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Sophocles, Antigone, 683-684
nan HAEMON: Father, the gods implant reason in men, the highest of all things that we call our own. Not mine the skill-far from me be the quest!-to say wherein thou speakest not aright; and yet another man, too, might have some useful thought. At least, it is my natural office to watch, on thy behalf, all that men say, or do, or find to blame. For the dread of thy frown forbids the citizen to speak such words as would offend thine ear; but can hear these murmurs in the dark, these moanings of the city for this maiden; 'no woman,' they say, 'ever merited her doom less,-none ever was to die so shamefully for deeds so glorious as hers; who, when her own brother had fallen in bloody strife, would not leave him unburied, to be devoured by carrion dogs, or by any bird:-deserves not she the meed of golden honour?' Such is the darkling rumour that spreads in secret. For me, my father, no treasure is so precious as thy welfare. What, indeed, is a nobler ornament for children than a prospering sire's fair fame, or for sire than son's? Wear not, then, one mood only in thyself; think not that thy word, and thine alone, must be right. For if any man thinks that he alone is wise,-that in speech, or in mind, he hath no peer,-such a soul, when laid open, is ever found empty. No, though a man be wise, 'tis no shame for him to learn many things, and to bend in season. Seest thou, beside the wintry torrent's course, how the trees that yield to it save every twig, while the stiff-necked perish root and branch? And even thus he who keeps the sheet of his sail taut, and never slackens it, upsets his boat, and finishes his voyage with keel uppermost. Nay, forego thy wrath; permit thyself to change. For if I, a younger man, may offer my thought, it were far best, I ween, that men should be all-wise by nature; but, otherwise-and oft the scale inclines not so-'tis good also to learn from those who speak aright. LEADER: Sire, 'tis meet that thou shouldest profit by his words, if he speaks aught in season, and thou, Haemon, by thy father's; for on both parts there hath been wise speech. CREON: Men of my age are we indeed to be schooled, then, by men of his? HAEMON: In nothing that is not right; but if I am young, thou shouldest look to my merits, not to my years. CREON: Is it a merit to honour the unruly?
nan Father, the gods implant reason in men, the highest of all things that we call our own.
nan Father, the gods implant reason in men, the highest of all things that we call our own.

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1. Sophocles, Ajax, 278-279, 489-490, 507-509, 594-595, 185 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
2. Sophocles, Antigone, 10, 1000-1090, 11, 1192-1199, 12, 1200-1243, 1260-1299, 13, 1300-1353, 14-16, 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, 30-36, 368-369, 37, 370, 38-39, 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, 580-589, 59, 590-599, 6, 60, 600-609, 61, 610-619, 62, 620-625, 63, 631-639, 64, 640-649, 65, 650-659, 66, 660-669, 67, 670-679, 68, 680-682, 684-689, 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, 770-771, 773-776, 779, 78, 780, 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)
3. Sophocles, Oedipus At Colonus, 1181 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
4. Sophocles, Oedipus The King, 301-304, 307, 310, 312-313, 316-317, 320-321, 324-403, 405, 408-425, 429-444, 448-462, 300 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
agamemnon	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 520
agōn scene	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
ajax, and agōn scenes	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
ajax	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 431, 520
ajax (sophocles), and agōn scenes	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
amber	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 242
anger, and agōn scenes	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
antigone	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 486; Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 520
antigone (sophocles), and agōn scenes	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
antigone (sophocles)	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 486
antimachus of colophon	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 242
archive	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 242
aristophanes	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 520
asia, as origin of pelops	Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 227
boreads	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 242
boreas	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 242
captatio benevolentiae	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 521
characters, tragic/mythical, antigone	Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 278
characters, tragic/mythical, creon, king of thebes	Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 278
characters, tragic/mythical, haemon	Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 278
characters, tragic/mythical, ismene	Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 278
characters, tragic/mythical, polyneices	Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 278
clouds	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 520
creon, and agōn scenes	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
creon	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 520, 521
dialogue, and agōn scenes	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
diomedes	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 520
episodes, of antigone (sophocles)	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 486
eridanos	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 242
eulogy, of human beings	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 486
euripides, and political as opposed to rhetorical tragedy	Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 278
exchange	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 242
fictive founder	Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 227
fictive founders	Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 227
foundation legends, peloponnesus'	Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 227
foundation legends	Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 227
glaktophagoi	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 242
griffons	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 242
hades	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 520
haemon, and agōn scenes	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
haemon	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 431, 520, 521
heroization, and a pyre	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 738
hesiod	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 521
horses	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 242
intertextuality	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 242
law, in antigone	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 486
memory of worlds	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 242
menelaus, and agōn scenes	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
milk	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 242
neoptolemus	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 431
nexus	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 242
nomads	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 242
oedipus, and agōn scenes	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
oedipus the king (sophocles), and agōn scenes	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
paean, to human beings	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 486
peloponnesus, foundation legend	Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 227
pelops, as founder	Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 227
phineus	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 242
pindar	Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 227
poseidon	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 431
pyre, and heroization	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 738
salmydessus	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 242
scenes	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
socrates	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
sophocles, and rhetoric/tragedy as a rhetorical form	Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 278
sophocles	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 242
stasima, of antigone (sophocles)	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 486
structure, of antigone (sophocles)	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 486
tecmessa	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 431, 520
teucer, and agōn scenes	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
thrace	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 242
tiresias, and agōn scenes	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
underworld, and antigone	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 486
winds	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 242