N. Wecklein, Seven Against Thebes, 331.comm-331

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μιαίνων εὐσέβειαν, d. h. nichts Heiliges wird geachtet und geschont.

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.) — 369-416 focus

Ημιχόριον

ὅ τοι κατόπτης, ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ, στρατοῦ

πευθώ τιν᾽ ἡμῖν, ὦ φίλαι, νέαν φέρει,
370

σπουδῇ διώκων πομπίμους χνόας ποδοῖν.

Ἡμιχόριον Β

καὶ μὴν ἄναξ ὅδ᾽ αὐτὸς Οἰδίπου τόκος

εἰς¹ ἀρτίκολλον ἀγγέλου λόγον μαθεῖν:

σπουδὴ δὲ καὶ τοῦδ᾽ εὖ καταρτίζει² πόδα.

Αγγελος

λέγοιμ᾽ ἂν εἰδὼς εὖ τὰ τῶν ἐναντίων,
375

ὥς τ᾽³ ἐν πύλαις ἕκαστος εἴληχεν πάλον.

Τυδεὺς μὲν ἤδη πρὸς πύλαισι Προιτίσιν

βρέμει, πόρον δ᾽ Ἰσμηνὸν οὐκ ἐᾷ περᾶν

ὁ μάντις: οὐ γὰρ σφάγια γίγνεται⁴ καλά.

Τυδεὺς δὲ μαργῶν καὶ μάχης λελιμμένος⁵
380

μεσημβριναῖς κλαγγαῖσιν ὡς δράκων βοᾷ:

θείνει⁶ δ᾽ ὀνείδει μάντιν Οἰκλείδην σοφόν,

σαίνειν μόρον τε καὶ μάχην ἀψυχίᾳ.

τοιαῦτ᾽ ἀυτῶν τρεῖς κατασκίους λόφους

σείει, κράνους χαίτωμ᾽, ὑπ᾽ ἀσπίδος δὲ τῷ⁷
385

χαλκήλατοι κλάζουσι κώδωνες φόβον:

ἔχει δ᾽ ὑπέρφρον σῆμ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδος τόδε,

φλέγονθ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἄστροις οὐρανὸν τετυγμένον:

λαμπρὰ δὲ πανσέληνος ἐν μέσῳ σάκει,

πρέσβιστον ἄστρων, νυκτὸς ὀφθαλμός, πρέπει.
390

τοιαῦτ᾽ ἀλύων ταῖς ὑπερκόμποις σαγαῖς⁸

βοᾷ παρ᾽ ὄχθαις ποταμίαις, μάχης ἐρῶν,

ἵππος χαλινῶν ὣς κατασθμαίνων μένει,

ὅστις βοὴν σάλπιγγος ὁρμαίνει κλύων.⁹

τίν᾽ ἀντιτάξεις τῷδε; τίς Προίτου πυλῶν
395

κλῄθρων λυθέντων προστατεῖν φερέγγυος;

Ετεοκλης

κόσμον μὲν ἀνδρὸς οὔτιν᾽ ἂν τρέσαιμ᾽ ἐγώ,

οὐδ᾽ ἑλκοποιὰ γίγνεται¹⁰ τὰ σήματα:

λόφοι δὲ κώδων τ᾽ οὐ δάκνουσ᾽ ἄνευ δορός.

καὶ νύκτα ταύτην ἣν λέγεις ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδος
400

ἄστροισι μαρμαίρουσαν οὐρανοῦ κυρεῖν,

τάχ᾽ ἂν γένοιτο μάντις ἁνοία¹¹ τινί.

εἰ γὰρ θανόντι νὺξ ἐπ᾽ ὀφθαλμοῖς πέσοι,

τῷ τοι φέροντι σῆμ᾽ ὑπέρκομπον τόδε

γένοιτ᾽ ἂν ὀρθῶς ἐνδίκως τ᾽ ἐπώνυμον,
405

καὐτὸς καθ᾽ αὑτοῦ τήνδ᾽ ὕβριν μαντεύσεται.¹²

ἐγὼ δὲ Τυδεῖ κεδνὸν Ἀστακοῦ τόκον

τῶνδ᾽ ἀντιτάξω προστάτην πυλωμάτων,

μάλ᾽ εὐγενῆ τε καὶ τὸν Αἰσχύνης θρόνον

τιμῶντα καὶ στυγοῦνθ᾽ ὑπέρφρονας λόγους.
410

αἰσχρῶν γὰρ ἀργός, μὴ κακὸς δ᾽ εἶναι φιλεῖ.

