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SIGLA
Il 13
Il 14
Il 15
P.Oxy. 1805 + 3787, saee. ii-ili
P.Oxy. 3688, saee. v-vi
P.Amst. inv. 68, saee. iii
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ANTIGONE
T A TOT AP AMATO$ ITrO$!lITA
'AVTLyóvr¡
'Iapt/¡vr¡
Xopo> 8r¡f3aíwv Y€PÓVTWV
Kp~wv
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DRAMATIS PERSONAE
Antigone
Ismene
Chorus ofTheban Elders
Creon·
Guard
Haemon
Tiresias
Messenger
Eurydice
Scene: In fmnt of the palace at Thebes.
Time: Just after the battle in which the Thebans have
repulsed the Argive attack, and the brothers Eteocles and
Polynices have killedeach other.
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ANTIrONH
ANTIGONE
ANTlrOl'H
The stage buíldíng represents the royal palace at Thebes.
ANTIGONE and ISMENE enterfrom the central Mor.
"U KOtVOV aVTá8úI.q)Ov 'IeTfL~V"r¡<; KFpa,
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Wt7rOV KaKWVa, 7TOtOP OVXt vcpv ETI, ,C:)(rul,V TEAEt;
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ov8ev yap OVT' 'P,YEWOV OVT' /iTrI<; yÉfLov
0157' aiuXPov OVT' áTL¡.tÓVEU(}', Ó7TOtOV
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TWV eTWV TE KafLltJv OVK 07rW7r EYW KaKWV.
Kat vuv Tí Tovr'}:LiJ epaut 1Tav&q¡.tlp 1TóAEt
K~pvYfLa OE'ivaLTov eTTpaTr¡yov apTíw<;;
EXH<; n KEleT~KdveTa<;; ~ eTE AavOávH
7rpo<; TOV<; ef>íAOV<; eTTEíXOVTa TroV i)(Oprov KaKá;
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ANTIGONE
My own sister Ismene, linked to myself, are you aware
that Zeus ... ah, which of the evils that come from Oedipus is he not accomplishing while we stilI live? No, there
is nothing painful or laden with destruction or shameful
ordishonouring among your sorrows and mine that 1have
not witnessed. And now whatis this procIamation that
they say the general has lately made to the whole city?
Rave you any knowledge? Rave you heard anything? Or
have you failed to notice the evils from our enemies as
they come against our friends?
I$MHNH
EfLOt fLev ov8Et<; p.vOo<;, ,AVTtyóVr¡, ef>íAwv
oVO' 7¡8v<; OVT' aAYEtVo<; iKET' Et ÓTOV
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8vo'iv a8EAef>0'iv EeTTEp~Or¡fLEV 8lÍo,
fLtq. OavóvTow 7¡fLÉpq. 8t7rAfi XEpí'
E7rEt 8e ef>pov8ó<;>EeTnv 'ApYEíwv eTTpaTo<;
El! VVKTt rfj vvv,::üv8ev oiS' lJ7TÉpTEpov,
OVT' EVTVXOVeTa JLaAAOV OVT' aTwfLÉvr¡.
ISMENE
Tome, Antigone, no word about our friends has come,
either agreeable or painful, since we two were robbed of
two brothers, who perished on ane day each at the other's
hand. Since the Argive arrny left during this night, 1
Imow nothing further, nothing that improves my fortune
orbrings me nearer to disaster..
ANTIGONE
1Imew it well, and 1 summoned you out of the gates of the
ANTlrONH
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SOPHOCLES
ANTIGONE
courtyard beca.use 1wished youto hear thisalone.
ISMENE
I:$MHNH
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tí 8' EeTTt; 8'Y/AOZ" 'láp Tt KeLAxaívoveT' E7TO'>,
BuL what is it? It is clear th(l1: you are brooding over
something youare going to sayo '
ANTlr.ONH
O;V 'lap Táepov v0v TOl KaeTt'lvf¡Tw KpÉwv
~ov JLEV 1TpOTíuCt ?, TOVO' aTL¡.LáfTa'i EXEt;
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iáepep KaAv.pat ¡.!ir¡8e KWKva-aí Twa,
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\otavTá epa.eTt TOV &:'laOov ItpÉOVTa eTOt
K&p,oí, AÉ'lw 'larr K&:p,É, K'Y/pvtaVT' EXEW,
Kat I>Evpo VEZeTOctt Tawa TOZeTt p,~ El8óeTtv
lTaepfj 7TPOK'Y/PVtOPTa, KatTo 7TPU'lP,' a'lEw
35 OVX W'> 7Tap' oVQÉv, &:AA' &" &v TOVTWV Tt opq.,
epóvov 7TPOKEZeT0ix.t 8'Y/p,ÓAEYeTTOV EV 7TÓAEt.
0157W') EXEt:CTOL i.avTa, Kat~€íeEIS ráxa
efT' E'irYEvr,~ 1TÉ~_YKaS' eíT' eér8Awv KUK'rj.
I:$MllNH
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ANTIGONE
Why, has not Creon honouredone of our brothers and
dishonouredthe other in the matter of their burlal?
Eteocles, theysay, in accordanpe with justice and with
custom he has hidden bene(lth the earth, honoured
ame:mg the de~d below. But asfpr the unhajJpy corpseof
Polynices, they say it has beenJ.>roclaimedto the citizens
tha.t none shallconceal itin a grave or laIllent for it, but
that they should leave it unweptfor, unburied, a rlch treasure house forbirds as they loo~ out for fopd. This is the
proclamation \yhich they say thegood Creon has made to
youand to me yes, 1 count myself also-and he is comingthis way tomake the proclarnation clear to those who
donot know df it. He is not trellting the rnatter as unimportant, but for anyone who does any of these things
death in the city is ordained, l)y stoningat the people's
haMo There you have the waythings stand, and you will
sopp show whl'lther your natur~ is nobleor you are the
cO\yardly descendant ofvaliant ¡[ncestors. .
ISMENE
But, my poor dear, if this is howthings stand, what could 1
con.tribute by trying to untie or to tie the knot?
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AVOVeT' &VE'íO' á7TTOVeTa 7TP0eTOEÍp,'Y/v 7TAÉOV;
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40 .íO' á7TTOVO'U POI;on:'¡¡ 8á7TTOVO'U códd.
codd.
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SOPHOCLES
ANTIGONE
ANTlrONH
El tVP/TrOv7¡crEtSKat tvvEpyácry¡ crK6'TrEt.
ANTIGONE
Gonsider whether you will share the pain and the labour!
ISMENE
I~MHNH
'Trot6v
Tt
KtVOVV~V"La; 'TrOV YVWJL7J~ 'Tror' Ei; .
What dangerous thing is to be done? What have you in
mind?
ANTlrONH
El rov VEKpOV tVlJ rfiOE
KOVef)tEt~ XEPi.
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I~MHNH
ANTIGONE
Will you bury the dead man, tPgether with this hand of
mine?
.ry yap vOEt~ (}d-1TTEtV cr</>', u'Tr6pP7Jrov 'Tr6AEt;
ANTlrONH
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áOEA</>6v' ov yap S7¡ 'Trpooovcr' tÍAwcrOJLat;
I~MHNH
¡;; CTXErAía,
KfJÉovro~ uvrEtP7JK6ro~;
ANTlrONH
un' ovoev avrp rwv EJLWV <JL'> EípYEtV J.tÉra.
I~MHNH
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oíJLot· </>p6vr¡crov, ¡;; KaCTtyvr)r7J, 'Trarr,p
W~ vpv U'TrEX(}7¡~ ovcrKAE7¡~ r' U'TrWAErO
'TrpO~ awo</>wpwv UJL'TrAaK7JJLárwv, Ot'TrAa~
ót/JEt~ upáta~ avro~ avrovpyp XEpí'
€'TrEtra JL7¡rr¡p Kat yvv7¡, Ot'TrAOVV €'TrO~,
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ISMENE
Are you thinking ofburying him, when it has been forbidden to the city?
ANTIGONE
Well, 1 will bury my brother, and yours, if you will not; 1
will not be caught betraying him.
ISMENE
RE~ddess one, when
Creon hasforbidden it?
ANTIGONE
But he has no right to keep meJrom my own!
ISMENE
Woe! Think, sister, ofhow our father perished hated and
ill"famed, through the crimeshe had himself detected,
after striking both his eyes himself, with his own hand!
And then his mother and his wife, two names in one, díd
violence to her life with twisted noose; and, thirdly, our
two brothers, on one day killing each other, did themselves both to death at one another's hands. And now
consider how much the worsewill be the fate of us two,
~6 spurium apud antiquos habitum esse testatur Didymus
48
suppl. Brunck
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ANTIGONE
SOPHOCLES
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.pfiepov 71ipávIJúW 1) Kpá'Tr¡ 7TapÉtt¡LEV.
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EYa, ¡Lev o~v a,l'Tov<Ta 'TOVS v~o XOovo~
tvyyvotav í<TXEtv, W~ atá'o¡Lat fáSE,
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7Tpá<T<TEtv, E¡Ldv y' &v i¡SÉúl~ SP'Í?r¡~ ¡LÉTa.
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O<Tta 7TalJOvpY~<Ta<T" E7T<'¡ 7TAEíúlV Xpóvo~
fJv SEZ ¡.t' apÉ<TKEtV 'ToZ~ Ká'Túl 'TWV EvOáSE··
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who are Ieftalone, if in despjte of the Iaw we f10ut the
decision of the ruIer or his power. Why, we must remember that we are women; whocannot fight against men,
and then that we are ruIedby those whose power is
greater, .so that we must consent to this and to other
things even more painfuI! Sol shall begthose beneath
the earth tobe understanding, since l act under constraint, but l shall obey those in authority; for there is no
sejlse inactions that exceed ourpowers.
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A¡'¡TIG9NE
l i'ouId HOt tell you to do it, ahd even if you were willing
to act after all l wouId not becontent for you to actwith
me! Do yoube the kind of person you have decided to
be, but l shallbury him! It is hQnourabIe for me to dó this
and die. l am his own and l s4alllie with him who is my
oWn, having committed a crime that is hoIy, for therewill
bea Ionger sp¡m of time for meto pIease those beIow than
there will be tp pIease thdse here; for there l shalllie forever. As for you, if it is your pIeasure, dishonour what the
gods honour! .
ISMENE
l am not dishonouring them, blit l do not have it in me to
act against thl'lwill of the peopIe of the city.
ANTIGONE
You may offer that excuse; but l shall go to heap up a
tomb for my dearest brother!
ANTlrONH
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XW<TOV<T' aSEAep¡¡' eptA'Tá'Tl¡J 7TOpW<TO¡Lat.
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ANTIGONE
I:l:MHNH
ISMENE
Alas, how 1 fear for you, poor creature!
oí¡J-Ot, TaA.aíV7J<; w<; lJ7rEp8t80tKá <TOV.
ANTIGONE
ANTlrONH
Rave no fears for me! Make your own course go straight!
p:Y¡ '¡l.Ov'Tl'porápf3et· rov <TOV etópOov 'T1'ÓT¡J-OV.
ISMENE
I:l:MHNH
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Well, tell no one of this act beforehand, but keep it secret,
and so shall I.
un' oVV 'T1'pop:r¡wcry¡<; YE rovro p:r¡8EVt
rovpyov, Kpv4>ii 8E KEVOE, crov 8' !avrw<; €yw.
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ANTIGONE
Ah, tell them all! 1 shallhate you far more if you remain
silent, and do not proclaim this to all.
ANTlrONH
oíp-ot, Ka'l"av8a' 'T1'oA.A.OvEXOíwv É<TTl
<TtYW<T', eav p-0 'T1'om K7JPvtTl<; rá8E.
ISMENE
Your heart is fiery in a matter that is chilling.
I:l:MHNH
ANTIGONE
OEpp-0ve'T1't tJroxpo'i<Tt Kap8íav Ex et <;.
Why, 1 know that 1 am giving pleasure to those 1 must
please most!
ANTlrONH
un' 018' UpÉ<TKOV<T' oi<;11'áA.t<TO' á8E'iv /leE xpT,·
ISMENE
I:l:MHNH
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ANTlrONH
El TaVTa AétEt<;, exOapil 11'EV et e11'ov,
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eXOpa 8E reí' Oavóvn 'T1'pO<TK€Í<TTl 8íKTl'
un' Ea 11'E K(Lt r.ryv et e11'ov 8v<Tf3ovA.íav
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If you have the strength! But you are in love with the
impossible.
ANTIGONE
Then when my strength fails 1 shall be at resto
ISMENE
But to begin with it is wrong to hunt for what is impossible.
ANTIGONE
If you say that, you will be hated by me, and you will justly
incur the hatred of the dead mano Let me and my rashness suffer this awful thing! 1 shall suffer nothing so dire
that my death will not be one ofhonour.
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ANTlGONE
SOPHOCLES
ISMENE
I$MHNH
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Well, if you wish to, gol But know this much, that in your
going you arefoolish, but truly dearto those who are your
own.
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á/hÉpa<;f3AÉ,papov, A.pKaíwv V7TEP. PEÉ()pWV /hOAOVa-a,
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Exi}Unt ANTlqONE andISMENE. The CHORUS of elderly
men, leading Citizens ofThebes,enters the orchestra.
CHORUS
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B~am of the
sun, fairer than a11.thathave shone before for
seyen-gatedThebes, fina11y )'ou shone. forth, eye of
golden day, cpming over the streams of Dirce, you who
moved off irrheadlongllighttl1e man with white shield
th~t carne fram Argos in his panoply, witha bridle ofconstf~intthat pierced him sharply, him that was raised up
against our land by the contentious quarrels of Polynices, a
and Ilew to our country, loudly scteaming like an eagle
sheathed in snow-white pinion, with many weapons and
witl1 helmetswithhorsehair pl1Jmes; he paused above our
hojlses, ringing raund the se",l'ln gates with spears that
longed for blóod; but he went,before his jaws had been
gltitted withour gore and thefire-god'spinecfed llame
ha.d taken the walls that crawnpur city. Such was the diu
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a Polynices had persuaded Adrastus, king ofArgos, to Iead an
arrny against Thebes, where his brother EteocIes had excIuded
him from power. Each of the sev~n gates of l'hebes had been
attacked by one of seven famous ",arriors; theseventh gate had
been attacked by Polynices and defended by hisbrother.
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Z"f/Vt 'l"po7Taíe¡¡ 11'áyxaAKa 'l"EA"f/,
7TA~V 'l"OtV cr'l"VYEpotv, & 11'a'l"pO' Évo,
¡.L"f/'I"PÓ, 'l"E ¡.Ltii, epVV'I"E KaO' aV'I"otv
8tKpa'l"Et, Aóyxa, cr'l"~craV7"' EXE'I"OV
KOtvOV Oavá'l"ov ¡.LEpO, á¡.Lepw.
aAAa yap á ¡.LEyaA6JVV¡.LO' i¡AOE NíKa
'I"ª 11'0Avap¡.Lá'l"e¡¡ avnxapEtcra e~f3q.,
EK ¡.LEV 8~ 11'0AE¡.LWV
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ofbattle stretched about rus back, hard for the dragon's
adversary to vanquish.
For Zeusdetests the boasts of a proud tongue, and
when he saw them advancing in full Rood, with the arrogance of Rasrung gold, with the fire he hurls he Rung
down him who was already hastening to shout forth his
victory on the topmost ramparts.a
And he fell upon the hard ground, shaken down, the
torchbearer who in the fury of rus mad rush breathed
upon us with the blast ofhateful winds. This indeed went
otherwise; and different fates were dispensed to different
persons by the mighty war-god who shattered them, a
horse that carried our chariot to victory.
For seven captains posted agaiIlst seven gates, man
against man, left behind theirbrazen weapons for Zeus
the god of tróphies, except for the unhappy two, who,
sprung of 0I:¡e father and one. mother, set their strong
spears against each other and both shared a common
death.
But since Victory whose name is glorious has come,
her joy responding to the joy of Thebes with many
a Capanens, one ofthe Seven Against Thebes.
125 áll'T'11'áA<¡J] -ov
L s.l., a s.l.
126 8páKOPTO, V et s.l. in a: 8páKOPT< cett.
130 Vrrepo1TTeíat.8 Musgrave: -eíac; K: -ías cett.
, ,
138 <án'> ¡ÜA' <11" Ll.-J.: ánu 8' <11" t: ánu Tá8' <11'
cett.
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chariots, afterthe recent wars let us be forgetful, andJet
us Yisit all thetemples of the gods with all-night dances,
andmay the Bacchic godwho ~hakes the land ofThebes
befuler!
But here comes the new king ofthe land, ... Creon,
under the new conditions givenby the gods; what plan is
heturning over, that he has proposed this assembly of
elders for discussion, summoning them by general proclamation?
vVV OÉCT0'SATJCTfLOCTVVUV;
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aAA' 08E yop87¡ f3UCTLAEV<; xwpu<;,
tKpÉwvó MElIOLKÉW<;, t .. VEOX/f0<;
VEUPU'ia-L OEWV E7rt CTVVruXíUL<; 1
XWPE'iTfvu 87¡fLfinv EpÉa-CTWV ,
CT¡)ykATJTO~ Ti¡v8E YEPÓVTWV
7rpoiJ8éto AÉa-XTJV,
KOLVé¡J KYJpvYfLan 7rÉfLt/Ja.:<;;
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165
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crÉf3ovra<; El841<; €V 0PÓ1J(JJv aEt KpciTTJ,
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Sirs, the gods haveshaken the city's Jortunes with a heavy
sh(lking, but n()w they have set themright ip. safety. And 1
have summop.ed you outof allithe people by emissarles,
kn{Íwing well first that you have always reverencedthe
power of the throne of Laius, and second that when Oedipus gnided the city <with my sister as his wife, you always
setved them faithfully,> and when he perished, you persisted in loyalty towards their clúldren. So now thatthey
have perished by twofold ruin on a single day, strikingand
being struck by the polluting yiolence ofone another, 1
hold the power and the thronl'1 by :reason of my kinship
with the dead.
151 (Na-(Jf
hu:: O~a-(Ja< RSVt
167 post hune versum laeunam statuit Dindorf
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175
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apxalS TE Kat v6p,ounVEvTpt{3i¡,> pavii.
€P,pt yap ocm'> 7Tacrav EV()VVWV 7T6AtlJ
p,~ T¿;W apícrTwv á7TTETat {30VAEVp,áTWV,
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There is no way of getting to know a man's spirit and
thought and judgment, untilhe has been seen to be
versed in govemment and in the Iaws. Yes, to me anyone
who while guiding the whoIe city fails to set his hand to
the best counseIs, but keeps his mouth shut by reason of
sorne fear seems now and has aIways seemed the worst of
men; and him who rates a dear one higher than his native
Iand, him 1 put nowhere. 1 would never be siIent, may
Zeus who sees all things for ever know it, when 1 saw ruin
coming upon the citizens instead of safety, nar wouId 1
make a friend of the enemy ofmy country, knowing that
this is the ship that preserves us, and that this is the ship
on which we sail and onIy whiIe she prospers can we make
our friends.
These are the rules by which 1 make our city great;
and now in consonance with them 1 have made to the citizehs this proclamation touching the sons of Oedipus.
Eteocles, who died fighting for this city, having excelled
inbattle, we shall hide in the tomb and we shall render to
him al! the rites that come to the nobIest of the dead
beIow. But his brother, 1 mean PoIynices, who carne back
from exile meaning to bum tú the ground his native city
and the gods of his race, and meaning to drink the
peopIe's bIood and to enslaye its people-him, it is
',./.,. TE
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205
TOVTOV 1ToAEt rfj3' EKKEK'l'ÍpvKTat Táebcp
p....q7€ KTffpí'€L~-'JLI¡T€ Kwtd]uuí,7"tva,
€aV S' áOa1TTov Kat 7TpOC; olwviJv SÉp.,a,
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Kat 7TpO~ KVVú)V EOE<TTOVatKt<T El' T toEtV.
TotóVD' -EJ:t0V4!PÓV7JJLU"KáÜ1TOT' EK
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xopot
ruvr' ap¿ct;KEt,1TUt M€VOLKÉW~,
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TOV Ti)S€ SV(TVOVV Kat TOV EVp.,Ev7I 1TOAEt·
vop.,cp SE xpi¡lrOat 1TavTí, TOVT' ÉVEa-rí <Tot
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So.that you may see that my orders are obsl.Jrved ...
CHORUS
CREON
,
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al'<TK07To~VVV7JTETWV
CHORUS
rus your ple~sure, son of Mepoeceus, to.do this to the
man who is hostile and to the man who is loyal to the city;
and you havepower to observeevery rulewith regard to
th!}dead and to us who are aliye:j.
Give this burden to sorne younger man tobear!
KPE!lN
215
proclaimed to this city, noneshall bury or lament,but
they shalllea\ie his body unbutied for birds and dogs to
deyour and savage. That is myway of thinking, and never
by my will shall bad men excl.Jed good men in honour.
N()' whoever is loyal to the city in death and life alike shall
from me have honour.
xopot
VEWTÉpcp Tcp TÓVTO {3a<TTá'EtV 7TpOOE,.
But men are rl.Jadywho will guard the cOqlse!
CHORUS
Then what other command have you to giVl.J?
KPE!lN
áAA' EtfT' ÉTO~JLOL
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VE:KpO~_ 'Y' E~í()'xoii;_ot.
CREON
You must not give way to thosl.JWho disobey in this.
xoPO¡
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There is no oile foolish enoughto desire death.
