διατομή, Verwundung. Vgl. Eur. Hek. 782
διατεμών
χρόα.
οὐ
φίλαις d. i.
ἐχθίσταις. Die Bru- derhände haben recht unbrüderliche Wunden beigebracht.
Seven Against Thebes. N. Wecklein. . .
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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
Ἀντιγόνη
παισθεὶς ἔπαισας.
παισθεὶς ἔπαισας.
Ἰσμήνη
σὺ δʼ ἔθανες κατακτανών.
σὺ δʼ ἔθανες κατακτανών.
Ἀντιγόνη
δορὶ δʼ ἔκανες—
δορὶ δʼ ἔκανες—
Ἰσμήνη
δορὶ δʼ ἔθανες—
δορὶ δʼ ἔθανες—
Ἀντιγόνη
μελεοπόνος.
960
μελεοπόνος.
960
Ἰσμήνη
μελεοπαθής.
μελεοπαθής.
Ἀντιγόνη
ἴτω γόος.
ἴτω γόος.
Ἰσμήνη
ἴτω δάκρυ.
ἴτω δάκρυ.
Ἀντιγόνη
πρόκεισαι —
πρόκεισαι —
Ἰσμήνη
κατακτάς.
965
κατακτάς.
965
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 922 focus
ΗΜ.
πάρεστι δ᾽ εἰπεῖν ἐπ᾿ ἀθλίοισιν
ὡς ἐρξάτην πολλὰ μὲν πολίτας,
ξένων τε πάντων στίχας
925
πολυφθόρους ἐν δαΐ.
πάρεστι δ᾽ εἰπεῖν ἐπ᾿ ἀθλίοισιν
ὡς ἐρξάτην πολλὰ μὲν πολίτας,
ξένων τε πάντων στίχας
925
πολυφθόρους ἐν δαΐ.
ΗΜ.
ἰὼ δυσαίων σφὶν ἁ τεκοῦσα
προ πασᾶν ὁπόσαι τεκνογόνοι κέκληνται.
παῖδα τὸν αὑτᾶς πόσιν αὑτᾷ θεμένα τούσδ᾽ ἔτεχ',
οἱ δ᾽ ὧδ᾽ ἐτελεύτασαν ὑπ᾽ ἀλλαλοφόνοις χερσὶν ὁμοσπόροισιν.
ἰὼ δυσαίων σφὶν ἁ τεκοῦσα
προ πασᾶν ὁπόσαι τεκνογόνοι κέκληνται.
παῖδα τὸν αὑτᾶς πόσιν αὑτᾷ θεμένα τούσδ᾽ ἔτεχ',
οἱ δ᾽ ὧδ᾽ ἐτελεύτασαν ὑπ᾽ ἀλλαλοφόνοις χερσὶν ὁμοσπόροισιν.
ΗΜ.
ὁμόσποροι δῆτα καὶ πανώλεθροι,
διανομαῖς οὐ φίλαις,
935
ἔριδι μαινομένᾳ, νείκεος ἐν τελευτᾷ,
ὁμόσποροι δῆτα καὶ πανώλεθροι,
διανομαῖς οὐ φίλαις,
935
ἔριδι μαινομένᾳ, νείκεος ἐν τελευτᾷ,
ΗΜ.
πέπαυται δ᾽ ἔχθος, ἐν δὲ γαίᾳ
ζόα φονορύτῳ
πέπαυται δ᾽ ἔχθος, ἐν δὲ γαίᾳ
ζόα φονορύτῳ
μέμικται· κάρτα δ᾽ εἴσ᾽ ὅμαιμοι.
940
πικρὸς λυτὴρ νεικέων
ὁ πόντιος ξεῖνος ἐκ πυρὸς συθεὶς
θηκτὸς σίδαρος· πικρὸς δὲ χρημάτων
κακὸς δατητὰς Αρης
ἀρὰν πατρῴαν τιθεὶς ἀλαθῆ.
945
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 922 focus
Ἡμιχόριον Α
ἀντ. γ'.