σπαρτῶν δ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ἀνδρῶν, ὧν Ἄρης ἐφείσατο,

ῥίζωμ᾽ ἀνεῖται, κάρτα δ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἐγχώριος,

Μελάνιππος: ἔργον δ᾽ ἐν κύβοις Ἄρης κρινεῖ:

Δίκη δ᾽ ὁμαίμων¹³ κάρτα νιν προστέλλεται
415

εἴργειν τεκούσῃ μητρὶ πολέμιον δόρυ.

417

Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 369-416 focus

Ἡμιχόριον Α

ὅ τοι κατόπτης, ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ, στρατοῦ

πευθώ τινʼ ἡμῖν, ὦ φίλαι, νέαν φέρει,
370

σπουδῇ διώκων πομπίμους χνόας ποδῶν.

Ἡμιχόριον Β

καὶ μὴν ἄναξ ὅδʼ αὐτὸς Οἰδίπου τόκος

εἰς ἀρτίκολλον ἀγγέλου λόγον μαθεῖν·

σπουδὴ δὲ καὶ τοῦδʼ οὐκ ἀπαρτίζει πόδα.

Ἄγγελος

λέγοιμʼ ἂν εἰδὼς εὖ τὰ τῶν ἐναντίων,
375

ὥς τʼ ἐν πύλαις ἕκαστος εἴληχεν πάλον.

Τυδεὺς μὲν ἤδη πρὸς πύλαισι Προιτίσιν

βρέμει, πόρον δʼ Ἰσμηνὸν οὐκ ἐᾷ περᾶν

ὁ μάντις· οὐ γὰρ σφάγια γίγνεται καλά.

Τυδεὺς δὲ μαργῶν καὶ μάχης λελιμμένος
380

μεσημβριναῖς κλαγγαῖσιν ὡς δράκων βοᾷ·

θείνει δʼ ὀνείδει μάντιν Οἰκλείδην σοφόν,

σαίνειν μόρον τε καὶ μάχην ἀψυχίᾳ.

τοιαῦτʼ ἀυτῶν τρεῖς κατασκίους λόφους

σείει, κράνους χαίτωμʼ, ὑπʼ ἀσπίδος δʼ ἔσω
385

χαλκήλατοι κλάζουσι κώδωνες φόβον·

ἔχει δʼ ὑπέρφρον σῆμʼ ἐπʼ ἀσπίδος τόδε,

φλέγονθʼ ὑπʼ ἄστροις οὐρανὸν τετυγμένον·

λαμπρὰ δὲ πανσέληνος ἐν μέσῳ σάκει,

πρέσβιστον ἄστρων, νυκτὸς ὀφθαλμός, πρέπει.
390

τοιαῦτʼ ἀλύων ταῖς ὑπερκόμποις σαγαῖς

βοᾷ παρʼ ὄχθαις ποταμίαις, μάχης ἐρῶν,

ἵππος χαλινῶν ὣς κατασθμαίνων μένει,

ὅστις βοὴν σάλπιγγος ὁρμαίνει μένων.

τίνʼ ἀντιτάξεις τῷδε; τίς Προίτου πυλῶν
395

κλῄθρων λυθέντων προστατεῖν φερέγγυος;

Ἐτεοκλής

κόσμον μὲν ἀνδρὸς οὔτινʼ ἂν τρέσαιμʼ ἐγώ,

οὐδʼ ἑλκοποιὰ γίγνεται τὰ σήματα·

λόφοι δὲ κώδων τʼ οὐ δάκνουσʼ ἄνευ δορός.

καὶ νύκτα ταύτην ἣν λέγεις ἐπʼ ἀσπίδος
400

ἄστροισι μαρμαίρουσαν οὐρανοῦ κυρεῖν,

τάχʼ ἂν γένοιτο μάντις ἡ ἀνοία τινί.

