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THE
Antigone of Sophocles
IN
GREEK AND ENGLiSH
PRINTED FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PLAY BY THE
STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, TORONTO
FEBRUARY, 1894
Oi ydp u tOp 7« KdxMt dXX* i«t wvrt
Not of to-day nor yesterday is this
But lives for ever
./. V
BOSTON, U.S.A.
PUBLISHED BY GINN & COMPANY
1894
NOTE.— The translation is by IrsfMSor R. C. Jebb, of
tlie University of Cambridge; it is printed
(witli the author's sanction) from the plates
made for the Vassar College edition of 1893,
by the kind permission of Miss Leach, Pro-
fessor of Greek in Vassar College.
The design on the cov> r is by E. Wyly
Grie«, A.R.CA., Toronto.
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teal rys aKoxwruvxi^ tJs '^fierepyai x^-P^^'
rgSe ya/) ewKoXos ^<r^* cvicoXo? cTs 8* ct cW.
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ANTIGONE.
ISMENE.
No word of friends, Antigone, gladsome or pain-
ful, hath come to me, since we two sisters were be-
reft of brotheis twain, killed in one day by a twofold
blow ; and since in this last night the Argive host
hath fled, I know no more, whether my fortune be
brighter, or more grievous.
> An. I knew it well, and therefore sought to bring
thee beyond the gates of the court, that thou might-
est hear alone.
Is. What is it ? 'Tis plain that thou art brooding
on some dark tidings.
An. What, hath not Creon destined our brothers,
the one to honoured burial, the other to unburied
shame ? Eteocles, they say, with due observance
of right and custom, he hath laid in the earth, for
his honour among the dead below. But the hap-
less corpse of Polyneices — as rumour saith, it hath
been published to the town that none shall entomb
him or mourn, but leave unwept, unsepulchred, a
welcome store for the birds, as they espy him, to
feast on at will.
Such, 'tis said, is the edict that the good Creon
hath set forth for thee and for me, — yes, for me^ —
I I
i^ ANTirONH.
nMHNH.
n 8*, 2 Ta\aLul>pov, ci raS* iv rovrots, iya
40 \vova &p ^ '<l>d7rTov<ra npoaOeCfirfv trUov ;
ANTirONH.
ISMNNH.
voi6i/ Ti Ku/Swevfia; not yiKofitf^ nor el;
ANTirONH.
nMHNH.
ANTirONH.
46 rhv yow ifihv koX rov cov, Ijv aif p.^ ^Ajys,
a8eX<^oV' ov yap 8^ 7rpoBov<r aXtao'op.ai,
nMHNH.
& trxerkCa, Kpeovros dvreifnfK&ro^ t
ANTirONH.
oXX* ovShf avT^ T<av ip.&v p.' etpyew p.4ra,
nMHNH.
oi/AOf ^p6vri<rov, & Kaa-vyihjrr), varrip
60 «s v$v dircx^S Bv<rK\eijs t dn<aKero,
nph^ avro<li(optov dp,nkaKr)pdT<ov StirXas
o^cis dpdia^ avros avrovpyf ^e/ot*
^etra ^lyny/a icac yuwy, SmtXow iircs»
'rXeicrauriv dprdifaia-i Xoi^arai /8u)i/'
66 rpiTov S* dScX^w 8uo piav Koff 7ip.4pw
ANTIGONE.
and is coming hither to proclaim it clearly to those
who know it not ; nor counts the matter light, but,
who so disobeys in aught, his doom is death by
stoning before all the folk. Thou knowest it now ;
and thou wilt soon show whether thou art nobly
bred, or the base daughter of a noble line.
Is. Poor sister, — and if things stand thus, what
could I help to do or undo ?
An. Consider if thou wilt share the toil and the
deed.
Is. In what venture ? What can be thy meaning?
An. Wilt thou aid this hand to lift the dead ?
Is. Thou wouldest bury him, — when 'tis for-
bidden to Thebes ?
An. I will do my part, — and thine, if thou wilt
not, — to a brother. False to him will I never be
found.
Is. Ah, over-bold! when Creon hath forbidden ?
An. Nay, he hath no right to keep me from
mine own.
Is. Ah me I think, sister, how our father
perished, amid hate and scorn, when sins bared
by his own search had moved him to strike both
eyes with self-blinding hand ; then the mother wife,
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2|0«0KAE0YS
avTOKTOvovvrt, ra» raKainapm, fi6poy
Koii^ Kartipydo'avT In dWi^Xoty •)(€poaf.
vw 8* ab fi6v^ 8^ voi XeXc(fi/A^va a-Koirti,
octfi KaKurr 6\ov^€6^, el v6fiov fiuf,
60 ^rj<f>op Tvpawoip ^ Kpa/nj vap^^Lfiev.
dXX* hfvotiv ■)(pvf TovTo p.hf ywa2\ Sri
!<f>vfi€v, a>« nphq avBpa^ ov pM)(ovfiiva*
Uneira 8* ow€k ap\6p.€a-ff ix Kp€ia'a6vav,
KOI ravT OLKOvtuf KOTi r&vB* akyCova.
68 ^a> flip oSv alrova-a rov^ imh ^(^oi'^f
(vyyvoiap taxeiv, 019 /Sta^ofiat ra8c,
roi9 ^ reXci )8c)3a>a-t Trciaofiai* r^ ycl/o
V€pur<ra npaaa-CLP ovk i)(€i, povp ovS^o.
ANTirONH.
ovT* Av K«X€v<rai/x*^ ofir* «/, cl ^eXois fri
70 irpd<r<r€ip, ifiov y &p 178/0)9 8/>^9 /xcra.
aXX* ?<r^ oiroia croi 8oKcr* kcIpop 8* ^w
Od^Oi. KokoP flOl TOVTO VOlOViTQ BoPti'
<f>Ckrj fi€T avTov KeCtrop.ai., <f}CKov fUra,
ocria vavovpyqo'aar*. iml nXeuop xpopoi
76 hp 8ei fi dp€crK€w roi9 Karo) toip ipddBe *
^Kcc ya/> aid Kciao/uiat. coi 8* ci Sokc?,
Tfll r&»i/ ^£Q>i/ ^i^i/x* dnfida-aa ^c.
nMHNH.
^O) fl^ OVK aTlfJM TfOLOVfiai, TO 8^
fiuf, 7ro\vrmf Bpap i<ftvp diivj^opoi,
ANTirONH.
80 av fji£P Tdh* iiP irpov)(pC • #ya» 8^ 819 ra^op
Xfo<rov<r a8eXn'^ ^tXrar^ nopeuao/iau,.
ANTIGONE.
two names in one, with twisted noose did despite
unto her life; and last, our two brothers in one
day, — each shedding, hapless one, a kinsman's
blood, — wrought out with mutual hands their com-
mon doom. And now we in turn — we two left all
alone — think how we shall perish, more miserably
than all the rest, if, in defiance of the law, we brave
a king's decree or his powers. Nay, we must
remember, first, Jthat we were born women, as who
should not str ive with men ; next, that we are ruled ,
of the stionger, so that we must obey in these _
things, and in things- yet sorer, J, therefore, ask-
ing the Spirits Infernal to pardon, seeing that force
is put on me herein, will hearken to our rulers ; for
'tis witless to be over-busy.
An. I will not urge thee, — no, nor, if thou yet
shouldst have the mind, wouldst thou be welcome
as a worker with me. Nay, be what thou wilt ; but
I will bury him : well for me to die in doing that.
I shall rest, a loved one with him whom I have
loved, sinless in my crime; for I owe a lon ger
alle^2UiceJoJhe_dea^JhanJo^the living: in that
world I shall abidie forevsr. But if thou wilt, be
guilty of dishonoring laws which the gods have
stablished in honor.
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ANTirONH.
nUHNN.
of/tot roKaiirq^, «&s {nrcpB^oiKoi <rw,
AOTirONH,
!iif fiov 7rp<yrdpfieL' rhu (rhv ii6p0ov ir6Ttiop.
I2MHNH.
aXX* odv trpofiyivvaxi'; 7* rovro fiTjBa^l
66 Toipyop, Kpv<fyS Bk kcvOc, <ri,u 8* oircws fy(6.
ANTirONH.
otfioi, KaravBa. mWov i^OCav fo-«
I3MHNH.
Oepfiifv iwl ^Iwxpoun KapBCav ^ets.
ANTirONH.
oXV o28' dpia-Kova-' oh fidKure^ dBelu fit xf^,
UMHNH.
90 «• KoX Bw^trti, /. <£U* dfi7fxdv<op ip^^.
ANTirONH.
otJ/cow. Srau ^ p.^ o-^^«, 7r€7raii(ropai.
UMHNH.
dpxnv Be Oijpav ov irpiiru Tafxifxapa,
ANTirONH.
ct ravra Xc'^cts. ixOape: pkp i^ ip.ov,
ixOpa Bk T^ OapopTi irpoaKtitrtt, BCkq,
96 oXX* ia /*c Kal ttjp 4$ ipov Bv<r/3ov\Cap
ANTIGONE.
Is. I do them no dishonor; but to defy the
State, — I have no strength for that. '
An. Such be thy plea: — I, then, will go to
heap the earth above the brother whom I love.
Is. Alas, unhappy one ! How I fear for thee !
An. Fear not for me: guide thine own fate
aright.
Is. At least, then, disclose this plan to none,
but hide it closely, — and so, too, will I.
An. Oh, denounce it ! Thou wilt be far more
hateful for thy silence, if thou proclaim not these
things to all.
Is. Thou hast a hot heart for chilling deeds.
An. I know that I please where I am most
bound to please.
Is. Aye, if thou canst ; but thou wouldst what
thou canst not.
An. Why, then, when my strength fails, I shall
have done.
Is. A hopeless quest should not be made at all.
An. If thus thou speakest, thou wilt have
hatred from me, and wilt justly be subject to the
lasting hatred of the dead. But leave me, and the
folly that is mine alone, to suffer this dread thing ;
/
II
SO«OKAEOYS
icivov ToGro* ireCcofiau yap ov
,ira$ew to 8«
UMHNH.
dXX* ct SoK£i <roi, oTC9(C. roOro 8* icr^, ort
Second Soenk.
Chorus. Aftebwabds Creom with two
Heraij>s.
Udpoho^.
X0P02.
100 a/crls deXiov, ro KoXkLorop eirraTrvk^ <f}av€v ®t^)8^
rct>i/ Trporepoiv ^do9>
iifMipBtj^ TTOT, 2) ■)(pv<rea,s ajxepai pki^apov, AipKauav
106 inrep peiOpow p.o\ovfTa,
TOP \€VKa<nnu *Apy60ei/ [c/c] A&ra fidvra irava'aytq,,
<J>vydBa irpoSpofiov o^vrepi^ Kurja-aa-a ;(aX»/^ •
110 hu i<j> r)fi€Tep^ -/^ UoKvueCicqs,
dpOeis veLK€(av i$ dfi<ftiK6y(i}v,
* * * o^eia kkd^av
aiero9 es yqv ws vTrepcwrrj.
keuKTJ^ Xi-ovo^ irripvyi. oreyavos,
116 iroKkSiv /Lte^ ovrkoiv
gw (t iiriroKoixois KopvOcarcTLV.
•H^ <rras o* inkp fieXdOpcav ^ovtaqraio'iu dii<f>L\avoit
kvkX^ \6yxiiis evrdirvXov arofia,
ANTIGONE.
for I shall not suffer aught so dreadful as an ig-
noble death.
Is. Go, then, if thou must ; and of this be sure,
— that, though thine errand is foolish, to thy dear
ones thou art truly dear.
Exit Antigone oh the spectators' left. Ismene retires into the
palace by one of the two side-doors.
Second Scene. Chorus. Afterwards Creon with two
Heralds.
Chorus.
Beam of the sun, fairest light that ever damned
on Thebe of the seven gates, thou hast shone forth
at last, eye of golden day, arisen above Dirce's
streams! The warrior of the white shield, who
came from Argos in his panoply, hath been stirred
by thee to headlong flight, in swifter career ; who
set forth against our land by reason of the vexed
claims of Polyneices; and, like shrill-screaming
eagle, he flew over into our land, in snow-white
pinion sheathed, with an armed throng, and with
plumage of helms.
He paused above our dwellings; he ravened
around our sevenfold portals with spears athirst
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ANTirONH.
Ilii
liiii
120 €)8a, Trptv troff afiercptov aifidrotv y€w<riv v\ri<r6'ffvai
T€ Kol crT€<f)dv<oiia irvfyytav
irevKatvff "H^iarov "iXcti/. rotos d/Li^l vutr eTaidr)
125 TTwrayo^ "Apeo^, avrviraK^ BvcrxeCpoifxa BpaKovri.
Zevs yap /xeyaXt;? yXcucroT/s ko/attovs
wrepexOatpei., KaC (r<^a« icrcSciiu
iroXk^ pevfxaTL TrpoavuTa-op.iifovq
130 ■)(pv(rov Kavaxrjs {nrepoirra,
vakT^ piirreL irvpl fia\fiCBo)v
en aKptav 1781;
vitcriv opfjiCiVT dXaXd^ai.
dmrvwos 8* cirl y^ irece TavraXoiOeC^,
136 trvp^opo^ OS roT6 fiawofiivq. ^v opfJLq.
fiaic)(€vci}v iweTTveL pvnai^ i)(dt<TT<iiv ave/KOP,
ct^c 8* dXX^ rd /xo^,
140 dXXa S* eir* dXXocs iwevc^/Aa (rrv^eXi^oiv fieya^'^Aprj^
Sc^(0(rc(/30S.
cirrd Xo;(ayot ydp e^* eflrd TrvXais
Ta\0€VT€^ taot TT/OOS KTOVS cXtTTOV
Ziyw TpovaC^ irdy)(a\Ka TeXrj,
TrXriv Totv OTvyepolv, ti varpo^ cvos
146 fiT^rpo^ T€ /XMts <f>WTe Koff avTolu >
StK/Dare?? Xoyj^as arija'avT exerov
Koivov Oapdrov fiipo^ dfi<^6).
dXXd yd/> d fieyoLkawfios ^Xde N'^xa
r^ irokvapfidr^ dvTLxap€l<ra Sij^,
ANTIGONE.
for blood; but he went hence, or ever his jaws
were glutted with our gore, or the Fire-god's pine-
fed flahie had seized our crown of towers. So fierce
was the noise of battle raised behind him, a thing
too hard for him to conq'jer, as he wrestled with
his dragon foe.
For Zeus utterly abhors the boasts of a proud
tongue ; and when he beheld them coming on in a
great stream, in the haughty pride of clanging gold,
he smote with brandished fire one who was now
hastening to shout victory at his goal upon our
ramparts.
Swung down, he fell on the earth with a crash,
torch in hand, he who so lately, in the frenzy of the
mad onset, was raging against us with the blasts of
his tempestuous hate. But those threats fared not
as he hoped ; and to other foes the mighty War-god
dispensed their several dooms, dealing havoc around,
a mighty hel^jer at oui need.
For seven captains at seven gates, matched
against seven, left the tribute of their panoplies to
Zeus who turns the battle ; save those two of cruel
fate, who, born of one sire and one mother, set
against each other their twain conquering spears,
and are sharers in a common death.
But since Victory of glorious name hath come to
us, with joy responsive to the joy of Thebe whose
IS
I'iiiii
. SO«OKAEOYli
160 iK fihf 8^ noX^iuav r&v vw 64<rBt. XijarfioarSvaVt
Oe&v Bk vaov9 xopoi^
vawvxCoi'i irdvTai Ar^X^<u/A«'; 6 Bij/StK 8* i^i€\CxB(ov
166
160
dXX* oSe ykp 8^ )8a(rtXcv$ x^pa^,
Kpeoiv 6 McvoiK^cd?, veox/iA^S [rayos],
veapaxa-L deau iirl awrvx^L^
X<ap€Z, riva &^ /n-^nv ipi(T<rmf,
oTi. <ruyK\r)Tov njvhe y€p6vTQ)u
rrpovdero \4<r)(t)v
KOLv^ KTipvyiiari. irip.'^as ;
'EireicTi^Siov <£.
ill!
li!
I!
