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Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 631-685 focus
Αγγελος
τὸν ἕβδομον δὴ τόν τ᾽
1
ἐφ᾽ ἑβδόμαις πύλαις
λέξω, τὸν αὐτοῦ σου κασίγνητον, πόλει
οἵας
2
ἀρᾶται καὶ κατεύχεται τύχας:
πύργοις ἐπεμβὰς κἀπικηρυχθεὶς χθονί,
ἁλώσιμον παιᾶν᾽ ἐπεξιακχάσας,
635
σοὶ ξυμφέρεσθαι καὶ κτανὼν θανεῖν πέλας,
ἢ ζῶντ᾽ ἀτιμαστῆρα τὼς ἀνδρηλατῶν
3
φυγῇ τὸν αὐτὸν τόνδε τίσασθαι τρόπον.
τοιαῦτ᾽ ἀυτεῖ καὶ θεοὺς γενεθλίους
καλεῖ πατρῴας γῆς ἐποπτῆρας λιτῶν
640
τῶν ὧν γενέσθαι πάγχυ Πολυνείκους βία.
ἔχει δὲ καινοπηγὲς εὔκυκλον
4
σάκος
διπλοῦν τε σῆμα προσμεμηχανημένον.
χρυσήλατον γὰρ ἄνδρα τευχηστὴν ἰδεῖν
ἄγει γυνή τις σωφρόνως ἡγουμένη.
645
Δίκη δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ εἶναί φησιν, ὡς τὰ γράμματα
λέγει
5
“κατάξω δ᾽ ἄνδρα τόνδε καὶ πόλιν
ἕξει πατρῴων δωμάτων τ᾽ ἐπιστροφάς.”
τοιαῦτ᾽ ἐκείνων ἐστὶ τἀξευρήματα.
σὺ δ᾽ αὐτὸς ἤδη γνῶθι τίνα πέμπειν δοκεῖ:
650
ὡς οὔποτ᾽ ἀνδρὶ τῷδε κηρυκευμάτων
μέμψει, σὺ δ᾽ αὐτὸς γνῶθι ναυκληρεῖν πόλιν.
τὸν ἕβδομον δὴ τόν τ᾽
1
ἐφ᾽ ἑβδόμαις πύλαις
λέξω, τὸν αὐτοῦ σου κασίγνητον, πόλει
οἵας
2
ἀρᾶται καὶ κατεύχεται τύχας:
πύργοις ἐπεμβὰς κἀπικηρυχθεὶς χθονί,
ἁλώσιμον παιᾶν᾽ ἐπεξιακχάσας,
635
σοὶ ξυμφέρεσθαι καὶ κτανὼν θανεῖν πέλας,
ἢ ζῶντ᾽ ἀτιμαστῆρα τὼς ἀνδρηλατῶν
3
φυγῇ τὸν αὐτὸν τόνδε τίσασθαι τρόπον.
τοιαῦτ᾽ ἀυτεῖ καὶ θεοὺς γενεθλίους
καλεῖ πατρῴας γῆς ἐποπτῆρας λιτῶν
640
τῶν ὧν γενέσθαι πάγχυ Πολυνείκους βία.
ἔχει δὲ καινοπηγὲς εὔκυκλον
4
σάκος
διπλοῦν τε σῆμα προσμεμηχανημένον.
χρυσήλατον γὰρ ἄνδρα τευχηστὴν ἰδεῖν
ἄγει γυνή τις σωφρόνως ἡγουμένη.
645
Δίκη δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ εἶναί φησιν, ὡς τὰ γράμματα
λέγει
5
“κατάξω δ᾽ ἄνδρα τόνδε καὶ πόλιν
ἕξει πατρῴων δωμάτων τ᾽ ἐπιστροφάς.”
τοιαῦτ᾽ ἐκείνων ἐστὶ τἀξευρήματα.
σὺ δ᾽ αὐτὸς ἤδη γνῶθι τίνα πέμπειν δοκεῖ:
650
ὡς οὔποτ᾽ ἀνδρὶ τῷδε κηρυκευμάτων
μέμψει, σὺ δ᾽ αὐτὸς γνῶθι ναυκληρεῖν πόλιν.
