Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Sophocles (c. 496 - 413 BC) : From "Antigone"

              CHORUS

                         I

Much is there passing strange ;
    Nothing surpassing mankind.
He it is loves to range
Over the ocean hoar,
Thorough the surges' roar,
     South winds raging behind ;


Earth,  too,  wears he away,
     The Mother of Gods on high,
Tireless, free from decay ;
With team he furrows the ground,
And the ploughs go round and round,
     As year on year goes by.   



Antigone

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