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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.) — 792-821 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 792-821 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 766 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 766 focus
τέλειαι γὰρ παλαιφάτων ἀρᾶν
βαρεῖαι καταλλαγαί· τὰ δ᾽ ὀλοὰ
πελόμεν᾽ οὐ παρἔρχεται.
πρόπρυμνα δ᾽ ἐκβολὰν φέρει
750
ἀνδρῶν ἀλφηστᾶν
τίν᾽ ἀνδρῶν γὰρ τοσόνδ᾽ ἐθαύμασαν
θεοὶ καὶ ξυνέστιοι πόλεος, ὁ
πολύβοτός τ' αἰὼν βροτῶν,
755
ὅσον τότ' Οἰδίπουν τίον,
τὰν ἁρπαξάνδραν
κῆρ᾽ ἀφελόντα χώρας;
στρ. ε'.
ἐπεὶ δ᾽ ἀρτίφρων
ἐγένετο μέλεος ἀθλίων
760
γάμων, ἐπ' ἄλγει δυςφορῶν
μαινομένᾳ κραδίᾳ
δίδυμα κάκ' ἐτέλεσεν·
πατροφόνῳ χερὶ τῶν
κρεισσοτέκνων ὀμμάτων ἐπλάγχθη.
765
ἀντ. έ.
τέκνοισιν δ᾽ ἀρὰς
ἐφῆκεν ἐπικότους τροφᾶς,
αἰαῖ, πικρογλώσσους ἀράς,
καί σφε σιδαρονόμῳ
διὰ χερὶ ποτε λαχεῖν
770
κτήματα· νῦν δὲ τρέω,
μὴ τελέσῃ καμψίπους Ἐρινύς.
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 766 focus
Τέλειαι γὰρ παλαιφάτων παλαίφατοι ἀρᾶν ἀραὶ
Str. 4.
βαρεῖαι καταλλαγαί·
Τίν' ἀνδρῶν γὰρ τοσόνδ' ἐθαύμασαν
Ant. 4.
θεοί τε καὶ (cf. 253) ξυνέστιοι
πόλεος ὁ πόλεως πολύβατός τ' ἀγὼν πολύβοτος τ' αἰὼν βροτῶν
775
ὅσον τότ' Οἰδίπουν τίον,
τὰν ἁρπαξάνδραν ἀναρπ-
κῆρ' ἀφελόντα χώρας ;
Ἐπεὶ δ' ἀρτίφρων <ὢν> om.
Str. 5.
ἐγένετο μέλεος ἀθλίων
780
γάμων, ἐπ' ἄλγει δυσφορῶν,
μαινομένᾳ κραδίᾳ,
δίδυμα κάκ' ἐτέλεσεν·
πατροφόνῳ χερὶ τῶν
κρεισσοτέκνων ὀμμάτων δ' ἀπ' ὀμμ. seu δ' ὄμμ. ἐπλάγχθη
785
τέκνοισιν τέκνοις δ' ἀραιᾶς
Ant. 5.
ἐφῆκεν ἐπίκοτος ἐπικότους τροφᾶς,
αἰαῖ, πικρογλώσσους ἀράς,
καί σφε σιδαρονόμῳ
διὰ χερί ποτε λαχεῖν
790
κτήματα· νῦν δὲ τρέω
μὴ τελέσῃ καμψίπους Ἐρινύς.
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 766 focus
τέλειαι γὰρ παλαιφάτων ἀρᾶν
βαρεῖαι καταλλαγαί· τὰ δ᾽ ὀλοὰ
πενομένους παρέρχεται,
πρόπρεμνα δ' ἐκβολὴν φέρει
ἀνδρῶν ἀλφηστῶν
755
ὄλβος ἄγαν παχυνθείς.
τίν' ἀνδρῶν γὰρ τοσόνδ᾽ ἐθαύμασαν
θεοὶ καὶ ξυνέστιοι πόλεος ὁ
πολύβοτος τ᾽ αἰών βροτῶν,
ὅσον τότ' Οἰδίπουν τίον,
760
ἐπεὶ δ᾽ ἀρτίφρων
ἐγένετο μέλεος ἀθλίων
γάμων, ἐπ᾽ ἄλγει δυσφορῶν
765
μαινομένα κραδίᾳ
δίδυμα κάκ' ἐτέλεσεν·
πατροφόνῳ χερὶ τῶν
κρεισσοτέκνων ὀμμάτων ἐπλάγχθη·
τέκνοισιν δ᾽ ἀρὰς
770
ἐφῆκεν ἐπικότους τροφᾶς,
αἰαῖ, πικρογλώσσους ἀράς,
καί σφε σιδαρονόμῳ
διὰ χερί ποτε λαχεῖν
κτήματα· νῦν δὲ τρέω
775
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 766 focus
βαρεῖαι γὰρ παλαιφάτων ἀρᾶν
765
τελεῖν καταλλαγαί· τὰ δ᾽ ὀλο-
ὰ πενομένους παρέρχεται,
πρόπρυμνα δ᾽ ἐκβολὰν φέρει
ἀνδρῶν ἀλφηστᾶν ὄλβος ἄγαν παχυνθείς. —
τίν᾿ ἀνδρῶν γὰρ τοσόνδ᾽ ἐθαύμασαν
770
θεοὶ καὶ ξυνέστιοι πόλεος
ὁ πολύβοτός τ᾽ αἰὼν βροτῶν,
ὅσον τότ᾽ Οἰδίπουν τίον,
τὰν ἁρπαξάνδραν κῆρ᾽ ἀφελόντα χώρας.
ἐπεὶ δ᾽ ἀρτίφρων ἐγένετο μέλεος ἀθλίων
775
γάμων, ἐπ᾿ ἄλγει δυσφορῶν
μαινομέναι κραδίαι
δίδυμα κάκ᾽ ἐτέλεσεν·
πατροφόνωι χερὶ τῶν
κρεισσοτέκνων ὀμμάτων ἐπλάγχθη· –
780
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.)) — 792-820 focus
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 766 focus