πάρεστι δ᾽ εἰπεῖν ἐπ᾽ ἀθλίοισιν,
ὡς ἐρξάτην πολλὰ μὲν πολίτας,
ξένων τε πάντων στίχας
πολυφθόρους ἐν δαΐ.
900
πάρεστι δ᾽ εἰπεῖν ἐπ᾽ ἀθλίοισιν,
ὡς ἐρξάτην πολλὰ μὲν πολίτας,
ξένων τε πάντων στίχας
πολυφθόρους ἐν δαΐ.
900
Ἡμιχόριον Β
δυςδαίμονάς σφ᾽ ἡ τεκοῦσα
πρὸ πασῶν
γυναικῶν, ὁπόσαι τεκνογόνοι κέκληνται.
παῖδα τὸν αὑτᾶς πόσιν αὑ-
τᾷ θεμένα, τούςδ᾽ ἔτεχ᾽· οἳ δ᾽
905
ὧδ᾽ ἐτελεύτασαν ὑπ' ἀλληλοφόνοις
χερσὶν ὁμοσπόροισιν.
δυςδαίμονάς σφ᾽ ἡ τεκοῦσα
πρὸ πασῶν
γυναικῶν, ὁπόσαι τεκνογόνοι κέκληνται.
παῖδα τὸν αὑτᾶς πόσιν αὑ-
τᾷ θεμένα, τούςδ᾽ ἔτεχ᾽· οἳ δ᾽
905
ὧδ᾽ ἐτελεύτασαν ὑπ' ἀλληλοφόνοις
χερσὶν ὁμοσπόροισιν.
Ἡμιχόριον Α
στρ. δ'.
ὁμόσποροι δῆτα καὶ πανώλεθροι
διατομαῖς οὐ φίλαις,
ἔριδι μαινομένᾳ,
910
νείκεος ἐν τελευτᾷ.
ὁμόσποροι δῆτα καὶ πανώλεθροι
διατομαῖς οὐ φίλαις,
ἔριδι μαινομένᾳ,
910
νείκεος ἐν τελευτᾷ.
Ἡμιχόριον Β
πέπαυται δ᾽ ἔχθος, ἐν δὲ γαίᾳ
ζωὴ φονορύτῳ
πέπαυται δ᾽ ἔχθος, ἐν δὲ γαίᾳ
ζωὴ φονορύτῳ
Ἡμιχόριον Β
μέμικται, κάρτα δ᾽ εἴσ᾽ ὅμαιμοι.
πικρὸς λυτὴρ νεικέων
915
ὁ Πόντιος ξεῖνος ἐκ πυρὸς συθείς,
θηκτὸς σίδαρος, πικρὸς δὲ χρημάτων
κακὸς δατητὰς Ἄρης,
ἀρὰν πατρῴαν τιθεὶς ἀληθῆ.
μέμικται, κάρτα δ᾽ εἴσ᾽ ὅμαιμοι.
πικρὸς λυτὴρ νεικέων
915
ὁ Πόντιος ξεῖνος ἐκ πυρὸς συθείς,
θηκτὸς σίδαρος, πικρὸς δὲ χρημάτων
κακὸς δατητὰς Ἄρης,
ἀρὰν πατρῴαν τιθεὶς ἀληθῆ.
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 922 focus
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.
Πάρεστι δ' εἰπεῖν ἐπ' ἀθλίοισιν
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.
Ὁμόσποροι δῆτα καὶ πανώλεθροι
Str. 3.
διατομαῖς
ἀφίλοις
οὐ φίλαις
ἔριδι μαινομένᾳ,
935
νείκεος ἐν τελευτᾷ.
Πέπαυται δ' ἔχθος, ἐν δὲ γαίᾳ
Ὁμόσποροι δῆτα καὶ πανώλεθροι
διατομαῖς
ἀφίλοις
οὐ φίλαις
ἔριδι μαινομένᾳ,
935
νείκεος ἐν τελευτᾷ.
