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.) — 686-711 focus
Χορος
θὴς δορίμαργος
3
ἄτα φερέτω: κακοῦ δ᾽
ἔκβαλ᾽
4
ἔρωτος ἀρχάν.
Ετεοκλης
ἐπεὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα κάρτ᾽ ἐπισπέρχει θεός,
ἴτω κατ᾽ οὖρον κῦμα Κωκυτοῦ λαχὸν
690
Φοίβῳ στυγηθὲν πᾶν τὸ Λαΐου γένος.
692
Χορος
ὠμοδακής σ᾽ ἄγαν ἵμερος ἐξοτρύ-
νει πικρόκαρπον ἀνδροκτασίαν
5
τελεῖν
αἵματος οὐ θεμιστοῦ.
Ετεοκλης
ξηροῖς ἀκλαύτοις
8
ὄμμασιν προσιζάνει,
λέγουσα κέρδος πρότερον ὑστέρου μόρου.
698
Χορος
ἀλλὰ σὺ μὴ ᾽ποτρύνου: κακὸς οὐ κεκλή-
σει βίον εὖ κυρήσας: μελάναιγις ἐκ δ᾽
9
εἶσι δόμων Ἐρινύς, ὅταν ἐκ χερῶν
700
θεοὶ θυσίαν δέχωνται.
Ετεοκλης
θεοῖς μὲν ἤδη πως παρημελήμεθα,
χάρις δ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ἡμῶν ὀλομένων θαυμάζεται:
τί οὖν ἔτ᾽ ἂν σαίνοιμεν ὀλέθριον μόρον;
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Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 686-711 focus
Χορός
τί μέμονας, τέκνον; μή τί σε θυμοπλη-
θὴς δορίμαργος ἄτα φερέτω· κακοῦ δʼ
ἔκβαλʼ ἔρωτος ἀρχάν.
Ἐτεοκλής
ἐπεὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα κάρτʼ ἐπισπέρχει θεός,
ἴτω κατʼ οὖρον κῦμα Κωκυτοῦ λαχὸν
690
Φοίβῳ στυγηθὲν πᾶν τὸ Λαΐου γένος.
Χορός
ὠμοδακής σʼ ἄγαν ἵμερος ἐξοτρύ-
νει πικρόκαρπον ἀνδροκτασίαν τελεῖν
αἵματος οὐ θεμιστοῦ.
Ἐτεοκλής
φίλου γὰρ ἐχθρά μοι πατρὸς τάλαινʼ ἀρὰ
695
ξηροῖς ἀκλαύτοις ὄμμασιν προσιζάνει,
λέγουσα κέρδος πρότερον ὑστέρου μόρου.
Χορός
ἀλλὰ σὺ μὴ ʼποτρύνου· κακὸς οὐ κεκλή-
σῃ βίον εὖ κυρήσας· μελάναιγις
δʼ· οὐκ
εἶσι δόμων Ἐρινύς, ὅταν ἐκ χερῶν
700
θεοὶ θυσίαν δέχωνται;
Ἐτεοκλής
θεοῖς μὲν ἤδη πως παρημελήμεθα,
χάρις δʼ ἀφʼ ἡμῶν ὀλομένων θαυμάζεται·
τί οὖν ἔτʼ ἂν σαίνοιμεν ὀλέθριον μόρον;
Χορός
νῦν ὅτε σοι παρέστακεν· ἐπεὶ δαίμων
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λήματος ἐν τροπαίᾳ χρονίᾳ μεταλ-
λακτὸς ἴσως ἂν ἔλθοι θελεμωτέρῳ
πνεύματι· νῦν δʼ ἔτι ζεῖ.
Ἐτεοκλής
ἐξέζεσεν γὰρ Οἰδίπου κατεύγματα·
ἄγαν δʼ ἀληθεῖς ἐνυπνίων φαντασμάτων
710
ὄψεις, πατρῴων χρημάτων δατήριοι.
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 698 focus
ΧΟ.
ἀλλὰ σὺ μὴ ᾿ποτρύνου· κακὸς οὐ κεκλή-
σει βίον εὖ κυρήσας· μελάναιγις οὐκ
εἶσι δόμους Ἐρινὺς, ὅταν ἐκ χερῶν
700
θεοὶ θυσίαν δέχωνται.
ΕΤ.
θεοῖς μὲν ἤδη πως παρημελήμεθα,
χάρις δ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ἡμῶν ὀλομένων θαυμάζεται·
τί οὖν ἔτ᾽ ἂν σαίνοιμεν ὀλέθριον μόρον;
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 698 focus
Χορὸς Παρθένων
στρ. β'.
ἀλλὰ σὺ μὴ 'ποτρύνου· κακὸς οὐ κεκλή-
σει, βίον εὖ κυρήσας· μελάναιγὶς οὐκ
680
εἶσι δόμους Ἐρινύς, ὅταν ἐκ χερῶν
θεοὶ θυσίαν δέχωνται.
Ἐτεοκλῆς
θεοῖς μὲν ἤδη πως παρημελήμεθα,
χάρις δ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ἡμῶν ὀλομένων θαυμάζεται·
τί οὖν ἔτ᾽ ἂν σαίνοιμεν ὀλέθριον μόρον;
685
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 698 focus
ΧΟΡΟΣ
Ἀλλὰ σὺ μὴ 'ποτρύνου· κακὸς οὐ κεκλή-
Str. 2.
