How do I quote a line from Anitgone in an essay if it's in a textbook?

I am writing an essay on the foils of the tragedy Antigone and need to quote a line from the play, but it is from my English textbook, so I'm a little confused as to how to do this MLA style.



Any help is greatly appreciated!How do I quote a line from Anitgone in an essay if it's in a textbook?
Well if you need an in-text citation you put the quote in quotation marks and then before the period put the first author's last name in parenthesis.

If you need the citation in your works cited you would cite it as a reference book using the authors, title, publication date, etc.How do I quote a line from Anitgone in an essay if it's in a textbook?
I should reference this question, but ain't gonna. References to translations or historical works are cited as such (e.g., you don't cite Dante, "The Inferno" page 12 unless you're referring to an original copy. If I remember correctly, the correct method is to cite Socrates, as cited in Plato's "The Republic (540 B.C.)," translated by Don Knott in "An Essay on Plato" (1981).



Ask your teacher! Not only are there different styles of referencing quotes, it will a) let the teacher know you are concerned with the perfect style. and b) force the teacher to look up all the correct forms, for which you will get extra credit (subconsciously) for all the extra work they did.