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Seven Against Thebes. N. Wecklein. . .

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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.) — 631-685 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 631-685 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 526 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 526 focus
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 526 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 526 focus
οὕτως γένοιτο. τὸν δὲ πέμπτον αὖ λέγω,
πέμπταισι προσταχθέντα Βορραίαις πύλαις,
τύμβον κατ᾽ αὐτὸν Διογενοῦς Ἀμφίονος·
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ὄμνυσι δ᾽ αἰχμὴν ἣν ἔχει, μᾶλλον θεοῦ
σέβειν πεποιθὼς ὀμμάτων θ᾽ ὑπέρτερον,
ἢ μὴν λαπάξειν ἄστυ Καδμείων βίᾳ
Διός· τόδ᾽ αὐδᾷ μητρὸς ἐξ ὀρεσκόου
βλάστημα καλλίπρωρον, ἀνδρόπαις ἀνήρ.
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στείχει δ᾽ ἴουλος ἄρτι διὰ παρηίδων,
ὥρας φυούσης, ταρφὺς ἀντέλλουσα θρίξ.
ὁ δ᾽ ὠμόν, οὔτι παρθένων ἐπώνυμον,
φρόνημα, γοργὸν δ᾽ ὄμμ᾽ ἔχων, προσίσταται.
οὐ μὴν ἀκόμπαστός γ᾽ ἐφίσταται πύλαις·
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τὸ γὰρ πόλεως ὄνειδος ἐν χαλκηλάτῳ
σάκει, κυκλωτῷ σώματος προβλήματι,
Σφίγγ᾽ ὠμόσιτον προσμεμηχανημένην
γόμφοις ἐνώμα, λαμπρὸν ἔκκρουστον δέμας,
φέρει δ᾽ ὑφ᾽ αὑτῇ φῶτα Καδμείων ἕνα,
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ὡς πλεῖστ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀνδρὶ τῷδ᾽ ἰάπτεσθαι βέλη.
ἐλθὼν δ᾽ ἔοικεν οὐ καπηλεύσειν μάχην,
μακρᾶς κελεύθου δ᾽ οὐ καταισχυνεῖν πόρον,
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 526 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.)) — 631-685 focus
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 526 focus
May such be the issue! But, furthermore, I mention the fifth, marshalled at the fifth gate, that of Boreas, by the very tomb of Jove-born Amphion. And he makes oath by the spear
which he grasps, daring to revere it more than a god, and more dearly than his eyes
, that verily he will make havoc of the city of the Cadmaeans in spite of Jove: thus says the fair-faced scion of a mountain-dwelling mother, a stripling hero, and the down is just making its way through his cheeks, in the spring of his prime, thick sprouting hair. And he takes his post, having a ruthless spirit, not answering to his maidenly name
, and a savage aspect. Yet not without his vaunt does he take stand against our gates, for on his brazen-forged shield the rounded bulwark of his body, he was wielding the reproach of our city, the Sphinx of ruthless maw affixed by means of studs, a gleaming embossed form; and under her she holds a man, one of the Cadmaeans, so that against this man
most shafts are hurled. And he, a youth, Parthenopaeus an Arcadian, seems to have come to fight in no short measure
, and not to disgrace the length of way that he has traversed: for this man, such as he is, is a sojourner. and, by way of fully repaying Argos for the goodly nurture she has given him, he utters against these towers menaces, which may the deity not fulfil.
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 526 focus
Ainsi en soit-il donc ! Je passe main- tenant au cinquième chef, placé devant notre cinquième porte, la porte du Nord, près du tombeau d'Amphion, fils
de Zeus. Il jure par la javeline qu'il tient à son poing et que sa foi révère plus qu'une divinité, plus que ses yeux mêmes, qu'il ravagera la cité cadméenne, en dépit de Zeus. Ainsi parle ce rejeton d'une mère montagnarde, gracieux visage, homme-enfant, dont le duvet de l'adolescence com-
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 526 focus
Prophetic be thy hopes. At the north gate,
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Yet hear me, king, the fifth bold warrior takes
His ſtation, near the tomb where honour'd lies
Joveborn Amphion g
: By his ſpear he ſwears,
Which, as he grafps, he dares to venerate h
More than a God, and dearer to his eyes
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Than the ſweet light of Heav'n: by this he ſwears,
To level with the ground the walls of Thebes,
Tho' Jove himſelf oppoſe him.
Thus exclaims
This beauteous branch ſprung from a mountain nymph i
,
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Blooming in manly youth; the tender down
Of unripe age ſcarce ſprouting on his cheek;
But ruthless are his thoughts, cruel his eye
And proudly vaunting at the gate he takes
His terrible ſtand.
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Upon his claſhing ſhield,
Whoſe orb fuſtains the ſtorm of war, he bears
The ſoul diſgrace of Thebes, a rav'nous ſphinx,
Fix'd to the plates; the burnish'd monster round
Pours a portentous gleam: beneath her lies
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A Theban, mangled by her cruel fangs.
'Gainſt this let each brave arm direct the ſpear.
No hireling he, to proſtitute for gold k
The war, or ſhame the length of way he trod,
E'en from Arcadia: ſuch this ſtranger comes
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Parthenopeus, and repays to Argos
Its hoſpitable honours, 'gainſt theſe tow'rs
Breathing proud menaces. The Gods avert them!
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.) — 526 focus
E sia cosí. Del quinto ora ti parlo,
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che alle porte Borrèe presso ha le schiere,
al quinto posto, vicino alla tomba
del rampollo di Giove, Anfíone.
Giura
per la sua lancia, in cui confida, e piú
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del Dio l'onora, e piú di sue pupille,
