Seven Against Thebes

Aeschylus

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

  1. curses that Oedipus spoke in madness. This strife that will destroy his sons drives the Erinys to fulfillment.
Chorus
  1. A stranger distributes their inheritance, a Chalybian immigrant from Scythia, a bitter divider of wealth,
  2. savage-hearted iron that apportions land for them to dwell in, as much as they can occupy in death when they have lost their share in these wide plains.
Chorus
  1. But when both have died, each killing