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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.) — 822-956 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 822-956 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 875 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 875 focus
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 875 focus
Ἰὼ ἰὼ δύσφρονες,
875
Str.
φίλων ἄπιστοι καὶ κακῶν ἀτρύμονες,
δόμους ἑλόντες πατρῴ-
ους πατρῴους δόμους ἑλόντες μέλεοι σὺν ἀλκᾷ αἰχμᾷ.
Μέλεοι δῆθ' οἳ μελέους θανάτους
ηὕροντο εὕροντο δόμων ἐπὶ λύμῃ.
880
Δι' εὐωνύμων τετυμμένοι,
Str. 1.
τετυμμένοι δῆθ', ὁμο-
σπλάγχνων τε πλευρωμάτων
αἰαῖ δαιμόνιοι,
890
αἰαῖ δ' ἀντιφόνων
<διεκρίθητέ τοι> om.
2
<τῶν> om. θανάτων ἀραί.
Διανταίαν λέγεις λέγεις πλαγὰν δόμοισι καὶ
σώμασιν πεπλαγμένους πεπλαγμένους ἐννέπω,
895
ἀναυδάτῳ μένει
ἀραίῳ τ' ἐκ πατρὸς
<δὴ> om. διχόφρονι πότμῳ.
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 875 focus
Ἰὼ ἰὼ δύσφρονες,
860
φίλων ἄπειστοι καὶ κακῶν ἀτρύμονες,
πατρῴους δόμους ἑλόν-
τες μέλεοι σὺν αἰχμᾷ.
Μέλεοι δῆθ᾽ οἳ μελέους θανάτους
ηὕροντο δόμων ἐπὶ λύμῃ.
865
Ἰὼ ἰὼ δωμάτων
ἐρειψίτοιχοι καὶ πικρὰς μοναρχίας
ἰδόντες, ἤδη διήλ-
λαχθε σὺν σιδάρῳ.
Κάρτα δ᾽ ἀληθῆ πατρὸς Οἰδιπόδα
870
πότνι᾽ Ἐρινὺς ἐπέκρανεν.
str. 1.
Δι᾽ εὐωνύμων τετυμμένοι,
Τετυμμένοι δῆθ᾽,
Ὁμοσπλάγχνων τε πλευρωμάτων
αἰαῖ δαιμόνιοι,
875
αἰαῖ δ᾽ ἀντιφόνων
θανάτων ἀραί.
Διανταίαν λέγεις δόμοισι καὶ
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 875 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.)) — 822-955 focus
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 875 focus
Alas! alas! ye frantic youths, distrustful of friends, and unsubdued by troubles, have wretched seized on your paternal dwelling with the spear.
Alas! alas! ye that overthrew the walls of your palace, and having cast an eye on bitter monarchy how have ye now settled your claims with the steel?
Alas for them, wretched! Alas! for the imprecations of death which avenged murder by murder.
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 875 focus
pauvres fous, incrédules à vos amis, insatiables de misères, vous avez pris possession de la demeure paternelle, malheureux ! les armes à la main.
de leur maison.
avait arrêté, la puissante Érinys de leur père Œdipe !
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 875 focus
Ah, what frantic rage possest
Each unyielding, ruthless breast,
985
Wisdom scorn'd, and friends defy'd,
By threat'ning ills unterrify'd,
'Gainst their father's house to bear
Wretched they, the fatal spear!
Wretched they a wretched death
990
Found their house's fall beneath.
Each the ruin'd palace o'er
Strove t' extend his envied pow'r:
Each unrival'd and alone
Proudly strove to seize the throne.
995
But the sword their contest ends,
Not the lovely strife of friends.
Hate, that never knows remorse,
Fury of the father's curse,
Thro' their sides with horrid sway
1000
Urg'd the sharp steel's purple way.
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.) — 875 focus
Ahimè, ahi! Dissennati e sordi ai mòniti,
né pei guai rinsaviti,
975
divider con le spade
vollero i beni aviti.
Miseri! Ed or li colse morte misera,
e la casa nel danno ultimo cade.
Ahimè, ahi! Ché le lor case abbatterono !
980
Ben parve ad essi amara
la volontà di regno!
Col ferro ormai la gara
compiuta avete. L'Erinni terribile,
d'Edipo i voti addusse a certo segno.
985
Ora, colpiti al fianco,
colpiti entro nei visceri
fraterni al lato manco,
ambi cadeano. Ahimè, furie divine,
ahi, furie che imprecavano
990
la reciproca fine!
Ben fonda è la ferita
che dici, onde i lor corpi offesi furono,
e i tetti lor, con indicibile impeto;
onde fra loro la imprecante Furia
995
paterna ebber partita.
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 875 focus
Heuheu ignaui, amicis inſideles,
Et malis indomiti, paternas domos
Occupantes miſeri cum ſubſidio.
Miseri uidelicet, qui infœlicem mortem
815
Inuenerunt cum pernicie domorum.
Heu heu domuum diruta moenia,
Et acerbum principatum uidentes, iam reconciliati eſtis:
Cum ferro non amplius in amicitia,
Sed in cæde iudicati estis,
820
Admodum uere patris Oedipi imprecationes
Veneranda Erinnys perfecit.
In ſiniſtra uulnerati.
Vulnerati uidelicet,in medijs inteſtinis,
Heu heu infœlices , heu heu contraria morte
825
imprecationes. Contrario factam dicis plaga. Domibus
Et corporibus percuffos eſse dico.
Non dicendo furore maledicto, & ex patre
Diſsentaneo fato.
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.) — 875 focus
( To the dead.)
Children of bitterness, and sternly brave—
One, proud of heart against persuasion's voice,
One, against exile proof! ye win your choice—
Each in your fatherland, a separate grave!
Alack, on house and heritage
895
They brought a baneful doom, and death for wage!
One strove through tottering walls to force his way,
One claimed, in bitter arrogance, the sway,
And both alike, even now and here,
Have closed their suit, with steel for arbiter!
900
And lo, the Fury-fiend of Oedipus, their sire,
Hath brought his curse to consummation dire!
Each in the left side smitten, see them laid—
The children of one womb,
Slain by a mutual doom!
905
Alas, their fate! the combat murderous,
The horror of the house,
The curse of ancient bloodshed, now repaid!
Yea, deep and to the heart the deathblow fell,
Edged by their feud ineffable—
910
By the grim curse, their sire did imprecate—
Discord and deadly hate!
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.) — 875 focus
O Graun! Ihr Unsinnigen,
Der Freunde Rath unfolgsam, ungeschreckt vom Leid,
Des Vaters Haus nahmt ihr Unseligen ein im Speerkampf!
845
O Graun, o Graun! Räuber ihr
Des Fürstenhauses, gierig nur nach bitterer
Alleingewalt, jetzt entschied zwischen euch der Mordstahl!
850
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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: 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