KPEAN.
avhpci, TO. /u,^ 8^ 7r($Xeo$ aa-^oKm BtoX
troK)^ (raX^ o'eUravre^ &p0<a<Tav iraXw*
v/aSs 8* eyo) wop.vola'i.v ix irdvrtov Si^a
166 loTciX* iK€<r$a(., tovto pkv ret Aoiov
a-i^ovra^ cc8a>s c2 $p6vo)P acl Kpdn^,
TovT aS^ts, 171'tfc* Oi8iVot;s &p6ov ir6\w,
KOLTrei BuoXer, afi<f>l tov^ KcCvoiv irt.
fl-at8a$ fi€uovT<K ififr^oii <l>povijp.a<riv,
no or oZv 6K6U/01 7r/9^$ 8i7rX'^$ fioCpa^ iiCau
Koff '^fiepav akovTO, ira(xravri^ re kol
TrXrfyevTe^ avT6xci>pi> avu fiMCiiaTL,
iyo) Kparrf 8^ Trdvra koX $p6vov^ l^co
yivov% Kwr dy^^torela rSiv 6Xo>Xdra)i/.
176 dfiyjxavov hi iravTOi dvhph^ iKfiaOetu
^w^i/ re fcal <l*p6vrjfia koX yvafiriv, nplv iof
ANTIGONE.
and law-giving. For if any, being supreme guide
of the State, cleaves not to the best counsels, but
through some fear, keeps his lips locked, I hold, and
have ever held, him most base ; and if any makes a
friend ot more account than his fatherland, that
man hath no place in my regard. For I — be Zeus
my witness, who sees all things always — would not
be silent if I saw ruin, instead of safety, coming to
the citizens ; nor would I ever deem the country's
foe a friend to mvself ; remembering this, that our
country is the ship that bears us safe, and that only .
while she prospers in our voyage can we nake tru§/
friends.
Such are the rules by which I guard this city's
greatness. And in accord with them is the edict
which I have now published to the folk touching
the sons of Oedipus; — that Eteocles, who hath
iallen fighting for our city, in all renown of arms,
shall be entombed, and crowned with every rite
that follows the noblest dead to their rest. But for
his brother, Polyneices,— who came back from
exile, and sought to consume utterly with fire the
city of his fathers and the shrines of his fathers'
gods, — sought to taste of kindred blood, and to
lead the remnant into slavery; — touching this man
it hath been proclaimed to our people that none
shall grace him with sepulture or lament, but leave
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him unburied, a corpse for birds and dogs to eat, a
ghastly sight of shame.
Such the spirit of my dealing; and never, by
deed of mine, shaU the wicked stand in honor be-
fore the just; but whoso hath good will to Thebes,
he shall be honored of me, in his life and in his
death.
Ch. Such is thy pleasure, Creon, son of Menoe-
ceus, touching this city's foe, and its friend ; and
thou hast power, I ween, to take what order thou
wilt, both for the dead, and for all us who live.
Cr. See, then, that ye be guardians of the
mandate.
Ch. Lay the burden of this task on some
younger man.
Cr. Nay, watchers of the corpse have been
found.
Ch. What, then, is this further charge that thou
wouldst give ?
Cr. That ye side not with the breakers of these
commands.
Ch. No man is so foolish that he is enamored
of death.
■ Cr. In sooth, that is the meed ; yet lucre hath
oft ruined men through their hopes.
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ANTIGONE.
Third Scene. Creon. Guard.
Enter GUARD.
My liege, I will not say that I come breathless
from speed, or that I have plied a nimble foot ; for
often did my thoughts make me pause, and wheel
around in my path, to return. My mind was hold-
ing large discourse v/ith me ; * Fool, why goest thou
to thy certain doom?*' 'Wretch, tarrying again?
And if Creon hears this from another, must not
thou smart for it?' So debating, I went on my
way with lagging steps, and thus a short road was
made long. At last, however, it carried the day
that I should come hither — to thee; and, though
my tale be nought, yet will I tell it; for I come
with a good grip on one hope, — that I can suffer
nothing but what is my fate.
Cr. And what is it that disquiets thee thus ?
Gu. I wish to tell thee first about myself — I
did not do the deed — I did not see the doer — it
were not right that I should come to any harm.
Cr. Thou hast a shrewd eye for thy mark ; well
dost thou fence thyself round against the blame : —
clearly thou hast some vitrange thing to tell.
Gu. Aye, truly; dread news makes one pause
long.
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TcXos 8*, or* ov8ei' ■^z/ kpew^o'L Trkkov,
ANTIGONE.
Cr. Then tell it, wilt thou, and so get thee gone ?
Gu. Well, this is it. — The corpse — some one
hath just given it burial, and gone away, — after
sprinkling thirsty dust on the flesh, with such other
rites as piety enjoins.
Cr. What sayest thou ? What living man hath
dared this deed ?
Gu. I know not ; no stroke of pickaxe was seen
there, no earth thrown up by mattock ; the ground
was hard and dry, unbroken, without track of
wheels ; the doer was one who had left no trace.
And when the first day-watchman showed it to us,
sore wonder fell on all. The dead man was veiled
from us ; not shut within a tomb, but lightly strewn
with dust, as by the hand of one who shunned a
curse. And no sign met the eye as though any
beast of prey or any dog had come nigh to him, or
torn him.
Then evil words flew fast and loud among us,
guard accusing guard ; and it would e'en have come
to blows at last, nor was there any to hinder.
Every man was the culprit, and no one was con-
victed, but all disclaimed knowledge of the deed.
And we were ready to take red-hot iron in our
hands ; — to walk through fire ; — to make oath by
the gods that we had not done the deed, — that we
were not privy to the planning or the doing.
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XOPOS.
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Tovpyov ToS*, 17 ^vwouL fiovXevei. vdKou.
KPEON.
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prj *tf}evpeO-{j's avovs re koI yipcav dpa.
Xeyei9 yap ovk dveKrd, BaCpova^ Xiyotv
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ANTIGONE.
At last, when all our searching was fruitless, one
spake, who made us all bend our faces on the earth
in fear; for we saw not how we could gainsay
him, or escape mischance if we obeyed. His coun-
sel was that this deed must be reported to thee,
and not hidden. And this seemed best; and the
lot doomed my hapless self to win this prize. So
here I stand, — as unwelcome as unwilling, well I
wot; for no man delights in the bearer of bad
news.
Ch. O King, my thoughts have long been whis-
pering, can this deed, perchance, be e'en the work
of gods ?
Cr. Cease, ere thy words fill me utterly with
wrath, lest thou be found at once an old man and /
foolish. For thou sayest what is not to be borne,
in saying that the gods have care for this corpse. 7
Was it for high reward of trusty service that they (
sought to hide his nakedness, who came to burn ;
their pillared shrines and sacred treasures, to burn
their land, and scatter its laws to the winds ? Or
dost thou behold the gods honoring the wicked?
It cannot be. Ko ! From the first there were cer- ^
tain in the town that muttered against me, chafing
at this edict, wagging their heads in secret; and
kept not their necks duly under the yoke, like men
contented with my sway.
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ovK k^ diravTo<i Set ro Kcphalvetv <f>Lk€lv.
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ANTIGONE.
'Tis by them, well I know, that these have been
heguiled and bribed to do this deed. / Nothing so
evil as money ever grew to be current among men.
This lays cities low, this drives men from their
homes, th's trains and warps honest souls till they
set themselves to works of shame ; this still teaches
folk to practise villanies, and to know every god-
less deed.
But all the men who wrought this thing for hire
have made it sure that, soon or late, they shall pay
the price. Now, as Zeus still hath my reverence,
know this — I tell it thee on my oath : — If ye find
not the very author of this burial, and produce him
before mine eyesj death alone shall not be enough
for you, till first, hung up alive, ye have revealed
this outrage, — that henceforth ye may thieve with
better knowledge whence lucre should be won, and
learn that it is not well to love gain from every
source. For thou wilt find that ill-gotten pelf
brings more men to ruin than to weal.j,
Gu. May I speak? Or shall I just turn and
go?
Cr. Knov/est thou not that even now thy voice
offends ?
Gu. Is thy smart in the ears, or in the soul ?
Cr. And why wouldst thou define the seat of
my pain ?
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ANTIGONE.
Gu. The doer vexes thy mind, but I, thine ears.
Cr. Ah, thou art a born babbler, 'tis well seen.
Gu. May be, but never the doer of this deed.
Cr. Yea, and more, — the seller of thy life for
silver.
Gu. Alas ! 'Tis sad, truly, that he who judges
should misjudge.
Cr. Let thy fancy piuy with 'judgment' as it
will; — but, if ye show me not the doers of these
things, ye shall avow that dastardly gains work
sorrows. lExi/.
Gu. Well, may he be found! so 'twere best.
But, be he caught, or be he not — fortune must
settle that — truly thou wilt not see me here again.
Saved, even now, beyond hope and thought, I owe
the gods great thanks. lExit.
Chorus.
Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful
than man; the power that crosses the white sea,
driven by the stormy south-wind, making a path
under surges that threaten to engulf him; and
Earth, the eldest of the gods, the immortal, the
unwearied, doth he wear, turning the soil with the
offspring of hor^s, as the ploughs go to and fro
from year to year.
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ANTIGONE.
And the light-hearted race of birds, and the
tribes of savage beasts, and the sea-brood of the
deep, he snares in the meshes of his woven toils,
he leads captive, man excellent in wit. And he
masters by his arts the beast whos*^ lair is in the
wilds, who roams the hills ; he tames the horse of
shaggy mane, he puts the yoke upon its neck, he
tames the tireless mountain bull.
And speech, and wind-swift thought, and all the
moods that mould a state, ha'': he taught himself;
and how to flee the arrows of the frost, when 'tis
hard lodging under the clear sky, and the arrows
of the rushing rain ; yea, he hath resource for all •
without resource he meets nothing that must come ;
only against Death shall he call for aid in vain ;
but from baffling maladies he hath devised escapes.
Cunning beyond fancy's dream is the fertile skill
which brings him, now to evil, now to good. When
he honors the laws of the land, and that justice
which he hath sworn by the gods to uphold, proudly
stands his city : no city hath he who, for his rash-
ness, dwells with sin. Never may he share my
hearth, never think my thoughts, who doth these
things !
Enter the Guard, on the spectators' left, leading in
Antigone.
What portent from the gods is this? — my soul
is amazed. I know her — how can I deny that yon
maiden is Antigone?
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dndyovo'L pofioi^
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WITH TWO Attend AMTs.
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ANTIGONE.
O hapless, and child of hapless sire, — of Oedi-
pus! What means this? Thou brought a
prisoner? — thou, disloyal to the King's laws, and
taken in folly ?
Fourth Scene. Guard. Antigone. Afterwards Creon
WITH TWO Attendants.
Guard.
Here she is, the doer of the deed: — we caught
this girl burying him : — but where is Creon?
Ch. Lo, he comes forth again from the house,
at our need.
Cr. What is it? What hath chanced, that
makes my coming timely ?
Gu. O King, against nothing should men
pledge their word ; for the after-thought belies the
first intent. I could have vowed that I should not
soon be here again, — scared by thy threats, with
which I had just been lashed: but, — since the joy
that surprises and transcends our hopes is like in
fulness to no other pleasure, — I have come, though
'tis in breach of my sworn oath, bringing this maid ;
who was taken showing grace to the dead. This
time there was no casting of lots; no, this luck
hath fallen to me, and to none else. And now,
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1 1 ii
■
l'l!';!!':i;i:
i if!
ililiii
„ 1 i
KOI vw, ava^, TTJvh* avros, <us ^eXci?, Xafiotv
Kal Kpive Kd^€\ey\ • iyot 8* ikevdepo^
400 SiKaids eifii Twi/S* dinyXXa^^^at KaKciu.
KPEHN.
aycw 8^ tt/i'Sc t^ rpoiroi voOev Xafidv ;
«TAAB.
avrrf tov avBp* edaTrre • TretiT* inl<rra<rou.
KPEnN.
♦TAAH.
raCrqv y IBatv 0dnTov(rav ov (rif tov vcKphv
40B aTreiTras. S.p* cvhr)\a /cat o-a<^r) Xeyw ;
KPEHN.
Kal iroJs opdrai KdmhrjTrro^: ypidr) ;
«TAAB.
ToiovToi' '^i' TO irpdyfi. orro)? ya/o tJkoiicv,
vpo^ (TOV rd 8ctv* CKCM/* iirqTreLKr)fji€i/0L,
trda-av koviv <rtjpavT€9 rj Karevx^ tov
410 viicvv, ftvSoJv T€ crcHfia yvyLV(a<T(WT&5 eS,
KadrjpLtd* aKpaty ck irdycav vrhjvefioi,
6(rp.T)v dir avTov p.'^ fid\y ve^cvyoTes,
iyepTi Ktvav dvhp* dvrjp ivLppoOois '
KaKoX(Tiv, €t Ti5 TovS* aKiySr^o-Qi irovov.
416 XP^^°^ ''<*^* '^'^ TOO'ouToi', ecTT* ei' aWipi
p.k<T(^ KaT€(mj \ap,irpo<5 rfkCov kvkXos
Kal KaC/bt* eOakire' Kal tot* i^aL(j>vrj<s xdovo<i
Tv<f)m deCpas cricqiTTOV, ovpdvLov dxp'S,
mfiir\r)<TL wehCov, TraATav aiKitfiiv <f>6l3rjv
ANTIGONF
Sire, take her thyself, question her, examine her, as
thou wilt ; but I have a right to free and final quit-
tance of this trouble.
Cr. And thy prisoner here — how and whence
hast thou taken her ?
Gu. She was burying the man ; thou knowest
all.
Cr. Dost thou mean what thou sayest? Dost
thou speak aright?
Gu. i saw her burying the corpse that thou
hadst forbidden to bury. Is that plain and clear ?
Cr. And how was she seei^.' how taken in the
act?
Gu. It befell on this wise. When we had come
to the place, — with those dread menaces of thine
upon us, — we swept away all the dust that covered
the corpse, and bared the dank body well ; and
then sat us down on the brow of the hill, to wind-
ward, heedful that the smell from him should not
strike us ; every man was wide awake, and kept his
neighbor alert with torrents of threats, if any one
should be careless of this task.
So went it, until the sun's bright orb stood in
mid heaven, and the heat began to burn : and then
suddenly a whirlwind lifted from the earth a storm
of dust, a trouble in the sky, and filled the plain,
marring all the leafage of its woods • and the wide
ANTirONH.
420 vXi^c 9re8ia8o9, iv 8* inearc^Otf fi^ai
aWijp ' fiv<ravT€i 8' €t\ofiaf Ottav v6<tov.
17 7r<u9 oparai, KavaK<oKV€i iriK/sag
opviOo^ 6$vv <f>06yyov, a»9 orau Kcvrj^
426 evKi;; peo(r(T6iv optfxwov ^^i^ X^;)(09*
otrro) 8^ x^^W' ^''^^1' ^^ ^/D^ v4kw,
y6ounv ii^fi<o^€u, iK 8* dpd« KOicdf
'^paro rol<riv rovpyov i^eipyaa-fia/oii.
Kal \epaw cv^v$ hL^jiCav <f>dp€i. k6plp,
480 Ik r* cvKpm ^Tov X'''^'^^^^ ap^v irp6\ov
XOatcL rpiOTTOvBoLO'L TOP P€KVP <rTi<f>€i„
X^p-cU IBovrc^ i€p€<r0a, aw Be pip
Oi^potpeG' evBvi ovBhf €K7r€ir\7jyp.iprjp.
Kol Toii T€ irp6<r0€P Tos re pvp ri)UYXpp€P
436 ir/od^eis* airappo^ 8* ovSepoi KaOCararo,
dXX* 'qBca^ ipoiyc KoKyeipSi^ d/xa.
TO ph^ yap avTOP iK KaKotp ne^teiry^ai.
"^Burrop, e$ KaKOP Bi rov? <^iXov9 ayeip
aXyewop. dXXd Trdpra ravff rjaao) \afiav
440 ipol 'jre<f>vK€P r^s ipij^ o'omipia^,
KPEON.
ck Brq, (rk T^p pevova-ap ci? ireBop Koipa,
ijygs ^ K.arappil pv^ BeBpaKCpai. rdBe ;
ANTirONH.
KoX ifyrfpl Bpatrai, kovk airappovpxi.t, rh prj.
i
KPEnN.
(TV phf KopC^oi.? dv (reavTOP ^ ^eXcis,
445cifa> fiapeCas alrCas ikeuOepop*
ANTIGONE.
air was choked therewith : we closed our eyes, and
bore the plague from the gods.
And when, after a long while, this storm had
passed, the maid was seen ; and she cried aloud
with the sharp cry of a bird in its bitterness,' —
even as when, within the empty nest, it sees the
bed stripped of its nestlings. So she also, when
she saw the corpse bare, lifted up a voice of wailing,
and called down curses on the doers of that deed.
And straightway she brought thirsty dust in her
hands ; and from a shapely ewer of bronze, held
high, with thrice-poured drink-offering she crowned
the dead.
