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Sophocles, Antigone, 531-581


nanYou 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


nanYou 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


nanYou 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


nanYou 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


nanyour share in this burial, or will you forswear all knowledge of it?


nanI performed the deed—as long as she concurs—and I share and carry the burden of guilt.


nanI performed the deed—as long as she concurs—and I share and carry the burden of guilt.


nanNo, 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.


nanNo, 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.


nanBut now with this sea of troubles around you, I am not ashamed to sail in a sea of suffering at your side.


nanBut now with this sea of troubles around you, I am not ashamed to sail in a sea of suffering at your side.


nanAs to whose deed it is, Hades and the dead are witnesses. A friend in words is not the type of friend I love.


nanAs to whose deed it is, Hades and the dead are witnesses. A friend in words is not the type of friend I love.


nanNo, sister, do not strip me of death’s honor


nanbut let me die with you and make due consecration to the dead.


nanDo not share my death. Do not claim deeds to which you did not put your hand. My death will suffice.


nanDo not share my death. Do not claim deeds to which you did not put your hand. My death will suffice.


nanAnd how can I cherish life, once I am deprived of you?


nanAsk Creon. Your concern is for him.


nanWhy do you torture me like this, when it does not help you?


nanNo, if I mock you, it is to my own pain that I do so.


nanTell me, how can I help you, even now?


nanSave yourself. I do not grudge your escape.


nanAh, misery! Will I fall short of sharing your fate?


nanYour choice was to live, it was mine to die.


nanAt least your choice was not made without my protests.


nanOne world approved your wisdom, another approved mine.


nanNevertheless, the offense is identical for both of us.


nanTake heart! You live. But my life has long been


nanin Death’s hands so that I might serve the dead.


nanOne of these maidens, I declare, has just revealed her foolishness; the other has displayed it from the moment of her birth.


nanOne of these maidens, I declare, has just revealed her foolishness; the other has displayed it from the moment of her birth.


nanYes, Creon. Whatever amount of reason nature may have given them does not remain with those in dire straits, but goes astray.


nanYes, Creon. Whatever amount of reason nature may have given them does not remain with those in dire straits, but goes astray.


nanYours did, I know, when you chose dire actions with dire allies.


nanWhat life would there be for me alone, without her presence?


nanDo not speak of her presence . She lives no longer.


nanWhat? You will kill your own son’s bride?


nanWhy not? There are other fields for him to plough.


nanBut not fitted to him as she was.


nanI abhor an evil wife for my son.


nanHaemon, dearest! How your father wrongs you!


nanEnough! Enough of you and of your marriage!


nanWill you really cheat your son of this girl?


nanDeath it is who will end these bridals for me.


nanThen it seems that it is resolved that she will die.


nanResolved, 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.


nanResolved, 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.


nanResolved, 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.


nanFor 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.


nanFor 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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Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
ajax (sophocles),actors in Jouanna (2018) 208
antigone Jouanna (2018) 484, 486
antigone (sophocles),actors in Jouanna (2018) 208
antigone (sophocles) Jouanna (2018) 484, 486
asia,as origin of pelops Gruen (2011) 227
burial,role of Jouanna (2018) 208
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
communication,between actors Jouanna (2018) 208
creon,role of Jouanna (2018) 208
dialogue,between characters Jouanna (2018) 208
episodes,of antigone (sophocles) Jouanna (2018) 484, 486
eulogy,of human beings Jouanna (2018) 484, 486
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
ismene,role of Jouanna (2018) 208
law,in antigone Jouanna (2018) 486
neoptolemus,role of Jouanna (2018) 208
odysseus,role of Jouanna (2018) 208
paean,to human beings Jouanna (2018) 484, 486
peloponnesus,foundation legend Gruen (2011) 227
pelops,as founder Gruen (2011) 227
philoctetes,role of Jouanna (2018) 208
philoctetes (sophocles),actors in Jouanna (2018) 208
piety,of antigone Jouanna (2018) 735
pindar Gruen (2011) 227
silence,use of Jouanna (2018) 208
sophocles,and rhetoric/tragedy as a rhetorical form Liapis and Petrides (2019) 278
stasima,of antigone (sophocles) Jouanna (2018) 484, 486
structure,of antigone (sophocles) Jouanna (2018) 484, 486
tutor,and orestes Jouanna (2018) 735
underworld,and antigone Jouanna (2018) 486