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'Efu [ih 6sovg olfMi tov<; vofiovg rovTOvg ro7<; xvdpu' 



TTOl? SsiVXl' KoCt yxp TTCCpX '^XfflV (XvQpCilTOig xpcoTOv vo- 



fil^sTxi hovg (Tspstv'' (_i). — Quem vero celcbratis- 

 simi latent versus , quos amabili Antigonae in tra- 

 goedia tribuit Sophocles ? Rea est carissimi fratris 

 sepulturae. Vitae periculum instat , sed summa et 

 suavitate et vero dignitate causam suam corara 

 Creonte tyranno tuetiir. Hic enim : „K«} Sijfr " 

 inquit , 



„Ka/ ^iJT sToX[^xg Tovg^ vTsp^xlvsiv vofjcovg ;" 

 Tum vero Antigone — et sane dici vix potest , 

 quantopere verba illa nos legenres nioveant quan 

 tflque piae sororis admiratione teneamur — : 



„Oy yap t/ pcoi Zsvg viy xy,pv^ag raSf, 

 0'j§' '^ ^vvontog Tuv KoiTa Sscov A/xj^, 



O/ TOVg^S" iv XvdpUTTOllTlV upt<Txv VCfiOUg' 



OySf (rdsvsiv to<toutov q>0(Jt,vjv tx (Tx 

 Kijp6yfiaS\ mT aypxitTX kx<tCI>xMj dsuv 

 'Nopiifjcx ^vvxaSxi Sv/itov ov6' VTTsp^^pxiAsJv. 

 Ov yxp Ti vuv ys xx^Ssg , iAA' ds) ttots 

 Zyi TxvTz , y.ou^s)g o^ilsv s^ otou '(pxvi]" (2). 



Sed satis jam siiperque de hac naturae lege ejus- 

 que vi disseruisse mihi videor. Accepit homo 

 boni justique sensum , quo honeste vivere ^ nemi- 

 nem laedere^ jus suum cuique tribuere quasi divi- 

 no impulsu jubetur , quum naturali illa facultate 



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(1) Xenoph. Memor. Lib. IV. c. 4. (J. 19. 



(2) Sophocl. Antig, vs. 449. sjq. ed. Brunck. 



