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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.) — 957-965 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 957-965 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 900 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 900 focus
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 900 focus
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.
Πάρεστι δ' εἰπεῖν ἐπ' ἀθλίοισιν
Ant. 2.
ὡς ἐρξάτην πολλὰ μὲν πολίτας,
ξένων τ' δ' ἐπακτῶν στίχας
πολυφθόρους ἐν δαΐ. —
925
Δυσδαίμων σφιν ἡ τεκοῦσα
πρὸ πασᾶν γυναικῶν
ὁπόσαι τεκνογόνοι κέκληνται·
παῖδα τὸν αὑτᾶς πόσιν αὑτῷ
θεμένα τούσδ' ἔτεχ', οἳ δ' ὧδ'
930
ἐτελεύτασαν ὑπ' ἀλλα-
λοφόνοις χερσὶν ὁμοσπόροισιν.
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 900 focus
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
Πάρεστι δ᾽ εἰπεῖν ἐπ᾽ ἀθλίοισιν
ὡς ἐρξάτην πολλὰ μὲν πολίτας,
ξένων τε πάντων στίχας
πολυφθόρους ἐν δαΐ.
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 900 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.)) — 957-965 focus
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 900 focus
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.
We may say too of these happy men that they both wrought many mischiefs to their countrymen, and to the ranks of all the strangers, that perished in great numbers in battle.
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 900 focus
et par l'esprit de discorde issu de l'imprécation paternelle.
bien quelque reproche à faire 2 : Arès manque de douceur !
la joie, tirant des larmes sincères de mon cœur, qui se consume en sanglots pour ces deux rois.
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 900 focus
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.
Pierc'd with steel each finds his end:
1020
Pierc'd with steel they haste t' attend
Their fathers, by like bloody death,
In the yawning grave beneath.
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.) — 900 focus
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.
Onde a me, che lamento i miei due principi,
ogni forza vien meno.
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 900 focus
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
me plorante minuuntur,
Duos reges.
Liceat uerò dicere de miſeris,
Quod fecerint multa quidem ciuibus,
850
Et turmis exitialibus hoſpitum omnium
In face ipſos pariens infælix
Ante omnes mulieres quæcunq;
Nati parê uocatæ ſunt:
Filium suum sibi maritum ponens
855
Hos peperit, qui hic occubuerunt,
Mutuæ cædis manibus simul fatis.
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.) — 900 focus
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
Say we, above these brethren dead,
On citizen, on foreign foe,
Brave was their rush, and stern their blow—
Now, lowly are they laid!
Beyond all women upon earth
940
Woe, woe for her who gave them birth!
Unknowingly, her son she wed—
The children of that marriage-bed,
Each in the self-same womb, were bred—
Each by a brother's hand lies dead!
945
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.) — 900 focus
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.
Wohl darf ich anklagen diese Armen;
Sie häuften viel Jammers auf die Bürger
Und auf des Feinds ganzes Heer,
885
Das Schaar um Schaar sank im Streit.

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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μαινομένᾳ
μαινόμενα
, ad
α
supra adscripto
η
, Lips.
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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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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).

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Für δυσδαίμων hat, wie der strophische Vers zeigt, Dindorf wohl mit Recht δυσαίων geschrieben. Vgl. Soph. Ο. Κ. 150 δυσαίων μα κραίων τε. σφ' & (so H. Vob für σφιν ἡ) τεκοῦσα, ἡ τεκοῦσά σφε, wie Soph. Phil. 1242 μ' οὐπικωλύων, Θ. Τ. 139 τοῦτον ὁ κτανών, 263 ταῦτα τοῖς μὴ δρῶσιν, Demosth. 8, 28 ταῦτα τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας.