Seven Against Thebes

Aeschylus

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

  1. If only you would grant my plea for a small service.
Chorus
  1. Please state it as quickly as possible, and I will quickly know what to do.
Eteocles
  1. Be silent, wretched woman; do not terrify your own men.
Chorus
  1. I am silent. I will suffer what is destined together with the others.