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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.) — 888 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 888 focus
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 888 focus
Δι' εὐωνύμων τετυμμένοι,
Str. 1.
τετυμμένοι δῆθ', ὁμο-
σπλάγχνων τε πλευρωμάτων
αἰαῖ δαιμόνιοι,
890
αἰαῖ δ' ἀντιφόνων
<διεκρίθητέ τοι> om.
1
<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.
Διήκει δὲ καὶ πόλιν στόνος,
Ant. 1.
στένουσι πύργοι, στένει
900
πέδον φίλανδρον· μένει
κτέανα δ' ἐπιγόνοις,
δι' ὧν αἰνομόροις,
δι' ὧν νεῖκος ἔβα
καὶ θανάτου τέλος.
905
Ἐμοιράσαντο δ' ὀξυκάρδιοι
κτήμαθ' ὥστ' ἴσον λαχεῖν·
διαλλακτῆρι δ' τ' οὐκ
Σιδαρόπλακτοι μὲν ὧδ' ἔχουσιν.
Str. 2.
σιδαρόπλακτοι δὲ τοὺς μένουσιν,
τάχ' ἄν τις εἴποι, τίνες ;
τάφων πατρῴων λαχαί.
Δόμων <μέν> om. μάλ' ἀχήεις τοὺς ἀχάεσσα τοὺς ἀχὼ ἐπ' αὐτοὺς seu ἀχὴν ἐς αὐτοὺς
915
προπέμπει δαϊκτὴρ
γόος αὐτόστονος, αὐτοπήμων,
δαϊόφρων δαίφρων, οὐ δ' οὐ φιλογαθής,
ἐτύμως δακρυχέων δ' ἐκ ἐκ
φρενός, ἃ κλαομένας μου
920
μινύθει τοῖνδε δυοῖν ἀνάκτοιν.
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 888 focus
Δι᾽ εὐωνύμων τετυμμένοι,
Τετυμμένοι δῆθ᾽,
Ὁμοσπλάγχνων τε πλευρωμάτων
αἰαῖ δαιμόνιοι,
875
αἰαῖ δ᾽ ἀντιφόνων
θανάτων ἀραί.
Διανταίαν λέγεις δόμοισι καὶ
Διήκει δὲ καὶ πόλιν στόνος,
Στένουσι πύργοι,
Στένει πέδον φίλανδρον· μενεῖ
885
κτέανά τ᾽ ἐπιγόνοις,
δι᾽ ὧν αἰνομόροις,
δι᾽ ὧν νεῖκος ἔβα
καὶ θανάτου τέλος.
Ἐμοιράσαντο δ᾽ ὀξυκάρδιοι
890
κτήμαθ᾽, ὥστ᾽ ἴσον λαχεῖν.
διαλλακτῆρι δ᾽ οὖν
ἀμεμφεία φίλοις,
οὐδ᾽ ἐπίχαρις Ἄρης.
str. 2.
Σιδαρόπληκτοι μὲν ὧδ᾽ ἔχουσιν,
895
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 888 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.) — 888 focus
Alas for them, wretched! Alas! for the imprecations of death which avenged murder by murder.
And moreover sighing pervades the city, the towers sigh, the land that loved her heroes sighs: and for posterity remains the substance by reason of which, by reason of which
, contention came upon them whom evil destiny, and the issue of death.
Smitten by the steel, here they lie; and smitten by the steel
there await them—one may perchance ask what?—the inheritance of the tombs of their fathers.
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 888 focus
avait arrêté, la puissante Érinys de leur père Œdipe !
et par l'esprit de discorde issu de l'imprécation paternelle.
bien quelque reproche à faire 3 : Arès manque de douceur !
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 888 focus
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.
Charg'd with death thou cruel curse,
Each hath felt thy fatal force.
From the father's furious breath
Discord rose, and rage, and death.
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.) — 888 focus
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.
Per Tebe un urlo corre:
i piani amici gemono
tutti, geme ogni torre.
Ai discendenti loro i beni andranno
1000
onde la gara ai miseri,
onde il mortale danno
sorgeva. Ugual retaggio
con animo crudel si compartirono.
Ma chi cosí li conciliava, il biasimo
1005
degli amici riscuote: non di grazia
riscuote Ares omaggio.
Cosí, punti dal ferro, entrambi giacciono :
l'uno dell'altro sotto il ferro piomba.
