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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.) — 417-630 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 417-630 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 417 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 417 focus
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 417 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 417 focus
τὸν ἁμόν νυν ἀντίπαλον εὐτυχεῖν
θεοὶ δοῖεν, ὡς δικαίως πόλεως
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τούτῳ μὲν οὕτως εὐτυχεῖν δοῖεν θεοί.
Καπανεὺς δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ Ἠλέκτραισιν εἴληχεν πύλαις,
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γίγας ὅδ᾽ ἄλλος τοῦ πάρος λελεγμένου
μείζων, ὁ κόμπος δ᾽ οὐ κατ᾽ ἄνθρωπον φρονεῖ,
πύργοις δ᾽ ἀπειλεῖ δείν᾽, ἃ μὴ κραίνοι τύχη.
θεοῦ τε γὰρ θέλοντος ἐκπέρσειν πόλιν
καὶ μὴ θέλοντος φησίν, οὐδὲ τὴν Διὸς
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ἔριν πέδοι σκήψασαν ἐμποδὼν σχεθεῖν.
τὰς δ᾽ ἀστραπάς τε καὶ κεραυνίους βολὰς
μεσημβρινοῖσιν θάλπεσιν προσήκασεν.
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 417 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.)) — 417-630 focus
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 417 focus
Now may the gods grant unto our champion to be successful, since with justice
does he speed forth in defence of the city; but I shudder to behold the sanguinary fate of those who perish in behalf of their friends.
To him may the gods so grant success.—But Capaneus has by lot obtained his station against the Electran gate. This is a giant, greater than the other afore-mentioned, and his vaunt savours not of humanity; but he threatens horrors against our towers, which may fortune not bring to pass! for he declares, that whether the god is willing or unwilling, he will make havoc of our city, and that not the Wrath
of Jove, dashing down upon the plain, should stop him. And he is wont to compare both the lightnings and the thunder-bolts to the heat of noontide. He has a bearing too, a naked man bearing fire, and there gleams a torch with which his hands are armed
;—and, in letters of gold, he is uttering,
I WILL BURN THE CITY.
Against a man such as this do thou send
. Who will engage with him? Who will abide his vaunting and not tremble?
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 417 focus
réserve le succès, car il a tous les droits à partir au secours de Thèbes. Mais je tremble à l'idée de contempler un jour le sanglant
trépas de fils tombés pour leur mère !
Les dieux lui donnent donc le succès que que tu veux ! C'est Capanée ensuite que le sort a placé devant la porte Électre : un mécréant aussi, pire que le
premier et dont la jactance dit l'orgueil surhumain. Il adresse à nos murs d'effroyables menaces — que le destin nous garde de voir accomplies ! Le Ciel le veuille ou non, il affirme qu'il saccagera cette ville et que le défi de Zeus même, s'abattant devant lui, ne l'arrêterait pas. Les éclairs,
les carreaux de la foudre, il les compare aux ardeurs de midi. Pour blason il a un homme nu, portant le feu ; une torche flambante arme ses mains, et il proclame en lettres d'or : « J'incendierai la ville ». Contre pareil guerrier
envoie... Mais qui peut lutter avec lui ? qui peut sans effroi supporter l'homme et sa jactance ?
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 417 focus
Go then, my guardian hero, go;
And may each fav'ring God with bright ſucceſs
Thy gen'rous valour bleſs:
For at thy country's dear command
Thou arm'ſt thy righteous hand,
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To pour her vengeance on the foe.
Yet my ſad heart muſt ſigh,
When on the bloodempurpled ground,
Gored with many a gaping wound,
I ſee my dearest friends expiring lie.
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May the Gods crown his valiant toil with conqueſt.