Πέπαυται δ' ἔχθος, ἐν δὲ γαίᾳ
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ ΘΗΒΑΣ
ΧΟΡΟΣ
ζόα φονορύτῳ
μέμεικται
μέμικται· κάρτα δ' εἴσ' ὅμαιμοι·
πικρὸς λυτὴρ νεικέων
940
ὁ Πόντιος ξεῖνος, ἐκ πυρὸς συθεὶς
θηκτὸς σίδαρος· πικρὸς δὲ χρημάτων
κακὸς δατητὰς Ἄρης,
ἀρὰν
πατρῴαν
πατρὸς τιθεὶς ἀλαθῆ.
ζόα φονορύτῳ
μέμεικται
μέμικται· κάρτα δ' εἴσ' ὅμαιμοι·
πικρὸς λυτὴρ νεικέων
940
ὁ Πόντιος ξεῖνος, ἐκ πυρὸς συθεὶς
θηκτὸς σίδαρος· πικρὸς δὲ χρημάτων
κακὸς δατητὰς Ἄρης,
ἀρὰν
πατρῴαν
πατρὸς τιθεὶς ἀλαθῆ.
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 922 focus
Πάρεστι δ᾽ εἰπεῖν ἐπ᾽ ἀθλίοισιν
ὡς ἐρξάτην πολλὰ μὲν πολίτας,
ξένων τε πάντων στίχας
πολυφθόρους ἐν δαΐ.
Πάρεστι δ᾽ εἰπεῖν ἐπ᾽ ἀθλίοισιν
ὡς ἐρξάτην πολλὰ μὲν πολίτας,
ξένων τε πάντων στίχας
πολυφθόρους ἐν δαΐ.
11
τις
τισ (σ in rasura scriptum)
δόμων
δόμων ex interpretatione repetit
ἀχάεσσ᾽ ἐὰ
δόμων . . προπέμπει | . . αὐτό στονοσ . . αὐτοπήμων
δαϊόφρων
δαϊόφρων
δαίφρω
οὐ
οὐ
δ᾽ οὐ
ἐκ
ex rec.
δ᾽ ἐκ
δυοῖν
δυοῖν
δοιοῖν
πολίτας
πάρεστιν . . ἀθλίοισιν . . ἐρξάτην | . . πολίταισ
πολίτας
ξένων τε
τ᾽ ἐπακτῶν
SEPTEM ADVERSUS THEBAS.
ΧΟΡΟΣ
Δυσδαίμων σφιν ἡ τεκοῦσα
910
πρὸ πασᾶν γυναικῶν ὁπόσαι
τεχνογόνοι κέκληνται.
παῖδα τὸν αὑτᾶς πόσιν αὑτῷ θεμένα
τούσδ᾽ ἔτεχ᾽, οἳ δ᾽ ὧδ᾽ ἐτελεύ-
τασαν ὑπ᾽ ἀλλαλοφόνοις
915
χερσὶν ὁμοσπόροισιν.
str. 3.
Δυσδαίμων σφιν ἡ τεκοῦσα
910
πρὸ πασᾶν γυναικῶν ὁπόσαι
τεχνογόνοι κέκληνται.
παῖδα τὸν αὑτᾶς πόσιν αὑτῷ θεμένα
τούσδ᾽ ἔτεχ᾽, οἳ δ᾽ ὧδ᾽ ἐτελεύ-
τασαν ὑπ᾽ ἀλλαλοφόνοις
915
χερσὶν ὁμοσπόροισιν.
Ὁμόσποροι δῆτα καὶ πανώλεθροι,
διατομαῖς οὐ φίλαις,
ἔριδι μαινομένᾳ,
νείχεος ἐν τελευτᾷ.
920
Πέπαυται δ᾽ ἔχθος, ἐν δὲ γαίᾳ
ζώα φονορύτῳ
μέμικται· κάρτα δ᾽ εἴσ᾽ ὅμαιμοι.
πικρὸς λυτὴρ νεικέων ὁ πόντιος
ξεῖνος ἐκ πυρὸς ταθείς
925
θηκτὸς σίδαρος· πικρὸς δὲ χρημάτων
κακὸς δατητὰς Ἄρης, ἀρὰν πατρῴ-
Ὁμόσποροι δῆτα καὶ πανώλεθροι,
διατομαῖς οὐ φίλαις,
ἔριδι μαινομένᾳ,
νείχεος ἐν τελευτᾷ.
