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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καὶ τοῦτον ἂν τὸν ἄνδρα θαρσοίην ἐγὼ
καλῶς μὲν ἄρχειν, εὖ δʼ ἂν ἄρχεσθαι θέλειν,
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δορός τʼ ἂν ἐν χειμῶνι προστεταγμένον
μένειν δίκαιον κἀγαθὸν παραστάτην.
ἀναρχίας δὲ μεῖζον οὐκ ἔστιν κακόν.
αὕτη πόλεις ὄλλυσιν, ἥδʼ ἀναστάτους
οἴκους τίθησιν, ἥδε συμμάχου δορὸς
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τροπὰς καταρρήγνυσι· τῶν δʼ ὀρθουμένων
σῴζει τὰ πολλὰ σώμαθʼ ἡ πειθαρχία.
οὕτως ἀμυντέʼ ἐστὶ τοῖς κοσμουμένοις,
κοὔτοι γυναικὸς οὐδαμῶς ἡσσητέα.
κρεῖσσον γάρ, εἴπερ δεῖ, πρὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκπεσεῖν,
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κοὐκ ἂν γυναικῶν ἥσσονες καλοίμεθʼ ἄν.
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Χορός
ἡμῖν μέν, εἰ μὴ τῷ χρόνῳ κεκλέμμεθα,
λέγειν φρονούντως ὧν λέγεις δοκεῖς πέρι.
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Αἵμων
πάτερ, θεοὶ φύουσιν ἀνθρώποις φρένας,
πάντων ὅσʼ ἐστὶ κτημάτων ὑπέρτατον.
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ἐγὼ δʼ ὅπως σὺ μὴ λέγεις ὀρθῶς τάδε,
οὔτʼ ἂν δυναίμην μήτʼ ἐπισταίμην λέγειν.
γένοιτο μεντἂν χἀτέρῳ καλῶς ἔχον.
σοῦ δʼ οὖν πέφυκα πάντα προσκοπεῖν ὅσα
λέγει τις ἢ πράσσει τις ἢ ψέγειν ἔχει.
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τὸ γὰρ σὸν ὄμμα δεινὸν, ἀνδρὶ δημότῃ
λόγοις τοιούτοις, οἷς σὺ μὴ τέρψει κλύων·
ἐμοὶ δʼ ἀκούειν ἔσθʼ ὑπὸ σκότου τάδε,
τὴν παῖδα ταύτην οἷʼ, ὀδύρεται πόλις,
πασῶν γυναικῶν ὡς ἀναξιωτάτη
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κάκιστʼ ἀπʼ ἔργων εὐκλεεστάτων φθίνει.
ἥτις τὸν αὑτῆς αὐτάδελφον ἐν φοναῖς
πεπτῶτʼ ἄθαπτον μήθʼ ὑπʼ ὠμηστῶν κυνῶν
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