KPE!lN
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203 EKKEK1}p'llKTat 'Táepep Musgrave: -vx()at Táepcp codd.:
208 Ttp:fiLinwood: -T¡v codd,
211 7l'OL€W
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peov
codd.
213 TOVT' Platt: 11'0'; T' codd.
.2 18&H' EK TOVS' Pallis: &H'I' (&Ho L s.l.) ToíJT' codd,
-vXOat ÁÉoy'" Nauck
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ANTIGONE
SOPHOCLES
KPEilN
Kat ¡L~v á ¡LurOó<; y' OfiTO<;. aA>.' 1m' EA.'rríoúJv
ávopa<; TO K¡pOO<; 'lTOAAtiK¿<; OU.óAEa-EV.
CREaN
WeIl, that is the reward; but hope has often caused the
love ofgain to ruin meno
EnterGUARD.
<I>TAAS
225
230
235
ávae, EpW /LE." OVX Ó7TWS ráxovs V7TO
ova-'lTvov<; íKCÍ,VúJ KOVepOV Etópa<; 'lTóoa.
'lToA>.o.<; yo.pÉa-xov eppOVTíoúJV 4'rr¿a-Ttia-€t<;,
áOOL<; KVKAWV E¡LavToV El<; avaa-Tpoepi¡V'
.¡mX~ yo.p 7]voa 'lTOAAti ¡Lo¿ ¡LvOOV¡L€V7],
"TtiAa<;, Tí xwp€'i<; oí ¡LÓAWV owa-€t<; OíK'Y¡V;
TAi¡¡LúJV, ¡L€v€t<; aii; KEl iáo' EZa-ETCU Kp€úJv
áA>.ov'lTap' avop6<;, 'lTw<; ero Oi¡T' OVK aAyvvi/;"
To¿avO' €Aía-aooúJV -iíVVTOV a-X OAii f3paov<;,
XOVTW{ áoo<;f3paxEZa yíYVETa¿ ¡LaKpá.
T€AO<; YE ¡L€V7'Ot OEVp' EvíK7]a-€¡J ¡LOAELV
a-oí' KEl TO ¡L7]oev EtEpw, eppáa-úJ o' ()¡Lw<;.
Ti¡<; EAll'íoo<;yo.p ÉpX0¡La¿ oEopaY¡L€vo<;,
,
TO ¡L~ 'lTaOEZv ltv áA>.o ll'Ai¡V TO ¡Lópa-¿/J,Ov. ,~
KPEilN
Tí o' ErfTtV avO' ofi Ti¡VO' ÉX€t<; aOv¡Líav;
<I>TAAS
240
eppáa-a¿ O€AúJ a-o¿ 'lTpWTa Ta¡LavTov' TO yo.p
'lTpáY¡L' OVT' Éopaa-' OVT' E¿OOV ()a-n<; 1)V á opwv,
" E<; KaKOV
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GUARD
King, 1 wiIl not say that 1 come breathless with running,
having plied a nimble foot! 1 had many worries that held
me up, tuming this way and that in my joumey as 1
thought of going back. Yes, my mind spoke many words
to me: 'Wretch, why are you going to a place where you
will pay the penalty? Poor feIl~w, are you staying behind,
then? And if Creon leams this from another man, how
shaIl you escape afHiction?"· As 1 pondered on such
thoughts 1 made my way slowly, with delays, and so a
short joumey became a long one. But in the end the
thought that prevailed was that of coming here to you;
and even if what 1 say amounts to nothing, stiIl 1 wiIl teIl
you; for 1 come clutching at the hope that 1 cannot suffer
anything but what is fated.
CREaN
But what is it that so troubles you?
GUARD
First 1 want to teIl you about myself; 1 did not do the
deed, nor did 1 see who did, and 1 could not with justice
come to any harm.
CREaN
You are skilfuIly setting fences and palisades around the
matter, and it is clear that you have sorne news to teIl uso
Eii YE a-ToXá'YI Ka'lToepápyvva-a¿ KÚKAl¡l
TO 'lTpáY¡La.07]AoL<; o' w<; n a-7]¡Lavwv V€ov.
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25
ANTIGONE
SOPHOCLES
GUARD
<pTAAS
To' SEtlIo' yáp/TOt 7I"pO(J"TíOr¡(J"' ÓKVOV 7I"o)l.:,)v.
CREüN
KPEilN
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EpEt<;'TI'OT
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Et<; a'Tl'Et;
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Oá1J;a<;f3Éf37]~E Ka7l"L XPWTL St1J;íf~
K6vw VaAVV/!-<; Kapayt(J"TEV(J"a<; &.. XP"'Í·
.
.
Will you not Out with it, aIl.d theIl take you~self away?
GUARD
. <pTAAS
245
Yes, serious matters make one very nervous.
Wt;ll, 1 willtell you! Someone has just gone off after
bl1rying the body, sprinlding its.f1esh withthirsty dust and
perforrning tlie necessary rites.
CREüN
~at are you,saying? What mllll has dare4to do this?
KPEilN
Tí p"'Í<;;Tí<;aVSpwv 7)v/<3 TOAp,"'Í(J"a<; TáS¿i
<pTAAS
250
255
OVK oIS.', €KEtyo'pOVTE.TOV YEvfiSo<; 7)v
'TI'Ai¡yp,', ov StKÉHr¡<; €i{f30A"'Í' (J"TVPAO<;&E yi¡
KaL XÉp(J"o<;,app@~ ovS' É7I"r¡p,a~Evp,Év"YJ
TpoxoLrnv, d,XX' a(J"7]p,o<; OVpyáTr¡S rt<; 7)v.
07l"w<; S' Ó 7I"P¿;'TO<; Y¡p,LV Y¡p,EP0(J"K671"0<; . .
SEíKVV(Tt, 7I"ii(n Oavp,a8v(J"XEpE<; 'TI'api¡v.
Ó p,EVYo'p i¡páVt(J"TO, TVP,f3"'Ípr¡<; p,EV ov;
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E'AfJÓV+Ót;, o{,'o-'7TáfTuv'TOC; E~EcPatlJ€To.
Myot.S' Év aH"'ÍAOt(J"tV Épp600vv KaKoí,
pVAa~ÉAÉyXwv pVAaKa, Kilv ÉyíYVETO
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El<; yáp rt<; ~v ÉKa(J"To<; ov~Etpya(J"p,Évo~,
KovSá<; Évapy"'Í<;, aH' ÉpEVYE p,T¡ E1SÉv/!-t.
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260
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GUARD
1 do not know; there was nomark of an axe, no earth
turned up by a mattock; théearth was hard and. dry,
unbroken and with no tracks of wheels;the doer left no
mark. And when the first daytime watcher showed us, it
W
as a disagr~eable surprise forall.He had vanished, not
buried in a tomb, but covered vvith a lightdust, as though
Pllt there bysomeone to avoid.poHution;and there were
nosigns of aIly wild beast or any dog that had comeand
torn the body. Hard words wert; bandiedbetween us, one
guard questioning another, and it might have ended with
a blow, and no one was there t()stop it; for each of us was
the doer, butno one manifestlyso, but he escaped detec. 259
post húnc versum aliquid forsitan interéiderit
27
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~JLEV
265
ANTIGONE
8' ÉTO/'JLOtKUt JLv8pov, u'ípEtV XEpO/'V,
tioU. And we were ready to lift lumps of molten lead and
to go through fire and to swearby the gods that we had
not done the deed and did not know who had planned it
or who had done it. And finally, when our search had
done us no good, one of us said a thing that made us all
bow our heads to the ground in terror; for we could not
answer him nor see what action would help us to escape
disaster. What he said was that \ve had to report the matter to you and not conceal it. This view prevailed, and the
lot constrained me, poor fellow, to accept this privilege.
Sohere 1 am,no less unwelcome than unwilling, 1 know;
fofno one loves the messengerwho brings bad news.
Kut mp 8tÉp7rEtV, Kut (JEOV, ÓPKWJLOTE/'V
ro JLi¡TE 8pucnit JLi¡re re¡¡gvvEt8Évut
ro 7rpu)'JLu f3ovlteVcTavTtJLi¡r' Elp)'UCTJLÉVe¡¡.
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o15r' avTtePwvEtV 0V(}' Ó7rW, 8pwvrE' KUltfJ¡,
7rpatutJL€v. ~v8' Ó JLv(Jo,
aVOtCTrÉov
CTOt rovp)'oVELr¡ romo KOVXt KpV7rrEov.
KUt TaVT' EvíKU, KaJLe TOV oVCTSaíJLova
7ralto, KU(JUtPE/, rovro rd,yu(Jov ItUf3E/'V.
7rapEtJLt8' áKWV oVX ÉKOVCTtV, 078' cJTt'
CTrÉp)'Et)'O-pov8á, á)')'€ltov KUKWV E7rWV.
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King, my anxious thought has long been advising me that
this action may have been prompted by the gods.
CREON
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JLT¡ ,ePEVPE(Jfj, ávov, rE .KUt )'ÉpWV áJLu.
ÍtÉ)'Et, )'o-p ovK aVEKro- 8uíJLOVU' ItÉ)'WV
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Cease, before your words fill me with rage, so that you
may not be found to be not only an old man but a fool!
What you say is intolerable, that the gods are concemed
for this corpse! Did they conceal it so as to do him great
who carne to bum their
honour as a benefactor,
colonnaded temples and their offerings and to destroy
their country and its laws? Do you see the gods honour-
mm
269
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avróv, ÓCí'Tt~ ,a¡.t<pf,Kíova~
VUOV, 7rVPWCTWV ~1t(JE KaVU(Ji¡JLura
KUt )'fiV €KEívwv KUt v6¡xov, 8tUCTKE8wv;
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290
SOPHOCLES
ANTIGONE
aAAa TaíJTaKat 1TáAat1TÓAEWS
ingevil men? It is not so! But long sincemen in the city
who find it hard to bear me have been mutmuring against
mein secret,shaking their heads, unwilling tokeeptheir
neqks beneath the yoke, as justice demands, so as to put
llpwith me.! know well tha( these peopIe. have been
bribedby those men to do this thing. There is no institution so ruinqus for men as mqney; money sacks cities,
mOJley drivesmen from their homes! Money by its teaching perverts men's goodminds sothat they take to' evil
actions! Mqney has shown men how topractise villainy,
an~ taught them impiousness in every acjion! •• But those
who toearntheir feehave cont~ive~ to dqthisthing have
ensured that in time they wiILpay the penalty. Well, if
Zells is still revered through my authority, know this for
certain, and Ispeak to you on oath!If youdo not find the
author of thi~ burial andreveaI him to my eyes, a single
Hades shallnot suffice ,.' for you, before all have been,
strung up aliye to expose this insoIence, so that for the
future you may know whE)re you can get your profit whell
you pIunder, and Iearn that you must not grow used to
making money out of everything. One sees more peopIe
ruinedthanone has seenpreservedby shamefuI gains.
avSpE<;i¡.LÓAt<;epÉPOVTE<; EppÓ{}OVV E¡.LOt
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295
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300
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aAA'EíJIEpí(JTX€¡ ZeuS' 'ET'
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305
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310
El ¡.L~ TOV aMÓXEtpa TqíJSE TOV Tác/JOv "
( "'..J...- """',f...{) \' ,-, EVpOVT~<; EK'f'aVEtT E<;?'f' aA¡.Lov<; E¡.LqV<;,
OVX Vf.Ltv ·At~TJ<; ¡.Lovvo<; apkÉa-Et, 1TptV ~v
'WVTE<;KpE¡.Laa-TOt TljvSE STJAWcrr¡{}' vf3pív,
rv' elSóTE<; TO KÉpSO<; EV{}EV,ola-TÉOV
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SOPHOCLES
ANTIGONE
<l>TAAS
315
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GUARD
8W(T€L~, ~ (T'Tpa4J€t'; OVTW'; íw;
Will you let me say something, or must 1 tum my back
and leave like this?
KPEfiN
OVK O!CTOa Ka~ IJVIJ W~ dIJtap¡;¡~ AÉ'YEt~;
EV TOtULV WO"LV ~. '1T'
CREaN
De) you not know even now how your words pain me?
<liTAAE
rji :,tJ¡vxfi 8áKVYF
GUARD
Is it your ears or your mind that feels the pain?
KPEfiN I
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CREaN
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Why do you try to locate the pain 1 feel?
iPTAAS
Ó 8pwv',u'
aVLª ras ePpÉvar;, Ta
8';.i~T'
EyW.
GUARD
The doer pains your mind, but 1 your ears.
KPEfiN
320
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oí¡J-' W~ AáA~¡J-a, O+jAoIJ, EK71'E,pVKO~ El.
iPTAAE
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Ah, you are a chatterer by nature, it is clear!
,
71'OTE.
GUARD
But never one who did this thing!
KPEfiN
CREaN
Ka~ mVT' E71"dp"(Úpep 'lE T.ryIJ <JmX.ryIJ 71'pOOoV~. ,
~
iPTAAS
You did, because you gave awayyour life for money!
,peV.ry OEtlJÓIJ, é[J oodi 'lE, Ka~ t/Jwoij OOKÚIJ.
oh! It is dangerous for the believer to believe what is not
true.
CREaN
KPEfiN
325
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To. OEtAo. KÉpO"l 7l'''I¡J-OlJo.~ EP'Yá'Emt.
on
iPTAAE
dn' EVpEOet"l ¡J-EIJ ¡J-áAtCTT" Eo.IJ oÉ TOt
A"I,pOfj TE Ka~ ¡J-{¡, TOVTO 'Yo.p TVX"I KptIJEL,
32
GUARD
Well, you split hairs about beliefl But if you do not reveal
the doers to me, you shall testify that low desire for profit
is the cause of pain!
ExítCREON.
GUARD
Why, let him be found by all means! But whether he is
found or not, for that is something that fortune will
33
ANTIGONE
SOPHOCLES
O' "",11
'\0'OVTa p,E..
OVK ECT01Tm<;
O'l'Y/ CTV'~"'"
OEVP EA
Kat VVV yap EKTO<; EA1TíSo<; yvwp,r¡<; T' Ep,i¡S
'.-/..'\ TOt, OEOt<; 1TOAAr¡V XaptV.
, O'f'EtAm
CTm oEt<;
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330
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decide,you will never see me corning here again! Indeed,
this.time 1 have got off safely beyond my OWll hopes and
my ()Wll judgment, and 1am deeply grateful to the gods!
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335
1TOna Ta SEtVa. KovSEV avOPW1TOV SEWÓTEPOV 1TÉAEt·
TOVTO Kat 1ToAtov 1TÉpav
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xmpli., 1TEptf3pvxítJtCTW
1TEPWV V1r' OtSj:WCTW, OEWV
7€TaVV7[Ep.ráTav,rav
aKap,aTcw a1ToTpvETat,
lAAop,ÉvmvtlpóTpmv eTO<; Ek eTO<;,
í7T1TEícp yÉVEt 1TOAEVWV.
Kovq;ovómv TE. q;VAov opvíOmv ap,<f;tf3aAwv aYEt
Kat Or¡pwv 6.ypímv eOvr¡
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CT7TEípatlJ'tSt~TVOKAwCTTOt<; ,
7TEptq;paS~<; tlV'YÍP' KpaTEI.
SE p,r¡xaval., dypaúXov
Or¡po<; 0PECTCTtf3áTa, XaCTtaÚXEvá O'
r7T7TOV OXp'á'ETat ap,q;t Aóq;ov 'vy0
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aKp,r¡Ta Tavpov.
Kat q;OÉyp,a Kat aVEp,ÓEJ
q;póvr¡p,a KataCTTvvóp,OV<;
opya<; EStSágaro Kat &CTaúAmv
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340
345
350
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CHORUS
MaIlY things are formidable, arid none more formidable
than man! He crosses the gray sea beneath the \\Iinter
wind, passing beneath the surges that surround him; and
he \Vears aw-ay the highest of tb.e gods, Earth, immorta!
an<1;unwearying, as his ploughsgo back and forth from .
year to year, tuming the soil witb. the aid of the breed of
horses.
And he captures the tribeofthotlght1ess birds andthe
races of wild beasts and the watery brood of the sea,
catching them in the woven coils of nets, man the skilful.
And he contrives to overcomethebeast that roams the
mountain, .and tames the shaggy-maned horse and the
untiring mountain bull, putting a yoke about their necks.
And he has leamed speech and wind-swift thought
and the temper that rules cities, and how to escapethe
$51 0xfLá'ETat SchOne:. égETUt 1: ligErat codd. plerique
tlfLif>¡ M</>ov 'vy0 Schone et Franz:&fL</>íAO</>OV.'vyov codd.
CTTp.f3'
35
SOPHOCLES
ANTIGONE
7ráywvl17TaíOpeta Ka.
360
OVo"OILf3pa .pEfryEW f3ÉAr¡
7raVT071"OpO<;' a7ropo<; E7r' OVOEV ÉPXETat
TO ILÉAAOV' •AtOa ILoVOV
eP€vgtV OVK E7TágETUt'
voO"wvo' aILr¡xávwv .pvyos
f VIL7TÉ.ppaO"Tat.
365
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The GUARD leads in ANTIGONE.
vo¡.tov<; 7rapEípwv X80vo<;
<"
8EWV T,,,EVOPKOV otKaV
1 am at a loss; is this a godsent portent? But howshall
1 deny, since 1 know it, that this is the young Antigone?
Unhappy one and child of an unhappy father, Oedipus,
what is this? Surely they do not lead you captive for disobedience to the king's laws, having detected you in folly?
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375
yÉVOtTO ILi¡T' tO"ov .ppovwv
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'<" EpOOt.
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el oatILOVtoV TÉpa<; aIL.pwow
TOOE' 7rw<; <o'> E10w<; avnAoyi¡O"w
Ti¡VO' OVK Elvat 7ratO' 'Avnyovr¡v;
¿¡,
380
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exposure of the inhospitable hills and the sharp arrows of
the rain, all-resourceful; he meets nothing in the future
without resource; only from Hades shall he apply no
means offlight; and he has contrived escape from desperate maladies.
Skilful beyond hope is the contrivance of his art, and
he advances sometimes to evil, at other times to good.
When he applies the laws of the earth and the justice the
gods have swom to uphold. he is high in the city; outcast
from the city is he with whom the ignoble consorts
because ofms reddessness. May he who does such things
never sit by my hearth or share my thoughts!
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This is the one that did the deed! We caught her burying
357 ,nraUJp<ta Boeckh:
arOp<a codd.
yepaípwv Reiske
376 el Reiske: Es codd.
368 7fape¡pwv]
7raTpo<; Olot7rooa,
Ti 17'07';
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37
ANTIGONE
SOPHOCLES
385
Tf¡v8' €/'AOfJ-€V (Já'TrTOV<Tav. dAAa 'TrOV Kpéwv;
xopo::>:
08' EK 86fJ-wviat/Joppo~ E~ 8éov 'Tr€pq..
KPEON
Tí 8' E<T'T"t; 'Troírt gVfJ-fJ-€TPO~ 'Trpo15f3'Y]v TVXY¡;
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<T)(OAfj 'Tr0(J' 'ífg€tv o€Vp' &.11 Eg'Y]VXOVV Ey6J
TaL~ <TaL~ d'Tr€tAaL~, a¡;~lx.EtfJ-á<T(J'Y]v T6i.€.
dA>.' T¡ yape6KTo~ Ka. 'Trap' EA'Trí8a.~ xapa
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KO<TfJ-oV<Ta. A';¡po~ Ev(Jáo'OVK E'TráA>.€To,
dAN E<T'T' EfJ-f)V (Jo15pfJ-awv, OVK aA>.ov, T6o€.
Kat vvv, áv(}.,g; 71Ív3' aV7óS-, wS' (}ÉAE1S, Xaf3wv .<
Ka. KPLV€ KdgéA€-YX" EYW 8' EAeÍJ(J€PO~ ..
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KPEilN
~ Ka. tvví'Y]~· ka. A€YEt~ op(J¡;'~
392 eVKTO< Eothe: EKTO< codd.
402
38
aVri¡ Wílson: aiJ'TT1 codd.
thebody! Butwhere is Creon?
CHaRUS
He is hete, returning from the house just when he is
needed.
E11.ter
CREONi
CREaN
What is the matter? What is the event that makes my
cOIlling opportune?
GUARD
Kí)lg, there isnothing that mortaIs can swear is impossihIel For second thoughts show one's judgment to be
wrong; why,. Iscarcely would h(¡ve thought 1 would come
here again because ofyour threats, which at that time battered me. But since the delight that one has prayed for
beyond hope is unlike any other pleasure by a long way, 1
have come, though 1 had sworn never to do so, bringing
this gir!; who was caught adoming the grave. No lots
were cast in this case, but thegift of fortune belongs to
me and to no other. And now, 1dng, take her yourself and
juqge her and· convict her; bu~ 1 am free,· and have the
right to be released from thesetroubles!
CREaN
How did you take her,and from where have you brought
her?
GUARD
She herself was burying the man! You know it all!
a ePf¡~;
CREaN
Do you understand, and are you saying correctly what you
at~ telling me?
39
ANTIGONE
SOPHOCLES
GUARD
<I>TAAa
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TUVT'YJV ')' WWV U7TTOVCTUV OV CTV TOV VEKpO
405
a7TEÍ7TU<;. o.p' Év8r¡Au KUt CTUef>ii AÉ')'W;
CREüN
KPEflN
And how was she sighted and taken in the act?
