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Updated: June 21, 2025
Your Ismene scorns to veil her face, and no doubt it is a very pretty one to look upon you have trained her mind like that of a man, and so she seeks to go her own way.
"I came here like a dutiful son, but I confess I rejoice over what has happened, for now my parents will hardly say 'No' a second time, when I beg them to give me Codrus's daughter, Ismene, for my wife."
And, at that moment, as they both stood there on the threshold of the palace, the same voices spoke to them; Antigone listening only to the voice from above, wherefore she died; Ismene unconscious of any save that which came from below and she lived.
Then Ismené made answer, "I have heard nothing, my sister, only that we are bereaved of both of our brethren in one day, and that the army of the Argives is departed in this night that is now past. So much I know, but no more." "Hearken then.
Ismene had a daughter herself just Xanthe's age, so it must probably have been true. Then why, in the name of all the gods, was Xanthe sad? Is any cause required to explain it? Must a maiden have met with misfortune, to make her feel a longing to weep? Certainly not. Nay, the gayest rattle-brain is the least likely to escape such a desire.
Also he commanded that if any man should break this decree he should suffer death by stoning. Now Antigone, who was sister to the two Princes, heard that the decree had gone forth, and chancing to meet her sister Ismené before the gates of the palace, spake to her, saying, "O my sister, hast thou heard this decree that the King hath put forth concerning our brethren that are dead?"
His young daughter, Antigone, one of the most lovely creations of poetry, is his companion and guide; he is afterward joined by his other daughter, Ismene, whose weak and selfish character is drawn in strong contrast to the heroism and devotion of Antigone. The ancient prophecies that foretold his woes had foretold also his release.
"Of hating I know nothing; 'tis enough for me to love." "If thou wilt love, go love the dead. But while I live no woman shall rule me." Then those that had been sent to fetch the maiden Ismené brought her forth from the palace. And when the King accused her that she had been privy to the deed she denied not, but would have shared one lot with her sister.
"I came here like a dutiful son, but I confess I rejoice over what has happened, for now my parents will hardly say 'No' a second time, when I beg them to give me Codrus's daughter, Ismene, for my wife."
Also he commanded that if any man should break this decree he should suffer death by stoning. Now Antigone, who was sister to the two princes, heard that the decree had gone forth, and chancing to meet her sister Ismené before the gates of the palace, spake to her, saying: "O my sister, hast thou heard this decree that the king hath put forth concerning our brethren that are dead?"
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