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Apr 26, 2019 · Oedipus, the Greek king, is Antigone’s, Etocles’ and Polyneices’ father. After Oedipus was banished from the city, Antigone’s two brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices, were meant to share the ...
Jul 29, 2020 · Antigone explores a fundamental rift between public and private worlds. The central opposition in the play between Antigone and Creon, between duty to self and duty to state, dramatizes critical antimonies in the human condition. Sophocles’ genius is his resistance of easy and consoling simplifications to resolve the oppositions.
Oct 3, 2023 · Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus, the former king of Thebes, and his mother Jocasta. In some other myths, her mother is Euryganeia. She has two brothers, Eteocles and Polynices, and a sister named Ismene. The family is plagued by a curse, which leads to a series of tragic events, beginning with Oedipus unwittingly killing his father and ...
Oct 19, 2024 · Antigone, in Greek legend, the daughter born of the unwittingly incestuous union of Oedipus and his mother, Jocasta. After her father blinded himself upon discovering that Jocasta was his mother and that, also unwittingly, he had slain his father, Antigone and her sister Ismene served as Oedipus’ guides, following him from Thebes into exile until his death near Athens.
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Antigone was performed sometime around the year 441 B.C.E., just before Athens fought a campaign against the revolt of Samos. Sophocles was selected to be one of nine generals in that campaign. Sophocles was selected to be one of nine generals in that campaign.
Antigone is a classic example of Greek tragedy. Traditionally, a tragedy describes how a hero is ruined by their tragic flaw. Both Antigone and Creon are considered tragic heroes. Sophocles uses ...
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Plays / Sophocles / Antigone. One of Sophocles’ earliest surviving plays, Antigone is often thought of a perfect specimen of Ancient Greek tragedy. It begins a day after the defeat of the Seven against Thebes, soon after Creon, the new ruler of the city, has announced that Eteocles, who has died defending the city, shall be buried with honors ...
