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by Sophocles (c495 BCE - c406 BCE)

Rezitativ Antigone
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά) 
ἀll᾽ oὐdὲn aὐtῷ tῶn ἐmῶn m᾽ eἴrgein méta. 
oὔt᾽ ἂn keleýsaim᾽ oὔt᾽ ἄn, eἰ thélois ἔti
prássein, ἐmoῦ g᾽ ἂn ἡdéōs drῴīs méta.
ἀll᾽ ἴsth᾽ ὁpoῖá soi dokeῖ, keῖnon d᾽ ἐgὼ
thápsō; kalón moi toῦto poioýsῃ thaneῖn.
fílī met᾽ aὐtoῦ keísomai, fíloy méta,
ὅsia panoyrgī́sas᾽. ἐpeὶ pleíōn chrónos
ὃn deῖ m᾽ ἀréskein toῖs kátō tῶn ἐntháde.
ἐkeῖ gὰr aἰeὶ keísomai; soὶ d᾽, eἰ dokeῖ,
tὰ tῶn theῶn ἔntim᾽ ἀtimásas᾽ ἔche.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Sophocles (c495 BCE - c406 BCE), appears in Ἀντιγόνη (Antigone) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Konstantia Gourzi (b. 1962), "Rezitativ Antigone", op. 18 (2019), first performed 2020 [ voice and tape ], Universal Edition [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)


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This text was added to the website: 2026-02-07
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