KUt m;)<; ópaTat Ka7TíAr¡7TTO<; iJpÉ(}'YJ;
GUARD
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TOtOVTOV 'YJV TO 7TpU')'¡L • 07TW<; ')'f#.p 'YJKO¡LEV,
7TpO<; CTOV Ta 8Eív' €KEtV' €7Tr¡ 7TEtA'YJ¡LÉVOt,
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410
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7TaCTUV KOVW CTr¡PUVTE<; 'YJ KUTEtXE TOV
VÉKVV, ¡Lv8wv TE CTW¡LU YV¡LVWCTUVTE<; EV,
KU(}~¡LE(}' aKpwv €K 7Tá')'wv V7T~VE¡LOt,
OCT¡LT¡V o.7T' UVTOV ¡LT¡ f3áAY¡ 7TEef>EV')'6TE<;,
€')'EPTt KtVWV av8p' o.vT¡p €7TtppÓ(}Ot<;
I<UKO'ia-tV,
415
Eí Tl8
TOiJi)'
dq,Ef,8'Yja-ot 7TÓVOV.
XPÓVOV Tá8' .ryv TOCTOVTOV, ÉCTT' €V uWÉpt
¡LÉCTl¡J KaTÉCTT'YJ AU¡L7TpO<; -Y¡Aíov KÚKAO<;
,
KUt KUV¡L' É(}UA7TE" KUt TÓT' €tuíef>v'YJ<; X(}OVO<; :
TVef>W<; o.')'EÍpu<; CTK'YJ7TTÓV, ovpávwv axo<;,
420
7Tí¡L7TA'YJ CTt 7TE8íov, 7TaCTUV UlKí'wv ef>6f3r¡v
íJA'YJ<; 7TE8tá80<;, €V 8' €¡LECTTW(}'YJ ¡LÉ')'u<;
uWf¡p' ¡LVCTUVTE<; 8' E'iXO¡LEV (}Eíuv VÓCTOV.
Kut TOv8' o.7TUAAU')'ÉVTO<; €V Xpóvl¡J ¡LUKPéi!,
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wvfi<; VEOCTCTWV opef>UVOV f3AÉ>py¡ AÉXO<;'
OVTW SE XaVTT}, t/nAOV w.;- ópéf: VÉKVV,
YÓOtULV
40
E~cfJp.,úJgEV, EK 8'
It was like this! When we went back, after those terrible
threats of yours, we swept away all thedust that covered
the corpse, carefully stripped the mouldering body, and
then sat shielded by the hilltops from the wind, avoiding
the smell that might have come to us from it, each man
watchfully arousing his neighbour with volleys of abuse, if
anyone seemed likely to neglect this task. This lasted
until the bright circle of the sun took its place in the sky
and the midday heat began to roast us; and then suddenly
a whirlwind on the ground raised up a storm, a trouble in
the air, and filled the plain, tormenting all the foliage of
the woods that covered the ground there; and the vast sky
was filled with it, and we shut our eyes and endured the
godsent afRiction.
And when after a long time this went away, we saw the
girl; she cried out bitterly, with a sound like the piercing
note of a bird when she sees her empty nest robbed ofher
young; just so did she cry out, weeping, when she saw the
corpse laid bare and called down curses on those who
,..,
'YJ 7Tut<; 0PUTUt KUVUKWKVEt 7TtKpW<;
OPVt(}O<; otlJV ef>(}ó')'')'OV, W<; OTaV KEVfi<;
425
Yes, l saw her burying the corpse whose buria! you forbade! Is what l say clear and exact?
412 post hune versum laeunam statuit Meineke
418 áYE'pa~ Radermaeher: áEípa~ eodd.
423 7nKpW~ Bothe: 7nKpo.~ eodd.
apac; KaKas
41
ANTIGONE
SOPHOCLES
430
435
440
i¡PUTO TOL(Tt TOVPYOV EgHPyaap-ÉvOt<;.
Kat XÉpatVEv8v<; St¡fJíal{pÉpEt KÓVtV,
EK T' EVKpOT~TOV xaAKÉ~<; ápS'Y}v71'p ÓX OV
xoaLat .Tpta71'ÓVSotat T6V VÉKVV aTÉpEt.
Xi¡¡LEL<; lSÓVTE<; ÍÉp.Éa8a'avv SÉ VtV
8'Y}pWP.E8' eV8v<; OVSEV EK71'E71'A'Y}YP.ÉV'Y}v,
Kat Tcf<;TE 71'pÓa8EV Tcf<;n ¡'vv i¡AÉyXOP.EV
71'pcf~Et<;. f1.71'apvo<; S' OVSEVo<;Kd8íaTaTO,
ap.' 7¡SÉW<;EP.OtYE KUAYEtVW<; ap.a.
ro JLEV yap ulrtov EK Ka~wv 7TEepEvyÉvat."
.. E<;
, KaKOVOE
'"'
' '1.'tl\ov<;aYEtV
-1..'\"
'Y}0taTov!
TOJ$
'\
" a""a
\ \" 71'aVTa ,,:av~8' 'Y}aaw
•
\ (.) ~
a"YEtVov.
"afJEtV
EP.Ot 71'ÉpVKE Ti¡<; EP.i¡<; a.wT'Y}pía<;.
CREON
You there, yQJ.l that are bowing down your head towards
the ground, do you admit, or do you deny, that youhave
done this?
ANTlGONE
KPEílN
1say that 1did it and 1 do not deny it.
cr~ 87j'(T€ :T~V veVOV(TU1i:ES' 1TÉ8ovl<áp.u,
P1Í<;, T¡KaTapvf¡ p.i¡ SESpaKÉvat TcfSE;
.
CREON
(ta G UARD) You may take yourself to wherever you please,
free from theheavycharge.
ANTlrONH
Kat ep'Y}p.t Spuaat KOVK (Í71'apvovp.atTO p.~.
KPEílN
445
had done the deed. At once she brought in her hands
thirsty dust,and from the well-wrought):¡razen uro that
she was carrying she poured over the cor¡>se a threefold
libation. When we saw it we made ha~te .and atonce
seized her, she being in no way surpriséd, and charged
herwith her éarlier action and with this. She denied none
of it, which gave me pleasure and pain at once. For to
have escapedoneselffrom trouble is mostpleasant, but to
bring friends intodanger is painful. But all this matters
less to me than my own safety!
Exit GUARD.
(ta ANTIGONE) But do you tell me, not at length, but
brieHy: did yon know of the proclamation forbiddingthis?
ai) P.EV kop.í'ot<; llv aEaVTov{j 8ÉAEt<;
E~W f3apEía<; alTía<; EAEV8EPOV'
ANTIGONE
av S'el71'ÉP.Ot p.i¡ P.i¡KO<;, UAAa avVTÓP.W<;,
ií8r¡a8a KTJPVX8ÉvTa p.i¡ 71'pcfaaEtV TcfSE;
1knew it: ofcourse 1knew it. It was known to all.
CREON
And yet you dared to transgress these laws?
ANTlrONH
iíS'Y}' Tí S' OVK EP.EAAov;Ep.pavi¡ yap .ryv.
KPEílN
,
~ '"
,
)
'\
I
~,
~
Q
I
-
I
Kat V'Y}T ETo"p.a<; Tovao V71'Epf'JatVEtV vop.ov<;;
42
43
SOPHOCLES
ANTIGONE
ANTlrONH
450
455
460
465
470
ov yáp Tí p,OtZEVr; 11V óK'Y/pvgar; Tá8E,
, 1::', < i:'
.,.
'"
'., () '" A '
OVO
'Y/ ~ VVOtKQr;
TWV
KaTW
EWV utK'Y/
TOtOVo-8' cEVap()PÚY1fOto-W' Wpto-EV VÓ¡LOVr;,
ov8e a-()ÉVEtV 1"Oo-OVTOV c'pÓp''Y/V Ta o-a
.
K'Y/pvyp,a()' w&-T'áypaTrTa K~a-cPaAii ()EWiJ.
VÓp,tp,a 8vvaa-()at ()V'Y/Táy' OV()' vTrEp8pap,€'iv.
ov yápTt vVVYE Kax()Ér;, aAA' akí TrOTE .••..
'il TaVTa, KoV8Ets" oi8EVEg ÓTOV 'cP á V'1}.
TOVTWV EYW OVK Ép,EAAov, av8por; OV8EVOS"
cPpóv'Y/P,a 8Eío-ao-', EV ()EO¡o-t Ti}V 8íK'Y/V
8Wo-EW' ()avo~p,Év'Y/ yapEgri8'Y/, Tí 8' ov;
Ket p,i} o-V TrP()VK~pvgar;. El 8e TOV XPÓV()V
1
()'
. ()
'",
.
r 1::'
. >, , , , \ ' .'
Trpqo- EV avpvp,at, KEpOOr; aVT EYW /\.eyw.
Óo-'TLr; yap EV7TOAAo¡o-wwr; EYW KaKO¡r;
'il, Trwr;Ó8' OVXt KaT()aVWV KÉp8or;cPÉpú;
OVTWr; Ép,OtYE1-0V8E TOVp,ÓPOV TVX6V
Trap' ov8ev (J,'A.yor;" aAA'(J,v, El TOV Eg Ep,~r;
WfJTpOr; ()avóPT' (J,()aTrTOV; <OVT'> T,VE<TXÓp,'Y/v,'
KEíVOts" &v 1jAyovv" To¡a-8E 8' OVK aAyvvop,at.
o-Ot 8' El 80K@ vVv p,wpa 8pwa-a TV'YXávEW,
<TXE8óv 'TL p,WP4! p,wpíav 0cPAto-Kávw.
XOPO~
8fjAov' TO yÉv;v'Y/p,' wp,ov Eg wp,ov TraTpOr;
"
~ /
"31
~,),
/
.
.....
T'Y/r; TratoOr;" EtKEtV o OVK ETrta-TaTat KaKOtr;.
'\\'>, ()
KPE!lN
" \ ' ,>,
,1...
,
a/\./\. to- t TOtTa o-K/\.'Y/P ayav 'fJpov'Y/p,aTa
44
ANTIGONE
Yes, for it wasnot Zeus who made this proclamation,nor
was it Justice who lives with the gods below that established such laws among men, nor did 1 think your proclamations strong enough to havepower to overrule, mortal
asthey were, the unwritten aIld unfailing ordinances of
the gods. For these have life, n.ot simply today and yesterday, but for ever, and no oneknows how long ago they
were revealed. For this 1 did not intend to pay the
penaltyamong the gods for fear of any man's pride. 1
knew that 1 would die, of course 1 knew, •. even if YQu had
made no proclamation. But ~f 1 die before my time, 1
account thatgain.. For .' doesnot whoever lives among
many troubles, as 1 do, gain by death? So it is in no way
painful for me to meet with thisdeath; if 1 had endured
that the sonof my own mother shoulddie and remain
uIlburied, that would have given me pain, but this gives
me none. And if you think my actioIls foolish, that
amounts to a charge offolly bya fooI!
CHORUS
Iti is clear! The nature of the girl is savage, like her
father's, andshe does not know how to bend before her
troubles.
CREON
Why, know that over-stubbofIl wills arethe most apt to
455 (}vrrrú
y' óv()' Bruhn: (}vrrrovóv()' codd.
T¡(v)~óp.:rlv VÉKVV codd.
467 <ÓVT'> T¡vE~óp.:rlv Blaydes:
plerique: T¡VE~ÓJL71V VÉKVV Zo
471 8ijAov Nauck: 871AOt codd.
45
SOPHOCLES
,
'
'\
ANTIGONE
,
,,.
7T(,7TTEtV p,UI\UrTU, KU(, TOpEYKPUTECTTUTOV
475
EK
CTí8r¡pov ()1TTOV
()
1
1
\""\,
I~
PUVCT() EVTU KU(, PUYEVTU7TI\EtCTT UV EtCTWO(,f).
8' oI8u TOVf)
CTJ-UKpé¡> XUAwé¡>
.,
. (,7T7TOVf)
480
7TVPOf) 7TEP('CTKEAi¡
'(
()vp,ovp,ÉVOVf)
""\
OV yup EK7TEI\Et
() ,
KUTUPTV EVTUf)·
,/..
" P,EY
".,OCTT(,f) OOVI\Of)
~ "\ "
"
'\
o/POVEtV
E~T(, TúJV 7TEI\Uf).
.,
e;:. , «(.J 'r
"
"(; 1
UVTr¡ o V¡vp(,t::,EtV p,EV 1'01' ES r¡7T(,CTTUTO,
1
I
(.J
(
I
,
1
VOJ-WVf) V7TEPfJU(,VOVCTU TOVf) 7TpOKEtp,EVOVf)·
., (.J
~'"
e;:. le;:.
... e;:.
e;:.
1
V¡vp(,f) o , E7TE(' OEOPUKEV, r¡OE OEVTEPU,
TOVTO(,~E7TUVXéLV KUt
~
485
av~p,
vUV EYW p,ev OVK
,
1""1"
'I"'\~.
TUVT UVUTE(, TYJOE
El,
aAA'
ELT'
a8EA4>i¡f)
TOV 7TUVTOf)
"
UVTr¡
TE
8E8pUKVLUV
UVTr¡
,.
KE(,CTETU(,
8'
,
YEAUv.
av~p,
KpUTr¡.
EL()' óp,U(,p,OVECTTÉpU
~p,LV Zr¡VOf) ÉpKEíov KVPEL,
'(;1
"\1(;
Xr¡ S VVu(,p,Of) OVKUI\VS ETOV
,
,
"1'
:J'
I
p,opOV KUK(,CTTOV· KU(, yup OVV KEtVr¡V (,CTOV
490
E7TU(,T(,Wp,U(,
I
\
TOVSE
(30VAEVCTU(, Tá4>ov.
ANTIGONE
,";'~
Do you wish for anything more than to take me and kilI
me?
~I
......,
,
,
,
KU(, V(,V KUI\EtT '. ECTúJ yup EtOOV UpT(,úJf)
AVCTCTWCTUV UVTrW ov8'
4>(,AEL 8' ó ()vp,Of)
495
1""1
p'('CTúJ
( \
YE
'
I
EV
KAo7TEVf)
CTKÓTq> TEXVúJp,ÉVúJv.
;"
,
p,EVTO(, XúJTUV
"
E7T~(30Aov 4>PEVWV.
7TpÓCT()EV Ílpi¡CT()U('
TWV p,r¡8ev 0p()Wf)
fall, and the toughest iron, baked in the fire till it is hard,
is most ofien, you will see, cracked and shattered! 1 know
that spirited horses are controlIed by a small bridle; for
pride is impossible for anyone who is another's slave. This
girl knew well how to be insolent then, transgressing the
established laws; and after her action, this was a second
insolence, to exult in this and to laugh at the thought of
having done it. Indeed, now 1 am no man, but she is a
man; if she is to enjoy such power as this with impunity.
But whether she is my sister's child or closer in affinity
than our whole family linked by Zeus of the hearth, she
andher sister shalI not escape a dreadful death! Yes, 1
hold her equalIy guilty of having planned this burial! CalI
her! 1 saw her lately in the house raving, having lost control of her wits. The mind is often detected in deceit
beforehand, when people are planning nefarious deeds in
darkness; but 1 hate also those who are caught out in evil
deeds and then try to gloss them overo
EV
" \ \
I
1""1
KUKO(,CT(,
1
UI\OVf) E7TEtTU TOVTO KUI\I\VVE(,V
CREON
Not I! When 1 have that, 1 have everything.
T(,f)
() ' \
EI\YJ.
ANTlrONH
()ÉAEtf) T(,
p,EL'OiJ
~ KUTUKTELvuí p,' ÉAwv;
KPEflN
"
,
,~/
1"'\
",
(/
,
"
EYúJ p,EV OVOEV·TOVT EXúJV U7TUVT EXúJ.
46
47
SOPHOCLES
ANTIGQNE
ANTlrONH
ANTIGONE
Then why do you delay? Therels nothing to pIease me in
rí 8fjra p.IAAEÍS; WS E/Wt rwv o"wv Xóywv'
" . . , --) -, -.
500 apEo"rOV()VOEV~
p.':YJO apEO"() E~'Y]
7rorE,,
ovrw 8€Kat O"()'i ráp.: a4>av8ávovr' ~4>v.
Kaíro~ 1T()(}EV k'A.ÉOS y' &V ElJKAEÉo"rEpov
KarÉuxov 7} rcw avrá8EA4>ov EV rá4>qJ
n(}liO"a;rovrois rovro 7Tao"~v áv8ávE~V
505 AÉYO~¡.t'~v, El ¡.ti¡ YAwO"O"av EYKA~O~ 4>ó/3;os.
aAA' i¡ r~pavv;8 7TOAAá r' áAA' Ev8a~¡.tovEL
.KátEO"rwavrñ8pav AÉYEtV ()' él fioVAErat.
~,
YOllf words, and may there never be, and just so myatti-
~'"
tuge displeases you. Yet how cQuld 1 have gained greater
glory than by placing my own brother in his grave? 1
would say that aH these men wüuld approve this, if it were
notthat fear shuts their mouths.. But kingship is fortunate
in many ways, and in particularit has power to do and say
what it wishes.
KPEON
a-Urovro ¡.tOVV'Y] rwv8E Ka8¡.t€Íwv ópqs.
ANTlrONH
ópwo"~ x()~ro~'0"0t8'V7TíAAoVo"~ o"ró¡.ta.
KPEON
510
a-U 8' OVK E7Tai8ñ, rwv8E xwptsEl 4>POVE'S;
•
ANTlrONH
.<;.
"
ov8€v yd-p alUXPov rovs Ó¡.tOo"7TAáyxvov~ O"Éfi€tiJ.
Was not he who died on the other side also your brother?
KPEON
OVKOVV ó¡.ta~¡.tos XW Karavríov (}avów;
"i""i.
o¡.ta~¡.tOSEK ¡.t~as
rE
, ) "
Ka~
ANTIGONE
My brother with the same mother and the same father.
ANTlrONH
d
CREON
,
ravrov 7Tarpos.
KPEON
CREON
Then how can you render the other a grace which is impious towards him?
7TWS 8fjr' EKEíVqJ 8VO"O"Efifj n¡.tfis XáptV;
505 'AÉ,,/Otp-'
48
Ll.-J.: 'AÉ,,/OtT' codd.
49
ANTIGONE
SOPHOCLES
ANTIGONE
ANTlroNH
515
,
ov fLap'TVp~CTEL 'TavB' o• Ka'T B'
aVWV VEKV¡;.
KPEfiN
The dead bodywill not bear witness to that.
CREON
Yes, ifyou honour him equally with the impious one.
lí 'Toí CTePE TLP.q,¡; Eg íCTOV 'T<p OVCTCTE{3li.
ANTIGONE
It was not a slave, but my brother who had died.
ANTlrONH
ov yáp TL OOVAO¡;, aAA' aO~AePO~ WAE'TO.
KPEfiN
,t:!
'TTopBwvoe 'T~VOE y-ryV' ó o' aVTLCT'Ta¡; V'TTEp.
~)
•,
1 ' "AtO'Y1¡; 'TOV~ VÓII.OV~ 'TOV'TOV¡; 'TToBli.
ofLW¡;
o<y
.,
r
KPEfiN
aAA' OVx ó XP'l1CT'TO~ 'T<p KaK<p AaXliv íCTO~.
ANTlrONH
,
,. , '8
'Tí¡; OiOEV El KánJ) 'CT'TW EVay'l1 'Ta E;
KPEfiN
.../,.'
"
OV'Tot 'TTOB' OVXBpÓ¡;, ovO' O'TaV Báv71' \IJtAO~ .. ';';
ANTlrONH
OV'Tot CTvvÉXBELV, aAAa, CTVfLePtAliV EePVV ,
KPEfiN
525
But he was trying to destroy this country, and the other
stood against him to protect it.
ANTIGONE
ANTlrONH
520
CREON
Ká'TWVVV EABoVCT', El ePtA'l1'TÉov, eP íAEL
"
' aps
"i: EL yv v~
,
, , , ~E' '( WV'TO¡;
OVK
.,.
KEtVOV¡;'
EfLoV
o S
None the less, Hades demands theselaws.
CREON
But the noble man has not equa! claim to honour with the
eviL
ANTIGONE
Who knows if this action is free from blame in the world
below?
CREON
An enemy is never a friend, even when he is dead.
ANTIGONE
1 have no enemies by birth, but 1 have friends by birth.
CREON
Then go below and love those friends, if you must love
them! But while 1 live a woman shall not rule!
CHORUS
XOPO~
Ka/' p.-Y¡v 'TTpO 'TTVAWV 71 0' 'ICTfL~V'l1'
ÉV'l1'
"'/"tAáoEAeP. a Ká'TW OáKpV'
df3ofL
'Y
.,
(
VEeP ÉA'l1 O' 0ePPVWV V'TTEp atfLa'TOEV
See, here before the gates is Ismene, dropping tears of
love for her sister; and a cloud over her eyes marks her
I
51
50
SOPHOCLES
530
ANTIGONE
pÉ(Joe; ailTX1JvEt,
,
'"
,.,
.,'
I
'TEYYOVlT
EVlmTa
7TapEtav.
Hushed face, wetting her fair cheeks!
I
Enter ISMENE.
j
KPE.QN
crU 8',
535
CREON
1/ Ka'T' o'íKove; we; gxt811' vepEtJLÉV1j
You, whom 1 never noticedas likea viper hiding in the
house you sucked my blood-nor did 1 know that 1 was
rearing up two plagues and two subverters of the
throne-come, tell me, do yOu admit being a party to this
burial, or wiIl you swear thatyou know nothing?
