Euripides, The Phoenician Women, ed. Gilbert Murray, 1672

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Κρέων

οὐ μὴ ἐς γάμους σοὺς συμφορὰν κτήσῃ γόοις.

Ἀντιγόνη

ἦ γὰρ γαμοῦμαι ζῶσα παιδὶ σῷ ποτε;

Κρέων

πολλή σʼ ἀνάγκη· ποῖ γὰρ ἐκφεύξῃ λέχος;

Ἀντιγόνη

νὺξ ἆρʼ ἐκείνη Δαναΐδων μʼ ἕξει μίαν.
1675

Κρέων

εἶδες τὸ τόλμημʼ οἷον ἐξωνείδισεν;

Ἀντιγόνη

ἴστω σίδηρος ὅρκιόν τέ μοι ξίφος.

Κρέων

τί δʼ ἐκπροθυμῇ τῶνδʼ ἀπηλλάχθαι γάμων;

Ἀντιγόνη

συμφεύξομαι τῷδʼ ἀθλιωτάτῳ πατρί.

Κρέων

γενναιότης σοι, μωρία δʼ ἔνεστί τις.
1680

Ἀντιγόνη

καὶ ξυνθανοῦμαί γʼ, ὡς μάθῃς περαιτέρω.

Κρέων

ἴθʼ, οὐ φονεύσεις παῖδʼ ἐμόν, λίπε χθόνα.

Οἰδίπους

ὦ θύγατερ, αἰνῶ μέν σε τῆς προθυμίας.

Ἀντιγόνη

ἀλλʼ εἰ γαμοίμην, σὺ δὲ μόνος φεύγοις, πάτερ;

Οἰδίπους

μένʼ εὐτυχοῦσα, τἄμʼ ἐγὼ στέρξω κακά.
1685

Ἀντιγόνη

καὶ τίς σε τυφλὸν ὄντα θεραπεύσει, πάτερ;

Οἰδίπους

πεσὼν ὅπου μοι μοῖρα κείσομαι πέδῳ.

Ἀντιγόνη

ὁ δʼ Οἰδίπους ποῦ καὶ τὰ κλείνʼ αἰνίγματα;

Οἰδίπους

ὄλωλʼ· ἓν ἦμάρ μʼ ὤλβισʼ, ἓν δʼ ἀπώλεσεν.

Ἀντιγόνη

οὔκουν μετασχεῖν κἀμὲ δεῖ τῶν σῶν κακῶν;
1690

Οἰδίπους

αἰσχρὰ φυγὴ θυγατρὶ σὺν τυφλῷ πατρί.

Ἀντιγόνη

οὔ, σωφρονούσῃ γʼ, ἀλλὰ γενναία, πάτερ.

Οἰδίπους

προσάγαγέ νύν με, μητρὸς ὡς ψαύσω σέθεν.

Ἀντιγόνη

ἰδού, γεραιᾶς φιλτάτης ψαῦσον χερί.

Οἰδίπους

ὦ μῆτερ, ὦ ξυνάορʼ ἀθλιωτάτη.
1695

Ἀντιγόνη

οἰκτρὰ πρόκειται, πάντʼ ἔχουσʼ ὁμοῦ κακά.

Οἰδίπους

Ἐτεοκλέους δὲ πτῶμα Πολυνείκους τε ποῦ;

Ἀντιγόνη

τώδʼ ἐκτάδην σοι κεῖσθον ἀλλήλοιν πέλας.

Οἰδίπους

πρόσθες τυφλὴν χεῖρʼ ἐπὶ πρόσωπα δυστυχῆ.

Ἀντιγόνη

ἰδού, θανόντων σῶν τέκνων ἅπτου χερί.
1700

Οἰδίπους

ὦ φίλα πεσήματʼ ἄθλιʼ ἀθλίου πατρός.

Ἀντιγόνη

ὦ φίλτατον δῆτʼ ὄνομα Πολυνείκους ἐμοί.

Οἰδίπους

νῦν χρησμός, ὦ παῖ, Λοξίου περαίνεται.

