Antigone. Sophocles. Torino, Italy. 1978.
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Antigone. Sophocles. Torino, Italy. 1978.
Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.
Funding provided by Tufts University.
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) (Greek) (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978))
Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.
1344-1346. mvp-comment-743-1 * πάντα γὰρ.. εἰσήλατο For all that I am engaged with is ready to fall, while from above a destiny hard to be borne has leapt upon my head. The opposition is not between Haemon and Eurydice (Dindorf), nor between present and future (Seyffert), but between the visible circumstances and the invisible hand of fate. λέχριος is used metaphorically. (See Essay on Language p. 105.) Creon cannot bear the misery that surrounds him, and he cannot look up because of the heavy weight of destiny impending over him.