Antigone (501-515)
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Ἀντιγόνη
τί δῆτα μέλλεις ; ὡς ἐμοὶ τῶν σῶν λόγων
ἀρεστὸν οὐδὲν μηδ᾽ ἀρεσθείη ποτέ :
οὕτω δὲ καὶ σοὶ τἄμ᾽ ἀφανδάνοντ᾽ ἔφυ .
καίτοι πόθεν κλέος γ᾽ ἂν εὐκλεέστερον
κατέσχον ἢ τὸν αὐτάδελφον ἐν τάφῳ
τιθεῖσα ; τούτοις τοῦτο πᾶσιν ἁνδάνειν
λέγοιτ᾽ ἄν , εἰ μὴ γλῶσσαν ἐγκλῄοι φόβος .
ἀλλ᾽ ἡ τυραννὶς πολλά τ᾽ ἄλλ᾽ εὐδαιμονεῖ
κἄξεστιν αὐτῇ δρᾶν λέγειν θ᾽ ἃ βούλεται .
Κρέων
σὺ τοῦτο μούνη τῶνδε Καδμείων ὁρᾷς .
Ἀντιγόνη
ὁρῶσι χοὖτοι , σοὶ δ᾽ ὑπίλλουσιν στόμα .
Κρέων
σὺ δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπαιδεῖ , τῶνδε χωρὶς εἰ φρονεῖς ;
Ἀντιγόνη
οὐδὲν γὰρ αἰσχρὸν τοὺς ὁμοσπλάγχνους σέβειν .
Κρέων
οὔκουν ὅμαιμος χὠ καταντίον θανών ;
Ἀντιγόνη
ὅμαιμος ἐκ μιᾶς τε καὶ ταὐτοῦ πατρός .
Κρέων
πῶς δῆτ᾽ ἐκείνῳ δυσσεβῆ τιμᾷς χάριν ;
Ἀντιγόνη
οὐ μαρτυρήσει ταῦθ᾽ ὁ κατθανὼν νέκυς .
τί δῆτα μέλλεις ; ὡς ἐμοὶ τῶν σῶν λόγων
ἀρεστὸν οὐδὲν μηδ᾽ ἀρεσθείη ποτέ :
οὕτω δὲ καὶ σοὶ τἄμ᾽ ἀφανδάνοντ᾽ ἔφυ .
καίτοι πόθεν κλέος γ᾽ ἂν εὐκλεέστερον
κατέσχον ἢ τὸν αὐτάδελφον ἐν τάφῳ
τιθεῖσα ; τούτοις τοῦτο πᾶσιν ἁνδάνειν
λέγοιτ᾽ ἄν , εἰ μὴ γλῶσσαν ἐγκλῄοι φόβος .
ἀλλ᾽ ἡ τυραννὶς πολλά τ᾽ ἄλλ᾽ εὐδαιμονεῖ
κἄξεστιν αὐτῇ δρᾶν λέγειν θ᾽ ἃ βούλεται .
Κρέων
σὺ τοῦτο μούνη τῶνδε Καδμείων ὁρᾷς .
Ἀντιγόνη
ὁρῶσι χοὖτοι , σοὶ δ᾽ ὑπίλλουσιν στόμα .
Κρέων
σὺ δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπαιδεῖ , τῶνδε χωρὶς εἰ φρονεῖς ;
Ἀντιγόνη
οὐδὲν γὰρ αἰσχρὸν τοὺς ὁμοσπλάγχνους σέβειν .
Κρέων
οὔκουν ὅμαιμος χὠ καταντίον θανών ;
Ἀντιγόνη
ὅμαιμος ἐκ μιᾶς τε καὶ ταὐτοῦ πατρός .
Κρέων
πῶς δῆτ᾽ ἐκείνῳ δυσσεβῆ τιμᾷς χάριν ;
Ἀντιγόνη
οὐ μαρτυρήσει ταῦθ᾽ ὁ κατθανὼν νέκυς .
Antigone
And thus mine also produced your displeasure . And yet , from where , at least , ( is a ) more glorious report ( than ) can it be to have covered one’s own brother to lay in the grave in a burial ? All those men that ( would ) speak pleased with , if fear ( did ) not confine ( his ) tongue . But the sovereignty is allowed to be both very prosperous ( and ) to do and to speak ( what ) it wants for itself .
Kreon
You alone of these Thebans see this .
Antigone
They see this ( too ) , but ( for ) you they keep down ( their ) tongue .
Kreon
But are you not ashamed of yourself if your understanding of these ( is ) separate from ( theirs ) ?
Antigone
( No ) , for nothing is shameful to honor those born of the same mother .
Kreon
So then , is he not ( your ) brother ( who ) died ( on the ) opposite ( side ) ?
Antigone
A brother also from ( of ) identical father .
Kreon
How , then , ( do ) you pay honor ( that is ) ungodly in that man’s favor ?
Antigone
The dead man will not bear witness to this .
And thus mine also produced your displeasure . And yet , from where , at least , ( is a ) more glorious report ( than ) can it be to have covered one’s own brother to lay in the grave in a burial ? All those men that ( would ) speak pleased with , if fear ( did ) not confine ( his ) tongue . But the sovereignty is allowed to be both very prosperous ( and ) to do and to speak ( what ) it wants for itself .
Kreon
You alone of these Thebans see this .
Antigone
They see this ( too ) , but ( for ) you they keep down ( their ) tongue .
Kreon
But are you not ashamed of yourself if your understanding of these ( is ) separate from ( theirs ) ?
Antigone
( No ) , for nothing is shameful to honor those born of the same mother .
Kreon
So then , is he not ( your ) brother ( who ) died ( on the ) opposite ( side ) ?
Antigone
A brother also from ( of ) identical father .
Kreon
How , then , ( do ) you pay honor ( that is ) ungodly in that man’s favor ?
Antigone
The dead man will not bear witness to this .