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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τοιαῦτά φασι τὸν ἀγαθὸν Κρέοντα σοὶ
κἀμοί, λέγω γὰρ κἀμέ, κηρύξαντʼ ἔχειν,
καὶ δεῦρο νεῖσθαι ταῦτα τοῖσι μὴ εἰδόσιν
σαφῆ προκηρύξοντα, καὶ τὸ πρᾶγμʼ ἄγειν
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οὐχ ὡς παρʼ οὐδέν, ἀλλʼ ὃς ἂν τούτων τι δρᾷ,
φόνον προκεῖσθαι δημόλευστον ἐν πόλει.
οὕτως ἔχει σοι ταῦτα, καὶ δείξεις τάχα
εἴτʼ εὐγενὴς πέφυκας εἴτʼ ἐσθλῶν κακή.
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τί δʼ, ὦ ταλαῖφρον, εἰ τάδʼ ἐν τούτοις, ἐγὼ
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λύουσʼ ἂν ἢ ʼφάπτουσα προσθείμην πλέον;
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Ἀντιγόνη
εἰ ξυμπονήσεις καὶ ξυνεργάσει σκόπει.
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ποῖόν τι κινδύνευμα; ποῦ γνώμης ποτʼ εἰ;
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Ἀντιγόνη
εἰ τὸν νεκρὸν ξὺν τῇδε κουφιεῖς χερί.
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ἢ γὰρ νοεῖς θάπτειν σφʼ, ἀπόρρητον πόλει;
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Ἀντιγόνη
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τὸν γοῦν ἐμὸν καὶ τὸν σόν ἢν σὺ μὴ θέλῃς
ἀδελφόν· οὐ γὰρ δὴ προδοῦσʼ ἁλώσομαι.
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ὦ σχετλία, Κρέοντος ἀντειρηκότος;
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ἀλλʼ οὐδὲν αὐτῷ τῶν ἐμῶν μʼ εἴργειν μέτα.
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οἴμοι. φρόνησον, ὦ κασιγνήτη, πατὴρ
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ὡς νῷν ἀπεχθὴς δυσκλεής τʼ ἀπώλετο,
πρὸς αὐτοφώρων ἀμπλακημάτων διπλᾶς
ὄψεις ἀράξας αὐτὸς αὐτουργῷ χερί.
ἔπειτα μήτηρ καὶ γυνή, διπλοῦν ἔπος,
πλεκταῖσιν ἀρτάναισι λωβᾶται βίον·
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τρίτον δʼ ἀδελφὼ δύο μίαν καθʼ ἡμέραν
αὐτοκτονοῦντε τὼ ταλαιπώρω μόρον
κοινὸν κατειργάσαντʼ ἐπαλλήλοιν χεροῖν.
νῦν δʼ αὖ μόνα δὴ νὼ λελειμμένα σκόπει
ὅσῳ κάκιστʼ ὀλούμεθʼ, εἰ νόμου βίᾳ
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ψῆφον τυράννων ἢ κράτη παρέξιμεν.
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