Ετεοκλης
ὦ θεομανές τε καὶ θεῶν μέγα στύγος,
ὦ πανδάκρυτον ἁμὸν Οἰδίπου γένος:
ὤμοι, πατρὸς δὴ νῦν ἀραὶ τελεσφόροι.
655
ἀλλ᾽ οὔτε κλαίειν οὔτ᾽ ὀδύρεσθαι πρέπει,
μὴ καὶ τεκνωθῇ δυσφορώτερος γόος.
ἐπωνύμῳ δὲ κάρτα, Πολυνείκει
6
λέγω,
τάχ᾽ εἰσόμεσθα τοὐπίσημ᾽ ὅποι τελεῖ,
εἴ νιν κατάξει χρυσότευκτα γράμματα
660
ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδος φλύοντα σὺν φοίτῳ φρενῶν.
εἰ δ᾽ ἡ Διὸς παῖς παρθένος Δίκη παρῆν
ἔργοις ἐκείνου καὶ φρεσίν, τάχ᾽ ἂν τόδ᾽ ἦν:
ἀλλ᾽ οὔτε νιν φυγόντα μητρόθεν σκότον,
οὔτ᾽ ἐν τροφαῖσιν, οὔτ᾽ ἐφηβήσαντά πω,
665
οὔτ᾽ ἐν γενείου ξυλλογῇ τριχώματος,
Δίκη προσεῖδε
7
καὶ κατηξιώσατο:
οὐδ᾽
8
ἐν πατρῴας μὴν χθονὸς κακουχίᾳ
οἶμαί νιν αὐτῷ νῦν παραστατεῖν πέλας,
ἢ δῆτ᾽ ἂν εἴη πανδίκως ψευδώνυμος
670
Δίκη, ξυνοῦσα φωτὶ παντόλμῳ φρένας.
τούτοις πεποιθὼς εἶμι καὶ ξυστήσομαι
αὐτός: τίς ἄλλος μᾶλλον ἐνδικώτερος;
ἄρχοντί τ᾽ ἄρχων καὶ κασιγνήτῳ κάσις,
ἐχθρὸς σὺν ἐχθρῷ στήσομαι. φέρ᾽ ὡς τάχος
675
κνημῖδας, αἰχμῆς καὶ πέτρων
9
προβλήματα.
ὦ θεομανές τε καὶ θεῶν μέγα στύγος,
ὦ πανδάκρυτον ἁμὸν Οἰδίπου γένος:
ὤμοι, πατρὸς δὴ νῦν ἀραὶ τελεσφόροι.
655
ἀλλ᾽ οὔτε κλαίειν οὔτ᾽ ὀδύρεσθαι πρέπει,
μὴ καὶ τεκνωθῇ δυσφορώτερος γόος.
ἐπωνύμῳ δὲ κάρτα, Πολυνείκει
6
λέγω,
τάχ᾽ εἰσόμεσθα τοὐπίσημ᾽ ὅποι τελεῖ,
εἴ νιν κατάξει χρυσότευκτα γράμματα
660
ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδος φλύοντα σὺν φοίτῳ φρενῶν.
εἰ δ᾽ ἡ Διὸς παῖς παρθένος Δίκη παρῆν
ἔργοις ἐκείνου καὶ φρεσίν, τάχ᾽ ἂν τόδ᾽ ἦν:
ἀλλ᾽ οὔτε νιν φυγόντα μητρόθεν σκότον,
οὔτ᾽ ἐν τροφαῖσιν, οὔτ᾽ ἐφηβήσαντά πω,
665
οὔτ᾽ ἐν γενείου ξυλλογῇ τριχώματος,
Δίκη προσεῖδε
7
καὶ κατηξιώσατο:
οὐδ᾽
8
ἐν πατρῴας μὴν χθονὸς κακουχίᾳ
οἶμαί νιν αὐτῷ νῦν παραστατεῖν πέλας,
ἢ δῆτ᾽ ἂν εἴη πανδίκως ψευδώνυμος
670
Δίκη, ξυνοῦσα φωτὶ παντόλμῳ φρένας.