che struggerà la rocca dei Cadmei,
a dispetto di Giove. Cosí grida
questo germoglio di montana madre,
uomo e fanciullo, vago volto, e or ora
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su le sue gote cresce la lanugine:
fitta, ché il sevo dell'età la spinge,
gèrmina.
È il nome verginal; ma egli,
animo crudo, truce sguardo, sta
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contro la porta, e non da vanto immune.
L'infamia di Tebe, la carnivora
Sfinge, sovra il rotondo scudo, bronzeo
baluardo del corpo, infitta in saldi
chiovi, agitava, lucida figura
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impressa a sbalzo; e fra gli artigli serra
un uom di Tebe, ché su lui ben fitte
piombin le frecce.
E piccolo mercato
non farà della guerra, e non vorrà
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sí lunga strada aver percorsa indarno.
Partenopeo d'Arcadia. Ospite è d'Argo,
e lauto scotto pagherà: minacce
contro noi scaglia, oh Dei, che non s'avverino!
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 526 focus
Sic fiat.rursus quintum dico,
Ordinatum quinta borreali porta,
Iuxta ſepulchrum generosi Ampbionis.
Iurat uerò, quam habet haftam, ſe magis quàm deum
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Colere, elatus nimio fupercilio.
Se tamen perditurum urbem ui
Haſte:hoc clamat ex montana matre
Germen pulchrum, in pueritia uir.
It modò per genas illius lanugo,
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Pube nascente, creber exurgens pilus.
Seuam, non uirgineam
Mentem habet,tetrumq; habens oculum aftat.
Non tamen fine iactantia imminet portis.
Probrum enim urbis in eneo
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Scuto, rotundo corporis propugnaculo,
Sphinga crudiuoram aptatam
Clauis, quatiebat fplendens uibrans corpus.
Fert fub ipso clypeo uirum Thebanum unum,
Vt quàm plurima in uirum mittat iacula.
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Veniens uerò uidetur non cauponaturus pugnam,
Longa uiæ non fædare tranſitum,
Parthenopaus Arcas:talis uerò uir ille
Peregrinus, Argis rependens pulchram educationë,
Turribus minatur atrocia:quæ utinam no perficiat,
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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.) — 526 focus
Heaven send it so! A fifth assailant now
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Is set against our fifth, the northern, gate,
Fronting the death-mound where Amphion lies
The child of Zeus. This foeman vows his faith,
Upon a mystic spear-head which he deems
More holy than a godhead and more sure
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To find its mark than any glance of eye,
That, will they, nill they, he will storm and sack
The hold of the Cadmeans. Such his oath—
His, the bold warrior, yet of childish years,
A bud of beauty's foremost flower, the son
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Of Zeus and of the mountain maid. I mark
How the soft down is waxing on his cheek,
Thick and close-growing in its tender prime—
In name, not mood, is he a maiden's child—
Parthenopaeus; large and bright his eyes
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But fierce the wrath wherewith he fronts the gate:
Yet not unheralded he takes his stand
Before the portal; on his brazen shield,
The rounded screen and shelter of his form,
I saw him show the ravening Sphinx, the fiend
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That shamed our city—how it glared and moved,
Clamped on the buckler, wrought in high relief!
And in its claws did a Cadmean bear—
Nor heretofore, for any single prey,
Sped she aloft, through such a storm of darts
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As now awaits her. So our foe is here—
Like, as I deem, to ply no stinted trade
In blood and broil, but traffick as is meet
In fierce exchange for his long wayfaring!
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.) — 526 focus
So mög' es enden! Höre nun vom Fünften auch,
Der dort am fünften Thore herrscht, dem nördlichen,
Zunächst Amphions Grabe, der von Zeus entsprof.
Er schwört bei seiner Lanze, die vertrauend er
Mehr als die Gottheit, höher als sein Auge liebt,
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In Staub zu stürzen Kadmos' Burg, dem Zeus zum Trok.
So ruft er laut, der bergefrohen Mutter Sohn
Mit holdem Angesichte, kaum zum Mann erblüht.
Die Wang' umschattet eben ihm der zarte Flaum,
Des ersten Jugendlenzes dichtaufkeimend Haar.
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Doch kühnen Muths, nicht seines Namens Sinn gemäß
Jungfräulichsanft, nein, wilden Auges steht er da.
In stolzem Prunke schreitet er zum Thor heran :
Er schwingt der Kadmosveste Schmach auf seinem Schild,
Der erzgetriebnen, rundgewölbten Wehr der Brust,
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Kunstreich mit Nägeln angefügt, das Bild der Sphinx,
Der blutgenährten, glänzendhell in Erz erhöht.
Sie hält in Krallen einen Mann aus Kadmos' Volk,
Daß ihn vor allen treffen muß der Pfeile Wurf.
Fürwahr, er zog zu Felde, nicht mit Söldnermuth,
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Und nicht der weiten Heeresfahrt zur Schande. Nein,
Parthenopãos aus Arkadia trägt als Held
Der zweiten Heimat Argos ab des Dankes Schuld,
Unheil der Veste drohend; wehr' ein Gott es ab!

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

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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ὄνειδος (Schimpf): Schol. ἐπειδὴ Οἰδίπους ἐμίγη τῇ μητρὶ λύσας τὸ αἴνιγμα τῆς Σφιγγός, viel- mehr weil die Sphinx die höchste Not über Theben brachte.