We rushed forward when we saw it, and at once
closed upon our quarry, who was in no wise dis-
mayed. Then we taxed her with her past and
present doings; and she stood, not on denial of
aught, — at once to my joy and to my pain. To
have escaped from ills one's self is a great joy ; but
'tis painful to bring friends to ill. Howbeit, all
such things are of less account to me than mine
own safety.
Cr. Thou — thou whose face is bent to earth —
dost thou avow, or disavow, this deed ?
An. I avow it ; I make no denial.
Cr. {To Guard.) Thou canst betake thee whither
thou wilt, free and clear of a grave charge. {.Exit
Guard.
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SO«OKAEOYS
<rv S* ciTTC jioL firf firfKO^, dXXol awT6fio}i,
ANTirONH.
KPEAN.
'Ill
I
Kal B^T crdXfias rovaS* virepfiaCvetP v6fiovi ;
ANTirONH.
450 ov ya/0 tC hol Zcvs iJi/ 6 Krfpij^ai ra8e,
ov8* -^ ^vvoiKo^ Tcjv Kara) 6fMV ACkt)
Toiovah* iv aa/0p(OTroi(ri>v JjpLcrep p6p.ovs'
ovSe (rOeveiv roaovrov <^6fi7)v ra ara
KT/pvyiiaff' oiOT* aypaiTTa Kd(r<f>a\rj OcStu
465 vofiL/xa hvva<r0aL dvrjTOP opff vireoBpafulp.
ov yap Tt pvp ye Kd)($€i, dXX* act ttotc
{^ ravra, KovSelii oXhep i^ otov *<fKipri.
TovTtop eyo) ovk ifieWop, di/8/969 ovBepo^
ffipoirrjixa heiaraa"*, iv deolcL t^p Biicqp
460 So>(retv. $avovp.ani yap i^Brj • tC 8* ov ;
Kci fi'^ <rv irpovKijpv^ai. €i Bk rov xpopov
TrpoaOev $apovp.ai, KepBo^ atfT iyo) Xeyco.
ooTis yap €P TToWolcrip a»s iycj /ca/coi?
CU' ""^5 08* ov)(l KarOapcjp K^pBoi (f>€p€L ;
465 ourws e/ioLy. rovhe tov fiopov tvx^'^p
nap ovoeu a\yo<S' aXX av, cl top eg 6/1175
firjTpo^i BavovT dTa(f>op avecrx6fi7)P pskvv,
*f€ii/oi? *;' '^Xyovi'' ToicrSe 8' ovk dXyvpojiai..
<rol 8* €1 8oKa> rw /uici>^a Bp&<ra Tvy)(av€iP,
470 0^6801/ 71 fxtaptp jACDpCap 6<f)\ia'Kdp<o.
^
ANTIGONE.
.'I
{To Antigone.) Now, tell me thou — not in many
words, but briefly — knewest thou that an edict had
forbidden this ?
An. I knew it : could I help it ? It was public.
Cr. And thou didst indeed dare to transgress
that law?
An. Yes; for it was not Ze \is ^hat haH pyhH^hpf^
me that edict ; not such are the laws set among
m:errBy the Justice who dwells with the gods below ;
noj^deemed I that thy decrees were of such force,
that a mortal could override the unwritten and un-
failing statutes of heaven. For their life is not of
to-day or yesterday, but from all time, and no man
knows when they were first put forth.
Not through dread of any human pride could I
answer to the gods for breaking these. Die I must,
— I knew that well (how should I not ?) — even
without thy edicts. But if I am to die before my
time, I count that a gain : for when any one lives,
as I do, compassed about with evils, can such an
one find aught but gain in death }
So for me to meet this doom is trifling grief ; but
if I had suffered my mother's son to lie in death an
unburied corpse, that would have grieved me ; for
this, I am not grieved. And if my present deeds
are foolish in thy sight, it may be that a foolish
judgearraigns my folly.
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ANTirONH.
V
w
m.:
]mi
X0P02.
Si^Xoi TO yewrjfx d)fiou i$ ajfjiov irarpo^
TT)^ TraiSo^' eiK^LV S* ovk iirCaraTai, KaKois.
KPEAN.
dW icr^t TOL TO. (tkXiJp* ayav <f>povTJfiaTa
iriirreiv fiaKucrTa, h.:il rov iyKpareoTaTov
475 (TiBrjpou OTTTov c/c TTvpo? ircpKTKekrj
dpavarOevra /cat payevra TrKe2(TT av cicriSois*
(TfiiKp^ ^aXivw 8* olSa Toit^ dvfiovfJLCvovs
linrovq Karaprvdimwi. .ov yap cKTrcXet
^povelv yAy ottis SouXos cort rwi/ TreXa?.
480 auTiy 8* v^pilf.iv pXv TOT i^irCcTTaTO,
vofiov^ VTrep^aCuova-a rows npoK€ifieuovs'
v^pm 8*, CTTCt hkhpaK€v, 178c hevTepa,
TOVTOLS iirav^tiv koX SchpaKVtav yekav,
^ m;i' eyo) fieu ovk aarqp, avTrj o avrjp,
485 ct rauT* di/arl t^8c KeCcerai KpaTrf.
dXX* ciT* d8eX<j^'^s ct^ ofiaLixovearepa
Tov vavTo^ ripZy Zr)vo^ ipKcCov Kvpei,
airrq re ^17 ^uaifios ovk dXv^eTov
fiopov KaKLOTOv ' Kol yap ctu KcCvrjv L<rou
490 iiravnSip.ai Tovh^. jSovXeva-ai Ta^ov.
Kai VLV Kakelr' ij'a yap ethov apTuo<s
Xvaa-SxTav avTTjv ov8* iwj^oXov <f)p€if<tiv.
(f)Lke1 8* 6 Ovfio^ TTpocrOey ypfjcrOai kXottcvs
T(ov firjSkv 6p6a^ iv <tk6t<^ T€)(yQtfi€VQ}v.
495 fiur<a ye fiimoi X'^Tav ev KaKOicrC rts
dXovs cTreira rovro icaXXwcu/ OiKy.
V,.
miijIiiP
ANTirONH.
^eXe(9 ri fiet^o;^ ^ KaTaKTeu/aC /i iKcav s
"' ii! 11
//
ANTIGONE.
Ch. The maid shows herself passionate child of
passionate sire, and knows not how to bend before
troubles.
Cr. Yet I would have thee know that o'er-stub-
born spirits are most often humbled; 'tis the
stiffest iron, baked to hardness in the fire, that
thou shalt oftenest see snapped and shivered ; and
I have known horses that show temper brought to
order by a little curb ; there is no room for p ride,
when thou art thy neighbor's slave. — This girl
was already versed in insolence when she trans-
gressed the laws that had been set forth ; and, that
done, lo, a second insult, — to vaunt of this, and
exult in her deed. ' •
Now verily I am no man, she is the man, if this
victory shall rest with her, and bring no penalty.
No ! be she sister's child, or nearer to me in blood
than any that worships Zeus at the altar of our
house, — she and her kinsfolk shall not avoid a
doom most dire; for indeed I charge that other
with a like share in the plotting of this burial.
And summon her — for I saw her e'en now with-
in, — raving, and not mistress of her wits. So oft,
before the deed, the mind stands self-convicted in
its treason, when folks are plotting mischief in the
dark. But verily this, too, is hateful, — when one^i
who hath been caught in wickedness then seeks to y
make the crime a glory. _j>
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KPEnN.
iyto ftev ovoci/* rovr exotv airavr e)(<u.
ANTirONH.
ri S^ra /neXXeis ; <u5 €fiol roii' croii' Xdyoij/
500 ap^cTTOv ovBiv, fxrjh* dpecBeirf wore,
ovro) o6 Kat croi ra/u a<pavOQ.vovT e<pv.
KaCroi TToOev K\eo9 y* av evKkeearepov
Kare(r)(ov rj tov avTdhe\<f)ov kv Ta<f>(it
rL0€L(ra ; tovtol^ tovto nao'iv avhdvciv
505 XeyoiT* ai/, el firj yXiacra'au iyKXyoi ^6/3oi.
[dXX* rj Tvpavvls iroXXct t' aXX* evSaifiovel,
Ka^ecruf avr^ hpav Xeyctv ^ a /SouXcTai.]
KPEnN.
(TV TOVTO flOVPTf TWI'Sc KaS/ACUUI' 6/3^9.
ANTirONH.
opattri ^oStoi, o"ol S* uTrtXXovo'W' crTofia.
KPEflN.
610 (TV S* ovK CTraiSet, ro>i/S€ x^/>is ei ^povels ;
ANTirONH.
ovhev yap ai(r)(pov tows o/xoo'TrXa'yxi'ovs ce^ew.
KPEHN.
$0
ovKow ofxaLp.os Xtti KaTavTLOv uavoiv ;
ANTirONH. .
ofiat/ioi £/c fiiaq t€ koX toutov rraTpo^.
KPEXIN.
ANTIGONE.
//
An. Wouldst thou do more than take and slay
me?
"Cr. No more, indeed ; having that, I have all.
An. Why then dost thou delay? In thy dis-
course there is nought that pleases me, — never
may there be! — and so my words must needs be
unpleasing to thee. And yet, for glory — whence
could I have won a nobler, than by giving burial
to mine own brother? All here would own that
they thought it well, were not their lips sealed by
fear. But royalty, blest in so much besides, hath
the power to do and say what it will.
Cr. Thou differest from all these Thebans in
that view.
An. These also share it; but they curb their
tongues for thee.
Cr. And art thou not ashamed t'j act apart
from them?
An. No ; there is nothing shameful in piety to
a brother.
Cr. Was it not a brother, too, that died in the
opposite cause?
An. Brother by the same mother and the same
sire.
Cr. Why, then, dost thou render a grace that
is impious in his sight ?
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ANTirONH.
11
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ANTirONH.
616 ov fiafyrvpijarci. ravff 6 KarOavcav V€KV9.
KPEAN.
CI roi (r<f)€ TLfi^^ 1$ Lcov r^ SvacrejSa.
ANTirONH.
ov yap TL Sov\o9, aXX* dSeX^s &\€to.
KPEflN.
iropOav 8c TTJvSe yrjv 6 8* di^wrTas vTrep.
ANTirONH.
o/iA(U9 o y* *At8iys Tovs vofiovi t<rov^ iroOeZ
KPEAN.
520 dX\* oux 6 xprjorbi Ttfi KaK^ Xa^eiv lo-os.
ANTirONH.
ris oT8ci' CI KartaSev €vayy\ rdSc ;
KPEAN.
ovroi iroff ov^dpo^, ovB* otov ddvj), ^1X09.
ANTirONH.
ovTOL aw€)(d€LV, oXKa <rufi<f)iX€lv i<f>w.
KPEAN.
Kcirct) wi/ ekOova-*, el ^iKrjrdov, ^iXci
625 KeCvovs' kp.ov hk (cSi^rof ovic ap^et, yvvrj.
!l!
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Fifth 3oene. Gbeom. Antigone. Ismene. Two Attendants.
XOP02.
KoX fi^v irpo irvKtav 178* 'lajxijirq,
^iXdScX^a Karo) Sd/c/ov Xeifiofidpri'
i/c^Ai} 8* 6<f>pv(ov virep aifiaroeu
ANTIGONE.
An. The dead man will not say that he so
deems it.
Cr. Yea, if thou makest him but equal in
honor with the wicked.
An. It was his brother, not his slave, that
perished.
Cr. Wasting this land; while he fell as its
champion.
An. Nevertheless, Hades desires these rites.
Cr. But the good desires not a like portion with
the evil.
An. Who knows but this seems blameless in
the world below ?
Cr. a foe is never a friend — not even in death.
An. 'Tis not my nature to join in hating, but in
loving.
Cr. Pass, then, to the v/orld of the dead, and,
if thou must needs love, love them. While I live
no woman shall rule me. ''^
■^
Fifth Scene. Creon. Antigone. Ismene. Two Attend-
ants.
Enter ISMENE from the house, led in by two attendants.
Ch. Lo, yonder Ismene comes forth, shedding
such tears as fond sisters weep ; a cloud upon her
47
20*OKAEOYS
4
!
4
iiiii
PI
I!
630
/56^05 al(rxvv€L,
T€yyov(r evaiira irapeiav.
KPEHN.
<rv 8*. rj /car* oi/covs w? ej^tSi^* v<f>eifi€tfvj,
Xtjdovcra /x* i^kirivei, ovh* ifi<u/0avov
rpetfxou hv dra KaTrai/atrrao-cis Opovoiv,
<f>€p*, €t7r€ St^ jLtoi, fcal (TV TovSe Tov rd^v
635 <f>ij(T€L^ fj.erao'X'^^v, rj *$ofiei to firj elBevat ;
I2MHNH.
ScSpaKa Tovpyov, eiTrep rjB* ofioppoOet,
KOI ^p.p.eria")(Oi koX (f>€poi rfj^ alrCa^.
ANTirONH.
»\\^ ^ »/ « / » « ©/ » » \
aAA ovK cacrei tovto y 17 oi/oy cr , eirct
ovt' 'q0€\7j(ras, ovt eya» *KowQ)(Tdiirfv.
I2MHNH.
540 a\X* 61^ icaK0i9 7019 crol<TLV OVK ala-^wofiai
^vfinkorw €p.avTy)v tov irdBov^ iroiovfiivri.
ANTirONH.
S}v Tovpyov, "AtSiys ')(oi xdTCj ^xwCarope^ •
Xoyots 8* cyoj <f>iKov<rcw ov oTepyot (f>CK7jv.
ISMHNH.
fiiJTOL, Kao'vyinjrq, fi aTnidtrQ^ to firj ov
545 Oaveiv re (tvv croX tov davovTo. ff dyvLcraL.
ANTirONH.
fjiij fioi Odvy^ (TV Koivd, firfS* a firf *6iy€^
TToiov (reavr^s • dpKea-Q) dvrj(TKov(T iyoi.
ANTIGONE.
brow casts its shadow over her darkly-flushing face,
and breaks in rain on her fair cheek.
Cr. And thou, who, lurking like a viper in my
house, wast secretly draining my life-blood, while I
knew not that I was nurturing two pests, to rise
against my throne — come, tell me now, wilt thou
also confess thy part in this burial, or wilt thou
forswear all knowledge of it?
Is. I have done the deed,— ^ if she allows my
claim, — and share the burden of the charge.
An. Nay, ju&cice will not suffer thee to do that :
thou didst not consent to the deed, nor did I give
thee part in it.
Is. But, now that ills beset thee, I arfx not
ashamed to sail the sea of trouble at thy side.
An. Whose was the deed. Hades and the dead
are witnesses : a friend in words is not the friend
that I love.
Is. Nay, sister, reject me not, but let me die
with thee, and duly hono. the dead.
An. Share not thou my death, nor claim deeds
to which thou hast not put thy hand: my death
will suffice.
Is. And what life is dear to me, bereft of thee ?
49
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ANTirONH.
UMHNH.
ANTirONH.
Kpiovr ipotrra' rovSc ya/a <7v ic^BcfKau,
I2MHNH.
660 rt raCr* dvi^f /x* ovS^i' ci<f>€kovii^vr) ;
ANTirONH.
akyova'a fiiu ovjr , ci ycAcur ei^ 0*01 yeAa>.
UMHNH.
_y Ti otyr av aAAa »a;i' o" er oxftcKoLiA eycj;
ANTirONH.
cr&<Tov <T^aMTriv' ov (f>0ovci <r v7r€K^vy€vv,
UMHNH.
oi/xoi ToKawa, KaiinXaKOi tov cov /lopov;
ANTirONH.
666 (TV fikv yap elXov ^rjv, eya> Be Kardavew.
UMHNH.
dXX* ouK CTT* apfnyroi^ ye toi? c/aoi? Xoyocs.
ANTirONH.
KoXois (n; fi€v coi, rois 8* eyoi *8okow <f>pov€ti\
ISMHNH.
fcal /x'^v ((T)} v^v iarw 17 *^ap.aprLa»
ANTirONH.
Bdp(r€i.' av p.€v ^^9> 17 S* ^fi'^ V'^'X^ irdXat
MOT€0vr}K€v, wore tois 0avov(Tiv dt^ekca/.
'mm
ANTIGONE.
An. Ask Creon ; all thy care is for him.
Is. Why vex me thus, when it avails thee
nought ?
An. Indeed, if I mock, 'tis with pain that I
mock thee.
Is. Tell me, — how can I serve thee, even now ?
An. Save thyself : I grudge not thy escape.