εἰ γὰρ θανόντι νὺξ ἐπʼ ὀφθαλμοῖς πέσοι,

τῷ τοι φέροντι σῆμʼ ὑπέρκομπον τόδε

γένοιτʼ ἂν ὀρθῶς ἐνδίκως τʼ ἐπώνυμον,
405

καὐτὸς καθʼ αὑτοῦ τήνδʼ ὕβριν μαντεύσεται.

ἐγὼ δὲ Τυδεῖ κεδνὸν Ἀστακοῦ τόκον

τῶνδʼ ἀντιτάξω προστάτην πυλωμάτων,

μάλʼ εὐγενῆ τε καὶ τὸν Αἰσχύνης θρόνον

τιμῶντα καὶ στυγοῦνθʼ ὑπέρφρονας λόγους.
410

αἰσχρῶν γὰρ ἀργός, μὴ κακὸς δʼ εἶναι φιλεῖ.

σπαρτῶν δʼ ἀπʼ ἀνδρῶν, ὧν Ἄρης ἐφείσατο,

ῥίζωμʼ ἀνεῖται, κάρτα δʼ ἔστʼ ἐγχώριος,

Μελάνιππος· ἔργον δʼ ἐν κύβοις Ἄρης κρινεῖ·

Δίκη δʼ ὁμαίμων κάρτα νιν προστέλλεται
415

εἴργειν τεκούσῃ μητρὶ πολέμιον δόρυ.

Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 345 focus

κορκορυγαὶ δ᾽ ἀν ἄστυ, ποτὶ δ᾽ ὁρκάνα πυργῶτις.

πρὸς ἀνδρὸς δ᾽ ἀνὴρ στὰς δορὶ καίνεται·

βλαχαὶ δ᾽ αἱματόεσσαι

τῶν ἐπιμαστιδίων

ἄρτι βρεφῶν βρέμονται.

350

ἁρπαγαὶ δὲ διαδρομᾶν ὁμαίμονες·

ξυμβολεῖ φέρων φέροντι,

καὶ κενὸς κενὸν καλεῖ,

ξύννομον θέλων ἔχειν,

οὔτε μεῖον οὔτ᾽ ἴσον λελιμμένοι.

355

τίν᾽ ἐκ τῶνδ᾽ εἰκάσαι λόγος πάρα;

Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 345 focus

κορκορυγαὶ δ᾽ ἂν ἄστυ· πρότι δ᾽ ὁρκάνα πυργῶτις.

πρὸς ἀνδρὸς δ᾽ ἀνὴρ ἀμφὶ δορὶ καίνεται·

βλαχαὶ δ' αἱματόεσσαι
330

τῶν ἐπιμαστιδίων

ἀρτιτρεφεῖς βρέμονται.

ἁρπαγαὶ δέ, διαδρομᾶν ὁμαίμονες.

ξυμβολεῖ φέρων φέροντι,

καὶ κενὸς κενὸν καλεῖ,
335

ξύννομον θέλων ἔχειν,

οὔτε μεῖον, οὔτ᾽ ἴσον λελιμμένοι.

τῶν ἐκ τῶνδ᾽ εἰκάσαι λόγος πάρα.

ἀντ. γ'.

ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 345 focus

Κορκορυγαὶ δ' ἀν' ἄστυ, περὶ ποτὶ δ' ὁρκάνα
345
Str. 3.

πυργῶτις· πρὸς πτόλιν δ' ἀνδρὸς δ' ἀνὴρ

δόρει δορὶ κλίνεται καίνεται·

βλαχαὶ δ' αἱματόεσσαι

τῶν ἐπιμαστιδίων

ἀρτιτρεφεῖς ἀρτιβρεφεῖς βρέμονται·
350

ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ ΘΗΒΑΣ

ΧΟΡΟΣ

ἁρπαγαὶ δὲ διαδρομᾶν ὁμαίμονες·

ξυμβολεῖ ξυμβαλεῖ seu -βάλλει φέρων φέροντι,

καὶ κενὸς κενὸν καλεῖ,

ξύννομον θέλων ἔχειν,

οὔτε μεῖον οὔτ' ἴσον λελιμμένοι·
355

τὰ δ' ἐκ τίν' ἐκ (τί ἐκ) τῶνδ' εἰκάσαι λόγος πάρα.

Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 345 focus

κορκορυγαὶ δ᾽ ἀν᾿ ἄστυ, ποτὶ πτόλιν δ᾽

ὁρκάνα πυργῶτις.

