Sophocles' ANTIGONE Complete

Translated by F. Storr. From the Loeb Library Edition, Originally published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and William Heinemann Ltd, London. First published in 1912.

Sophocles Bilingual Anthology  Studies  Sophocles in Print

75 Pages

Page 15

Creon: Thou art good at parry, and canst fence about
Some matter of grave import, as is plain.

Guard: The bearer of dread tidings needs must quake.

Creon: Then, sirrah, shoot thy bolt and get thee gone.

Guard: Well, it must out; the corpse is buried; someone
E'en now besprinkled it with thirsty dust,
Performed the proper ritual--and was gone.

Creon: What say'st thou? Who hath dared to do this thing?

Previous Page / First / Next Page of Antigone

Sophocles Home Page ||| Elpenor's Free Greek Lessons
Aeschylus ||| Euripides

Reference address : https://ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/ancient-greece/sophocles/antigone.asp?pg=15