creo Do net sck tobe mare in everyting, i foc the things you marred did not fellow you thoughout your ie (41 Cran and Oedipa, hens You tht live is my ancrstal Thebes, tehol this Oadipa— im who knew the famous ride td was aman most mater not een who did ot lock with enry on his ox : see him now snd seth bres of misoreane swalow hits! . aol pom thu ht day always. Count no mortal tap a bebe pane the lini of hii see fom pai, fe ee a . : ANTIGONE Tran by David Grene- as citer ply inthe ss of Te Compa Grek Tags oe INTRODUCTION Siheimingly in vere I decile owe hs new An so in ere. Bot Toe 4 great dei othe ater prove wero whic gly acowledg, and vo Wendy Donigrs prt Antigone was probably produced in 442 .c, Toh the part of the saga of Thebes with which ideale subsequent to the ston of Onis the King, and also Oedipus at Clos, the drama ie ‘ras certainly te cist writen ofthe ete, which therefore : do not compose a formal logy ‘Through the confie betwen individual who always remain sharply characterized is written the ctrl confict between pe ‘ate conscience and public sathoiy. The mayeiicent choral foes canry the terms of this conflict into images which hold 00d for any time or place TRANSLATOR'S NOTE The above introdscion, somewhat abbreviated, is by Rich ond Latinore. I ave writen a new translation ofthe Ant gone, subtating i for the one by Elizabeth Wyckofl This s Prt of revisions Ihave bosn making nthe serie, a the remain Ing cite, and atthe suggertion ofthe Press ‘A compirizon of the sumbeved lines in the Grek text and those of my tundation wil show some discrepancies ln the “Arsigone found ties that twas imposible ro match thes ‘ersions line byline. Ihave renumbered dhe lines according €© Iny English wausation rather thin the orginal Greck tet. 1 thought that ina clase today when the teicher wished to cite a line he or she would more avally want wo do that fr dhe tar dents fom the Eaglh at which the students were looking, ‘ther han from the Grek. Iteust this wil no ead to coo much ‘onfision, The dierences tnd to be 2 mater of only 2 few Te. ‘Some yeurs ago the Court Theatre asked Wendy Doniger nd Z sme o do» new peose version ofthe Angee fo het repertory ° troup. We worked in very close collaboration with the acters Ee cause dhe Court Theate rendering wis im prose anid all cheAaigne mene hors of Thebans Ele A Sentry A Messenger Baiee Seca Mesenger ANTIGONE (The tose Antigone ad Irene tin fe ofthe alc gates in Thebes) Tamene, my dear ster, whose her was my Ether, an you think of ny of ll the eis that stem from Oedipa that Zeus doesnot bring to pss fr us, while we yet Hive? [No prin, no rin, no shame, and no dishonor but have ten in our mscie, yours and mine And ow what ithe proclamation tht they tl of rade ately by the commande, publicly, toall the people? Do yo know? Have you head i = Don't you notice when the evils du wo enemies se heed towards those we love? semen TNots word, Antigone, of those we love, titer wert or bit, has come to me snc the moment when we let our two brothers, fom one day, by their Bande desing taal death Since the Angie army din this past night, Tlnow of nothing further, nothing of better fortine or of more detrcton. Antigone "Thnew it wel that why Hsent for you 5 to come outside the palce gates telson to me, privately J tonone [What iste Cersinly your words come of dark thought