And will not slacken in the gale, is like To sail with thwarts reversed, keel uppermost. Relent th...
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By thy loved mother, by whate'er remains On earth most dear to thee, oh! hear me now, Thy supplian...
The powers who hold by might the sway. Thou hast withstood authority, A self-willed rebel, thou mu...
CREON True, as unwisdom is the worst of ills. TEIRESIAS Thou art infected with that ill thyself. ...
The bridal chamber of the maid and Death, We sped, about to enter. But a guard Heard from that god...
400 BC PHILOCTETES by Sophocles translated by Thomas Francklin CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY ULYSSES, ...
Of giving burial. But where's the King? CHORUS There from the palace he returns in time. [Enter C...
NEOPTOLEMUS What, Ulysses? ULYSSES The glorious names of valiant and of wise. NEOPTOLEMUS Away!...
ISMENE O sister, scorn me not, let me but share Thy work of piety, and with thee die. ANTIGONE C...
Degenerate sons--these maidens did not so. Therefore my curse is stronger than thy "throne," Thy "...
To grant the suppliant their saving grace. So pray thyself or whoso pray for thee, In whispered ac...
So to be handed down from heir to heir. Thus shalt thou hold this land inviolate From the dread Dr...
THESEUS Wouldst tell the old misfortune of thy race? OEDIPUS No, that has grown a byword througho...
Thou hadst thy wish 'mid strangers thus to die, But I, ah me, not by. ISMENE Alas, my sister, wha...
Thebes thy old foster-mother claims thee first. OEDIPUS O front of brass, thy subtle tongue would ...