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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ζῶσαν καὶ ἔπειτα θανοῦσαν.
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Ἀντιγόνη
οἴμοι γελῶμαι. τί με, πρὸς θεῶν πατρῴων.
840
οὐκ οἰχομέναν ὑβρίζεις, ἀλλʼ ἐπίφαντον;
ὦ πόλις, ὦ πόλεως πολυκτήμονες ἄνδρες·
ἰὼ Διρκαῖαι κρῆναι
845
Θήβας τʼ εὐαρμάτου ἄλσος, ἔμπας ξυμμάρτυρας ὔμμʼ ἐπικτῶμαι,
οἵα φίλων ἄκλαυτος, οἵοις νόμοις
πρὸς ἕργμα τυμβόχωστον ἔρχομαι τάφου ποταινίου·
850
ἰὼ δύστανος, βροτοῖς οὔτε νεκροῖς κυροῦσα
μέτοικος οὐ ζῶσιν, οὐ θανοῦσιν.
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Χορός
προβᾶσʼ ἐπʼ ἔσχατον θράσους
ὑψηλὸν ἐς Δίκας βάθρον
855
προσέπεσες, ὦ τέκνον, πολύ·
πατρῷον δʼ ἐκτίνεις τινʼ ἆθλον.
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Ἀντιγόνη
ἔψαυσας ἀλγεινοτάτας ἐμοὶ μερίμνας,
πατρὸς τριπόλιστον οἶκτον τού τε πρόπαντος
860
ἁμετέρου πότμου κλεινοῖς Λαβδακίδαισιν.
ἰὼ ματρῷαι λέκτρων
865
ἆται κοιμήματά τʼ αὐτογέννητʼ ἐμῷ πατρὶ δυσμόρου ματρός,
οἵων ἐγώ ποθʼ ἁ ταλαίφρων ἔφυν·
πρὸς οὓς ἀραῖος ἄγαμος ἅδʼ ἐγὼ μέτοικος ἔρχομαι.
870
ἰὼ δυσπότμων κασίγνητε γάμων κυρήσας,
θανὼν ἔτʼ οὖσαν κατήναρές με.
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Χορός
σέβειν μὲν εὐσέβειά τις,
κράτος δʼ ὅτῳ κράτος μέλει
παραβατὸν οὐδαμᾷ πέλει·
875
σὲ δʼ αὐτόγνωτος ὤλεσʼ ὀργά.
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Ἀντιγόνη
ἄκλαυτος, ἄφιλος, ἀνυμέναιος ταλαίφρων ἄγομαι
τὰν πυμάταν ὁδόν. οὐκέτι μοι τόδε
λαμπάδος ἱερὸν ὄμμα
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