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δηλοῖ τὸ γοῦν λῆμ᾽ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρὸς

τῆς παιδός· εἴκειν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς.

Κρέων

ἀλλ᾽ ἴσθι τοι τὰ σκλήρ᾽ ἄγαν φρονήματα

πίπτειν μάλιστα, καὶ τὸν ἐγκρατέστατον

σίδηρον ὀπτὸν ἐκ πυρὸς περισκελῆ
475

θραυσθέντα καὶ ῥαγέντα πλεῖστ᾽ ἂν εἰσίδοις.

σμικρῷ χαλινῷ δ᾽ οἶδα τοὺς θυμουμένους

ἵππους καταρτυθέντας· οὐ γὰρ ἐκπέλει

φρονεῖν μέγ᾽ ὅστις δοῦλός ἐστι τῶν πέλας.

αὕτη δ᾽ ὑβρίζειν μὲν τότ᾽ ἐξηπίστατο,
480

νόμους ὑπερβαίνουσα τοὺς προκειμένους·

ὕβρις δ᾽, ἐπεὶ δέδρακεν, ἥδε δευτέρα,

τούτοις ἐπαυχεῖν καὶ δεδρακυῖαν γελᾶν.

ἦ νῦν ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ ἀνήρ, αὕτη δ᾽ ἀνήρ,

εἰ ταῦτ᾽ ἀνατεὶ τῇδε κείσεται κράτη.
485

ἀλλ᾽ εἴτ᾽ ἀδελφῆς εἴθ᾽ ὁμαιμονεστέρα

τοῦ παντὸς ἡμῖν Ζηνὸς ἑρκείου κυρεῖ,

αὐτή τε χἡ ξύναιμος οὐκ ἀλύξετον

μόρου κακίστου· καὶ γὰρ οὖν κείνην ἴσον

ἐπαιτιῶμαι τοῦδε βουλεῦσαι τάφου.
490

καί νιν καλεῖτ᾽· ἔσω γὰρ εἶδον ἀρτίως

λυσσῶσαν αὐτὴν οὐδ᾽ ἐπήβολον φρενῶν.

φιλεῖ δ᾽ ὁ θυμὸς πρόσθεν ᾑρῆσθαι κλοπεὺς

τῶν μηδὲν ὀρθῶς ἐν σκότῳ τεχνωμένων.

μισῶ γε μέντοι χὥταν ἐν κακοῖσί τις
495

ἁλοὺς ἔπειτα τοῦτο καλλύνειν θέλῃ.

Ἀντιγόνη

θέλεις τι μεῖζον ἢ κατακτεῖναί μ᾽ ἑλών;

Κρέων

ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν· τοῦτ᾽ ἔχων ἅπαντ᾽ ἔχω.

Ἀντιγόνη

Antigone. Sophocles. Oxford. 1924.

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by Tufts University.

Current edition Experimental

Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) (Greek) (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (11)

Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 471 focus

δηλοῖ ¹ τὸ γέννημ᾽ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρὸς

τῆς παιδός· εἴκειν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς.

Κρέων

ἀλλ᾽, ἴσθι τοι, τὰ σκλήρ᾽ ἄγαν φρονήματα
470

πίπτει μάλιστα· καὶ τὸν ἐγκρατέστατον

σίδηρον ὀπτὸν ἐκ πυρὸς περισκελῆ ²

θραυσθέντα καὶ ῥαγέντα πλεῖστ᾽ ἂν εἰσίδοις·

σμικρῷ χαλινῷ δ᾽ οἶδα τοὺς θυμουμένους

ἵππους καταρτυθέντας. οὐ γὰρ ἐκπέλει
475

φρονεῖν μέγ᾽, ὅστις δοῦλός ἐστι τῶν πέλας ³.

αὕτη δ᾽ ὑβρίζειν μὲν τότ᾽ ἐξηπίστατο,

νόμους ὑπερβαίνουσα τοὺς προκειμένους·

ὕβρις δ᾽, ἐπεὶ δέδρακεν, ἥδε δευτέρα,

τούτοις ἐπαυχεῖν, καὶ δεδρακυῖαν γελᾷν.
480

ἦ νῦν ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ ἀνὴρ, αὕτη δ᾽ ἀνὴρ,

εἰ ταῦτ᾽ ἀνατὶ τῇδε κείσεται κράτη.

ἀλλ᾽ εἴτ᾽ ἀδελφῆς, εἴθ᾽ ὁμαιμονεστέρας ⁴

τοῦ παντὸς ἡμῖν Ζηνὸς Ἑρκείου κυρεῖ,

αὐτή τε χἠ ξύναιμος οὐκ ἀλύξετον ⁵
485

μόρου κακίστου. καὶ γὰρ οὖν κείνην ἴσον

ἐπαιτιῶμαι τοῦδε βουλεῦσαι τάφου.

καί νιν καλεῖτ᾽. ἔσω γὰρ εἶδον ἀρτίως

λυσσῶσαν αὐτὴν, οὐδ᾽ ἐπήβολον φρενῶν.

φιλεῖ ⁶ δ᾽ ὁ θυμὸς πρόσθεν ᾑρῆσθαι κλοπεὺς
490

τῶν μηδὲν ὀρθῶς ἐν σκότῳ τεχνωμένων.

μισῶ γε μέν τοι χὤταν ἐν κακοῖσί τις

ἁλοὺς, ἔπειτα τοῦτο καλλύνειν θέλῃ.

Ἀντιγόνη

θέλεις τι μεῖζον, ἢ κατακτεῖναί μ᾽ ἑλών;

Κρέων

ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν· τοῦτ᾽ ἔχων, ἅπαντ᾽ ἔχω.
495

Ἀντιγόνη

Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 471 focus

Χορός

δηλοῖ τὸ γέννημ᾽ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρὸς

τῆς παιδός· εἴκειν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς.

Κρέων

ἀλλ᾽ ἴσθι τοι, τὰ σκλήρ᾽ ἄγαν φρονήματα
460

πίπτει μάλιστα· καὶ τὸν ἐγκρατέστατον

σίδηρον, ὀπτὸν ἐκ πυρὸς περισκελῆ,

θραυσθέντα καὶ ῥαγέντα πλεῖστ᾽ ἂν εἰσίδοις.

σμικρῷ χαλινῷ δ᾽ οἶδα τοὺς θυμουμένους

ἵππους καταρτυθέντας. οὐ γὰρ ἐκπέλει
465

φρονεῖν μέγ᾽, ὅστις δοῦλός ἐστι τῶν πέλας.

αὕτη δ᾽ ὑβρίζειν μὲν τότ᾽ ἐξηπίστατο,

νόμους ὑπερβαίνουσα τοὺς προκειμένους·

ὕβρις δ᾽, ἐπεὶ δέδρακεν, ἥδε δευτέρα,

τούτοις ἐπαυχεῖν καὶ δεδρακυῖαν γελᾶν.
470

ἦ νῦν ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ ἀνήρ, αὕτη δ᾽ ἀνήρ,

εἰ ταῦτ᾽ ἀνατὶ τῇδε κείσεται κράτη.

ἀλλ᾽ εἴτ᾽ ἀδελφῆς εἴθ᾽ ὁμαιμονεστέρα

τοῦ παντὸς ἧμιν Ζηνὸς Ἑρκείου κυρεῖ,

αὐτή τε χἠ ξύναιμος οὐκ ἀλύξετον
475

μόρου κακίστου. καὶ γὰρ οὖν κείνην ἴσον

ἐπαιτιῶμαι τοῦδε βουλεῦσαι τάφου.

καί νιν καλεῖτ᾽. ἔσω γὰρ εἶδον ἀρτίως

λυσσῶσαν αὐτὴν οὐδ᾽ ἐπήβολον φρενῶν.

φιλεῖ δ᾽ ὁ θυμὸς πρόσθεν ᾑρῆσθαι κλοπεὺς
480

τῶν μηδὲν ὀρθῶς ἐν σκότῳ τεχνωμένων.

μισῶ γε μέντοι χὤταν ἐν κακοῖσί τις

ἁλοὺς ἔπειτα τοῦτο καλλύνειν θέλῃ.

Ἀντιγόνη

θέλεις τι μεῖζον ἢ κατακτεῖναί μ' ἑλών;

Κρέων

ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν· τοῦτ᾽ ἔχων ἅπαντ᾽ ἔχω.
485

Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 471 focus

δηλοῖ τὸ γέννημ᾽ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρὸς

τῆς παιδὸς, εἴκειν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς.
465

Κρέων

ἀλλ' ἴσθι τοι τὰ σκλήρ᾽ ἄγαν φρονήματα

πίπτειν μάλιστα· καὶ τὸν ἐγκρατέστατον

σίδηρον ὀπτὸν, ἐκ πυρὸς περισκελῆ

θραυσθέντα καὶ ῥαγέντα πλεῖστ᾽ ἂν εἰσίδοις ·

σμικρῷ χαλινῷ δ᾽ οἶδα τοὺς θυμουμένους
470

ἵππους καταρτυθέντας. οὐ γὰρ ἐκπέλει

φρονεῖν μέγ᾽, ὅστις δοῦλός ἐστι τῶν πέλας·

αὕτη δ᾽ ὑβρίζειν μὲν τότ᾽ ἐξηπίστατο,

νόμους ὑπερβαίνουσα τοὺς προκειμένους·

ὕβρις δ᾽, ἐπεὶ δέδρακεν, ἥδε δευτέρα,
475

τούτοις ἐπαυχεῖν, καὶ δεδρακυῖαν γελᾶν.