πρὸς ἀνδρὸς δ᾽ ἀνὴρ δορὶ καίνεται·

βλαχαὶ δ᾽ αἱματόεσσαι

335

¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸

fort. ὀμφάκων τρυγερὰν δρόσον, cfr. Eustath. opusc. p. 355, 28 ed. Tafel ἐν μετοπώρῳ γὰρ οὐ μόνον καινόν, ἐὰν ὡς ἡ παροιμία ἄνθος ἀναφυῇ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐὰν κατ᾽ Αἰσχύλον ἀρτίδροπος ὀπώρα νεάζουσα τρυγηθῇ. πτόλις πτόλις πόλις ἄλλος δ᾽ ἄλλον ἄλλος ἄλλον φονεύει | καπνῷ καπνῷ καπνῷ δὲ καπνῷι δὲ πτόλιν delet καίνεται κλίνεται (και superscripsit m1)

SEPTEM ADVERSUS THEBAS. 27

ΧΟ.

τῶν ἐπιμαστιδίων

ἀρτιτρεφεῖς βρέμονται.

ἁρπαγαὶ δὲ διαδρομᾶν ὁμαίμονες·

ξυμβολεῖ φέρων φέροντι,

καὶ κενὸς κενὸν καλεῖ,
340

ξύννομον θέλων ἔχειν,

οὔτε μεῖον οὔτ᾽ ἴσον λελιμμένοι.

τί ἐκ τῶνδ᾽ εἰκάσαι λόγος πάρα;

3

Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 345 focus

κορκορυγαὶ δ᾽ ἀν᾽ ἄστυ, περὶ [πόλιν] δ᾽ ὁρκάνα

345

πυργῶτις.

πρὸς ἀνδρὸς δ᾽ ἀνὴρ δόρει καίνεται·

βλαχαὶ δ᾽ αἱματόεσσαι

τῶν ἐπιμαστιδίων

ἀρτιτρεφεῖς βρέμονται.

350

ἁρπαγαὶ δὲ διαδρομᾶν ὁμαίμονες·

ξυμβολεῖ φέρων φέροντι,

καὶ κενὸς κενὸν καλεῖ,

ξύννομον θέλων ἔχειν,

οὔτε μεῖον οὔτ᾽ ἴσον λελιμμένοι.

355

τἀκ τῶνδε

εἰκάσαι λόγος πάρα. –

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.)) — 369-415 focus

The Scout is seen approaching from one side; Eteocles from the other.

LEADER OF THE FIRST HALF-CHORUS

The scout, I believe,

is bringing some fresh news of the army to us, my friends, since the joints of his legs are hastily speeding as they carry him on his mission.
370

LEADER OF THE SECOND HALF-CHORUS

And, indeed, here is our lord himself, the son of Oedipus, at the right moment to hear the messenger’s report. Haste makes his stride uneven, too.

Scout

It is with certain knowledge that I will give my account of the enemy’s actions, how each man according to lot has been posted at the gates. Tydeus is already storming opposite the Proetid gates; but the seer will not allow him to ford the Ismenus because the omens from the sacrifices are not favorable.
375

Yet Tydeus, raging and eager for battle, shouts like a serpent hissing at high noon, and lashes skilled Oecles’ son, with the taunt that he cringes in cowardice before death and battle. With such cries he shakes three overshadowing plumes,
380

his helmet’s mane, while from under his shield, bells forged of bronze therein ring out a fearsome clang. He has this haughty symbol on his shield: a well-crafted sky, ablaze with stars, and the brightness of the full moon shining in the center of the shield,
385

the moon that is the most revered of the stars, the eye of night. Raving so in his arrogant armor, he shouts beside the river-bank, craving battle, like some charger that fiercely champs at the bit as he waits in eagerness for the trumpet’s war-cry.
390

Whom will you send against him? Who will be capable of standing as our champion at the Proetid gate when its bars are loosened?
395

Eteocles

I would not tremble before any mere ornaments on a man. Nor can signs and symbols wound and kill—crests and bell have no bite without the spear.

