Seven Against Thebes

Aeschylus

Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.

  1. θεῖσαι διερροθήσατ᾽ ἄψυχον κάκην:
  2. τὰ τῶν θύραθεν δ᾽ ὡς ἄριστ᾽ ὀφέλλεται,
  3. αὐτοὶ δ᾽ ὑφ᾽ αὑτῶν ἔνδοθεν πορθούμεθα.