ἦ νῦν ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ ἀνὴρ, αὐτὴ δ᾽ ἀνὴρ,

εἰ ταῦτ᾽ ἀνατεὶ τῇδε κείσεται κράτη.

ἀλλ᾽ εἴτ᾽ ἀδελφῆς, εἴθ᾽ ὁμαιμονεστέρας

τοῦ παντὸς ἡμῖν Ζηνὸς Ἑρκίου κυρεῖ,
480

αὐτή τε χ᾽ ἡ ξύναιμος οὐκ ἀλύξετον

μόρου κακίστου · καὶ γὰρ οὖν κείνην ἴσον

ἐπαιτιῶμαι τοῦδε βουλεῦσαι τάφου.

καί νιν καλεῖτ᾽ ! ἔσω γὰρ εἶδον ἀρτίως

λυσσῶσαν αὐτὴν, οὐδ᾽ ἐπήβολον φρενῶν·
485

φιλεῖ δ᾽ ὁ θυμὸς πρόσθεν ᾑρῆσθαι κλοπεὺς

τῶν μηδὲν ὀρθῶς ἐν σκότῳ τεχνωμένων.

μισῶ γε μέν τοι χὥταν ἐν κακοῖσὶ τις

ἁλοὺς, ἔπειτα τοῦτο καλλύνειν θέλῃ.

Ἀντιγόνη

θέλεις τι μεῖζον, ἢ κατακτεῖναί μ᾽ ἑλών;
490

Κρέων

ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν· τοῦτ᾽ ἔχων, ἅπαντ᾽ ἔχω.

Ἀντιγόνη

Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 471 focus

δηλοῖ τὸ γέννημ᾽ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρὸς

τῆς παιδός· εἴκειν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς.

Κρέων

ἀλλ᾽ ἴσθι τοι τὰ σκλήρ᾽ ἄγαν φρονήματα

πίπτειν μάλιστα, καὶ τὸν ἐγκρατέστατον

σίδηρον ὀπτὸν ἐκ πυρὸς περισκελῆ
475

θραυσθέντα καὶ ῥαγέντα πλεῖστ᾽ ἂν εἰσίδοις.

σμικρῷ χαλινῷ δ᾽ οἶδα τοὺς θυμουμένους

ἵππους καταρτυθέντας· οὐ γὰρ ἐκπέλει

φρονεῖν μέγ᾽ ὅστις δοῦλός ἐστι τῶν πέλας.

αὕτη δ᾽ ὑβρίζειν μὲν τότ᾽ ἐξηπίστατο,
480

νόμους ὑπερβαίνουσα τοὺς προκειμένους·

ὕβρις δ᾽, ἐπεὶ δέδρακεν, ἥδε δευτέρα,

τούτοις ἐπαυχεῖν καὶ δεδρακυῖαν γελᾶν.

ἦ νῦν ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ ἀνήρ, αὕτη δ᾽ ἀνήρ,

εἰ ταῦτ᾽ ἀνατὶ τῇδε κείσεται κράτη.
485

ἀλλ᾽ εἴτ᾿ ἀδελφῆς εἴθ᾽ ὁμαιμονεστέρα

τοῦ παντὸς ἡμῖν Ζηνὸς ἑρκείου κυρεῖ,

αὐτή τε χἠ ξύναιμος οὐκ ἀλύξετον

μόρου κακίστου· καὶ γὰρ οὖν κείνην ἴσον

ἐπαιτιῶμαι τοῦδε βουλεῦσαι τάφου.
490

καί νιν καλεῖτʼ· ἔσω γὰρ εἶδον ἀρτίως

λυσσῶσαν αὐτὴν οὐδ᾽ ἐπήβολον φρενῶν.

φιλεῖ δ᾽ ὁ θυμὸς πρόσθεν ᾑρῆσθαι κλοπεὺς

τῶν μηδὲν ὀρθῶς ἐν σκότῳ τεχνωμένων.

μισῶ γε μέντοι χὤταν ἐν κακοῖσί τις
495

ἁλοὺς ἔπειτα τοῦτο καλλύνειν θέλῃ.

Ἀντιγόνη

θέλεις τι μεῖζον ἢ κατακτεῖναί μ᾿ ἑλών;

Κρέων

ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν· τοῦτ᾽ ἔχων ἅπαντ᾽ ἔχω.

Ἀντιγόνη

Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 471 focus

δηλοῖ τὸ γέννημ᾽ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρὸς

τῆς παιδός· εἴκειν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς.

Κρέων

ἀλλ᾽ ἴσθι τοι τὰ σκλήρ᾽ ἄγαν φρονήματα

πίπτειν μάλιστα, καὶ τὸν ἐγκρατέστατον

σίδηρον ὀπτὸν ἐκ πυρὸς περισκελῆ
475

θραυσθέντα καὶ ῥαγέντα πλεῖστ᾽ ἂν εἰσίδοις.

σμικρῷ χαλινῷ δ᾽ οἶδα τοὺς θυμουμένους

ἵππους καταρτυθέντας οὐ γὰρ ἐκπέλει

φρονεῖν μέγ᾽ ὅστις δοῦλός ἐστι τῶν πέλας.

αὕτη δ᾽ ὑβρίζειν μὲν τότ᾽ ἐξηπίστατο
480

νόμους ὑπερβαίνουσα τοὺς προκειμένους·

ὕβρις δ᾽, ἐπεὶ δέδρακεν, ἥδε δευτέρα,

τούτοις ἐπαυχεῖν καὶ δεδρακυῖαν γελᾶν.

ἦ νῦν ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ ἀνήρ, αὕτη δ᾽ ἀνήρ,

εἰ ταῦτ᾽ ἀνατὶ τῇδε κείσεται κράτη.
485

ἀλλ᾽ εἴτ᾽ ἀδελφῆς εἴθ᾽ ὁμαιμονεστέρα

τοῦ παντὸς ἡμῖν Ζηνὸς Ἑρκείου κυρεῖ,

αὐτή τε χἠ ξύναιμος οὐκ ἀλύξετον

μόρου κακίστου· καὶ γὰρ οὖν κείνην ἴσον

ἐπαιτιῶμαι τοῦδε βουλεῦσαι τάφου.
490

καί νιν καλεῖτ᾽· ἔσω γὰρ εἶδον ἀρτίως

λυσσῶσαν αὐτὴν οὐδ᾽ ἐπήβολον φρενῶν.

φιλεῖ δ᾽ ὁ θυμὸς πρόσθεν ᾑρῆσθαι κλοπεὺς

τῶν μηδὲν ὀρθῶς ἐν σκότῳ τεχνωμένων.

μισῶ γε μέντοι χῶταν ἐν κακοῖσί τις
495

ἁλοὺς ἔπειτα τοῦτο καλλύνειν θέλῃ.

Ἀντιγόνη

θέλεις τι μεῖζον ἢ κατακτεῖναί μ᾽ ἑλών;

Κρέων

ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν· τοῦτ᾽ ἔχων ἅπαντ᾽ ἔχω.

Ἀντιγόνη

Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 471 focus

δηλοῖ τὸ γέννημ’ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρὸς

τῆς παιδός· εἴκειν δ’ οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς.

Κρέων

ἀλλ’ ἴσθι τοι τὰ σκλήρ’ ἄγαν φρονήματα

πίπτειν μάλιστα, καὶ τὸν ἐγκρατέστατον

σίδηρον ὀπτὸν ἐκ πυρὸς περισκελῆ
475

θραυσθέντα καὶ ῥαγέντα πλεῖστ’ ἂν εἰσίδοις.

σμικρῷ χαλινῷ δ’ οἶδα τοὺς θυμουμένους

ἵππους καταρτυθέντας· οὐ γὰρ ἐκπέλει

φρονεῖν μέγ’ ὅστις δοῦλός ἐστι τῶν πέλας.

αὕτη δ’ ὑβρίζειν μὲν τότ’ ἐξηπίστατο
480

νόμους ὑπερβαίνουσα τοὺς προκειμένους·

ὕβρις δ’, ἐπεὶ δέδρακεν, ἥδε δευτέρα,

τούτοις ἐπαυχεῖν καὶ δεδρακυῖαν γελᾶν.

ἦ νῦν ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ ἀνήρ, αὕτη δ’ ἀνήρ,

εἰ ταῦτ’ ἀνατὶ τῇδε κείσεται κράτη.
485

ἀλλ’ εἴτ’ ἀδελφῆς εἴθ’ ὁμαιμονεστέρα

τοῦ παντὸς ἡμῖν Ζηνὸς Ἑρκείου κυρεῖ,

αὐτή τε χἠ ξύναιμος οὐκ ἀλύξετον

μόρου κακίστου· καὶ γὰρ οὖν κείνην ἴσον

ἐπαιτιῶμαι τοῦδε βουλεῦσαι τάφου.
490

καί νιν καλεῖτ’· ἔσω γὰρ εἶδον ἀρτίως

λυσσῶσαν αὐτὴν οὐδ’ ἐπήβολον φρενῶν.

