ἄτα κἀπαναστάσεις. The dual is commended, as against “ἄτας”, by a certain scornful vigour; just as at 58 the dual has an emphasis of its own. And the combination with a plural is no harsher than (e.g.) Laches p. 187 A “αὐτοὶ εὑρεταὶ γεγονότε”. Cp. O. C. 530 “αὗται δὲ δύ᾽ ἐξ ἐμοῦ...παῖδε, δύο δ᾽ ἄτα.” ἐπαναστάσεις, abstract (like “ἄτα”) for concrete: so 646 “πόνους” (bad sons): “κεῖνος ἡ πᾶσα βλάβη” ( Ph. 622), “ὄλεθρος”, etc. θρόνων, object. gen. (“ἐπανίστασθαι θρόνοις”). Creon suspects the sisters of being in league with malcontent citizens (cp. 289), who wish to overthrow his rule.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part III: The Antigone. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1900.
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