# Ἀντιγόνη 1.90-99

Sophocles, Ἀντιγόνη, Episode 1, lines 1.90-1.99. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sophocles/text-2/1.90

εἰ καὶ δυνήσει γʼ· ἀλλʼ ἀμηχάνων ἐρᾷς.
οὐκοῦν, ὅταν δὴ μὴ σθένω, πεπαύσομαι.
ἀρχὴν δὲ θηρᾶν οὐ πρέπει τἀμήχανα.
εἰ ταῦτα λέξεις, ἐχθαρεῖ μὲν ἐξ ἐμοῦ,
ἐχθρὰ δὲ τῷ θανόντι προσκείσει δίκῃ.
ἀλλʼ ἔα με καὶ τὴν ἐξ ἐμοῦ δυσβουλίαν
παθεῖν τὸ δεινὸν τοῦτο· πείσομαι γὰρ οὐ
τοσοῦτον οὐδὲν ὥστε μὴ οὐ καλῶς θανεῖν.
ἀλλʼ εἰ δοκεῖ σοι, στεῖχε· τοῦτο δʼ ἴσθʼ ὅτι
ἄνους μὲν ἔρχει, τοῖς φίλοις δʼ ὀρθῶς φίλη.

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Sophocles, Ἀντιγόνη, ed. Francis Storr. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0011.tlg002.local001/.