Seven Against Thebes

Aeschylus

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

  1. the mother of Success, wife of Salvation—as the saying goes.
Chorus
  1. So she is, but the power of god is supreme, and often in bad times it raises the helpless man out of harsh misery even when stormclouds are lowering over his eyes.
Eteocles
  1. It is the man’s duty to offer victims and sacrifices to the gods when they test their enemy; your duty is to be silent and to remain inside the house.
Chorus
  1. By the will of the gods we inhabit an unconquered city, and the rampart withstands the enemy throng.