Antigone Test Flashcards
“I will lie with the one I love and loved by him/ an outrage sacred to the gods.”
Antigone
“He’s left to be unwept, unburied, a lovely treasure/ for the birds to scan the field and feast to their hearts content”
Antigone
“Zeus hates with a vengeance all bravado/ the mighty boasts of men”
Chorus
“And whoever places a friend/ above the good of his own country, he is nothing”
Creon
“Heads together/ tossing wildly, never keeping their heads beneath/ the yoke, loyally submitting to their king”
Creon
“These are the instigators, I’m convinced/ they’ve perverted my own guard, bribed them/ to do their work”
Creon
“When he weaves in/ the laws of the land, and the justice of the gods/ that binds his oath together/ he and the city rise high/ but the city casts out/ the man who weds himself to inhumanity”
Chorus
“Nor did I think your edict had such force/ that you, a mere mortal, could override the gods / the great unwritten, unshakeable traditions”
Antigone
“I’ve been accused of folly/ by a fool.”
Antigone
“I am not the man, not now/ she is the man/ if this victory goes to her and she goes free”
creon
“I have no love for a friend who loves in words alone.”
Antigone
“…you in your wisdom/ set my bearings for me—I obey you”
Haemon
“I’m not about to prove myself a liar,/ not to my people, no, I’m going to kill her.”
Creon
“But the man/ the city places in authority, his orders/ must be obeyed, large, and small/right and wrong”
Creon
“Whoever thinks that he alone possesses intelligence,/ the gift of eloquence, he and no one else,/ and character too..such men I tell you,/ spread them open– you will find them empty”
Haemon
“Haul your sheets too taunt, never give an inch/ you’ll capsize”
Haemon
“Ranking up the grief for father/ three times over, for all the doom/that’s struck us down”
Antigone
“The power of fate is a wonder,/ dark, terrible wonder/ neither wealth nor armies/ towered walls nor ships/ black hulls lashed by the salt/can save us from that force”
Chorus
“No fire!”
Tiresias
“All men make mistakes, it is only human/ But once the wrong is done, a man/ can turn his back is folly/ misfortune too/ if he tries to make amends, however low he’s fallen/and stops his bullnecked ways”
Tiresias
“Oh I’ve learned/ through blood and tears! Then, it was then,/ when the god came down and struck me–a great weight/ shattering, driving me down that wild savage path,/ ruining, trampling down my joy”
Creon
“And the guilt is all mine–”
Creon
“Wisdom is by far the greatest part of joy/ and reverence toward the gods must be safeguarded/ The mighty words of the proud are paid in full/ with mighty blows of fate, and at long last/ these blows will teach us wisdom”
Chorus
What is the main difference between Old Comedy and New Comedy?
New Comedy makes fun of everyday life and ordinary people while Old Comedy is mainly satirical and mocked men in power