τούτοις πεποιθὼς εἶμι καὶ ξυστήσομαι
αὐτός: τίς ἄλλος μᾶλλον ἐνδικώτερος;
ἄρχοντί τ᾽ ἄρχων καὶ κασιγνήτῳ κάσις,
ἐχθρὸς σὺν ἐχθρῷ στήσομαι. φέρ᾽ ὡς τάχος
675
κνημῖδας, αἰχμῆς καὶ πέτρων
9
προβλήματα.
Χορος
μή, φίλτατ᾽ ἀνδρῶν, Οἰδίπου τέκος, γένῃ
ὀργὴν ὁμοῖος τῷ κάκιστ᾽ αὐδωμένῳ:
ἀλλ᾽ ἄνδρας Ἀργείοισι Καδμείους ἅλις
ἐς χεῖρας
10
ἐλθεῖν: αἷμα γὰρ καθάρσιον.
680
ἀνδροῖν δ᾽ ὁμαίμοιν θάνατος ὧδ᾽ αὐτοκτόνος,
οὐκ ἔστι γῆρας τοῦδε τοῦ μιάσματος.
μή, φίλτατ᾽ ἀνδρῶν, Οἰδίπου τέκος, γένῃ
ὀργὴν ὁμοῖος τῷ κάκιστ᾽ αὐδωμένῳ:
ἀλλ᾽ ἄνδρας Ἀργείοισι Καδμείους ἅλις
ἐς χεῖρας
10
ἐλθεῖν: αἷμα γὰρ καθάρσιον.
680
ἀνδροῖν δ᾽ ὁμαίμοιν θάνατος ὧδ᾽ αὐτοκτόνος,
οὐκ ἔστι γῆρας τοῦδε τοῦ μιάσματος.
Ετεοκλης
εἴπερ κακὸν φέροι τις, αἰσχύνης ἄτερ
ἔστω: μόνον γὰρ κέρδος ἐν
11
τεθνηκόσι:
κακῶν δὲ κᾀσχρῶν οὔτιν᾽ εὐκλείαν ἐρεῖς.
685
686
εἴπερ κακὸν φέροι τις, αἰσχύνης ἄτερ
ἔστω: μόνον γὰρ κέρδος ἐν
11
τεθνηκόσι:
κακῶν δὲ κᾀσχρῶν οὔτιν᾽ εὐκλείαν ἐρεῖς.
685
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
Ἄγγελος
τὸν ἕβδομον δὴ τόνδʼ ἐφʼ ἑβδόμαις πύλαις
λέξω, τὸν αὐτοῦ σοῦ κασίγνητον, πόλει
οἵας ἀρᾶται καὶ κατεύχεται τύχας·
πύργοις ἐπεμβὰς κἀπικηρυχθεὶς χθονί,
ἁλώσιμον παιᾶνʼ ἐπεξιακχάσας,
635
σοὶ ξυμφέρεσθαι καὶ κτανὼν θανεῖν πέλας,
ἢ ζῶντʼ ἀτιμαστῆρα τὼς ἀνδρηλάτην
φυγῇ τὸν αὐτὸν τόνδε τείσασθαι τρόπον.
τοιαῦτʼ ἀυτεῖ καὶ θεοὺς γενεθλίους
καλεῖ πατρῴας γῆς ἐποπτῆρας λιτῶν
640
τῶν ὧν γενέσθαι πάγχυ Πολυνείκους βία.
ἔχει δὲ καινοπηγὲς εὔκυκλον σάκος
διπλοῦν τε σῆμα προσμεμηχανημένον.
χρυσήλατον γὰρ ἄνδρα τευχηστὴν ἰδεῖν
ἄγει γυνή τις σωφρόνως ἡγουμένη.
645
Δίκη δʼ ἄρʼ εἶναί φησιν, ὡς τὰ γράμματα
λέγει
κατάξω δʼ ἄνδρα τόνδε καὶ πόλιν
ἕξει πατρῴων δωμάτων τʼ ἐπιστροφάς.
τοιαῦτʼ ἐκείνων ἐστὶ τἀξευρήματα.
σὺ δʼ αὐτὸς ἤδη γνῶθι τίνα πέμπειν δοκεῖ·
650
ὡς οὔποτʼ ἀνδρὶ τῷδε κηρυκευμάτων
μέμψῃ, σὺ δʼ αὐτὸς γνῶθι ναυκληρεῖν πόλιν.
