GetPassage urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-eng2:565-571 urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-eng2:565-571

Yours did, I know, when you chose dire actions with dire allies.IsmeneWhat life would there be for me alone, without her presence?CreonDo not speak of her presence. She lives no longer.IsmeneWhat? You will kill your own son’s bride?CreonWhy not? There are other fields for him to plough.IsmeneBut not fitted to him as she was.CreonI abhor an evil wife for my son.