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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ἄληθες; ἀλλʼ οὐ τόνδʼ Ὄλυμπον, ἴσθʼ ὅτι,
χαίρων ἐπὶ ψόγοισι δεννάσεις ἐμέ.
760
ἄγαγε τὸ μῖσος ὡς κατʼ ὄμματʼ αὐτίκα
παρόντι θνῄσκῃ πλησία τῷ νυμφίῳ.
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Αἵμων
οὐ δῆτʼ ἔμοιγε, τοῦτο μὴ δόξῃς ποτέ,
οὔθʼ ἥδʼ ὀλεῖται πλησία, σύ τʼ οὐδαμὰ
τοὐμὸν προσόψει κρᾶτʼ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς ὁρῶν,
765
ὡς τοῖς θέλουσι τῶν φίλων μαίνῃ συνών.
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Χορός
ἁνήρ, ἄναξ, βέβηκεν ἐξ ὀργῆς ταχύς·
νοῦς δʼ ἐστὶ τηλικοῦτος ἀλγήσας βαρύς.
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Κρέων
δράτω· φρονείτω μεῖζον ἢ κατʼ ἄνδρʼ ἰών·
τὼ δʼ οὖν κόρα τώδʼ οὐκ ἀπαλλάξει μόρου.
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Χορός
770
ἄμφω γὰρ αὐτὼ καὶ κατακτεῖναι νοεῖς;
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Κρέων
οὐ τήν γε μὴ θιγοῦσαν· εὖ γὰρ οὖν λέγεις.
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Χορός
μόρῳ δὲ ποίῳ καί σφε βουλεύει κτανεῖν;
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Κρέων
ἄγων ἔρημος ἔνθʼ ἂν ᾖ βροτῶν στίβος
κρύψω πετρώδει ζῶσαν ἐν κατώρυχι,
775
φορβῆς τοσοῦτον ὡς ἄγος μόνον προθείς,
ὅπως μίασμα πᾶσʼ ὑπεκφύγῃ πόλις.
κἀκεῖ τὸν Ἅιδην, ὃν μόνον σέβει θεῶν,
αἰτουμένη που τεύξεται τὸ μὴ θανεῖν,
ἢ γνώσεται γοῦν ἀλλὰ τηνικαῦθʼ ὅτι
780
πόνος περισσός ἐστι τἀν Ἅιδου σέβειν.
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Χορός
Ἔρως ἀνίκατε μάχαν, Ἔρως, ὃς ἐν κτήμασι πίπτεις,
ὃς ἐν μαλακαῖς παρειαῖς νεάνιδος ἐννυχεύεις,
785
φοιτᾷς δʼ ὑπερπόντιος ἔν τʼ ἀγρονόμοις αὐλαῖς·
καί σʼ οὔτʼ ἀθανάτων φύξιμος οὐδεὶς
790
οὔθʼ ἁμερίων σέ γʼ ἀνθρώπων. ὁ δʼ ἔχων μέμηνεν.
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Χορός
σὺ καὶ δικαίων ἀδίκους φρένας παρασπᾷς ἐπὶ λώβᾳ,
σὺ καὶ τόδε νεῖκος ἀνδρῶν ξύναιμον ἔχεις ταράξας·
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