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καὶ
δὲ καὶ
etiam G.
δὲ
, omisso
καὶ
, Vind. 2. 4. στόνος
πολιστόνος
Par. E.
πόλιν τε ὑπ᾽ ἀνδρῶν στόνος
Par. F. K.
πόλιν τε
ex Ven. B. enotatum est.
875

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

872-940. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-580

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ein ἰάλεμος nach der Angabe in 900, wonach dieser Ge- sang mit Zerreißen der Wangen (und mit Schlägen an Kopf und Brust nach 840f.) begleitet ist. Vgl. Cho. 422f., Soph. Αi. 627 f. mit Eur. Or. 1395. Diese Totenklage (854 f.) wird von Halbchören gesungen, welche in gleicher Weise abwechseln wie in Eum. 143-168, im ersten Strophenpaar zweimal, in den bei- den folgenden nur einmal. Auch die Unterbrechung des ersten Satzes durch den anderen Halbchor findet sich in den Eum. ebenso. 872 Η. δι' εὐωνύμων ὁμοσπλάγχνων τε (vgl. Pers. 569 Θρήκης ἂμ πε- διήρεις δυσχίμους τε κελεύθους) πλευρωμάτων τετυμμένοι, „,ins Herz, ins Bruderherz getroffen", Das schmerzliche Wort τετυμμένοι be- stätigt ( δῆτα: zu 864) der andere Halbchor. In der Lücke ist das verb. fin. verloren gegangen (etwa ἐπέσετε μέλεοι).

875. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-581

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4
,,Wehe, ihr unseligen, wehe, Fluch infolge des Wechselmords (von dem das Miasma auf dem Hause lastet). Ex hat um der Re- sponsion willen Lachmann einge- fügt. In Eum. 983 ἀντιφόνους ἄτας, 467 ἀντικτόνοις ποιναῖσι, Soph. Εl. 246 ἀντιφόνους δίκας, Phil. 1156 ἀντίφονον κορέσαι στόμα handelt es sich um eine zur Vergeltung von Mord verübte Bluttat. Hartung vermutet deshalb hier αυτοφόνων (vgl. zu 668).