Seven Against Thebes

Aeschylus

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

  1. He was saved, but lost his life.
Antigone
  1. He lost it, all too truly.
Ismene
  1. And took this one’s life away.
Antigone
  1. Wretched family!
Ismene
  1. Wretched suffering!
Antigone
  1. Kindred sorrows full of groans!
Ismene
  1. Sorrows steeped in tripled griefs.
Chorus
  1. O Fate, giver of grievous troubles, and awful shade of Oedipus, black Erinys, you are indeed a mighty force.
Antigone
  1. Now you know of the Erinys by experience—
Ismene
  1. And you are made aware no later—
Antigone
  1. When you came back to our city,
Ismene
  1. Yes, to face him with your spear.
Antigone
  1. A tale of destruction!
Ismene
  1. Destruction to look upon!
Antigone
  1. Oh, the grief—
Ismene
  1. Oh, the evils—
Antigone
  1. For home and land.
Ismene
  1. Above all for me,
Antigone
  1. And more also for me.
Ismene
  1. Ah I pity your grievous suffering, my king.