Seven Against Thebes

Aeschylus

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

  1. Pray that the rampart withstand the enemy spear. Yes, the outcome is in the gods’ hands—but then, it is said that the gods of a captured city abandon it.
Chorus
  1. Never so long as I live may this divine assembly abandon us,
  2. nor may I live to see the city overrun and the army seizing it with hostile fire!
Eteocles
  1. When you invoke the gods, do not be ill-advised. For Obedience is