Is. Ah, woe is me ! And shall I have no share
in thy fate ?
An. Thy choice was to live ; mine, to die.
Is. At least thy choice was not made without
my protest.
An. One world approved thy wisdom ; another,
mine. ^ .
Is. Howbeit, the offence is the same for both
of us.
An. Be of good cheer ; thou livest ; but my life
hath long been given to death, that so I might serve
*
the dead.
Cr. Lo, one of these maidens hath newly shown
herself foolish, as the other hath been since her life
began.
"^
20«0KAE0YS
i!il;'n
III;,!
I'i'i'i
ill
iililill
KPEAN.
TO) watZd <fnffiL rtoBe r^v yuhf aprtta^
dvovu ir€<f>dv0ai., r^v 8* a(f>* oC rd trpm ll(f>v.
UNHNH.
ov yap troT, <ava$, ovB* 6« dv fiXdary fidvet
vov^ rois KaK&i Trpd<r<rov<rtv, dXX* i^Cararai,.
KPEAN.
666 <rol yovv, off eiXov avv KaKot^ irpdcaew Kaxd.
ISMHNH.
tC yap iiSvjf fioi rrjch* drep fiui)(riiiop ;
KPEAN.
dXX* TjBe ixanoi p.-^ Xey* • ov yap iar iru
I2MHNH.
dXKd KTCvet^ wp.^Xa tov (ravrov t4kvov ;
KPEAN.
dp(a(ripoi yap '^(q.ripfav tia-Xv yvai..
ISMHNH.
670 ov;( cSs y iKcCv^ r^Se r* ^v •fipp.oo'p.hfa,
KPEAN.
Kaicds eyo) ywaxKa% viia-i arvya,'
nMHNH.
& ^Ikraff AXp.<iiV, 0)9 or* dTip.d^€i. irarrjp.
KPEAN.
dyau ye Xvrrcis koI av Kal to oroi' X^o$.
xopoa.
^ yap OTC/oi/o'Cts rfja'Be tov (ravrou y6vov ;
ANTIGONE.
Is. Yea, O King, such reason as nature may
have given abides not with the unfortunate, but
goes astray.
Cr. Thine did, when thou chosest vile deeds
with the vile.
Is. What life could I endure, without her
presence ?
Cr. Nay, speak not of her • presence ' ; she lives
no more.
Is. But wilt thou slay the betrothed of thine /
own son ?
Cr. Nay, there are other fields for him to plough.
Is. But there can never be such love as bound
him to her.
Cr. I like not an evil wife for my son.
An. Haemon, beloved 1 How thy father wrongs
thee!
Cr. Enough, enough of thee and of thy mar-
riage I
Ch. Wilt thou indeed rob thy son of this
maiden ?
Cr. *Tis Death that shall stay these bridals for
me.
Ch. 'Tis dcftermined, it seems, that she shall
die.
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xopoa.
Bihoyfiih*, m eouc€, Tr^vht KO/rBavtw.
KPEnN.
KoX a-di ye KafioC. fi^ rpiftai ir, clXXa vw
ywaLxa<s itvai. racSc /tijS* dvcifi^i^a?.
fi80 <l>cuyova'i. yap toi. \oi dpaareli, Srau ircXjOis
'^7817 Tov ^AcSi^v tMTopSia't. rov fiCov,
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of? yd/} di' <r€L(rdy 0€60ei/ Sd/to'f, dra$
686 ovSeu eXXciTTCt ycvcdf <Sirl 7rXt)^09 Ipirov
ofioMv cjore irovrLai,^ ?^^j(^^ Sva"trv6oi,i orav
Bpfff<ra-aurw ^p</8ac v(^etXov i?r(.$pd/4.|; m/oai9,
690 KvXii/Sei fivaa-odtv KiKawav fftva Koi
Bvadueiiov, trrovi^ ^pip.oyp'i 8* ^vrvtikriyt^ dxrai.
a.p)(f3Mt, TO. AafihaKi^QLV qlkq}p 6po)fuai>
696 mjfiara <l>0i,TCiv inl irjp.ao'i, irttnovr,
oiB* dTraXXdo-acc yevedi/ ydvoi, dXX' epeiTrei,
6e&v Tis, ov8* e)(C( Xvcrii^. f^i^ yd/o Icrxdra? v9r^/>
600/Dt^a9 €T€TaTo <l>do^ kv 0\^(/trov 8d/u.ois,
antigone;
Cr. Detetlnined, yes, for thee and for me. — {To
the two Attendants.) No more delay — servaatSj take
them within ! Henceforth they must be women,
and not range at large; for verily even the bold
seek to fly when they see Death now closing on
their life.
Exeunt Attendants, guarding Antigone and Ismene.— ^Creon
remains.
Ch. Blest are they whose days have not tasted
of evil. For when a house hath once been shaken
from heaven, there the curse fails nevermore, pass-
ing from life to life of the race ; even as, when the
surge is driven over the darkness of the deep by
the fierce breath of Thracian sea-winds, it rolls up
the black sand from the depths, and there is a
sullen roar from wind-vexed headlands that front
the blows of the storm.
I see that from olden time the sorrows in the
house of the Labdacidae are heaped upon the sor-
rows of the dead ; and generation is not freed by
generation, but some god strikes them down, and
the race hath no deliverance.
For now that hope of which the light had been
spread above the last root of the house of Oedipus,
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cZ\^
xar* aZ viv <f>oi.vCa Oe^v tojv vepT^pav
afiS, Konli Xoyov r* avoia ical <f>pa/oiv ipLvvq-
£TpOipi| p •
605 Tcdv, Zev, hwaaiv n? avBpcjv vnepfiaa-ia KaTd(r\oi,
TOLv ovff v-nvo^ aipel iroff 6 iravraypev^ ovt
aKoifiaToi. $€ovT€9 /fi^fcs* dyijpai he XP^^V
:U0 Bvvd<TTa^ Kare^ci9 *OXvfi7rov fiapfiap6€(T(rav alykav •
TO T cTTCiTa Koi TO fieXKov
KOLi TO Trpiv €irapK€(r€i,
vofio^ oo • ovoev epgfi- /
OvaToiv ^i6t(o irXr jfiiieXe^ eicrog aras.
AVTiarTp<Hpi| p •
616 a ya/0 8^ iroXvTrXayKTos cXttIs iroXXois fiev 6vrj<ri%
TToXXois 8* aTrara Kov^vocav kpmnav •
cidoTt o ovoev cpirei, tt/ow ttv/oi uepfioi trooa. rt?
620 Trpoaavaji. <TO<f>C^ yap ex tov kXcivov iiros n€<fiavTai *
TO KaKov hoKetv iTor eaOkov
T^B* ififiev OT^ ^p€i/a%
0€o^ dyei vpo9 arav.
625 Trpdcrcei. 8* oXCyLorov xpovov </ctos aras*
She fl'^V AlflCiV, TTcuBoiv tS}v O'StV
viaTOv yiwqii • S.p* a)(yvfi€vo^
7^9 fieWoydfAOV raX(8o9 tJkci,
fjLopov *AvTi.y6vrjs,
680 aTrara? \€)(i<av vncpaXyavs
ANTIGONE.
— that hope in turn is brought low — by the blood-
stained dust due to the gods infernal, and by folly
in speech, and frenzy at the heart.
Thy power, O Zeus, what human trespass can
limit? That power which neither Sleep, the all-
ensnaring, nor the untiring months of the gods
can master ; but thou, a ruler to whom time brings
not old age, dwellest in the dazzling splendor of
Olympus.
And through the future, near and far, as through
the past, shall this law hold good : Nothing that is
vast enters into the life of mortals without a curse.
For that hope whose wanderings are so wide is
to many men a comfort, but to many a false lure of
giddy desires; and the disappointment comes on
one who knoweth not till he burn his foot against
the hot fire.
For with wisdom hath some one given forth the
famous saying, that evil seems good, soon or late,
to him whose mind the god draws to mischief ; and
but for the briefest space doth he fare free of woe.
But lo, Haemon, the last of thy sons ; — comes
he grieving for the doom of his promised bride,
Antigone, and bitter for the baffled hope of his
marriage ?
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Sixth Scene. Creom. Two Servants. Haemon.
'EttcktoSiov y.
KPEnN.
Td\ €i(r6fi€<r0a ixdvreotv vTreprepou.
& TToi, TeXeiav ^<f)ouylSipa jiiiq^, Kkvcav
rfj^ (leKKovviKfiOV irarpl Ovfiauvcjv Ttdpei.;
^ crol p.kv yifiel's iravTa)(rj Bpcivre^ tfiCKoL ;
AIMnN.
636 Trdrep, <ros ct/Mt, kol av fiot yi/w/Ma? c^a>i>'
')(prq(Tra.^ diropOoZi, als eyo/y* CKftitftofiai,.
ifiol yap ovSeU a^uu? cicrrai ydfios
fieC^av <f)€p€(r0aL <rov KaXcis "qyoviievov,
KPEHN.
ovTO) ydp, & nai, yp^ 8ia arepvap exeiv,
MOyvap/qs irar/o^Jas ndvr 6in(r0€v ioTduai.
TOVTOv yap ovv€k dvBpc^ evxomat yovoi
KarrjKOOv^ <ftva'avT€^ hf S6fiois ej^ew',
&>9 Kol TOP €)(0pou dvTap.vv(iiVTai KaKot^,
KWL TOP <f>L\oV TLflOKTlV 4^ LCTOV TTaTpC.
645 ooTts 8* dvoxfxXrfra <f>LTV€L T€Kva,
rC TOvB* tv ct7roi9 a\\o irk'qv avT<a irovov^
<f>v(rai, iroXw 8e toitiv ixOpoicriv yi\(av;
livi wv TTOT , &» Trat. ra? ippeva's y wf> i)doin}S
yvi'aiKo? ovveK eK^dk-ff^, €iSa)9 ort
650 \fnj)(p<>v irapayKdkLTfxa tovto yCyverai,
yvvri KaK^ ^vv€vvo<i iu B6ii.oi.<s. ri yap
yh/ovr &v cXko? /lel^ov ^ ^iXos Kaicos;
dXXa TTTvcras oktci tc 8uo'/i€v^ /xe^cs
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ANTIGONE.
Sixth Scene. Creon. Two Servants. Haemon.
Enter HaeMON.
Cr. We shall know soon, better than seers
could tell us. — My son, hearing the fixed doom of
thy betrothed, art thou come in rage against thy
father ? Or have I thy good will, act how I may ?
Hae. Father, I am thine ; and thou, in thy
wisdom, tracest for me rules which I shall follow.
No marriage shall be deemed by me a greater gain ^
than thy good guidance. -^
Cr. Yea, this, my son, should be thy heart's
fixed law, — in all things to obey thy father's will. \
'Tis for this that men pray to see dutiful children >
grow up around them in their homes, — that such \
may requite their father's foe with evil, and honor, J
as their father doth, his friend. But he who begets
unprofitable children — what shall we say that he
hath sown, but troubles for himself, and much
triumph for his foes ? Then do not thou, my son,
at pleasure's beck, dethrone thy reason for a woman's
sake ; knowing that this is a joy that soon grows
cold in clasping arms, — an evil woman to share
thy bed and thy home. For what wound could
strike deeper than a false friend } Nay, with loath-
ing, and as if she were thine enemy, let this girl go
to find a husband in the house of Hades. For
since I have taken her, alone of all the city, in open
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656 cTTcl ya/> avn7i/ etXoi^ ifi<f>avcji iyot
^oXea)^ ainarria-aa-av €/c 7ra<r>;s fiovrjv,
xjiev^ffj y ifiavTov ov Karao'Trja'Oi TrdXei,
dX\a KT€va. rrpo^ ravr i(f)ViivelT<a Ata
^vvaifiov €1 ya/a 8^ ra y* iyyevrj (^vcrci
660 cLKocfia dp&jfoi, Kcipra rov9 l^oi yevov^ •
CI' Tois ya/5 oiKiloLCiv otrTts car* di^/>
XfyrfCTTOs, (fxweiTaL Kau ttoXci 8iKato$ oil',
oaris 8' virep^a^ fj v6p.ov9 )8id^£Tat
^ TOVTnTd(T<T€.W TOtS KpaTVVOV(TlV VOCl,
665 ouK COT* irraCvov tovtov i$ ifiov Tvxeiv.
dXX* 01' ?roXi9 (rnjceu, rovBe )(pf; KkvcLV
Kcu (rfiLKpa Kol Si/caia Kal TavavrCa,
/cat Tovroi' Av t6»/ avhpa dapcroitjv cya»
KaXc(>9 /Aci' dp)(€w, ed 8* ^i' dp\€(T6ai deXeiv,
670 8o/)ds T* dv ei/ ^eifi&vi, irpoarerayfievov
fieifciv hiKaiov KoyaBov napaiTTdTTjv.
dvap\ia<; he fxelitpv ovk €<mv KaKov
avTTj irdX€i9 t* 6XKv<ti.v, 178* dpaardrov^
OLKOV^ TL$7j(rt.v, 178c <rvfifid)(ov 80/06$
676 rpoird^ KaTapprjyw<Ti, t<op 8* 6p$ovpAv(av
crt^tfii rd TTohXd crca/ta^ 17 ir€i>dap\Ca. •
ovTCDS dfivvre* ia-rl roU Koap.ovp.evoL^,
KovTOi yvi'ttiKos ov8a/Lici)9 rjCOTfTda.
Kpela-a-ov ydp, elnep hel, 7r/>6s dvBph^ iKirca-eivt
680 Kovfc di/ yvpat,K&u rj<T<roP€9 KoKoiiitff dp.
xopoa.
17/u.tv /lAcv, ei fi'^ r^ XP^^V KCK^dfifxiOa,
\ey€LP <f>popovpT<ai &p X^yeis 80x61$ vipu
ANTIGONE.
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disobedience, I will not make myself a liar to my
people — I will slay her.
So let her appeal as she will to the majesty of
kindred blood. If I am to nurture mine own
kindred in naughtiness, needs must I bear with it
in aliens. He who does his duty in his own house-
hold will be found righteous in the State also. But
if any one transgresses, and does violence to the
laws, or thinks to dictate to his rulers, such an one
can win no praise from me. No, whomsoever the
city may appoint, that man must be obeyed, in
little things and great, in just things and unjust;
and I should feel sure that one who thus obeys
would be a good ruler no less than a good subject,
and in the storm of spears would stand his ground
where he was set, loyal and dauntless at his com-
rade's side.
But disobedience is the worst of evils. This it
is that ruins cities ; this makes homes desolate ; by
this, the ranks of allies are broken into headlong
rout: but, of the lives whose course is fair, the
greater part owes safety to obedience. Therefore
we must support the cause of order, and in no wise
suffer a woman to worst us. Better to fall from
power, if we must, by a man's hand; then we
should not be called weaker than a woman. C
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AIMttN.
irdrep, BtoX ^vovariv dv0p<&iro(s ^pkva^,
irdvrau o<r eori Kxruidroiv vireprarov,
685 eyo) 8* OTToi? (TV firj Xcyci? 6p6m raSc
ovr* &v hxwaCfi7}v [itJt eTncTaCfirjv Xiyeiv
yevoLTo fievriiv ^dr€p<^ KaXeS? ^o^*
^i w. <rot 8* o5i/ irk^vKa irdvra j^fiotrKoiretp o<ra
Xeyei rts '^ vpd<r<r€i. rts -^ ^jtiyeip ej^ct.
690 ro ya/o coi^ o/xfia Scii/oi' &i/8/>i Brffiory
\6yoL<; Toioi/Tois, ols trv /Lt^ ripxjteL Khioiv
6^oi o afcovcti' ccr^ vtto (tkotov raoe,
T7fv irdSa ravrrpf oV oBvperai ttoXi?,
irao'civ yvvacKtav a>$ dva^UDtdrTj
696 KaKLO-T air epyow evKkeecrTdTCDV <f)0lv€i,
17715 Toi' auT^s avra8cX^oi/ ev ffiovai^
ircirrwr* ddairrov iirjff vir* d)p.7jar&v Kwav
cta<r oXeo-^at ftiy^ vir ouavotv twos*
ov;( 178c ■xpvcrfj^ d^la TCfirj*; Xa^cu/;
700 roia8* epcfiinj avy €vip\€taL ^dri^.
kjjLol hk (Tov trpdtra-ovTo^ cvTV)(ct}^, rrdrep,
ovK icTTLV ovheu KTTJfjka TifiLfarepop.
tC yap irarph^ ddWovros evKkeia^ rkicpoi^
dyaXfia fiel^ou, ^ tC t/oo? 'iraiB<ov TrarpC ;
706 flTf vvv tv ^do^ flOWOV €V cavT^ ^o/oct,
o>s 9J7S (TV, KovO€v aXXo, tovt opuoK exew.
ocTTi? yap avTO? ^ <f>pov€iv fjLovoi S0K61,
^ yXcaarcrav, ^v ovk aXXo9, ^ ^pv^v ex^w,
oSroc huvmvxdevte^ S<f>d7j<rap kcpoL
710 dXX* dp^pa, K€iL Ti<s "fj <T0^^, TO fiapddpeip
Tr6)0C aicrxpop ovSep Koi to fjeff TeCpetP dyap.
opq.^ irapd peCdpoLCTL xeifidppoi^ oaa
ANTIGONE.
