# Quote — Sophocles, Antigone

> ΚΡ. καὶ δῆτ᾿ ἐτόλμας τούσδ᾿ ὑπερβαίνειν νόμους;
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> ΑΝ. οὐ γάρ τί μοι Ζεὺς ἦν ὁ κηρύξας τάδε,
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> οὐδ᾿ ἡ ξύνοικος τῶν κάτω θεῶν Δίκη
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> τοιούσδ᾿ ἐν ἀνθρώποισιν ὥρισεν νόμους,
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> οὐδὲ σθένειν τοσοῦτον ᾠόμην τὰ σὰ
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> κηρύγμαθ᾿ ὥστ᾿ ἄγραπτα κἀσφαλῆ θεῶν
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> νόμιμα δύνασθαι θνητά γ᾿ ὄνθ᾿ ὑπερδραμεῖν.
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> οὐ γάρ τι νῦν γε κἀχθές, ἀλλ᾿ ἀεί ποτε
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> ζῇ ταῦτα, κοὐδεὶς οἶδεν ἐξ ὅτου ᾿φάνη.

- Author: [Sophocles](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sophocles.md)
- Book: [Antigone](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sophocles/antigone.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/sophocles/antigone/quote-f213ee9d

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