Antigone

Sophocles

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

  1. that it is fruitless labor to revere the dead.Exit Creon.
Chorus
  1. Love, the unconquered in battle, Love, you who descend upon riches, and watch the night through on a girl’s soft cheek,
  2. you roam over the sea and among the homes of men in the wilds. Neither can any immortal escape you,
  3. nor any man whose life lasts for a day. He who has known you is driven to madness.
Chorus
  1. You seize the minds of just men and drag them to injustice, to their ruin. You it is who have incited this conflict of men whose flesh and blood are one.
  2. But victory belongs to radiant Desire swelling from the eyes of the sweet-bedded bride. Desire sits enthroned in power beside the mighty laws.
  3. For in all this divine Aphrodite plays her irresistible game.