Aeschylus' THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES Complete

Translated by E. Morshead.

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Eteocles: That to a swordsman, is no welcome word!

Leader: Shall thine own brother's blood be victory's palm?

Eteocles: Ill which the gods have sent thou canst no-shun!
Eteocles goes out.


Chorus:
singing

strophe 1

I shudder in dread of the power, abhorred by the gods of high heaven,
The ruinous curse of the home till roof-tree and rafter be riven!
Too true are the visions of ill, too true the fulfilment they bring
To the curse that was spoken of old by the frenzy and wrath of the king!
Her will is the doom of the children, and Discord is kindled amain,

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