# Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας 8.3-2

Aeschylus, Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας, Choral 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aeschylus/text-6/8.3-2

κλύοντες θεοὶ δικαίας λιτὰς
ἡμετέρας τελεῖθ᾽, ὡς πόλις εὐτυχῇ,
δορίπονα κάκ᾽ ἐκτρέποντες <ἐς> γᾶς
ἐπιμόλους: πύργων δ᾽ ἔκτοθεν
βαλὼν Ζεύς σφε κάνοι κεραυνῷ.

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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/.