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                                     460 BC

                            THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES

                                  by Aeschylus

                         translated by E。D。A。 Morshead




                  CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY



    ETEOCLES�察�son of Oedipus�察�King of Thebes

    A SPY

    CHORUS OF THEBAN WOMEN

    ANTIGONE

    ISMENE

      sisters of ETEOCLES

    A HERALD

    SCENE�此�Within the Citadel of Thebes。 There is an altar with the

    statues of several gods visible。 A crowd of citizens are present

    as ETEOCLES enters with his attendants。��



  ETEOCLES

    Clansmen of Cadmus�察�at the signal given

    By time and season must the ruler speak

    Who sets the course and steers the ship of State

    With hand upon the tiller�察�and with eye

    Watchful against the treachery of sleep。

    For if all go aright�察�thank Heaven�察�men say��

    But if adversely´which may God forefend� �

    One name on many lips�察�from street to street��

    Would bear the bruit and rumour of the time��

    Down witk Eteocles� �a clamorous curse��

    A dirge of ruin。 May averting Zeus

    Make good his title here�察�in Cadmus' hold��

    You it beseems now´boys unripened yet

    To lusty manhood�察�men gone past the prime

    And increase of the full begetting seed��

    And those whom youth and manhood well combined

    Array for action´all to rise in aid

    Of city�察�shrines�察�and altars of all powers

    Who guard our land�察�that ne'er�察�to end of time��

    Be blotted out the sacred service due

    To our sweet mother´land and to her brood。

    For she it was who to their guest´right called

    Your waxing youth�察�was patient of the toil��

    And cherished you on the land's gracious lap��

    Alike to plant the hearth and bear the shield

    In loyal service�察�for an hour like this。

    Mark now� �until to´day�察�luck rules our scale��

    For we�察�though long beleaguered�察�in the main

    Have with our sallies struck the foemen hard。

    But now the seer�察�the feeder of the birds

    ��Whose art unerring and prophetic skill

    Of ear and mind divines their utterance

    Without the lore of fire interpreted��

    Foretelleth�察�by the mastery of his art��

    That now an onset of Achaea's host

    Is by a council of the night designed

    To fall in double strength upon our walls。

    Up and away�察�then�察�to the battlements��

    The gates�察�the bulwarks� �don your panoplies��

    Array you at the breast´work�察�take your stand

    On the floorings of the towers�察�and with good heart

    Stand firm for sudden sallies at the gates��

    Nor hold too heinous a respect for hordes

    Sent on you from afar�此�some god will guard��

    I too�察�for shrewd espial of their camp��

    Have sent forth scouts�察�and confidence is mine

    They will not fail nor tremble at their task��

    And�察�with their news�察�I fear no foeman's guile。

                                                      ��A Spy enters。��

  THE SPY

    Eteocles�察�high king of Cadmus' folk��

    I stand here with news certified and sure

    From Argos' camp�察�things by myself descried。

    Seven warriors yonder�察�doughty chiefs of might��

    Into the crimsoned concave of a shield

    Have shed a bull's blood�察�and�察�with hands immersed

    Into the gore of sacrifice�察�have sworn

    By Ares�察�lord of fight�察�and by thy name��

    Blood´lapping Terror�察�Let our oath be heard´

    Either to raze the walls�察�make void the hold

    Of Cadmus´strive his children as they may´

    Or�察�dying here�察�to make the foemen's land

    With blood impasted。 Then�察�as memory's gift

    Unto their parents at the far´off home��

    Chaplets they hung upon Adrastus' car��

    With eyes tear´dropping�察�but no word of moan。

    For their steeled spirit glowed with high resolve��

    As lions pant�察�with battle in their eyes。

    For them�察�no weak alarm delays the clear

    Issues of death or life� �I parted thence

    Even as they cast the lots�察�how each should lead��

    Against which gate�察�his serried company。

    Rank then thy bravest�察�with what speed thou may'st��

    Hard by the gates�察�to dash on them�察�for now��

    Full´armed�察�the onward ranks of Argos come��

    The dust whirls up�察�and from their panting steeds

    White foamy flakes like snow bedew the plain。

    Thou therefore�察�chieftain� �like a steersman skilled��

    Enshield the city's bulwarks�察�ere the blast

    Of war comes darting on them� �hark�察�the roar

    Of the great landstorm with its waves of men

    Take Fortune by the forelock� �for the rest��

    By yonder dawn´light will I scan the field

    Clear and aright�察�and surety of my word

    Shall keep thee scatheless of the coming storm。

  ETEOCLES

    O Zeus and Earth and city´guarding gods��

    And thou�察�my father's Curse�察�of baneful might��

    Spare ye at least this town�察�nor root it up��

    By violence of the foemen�察�stock and stem��

    For here�察�from home and hearth�察�rings Hellas' tongue。

    Forbid that e'er the yoke of slavery

    Should bow this land of freedom�察�Cadmus' hold��

    Be ye her help� �your cause I plead with mine´

    A city saved doth honour to her gods��

    ��ETEOCLES�察�his attendants and most of the crowd go out。 The

    CHORUS OF THEBAN WOMEN enters。 They appear terror´stricken。��

  CHORUS ��singing��

    I wail in the stress of my terror�察�and shrill is my cry of

      despair。

    The foemen roll forth from their camp as a billow�察�and onward they

      bear��

    Their horsemen are swift in the forefront�察�the dust rises up to

      the sky��

    A signal�察�though speechless�察�of doom�察�a herald more clear than a

      cry��

    Hoof´trampled�察�the land of my love bears onward the din to mine

      ears。

    As a torrent descending a mountain�察�it thunders and echoes and

      nears��

    The doom is unloosened and cometh� �O kings and O queens of high

      Heaven��

    Prevail that it fall not upon us� �the sign for their onset is

      given´

    They stream to the walls from without�察�white´shielded and keen for

      the fray。

    The rush of their feet�拭�to what shrine shall I bow me in terror

      and pray��

                                     ��They rush to pray to the gods。��

    O gods high´throned in bliss�察�we must crouch at the shrines in

      your home��

    Not here must we tarry and wail�此�shield clashes on shield as they

      come

    And now�察�even now is the hour for the robes and the chaplets of

      prayer��

    Mine eyes feel the flash of the sword�察�the clang is instinct with

      the spear��

    Is thy hand set against us�察�O Ares�察�in ruin and wrath to o'erwhelm

    Thine own immemorial land�察�O god of the golden helm��

    Look down upon us�察�we beseech thee�察�on the land that thou lovest

      of old。



                                                            strophe 1



    And ye�察�O protecting gods�察�in pity your people behold��

    Yea�察�save us�察�the maidenly troop�察�from the doom and despair of the

      slave��

    For the crests of the foemen come onward�察�their rush is the rush

      of a wave

    Rolled on by the War´god's breath� �almighty one�察�hear us and save

    From the grasp of the Argives' might� �to the ramparts of Cadmus

      they crowd��

    And�察�clenched in the teeth of the steeds�察�the bits clink horror

      aloud

    And seven high chieftains of war�察�with spear and with panoply

      bold��

    Are set�察�by the law of the lot�察�to storm the seven gates of our

      hold��



                                                        antistrophe 1



    Be near and befriend us�察�O Pallas�察�the Zeus´born maiden of might��

    O lord of the steed and the sea�察�be thy trident uplifted to smite

    In eager desire of the fray�察�Poseidon� �and Ares come down��

    In fatherly presence revealed�察�to rescue Harmonia's town��

    Thine too�察�Aphrodite�察�we are� �thou art mother and queen of our

      race��

    To thee we cry out in our

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