Ch. To us, unless our years have stolen our wit
thou seemest to say wisely what thou sayest.
Hae. Father, the gods implant reason in men,
the highest of all things that we call our own.
Not mine the skil' — far from me be the quest! —
to say wherein lltou 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 I
can hear these murmurs in the dark, these moan-
ings 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
strite, would not leave him unburied, to be de-
voured by carrion dogs, or by any bird: — deserves
not she the meed of golden honor ? '
Such is the darkling rumor that spreads in secret.
For me, my father, no treasure is so precious as thy
welfare. What, indeed, is a nobler ornament for'N
children than a prospering sire's fair fame, or for i^
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
np peer, — such a soul, when laid open, is ever
found empty.
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hivhptav vneCKCi., kKciva^ a>9 Ifca^^crat*
Tfll 8* avTiTcivoifT avTOTrpefJLv* diroXXvrai*
715 avro>9 8^ vao9 oort; lyKpaTrj ir68a
reCvof VTTCiKCi firjhiv, wrrCois Karta
cTpc^jta^ TO XoiTTOv a-iXfiaatv vavrCKKerai,
aXK* clxe Ovfiov koi ikerdaraaw SiSov.
yvutfiTi yap el ri$ koltt* ifiov vearripov
720 ir/aoacoTt, ffyijfi Hyuryi trpeafieveu/ ttoKv,
<f>vvaL TOP dvBpa irdvr etnanjfirii irXecuv
ci 8* otv, <f}iK€L yap rovro p,Ji Tavrff piv€w,
Kol rmv \ey6vT0}v eZ koXov to p.ap0dp€iP.
XOPOX
dva^, ci r ciico$> €t rt KaCpiov Xey«,
726 fia$€u/, 0*1 r* aZ rovB*' c3 yap €lprjfraA hvir\^»
KPEAN.
oi n^XiKotSc KoX hiZa^op.to'Ba 8'^
^popelv vn dpSpoi n^XtKovSc rrjp ^vtrw;
AIMON.
/itjBh/ TO fi'^ ZUaiop • ci 8* eyot vko^,
ov TOP )(p6pop )(p^ fiaXKop ^ Tapya a-Koirtw,
KPEAN.
ISOipyop yap cort tov9 aKooftovvras cefiea/;
AIMAN.
ovB* &i/ KcXevaaifA euce/Setp eU rov^ KaKoi%,
KPEXUf.
ovx '^8e yap toi^B* cireiXi^irrai vwrtf^;
AIMnN.
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ANTIGONE.
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 in-
clines not so — 'tis good also to learn from those
who speak aright.
Ch. 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.
Cr. Men of my age — are we indeed to be
schooled, then, by men of his ?
Hae. In nothing that is not right ; but if I am
young, thou shouldest look to my merits not to my
years.
Cr. Is it a merit to honor the unruly ? vv
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KPION.
fr6\vs yap rjfuv ofU xp4 Tda'<r€w Ip^t
lAIMAN.
KPION.
aXX^ yap fj *ftot xpij ft€ rrja-h* apx^w x^oi^»
AIHnN.
iroXi9 yap ovk ia-6^ iJtk dvBpSi kirff h/6%,
KPBON.
ov rov Kparovi^09 ri troXis i/o/Ai{crai ;
AIMON.
Ka\jm €/oi7f*iys y* Ai' <rv 7^9 dpxois ftoi/09.
KPEON.
740 oS', a»9 ioiKc, rS ywaLKi avfifiaxct
AIMnN.
elirep yuv^ crv' crov yap oZv irpoicjhofAau
KPEXIN.
& TrayKaKiare, Bid S11C179 tap trarpL
AIMON.
ov yap Siicaia o** k^ap.apTaafovff 6pm,
KPEON.
dfiaprdvat yap Ta9 c/xcw apx^s (refioK^;
AIMON.
746 ov ya/9 o'e)8ci9, ri/uu£9 ye rd9 ^co>i' trar&v.
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ANTIGONE.
Has. I could wish no one to show respect for
evil-doers.
Cr. Then is not she tainted with that malady ?
Hae. Our Theban folk, with one voice, denies it.
Cr. Shall Thebes prescribe to me how I must
rule?
Hae. See, there thou hast spoken like a youth
indeed.
Cr. Am I to rule this l.'vnd by other judgment
than mine own ?
Hae. That is no city, which belongs to one man.
Cr. Is not the city held to be the ruler's ?
Hae. Thou wouldst make a good monarch of
a desert.
Cr. This boy, it seems, is the woman's cham-
pion.
Hae. If thou art a woman ; indeed, my care is
for thee.
' Cr. Shameless, at open feud with thy father I
Hae. Nay, I see thee offending against justice.
Cr. Do I offend, when I respect mine own pre-
rogatives ?
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KPEHN.
£ fiuipov ^00^ KoX ywaiKhi vcTTepov.
AIMAN.
ov r&v ekois rja-a-o) yc to>u ai<rxpmf IfiL
KPEAN.
6 yovi' Xoyo9 o-oc 7ra9 virkp KeCvri^ oSc.
AIMAN.
ical arov ye Kafiov koI Oecou T(tiv vepriptou,
KPEAN.
750 Tavrrjp ryr ovk iaff <us In (^(aa'av ya/xeis.
* AIMAN.
178* oZv $av€iTai Kol 0avov(r* dXet uua.
KPEAN.
^ KaTrairciXo)!/ 58* €ir€^€px€L Opacvi ;
AIMAN.
Tts 8* COT* aireiXrj irpo^ K€va^ yvcojxa^ \eyewt
KPEAN.
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AIMAN.
767 fiovka Xeyeuf rt xal X^om/ p/q^v Khiew,
KPBAN.
766yvi'(UK09 iiv SovXcvfia, /n^ KCiinXX/ fie.
AIMAN.
75B £1 /i,^ Trarfip ^(tG*, tlirou w a ovk cS ^poveiv.
ANTIGONE.
Hae. Thou dost not respect them, when thou
tramplest on the gods' honors.
Cr. O dastard nature, yielding place to a
woman ! \r
Hae. Thou wilt never find me yield to basenessr-^
Cr. All thy words, at least, plead for that girl.
Hae. And for thee, and for me, and for the
gods below.
Cr. Thou canst never marry her, on this side
the grave.
Hae. Then she must die, and in death de-
stroy another.
Cr. How! doth thy boldness run to open
threats ?
Hae. What threat is it, to combat vain re-
solves?
Cr. Thou woman's slave, use not wheedling
speech with me.
Hae. Wert thou not my father, I would have
called thee unwise.
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Cr. Thou shalt rue thy witless teaching of
wisdom.
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ANTirONH.
KPEHN.
a\ri0€^ ; dXX* ov Tovh* *0\vfi7rov, laff on,
leodyaye to fuo'o^, a>9 Kar o/i,/u.ar* avriKa
irapovTi 6vTJ(rKii irkrf<rCa r^ i/v/x^ii^.
AIMON.
ow OTJT cfiovye, tovto fi'q do^$ nore,
OV& 170 oAcirai TrAi/o'ia, orv r ovoa/ia
Tovfiov npoaoyf/ei Kpar iv 6<f>0aLkfjiot^ opaw,
765 (US ro(9 $i\ovcri T<ai/ <f>C\aiv fxaCvy ^wcjv.
XOPOS.
I/0V9 8' 6(7x1 n^XiKovros dXyi/cras /Sapvs.
KPEHN.
hparoi, ^poveCro) fiel^ov rj Kar* dvhp* lav
TO. 8" ohf Kopa r(£8* ovk diraXXcC^ei fiopov,
xapo%.
770 dfi<^ yd/0 avrd kcu KaraKretvou vocis ;
KPEHN.
ov nju ye fv^ diyov<Tav dJ yap ohf Xcyci?.
XOPOX
/x($/D^ 8e TToi^ Kol cifx jSovSjevei icramv ;
KPEON.
dyon/ ^prffio's evff dv ^ fiporav arC^oi
KpwJKo irerpc^hcL l<o<rav iv KaT<upv\i,
776 <f>op^^ ToaovTov <u9 dyos fiovov irpo$a^.
ANTIGONE-
Hae. Thou wouldst speak, and then hear no
reply ?
Cr. Sayest thou so ? Now, by the heaven above
IS — be sure of it — thou shalt smart for taunting
me in this opprobrious strain. Bring forth that
hated thing, that she may die forthwith in his
presence — before his eyes — at her bridegroom's
side 1
Hae. No, not at my side — never think 'it —
shall she perish ; nor shalt thou ever set eyes more
upon my face : — rave, then, with such friends as
can endure thee. . Exit Haemon.
Ch. The man is gone, O King, in angry haste ;
a youthful mind, when stung, is fierce.
Cr. Let him do, or dream more than man —
good speed to him ! — But he shall not save these
two girls from their doom.
Ch. Dost thou, indeed, purpose to slay both ?
Cr. Not her whose hands are pure : thou say-
est well.
Ch. And by what doom mean'st thou to slay
the other?
Cr. I will take her where the path is loneliest,
and hide her, living, in a rocky vault, with so much
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OTTO)? /iiaoyia iracr* vwc/c^vyj; ttoXi?.
KaKCi Tw ^AiSiyi', Si' fjiovov (t4^€i demv,
airovfievrf ttov Tev^erai to /jlyi Oavew,
rj yviacrerax yovv dXXa rrjviKavff*, ori.
IWtfopos vepura-os cort rav "AiSou (re^eLV.
'I : S
^rdayLOv y'.
X0P02.
SxfM^.
*E/9ais avLKare fidxav, *Ep<u5 os ci' KTvjfiaa-L muTtts,
o$ ei/ /laXaKais TrapciaT? veai/i8o? e/w^evci?*
785 <f>oiTq.<i 8* VTr€pir6vTL0<s ev t aypovoyioi^ avXais,
fcai (T ovr atfavaT<ov <j>vgLfio^ ovoei?
790 ov^ diicpCaiv ae y dpOpiovoiv, 6 8* l;^6>i' nefxrjvev.
iMM
(TV Kal SiKcuicDV a8ucot;9 ^/ocva? Trapaum^^ im Xcu/Sa,
crv Kttl ToSe mKos dvhpcav ^vvaifiov ejects rapd^a^ •
795 WK^ 8' ivapyy]^ fi\e<f>dp<ov Ifiepo^ evXcKTpov
vvfi<f>a^, Tojv fieydkoiv irdpeBpo^ a/ dp^ous
800 OeafiSiv • afxaxpi yap c/x7rai^ec ^eo? *A^/}o8cra.
i/w o 17017 yoi KavTOi (7€<rfi(ov
f g<u (pepop^aL too opmv, la^ew
ovKen irrjydi Svvafjiai. BaKpvoiv,
TOP vayKOLTrjv off 6p<o 6dKap.ov
806 TfjuS* *AvTLy6vrjv dvvTov<rav.
ANTIGONE.
food set forth as piety prescribes, that the city may
avoid a public stain. And there, praying to Hades,
the only god whom she worships, perchance she
will obtain release from death ; or else will learn,
at last, though late, that it is lost labor to revere
the dead. Exit Creon.
Ch. Love, unconquered in the fight, Love, who
makest havoc of wealth, who keepest thy vigil on
the soft cheek of a maiden ; thou roamest over the
sea, and among the homes of dwellers in the wilds ;
no immortal can escape thee, nor any among men
whose life is for a day ; and he to whom thou hast
come is mad.
The just themselves have their minds warped
by thee to wrong, for their ruin : 'tis thou that
hast stirred up this present strife of kinsmen;
victorious is the love-kindling light from the eyes
of the fair bride ; it is a power enthroned in sway
beside the eternal laws; for there the goddess
Aphrodite is working her unconquerable will.
But now I also am carried beyond the bounds of
loyalty, and can no more keep back the streaming
tears, when I see Antigone thus passing to the
bridal chamber where all are laid to rest.
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ANTirONH.
Seventh Scene. Creon. Antigone. Two Servants of
Creon.
'ETTCtcroStoi' 8',
ANTirONH.
opoT €fi, & yas trarpia^ TroXirai, rav vedrav oBop
(rr€Lxov<r(w, vearov hk (fxyyo^ kevcaova'au deXiov,
810 KoviroT av0i<i • dXXa fi 6 Tray/coiTa? "^AtSa? ^(acrauf dyei
rdv *A)(€povTo<i
OLKrav, ovff vfievauov iyKKrjpov oi'* ivl wp.^iot.%
816 TTOi pA ris vpvo^ vpinfcep, aW* * Pi.\ipoi;Ti. wp^-v<r<o.
XOPOS.
820
ovKovi^ kKelvt) koL cTraivov €)(ova'*
cs rdS* aTrep\€L kojOo^ vckvcju,
ovT€ ^dwdaw irhfjyeura p6a'0L^
ovT€ $L<j)€<op i7rC\€Lpa \a)(OV<T,
ANTirONH.
i7/cow<ra 8i) XirypoTarai/ 6\i(T$ai top ^pvyCap $epap
825 Toi^aXov SiTTvX^ ir/jos a/c/>^, f av Kicrco? <us drci^s
verpaia pKaara Bdp.ao'ep, Koi plp op^poL TaKopa/op,
oi^ <j}dTLi dphpiop,
830 -^dic^p T ovBapa \eCTei, reyycL 8* vir* h^pva-i TrayicXavrois
Seip<£8as * ^ /i>€ BaipMP o^^oioTdr<w Karevf d^ci.
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ANTIGONE.
f!
Seventh Scene. Criion. Antigone. Two Servants of
Creon.
An. See me, citizens of my fatherland, setting
forth on my last way, looking my last on the sun-
light that is for me no more ; no. Hades who gives
sleep to all leads me living to Acheron's shore;
who have had no portion in the chant that brings
the bride, nor hath any song been mine for the
crowning of bridals ; whom the lord of the Dark
Lake shall wed.
Ch. Glorious, therefore, and with praise, thou
departest to that deep place of the dead : wasting
sickness hath not smitten thee; thou hast not
found the wages of the sword; no, mistress of
thine own fate, and still alive, thou shalt pass to
Hades, as no other of mortal kind hath passed.
An. I have heard in other days how dread a
doom befell our Phrygian gueyt, the daughter of
Tantalus, on the Sipylian heights ; how, like cling-
ing ivy, the growth of stone subdued her ; and the
rains fail not, as men tell, from her wasting form,
nor fails the snow, while beneath her weeping lids
the tears bedew her bosom ; and most like to hers
is the fate that brings me to my rest.
Ch. Yet she was a goddess, thou knowest, and
born of gods ; we are mortals, and of mortal race.
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xopoa.
aXXa 0€os Tot ical Oeoyeinrq^,
'qfi^l's Se fipoTol Kox OvrfToyevel^,
Koiroi ^difxdvo) toIs Icrodeot.^ '
eyKkripa Xaxelv fiey dfcovcrai.
ANTirONH.
otftot ycXai/u-at. Tt fie, Tr/aos ^ewv iraTp^axv,
MSiovK ovxptiivcw v^pitjEi<i, aW i'jrt<f>avTOP ;
S> troKi':, w TrdXew? irohjicnjiJLoves avS/aes*
t6) /iipKaiai Kpyjvai
845 0rJ)8as T* evapiidrov aXcros, c/xTras ^VfifJidpTvpas u/a/x'
hnKT(ap.a.i,
oia ^C\(i)V aK\avT05, oiois vo/xoiq
7rpo<s ipyixa Tvp.^ox'^o'rov epxofiai rd^ov Troraiviov
850 (o) 8voT(U'09 y*, ovt' eV fipoToi<nv ovt ev veKpolaL
fi€ToiKo?, ov l^cia-iv, ov 6<wov<riv.
X0P02.
SrpwW y.
irpo^atxT iir €<T\aTov dpda-ov^
injfrjkov €S AiKa9 fidOpov
856 npocreirea-e'i, & Tiiofov, ttoXv.
irarp^ov 8* iKTivets tiv S.6\ov.
