Seven Against Thebes

Aeschylus

Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.

  1. The air rages at the shaking of spears! What is happening to our city? What will the future bring? And where does God finally lead us?
Chorus
  1. Ah! Ah! A hail of stones strikes our battlements from afar. O beloved Apollo!
  2. There is the clang of bronze-bound shields at the gates. O son of Zeus, in whom dwells the sacred power to decide in battle war’s outcome! And you, blessed queen Onca,[*](Onca, the name of a Phoenician goddess, is identified with Athena (cp. 1. 487).) on behalf of the city,
  3. defend your seven- gated home!