The Seven Against Thebes (142-152)

O Zeus and Earth and city-guarding gods, and Erinys, father's curse the powerful, don't let this city be rooted up, don't let her armed foes ruin her, a city speaking Greek, protect her houses, protect her families. A free place, the city of Kadmus, let never be brought to slavery's yoke. May You become her strength. I hope I speak the common will, because a city whose things go well honors Gods.

Ἐπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας (142-152)

Ετ. ὦ Ζεῦ τε καὶ Γῆ καὶ πολισσοῦχοι θεοί͵ Ἀρά τ΄ Ἐρινὺς πατρὸς ἡ μεγασθενής͵ μή μοι πόλιν γε πρυμνόθεν πανώλεθρον ἐκθαμνίσητε δῃάλωτον͵ Ἑλλάδος φθόγγον χέουσαν͵ καὶ δόμους ἐφεστίους· ἐλευθέραν δὲ γῆν τε καὶ Κάδμου πόλιν ζεύγλῃσι δουλίῃσι μήποτε σχεθεῖν· γένεσθε δ΄ ἀλκή· ξυνὰ δ΄ ἐλπίζω λέγειν· πόλις γὰρ εὖ πράσσουσα δαίμονας τίει.