Seven Against Thebes. Aeschylus. ed. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff. Berolini. 1914.
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Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) (Greek) (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.)
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Editions (6)
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 181-202 focus
Ετεοκλης
ὑμᾶς ἐρωτῶ, θρέμματ᾽ οὐκ ἀνασχετά,
ἦ ταῦτ᾽ ἄριστα καὶ πόλει σωτήρια,
στρατῷ τε θάρσος τῷδε πυργηρουμένῳ,
βρέτη πεσούσας πρὸς πολισσούχων θεῶν
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αὔειν, λακάζειν, σωφρόνων μισήματα;
μήτ᾽ ἐν κακοῖσι μήτ᾽ ἐν εὐεστοῖ φίλῃ
ξύνοικος εἴην τῷ γυναικείῳ γένει.
κρατοῦσα μὲν γὰρ οὐχ ὁμιλητὸν θράσος,
δείσασα δ᾽ οἴκῳ καὶ πόλει πλέον κακόν.
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καὶ νῦν πολίταις τάσδε διαδρόμους φυγὰς
θεῖσαι διερροθήσατ᾽ ἄψυχον κάκην:
τὰ τῶν θύραθεν δ᾽ ὡς ἄριστ᾽ ὀφέλλεται,
αὐτοὶ δ᾽ ὑφ᾽ αὑτῶν ἔνδοθεν πορθούμεθα.
τοιαῦτά τἂν γυναιξὶ συνναίων ἔχοις.
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κεἰ μή τις ἀρχῆς τῆς ἐμῆς ἀκούσεται,
ἀνὴρ γυνή τε χὤ τι τῶν μεταίχμιον,
ψῆφος κατ᾽ αὐτῶν ὀλεθρία βουλεύσεται,
λευστῆρα δήμου δ᾽ οὔ τι μὴ φύγῃ μόρον.
μέλει γὰρ ἀνδρί, μὴ γυνὴ βουλευέτω,
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τἄξωθεν: ἔνδον δ᾽ οὖσα μὴ βλάβην τίθει.
ἤκουσας ἢ οὐκ ἤκουσας, ἢ κωφῇ λέγω;
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Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 181-202 focus
Ἐτεοκλής
ὑμᾶς ἐρωτῶ, θρέμματʼ οὐκ ἀνασχετά,
ἦ ταῦτʼ ἄριστα καὶ πόλει σωτήρια,
στρατῷ τε θάρσος τῷδε πυργηρουμένῳ,
βρέτη πεσούσας πρὸς πολισσούχων θεῶν
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αὔειν, λακάζειν, σωφρόνων μισήματα;
μήτʼ ἐν κακοῖσι μήτʼ ἐν εὐεστοῖ φίλῃ
ξύνοικος εἴην τῷ γυναικείῳ γένει.
κρατοῦσα μὲν γὰρ οὐχ ὁμιλητὸν θράσος,
δείσασα δʼ οἴκῳ καὶ πόλει πλέον κακόν.
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καὶ νῦν πολίταις τάσδε διαδρόμους φυγὰς
θεῖσαι διερροθήσατʼ ἄψυχον κάκην·
τὰ τῶν θύραθεν δʼ ὡς ἄριστʼ ὀφέλλεται,
αὐτοὶ δʼ ὑπʼ αὐτῶν ἔνδοθεν πορθούμεθα.
τοιαῦτά τἂν γυναιξὶ συνναίων ἔχοις.
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κεἰ μή τις ἀρχῆς τῆς ἐμῆς ἀκούσεται,
ἀνὴρ γυνή τε χὤ τι τῶν μεταίχμιον,
ψῆφος κατʼ αὐτῶν ὀλεθρία βουλεύσεται,
λευστῆρα δήμου δʼ οὔ τι μὴ φύγῃ μόρον.
μέλει γὰρ ἀνδρί, μὴ γυνὴ βουλευέτω,
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τἄξωθεν· ἔνδον δʼ οὖσα μὴ βλάβην τίθει.