τὸν ἕβδομον δὴ τόνδʼ ἐφʼ ἑβδόμαις πύλαις
λέξω, τὸν αὐτοῦ σοῦ κασίγνητον, πόλει
οἵας ἀρᾶται καὶ κατεύχεται τύχας·
πύργοις ἐπεμβὰς κἀπικηρυχθεὶς χθονί,
ἁλώσιμον παιᾶνʼ ἐπεξιακχάσας,
635
σοὶ ξυμφέρεσθαι καὶ κτανὼν θανεῖν πέλας,
ἢ ζῶντʼ ἀτιμαστῆρα τὼς ἀνδρηλάτην
φυγῇ τὸν αὐτὸν τόνδε τείσασθαι τρόπον.
τοιαῦτʼ ἀυτεῖ καὶ θεοὺς γενεθλίους
καλεῖ πατρῴας γῆς ἐποπτῆρας λιτῶν
640
τῶν ὧν γενέσθαι πάγχυ Πολυνείκους βία.
ἔχει δὲ καινοπηγὲς εὔκυκλον σάκος
διπλοῦν τε σῆμα προσμεμηχανημένον.
χρυσήλατον γὰρ ἄνδρα τευχηστὴν ἰδεῖν
ἄγει γυνή τις σωφρόνως ἡγουμένη.
645
Δίκη δʼ ἄρʼ εἶναί φησιν, ὡς τὰ γράμματα
λέγει
κατάξω δʼ ἄνδρα τόνδε καὶ πόλιν
ἕξει πατρῴων δωμάτων τʼ ἐπιστροφάς.
τοιαῦτʼ ἐκείνων ἐστὶ τἀξευρήματα.
σὺ δʼ αὐτὸς ἤδη γνῶθι τίνα πέμπειν δοκεῖ·
650
ὡς οὔποτʼ ἀνδρὶ τῷδε κηρυκευμάτων
μέμψῃ, σὺ δʼ αὐτὸς γνῶθι ναυκληρεῖν πόλιν.
Ἐτεοκλής
ὦ θεομανές τε καὶ θεῶν μέγα στύγος,
ὦ πανδάκρυτον ἁμὸν Οἰδίπου γένος·
ὤμοι, πατρὸς δὴ νῦν ἀραὶ τελεσφόροι.
655
ἀλλʼ οὔτε κλαίειν οὔτʼ ὀδύρεσθαι πρέπει,
μὴ καὶ τεκνωθῇ δυσφορώτερος γόος.
ἐπωνύμῳ δὲ κάρτα, Πολυνείκει λέγω,
τάχʼ εἰσόμεσθα τοὐπίσημʼ ὅποι τελεῖ,
εἴ νιν κατάξει χρυσότευκτα γράμματα
660
ἐπʼ ἀσπίδος φλύοντα σὺν φοίτῳ φρενῶν.
εἰ δʼ ἡ Διὸς παῖς παρθένος Δίκη παρῆν
ἔργοις ἐκείνου καὶ φρεσίν, τάχʼ ἂν τόδʼ ἦν·
ἀλλʼ οὔτε νιν φυγόντα μητρόθεν σκότον,
οὔτʼ ἐν τροφαῖσιν, οὔτʼ ἐφηβήσαντά πω,
665
οὔτʼ ἐν γενείου ξυλλογῇ τριχώματος,
Δίκη προσεῖδε καὶ κατηξιώσατο·
οὐδʼ ἐν πατρῴας μὴν χθονὸς κακουχίᾳ
οἶμαί νιν αὐτῷ νῦν παραστατεῖν πέλας.
ἦ δῆτʼ ἂν εἴη πανδίκως ψευδώνυμος
670
Δίκη, ξυνοῦσα φωτὶ παντόλμῳ φρένας.
τούτοις πεποιθὼς εἶμι καὶ ξυστήσομαι
αὐτός· τίς ἄλλος μᾶλλον ἐνδικώτερος;
ἄρχοντί τʼ ἄρχων καὶ κασιγνήτῳ κάσις,
ἐχθρὸς σὺν ἐχθρῷ στήσομαι. φέρʼ ὡς τάχος
675
κνημῖδας, αἰχμῆς καὶ πέτρων προβλήματα.
