Painterly small globe, camera, gears and quill arranged over faint circuit-like lines on teal.

Original artwork, not a still

Antigone

Sophocles

Numberless are the world’s wonders, but none More wonderful than man.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker marvels at the countless wonders of the world yet ranks humankind above every one of them. The line celebrates human capability and inventiveness as the most astonishing thing there is, placing people at the summit of a list too long to count.

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