Ἀντιγόνη

ὁ ποῖος; ἀλλʼ ἦ πρὸς κακοῖς ἐρεῖς κακά;

Οἰδίπους

ἐν ταῖς Ἀθήναις κατθανεῖν μʼ ἀλώμενον.
1705

Ἀντιγόνη

ποῦ; τίς σε πύργος Ἀτθίδος προσδέξεται;

Οἰδίπους

ἱερὸς Κολωνός, δώμαθʼ ἱππίου θεοῦ.

ἀλλʼ εἶα, τυφλῷ τῷδʼ ὑπηρέτει πατρί,

ἐπεὶ προθυμῇ τῆσδε κοινοῦσθαι φυγῆς.

The Phoenician Women. Euripides. ed. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. 1913.

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Funding provided by The Annenberg CPB/Project.

Current edition Perseus

Φοίνισσαι (Greek) (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. III. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1920-1978))

Translations (3)

The Phoenician Maidens Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. II. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1891. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 1672 focus

Creon

Do not let this mourning bring disaster on your marriage.

Antigone

Marriage! Do you think I will marry your son while I am alive?

Creon

Indeed you must; how will you escape the match?

Antigone

Then that night will find in me another Danaid bride!
1675

Creon
turning to Oedipus

Do you see how boldly she reproaches me?

Antigone

Let the steel know, the sword be my witness!

Creon

Why are you so eager to be released from this marriage?

Antigone

I mean to share my hapless father’s exile.

Creon

A noble spirit yours but there is some folly in it.
1680

Antigone

And I will share his death, I tell you further.

Creon

Go, leave the land; you will not murder my son. Exit Creon.

Oedipus

Daughter, for this loyal spirit I thank you.

Antigone

How could I marry, while you went into exile alone, father?

Oedipus

Stay here and be happy; I will bear my own load of sorrow.
1685

Antigone

And who will tend you in your blindness, father?

Oedipus

Where fate appoints, there I will fall and lie down upon the ground.

Antigone

Where is Oedipus, and that famous riddle?

Oedipus

Lost! One day blessed me, one destroyed me.

Antigone

May I not also share your sorrows?
1690

Oedipus

To wander with her blinded father would be shameful for his daughter.

Antigone

Not so, father, but glory, if she is discreet.

Oedipus

Lead me near, so that I may touch your mother’s corpse.

Antigone

There, embrace the aged form so dear to you.

Oedipus

O mother, o most wretched wife!
1695

Antigone

Pitiably she lies, who suffered every evil at once.

Oedipus

Where are the corpses of Eteocles, and of Polyneices?

Antigone

Here they both lie, stretched out side by side.

Oedipus

Lay my blind hand upon their poor faces.

Antigone

There, touch the dead, your children.
1700

Oedipus

O dear fallen sons, sad offspring of a sad father!

Antigone

O my brother Polyneices, name most dear to me!

Oedipus

Now the oracle of Loxias is being fulfilled, my child.

Antigone

What oracle? Do you have further woes to tell?

Oedipus

That I should die in Athens after a life of wandering.
1705

Antigone

Where? What fenced town in Attica will take you in?

Oedipus

Hallowed Colonus , home of the god of horses. Come then, attend on your blind father, since you are eager to share his exile.

The Phoenician Virgins (OCR draft) Experimental (The Phoenician Virgins. Robert Potter's English verse translation, first published in 1781–1783; text from the 1808 Oxford printing.)

No corresponding passage available

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1841; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (Euripides. Deutsch in den Versmaßen der Urschrift. Volume 1, Heidelberg: C. F. Winter, 1841. Harvard OCR compared with an independent BSB copy. Native Donner verse citations, Murray reference cards, explicitly located notes and page facsimiles. Unresolved OCR, verse divisions, unlocated notes and printed errata are documented in the source review.) — 1672 focus

Zu deiner Hochzeit ziemen dir die Klagen nicht.

Antigone.

Ich würde lebend deines Sohns Gemahlinn je?

Kreon.

Nothwendig must du: wie entgingst du diesem Bund?

Antigone.

Der Danaïden Eine werd' ich jene Nacht.

Kreon.

Hört ihr das schmachvoll ausgestoßne freche Wort?
1650

Antigone.

Das Schwert, das Eisen zeuge mir, bei dem ich schwor!

Kreon.

Warum verlangst du los zu sein von diesem Bund?

Antigone.

Mit meinem Vater, mit dem ärmsten, will ich fliehn -

Kreon.