And regarding this "night" which you describe on his shield, sparkling with heaven’s stars—perhaps the folly of it might yield to one some prophetic understanding. For should night fall on this man’s eyes as he dies, then to its bearer this arrogant symbol
400

would prove rightly and justly named; and it is against himself that he will have prophesied this outrageous violence. Now as for me, against Tydeus I will station the trusty son of Astacus as defender of this gate, since he is full noble and
405

reveres the throne of Honor and detests proud speech. He is slow to act disgracefully, and he has no cowardly nature. His race springs from the men sown of the dragon’s teeth, from one of those whom Ares spared, and so Melanippus is truly born of our land. Ares will decide the outcome with a throw of the dice;
410

but Justice, his kin by blood, indeed sends this man forth to keep the enemy spear from the mother that gave him birth. Exit Melanippus.
415

The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 345 focus

Throughout the town are uproars, against the city rises the turreted circumvallation , and man is slain by man with the spear. And the cries of children at the breast all bloody resound, and there is rapine sister of pell-mell confusion. Pillager meets pillager, and the empty-handed shouts to the empty-handed, wishing to have a partner, greedy for a portion that shall be neither less nor equal. What of these things can speech picture?

LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 345 focus

les hommes, violant tout ce qu'on révère.

Un peu plus agité.

Et voici des clameurs par toute la ville. Autour d'elle s'étend le filet où se prennent les places fortes ¹. Le guerrier s'affaisse sous la lance du guerrier. Les vagissements san-
glants des nourrissons élèvent leur plainte enfantine. Par-

LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES

LE CHŒUR

tout le rapt, frère de la poursuite. Un pillard aux mains pleines croise un pillard aux mains pleines ; un pillard aux mains vides appelle un pillard aux mains vides, pour se
procurer un complice : aucun ne veut ni moins ni même autant. Ce qui s'ensuit, l'esprit suffit à l'imaginer.

The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 345 focus

From house to house, from street to street ,

The crashing flames roar round, and meet;

Each way the firey deluge preys,

And girds us with the circling blaze.

365

The brave, that 'midst these dire alarms

For their lost country greatly dare,

And fir'd with vengeance rush to arms,

Fall victims to the bloodstain'd spear .

The bleeding babe, with innocent cries,

370

Drops from his mother's breast, and dies,

See rapine rushes, bent on prey,

His hasty step brooks no delay.

The spoiler, loaded with his store,

Envious the loaded spoiler views;

375

Disdains another should have more,

And his insatiate toil renews.

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.) — 345 focus

le coglieranno! Per certo assevero

che miglior sorte

di questa s'ebbe chi trovò morte.

370

Ahimè, ché orribili sciagure, orribili,

sopra una vinta città s'aggravano.

Questi trafigge, prigioni stràscica

quegli, ed un altro le fiamme suscita.

Sozza è di fumo la città tutta:

375

ché, furïando, Marte ivi soffia,

sterminatore, ch'entro nei cuori la pietà brutta.

3 Strofe III

Tutto è fragor: di torri su la rocca

Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 345 focus

Eiulatus it per urbem, per urbem

Machina turrica,à uiro

Vir haſta interficitur.

ciulatus cruenti
320

Lactentium pueriles ſtrepunt:

Rapinæ difcurrerunt fraterne.

Congreditur onustus onusto,

Vacuusq; uacuum prouocat,

Conſortem uolens habere
325

Neq; minus neq; æqualiter cupiens.

Quædam ex his conijcere poßunt ratione.

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.) — 345 focus

Up to the citadel rise clash and din,
295

The war-net closes in,

The spear is in the heart: with blood imbrued

Young mothers wail aloud,

For children at their breast who scream and die!

And boys and maidens fly,
300

Yet scape not the pursuer, in his greed

To thrust and grasp and feed!

Robber with robber joins, each calls his mate

Unto the feast of hate—

The banquet, lo! is spread—seize, rend, and tear!
305

No need to choose or share!

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.) — 345 focus

Dumpf in den Gassen Aufruhr:

Die Stadt umzäunt ein Thurmwall.
325

Dem Mann sinkt der Mann, sterbend von der Lanze Stoß.

Blutaufröchelndes Wimmern

Sterbender Säuglinge stöhnt,

Die man der Brust entrissen.

