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Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 966a-1009 focus
Αντιγονη
ἠέ.
Ισμηνη
ἠέ.
Αντιγονη
μαίνεται γόοισι φρήν.
1
Ισμηνη
ἐν
2
δὲ καρδία στένει.
Αντιγονη
ἰὼ ἰὼ πάνδυρτε
3
σύ.
Ισμηνη
σὺ δ᾽ αὖτε καὶ πανάθλιε.
970
Αντιγονη
πρὸς φίλου [γ᾽
4
] ἔφθισο.
Ισμηνη
καὶ φίλον ἔκτανες.
Αντιγονη
διπλᾶ λέγειν.
Ισμηνη
διπλᾶ δ᾽ ὁρᾶν.
Αντιγονη
ἄχεα δοιὰ
5
τάδ᾽ ἐγγύθεν.
975
Ισμηνη
πέλας ἀδελφέ᾽
6
ἀδελφεῶν.
Χορος
ἰὼ Μοῖρα βαρυδότειρα μογερά,
πότνιά τ᾽ Οἰδίπου σκιά:
μέλαιν᾽
7
Ἐρινύς, ἦ μεγασθενής τις εἶ.
980
Αντιγονη
ἠέ.
Ισμηνη
ἠέ.
Αντιγονη
δυσθέατα πήματα
8
Ισμηνη
Αντιγονη
οὐδ᾽ ἵκεθ᾽ ὡς κατέκτανεν.
Ισμηνη
σωθεὶς δὲ πνεῦμ᾽ ἀπώλεσεν.
Αντιγονη
Ισμηνη
καὶ τὸν
13
ἐνόσφισεν.
Αντιγονη
τάλαν γένος.
14
Ισμηνη
τάλαν πάθος.
Αντιγονη
Ισμηνη
Χορος
ἰὼ
21
Μοῖρα βαρυδότειρα μογερά,
πότνιά τ᾽ Οἰδίπου σκιά:
μέλαιν᾽ Ἐρινύς, ἦ μεγασθενής τις εἶ.
994
Αντιγονη
σὺ τοί νιν
22
οἶσθα διαπερῶν,
Ισμηνη
σὺ δ᾽ οὐδὲν ὕστερος μαθών,
995
Αντιγονη
ἐπεὶ κατῆλθες ἐς πόλιν,
Ισμηνη
δορός γε τῷδ᾽ ἀντηρέτας.
Αντιγονη
ὀλοὰ λέγειν.
Ισμηνη
ὀλοὰ δ᾽ ὁρᾶν.
Αντιγονη
ἰὼ πόνος,
1000
Ισμηνη
ἰὼ
23
κακά,
Αντιγονη
δώμασι καὶ χθονί, [πρὸ πάντων δ᾽ ἐμοί
24
].
Ισμηνη
καὶ τὸ πρόσω γ᾽ ἐμοί:
Αντιγονη
ἰώ, δύστανε τῶν
25
κακῶν ἄναξ.
Ισμηνη
ἰὼ πάντων πολυστονώτατε.
26
1005
Αντιγονη
ἰώ,
27
ποῦ σφε θήσομεν χθονός;
Ισμηνη
ἰώ, ἔνθα
28
τιμιώτατον.
Αντιγονη
ἰὼ δαιμονῶντες ἐν ἄτᾳ.
29
Ισμηνη
ἰὼ πῆμα πατρὶ πάρευνον.
1010
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 966-1010 focus
Ἀντιγόνη
ἠέ.
Ἰσμήνη
ἠέ.
Ἀντιγόνη
μαίνεται γόοισι φρήν.
Ἰσμήνη
ἐντὸς δὲ καρδία στένει.
Ἀντιγόνη
ἰὼ ἰὼ πάνδυρτε σύ.
Ἰσμήνη
σὺ δʼ αὖτε καὶ πανάθλιε.
970
Ἀντιγόνη
πρὸς φίλου
γʼ· ἔφθισο.
Ἰσμήνη
καὶ φίλον ἔκτανες.
Ἀντιγόνη
διπλᾶ λέγειν—
Ἰσμήνη
διπλᾶ δʼ ὁρᾶν—
Ἀντιγόνη
ἄχθεα τῶνδε τάδʼ ἐγγύθεν.