\ '(J"
)~, "
, (J
A'r¡
OVlTa, JL"é:"
ES E7TtVEe;, ovo E¡J-a~ avov
'r/..
t-h""
,
.'(J'
'TpE'f'WV
Ova'Ta
Ka7TaValT'TalTEte;
pOVWV,
epÉp', Ei7T€ 8?Í ¡J-ot,KaL lTi) 'Tov8E 'TOV ~d.epOV
epnerEte; fLE'Tacrxe'i ll , f¡ 'tofLi! 'TO ¡J-Y¡ EiSÉvat;
I
ISMENE
I$MHNH
1 did the deed, if she agrees, and 1 take and bear my share
of the blame.
8É8paKa múpyov, e'í7TEp -fí8' Ó¡J-oppo(JEí,
KaL tV¡J-¡J-E'TíerXWKaL epÉpw 'Ti'je; alríae;.
ANTlrONH
aAA'
OVK
Eaa-ELTOV'TÓ ')1'
i¡ SiK'1l
u', E1TEL
OV'T' 7¡(JÉA'1/erae; OV'T' €yw ' KotvWlTáfJ-'1/lI.
I$MHNH
540
dAA' €V KaKoíe; 'Toíe; eroíerwovK aierxVvo¡J-at
fÚ¡J-7TAOVV €fLaviY¡v 'TOV 7Tá(Jove; 7TOWV¡J-ÉVY¡.
ANTlrONH
(Jjv 'Tovpyov d AtS1'Je; xoi Ká'TW tvví(T'TOpEe;'
Aóyote; S' €yw eptAOVerav ov lT'TÉpyw epíA1'JV.
I$MHNH
545
I
' "
I
"
t, KalTtyv1'J'T'1/,
¡J-'1/'To
fL anfJ-aer'(je;
'TO' ¡J-'1/
ov
(JavEív 'TE crUv eroL 'TOV (JaVÓVTa (J' áyvílTat.
ANTlrONH
¡J-Y¡ 'fJ-OL (Jáv'(je; <.Ti) Kowá, fL1'J8' & fJ-Y¡ '(JtYEe;
,'
(J"V'(jerKover"
,
7TOWV.............
erEaV'T1'Je;, apKEerw
EYW.
52
ANTIGONE
l
"
E
I!
Why, justice will not aIlow you this, since you refused and
1was not your associate!
15MENE
But in your time of trouble 1 am not ashamed to make
myself a feIlow voyager in your suffering.
ANTIGONE
Hades and those below know to ",hom the deed belongs!
And 1 do not tolerate a loved one who shows her love OlUy
inwords.
15MENE
Sister, do not so dishonour me as not to let me die with
you and grant the dead man the proper rites!
ANTIGONE
Do not try to share my death, and do not claim as your
ownsomething you never put a hand to! My death wiIl be
enough!
536
ó¡.wppo/M:] -(Jw Nauck
53
Kat rí~ /3íov f.LOt
SOPHOCLES
ANTIGONE
I!MHNH
ISMENE
O-OV
And what desire for life will be mine if you leave me?
AEA€tf.Lf.LÉVY11TÓOO~; ..
ANTIGONE
ANTlrONH
Ask Creon! You are his champion!
KpÉovr' EpWra' rov8E 'Yap a-U Kr¡8Ef.LWV.
ISMENE
I!M:HNH
550
,
"""
Tt ravr
.....
avtq.~
,
'..J,. \'
,~,
Why do you give me such pain, when it does you no good?
I
f.L OVOEV W'I'EI\OVf.LEVr¡;
ANTIGONE
ANTlrONH I
It grieves me to mock you, if 1 do mockyou.
aA'Y0Vo-a f.LEV 8fjr', El 'YEAW 'Y', EV o-ot 'YEAW.
ISMENE
What help can 1 still give you,
to this?
I!MHNH
,~
.... , ..,
,\\,
....
,~,
'.J...\ "":1'
,
Tt or¡r 1J.V al\l\a 1J1IV o- Er W'I'EI\OLf.L E'YW;
0-'
Save yourselfl 1 do not grudge you your escape.
V1TEKef>V'YÚV.
ISMENE
I!MHNH
Ah me, am 1 to miss sharing your death?
o'íf.LOt nlAatva, Kaf.L1TAáKw rOl) o-ov f.LÓpOV;
ANTIGONE
ANTlrONH
555
Yes, you chose Jife, and 1 chose death!
a-U f.LEV'Yap EíAoV 'fjv, E'YW 8E KarOaVEtv.
ISMENE
I!MHNH
But 1 did not fail to speak out!
aAA' OVK E1T' app~TOt~ 'YE rOt~ Ef.L0t~ Aó'Yot~.
ANTIGONE
Some thought you wereright, and some thought Iwas.
ANTlrONH
\
~
KaI\W~
,
,
,
o-v f.LEV
,."
~.
~
rot~, rOt~
......,
""
,
,'"
Á-
.~
o E'YW OOKOVV 'l'POVEtv.
I!MHNH
e 't:
ISMENE
Why, our.offence is equal!
'
ANTIGONE
Kat f.Lr¡v to-r¡ Vf¡}V Ecrrtv r¡ '" af.LapTta.
ANTIrONH
560
OáPO-Et. a-Uf.LEV 'ii~, T¡ 8' Ef.LT¡ .¡wxT¡ 1TáAat
rÉOvr¡KEV, wo-rE rOt~ OavOVO-tv &1ef>.EAEtV.
54
that things have come
ANTIGONE
ANTlrONH
o-&o-ov.o-Eavnív. ovef>Oovw
rloW
Be comforted! You are alive, but my Jife has long been
dead, so as to help the dead.
560
¿,</>ú••iv] ·.i< Dobree
55
,
SOPHOCLES
KPEllN
'\
.... ~~ ..J...
'\
/~
'\,
TW 7ratoE'f'7JILt TWoE T7JV fLEV
~
;/..,
[J
,",
ANTlGONE
!
/
apnw~
';/..,'"
I
!
.
~,
,
!
~;/..
avovv 7rE'f'aVvat, T7JV o a'f' ()V Ta 7rpWT E'f'V,
CREaN
1 say that one of these girlshas only now been revealed as
mad, but the other has been so from birth.
ISMENE
Yes, king, those who are miserable lose even such senSeas
they have; it leaves them.
KPEilN
565
'\
...... . ....
d {j'
"'\
.
'\
<T()t yovv, Ov EtAOV <TVV
CREaN
I
-....,
KaKOt~
,
7rpa<T<TEtV KaKa.
It left.you, when you choset() do evil with evildoers.
ISMENE
I~MHNH
How can 1 live alone without her?
Tíyap fLovT1 fLOt Tr¡<TO' lf.TEp f3U;)<TtfLOV;
CREaN
Why, she-Do not say it, f6r she no longerexists!
KPEilN
) \ \'
de;:> -
,
'\
\ -"
)
~
'\
,"
aAA 7JOE fLEVTOt-fL7J AEY • OV yap E<TT En.
I~MHNH
d>"'Aa KTEVli~
vVfLePE'iaTov <TaVTOV TÉKVOV;
KPEilN
..
I~MHNH
570
OVX
¿k
EKEíVqJ Tf¡OÉ T' .ryv T¡PfLO<TfLÉva.
KPEilN
....
,'\
'\
KaKa~
EYW
Á.,.'\'L]'
"
ayav
KPEilN
YE
\....
AV7rEt~
572 Antigonae
56
'\
'\
'\
'\
CREaN
1 hate evil wives for my son!
CREaN
'
<T anfLa."Et 7raT7Jp.
~',"r
W~
It would not be as fitting as for him and for her.
Dearest Haemon, how your father dishonours you!
I~MHNH
A'l'tfLOV,
W 'f'tATav
'5'
ISMENE
ISMENE
,
....
VtE<Tt (TTVYW.
~
yvVatKa~
CREaN
Yes, for the furrows of others can be ploughed!
"
"
",
UpW<TtfL?t yap XaTEpWV Et<TtV yvat.
,,\
ISMENE
But wilI you kilI her who is to be your son's bride?
'\
Kat <TV Kat TO <TOV
You cause me excessive pain, you and the marriage you
talk ofl
-\'
AEXO~.
tribuit ed. Aldina
57
SOPHOCLES
ANTIGONE
I$MHNH
ISMENE
Willyou indeed rob your son ofher?
.ry yo.p erTEpT¡erü'> rijer8E TOV a-aVTOV yÓVov.;
CREON
KPEilN
575
It is:Hades who will prevent thisIllarriage for me.
•At8r¡,>ó 7Taverwv Tover8E TOV'> yá¡wv'> EfJ-oí.
ISMENE
I$MHNH
It is'decided, it seems, that she shall die.
""
""
' " t<,aTOaVEtv.
~
OEVOY¡¡'EV,
W'>,~OtKE, Tr¡VOE
KPEilN
CREON
I
By you and by me! Let there be;no delay, but take her in,
hen\)hmen! From now on these two must be women, and
must not be on the loose. Yes,~ven those who are bold
try to escape, when they see Hades already near to their
lives.
ANTIGONE and ISMENE are taken ínsíde.
¡..tT¡ 'T'pt{3ar; ET',aAAá
Ko¡¡,í'ET' E'ierw,8¡¡'WE'>' EK 8e Tov8E xpT¡
Kat CToí '}'E Kap;:oí.
580
yvvatKa> E7va~ Táer8E ¡¡,r¡8'avEt¡¡,Éva,>.
epEvyovm yáp:TOt XOt OpaerEt'>, orav 7TÉXa,>
~8r¡ TOV "At8r¡v EterOpWert TOV {3íov.
.
XOPO$
E'uSaí¡.iovEr; oi<Tt.
585
595
o/yev(rror;· alwv.
erTp. a
oi,> yo.p llv cTElerOij OEÓOEV 8ó¡¡,o'>, ara,>
ov8evEAAEí7TEt YEVEiis E7Tt 7T AijOO'> ep7TOV\
WUT€
590
KUKWV
,
1Tovríar;'á'Aor;
oi8¡¡,a8ver7Tváot'> OTav
8plÍ ererr¡mv/tpE{30'> vepaAOV Em8pá¡¡,y¡ 7TvOat'> ,
KVAív8Et {3VcrdÓOEV
KEAaWo.V Otva. Kat 8verávE¡¡'Ot
erTóVep {3pÉ¡¡,overw aVTt7TAijYE'> aKraí.
,
,
aVT. a
apxata To. Aa{38aKt8av O'iKWV ópw¡¡,at
,
-1..0·"""
,
,,
7Tr¡¡¡,aTa
'f' tTc,lV E7Tt 7Tr¡¡¡,aert 7Tt7TTOVT
ov8' a7TaAAácrerEt YEVEo.V yÉvo,>, aAA' EpEÍ7TEt
'" Tt'>, ovo
,~, "
\ I
EXEt I\.vertv.
OEWV
574 choro tribuit
58
Boeckh
CHORUS
Fortunate are they whose lifetime never tastes of evil!
For those whose house is shaken by the gods, no part of
ruin is wanting, as it marchesílgainst the whole of the
faIllily; like the swell of the deep sea, when darkness runs
beril3ath the water, brought by the direblast of winds
from Thrace, it rolls up from the bottom the black sand
an<:l the wind-vexed shores resound before its impacto
From ancient times 1 see the troubles of the dead of
the Labdacid house falling hard upon one another, nor
does one generation release ano¡her, but some one of the
gods shattersthem, and they háve no means of deliverIsmenae tribuunt Kat, choro ceU., Antigonae Boeckh
ante W<TTE add. o/w'iov codd., del. Seidler
59! 8v,,-áv€fLO' Hartung: -ov coM.: -'I! Jacobs
592 f3pÉfLOV<T W Zo (coni. Jacobs): f3pÉfLOV<T' 8' ceU.
595 .plhTWV Hermann: .pB'fLÉvwv codd.
576
586
59
ANTIGONE
SOPHOCLES
....
, ,
~
~,
vvv yap E<T)(aTa<; V11'Ep
600
"Y
"
-1..'
,
pt.,a<;
ETETaTO
'j'ao<;
EV
,'S"
Á..
O"'"
""
tot11'OV OOfLOt<;'
/
KaT av Vtv 'j'0tVta
8E6JV T6JV VEpTl.pWV afLe¡. K011'í<;,
Myov T' avota Ka. c/>peV6JV 'Eptvv<;.
T€áv, ZEV, ovvaul,V Tí~av-
605
U'Tp. (3'
8p~v 1.I11'Ep(3aU'ía KaTá<T)(ot;
Tav oVO' V11'Vo<; aípE'i 11'08' Ó t11'CLvtoY"Ípw<;t
:JI"
/
OVT
aKafLaTOt
8~
EWV
fL,qJJE<;, ay"Ípw<; 8E XPÓvep 8wáU'm<;
,
KatEXEt<;
610
'O'I\VfL11'0V
'
fLapfLapÓEU'U'av atyÁaJJ.
TÓT' E1TEI,Ta KaL 70 ¡.tÉAAOV
" E11'apKEU'Et
,
Kat" TO 11'ptv
vó¡Lo<; 58" ov8l.v' Ép11'Et
8¡jaT6JV (3íOTO<; 11'áfL11'oÁv<; EKTO<; am<;.
615
á yap 87¡ 11'oÁV11'ÁaYKTo<; EÁ-
i,
,
..
Q'
aVT. fJ
ance. For lately the light spread out aboye the last root in
the house of Oedipus; it too is mown down by the bloody
chopper of the infernal gods, folly in speech and the
Erinys in the mind.
Zeus, what arrogance of men could restrict your
power? Neither sleep the all-conquering nor the
unwearying months of the gods defeats it, but as a ruler
time cannot age, yoÍl occupy the dazzling glare of Olympus..For present, future and past this law shall suffice: to
none among mortals shall great wealth come without disaster.
For widely wandering hope brings profit to many men,
but to many the deception of thoughtless longings; and a
man knows nothing when it comes upon him, until he
scalds bis foot in blazing fire. For in wisdom someone has
revealed the famous saying, that evil seems good to him
whose mind the god is driving towards disaster; but the
small man fares throughout his time without disaster.
Here is Haemon, the latest born among your sonsl Is
11'.<; 11'0no'i<; fLEVÓV'YJU't<; av8p6Jv,
11'()no'i<; 8' a11'ám KOVc/>OVówv EPWTWV'
11'p.v 11'Vp. 8EpfLi¡J 11'ó8a Tt<; 11'poU'avU'y¡.
. .J.."
'"
U'ú'j't,!yap
EK TOV
.
,
",
'-1..
KI\EtvOV
E11'O<; 11'E'j'aVTat,
Te, KaKOV 80KE'iV 11'0T' EU'8Áov
625
lJ7TEp] 07TEp K s.l., como Hermanrt
600 ETÉTuro Brunck: TÉTU'TO codd.: <o>
El~óTt 8' OÚ8EV Ép11'Et,
620
599
Ti¡J8' ÉfLfLEV 5Tep c/>pl.va<;
8EO<; áYEt 11'po<; ámv'
,
'\ I
,
".
, ' "
11'paU'U'Et
o~, Ol\tyO<;
TOV
XPOVOV
EKTO<;
aTa<;.
Jortin:
TÉTUTO
Hennann
codd.
606 7TaVToy'ÍpW~] 7TávT' ó.ypwwv Jebb: alii alia
607 aKá¡.turot Oewv] BefJv áK}LUrOt Hermann
613-14 ovSév' ... 7Tá!L7TOAV~ Ll.-J. (ovSév' iam Aldina,
1TápJ7TOA.V'i Musgrave): ovSev Ép71'Et OVU'TWV f3"ÓTCP 1TáfL1TOAt8
codd.
Ép1T€t] Ép1TEtv Heath, qui etiam TráfL1TOA:Ú y'coniecit
616 6vao"t~ Brunck: 6vr¡O"t~ codd.
618 fiSón 8'] EÚ eiOóo-t.v Wilamowitz, del. Ép1TEt
625 oAiyo~ TOV 11.-J.: OAtY0O"TOV codd.: oAiytO"TovBergk
602 K01Tís
K6vlS
Ó8E fL7¡v AtfLwv, 11'aí8wv T6JV U'6JV
60
61
SOPHOCLES
630
,,¡~
~
. </
, '" "
/
VEarOVYEVVTJfJ• ap aXVVfJ-EVO<;
[r1j<; fJ-ENAoyáfJ-OV vVfJ-4JTJ<;]
ráAt80<;1íKEt fJ-6pov 'AvTty6vTJ<;,
a7TárTJ<;AExÉWV V7TEpaAYWV;
!
!
!
KPEilN
ráx' Eier6fJ-Eer8a fJ-áVrEwv V,!,ÉpTEpOV.
¡j) 7Tat,TEAEíav tf1fj4Jov apa fJ-T¡ KtVWV
r1j<; fJ-EAAOVVfJ-4JOV 7TarpL Avereraívwv 7TápEt;
1} erOL fJ-~V 7¡fJ-Et<; 7TavTaxii 8pwvrE<;4JíAOt;
635
.'.)/
'"
,
,
<t
,)f
~
,
€xOpov avrajLvvwvTai' KaKOZ~,
Kat TOv-4)íA.o"V Tt¡.dJcrLV eg íCTOV 7rarpí.
W~ _Kat -'TOV
645
650
Enter
II
We shall soon have better knowledge than prophets could
have given uso My son, now that you have heard the valid
decision against your destined bride, are you here in rage
against your father, or are w¡l dear to you, no matter what
wedo?
•
",,'
.1..'\
.1..' rEKva,
,
oerTt<;
O',
aVW'('EI\TJra
'('trvEt
rí r6v8' liv Eí7TOt<; liAAO 7TAT¡v avri¡J 7T6vov<;
4Jverat, 7TOAVV 8~ rOtertV Ex8poterw yÉAWV;
fJ-"Í vVv '/ror', ¡j) 7Tat, ras 4JpÉva<; y' v4J' i¡8ov1j<;
,
~
"
{.}'\
,~ ' d
yvVatKO<;
OVVEK
EKfJaI\TI<;,
EWW<;
OTt
tf1vXPov7TapaYKáAterfJ-a rovro yíYVETat,
CREüN
Yes, my son, that is how your mind should be, thinking
that all things rank secondto your father's judgment. This
is why men pray that they may beget and keep in their
houses obedient offspring, so that they may requite the
enemy with evil and honour the friend as they honour
their father. But as for the man who fathers children who
give him no help, what can you say that he begets but
trouble for himself, and much delight for his enemies?
N ever let go your good sense, my son, for sake of the pleasure that a woman gives, knowing that this thing ¡san
arrnful that grows cold, anevil woman sharing your bed in
62S
om. Zot
635/-,<
B!aydes: /-,0< Sazt: /-,ov LRV
637 dt":'CT<Ta< Musgrave: lf.tw~ ve! dt,w~ (ilCT'TCl,t) codd.
640 €fJ'Táva¿] i<TTáVUt -Musgrave
645
62
HAEMON.
CREüN
KPEilN
640
1¡
Father, 1 belong to you, and you keep me straight with
your good judgments, which 1 shall follow. Yes, in my
eyes no marriage shall be more highly vaIued than your
right guidance.
,
"
,. /
,
7TarEp, 0'0<; EtfJ-t' Kat crv pE YVWfJ-Q.<; EXWV
XPTJerra;, a7Top80t<;, al<; EYWY' E4JÉtf10fJ-at.
EfJ-O' yap OV8E'<; atuderETat yáfJ-o<;
fJ-EÍ'wv 4JÉpEer8aterov KaAW<; 7¡YOVfJ-ÉVOV.
ovrw yáp, ¡j) 7Tat, xpT¡ 8taerrÉpvwIJ EXEtV,
8 -e,
YVWfJ-TJ<; 7Tarp(¡la<; 7Tavr 07Tter EV EerraVat.
rovrov yap OVVEK' liv8pE<; eVXOVTat yova<;
KaTT/K6qv<; 4JveraVTE<; EV 86¡LOt<; EXEtV,
he angry at the fate of his affianced one, Antigone, grieving at the baffled hope of marriage?
HAEMüN
AIMilN
....
ANTIGONE
eptrerJ€l. Livineius: epVTeVH codd.
63
SOPHOCLES
655
660
YVlJ'Y¡ KaKT¡ ~VV€VVO<; EV S6¡wt<;. Tí yap
yÉVOtT' llv ÉAKO<; JLÚ'OV 7} ePíAO<; KaKó<;;
a7To7TTvCTa<; ovv WCTTE SV(TJLEvij JLÉ8E<;
TT¡V 7TatS' EV "AtSov T1ÍVSE VVJLePEVEtV Ttví.
E7TEt yap aVTT¡v EiAOV EJLePavw<; EYW
7TóAEW<; a7TtCTT1ÍCTaCTav EK7TÓ,CTT¡<; JL6vT¡v,
.pEVSi¡ y' EJLaVTOV ov KaTaCTT1ÍCT~7TÓAEt,
aHa KTEVW. 7TpO<; TaíJT' EePVJLVEÍTW tlía
~vvatJL0JJ" El yap ST¡ Tá l' El'YEPi¡ ePVCTEt
áKOCTJLa 8pÉt/Jw, Kápm TOV<; E~W yÉvov<;.
,
....
q
EV TOt<; yap OtKEtotCTtV O(J"Tt<; ECTT aVT¡p
XPT¡CTTÓ<;, ePaVEtTat KaV1TÓAEt SíKato<; @V.
[OCTTt<; S' v7TEpf3a<; 7} VÓJLov<; f3tá'ETat,
....