ὦ θεομανές τε καὶ θεῶν μέγα στύγος,
ὦ πανδάκρυτον ἁμὸν Οἰδίπου γένος·
ὤμοι, πατρὸς δὴ νῦν ἀραὶ τελεσφόροι.
655
ἀλλʼ οὔτε κλαίειν οὔτʼ ὀδύρεσθαι πρέπει,
μὴ καὶ τεκνωθῇ δυσφορώτερος γόος.
ἐπωνύμῳ δὲ κάρτα, Πολυνείκει λέγω,
τάχʼ εἰσόμεσθα τοὐπίσημʼ ὅποι τελεῖ,
εἴ νιν κατάξει χρυσότευκτα γράμματα
660
ἐπʼ ἀσπίδος φλύοντα σὺν φοίτῳ φρενῶν.
εἰ δʼ ἡ Διὸς παῖς παρθένος Δίκη παρῆν
ἔργοις ἐκείνου καὶ φρεσίν, τάχʼ ἂν τόδʼ ἦν·
ἀλλʼ οὔτε νιν φυγόντα μητρόθεν σκότον,
οὔτʼ ἐν τροφαῖσιν, οὔτʼ ἐφηβήσαντά πω,
665
οὔτʼ ἐν γενείου ξυλλογῇ τριχώματος,
Δίκη προσεῖδε καὶ κατηξιώσατο·
οὐδʼ ἐν πατρῴας μὴν χθονὸς κακουχίᾳ
οἶμαί νιν αὐτῷ νῦν παραστατεῖν πέλας.
ἦ δῆτʼ ἂν εἴη πανδίκως ψευδώνυμος
670
Δίκη, ξυνοῦσα φωτὶ παντόλμῳ φρένας.
τούτοις πεποιθὼς εἶμι καὶ ξυστήσομαι
αὐτός· τίς ἄλλος μᾶλλον ἐνδικώτερος;
ἄρχοντί τʼ ἄρχων καὶ κασιγνήτῳ κάσις,
ἐχθρὸς σὺν ἐχθρῷ στήσομαι. φέρʼ ὡς τάχος
675
κνημῖδας, αἰχμῆς καὶ πέτρων προβλήματα.
Χορός
μή, φίλτατʼ ἀνδρῶν, Οἰδίπου τέκος, γένῃ
ὀργὴν ὁμοῖος τῷ κάκιστʼ αὐδωμένῳ·
ἀλλʼ ἄνδρας Ἀργείοισι Καδμείους ἅλις
ἐς χεῖρας ἐλθεῖν· αἷμα γὰρ καθάρσιον.
680
ἀνδροῖν δʼ ὁμαίμοιν θάνατος ὧδʼ αὐτοκτόνος,
οὐκ ἔστι γῆρας τοῦδε τοῦ μιάσματος.
μή, φίλτατʼ ἀνδρῶν, Οἰδίπου τέκος, γένῃ
ὀργὴν ὁμοῖος τῷ κάκιστʼ αὐδωμένῳ·
ἀλλʼ ἄνδρας Ἀργείοισι Καδμείους ἅλις
ἐς χεῖρας ἐλθεῖν· αἷμα γὰρ καθάρσιον.
680
ἀνδροῖν δʼ ὁμαίμοιν θάνατος ὧδʼ αὐτοκτόνος,
οὐκ ἔστι γῆρας τοῦδε τοῦ μιάσματος.
Ἐτεοκλής
εἴπερ κακὸν φέροι τις, αἰσχύνης ἄτερ
ἔστω· μόνον γὰρ κέρδος ἐν τεθνηκόσι·
κακῶν δὲ κᾀσχρῶν οὔτινʼ εὐκλείαν ἐρεῖς.
685
εἴπερ κακὸν φέροι τις, αἰσχύνης ἄτερ
ἔστω· μόνον γὰρ κέρδος ἐν τεθνηκόσι·
κακῶν δὲ κᾀσχρῶν οὔτινʼ εὐκλείαν ἐρεῖς.
