Antigoneby Sophocles | |
| List(s): | "Racine Library List" |
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| Category: |
"Drama" |
| Pages: | 40 |
| Year of Publication: | 425 BC |
| Date Read: | 09/02/1994 |
| Notes: | Third in a trilogy (with Oedipus Rex and Oedipus and Colonus). Antigone concerns the family of Oedipus, former ruler of the city-state of Thebes. As the play opens, Thebes is ruled by Creon, the brother-in-law of Oedipus. Creon is at odds with his niece, Antigone, because he denies a proper burial to Antigone's brother Polynices. Antigone's intention to defy her uncle sets this tragedy in motion. |
| My Rating: | 6 |