920
Πέπαυται δ᾽ ἔχθος, ἐν δὲ γαίᾳ
ζώα φονορύτῳ
μέμικται· κάρτα δ᾽ εἴσ᾽ ὅμαιμοι.
πικρὸς λυτὴρ νεικέων ὁ πόντιος
ξεῖνος ἐκ πυρὸς ταθείς
925
θηκτὸς σίδαρος· πικρὸς δὲ χρημάτων
κακὸς δατητὰς Ἄρης, ἀρὰν πατρῴ-
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 922 focus
ΗΜΙΧ. Α
πάρεστι δ᾽ εἰπεῖν ἐπ᾿ ἀθλίοισιν,
ὡς ἐρξάτην πολλὰ μὲν πολίτας,
ξένων δὲ πάντων στίχας
πολυφθόρους ἐν δαΐ.
925
πάρεστι δ᾽ εἰπεῖν ἐπ᾿ ἀθλίοισιν,
ὡς ἐρξάτην πολλὰ μὲν πολίτας,
ξένων δὲ πάντων στίχας
πολυφθόρους ἐν δαΐ.
925
ΗΜΙΧ. Β
δυσδαίμων σφιν ἁ τεκοῦσα
πρὸ πασᾶν γυναι-
κῶν ὁπόσαι τεκνογόνοι κέκληνται.
δυσδαίμων σφιν ἁ τεκοῦσα
πρὸ πασᾶν γυναι-
κῶν ὁπόσαι τεκνογόνοι κέκληνται.
ΗΜΙΧ. Α
παῖδα τὸν αὑτᾶς πόσιν αὑ-
τᾶι θεμένα τούσδ᾽ ἔτεχ᾽, οἳ
930
δ᾽ ὧδ᾽ ἐτελεύτασαν ὑπ᾿ ἀλλαλοφόνοις
χερσὶν ὁμοσπόροισιν. =
παῖδα τὸν αὑτᾶς πόσιν αὑ-
τᾶι θεμένα τούσδ᾽ ἔτεχ᾽, οἳ
930
δ᾽ ὧδ᾽ ἐτελεύτασαν ὑπ᾿ ἀλλαλοφόνοις
χερσὶν ὁμοσπόροισιν. =
ΗΜΙΧ. Β
ὁμόσποροι δῆτα καὶ πανώλεθροι
†διατομαῖς οὐ φίλαις, ἔριδι
935
μαινομέναι νείκεος ἐν τελευτᾶι.
πέπαυται δ᾽ ἔχθος, ἐν δὲ γαίαι
ζόα φονορύτωι μέμεικται· κάρτα δ᾽ εἴσ᾽ ὅμαιμοι.
ὁμόσποροι δῆτα καὶ πανώλεθροι
†διατομαῖς οὐ φίλαις, ἔριδι
935
μαινομέναι νείκεος ἐν τελευτᾶι.
πέπαυται δ᾽ ἔχθος, ἐν δὲ γαίαι
ζόα φονορύτωι μέμεικται· κάρτα δ᾽ εἴσ᾽ ὅμαιμοι.
ΗΜΙΧ. Α
πικρὸς λυτὴρ νεικέων
ὁ πόντιος ξεῖνος ἐκ πυρὸς συθεὶς
θηκτὸς σίδαρος· πικρὸς δὲ χρημάτων
ἴσος δατητὰς Ἄρης, ἀρὰν πατρώι-
αν τιθεὶς ἀλαθή. –
945
πικρὸς λυτὴρ νεικέων
ὁ πόντιος ξεῖνος ἐκ πυρὸς συθεὶς
θηκτὸς σίδαρος· πικρὸς δὲ χρημάτων
ἴσος δατητὰς Ἄρης, ἀρὰν πατρώι-
αν τιθεὶς ἀλαθή. –
945
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 following antiphonal dirge is sung by the two sisters—Antigone standing by the bier of Polynices, Ismene by that of Eteocles.