But Capaneus againſt th' Electran gates
Takes his allotted poſt, and tow'ring ſtands
Vaſt as the earthborn giants, and inflam'd
To more than mortal daring: horribly
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He menaces the walls; may Heav'n avert
His impious rage! vaunts that, the Gods aſſenting
Or not aſſenting, his ſtrong hand ſhall rend
Their rampires down; that e'en the rage of Jove
Deſcending on the field ſhou'd not reſtrain him.
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His lightnings, and his thunders wing'd with fire
He likens to the ſun's meridian heat.
On his proud ſhield pourtray'd A naked man
Waves in his hand a blazing torch c
; beneath
In golden letters, I WILL FIRE THE CITY.
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Againſt this manBut who ſhall dare t'engage
His might, and dauntleſs his proud rage ſuſtain?
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.) — 417 focus
Deh!, buona sorte concedano i Numi
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al mio campione, poiché con Giustizia
sorge a difesa di Tebe! lo pur temo
vedere morti sanguinee di prodi
surti a difesa dei loro diletti!
Buona ventura ad esso i Numi diano.
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Capanèo sta contro le porte Elettre,
gigante, questi, assai maggior del primo.
Il vanto è piú che d'uomo. A queste torri
minaccia orrori... Oh sorte, deh!, non compierli!
Voglia il Nume, o non voglia, abbatterà
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la città, dice: né se piombi al suolo
la stessa ira di Giove a lui dinanzi,
potrà tenerlo; e i folgori ed il gitto
della saetta paragona all'alido
meridiano.
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Ha per insegna un uomo
nudo che porta fuoco: a guisa d'arme
tra le sue mani arde una face: e a lettere
d'oro favella: Tebe incendieró.
Manda contro quest'uomo.... - Oh!, chi potrà
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stargli di fronte? Chi senza tremare
quest'eroe tracotante aspetterà ?
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 417 focus
Meum defenforem nunc fortunatum eſse
Dij permittant, quemadmodum iuſte urbis
Propugnator concitatur:horreo cruentas
Videre cædes meorum amicorum, qui occubuerunt.
Hunc quidem hoc pacto bene fortunatum eſse
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dij permittant.
Capaneus uerò Electras portas affecutus est.
Gigas uerò alius, eo qui dictus eſt
Maior, faſtus eſt non humanus,
Turrib.minatur atrocia:quæ non perficiat fortuna.
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Nam Deo uolente ſe expugnaturum urbem,
Aut nolente uolente ait:neq; Iouis
Certamen, cadens in terram, impedimento fore.
Fulgetra fulmina
Meridiano eſtu aſsimilauit.
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Habet autem infignia, uirum nudum igniferum,
Splendet fax pre manibus armata.
Aureis uerò literis, dicit, Comburam urbem.
Huic uiro mitte, qui cum eo congrediatur,
Qui uirum fuperbientem non timens expectet.
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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.) — 417 focus
Then may the gods give fortune fair
Unto our chief, sent forth to dare
War's terrible arbitrament!
But ah! when champions wend away,
I shudder, lest, from out the fray,
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Only their blood-stained wrecks be sent!
Nay, let him pass, and the gods' help be his!
Next, Capaneus comes on, by lot to lead
The onset at the gates Electran styled:
A giant he, more huge than Tydeus' self,
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And more than human in his arrogance—
May fate forefend his threat against our walls!
God willing, or unwilling—such his vaunt—
I will lay waste this city; Pallas' self,
Zeus' warrior maid, although she swoop to earth
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And plant her in my path, shall stay me not.
And, for the flashes of the levin-bolt,
He holds them harmless as the noontide rays.
Mark, too, the symbol on his shield—a man
Scornfully weaponless but torch in hand,
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And the flame glows within his grasp, prepared
For ravin: lo, the legend, wrought in words,
Fire for the city bring I, flares in gold!
Against such wight, send forth—yet whom? what man
Will front that vaunting figure and not fear?
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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.) — 417 focus
Gewährt, Götter, Ihm, der vorkämpft für uns,
Des Siegs Ehre; denn gerecht zieht er aus
Zum Schuß dieser Stadt! Und doch bebt mein Herz,
Zu schau'n der Streiter blut'gen Tod,
Die für die Freunde sterben.
