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Sophocles, Antigone, 449-460


nanAnd even so you dared overstep that law?


nanYes, since it was not Zeus that published me that edict, and since not of that kind are the laws which Justice who dwells with the gods below established among men. Nor did I think that your decrees were of such force, that a mortal could override the unwritten


nanYes, since it was not Zeus that published me that edict, and since not of that kind are the laws which Justice who dwells with the gods below established among men. Nor did I think that your decrees were of such force, that a mortal could override the unwritten


nanYes, since it was not Zeus that published me that edict, and since not of that kind are the laws which Justice who dwells with the gods below established among men. Nor did I think that your decrees were of such force, that a mortal could override the unwritten


nanYes, since it was not Zeus that published me that edict, and since not of that kind are the laws which Justice who dwells with the gods below established among men. Nor did I think that your decrees were of such force, that a mortal could override the unwritten


nanYes, since it was not Zeus that published me that edict, and since not of that kind are the laws which Justice who dwells with the gods below established among men. Nor did I think that your decrees were of such force, that a mortal could override the unwritten


nanand unfailing statutes given us by the gods. For their life is not of today or yesterday, but for all time, and no man knows when they were first put forth. Not for fear of any man’s pride was I about to owe a penalty to the gods for breaking these.


nanand unfailing statutes given us by the gods. For their life is not of today or yesterday, but for all time, and no man knows when they were first put forth. Not for fear of any man’s pride was I about to owe a penalty to the gods for breaking these.


nanand unfailing statutes given us by the gods. For their life is not of today or yesterday, but for all time, and no man knows when they were first put forth. Not for fear of any man’s pride was I about to owe a penalty to the gods for breaking these.


nanand unfailing statutes given us by the gods. For their life is not of today or yesterday, but for all time, and no man knows when they were first put forth. Not for fear of any man’s pride was I about to owe a penalty to the gods for breaking these.


nanand unfailing statutes given us by the gods. For their life is not of today or yesterday, but for all time, and no man knows when they were first put forth. Not for fear of any man’s pride was I about to owe a penalty to the gods for breaking these.


nanDie I must, that I knew well (how could I not?). That is true even without your edicts. But if I am to die before my time, I count that a gain. When anyone lives as I do, surrounded by evils, how can he not carry off gain by dying?


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

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1. Aeschylus, Persians, 810 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

810. ᾐδοῦντο συλᾶν οὐδὲ πιμπράναι νεώς· 810. restrained by no religious awe, they ravaged the images of the gods and set fire to their temples. Altars have been destroyed, statues of the gods have been thrown from their bases in utter ruin and confusion. Therefore, since they wrought such evil, evil they suffer in no less measure; and other evils are still in store:
2. Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, 443, 442 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

442. ὑμῖν λέγοιμι· τἀν βροτοῖς δὲ πήματα
3. Heraclitus of Ephesus, Fragments, 33 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

4. Euripides, Suppliant Women, 302, 311, 430, 526-527, 561-563, 671-672, 301 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

5. Sophocles, Antigone, 10, 1000-1090, 11, 1192-1199, 12, 1200-1243, 1260-1299, 13, 1300-1353, 14-15, 155, 16, 162-169, 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, 270-277, 28-29, 3, 30, 305, 31-33, 332-339, 34, 340-349, 35, 350-359, 36, 360-369, 37, 370-376, 38, 388-389, 39, 390-394, 4, 40, 407-409, 41, 410-419, 42, 420-429, 43, 430-439, 44, 440-443, 446-448, 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, 90-93, 937-939, 94, 940-943, 95-99, 998-999, 1 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

6. Sophocles, Electra, 276 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

7. Sophocles, Oedipus At Colonus, 785, 407 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

8. Sophocles, Oedipus The King, 161-166, 168, 179, 202, 209-215, 160 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