685
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 563 focus
ΧΟ.
ἱκνεῖται λόγος διὰ στηθέων,
καὶ τριχὸς ὄρθιος πλόκαμος ἵσταται,
μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων κλυούσας
565
ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν. εἴθε γὰρ θεοὶ
τούσδ᾽ ὀλέσειαν ἐν γᾷ.
ἱκνεῖται λόγος διὰ στηθέων,
καὶ τριχὸς ὄρθιος πλόκαμος ἵσταται,
μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων κλυούσας
565
ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν. εἴθε γὰρ θεοὶ
τούσδ᾽ ὀλέσειαν ἐν γᾷ.
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 563 focus
Χορὸς Παρθένων
στρ. γ΄.
ἱκνεῖται λόγος διὰ στηθέων,
ἱκνεῖται λόγος διὰ στηθέων,
Χορὸς Παρθένων
τριχὸς δ᾽ ὀρθίας πλόκαμος ἵσταται,
545
μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων κλυούσα
ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν. εἴθε γὰρ
θεοὶ τούςδ᾽ ὀλέσειαν ἐν γῇ.
τριχὸς δ᾽ ὀρθίας πλόκαμος ἵσταται,
545
μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων κλυούσα
ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν. εἴθε γὰρ
θεοὶ τούςδ᾽ ὀλέσειαν ἐν γῇ.
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 563 focus
ΧΟΡΟΣ
Ἱκνεῖται λόγος διὰ στηθέων,
Str. 3.
τριχὸς δ' ὀρθίας πλόκαμος ἵσταται,
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ ΘΗΒΑΣ
Ἱκνεῖται λόγος διὰ στηθέων,
τριχὸς δ' ὀρθίας πλόκαμος ἵσταται,
ΧΟΡΟΣ
μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων
565
κλύειν
κλύων ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν.
Εἴθε γὰρ
εἴθε οἱ θεοὶ (εἰ θεοὶ θεοὶ Μ)
θεοὶ τούσδ' ὀλέσειαν ἐν γῇ.
μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων
565
κλύειν
κλύων ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν.
Εἴθε γὰρ
εἴθε οἱ θεοὶ (εἰ θεοὶ θεοὶ Μ)
θεοὶ τούσδ' ὀλέσειαν ἐν γῇ.
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 563 focus
ἱκνεῖται λόγος διὰ στηθέων,
550
ἀνοσίοις
ἀνοσίοις
οις superscr.
Versum post 539 collocat Doederlein.
δ᾽ ὁρᾷ
δὲ δρᾷ
ἔσω
εἴσω
εἰσαμεῖψαι
εἰσαμεῖψαι τεῖχος
εἰκὼ
εἰκὼ χυροῦσαν
fort. ἔξω μένουσα.
κροτησμοῦ
κροτησμοῦ rasura mutatum in κροτισμοῦ
fort. κατορθώσαιμ᾽ ἔπος.
ΧΟ.
τριχὸς δ᾽ ὀρθίας πλόκαμος ἵσταται
μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων
κλύων ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν. εἴθε θεοὶ
θεοὶ τούσδ᾽ ὀλέσειαν ἐν γῇ.
τριχὸς δ᾽ ὀρθίας πλόκαμος ἵσταται
μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων
κλύων ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν. εἴθε θεοὶ
θεοὶ τούσδ᾽ ὀλέσειαν ἐν γῇ.
ΑΓ.