φιλεῖ δ’ ὁ θυμὸς πρόσθεν ᾑρῆσθαι κλοπεὺς

τῶν μηδὲν ὀρθῶς ἐν σκότῳ τεχνωμένων.

μισῶ γε μέντοι χὤταν ἐν κακοῖσί τις
495

ἁλοὺς ἔπειτα τοῦτο καλλύνειν θέλῃ.

Ἀντιγόνη

θέλεις τι μεῖζον ἢ κατακτεῖναί μ’ ἑλών;

Κρέων

ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν· τοῦτ’ ἔχων ἅπαντ’ ἔχω.

Ἀντιγόνη

Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 471 focus

δηλοῖ τὸ μὲν λῆμ᾽ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρὸς

τῆς παιδός, εἴκειν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς.

Κρέων

ἀλλ᾽ ἴσθι τοι τὰ σκλήρ᾽ ἄγαν φρονήματα

πίπτειν μάλιστα· καὶ τὸν ἐγκρατέστατον

σίδηρον ὀπτὸν ἐκ πυρὸς περισκελῆ
475

θραυσθέντα καὶ ῥαγέντα πλεῖστ᾽ ἂν εἰσίδοις.

σμικρῶι χαλινῶι δ᾽ οἶδα τοὺς θυμουμένους

ἵππους καταρτυθέντας οὐ γὰρ ἐκπέλει

φρονεῖν μέγ᾽ ὅστις δοῦλός ἐστι τῶν πέλας.

αὕτη δ᾽ ὑβρίζειν μὲν τότ᾽ ἐξηπίστατο
480

νόμους ὑπερβαίνουσα τοὺς προκειμένους·

ὕβρις δ᾽, ἐπεὶ δέδρακεν, ἥδε δευτέρα,

τούτοις ἐπαυχεῖν καὶ δεδρακυῖαν γελᾶν.

ἦ νῦν ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ ἀνήρ, αὕτη δ᾽ ἀνήρ,

εἰ ταῦτ᾽ ἀνατὶ τῆιδε κείσεται κράτη.
485

ἀλλ᾽ εἴτ᾽ ἀδελφῆς εἴθ᾽ ὁμαιμονεστέρα

τοῦ παντὸς ἡμῖν Ζηνὸς ἑρκείου κυρεῖ,

αὐτή τε χἠ ξύναιμος οὐκ ἀλύξετον

μόρου κακίστου· καὶ γὰρ οὖν κείνην ἴσον

ἐπαιτιῶμαι τοῦδε βουλεῦσαι τάφου.
490

καί νιν καλεῖτ᾽· ἔσω γὰρ εἶδον ἀρτίως

λυσσῶσαν αὐτὴν οὐδ᾽ ἐπήβολον φρενῶν.

φιλεῖ δ᾽ ὁ θυμὸς πρόσθεν ἡιρῆσθαι κλοπεὺς

τῶν μηδὲν ὀρθῶς ἐν σκότωι τεχνωμένων.

μισῶ γε μέντοι χὤταν ἐν κακοῖσί τις
495

ἁλοὺς ἔπειτα τοῦτο καλλύνειν θέληι.

Ἀντιγόνη

θέλεις τι μεῖζον ἢ κατακτεῖναί μ᾽ ἑλών;

Κρέων

ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν· τοῦτ᾽ ἔχων ἅπαντ᾽ ἔχω.

Ἀντιγόνη

Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 471 focus

δηλοῖ τὸ γέννημ᾽ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρὸς

τῆς παιδός· εἴκειν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς.

Κρέων

ἀλλ᾽ ἴσθι τοι τὰ σκλήρ᾽ ἄγαν φρονήματα

πίπτειν μάλιστα· καὶ τὸν ἐγκρατέστατον
470

σίδηρον ὀπτὸν ἐκ πυρὸς περισκελῆ

θραυσθέντα καὶ ῥαγέντα πλεῖστ᾽ ἂν εἰσίδοις.

σμικρῷ χαλινῷ δ᾽ οἶδα τοὺς θυμουμένους

ἵππους καταρτυθέντας. οὐ γὰρ ἐκπέλει.

φρονεῖν μέγ᾽, ὅστις δοῦλός ἐστι τῶν πέλας.
475

αὕτη δ᾽ ὑβρίζειν μὲν τότ᾽ ἐξηπίστατο,

νόμους ὑπερβαίνουσα τοὺς προκειμένους·

ὕβρις δ᾽, ἐπεὶ δέδρακεν, ἥδε δευτέρα,

τούτοις ἐπαυχεῖν, καὶ δεδρακυῖαν γελᾶν.

ἦ νῦν ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ ἀνήρ, αὕτη δ' ἀνήρ,
480

εἰ ταῦτ᾽ ἀνατὶ τῇδε κείσεται κράτη.

ἀλλ᾽ εἴτ᾽ ἀδελφῆς, εἴθ᾽ ὁμαιμονεστέρα

τοῦ παντὸς ἧμιν Ζηνὸς ἕρκείου κυρεῖ,

αὐτή τε χἠ ξύναιμος οὐκ ἀλύξετον

μόρου κακίστου. καὶ γὰρ οὖν κείνην ἴσον
485

ἐπαιτιῶμαι τοῦδε βουλεῦσαι τάφου.

καί νιν καλεῖτ᾽. ἔσω γὰρ εἶδον ἀρτίως

λυσσῶσαν αὐτήν, οὐδ᾽ ἐπήβολον φρενῶν.

φιλεῖ δ᾽ ὁ θυμὸς πρόσθεν ᾑρῆσθαι κλοπεὺς

τῶν μηδὲν ὀρθῶς ἐν σκότῳ τεχνωμένων.
490

μισῶ γε μέντοι χῶταν ἐν κακοῖσί τις

ἁλούς, ἔπειτα τοῦτο καλλύνειν θέλῃ.

Ἀντιγόνη

θέλεις τι μεῖζον, ἢ κατακτεῖναί μ᾽ ἑλών;

Κρέων

ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν· τοῦτ᾽ ἔχων, ἅπαντ᾽ ἔχω.

Ἀντιγόνη

Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 471 focus

δηλοῖ τὸ γέννημ᾽ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρὸς

τῆς παιδός· εἴκειν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς.

Κρέων

ἀλλ᾽ ἴσθι τοι τὰ σκλήρ᾽ ἄγαν φρονήματα

πίπτειν μάλιστα, καὶ τὸν ἐγκρατέστατον

σίδηρον ὀπτὸν ἐκ πυρὸς περισκελῆ
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θραυσθέντα καὶ ῥαγέντα πλεῖστ᾽ ἂν εἰσίδοις ·

σμικρῷ χαλινῷ δ᾽ οἶδα τοὺς θυμουμένους

ἵππους καταρτυθέντας· οὐ γὰρ ἐκπέλει

φρονεῖν μέγ᾽ ὅστις δοῦλός ἐστι τῶν πέλας.

αὕτη δ᾽ ὑβρίζειν μὲν τότ᾽ ἐξηπίστατο,
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νόμους ὑπερβαίνουσα τοὺς προκειμένους·

ὕβρις δ᾽, ἐπεὶ δέδρακεν, ἥδε δευτέρα,

τούτοις ἐπαυχεῖν καὶ δεδρακυῖαν γελᾶν.

ἦ νῦν ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ ἀνήρ, αὕτη δ᾽ ἀνήρ,

εἰ ταῦτ᾽ ἀνατὶ τῇδε κείσεται κράτη.
485

ἀλλ᾽ εἴτ᾽ ἀδελφῆς εἴθ᾽ ὁμαιμονεστέρα

τοῦ παντὸς ἡμῖν Ζηνὸς ἑρκείου κυρεῖ,

αὐτή τε χἡ ξύναιμος οὐκ ἀλύξετον

μόρου κακίστου· καὶ γὰρ οὖν κείνην ἴσον

ἐπαιτιῶμαι τοῦδε βουλεῦσαι τάφου.
490

καί νιν καλεῖτ᾽· ἔσω γὰρ εἶδον ἀρτίως

λυσσῶσαν αὐτὴν οὐδ᾽ ἐπήβολον φρενῶν·

φιλεῖ δ᾽ ὁ θυμὸς πρόσθεν ᾑρῆσθαι κλοπεὺς

τῶν μηδὲν ὀρθῶς ἐν σκότῳ τεχνωμένων.

μισῶ γε μέντοι χὥταν ἐν κακοῖσί τις
495

ἁλοὺς ἔπειτα τοῦτο καλλύνειν θέλῃ.

Ἀντιγόνη

θέλεις τι μεῖζον ἢ κατακτεῖναί μ᾽ ἑλών;

Κρέων

ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν· τοῦτ᾽ ἔχων ἅπαντ᾽ ἔχω.

Ἀντιγόνη

Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 471 focus

Χορός

δηλοῖ τὸ γέννημʼ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρὸς

τῆς παιδός. εἴκειν δʼ οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς.

Κρέων

ἀλλʼ ἴσθι τοι τὰ σκλήρʼ ἄγαν φρονήματα

πίπτειν μάλιστα, καὶ τὸν ἐγκρατέστατον

σίδηρον ὀπτὸν ἐκ πυρὸς περισκελῆ
475

θραυσθέντα καὶ ῥαγέντα πλεῖστʼ ἂν εἰσίδοις·

σμικρῷ χαλινῷ δʼ οἶδα τοὺς θυμουμένους

ἵππους καταρτυθέντας· οὐ γὰρ ἐκπέλει

φρονεῖν μέγʼ ὅστις δοῦλός ἐστι τῶν πέλας.