,
'"
T¡ TOV7TtTaCTCTEtV TOt<; KpaTVVOvCTtV VOEt,
,-)~
~,),
~\"
665
670
675
OVK ECTT' €:1Taívov'TOVTOP'€t €-¡.LOl) TVXELV.
aH' ¡')JJ 7TóAt<; CTT1ÍCTEtE, TOíJSE xpT¡ KAVEtV
,
,"
, ~I
" ,
]
Kat CTJLtKpa Kat otKata Kat TaVaVTta.
,
Kat TOWOV llv TOV ávSpa 8apCTOíT¡v EYW
, ~.
KaAW<; JLEV ápXEtV, EV Q'llv ápXECT8at 8ÉAEtV,
Sopó<; T' llv EV XEtJLWVt 7TpOCTTETaYJLÉvov
JLÉVEtV SíKatov Kaya80v 7TapaCTTáTT¡V.
avapxíar;; BE fLE'i'OV OVK.ECT'TLV KaK6v.
aVTT¡ 7TÓ'AEt<; OAAVCTtV, 7fS' avaCTTáTov<;
OLKOV<; TíOT¡CTtV, 7fSE CTVJLJLáxov Sopo<;
Tpo7Ta<; KaTapP1ÍyvvCTt' TWV S' op8ovJLÉvwv
CTlÍJ'Et Ta 7ToHa CTwJLa8' i¡ 7TEt8apx ía .
~,
,
"ECTTt
" 'TOt<;
" KOCTJLOVJLEVOt<;,
,
OVTW<;
aJLVVTE
e
,
KOVTOt yvVatKO<; ovoaJLW<; T¡CTCTT¡TEa.
~
64
\.,~.....
I
I
,
I
I
I
I,
¡
1
I
ANTIGONE
your house. For what wound could be deeper than a dear
one who is evil? So respue this girl as an enemy and allow
her to marry someone in Hades! For since I caught her
openly disobeying, alone out of all the city, I shall not
show myself false to the city, but I shall kill her! In the
face of that let her keep invoking the Zeus of kindred! If
those of my own family whom I keep are to show no discipline, how much more will those outside my family! The
man who acts rightly in family matters willbe seen to be
righteous in the city also. [But whoever transgresses or
does violence to the laws, or is minded to dictate to those
in power, that.man shall never receive praise from me.
One must obey the man whom the city sets up in power in
small things and in justice and in its opposite.] This is the
man whom I would trust to be a good ruler and a good
subject, and when assigned his post in the storm of battle
to prove a true and noble comrade in the fight. But there
is no worse evil than insubordination! Thisit is that ruins
cities, this it is that destroys houses, this it is that shatters
and puts to flight the warriors on its own side! But what
saves the lives· of most of those that go stnlight is obedience! In this way we have to protect discipline, and we
must never allow a woman to vanquish uso If we must
653 a1T01T'TV,m,
Blaydes: aAA'
a1To1Tru<TU,
cett.
ovv i:Jcr'TE Blaydes: wU"eí
659 'To. y' Erfurdt: 'Tú8' a: 'TÚ 'T' cett.
1TTVo-OS
TE
KRZc: aAAo.
codd.
663-67 del.
666-67 del.
Blaydes: post 671 traiecit Seidler
Dawe
667 <T¡LtKpo.] 1TtKpo. van Eldik
674 <TV¡L¡Lo.xov Reiske: <TV¡L¡Lo.X'llIR: o-Vv ¡Lo.X'lI cett.
65
ANTIGONE
SOPHOCLES
680
KpEí<YfTOV yáp, €Í7TEp 8EÍ,7Tpó, uv8pó, EK7TECTEÍV,
KOVK av yvvatKWV iíCTCTOVE, KaAoípAJ' Ilv.
CHORUS
XOPO$
7¡¡-tív ¡-tÉv, El ¡-ti¡ 'T0 Xpóv(¡J KEK'AÉ¡-t¡-tEOa,
AÉYHV ¡j>POV015V'TW' Jiv 'AÉYEt, 80KEí, 7TÉpt.
AIM!lN
7Tá'TEp, OEOL ¡j>150VCTtv uvOpÓ'J7TOt, IppÉva"
,.
,,'..
e"
7TaV'TWV
OCT ECTn K'Tr¡¡-ta'TWV
V7TEp'Ta'TOV,
685. EY¡p 8' 07TW, criJ ¡-ti¡ AÉYEt, opOw, 'Tá8E,
OV'" av 8vvaí¡-tr¡v ¡-t7¡'T' E7TtCT'Taí¡-tr¡v AÉYEtV'
[yÉVOt'TO ¡-tÉV'Tav XU'TÉp'l- KaAW, EXOV.]
~/""
uV.' 8' OV 7TÉePVKur; 7Távru,·ll1pOUK07T€tV
n,
690
n,
695
'/
700
Qua
'AÉYEt
7) 7TpáCTCTEt
7) ¡fiÉYEtV EXEt.
'Toyap CTOV o¡-t¡-ta 8Etvov&v8pL 8r¡¡-tó'TTI
AóYOt, 'TOt015'TOt, oT, criJ ¡-ti¡ 'TÉplfiTl KAVWV'
)
,c:;.,)
,o,
E¡-tOt o aKOvEtv ECT V7TO CTKO'TOV 'TaOE,
'TT¡v 7Taí8a 'TaV'Tr¡v ol' o815pE'Tat 7TÓAt"
7T(}.CTWV yvvatKwV W, uvattúJ'Tá'Tr¡
KaKtCT'T' U7T' EPYWV EVKAEECT'Tá'TWV ¡j>OíVEt·
iín, 'TOV avrii, aV'Tá8EA¡j>ov EV ¡j>ovaí,
7T€7T'TW'T' 1l0a7T'TOV ¡-t7¡0' V7T' W¡-tr¡CT'TWV KVVWV
e
,
,
....
EtaCT OI\ECTOat ¡-tr¡'O' V7T
Otwvwv
'TtvO,'
OVX ií8E XPVCTi¡, ugía n¡-ti¡, AaxEÍv;
'Totá8' €PE¡-tVT¡ CT'iy' V7TÉPXE'Tat ¡j>án,.
E¡-tOL Se CTOV 7TpáCTCTOV'TO' EV'TVXW', 7Tá'TEp,
OVK ECTnv OVOEV K'Tr¡¡-ta n¡-ttW'T€pov.
'O aI\I\OV'TO,
'\ \
' \ ' 'TEKVOt,
,
n " yap 7Ta'TpO,
EVKI\Etq.
/~,
)
66
,) \
~I
o,e
I
perish, it is better to do so by the hand of aman, and then
we cannot be called inferior te women.
/~
To us, if we are not led astray by our old age, you seem to
speal< sensibly llboutthe things you speak oL
HAEMON
Father, it is the gods who give men intelligence, the most
precious of all possessions, and 1 could never say,and may
1 never know how to say, that what you say is wrong. [But
a different view might be correct.] But it ls not in your
nature to foresee people's words or actions or the objects
of their censure; for your countenance is alarming to a
subject when he speaks words that give you no pleasure.
But for me it is possible to hear under cover this, how the
city is lamenting for this girl, sayingthat no woman ever
deserved it less, but that she is to perish miserably for
actions that ar~ glorious, she who did not allow her own
brother whohad· fallen in the slaughter to remain
unburied or to be· destroyed by savage dogs ór birds.
Does not shedeserve, they ask, to be honoured with a
golden prize? Such is the dark saying that is silently
advancing. For me, father, nothing is more precious than
your good fortune; for what distinction can be greater for
children thana father who Hourishes in higb repute, or
I
,~,,..,
,
del. Heimreich
Xa'Tlp,!- K in linea, coni. Musgrave:
X(hlpw~ R: xarlp't' cett.
688 ero LypY: <TOV LP: <TOO L s.l.,
Ra
ov 7Tlcf>vKa~ Ll'p: oí5v 7Tlcf>vKa codd.
690 lacunam post hunc versum statuit Dindorf
700 wlpXETat Herwerden: É7TlpXETat codd.
703 WKÍ<.Eí,!- Greg. Cypr., coní. Johnson: -a~ codd.
687
67
SOPHOCLES
"
\
t"\
y' "
ANTIGONE
"~
/
1
,
ayaA¡La ¡LEte,OV,.7J Tt '7TP0<; '7TaWWV '7TWrpt;
705
vvv ~V -{¡80<; ¡L0vvov EV CTavT0 ePÓPEt,
( .J.'
,
, ~ '- -"\ \
.... , ,
~
w<; ,/,7J<; CTV, KovoEV aAAO, TOVT op w<; EXEtP.
¡L"Í
8
aCTTt<; yap aVTo<;
1/ YAwCTCTav,
"
1/ ePPOVE'iV ¡Lóvo<; 80KEt,
~VOVK aAAo<;, ~ t/Jvxi¡v €XEtV,
'>
'"
8EVTE<;W,/,
'
"-1.87JCTav KEVOt.'
OVTOt
Ota'7TTVX
-i.' TO, ¡Lav8'
y¡~ CTO,/,O<;,
avEtv
'\\' avopa,
" '"
aAA
KEt" Tt<;
710
,~ ,
'\ \ , , ' ,
'"
atCTXpov ovoEV Kat TO
'7TOAA
1,
"
¡L7J TEtVEtv
ayav.
ópqs '7Tapa p€Í8POtCTt XEt¡Láppot<; aCTa
"" '"
"
\~
OEVOPúJV
V1TELKEL,
KJ\wvar;
~,
,
I
,'.,
"
ú)~
,.,
'Y
EKCTqJsETat,
"'\ \
o aVTtTEtvOVT aVTO'7TpE¡LV a'7TOAAVTat.
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715
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o
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,
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I
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CTTpÉt/Ja<; TO AOt7TOV (TÉA¡LaCTtV vavTíAAETat.
, \\'
,
"','"
Kat" ¡LETaCTTaCTtv otoOV.
",,..,
YVW¡L7J yap Et Tt<; Ka'7T E¡LOV VEWTEPOV
aAA
720
~
EtKE
·8V¡LOV,..
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,
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QI
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.J. '"'
, , / ,~..
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,
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,/,vvat TOV avopa '7TaVT E'7TtCTT7J¡L7J<; '7TAEWV'
El 8'
,
\ '
,,' -;<
\ '
,
Kat TWV AEYOVTWV EV KaAOV TO
'8 '
¡Lav avEtv.
XOPO!
"
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avae"
725
1,'
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"
I
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'5'
......
I
'5'
",
!
King, it is proper, if he says anything that is to the point,
that you should learo from mm, and you, Haemon, from
Creon; for true things have been said on both sides.
CREüN
\'
EtKO<;, Et Tt KatptOV AEYEt,
c:-,
1
greater for a father than sons who do so? Do not wear
thegarment of one mood onIy, thinking that your
opinion and no other must be right! For whoever think
that they themselves alone have sense, or have a power of
speech or an intelligence that no other has, these people
when they are laid open are found to be empty. It is not
shaIlleful for aman, even if he is wise, often to learo
things and not to resist too mucho You see how when
rivers are swollen in winter those trees that yield to the
f100d retain their branches, but those that offer resistance
perish, trunk and all. Just so whoever in command of a
ship keeps the sheet taut, and never slackens it, is overtumed and thereafter sails with his oarsmen's benches
upside down. No, retreat from your anger and allow
yourself to change; for if 1 too, young as 1 am, have some
judgment, 1 say that it is best by far if a man is altogether
full of knowledge; but that, since things are not accustomed to go that way, it is also good to leam from those
whogive good counsel.
CHORUS
ovv, ePtAEtyap TOVTO ¡Li¡ ravTY¡ pÉ'7TEtv,
.....
i
I
~
'\"'"
¡La 8EtV, (TE T av TOVO • EV yap Etp7JTat Ot'7TAY¡.
So men of my age are to be taught sense by aman of your
age?
KPE!1N
oi T7JAtKOí8E Kat 8t8atÓ¡LECT8a 8i¡
ePPOVEtV '7TpO<; av8po<; T7JAtKOv8E Ti¡V ePVeTtV;
715 év
68
KpáTEt D.-J.: éYKpaTEí L in linea, R:
-"1 vel-T¡<; cett.
69
ANTIGONE
SOPHOCLES
1
AIMilN
p:r/SÉv y'
!
g JL~
¡
SíKawv' El S' EYW vÉo<;,
ov TOV Xpóvov XP~JLaAAov 7) Tápya <TK07TEtV.
II
KPEilN
730
EPYOV yáp
E<TTt
TOV<; aKO<TJLovvra<; <TÉf3EtV;
AIMilN
,~, "
\
~
'.'
Q '"
, ..J. '
,
ovo
aVKE"EV<TaLJLEV<TEfJEtV
E<;
70V<; KaKOV<;.
HAEMüN
Nothingbut what is right! If 1 am young, one must not
consider my age rather than my merits.
CREüN
Is it a merit to show regard for those ",ho cause disorder?
HAEMüN
It is not that Iwould ask you to show regard for evildoers.
CREüN
Is not she affiicted with this malady? .
KPEilN
OVX iíSE yap TOLq.S' E7TEí'Ar¡7TTaL VÓ<T<¡l;
HAEMüN
This people ofThebes that shares our city does not say so.
AIMilN
CREüN
OV ef>r¡<TL 8{¡f3r¡<; T77<TS' ÓJLÓ7TTo'AL<; 'AEW<;.
Is the city to teil me what orders 1 shail give?
KPEilN
HAEMüN
7TÓ'AL<; yap T¡0v áJLE Xp~ Tá<T<TEW Epa; .
Do younotice that what you have said is spoken like a
.
veryyoungman?
AIMilN
735
ópq.<; TÓS' ro<; lipr¡Ka<; ro<; áyav vÉo<;;
KPEilN
, .;."
áAA<¡l yap 7) 'JLOt xp{¡ JLE T77<TS' apXEtv x(}oVó<;;"
AIMilN
7Tó'AL<; yap OVK E<T(}' iíTt<; avSpó<;E<T(J' Évó<;.
KPEilN
'Y
ov TOV KpaTovvTO<; r¡ 7TO"L<; VOJLLo"ETaL;
'''''
'"
I
CREüN
Must 1 rule this land for another and not for myself?
HAEMüN
Yes, there is no city that belongs to a single man!
CREüN
Is not the city thought to belong to its ruler?
HAEMüN
e'\
You would be a fine ruler over a deserted city!
AIMilN
Ka'Aw<; Ep{¡JLr¡<; y' av <Tií Y77<; áPXOL<; JLÓVO<;.
CREüN
This man, it seems, is fighting on the woman's side.
KPEilN
740
oS', ro<; EOLKE, Tii yvvaLKt <TVJLJLaXEt.
70
728 y'
ó Toumier:
70
codd.
736 ¡.tE
Dobree: om. K: YE
cett.
71
E'í7rEp yvvY¡
SOPHOCLES
ANTIGONE
AIMnN
HAEMON
If you are a woman; because it is you for whom 1 feel
concern.
a-V. o-ov yap ovv 7rPOKY¡ OO ILat.
KPEnN
ij
6J 7raYKáKt<J'TE, Ota oíWf)' lwv 7ra'Tpí;
AIMnN
ov yap oíKatá
0-'
HAEMON
Because 1 see that you are offending against justice!
Eta¡.Lap'Távov8' ópw.
I
KPEnN
1
á¡.Lap'Távw yap 'Ta, E¡.La, apxa, O-Éf3wv;
AIMnN
745
ov yap o-Éf3€t" 'Tt¡.Lá, YE 'Ta, 8EWV 7ra'Twv.
KPEnN
6J ¡.Ltapov 1¡8o, Ka. yvVatKO, Vo-'TEpOV.
AIMnN
OV 'Tllv n,Ot, Tío-o-w YE 'TWV alo-xpwv E¡.LÉ.
KPEnN
ó yovv A6yo, o-Ot 7rá., l!7rEP KEív'lj' ÓOE.
AIMnN
]
Ii
I
I
1
Ka. o-OV YE Ka¡.LOV, Ka. 8EWV 'TWV VEp'TÉp6JV.
75O
'Tav'T'ljv 7rO'T OVK
I
,))!
Eo-
8'
KPEnN
W, "
~
E'Tt
r ,..
'" .
."wo-av
y a¡.L €t,
AIMnN
Tío' ovv 8avEÍ'Tut Ka. 8avovo-' DAli 'Ttvu.
KPEnN
1¡ Ka7rU7rEtAWV JJo' E7rEtÉpXll 8pua-V,;
" Tav
';\
.747 OV
72
ErfUfdt: OVK
•
'Y at: OVK
>1,
av
,
'"
av
cett .
CREON
You villain, by disputing against your father?
1
CREON
Am 1 offending when 1show regard for my own office?
HAEMON
You show no regard when you trample on the honours
due to the gods!
CREON
Contemptible character, inferior to a woman!
HAEMON
You wiil not find me vanquished by what is shameful.
CREON
Weil, everything you say is on behalfofher.
HAEMON
And of you and of me, and of the infernal gods!
CREON
You shail never marry this woman while she is alive!
HAEMON
Then she will die and by her death she wiil destroy
another.
CREON
Rave you the insolence to come out against me with
threats?
73
~.~-~-~._~---------
SOPHOCLES
ANTIGONE
AIM!1N
HAEMON
, o~,,,E<rr " WlrELI\.'Y/
\ '
/
,
\ '
.
TL<;
7TPO,
<r ,"Ep.,a, Yl'wp.,a,
I\.EYELV,
.
What kind of threat is it for me to tell you my decisions?
CREON
KPE!1N
/
Á.,./
."
Á..
. ""'
"
/
KAaLWl'
'l'PEl'W<rEL<;,
Wl'
'l'PEl'Wl'
avro<;
KEl'O<;,
You will regret your lecturing of me, when you yourself
uhderstand nothing!
AIM!1N
755
El p.,T¡ 7TarT¡p ij<r(J', Ei7TOl' ál'
OVK
KPE!1N I
tT'
EV
HAEMON
c/>pol'EÍl'.
, " oovI\.Evp.,a,
'" ' \
\ \ '
yvl'aLKo<;wl'
p.,'Y"/ KWTLI\.I\.E
p.,E.
If you were not my father, I would say you had no sense.
CREON
Slave ofa woman that you are, do not try to cajole me!
HAEMON
AIM!1N
f3oVAY¡ AÉYELV TL Kat AÉywl' p.,'Y/8el' KAVELl';
KPE!1N
áA'Y/(JE<;; dA;>.' OV, r6l'8' "OAVp.,7TOl', t<r(J' OTL,
Xaípwl' ETL ljJ6YOL<rL 8EWá<rEL<; Ep.,É.
760
"
,.
,,",.
e
, "
"
,
aYEr< ro P.L<rO<;, w<; Kar op.p.ar Q,VTLKa
7Tap6l'TL (Jl'f¡<rKY¡ 7TA'Y/<ría ri¡J vvp.c/>íC¡l,
AIM!1N
ov 8'Íjr' EP.OLYE, rovro p.T¡ 86ty¡<; 7TorÉ,
d"', OI\.ELraL
'\ ~ 7T1\.'Y/<rLa,
\ ' <rv"
, '" ,
ov"(J' 'Y/0
r ovoap.fL
rovp.ol' 7Tpo<r6ljJy¡ Kpar' El' oc/>(JaAp.o'i<; ópwl',
765
w<; ro'i<; (JÉAOV<rL rwl' c/>íAWl' p.aíl'Y¡ <rVl'wl'.
XOPO$
v
ál'i¡p, ál'at, f3Éf3'Y/KEl' Et opy'Íj<; rax <;'
~
,
,
\
~
'\'
Q'
l'ov,
o" "E<rTL
r'Y/I\.LKovro<;
aI\.Y'Y/<ra<;
fJapv<;.
753 TrPÓ' (J"' E¡.ta, Ll.-J.: TrPO, KEVa, codd.
759 gn Dobree: ETrt codd.
74
Do you wish to speak but not to listen to him you speak
to?
CREON
Do you say that? Why, by that Olympus which we see, be
sure of it, you shall not continue to abuse me with your
reproaches with impunity! Bring the hateful creature, so
that she may die at once close at hand, in the sight of her
bridegroom!
HAEMON
She shall not die close to me, never imagine it, and you
shall never more set eyes upon my face, so that you can
raye on in the company of those friendswho will endure
it!
Exit HAEMON.
CHORUS
King, the man is gone, swiftly, in his rage; and the temper
ofone ofhis age is formidable under pain,
75
SOPHOCLES
ANTIGONE
KPEfiN
CREON
Spt5.'TW, ePPOVEÍTW fLe7,'ov
,'~,
~
-;-
.l'C:-,"
TaO OVV Kopa Tao OVK
~
KaT' ávSp'
y"'i:.
Let him act so, let him go and show more than a man's
pride! But he shall not save those two girls from death!
lC:w
'
a1raJ\J\a~Et
fLOPOV'
CHORUS
XOPO!
770
Then have you a mind to kill both of them?
áfupw/,ap aVTa KaL KaTaKTE~Vat voeL';;
CREON
KPEflN
ov TlÍv
'lE fL~
Otyo{JcTaV'
EiI
Not the one that did not touch the corpse; you are right!
XÉyw>.
yap "ilv
CHORUS
And bywhat death do you plan to kilI her?
XOPO!
fLóPC¡>
SE 1roíc¡>
Kaí O"ePE {3ovXf:ÚY¡ KTavEÍv;
CREON
KPEfiN
áywv €piifL0<; EVO' lJ.v
TI {3POT¡;)P o"Tí{3o<;
1
KPVt/JW 1rETpWSEt 'wO"av €V KaTwpVX t ,
775
I
eP o p{3ii<; TOO"OVTOV oo"ov r'1.yo<; ePf:ÚYEtV 1rpoOEí<;,
I
01rw<; fLíaO"fLa 1rao"' lJ1rEKePvyy¡ 1róXt<;.