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O gäben ihm die Götter, wie du flehst, den Sieg! -
Nach ihm erlooste Kapaneus Elektra's Thor,
Der andre Riese, größer als der erste noch;
Sein kühner Troy sinnt über Menschenkraft hinaus.
Er droht den Mauern Arges: wend' ein Gott es ab!
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Denn ob die Götter wollen oder nicht, er will
Die Stadt zerstören, rust er; nicht Zeus' Rachestrahl,
Herab zur Erde schmetternd, hemme seinen Gang.
Der Blize Flammen und des Donnerkeils Geschoß,
Die schäßt er nur der heißen Mittagssonne gleich.
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Ein nackter Feuerträger prangt auf seinem Schild,
In dessen Hand die helle Fackel flammt; er rust
In goldner Inschrift: „Brennen muß durch mich die Stadt!"
Mit solchem Streiter, sage mir, wer kämpft mit ihm?
Wer wird des Prahlers kühnen Troß furchtlos besteh'n?
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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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γλῶσσα
, supra scripto altero ν a sec. manu, M.
γίγνεται
Porsonus. Libri
γίνεται
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διδάσκαλος
pro
κατήγορος
Lips. Rob. et Blomfieldio teste Ask. A. Idem adscriptum in Mosc. 1. Sic etiam scholiastes.
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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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zweites Epeiso- dion. Eteokles tritt auf mit Me- II lanippos (395), Megareus (459), Lasthenes (607f.), um die Mit- teilung des Kundschafters (66 ff.) entgegenzunehmen, vgl. Einl. S. 9 f. Die erste Szene, der Mittelpunkt des Stückes, gibt eine glänzende Schilderung der sieben feindlichen und der ihnen an den sieben Toren entgegenstehenden Thebanischen Heerführer. In der zweiten Szene macht der Chor den vergeblichen Versuch Eteokles von dem greuel- vollen Zweikampf mit dem Bruder zurückzuhalten. Damit gibt dieses Epeisodion die ethische Moti- vierung für den Untergang der argivischen Heerführer und der feindlichen Brüder. Wie auch sonst bei Äschylos da, wo dem Dialoge antistrophische Chorika eingefügt sind, Symmetrie des Dialogs sich nachweisen läßt, so hat Ritschl (Jahrb. f. Philol. Bd. 77. 1858. S. 761.) symmetrische An- lage auch in den sieben Reden des Boten und Erwiderungen des Eteokles wahrgenommen. Da an einigen Stellen der Text unsicher oder lückenhaft ist, läßt sich die Verszahl nicht bei allen Partien mit voller Bestimmtheit feststellen. Doch scheint mit Beiseitelassung der zwei ankündigenden Verse des Boten 362f., denen die zwei zur nächsten Szene überleitenden Verse des Eteokles 662 f. entsprechen, die Gliederung der ganzen Partie 364 661 folgende zu sein: Π IV ΑΓ20- ΕΤ20 | στρ. α' | ΑΓ14- ΕΤ14 | ἀντ. α' | ΑΓ14- ΕΤ14 | στρ. β' | ΑΓ20- ΕΤ20| αντ. β|| V VI VII ΑΓ22- ΕΤ 22 | στρ. γ΄ | ΑΓ 29- ΕT 29 | αντ. γ΄ | ΑΓ 22- ΕΤ 22.

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ὡπλισμένη, als Waffe ge- geben (Schol. ἀνθ᾽ ὅπλου οὖσα). In gewöhnlicher Weise heißt es Eur. Bakch. 733 ἕπεσθε θύρσοις διὰ χερῶν ὁπλισμέναι. Vielleicht aber ist auch hier mit Herwerden ὡπλισμένῳ zu schreiben ( ὡπλισμένῳ αὐτῇ).