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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οὐχ ὑμὶν Ἅιδης μοῦνος ἀρκέσει, πρὶν ἂν
ζῶντες κρεμαστοὶ τήνδε δηλώσηθʼ ὕβριν,
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ἵνʼ εἰδότες τὸ κέρδος ἔνθεν οἰστέον
τὸ λοιπὸν ἁρπάζητε, καὶ μάθηθʼ ὅτι
οὐκ ἐξ ἅπαντος δεῖ τὸ κερδαίνειν φιλεῖν.
ἐκ τῶν γὰρ αἰσχρῶν λημμάτων τοὺς πλείονας
ἀτωμένους ἴδοις ἂν ἢ σεσωσμένους.
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315
εἰπεῖν τι δώσεις ἢ στραφεὶς οὕτως ἴω;
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Κρέων
οὐκ οἶσθα καὶ νῦν ὡς ἀνιαρῶς λέγεις;
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Φύλαξ
ἐν τοῖσιν ὠσὶν ἢ ʼπὶ τῇ ψυχῇ δάκνει;
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Κρέων
τί δὲ ῥυθμίζεις τὴν ἐμὴν λύπην ὅπου;
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ὁ δρῶν σʼ ἀνιᾷ τὰς φρένας, τὰ δʼ ὦτʼ ἐγώ.
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Κρέων
320
οἴμʼ ὡς λάλημα δῆλον ἐκπεφυκὸς εἶ.
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Φύλαξ
οὔκουν τό γʼ ἔργον τοῦτο ποιήσας ποτέ.
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Κρέων
καὶ ταῦτʼ ἐπʼ ἀργύρῳ γε τὴν ψυχὴν προδούς.
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φεῦ·
ἦ δεινὸν ᾧ δοκῇ γε καὶ ψευδῆ δοκεῖν.
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Κρέων
κόμψευέ νυν τὴν δόξαν· εἰ δὲ ταῦτα μὴ
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φανεῖτέ μοι τοὺς δρῶντας, ἐξερεῖθʼ ὅτι
τὰ δειλὰ κέρδη πημονὰς ἐργάζεται.
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Φύλαξ
ἀλλʼ εὑρεθείη μὲν μάλιστʼ· ἐὰν δέ τοι
ληφθῇ τε καὶ μή, τοῦτο γὰρ τύχη κρινεῖ,
οὐκ ἔσθʼ ὅπως ὄψει σὺ δεῦρʼ ἐλθόντα με·
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καὶ νῦν γὰρ ἐκτὸς ἐλπίδος γνώμης τʼ ἐμῆς
σωθεὶς ὀφείλω τοῖς θεοῖς πολλὴν χάριν.
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Χορός
πολλὰ τὰ δεινὰ κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερον πέλει.
τοῦτο καὶ πολιοῦ πέραν πόντου χειμερίῳ νότῳ
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χωρεῖ, περιβρυχίοισιν
περῶν ὑπʼ οἴδμασιν.
θεῶν τε τὰν ὑπερτάταν, Γᾶν
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