αὕτη δʼ ὑβρίζειν μὲν τότʼ ἐξηπίστατο,
480

νόμους ὑπερβαίνουσα τοὺς προκειμένους·

ὕβρις δʼ, ἐπεὶ δέδρακεν, ἥδε δευτέρα,

τούτοις ἐπαυχεῖν καὶ δεδρακυῖαν γελᾶν.

ἦ νῦν ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ ἀνήρ, αὕτη δʼ ἀνήρ,

εἰ ταῦτʼ ἀνατὶ τῇδε κείσεται κράτη.
485

ἀλλʼ εἴτʼ ἀδελφῆς εἴθʼ ὁμαιμονεστέρα

τοῦ παντὸς ἡμῖν Ζηνὸς ἑρκείου κυρεῖ,

αὐτή τε χἠ ξύναιμος οὐκ ἀλύξετον

μόρου κακίστου· καὶ γὰρ οὖν κείνην ἴσον

ἐπαιτιῶμαι τοῦδε βουλεῦσαι τάφου.
490

καί νιν καλεῖτʼ· ἔσω γὰρ εἶδον ἀρτίως

λυσσῶσαν αὐτὴν οὐδʼ ἐπήβολον φρενῶν.

φιλεῖ δʼ ὁ θυμὸς πρόσθεν, ᾑρῆσθαι κλοπεὺς

τῶν μηδὲν ὀρθῶς ἐν σκότῳ τεχνωμένων·

μισῶ γε μέντοι χὤταν ἐν κακοῖσί τις
495

ἁλοὺς ἔπειτα τοῦτο καλλύνειν θέλῃ.

Ἀντιγόνη

θέλεις τι μεῖζον ἢ κατακτεῖναί μʼ ἑλών;

Κρέων

ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν· τοῦτʼ ἔχων ἅπαντʼ ἔχω.

Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 471 focus

δηλοῖ τὸ γέννημ᾽ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρὸς

τῆς παιδός· εἴκειν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς.

Κρέων

ἀλλ᾽ ἴσθι τοι τὰ σκλήρ᾽ ἄγαν φρονήματα

πίπτειν μάλιστα, καὶ τὸν ἐγκρατέστατον

σίδηρον ὀπτὸν ἐκ πυρὸς περισκελῆ
475

θραυσθέντα καὶ ῥαγέντα πλεῖστ᾽ ἂν εἰσίδοις.

σμικρῶι χαλινῶι δ᾽ οἶδα τοὺς θυμουμένους

ἵππους καταρτυθέντας οὐ γὰρ ἐκπέλει

φρονεῖν μέγ᾽ ὅστις δοῦλός ἐστι τῶν πέλας.

αὕτη δ᾽ ὑβρίζειν μὲν τότ᾽ ἐξηπίστατο,
480

νόμους ὑπερβαίνουσα τοὺς προκειμένους·

ὕβρις δ᾽, ἐπεὶ δέδρακεν, ἥδε δευτέρα,

τούτοις ἐπαυχεῖν καὶ δεδρακυῖαν γελᾶν.

ἦ νῦν ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ ἀνήρ, αὕτη δ᾽ ἀνήρ,

εἰ ταῦτ᾽ ἀνατὶ τῆιδε κείσεται κράτη.
485

ἀλλ᾽ εἴτ᾽ ἀδελφῆς εἴθ᾽ ὁμαιμονεστέρα

τοῦ παντὸς ἡμῖν Ζηνὸς ἑρκείου κυρεῖ,

αὐτή τε χἠ ξύναιμος οὐκ ἀλύξετον

μόρου κακίστου· καὶ γὰρ οὖν κείνην ἴσον

ἐπαιτιῶμαι τοῦδε βουλεῦσαι τάφου.
490

καί νιν καλεῖτ᾽· ἔσω γὰρ εἶδον ἀρτίως

λυσσῶσαν αὐτὴν οὐδ᾽ ἐπήβολον φρενῶν.

φιλεῖ δ᾽ ὁ θυμὸς πρόσθεν ἡιρῆσθαι κλοπεὺς

τῶν μηδὲν ὀρθῶς ἐν σκότωι τεχνωμένων.

μισῶ γε μέντοι χὤταν ἐν κακοῖσί τις
495

ἁλοὺς ἔπειτα τοῦτο καλλύνειν θέληι.

Ἀντιγόνη

θέλεις τι μεῖζον ἢ κατακτεῖναί μ᾽ ἑλών;

Κρέων

ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν· τοῦτ᾽ ἔχων ἅπαντ᾽ ἔχω.

Ἀντιγόνη

Translations (11)

German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 471 focus

KREON

Doch wisse nur, die allzustarre Sinnesart,
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sie fällt am ersten; und das allerhärteste

Stahleisen, spröd' aus Feuers Glut gekommen, magst

am meisten du zerbersten und zerbrechen sehn.

Mit kleinem Zügel, weiſs ich, wird der Rosse Muth,

der hitzigsten, gebändigt; denn nicht ziemet dem
465

sich groſs zu dünken, der ein Knecht der Nächsten ist.

Ja diese wusste schon zuvor schmachvollen Trotz

zu üben, als sie unsre Satzung übertrat;

der zweite Trotz nun ist es, da sie dies gethan,

sich deſs zu rühmen und zu lachen nach der That.
470

Traun ich bin jetzo Mann nicht, sondern sie ist Mann,

bleibt solcher Macht Anmafsung dieser ungestraft.

Nein, mag sie meiner Schwester Kind, mag näher noch

mir blutsverwandt als alle Blutsverwandten seyn,

nicht soll dem schlimmsten Loose selber sie entgehn,
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noch ihre Schwester: denn auch jene zeih' ich deſs,

dafs dieses Grabes Weihe sie mit ausgedacht.

Ruft sie herbei mir; denn so eben sah ich noch

sie drinnen rasen, nicht der Sinne mächtig mehr.

So wird die Seele schon zuvor Verrätherin
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des Truges, der im Finstern ausgesonnen ward;

doch hass' ich den auch, welcher auf der bösen That

betroffen, nachher diese schön noch schminken will.

ANTIGONE

Begehrst du Gröfsres, als den Tod mir anzuthun?

KREON

Nichts weiter will ich: alles hab' ich, hab' ich dies.
485

Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 471 focus

Demuestra esa indole índole tenaz que es hija de padre tenaz; no sabe rendirse a la desgracia.

CREONTE

Pues has de saber que los caracteres, cuanto más pertinaces, ceden más fácilmente; y muchas veces verás que el resistente hierro cocido al fuego, después de frio frío se quiebra y rompe. Con un peque- ño freno sé yo domar a los enfurecidos caballos; pues no debe ensoberbecerse quien es esclavo de otro. Y ésta sabía, en verdad, la insolencia que cometía al desobedecer las leyes decretadas. Insolencia cuando perpetró el hecho, y nueva insolencia cuando se envanece de haberlo cometido y se rie ríe. Ciertamente, pues, que ahora no sería yo hombre, sino ella, si tanta audacia quedara impune. Y aunque sea hija de mi hermana, y aunque fuera el más próximo pariente de todos los que en el patio de mi casa se reunen reúnen en torno de mi Júpiter protector, ella y su hermana no escaparán de la muerte más ignominiosa. Porque a aquélla, lo mismo que a ésta, acuso como autora de este sepelio. Llamadla, pues, que dentro la vi hace poco, llena de rabia y fuera de sí misma; porque la conciencia de aquellos que nada bueno traman secretamente, suele acusarles de su crimen antes de que se les descubra. Y sobre todo detesto al que, sorprendido en el crimen, quiere luego adornarlo con especiosos razonamientos.

ANTIGONA

¿Quieres algo más que matarme, después de haberme cogido?

CREONTE

Yo, en verdad, nada. Teniendo esto, lo tengo todo.

ANTIGONA

Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 471 focus

Durum ingenium ex duro patre ortum apparet puellae;

malis enim nescit cedere.

Creon

At scito igitur, praefractos animos saepius concidere; firmissimumque ferrum coctum , igne duratum, facilime comminui et frangi videas: parvoque freno feroces equos domariscio. Nempe haud convenit elato esse animo , qui aliis subditus est; haec autem tunc quidem egit contumeliose, quum sancitas leges transgredi ausa est: nunc vero, postquam facinus patravit, altera haec est contumelia, quod his factis glorietur et rideat. Profecto haud amplius vir ego sim, sed illa vir fuerit, si haec ei impune cesserit victoria. Sed sive ex sorore, sive ex alia quavis prognata sit, quae mihi sit tota familia coniunctior, ipsaque et soror non effugient, quin pessimis exemplis pereant; nam et hanc haud minus quam alteram huius sepulturae auctorem esse censeo. Et illam evocate! eam enim vidi modo intus furentem, nec compotem sui. quippe solet perturbatio prius deprehendi proditrix eorum, quae vafre in tenebris structa fuere. Male vero et illum ego odi, qui, in scelere deprehensus, tamen concinnis comere illud dictis parat.

