Antigone, Sophocles, creator; Sophocles with an English translation Vol 1; Storr, Francis, 1839-1919, editor, translator. London, New York: W. Heinemann, The Macmillan Co. 1912.
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1320
ἐγώ, φάμʼ ἔτυμον. ἰὼ πρόσπολοι,
ἄγετέ μʼ ὅτι τάχιστʼ, ἄγετέ μʼ ἐκποδών,
1325
τὸν οὐκ ὄντα μᾶλλον ἢ μηδένα.
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Χορός
κέρδη παραινεῖς, εἴ τι κέρδος ἐν κακοῖς.
βράχιστα γὰρ κράτιστα τἀν ποσὶν κακά.
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Κρέων
ἴτω ἴτω,
φανήτω μόρων ὁ κάλλιστʼ ἔχων
1330
ἐμοὶ τερμίαν ἄγων ἁμέραν
ὕπατος· ἴτω ἴτω,
ὅπως μηκέτʼ ἆμαρ ἄλλʼ εἰσίδω.
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Χορός
μέλλοντα ταῦτα. τῶν προκειμένων τι χρὴ μέλειν
1335
πράσσειν. μέλει γὰρ τῶνδʼ ὅτοισι χρὴ μέλειν
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Κρέων
ἀλλʼ ὧν ἐρῶ, τοιαῦτα συγκατηυξάμην.
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Χορός
μή νυν προσεύχου μηδέν· ὡς πεπρωμένης
οὐκ ἔστι θνητοῖς συμφορᾶς ἀπαλλαγή.
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Κρέων
ἄγοιτʼ ἂν μάταιον ἄνδρʼ ἐκποδών,
1340
ὅς, ὦ παῖ, σέ τʼ οὐχ ἑκὼν κάκτανον
σέ τʼ αὖ τάνδʼ, ὤμοι μέλεος, οὐδʼ ἔχω
ὅπᾳ πρὸς πότερα κλιθῶ· πάντα γὰρ
1345
λέχρια τἀν χεροῖν, τὰ δʼ ἐπὶ κρατί μοι
πότμος δυσκόμιστος εἰσήλατο.
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Χορός
πολλῷ τὸ φρονεῖν εὐδαιμονίας
πρῶτον ὑπάρχει. χρὴ δὲ τά γʼ εἰς θεοὺς
1350
μηδὲν ἀσεπτεῖν. μεγάλοι δὲ λόγοι
μεγάλας πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων
ἀποτίσαντες
γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν.
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