Wohl edel bist du, aber Thorheit blendet dich.

Antigone.

Und sterben mit ihm: wisse noch dies Weitere!
1655

Kreon.

Geh, morde mir nicht meinen Sohn, verlaß das Land.

Dedipus.

Um deiner Liebe willen preis ich, Tochter, dich.

Antigone.

Doch wenn ich freite, Vater, und du flshst allein, -

Dedipus.

Bleib, leb' im Glücke! Mein Geschick ertrag' ich gern.

Antigone.

Und wer, o Vater, pflegte dich, den Blinden, dann?
1660

Dedipus.

Ich fall' und ende, wo das Schicksal mir's bestimmt.

Antigone.

Doch Dedipus, wo ist er, wo der Räthselspruch?

Dedipus.

Verloren! Ein Tag hob mich, Ein Tag stürzte mich.

Antigone.

So hab' auch ich an deinem Ungluck meinen Theil.

Dedipus.

Flucht mit dem blinden Vater bringt der Tochter Schmach.
1665

Antigone.

Dem weisen Kinde, Vater, ist es ehrenvoll.

Dedipus.

Nun laß mich deine Mutter noch anrühren, Kind.

Antigone.

Sieh hier! Berühre mit dem Arm den greisen Leib.

Dedipus.

Mutter! Gemahlinn! Unglückseligste!

Antigone.

Da liegt sie klåglich; alles Leid bedrängte sie.
1670

Dedipus.

Wo ward Eteokles, wo Polyneikes hingelegt?

Antigone.

Hier nah' einander ruhn sie vor dir ausgestreckt.

Dedipus.

Leg' auf der Armen Angesicht des Blinden Hand.

Antigone.

Sieh hier, und fühle deine todten Kinder an.

Dedipus.

theure Leichen, arme Sohne des armen Manns!
1675

Antigone.

Polyneikes, ein so theurer Name mir!

Dedipus.

Nun, Kind, erfüllen Lopias' Drakel sich.

Antigone.

Wie lauten diese? Fügst du Leid zu Leide noch?

Dedipus.

Ich müsse sterben bei Athen als Flüchtiger.

Antigone.

Wo, welche Veste nimmt dich auf in Atthis Land?
1680

Dedipus.

Der Hain Kolonos und Poseidon's Heiligthum.

Wohlan, geleite deinen blinden Vater nun,

Da du zu theilen meine Flucht entschlossen bist.

Antigone.

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Κρέων οὐ μὴ ἐς γάμους σοὺς συμφορὰν κτήσῃ γόοις.

Ἀντιγόνη ἦ γὰρ γαμοῦμαι ζῶσα παιδὶ σῷ ποτε;

Κρέων πολλή σʼ ἀνάγκη· ποῖ γὰρ ἐκφεύξῃ λέχος;

Ἀντιγόνη νὺξ ἆρʼ ἐκείνη Δαναΐδων μʼ ἕξει μίαν. 1675

Κρέων εἶδες τὸ τόλμημʼ οἷον ἐξωνείδισεν;

Ἀντιγόνη ἴστω σίδηρος ὅρκιόν τέ μοι ξίφος.

Κρέων τί δʼ ἐκπροθυμῇ τῶνδʼ ἀπηλλάχθαι γάμων;

Ἀντιγόνη συμφεύξομαι τῷδʼ ἀθλιωτάτῳ πατρί.

Κρέων γενναιότης σοι, μωρία δʼ ἔνεστί τις. 1680

Ἀντιγόνη καὶ ξυνθανοῦμαί γʼ, ὡς μάθῃς περαιτέρω.

Κρέων ἴθʼ, οὐ φονεύσεις παῖδʼ ἐμόν, λίπε χθόνα.

Οἰδίπους ὦ θύγατερ, αἰνῶ μέν σε τῆς προθυμίας.

Ἀντιγόνη ἀλλʼ εἰ γαμοίμην, σὺ δὲ μόνος φεύγοις, πάτερ;

Οἰδίπους μένʼ εὐτυχοῦσα, τἄμʼ ἐγὼ στέρξω κακά. 1685

Ἀντιγόνη καὶ τίς σε τυφλὸν ὄντα θεραπεύσει, πάτερ;

Οἰδίπους πεσὼν ὅπου μοι μοῖρα κείσομαι πέδῳ.