. ANTirONH. '
AvTHPrpo^ P*.
e^av(ra$ dXycwoTaras e/iol p^pipva^,
860 irar/aos T/atTrdXtorov oTktoi/, tov tc nponavros
afierepov irorp-ov kXcu/ois Aa^haKLoaurw,
lot fiarp^ai Xckt/kim'
ANTIGONE.
But 'tis great renown for a woman who hath
perished that she should have shared the doom of
the godlike, in her life, and afterward in death.
An. Ah, I am mocked! In the name of our
fathers' gods, can ye not wait till I am gone, —
must ye taunt me to my face, O my city, and ye,
her wealthy sons? Ah, fount of Dirce, and thou
holy ground of Thebe whose chariots are many;
ye, at least, will bear me witness, in what sort,
unwept of friends, and by what laws I pass to the
rock-closed prison of my strange tomb, ah me un-
happy ! yho have no home on the earth or in the
shades, no home with the living or with the dead.
Ch. Thou hast rushed forward to the utmost
verge of daring; and against that throne where
Justice sits on high thou hast fallen, my daughter,
with a grievous fall. But in this ordeal thou art
paying, haply, for thy father's sin.
An. Thou hast touched on my bitterest thought,
—awaking the ever-new lament for my sire and for
all the, doom given to us, the famed house of
Labdacus. Alas for the horrors of the mother's
bed! alas for the wretched mother's slumber at the
side of her own son, — and my sire! From what
manner of parents did I take my miserable being !
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866 ^rai Koiiirjiiard. r avToyfvvy}^ ifif irarpl hv<rfi6pqv
fiarpoi,
oiuav iy<a iroff a TakaC<f>p(i)v €<f>w •
irpoi ovs apaio^s, dyap.o^, dS* iyo) /u,eroi/co9 ipxofiat.,
870 i&> Svarrdr/Ma)!/ io} ydfiap Ka<TiryvrjT€ Kvpaa^,
0ava)P CT odaav Karrjvapi^ fie.
XOPOS.
'Avnorpo^ y.
cre^CLv pjev ci/ce/Seia ri9,
Kpdro^ 8* OTG) KpaTo^ fieXei,^
876 <r^ 8* avroyi'cuTos <u\e<r* opyd.
ANTirONH.
'EirvSo'fl.
aK\avro9, a^iXo?, dwiievaigs ToXaC^pcDV dyop,(U
Tavo erotfiav obov
ovKeri p.01 roSe Xa/i,7raSo9 i/ow
QBOofifMa Oefit.^ opav TaKaivff.'
TOP 8* ijiov iroTfJiov dhdKpvTOV
ovSels ^Ikav arepd(,€L.
KPEfiN.
d/0 lOT, ooioa? KOI yoov$ tt/oo tov uapew,
tus ouS* ir' cts TravcratT cu/, €i XP^"7 ^Uyeiv;
886 ovK a^€^* ws Ta^^wrra ; koI Karr^pe^Z
TVfifi(li irepvtrrv^apTei, a»5 elpnrfK iyw,
d<j>€Te ixoPTfP, eprjjxop, etre )(pjj dapeip,
€LT €P TOLOVTH ^cUcra TVjxfieveip areyii).
17/1619 ydp dypol roxmX ttJpBc t^p Kopv^p-
880 /AcroiKuis 8' odp rfjs Sam aT€pij<rer<u.
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ANTIGONE.
And to them I go thus, accursed, unwed, to share
their home. Alas, my brother, ill-starred in thy
marriage, in thy death thou hast undone my life I
Ch. Reverent action claims a certain praise for
reverence ; but an offence against power cannot be
brooked by him who hath power in his keeping.
Thy self-willed temper hath wrought thy ruin.
An. Unwept, unfriended, without jnamage- / ^*
song, I am led forth in my sorrow on this journey
that can be delayed no more. No longer, hapless
one, may I behold yon day-star's sacred eye; but
for my fate no tear is shed, no friend makes moan.
Cr. Know ye not that songs and wailings be-
fore death would never cease, if it profited to
utter them? Away with her — away! And when
ye have enclosed her, according to my word, in her
vaulted grave, leave her alone, forlorn — whether
she wishes to die, or to live a buried life in such a
home. Our hands are clean as touching this
maiden. But this is certain — she shall be deprived
of her sojourn in the light.
An. Tomb, bridal-chamber, eternal prison in
the caverned rock, whither I go to find mine own,
those many who have perished, and whom Perse-
phone hath received among the dead ! Last of all
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& rv/bi/3o9. & wiJL<f>€'u>v, & Kara(rKa<^9
otrt^crif aeC(f>povpo^, ot vopevofxaL
TT/oof TOW ifiavrrj^, &v apiBfiou hf vtKpov:
irhjdo'Tou SeSc/crat <b€pa4^<T<T ^XcoXoreoi/ •
896 Siv \oi<Tdla *yia Kol KaKiora 817 fiaKp^
fcareifii, npCv fioi fioipap i^KCLv fiCov.
i\0ov(ra fiePToi. KapT iu iKirio'w rpi^
<f>C\rf fiev rj^€iv irarpi, wpo<r<f>i.\r)^ 8k aoi,
firjrep, <f>C\rf hk aoC, Kaaiyvrjfrov Kapa-
900^7rci OavovroL'i avro^^eip v/bia« iyoi
e\ov(ra KiLK6<TfJir)(ra Ka7rvrvp.fiiov^
^oas ^B<oKa • vw Bd, noXvi/eiK69> to (tou
Scfia? ir€pLaT€Wov<ra roiaS' apwixai.
KaCrot, <r iyo} 'TCp/tfa-a rot? <f>povov<rLv eZ-
905 ov yap iroT ovr Ai/ cc Teicvtov fi'fJTrfp e<f>w,
ovT ei iro<ns fioi KaTdavav enyKcro,
I3C^ iroXiTcav Tovh* &v "Qpop/rjiu novov.
tCpos vofiov &7 Tavra 7r/>6$ X^P*"^ \4ycj;
iro<rw fikv av fxoi KaTdavamo^ aXXo9 ^v,
910 KoX Trai? air* aXXov tfxoro^, el tovB* TJfinXojcov •
flTjTpO^ 8* iu "AtSoV KCtt irwrpoq KCKtvOoTOUf
ovK €<TT dSeX^of ooTts iiv pkaucTToi ttotL
TOL^Be iikinoi <r iKtrpornirjcraa-* eyib
vofKfi, KpeovTi TovT* iBo$* afxapToiveu/
916 Kol Seiva ToXfioLu, & KaaCyvTirov Kapa,
KoX vvv aycL fie Sia \epmv ovTot Xa^otv
oKeKTpov, awp.evau>v, ovre tov ydfiov
fiHepo^ Xaxpvo'ai/ ovre iraiZeCov Tpo<f)vj^*
dXX* £S* eprffio^ npo^ ^iKoxu 17 Svafio/oo?
990 tfi^* eU BavovTow epxpfiai KaTaarKa<f)d^,
ANTIGONE.
shall I pass thither, and far most miserably of all,
before the term of my life is spent. But I cherish
good hope that my coming will be welcome to my
father, and pleasant to thee, my mother, and wel-
come, brother, to thee; for, when ye died, with
mine own hands I washed and dressed you, and
poured drink-offerings at your graves; and now,
Polyneices, 'tis for tending thy corpse that I win
such recompense at this.
[And yet I honored thee, as the wise will deem,
rightly. Never, -had I been a mother of children,
or if a husband had been mouldering in death,
would I have taken this task upon me in the city's
despite. What law, ye ask, is my warrant for that
word ? The husband lost, another might have been
found, and child from another, to replace the first-
born ; but, father and mother hidden with Hades,
no brother's life could ever bloom for me again.
Such was the law whereby I held thee first in
honor; but Creon deemed me guilty of error
therein, and of outrage, ah brother mine! And
now he leads me thus, a captive in his hands ; no
bridal bed, no bridal song hath been mine, no joy
of marriage, no portion in the nurture of children ;
but thus, forlorn of friends, unhappy one, I go
living to the vaults of death.]
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ttoiav irape^^kOova-a BaifiSvav hU:rqvi
TL ■)(pij fi€ T^v Bva-rrfvov ii ^€ovs en
^\€7t€iv, tCv avBap ^vfifxa^oyu, ineC ye 8^
T^v hv<Ta-k^€va.v eiKre/Sova-* iKTrfo-dfiriv /
926 aXX* el iiev ovv rah* iarXv iv deoti KoKd,
rraOovre^ h/ ^vyyuoifiev 7iiJLapTrjK6re^ '
el S* oiS* afiapTcivovcn, jir) ttXcuu fcaKol
vddoLeif ^ Kal BpcHcrw ixBCKm ip-i*
XOPOS.
eri. TO)v avT(ov avepav avraX
yjrox^^ pi'ircd TijvSe y exovcnv.
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936
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KPEfiN.
Tovyap TovT(ov roio'LV dyovai
Kkavp-aff xmdp^ei ^/jaSvnjTos vrtep,
ANTirONH.
otp.01, Oavdrov rovr hfymdrm
xopoa.
0ap(relv ovBeu napap,v6ovfia(>,
fi'^ ov rdhe Tourp KaraKvpovo'dain
ANTirONH.
^ "jtJs ®ijfiy)^ darv narp^ov
Kctl Oeol npoyeveii,
dyopat S^ KOVKCTL fieWo).
Xevaaere, ©17^175 oi KoipaviZai,,
T^v ficuriXeiBav p.ovvr)u XoiTrjv,
oTa 7r/)6? ouau avhptav Trd(r)(fat
T^v evaefiCav (re^Ccra(Ta.
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ANTIGONE.
And what law of heaven have I transgressed?
Why, hapless one, should I look to the gods any
more,— what ally should I invoke,— when by piety
I have earned the name of impious? Nay, then,
if these things are pleasing to the gods, when I
have suffered my doom, I shall come to know my
sin ; but if the sin is with my judges, I could wish
them no fuller measure of evil than they, on their
part, mete wrongfully to me.
Ch. Still the same tempest of the soul vexes
this maiden with the same fierce gusts.
Cr. Then for this shall her guards have cause
to rue their slowness.
An. Ah me! that word hath come very near to
death. : *
Cr. I can cheer thee with no hope that this )
doom is not thus to be fulfilled.
An. O city of my fathers in the land of Thebe !
O ye gods, eldest of our race!— they lead me
hence— now, now — they tarry not! Behold me,
princes of Thebes, the last daughter of the house
of your kings,— see what I suffer, and from whom,
because I feared to cast away the fear of Heaven !
AstiGoa^ is led away by the guards.
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KpvTTTOfia/a 8* eV TVfx^rjpei 0a\dfi(p ^are^cu^^ry •
KaCroL Kol yeuea rijJiLOS, & iral, iraX,
950 Kttl 7ty)vo'i TayLi€.v€XTK€ yova<i ■)(pv(ropvTov^.
aXX* a fiOLpihCa rt? 8wao"t9 Seii^ct •
ovT dv viv oK^o<i ovT j\prj<5, ov Trvpyo<;, ov^ aXt/crv7rot
KcXau/al va,€<s CK^vyoia^.
*• *AvTurTpo<j>ii a.
965 ^ev^Or) 8* 6^vxo)<^o^ Trai^ 6 Apvamo<;,
*lld(av(av /SacnXevs, KepTOfjLLOL<s 6pyaL<i,
CK Alovvctov Tr€Tp(oB€L KaTd(f>apKTo<; iu Becfx^.
ovTO) ra^ /xai'ta? Setwi' aTTOcrra^et
960 dvOffOOP T<£ /xe?'os • fceii'o? iiriyvai /xat'tai?
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irave(TK€ fxkv ydp ivOeov<s ywatKa? eutoi' re TTup,
966 0iXauXov9 T -qpedit,^ Movcra^.
Trapd 8e Kvai/cai^ o'TriXaScui^ 8(8vju,a9 oXoc
dicral Bo(Tir6pLai i8' 6 Sp'OKCJV d^evo^
970 ^aX/u,v8'»;<r(ros, w' a)9(t7roXts "Apiys
SKrcroicrt 'I>ti'€t8ats
cI8ei/ dparov eXfcos
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ANTIGONE.
Ch. Even thus endured Danae in her beauty to
change the light of day for brass-bound walls ; and
in that chamber, secret as the grave, she was held
close prisoner ; yet was she of a proud lineage, O .
my daughter, and charged with the keeping of the n
seed of Zeus, that fell in the golden rain.
But dreadful is the mysterious power of fate ; ^
there is no deliverance from it by wealth or by war, M
by fenced city, or dark, sea-beaten ships.
And bonds tamed the son of Dryas, swift to
wrath, that king of the Edonians ; so paid he for
his frenzied taunts, when, by the will of Dionysus,
he was pent in a rocky prison. There the fierce
exuberance of his madness slowly passed away.
That man learned to know the god, whom in his
frenzy he had provoked with mockeries; for he
sought to quell the god-possessed women, and the
Bacchanalian fire ; and he angered the Muses that
love the flute.
And by the waters of the Dark Rocks, the
waters of the twofold sea, are the shores of Bos-
porus, and Thracian Salmydessus; where Ares,
neighbor to the city, saw the accurst, blinding
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ANTirONH.
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9S5 Bo/aeas dp.iinro<i o/o^ottoSos wwe/) Trayow
Moi/sai p^aKpoMive^ k<r)(pv» 3 irat.
Eighth Scene. Creon. Tiresias.
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990 avn; KcXcv^os ck irpirrfyriTov rrcXct.
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TEIPESIAS.
^O) 8l8d^<U, Kal (TV T<? /idvTSi TTiOov.
ANTIGONE.
wound dealt to the two sons of Phineus by his
fierce wife, — the wound that brought darkness to
those vengeance-craving orbs, smitten with her
bloody hands, smitten with her shuttle for a dagger.
Pining in their misery, they bewailed their cruel
doom, those sons of a mother hapless in her
marriage; but she traced her descent from the
ancient line of the Erechtheidae ; and in far-distant
caves she was nursed amid her father's storms,
that child of Boreas, swift as a steed over the steep
hills, a daughter of gods; yet upon her also the
grey Fates bore hard, my daughter.
Eighth Scene. Creon. Tiresias.
Enter Teiresias, led by a boy, on the spectators^ right.
Te. Princes of Thebes, we have come with
linked steps, both served by the eyes of one; for
thus, by a guide's help, the blind must walk.
Cr. And what, aged Teiresias, are thy tidings ?
Te. I will tell thee; and do thou hearken to
the seer.
Cr. Indeed, it has not been my wont to slight
thy counsel.
Te. Therefore didst thou steer our city's course
aright.
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KPEnN.
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TEIPESIAS.
yv(a(r€L, Te)(yr)^ (rrjfiiia rrjs ifirji Kkvinv.
CIS yap TToKaiov OaKov oppiOocKoirov
loool^fiiv, IP* "^p fiOL TraPTO^ oi(opov XifXTJu,
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firjpol /caXvTTTTjs i^eKecPTo irifitkrj^.
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^dipoPT dcnJixcDP opyuap fiaprevfiara •
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ANTIGONE.
Cr. I have felt, and can attest, thy benefits.
Te. Mark that now, once more, thou standest
on fate's fine edge.
Cr. What means this ? How I shudder at thy
message !
Te. Thou wilt learn, when thou hearest the
warnings of mine art. As I took my place on
mine old seat of augury, where all birds have been
wont to gather within my ken, I heard a strange
voice among them ; they were screaming with dire,
ferverish rage, that drowned their language in a
jargon; and I knew that they were rending each
other with their talons, murderously ; the whirr .of
wings told no doubtful tale.
Forthwith, in fear, I essayed burnt-sacrifice on a
duly kindled altar : but from my offerings the Fire-
god showed no flame ; a dank moisture, oozing
from the thigh-flesh, trickled forth upon the embers,
and smoked, and sputtered ; the gall was scattered
to the air ; and the streaming thighs lay bared of
the fat that had been wrapped round them.
Such was the failure of the rites by which I
vainly asked a sign, as from this boy I learned ; for
he is my guide, as I am guide to others. And 'tis-|
thy counsel that hath brought this sickness on our J
state. For the altars of our city and of our hearths
have been tainted, one and all, by birds and dogs,
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ANTIGONE.
with carrion from the hapless corpse, the son of
Oedipus: and therefore the gods no more accept
prayer and sacrifice at our hands, or the flame of
meat-offering ; nor doth any bird give a clear sign
by its shrill cry, for they have tasted the fatness of
a slain man's blood.
