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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τρέφων δύʼ ἄτα κἀπαναστάσεις θρόνων,
φέρʼ, εἰπὲ δή μοι, καὶ σὺ τοῦδε τοῦ τάφου
535
φήσεις μετασχεῖν, ἢ ʼξομεῖ τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι;
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Ἰσμήνη
δέδρακα τοὔργον, εἴπερ ἥδʼ ὁμορροθεῖ
καὶ ξυμμετίσχω καὶ φέρω τῆς αἰτίας.
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Ἀντιγόνη
ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἐάσει τοῦτό γʼ ἡ δίκη σʼ, ἐπεὶ
οὔτʼ ἠθέλησας οὔτʼ ἐγὼ ʼκοινωσάμην.
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Ἰσμήνη
540
ἀλλʼ ἐν κακοῖς τοῖς σοῖσιν οὐκ αἰσχύνομαι
ξύμπλουν ἐμαυτὴν τοῦ πάθους ποιουμένη.
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Ἀντιγόνη
ὧν τοὔργον, Ἅιδης χοἰ κάτω ξυνίστορες·
λόγοις δʼ ἐγὼ φιλοῦσαν οὐ στέργω φίλην.
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μήτοι, κασιγνήτη, μʼ ἀτιμάσῃς τὸ μὴ οὐ
545
θανεῖν τε σὺν σοὶ τὸν θανόντα θʼ ἁγνίσαι.
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Ἀντιγόνη
μή μοι θάνῃς σὺ κοινὰ μηδʼ ἃ μὴ ʼθιγες
ποιοῦ σεαυτῆς. ἀρκέσω θνῄσκουσʼ ἐγώ.
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καὶ τίς βίος μοι σοῦ λελειμμένῃ φίλος;
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Κρέοντʼ ἐρώτα· τοῦδε γὰρ σὺ κηδεμών.
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550
τί ταῦτʼ ἀνιᾷς μʼ, οὐδὲν ὠφελουμένη;
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ἀλγοῦσα μὲν δῆτʼ εἰ γελῶ γʼ ἐν σοὶ γελῶ.
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τί δῆτʼ ἂν ἀλλὰ νῦν σʼ ἔτʼ ὠφελοῖμʼ ἐγώ;
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σῶσον σεαυτήν· οὐ φθονῶ σʼ ὑπεκφυγεῖν.
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οἴμοι τάλαινα, κἀμπλάκω τοῦ σοῦ μόρου;
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Ἀντιγόνη
555
σὺ μὲν γὰρ εἵλου ζῆν, ἐγὼ δὲ κατθανεῖν.
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ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἐπʼ ἀρρήτοις γε τοῖς ἐμοῖς λόγοις.
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καλῶς σὺ μὲν τοῖς, τοῖς δʼ ἐγὼ ʼδόκουν φρονεῖν.
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καὶ μὴν ἴση νῷν ἐστιν ἡ ʼξαμαρτία.
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Ἀντιγόνη
θάρσει· σὺ μὲν ζῇς, ἡ δʼ ἐμὴ ψυχὴ πάλαι
560
τέθνηκεν, ὥστε τοῖς θανοῦσιν ὠφελεῖν.
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Κρέων
τὼ παῖδε φημὶ τώδε τὴν μὲν ἀρτίως
ἄνουν πεφάνθαι, τὴν δʼ ἀφʼ οὗ τὰ πρῶτʼ ἔφυ.
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