Note 142 — Chapter XIII · SOPHOCLES. (continued 2)
Reading edition
The last six lines spoken by the Chorus seem to justify this view. A couplet from the Pheræi of Moschion might be inscribed as a motto upon the Antigone:
κενὸν θανόντος ἀνδρὸς αἰκίζειν σκιάν· ζῶντας κολάζειν οὐ θανόντας εὐσεβές.