον,
ὅτι τε σύριγγες ἔκλαγξαν ἑλίτροχοι,
205
ἱππικῶν τ'
ἀγρύπνων
ἀύπνων
πηδαλίων διὰ στόμα,
πυριγενετᾶν χαλινῶν.
ΕΤΕΟΚΛΗΣ
Τί οὖν ; ὁ ναύτης ἆρα
μὴ 'ς
γ' εἰς πρώραν φυγὼν
πρύμνηθεν ηὗρεν μηχανὴν σωτηρίας,
210
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ ΘΗΒΑΣ
Τί οὖν ; ὁ ναύτης ἆρα
μὴ 'ς
γ' εἰς πρώραν φυγὼν
πρύμνηθεν ηὗρεν μηχανὴν σωτηρίας,
210
νεὼς καμούσης ποντίῳ πρὸς κύματι ;
νεὼς καμούσης ποντίῳ πρὸς κύματι ;
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 203 focus
ὦ φίλον Οἰδίπου τέκος, ἔδεισ᾽ ἀκού-
185
σασα τὸν ἁρματόκτυπον
ὄτοβον, ὅτε τε σύ-
ριγγες ἔκλαγξαν ἑλίτροχοι,
ἱππικῶν τ᾽ ἀύπνων
πηδαλίων διὰ στόμα
190
πυριγενετᾶν χαλινῶν.
ΕΤ.
τί οὖν; ὁ ναύτης ἆρα μὴ 'ς πρῷραν φυγὼν
πρύμνηθεν ηὗρεν μηχανὴν σωτηρίας,
νεὼς καμούσης ποντίῳ ἐν κύματι;
τί οὖν; ὁ ναύτης ἆρα μὴ 'ς πρῷραν φυγὼν
πρύμνηθεν ηὗρεν μηχανὴν σωτηρίας,
νεὼς καμούσης ποντίῳ ἐν κύματι;
ΧΟ.
1
1
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 203 focus
ΧΟ.
ὦ φίλον Οἰδίπου τέκος, ἔδεισ᾽ ἀκού-
σασα τὸν ἁρματόκτυπον
ὄτοβον, ὅτε τε σύριγγες ἔκλαγξαν ἑλίτροχοι,
205
ἱππικόν τ᾽ ἄπυον
πηδαλίων διὰ στόμα
πυριγενετᾶν χαλινοί.
ὦ φίλον Οἰδίπου τέκος, ἔδεισ᾽ ἀκού-
σασα τὸν ἁρματόκτυπον
ὄτοβον, ὅτε τε σύριγγες ἔκλαγξαν ἑλίτροχοι,
205
ἱππικόν τ᾽ ἄπυον
πηδαλίων διὰ στόμα
πυριγενετᾶν χαλινοί.
ΕΤ.
τί οὖν; ὁ ναύτης ἆρα μὴ ἐς πρῶιραν φυγών
πρύμνηθεν ηὗρεν μηχανὴν σωτηρίας,
νεὼς καμούσης ποντίωι πρὸς κύματι; –
210
τί οὖν; ὁ ναύτης ἆρα μὴ ἐς πρῶιραν φυγών
πρύμνηθεν ηὗρεν μηχανὴν σωτηρίας,
νεὼς καμούσης ποντίωι πρὸς κύματι; –
210
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.)) — 203-242 focus
Chorus
Dear son of Oedipus, I grew afraid when I heard the clatter of the crashing chariots,
when the hubs screamed as they whirled around the wheel, and when I heard the sound of the steering gear, fire-forged bits, in the horses’ mouths.
205
Dear son of Oedipus, I grew afraid when I heard the clatter of the crashing chariots,
when the hubs screamed as they whirled around the wheel, and when I heard the sound of the steering gear, fire-forged bits, in the horses’ mouths.
205
Eteocles
Well, then, has a helmsman ever found a way to safety by fleeing from stern to prow,
when his ship is foundering in high seas?
210
Well, then, has a helmsman ever found a way to safety by fleeing from stern to prow,
when his ship is foundering in high seas?
210
Chorus
But trusting in the gods I came in haste to their ancient statues, when the deadly blizzard of falling stones thundered against the gates. Just then I set out in fear to pray to the Blessed Ones
that they spread their protection over the city.
