Seven Against Thebes

Aeschylus

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

  1. In truth, beyond all question, struck down in the dust—
Chorus
  1. Are they lying out there? This is hard to bear, but say it just the same.
Messenger
  1. The men are dead, murdered by their very own hands.
Chorus
  1. Then with hands so fraternal did they each kill the other together?