'~'dA"'·'
KaKEt
TOV
to"1V, ov fLOVOV O"E'{30~
Et EWV,
"
,)'
at7ovfLEP'I/ 1rOV
)' ¡;
TEV~
'-,
ETat 1'0 fL"1
OavEtv,
~
~YVWo"ETat yovv d.XXa T"1VtKaVO' OTt
780
1 shall take her to where there is a path which no man
treads, and hide her, stillliving, in a rocky cavem, putting
out enough food to escape pollution,a so that the whole
city may avoid contagion. And there she can pray to
Hades, the oniy one among the gods whom she respects,
and perhaps be spared from death; or else she willleam,
at that late stage, that it is wasted effort to show regard for
things in Hades.
Exit CREON.
)'
" EO"Tt
, uTav
A'"
1rOVO<;
1rEpto"o"O<;
toOV O"E'{3ELV.
CHORUS
XOPO!
,')'
~E
O"Tp. a
I
pw<;aVtKaTE fLaxav,
~E
c.\')'
)'
pw<;, 0<; EV KT"1fLaO"t 1rt1rTEt<;,
r
Lave invincible in battle, Love who falls upon men's
property, you who spend the night upon the soft cheeks of
a girl, and travel over the sea and through the huts of
dwellers in the wild! None among the immortals can
&<; €V fLaXaKa'i<; 1rapEta'i<;
,
~,
a Creon believes that if he supplies Antigone with a token
quantity of food he will escape the pollution caused by his killing
a member ofhis own family.
)'
VEaVtoo<; EVVVXEVEt<;,
785
Á,.
I"\~'
,
)'
e
,
",
'{JOtT<[-<; O V1rEP1rOVTto<; EV
,
\
l'
1"\
aypovOfLOt<; aVJ\at<;'
, , ""0)'
.J..'é
'{JV~ tfL0<;
"O' afLEptWV
(
, O"E)',
,
OV
y av-
Kat O" OVT a avaTWV
76
,~
,
OVvEt<;
775 oa-ov
codd.
789
Blaydes: W~ codd.
q"vYEtV Hartung:
a-é y' Blaydes: <7r' codd.
j1-ÓVOV
77
ANTIGONE
SOPHOCLES
790
795
800
805
(JPW'TUJJV, Ó 8' EXWV JLÉp:r¡VEV.
<Tii Ka~ 8tKaíwv a8íKov~
,ppÉva~ 7Tapa(T7rqs E7Tt Awf3q-'
<Tii Kat 'TÓ8E Ve"iKO~ av8pwv
t'rJvatJLov EXEt~ 'Tapúga~'
VtKq. 8' EvapyT¡~ f3AE,púpWV .
rJLEpO~ EVAÉK'TpOV
vVJL,pa~, 'TWV JLeyúAwv 7TúpE8pol EV
(JEO"JLWV' áJLaxo~ yap EJL7Taí'Et (JEO~ , A,pp08í'Ta.
vVV 8'1í8'Y]'Yw KaV'TO~ (JEO"JLWV
Egw ,pÉpoJLat 'Tú8' ópwv, tO"XEtV 8' .
OVKÉ'Tt 7T'Y]ya~ 8vvaJLat 8aKpvwv,
'TOV 7TaYKOí'T'Y]V o(J' ópw (JúAaJLOv
, ~"A··V'Ttyov"Y]v
,
"
.
'T"Y]VO·
aVV'TovO"av.
,
av'T, a
apxai~
ANTIGONE
ANTlrONH
ópo.'TÉJL', ¡;¡ yo.~ 7TarpíM 7TOAt'Tat
TUV vEárav
810
815
óSov
O"'TEíxovO"av, vÉa'Tov 8e ,pÉyYM AeVO"O"ovO"av aEAíov,
K0157TO'T' aMt~' anú JL' ó 7Tay'"
r~
d
,
dA toa~
KOt'Ta~
."wO"av
aYEt
'TaV 'AXÉpOV'TO~
, , ovd(J" VJLEVatWV
,
aK'TaV,
EYKA"Y]POV, o15'T' E7Tt VVJL,J...'
"
d
d
'l'Etot~ 7TW JLE 'Tt~ VJLVO~ V'\\"AXEpOV'Tt
'
Á. '
JLV"Y]O"EV, aA/'
VVJL'I'EVO"W.
78
escape you, nor any among mortal men, and he who has
you is mad.
You wrench just men's mínds aside from justice, doing
them violence; it is you who have stirred up this quarrel
between men of the same blood. Victory goes to the visible desire that comes from the eyes of the beautiful
bride,a desire that has its throne beside those of the
mighty laws; for irresistible in her sporting is the goddess
Aphrodite.
I
a:;'Tp. f31
~.
I
I
is brought in from the palace under guardo
But now 1 myself arn carried beyond the laws at this
sight, and 1 can no longer restrain the stream of tears,
when 1 see Antigone here passing to the bridal chamber
where aH come to resto
ANTIGONE
Behold me, citizens of my native land, as 1 make my last
journey, and look on the light of the sun for the last time,
and never more; Hades who lulls aH to sleep is taking me,
still living, to the shore of Acheron, without the bridal
that was my due, nor has any song been sung for meat my
marriage, but 1 shaH be the bride ofAcheron.
a The early Greeks believed that desire was darted fmm the
eyes of the person who inspired it into those of the person who
felt it.
79711'ápEllpos <u] aVu8pouos Arndt
814 <11" VVlupEíots Bergk: <11" vvfupíllws fere codd.
79
ANTIGONE
SOPHOCLES
CHORUS
XOPO¡
\
"
'"
.
3'
,
OVKOVV KI'EtVr¡ Kat E7TatVOV EXOVCT
15 it not with glory and with praise that you depart to this
cavem of the dead? Not smitten by wasting maladies nor
paid the wages of the sword, of your own wiIl you alone of
mortals while yet alive descend to Hades.
~
ES 'Tó8' a7TÉPXTI KEV()OS VEKÚWV;
-I..()'
\
~ .
,
tVaCTtV 7T1'r¡YEtCTa
VOCTOtS
OV'TE ttcPÉwv E7TíXEtpa Aaxoih',
aH' alJTÓVOILOS 'wCTa ¡Lóvr¡. 8;'
()vr¡'TWV 'Aí8r¡v Ka'TaI3f¡CTTI'
~
OV'TE '1'
820
ANTIGONE
1 have heard that the Phrygian stranger, Tantalus'
daughter,a died the saddest death, near lofty Sipylus; her
did the growth of the rock,'like clinging ivy, subdue, and
as she melts away rain, as men say, and snow never leave
her, and with her ever-weeping eyes she soaks the mountain ridges; very like her am 1, as the god sends me to
sleep.
I
ANTlrONH
825
830
"iKovCTa 8;' AVYPo'Tá'Tav OAÉCT()at
"rF..
'
'Tav
""pvytav
\,/;'Evav
'\
~
'\
",
Tav'Tal'ov
..<,t7TVMI'
7TpOS
a"
.\
e
,
,
Kpf¡l, 'Tav KtCTCTOS ws a'TEvr¡s
7TE'Tpaía f3'AáCT'Ta 8á¡LaCTEV,
Kaí vtV O¡Lf3POt 'TaKO¡LÉvav,
'-1..'
,"'~
ws
'l'ans avopwv,
, , )~ ' \ '
XtWV 'T ovoa¡La I'Et7TEt,
'TÉYYEt 8' 1m' OcPPVCTt 7Tay\'
'"
,'"
""
Kl'aV'TOts
oEtpaoas'
q.? ¡LE oate
"
r
¡LWV o¡Loto'Ta'TaV Ka'TEVVae,Et.
,
av'T.
13'
I
I
~
ANTIGONE
a Niobe, who was the subject of plays by both Aeschylus and
Sophocles.
b Niobe's father Tantalus is commonly called a son ofZeus.
'\\'()EOS
, 'Tot Kat'() EOYEVVr¡S,
,
al'l'a
7,¡Le'is 8E f3P0'TOt Kat ()Vr¡'TOYEVEtS.
Kaí'Tot cP()t¡LÉvTI ¡LÉya KaKoVCTat
'TOtS ¿CTO()ÉOtS EYKAr¡pa Aaxetv
e,WCTav Kat, E7TEt'Ta () aVOVCTav.
r~
But she was a goddess and the child of gods,b and we are
mortal and the children of mortals; yet it is a great thing
for the departed to have the credit of afate like that of
those equal to gods, both in life and later in death.
Ah, 1 am being mocked! Why, in the name of the gods of
XOPO¡
835
CHORUS
828 óp.f3POt Musgrave: -o~ Zc s.l., coni. Gleditsch: -<p cett.
836 p.Éyu Ká.Kova-ut Seyffert: p.Éy' áKOVa-Ut codd.
~
ANTlrONH
CT'Tp. Y
80
I
81
I
SOPHOCLES
my fathers, do you insult me not when 1 am gone, but
while 1 am still visible? O city, O rich men of the city! Ah,
fountains of Dirce and grove of Thebes of the fine chariots, you at least 1 can call to witness how unwept by
friends, under what laws 1 come to the heaped-up mound
of my strange tomb. Ah, unhappy one, living neither
among mortals nor as a shade among the shades, neither
with the living nor with the dead!
Tí fJ-E, 'TrpO, OdJv 'TraTpcf¡wv,
840
)
~
,
~
'r
Q
OVK OtX0fJ-Evav vfJpt",Et"
dA.A' E7Tí4>UVTOV;
6J1TÓA.t~, 6J 1TÓA.EW~
'TrOAvKT7ÍfJ-0VE, aV8PE"
lw iltpKaLat Kpi¡vat 87Í-
845
{3a, T' EvapfJ-áTov /lAcro" ÉfJ--
ANTIGONE
I
'Tra, tVfJ-fJ-ápTvpa, VfJ-fJ-' EmwrwfJ-at,
oLa
q,í.'AWV
CHORUS
aKAav'To~, OiOL~ VÓfLOL~
Advancing to the extreme of daring, you stnmbled against
the lofty altar of Justice, my child! And you are paying for
sorne crime ofyour fathers.
'TrpO, epfJ-a TVfJ-{36xwcrTov Ép'Á'
X0fJ-at Ta<¡-,ov
'TrOTatvWV'
850
lw 8vcrTavo"
ANTIGONE
{3POTOL,
You have touched on a thought most painful for me, the
fate of my father, thrice renewed, and the whole of our
destiny, that of the famous Labdacids. Ah, the disaster of
oun <VEKPO,> vEKPOLcrtv
fLÉ'TOtKO~, ov
'W<Tl.V, ov (Javovutv.
XOPO~
'Trpo{3acr' E'Tr' ÉcrXaTOV Opácrov,
Vt!J7/AOV E,
855
ilíKa, {3áOpov
1TpO(TÉ1TEUE~, .JJ
'TraTpéi'!ov
8'
TÉKVOV,
840oixol"Évav Martin: OA(A)0I"Évav veloAAvl"Évav eodd.
848 Epl"a S, seh. L, eoni. Hermann: .P'Yl"a fere eodd.
,
~.
1ToSí.
EKTívEt, TtV' aOAoV.
ANTlrONH
",/,
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E,¡,avcra,
al\')'Et-
,
"
,
aVT. ')'
,
OVTE <VEKP0'» Gleditseh: ow' EV fere eodd.
7l"ollí Bruhn: 7l"OA,)v LSV: 7l"oA,) fere eett.
859 Tpt7l"OAícrTOV Ll.-J.: -tcrTOV eodd.
oÍTov Ll.-J.:
J(PC, eoni. Brunek: OtKTOV fere eodd.
851
855
I
OtTDV
VOTaTa, EfJ-0t fJ-EptfJ-va"
,
\
'
'1
'TraTpO, Tpt'TrOl\tcrTOV OtTOV
860
~
,
TOV TE 'Trp0'TraVTO,
"
,
afJ-ETEpoV 'TrOTfJ-0V
KAEtVOL, Aa{38aKí8atcrw.
82
83
SOPHOCLES
lw fl-O/rpi¡Jat AÉK'TpWIJ
,,:1
I
ANTIGONE
a-
marriage with his mother, and my father's ineestuous
eoupJings with his ill-fated mother! From what parents
was 1 born, miserable one! To them 1 go, to Jive with
them, aeeursed, unmarried! Ah, brother who made a disastrous marriage,a in your death you have destroyed my
Jife!
I
'Tat KOtfl-r¡fl-a'Ta 'T aV'T0Y€IJ-
865
IJr¡'T' Efl-0 7Ta'Tpt 8verfl-6pov fl- a 'Tp6,·
~I
"
OtWIJ €yw 7TO
o,ea 'Tal\at",pWIJ
\'''/''' €",VIJ'
",,1..
7TPO' ov, apato, ayafl-o, a8'
' " fl-€'TOtKO, €PX0fl-at.
~
eyw
:1'
tW
870
CHORUS
,
~,
OVer7TO'Tfl-WIJ Kaert-
,
,
The respeet you showed is a noble kind of respeet; but
power, in the hands of himto whom it belongs, is in no
way to be Houted, and you were destroyed by your selfwilled passion.
I
YIJr¡'T€ yafl-WIJ KVpr¡era"
OaIJwIJ E'T' overalJ Ka'T~IJapÉ, fl-€.
XOPO!
ANTIGONE
"'
f3
' n"
er€'f3 EtIJ fl-EIJ
EverE
Eta
I
~,q
I
Unwept, friendless, unwedded, 1 am eondueted, unhappy
one, along the way that Jies before me! No longer may 1,
poor ereature, look upon the saered eye of the shining
sun; and my fate, unwept for, is lamented by no friendo
'\
Kpa'TO, o , O'T<:¡J Kpa'TO, fl-€I\Et,
7Tapaf3arOIJ ov8afl-fl. 7TÉAEt,
875
erE
8' aV'T6YIJw'T0,
óSAEer' opyá.
ANTlrONH
"\
aKl\aV'TO"
"..J...\"
a",tI\O"
aIJvfl-EIJat-
<á> TaAaí,ppwIJ
Tav €Toí¡J-av óSóv.
o,
oVKÉn fl-0t
880
'T68E
aY0fl-at
Aafl-7Tá80, íEpOIJ
ofl-fl-a OÉfl-t, ópaIJ TaAaíIJf!:'
,
~",
,
,~
,
'TOIJ o Efl-0IJ 7TO'Tfl-0IJ aOaKpV'TOIJ
ov8Et, ,píAWIJ er'TEIJá'Et.
,
Enter
CREON.
. E7T.
CREON
Do you not know that no one would eease to pour forth
songs and lamentations before death, if need be? Will
you not lead her off as soon as possible, and when you
have enclosed her in the eneompassing tomb, as 1 have
a Adrastus' support for Polynices was the consequence of the
latter's marriage with bis daughter Argeia.
KPEUN
5'",ter'T ,,~,
''*'O
~
ap
aotoa, Kat" yoov, 7TpO
'TOV aIJEtIJ
W~ ov8' (LV éís 7rUVUUL'T'
el xpeíYJ, XÉwv;
av,
885
Reiske
884 X lwv Blaydes: 'AlYEW codd.: 'Alywv Vauvilliers
878 ÉToíp..av] '1TVfL&rav
OVK atEO' <ó, 'TáXterTa, Kat Ka'Tr¡pE,pci
té
e""
/
, f3
'TUfl- <:¡J 7TEpt7T'TV~ aIJ'TE" W, Etpr¡K EYW,
84
85
r
I
SOPHOCLES
I
P.ÓV7jV Epij¡LOV, ErTE xpfi (JaVEtV
eLr' EV Totuíl'TlI 'wa-u TVfLf3EVELV (TT€'}''l!"
e,.."
e
,
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I
7jP.Et') yap ayvOt TOV1Tt T7jVOE T7jV KOp7jV'
P.ETOtKía') S'oVV Tij') avw CTTEP"ÍCTETat.
ác/>E'TE
~,
890
I~
él) r6p.f30'), él) vvp.c/>EtOV, él) KaTaCTKaC/>i¡')
aEÍc/>povpO'), oi 1TOpEÍJOPfLt
1TpO') TOV') Ep.avTij'), @V apt(Jp.ov EV VEKPO'i')
1TAE'iCTTOV SÉSEKTat <t>EpCTÉc/>aCTCT' OAWAÓTWV'
@V AOtCT(Jía 'yw Kat KáKtCTTa Si¡ p.aKPéi!
OrK7jCTt')
KáTEtP.t, 1Tpív P.0t p.o'ipav Et"ÍKEtV f3íov.
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900
CToí, KaCTíyv7jTOV Kápa'
E1TEt
(JaVÓVTa,) aVTÓXEtp vP.Os EYW
KaKóCTp.7jCTa Ka1TtTVp.f3íov')
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905
910
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86
ordered, leave her alone, isolated, whether she wishes to
die or to be entombed living in such a dwelling. For we
are guiltless where this girl is concerned; but she shall be
deprived of residence with us here aboye the ground.
ANTIGONE
ANTlrONH
895
ANTIGONE
O tomb, O bridal chamber, O deep-dug home, to be
guarded for ever, where I go to join those who are my
own, of whom Phersephassaa has already received a great
number, dead, among the shades! Of these I am the last
and my descent will be the saddest of all, before the term
of my life has come. But when I come there, I am confident that I shall come dear to my father, dear to you, my
mother, and dear to you, my own brother; since when you
díed it was I that with my own hands washed you and
adorned you and poured Iibations on your graves; and
now, Polynices, for burying your body I get this reward!
Yet in the eyes of the wise I did well to honour you; for
never, had children of whom I was the mother or had my
husband perished and been mouldering there, would I
have taken on myself this task, in de:liance of the citizens.
In virtue of what law do I say this? If my husband had
died, I could have had another, and a child by another
man, if I had lost the first, but with my mother and my
father in Hades below, I could never have another
brother. Such was the law for whose sake I díd you
a Persephone.
904-20 del. Lehrs (905-13 iam A. Jacob): 911-12 citat Aristoteles, Rhet. 1417 a 32-33
905 TÉKV' i1v C. Winckelmann: TÉKVWV codd.
87
T
I
SOPHOCLES
VÓ¡UP' Kp€ovn mv'T'
915
ESOg'
Kat SEtVa 'TOAfJ-aV, éiJ KaCTíyv'Y/'TOV Kápa.
Kat VVV aYEt
fJ-E
Sta XEpWV oi!'Túl Aa{3wv
aAEK'TpOV, avvfJ-€vatOv,
fJ-€po<; AaXOVCTav
6IS'
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920
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'TOV yáfJ-oV
1TatSEíov 'Tpoef>7j<;,
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(3A€1TEtV; 'Tív' avSav gVfJ-fJ-áXúlV; €1Td YE S~
~v SVCTCT€{3EtaV EVCTE{30VCT' EK'T'Y/CTáfJ-'Y/v.
925
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,
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,
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Ka"a,
,
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,
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Et
l:
1"1
EV
~
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" Kat,~,..,
, ~,
"
1Ta'OOtEV 'Y/
OpúlCTW EKOtKúl<;
EfJ-E.
XOPO$
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,...,
930
Vroxf¡<;
,,.,
'.1
('-
aV'TúlV aVEfJ-úlV aV'Tat
pt1Tat 'T~VSE y' EXOVCTtV.
KPE!1N
"
'Totyap 'TOV'TúlV 'TOtCTtV ayoVCTtV
KAaVfJ-aO' íJ1TápgEt {3paSV'T7j'TO<; V1TEp.
,
,
OtfJ-Ot,
CHORUS
The same blasts of the same winds of the spirit still possess her.
CREON
Therefore there shall be trouble for those conducting her
on account of their slowness!
ANTIGONE
Ah me, this saying has come close lo death!
,..,
ANTlfONH
~
special honour, but to Creon 1 seemed to do wrong and to
show shocking recklessness, O my own brother. And now
he leads me thus by the hands, without marriage, without
bridal, having no share in wedlock or in the rearing of
children, but thus deserted by my friends 1 come living,
poor creature, to the cavems of the dead. What justice of
the gods have 1 transgressed? Why must 1 stilllook to the
gods, unhappy one? Whom can 1 call on to protect me?
For by acting piously 1 have been convicted of impiety.
Well, if this is approved among the gods, 1 should forgive
them for what 1 have suffered, since 1 have done wrong;
but if they are the wrongdoers, may they not suffer worse
evils than those they are unjustly inRicting upon me!
I
!,
En 'TúlV
ANTIGONE
CREON
1 can give you no hope that the sentence will not be
accomplished thus.
O'
. . . " EYYV'Ta'Túl
,
ava'TOV 'TOV'T
927 7T}.Eíw] ¡.tEíw
"
'A-.""
'TOV1TO<;
a'j'tK'Tat.
Vauvilliers
KPE!1N
935
OapCTÚV OVSEV 1TapafJ-VOovfJ-at
,
,'C:-'
.... O
fJ-'Y/ ov 'Tao€ 'Tav'T'(I Ka'TaKVpOVCT ato
88
89
ANTIGONE
SOPHOCLES
ANTIGONE
ANTlrONH
Ancestral city of the land of Thebes and gods of my forebears, 1 am led away and there is delay no longer! Look,
rulers of Thebes, upon the last of the royal house, what
things 1 am suffering from what men, for having shown
reverence for reverence!
yTj~ 8~f3r¡~ álI'Tl) 7T'aTpé¡JoV
~
Kat'(J €ot, 7T'pOY€VE<~,
6J
áyo¡.tat
940
8i¡ 'yw KOVKÉn ¡.tÉAAW.
