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| Suzanne Valadon Portrait of a Woman 1929 oil on canvas Museum Ludwig, Cologne |
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| Aleksandr Drevin Reclining Model 1932 oil on canvas Museum Ludwig, Cologne |
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| Folke Hellstrom-Lind Seated Man 1933 oil on canvas Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
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| Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Woman and Girl 1933 oil on canvas Museum Ludwig, Cologne |
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| Max Beckmann Journey on the Fish 1934 oil on canvas Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart |
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| Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman Portrait of Herman Poort 1939 oil on canvas Groninger Museum, Netherlands |
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| Vilhelm Lundstrøm Still Life 1942 oil on canvas Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
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| Per Lindekrantz Study of Model 1946 oil on canvas Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Sweden |
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| Ragnar Hult Self Portrait 1952 oil on canvas Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Sweden |
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| François Desnoyer Sportive Bleu et Rouge 1953 oil on canvas Musée des Beaux-Arts de Pau |
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| Yvonne Thomas Cyclops 1955 oil on linen Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins |
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| Francis Bacon Figure in Mountain Landscape 1956 oil on canvas Kunsthaus Zürich |
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| Jan Altink Landscape with Horse 1957 oil on canvas Groninger Museum, Netherlands |
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| Jane Freilicher The Electric Fan 1957 oil on linen Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins |
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| François Arnal Les Invités du Tour du Monde 1958 oil on canvas Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
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| Alfred Leslie Composition 1959 oil on canvas Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
[The bodies of Eteocles and Polynices are brought on, and laid down side by side]
Chorus of Theban Maidens:
Here it is, plain to see; the messenger's words are visible reality;
with double lamentation I now behold this twin disaster;
the sad event is fulfilled, a double death by kindred hands. What shall I say?
What else but that suffering is a resident of this house?
Friends, with the wind of lamentation in your sails
ply in accompaniment the regular beating of hands on head,
which is for ever crossing the Acheron,
propelling on a sacred mission from which there is no return
the black funeral ship,
on which Apollo Paeon never treads, and the sun never shines,
to the invisible shores that welcome all.
[Enter Antigone and Ismene]
But here come Antigone and Ismene
to fulfil a bitter duty.
I think they will undoubtedly utter
a lament for their brothers from their lovely
deep bosoms; their grief merits it.
But it is right that we, having heard the news first,
should raise the unpleasing sound
of the Fury's hymn, and sing
the hateful paean of Hades.
Oh,
you most unhappy in your brothers of all
who bind a sash round their garments!
I weep, I groan, and there is no deceit about it –
I am raising my voice sincerely from the heart.
I am raising my voice sincerely from the heart.
– Aeschylus, from Seven Against Thebes (467 BC), translated by Alan H. Sommerstein (2008)