975
Ἰσμήνη
πέλας ἀδελφέʼ ἀδελφεῶν.
Χορός
ἰὼ Μοῖρα βαρυδότειρα μογερά,
πότνιά τʼ Οἰδίπου σκιά,
μέλαινʼ Ἐρινύς, ἦ μεγασθενής τις εἶ.
Ἀντιγόνη
ἠέ.
980
Ἰσμήνη
ἠέ.
Ἀντιγόνη
δυσθέατα πήματα —
Ἰσμήνη
ἔδειξεν ἐκ φυγᾶς ἐμοί.
Ἀντιγόνη
οὐδʼ ἵκεθʼ ὡς κατέκτανεν.
Ἰσμήνη
σωθεὶς δὲ πνεῦμʼ ἀπώλεσεν.
Ἀντιγόνη
ὤλεσε δῆτʼ
ἄγαν.
985
Ἰσμήνη
καὶ τὸν ἐνόσφισεν.
Ἀντιγόνη
τάλαν γένος.
Ἰσμήνη
τάλαν πάθος.
Ἀντιγόνη
δύστονα κήδεʼ ὁμαίμονα.
Ἰσμήνη
δίυγρα τριπάλτων πημάτων.
990
Χορός
ἰὼ Μοῖρα βαρυδότειρα μογερά,
πότνιά τʼ Οἰδίπου σκιά,
μέλαινʼ Ἐρινύς, ἦ μεγασθενής τις εἶ.
Ἀντιγόνη
σὺ τοί νιν οἶσθα διαπερῶν—
Ἰσμήνη
σὺ δʼ οὐδὲν ὕστερος μαθών—
995
Ἀντιγόνη
ἐπεὶ κατῆλθες ἐς πόλιν,
Ἰσμήνη
δορός γε τῷδʼ ἀντηρέτας.
Ἀντιγόνη
ὀλοὰ λέγειν.
Ἰσμήνη
ὀλοὰ δʼ ὁρᾶν.
Ἀντιγόνη
ἰὼ πόνος—
1000
Ἰσμήνη
ἰὼ κακά—
Ἀντιγόνη
δώμασι καὶ χθονί.
Ἰσμήνη
πρὸ πάντων δʼ ἐμοί.
Ἀντιγόνη
καὶ τὸ πρόσω γʼ ἐμοί.
Ἰσμήνη
ἰὼ ἰὼ δυστόνων κακῶν, ἄναξ.
1005
Ἀντιγόνη
ἰὼ πάντων πολυστονώτατοι.
Ἰσμήνη
ἰὼ ἰὼ δαιμονῶντες ἄτᾳ.
Ἀντιγόνη
ἰὼ ἰώ, ποῦ σφε θήσομεν χθονός;
Ἰσμήνη
ἰώ, ὅπου
ʼσʼτι τιμιώτατον.
Ἀντιγόνη
ἰὼ ἰώ, πῆμα πατρὶ πάρευνον.
1010
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 980 focus
ΑΝ.
ἐὴ ἐὴ, δυσθέατα πήματα
ΙΣ.
ἐδείξατ᾽ ἐκ φυγᾶς ἐμοί.
ΑΝ.
οὐδ᾽ ἵκεθ᾽ ὡς κατέκτανεν.
980
ΙΣ.
σωθεὶς δὲ πνεῦμ᾽ ἀπώλεσεν.
ΑΝ.
ὤλεσε δὴ τόδε.
ΙΣ.
καὶ τόδ᾽ ἐνόσφισε.
ΑΝ.
τάλαν γένος.
ΙΣ.
τάλαν πάθος.
ΑΝ.
δύστονα κήδε ὁμώνυμα.
ΙΣ.
δίυγρα τριπάλτων πημάτων.
985
ΧΟ.
ἰὼ Μοῖρα βαρυδότειρα μογερὰ,
πότνιά τ᾽ Οἰδίπου σκιὰ,
μέλαιν Ἐρινὺς, ἦ μεγασθενής τις εἶ.
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 980 focus
Ἀντιγόνη
ἀντ. έ.
ἠέ.
Ἰσμήνη
ἠέ.
