οὐχ ἅψομαι. With these words, Creon steps towards Antigone. His actual seizure of her is marked by the words τοὺς ἐμοὺς ἄγω. The fut., therefore, is more dramatic than “ἅπτομαι” would be. And Wecklein's rejection of 830 f. would enfeeble the scene. τῆς ἐμῆς, since he considers himself as now the guardian of his nieces,—their father having forfeited all rights at Thebes (cp. O. T. 1506 n.): El. 536 “ἀλλ᾽ οὐ μετῆν αὐτοῖσι τήν γ᾽ ἐμὴν κτανεῖν”.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part II: The Oedipus Coloneus. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1899.
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