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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μηδὲν τὸ μὴ δίκαιον· εἰ δʼ ἐγὼ νέος,
οὐ τὸν χρόνον χρὴ μᾶλλον ἢ τἄργα σκοπεῖν.
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730
ἔργον γάρ ἐστι τοὺς ἀκοσμοῦντας σέβειν;
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οὐδʼ ἂν κελεύσαιμʼ, εὐσεβεῖν εἰς τοὺς κακούς.
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οὐχ ἥδε γὰρ τοιᾷδʼ ἐπείληπται νόσῳ;
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οὔ φησι Θήβης τῆσδʼ ὁμόπτολις λεώς.
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πόλις γὰρ ἡμῖν ἁμὲ χρὴ τάσσειν ἐρεῖ;
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735
ὁρᾷς τόδʼ ὡς εἴρηκας ὡς ἄγαν νέος;
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ἄλλῳ γὰρ ἢ ʼμοὶ χρή με τῆσδʼ ἄρχειν χθονός;
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πόλις γὰρ οὐκ ἔσθʼ ἥτις ἀνδρός ἐσθʼ ἑνός.
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οὐ τοῦ κρατοῦντος ἡ πόλις νομίζεται;
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καλῶς γʼ ἐρήμης ἂν σὺ γῆς ἄρχοις μόνος.
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740
ὅδʼ, ὡς ἔοικε, τῇ γυναικὶ συμμαχεῖ.
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εἴπερ γυνὴ σύ. σοῦ γὰρ οὖν προκήδομαι.
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ὦ παγκάκιστε, διὰ δίκης ἰὼν πατρί;
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οὐ γὰρ δίκαιά σʼ ἐξαμαρτάνονθʼ ὁρῶ.
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ἁμαρτάνω γὰρ τὰς ἐμὰς ἀρχὰς σέβων;
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745
οὐ γὰρ σέβεις τιμάς γε τὰς θεῶν πατῶν.
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ὦ μιαρὸν ἦθος καὶ γυναικὸς ὕστερον.
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οὔ τἂν ἕλοις ἥσσω γε τῶν αἰσχρῶν ἐμέ.
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ὁ γοῦν λόγος σοι πᾶς ὑπὲρ κείνης ὅδε.
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καὶ σοῦ γε κἀμοῦ, καὶ θεῶν τῶν νερτέρων.
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750
ταύτην ποτʼ οὐκ ἔσθʼ ὡς ἔτι ζῶσαν γαμεῖς.
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ἣ δʼ οὖν θανεῖται καὶ θανοῦσʼ ὀλεῖ τινα.
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ἦ κἀπαπειλῶν ὧδʼ ἐπεξέρχει θρασύς;
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τίς δʼ ἔστʼ ἀπειλὴ πρὸς κενὰς γνώμας λέγειν;
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κλαίων φρενώσεις, ὢν φρενῶν αὐτὸς κενός.
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755
εἰ μὴ πατὴρ ἦσθʼ, εἶπον ἄν σʼ οὐκ εὖ φρονεῖν.
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γυναικὸς ὢν δούλευμα μὴ κώτιλλέ με.
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βούλει λέγειν τι καὶ λέγων μηδὲν κλύειν;
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