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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οὐ γάρ ποτʼ, ὦναξ, οὐδʼ ὃς ἂν βλάστῃ μένει
νοῦς τοῖς κακῶς πράσσουσιν, ἀλλʼ ἐξίσταται.
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Κρέων
565
σοὶ γοῦν, ὅθʼ εἵλου σὺν κακοῖς πράσσειν κακά.
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Ἰσμήνη
τί γὰρ μόνῃ μοι τῆσδʼ ἄτερ βιώσιμον;
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Κρέων
ἀλλʼ ἥδε μέντοι μὴ λέγʼ· οὐ γὰρ ἔστʼ ἔτι.
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Ἰσμήνη
ἀλλὰ κτενεῖς νυμφεῖα τοῦ σαυτοῦ τέκνου;
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Κρέων
ἀρώσιμοι γὰρ χἀτέρων εἰσὶν γύαι.
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Ἰσμήνη
570
οὐχ ὥς γʼ ἐκείνῳ τῇδέ τʼ ἦν ἡρμοσμένα.
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Κρέων
κακὰς ἐγὼ γυναῖκας υἱέσι στυγῶ.
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Ἀντιγόνη
ὦ φίλταθʼ Αἷμον, ὥς σʼ ἀτιμάζει πατήρ.
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Κρέων
ἄγαν γε λυπεῖς καὶ σὺ καὶ τὸ σὸν λέχος.
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Χορός
ἦ γὰρ στερήσεις τῆσδε τὸν σαυτοῦ γόνον;
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Κρέων
575
Ἅιδης ὁ παύσων τούσδε τοὺς γάμους ἔφυ.
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Χορός
δεδογμένʼ, ὡς ἔοικε, τήνδε κατθανεῖν.
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Κρέων
καὶ σοί γε κἀμοί. μὴ τριβὰς ἔτʼ, ἀλλά νιν
κομίζετʼ εἴσω, δμῶες· ἐκ δὲ τοῦδε χρὴ
γυναῖκας εἶναι τάσδε μηδʼ ἀνειμένας.
580
φεύγουσι γάρ τοι χοἰ θρασεῖς, ὅταν πέλας
ἤδη τὸν, Ἅιδην εἰσορῶσι τοῦ βίου.
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Χορός
εὐδαίμονες οἷσι κακῶν ἄγευστος αἰών.
οἷς γὰρ ἂν σεισθῇ θεόθεν δόμος, ἄτας
585
οὐδὲν ἐλλείπει γενεᾶς ἐπὶ πλῆθος ἕρπον·
ὅμοιον ὥστε ποντίαις οἶδμα δυσπνόοις ὅταν
Θρῄσσαισιν ἔρεβος ὕφαλον ἐπιδράμῃ πνοαῖς,
590
κυλίνδει βυσσόθεν κελαινὰν θῖνα καὶ
δυσάνεμοι, στόνῳ βρέμουσι δʼ ἀντιπλῆγες ἀκταί.
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Χορός
ἀρχαῖα τὰ Λαβδακιδᾶν οἴκων ὁρῶμαι
595
πήματα φθιτῶν ἐπὶ πήμασι πίπτοντʼ,
οὐδʼ ἀπαλλάσσει γενεὰν γένος, ἀλλʼ ἐρείπει
θεῶν τις, οὐδʼ ἔχει λύσιν. νῦν γὰρ ἐσχάτας ὕπερ
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