OXFORD UNIVBRSITYPRBSS ar es salaam Karachi Kolkata Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 1006 Www.oup. com All rights reserved. No part of this publi or by any means, tronic,mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise thout the prior permission of Oxford University Press. [Antigone. English] (Greek mythology)-Drama. L Gibbons, Reginald. G53203 The translations of the odes on Man, on the House Labdakos, and to Eros Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paperOXJORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Sao Paulo Shanghai Taipei Tokyo Toronto Copyright © 2003 by Oxford University Press, Inc. Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sophocles. [Antigone. English] Antigone / Sophocles ; translated by Reginald Gibbons and Charles Segal. p. cm. ISBN 0-19-514373-6 1. Antigone (Greek mythology) —Drama. I. Gibbons, Reginald. II. Segal, Charles, 1936- III. Title. PA4414.A7 G53 2003 882'.01—dc2i 2002008966 The translations of the odes on Man, on the House of Labdakos, and to Eros were first published in Poetry magazine. 98765432 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper