Seven Against Thebes, Alpheios version. Enhanced TEI with Syntax Diagrams
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οὐχ ὡς ἄθυμος οὐδὲ λήματος κάκῇ,
ἀλλ᾽ οἶδεν ὥς σφε χρὴ τελευτῆσαι μάχῃ,
εἰ καρπὸς ἔσται θεσφάτοισι Λοξίου:
φιλεῖ δὲ σιγᾶν ἢ λέγειν τὰ καίρια.
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ὅμως δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ φῶτα , Λασθένους βίαν,
ἐχθρόξενον πυλωρὸν ἀντιτάξομεν,
γέροντα τὸν νοῦν , σάρκα δ᾽ ἡβῶσαν φύει,
ποδῶκες ὄμμα , χεῖρα δ᾽ οὐ βραδύνεται
παρ᾽ ἀσπίδος γυμνωθὲν ἁρπάσαι δόρυ.
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θεοῦ δὲ δῶρόν ἐστιν εὐτυχεῖν βροτούς.
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Χορός
κλύοντες θεοὶ δικαίας λιτὰς
ἁμετέρας τελεῖθ᾽ , ὡς πόλις εὐτυχῇ,
δορίπονα κάκ᾽ ἐκτρέποντες <ἐσ> γᾶς
ἐπιμόλους : πύργων δ᾽ ἔκτοθεν
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βαλὼν Ζεύς σφε κάνοι κεραυνῷ.
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Ἄγγελος
τὸν ἕβδομον δὴ τόνδ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ἑβδόμαις πύλαις
λέξω , τὸν αὐτοῦ σοῦ κασίγνητον , πόλει
οἵας ἀρᾶται καὶ κατεύχεται τύχας:
πύργοις ἐπεμβὰς κἀπικηρυχθεὶς χθονί,
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ἁλώσιμον παιᾶν᾽ ἐπεξιακχάσας,
σοὶ ξυμφέρεσθαι καὶ κτανὼν θανεῖν πέλας,
ἢ ζῶντ᾽ ἀτιμαστῆρα τὼς ἀνδρηλάτην
φυγῇ τὸν αὐτὸν τόνδε τείσασθαι τρόπον.
τοιαῦτ᾽ ἀυτεῖ καὶ θεοὺς γενεθλίους
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καλεῖ πατρῴας γῆς ἐποπτῆρας λιτῶν
τῶν ὧν γενέσθαι πάγχυ Πολυνείκους βία.
ἔχει δὲ καινοπηγὲς εὔκυκλον σάκος
διπλοῦν τε σῆμα προσμεμηχανημένον.
χρυσήλατον γὰρ ἄνδρα τευχηστὴν ἰδεῖν
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ἄγει γυνή τις σωφρόνως ἡγουμένη.
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