Ἀντιγόνη
δυςθέατα πήματα.
Ἰσμήνη
ἔδειξε δ᾽ ἐκ φυγᾶς ἐμοί.
Ἀντιγόνη
οὐδ᾽ ἵκεθ᾽, ὡς κατέκτανεν.
960
Ἰσμήνη
σωθεὶς δὲ πνεῦμ᾽ ἀπώλεσεν.
Ἀντιγόνη
ὤλεσε δῆτα, ναί.
Ἰσμήνη
τόνδε δ᾽ ἐνόσφισεν.
Ἀντιγόνη
τάλαν γένος.
Ἰσμήνη
τάλαν πάθος.
965
Ἀντιγόνη
δίπονα κήδε᾽ ὁμώνυμα.
Ἰσμήνη
δίυγρα πήματα παλμάτων.
Ἀντιγόνη
ὀλοὰ λέγειν.
Ἰσμήνη
ὀλοὰ δ᾽ ὁρᾶν.
Ἀντιγόνη
ἰὼ Μοῖρα βαρυδότειρα μογερά,
970
πότνιά τ' Οἰδίπου σκιά.
Ἰσμήνη
μέλαιν' Ἐρινύς, ἦ μεγασθενής τις εἶ.
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 980 focus
ΗΜΙΧΟΡΙΟΝ Α'
Ἐή.
Ant.
ΗΜΙΧΟΡΙΟΝ Β'
Ἐή.
ΗΜΙΧΟΡΙΟΝ Α'
Δυσθέατα πήματα —
ΗΜΙΧΟΡΙΟΝ Β'
ἐδείξατ' ἐκ φυγᾶς ἐμοί.
ΗΜΙΧΟΡΙΟΝ Α'
Οὐδ'
ὅδ' ἵκεθ' ὡς κατέκτανεν —
980
ΗΜΙΧΟΡΙΟΝ Β'
σωθεὶς
συθεὶς δὲ πνεῦμ' ἀπώλεσεν.
ΗΜΙΧΟΡΙΟΝ Α'
Ὤλεσε δῆθ' <ἄπο>
ὥλεσε δῆτά γε
ἀπώλεσε(ν) δῆτα.
ΗΜΙΧΟΡΙΟΝ Β'
Καὶ
τὸν
τόνδ' ἐνόσφισεν.
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ ΘΗΒΑΣἙπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 980 focus
ἠέ.
965
ΙΣ.
ἠέ.
ΑΝ.
δυσθέατα πήματα
ΙΣ.
ἐδείξατ᾽ ἐκ φυγᾶς ἐμοί.
ΑΝ.
ὅδ᾽ ἵκεθ᾽ ὡς κατέκτανεν.
ΙΣ.
συθεὶς δὲ πνεῦμ᾽ ἀπώλεσεν.
970
ΑΝ.
ὤλεσε δῆτα.
ΙΣ.
καὶ τόνδ᾽ ἐνόσφισεν.
ΑΝ.
τάλαν γένος.
ΙΣ.
τάλαν πάθος.
ΑΝ.
δύστονα κήδε᾽ ὁμώνυμα.
975
SEPTEM ADVERSUS THEBAS.
ΙΣ.
δίυγρα τριπάλτων πημάτων.
ΑΝ. ΙΣ.
ἰὼ Μοῖρα βαρυδότειρα μογερά,
πότνιά τ᾽ Οἰδίπου σκιά,
μέλαιν᾽ Ἐρινὺς ἦ μεγασθενής τις εἶ.
ΑΝ.
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 980 focus
ΧΟ.