Antigone

Vin' amplius aliquid, quam me captam occidere ?

Creon

Nil sane amplius: hoc nactus, omnia nactus sum.

Antigone

English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 471 focus

Fierce shows the maiden’s vein from her fierce sire;

Calamity doth not subdue her will.

CR

Ay, but the stubborn spirit first doth fall.

Oft ye shall see the strongest bar of steel,

That fire hath hardened to extremity,

Shattered to pieces. A small bit controls
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The fiery steed. Pride may not be endured

In one whose life is subject to command.

This maiden hath been conversant with crime

Since first she trampled on the public law;

And now she adds to crime this insolence,
480

To laugh at her offence, and glory in it.

Truly, if she that hath usurped this power

Shall rest unpunished, she then is a man,

And I am none. Be she my sister’s child,

Or of yet nearer blood to me than all
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That take protection from my hearth, the pair

Shall not escape the worst of deaths. For know,

I count the younger of the twain no less

Copartner in this plotted funeral:

And now I bid you call her. Late I saw her
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Within the house, beyond herself, and frantic.

—Full oft when one is darkly scheming wrong,

The disturbed spirit hath betrayed itself

Before the act it hides.—But not less hateful

Seems it to me, when one that hath been caught
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In wickedness would give it a brave show.

ANT

Wouldst thou aught more of me than merely death?

CR

No more. ’Tis all I claim. Death closes all.

ANT

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 471 focus

Wild tritt des wilden Vaters Art am Kind hervor:

Dem Mißgeschick sich fügen hat sie nicht gelernt.
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Kreon.

Doch wisse nur, des Sinnes allzustarrer Troz

Beugt sich am ersten; kannst du doch den stärksten Stahl,

Der allzuspröd gehärtet kam aus Feuers Glut,

Am ehsten immer brechen und zersplittern seh'n.

Auch weiß ich, daß der Rosse zornentbrannten Muth
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Ein kleiner Zügel meistert; nie ja ziemt es dem,

Sich groß zu dünken, der ein Knecht der Andern ist.

Doch die verstand sich schon zuvor auf frechen Troz,

Indem sie frevelnd mein Gebot mißachtete;

Und dieses ist nun, nach der That, der zweite Troz,
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Darob zu prahlen und mit Hohn sich aufzubläh'n.

Jezt wahrlich wär' ich nicht ein Mann, sie wär' ein Mann,

Geläng' ihr ungezüchtigt solch ein Uebermuth.

Drum, sei sie meiner Schwester Kind, sei näher uns

Verwandt, denn Alle, die der Zeus des Hauses schirmt,
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Doch soll dem schlimmsten Loose nicht sie selbst entgeh'n,

Noch ihre Schwester; denn auch diese klag' ich an,

Daß sie, mit ihr im Bunde, solche That ersann.

Ruft sie daher mir; denn ich sah sie eben noch

Im Hause rasen, ihrer Sinne nicht bewußt.
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So wird die Seele selbst zuvor Verrätherin

Des Argen, das im Dunkel ausgesonnen ward;

Doch hass' ich den auch, der in unheilvoller That

Betroffen, nachher diese noch beschönen will.

Antigone.

Verlangst du Größ'res, als den Tod mir anzuthun?
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Kreon.

Nichts weiter; Alles hab' ich, so mir dieses wird.

Antigone.

English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 471 focus

E'en now he comes this way.

Creon
Scene V.

Sprung from a sire perverse and obstinate,

Like him she cannot bend beneath misfortune ;

But know, the proudest hearts may be subdued ;
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Hast thou not marked the hardest steel by fire

Made soft and flexible ? Myself have seen

By a slight rein the fiery courser held.

"Ks not for slaves to be so haughty ; yet

This proud offender, not content, it seems,
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To violate my laws, adds crime to crime,

Smiles at my threats, and glories in her guilt ;

If I should suffer her to 'scape my vengeance,

She were the man, not I ; but though she sprang
485

E'en from my sister, were I bound to her

By ties more dear than is Hercsean Jove,

She should not 'scape. Her sister too I find

Accomplice in the deed — go, call her forth !

She is within, I saw her ra\dng there,
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Her senses lost, the common fate of those

Who practise dark and deadly wickedness.

I cannot bear to see the guilty stand

Convicted of their crimes, and yet pretend

To gloss them o'er with specious names of virtue.

Antigone
\to one, of the Attendants

I am thy captive ; thou wouldst have my life ;

Will that content thee?

Creon

Yes ; tis all I wish.

Antigone

Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 471 focus

En ese carácter indomable bien se conoce la hija del inflexible Edipo; jamás se dejará abatir por las desgracias.

CREONTE

Pues sabe que estas almas tan fieras con facilidad se rinden, como se rompe el acero más fuerte y bien templado: y yo sé bien que con débil freno se sujetan los corceles más fogosos. Pensar con tal soberbia no es tolerable en quien se halla sometido á los demás. No le ha bastado á esta insensata haberme ultrajado, violando mis decretos, sino que, después de haberlo hecho, añade un segundo ultraje, glorificándose y regocijándose de su acción. ¡Por los cielos! dejaría yo de ser hombre, y entonces el hombre sería ella, si tamaña audacia quedara sin castigo. Aunque sea la hija de mi hermana, aunque se hallara unida á mí por vínculo más estrecho que todos los que adoran á Júpiter en el hogar... ella y la hermana suya, no se han de escapar de una muerte terrible, porque sin duda la otra ha de haber sido su cómplice. Que la hagan venir inmediatamente. No ha mucho la vi dentro de palacio, irritada y fuera de sí: ¡ah! el que medita un crimen á la sombra, con frecuencia se hace traición á sí mismo, antes de ejecutarlo. Pero sobre todo, detesto á los que sorprendidos en el negro crimen, pretenden con palabras darle colorido.

ANTÍGONA

German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 471 focus

KREON

Doch weist du wohl, dass allzuspröde-Sprach’

Am liebsten fällt. Und auch dem stärksten Eisen

Bricht und vergeht das Störrige, gekocht

Im Ofen. Alle Tage kannst du diess sehn.

Und kaum mit einem Zaume weiss ich, dass gestellt
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Die grausamweitgestrekten Rosse werden.

Nicht seine Sach’ ists, gro[s zu denken, dem,

Der Diener derer ist, die ihn umgeben.

Die aber findet eine Lust aus, damit,

Dafs sie die vorgeschriebenen Geseze trüb macht.
500

Und das ist noch die zweite Frechheit, da

Sie es gethan, dass dessen sie sich rühmt und lacht,

Dafs sie’s gethan. Nein! nun bin ich kein Mann,

Sie ein Mann aber, wenn ihr solche Kraft

Zukommet ungestraft. Doch wenn sie schon
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Von meiner Schwester und Verwandtesten,

Vonı ganzen Gotte meines Heerdes da ist,

Dem allem ungeachtet meidet sie

Den schlimmen Tod nicht. Auch die Baase nicht.

Zu theuerst,
510

Auch diese klag’ ich an, wie diese da,

Dafs sie gesorget, des Verscharrens wegen.

Ruft sie heraus. Denn eben sah ich drinnen,

Sie wüten, nicht der Sinne mächtig. Gleich

Will ein geheimer Muth gefangen seyn,
515

Wenn etwas nicht ist rechtgethan im Dunkeln.

Gewils, das lafs’ ich, ist auf Schlimmem einer

Ertappt, wenn er daraus noch Schönes machen möchte.

ANTIGONAE

Willst du denn mehr, da du mich hast, alstödten?

KREON

Nichts will ich. Hab’ ich diess, so hab’ ich Alles.
520

English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 471 focus

The maid shows herself passionate child of passionate sire, and knows not how to bend before troubles.

Creon

Yet I would have thee know that_o’er-stubborn: spirits are led; ’tis the stiffest iron, baked to hardness in the fire, that thou shalt oftenest see snapped and shivered; and I have known horses that show temper brought to order by a little curb; there is no room for pride, when thou art thy neighbour’s 480 slave.—This girl was already versed in insolence when she transgressed the laws that had been set forth; and, that done, lo, a second insult,—to vaunt of this, and exult in her deed. Now verily I am no man, she is the man, if this victory shall rest with her, and bring no penalty. No! be she sister’s child, or nearer to me in blood ea any that at worships Zeus at the altar of our house,—she and her kinsfolk shall not avoid a doom most dire; for 490 indeed I charge that other with a like share in the plotting of this burial. And summon her—for I saw her e’en now within,— raving, and not mistress of her wits. So oft, before the deed, the mind stands self-convicted in its treason, when folks are plotting mischief in the dark. But verily this, too, is_hateful—when one who hath been caught in wickedness then seeks to make the crime a glory.

Antigone

Wouldst thou do more than take and slay me?

Creon

No more, indeed; having that, I have all.

Antigone

English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 471 focus

This daring spirit from her daring sire

Creon

The virgin draws, to ills untaught to yield. 1:

But know, the vauntings of the fiercest pride

Sink most: the strong steel rigid from the flames

Through its hard temper brittle may'st thou see,
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And soonest shiver'd; the most fiery steed

With a small curb oft govern'd have I known.

Ill suits the arrogant presumptuous mind...

Those that are slaves to others. Then she learn'd

This insult, when she overleap'd the laws
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Which had the sanction of authority.

