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capaneus	Agri (2022), Reading Fear in Flavian Epic: Emotion, Power, and Stoicism, 93, 141, 146, 150, 152, 179, 180 Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 187, 189, 190, 206, 207, 208 Braund and Most (2004), Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen, 276 Gazis and Hooper (2021), Aspects of Death and the Afterlife in Greek Literature, 64 Gorain (2019), Language in the Confessions of Augustine, 186, 187 Roumpou (2023), Ritual and the Poetics of Closure in Flavian Literature. 14, 117, 137, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 156 Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 187, 189, 190, 206, 207, 208
capaneus, and eteoclus, shields in seven against thebes, of	Park (2023), Reciprocity, Truth, and Gender in Pindar and Aeschylus. 123, 124, 125
capaneus, aristeia of	Roumpou (2023), Ritual and the Poetics of Closure in Flavian Literature. 146, 148, 150, 151
capaneus, death of	Roumpou (2023), Ritual and the Poetics of Closure in Flavian Literature. 146, 149
capaneus, hannibal, and	Agri (2022), Reading Fear in Flavian Epic: Emotion, Power, and Stoicism, 93, 180
capaneus, in suppliant women challenging, zeus	Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 132, 133
capaneus, suppliant women	Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 92, 298, 307

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1. Euripides, Phoenician Women, 1090-1199 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Capaneus

Found in books: Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 206; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 206

