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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.) — 792 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 792 focus
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 792 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 792 focus
θαρσεῖτε, παῖδες μητέρων τεθραμμέναι.
πόλις πέφευγεν ἥδε δούλιον ζυγόν
πέπτωκεν ἀνδρῶν ὀβρίμων κομπάσματα,
πόλις δ᾽ ἐν εὐδίᾳ τε καὶ κλυδωνίου
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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
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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.) — 792 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.) — 792 focus
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.) — 792 focus
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.) — 792 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
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Royal Apollo, took his aweful ſtand,
Repaying on the race of Edipus
The ill-advis'd tranſgreſſion of old Laius.
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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.) — 792 focus
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.) — 792 focus
Vrbs hæc effugit feruile iugum.
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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.) — 792 focus
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,
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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.) — 792 focus
Getrost, o Jungfrau'n, ihr der Mütter süße Lust!
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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
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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.
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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

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Quae post versum 784. sequuntur, valde perturbata sunt. Ea in omnibus libris hoc ordine scripta leguntur,
Α. πόλις σέσωσται, βασιλέες δ᾽ ὁμόσποροι ἄνδρες τεθνᾶσιν ἐκ χερῶν αὐτοκτόνων. Χ. τίνες; τί δ᾽ εἶπας; παραφρονῶ φόβῳ λόγου. Α. φρονοῦσα νῦν ἄκουσον, Οἰδίπου γένος. Χ. οι γὼ τάλαινα, μάντις εἰμὶ τῶν κακῶν. Α. οὐδ᾽ ἀμφιλέκτως μὴν κατεσποδημένοι. Χ. ἐκεῖθι κἦλθον; βαρέα δ᾽ οὖν ὅμως φράσον. Α. οὕτως ἀδελφαῖς χερσὶν ἠναίροντ᾽ ἄγαν. Χ. οὕτως ὁ δαίμων κοινὸς ἦν ἀμφοῖν ἅμα. Α. αὐτὸς δ᾽ ἀναλοῖ δῆτα δύςποτμον γένος. τοιαῦτα χαίρειν καὶ δακρύεσθαι πάρα πόλιν μὲν εὖ πράσσουσαν, οἱ δ᾽ ἐπιστάται, δισσώ στρατηγώ, διέλαχον σφυρηλάτῳ Σκύθῃ σιδήρῳ κτημάτων παμπησίαν. ἕξουσι δ᾽ ἣν λάβωσιν ἐν ταφῇ χθονός, πατρὸς κατ᾽ εὐχὰς δυςπότμους φορούμενοι. πόλις σέσωσται· βασιλέοιν δ᾽ ὁμοσπόροιν πέπωκεν αἷμα γαῖ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἀλλήλων φόνῳ
. Difficile dictu fortasse videbitur, unde tanta oriri perturbatio potuerit. Factam tamen esse, neque ista hoc ordine scribi ab Aeschylo potuisse, manifestum est. Persequar singula. Primus horum versuum,
πόλις σέσωσται, βασιλέες δ' ὁμόσποροι
, qui infra paene iisdem litteris repetitur, hac ipsa repetitione suspicionem vitii movet. Magis etiam eo, quod nuntio contra morem tragicorum hic duo versus tribuuntur, quum chorus uno interrogaverit. Itaque Porsonus hunc versum uncis inclusit, ut nuntius hoc uno versu responderet,
ἄνδρες τεθνᾶσιν ἐκ χερῶν αὐτοκτόνων
. Sed rectius Porsonus illum versum non hic, sed infra eiecisset. Illo enim loco perabsurdum est, quae modo clare dicta erant, his verbis iterari,
πόλις σέσωσται· βασιλέοιν δ᾽ ὁμοσπόροιν πέπωκεν αἷμα γαῖ ὑπ' ἀλλήλων φόνῳ
. Quod credas non latuisse librarium, qui codicem Vit. scripsit, vel alium, quem hic secutus est: tribuit enim hos versus nuntio, quum ea, quae inde a verbis
τοιαῦτα χαίρειν
procedunt, choro adscripsisset, similiterque in Lipsiensi ad illum versum
τοιαῦτα χαίρειν
chori nomen adscriptum est, hic autem versus
πατρὸς κατ' εὐχάς
cum duobus sequentibus nuntio tributi sunt. Contra choro interroganti
τί δ' ἐστὶ πρᾶγος νεόκοτον πόλει παρόν;
quid potuit aptius responderi quam
πόλις σέσωσται