ἤκουσας ἢ οὐκ ἤκουσας, ἢ κωφῇ λέγω;
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 158 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 158 focus
Χοροῦ ἡ ΙΓ
ἒ ἒ ἒ ἔ.
ἀντ. β'.
ἀκροβόλων δ᾽ ἐπάλξεων λιθὰς ἔρχεται.
Χοροῦ ἡ ΙΔ
ὦ φίλ᾽ Ἄπολλον,
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κόναβος ἐν πύλαις χαλκοδέτων σακέων.
Χοροῦ ἡ ΙΕ
ἐκ Διόθεν
πολεμόκραντον ἁγνὸν τέλος ἐν μάχᾳ
σύ τε, μάκαιρ᾽ ἄνασσ᾽ Ὄγκα, ὑπὲρ πόλεως
ἑπτάπυλον ἕδος ἐπιρρύου.
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ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 158 focus
Ἐὴ ἐή,
ἀκροβόλων
ἀκροβόλων δ' ἐπάλξεων λιθὰς ἔρχεται·
ὦ φίλ' Ἄπολλον.
Κόναβος ἐν πύλαις χαλκοδέτων σακέων
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ἀλλά,
καὶ Διόθεν
πολεμόκραντον ἁγνὸν τέλος ἐν
μάχᾳ, σύ τε
μάχαισί τε,
μάκαιρ' ἄνασσ', Ὄγκα πρὸ
πτόλεως
πόλεως,
ἑπτάπυλον ἕδος ἐπιρρύου.
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 158 focus
Translations (9)
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.)) — 181-200 focus
Eteocles
You intolerable things! I ask you, is this the best way to save the city? Does it hearten our army here besieged,
when you fall before the images of the gods that guard the city and shout and shriek—behavior that moderate people despise? May I never share my home with the female race, neither in time of evil nor in pleasant prosperity! When things go well for her, her boldness is unbearable,
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but when she is afraid, she is an even greater evil for home and city. So now your cries as you rushed here and there in panicked flight have rattled the citizens into dispirited cowardice. The cause of the enemy outside our gates is excellently strengthened by your behavior, while we inside are ruined by our own people.
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This is the sort of trouble you will have if you dwell with women. Now if anyone fails to obey my authority—whether man or woman or something in between—a sentence of death will be decreed for him and by no means whatsoever will he escape destruction by stoning at the people’s hands.
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It is for the man to take care of business outside the house; let no woman make decrees in those matters. Keep inside and do no harm! Do you hear me or not? Am I speaking to the deaf?
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The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 158 focus
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 158 focus
O cher Apollon ! J'entends à nos portes le fracas des boucliers d'airain.
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 158 focus
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.) — 158 focus
CORO
Ahi, ahi, ahi, ahi!
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Verberan sassi gli spalti alla cima,
o Apollo dilettissimo!
Di bronzei scudi alle porte è lo squillo !
Onca, di Giove figlia
beata, a cui concesso è nella mischia
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de la guerra guidar la sacra sorte,
tu salva Tebe dalle sette porte !
Ahi, ahi, ahi, ahi!
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Strofe III
CORO
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 158 focus
O beata regina Minerua, ante urbem conſtituta,
Septem portarũ solum protege: heu præpotētes dij,
Heu perfecti perfecteq;
Seven Against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (Seven Against Thebes. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 158 focus
ANTIGONE
Pour forth lamentations.
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.) — 158 focus
The blast of the terrible stones on the ridge of our wall is not stayed,
At the gates is the brazen clash of the bucklers—Apollo to aid!
Thou too, O daughter of Zeus, who guidest the wavering fray
To the holy decision of fate, Athena! be with us to-day!
Come down to the sevenfold gates and harry the foemen away!
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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.) — 158 focus
Hoch an die Zinnen prallt ein Steinregen auf:
Ha! Theurer Apollon!
Eilfte.
Wild an den Thoren hallt eherner Schilde Klang.
Zwölfte.
Aus Zeus' Händen falle,
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Schlachtenentscheidend, ein heiliges Siegesloos!
Selige Göttin Onka, du vor den Mauern, hilf,
Errette der sieben Thore Stadt!
Erster Halbchor.
Strophe.
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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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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