9. Xenophon, Memoirs, 1.2.43, 4.4.19 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

1.2.43. But if, as happens under an oligarchy, not the majority, but a minority meet and enact rules of conduct, what are these? Whatsoever the sovereign power in the State, after deliberation, enacts and directs to be done is known as a law. If, then, a despot, being the sovereign power, enacts what the citizens are to do, are his orders also a law? Yes, whatever a despot as ruler enacts is also known as a law. 4.4.19. Do you know what is meant by unwritten laws, Hippias? Yes, those that are uniformly observed in every country. Could you say that men made them? Nay, how could that be, seeing that they cannot all meet together and do not speak the same language? Then by whom have these laws been made, do you suppose? I think that the gods made these laws for men. For among all men the first law is to fear the gods.
10. Aristotle, Rhetoric, 1.13 (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
aeschylus,on impiety Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 397
antigone,heroism of Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 345
antigone Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 484, 485; Papaioannou et al. (2021), Rhetoric and Religion in Ancient Greece and Rome, 21; Papaioannou, Serafim and Demetriou (2021), Rhetoric and Religion in Ancient Greece and Rome, 21
antigone (sophocles),and divine law Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 397
antigone (sophocles) Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 484, 485
aristotle,on natural law Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 397
asia,as origin of pelops Gruen (2011), Rethinking the Other in Antiquity, 227
athens,laws of Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 397
boundaries,(not) infringed Meinel (2015), Pollution and Crisis in Greek Tragedy, 88
boundaries,and civic space Meinel (2015), Pollution and Crisis in Greek Tragedy, 88
burial,and divine law Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 397
burial Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 397
characters,tragic/mythical,antigone Liapis and Petrides (2019), Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca, 278, 288
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 Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 345
creon,and antigone Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 345
creon,and boundaries Meinel (2015), Pollution and Crisis in Greek Tragedy, 88
creon,and law Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 749; Meinel (2015), Pollution and Crisis in Greek Tragedy, 88
creon,and polynices burial Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 397
creon,and transgression Meinel (2015), Pollution and Crisis in Greek Tragedy, 88
creon Papaioannou et al. (2021), Rhetoric and Religion in Ancient Greece and Rome, 21; Papaioannou, Serafim and Demetriou (2021), Rhetoric and Religion in Ancient Greece and Rome, 21
dead,the Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 397
episodes,of antigone (sophocles) Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 484, 485
eulogy,of human beings Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 484, 485
euripides,and political as opposed to rhetorical tragedy Liapis and Petrides (2019), Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca, 278
euripides,burial Liapis and Petrides (2019), Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca, 288
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
gods,and humans Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 397
gods Papaioannou et al. (2021), Rhetoric and Religion in Ancient Greece and Rome, 21; Papaioannou, Serafim and Demetriou (2021), Rhetoric and Religion in Ancient Greece and Rome, 21
heroism,of young women Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 345
humans,and the gods Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 397
hymn,sophocles use of Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 749
incest Meinel (2015), Pollution and Crisis in Greek Tragedy, 88
justice,divine Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 485
justice (dikè),and divine law Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 397
justification,of antigone Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 345
kērygma Papaioannou et al. (2021), Rhetoric and Religion in Ancient Greece and Rome, 21; Papaioannou, Serafim and Demetriou (2021), Rhetoric and Religion in Ancient Greece and Rome, 21
law,divine vs. human Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 397
law,in antigone Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 485
law,in s. ant. Meinel (2015), Pollution and Crisis in Greek Tragedy, 88
law,of creon Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 749
law Papaioannou et al. (2021), Rhetoric and Religion in Ancient Greece and Rome, 21; Papaioannou, Serafim and Demetriou (2021), Rhetoric and Religion in Ancient Greece and Rome, 21
motifs,in postclassical tragedy,burial of the dead Liapis and Petrides (2019), Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca, 288
paean,to human beings Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 484, 485
parricide Meinel (2015), Pollution and Crisis in Greek Tragedy, 88
peloponnesus,foundation legend Gruen (2011), Rethinking the Other in Antiquity, 227
pelops,as founder Gruen (2011), Rethinking the Other in Antiquity, 227
persians,the (aeschylus),on impiety Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 397
piety,of antigone Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 345
pindar Gruen (2011), Rethinking the Other in Antiquity, 227
polynices (oedipuss son),and antigone Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 345
polynices (oedipuss son),burial of Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 397
rhetoric (aristotle),on natural law Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 397
silence,and antigone Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 345
silence,of women Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 345
sophocles,and rhetoric/tragedy as a rhetorical form Liapis and Petrides (2019), Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca, 278
sophocles,antigone. Gagarin and Cohen (2005), The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law, 390
sophocles,oedipus tyrannus Gagarin and Cohen (2005), The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law, 390
space,in s. ant,civic Meinel (2015), Pollution and Crisis in Greek Tragedy, 88
stasima,of antigone (sophocles) Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 484, 485
structure,of antigone (sophocles) Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 484, 485
suicide,of women Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 345
thebes,and oedipus Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 749
thesmos Gagarin and Cohen (2005), The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law, 390
tiresias,and antigone Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 345
tithemi Meinel (2015), Pollution and Crisis in Greek Tragedy, 88
tragedy,and law Gagarin and Cohen (2005), The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law, 390
transgression,(various) boundaries transgressed Meinel (2015), Pollution and Crisis in Greek Tragedy, 88
transgression,and creon Meinel (2015), Pollution and Crisis in Greek Tragedy, 88
treason,and burial Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 749
tyrant,vs. king Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 749
underworld,and antigone Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 485
unwritten law Gagarin and Cohen (2005), The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law, 390
women,silence of Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 345
women,young Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 345
writing,written law. Gagarin and Cohen (2005), The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law, 390
zeus,and divine law Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 397