Antigone

Sophocles

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

  1. bringing this girl who was caught giving burial honors to the dead. This time there was no casting of lots. No, this piece of luck has fallen to me, and me alone. And now, my king, as it pleases you, take her yourself, question her and convict her. But justice would see me
  2. released free and clear from this trouble.
Creon
  1. Your prisoner here—how and where did you take her?
Guard
  1. She was burying the man. You know all there is to tell.
Creon
  1. Are you clear and sure about what you are saying?
Guard
  1. I am. I saw her burying the corpse that you
  2. had forbidden to bury. Is that plain and sufficient?