“You are the king no doubt, but in one respect, at least, I am your equal: the right to reply. I claim that privilege too. I am not your slave. I serve Apollo. I don't need Creon to speak for… — Robert Fagles Copy Share
I admire the ambition of the project, and the generosity of many of the lines. — Robert Fagles Copy Share Image
“You are the king no doubt, but in one respect, at least, I am your equal: the right to reply. I claim that privilege too. I am not your slave. I serve Apollo. I don't need Creon to speak for me in public. So, you mock my blindness? Let me tell you this. You with your precious eyes, you're blind… — Robert Fagles Copy Share
The world is a world of tears, and the burdens of mortality touch the heart. — Robert Fagles Copy Share Image
The catastrophe of the tragic hero thus becomes the catastrophe of the fifth-century man; all his furious energy and intellectual daring drive him on… — Robert Fagles Copy Share Image