Ἀντιγόνη ὁ δʼ Οἰδίπους ποῦ καὶ τὰ κλείνʼ αἰνίγματα;

Οἰδίπους ὄλωλʼ· ἓν ἦμάρ μʼ ὤλβισʼ, ἓν δʼ ἀπώλεσεν.

Ἀντιγόνη οὔκουν μετασχεῖν κἀμὲ δεῖ τῶν σῶν κακῶν; 1690

Οἰδίπους αἰσχρὰ φυγὴ θυγατρὶ σὺν τυφλῷ πατρί.

Ἀντιγόνη οὔ, σωφρονούσῃ γʼ, ἀλλὰ γενναία, πάτερ.

Οἰδίπους προσάγαγέ νύν με, μητρὸς ὡς ψαύσω σέθεν.

Ἀντιγόνη ἰδού, γεραιᾶς φιλτάτης ψαῦσον χερί.

Οἰδίπους ὦ μῆτερ, ὦ ξυνάορʼ ἀθλιωτάτη. 1695

Ἀντιγόνη οἰκτρὰ πρόκειται, πάντʼ ἔχουσʼ ὁμοῦ κακά.

Οἰδίπους Ἐτεοκλέους δὲ πτῶμα Πολυνείκους τε ποῦ;

Ἀντιγόνη τώδʼ ἐκτάδην σοι κεῖσθον ἀλλήλοιν πέλας.

Οἰδίπους πρόσθες τυφλὴν χεῖρʼ ἐπὶ πρόσωπα δυστυχῆ.

Ἀντιγόνη ἰδού, θανόντων σῶν τέκνων ἅπτου χερί. 1700

Οἰδίπους ὦ φίλα πεσήματʼ ἄθλιʼ ἀθλίου πατρός.

Ἀντιγόνη ὦ φίλτατον δῆτʼ ὄνομα Πολυνείκους ἐμοί.

Οἰδίπους νῦν χρησμός, ὦ παῖ, Λοξίου περαίνεται.

Ἀντιγόνη ὁ ποῖος; ἀλλʼ ἦ πρὸς κακοῖς ἐρεῖς κακά;

Οἰδίπους ἐν ταῖς Ἀθήναις κατθανεῖν μʼ ἀλώμενον. 1705

Ἀντιγόνη ποῦ; τίς σε πύργος Ἀτθίδος προσδέξεται;

Οἰδίπους ἱερὸς Κολωνός, δώμαθʼ ἱππίου θεοῦ. ἀλλʼ εἶα, τυφλῷ τῷδʼ ὑπηρέτει πατρί, ἐπεὶ προθυμῇ τῆσδε κοινοῦσθαι φυγῆς.

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Creon Do not let this mourning bring disaster on your marriage.

Antigone Marriage! Do you think I will marry your son while I am alive?

Creon Indeed you must; how will you escape the match?

Antigone Then that night will find in me another Danaid bride! 1675

Creon turning to Oedipus Do you see how boldly she reproaches me?

Antigone Let the steel know, the sword be my witness!

Creon Why are you so eager to be released from this marriage?

Antigone I mean to share my hapless father’s exile.

Creon A noble spirit yours but there is some folly in it. 1680

Antigone And I will share his death, I tell you further.

Creon Go, leave the land; you will not murder my son. Exit Creon.

Oedipus Daughter, for this loyal spirit I thank you.

Antigone How could I marry, while you went into exile alone, father?

Oedipus Stay here and be happy; I will bear my own load of sorrow. 1685

Antigone And who will tend you in your blindness, father?

Oedipus Where fate appoints, there I will fall and lie down upon the ground.

Antigone Where is Oedipus, and that famous riddle?

Oedipus Lost! One day blessed me, one destroyed me.

Antigone May I not also share your sorrows? 1690

Oedipus To wander with her blinded father would be shameful for his daughter.

Antigone Not so, father, but glory, if she is discreet.

Oedipus Lead me near, so that I may touch your mother’s corpse.

Antigone There, embrace the aged form so dear to you.

Oedipus O mother, o most wretched wife! 1695

Antigone Pitiably she lies, who suffered every evil at once.

Oedipus Where are the corpses of Eteocles, and of Polyneices?

Antigone Here they both lie, stretched out side by side.

