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Sophocles, Antigone, 180-189


nanbut because of some fear keeps his lips locked, then, in my judgment, he is and has long been the most cowardly traitor. And if any man thinks a friend more important than his fatherland, that man, I say, is of no account. Zeus, god who sees all things always, be my witness—


nanbut because of some fear keeps his lips locked, then, in my judgment, he is and has long been the most cowardly traitor. And if any man thinks a friend more important than his fatherland, that man, I say, is of no account. Zeus, god who sees all things always, be my witness—


nanbut because of some fear keeps his lips locked, then, in my judgment, he is and has long been the most cowardly traitor. And if any man thinks a friend more important than his fatherland, that man, I say, is of no account. Zeus, god who sees all things always, be my witness—


nanbut because of some fear keeps his lips locked, then, in my judgment, he is and has long been the most cowardly traitor. And if any man thinks a friend more important than his fatherland, that man, I say, is of no account. Zeus, god who sees all things always, be my witness—


nanbut because of some fear keeps his lips locked, then, in my judgment, he is and has long been the most cowardly traitor. And if any man thinks a friend more important than his fatherland, that man, I say, is of no account. Zeus, god who sees all things always, be my witness—


nanI would not be silent if I saw ruin, instead of safety, marching upon the citizens. Nor would I ever make a man who is hostile to my country a friend to myself, because I know this, that our country is the ship that bears us safe, and that only when


nanI would not be silent if I saw ruin, instead of safety, marching upon the citizens. Nor would I ever make a man who is hostile to my country a friend to myself, because I know this, that our country is the ship that bears us safe, and that only when


nanI would not be silent if I saw ruin, instead of safety, marching upon the citizens. Nor would I ever make a man who is hostile to my country a friend to myself, because I know this, that our country is the ship that bears us safe, and that only when


nanI would not be silent if I saw ruin, instead of safety, marching upon the citizens. Nor would I ever make a man who is hostile to my country a friend to myself, because I know this, that our country is the ship that bears us safe, and that only when


nanI would not be silent if I saw ruin, instead of safety, marching upon the citizens. Nor would I ever make a man who is hostile to my country a friend to myself, because I know this, that our country is the ship that bears us safe, and that only when


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4. 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.
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Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
ajax (sophocles),epic heroes in Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 333
allan,w. and kelly,a. Barbato (2020), The Ideology of Democratic Athens: Institutions, Orators and the Mythical Past, 78
anger,vs. wisdom Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 731
antigone,creon as a character Budelmann (1999), The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement, 75, 76, 77
antigone,vs. creon Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 333
antigone Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 483
antigone (sophocles),political heroes in Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 333
antigone (sophocles) Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 483
apolōla Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 758
asia,as origin of pelops Gruen (2011), Rethinking the Other in Antiquity, 227
atreids,vs. odysseus Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 333
characters,have depth Budelmann (1999), The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement, 75, 76, 77
characters,tragic/mythical,antigone Liapis and Petrides (2019), Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca, 278
characters,tragic/mythical,creon,king of thebes Liapis and Petrides (2019), Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca, 278
characters,tragic/mythical,haemon Liapis and Petrides (2019), Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca, 278
characters,tragic/mythical,ismene Liapis and Petrides (2019), Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca, 278
characters,tragic/mythical,polyneices Liapis and Petrides (2019), Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca, 278
characters,using general statements or gnomai Budelmann (1999), The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement, 75, 76, 77
characters,using personal phrasing Budelmann (1999), The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement, 76
characters,using verbal themes Budelmann (1999), The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement, 75, 76
characters Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 333
cleverness,vs. wisdom Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 333
community,civic Martin (2009), Divine Talk: Religious Argumentation in Demosthenes, 51
creon,as a political hero Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 333
demosthenes,on creon Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 731
dialogue,sung Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 758
dramatic festivals,choruses Barbato (2020), The Ideology of Democratic Athens: Institutions, Orators and the Mythical Past, 78
dramatic festivals,discursive parameters Barbato (2020), The Ideology of Democratic Athens: Institutions, Orators and the Mythical Past, 78
electra,and orestes Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 758
episodes,of antigone (sophocles) Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 483
eteocles,and creon Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 333
euripides,and political as opposed to rhetorical tragedy Liapis and Petrides (2019), Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca, 278
fictive founder Gruen (2011), Rethinking the Other in Antiquity, 227
fictive founders Gruen (2011), Rethinking the Other in Antiquity, 227
foundation legends,peloponnesus' Gruen (2011), Rethinking the Other in Antiquity, 227
foundation legends Gruen (2011), Rethinking the Other in Antiquity, 227
general parodos,of antigone (sophocles) Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 483
heroes,epic Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 333
heroes,political Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 333
hubris Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 731
kings,as political heroes Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 333
kings,vs. tyrants Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 731
nature,of creon Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 333
nature,of odysseus Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 333
odysseus,as an epic hero Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 333
oedipus,as a political hero Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 333
oedipus the king (sophocles),political heroes in Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 333
orestes,and electra Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 758
peloponnesus,foundation legend Gruen (2011), Rethinking the Other in Antiquity, 227
pelops,as founder Gruen (2011), Rethinking the Other in Antiquity, 227
philoctetes (sophocles),epic heroes in Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 333
phthonos Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 731
pindar Gruen (2011), Rethinking the Other in Antiquity, 227
politics,counterprosecution Martin (2009), Divine Talk: Religious Argumentation in Demosthenes, 51
polynices (oedipuss son),and creon Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 333
recognition scene Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 758
silence,of minor characters Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 700
sophocles,and rhetoric/tragedy as a rhetorical form Liapis and Petrides (2019), Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca, 278
sophos Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 333
spectators,make judgements about characters Budelmann (1999), The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement, 75, 76, 77
structure,of antigone (sophocles) Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 483
thucydides (politician),on anger Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 731
tyrant,creon as Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 333
tyrant,vs. king Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 731
wisdom,odysseus Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 333
wisdom,vs. anger/judgment Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 731
wisdom,vs. cleverness Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 333