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 563 focus
ΧΟΡΟΣ
ἱκνεῖται λόγος διὰ στηθέων,
τριχὸς δ᾽ ὀρθίας πλόκαμος ἵσταται·
μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων κλυόντες
565
ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν εἰ θεοὶ [θεοὶ]
τούσδ᾽ ὀλέσειαν ἐν γᾶι. –
ἱκνεῖται λόγος διὰ στηθέων,
τριχὸς δ᾽ ὀρθίας πλόκαμος ἵσταται·
μεγάλα μεγαληγόρων κλυόντες
565
ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν εἰ θεοὶ [θεοὶ]
τούσδ᾽ ὀλέσειαν ἐν γᾶι. –
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
Scout
Last I will tell of the seventh champion, him at the seventh gate,
1
your own brother, and of what fate he prays for and calls down on the city. His prayer is that after he mounts the battlements and is proclaimed king in the land,
and shouts the paian in triumph over its capture, he may then meet you in combat, and once he kills you, that he may perish at your side, or, if you survive, make you pay with banishment in the same way as you dishonored him with exile. Mighty Polynices shouts such threats and
635
invokes his native gods, the gods of his fatherland, to watch over his prayers in every way. He holds a shield, a perfect circle, newly-made, with a double symbol cleverly fastened on it:
640
a woman modestly walking in the fore leads a man in arms made, it appears, of hammered gold. She claims to be Justice, as the lettering indicates,
I will bring this man back and he will have his city and move freely in his father’s halls.
Such are the inventions fixed to their shields.
645
Quickly determine yourself whom you think it best to send. Know that you will find no fault with me in the substance of my report, but you yourself determine on what course to pilot the city.
Exit.
650
Last I will tell of the seventh champion, him at the seventh gate,
1
your own brother, and of what fate he prays for and calls down on the city. His prayer is that after he mounts the battlements and is proclaimed king in the land,
and shouts the paian in triumph over its capture, he may then meet you in combat, and once he kills you, that he may perish at your side, or, if you survive, make you pay with banishment in the same way as you dishonored him with exile. Mighty Polynices shouts such threats and
635
invokes his native gods, the gods of his fatherland, to watch over his prayers in every way. He holds a shield, a perfect circle, newly-made, with a double symbol cleverly fastened on it:
640
a woman modestly walking in the fore leads a man in arms made, it appears, of hammered gold. She claims to be Justice, as the lettering indicates,
I will bring this man back and he will have his city and move freely in his father’s halls.
Such are the inventions fixed to their shields.
645
Such are the inventions fixed to their shields.
Quickly determine yourself whom you think it best to send. Know that you will find no fault with me in the substance of my report, but you yourself determine on what course to pilot the city.
Exit.
650
Eteocles
O my family sired by Oedipus, steeped in tears,
driven to madness by the gods and by the gods detested! Ah, now indeed our father’s curses are brought to fulfillment. But neither weeping nor wailing is proper for me now, lest a grief even harder to bear is brought to life. As for him whose name is so very fitting, Polynices, we shall know soon enough what the symbol on his shield will accomplish,
655
whether the babbling letters shaped in gold on his shield, together with his mind’s wanderings, will bring him back. If Justice, Zeus’s maiden daughter, were attending his actions and his thoughts, this might be so. But as it is, neither when he escaped the darkness of his mother’s womb,
660
nor in childhood, nor at any point in his early manhood, nor when the beard first thickened on his cheek, did Justice acknowledge him and consider him worthy. And even now I do not think that she is standing by his side to aid the destruction of his fatherland.
665
Indeed, Justice would truly be false to her name, if she should ally herself with a man so utterly audacious in his plans. Trusting in this fact I will go and stand against him—I myself in person. Who else has a more just claim? Commander against commander, brother against brother,
670
enemy against enemy, I will take my stand. Quick, bring my greaves to protect against spears and stones!
675
O my family sired by Oedipus, steeped in tears,
driven to madness by the gods and by the gods detested! Ah, now indeed our father’s curses are brought to fulfillment. But neither weeping nor wailing is proper for me now, lest a grief even harder to bear is brought to life. As for him whose name is so very fitting, Polynices, we shall know soon enough what the symbol on his shield will accomplish,
655
whether the babbling letters shaped in gold on his shield, together with his mind’s wanderings, will bring him back. If Justice, Zeus’s maiden daughter, were attending his actions and his thoughts, this might be so. But as it is, neither when he escaped the darkness of his mother’s womb,
660
nor in childhood, nor at any point in his early manhood, nor when the beard first thickened on his cheek, did Justice acknowledge him and consider him worthy. And even now I do not think that she is standing by his side to aid the destruction of his fatherland.
665
Indeed, Justice would truly be false to her name, if she should ally herself with a man so utterly audacious in his plans. Trusting in this fact I will go and stand against him—I myself in person. Who else has a more just claim? Commander against commander, brother against brother,
670
enemy against enemy, I will take my stand. Quick, bring my greaves to protect against spears and stones!
