Some time ago I was paging through a survey text on the classical world. One of the chapters began with a quotation from a translation of Antigone by Sophocles. I liked it so much that I made a note of it, but apparently failed to record the title of the book in which it appeared, and the name of the person to whom the translation was credited. 😠
I'm hoping someone here will recognize the translation based on the following samples, and point me to its source.
>Many things are both wonderful & terrible,
but none more so than humankind.
Through high-walled waves of ocean storm
the species makes its way
drenched but victorious. What can’t we do?
...
>Experience unbaffles us. But human cunning
leads two ways. To scheme for bad;
to work for good. Hold firm with laws
carved by centuries, and trust in solemn oaths:
so the city stands. To go the other way –
is how to bring it down.
Thank you!