Antigone
You were struck as you struck.
You were struck as you struck.
Ismene
You died as you killed.
You died as you killed.
Antigone
By the spear you killed—
By the spear you killed—
Ismene
By the spear you died—
By the spear you died—
Antigone
Your deed made you wretched.
960
Your deed made you wretched.
960
Ismene
You suffering made you wretched.
You suffering made you wretched.
Antigone
Let the lament come.
Let the lament come.
Ismene
Let the tears come.
Let the tears come.
Antigone
You are laid out for mourning—
You are laid out for mourning—
Ismene
Though you did the killing.
965
Though you did the killing.
965
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 922 focus
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.
Semi-Chorus
Ill-fated was she that bare them before all women, as many as are mothers of children. Having taken to herself her own son for a husband, she brought forth these, and they have ended their existence thus by fraternal hands that dealt mutual slaughter.
Ill-fated was she that bare them before all women, as many as are mothers of children. Having taken to herself her own son for a husband, she brought forth these, and they have ended their existence thus by fraternal hands that dealt mutual slaughter.
Semi-Chorus
Fraternal in very truth! and utterly undone were they by a severing in no wise amicable, by phrenzied strife at the consummation of their feud.
Semi-Chorus
But their enmity is terminated: and in the reeking earth is their life-blood mingled, and truly are they of the same blood. A bitter arbiter of strife is the stranger from beyond the sea, the whetted steel that bounded forth from the fire; and bitter is the horrible distributer of their substance, Mars, who bath brought the curse of their father truly to its consummation.
But their enmity is terminated: and in the reeking earth is their life-blood mingled, and truly are they of the same blood. A bitter arbiter of strife is the stranger from beyond the sea, the whetted steel that bounded forth from the fire; and bitter is the horrible distributer of their substance, Mars, who bath brought the curse of their father truly to its consummation.
Semi-Chorus
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 922 focus
la joie, tirant des larmes sincères de mon cœur, qui se consume en sanglots pour ces deux rois.
Et sur ces infortunés on a droit de proclamer qu'ils ont ensemble et parmi leurs concitoyens et dans les rangs des envahisseurs fait grand carnage au combat 1 .
Ah ! malheureuse, celle qui les enfanta, entre toutes les
femmes qui sont appelées mères ! Elle les a conçus d'un fils dont elle avait fait son époux, et voilà comment ils
femmes qui sont appelées mères ! Elle les a conçus d'un fils dont elle avait fait son époux, et voilà comment ils
ont fini tous deux sous les coups réciproques de leurs bras de frères !
Frères, oui, jusque dans l'anéantissement, grâce à un partage de haine, à une lutte de fureur, où s'achève leur querelle !
Leur haine a pris fin. Dans la terre trempée de leur sang, leurs vies se sont mélangées : cette fois, ils sont bien de
LE CHŒUR
même sang ! Cruel a été l'arbitre de leur débat, l'étranger du Pont, le Fer
2
qui sort aiguisé de la flamme ; cruel, l'impartial
partageur de leur patrimoine, Arès, qui réalise aujourd'hui l'imprécation de leur père.
même sang ! Cruel a été l'arbitre de leur débat, l'étranger du Pont, le Fer
2
qui sort aiguisé de la flamme ; cruel, l'impartial
partageur de leur patrimoine, Arès, qui réalise aujourd'hui l'imprécation de leur père.
partageur de leur patrimoine, Arès, qui réalise aujourd'hui l'imprécation de leur père.
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 922 focus
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.
1st SEMICHORUS.
Grief, that rends the tortur'd breast,
Deep with real woes possest,
1025
Tears fast streaming from her eyes
From the haunts of pleasure flies,
Anguish, misery all her own,
Sadly pours the hollow groan;
Whilft the ruin'd palace round
1030
Echo answers to the sound;
And, each frightful pause between,
From her airy shell unseen,
Listens to the funeral strain,
Wailing the unhappy slain;
1035
Wailing all the dreadful woes
That from madding discord rose;
Many' a friend among the dead,
Whilst the hostile legions bleed.