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1090 ἐπεὶ Κρέοντος παῖς ὁ γῆς ὑπερθανὼν'¹⁰⁹¹ πύργων ἐπ' ἄκρων στὰς μελάνδετον ξίφος" '¹⁰⁹² λαιμῶν διῆκε τῇδε γῇ σωτήριον, ¹⁰⁹³ λόχους ἔνειμεν ἑπτὰ καὶ λοχαγέτας' "¹⁰⁹⁴ πύλας ἐφ' ἑπτά, φύλακας ̓Αργείου δορός," "¹⁰⁹⁵ σὸς παῖς, ἐφέδρους δ' ἱππότας μὲν ἱππόταις" "¹⁰⁹⁶ ἔταξ', ὁπλίτας δ' ἀσπιδηφόροις ἔπι," '¹⁰⁹⁷ ὡς τῷ νοσοῦντι τειχέων εἴη δορὸς' "¹⁰⁹⁸ ἀλκὴ δι' ὀλίγου. περγάμων δ' ἀπ' ὀρθίων" '¹⁰⁹⁹ λεύκασπιν εἰσορῶμεν ̓Αργείων στρατὸν ¹¹⁰⁰ Τευμησὸν ἐκλιπόντα, καὶ τάφρου πέλας ¹¹⁰¹ δρόμῳ ξυνῆψαν ἄστυ Καδμείας χθονός. ¹¹⁰² παιὰν δὲ καὶ σάλπιγγες ἐκελάδουν ὁμοῦ ¹¹⁰³ ἐκεῖθεν ἔκ τε τειχέων ἡμῶν πάρα. ¹¹⁰⁴ καὶ πρῶτα μὲν προσῆγε Νηίταις πύλαις ¹¹⁰⁵ λόχον πυκναῖσιν ἀσπίσιν πεφρικότα ¹¹⁰⁶ ὁ τῆς κυναγοῦ Παρθενοπαῖος ἔκγονος,' "¹¹⁰⁷ ἐπίσημ' ἔχων οἰκεῖον ἐν μέσῳ σάκει," '¹¹⁰⁸ ἑκηβόλοις τόξοισιν ̓Αταλάντην κάπρον ¹¹⁰⁹ χειρουμένην Αἰτωλόν. ἐς δὲ Προιτίδας' "¹¹¹⁰ πύλας ἐχώρει σφάγι' ἔχων ἐφ' ἅρματι" "¹¹¹¹ ὁ μάντις ̓Αμφιάραος, οὐ σημεῖ' ἔχων" "¹¹¹² ὑβρισμέν', ἀλλὰ σωφρόνως ἄσημ' ὅπλα." "¹¹¹³ ̓Ωγύγια δ' ἐς πυλώμαθ' ̔Ιππομέδων ἄναξ" "¹¹¹⁴ ἔστειχ' ἔχων σημεῖον ἐν μέσῳ σάκει" '¹¹¹⁵ στικτοῖς Πανόπτην ὄμμασιν δεδορκότα, ¹¹¹⁶ τὰ μὲν σὺν ἄστρων ἐπιτολαῖσιν ὄμματα ¹¹¹⁷ βλέποντα, τὰ δὲ κρύπτοντα δυνόντων μέτα, ¹¹¹⁸ ὡς ὕστερον θανόντος εἰσορᾶν παρῆν. ¹¹¹⁹ ̔Ομολωίσιν δὲ τάξιν εἶχε πρὸς πύλαις' "¹¹²⁰ Τυδεύς, λέοντος δέρος ἔχων ἐπ' ἀσπίδι" '¹¹²¹ χαίτῃ πεφρικός: δεξιᾷ δὲ λαμπάδα ¹¹²² Τιτὰν Προμηθεὺς ἔφερεν ὡς πρήσων πόλιν. ¹¹²³ ὁ σὸς δὲ Κρηναίαισι Πολυνείκης πύλαις' "¹¹²⁴ ̓́Αρη προσῆγε: Ποτνιάδες δ' ἐπ' ἀσπίδι" '¹¹²⁵ ἐπίσημα πῶλοι δρομάδες ἐσκίρτων φόβῳ, ¹¹²⁶ εὖ πως στρόφιγξιν ἔνδοθεν κυκλούμεναι' "¹¹²⁷ πόρπαχ' ὑπ' αὐτόν, ὥστε μαίνεσθαι δοκεῖν." "¹¹²⁸ ὁ δ' οὐκ ἔλασσον ̓́Αρεος ἐς μάχην φρονῶν" "¹¹²⁹ Καπανεὺς προσῆγε λόχον ἐπ' ̓Ηλέκτραις πύλαις:" "¹¹³⁰ σιδηρονώτοις δ' ἀσπίδος τύποις ἐπῆν" "¹¹³¹ γίγας ἐπ' ὤμοις γηγενὴς ὅλην πόλιν" '¹¹³² φέρων μοχλοῖσιν ἐξανασπάσας βάθρων, ¹¹³³ ὑπόνοιαν ἡμῖν οἷα πείσεται πόλις.' "¹¹³⁴ ταῖς δ' ἑβδόμαις ̓́Αδραστος ἐν πύλαισιν ἦν," "¹¹³⁵ ἑκατὸν ἐχίδναις ἀσπίδ' ἐκπληρῶν γραφῇ," '¹¹³⁶ ὕδρας ἔχων λαιοῖσιν ἐν βραχίοσιν' "¹¹³⁷ ̓Αργεῖον αὔχημ': ἐκ δὲ τειχέων μέσων" '¹¹³⁸ δράκοντες ἔφερον τέκνα Καδμείων γνάθοις.' "¹¹³⁹ παρῆν δ' ἑκάστου τῶνδέ μοι θεάματα" '¹¹⁴⁰ ξύνθημα παρφέροντι ποιμέσιν λόχων. ¹¹⁴¹ καὶ πρῶτα μὲν τόξοισι καὶ μεσαγκύλοις' "¹¹⁴² ἐμαρνάμεσθα σφενδόναις θ' ἑκηβόλοις" "¹¹⁴³ πετρῶν τ' ἀραγμοῖς: ὡς δ' ἐνικῶμεν μάχῃ," '¹¹⁴⁴ ἔκλαγξε Τυδεὺς καὶ σὸς ἐξαίφνης γόνος: ¹¹⁴⁵ ὦ τέκνα Δαναῶν, πρὶν κατεξάνθαι βολαῖς,' "¹¹⁴⁶ τί μέλλετ' ἄρδην πάντες ἐμπίπτειν πύλαις," "¹¹⁴⁷ γυμνῆτες ἱππῆς ἁρμάτων τ' ἐπιστάται;" "¹¹⁴⁸ ἠχῆς δ' ὅπως ἤκουσαν, οὔτις ἀργὸς ἦν:" "¹¹⁴⁹ πολλοὶ δ' ἔπιπτον κρᾶτας αἱματούμενοι," "¹¹⁵⁰ ἡμῶν τ' ἐς οὖδας εἶδες ἂν πρὸ τειχέων" '¹¹⁵¹ πυκνοὺς κυβιστητῆρας ἐκπεπνευκότας:' "¹¹⁵² ξηρὰν δ' ἔδευον γαῖαν αἵματος ῥοαῖς." "¹¹⁵³ ὁ δ' ̓Αρκάς, οὐκ ̓Αργεῖος, ̓Αταλάντης γόνος" '¹¹⁵⁴ τυφὼς πύλαισιν ὥς τις ἐμπεσὼν βοᾷ ¹¹⁵⁵ πῦρ καὶ δικέλλας, ὡς κατασκάψων πόλιν:' "¹¹⁵⁶ ἀλλ' ἔσχε μαργῶντ' αὐτὸν ἐναλίου θεοῦ" '¹¹⁵⁷ Περικλύμενος παῖς λᾶαν ἐμβαλὼν κάρᾳ' "¹¹⁵⁸ ἁμαξοπληθῆ, γεῖς' ἐπάλξεων ἄπο:" '¹¹⁵⁹ ξανθὸν δὲ κρᾶτα διεπάλυνε καὶ ῥαφὰς' "¹¹⁶⁰ ἔρρηξεν ὀστέων, ἄρτι δ' οἰνωπὸν γένυν" "¹¹⁶¹ καθῃμάτωσεν: οὐδ' ἀποίσεται βίον" '¹¹⁶² τῇ καλλιτόξῳ μητρὶ Μαινάλου κόρῃ.' "¹¹⁶³ ἐπεὶ δὲ τάσδ' ἐσεῖδεν εὐτυχεῖς πύλας," "¹¹⁶⁴ ἄλλας ἐπῄει παῖς σός, εἱπόμην δ' ἐγώ." '¹¹⁶⁵ ὁρῶ δὲ Τυδέα καὶ παρασπιστὰς πυκνοὺς ¹¹⁶⁶ Αἰτωλίσιν λόγχαισιν εἰς ἄκρον στόμα' "¹¹⁶⁷ πύργων ἀκοντίζοντας, ὥστ' ἐπάλξεων" '¹¹⁶⁸ λιπεῖν ἐρίπνας φυγάδας: ἀλλά νιν πάλιν ¹¹⁶⁹ κυναγὸς ὡσεὶ παῖς σὸς ἐξαθροίζεται,' "¹¹⁷⁰ πύργοις δ' ἐπέστης' αὖθις. ἐς δ' ἄλλας πύλας" '¹¹⁷¹ ἠπειγόμεσθα, τοῦτο παύσαντες νοσοῦν.' "¹¹⁷² Καπανεὺς δὲ πῶς εἴποιμ' ἂν ὡς ἐμαίνετο;" '¹¹⁷³ μακραύχενος γὰρ κλίμακος προσαμβάσεις' "¹¹⁷⁴ ἔχων ἐχώρει, καὶ τοσόνδ' ἐκόμπασε," "¹¹⁷⁵ μηδ' ἂν τὸ σεμνὸν πῦρ νιν εἰργαθεῖν Διὸς" "¹¹⁷⁶ τὸ μὴ οὐ κατ' ἄκρων περγάμων ἑλεῖν πόλιν." "¹¹⁷⁷ καὶ ταῦθ' ἅμ' ἠγόρευε καὶ πετρούμενος" "¹¹⁷⁸ ἀνεῖρφ' ὑπ' αὐτὴν ἀσπίδ' εἱλίξας δέμας," "¹¹⁷⁹ κλίμακος ἀμείβων ξέστ' ἐνηλάτων βάθρα." "¹¹⁸⁰ ἤδη δ' ὑπερβαίνοντα γεῖσα τειχέων" '¹¹⁸¹ βάλλει κεραυνῷ Ζεύς νιν: ἐκτύπησε δὲ ¹¹⁸² χθών, ὥστε δεῖσαι πάντας: ἐκ δὲ κλιμάκων ¹¹⁸³ ἐσφενδονᾶτο χωρὶς ἀλλήλων μέλη,' "¹¹⁸⁴ κόμαι μὲν εἰς ̓́Ολυμπον, αἷμα δ' ἐς χθόνα," "¹¹⁸⁵ χεῖρες δὲ καὶ κῶλ' ὡς κύκλωμ' ̓Ιξίονος" "¹¹⁸⁶ εἱλίσσετ': ἐς γῆν δ' ἔμπυρος πίπτει νεκρός." "¹¹⁸⁷ ὡς δ' εἶδ' ̓́Αδραστος Ζῆνα πολέμιον στρατῷ," '¹¹⁸⁸ ἔξω τάφρου καθῖσεν ̓Αργείων στρατόν.' "¹¹⁸⁹ οἱ δ' αὖ παρ' ἡμῶν δεξιὸν Διὸς τέρας" '¹¹⁹⁰ ἰδόντες ἐξήλαυνον ἁρμάτων ὄχους' "¹¹⁹¹ ἱππῆς ὁπλῖται, κἀς μές' ̓Αργείων ὅπλα" "¹¹⁹² συνῆψαν ἔγχη: πάντα δ' ἦν ὁμοῦ κακά:" '¹¹⁹³ ἔθνῃσκον ἐξέπιπτον ἀντύγων ἄπο,' "¹¹⁹⁴ τροχοί τ' ἐπήδων ἄξονές τ' ἐπ' ἄξοσι," "¹¹⁹⁵ νεκροὶ δὲ νεκροῖς ἐξεσωρεύονθ' ὁμοῦ." '¹¹⁹⁶ πύργων μὲν οὖν γῆς ἔσχομεν κατασκαφὰς' "¹¹⁹⁷ ἐς τὴν παροῦσαν ἡμέραν: εἰ δ' εὐτυχὴς" '¹¹⁹⁸ ἔσται τὸ λοιπὸν ἥδε γῆ, θεοῖς μέλει: ¹¹⁹⁹ καὶ νῦν γὰρ αὐτὴν δαιμόνων ἔσῳσέ τις. " None

