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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κατέσχον ἢ τὸν αὐτάδελφον ἐν τάφῳ
τιθεῖσα; τούτοις τοῦτο πᾶσιν ἁνδάνειν
505
λέγοιτʼ ἄν, εἰ μὴ γλῶσσαν ἐγκλῄοι φόβος.
ἀλλʼ ἡ τυραννὶς πολλά τʼ ἄλλʼ εὐδαιμονεῖ
κἄξεστιν αὐτῇ δρᾶν λέγειν θʼ ἃ βούλεται.
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Κρέων
σὺ τοῦτο μούνη τῶνδε Καδμείων ὁρᾷς.
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Ἀντιγόνη
ὁρῶσι χοὖτοι, σοὶ δʼ ὑπίλλουσιν στόμα.
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Κρέων
510
σὺ δʼ οὐκ ἐπαιδεῖ, τῶνδε χωρὶς εἰ φρονεῖς;
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Ἀντιγόνη
οὐδὲν γὰρ αἰσχρὸν τοὺς ὁμοσπλάγχνους σέβειν.
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Κρέων
οὔκουν ὅμαιμος χὠ καταντίον θανών;
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Ἀντιγόνη
ὅμαιμος ἐκ μιᾶς τε καὶ ταὐτοῦ πατρός.
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Κρέων
πῶς δῆτʼ ἐκείνῳ δυσσεβῆ τιμᾷς χάριν;
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Ἀντιγόνη
515
οὐ μαρτυρήσει ταῦθʼ ὁ κατθανὼν νέκυς.
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Κρέων
εἴ τοί σφε τιμᾷς ἐξ ἴσου τῷ δυσσεβεῖ.
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Ἀντιγόνη
οὐ γάρ τι δοῦλος, ἀλλʼ ἀδελφὸς ὤλετο.
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Κρέων
πορθῶν δὲ τήνδε γῆν· ὁ δʼ ἀντιστὰς ὕπερ.
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Ἀντιγόνη
ὁμῶς ὅ γʼ Ἅιδης τοὺς νόμους τούτους ποθεῖ.
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Κρέων
520
ἀλλʼ οὐχ ὁ χρηστὸς τῷ κακῷ λαχεῖν ἴσος.
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Ἀντιγόνη
τίς οἶδεν εἰ κάτωθεν εὐαγῆ τάδε;
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Κρέων
οὔτοι ποθʼ οὑχθρός, οὐδʼ ὅταν θάνῃ, φίλος.
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Ἀντιγόνη
οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν.
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Κρέων
κάτω νυν ἐλθοῦσʼ, εἰ φιλητέον, φίλει
525
κείνους· ἐμοῦ δὲ ζῶντος οὐκ ἄρξει γυνή.
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Χορός
καὶ μὴν πρὸ πυλῶν ἥδʼ Ἰσμήνη,
φιλάδελφα κάτω δάκρυʼ εἰβομένη·
νεφέλη δʼ ὀφρύων ὕπερ αἱματόεν
ῥέθος αἰσχύνει,
530
τέγγουσʼ εὐῶπα παρειάν.
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Κρέων
σὺ δʼ, ἣ κατʼ οἴκους ὡς ἔχιδνʼ ὑφειμένη
λήθουσά μʼ ἐξέπινες, οὐδʼ ἐμάνθανον
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