# Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας 16.3

Aeschylus, Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας, Choral 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aeschylus/text-6/16.3

σὺ τοί νιν οἶσθα διαπερῶν,
σὺ δ᾽ οὐδὲν ὕστερος μαθών,
ἐπεὶ κατῆλθες ἐς πόλιν,
δορός γε τῷδ᾽ ἀντηρέτας.
ὀλοὰ λέγειν.
ὀλοὰ δ᾽ ὁρᾶν.
ἰὼ πόνος,
ἰὼ κακά,
δώμασι καὶ χθονί, [πρὸ πάντων δ᾽ ἐμοί].
καὶ τὸ πρόσω γ᾽ ἐμοί:
ἰώ, δύστανε τῶν κακῶν ἄναξ.
ἰὼ πάντων πολυστονώτατε.
ἰώ, ποῦ σφε θήσομεν χθονός;
ἰώ, ἔνθα τιμιώτατον.
ἰὼ δαιμονῶντες ἐν ἄτᾳ.
ἰὼ πῆμα πατρὶ πάρευνον.

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Aeschylus, Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας, ed. Arthur Sidgwick. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0085.tlg004.local001/.