A€VlIlI€T€,8~f3r¡~ oí Kotpaví8at,
Ti¡V f3alItAEt8illv ¡.tovvr¡v AOt7T'~V,
?
o
,
~
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ANTIGONE is led away.
~~
ota 7T'pO~ OtWV avopwv 7T'aCT)(w,
, €VlI€
, f3'taV lI€ f3'tlIalIa.
I
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CHORUS
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~I
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945
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950
I
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, \ \ " a ¡.totptota
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OV 7T'Vpyo~, OVX áAíKTV7T'Ot
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K€I'atVat
955
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'H8wjJillv f3alItAd)~, K€PTO¡.tíot~opya'i~
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960
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Danae too endured an exchange .of heaven's light for the
brass-fastened dwelling, and immured in the tomblike
chamber she was held prisoner. Yet she carne of an honoured house, my daughter, and had the keeping of the
seed ofZeus that flDwed in gold.'But the power of fate is
strange; neither wealth nor martial valour, nor a wall, nor
black ships crashing through the sea can escape it.
Held prisoner, too, was the ~ickly angered son of
Dryas, the king of the Edonians, for his mocking fury
pent by Dionysus in a rocky prison. Thus the fierce, exuberant force ofhis madness drained away. He learoed too
late that he was mad in laying hands on the god, with
mocking tongue; for he tried to check the inspired
I
a Danae. the daughter of Acrisius, king of Argos, WaS mother
ofPerseus byZeus.
b Lycurgus; see [liad 6, 130 f and the fragments of Aeschylus'
tetralogy about him.
{3aaú.«8¡;,v G. Wolff: {3a'J'tA€íav t: {3alJ'tAí8a cett.
suppl. Hermann
952 oA{3o< Scaliger: op-{3po< codd.
941
948
7T'aV€lIK€ ¡.tEV yap EV(JÉOV~
.....
yvVatKa~
90
;,/
I
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91
ANTIGONE
SOPHOCLES
965
970
975
980
985
efltAaVAOVc; T' Y¡pÉ(Jt'E ¡LOVcrac;.
'lTapa SE KvavÉwv 'lTEAa'yÉWV StSv¡.tac; áAOC;
C1'Tp. f3'
aKTq, BOCT'TTopíq, <T6'IT0C; 1jv> ó 8p'Y/íKWV
,
\
~A
a'YXt'ITTOMC;
P'Y/c; StCTCTOíCTt <ptvdSatc;
ElSEv apaTov EAKOC;
TVPAw(JEv Eg aypíac; Sá¡.tapToC; I
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"
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, \
al\aov
al\aCTTopOtCTtV
o¡.t¡.taTwv
KVKI\OtC;
apax(JÉvTWV vp' aí¡.taT'Y/paíc;
,
""
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Kat"~'
KEpKtoWV aK¡.tatCTw.
,,,,,
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,
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aVT.
KAaíov, ¡.taTpoc; €XOVTEC; avv¡.tpEvTOV yováv'
á SE CT'lTÉp¡.ta ¡.tEV apxawy6vwv
<1jv> iLvaCTCT' 'Epex(Je'iSav,
T'Y/AE7T6potc; S' EV iLVTPOtC;
Tpáp'Y/ (JVÉAA'Y/CTtV EV 'lTaTpCÍJatC;
BopEac;á¡.tt'IT'lToc; op(J6'IToSoc; V'lTEp 'lTáyov
,
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,
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TEIPEtIAt
990
8f¡f3'Y/c; iLvaKTEC;, 'ÍÍKO¡.tEV Kow0v óSOV
S6' Eg ÉVOC; f3AÉ'lTOVTE' Toíc; TVpAOíCTt yap
aVT'Y/ KÉAEV(JOC; EK 'lTP0'Y/y'Y/TOV 'lTÉAEt.
965 iLOVlTa~ Ll.-J.: MovlTa~ vulgo
post 1rEAaYÉW~ habent co~d. ":ETP¿;W, quod del. ~runc~
969 aKTé¡ BOlT1rop''l Ll.-J.: -a' -opta, codd.
<T01rO~ "Iv>
Ll.-J.
ep"ItKWV Herkenrath: epYlKWV codd.
966
92
women and the Bacchic Gre, and provoked the music of
their pipes.
And by the shore of the Bosporus of the dark waters
of the double sea was the Thracian place Salmydessus,
where Ares whose city is nearby saw the accursed blinding wound infiicted on the two sons of Phineus a by his
cruel wife, robbing of sight the circles of their eyes that
cried for vengeance, toro out by her bloody hands and the
sharppoints ofher distaff.
And as they pined away they sadly wept for their sad
affliction, the children of a mother unhappy in her marriage. She by birth was a princess of the ancient house of
the sons of Erechtheus; but she was reared in distant
caves, among her father's storm winds, a daughter of
Boreas riding with the others beyond the steep mountain,
a child of the gods. But even upon her the long-lived
Fates bore hard, my child.
Enterthe blindprophet TIRE8IA8, ledby a boyo
TIRE8IA8
Lords of Thebes, we have come, joumeying together, two
with one pair of eyes; the blind have this way of travelling
with a guide.
a The Thracian king Phineus was first married to Cleopatra, a
daughter of Boreas, the North Wind, by Oreithyia, a daughter of
the Athenian king Erechtheus. phineus' children by Cleopatra
were blinded by his second wife, Eidothea.
975 apax()ÉvTWV Seidler: apaX()Ev eyxÉwv fere codd.
980 aVViL<PEÚTOV Meineke: -EVTOV fere codd.
982 <'Iv> avalTlT' anon. ap. Wilamowitz: aVTalT' codd.
93
ANTIGONE
SOPHOCLES
CREaN
KPEfiN
,
Tt
~
' VEOV;
,
ECTTtV, W
YEpatE T EtpECTta,
~, #
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What is the matter, aged Tiresias?
,
TIRESlAS
TElPEtlAt
I wiIl explain, and do you obey the prophet!
, , Uwa!;w,
" "'c Kat"
~
EYW
av~
'T<¡J ,
¡LaV'TEt 'TTtoOVo
CREaN
KPEfiN
OVKOVIJ 'TTápo, YE CTi¡, a'TTE<T'TárOVIJ epPEIJÓ'.
TElPEtlAi
TIRESlAS
'Totyap 8t' opOi¡, nív8' EvavKAf¡pEt, 'TTÓAtV.
I can testify from experience that it was profitable.
EXW 'TTE'TTOVOW, ¡LapropEtv Ovi¡CTt¡La.
TIRESlAS
TElPEtlAt
Think, for you are again upon a razor's edge!
epPÓVEt f3Ef3W' a~ vvv E'TTt eVpOV rVX'YJ"
CREaN
KPEfiN
,
Tt
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1000
1005
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E, yap 'TTaAat()IJ OaKov OPVtOOCTKÓ'TTOV
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KAá,ov'Ta, O'íCT'Tp<¡J Kat f3Ef3apf3apW¡LÉv<¡J'
Kat CT'TTWV'Ta, EV X'YJAatCTw aAAf¡Aov, epovat,
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a/\/\
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94
That is why you steered the ship of this city straight.
CREaN
KPEfiN
995
In the past I have not been used to depart !Tom your
counsel.
What is the matter! Your way of speaking frightens me!
TIRES lAS
You shaIlleam, when you hear the indicátions of my art!
As I took my place on myancient seat for observing birds,
where I can mark every bird of omen, I heard a strange
sound among them, since they were screeching with dire,
incoherent frenzy; and I knew that they were tearing each
other with bloody claws, for there was a whirring of wings
that made it clear. At once I was alarmed, and attempted
bumt sacrifice at the altar where I kindled fire; but the
fire god raised no f1ame from my offerings. Over the
lOOll5pvdJa< Blaydes: opvíOwv codd.
95
I,
,
SOPHOCLES
1010
1015
1020
1025
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Tt'>
EÚ a-OL eppov..f¡a-a,> eú AÉyW' TO p,avOávEtv S'
iíSLa-TOV EÚ AÉYOVTO'>, El KÉpSO'> AÉYOL.
Aged man, all of you shoot at me like archers aiming at a
target, and 1 am not unscathed by your prophetic art; long
KPEl1N
..
'f3
'
W 7TpEa- V, 7TaVTE'> Wa-TE TO~e'OTaL a-K07TOV,. .
TOeEVET' dvSpo,> TOVSE, KovSe t p,aVTtKfj,>
áTPWTO'> vp,'iv Eip,L' TWV S' V7Tat yÉvov,>t
del. Reeve, 1021-22 Paley; fortasse lacuna post 1021
statuenda est
1034 KO"?;' €K ¡.taVTLK';¡~ Wecklein
1035 áTpWTO~ Pallis: á7TpaKTo~ codd.
,
1030
,
1'\
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)
I
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Q
1035
ANTIGONE
96
"
.
ashes a dank slime oozed from the thigh bones, smoked
and sputtered; the gall was sprayed high into the air, and
the thighs, streaming with liquid, lay bare of the fat that
had concealed them. Such was the ruin of the prophetic
rites by which 1vainly sought a sign, as 1 learned from this
boy; for he guides me, as 1 guide others. And it is your
will that has put this plague upon the city; for our altars
and our braziers, one and all, are filled with carrion
brought by birds and dogs from the unhappy son of Oedipus who fell. And the gods are no longer accepting the
prayers that accompany sacrifice or the flame that consumes the thigh bones, and the cries screamed out by the
birds no longer give me signs ... for they have eaten fat
compounded with a dead man's blood.
Think upon this, my son! All men are liable to make
mistakes; and when aman does this, he who after getting
into trouble tries to repair the damage and does not
remain immovable is not foolish or miserable. Obstinacy
lays you open to the charge of blundering. Give way to
the dead man, and do not continue to stab him as he lies
dead! What is the bravery of killing a dead man oVer
again? 1 am well disposed to you, and my advice is good;
and it is a pleasure to learn from a good adviser, if his
advice brings profit.
'"
CREaN
1021
97
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...
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1
SOPHOCLES
E~-r¡¡L'11"ÓA-r¡¡LUt Ko'K'11"Eef>ÓpnlT¡LUt '11"áAUt.
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,
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,1
1040
,
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'S'~,
1045
ANTIGONE
since I have been sold and exported by your tribe! Make
your profits, import electrum from Sardis if you wish, and
gold from India! But you shall not hide him in the grave,
even ¡f Zeus' eagles should snatch the body and bear the
carrion up to their master's throne! Not even then shall I
take fright at this pollution and allow him to be buried;
for I well know that no mortals have power to pollute the
gods. And even men who are elever at many things fal!
shamefully, aged Tiresias, when they skilfully speak
shameful words in the pursuit of gain!
TIRESIAS
Alack! Does any man know, does any man understandCREüN
What thing? What is this general statement you are making?
TEIPE$IA$
ef>EU'
TIRESIAS
o.p' OiSEV av(Jpómwv n" o.pu ef>pá'ETat-
How much the best ofall possessions is good counsel!
KPEDN
Tí xpij¡Lu;'11"o'iov TOUTO '11"á'YKOtVOV AÉ'YEt,;
TEIPE$IA$
1050
Ó(T~ KpáTt(TTOV KTY¡fLá'TWV
CREüN
Just as much, I think, as foolishness is the greatest plague.
TIRESIAS
E"uf3ov"Ata;
But that is the malady from which you suffer!
KPEDN
OlTl¡!'11"Ep, oi¡Lut, ¡Li'¡ ef>povE'iv '11"AEílTT-r¡ j3Aáj3-r¡.
CREüN
I do not wish to reply rudely to the prophet.
TEIPE$IA$
Tav7"'YJ, a-V ¡LÉVTOt Tij, VÓlTOV '11"A~p-r¡,
Éef>v,.
TIRES lAS
Yet you speak rudely, saying that my prophecies are false.
KPEDN
1037 T(i.TrQ
Blaydes: TU. lI"pO L in linea: TOP lI"pO L s.l., Aa Zo
TEIPE$IA$
KUt ¡Li'¡v AÉ'YEt" tf¡EVSij ¡LE (JElT'11"í'EW AÉ'YWV.
98
99
T
SOPHOCLES
KPEUN
1055
CREaN
'TO p,aVTtKOV yap 1TaV efnAápyvpov ylivo<;.
8' afl 'Tvpávvwv
alaXPOKlipoEtav efnAú:.
o.p' oTaOa rayov<; ovra<; oil<; "'liYE}<; Aliywv;
oTo'- Et Ep,OV yap njvO' ÉXEL<; awaa<; 1TÓAW.
KPEUN
A.' av" p,avTt<;, a""a
' \ \ ' 'TaOLKEtV
,"
~ A.
~
ao'f'o<;
'f'LAWV.
TEIPE$IA$
opaEt<; p,E 'TaKívr¡ra OLa c/>PEVWV c/>pámu.
Yes; fo! it is through me that you saved this city.
CREaN
You are a skilful prophet, but given to dishonesty.
TIRESIAS
You will provoke me into telling you things that should
not be dug up!
CREaN
KPEUN
OE p,7¡
Do you know that those whom you rebuke have power?
TIRESIAS
TEIPE$IA$
KívEt, p,óvov
Rulers, also, are prone to be corrupto
CREaN
KPEUN
1060
Yes, all you prophets are an avaricious race.
TIRESIAS
TEIPE$IA$
'TO
ANTlGONE
Do so, only do not speak for the sake ofprofit!
'1TL KlipOEaw AÉywV.
TIRESIAS
TEIPE$IA$
That is what you already think 1 do.
OV'TW yap '¡¡Sr¡ KaL OOKW 'TO aov p,Épo<;.
CREaN
KPEUN
w<; p,7¡ 'p,1Tok/¡awv '[aOL 'T7¡v Ep,7¡V rPpÉva.
TIRESIAS
TEIPE$IA$
1065
aAA' EfI yÉ 'TOL KánaOL p,7¡ 1TOAAOV<; É'TL
'TPÓxov<; áp,LAAr¡T7¡pa<; 7¡Aíov 'TEAWV,
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ave' 6JV EXEl8 JLev
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avw f3a'AÚJv KáTW,
1056 8' aiJ Hartung: 8' ¿K codd.
100
Know that you will never be able to trade on my judgment!
Then know well that you shall not accomplish many racing courses of the sun, and in that lapse of time you shall
give in exchange for corpses the corpse of one from your
own loins, in retum for having hurled below one of those
1057 0;)<; Kapsomenos: O- SVR: O-V cett.
t/J'I'fL<; Wecklein:
AÉYfL<; codd.
1065 T¡Aiov TEAWV] ijAWV TEAEív C. Winckehnann
101
-- - - - - - - - - - - - -
ANTlGONE
SOPHOCLES
1070
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"
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,
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aboye, blasphemously lodging a living person in a tomb,
and you have kept here something belonging to the gods
below, a corpse deprived, unburied, unholy. Neither you
nor the gods aboye have any part in this, but you have
inHicted it upon them! On account of this there lie in wait
for you the doers of outrage who in the end destroy, the
Erinyes of Hades and the gods, so that you will be caught
up in these same evils. Consider whether 1 tell you this
because 1 have been bribed! For after no long lapse of
time there shall be lamentations of men and women in
your house; and all the cities are stirred up by enmity ...
(corpses) of which fragments have been consecrated by
dogs or beasts, or some winged bird, carrying the unholy
scent to the city with its hearths. These are the arrows
which like an archer, since you provoke me, 1 have shot in
anger at your heart, sure arrows, whose sting you will not
escape.
Boy, lead me home, so that this man may discharge his
anger against younger persons, and may leam to keep his
tongue quieter and his mind more sensible than the intelligence he has at present!
,
~,
~
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OeOLUtV,
1075
lOSO
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tasoVTat raoE.
'TotÍ'TWV eTE Awf3'fJ'Ti¡PE<; VeT'TEp.Oc/>0ÓPOt
AoXilleTW v AtoOV Ka. OEillv 'EpwtÍ~<;,
EV 'TOteTW aV'Tot<; 'TOteTOE A'fJc/>Oijvat KaKOt<;.
Ka. 'TaíJ'T' áOp'fJeTOV El Ka'T'fJpyvpwp.Évo<;
AEyW· c/>aVEt yo.p ov p.aKpov Xpóvov 'Tptf3T¡
avopillv yvvatKillv eTot<; oóP.Ot<; KWKtÍp.a'Ta.
EXOpq.
1TaeTat<TVv'TapáeTeTov'Tat 1TÓAEt<;
oe
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lOS5
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,
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"
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e.....'
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aVOeTtOV
OeTP.'fJV
E<; 1TOMV.
'Totav'Tá eTOt, AV1TEt<; yáp, WeT'TE 'TOeÓ'T'fJ<;
&c/>i¡Ka OVp.i¡l Kapoía<; 'TOeEtÍp.am
f3Éf3aw., 'TillV
OáA1TO<; ovx V1TEKopap.f¡.
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'TOV OVP.OV o-o'TO<; E<; VEW'TÉpOV<; ac/>f¡,
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,
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ero
1090
XOPO$
f3'f3
<;,
'O EeT1TteTa<;.
'
E 'fJKE oEtVa
E1TteT'Táp.EeTOa o', Ee O'TOV AEVKT¡V EYW
, <;,"
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,
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1:
av'fJp,
ava~,
102
Exit TIRE8IA8.
CHORUS
I
The man is gone, king, after uttering a fearful prophecy;
and 1 know that since this hair, once black, now white, has
clothed my head, he has never spoken a falsehood to the
city.
Dawe: 'r' codd.
1080 i!XOpq. Reiske: EX Opa, eodd
post hune versum laeunam statuit U-J.: lOSo-S3 del. A. Jaeob
10S3,,6Aw] "6Ao,,
Nauek
1084 CTOL ZiZe: CTOV eett.
1090 Ji" Brunek: 7} codd.
1069 ,,/'
103
r
SOPHOCLES
KPEfiN
1095
)'"
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eyvwKa KaVTO, Kat Tapa(nTop.at 'f'pEva,'
~
, , , e"" , c;:. "
,
TO T EtKa EtV yap OEtVOV, aVTUTTaVTa oE
~,
e ' , I\tVf¡l
\' 7Tapa.
,
"ATr¡, 7TaTas
,{;at VP.OV
EV
Sá',
7Tat MWOtKÉdl"
t Aaf3Etvt.
KPEllN
I
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'
Tt, or¡Ta
Xpr¡, opav;
'f'pasE"
7TEuT0p.at
o"""EYW,
XOPO~
1100
'\e"WV
El'
" EK KaTWpvxo,
I
I
KOpr¡V P.EV
U"TEyr¡,
,,/
,
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1
CREON
I
1 know it myself, and my mind is disturbed! For to yield
would be terrible, but if 1 resist, my wiIl may run into tbe
fowler's net of disaster.
CHORUS
XOPO~
Evf3ovAía,
ANTIGONE
You have need of good counsel, son of Menoeceus!
CREON
What must 1 do? TeIl me, and 1wiIl obey!
CHORUS
CO and release tbe girl from tbe subterranean dwelling,
and make a tomb for him who lies tbere!
I.J.
CREON
aVE" KTtU"OV OE Tf¡l 7TpOKEtP.EVf¡l Ta'f'0V.
KPEllN
Kat TaVT' E7TatVEt, Kat SOKEt 7TapEtKaeEtV;
15 tbat what you approve, and do you tbink 1 should give
way?
CHORUS
XOPO~
OU"OV y', ávag, TáXtU"Ta' a-vVTÉP.VOVU"t yap
As soon as possible, king! Swift avengers from the gods
cut off tbose who tbink mistakenly.
eEiJv 7TOSWKEt, TOV, KaKóePpova, BAáf3at.
KPEllN
1105
""
"', ES,{;,tU"Tap.at
"
'\
' KapOta, o
OtP.ot·
P.0l\t,
P.EV,
TO Spav' aváYKYI
S' oVxt
Go, tben, and do it, and do not leave it to otbers!
'" ~ VVV Tao
'''', El'
'\e'WV p.r¡o"', E7T
, , al\l\otU"tV
"\ \
'
opa
TpE7TE.
KPEllN
'é'~, t:
3/
" " "
/
wo
W, EXW
U"TEtXOtP.
av' tT , "tT " o7TaovE"
d
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1110
,
~
opp.aU"
104
CHORUS
SvU"p.axr¡TÉov.
XOPO~
Ot T OVTE, Ot T a7TovTE"
CREON
Alack! It comes hard, but 1 renounce my heart's purpose,
and shaIl act! One cannot fight against superior force.
'(;1
as
tVa,
'"
XEPOtV
e' EI\OVTE,
(\ ' Et,"','.
'
E7T0'l'toV T07TOV.
CREON
1 wiIl go, just as 1 ami Come, come, my servants, present
and absent, take picks in your hands and rush to tbe
1097 "AT1I~ ...
A.ív<¡> Ll.-J.: "ATTI ... OEtv'¡¡ codd.
A.a{3€'iv IV: A.aX€'iv Zf: KpÉov saZot, K in marg.:
Rauchenstein
1102 oOKi¡ Rauchenstein: OOKii~ codd.
1098
.
Ta
vvv
105
r
I
I,
SOPHOCLES
ANTIGONE
I
ground that you can see! Since my decision has been thus
reversed, 1who imprisoned her shal! myselfbe present to
release her! 1 am afraid that it is best to end one's life in
obedience to the established laws!
€Yed 8', €7TEt8T¡ 8óta 'l"ii8' €7TECT'l"pác/Y1/,
"
, 'f~
. '\
' \ ' \.
