Euripides' PHOENISSAE Complete

Translated by E. Coleridge.

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Antigone: I will bury him, although the state forbids.

Creon: Do so, and thou wilt be making thy own grave by his.

Antigone: A noble end, for two so near and dear to be laid side by
side!

Creon: (to his servants) Ho! seize and bear her within the palace.

Antigone: Never! for I will not loose my hold upon this corpse.

Creon: Heaven's decrees, girl, fit not thy fancies.

Antigone: Decrees! here is another, "No insult to the dead."

Creon: Be sure that none shall sprinkle over the corpse the moistened
dust.

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