Think, then, on these things, my son. All men
are liable to err; but when an error hath been
made, that man is no longer witless or unblest who
heals the ill into which he hath fallen, and remains
not stubborn. Self-will, we know, incurs the charge
of folly. Nay, allow the claim of the dead ; stab
not the fallen ; what prowess is it to slay the slain
anew ? I have sought thy good, and for thy good
I speak : and never is it sweeter to learn from a
good counsellor than when he counsels for thine
own gain.
Cr. Old man, ye all shoot your shafts at me, as
archers at the butts ; — ye must needs practise on
me with seer-craft also ; — aye, the seer-tribe hath
long trafficked in me, and made me their mer-
chandise. Gain your gains, drive your trade, if ye
list, in the silver-gold of Sardis and the gold of
India ; but ye shall not hide that man in the grave,
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ANTIGONE.
— no, though the eagles of Zeus should bear the
carrion morsels to their Master's throne — no, not
for dread of that defilement will I suffer his burial :
— for well I know that no mortal can defile the
gods. — But, aged Teiresias, the wisest fall with a
shameful fall, when they clothe shameful thoughts
in fair words, for lucre's sake.
Te. Alas I Doth any man know, doth any
consider .... *
Cr. Whereof? What general truth dost thou
announce?
Te. How precious, above all wealth, is good
counsel.
Cr. As folly, I think, is the worst mischief.
Te. Yet thou art tainted with that distemper.
Cr. I would not answer the seer with a taunt.
Te. But thou dost, in saying that I prophesy
falsely.
Cr. Well, the prophet-tribe was ever fond of
money.
Te. And the race bred of tyrants loves base
gain.
Cr. Knowest thou that thy speech is spoken of
thy King ?
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ANTIGONE.
Te. I know it ; fc^ through me thou hast saved
Thebes.
Cr. Thou art a wise seer ; but thou lovest evil
deeds.
Te. Thou wilt rouse me to utter the dread
secret in my soul.
Cr. Out with it! — Only speak it not for gain.
Te. Indeed, methinks, I shall not, — as touch-
ing thee.
Cr. Know that thou shalt not trade on my
resolve.
Te. Then know thou — aye, know it well — that
thou shalt not live through many more courses of
the sun's swift chariot, ere one begotten of thine
own loins shall have been given by thee, a corpse
for corpses; because thou hast thrust children of
the sunlight to the shades, and ruthlessly lodged a
living soul in the grave ; but keepest in this world
one who belongs to the gods infernal, a corpse un-
buried, unhonored, all unhallowed. In such thou
hast no part, nor have the gods above, but this is a
violence done to them by thee. Therefore the \
avenging destroyers lie in wait for thee, the Furies f
of Hades and of the gods, that thou mayest he \
taken in these same ills.
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ANTIGONE.
And mark well if I speak these things as a hire-
ling. A time not long to be delayed shall awaken
the wailing of men and of women in thy house.
And a tumult of hatred against thee stirs all the
cities whose mangled sons had the burial-rite from
dogs, or from wild beasts, or from some winged
bird that bore a polluting breath to each city that
contains the hearths of the dead.
Such arrows for thy heart — since thou provok-
est me — have I launched at thee, archer-like, in
my anger, — sure arrows, of which thou shalt not
escape the smart. — Boy, lead me home, that he
may spend his rage on younger men, and learn to
keep a tongue more temperate, and to bear within
his breast a better mind than now he bears.
Exit Teiresias.
Ch. The man hath gone, O King, with dread
prophecies. And, since the hair on this head, once
dark, hath been white, I know that he hath never
been a false prophet to our city.
Cr. I, too, know it well, and am troubled in
soul. 'Tis dire to yield; but, by resistance, to
smite my pride with ruin — this, too, is a dire
choice.
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ANTIGONE.
Ch. Son of Menoeceus, it behoves thee to take
wise counsel.
Cr. What should I do, then? Speak, and I
will obey.
Ch. Go thou, and free the maiden from her
rocky chamber, and make a tomb for the unburied
dead.
Cr. And this is thy counsel? Thou wouldst
have me yield ?
Ch. Yea, King, and with aL speed ; for swift
harms from the gods cut short the folly of men.
Cr. Ah me, 'tis hard, but I resign my cherished
resolve, — I obey. We must not wage a vain war
with destiny.
Ch. Go, thou, and do these things ; leave them
not to others.
Cr. Even as I am I'll go : — on, on, my servants,
each and all of you, — take axes in your hands, and.
hasten to the ground that ye see yonder! Since
our judgment hath taken this turn, I will be
present to unloose her, as I myself bound her.
My heart misgives me, 'tis best to keep the estab-
lished laws, even to life's end. ^
Ch. O thou of many names, glory of the Cad-
meian bride, offspring of loud-thundering Zeus!
thou who watchest over famed Italia, and reignest,
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where all guests are welcomed, in the sheltered
plain of Elensinian Deo ! O Bacchus, dweller in
Theb^, mother-city of Bacchants, by the softly glid-
ing stream of Ismenus, on the soil where the fierce
dragon's teeth were sown I
Thou hast been seen where torch flames glare
through smoke, above the crests of the twin peaks,
where move the Corycian nymphs, thy votaries,
hard by Castalia's stream.
Thou comest from the ivy-mafttled slopes of
Nysa's hills, and from the shore green with many-
clustered vines, while thy name is lifted up on
strains of more than mortal power, as thou visitest
the ways of Thebe : .
Thebe, of all cities, thou boldest first in honor,
thou, and thy mother whom the lightning smote ;
and now, when all our people is captive to a violent
plague, come thou with healing feet over the Par-
nassian height, or over the moaning strait f
O thou with whom the stars rejoice as they move,
the stars whose breath is fire; O master of the
voices of the night ; son begotten of Zeus ; appear,
O king, with thine attendant Thyiads,who in night-
long frenzy dance before thee, the giver of good
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Ninth Scene. Messfnger. Afterwards EuRVDick and
Attendants.
Enter MESSENGER, on the spectators' left hand.
Me. Dwellers by the house of Cadmus and of
Amphion, there is no estate of mortal life that I
would ever praise or blame as settled. Fortune
raises and Fortune humbles the lucky or unlucky
from day to day, and no one can prophesy to men
concerning those things which are established.
For Creon was blest once, as I count bliss ; he had
saved this land of Cadmus from its foes ; he was
clothed with sole dominion in the land ; he reigned,
the glorious sire of princely children. And now all
hath been lost. For when a man hath forfeited his
pleasures, I count him not as living, — I hold him
but a breathing corpse. Heap up riches in thy
house, if thou wilt ; live in kingly state ; yet, if there
be no gladness therewith, I would not give the
shadow of a vapor for all the rest, compared with
joy. r
Ch. And what is this new grief that thou hast
to tell for our princes ?
Me. Death ; and the living are guilty for the
dead.
Ch. And who is the slayer? Who the stricken ?
Speak.
Me. Haemon hath perished; his blood hath
been shed by no stranger.
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insAi/biCDi^ oXwXci/' avToxeip h* alfidaa-erau
XOPOX
ArrEAOx
avTos Trpos avTov, irarpl fti^wVas <^i/ov.
XOPOS.
£ /u,ai/ri, TOVTTOS ws dp* opdov rjvv<raq.
AITEAOS..
a»s wS* ixpvTtiiv TctXXa fiovXetkof ndpa.
XOPOX
1180 Kttt iirjv opat roKaivav EvpvBLK7}v 6/liov,
8a/i,apra r^i' K/ocoi/ros* eV 8^ ScoftaroM/
17T01 KXuovo-a TTOtSos ^ Tvxi? wa/MU
ETPYAIKH.
& irdvre^ darott rStv \6y(av iTr^<T$6iJLy)v
TTpo'i l^oSov o-TCixoucra, IlaXXoSos ^cas
ll85o7rws iKoip.7}v evyfidrtav trpofrffyopo^. ,
KoX Tvyxdvoi Te KKjfdp* dvaa-rrfurrov irvXiy9
Xo^f^xTO; Koi lie <j)$6yyo^ oikciou kokov
/SaXXct 81* aiT(ov • vwrta 8e KXivofiai,
Seta-acra 7r/)6s S/Li<uat<n icd7ro7rXT7<r<ro^<u.
1190 dXX* oo-Tis ^v 6 /Ltv^os aC^is ciTrare •
/caKO)!/ yd/o ovk dirctpos oSo-' aKova-oiiau
ArrEAOS.
cytu, ^tkr} Sea-TTOiva, kox irapav ipa,
Kovhev irapija-o) r^s dXrjBeias en-os.
ANTIGONE.
Ch. By his father's hand, or by his own ?
Me. By his own, in wrath with his sire for the
murder.
Ch. O prophet, how true, then, hast thou proved
thy word I
Me. These things stand thus ; ye must consider
of the rest.
Ch. Lo, I see the hapless Eurydic^, Creon's
wife, approaching; she comes from the house by
chance, haply, — or because she knows the tidings
of her son.
Enter EuRYDICE.
Eu. People of Thebes, I heard your words as I
was going forth, to salute the goddess Pallas with
my prayers. Even as I was loosing the fastenings
of the gate, to open it, the message of a household
woe smote on mine ear: I sank back, terror-
stricken, into the arms of my handmaids, and my
senses fled. But say again what the tidings were ;
I shall hear them as one who is no stranger to
sorrow.
Me. Dear lady, I will witness of what I saw,
and will leave no word of the truth untold. Why,
indeed, should I soothe thee with words in which I
must presently be found false ? Truth is ever best.
— I attended thy lord as his guide to the furthest
part of the plain, where the body of Polyneices,
105
ANTirONH.
Tt yap <T€ fidkOdo'a-OLijJ av Siv €5 varepa^
1195T/f€t)(rra(, (jyavovfieff' ; opdov aXtjdeL act.
iyo) §€ o"^ 7ro3ayos la"ir6yiy)v uoo'ct
TTcStOI/ eV CLKpOP, a/G' €K€LTO ny\c€S
KVvoo'TrdpaKTov (rat/xa JlokvueiKovq ert*
Kot TW ju«/, aiTT^(rai/T€S ipoBCav Oeov
120on\oi;roii/a t 6/)7'i« ev/xg /cts KaTa<rx€0eiv, ^
Xoucrai/re? ayi'oi' Xovrpov, Iv vco(rirai(ru/
^aWots o 8^9 'XcXetTTTO avyKar^dofiev,
Koi Tvix^ov opOoKpavov oiKeCa^ ^dovo<s
^(ucraiATC?, aut7ts ir/oos XiOoarponov Kopq^
1205i/v/i,^ctoi'*AtSov icoiXoi/ €l<T€^aivo^ei/.
ff)(ovrj<i 8' anio9a/ opduou KiaKvyLOLTOiv
k\v€l Tts aKTcpiarov dfi<f)l iraardSa,
KOI SecriroT^; K/ocoi/rc arrniaivet. fiok<ov •
T6> 8' d^Xias daifjfia trtpi^aivei fioij^
1210 ipTTOv:^ . fioKKov 3.<rarov, oipw^as 8* Ittos
tiytrt Sy<r0pTJvrjTov ' 5 roXa? #y<u,
a/)* ci/Mt iidmi>5 ; dpa 8voTwxcoTaT>;v
Kckevdov ipiro) ran/ irapeKdovaoiv o^aa/;
7rai8o9 /AC <Taiv€i ^B6yy<yi. dXXa vpocnroKoit
1216 tr* d<Tcrov cjKels, koL wa/oaorou/rcs Ta<^^
dOp'q jaff, dpfiou ^(ufiaro? Xt^ocr7ra8Tj
8v»^€? 7rpo9 auro (rrofiiov, ci toi' XifjLOUoi ^ -
^Boyyov arvvCrjix, fj Oeolcrv KXeTrrofiaL.
TctS' €^ dOv/iov SccTTTOTOu »c€Xcvcr/xa<rti'
122071$ povp.ev' iv Se XoiadUa rvfifievpaTu
TTju fi€v KpeixaoTifv aw^«'05 KareCBopev,
^p6\to fii.T(a^€i. (TUfBovos KaJdvipfihrqv,
rov 8' a/i^t (jJa-ay TrepLirerrj ',rpo<rK€Cfi€i/ov»
ev»^$ d7rot/Aa>([oi^a ri^s fcdro) ^dopdv
At
ANTIGONE.
torn by dogs, still lay unpitied. We prayed the
goddess of the roads, and Pluto, in mercy to re-
strain their wrath ; we washed the dead with holy
washing; and with freshly-plucked boughs we
solemnly burned such relics as there were. We
raised a high mound of his native earth ; and then
we turned away to enter the maiden's nuptial cham-
ber with rocky couch, the caverned mansion of the
bride of Death. And, from afar off, one of us
heard a voice of loud wailing at that bride's unhal-
lowed bower ; and came to tell our master Creon.
And as the King drew nearer, doubtful sounds
of a bitter cry floated around him ; he groaned,
and said in accents of anguish, ' Wretched that I
am, can my foreboding be true ? Am I going on
the wofullest way that ever I went? My son's
voice greets me. — Go, my servants, — haste ye
nearer, and when ye have reached the tomb, pass
through the gap, where the stones have been
wrenched away, to the cell's very mouth, — and
look, and see if 'tis Haemon's voice that I know, or
if mine ear is cheated by the gods.'
This search, at our despairing master's word, we
went to make ; and in the furthest part of the tomb
we descried ^r hanging by the neck, slung by a
threadwrought halter of fine linen ; while /te was
embracing her with arms thrown around her waist,
— bewailing the loss of his bride who is with the
dead, and his father's deeds, and his own ill-starr id
love.
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SO*OKAEOYS
1225 Kou irar/oos epya fta) o Svcmjvov Xc^os.
6 S* COS opq. cr(f)€, aruyvov olfi(o^a<s €<r<a
^w/oet TT/aos avToi/ KavaKO}KV(ra<i KoKei*
S) TXrjfiov, olov epyov tlpyaa-aL • Ttva
vow etrxes; «/ tw (TVfJi<f>opa.^ 8i€<f>0oipr)i ;
1230 c^c\^€, reKvov, iKccrids ere \to-(ro/x at.
Toi/ S' aypCoL? 6<r(roL(TL irairTrjua'; 6 rrats,
7rTV(ra<; npoacjira) Kovhev aureLirtov, ^C<f)OV^
IXkci SittXovs /o/wSoi/ras* iK S' opfxiofxipov
irarpos (fivyaicrw TJfjiTrXaK' etff 6 hv(Tixopo<5
1235 aurw xo^^^^^5» tSo-TTt/a €t;j(*, CTreira^ets
TJpeLcre irkevpaU iiecra-ov ej'^os • e? 8* vypov
ayKOiv <Lr cfKftpcav irapBevio Trpo(nTTV(T(T€Tai •
KoX (fivcricju o^eiau i ^ciXXct porjv
XevKTf TTapeta ^oivCov (rraXayftaTOS.
l240Kerrat 8e vcKpoq Trepl veKpcZ, tol wfuftiKa
TcX-jy Xa^o)!/ SctXato? «' y* *AiSou So/(xoi$,
Set^as cV dvOpanTOLO-L rfjv d/BovXCav,
o(T(a p.iyi(TTOV duhpl TT/aotrKetrat kolkov.
X0P02.
Tt TovT* ai/ ciKctcreias ; 17 yui^ ttoKiv
12^ (fypovhrj, irplv einelv iaOXop ^ KaKov \6yov.
ArrEAoa.
KavTos T€0dp>l3qK' ikmariv hk jSoa-Koixai
^XV TC'fi'ou K\vov(Tav i<s ttoXw' yoovs
ovK d^uoaeiv, aXX* viro <TTeyr]^ €(r(a
hficjoxs irpo6rj(T€LV irevOo^ olKeiou (Trivnv
1260[yv(u/x'»ys yap ovk diretpoi, oitrff' dfiaprdveLv.]
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ANTIGONE.
But his father, when he saw him, cried aloud
with a dread cry, and went in, and called to him
with a voice of wailing : — ' Unhappy, what a deed
hast thou done ! What thought hath come to thee ?
What manner of mischance hath marred thy
reason ? Come forth, my child ! I pray thee ! I
implore ! ' But the boy glared at ^lim with fierce
eyes, spat in his face, and, without a word of answer,
drew his cross-hilted sword: — as his father rushed
forth in flight, he missed his aim ; — then, hapless
one, wroth with himself, he straightway leaned
with all his weight against his sword, and drove it,
half its length, into his side ; and, while sense lin-
gered, he clasped the maiden to his faint embrace,
and, as he gasped, sent forth on her pale cheek the
swift stream of the oozing blood.
