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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.) — 785 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 785 focus
τέκνοισιν δ᾽ ἀρὰς
ἐφῆκεν ἐπικότους τροφᾶς,
αἰαῖ, πικρογλώσσους ἀράς,
καί σφε σιδαρονόμῳ
διὰ χερὶ ποτε λαχεῖν
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κτήματα· νῦν δὲ τρέω,
μὴ τελέσῃ καμψίπους Ἐρινύς.
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 785 focus
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.) — 785 focus
τέκνοισιν δ᾽ ἀρὰς
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ἐφῆκεν ἐπικότους τροφᾶς,
αἰαῖ, πικρογλώσσους ἀράς,
καί σφε σιδαρονόμῳ
διὰ χερί ποτε λαχεῖν
κτήματα· νῦν δὲ τρέω
775
θαρσεῖτε, παῖδες μητέρων τεθραμμέναι.
πόλις πέφευγεν ἥδε δούλιον ζυγόν
πέπτωκεν ἀνδρῶν ὀβρίμων κομπάσματα,
πόλις δ᾽ ἐν εὐδίᾳ τε καὶ κλυδωνίου
780
πολλαῖσι πληγαῖς ἄντλον οὐκ ἐδέξατο.
στέγει δὲ πύργος, καὶ πύλας φερεγγύοις
ἐφραξάμεσθα μονομάχοισι προστάταις.
καλῶς ἔχει τὰ πλεῖστ᾽ ἐν ἓξ πυλώμασιν·
τὰς δ᾽ ἑβδόμας ὁ σεμνὸς ἑβδομαγέτας
785
ἄναξ Ἀπόλλων εἵλετ', Οἰδίπου γένει
κραίνων παλαιὰς Λαΐου δυσβουλίας.
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 785 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.)) — 792-820 focus
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 785 focus
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.
Be of good cheer, maidens that have been nurtured by your mothers
. This city hath escaped the yoke of servitude; the vauntings of our mighty foes have fallen; and our city is calm, and hath not admitted a leak from the many buffets of the surge; our fortification too stands proof, and we have fenced our gates with champions fighting single-handed, and bringing surety;—for the most part, at six of our gates, it is well; but the seventh the revered lord of the seventh, sovereign Apollo, chose for himself, bringing to a consummation the ancient indiscretions of Laïus.
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 785 focus
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.
on a vu s'effondrer les vanteries de ces puissants guerriers ;
Thèbes jouit de l'embellie, avant d'avoir fait eau sous le choc innombrable des vagues. Ses remparts la protègent, et nous avions muni nos portes de champions aptes à les défendre. Dans l'ensemble, tout va bien à six portes ; mais
la septième, c'est l'auguste dieu Septime, sire Apollon, qui se l'est réservée, pour achever sur la race d'Œdipe le châtiment de Laïos et de ses erreurs anciennes.
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 785 focus
Have comfort, virgins, your fond parents' joy;
The city hath eſcap'd the ſervile yoke,
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And the proud vaunts of these impetuous men
Are fall'n: the ſtorm is ceas'd, and the rough waves,
That threaten'd to o'erwhelm us, are ſubſided.
Our tow'rs ſtand firm, each well-appointed chief
Guarded his charge with manly fortitude.
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All at ſix gates is well: but at the ſeventh
The God, to whom that myſtic number's ſacred r
,
Royal Apollo, took his aweful ſtand,
Repaying on the race of Edipus
The ill-advis'd tranſgreſſion of old Laius.
905
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.) — 785 focus
e contro ai figli proprî,
per martirio di fame,
imprecazioni orribili
avventò: che il retaggio
con le omicide lame
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compartissero. Onde or n'empie sgomento
che l'Erinni affrettar voglia l'evento.
Figlie di balde madri, or fate cuore!
Scampata è la città dal servil giogo.
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La sonora iattanza è al suol piombata
dei guerrieri fortissimi. Il sereno
tornò su Tebe: i flutti non v'irruppero,
la protesser le torri;
ed eroi validi,
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uomo contro uomo, le porte sbarrarono.
Felice fu l'evento per sei valichi :
sopra il settimo stette il Nume Apollo,
re venerando, che puní sui figli
d'Edípo i falli dell'antico Laio.
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Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 785 focus
bas execrationes,
Ipſos ferreâ lege affequi cruentas tandem
Poſseßiones:nuc uereor he fecerit hoc curuipes Eris
Nun. Confidite filiæ à matribus nutrite,
Vrbs hæc effugit feruile iugum.
745
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.) — 785 focus
Debarred from the grace of the banquet, the service of goblets of gold,
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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!
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[ Enter The Spy.
Wake heart, ye daughters whom your mothers' milk
Made milky-hearted! lo, our city stands,
Saved from the yoke of servitude: the vaunts
Of overweening men are silent now,
And the State sails beneath a sky serene,
800
Nor in the manifold and battering waves
Hath shipped a single surge, and solid stands
The rampart, and the gates are made secure,
Each with a single champion's trusty guard.
So in the main and at six gates we hold
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A victory assured; but, at the seventh,
The god that on the seventh day was born,
Royal Apollo, hath ta'en up his rest
To wreak upon the sons of Oedipus
Their grandsire's wilfulness of long ago.
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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.) — 785 focus
Und lud bittern Fluch,
Zornschweren, auf der Söhne Haupt,
Ach, weil er sie gezeugt: um's Reich
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Sollten sie loosen dereinst
Mit stahlbewehrtem Arm!
Grauen erfaßt mich: die schnell
Schreitende Rachgöttin, jetzt erfüllt sie's!
(Der Bote kehrt von draußen zurück.)
Getrost, o Jungfrau'n, ihr der Mütter süße Lust!
765
Dem Sklavenjoch entronnen ist die Theberstadt;
Zusammen sank der Feinde stolzer Troy in Nichts.
Auf stillem Meere schifft die Stadt, von grimmer Flut
Empörtem Wogenschlage drang kein Wasser ein.
Rings deckt die Mauer, und die Pforten wahrten wir
770
Mit Heldenkämpfern, wohlbewährt in mancher Schlacht.
Sechs Thore stehen unversehrt in bestem Stand;
Nur dort das siebte wählte sich der Siebenfürst,
Der hochgewalt'ge Phöbos, der an Oedipus'
Geschlechte Lajos' alten Fluch vollendete.
775

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

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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drittes Epeisodion: ein Bote meldet die Katastrophe, den Wechselmord der beiden Brü- der. Schol. ἄγγελος ὁ καὶ πρότερον ἀπαγγείλας περὶ τῆς τῶν Ἀργείων ἐφόδου, οὗτος καὶ νῦν ἀπαγγέλλει τὴν ἀδελφοκτονίαν. Daß es der gleiche sein soll, ergibt sich aus 782 f.

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Die Handschriften bieten Θαρσεῖτε, παῖδες, sodaß die An- rede nichtssagend ist. Es kann auch Θαρσείτ', ἀρίστων geheißen haben. τεθραμμέναι mit Gen. wie Soph. Phil. 3 ὦ κρατίστου πατρὸς Ἑλλή νων τραφείς und andere Partizipia, welche eine Abstammung bezeich- nen ( γεγώς, φύς, βλαστών, Soph. Ο. Κ. 1324 φυτευθείς). Vgl. Soph. Αi. 1229 τραφείς μητρὸς εὐγενοῦς ἄπο.