Oedipus creative

Clarifications:
antigone: daughter of oedipus and his mother, disobeyed him & condemned to death
dole: payment
"stern visaged queens": the goddesses
"shall thou round thy weary life/A blessing to the land wherein thy dwell'st/But to the land that cast the forth, a curse": the land he is in now is blessed, but going further it will be cursed

Journal:

"Overcome -- O bitter sweetness,
Inhabitant of the soft cheek of a girl --
The rich man and his affairs,
The fat flocks and the fields' fatness,
Mariners, rough harvesters;
Overcome Gods upon Parnassus;

Overcome the Empyrean; hurl
Heaven and Earth out of their places,
That in the Same calamity
Brother and brother, friend and friend,
Family and family,
City and city may contend,
By that great glory driven wild.


This is a passage from Antigone the third part of the theban trilogies. Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus by way of his mother. He is seen as cursed because of what he did. She will eventually be executed for disobeying him. The first stanza commands her to over come, things are then listed that are opposite, like bittersweet, the rich man and his affairs. This could mean that she is torn between two choices. the second stanza mentions the "Empyrean" this is the highest level of heaven and is where the gods hold the strongest fires. she has large things to overcome and she should shake things up a little bit, make her statement. All things will pride her for being so courageous.

I'm not sure the context of this passage, but if it is interpreted correctly then it reveals that Antigone, who is now her father's guide, will become torn between two issues, and she must fight for them. This reveals a little more about Antigon, and also reveals some foreshadowing, "If time can teach, I need not to be told." It also makes me wonder what will tear her from her father, because right now they are very close.