Wüstes Schweifen, wilder Naub verschwistern sich:
330

Auf den Plünd'rer stößt der Plünd'rer,

Und der Leere ruft dem Leeren,

Will zum Raubgenossen ihn;

Doch das Mind're, doch das Gleiche wünscht er nicht.

Und nun - auf welches Schicksal hoffen wir?
335
Dritte Gegenstrophe.

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: 1885 correspondence corroborated by source Greek on this page. 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

331. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-458

τῶν ἐπιμαστιδίων:

τῶνδ᾽

Par. E.

ἐπὶ μαστίδι

Lips.

ἐπιμαστιγίδων

sic G.

331

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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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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μιαίνων εὐσέβειαν, d. h. nichts Heiliges wird geachtet und geschont.

N. Wecklein Seven Against Thebes 331.comm-331

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Ημιχόριον

ὅ τοι κατόπτης, ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ, στρατοῦ

πευθώ τιν᾽ ἡμῖν, ὦ φίλαι, νέαν φέρει,
370

σπουδῇ διώκων πομπίμους χνόας ποδοῖν.

Ἡμιχόριον Β

καὶ μὴν ἄναξ ὅδ᾽ αὐτὸς Οἰδίπου τόκος

εἰς¹ ἀρτίκολλον ἀγγέλου λόγον μαθεῖν:

σπουδὴ δὲ καὶ τοῦδ᾽ εὖ καταρτίζει² πόδα.

Ἡμιχόριον Α

ὅ τοι κατόπτης, ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ, στρατοῦ

πευθώ τινʼ ἡμῖν, ὦ φίλαι, νέαν φέρει,
370

σπουδῇ διώκων πομπίμους χνόας ποδῶν.

Ἡμιχόριον Β

καὶ μὴν ἄναξ ὅδʼ αὐτὸς Οἰδίπου τόκος

εἰς ἀρτίκολλον ἀγγέλου λόγον μαθεῖν·

σπουδὴ δὲ καὶ τοῦδʼ οὐκ ἀπαρτίζει πόδα.

LEADER OF THE FIRST HALF-CHORUS

The scout, I believe,

is bringing some fresh news of the army to us, my friends, since the joints of his legs are hastily speeding as they carry him on his mission.
370

LEADER OF THE SECOND HALF-CHORUS

And, indeed, here is our lord himself, the son of Oedipus, at the right moment to hear the messenger’s report. Haste makes his stride uneven, too.

Un peu plus agité.

Et voici des clameurs par toute la ville. Autour d'elle s'étend le filet où se prennent les places fortes ¹. Le guerrier s'affaisse sous la lance du guerrier. Les vagissements san-
glants des nourrissons élèvent leur plainte enfantine. Par-

LE CHŒUR

tout le rapt, frère de la poursuite. Un pillard aux mains pleines croise un pillard aux mains pleines ; un pillard aux mains vides appelle un pillard aux mains vides, pour se
procurer un complice : aucun ne veut ni moins ni même autant. Ce qui s'ensuit, l'esprit suffit à l'imaginer.

3 Strofe III

Tutto è fragor: di torri su la rocca

ciulatus cruenti
320

Lactentium pueriles ſtrepunt:

Rapinæ difcurrerunt fraterne.

Congreditur onustus onusto,

Vacuusq; uacuum prouocat,

Conſortem uolens habere
325

Neq; minus neq; æqualiter cupiens.

Quædam ex his conijcere poßunt ratione.

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Ημιχόριον ὅ τοι κατόπτης, ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ, στρατοῦ πευθώ τιν᾽ ἡμῖν, ὦ φίλαι, νέαν φέρει, 370 σπουδῇ διώκων πομπίμους χνόας ποδοῖν.

Ἡμιχόριον Β καὶ μὴν ἄναξ ὅδ᾽ αὐτὸς Οἰδίπου τόκος εἰς 1 ἀρτίκολλον ἀγγέλου λόγον μαθεῖν: σπουδὴ δὲ καὶ τοῦδ᾽ εὖ καταρτίζει 2 πόδα.

Ἡμιχόριον Α ὅ τοι κατόπτης, ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ, στρατοῦ πευθώ τινʼ ἡμῖν, ὦ φίλαι, νέαν φέρει, 370 σπουδῇ διώκων πομπίμους χνόας ποδῶν.

