Antigone: List 2

by Sophocles
After defying her uncle, the king of Thebes, Antigone is sentenced to death. This classical tragedy, translated from the Greek by Francis Storr, explores the tension between duty and family.

This list covers vocabulary from "I had misgivings from the first"–"a woman proved his match."

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  1. arrant
    complete and without qualification
    Is it not arrant folly to pretend
    That gods would have a thought for this dead man?
  2. bestow
    give as a gift
    Or perchance
    The gods bestow their favors on the bad.
  3. malcontent
    a person who is unsatisfied or disgusted
    I have long noted malcontents
    Who wagged their heads, and kicked against the yoke,
    Misliking these my orders, and my rule.
  4. suborn
    incite to commit a crime or an evil deed
    'Tis they, I warrant, who suborned my guards
    By bribes.
  5. inveterate
    in a habitual and longstanding manner
    What an inveterate babbler! get thee gone!
  6. brazen
    made of or resembling brass, as in color or hardness
    Anon she gathered handfuls of dry dust,
    Then, holding high a well-wrought brazen urn,
    Thrice on the dead she poured a lustral stream.
  7. immutable
    not subject or susceptible to change or variation
    Nor did I deem that thou, a mortal man,
    Could'st by a breath annul and override
    The immutable unwritten laws of Heaven.
  8. insolence
    an offensive disrespectful impudent act
    But this proud girl, in insolence well-schooled,
    First overstepped the established law, and then—
    A second and worse act of insolence—
    She boasts and glories in her wickedness.
  9. abjure
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
    Say, didst thou too abet
    This crime, or dost abjure all privity?
  10. piety
    righteousness by virtue of being religiously devout
    O sister, scorn me not, let me but share
    Thy work of piety, and with thee die.
  11. bereft
    sorrowful through loss or deprivation
    What would life profit me bereft of thee?
  12. quell
    overcome or allay
    Thy might, O Zeus, what mortal power can quell?
    Not sleep that lays all else beneath its spell,
    Nor moons that never tire
  13. sublime
    worthy of adoration or reverence
    ...untouched by Time,
    Throned in the dazzling light
    That crowns Olympus' height,
    Thou reignest King, omnipotent, sublime.
  14. submissive
    inclined or willing to give in to orders or wishes of others
    For 'tis the hope of parents they may rear
    A brood of sons submissive, keen to avenge
    Their father's wrongs, and count his friends their own.
  15. dissipate
    cause to separate and go in different directions
    What evils are not wrought by Anarchy!
    She ruins States, and overthrows the home,
    She dissipates and routs the embattled host;
    While discipline preserves the ordered ranks.
Created on Tue Jul 15 14:59:55 EDT 2025 (updated Tue Jul 15 15:23:31 EDT 2025)

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