And having done the deed, she further adds

Fresh insult, glories in the bold attempt,

And proudly laughs. But I am not a man,

She is the man, if this audacious act

Passes unpunish'd. Though she boasts her birth,
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The daughter of my sister, were she sprung

From one more near than all whom Hercian Jove

Hath to my blood allied, not e’en those ties

Should save her from the rigour of her fate;

No, nor her sister ; for with equal guilt

Her too I charge, associate to entomb
490

This corse. But call her hither; late I saw

Within her raving and distracted mood. ®

The guileful mind, that forms its base designs

In darkness, oft such fits of frenzy seize.

But I detest the wretch, who tries to dress,
495

When caught, his villanies in virtue’s garb.

Antigone

Wou’dst thou do more than kill me now so caught?

Creon

No more: thy death my vengeance will appease.

Antigone

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Guard

Here is she, the one who did the deed.

We caught this one burying him. Where is Creon?
385

Enter Creon from the palace.

Chorus

There, he is coming from the house again at our need.

Creon

What is it? What has happened that makes my coming timely?

Guard

My king, there is nothing that a man can rightly swear he will not do. For second thought belies one’s first intent.

I could have vowed that I would not ever come here again, because of your threats by which I had just been storm-tossed. But since this joy that exceeds and oversteps my hopes can be compared in fulness to no other pleasure, I am back—though it is contrary to my sworn oath—
390

bringing this girl who was caught giving burial honors to the dead. This time there was no casting of lots. No, this piece of luck has fallen to me, and me alone. And now, my king, as it pleases you, take her yourself, question her and convict her. But justice would see me
395

released free and clear from this trouble.
400

Creon

Your prisoner here—how and where did you take her?

Guard

She was burying the man. You know all there is to tell.

Creon

Are you clear and sure about what you are saying?

Guard

I am. I saw her burying the corpse that you

had forbidden to bury. Is that plain and sufficient?
405

Creon

And how was she observed? How taken in the act?

407

Guard

It happened like this. When we had come to the place with those fierce threats of yours still in our ears, we swept away all the dust that covered

the corpse and bared the damp body well. We then sat down on the brow of the hill to windward, fleeing the smell from him, lest it strike us. Each man was wide awake and kept his neighbor alert with torrents of threats, if any one should be careless of this task.
410

So time passed, until the disk of the sun stood bright in mid-sky and the heat began to burn. And then suddenly a whirlwind lifted from the earth a storm of dust, a trouble in the sky, and it filled the plain, marring all the foliage of its woods.
415

Soon the wide air was choked with it. We closed our eyes, and endured the plague from the gods. When, after a long while, this storm had passed, the girl was seen, and she wailed aloud with the sharp cry of a grieving bird, as when inside her empty
420

nest she sees the bed stripped of its nestlings. So she, too, when she saw the corpse bare, broke into a cry of lamentation and cursed with harsh curses those who had done it. Immediately she took thirsty dust in her hands,
425

and from a pitcher of beaten bronze held high she crowned the dead with thrice-poured libations. We rushed forward when we saw it, and at once closed upon our quarry, who was not at all dismayed. We then charged her with her past and present doings,
430

but she made no denial of anything—at once to my joy and to my pain. For to have escaped from trouble one’s self gives the greatest joy, but it stings to lead friends to evil. Naturally, though, all such things are
435

of less account to me than my own safety.
440

441

Creon

You, you with your face bent to the ground, do you admit, or deny that you did this?

Antigone

I declare it and make no denial.

Creon
To the Guard.

You can take yourself wherever you please,

free and clear of a heavy charge. Exit Guard.
445

To Antigone.

You, however, tell me—not at length, but briefly—did you know that an edict had forbidden this?

Antigone

I knew it. How could I not? It was public.

Creon

And even so you dared overstep that law?

Antigone

Yes, since it was not Zeus that published me that edict, and since not of that kind are the laws which Justice who dwells with the gods below established among men. Nor did I think that your decrees were of such force, that a mortal could override the unwritten
450

and unfailing statutes given us by the gods. For their life is not of today or yesterday, but for all time, and no man knows when they were first put forth. Not for fear of any man’s pride was I about to owe a penalty to the gods for breaking these.
455

Die I must, that I knew well (how could I not?). That is true even without your edicts. But if I am to die before my time, I count that a gain. When anyone lives as I do, surrounded by evils, how can he not carry off gain by dying?
460

So for me to meet this doom is a grief of no account. But if I had endured that my mother’s son should in death lie an unburied corpse, that would have grieved me. Yet for this, I am not grieved. And if my present actions are foolish in your sight,
465

it may be that it is a fool who accuses me of folly.
470

471

Chorus

She shows herself the wild offspring of a wild father, and does not know how to bend before troubles.

Creon

Yet remember that over-hard spirits most often collapse. It is the stiffest iron, baked to

utter hardness in the fire, that you most often see snapped and shivered. And I have witnessed horses with great spirit disciplined by a small bit. For there is no place for pride, when one is his neighbors’ slave.
475

This girl was already practiced in outrage when she overstepped the published laws. And, that done, this now is a second outrage, that she glories in it and exults in her deed. In truth, then, I am no man, but she is,
480

if this victory rests with her and brings no penalty. No! Whether she is my sister’s child, or nearer to me in blood than any of my kin that worship Zeus at the altar of our house, she and her sister will not escape a doom most harsh. For in truth
485

I charge that other with an equal share in the plotting of this burial. Call her out! I saw her inside just now, raving, and not in control of her wits. Before the deed, the mind frequently is convicted of stealthy crimes when conspirators are plotting depravity in the dark.
490

But, truly, I detest it, too, when one who has been caught in treachery then seeks to make the crime a glory.
495

Antigone

What more do you want than to capture and kill me?

Creon

I want nothing else. Having that, I have everything.

499

Antigone

Why then do you wait? In none of your maxims

is there anything that pleases me—and may there never be! Similarly to you as well my views must be displeasing. And yet, how could I have won a nobler glory than by giving burial to my own brother? All here would admit that they approve,
500

if fear did not grip their tongues. But tyranny, blest with so much else, has the power to do and say whatever it pleases.
505

Creon

You alone out of all these Thebans see it that way.

Antigone

They do, too, but for you they hold their tongues.

Creon

Are you not ashamed that your beliefs differ from theirs?
510

Antigone

No, there is nothing shameful in respecting your own flesh and blood.

Creon

Was not he your brother too, who died in the opposite cause?

Antigone

A brother by the same mother and the same father.

Creon

Why, then, do you pay a service that is disrespectful to him?

Antigone

The dead man will not support you in that.
515

Creon

Yes, he will, if you honor him equally with the wicked one.

Antigone

It was his brother, not his slave, who died.

Creon

But he died ravaging this land, while he fell in its defense.

Antigone

Hades craves these rites, nevertheless.

Creon

But the good man craves a portion not equal to the evil’s.
520

Antigone

Who knows but that these actions are pure to those below?

Creon

You do not love someone you have hated, not even after death.

Antigone

It is not my nature to join in hate, but in love.

Creon

Then, go down to hell and love them

if you must. While I live, no woman will rule me.
525

526

Enter Ismene from the house, led in by two attendants.

Chorus

Look, here comes Ismene from the palace, shedding the tears of a loving sister. A cloud over her eyes mars her red-flushed face,

and it breaks into rain on her comely cheek.
530

531

Creon

You who were lurking like a viper in my own house and secretly gulping up my life’s blood, while I was oblivious that I was nurturing two plagues, two revolutions against my throne—tell me now, will you also affirm

your share in this burial, or will you forswear all knowledge of it?
535

Ismene

I performed the deed—as long as she concurs—and I share and carry the burden of guilt.

Antigone

No, justice will not permit you to do this, since you were not willing to help with the deed, nor did I give you a part in it.

Ismene

But now with this sea of troubles around you, I am not ashamed to sail in a sea of suffering at your side.
540

Antigone

As to whose deed it is, Hades and the dead are witnesses. A friend in words is not the type of friend I love.

Ismene

No, sister, do not strip me of death’s honor,

but let me die with you and make due consecration to the dead.
545

Antigone

Do not share my death. Do not claim deeds to which you did not put your hand. My death will suffice.

Ismene

And how can I cherish life, once I am deprived of you?

Antigone

Ask Creon. Your concern is for him.

Ismene

Why do you torture me like this, when it does not help you?
550

Antigone

No, if I mock you, it is to my own pain that I do so.

Ismene

Tell me, how can I help you, even now?

Antigone

Save yourself. I do not grudge your escape.

Ismene

Ah, misery! Will I fall short of sharing your fate?

Antigone

Your choice was to live, it was mine to die.
555

556

Ismene

At least your choice was not made without my protests.

Antigone

One world approved your wisdom, another approved mine.

Ismene

Nevertheless, the offense is identical for both of us.

Antigone

Take heart! You live. But my life has long been

in Death’s hands so that I might serve the dead.
560

Creon

One of these maidens, I declare, has just revealed her foolishness; the other has displayed it from the moment of her birth.

Ismene

Yes, Creon. Whatever amount of reason nature may have given them does not remain with those in dire straits, but goes astray.

Creon

Yours did, I know, when you chose dire actions with dire allies.
565

Ismene

What life would there be for me alone, without her presence?

Creon

Do not speak of her presence. She lives no longer.