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1090 After Creon’s son, who gave up his life for his country, had taken his stand on the turret’s top and plunged a dark-hilted sword through his throat to save this land, your son told off seven companies with their captains to the seven gates to keep watch on the Argive warriors,'¹⁰⁹¹ After Creon’s son, who gave up his life for his country, had taken his stand on the turret’s top and plunged a dark-hilted sword through his throat to save this land, your son told off seven companies with their captains to the seven gates to keep watch on the Argive warriors, ¹⁰⁹⁵ and stationed cavalry to cover cavalry, and infantry to support infantry, so that assistance might be close at hand for any weak point in the walls. Then from our lofty towers we saw the Argive army with their white shields leaving ¹¹⁰⁰ Teumesus, and, when near the trench, they charged up to our Theban city at a run. In one loud burst from their ranks and from our walls rang out the battle-cry and trumpet-call. ¹¹⁰⁴ First to the Neitian gate, Parthenopaeus, son of the huntress, ¹¹⁰⁵ led a company bristling with thick rows of shields, and he had his own device in the centre of his shield: Atalanta slaying the Aetolian boar with an arrow shot from far. To the gates of Proetu ¹¹¹⁰ came the prophet Amphiaraus, bringing the victims on a chariot; he had no boastful sign, but weapons chastely plain. ¹¹¹³ Next lord Hippomedon came marching to the Ogygian gates with this device in the middle of his shield: ¹¹¹⁵ Argus the all-seeing dappled with eyes on the watch, some open with the rising stars, others hiding when they set, as could be seen after he was slain. ¹¹¹⁹ At the Homoloian gates Tydeus had his post, ¹¹²⁰ a lion’s skin with shaggy mane upon his shield, while the Titan Prometheus bore a torch in his right hand, to fire the town. ¹¹²³ Your own Polyneices led the battle against the Fountain gate; upon his shield for a device ¹¹²⁵ were the colts of Potniae galloping at frantic speed, revolving by some clever contrivance on pivots by the handle, so as to appear distraught. ¹¹²⁸ At Electra’s gate Capaneus brought up his company, bold as Ares for the battle; ¹¹³⁰ this device his shield bore upon its iron back: an earth-born giant carrying on his shoulders a whole city which he had wrenched from its base, a hint to us of the fate in store for Thebes . ¹¹³⁴ Adrastus was at the seventh gate; ¹¹³⁵ a hundred vipers engraved on his shield, as he bore on his left arm the hydra the boast of Argos , and serpents were carrying off in their jaws the sons of Thebes from within our very walls. Now I was able to see each of them, ¹¹⁴⁰ as I carried the watch-word along to the leaders of our companies. ¹¹⁴¹ To begin with, we fought with bows and thonged javelins, with slings that shoot from far and crashing stones; and as we were conquering, Tydeus and your son suddenly cried aloud: ¹¹⁴⁵ You sons of Danaus, before you are torn to pieces by their attack, why delay to fall upon the gates with all your might, light-armed and cavalry and charioteers? No loitering then, soon as they heard that call; and many fell with bloody head, ¹¹⁵⁰ and many of us you could have seen thrown to the earth like tumblers before the walls, breathing their last, bedewing the dry ground with streams of blood. ¹¹⁵³ Then Atalanta’s son, who was not an Argive but an Arcadian, hurling himself like a hurricane at the gates, called for ¹¹⁵⁵ fire and picks to raze the town; but Periclymenus, son of the ocean-god, stayed his wild career, heaving on his head a wagon-load of stone, the coping from the battlements; and it shattered his head with yellow hair and ¹¹⁶⁰ crashed through the seams of the skull, dabbling with blood his fresh cheek; and he will never go back alive to his mother with her lovely bow, the maid of Maenalus. ¹¹⁶³ Your son then, seeing these gates secure, went on to the next, and I followed him. ¹¹⁶⁵ I saw Tydeus and his thick rows of targeteers hurling their Aetolian spears into the opening at the top of the turrets, so that our men fled and left the battlements; but your son rallied them once more, as a huntsman cheers his hounds, ¹¹⁷⁰ and stationed them at the towers again. And then we hastened to other gates, after stopping the affliction there. As for the madness of Capaneus, how can I describe it? He was going about with a long scaling-ladder, and boasting ¹¹⁷⁵ that even the holy fire of Zeus would not hold him back from giving the city to utter destruction. And even as he spoke, he climbed up beneath the hail of stones, crouched under the shelter of his shield, rung by smooth rung going up the ladder. ¹¹⁸⁰ But, just as he was scaling the parapet of the wall, Zeus smote him with a thunderbolt; the earth re-echoed, and fear seized everyone; for from the ladder his limbs were slung far apart, his head toward Olympus , his blood toward earth, ¹¹⁸⁵ while his legs and arms went spinning round like Ixion’s wheel he was hurled, spinnning; his burning corpse fell to the ground. ¹¹⁸⁷ But when Adrastus saw that Zeus was hostile to his army, he drew the Argive troops outside the trench. Meanwhile our armed cavalry, seeing the lucky omen of Zeus before us, ¹¹⁹⁰ were driving forth their chariots, and the armed men charged with spears into the middle of the Argives, and all troubles happened at once: men were dying, hurled headlong from chariots, wheels flew off, axles crashed together, ¹¹⁹⁵ while the dead were heaped up on the dead. So for to-day we have prevented destruction of the towers of our land; but if this land will be fortunate for the future, that rests with the gods; for even now it owes its safety to some deity. Chorus Leader ' None

