“ A friend in word is never friend of mine. ”
Sophocles, Antigone (c. 441 BC). copy citation
| Author | Sophocles |
|---|---|
| Source | Antigone |
| Topic | words |
| Date | c. 441 BC |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by F. Storr |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/31/31-h/31-h.htm |
Context
“Thou would'st not act with me
At first, and I refused thy partnership.
ISMENE
But now thy bark is stranded, I am bold
To claim my share as partner in the loss.
ANTIGONE
Who did the deed the under-world knows well:
A friend in word is never friend of mine. ISMENE
O sister, scorn me not, let me but share
Thy work of piety, and with thee die.
ANTIGONE
Claim not a work in which thou hadst no hand;
One death sufficeth. Wherefore should'st thou die?
ISMENE
” source
At first, and I refused thy partnership.
ISMENE
But now thy bark is stranded, I am bold
To claim my share as partner in the loss.
ANTIGONE
Who did the deed the under-world knows well:
A friend in word is never friend of mine. ISMENE
O sister, scorn me not, let me but share
Thy work of piety, and with thee die.
ANTIGONE
Claim not a work in which thou hadst no hand;
One death sufficeth. Wherefore should'st thou die?
ISMENE
” source
