ISMENE
Die That verübt' ich, stimmt dazu die Schwester ein,
und habe mit Theil, trage mit an dieser Schuld.
Antigone. Sophocles. ed. August Boeckh. Leipzig. 1884.
Antigone. Sophocles. ed. August Boeckh. Leipzig. 1884.
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) (German) (German (A. Boeckh, 1884))
Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.
522-523. mvp-comment-306-1 Creon means that Eteocles must still hate Polynices after death. To which Antigone rejoins, in the line which expresses what is deepest in her, If it be so, his hatred is no rule for me. Creon sees that further argument is useless, and breaks off impatiently with an abrupt sentence of death.
524-525. mvp-comment-307-1 Go, then, to your grave, and there, if you must love them, love the dead below! κείνους, sc. τοὺς κάτω, with particular reference to Polynices.