Ismene

What? You will kill your own son’s bride?

Creon

Why not? There are other fields for him to plough.

Ismene

But not fitted to him as she was.
570

Creon

I abhor an evil wife for my son.

Antigone

Haemon, dearest! How your father wrongs you!

Creon

Enough! Enough of you and of your marriage!

Chorus

Will you really cheat your son of this girl?

Creon

Death it is who will end these bridals for me.
575

Chorus

Then it seems that it is resolved that she will die.

Creon

Resolved, yes, for you and by me. To the two Attendants. No more delay! Servants, take them inside! Hereafter they must be women, and not left at large.

For it is known that even the brave seek to flee, when they see Death now closing on their life. Exeunt Attendants, guarding Antigone and Ismene. Creon remains.
580

Commentary

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mvp-comment-266-1 These two verses give a moment of stillness before the storm breaks forth. So at O. T. 404 four verses of the chorus divide the angry speech of Oedipus from the retort of Teiresias.

mvp-comment-266-2 τὸ γέννημα τῆς παιδός ¹ δηλοῖ ² ὠμόν ³ ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρός ⁴ γέννημα ⁵

mvp-comment-267-1 εἴκειν … κακοῖς ⁶

mvp-comment-268-1 ἀλλ’ ἴσθι τοι ⁷

mvp-comment-268-2 πίπτειν ⁸

mvp-comment-269-1 ὀπτὸν … περισκελῆ ⁹

mvp-comment-269-2 περισκελής ¹⁰

mvp-comment-269-3 ἐκ πυρός ¹¹

mvp-comment-270-1 θραυσθέντα καὶ ῥαγέντα ¹²

mvp-comment-271-1 χαλινῷ δ’ ¹³ σμικρῷ ¹⁴

mvp-comment-271-2 καταρτυθέντας ¹⁵

mvp-comment-272-1 Suspicion has fallen on ἐκπέλει ¹⁶

mvp-comment-272-2 ὅστις ¹⁷

mvp-comment-272-3 τῶν πέλας ¹⁸

mvp-comment-273-1 αὕτη δ’ ¹⁹ ὑβρίζειν μὲν … ὕβρις δ’ ²⁰ ἐξηπίστατο ²¹ τότ’ ²²

mvp-comment-273-2 τούτοις ²³

mvp-comment-273-3 δεδρακυῖαν γελᾶν ²⁴

mvp-comment-274-1 νῦν ²⁵

mvp-comment-274-2 εἰ ταῦτα … κράτη ²⁶ κράτη ²⁷ κείσεται ²⁸ πείσεται ²⁹ ἀνατί ³⁰ ταῦτα ³¹

mvp-comment-275-1 ἀδελφῆς ³²

mvp-comment-275-2 εἴθ’ ὁμαιμονεστέρα ³³

mvp-comment-275-3 Hyperbole is congenial to Creon's excitement; cp. 1040 . But the addition,

τοῦ παντὸς Ζ. ἑρκείου

, ill suits this, while, on the other hand, it agrees well with the nom.

ὁμαιμονεστέρα

. On the whole, then, I incline to prefer the nom.; but the point is a nice one, and the gen. is quite tenable.

mvp-comment-275-4 κυρεῖ ³⁴

mvp-comment-276-1 τοῦ παντὸς Ζηνὸς ἑρκείου ³⁵

mvp-comment-277-1 ἀλύξετον ³⁶ μόρου ³⁷

mvp-comment-278-1 καὶ γὰρ οὖν ³⁸

mvp-comment-278-2 ἐπαιτιῶμαι κείνην ³⁹ βουλεῦσαι ἴσον τοῦδε τάφου ⁴⁰ ἴσον ⁴¹

mvp-comment-278-3 βουλεῦσαι ⁴²

mvp-comment-279-1 καί νιν καλεῖτ’ ⁴³

mvp-comment-280-1 λυσσῶσαν … οὐδ’ ἐπ ⁴⁴

mvp-comment-280-2 ἐπήβολον ⁴⁵

mvp-comment-281-1 ὁ θυμὸς τῶν … τεχνωμένων ⁴⁶ φιλεῖ κλοπεὺς ᾑρῆσθαι ⁴⁷ πρόσθεν ⁴⁸ κλοπεύς ⁴⁹ ᾑρῆσθαι κλοπεύς ⁵⁰

mvp-comment-281-2 τεχνωμένων ⁵¹

mvp-comment-282-1 γε μέντοι ⁵²

mvp-comment-282-2 Ismene's guilty terror is contrasted with Antigone's impudent hardihood,—as Creon deems it. μισῶ … ὅταν ⁵³

mvp-comment-282-3 ἔπειτα ⁵⁴

mvp-comment-282-4 καλλύνειν ⁵⁵

mvp-comment-283-1 θέλεις τι μεῖζον ⁵⁶

mvp-comment-283-2 ἑλών ⁵⁷

mvp-comment-283-3 ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν ⁵⁸

mvp-comment-283-4 ἅπαντ’ ἔχω ⁵⁹

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471. mvp-comment-272-1 'The maiden's lineage declares itself in the fierce vein that comes to her from her fierce sire.' Phil. 1045-1046.

472. mvp-comment-273-1 ἐπίσταται Sc. ἡ παῖς.

473. mvp-comment-274-1 σκληρά Unbending, and so Stubborn, Obstinate.

473. mvp-comment-274-2 The self-will of Creon appears with increasing distinctness. (1) He asserts his confidence in the use of power to suppress insubordination. (2) He speaks of his ward, whom he does not care to name, as in the place of a slave (479): (3) he implies that to cede an inch of authority is to give the sovereignty to another (485). (4) He throws the tie of kindred to the winds. The first words of his speech are ominous of his own doom. See Introduction.

475. mvp-comment-275-1 ὀπτὸν .. περισκελή Baked to exceeding hardness. Cp. Aj. 649, καὶ περισκελεῖς φρένες.

476. mvp-comment-276-1 θραυσθέντα καὶ ῥαγέντα Broken and shattered. The strongest word is put first in the Greek. Essay on Language § 41. p.77.

477. mvp-comment-277-1 σμικρῷ has a strong emphasis. Ibid.

478. mvp-comment-278-1 ἐκπέλει Hesych. ἐκπέλει, ἔξεστι. Hdt. uses ἐκγίνεσθαι in a similar sense. See Essay on Language § 55. p. 101.

479. mvp-comment-279-1 δοῦλος Creon shows his coarsely tyrannical spirit by boasting of his absolute power over his orphan relative.

481. mvp-comment-280-1 Cp. Hdt. 3. 83, νόμους οὐκ ὑπερβαίνουσα τοὺς Περσέων.

484. mvp-comment-281-1 Cp. Eur. I. Α. 952 ff., ἢ Σίπυλος ἔσται πόλις, ὅρισμα βαρβάρων, κ.τ.λ.

485. mvp-comment-282-1 If this authority is to be allowed to rest with her unchallenged. By an exaggeration of feeling like that in l. 208, he thinks that to pardon disobedience is to yield authority to the offender. For κείσεται, cp. El. 361, σοὶ δὲ πλουσία | τράπεζα κείσθω: ἀνάκειμαι in Hdt. 1.97, γνοὺς ὁ Δηϊόκης ἐς ἑωυτὸν πᾶν ἀνακείμενον.

485. mvp-comment-282-2 κράτη, as in l. 173, ἐγὼ κράτη δὴ πάντα καὶ θρόνους ἔχω.

486. mvp-comment-283-1 ὁμαιμονεστέρα is the more rational and stronger reading: although in weighing a hyperbolical expression of this kind, that is perhaps hardly a sufficient argument, and may be urged on the other side as accounting for the alteration of the MS.

487. mvp-comment-284-1 τοῦ παντὸς.. Ζηνὸς ἐρκείου i.e. Our whole family, the presiding numen being put for the thing held sacred.

489. mvp-comment-285-1 μόρου For the genitive with ἀλύξετον, cp. Phil. 1044, τῆς νόσου πεφευγέναι.

489. mvp-comment-285-2 ἴσον is probably to be construed both with ἐπαιτιῶμαι and βουλεύσαι (‘I accuse equally of plotting equally'), and τοῦδε τάφου is partly gen. after ἐπαιτιῶμαι, partly after ἴσον.

491. mvp-comment-286-1 ἀρτίως Viz. after l. 331, when Ismene knew that the deed was done, and, alone of those in the palace, knew also by whom.

493-494. mvp-comment-287-1 And it commonly happens that the spirit of those who are plotting some utter wickedness in secret is convicted of its occulted guilt before the act.

493. mvp-comment-288-1 ᾑρῆσθαι κλοπεύς Το be arrested in some stealthy enterprise. The perfect tense marks that the detection is completed before the purpose is carried into effect. Cp. πεπραγμένα .. ἡμαρτημένα, in O. T. 621.

495. mvp-comment-289-1 Yet I hate it equally when one who is caught in actual mischief tries to make a virtue of the offence.

495. mvp-comment-289-2 ἐν κακοῖσι = In trouble, i. e. In crime, and not merely, like Ismene, in the consciousness of crime. Cp. Fr. 843, αἰδὼς γὰρ ἐν κακοῖσιν οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ.