Oedipus Lay my blind hand upon their poor faces.

Antigone There, touch the dead, your children. 1700

Oedipus O dear fallen sons, sad offspring of a sad father!

Antigone O my brother Polyneices, name most dear to me!

Oedipus Now the oracle of Loxias is being fulfilled, my child.

Antigone What oracle? Do you have further woes to tell?

Oedipus That I should die in Athens after a life of wandering. 1705

Antigone Where? What fenced town in Attica will take you in?

Oedipus Hallowed Colonus , home of the god of horses. Come then, attend on your blind father, since you are eager to share his exile.

Zu deiner Hochzeit ziemen dir die Klagen nicht.

Antigone. Ich würde lebend deines Sohns Gemahlinn je?

Kreon. Nothwendig must du: wie entgingst du diesem Bund?

Antigone. Der Danaïden Eine werd' ich jene Nacht.

Kreon. Hört ihr das schmachvoll ausgestoßne freche Wort? 1650

Κρέων

οὐ μὴ ἐς γάμους σοὺς συμφορὰν κτήσῃ γόοις.

Ἀντιγόνη

ἦ γὰρ γαμοῦμαι ζῶσα παιδὶ σῷ ποτε;

Κρέων

πολλή σʼ ἀνάγκη· ποῖ γὰρ ἐκφεύξῃ λέχος;

Ἀντιγόνη

νὺξ ἆρʼ ἐκείνη Δαναΐδων μʼ ἕξει μίαν.
1675

Κρέων

εἶδες τὸ τόλμημʼ οἷον ἐξωνείδισεν;

Ἀντιγόνη

ἴστω σίδηρος ὅρκιόν τέ μοι ξίφος.

Κρέων

τί δʼ ἐκπροθυμῇ τῶνδʼ ἀπηλλάχθαι γάμων;

Ἀντιγόνη

συμφεύξομαι τῷδʼ ἀθλιωτάτῳ πατρί.

Κρέων

γενναιότης σοι, μωρία δʼ ἔνεστί τις.
1680

Ἀντιγόνη

καὶ ξυνθανοῦμαί γʼ, ὡς μάθῃς περαιτέρω.

Κρέων

ἴθʼ, οὐ φονεύσεις παῖδʼ ἐμόν, λίπε χθόνα.

Οἰδίπους

ὦ θύγατερ, αἰνῶ μέν σε τῆς προθυμίας.

Ἀντιγόνη

ἀλλʼ εἰ γαμοίμην, σὺ δὲ μόνος φεύγοις, πάτερ;

Οἰδίπους

μένʼ εὐτυχοῦσα, τἄμʼ ἐγὼ στέρξω κακά.
1685

Ἀντιγόνη

καὶ τίς σε τυφλὸν ὄντα θεραπεύσει, πάτερ;

Οἰδίπους

πεσὼν ὅπου μοι μοῖρα κείσομαι πέδῳ.

Ἀντιγόνη

ὁ δʼ Οἰδίπους ποῦ καὶ τὰ κλείνʼ αἰνίγματα;

Οἰδίπους

ὄλωλʼ· ἓν ἦμάρ μʼ ὤλβισʼ, ἓν δʼ ἀπώλεσεν.

Ἀντιγόνη

οὔκουν μετασχεῖν κἀμὲ δεῖ τῶν σῶν κακῶν;
1690

Οἰδίπους

αἰσχρὰ φυγὴ θυγατρὶ σὺν τυφλῷ πατρί.

Ἀντιγόνη

οὔ, σωφρονούσῃ γʼ, ἀλλὰ γενναία, πάτερ.

Οἰδίπους

προσάγαγέ νύν με, μητρὸς ὡς ψαύσω σέθεν.

Ἀντιγόνη

ἰδού, γεραιᾶς φιλτάτης ψαῦσον χερί.

Οἰδίπους

ὦ μῆτερ, ὦ ξυνάορʼ ἀθλιωτάτη.
1695

Ἀντιγόνη

οἰκτρὰ πρόκειται, πάντʼ ἔχουσʼ ὁμοῦ κακά.

Οἰδίπους

Ἐτεοκλέους δὲ πτῶμα Πολυνείκους τε ποῦ;

Ἀντιγόνη

τώδʼ ἐκτάδην σοι κεῖσθον ἀλλήλοιν πέλας.

