GetPassage urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-eng2:1726-1741a urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-eng2:1726-1741a

For what?AntigoneTo see the netherworld home.Ismene.Of whom?AntigoneWretched me! Of our father.Ismene.And how can this be right?Surely you understand?AntigoneWhy this rebuke?Ismene.And surely you know this, too—AntigoneWhat more would you tell me?IsmeneThat he perished without a tomb, apart from everyone.AntigoneLead me there, and then kill me, too.IsmeneUnhappy me! Abandoned and helpless,where am I now to live my wretched life?

ChorusDear girls, do not be afraid.AntigoneBut where shall I flee?ChorusAlready a refuge has been found—OedipusWhat do you mean?Chorus—That no harm befall you.AntigoneI feel—ChorusWhat do you think?