Antigone

Sophocles

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

  1. God! How plain it is that you are a born babbler.
Guard
  1. Perhaps, but never the author of this action.
Creon
  1. Yes, and what is more, you sold your life for silver.
Guard
  1. Ah! It is truly sad when the judge judges wrong .
Creon
  1. Expound on judgment as you will. But, if you fail to
  2. show me the perpetrators of these crimes, you will avow that money basely earned wreaks sorrows.Exit Creon.
Guard
  1. Well, may the man be found! That would be best. But, whether he be caught or not—for fortune must decide that—I assure you that you will not see me come here again.