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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940
λεύσσετε, Θήβης οἱ κοιρανίδαι
τὴν βασιλειδᾶν μούνην λοιπήν,
οἷα πρὸς οἵων ἀνδρῶν πάσχω,
τὴν εὐσεβίαν σεβίσασα.
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Χορός
ἔτλα καὶ Δανάας οὐράνιον φῶς
945
ἀλλάξαι δέμας ἐν χαλκοδέτοις αὐλαῖς·
κρυπτομένα δʼ ἐν τυμβήρει θαλάμῳ κατεζεύχθη·
καίτοι καὶ γενεᾷ τίμιος, ὦ παῖ παῖ,
950
καὶ Ζηνὸς ταμιεύεσκε γονὰς χρυσορύτους.
ἀλλʼ ἁ μοιριδία τις δύνασις δεινά·
οὔτʼ ἄν νιν ὄλβος οὔτʼ Ἄρης, οὐ πύργος, οὐχ ἁλίκτυποι
κελαιναὶ νᾶες ἐκφύγοιεν.
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Χορός
955
ζεύχθη δʼ ὀξύχολος παῖς ὁ Δρύαντος,
Ἠδωνῶν βασιλεύς, κερτομίοις ὀργαῖς
ἐκ Διονύσου πετρώδει κατάφαρκτος ἐν δεσμῷ.
οὕτω τᾶς μανίας δεινὸν ἀποστάζει
960
ἀνθηρόν τε μένος. κεῖνος ἐπέγνω μανίαις
ψαύων τὸν θεὸν ἐν κερτομίοις γλώσσαις.
παύεσκε μὲν γὰρ ἐνθέους γυναῖκας εὔιόν τε πῦρ,
965
φιλαύλους τʼ ἠρέθιζε Μούσας.
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Χορός
παρὰ δὲ κυανεᾶν πελάγει διδύμας ἁλὸς
ἀκταὶ Βοσπόριαι ἥδʼ ὁ Θρῃκῶν ἄξενος
970
Σαλμυδησσός, ἵνʼ ἀγχίπτολις Ἄρης
δισσοῖσι Φινείδαις
εἶδεν ἀρατὸν ἕλκος
τυφλωθὲν ἐξ ἀγρίας δάμαρτος
ἀλαὸν ἀλαστόροισιν ὀμμάτων κύκλοις
975
ἀραχθέντων, ὑφʼ αἱματηραῖς
χείρεσσι καὶ κερκίδων ἀκμαῖσιν.
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Χορός
κατὰ δὲ τακόμενοι μέλεοι μελέαν πάθαν
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