Seven Against Thebes

Aeschylus

Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.

  1. carrying the earth in the fold of my linen robe. With my own hands I will cover him over—let no one decree it otherwise. Take heart, I will have the means to do it.
Herald
  1. I forbid you to act thus in violation of the city.
Antigone
  1. I forbid you to make useless proclamations to me.
Herald
  1. And yet a citizenry that has escaped evil can be harsh.