Antigone

Sophocles

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

  1. If you are a woman, for, to be sure, my concern is for you.
Creon
  1. You traitor, attacking your father, accusing him!
Haemon
  1. Because I see you making a mistake and committing injustice.
Creon
  1. Am I making a mistake when I respect my own prerogatives?
Haemon
  1. Yes. You do not respect them, when you trample on the gods’ honors.
Creon
  1. Polluted creature, submitting to a woman!
Haemon
  1. You will never catch me submitting to shamelessness.