δή = ἤδη (O. T. 968), as in “καὶ δή.” κοὐκέτι μέλλω, and am no longer (merely) about to be led away: cp. O. C. 1074 “ἔρδουσ᾽ ἢ μέλλουσιν;” Ph. 1255“κἀμέ τοι ι ταὐτὸν τόδ᾽ ὄψει δρῶντα κοὐ μέλλοντ᾽ ἔτι”. Meineke's conjecture “μελλώ” (=“μέλλησις”, Aesch. Ag. 1356) was needless.— Seyffert understands, ‘I make no more delay,’—said firmly and proudly: she scorns to bring punishment on her guards by detaining them longer. But this does not suit “ἄγομαι δή”.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part III: The Antigone. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1900.
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