675
Chorus
No, son of Oedipus, most dear of our men, do not be like in temperament to him who is called by such an evil name. It is enough that Cadmeans
are advancing to close combat with Argives. That bloodshed can be expiated. But when men of the same blood kill each other as you desire, the pollution from this act never grows old.
680
No, son of Oedipus, most dear of our men, do not be like in temperament to him who is called by such an evil name. It is enough that Cadmeans
are advancing to close combat with Argives. That bloodshed can be expiated. But when men of the same blood kill each other as you desire, the pollution from this act never grows old.
680
Eteocles
If indeed a man should suffer evil, let it be without dishonor, since that is the only benefit for the dead.
But you cannot speak of any glory for happenings that are at once evil and held in dishonor.
685
If indeed a man should suffer evil, let it be without dishonor, since that is the only benefit for the dead.
But you cannot speak of any glory for happenings that are at once evil and held in dishonor.
685
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 563 focus
The tale pierces my bosom, the locks of my hair stand erect, when I hear of the big words of these proudly-vaunting impious men. Oh! would that the gods would destroy them in the land.
Messenger
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 563 focus
Les mots s'enfoncent dans ma poitrine, mes cheveux tressés se dressent, quand j'entends parler
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES
LE MESSAGER
l'insolence de ces impies arrogants. Ah ! puissent donc les dieux les anéantir sur ce sol !
l'insolence de ces impies arrogants. Ah ! puissent donc les dieux les anéantir sur ce sol !
LE MESSAGER
Je passe
Je passe
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 563 focus
Theſe words appal my throbbing breaſt:
635
And the light tangles of my braided hair
Riſe upright with my fear,
As from the impious foes around
Theſe dreadful voices ſound,
Furious with thund'ring threats expreſt.
640
Ye pow'rs, that rule on high,
Scatter their dreaded forces wide,
Or let their creſted pride
Low in the dust beneath our rampires lie!
SOLDIER.
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.) — 563 focus
In fondo al seno mi sceser quei detti:
s'erge la treccia degl'irti capelli,
le gran minacce, le grandi parole
di questi iniqui ascoltando. Oh, se i Numi
635
nel nostro suolo li vogliano spenti !
ESPLORATORE
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 563 focus
It ſermo per pectus,
Stat cæſaries surrectorum pilorum,
535
Magna iactabundorum
Audiens profanorum uirorum:utinam
Dij hos perdant in terra.
Nun.
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.) — 563 focus
Home to my heart the vaunting goes,
550
And, quick with terror, on my head
Rises my hair, at sound of those
Who wildly, impiously rave!
If gods there be, to them I plead—
Give them to darkness and the grave.
555
Home to my heart the vaunting goes,
550
And, quick with terror, on my head
Rises my hair, at sound of those
Who wildly, impiously rave!
If gods there be, to them I plead—
Give them to darkness and the grave.
555
The Spy
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.) — 563 focus
Das Wort schneidet mir in's Herz tief hinein,
Und vor Entseken sträubt wild sich das Haar empor,
Da der ruchlose Troy der Troker
540
Mir in die Ohren schallt. Daß die Götter sie
Tilgten in Kadmos' Lande!
Das Wort schneidet mir in's Herz tief hinein,
Und vor Entseken sträubt wild sich das Haar empor,
Da der ruchlose Troy der Troker
540
Mir in die Ohren schallt. Daß die Götter sie
Tilgten in Kadmos' Lande!
Der Bote.
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
538.
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ἔσω πυλῶν ῥέουσαν ἀλδαίνειν:
538
ἔξω Colb. 2. Par. K. Ven. 2. Rob. et adscriptum in Par. B.
ἀλδαίνει Lips. Multum fallitur B. Martinus Var. lect. I. 9. p. 20.
πύλας de ore, ut apud Euripidem
στόματος πύλαι dicuntur, interpretans. Dubito autem an sic scripserit Aeschylus,
ἔσω πυλῶν θοροῦσαν ἀλδαίνειν κακά.
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
356-706.
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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.
538.
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