Seven Against Thebes

Aeschylus

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

  1. It is only at this moment that death stands close by you, for the divine spirit may change its purpose even after a long time and come on a gentler wind. But now it still seethes.
Eteocles
  1. Yes, the curses of Oedipus have made it seethe in fury.
  2. Too true were the phantoms in my sleeping visions, predicting the division of our father’s wealth!
Chorus
  1. Obey us women, although you do not like to.