Or che li attende chiedi forse? Il termine
1010
della paterna tomba.
E dalle case, con lunga eco, un ululo
acuto li accompagna,
che si accora, si lagna,
che fuga ostile ogni letizia, e lagrime
1015
vere versa dal seno.
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 888 focus
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.
Percurrit urhem luctus, lugentq; turres,
830
Luget etiam regio chara.
Manebunt poſseſsiones nepotibus,
Pro quibus infœlicibus fratribus, pro quibus contentio uenit,
Et mortis finis.
Diuiserunt uero animosi
835
Poſseſsiones, tanquam fortiti æqualiter.
Separator non uacabit culpa, neq;
Amicis gratus erit Mars,
Ex ferro dementes hic habent,
Ex ferro dementes hos ſuſtinent.
840
Forte dixerit aliquis quæ?
Sortes ſepulchrorum paternorum,
Ex domo ualde uocem mittit in ipſos
Gemitus lamentabilis, luctus ex ſe malus
Bellicosusq;, non non probus, uerè
845
Lachrymas fundens uerò ex mente, quæ
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.) — 888 focus
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!
Hark, how the city and its towers make moan—
How the land mourns that held them for its own!
Fierce greed and fell division did they blend,
915
Till death made end!
They strove to part the heritage in twain,
Giving to each a gain—
Yet that which struck the balance in the strife,
The arbitrating sword,
920
By those who loved the twain is held abhorred—
Loathed is the god of death, who sundered each from life!
Here, by the stroke of steel, behold! they lie—
And rightly may we cry
Beside their fathers, let them here be laid—
925
Iron gave their doom, with iron their graves be made—
Alack, the slaying sword, alack, th' entombing spade!
Alas, a piercing shriek, a rending groan,
A cry unfeigned of sorrow felt at heart!
With shuddering of grief, with tears that start,
930
With wailful escort, let them hither come—
For one or other make divided moan!
No light lament of pity mixed with gladness,
But with true tears, poured from the soul of sadness,
Over the princes dead and their bereavèd home
935
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.) — 888 focus
Die Brust links durchbohrten Beide sich -
Die Wehklage hallt die Stadt hindurch.
Von Stahles Schlag liegen sie getroffen,
Von Stahles Schlag wartet auf die Beiden
875
Du wirst vielleicht fragen, was?
Der Vatergruft herbes Loos.

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

887. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-946

σιδαρόπλακτοι δὲ τοὺς μένουσιν Hemichorii notam addunt G. Ald. Turn. Erasa in M. Hic versus in Par. Ε. hoc loco omissus infra post
ἐκ φρενὸς ἃ
v. 895. collocatur.
σιδαρόπλακτοι
Rob.
σιδαρόπληκτοι
Μ.
σιδηρόπληκτοι
G. Vit. Lips. Par. G.
σιδηρόπλακτοι
Ald. Turn. Libri
μένουσι
. Post hunc versum in M. Par. L.
τετυμμένοι δῆθ᾽ ὁμοῦ
ex v. 864. repetitum est.
887

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).

887. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-584

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δι' ὧν νεῖκος καὶ θανάτου τέλος ανομόροις ἔβη. Ζυ αινομό- ροις vgl. Hom. χ 480 ὅ μ' ἔτρεφε τυτθὸν ἐοῦσαν, δύσμορος αἰνόμορον. Wegen der Wiederholung von δι' ὧν zu 124. θανάτου τέλος nach dem Homerischen τέλος θανά- τοιο.