· “Antigone” is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles, written around BCE. Although it was written before Sophocles ’ other two Theban plays, chronologically it comes after the stories in “Oedipus the King” and “Oedipus at Colonus”, and it picks up where Aeschylus ‘ play “Seven Against Thebes” bltadwin.rus: · Antigone (ca. B.C.E.) By Sophocles (city-state of Athens, present-day Greece) Translated from the Greek by Robert Fagles CHARACTERS ANTIGONE daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta ISMENE sister of Antigone A CHORUS of old Theban citizens and their LEADER CREON king of Thebes, uncle of Antigone and Ismene A SENTRY HAEMON son of Creon and EurydiceFile Size: KB. Sophocles’ most famous plays are often grouped under the epithet ‘The Theban Plays’ and include (in the chronology of the myths themselves), Oedipus at Colonus and Oedipus Rex Antigone. While these plays appear to form a trilogy, each is the sole surviving play from three separate trilogies nine plays in all, six of which are lost.
Antigone. After the bloody siege of Thebes by Polynices and his allies, the city stands unconquered. Polynices and his brother Eteocles, however, are both dead, killed by each other, according to the curse of Oedipus, their father. Outside the city gates, Antigone tells Ismene that Creon has ordered that Eteocles, who died defending the city. Sophocles, Antigone Sophocles, Ajax Sophocles, Electra Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus Sophocles, Oedipus the King Sophocles, Philoctetes Wedekind, Castle Wetterstein Wedekind, Marquis of Keith. Most of these translations have been published as books or audiobooks (or both)—by Richer Resources Publications, Broadview Press, Naxos, Audible, and. Antigone Summary. Next. Lines As the play begins, the invading army of Argos has been driven from Thebes, but in the course of the battle, two sons of Oedipus (Eteocles and Polynices) have died fighting for opposing sides. Their uncle, Creon, is now king of Thebes. He decrees that the body of Polynices, who fought against his native city.
Antigone (/ æ n ˈ t ɪ ɡ ə n i / ann-TIG-ə-nee; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιγόνη) is a tragedy by Sophocles written in or before BC.. Of the three Theban plays Antigone is the third in order of the events depicted in the plays, but it is the first that was written. Antigone (ca. B.C.E.) By Sophocles (city-state of Athens, present-day Greece) Translated from the Greek by Robert Fagles CHARACTERS ANTIGONE daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta ISMENE sister of Antigone A CHORUS of old Theban citizens and their LEADER CREON king of Thebes, uncle of Antigone and Ismene A SENTRY HAEMON son of Creon and Eurydice. A brave and proud young woman named Antigone is the product of a really messed up family. Her father, Oedipus, was the King of Thebes. He unknowingly murdered his father and married his own mother, Queen Jocasta. With his wife/mother, Oedipus had two daughter/sisters and two brother/sons.
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