496. mvp-comment-290-1 καλλύνειν Creon affects to regard Antigone's appeal to the higher law as a piece of hypocrisy. Cp. Fr. 845

496. mvp-comment-290-2 κλέπτων δ᾽ ὅταν τις ἐμφανῶς ἐφευρεθῇ, | σιγᾶν ἀνάγκη, κἂν καλὸν φέρῃ στόμα.

497. mvp-comment-291-1 Cp. Eur. Phoen. 1211.

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ANTIGONE Begehrst du Gröfsres, als den Tod mir anzuthun?

KREON Nichts weiter will ich: alles hab' ich, hab' ich dies. 485

ANTIGONA ¿Quieres algo más que matarme, después de haberme cogido?

CREONTE Yo, en verdad, nada. Teniendo esto, lo tengo todo.

ANTIGONA

Antigone Vin' amplius aliquid, quam me captam occidere ?

Creon Nil sane amplius: hoc nactus, omnia nactus sum.

Antigone

Fierce shows the maiden’s vein from her fierce sire; Calamity doth not subdue her will.

ANT Wouldst thou aught more of me than merely death?

CR No more. ’Tis all I claim. Death closes all.

ANT

Wild tritt des wilden Vaters Art am Kind hervor: Dem Mißgeschick sich fügen hat sie nicht gelernt. 470

Antigone. Verlangst du Größ'res, als den Tod mir anzuthun? 495

Kreon. Nichts weiter; Alles hab' ich, so mir dieses wird.

Antigone.

E'en now he comes this way.

Creon Scene V.

Antigone \to one, of the Attendants I am thy captive ; thou wouldst have my life ; Will that content thee?

Creon Yes ; tis all I wish.

Antigone

ANTÍGONA

ANTIGONAE Willst du denn mehr, da du mich hast, alstödten?

KREON Nichts will ich. Hab’ ich diess, so hab’ ich Alles. 520

Antigone Wouldst thou do more than take and slay me?

Creon No more, indeed; having that, I have all.

Antigone

This daring spirit from her daring sire

Antigone Wou’dst thou do more than kill me now so caught?

Creon No more: thy death my vengeance will appease.

Antigone

δηλοῖ τὸ γοῦν λῆμ᾽ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρὸς

τῆς παιδός· εἴκειν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς.

Ἀντιγόνη

θέλεις τι μεῖζον ἢ κατακτεῖναί μ᾽ ἑλών;

Κρέων

ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν· τοῦτ᾽ ἔχων ἅπαντ᾽ ἔχω.

δηλοῖ ¹ τὸ γέννημ᾽ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρὸς

τῆς παιδός· εἴκειν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς.

Ἀντιγόνη

θέλεις τι μεῖζον, ἢ κατακτεῖναί μ᾽ ἑλών;

Κρέων

ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν· τοῦτ᾽ ἔχων, ἅπαντ᾽ ἔχω.
495

Χορός

δηλοῖ τὸ γέννημ᾽ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρὸς

τῆς παιδός· εἴκειν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς.

Ἀντιγόνη

θέλεις τι μεῖζον ἢ κατακτεῖναί μ' ἑλών;

Κρέων

ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν· τοῦτ᾽ ἔχων ἅπαντ᾽ ἔχω.
485

δηλοῖ τὸ γέννημ᾽ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρὸς

τῆς παιδὸς, εἴκειν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς.
465

Ἀντιγόνη

θέλεις τι μεῖζον, ἢ κατακτεῖναί μ᾽ ἑλών;
490

Κρέων

ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν· τοῦτ᾽ ἔχων, ἅπαντ᾽ ἔχω.

δηλοῖ τὸ γέννημ᾽ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρὸς

τῆς παιδός· εἴκειν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς.

Ἀντιγόνη

θέλεις τι μεῖζον ἢ κατακτεῖναί μ᾿ ἑλών;

Κρέων

ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν· τοῦτ᾽ ἔχων ἅπαντ᾽ ἔχω.

δηλοῖ τὸ γέννημ᾽ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρὸς

τῆς παιδός· εἴκειν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς.

Ἀντιγόνη

θέλεις τι μεῖζον ἢ κατακτεῖναί μ᾽ ἑλών;

Κρέων

ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν· τοῦτ᾽ ἔχων ἅπαντ᾽ ἔχω.

δηλοῖ τὸ γέννημ’ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρὸς

τῆς παιδός· εἴκειν δ’ οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς.

Ἀντιγόνη

θέλεις τι μεῖζον ἢ κατακτεῖναί μ’ ἑλών;

Κρέων

ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν· τοῦτ’ ἔχων ἅπαντ’ ἔχω.

δηλοῖ τὸ μὲν λῆμ᾽ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρὸς

τῆς παιδός, εἴκειν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς.

Ἀντιγόνη

θέλεις τι μεῖζον ἢ κατακτεῖναί μ᾽ ἑλών;

Κρέων

ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν· τοῦτ᾽ ἔχων ἅπαντ᾽ ἔχω.

δηλοῖ τὸ γέννημ᾽ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρὸς

τῆς παιδός· εἴκειν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς.

Ἀντιγόνη

θέλεις τι μεῖζον, ἢ κατακτεῖναί μ᾽ ἑλών;

Κρέων

ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν· τοῦτ᾽ ἔχων, ἅπαντ᾽ ἔχω.

δηλοῖ τὸ γέννημ᾽ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρὸς

τῆς παιδός· εἴκειν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς.

Ἀντιγόνη

θέλεις τι μεῖζον ἢ κατακτεῖναί μ᾽ ἑλών;

Κρέων

ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν· τοῦτ᾽ ἔχων ἅπαντ᾽ ἔχω.

Χορός

δηλοῖ τὸ γέννημʼ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρὸς

τῆς παιδός. εἴκειν δʼ οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς.

Ἀντιγόνη

θέλεις τι μεῖζον ἢ κατακτεῖναί μʼ ἑλών;

Κρέων

ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν· τοῦτʼ ἔχων ἅπαντʼ ἔχω.

δηλοῖ τὸ γέννημ᾽ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρὸς

τῆς παιδός· εἴκειν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς.

Ἀντιγόνη

θέλεις τι μεῖζον ἢ κατακτεῖναί μ᾽ ἑλών;

Κρέων

ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν· τοῦτ᾽ ἔχων ἅπαντ᾽ ἔχω.

ANTIGONE

Begehrst du Gröfsres, als den Tod mir anzuthun?

KREON

Nichts weiter will ich: alles hab' ich, hab' ich dies.
485

ANTIGONA

¿Quieres algo más que matarme, después de haberme cogido?

CREONTE

Yo, en verdad, nada. Teniendo esto, lo tengo todo.

Antigone

Vin' amplius aliquid, quam me captam occidere ?

Creon

Nil sane amplius: hoc nactus, omnia nactus sum.

Fierce shows the maiden’s vein from her fierce sire;

Calamity doth not subdue her will.

ANT

Wouldst thou aught more of me than merely death?

CR

No more. ’Tis all I claim. Death closes all.

Wild tritt des wilden Vaters Art am Kind hervor:

Dem Mißgeschick sich fügen hat sie nicht gelernt.
470

Antigone.

Verlangst du Größ'res, als den Tod mir anzuthun?
495

Kreon.

Nichts weiter; Alles hab' ich, so mir dieses wird.

Creon
Scene V.

Antigone
\to one, of the Attendants

I am thy captive ; thou wouldst have my life ;

Will that content thee?

Creon

Yes ; tis all I wish.

ANTIGONAE

Willst du denn mehr, da du mich hast, alstödten?

KREON

Nichts will ich. Hab’ ich diess, so hab’ ich Alles.
520

Antigone

Wouldst thou do more than take and slay me?

Creon

No more, indeed; having that, I have all.

Antigone

Wou’dst thou do more than kill me now so caught?

Creon

No more: thy death my vengeance will appease.

Guard

Here is she, the one who did the deed.

We caught this one burying him. Where is Creon?
385

Chorus

There, he is coming from the house again at our need.

Creon

What is it? What has happened that makes my coming timely?

Creon

Your prisoner here—how and where did you take her?

Guard

She was burying the man. You know all there is to tell.

Creon

Are you clear and sure about what you are saying?

Guard

I am. I saw her burying the corpse that you

had forbidden to bury. Is that plain and sufficient?
405

Creon

And how was she observed? How taken in the act?

Creon

You, you with your face bent to the ground, do you admit, or deny that you did this?

Antigone

I declare it and make no denial.

Creon
To the Guard.

You can take yourself wherever you please,

free and clear of a heavy charge. Exit Guard.
445

To Antigone.

You, however, tell me—not at length, but briefly—did you know that an edict had forbidden this?

Antigone

I knew it. How could I not? It was public.

Creon

And even so you dared overstep that law?

Chorus

She shows herself the wild offspring of a wild father, and does not know how to bend before troubles.

Antigone

What more do you want than to capture and kill me?

Creon

I want nothing else. Having that, I have everything.

Creon

You alone out of all these Thebans see it that way.

Antigone

They do, too, but for you they hold their tongues.

Creon

Are you not ashamed that your beliefs differ from theirs?
510

Antigone

No, there is nothing shameful in respecting your own flesh and blood.

Creon

Was not he your brother too, who died in the opposite cause?

Antigone

A brother by the same mother and the same father.