(Tonal,
av'l"O~ 'l" Evr¡CTa Kat 7Tapwv EKAV
r
.
8É8otKa yo,p fLT¡ 'l"OV~ Ka(JECT'l"W'l"a~ v6fLov~
áPUT'TOV Ti crc{l'ovraTov f3íov TEAEtV.
I
Exit
CREON.
XOPO$
1115
7TOAvwvvfLE, Ka8fLEía~
vVfLef>a~ ayaAfLa
Kat !.l.tO~ f3apvf3pEfLÉ'l"a
yÉvor;; ,KAvrav
1120
CT'l"p. a
CHORUS
I
You who have many names, pride of the Cadmean bridea
and child of Zeus the IOlld-thunderer, you who rule
famous Italy, and lord it in the hol!ows of Demeter of
Eleusis, open to al!, Bacchic god, who live in the mother
city of the Bacchants, Thebes, by the watery Ilow of
Ismenus, near to the seed of the savage dragon!
Upon you looks the fiery llame of pitch beyond the
rock with double peak, where waIk the C06'cian Bacchic
nymphs, and where is the Castalian spring. And the ivycovered slopes of the hills of Nysa and the green coast
with many grapes send you here, while voices divine cry
"euhoe," as you visit the streets ofThebes.
I
oS' cL/LepÉTtEIS
'haAíav, fLÉ8Et~ 8E
,
'E\A€VCTt1Jta~
'
7TaYKOt1JOt~
!.l.r¡ov~ €V K6A7TOt~, éiJ BaKXEv,
BaKXav fLa'l"p67TOAtV 81¡f3av
""
,(
VatE'l"WV 7Tap vypov
'!CTfLr¡vov pÉE(JpOV, aypíov 'l"'
'\
1125
1130
1135
€7Tt CT7TOpq. 8páKOV'l"O~.
CTE 8' lJ1TEp 8tA6ef>ov 7TÉ'l"pa~
,
.1. ~
CT'l"EpO,!,
07TW7TE
AtYVV~, í!v(Ja KwpvKtat
CT'l"EíXOVCTt NVfLef>at BaKxí8E~
KaCT'l"aAía~ 'l"E vafLa.
'
"
Kat, CTE N VCTatWV
OpEWV
,
~(J
\
",
KtCTCTr¡pEt~ 0X at XAwpa 'l" aK'l"o' 7TOAVCT'l"áef>VAO~ 7TÉfL7TEt
, Q
I
,
I
afLf-'pO'Twv E7TEWV
Eva'6v'l"wv 8r¡f3ata~
,
....
"
I
E7TtCTK07TOVV'l"
aYVta~.
106
,
.aV'l". a
...
I
a SemeJe. daughter of Cadmus, king of Thebes, was the
mother of Dionysus.
b During the winter mouths, when Apollo was with the
Hyperboreans, bis brother Dionysus occupied his shrine at
DeJpbi.
1123
vate7"wv Dindorf: vaíwv codd.
€7reráv Pallis
1134 E7TÉWV]
107
SOPHOCLES
ANTIGONE
'\,
....
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U"Tp. (3'
\J1TEpTáTaV 1TÓA.EWV
,
¡LaTpt" lTlJV KEpaVVtq-'
1140
~,
1"\
(
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Her do you honour aboye al! cities, together with your
mother, victim of the Iightning; and now, since the whole
city is gripped by the assault of plague, come with cleansing movement over the slope of Parnassus, or the
resounding strait!
Hail, leader of the dance of the stars breathing fire,
master of the voices heard by night, son of Zeus, appear,
king, with your attendant Thyiads,a who in their frenzy
dance al! night in honour of their lord Iacchus!b
Enter
MESSENGER.
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MESSENGER
ZT/VO<; yÉVE(}A.OV, 1Tpoc/>ávT/()',
1150
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Neighbours of Cadmus and the house of Amphion,e there
is no state of human life that 1 would praise or blame as
though it had come to a stop; for fortune makes straight
and fortune brings down the fortunate or the unfortunate
man at al! times, and no prophet can tel! mortals what is
ordained. Why, Creon once was enviable, as it seemed
to me; he had saved this Cadmean land from enemies,
had acquired the all-powerful kingship of the land, and
was guiding it, happy with a noble brood of children.
a Maenads.
name of a deity invoked dUring the Eleusinian Mysteries, in al! probability identical with Dionysus.
eWith his brother Zethus Amphion was the legendary
bnilder of the wal!s ofThebes.
b The
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Zr¡vo~
Bothe: tlt,>< codd.: tl'iov Seyffert
7Tpoq,ávr¡O' &vat Bergk:
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And who is the murderer? and who lies low? ·TeH me!
MESSENGER
CHORUS
I
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ArrEAO$
aVTO~ 7TpOC;
MESSENGER
Was it by his father's hand or by his own?
XOPO$
I
But what is this new burden for the princes that you come
bringing?
Haemon is dead; and his own hand has shed his blood. a
8' aí¡LáCTCTETat.
'TrOTEpa 'TraTpepa<;, r¡ 'Trpo<; OtKEta<;
CHORUS
CHORUS
XOPO$
"Á-,.
. And now all has been let go; for when a man's pleasures
have abandoned him, 1 do not consider him a living being,
but an animated corpse. Enjoy great wealth in your
house, if you wiH, and live in royal style; but if you take no
delight in these things, 1 would not purchase aH the rest
for the shadow of smoke, compared with pleasure.
They are dead! And those who are alive are guilty of their
deaths!
ArrEAO$
Kat
ANTlGONE
MESSENGER
He died at bis own hand, in anger against his father for
the murder he committed.
CHORUS
Prophet, how true, then, was your word!
MESSENGER
You may take counsel in the knowledge that this is so.
6)8' EX6vTWV TaAAa j30VA.EVEtV 'Trápa.
Ka, yap "¡8ova, Seyffert: 1"0." yo.p "¡8ovo." codd.
1166 áv8p6,,] av8pa" Zot: av8pa Eustathius
1165
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a An untranslatable pun; the name Haemon resembles the
Greek word for blood.
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ANTlGONE
CHORUS
XOPO$
1180
Kat ¡Li¡v ópw 'TáAaWaV EvpvoíWflV Ó¡LOV
oá¡Lapm 'Ti¡v KpÉov'To<;' .1K
ií'TOt KAvoiJ<Ta 1TatOo<;
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1185
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Kat 'TVYXQ.VúJ 'TE KAiiOp' aVa<T1Ta<T'TOV 1T1JAr¡<;
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Now 1 see the unhappy Eurydice close by, Creon's wife;
she is eoming from the house, perhaps beeause she has
heard about her son.
EURYDICE
All you citizens, 1 heard the news as 1 was about to Ieave
the house so as to go to address prayers to the goddess
Pallas; and 1 ehaneed to be Ioosening the boIt of the gate
to open it when the aeeent of disaster in the house struek
my ears, and in terror 1 fell baek into the arms of my servants, and was struek dumb. But whatever the news was,
tell it again! For you wi1l have a listener not without experienee of disaster.
'9,)/
MESSENGER
KaKúJV yap OVK a1TEtpO<; OV<T aKOV<T0¡Lat.
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1 was there, dear mistress, and will tell you, and 1 sball
suppress no word of the truth. For why shouId 1 try to
soothe you with words whieh willIater brand me as a liar?
Truth is aIways best. 1 aeeompanied your husband on foot
to the edge of the plain, where the unpitied eorpse of
PoIyniees stillIay, tom by the dogs. Praying the goddess
of the erossway" and PIuto to restrain their wrath in
merey, we washed it with puriJ'ying water, and among
newIy uprooted bushes bumed what was Ieft. And we
heaped up a taIl burlaI mound of our own earth, and after
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OaAAo'i<; ti oi¡ 'AÉAEt1T'TO <TVYKa'Ti/OO¡LEV,
1182 '11"Epq,
Brunck: '11"ápa codd.
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112
113
ANTlGONE
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1210
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1225
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that approached the maiden's hollow bridal chamber of
death with its stony floor. And we heard sorne way off a
voice of loud wailing around the unconsecrated nuptial
room, and went to tell our master Creon. As he carne
nearer, the indistinct sound of a pitiful cry floated about
him, and with a groan he uttered a lamenting word, "O
my unhappy self, am 1 a prophet? am 1 travelling on the
saddest path of all the ways 1 have come in the past? 1
recognise my son's voicel Come, attendants, swiftly come
near, stand by the tomb, and look, entering the gap made
by the tearing away of the stones, to see whether 1 know
the voice of Haemon, or the gods deceive me!" At these
orders from our master in bis desperation we looked upon
the scene; and at the bottom of the tomb we saw her
hanging by the neck, caught in the woven noose ofa piece
of linen, and him lying near, his arms about her waíst,
lamenting for the ruin ofhis bride in the world below and
the actions of his father and his miserable marriage. But
when Creon saw him, with a dreadful groan he carne
inside towards him, and with wailing accents called on
him: 'Wretch, what a thing you have done! What was in
your mind? At what point of disaster did you lose your
reason? Come out, my son, 1 beg you as a suppliant!" But
his son glared at him with furious eyes, spat in his face,
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ay!-,ov LI.-J.: áp!-,ov codd.
post hunc versum lacunam statuit Hermann
1225 versus forte delendus
1216
1219
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ANTIGONE
(;'Á,.
AEVKii 77"apHq. cPotvíov CTTaAáYfLaTo<;.
KELmt SE VEKpO<; 77"Ept VEKpi¡J, To' VVfLcPtKO,
and retuming no answer drew bis two-edged sword. As
his father darted back to escape him, he missed him; then
the unhappy man, furious with himself, just as he was,
pressed himself against the sword and drove it, half its
length, into his side. Stillliving, he clasped the maiden in
the bend of his feeble arm, and shooting forth a sharp jet
of blood, he stained her wbite cheek. He lay, a ·corpse
holding a corpse, having acbieved his marriage rites, poor
feIlow, in the house of Hades, having shown by how much
the worst evil among mortals is bad counseL
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aYKwv' ET' EfLcPPWV 77"apOÉvc[! qrPOCT77"TVCTCTETat
Kat cPVCTtWV o~EÍav EKf3áAAEt PO~VI
1240
EURYDICE.
SEí~a<; EV avOpw77"otm T~V af30vAíav
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CHORUS
I
OCTc[! fLEytCTTOV avopt 77"pOCTKHTat KaKov.
What do you make of this? The lady has departed, before
uttering a good or abad word.
XOPO!
Tí
1245
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av EiKácrELa¡;; 'ÍJ 'Yvvi¡ 7TáAtV
MESSENGER
cPpovSr¡, 77"ptV Ei77"ELV ECTOAOV 'Y/ KaKov AÓyOV.
AffEAO!
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1 too am afraid; but 1 am sustained by hope that after
hearing of the SOITOWS of her son she wiIl not demand a
lamentation in the city, but will order her servants to
mouro a private sorrow in the house, indoors; for she is
free from the inexperience in judgment that might lead to
error.
CHORUS
SfLwaL<; 77"poOiÍCTHV 77"ÉvOo<; O'KELOV CTTÉVHV.
1250
YVWfLr¡<; yap OVK á77"HpO<;, (/)CTO' áfLapTávEw.
XOPO!
OVK oTS', EfLOt
S' oÚv
7í T' áyav CTty~ f3apv
SOKEL 77"poCTEÍvat xi¡ fLáTr¡V 77"OAAi¡ f3m'¡.
1 do not know; but to me both excessive silence and loud
crying to no end seem grievous.
MESSENGER
Well, we shall know, whether indeed she is not hiding
sorne secret purpose in her impassioned heart, by enter-
AffEAO!
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116
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1247 y60v
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1255
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ing the house. Yes, you are right; excessive silence also
has its dangers.
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vo/wv" 'TTapa(T'rE<XOVrE,>' EV yap OVV I'EYE<,>.
Kat ri¡" ayav yáp EO"rí 'TTOV O"<y';¡" {3ápo".
Exit MESSENGEF4 andfrom the side enter CREON, carry-
XOPO~
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1260
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ing the body OfHAEMON.
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Ka< P:Y/V 00 avUo!, avro" 6¡/t¡KH
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CHORUS
Rere comes the king himself, bearing in his arms an all
too clear reminder; jf we may say so, his ruin carne not
from others, but from his own error.
KPEfiN
o"rp. a'
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Bavóvm" {3Í\É'TTOVrE,> E¡LepvÍ\íov".
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VEq> S VV /-tOpq>,
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Woe for the errors of my mistaken mind, obstinate and
fraught with death! You look on kindred that have done
and suffered murder! Alas for the disaster caused by my
decisions! Ah, my son, young and newly dead, alas, alas,
you died, you were cut off, through my folly, not through
yourown!
CHORUS
1"1
Alas, you seem to have seen justice onIy late!
alaí ala'i,
...
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E¡La'i" OV8€ O"a'iO"< 8vO"{3ovÍ\ía<".
XOPO~
1270
CREON
ot¡L' W" EO<Ka" o¡fJ€ r7¡v 8íK"f/V l8E'iV.
KPEfiN
CREON
Alas, 1 have leamed, unhappy as 1 am; then it was, then,
that a god bearing a great weight struck my head, and
hurled me into ways of cruelty, overthrowing my joy so
that it was trodden under foot! Ah, ah, woe for the sad
troubles of men!
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1275
,
1273 P.E
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1275 'l\o.K'rrá'T"1Tov ] A€W1Tá'T'Yl'rDV a
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1280
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My lord, you carry this sorrow in your arms with full
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rights of ownership, and it seems that soon you will enter
and see other sorrows in the house.
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What is there that is yet more evil, coming after evils?
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I
aw" OAWA07" avop E7rEc, E'Pyaa-w.
n
1290
Your wife is dead, own mother of this dead man, unhappy
one, through wounds newly inflicted!
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7rAr¡YfLaa-w.
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7"OVOE 7rafLfLT¡7"Wp VEKPOV,
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CREON
I
Woe, woe, all-receiving Hades, never to be appeased,
why, why do you destroy me? You who convey to me the
evil news of sorrow, what story do you tell? Alas, you have
killed a dead man a second time! What are you saying,
boy? What new message of my wife's death, alas, alas, lies
upon me, bringing destruction after death?
CHORUS
I
av AEYE<> fLo, VEOV,
ala'i aiaí,
You can see it! It is no longer hidden indoors.
CREON
(j~á'Y"ov €1T' oXi.OPlf?,
Alas, 1 see this second disaster, miserable one! What fate,
yvva'Ketov afLcP'KELa-(}a, fL6pov;
what fate still awaits me? 1 held only now my son in my
XOPO$
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fLvxo'~
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KPEUN
1295
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KaKOV
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120
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En
1278 E~&:Y'YeÁo< t:
á:yyeÁo< Zo: OiKÉrr¡< fere codd.
<pÉpe« Brunck: <pÉpow codd.
1281 EK Canter: .;¡ codd.
1279
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12891'í
S'
ai)
U.-J.: 'Tíva codd.
I
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'3
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)',
anns, ah misery, and now 1 see her, a corpse, before me.
Ah, ah, unhappy mother, ah, my son!
EXW fJ-EV EV XHpEa-CnV apTtW'> TEKVOV,
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Tav
O EvaVTa
7TpOa-(3\I\.E7TW
VEKpOV.
1300
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,
MESSENGER
'l'EV 'l'EV fJ-aTEp au I\.ta, 'l'EV TEKVOV.
Pierced by the sharp sword . .. near the altar, she ...
closed her darkening eyes, after she had lamented the
empty marriage bed of Megareus, who died earlier, and
again of Haemon, and at the last had cailed down curses
upon you, the kiiler of your son.
ArrEAO$
H 8' O~V8T/KTO<; -rí8E (3wfJ-ía 7TÉptft
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Íl.VEt KEÍl.atva (3Í1.Éef>apa, KWKva-aala ,úv
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1305
8E Tov8E,
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KEVOV
CREON
a-oL KaKa<;
7Tpá~H<; €ef>vfJ-vf¡a-aa-a Ti¡> 7Tat80KTÓV<p.
KPEilN
alaZ ala'i,
a-Tp. (3'
Alas, alas! My mind leaps up with fear! Why has no one
struck me to the heart with a two-edged sword? Miserable am 1, alas, and miserable the woe with which 1 am
compounded!
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aVE7TTav '1'0 qJ. Tt fJ- OVK aVTataV
E7Tata-Év Tt<; Q.fJ-ef>t8f¡KTqJ ~íef>H;
1310
8EíÍl.aw<; €'lw, ataZ,
8HÍl.aíez,
8E
MESSENGER
You were reproached by the dead as guilty of those deaths
and these.
CREON
a-V'lKÉKpafJ-at 8vez,.
But in what fashion did she meet her bloody end?
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I"~,
I
7TpO<; T';¡<; 8avova-T/<; T';¡a-8' €7TEa-Kf¡7TTOV fJ-ÓpWV.
KPEilN
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"
'lE TWVOE KaKEtvWV EXWV
With her own hand she struck herselfbeneath the liver, so
that she experienced the suffering ofher son, loudly to be
lamented.
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1315
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o' Postgate: TlÍvo' R: TÚO' L: TÓVO' a
"EP' tícf>E< Arndt Iaeunam post
hune versum statuit Brunek
1303 KEVOV Seyffert: K/WVOV eodd.
AEXO'] Aáxo, Bothe
1310 ala, Erfurdt: </>EÚ </>EÚ eodd.
1313 ¡.tópWV KSt: ¡.tóp<p eett.
1314 Kci7l'E~VE'T' Pearson: Ka:7TEAvU"u'T' codd
1301 ótvOf¡KT<p {3w¡.tia
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ANTIGONE
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Ah me, this can never be transferred to any other mortal,
acquitting me! For it was I that killed you, unhappy one,
1, I speak the truth! Ah! attendants, lead me off at once,
lead me out of the way, me who am no more than nothing!
wJLOt JLOt, 'Tao OVK €7T aAAOIJ tJP0'TWIJ
€Jkii~ áp/Lóu€t 1Tor'
¿g alTía~.
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1320
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1325
,
,
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'TOIJ OVK oIJ'Ta JLaAAOIJ
Your counsel is good, if there is any good among troubles;
for when one is face to face with troubles, quickest is best!
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fL7Jo€lJa.
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CREON
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....
K€P07J 7TapatIJ€t'>, €t 'Tt K€POO'> €IJ KaKot,> o
a'
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,
,
,
tJpaXtlT'Ta yap Kpa'TtlT'Ta 'TaIJ 7TOlTtIJ KaKa.
KPEUN
lTúJ
íTW,
av'T.
CHORUS
epavrj'Tw JLópWIJ Ó KáAAtlT'T' EXWIJ
1330
That lies in the future; but we must attend to present
tasks; the future is a care to those responsible.
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1:1
€JLOt
'T€PJLtaIJ aywIJ aJL€paIJ
tI
'1"
V1TaTO¡;· tTW tTW,
CREON
07TW,> JL7JKÉ'T' aJLap aH' €llTí8w.
What I desire I have already prayed foro
XOPO!
..
JLÉAAOIJ'Ta 'Tav'Ta. 'Te;,IJ 7TPOK€tJLÉIJWIJ 'Tt xpT¡
1335
,
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f3'
Let it come, let it come! May it appear, the best of deaths
for me, bringing my final day, the best fate of all! Let it
come, let it come, so that I may never look upon another
day!
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CHORUS
Utter no prayers now! There is no escape from fated
calamity for mortals.
KPEUN
uH' J,IJ epe;, JLÉIJ, ravra lTVYKa'TTJvtáJLTJIJ.
XOPO!
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...
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t:
,
JLTJ 1JVIJ 7TPOlT€VXOV JLTJO€IJ W'> 7T€7TpWJL€IJTJ'>
O
OVK ElT'Tt {JIJTJ'TOIS lTvJLepopos u7TaHay"Í.
Erfurdt: Táxo~ codd.
ÉX"'I' Pallís: É",WI' codd.
1322 TliXtlJT'
1329
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ANTIGONE
SOPHOCLES
CREON
KPEUN
1340
á:YOtT' al' p.,áratov áv8p' EK7T08wv,
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7TpO<;
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1345
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,
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XOPO!
7T0'A'Ar¡J 'TO eppov€ív €V8atfhOvía<;
7TpW'TOV lJ7TápXH' Xp.ry 8e 'Tá 1" E<; (J€ov<;
1350
fh'Y}8ev a<r€7T'TEÍv- fh€'}'á'Aot8e
'AóYOt
Lead me out of the way, useless man that 1 am, who kiHed
you, my son, not by my own will, and you here too, ah,
miserable one; 1 do not know which to look on, which way
to lean; for aH that is in my hands has gone awry, and fate
hard to deal with has leapt upon my head.
Exeunt
CREON
and his attendants.
CHORUS
Good sense is by far the chief part of happiness; and we
must not be impious towards the gods. The great words
of boasters are always punished with great blows, and as
they grow old teach them wisdom.
fh€yá'Aa<; 7T'A'Y}ya<; 'TWV lJ7T€pavXúlv
,
,
a7TO'TH<raV'T€<;
y~PCf 'TO eppov€ív E8í8atav.
W. Seh'd
'
llel er: Ka'TEKTavov
CQdd •
, ", Sel'dler: altráv
av.TaVo
codd.
•.
1343'
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dd
'TrpOS' el er: 07Tq. rrpol) ca
.
1344 K/..dlw Musgrave: Ka, OW codd.
1345 'Tav Brunck: 'Táll' EV codd.
1340
1341
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KO¡T€KaVOV
'H ermann: .
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<TE ca dd .
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