| nan | You who were lurking like a viper in my own house and secretly gulping up my life’s blood, while I was oblivious that I was nurturing two plagues, two revolutions against my throne—tell me now, will you also affirm |
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| nan | You who were lurking like a viper in my own house and secretly gulping up my life’s blood, while I was oblivious that I was nurturing two plagues, two revolutions against my throne—tell me now, will you also affirm |
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| nan | You who were lurking like a viper in my own house and secretly gulping up my life’s blood, while I was oblivious that I was nurturing two plagues, two revolutions against my throne—tell me now, will you also affirm |
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| nan | You who were lurking like a viper in my own house and secretly gulping up my life’s blood, while I was oblivious that I was nurturing two plagues, two revolutions against my throne—tell me now, will you also affirm |
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| nan | your share in this burial, or will you forswear all knowledge of it? |
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| nan | I performed the deed—as long as she concurs—and I share and carry the burden of guilt. |
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| nan | I performed the deed—as long as she concurs—and I share and carry the burden of guilt. |
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| nan | No, justice will not permit you to do this, since you were not willing to help with the deed, nor did I give you a part in it. |
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| nan | No, justice will not permit you to do this, since you were not willing to help with the deed, nor did I give you a part in it. |
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| nan | But now with this sea of troubles around you, I am not ashamed to sail in a sea of suffering at your side. |
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| nan | But now with this sea of troubles around you, I am not ashamed to sail in a sea of suffering at your side. |
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| nan | As to whose deed it is, Hades and the dead are witnesses. A friend in words is not the type of friend I love. |
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| nan | As to whose deed it is, Hades and the dead are witnesses. A friend in words is not the type of friend I love. |
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| nan | No, sister, do not strip me of death’s honor |
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| nan | but let me die with you and make due consecration to the dead. |
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| nan | Do not share my death. Do not claim deeds to which you did not put your hand. My death will suffice. |
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| nan | Do not share my death. Do not claim deeds to which you did not put your hand. My death will suffice. |
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| nan | And how can I cherish life, once I am deprived of you? |
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| nan | Ask Creon. Your concern is for him. |
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| nan | Why do you torture me like this, when it does not help you? |
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| nan | No, if I mock you, it is to my own pain that I do so. |
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| nan | Tell me, how can I help you, even now? |
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| nan | Save yourself. I do not grudge your escape. |
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| nan | Ah, misery! Will I fall short of sharing your fate? |
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| nan | Your choice was to live, it was mine to die. |
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| nan | At least your choice was not made without my protests. |
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| nan | One world approved your wisdom, another approved mine. |
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| nan | Nevertheless, the offense is identical for both of us. |
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| nan | Take heart! You live. But my life has long been |
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| nan | in Death’s hands so that I might serve the dead. |
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| nan | One of these maidens, I declare, has just revealed her foolishness; the other has displayed it from the moment of her birth. |
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| nan | One of these maidens, I declare, has just revealed her foolishness; the other has displayed it from the moment of her birth. |
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| nan | Yes, Creon. Whatever amount of reason nature may have given them does not remain with those in dire straits, but goes astray. |
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| nan | Yes, Creon. Whatever amount of reason nature may have given them does not remain with those in dire straits, but goes astray. |
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| nan | Yours did, I know, when you chose dire actions with dire allies. |
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| nan | What life would there be for me alone, without her presence? |
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| nan | Do not speak of her presence . She lives no longer. |
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| nan | What? You will kill your own son’s bride? |
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| nan | Why not? There are other fields for him to plough. |
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| nan | But not fitted to him as she was. |
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| nan | I abhor an evil wife for my son. |
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| nan | Haemon, dearest! How your father wrongs you! |
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| nan | Enough! Enough of you and of your marriage! |
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| nan | Will you really cheat your son of this girl? |
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| nan | Death it is who will end these bridals for me. |
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| nan | Then it seems that it is resolved that she will die. |
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| nan | Resolved, yes, for you and by me. To the two Attendants. No more delay! Servants, take them inside! Hereafter they must be women, and not left at large. |
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| nan | Resolved, yes, for you and by me. To the two Attendants. No more delay! Servants, take them inside! Hereafter they must be women, and not left at large. |
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| nan | Resolved, yes, for you and by me. To the two Attendants. No more delay! Servants, take them inside! Hereafter they must be women, and not left at large. |
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| nan | For it is known that even the brave seek to flee, when they see Death now closing on their life. Exeunt Attendants, guarding Antigone and Ismene. Creon remains. |
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| nan | For it is known that even the brave seek to flee, when they see Death now closing on their life. Exeunt Attendants, guarding Antigone and Ismene. Creon remains. |
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