ANGELIKI ZERVOU
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seven aeschylus
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Κάδμου πολῖται , χρὴ λέγειν τὰ καίρια
ὅστις φυλάσσει πρᾶγος ἐν πρύμνῃ πόλεως
οἴακα νωμῶν , βλέφαρα μὴ κοιμῶν ὕπνῳ .
εἰ μὲν γὰρ εὖ πράξαιμεν , αἰτία θεοῦ :
εἰ δ᾽ αὖθ᾽ , ὃ μὴ γένοιτο , συμφορὰ τύχοι ,
Ἐτεοκλέης ἂν εἷς πολὺς κατὰ πτόλιν
ὑμνοῖθ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἀστῶν φροιμίοις πολυρρόθοις
οἰμώγμασίν θ᾽ , ὧν Ζεὺς ἀλεξητήριος
ἐπώνυμος γένοιτο Καδμείων πόλει .
ὅστις φυλάσσει πρᾶγος ἐν πρύμνῃ πόλεως
οἴακα νωμῶν , βλέφαρα μὴ κοιμῶν ὕπνῳ .
εἰ μὲν γὰρ εὖ πράξαιμεν , αἰτία θεοῦ :
εἰ δ᾽ αὖθ᾽ , ὃ μὴ γένοιτο , συμφορὰ τύχοι ,
Ἐτεοκλέης ἂν εἷς πολὺς κατὰ πτόλιν
ὑμνοῖθ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἀστῶν φροιμίοις πολυρρόθοις
οἰμώγμασίν θ᾽ , ὧν Ζεὺς ἀλεξητήριος
ἐπώνυμος γένοιτο Καδμείων πόλει .
Men
of
Cadmus
'
s
city
,
he
who
guards
from
the
stern
the
concerns
of
the
State
and
guides
its
helm
with
eyes
untouched
by
sleep
must
speak
to
the
point
.
For
if
we
succeed
,
the
responsibility
is
heaven
'
s
;
[
5
]
but
if—may
it
not
happen—disaster
is
our
lot
,
Eteocles
would
be
the
one
name
shouted
many
times
throughout
the
city
in
the
citizens
'
resounding
uproars
and
laments
.
From
these
evils
may
Zeus
the
Defender
,
upholding
his
name
,
shield
the
city
of
the
Cadmeans
!