2. Euripides, Suppliant Women, 498-499, 980-1113 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Capaneus • Capaneus (Suppliant Women) • Zeus Capaneus in Suppliant Women challenging

Found in books: Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 206, 207, 208; Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 133; Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 298, 307; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 206, 207, 208

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498 ὃς προσβαλὼν πύλῃσιν ὤμοσεν πόλιν ⁴⁹⁹ πέρσειν θεοῦ θέλοντος ἤν τε μὴ θέλῃ;' "⁹⁸⁰ καὶ μὴν θαλάμας τάσδ' ἐσορῶ δὴ" "⁹⁸¹ Καπανέως ἤδη τύμβον θ' ἱερὸν" "⁹⁸² μελάθρων τ' ἐκτὸς" '⁹⁸³ Θησέως ἀναθήματα νεκροῖς,' "⁹⁸⁴ κλεινήν τ' ἄλοχον τοῦ καπφθιμένου" '⁹⁸⁵ τοῦδε κεραυνῷ πέλας Εὐάδνην, ⁹⁸⁶ ἣν ̓͂Ιφις ἄναξ παῖδα φυτεύει.' "⁹⁸⁷ τί ποτ' αἰθερίαν ἕστηκε πέτραν," '⁹⁸⁸ ἣ τῶνδε δόμων ὑπερακρίζει,' "⁹⁸⁹ τήνδ' ἐμβαίνουσα κέλευθον;" "⁹⁹⁰ τί φέγγος, τίν' αἴγλαν" "⁹⁹¹ ἐδίφρευε τόθ' ἅλιος" "⁹⁹² σελάνα τε κατ' αἰθέρα," "⁹⁹³ †λαμπάδ' ἵν' ὠκυθόαι νύμφαι†," "⁹⁹⁴ ἱππεύουσι δι' ὀρφναίας," '⁹⁹⁵ ἁνίκα γάμων γάμων ⁹⁹⁶ τῶν ἐμῶν πόλις ̓́Αργους ⁹⁹⁷ ἀοιδάς, εὐδαιμονίας, ⁹⁹⁸ ἐπύργωσε καὶ γαμέτα ⁹⁹⁹ χαλκεοτευχοῦς, αἰαῖ, Καπανέως.' "¹⁰⁰⁰ πρός ς' ἔβαν δρομὰς ἐξ ἐμῶν"¹⁰⁰¹ οἴκων ἐκβακχευσαμένα, ¹⁰⁰² πυρᾶς φῶς τάφον τε ¹⁰⁰³ βατεύσουσα τὸν αὐτόν,' "¹⁰⁰⁴ ἐς ̔́Αιδαν καταλύσους' ἔμμοχθον" '¹⁰⁰⁵ βίοτον αἰῶνός τε πόνους: ¹⁰⁰⁶ ἥδιστος γάρ τοι θάνατος ¹⁰⁰⁷ συνθνῄσκειν θνῄσκουσι φίλοις, ¹⁰⁰⁸ εἰ δαίμων τάδε κραίνοι.' "¹⁰⁰⁹ καὶ μὴν ὁρᾷς τήνδ' ἧς ἐφέστηκας πέλας" "¹⁰¹⁰ πυράν, Διὸς θησαυρόν, ἔνθ' ἔνεστι σὸς" '¹⁰¹¹ πόσις δαμασθεὶς λαμπάσιν κεραυνίοις. ¹⁰¹² ὁρῶ δὴ τελευτάν,' "¹⁰¹³ ἵν' ἕστακα: τύχα δέ μοι" '¹⁰¹⁴ ξυνάπτοι ποδός: ἀλλὰ τᾶς ¹⁰¹⁵ εὐκλεί̈ας χάριν ἔνθεν ὁρ-' "¹⁰¹⁶ μάσω τᾶσδ' ἀπὸ πέτρας πη-" '¹⁰¹⁷ δήσασα πυρὸς ἔσω,' "¹⁰¹⁸ σῶμά τ' αἴθοπι φλογμῷ" '¹⁰²⁰ πόσει συμμείξασα, φίλον ¹⁰²¹ χρῶτα χρωτὶ πέλας θεμένα, ¹⁰²² Φερσεφονείας ἥξω θαλάμους,' "¹⁰²³ σὲ τὸν θανόντ' οὔποτ' ἐμᾷ" '¹⁰²⁴ προδοῦσα ψυχᾷ κατὰ γᾶς. ¹⁰²⁵ ἴτω φῶς γάμοι τε:' "¹⁰²⁶ ἴθ' αἵτινες εὐναὶ" '¹⁰²⁷ δικαίων ὑμεναίων ἐν ̓́Αργει' "¹⁰²⁸ φανῶσιν τέκνοις: ὅσιος δ'" '¹⁰²⁹ ὅσιος εὐναῖος γαμέτας ¹⁰³⁰ συντηχθεὶς αὔραις ἀδόλοις' "¹⁰³¹ καὶ μὴν ὅδ' αὐτὸς σὸς πατὴρ βαίνει πέλας" '¹⁰³² γεραιὸς ̓͂Ιφις ἐς νεωτέρους λόγους, ¹⁰³³ οὓς οὐ κατειδὼς πρόσθεν ἀλγήσει κλύων.' "¹⁰³⁴ ὦ δυστάλαιναι, δυστάλας δ' ἐγὼ γέρων," "¹⁰³⁵ ἥκω διπλοῦν πένθημ' ὁμαιμόνων ἔχων," '¹⁰³⁶ τὸν μὲν θανόντα παῖδα Καδμείων δορὶ ¹⁰³⁷ ̓Ετέοκλον ἐς γῆν πατρίδα ναυσθλώσων νεκρόν,' "¹⁰³⁸ ζητῶν τ' ἐμὴν παῖδ', ἣ δόμων ἐξώπιος" '¹⁰³⁹ βέβηκε πηδήσασα Καπανέως δάμαρ, ¹⁰⁴⁰ θανεῖν ἐρῶσα σὺν πόσει. χρόνον μὲν οὖν' "¹⁰⁴¹ τὸν πρόσθ' ἐφρουρεῖτ' ἐν δόμοις: ἐπεὶ δ' ἐγὼ" '¹⁰⁴² φυλακὰς ἀνῆκα τοῖς παρεστῶσιν κακοῖς, ¹⁰⁴³ βέβηκεν. ἀλλὰ τῇδέ νιν δοξάζομεν' "¹⁰⁴⁴ μάλιστ' ἂν εἶναι: φράζετ' εἰ κατείδετε." "¹⁰⁴⁵ τί τάσδ' ἐρωτᾷς; ἥδ' ἐγὼ πέτρας ἔπι" '¹⁰⁴⁶ ὄρνις τις ὡσεὶ Καπανέως ὑπὲρ πυρᾶς ¹⁰⁴⁷ δύστηνον αἰώρημα κουφίζω, πάτερ. ¹⁰⁴⁸ τέκνον, τίς αὔρα; τίς στόλος; τίνος χάριν' "¹⁰⁴⁹ δόμων ὑπεκβᾶς' ἦλθες ἐς τήνδε χθόνα;" '¹⁰⁵⁰ ὀργὴν λάβοις ἂν τῶν ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων' "¹⁰⁵¹ κλύων: ἀκοῦσαι δ' οὔ σε βούλομαι, πάτερ." "¹⁰⁵² τί δ'; οὐ δίκαιον πατέρα τὸν σὸν εἰδέναι;" '¹⁰⁵³ κριτὴς ἂν εἴης οὐ σοφὸς γνώμης ἐμῆς. ¹⁰⁵⁴ σκευῇ δὲ τῇδε τοῦ χάριν κοσμεῖς δέμας; ¹⁰⁵⁵ θέλει τι κλεινὸν οὗτος ὁ στολμός, πάτερ.' "¹⁰⁵⁶ ὡς οὐκ ἐπ' ἀνδρὶ πένθιμος πρέπεις ὁρᾶν." '¹⁰⁵⁷ ἐς γάρ τι πρᾶγμα νεοχμὸν ἐσκευάσμεθα. ¹⁰⁵⁸ κἄπειτα τύμβῳ καὶ πυρᾷ φαίνῃ πέλας; ¹⁰⁵⁹ ἐνταῦθα γὰρ δὴ καλλίνικος ἔρχομαι. ¹⁰⁶⁰ νικῶσα νίκην τίνα; μαθεῖν χρῄζω σέθεν. ¹⁰⁶¹ πάσας γυναῖκας ἃς δέδορκεν ἥλιος. ¹⁰⁶² ἔργοις ̓Αθάνας ἢ φρενῶν εὐβουλίᾳ; ¹⁰⁶³ ἀρετῇ: πόσει γὰρ συνθανοῦσα κείσομαι.' "¹⁰⁶⁴ τί φῄς; τί τοῦτ' αἴνιγμα σημαίνεις σαθρόν;" "¹⁰⁶⁵ ᾄσσω θανόντος Καπανέως τήνδ' ἐς πυράν." '¹⁰⁶⁶ ὦ θύγατερ, οὐ μὴ μῦθον ἐς πολλοὺς ἐρεῖς.' "¹⁰⁶⁷ τοῦτ' αὐτὸ χρῄζω, πάντας ̓Αργείους μαθεῖν." "¹⁰⁶⁸ ἀλλ' οὐδέ τοί σοι πείσομαι δρώσῃ τάδε." "¹⁰⁶⁹ ὅμοιον: οὐ γὰρ μὴ κίχῃς μ' ἑλὼν χερί." '¹⁰⁷⁰ καὶ δὴ παρεῖται σῶμα — σοὶ μὲν οὐ φίλον, ¹⁰⁷¹ ἡμῖν δὲ καὶ τῷ συμπυρουμένῳ πόσει. ¹⁰⁷² ἰώ, γύναι, δεινὸν ἔργον ἐξειργάσω. ¹⁰⁷³ ἀπωλόμην δύστηνος, ̓Αργείων κόραι. ¹⁰⁷⁴ ἒ ἔ, σχέτλια τάδε παθών, ¹⁰⁷⁵ τὸ πάντολμον ἔργον ὄψῃ τάλας.' "¹⁰⁷⁶ οὐκ ἄν τιν' εὕροιτ' ἄλλον ἀθλιώτερον." '¹⁰⁷⁷ ἰὼ τάλας: ¹⁰⁷⁸ μετέλαχες τύχας Οἰδιπόδα, γέρον, ¹⁰⁷⁹ μέρος καὶ σὺ καὶ πόλις ἐμὰ τλάμων. ¹⁰⁸⁰ οἴμοι: τί δὴ βροτοῖσιν οὐκ ἔστιν τόδε, ¹⁰⁸¹ νέους δὶς εἶναι καὶ γέροντας αὖ πάλιν;' "¹⁰⁸² ἀλλ' ἐν δόμοις μὲν ἤν τι μὴ καλῶς ἔχῃ," '¹⁰⁸³ γνώμαισιν ὑστέραισιν ἐξορθούμεθα,' "¹⁰⁸⁴ αἰῶνα δ' οὐκ ἔξεστιν. εἰ δ' ἦμεν νέοι" '¹⁰⁸⁵ δὶς καὶ γέροντες, εἴ τις ἐξημάρτανε,' "¹⁰⁸⁶ διπλοῦ βίου λαχόντες ἐξωρθούμεθ' ἄν." '¹⁰⁸⁷ ἐγὼ γὰρ ἄλλους εἰσορῶν τεκνουμένους' "¹⁰⁸⁸ παίδων ἐραστὴς ἦ πόθῳ τ' ἀπωλλύμην." "¹⁰⁸⁹ †εἰ δ' ἐς τόδ' ἦλθον κἀξεπειράθην τέκνων" '¹⁰⁹⁰ οἷον στέρεσθαι πατέρα γίγνεται τέκνων,' "¹⁰⁹¹ οὐκ ἄν ποτ' ἐς τόδ' ἦλθον εἰς ὃ νῦν κακόν:†" '¹⁰⁹² ὅστις φυτεύσας καὶ νεανίαν τεκὼν ¹⁰⁹³ ἄριστον, εἶτα τοῦδε νῦν στερίσκομαι. ¹⁰⁹⁴ εἶἑν: τί δὴ χρὴ τὸν ταλαίπωρόν με δρᾶν;' "¹⁰⁹⁵ στείχειν πρὸς οἴκους; κᾆτ' ἐρημίαν ἴδω" "¹⁰⁹⁶ πολλῶν μελάθρων, ἀπορίαν τ' ἐμῷ βίῳ;" '¹⁰⁹⁷ ἢ πρὸς μέλαθρα τοῦδε Καπανέως μόλω;' "¹⁰⁹⁸ ἥδιστα πρίν γε δῆθ', ὅτ' ἦν παῖς ἥδε μοι." "¹⁰⁹⁹ ἀλλ' οὐκέτ' ἔστιν, ἥ γ' ἐμὴν γενειάδα" "¹¹⁰⁰ προσήγετ' αἰεὶ στόματι καὶ κάρα τόδε" "¹¹⁰¹ κατεῖχε χειρί: πατρὶ δ' οὐδὲν †ἥδιον†" '¹¹⁰² γέροντι θυγατρός: ἀρσένων δὲ μείζονες' "¹¹⁰³ ψυχαί, γλυκεῖαι δ' ἧσσον ἐς θωπεύματα." "¹¹⁰⁴ οὐχ ὡς τάχιστα δῆτά μ' ἄξετ' ἐς δόμους;" "¹¹⁰⁵ σκότῳ δὲ δώσετ': ἔνθ' ἀσιτίαις ἐμὸν" '¹¹⁰⁶ δέμας γεραιὸν συντακεὶς ἀποφθερῶ.' "¹¹⁰⁷ τί μ' ὠφελήσει παιδὸς ὀστέων θιγεῖν;" "¹¹⁰⁸ ὦ δυσπάλαιστον γῆρας, ὡς μισῶ ς' ἔχων," "¹¹⁰⁹ μισῶ δ' ὅσοι χρῄζουσιν ἐκτείνειν βίον," '¹¹¹⁰ βρωτοῖσι καὶ ποτοῖσι καὶ μαγεύμασι ¹¹¹¹ παρεκτρέποντες ὀχετὸν ὥστε μὴ θανεῖν: ¹¹¹² οὓς χρῆν, ἐπειδὰν μηδὲν ὠφελῶσι γῆν, ¹¹¹³ θανόντας ἔρρειν κἀκποδὼν εἶναι νέοις. ' None