ἰὼ ἰὼ Μοῖρα βαρυδότειρα μογε-
ρά, πότνιά τ᾽ Οἰδίπου σκιά·
Apparatus Criticus
ἔφθισο πρὸς φίλου γ' (γ' om Tr) ἔφθισο traieci ἄχε᾿ ἀχέων scripsi ἀχέων τοίων γόων τοίων utrumque τοίων et γόων ad idem redit, scil. glossema †πέλας δ᾽ αἵδ᾽ ἀδελφαὶ ἀδελφεῶν δ' om ἀδέλφ᾽ ἀδελφῶν sanari nequit antistropho corrupta; sorores autem non histrio sed scriba quidam intrusit. placet πέλας δ᾽ ἀδέλφ᾽ ἀδελφῶν, catalexis enim ultimo dimetro convenit ἰὼ bis semel μογερά accusativus est pendens a βαρυδότειρα, βαρέως διδούσα, cf. Ag. 1090. ephymnium integro choro unice conveniens codd. modo alteri sorori dant, modo inter utramque dispertiunt, sed chori olim fuisse docet Em ταῦτα λέγει ὡς βαρέως φέρων μέλαιν Ἐρινύς μέλαινα τ' corr. Porson. tria numina tamen invocat ἔδειξεν ἐδείξατ᾿ ἐδείξ᾽ ἔδειξε δ᾽ Herm., sustuli d' de solo Polynice dici potest ἐκ φυγᾶς σωθεὶς συθείς ὤλεσε δῆτα (ὅδε) ὤλεσε δῆτά γε ἀπώλεσε suppl. Weil τὸν τόνδ' τόδ' τὸ τοῦδ᾽ corr. CGSchneider. 1 †δύστονα ... πημάτων δύστηνα διπάλτων contra scholium suum, i. e. Thomanum conclamata ὀλοὰ ... ὁρᾶν versum repetitum post ephymnium se traiecisse fatetur Tr ἰὼ bis om semel πότνιά πότνια δ'
ΧΟΡΟΣ
μέλαιν Ἐρινύς, ἢ μεγασθενής τις εἰ. =
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.)) — 966-1010 focus
Antigone
Ah me!
Ismene
Ah me!
Antigone
My heart is mad with wailing.
Ismene
My heart groans within me.
Antigone
Ah, the grief, brother all-lamentable.
Ismene
And you also, brother all-wretched.
970
Antigone
You perished at the hands of your nearest and dearest.
Ismene
And you killed your nearest and dearest.
Antigone
Twofold to tell of—
Ismene
Twofold to look upon—
Antigone
Are these sorrows so close to those.
975
Ismene
Fraternal sorrows stand close by fraternal sorrows.
Chorus
O Fate, giver of grievous troubles, and awful shade of Oedipus, black Erinys, you are indeed a mighty force.
Antigone
Ah, me
980
Ismene
Ah, me
Antigone
Sorrows hard to behold—
Ismene
He showed me when he returned from exile.
Antigone
But he made no return after he had killed.
Ismene
He was saved, but lost his life.
Antigone
He lost it, all too truly.
985
Ismene
And took this one’s life away.
Antigone
Wretched family!
Ismene
Wretched suffering!
Antigone
Kindred sorrows full of groans!
Ismene
Sorrows steeped in tripled griefs.
990
Chorus
O Fate, giver of grievous troubles, and awful shade of Oedipus, black Erinys, you are indeed a mighty force.
Antigone
Now you know of the Erinys by experience—
Ismene
And you are made aware no later—
995
Antigone
When you came back to our city,
Ismene
Yes, to face him with your spear.
Antigone
A tale of destruction!
Ismene
Destruction to look upon!
Antigone
Oh, the grief—
1000
Ismene
Oh, the evils—
Antigone
For home and land.
Ismene
Above all for me,
Antigone
And more also for me.
Ismene
Ah I pity your grievous suffering, my king.
1005
Antigone
Pity for you both, most lamentable of all men.
Ismene
You were possessed by delusion.
Antigone
Where shall we lay them in the earth?
Ismene
Ah, where their honor is greatest.
Antigone
To lie beside their father, a cause for him of sorrow.
1010
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 980 focus
Ismene
Aye, and he cut off his brother.
Antigone
Wretched family!
Ismene
That hath endured wretehedness. Woes that are wretched and of one name. Thoroughly steeped in three-fold sufferings.
Antigone
Deadly to tell—
Ismene
Deadly to look on.
Chorus
Alas! alas! thou Destiny, awarder of bitterness, wretched! and thou dread shade of Œdipus! and dark Erinnys! verily art thou great in might.
Antigone
Thou in sooth knowest this by passing through it.
Ismene
And so dost thou, having learned it just as son as he.
Antigone
Alter that thou didst return to the city.