Οἰδίπους

πρόσθες τυφλὴν χεῖρʼ ἐπὶ πρόσωπα δυστυχῆ.

Ἀντιγόνη

ἰδού, θανόντων σῶν τέκνων ἅπτου χερί.
1700

Οἰδίπους

ὦ φίλα πεσήματʼ ἄθλιʼ ἀθλίου πατρός.

Ἀντιγόνη

ὦ φίλτατον δῆτʼ ὄνομα Πολυνείκους ἐμοί.

Οἰδίπους

νῦν χρησμός, ὦ παῖ, Λοξίου περαίνεται.

Ἀντιγόνη

ὁ ποῖος; ἀλλʼ ἦ πρὸς κακοῖς ἐρεῖς κακά;

Οἰδίπους

ἐν ταῖς Ἀθήναις κατθανεῖν μʼ ἀλώμενον.
1705

Ἀντιγόνη

ποῦ; τίς σε πύργος Ἀτθίδος προσδέξεται;

Οἰδίπους

ἱερὸς Κολωνός, δώμαθʼ ἱππίου θεοῦ.

ἀλλʼ εἶα, τυφλῷ τῷδʼ ὑπηρέτει πατρί,

ἐπεὶ προθυμῇ τῆσδε κοινοῦσθαι φυγῆς.

Creon

Do not let this mourning bring disaster on your marriage.

Antigone

Marriage! Do you think I will marry your son while I am alive?

Creon

Indeed you must; how will you escape the match?

Antigone

Then that night will find in me another Danaid bride!
1675

Creon
turning to Oedipus

Do you see how boldly she reproaches me?

Antigone

Let the steel know, the sword be my witness!

Creon

Why are you so eager to be released from this marriage?

Antigone

I mean to share my hapless father’s exile.

Creon

A noble spirit yours but there is some folly in it.
1680

Antigone

And I will share his death, I tell you further.

Creon

Go, leave the land; you will not murder my son. Exit Creon.

Oedipus

Daughter, for this loyal spirit I thank you.

Antigone

How could I marry, while you went into exile alone, father?

Oedipus

Stay here and be happy; I will bear my own load of sorrow.
1685

Antigone

And who will tend you in your blindness, father?

Oedipus

Where fate appoints, there I will fall and lie down upon the ground.

Antigone

Where is Oedipus, and that famous riddle?

Oedipus

Lost! One day blessed me, one destroyed me.

Antigone

May I not also share your sorrows?
1690

Oedipus

To wander with her blinded father would be shameful for his daughter.

Antigone

Not so, father, but glory, if she is discreet.

Oedipus

Lead me near, so that I may touch your mother’s corpse.

Antigone

There, embrace the aged form so dear to you.

Oedipus

O mother, o most wretched wife!
1695

Antigone

Pitiably she lies, who suffered every evil at once.

Oedipus

Where are the corpses of Eteocles, and of Polyneices?

Antigone

Here they both lie, stretched out side by side.

Oedipus

Lay my blind hand upon their poor faces.

Antigone

There, touch the dead, your children.
1700

Oedipus

O dear fallen sons, sad offspring of a sad father!

Antigone

O my brother Polyneices, name most dear to me!

Oedipus

Now the oracle of Loxias is being fulfilled, my child.

Antigone

What oracle? Do you have further woes to tell?

Oedipus

That I should die in Athens after a life of wandering.
1705

Antigone

Where? What fenced town in Attica will take you in?

Oedipus

Hallowed Colonus , home of the god of horses. Come then, attend on your blind father, since you are eager to share his exile.

Antigone.

Ich würde lebend deines Sohns Gemahlinn je?

Kreon.

Nothwendig must du: wie entgingst du diesem Bund?

Antigone.

Der Danaïden Eine werd' ich jene Nacht.

Kreon.

Hört ihr das schmachvoll ausgestoßne freche Wort?
1650

Antigone.

Das Schwert, das Eisen zeuge mir, bei dem ich schwor!

Kreon.

Warum verlangst du los zu sein von diesem Bund?

Antigone.

Mit meinem Vater, mit dem ärmsten, will ich fliehn -

Kreon.

Wohl edel bist du, aber Thorheit blendet dich.