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498 trying to rescue and bury those whom their own acts of insolence haye ruined. Verily then it would seem Capaneus was unjustly blasted by the thunderbolt and charred upon the ladder he had raised against our gates, swearing he would sack our town, whether the god would or no; ⁹⁸⁰ Ah! there I see the sepulchre ready e’en now for Capaneus, his consecrated tomb, and the votive offerings Theseus gives unto the dead outside the shrine, and nigh yon lightning-smitten chief ⁹⁸⁵ I see his noble bride, Evadne, daughter of King Iphis. Wherefore stands she on the towering rock, which o’ertops this temple, advancing along yon path? Evadne ⁹⁹⁰ What light, what radiancy did the sun-god’s car dart forth, and the moon athwart the firmament, while round her in the gloom swift stars None of the proposed emendations of this corrupt passage are convincing. Hermann’s λάμπαι δ’ ὠκύθοοί νιν ἀμφιππεύουσι is here followed. Nauck has λαμπαδ’ ἱν’ ὠκυθόαι νύμφαι ἱππεύουσι . careered, ⁹⁹⁵ in the day that the city of Argos raised the stately chant of joy at my wedding, in honour of my marriage with mail-clad Capaneus? ¹⁰⁰⁰ Now from my home in frantic haste with frenzied mind I rush to join thee, seeking to share with thee the fire’s bright flame and the self-same tomb, to rid me of my weary'¹⁰⁰¹ Now from my home in frantic haste with frenzied mind I rush to join thee, seeking to share with thee the fire’s bright flame and the self-same tomb, to rid me of my weary ¹⁰⁰⁵ life in Hades’ halls, and of the pains of existence; yea, for ’tis the sweetest end to share the death of those we love, if only fate will sanction it. Choru ¹⁰⁰⁹ Behold yon pyre, which thou art overlooking, nigh thereto, ¹⁰¹⁰ et apart for Zeus! There is thy husband’s body, vanquished by the blazing bolt. Evadne ¹⁰¹² Life’s goal I now behold from my station here; may fortune aid me in my headlong leap from this rock ¹⁰¹⁵ in honour’s cause, down into the fire below, to mix my ashes in the ruddy blaze ¹⁰²⁰ with my husband’s, to lay me side by side with him, there in the couch of Persephone; for ne’er will I, to save my life, prove untrue to thee where thou liest in thy grave. ¹⁰²⁵ Away with life and marriage too! Oh! The following verses are corrupt almost beyond hope of emendation, nor is it quite clear what the poet intended. By reading φανεῖεν , as Paley suggests, with τέκνοισιν ἐμοῖς and supplying the hiatus by εἴη δ’ , it is possible to extract an intelligible sense, somewhat different, however, from that proposed by Hermann or Hartung, and only offered here for want of a better. may my children live to see the dawn of a fairer, happier wedding-day in Argos! May loyalty inspire the husband’s heart, ¹⁰³⁰ his nature fusing with his wife’s! Choru ¹⁰³¹ Lo! the aged Iphis, thy father, draweth nigh to hear thy startling scheme, which yet he knows not and will grieve to learn. Iphi ¹⁰³⁴ Unhappy child! lo! I am come, a poor old man, ¹⁰³⁵ with twofold sorrow in my house to mourn, that I may carry to his native land the corpse of my son Eteocles, slain by the Theban spear, and further in quest of my daughter who rushed headlong from the house, for she was the wife of Capaneu ¹⁰⁴⁰ and longed with him to die. Ere this she was well guarded in my house, but, when I took the watch away in the present troubles, she escaped. But I feel sure that she is here; tell me if ye have seen her. Evadne ¹⁰⁴⁵ Why question them? Lo, here upon the rock, father, o’er the pyre of Capaneus, like some bird I hover lightly, in my wretchedness. Iphi ¹⁰⁴⁸ What wind hath blown thee hither, child? Whither away? Why didst thou pass the threshold of my house and seek this land? Evadne ¹⁰⁵⁰ It would but anger thee to hear what I intend, and so I fain would keep thee ignorant, my father. Iphi ¹⁰⁵² What! hath not thy own father a right to know? Evadne ¹⁰⁵³ Thou wouldst not wisely judge my intention. Iphi ¹⁰⁵⁴ Why dost thou deck thyself in that apparel? Evadne ¹⁰⁵⁵ A purport strange this robe conveys, father. Iphi ¹⁰⁵⁶ Thou hast no look of mourning for thy lord. Evadne ¹⁰⁵⁷ No, the reason why I thus am decked is strange, maybe. Iphi ¹⁰⁵⁸ Dost thou in such garb appear before a funeral-pyre? Evadne ¹⁰⁵⁹ Yea, for hither it is I come to take the meed of victory. Iphi ¹⁰⁶⁰ Victory! what victory? This would I learn of thee. Evadne ¹⁰⁶¹ A victory o’er all women on whom the sun looks down. Iphi ¹⁰⁶² In Athena’s handiwork or in prudent counsel? Evadne ¹⁰⁶³ In bravery; for I will lay me down and die with my lord. Iphi ¹⁰⁶⁴ What dost thou