Ismene
An antagonist too to this man here in battle-fray.
Antigone
Deadly to tell.
Ismene
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 980 focus
HÉMICHŒUR B
— Qu'il m'a fait voir en revenant d'exil.
HÉMICHŒUR A
Même en tuant, il n'a pas retrouvé son pays.
Même en tuant, il n'a pas retrouvé son pays.
HÉMICHŒUR B
Mais, sitôt de retour, le voici expiré.
HÉMICHŒUR A
Oui, il a expiré.
HÉMICHŒUR B
Mais il a tué celui que voici.
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES
LE HÉRAUT
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 980 focus
ANTIGONE.
Nor is he return'd that slew.
ISMENE.
Safe himself, on death he flew.
1105
ANTIGONE.
Death upon himself he brought.
ISMENE.
And to him destruction wrought,
ANTIGONE.
Sprung from an unhappy line.
ISMENE.
In one unhappy fate they join.
ANTIGONE.
Mournful, threefold misery.
1110
ISMENE.
Sad to tell.
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.) — 980 focus
ISMENE
Ahimè !
1080
ANTIGONE
Cordogli a mirare terribili....
ISMENE
costui mi mostrava, qui giunto.
ANTIGONE
Percosso, esalava lo spirito.
ISMENE
Tornare e morire, un sol punto!
ANTIGONE
Qui veramente lascia le sue spoglie.
1085
ISMENE
E al fratello dà morte.
ANTIGONE
Miserabil progenie !
ISMENE
Miserevole morte!
ANTIGONE
Lutti di genti che un sol nome accoglie !
ISMENE
Tristi e tre volte rinnovate doglie!
1090
ANTIGONE ed ISMENE
Ahi, Parca, ahimè, di prove miserande
datrice! Oh venerando spettro d'Èdipo!
Livida Erinni, la tua possa è grande !
ANTIGONE
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 980 focus
Ifm.
Heu heu ſpectatu Atrocia mala oſtendiſti ex
fugâ.
Anti.
Neq; uenitis, ut ſciatis quomodo mortuus eſt?
900
Ifm.
Seruans uerò animum abſtulit.
Anti.
Perdidit uidelicet.
Ifm.
Et huius abſtulit.
Anti.
Miserum genus. Mifera & paſſus eſt,
Gemenda mala eiufdem nominis,
905
Effuſa nehementer prorucntium dolorum.
Anti.
Heu parca præbens perpeſsiones graues,
Venerandaq; Oedipi umbra, nigraq;
Erinnys certe magnanima es.
Ifm.
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.) — 980 focus
O dark were the sorrows
That exile hath known!
1000
He slew, but returned not
Alive to his own!
He struck down a brother, but fell, in the moment of triumph hewn down!
O lineage accurst,
O doom and despair!
1005
Alas, for their quarrel,
The brothers that were!
And woe! for their pitiful end, who once were our love and our care!
O grievous the fate
That attends upon wrong!
1010
Stern ghost of our sire,
Thy vengeance is long!
Dark Fury of hell and of death, the hands of thy kingdom are strong!
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.) — 980 focus
Wehe!
930
Ismene.
Wehe!
930
Antigone.
Welches Jammers bittern Anblick -
Ismene.
Antigone.
Zeigt' er wiederkehrend uns!
Und kam, ihn mordend, nicht zur Stadt -
Ismene.
Heimkehrend haucht' er aus das Leben!
Antigone.
Er haucht' es aus, ach!
Ismene.
Und entriß es diesem hier!
Antigone.
Unselig Haus!
Ismene.
Unselig Leid!
Antigone.
O jammervolles Brüderpaar -
935
Ismene.
Vom Gräul des Zweikampfs triefend noch!
935
Antigone.
Ein Graun dem Wort!
Ismene.
Ein Graun dem Blick!
Der Chor.
O Moira, drangsalvolle Leidesspenderin!
Heiliger Schatte des Oedipus!
Fluchgeist der Nächte, wahrlich groß ist deine Macht!
Antigone.
Notes on the current edition
Seven Against Thebes
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
957-972.
mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1007
962-963.
mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-1011
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
941-995.
mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-605
962.
mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg004-wecklein1902-com-ger1-614