σῃ βίον εὖ κυρήσας· μελάναιγις
οὐκ
δ' οὐκ
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εἰσι δόμων Ἐρινύς, ὅταν ἐκ χερῶν
θεοὶ θυσίαν δέχωνται ;
ΕΤΕΟΚΛΗΣ
Θεοῖς μὲν ἤδη πως παρημελήμεθα,
χάρις δ' ἀφ' ἡμῶν ὀλομένων θαυμάζεται·
τί οὖν ἔτ' ἂν σαίνοιμεν ὀλέθριον μόρον ;
705
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 698 focus
ἀλλὰ σὺ μὴ 'ποτρύνου· κακὸς οὐ κεκλή-
685
σῃ βίον εὖ κυρήσας· μελάναιγις ἐκ δ᾽
εἰσι δόμων Ἐρινύς, ὅταν ἐκ χερῶν
θεοὶ θυσίαν δέχωνται.
ΕΤ.
θεοῖς μὲν ἤδη πως παρημελήμεθα,
χάρις δ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ἡμῶν ὀλομένων θαυμάζεται·
690
τί οὖν ἔτ᾽ ἂν σαίνοιμεν ὀλέθριον μόρον;
ΧΟ.
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 698 focus
ΧΟ.
ἀλλὰ σὺ μὴ ᾿ποτρύνου· κακὸς οὐ κεκλή-
σηι βίον εὖ κυρήσας· μελάναιγις [δ᾽] οὐκ
εἶσι δόμους Ἐρινύς, ὅταν ἐκ χερῶν
700
θεοὶ θυσίαν δέχωνται.
ΕΤ.
θεοῖς μὲν ἤδη πως παρημελήμεθα,
χάρις δ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ἡμῶν ὀλομένων θαυμάζεται·
τί οὖν ἔτ᾽ ἂν σαίνοιμεν ὀλέθριον μόρον; —
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.)) — 686-710 focus
Chorus
For what are you so eager, child? Do not let mad lust for battle fill your soul and carry you away. Reject this evil passion while it is still young.
Eteocles
Since God hastens the deed so urgently,
let the whole race of Laius, hated by Phoebus, be swept on the wind to Cocytus’ destined flood!
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Chorus
A savage desire eats away at you, drives you to murder, blood-sacrifice proscribed by divine law, whose only fruit is bitterness.
Eteocles
True, my own beloved father’s hateful, ruinous curse hovers before my dry, unweeping eyes, and informs me of benefit preceding subsequent death.
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Chorus
No, do not let yourself be driven to it. You will not be called a coward if you retain life nobly. Will not the avenging Erinys in her dark aegis
leave your house, when the gods receive sacrifice from your hands?
700
Eteocles
The gods, it seems, have already banished us from their care, yet they admire the grace we offer them when we perish. So then, why should we cringe and shy away from deadly fate?
Chorus
It is only at this moment that death stands close by you, for the divine spirit may change its purpose even after a long time and come on a gentler wind. But now it still seethes.
705
Eteocles
Yes, the curses of Oedipus have made it seethe in fury.
Too true were the phantoms in my sleeping visions, predicting the division of our father’s wealth!
710
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 698 focus
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 698 focus
L'Érinys à l'égide noire n'abandonne-t-elle pas les maisons, le jour où les dieux agréent les offrandes qu'on leur tend ?
ÉTÉOCLE
Les dieux ! ils n'ont désormais plus souci de moi. L'offrande de ma mort, seule, a du prix pour eux. Ai-je encore une raison de flatter un trépas qui me fait disparaître ?
LE CHŒUR
Oui, aujourd'hui au moins, tandis qu'il est tout proche. Aussi
Oui, aujourd'hui au moins, tandis qu'il est tout proche. Aussi
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 698 focus
ETEOCLES.
The Gods accept not us; and on our fall
Glory attends admiring: Why then ſue
For grace, with ſervile fear cringing to death?
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.) — 698 focus
ETEOCLE
Negletti siamo dagli Dei: la morte
sola, da noi gradiscono i Celesti.
A che blandire ancor l'ultima sorte ?
790
2
Antistrofe II
CORO
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 698 focus
Eteocles
Dijs quidem iam quodămodo contẽptui sumus.
Gratia uerò à nobis mortuis admirationi erit.
Quid igitur timemus pernicioſam mortem?
Cho.
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.) — 698 focus
Ah, be not urged of her! for none shall dare
To call thee
coward, in thy throned estate!
Will not the Fury in her sable pall
Pass outward from these halls, what time the gods
Welcome a votive offering from our hands?
715
Eteocles
The gods! long since they hold us in contempt,
Scornful of gifts thus offered by the lost!
Why should we fawn and flinch away from doom?
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.) — 698 focus
Eile doch nicht so sehr! Nicht seig nennt man dich,
Wenn du das Leben wahrst. Die Nachgöttin tritt,
Von Sturmnacht umgraut, nicht in das Haus, in dem
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Opfer empfah'n die Götter.
Eteokles.
Die Götter dachten lange schon nicht unser mehr;
Nur Eines, unser Untergang, ist ihre Lust;
Was also sucht' ich flehend noch den Tod zu flieh'n?
Zweiter Halbchor.
Zweite Gegenstrophe.
Notes on the current edition
Seven Against Thebes
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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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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