Ἡμιχόριον Β καὶ μὴν ἄναξ ὅδʼ αὐτὸς Οἰδίπου τόκος εἰς ἀρτίκολλον ἀγγέλου λόγον μαθεῖν· σπουδὴ δὲ καὶ τοῦδʼ οὐκ ἀπαρτίζει πόδα.

LEADER OF THE FIRST HALF-CHORUS The scout, I believe, is bringing some fresh news of the army to us, my friends, since the joints of his legs are hastily speeding as they carry him on his mission. 370

LEADER OF THE SECOND HALF-CHORUS And, indeed, here is our lord himself, the son of Oedipus, at the right moment to hear the messenger’s report. Haste makes his stride uneven, too.

Un peu plus agité. Et voici des clameurs par toute la ville. Autour d'elle s'étend le filet où se prennent les places fortes 1 . Le guerrier s'affaisse sous la lance du guerrier. Les vagissements san- glants des nourrissons élèvent leur plainte enfantine. Par-

LE CHŒUR tout le rapt, frère de la poursuite. Un pillard aux mains pleines croise un pillard aux mains pleines ; un pillard aux mains vides appelle un pillard aux mains vides, pour se procurer un complice : aucun ne veut ni moins ni même autant. Ce qui s'ensuit, l'esprit suffit à l'imaginer.

3 Strofe III Tutto è fragor: di torri su la rocca

ciulatus cruenti 320 Lactentium pueriles ſtrepunt: Rapinæ difcurrerunt fraterne. Congreditur onustus onusto, Vacuusq; uacuum prouocat, Conſortem uolens habere 325 Neq; minus neq; æqualiter cupiens. Quædam ex his conijcere poßunt ratione.

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Ημιχόριον

ὅ τοι κατόπτης, ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ, στρατοῦ

πευθώ τιν᾽ ἡμῖν, ὦ φίλαι, νέαν φέρει,
370

σπουδῇ διώκων πομπίμους χνόας ποδοῖν.

Ἡμιχόριον Β

καὶ μὴν ἄναξ ὅδ᾽ αὐτὸς Οἰδίπου τόκος

εἰς¹ ἀρτίκολλον ἀγγέλου λόγον μαθεῖν:

σπουδὴ δὲ καὶ τοῦδ᾽ εὖ καταρτίζει² πόδα.

Ἡμιχόριον Α

ὅ τοι κατόπτης, ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ, στρατοῦ

πευθώ τινʼ ἡμῖν, ὦ φίλαι, νέαν φέρει,
370

σπουδῇ διώκων πομπίμους χνόας ποδῶν.

Ἡμιχόριον Β

καὶ μὴν ἄναξ ὅδʼ αὐτὸς Οἰδίπου τόκος

εἰς ἀρτίκολλον ἀγγέλου λόγον μαθεῖν·

σπουδὴ δὲ καὶ τοῦδʼ οὐκ ἀπαρτίζει πόδα.

LEADER OF THE FIRST HALF-CHORUS

The scout, I believe,

is bringing some fresh news of the army to us, my friends, since the joints of his legs are hastily speeding as they carry him on his mission.
370

LEADER OF THE SECOND HALF-CHORUS

And, indeed, here is our lord himself, the son of Oedipus, at the right moment to hear the messenger’s report. Haste makes his stride uneven, too.

Un peu plus agité.

Et voici des clameurs par toute la ville. Autour d'elle s'étend le filet où se prennent les places fortes ¹. Le guerrier s'affaisse sous la lance du guerrier. Les vagissements san-
glants des nourrissons élèvent leur plainte enfantine. Par-

LE CHŒUR

tout le rapt, frère de la poursuite. Un pillard aux mains pleines croise un pillard aux mains pleines ; un pillard aux mains vides appelle un pillard aux mains vides, pour se
procurer un complice : aucun ne veut ni moins ni même autant. Ce qui s'ensuit, l'esprit suffit à l'imaginer.

3 Strofe III

Tutto è fragor: di torri su la rocca

ciulatus cruenti
320

Lactentium pueriles ſtrepunt:

Rapinæ difcurrerunt fraterne.

Congreditur onustus onusto,

Vacuusq; uacuum prouocat,

Conſortem uolens habere
325

Neq; minus neq; æqualiter cupiens.

Quædam ex his conijcere poßunt ratione.