Euripides' PHOENISSAE Complete

Translated by E. Coleridge.

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Antigone: O Creon, by my mother's corpse, by Jocasta, I implore thee!

Creon: 'Tis but lost labour; thou wilt not gain thy prayer.

Antigone: Let me but bathe the dead body-

Creon: Nay, that would be part of what the city is forbidden.

Antigone: At least let me bandage the gaping wounds.

Creon: No; thou shalt never pay honour to this corpse.

Antigone: O my darling! one kiss at least will I print upon thy lips.

Creon: Do not let this mourning bring disaster on thy marriage.

Antigone: Marriage! dost think I will live to wed thy son?

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