Antigone

Sophocles

Sophocles the plays and fragments, Part 3: The Antigone. Jebb, Richard Claverhouse, Sir, translator. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1891.

  1. I do them no dishonor. But to act in violation of the citizens’ will—of that I am by nature incapable.
Antigone
  1. You can make that your pretext! Regardless, I will go now to heap a tomb over the brother I love.
Ismene
  1. Oh no, unhappy sister! I fear for you!
Antigone
  1. Do not tremble for me. Straighten out your own destiny.
Ismene
  1. Then at least disclose the deed to no one before you do it.
  2. Conceal it, instead, in secrecy—and so, too, will I.
Antigone
  1. Go on! Denounce it! You will be far more hated for your silence, if you fail to proclaim these things to everyone.