215
But trusting in the gods I came in haste to their ancient statues, when the deadly blizzard of falling stones thundered against the gates. Just then I set out in fear to pray to the Blessed Ones
that they spread their protection over the city.
215
Eteocles
Pray that the rampart withstand the enemy spear. Yes, the outcome is in the gods’ hands—but then, it is said that the gods of a captured city abandon it.
Pray that the rampart withstand the enemy spear. Yes, the outcome is in the gods’ hands—but then, it is said that the gods of a captured city abandon it.
Chorus
Never so long as I live may this divine assembly abandon us,
nor may I live to see the city overrun and the army seizing it with hostile fire!
220
Never so long as I live may this divine assembly abandon us,
nor may I live to see the city overrun and the army seizing it with hostile fire!
220
Eteocles
When you invoke the gods, do not be ill-advised. For Obedience is
the mother of Success, wife of Salvation—as the saying goes.
225
When you invoke the gods, do not be ill-advised. For Obedience is
the mother of Success, wife of Salvation—as the saying goes.
225
Chorus
So she is, but the power of god is supreme, and often in bad times it raises the helpless man out of harsh misery even when stormclouds are lowering over his eyes.
So she is, but the power of god is supreme, and often in bad times it raises the helpless man out of harsh misery even when stormclouds are lowering over his eyes.
Eteocles
It is the man’s duty to offer victims and sacrifices to the gods when they test their enemy; your duty is to be silent and to remain inside the house.
230
It is the man’s duty to offer victims and sacrifices to the gods when they test their enemy; your duty is to be silent and to remain inside the house.
230
Chorus
By the will of the gods we inhabit an unconquered city, and the rampart withstands the enemy throng.
What indignation makes you resent this?
235
By the will of the gods we inhabit an unconquered city, and the rampart withstands the enemy throng.
What indignation makes you resent this?
235
Eteocles
I do not begrudge your honor of the divine race; but lest you make the citizens cowardly, be calm and do not be overly fearful.
I do not begrudge your honor of the divine race; but lest you make the citizens cowardly, be calm and do not be overly fearful.
Chorus
When I heard the strange and jumbled clashes,
I came in trembling fear to this citadel, our seat of worship.
240
When I heard the strange and jumbled clashes,
I came in trembling fear to this citadel, our seat of worship.
240
Eteocles
If, then, you hear that men are dying or wounded, do not seize on the news with loud wailing. For this is the food of Ares, human blood.
If, then, you hear that men are dying or wounded, do not seize on the news with loud wailing. For this is the food of Ares, human blood.
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 203 focus
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 203 focus
O cher enfant d'Œdipe, je prends peur à ouïr le fracas, le fracas des chars sonores, le cri qu'ont
poussé les essieux en ébranlant les roues, et aussi le frein des chevaux, qui jamais ne s'endort dans leurs bouches, le mors, fils de la flamme 1 !
poussé les essieux en ébranlant les roues, et aussi le frein des chevaux, qui jamais ne s'endort dans leurs bouches, le mors, fils de la flamme 1 !
ÉTÉOCLE
Eh quoi ! est-ce en fuyant de la poupe à la proue qu'un marin trouva jamais la manœuvre qui doit le
sauver, à l'heure où peine la nef sous l'assaut du flot marin ?
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES
Eh quoi ! est-ce en fuyant de la poupe à la proue qu'un marin trouva jamais la manœuvre qui doit le
sauver, à l'heure où peine la nef sous l'assaut du flot marin ?
sauver, à l'heure où peine la nef sous l'assaut du flot marin ?
LE CHŒUR
Non,
Non,
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 203 focus
Dear to thy country, son of Oedipus,
My soul was seiz'd with terror, when I heard
The rapid car roll on, its whirling wheels
Grating harsh thunder; and the iron curb
Incessant clashing on the barbed steed.
215
ETEOCLES.
What! should the pilot, when the lab'ring bark
q
Scarce rides the swelling surge, forsake the helm,
And seek his safety from the sculptur'd prow?
What! should the pilot, when the lab'ring bark
q
Scarce rides the swelling surge, forsake the helm,
And seek his safety from the sculptur'd prow?
CHORUS.
