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Kreon.
This shall be of the things the state forbids.
Antigone.
Let me at least bind up his cruel wounds.
Kreon.
Thou shalt in no wise honour this dead man.1670
Antigone.
Belovèd! on thy lips this kiss at least—
Kreon.
Ruin thy marriage not by thy laments.
Antigone.
How! living shall I e'er wed son of thine?
Kreon.
Needs must thou. Whither from the couch wilt flee?
Antigone.
Me shall that night a Danaus' Daughter prove.[1]1675
Kreon. (to Oedipus).
Dost mark how rails she in her recklessness?
Antigone. (raising Polyneikes' sword).
Witness the steel—this sword whereby I swear.
Kreon.
Wherefore so eager to avoid this bridal?
- ↑ Alluding to the murder of the sons of Aegyptus by Danaus' daughters, whom they wedded perforce.