For the execrations, that were uttered long ago, are finding their accomplishment: bitter is the settlement, and deadly things in their consummation pass not away. The wealth of enterprising merchants
, too thickly stowed, brings with it a casting overboard from the stern.
For whom of mortals did the gods, and his fellow-inmates in the city, and the many lives of herding men
, admire so much as they then honoured Œdipus, who had banished from the realm the baneful pest that made men her prey.
But when he unhappy was apprised of his wretched marriage, despairing in his sorrow, with phrenzied heart he perpetrated a twofold horror; he deprived himself with parricidal hand of the eyes that were more precious than his children.
And indignant because of his scanty supply of food
, he sent upon his sons, alas! alas! a curse horrible in utterance, even that they should some time or other, share his substance between them with sword-wielding hand; and now I tremble lest the swift Erinnys should be on the point of fulfilling that prayer.
Re-enter Messenger.
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 766 focus
les désastres passer
et de l'agora populeuse comme était
révéré Œdipe, depuis qu'il avait délivré cette terre du monstre qui lui ravissait ses hommes ?
Mais, quand il eut, l'infortuné, pris soudain conscience de
son malheureux hymen, dans sa douleur impatiente, dans le délire de son âme, il acheva un double malheur : de sa main parricide, il se sépara de ses yeux — ses yeux plus chers
que ses fils !
Et contre
ses fils mêmes, indigné de leurs piètres soins 1 , hélas ! il lança des imprécations amères : c'est le fer au poing qu'ils se partageraient ses biens ! Et je tremble mainte-
nant qu'elles ne soient réalisées par l'Érinys au jarret souple.
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 766 focus
Where now the chief? His glories where?
Fall'n, fall'n. From the polluted bed
885
Indignant madness, wild deſpair,
And agonizing grief ſucceed.
The light of Heav'n, himſelf, his ſons abhor'd,
Darkling he feeds his gloomy rage,
Bids them, with many' a curſe, engage,
890
And part their empire with the ſword.
That curſe now holds its unmov'd ſtate,
The furious fiend charg'd with the work of fate.
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.) — 766 focus
Esito avran per essi le molteplici
imprecazioni avite: e poi che giunsero,
i rovinosi guai tardi dileguano.
Allor che aggrava troppa
855
dovizia il legno, debbono
lunge scagliarla i nauti da la poppa.
4 Antistrofe IV
Or, qual mortale mai tanto onorarono
i Numi, o quelli che partecipavano
le sacre are di Tebe, o le molteplici
860
umane stirpi, quanto
Edipo, che fe' libera
la patria sua dall'omicida incanto?
5 Strofe V
Ma reso conscio il misero
dei nefandi sponsali,
865
con dissennato spirito,
male reggendo l'impeto
del cordoglio, due mali
compiva. Con la man che il padre uccise,
sé dalle care luci in bando mise:
870
5 Antistrofe V
e contro ai figli proprî,
per martirio di fame,
imprecazioni orribili