2d SEMICHORUS.
Far beyond each sorrowing dame,
1040
Each that bears a mother's name,
Each that groans upon the earth,
Hapless she that gave them birth.
She, to share her bed and throne,
As an husband took her son:
1045
These she bore, and this their fate,
Brother slain by brother's hate.
Far beyond each sorrowing dame,
1040
Each that bears a mother's name,
Each that groans upon the earth,
Hapless she that gave them birth.
She, to share her bed and throne,
As an husband took her son:
1045
These she bore, and this their fate,
Brother slain by brother's hate.
ISMENE.
Brothers they, by birth allied,
Spread the mutual carnage wide:
Unfriendly each to other's life,
1050
In the madding rage of strife.
But their hatred is no more,
On the earth, all stain'd with gore,
Their stream of life unites, and shows
From one common source it rose.
1055
Brothers they, by birth allied,
Spread the mutual carnage wide:
Unfriendly each to other's life,
1050
In the madding rage of strife.
But their hatred is no more,
On the earth, all stain'd with gore,
Their stream of life unites, and shows
From one common source it rose.
1055
CHORUS.
Umpire of the strife of kings,
Forth the barbarous stranger springs:
Ruthless issuing from the flame
O'er the seas the keen steel came.
Ruthless came the realm to share,
1060
Big with mischief, wasting war,
And accurs'd, without remorse,
Executes a father's curse.
Umpire of the strife of kings,
Forth the barbarous stranger springs:
Ruthless issuing from the flame
O'er the seas the keen steel came.
Ruthless came the realm to share,
1060
Big with mischief, wasting war,
And accurs'd, without remorse,
Executes a father's curse.
ANTIGONE.
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.) — 922 focus
Onde a me, che lamento i miei due principi,
ogni forza vien meno.
3
Antistrofe III
4
Strofe IV
CORO
Dire ben puoi che ai cittadini i miseri
cagione fûr di gravi mali, e a tutti
1020
gli stranieri che a gran file caddero
nella pugna distrutti.
Misera, ahimè!, fra quante donne vantano
di bei figli decoro,
la genitrice loro,
1025
che il figlio suo fece suo sposo, e il vivere
diede a questi germani,
che trovaron cosí morte reciproca
dalle fraterne mani!
4
Strofe IV
Dire ben puoi che ai cittadini i miseri
cagione fûr di gravi mali, e a tutti
1020
gli stranieri che a gran file caddero
nella pugna distrutti.
Misera, ahimè!, fra quante donne vantano
di bei figli decoro,
la genitrice loro,
1025
che il figlio suo fece suo sposo, e il vivere
diede a questi germani,
che trovaron cosí morte reciproca
dalle fraterne mani!
CORO
Eran fratelli! E pel dissidio infesto
1030
e per la furia dissennata, giunsero,
nell'urto ultimo, a termine funesto.
Or tregua ebbe la lite.
Commiste nella polvere,
di sangue intrisa, vedi ambe le vite.
1035
Or consanguinee son!
Disciolse i nodo
de le liti fra lor l'ospite Càlibo
temprato al fuoco, in questo amaro modo:
le sciolse il ferro. Con amare mani
1040
Marte partiva i beni: i voti d'Edipo
non volle, il tristo, che cadesser vani.
Disciolse i nodo
de le liti fra lor l'ospite Càlibo
temprato al fuoco, in questo amaro modo:
le sciolse il ferro. Con amare mani
1040
Marte partiva i beni: i voti d'Edipo
non volle, il tristo, che cadesser vani.
4
Antistrofe IV
CORO
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 922 focus
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.
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.
Vnd fati uidelicet & omnino infælices,
Separatione inimica, furenti contentione,
In fine iurgij,
860
Quicuit odium, in terra
Sem.
Cæde liberata illorum uita mixta eſt.
Plus fatis uerò sunt fratres.
Cæde liberata illorum uita mixta eſt.
Plus fatis uerò sunt fratres.
Cho.
Acerbum liberator contentionum Pontinus
Hoſpes, ex igni commotum acutum ferrum.
