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Antigone
Ah me!

Ismene
Ah me!

Antigone
My heart is mad with wailing.

Ismene
My heart groans within me.

Antigone
Ah, the grief, brother all-lamentable.

Ismene
[970] And you also, brother all-wretched.

Antigone
You perished at the hands of your nearest and dearest.

Ismene
And you killed your nearest and dearest.

Antigone
Twofold to tell of—

Ismene
Twofold to look upon—

Antigone
[975] Are these sorrows so close to those.

Ismene
Fraternal sorrows stand close by fraternal sorrows.

Chorus
O Fate, giver of grievous troubles, and awful shade of Oedipus, black Erinys, you are indeed a mighty force.

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