? Quid autem ineptius fuisset quam, ubi nuntius respondisset
ἄνδρες τεθνᾶσιν ἐκ χερῶν αὐτοκτόνων
, chorum subiicere
τίνες; τί δ᾽ εἶπας; παραφρονῶ φόβῳ λόγου
, et mox, quod prorsus absurdum esset,
μάντις εἰμὶ τῶν κακῶν
? Non magis reliqua sana sunt. Illa quidem,
φρονοῦσα νῦν ἄκουσον, Οἰδίπου γένος
, poeta tragicus non posuisset sic ut oratio explenda esset ex praegressis nuntii verbis, sed ut e sequentibus. Huic versui,
οἳ 'γὼ τάλαινα, μάντις εἰμὶ τῶν κακῶν
, non subiecisset illa, quae sunt confirmantis ante dicta, non rem novam afferentis,
οὐδ᾽ ἀμφιλέκτως μὴν κατεσποδημένοι
, sed apertis verbis dixisset mortui sunt. Nec posuisset ista,
ἐκεῖθε κἦλθον
, nisi proxime praegresso, quo referrentur. Nam si aliquam vim esse in his verbis volumus, sententia haec sit necesse est, eo igitur pervenerunt, ut mutua caede se interimerent? Quid porro hoc est, quod his verbis,
βαρέα δ' οὖν ὅμως φράσον
, respondet nuntius
οὕτως ἀδελφαῖς χερσὶν ἠναίροντ' ἄγαν
? Id vero non narrantis est et ad chori interrogationem respondentis, sed sortem fratrum conquerentis: quare, ut brevius dicam, non nuntii est, sed chori. Denique nihil frigidius fingi potuit, quam eodem modo a choro, si praecedens versus nuntii est, iterari
οὕτως ὁ δαίμων κοινὸς ἦν ἀμφοῖν ἅμα
. Haec igitur tam foede depravata ita mutare ausus sum, ut res ipsa, ut mos tragicorum, ut Aeschyli ingenium postulare videbantur. Iam enim metuenti choro, ne aliud urbi malum immineat, respondet nuntius, ut et hac sollicitudine liberet chorum, et, quid acciderit, narrare incipiat,
πόλις σέσωσται βασιλέοιν δ᾽ ὁμοσπόροιν
. Praesagiens mala chorus respondet
τίνων, τί δ᾽ εἶπας, παραφρονῶ φόβῳ λόγου
. Ad haec nuntius, nominatim, de quibus loquatur, indicaturus, adhuc suspensa oratione,
φρονοῦσα νῦν ἄκουσον, Οἰδίπου γένους
. Jam certius rem intelligit chorus:
οι 'γώ τάλαινα, μάντις εἰμὶ τῶν κακῶν
. Tum vero nuntius concludit orationem,
πέπωκεν αἷμα γαῖ᾽ ὑπ' ἀλλήλων φόνῳ
. Ibi chorus, facinoris atrocitate exhorrescens, apertius etiam sibi narrari rem postulat:
ἐκεῖθι κἦλθον; βαρέα δ᾽ οὖν ὅμως φράσον
. Respondet ergo non ambigue nuntius,
ἄνδρες τεθνᾶσιν ἐκ χερῶν αὐτοκτόνων
. Inde chorus, rem paene incredibilem secum reputans,
οὕτως ἀδελφαῖς χερσὶν ἠναίροντ᾽ ἄγαν
. Confirmat id nuntius:
οὐδ᾽ ἀμφιλέκτως μὴν κατεσποδημένοι
. Iterum chorus, eadem cogitatione occupatus,
οὕτως ὁ δαίμων κοινὸς ἦν ἀμφοῖν ἅμα
. Quae iterum denique confirmat nuntius. Non dubito, qui sensum habent tragicorum lectione bene subactum, re diligenter considerata facile ad meam sententiam perductum iri. Origo autem tantae perturbationis, si ad levem, sed eum satis certum errorem attenderis, patebit planissime. In antiquo illo libro, ex quo nostri codices ducti sunt, librarii negligentia omissus fuerat hic versus,
πέπωκεν αἷμα γαῖ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἀλλήλων φόνῳ
. Quem versum librarius una cum illo versu, ad quem haec verba referebantur,
πόλις σέσωσται· βασιλέοιν δ᾽ ὁμοσπόροιν
, adiecit in fine huius colloquii, signis quibusdam monens, ad quem ille locum pertineret. Signis illis, ut saepe factum est, neglectis, grammaticus aliquis emendationem aggressus, neque suspicatus duos illos versus alieno loco positos esse, quum omne colloquium chori cum nuntio videret esse perturbatissimum (et quam perturbatum videri debuerit, facile intelliget, qui totum hunc locum, uti nobis emendatus est, legere volet versu illo omisso), grammaticus igitur versus in alium ordinem redegit, simulque genitivos
βασιλέοιν δ᾽ ὁμοσπόροιν
et
τίνων
et
γένους
, qui non habebant quo referrentur, in nominativos mutavit.

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οἴ γὼ:
οἴ 'γὼ
Canterus.
οἳ ἐγὼ
Μ.
δὲ ἐγὼ
G. Vit. Lips. Ald. Rob. Turn.
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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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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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Für πρᾶγμα geben jüngere Handschriften πρᾶγος. νεόκοτον, νέον, wie Pers. 260. Für das wenig passende πλέον vermutet Dindorf πάλιν. Vielleicht hat es διπλοῦν (günstig und ungünstig) ge- heiben. Vgl. Soph. Ο. Τ. 938 τί δ' ἔστι; ποίαν δύναμιν ὧδ᾽ ἔχει διπλῆν.