Question about Antigone

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Reading the play Antigone and here is a small clip for Scene 2:

Creon. Yours certainly did, when you assumed guilt with the guilty!
Ismene. But how could I go on living without her?
Creon. You are. She is already dead.
Ismene. But your own son's bride!
Creon. There are places enough for him to push his plow. I want no wicked woman for my sons!

Push his plow? Is it the perverted comparison I think it is?

 

[Francodman]

Yup.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: Francodman
Yup.

Thanks

 

[Orsorum]

Yes. Greek and Roman literature is some of the dirtiest there is.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

It's not perverted. The Greeks considered sex to be sewing of a seed. The man was given full credit for baby making, with the woman just being a vessel.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
It's not perverted. The Greeks considered sex to be sewing of a seed. The man was given full credit for baby making, with the woman just being a vessel.

With a really big needle 😉

FYI that's "sowing" seed, also in "sow your wild oats," "reap what you sow" etc. 🙂

The literal definition (stolen from Google) "place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; 'She sowed sunflower seeds'"