Antigone

Sophocles

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

  1. It was his brother, not his slave, who died.
Creon
  1. But he died ravaging this land, while he fell in its defense.
Antigone
  1. Hades craves these rites, nevertheless.
Creon
  1. But the good man craves a portion not equal to the evil’s.
Antigone
  1. Who knows but that these actions are pure to those below?
Creon
  1. You do not love someone you have hated, not even after death.
Antigone
  1. It is not my nature to join in hate, but in love.