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.) — 203 focus
Figlio d'Edipo, m'invase terrore,
225
rombare udendo il frastuono dei cocchi
che turbinarono, i mozzi stridettero.
E dalle fauci suonâr secchi i ferrei
timoni equini, temprati alla fiamma.
ETEOCLE
E che? Forse il nocchier, fuggendo a poppa,
230
e lasciando la prua, troverà scampo,
quando i marosi fiaccano la nave?
E che? Forse il nocchier, fuggendo a poppa,
230
e lasciando la prua, troverà scampo,
quando i marosi fiaccano la nave?
CORO
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 203 focus
O chare Oedipi fili, timui audiens
Curruum ftrepitum, strepitum,
Tube clanxerunt flexe,
Equitumq; uigilum clauorum per os
Fabrilium frenorum.
190
Eteocles
Quid igitur nauta in proram fugiens
Ex puppi, inuenit machinationem falutis
Nauis labor antis in marino fluctus?
Quid igitur nauta in proram fugiens
Ex puppi, inuenit machinationem falutis
Nauis labor antis in marino fluctus?
Cho.
Seven Against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (Seven Against Thebes. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 186 focus
ISMENE
Deadly to behold.
Deadly to behold.
CHORUS
Woe, woe, for wretched Fate,
Donor of baleful dower!
Woe for the shade august of Edipus!
O swart Erinys strong art thou in power!
Woe, woe, for wretched Fate,
Donor of baleful dower!
Woe for the shade august of Edipus!
O swart Erinys strong art thou in power!
ANTIGONE
EPODE.
This in sooth by proof thou knowest.
This in sooth by proof thou knowest.
ISMENE
Thou not later this hast learned.
Thou not later this hast learned.
ANTIGONE
To this city when thou camest.
To this city when thou camest.
ISMENE
And 'gainst him thy spear hast turned.
And 'gainst him thy spear hast turned.
ANTIGONE
Woe! alas! Dire trouble!
Woe! alas! Dire trouble!
ISMENE
Woe! alas! Dire grief.
Woe! alas! Dire grief.
ANTIGONE
On our house hath fallen.
On our house hath fallen.
ISMENE
Ay, and on this land.
Ay, and on this land.
ANTIGONE
On me above all others.
On me above all others.
ISMENE
On me who forward see.
On me who forward see.
ANTIGONE
Woe for these wretched brothers!
Woe for these wretched brothers!
ISMENE
Woe, Leader-King, for thee!
Woe, Leader-King, for thee!
ANTIGONE
Of all men most lamented!
Of all men most lamented!
ISMENE
ANTIGONE
O ye possessed by Atè!
O ye possessed by Atè!
ISMENE
Where shall we lay the twain?
Where shall we lay the twain?
ANTIGONE
In spot most rich in honour.
In spot most rich in honour.
ISMENE
Woe, Sire, thy wedded-bane!
Woe, Sire, thy wedded-bane!
HERALD
Me it behoves to publish the resolve,
And statute of Cadmeia's senators.
Eteocles, for love he bore the land,
Shall be with kindly obsequies interred.
For in our city, warding off her foes,
Death he encountered; free from all offence
Against his country's rites, blameless, he died
Where for the young to die is glorious.
Of him, I thus am ordered to proclaim.
But this, his brother Polyneikes' corse,
Unburied to cast forth, of dogs the prey,
As ravager of this Cadmeian land,
Unless against his spear some god had stood;
Thus e'en in death polluted he will lie,
Cursed of ancestral gods in scorn of whom,
With alien host, he sought the town to capture.
By wingèd fowl entombed, inglorious,
For him this just requital is decreed;—
No rearing of the mound by pious hands,
No shrill-voiced wail shall grace his funeral,
Unhonour'd thus with tender obsequies.
So they who rule Cadmeians have ordained.
Me it behoves to publish the resolve,
And statute of Cadmeia's senators.
Eteocles, for love he bore the land,
Shall be with kindly obsequies interred.
For in our city, warding off her foes,
Death he encountered; free from all offence
Against his country's rites, blameless, he died
Where for the young to die is glorious.
Of him, I thus am ordered to proclaim.
But this, his brother Polyneikes' corse,
Unburied to cast forth, of dogs the prey,
As ravager of this Cadmeian land,
Unless against his spear some god had stood;
Thus e'en in death polluted he will lie,
Cursed of ancestral gods in scorn of whom,
With alien host, he sought the town to capture.