865
Acerbum uerb rerum malus diuiſor
Est Mars, execrationem paternam faciens ueram.
Acerbum liberator contentionum Pontinus
Hoſpes, ex igni commotum acutum ferrum.
865
Acerbum uerb rerum malus diuiſor
Est Mars, execrationem paternam faciens ueram.
Anti.
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.) — 922 focus
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
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
Yea, from one seed they sprang, and by one fate
Their heritage is desolate,
The heart's division sundered claim from claim,
And, from their feud, death came!
Now is their hate allayed,
950
Now is their life-stream shed,
Ensanguining the earth with crimson dye—
Lo, from one blood they sprang, and in one blood they lie!
A grievous arbiter was given the twain—
The stranger from the northern main,
955
The sharp, dividing sword,
Fresh from the forge and fire
The War-god treacherous gave ill award
And brought their father's curse to a fulfilment dire!
Yea, from one seed they sprang, and by one fate
Their heritage is desolate,
The heart's division sundered claim from claim,
And, from their feud, death came!
Now is their hate allayed,
950
Now is their life-stream shed,
Ensanguining the earth with crimson dye—
Lo, from one blood they sprang, and in one blood they lie!
A grievous arbiter was given the twain—
The stranger from the northern main,
955
The sharp, dividing sword,
Fresh from the forge and fire
The War-god treacherous gave ill award
And brought their father's curse to a fulfilment dire!
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.) — 922 focus
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.
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.
Zweiter Halbchor.
Wohl war sie, die euch geboren,
Der Frau'n allerunseligste, die
Kinder im Schooße trugen,
Sie, die den Sohn, den sie gebar, nahm zum Gemahl,
890
Söhne dem Sohn zeugte, die solch blutigen Tod fanden im Kampf,
Bruder von Bruders Händen!
Wohl war sie, die euch geboren,
Der Frau'n allerunseligste, die
Kinder im Schooße trugen,
Sie, die den Sohn, den sie gebar, nahm zum Gemahl,
890
Söhne dem Sohn zeugte, die solch blutigen Tod fanden im Kampf,
Bruder von Bruders Händen!
Erster Halbchor.
Ja Bruderhand, liebelos zerfleischend, gab
Ihnen graunvollen Tod
Im wildlodernden Zwift:
895
Also zerrann die Zwietracht!
Ja Bruderhand, liebelos zerfleischend, gab
Ihnen graunvollen Tod
Im wildlodernden Zwift:
895
Also zerrann die Zwietracht!
Zweiter Halbchor.
Der Haß ruht nun; in blut'ger Erde
Floß Beider Lebensblut
In Ein's, ganz sind sie Eines Blutes.
Ein strenger Kampfschlichter war der pontische,
900
Heißer Glut entstürmte Fremdling,
Der scharfe Stahl, streng des Erbes Theiler auch,
Der Schlachtengott, der im Zorn
Des Vaters Fluch grausenvoll bewährte.
Der Haß ruht nun; in blut'ger Erde
Floß Beider Lebensblut
In Ein's, ganz sind sie Eines Blutes.
Ein strenger Kampfschlichter war der pontische,
900
Heißer Glut entstürmte Fremdling,
Der scharfe Stahl, streng des Erbes Theiler auch,
Der Schlachtengott, der im Zorn
Des Vaters Fluch grausenvoll bewährte.
Erster Halbchor.
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
918.
mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-974
δατητὰς
918
δατητὰς M. Vit.
δαητὴς Lips. Cantabr. 2. Par. C. Turn.
διατητὴς Αld.
δαητὰς Arund. Rob.
δ᾽ ἀητὰς, sed cum glossa
μεριστής, G. Idem cum glossa
ἀφανισμὸν ποιήσας Mosc. 2.
διητής Cantabr. 1.
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
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).
918.
mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-593
διατομή, Verwundung. Vgl. Eur. Hek. 782
διατεμών
χρόα.
οὐ
φίλαις d. i.
ἐχθίσταις. Die Bru- derhände haben recht unbrüderliche Wunden beigebracht.