460 BC

                            THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES

                                  by Aeschylus

                         translated by E.D.A. Morshead

                  CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY

    ETEOCLES, son of Oedipus, King of Thebes

    A SPY

    CHORUS OF THEBAN WOMEN

    ANTIGONE

    ISMENE

    sisters of ETEOCLES

    A HERALD

    SCENE:-Within the Citadel of Thebes. There is an altar with the

    statues of several gods visible. A crowd of citizens are present

    as ETEOCLES enters with his attendants.)