avventò: che il retaggio
con le omicide lame
875
compartissero. Onde or n'empie sgomento
che l'Erinni affrettar voglia l'evento.
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 766 focus
Adimpletæ funt olim prolata execrationes,
725
Graues permutationes:pernicies,
Que immittitur, non præteribit.
Summam iacturam fert
Virorum clarorum beatitudo ualde magna.
Aliquem uirorum enim tantum admirati ſunt
730
Dij & incolæ urbis,
Vita mortalium altrix
Tantum tunc Oedipoda honorauit, letiferam
Parcam expellentem ex regione,
Poſtquam cordatus fuit miſer miſeras
735
Nuptias pre dolore ægrè ferens,
Furenti corde duo mala fecit,
Cruenta manu meliorum filiorum
Ab oculis percuffus est, filijs execratas
Permifit culpandas educationes, beu beu & acere
740
bas execrationes,
Ipſos ferreâ lege affequi cruentas tandem
Poſseßiones:nuc uereor he fecerit hoc curuipes Eris
Nun. Confidite filiæ à matribus nutrite,
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.) — 766 focus
Curses, inherited from long ago,
Bring heavy freight of woe:
Rich stores of merchandise o'erload the deck,
Near, nearer comes the wreck—
And all is lost, cast out upon the wave,
780
Floating, with none to save!
Whom did the gods, whom did the chief of men,
Whom did each citizen
In crowded concourse, in such honour hold,
As Oedipus of old,
785
When the grim fiend, that fed on human prey,
He took from us away?
But when, in the fulness of days, he knew of his bridal unblest,
A twofold horror he wrought, in the frenzied despair of his breast—
Debarred from the grace of the banquet, the service of goblets of gold,
790
He flung on his children a curse for the splendour they dared to withhold,
A curse prophetic and bitter— The glory of wealth and of pride,
With iron, not gold, in your hands, ye shall come, at the last, to divide!
Behold, how a shudder runs through me, lest now, in the fulness of time,
The house-fiend awake and return, to mete out the measure of crime!
795
[ Enter 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.) — 766 focus
Denn, ach! jetzt reift der altverhängte Fluch,
Ja, graunvoll erfüllt er sich:
740
Der Sturm, der aufsteigt, zieht nicht spurlos hin.
Vom Bord hinab versinkt das Glück
Der erfindsamen Menschen,
Wenn es zu sehr sich häufte.
Vierte Gegenstrophe.
Denn wer ward so von Göttern hochgeehrt,
745
Von Mitbürgern und dem Volk,
Das reichgesegnet blüht' in stolzem Glück,
Als Oedipus in jener Zeit,
Da die Brut er vertilgte,
Räuberin tapf'rer Männer?
750
Fünfte Strophe.
Doch kaum sah er ein,
Der Arme, welch unsel'gen Bund
Er schloß, da trug er nicht den Schmerz;
Rasend verübte die Hand
Des Vatermörders zwei
755
Frevel: er blendete was sein Auge,
Theurer ihm war, als ein Kind
Fünfte Gegenstrophe.
Und lud bittern Fluch,
Zornschweren, auf der Söhne Haupt,
Ach, weil er sie gezeugt: um's Reich
760
Sollten sie loosen dereinst
Mit stahlbewehrtem Arm!
Grauen erfaßt mich: die schnell
Schreitende Rachgöttin, jetzt erfüllt sie's!
(Der Bote kehrt von draußen zurück.)

