Talk:Sophocles
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I searched through many transcriptions of Antigone, and could find no place where she says anything remotely like "Don't kill the messenger". The message is there from the context of the play - a guard reports a crime and is accused of it and threatened with death - but no such words are uttered. The closest I could find were the guard saying, "So here I stand,-as unwelcome as unwilling, well I wot; for no man delights in the bearer of bad news." [1]
- ↑ http://classics.mit.edu/Sophocles/antigone.html. There are other versions of the play, for which I have not included references.
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- Nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse.
- It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
- Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
- The truth is always the strongest argument.
- It is the brave man's part to live with glory, or with glory die.
