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Sophocles, Antigone, 162-173


nanMy fellow citizens! First, the gods, after tossing the fate of our city on wild waves, have once more righted it. Second, I have ordered you through my messengers to come here


nanMy fellow citizens! First, the gods, after tossing the fate of our city on wild waves, have once more righted it. Second, I have ordered you through my messengers to come here


nanMy fellow citizens! First, the gods, after tossing the fate of our city on wild waves, have once more righted it. Second, I have ordered you through my messengers to come here


nanapart from all the rest, because I knew, first of all, how constant was your reverence for the power of the throne of Laius; how, again, you were reverent, when Oedipus was guiding our city; and lastly, how, when he was dead, you still maintained loyal thoughts towards his children.


nanapart from all the rest, because I knew, first of all, how constant was your reverence for the power of the throne of Laius; how, again, you were reverent, when Oedipus was guiding our city; and lastly, how, when he was dead, you still maintained loyal thoughts towards his children.


nanapart from all the rest, because I knew, first of all, how constant was your reverence for the power of the throne of Laius; how, again, you were reverent, when Oedipus was guiding our city; and lastly, how, when he was dead, you still maintained loyal thoughts towards his children.


nanapart from all the rest, because I knew, first of all, how constant was your reverence for the power of the throne of Laius; how, again, you were reverent, when Oedipus was guiding our city; and lastly, how, when he was dead, you still maintained loyal thoughts towards his children.


nanapart from all the rest, because I knew, first of all, how constant was your reverence for the power of the throne of Laius; how, again, you were reverent, when Oedipus was guiding our city; and lastly, how, when he was dead, you still maintained loyal thoughts towards his children.


nanSince, then, these latter have fallen in one day by a twofold doom—each striking, each struck, both with the stain of a brother’s murder—I now possess all the power and the throne according to my kinship with the dead.


nanSince, then, these latter have fallen in one day by a twofold doom—each striking, each struck, both with the stain of a brother’s murder—I now possess all the power and the throne according to my kinship with the dead.


nanSince, then, these latter have fallen in one day by a twofold doom—each striking, each struck, both with the stain of a brother’s murder—I now possess all the power and the throne according to my kinship with the dead.


nanSince, then, these latter have fallen in one day by a twofold doom—each striking, each struck, both with the stain of a brother’s murder—I now possess all the power and the throne according to my kinship with the dead.


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1. Sophocles, Antigone, 10, 1000-1092, 11, 1192-1199, 12, 1200-1243, 1260-1299, 13, 1300-1353, 14-15, 155, 159, 16, 160, 163-169, 17, 170-179, 18, 180-189, 19, 190-199, 2, 20, 200-209, 21, 210, 22-24, 249, 25, 250-259, 26, 260-269, 27, 270-278, 28, 282-289, 29, 290-299, 3, 30, 300-301, 304-309, 31, 310-312, 32, 327-329, 33-39, 4, 40, 407-409, 41, 410-419, 42, 420-429, 43, 430-439, 44, 440, 446-449, 45, 450-459, 46, 460-469, 47, 470-479, 48, 480-489, 49, 490-499, 5, 50, 500-509, 51, 510-519, 52, 520-525, 53, 531-539, 54, 540-549, 55, 550-559, 56, 560-569, 57, 570-579, 58, 580-581, 59, 6, 60-63, 631-639, 64, 640-649, 65, 650-659, 66, 660-669, 67, 670-679, 68, 680-689, 69, 690-699, 7, 70, 700-709, 71, 710-719, 72, 720-729, 73, 730-739, 74, 740-749, 75, 750-759, 76, 760-765, 77-79, 8, 80, 806-809, 81, 810-819, 82, 820-829, 83, 830-839, 84, 840-849, 85, 850-859, 86, 860-869, 87, 870-879, 88, 880-882, 89, 9, 90-99, 998-999, 1 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

2. Xenophon, Hellenica, 1.7.22 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

1.7.22. Or if you do not wish to do this, try them under the following law, which applies to temple-robbers and traitors: namely, if anyone shall be a traitor to the state or shall steal sacred property, he shall be tried before a court, and if he be convicted, he shall not be buried in Attica, and his property shall be confiscated.
3. Demosthenes, Orations, 43.57



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antigone Jouanna (2018) 483
antigone (sophocles) Jouanna (2018) 483
apolōla Jouanna (2018) 758
asia,as origin of pelops Gruen (2011) 227
boundaries,and civic space Fabian Meinel (2015) 90, 91
burial,athens vs. s. ant. Fabian Meinel (2015) 91
characters,tragic/mythical,antigone Liapis and Petrides (2019) 278
characters,tragic/mythical,creon,king of thebes Liapis and Petrides (2019) 278
characters,tragic/mythical,haemon Liapis and Petrides (2019) 278
characters,tragic/mythical,ismene Liapis and Petrides (2019) 278
characters,tragic/mythical,polyneices Liapis and Petrides (2019) 278
community,civic Martin (2009) 51
creon,and boundaries Fabian Meinel (2015) 90, 91
creon,and steadfast minds Fabian Meinel (2015) 99, 100
creon,and straightness Fabian Meinel (2015) 90, 91, 98
creon,on gender differentiation Fabian Meinel (2015) 90, 100
dialogue,sung Jouanna (2018) 758
electra,and orestes Jouanna (2018) 758
episodes,of antigone (sophocles) Jouanna (2018) 483
euripides,and political as opposed to rhetorical tragedy Liapis and Petrides (2019) 278
fictive founder Gruen (2011) 227
fictive founders Gruen (2011) 227
foundation legends,peloponnesus' Gruen (2011) 227
foundation legends Gruen (2011) 227
fratricide and category-confusion Fabian Meinel (2015) 98, 99
gender,differentiation Fabian Meinel (2015) 90, 100
general parodos,of antigone (sophocles) Jouanna (2018) 483
ismene,juxtaposing oneness and twoness Fabian Meinel (2015) 99
margins,marginal,marginality Fabian Meinel (2015) 98
miasma terminology,in s. ant. Fabian Meinel (2015) 98, 99, 100
orestes,and electra Jouanna (2018) 758
orthos Fabian Meinel (2015) 90, 91, 98
peloponnesus,foundation legend Gruen (2011) 227
pelops,as founder Gruen (2011) 227
pindar Gruen (2011) 227
politics,counterprosecution Martin (2009) 51
pollution,and categorisation Fabian Meinel (2015) 98, 99, 100
recognition scene Jouanna (2018) 758
sophocles,and rhetoric/tragedy as a rhetorical form Liapis and Petrides (2019) 278
space,in s. ant,civic Fabian Meinel (2015) 90, 91
structure,of antigone (sophocles) Jouanna (2018) 483