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

768. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-838

αἰαῖ, πικρογλώσσους ἀράς:
αἰ αἰ
M. Lips. Ceteri, ut videtur,
οὐ αἰ
.
πικρογλώσσου ἀρᾶς
Ox. Ald. Ex Par. B. Faehsius haec affert,
ἀράς. πικρονόμους ἢ πικρογλώσσους. τὸ δὲ αἰ αἴ διὰ μέσου
, et
αἳ αἳ, πικρογλώσσους. γρ. πικρονόμους
.
768

769. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-839

καί σφε σιδαρονόμῳ:
καὶ σφέ
, ad
καὶ
supra adscripto
ἢ
, Lips.
ἢ σφὲ
Ven.B.
σφε δὴ
ex Taur. affertur.
σιδηρονόμῳ
Lips. Mosc. 1. Turn.
769

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 Stasimon, welches die Verkettung von Schuld und Buße im Labdakidenhause und den inneren Zusammenhang der Trilogie darlegt: Der Fluch des Ödipus, dessen Erfüllung der Streit seiner Söhne beschleunigt, wird zu dem Wechselmorde der Brüder füh- ren und so wird ein unsühnbarer Greuel zur. alten Not des Labda- kidenhauses hinzukommen. Diese alte Not begann mit der Schuld des Laios, dem Ungehorsam gegen das Gebot des Delphischen Gottes. Die Schuld des Laios, welche er alsbald mit seinem Leben büßte, übt ihre verderbliche Wirkung fort auf die nächste und übernächste Generation, auf Ödipus, dessen hohes Glück mit der Selbstblendung und der Verfluchung der Söhne schmählich endigte, jetzt auf die Söhne des Ödipus, und mit den Fürsten leidet der Staat, wenn er nur nicht mit ihnen zugrunde geht". In ähnlicher Weise faßt der Chor- gesang Cho. 1063 ff. die Schicksale des Atridenhauses zusammen. Der Gesang wird vom Gesamtchor vorgetragen.

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πατροφόνῳ χερὶ μὲν κερκίσι τῶν (für χερὶ τῶν κρείσσω τέκνων) ὀμμάτων ἐπλάγχθη,,, mit der Hand, die den Vater gemordet, beraubte er sich mittels Webschiffchen seiner Augen". Nach Soph. Ant. 975 wur- den den Phineiden die Augen aus- gestochen ὑφ' αἱματηρας χείρεσσι καὶ κερκίδων ἀκμαῖσιν. Vgl. Apollod. Π 8, 1 ( Αλκμήνη) κερκίσι τοὺς ὀφ θαλμοὺς ἐξώρυξεν αὐτοῦ (des Eu- rystheus). — ἐπλάγχθη, Schol. έχω- ἐπλάγχθη, Schol. ἐχω- ρίσθη, ἐστερήθη Der Gen. der Trennung wie bei βλάπτεσθαι, ἀλᾶσθαι (Eur. Tro. 640 ψυχὴν ἀλᾶ ται τῆς πάροιθ᾽ εὐπραξίας).