Antigone

Sophocles

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

  1. Princes of Thebes, we have come on a shared journey, two scouting the way by the eyes of one.
  2. For this is the method of travel for the blind, using a guide.
Creon
  1. What is it, old Teiresias? What is your news?
Teiresias
  1. I will tell you. You, obey the seer.
Creon
  1. It was not my habit before, at any rate, to stand apart from your will.
Teiresias
  1. Therefore you captained this city on an upright course.
Creon
  1. I have felt and can attest your benefits.