By wingèd fowl entombed, inglorious,
For him this just requital is decreed;—
No rearing of the mound by pious hands,
No shrill-voiced wail shall grace his funeral,
Unhonour'd thus with tender obsequies.
So they who rule Cadmeians have ordained.
ANTIGONE
But to Cadmeia's rulers I declare,
If none will join in burying this man,
Myself will bury him, and take the risk,
Interring mine own brother:—shame is none
To cancel fealty and brave the State.
Dread tie the common womb from which we sprang,—
Of wretched mother born and hapless sire.
Wherefore my soul, do thou take willing share
In woes he willed not; living, aid the dead
With sisterly affection; his dear flesh
No hollow-bellied wolves shall piecemeal rend;
Let none suppose it ;-woman though I be,
Tomb and interment will I scheme for him:
Ay, bearing earth in fold of flaxen robe,
Him will I shroud;-let none suppose aught else.
Courage! Effectual means will fail me not.
But to Cadmeia's rulers I declare,
If none will join in burying this man,
Myself will bury him, and take the risk,
Interring mine own brother:—shame is none
To cancel fealty and brave the State.
Dread tie the common womb from which we sprang,—
Of wretched mother born and hapless sire.
Wherefore my soul, do thou take willing share
In woes he willed not; living, aid the dead
With sisterly affection; his dear flesh
No hollow-bellied wolves shall piecemeal rend;
Let none suppose it ;-woman though I be,
Tomb and interment will I scheme for him:
Ay, bearing earth in fold of flaxen robe,
Him will I shroud;-let none suppose aught else.
Courage! Effectual means will fail me not.
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.) — 203 focus
Ah, but I shudder, child of Oedipus!
I heard the clash and clang!
The axles rolled and rumbled; woe to us
Fire-welded bridles rang!
170
Ah, but I shudder, child of Oedipus!
I heard the clash and clang!
The axles rolled and rumbled; woe to us
Fire-welded bridles rang!
170
Eteocles
Say—when a ship is strained and deep in brine,
Did e'er a seaman mend his chance, who left
The helm, t' invoke the image at the prow?
Say—when a ship is strained and deep in brine,
Did e'er a seaman mend his chance, who left
The helm, t' invoke the image at the prow?
Chorus
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.) — 203 focus
O du, des Oedipus theuerer Sohn, mit Graun
Vernahm ich der heranrasselnden Wagen Gedröhn,
185
Als die räderumrollende Nabe scholl,
Als am stetswachen Steuer das Gebiß der Nosse klang,
Am flammengebornen Zügel.
O du, des Oedipus theuerer Sohn, mit Graun
Vernahm ich der heranrasselnden Wagen Gedröhn,
185
Als die räderumrollende Nabe scholl,
Als am stetswachen Steuer das Gebiß der Nosse klang,
Am flammengebornen Zügel.
Eteokles.
Wie? Rettet wohl der Schiffer, der vom Steuer weg
Zum Vorderdecke flüchtet, sich vom Untergang,
190
Wenn ringend auf der Meeresflut umtreibt der Kiel ?
Wie? Rettet wohl der Schiffer, der vom Steuer weg
Zum Vorderdecke flüchtet, sich vom Untergang,
190
Wenn ringend auf der Meeresflut umtreibt der Kiel ?
Der Chor.
Erste Gegenstrophe.
Notes on the current edition
Seven Against Thebes
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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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ὀλοᾶς:
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ὀλοὺς Ald. Rob.
ολους Vit.
195.
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νιφομένας:
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νιφομένας G. (
ης supra scripto G.) Vit. Lips. Cantabr. 1. Par. A. B. C. L.
vigouévys Ald. Rob. Turn. et
a supra scripto Cantabr. 2.
veiqouέvns, supra scripto
α, M.
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.
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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.
195.
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σαλεύματι (gesetzt für * *
ματι von erster,
ἐν
κύματι von zweiter Hand,
πρὸς
κύματι jüngere Handschriften), vgl. Aristoph.Thesm. 872
ποντίῳ
σάλῳ
κάμνοντας
ἐν
χει
μῶνι
καὶ
ναυαγίαις.