Corpse enfolding corpse he lies ; he hath won his
nuptial rites, poor youth, not here, yet in the halls
of Death ; and he hath witnessed to mankind that,
of all curses which cleave to man, ill counsel _is the
s overeign curse.
EuRYDicfe retires into the house.
Ch. What wouldst thou augur from this ? The
lady hath turned back, and is gone, without a word
good or evil.
Me. I, too, am startled ; yet I nourish the hope
that, at these sore tidings of her son, she ca nnot
deign to give her sorrow public vent, but in the
privacy of the house will set her handmaids to
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XOPOS.
ovK Old • c/xot o ow -^ T ayav a-iy^ papv
hoKcl Trpocrclvai )(7J fidrrfv TroWrj fio-q.
ArrEAOj.
aW ei<r6fi€(r0a, fiij ri koX Karao^eroi'
KpvtfyQ KoKvineL KapBC^ Ovfjiovfievy,
1255So/i,ov$ Trapa(TT€ixpvT€<s. eS yap oZv Xeyct?*
KoX T^s ayav yap iarC irov o-i/^s /Sdpo^.
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Tenth Scene. Greon and Messenger.
1260
xopoa.
Kai iirpf SB* ava^ avros i^KH
fiinjfi iirurrjfiov Sta xeipb^ ^xyiv,
ei B4pi<i etirelv, ovk dXKorpiav
artfv, dW* avros di*.apTmv,
I
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10),
KPEnN.
Srpmin} cL
<f>p€voiv Sv(T<l>p6vQ}v dfiapTrJiiara
areped davaroei/r.
& KTapovra^ t€ xal
Oav6vTa% fi\€vovT€<s ifi<f}v\[ovi.
1265 (OfioL ificiu dvoXjSa ^ovkeufidrotv,
lo) Trai, veos veto ^v p,6p<^t
auu aiac,
eOave^, direKvOrf^,
ifiats ovSe o-atcri Sva-jSoiACaK,
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ANTIGONE.
mourn the household grief. For she is not un-^
taught of discretion, that she should err.
Ch. I Icnow not ; but to me, at ler.st, a strained
silence seems to portend peril, no less than vain
abundance of lament.
Me. Well, I will enter the house, and learn
whether indeed she is not hiding some repressed
purpose in the depths of a passionate heart. Yea,
thou sayest well : excess of silence, too, may have
a perilous meaning.
^jriV Messenger.
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Tenth Scene. Creon and Messenger.
Enter CrEON oh the spectators' left, with attendants, carrying
the shrouded bjdy of WhS.lliO^ on a bier.
Ch. Lo, yonder the King himself draws near,
bearing that which tells too clear a tale, — the
work of no stranger's madness, — if we may say it,
— but of his own misdeeds.
Cr. Woe for the sins of a darkened soul, stub-
born sins, fraught with death ! Ah, ye behold us,
the sire who hath slain, the son who hath perished I
Woe is me, for the wretched blindness of my coun-
III
20<I>0KAE0YS
XOPOS.
mooi/ub* ois cotKas 01^6 r^i/ 8iio;i' iScii^.
OLllOL,
KPEnN.
6eo<i TOT apa t6t€ fieya ^apo^ffi excjv)
enaLo-ev, iv 8* €<T€L<r€v ayptai^ 08019,
1275ot/Aoi, kaKTrdrqTov avTpiiroiv xapav.
^CU <^€V, O) TTOVOi fipOT<aV hvCTTOVOl.
EBArrEAOS.
&• Bea-'iroff' , a»s ex(^v t€ ical KeKrrjficvo^,
TO. fiev irpo ■)(eLpa>v ToiSe (fiepotv to. 8* iv 8d/u,oi9
l280loiKa$ i7K€W' Kal ra^* oyj/ea-dai KaKoi.
KPEnN.
Tt 8* eoTti' aZ kolklov, ■^ KaK(av en;
EBArrEAOS.
yVI/^ T€0V7)K€ TOvBe ira/Lt/AT/Tft)/) v€Kpov,
hvcrnfvos, dpTi veoT6f^oi.<TL rrXify/i.ao'W'.
r<^.
KPEAN.
A.VTMrTp0^1| CL
ia> 8vo'Ka^apTO? *At8ov \i/uii}i/,
1285 ri fi* apa Tt /x* oXocecs;
a> KaKdyyekrai fioi
irpo7r€fi^a<s a-yy), Twa Opoeis \oyov;
aial, oXoiXoT* ai'8p* iire^eipyda-o).
ANTIGONE.
sels I Alas, my son, thou hast died in thy youth,
by a timeless doom, woe is me ! — thy spirit hath
fled, — not by thy folly, b ut by min e own !
Ch. Ah me, how all too late thou seemest to see^jit
the right !
Cr. Ah me, I have learned the bitter lesson !
But then, methinks, oh then, some god smote me
from above with crushing weight, and hurled me
into ways of cruelty, woe is me, — overthrowing
and trampling on my joy! Woe, woe, for the
troublous toils of men !
4
Enter M.^'&SIS.'HQER from the housa.
Me. Sire, thou hast come, methinks, as one
whose hands are not empty, but who hath store laid
up besides ; thou bearest yonder burden with thee ;
and thou art soon to look upon the woes within thy
house.
Cr. And what worse ill is yet to follow upon
ills?
Me. Thy queen hath died, true mother of yon
'corpse — ah, hapless lady ! — by blows newly dealt.
Cr. Oh Hades, all-receiving, whom no sacrifice
can appease ! Hast thou, then, no mercy for me ?
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ANTirONH.
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14. 'M
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1290 aiai atai,
(r<f)dyi.ov iw* o\4$p<^
yvvaiKelov afx'j)i.K€l(r0ai fiopov;
EBArrEAOS.
opav irapeo'TLV ov yap iu fiv)(ols er*.
KPEAN
OlflOl,
AvnvTpo^T p«
l295KaKov To8* aXXo Bevrepou fiXcnoi raXa?.
Tts a/oa, Ti9 fic iroTfio^ en irepifiei/ei ;
€)((t} jxep iv ^ci/o€<rcr«' aprUa^ tckvov,
TaXas, Toi/ 8* €vavTa 7rpo<T^\4ir<a vcKpov,
1300 ^cv <^ev fiarep d^Xia, ^ev t4kvov,
EBArrSAOS.
17 8* 6^0TJKT(j) jScjflCa r,€pl ^L<f}€L
Xvci KcXau^a pki<j>apa, KtoKvcaca ficv
rov TTpXv 6av6vTo% MeyapecD^ kXcwou Xaxp^,
atdis he Tovhe, \oi<T$uiv Se (rol KaKOM
I30f> irpd^€LS i<l>vfivqa'aa'a T^ iraiBoKTov^,
aiac, aiai,
KPEAN.
Stp«w V-
hrauriv r(9 dix^i0iJKT(j} ^l<f>ei.;
1310 SciXaio$ iya atat,
Betkaug. Be avyKeKpafiai hv^
y
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ANTIGONE.
chariots are many, let us enjoy forgetfulness after
the late wars, and visit all the temples of the gods
with night-long dance and song ; and may Bacchus
be our leader, whose dancing shakes the land of
Theb^.
But lo, the king of the land comes yonder,
Creon, son of Monoeceus, our new ruler by the
new fortunes that the gods have given ; what coun-
sel is he pondering, that he hath proposed this
special conference of elders, summoned by his
general mandate ?
Enter Creon, from the central doors of the palace, in the garb of
kings luith two attendants.
Cr. Sirs, the vessel of our State, after being
tossed on wild waves, hath once more been safely
steadied by the gods ; and ye, out of all the folk,
have been called apart by my summons, because I
knew, first of all, hoAv true and constant was your
reverence for the royal power of Laifus ; how, again,
when Oedipus was ruler of our land, and when he
had perished, your steadfast loyalty still upheld
their children. Since, then, his sons have fallen
in one day by a twofold doom, — each smitten by
the other, each stained with a brother's blood, —
I now possess the throne and all its powers, by
nearness of kinship to the dead.
No man can be fully known, in soul and spirit
and mind, until he hath been seen versed in rule
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apxati '•€ Koi v6fioL<riv ivrpifirf^ <f>avij,
ifAol yap oarri.^ irao'av €v6vvoiv iroKiv
firj Ttav apixTTOiv aTrrerai, ^ovKeufjidTtov,
180 dXX* CK (f)6^ov Tov y\&<r<rav iyK\y(ra^ <?)(^i,
KaKioTOi etvai vvv re Koi ^raXai So/cci.
Koi /jLcll^ov ooTis aurl r^9 avrov Trdrpoi
^C\ov vofiCl^ct., TovTOv ovhafiov \4yci).
eyo) yap, mtto) Zcv? o iraptf opoiv a€i,
186 OUT* ii.v <ruiyjrq(rai.iJbL t^v drqv bpatv
aT€i)(ova'av dorois dvrl rrj^ (romjpCa^,
ovT ^v (f>C\ov iroT dvBpa hvcjAevrj j(^oi/6s
Ocifurfu ifiavT^, tovto yvyv&KTKtav on
178* ItrrXv rj <r<fiCov(ra, Koi Tavrr)^ €in
190 irXeowcs opdrj^ tovs ^iXov9 iroiovficOa.
Voioio-S* ^a» vofiourL rqvh* av^<a iroKw.
Koi vvv dSeX^d roii'Sc icqpv^a% €X0>
daroio'L TraCBotv rmv an OiSmtov iripi*
*ET€OKXca fi€i/, Ss TToXews vncpfiax^^v
195 oXcuXe T^o-Sc, Trdi^* dpiareuara^ 8opC,
Taxfxp T€ Kpwjjai Kal rd irdvr i<f>ayvt(rai
a roL's dpC<TTOL^ epx'^Tai Kdrio vcKpoi^-
TOV 8* aS ^vaifiov toCSc, UokweCKTjv Xeyat,
h^ yfjv irarp^av koI 0eov9 rov^ iyycvfX^
200 <f>vyd^ KaT€\0Q}V 'qdekrja-e fiev irvpl
TrpiTJa-ai Kardxpa^, "qOekria-e 8* aifiaro?
Kowov irdcaa-OaL, tovs Bk SovXwo-a? dyeiv
TOVTOV TToXct T^8* eKKCKijpVKTaL TOffi^
fiiJT€ KTcpC^ew (iiJTe KOKva-aC Tiva,
206 lav 8* ddamov kol irpos ouov&v Bdfias
Kal Trpos Kwuv ehearov alKiadiv t iheiv.
Totoi'S* Cfiov ^povi^/ia, KovnoT ck y kfiov
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ANTIGONE OF SOPHOCLES.
TEXT AND TRANSLATION.
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ANTirONH.
Ta rov opafiaroi frp6<r<ona»
*Avny6vri.
Kpioty.
Alfunv.
TttptvCat.
"AyycAov.
MuTKs:
Two Servants of Creon.
An Attendant of Tiresias.
Two Maids of Eurydioe.
FoBT Scene. Amtioomb aio) Ishene.
'n.p6\oyoi,
ANTirONH.
'fl Koivhv avraSeX^i' 'la-fiijv/fq Kcipa,
S.p* 6t<r6^ art Zevs twv an OiSurov Kaxav
otrolou ovxl v^p 6-t ([(uo-ati' rcXct;
ovScv yap ovT akyeivov ovt ar^atfiov
6 OVT* al<rxpov ovt ar^iov ea-ff', oiroTov ov
Tcjv (Tuv T€ Ka/xciu ovK OTTtajT cyo» KaK<av.
Kai vvv tC tovt at ^acri wai/Bijfi^ noKei
KTjpvyfia Oeivai tov arparifyov dpTia^ ;
9^€is Tt KclinJKova'ai ; rj are \av$dv€i
10 ir/oos Tovs <l>CKovs areC)(ovTa Tav e\$po»v icaica ;
nMHNH.
c/xoi p.€v ovScU fivOo^, ^AvTvyovri, ^Ckiuiv
<mff iJSvs ovr* oXyeti^s Xkct, ii orov
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ANTIGONE.
PERSONS REPRESENTED.
Antioone, ") Siiters of Haemon, son of Creon.
IsMENE, > Polyneices.
Chorus of Theban old men.
Crbon, King of Thebes.
Guard of body of Polyneices.
Teiresias, a blind seer.
Messenger.
EuRYDiCE, wife of Creon.-
Messenger from witliin Palace.
Mutes 5 Boy, attendant on Teiresias ; two attendants on Creon
and EuRYOiCE each.
Scene. — Before the Royal Palace in Boeotian Thebes.
First Scene. Antigone and Ismene.
Antigone.
Ismene, my sister, mine own dear sister, knowest
thou what ill there is, of all bequeathed by Oedipus,
that Zeus fulfils not for us twain while we live?
Nothing painful is there, nothing fraught with ruin,
no shame, no dishonor, that I have not seen in
thy woes and mine. * *'
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And now what new edict is this of which they
tell, that our Captain hath just published to all
Thebes ? Knowest thou aught ? Hast thou heard ?
Or is it hidden from thee that our friends are threat-
ened with the doom of our foes ?
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50*0KAE0YS
Bvolv dBe\<f)o'iv iaT€f)TJOr)ix€u Bvo, ""
ynq. 0<u/6vTO)v rjfiepa SunXy X^P^'
16 eirei ok (f>povB6^ iartv 'Afyyeuov orrparb^
€1/ WKTL T^ VVV, Ovhhf olS* WTepTCpOP,
ovT €VTV)(ov(ra fxaXKov ovt aT<afi€vrf.
ANTirONH.
17817 Koko)^, Kttt <r €kt6s avkeCojv wXciu
TovB* ovpcK i^€iT€fjiirov, a>s fiovrj kKvols.
I2MHNH.
20 tC 8* eoTi ; 817X019 yap rt KaX)(aCvov<r 6iro9.
ANTirONH.
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ANTIGONE.
O thou herald of evil, bitter tidings, what word
dost thou utter ? Alas, I was already as dead, and
thou hast smitten me anew! What sayest thou,
my son? What is this new message that thou
bringest — woe, woe is me! — of a wife's doom,—
of slaughter heaped on slaughter ?
Ch. Thou canst behold : 'tis no longer hidden
within.
The doors of the palace are opened, and the corpse of Eurydic^
is disclosed.
Cr. Ah me, — yonder I behold a new, a second
woe ! Wl it destiny, ah what, can yet await me?
I have but now raised my son in my arms, — and
there, again, I see a corpse before me ! Alas, alas,
unhappy mother ! Alas, my child !
Me. There, at the altar, self-stabbed with a keen
knife, she suffered her darkening eyes to close,
when she had wailed for the noble fate of Megareus
who died before, and then for his fate who lies
there, — and when, with her last breath, s he had
invoked evil fortunes upon thee, the slayer of thv
sons.
Cr. Woe, woe! I thrill with dread. Is there
none to strike me to the heart with two-edged
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sword? — O miserable that I am, and steeped in
miserable anguish !
Me. Yea, both his son's doom, and that other's,
were laid to thy charge by her whose corpse thou
seest.
Cr. And what was the manner of the violent
deed by which she passed away ?
Me. Her own hand struck her to the heart,
when she had learned her son's sorely lamented
fate. "
Cr. Ah me, this guilt can never be fixed on any
other of mortal kind, for my acquittal ! I, even I,
was thy slayer, wretched that I am — I own the
truth. Lead me away, O my servants, lead me
hence with all speed, whose life is but as death !
Ch. Thy counsels are good, if there can be
good with ills ; briefest is best, when trouble is in
our path.
Cr. Oh, let it come, let it appear, that fairest of
fates for me, that brings my last day, — aye, best
fate of all ! Oh, let it come, that I may never look
upon to-morrow's light !
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tasks claim our care : the ordering ot the future
rests where it should rest.
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Cr. All my desires, at least, were summed in
that prayer.
Ch. Pray thou no more; for mortals have no I/
escape from destined woe. ~
Cr. Lead me away, I pray you ; a rash, foolish
man ; who have slain thee, ah my son, unwittingly,
and thee, too, my wife — unhappy that I am ! I ^
know not which wa> I should bend my gaze, or '
where I should seek support; for all is amiss with
that which is in my hands, — and yonder, again, a
crushing fate hath leapt upon my head.
As Creon is being conducted into the house, the Coryphaeus speaks
the closing verses.
Ch. Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness ; n
and reverence towards the gods must be inviolate. L
Great words of prideful men are ever punished with (
great blows, and, in old age, teach the chastened to^/
be wise.
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