say? What is this silly riddle thou propoundest? Evadne ¹⁰⁶⁵ To yonder pyre where lies dead Capaneus, I will leap down. Iphi ¹⁰⁶⁶ My daughter, speak not thus before the multitude! Evadne ¹⁰⁶⁷ The very thing I wish, that every Argive should learn it. Iphi ¹⁰⁶⁸ Nay, I will ne’er consent to let thee do this deed. Evadne ¹⁰⁶⁹ (as she is throwing herself). ’Tis all one; thou shalt never catch me in thy grasp. ¹⁰⁷⁰ Lo! I cast me down, no joy to thee, but to myself and to my husband blazing on the pyre with me. Choru ¹⁰⁷² O lady, what a fearful deed! Iphi ¹⁰⁷³ Ah me! I am undone, ye dames of Argos! Chorus chanting ¹⁰⁷⁴ Alack, alack! a cruel blow is this to thee, ¹⁰⁷⁵ but thou must yet witness, poor wretch, the full horror of this deed. Iphi ¹⁰⁷⁶ A more unhappy wretch than me ye could not find. Choru ¹⁰⁷⁷ Woe for thee, unhappy man! Thou, old sir, hast been made partaker in the fortune of Oedipus, thou and my poor city too. Iphi ¹⁰⁸⁰ Ah, why are mortal men denied this boon, to live their youth twice o’er, and twice in turn to reach old age? If aught goes wrong within our homes, we set it right by judgment more maturely formed, but our life we may not so correct. Now if we had a second spell of youth ¹⁰⁸⁵ and age, this double term of life would let us then correct each previous slip. I, for instance, seeing others blest with children, longed to have them too, and found my ruin in that wish. Whereas if I had had my present experience, ¹⁰⁹⁰ and by a father’s light Following Paley’s τεκών for the MSS. τέκνων . had learnt how cruel a thing it is to be bereft of children, never should I have fallen on such evil days as these,—I who did beget a brave young son, proud parent that I was, and after all am now bereft of him. Enough of this. What remains for such a hapless wretch as me? ¹⁰⁹⁵ Shall I to my home, there to see its utter desolation and the blank within my life? or shall I to the halls of that dead Capaneus?—halls I smiled to see in days gone by, when yet my daughter was alive. But she is lost and gone, she that would ever draw down my cheek ¹¹⁰⁰ to her lips, and take my head between her hands; for naught is there more sweet unto an aged sire than a daughter’s love; our sons are made of sterner stuff, but less winning are their caresses. Oh! take me to my house at once, ¹¹⁰⁵ in darkness hide me there, to waste and fret this aged frame with fasting! What shall it avail me to touch my daughter’s bones? Old age, resistless foe, how do I loathe thy presence! Them too I hate, whoso desire to lengthen out the span of life, ¹¹¹⁰ eeking to turn the tide of death aside by philtres, Reading βρωτοῖσι καὶ βοτοῖσι καῖ μαγεύμασι , as restored from Plutarch’s quotation of the passage. drugs, and magic spells,—folk that death should take away to leave the young their place, when they no more can benefit the world. Choru ' None

3. None, None, nan (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Capaneus

Found in books: Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 187, 190; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 187, 190

4. Catullus, Poems, 58.5 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Capaneus

Found in books: Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 189; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 189

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58.5 Add the twain foot-bewing'd and fast of flight,"^58.5 Husks the high-minded scions Remus-sprung.' "' None

5. None, None, nan (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Capaneus

Found in books: Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 187; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 187

6. None, None, nan (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Capaneus • Hannibal, and Capaneus

Found in books: Agri (2022), Reading Fear in Flavian Epic: Emotion, Power, and Stoicism, 180; Roumpou (2023), Ritual and the Poetics of Closure in Flavian Literature. 117

7. None, None, nan (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Capaneus • Capaneus, aristeia of • Capaneus, death of

Found in books: Agri (2022), Reading Fear in Flavian Epic: Emotion, Power, and Stoicism, 146, 150; Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 187, 189, 190, 206, 207, 208; Augoustakis et al. (2021), Fides in Flavian Literature, 178; Roumpou (2023), Ritual and the Poetics of Closure in Flavian Literature. 146, 147, 148, 149, 151; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 187, 189, 190, 206, 207, 208

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