About this title: Sophocles' Antigone is among the greatest and most famous of all works of Greek literature, and it is often the play that is read first, whether in Greek or in translation, by those who are beginning to study Greek tragedy. But it is by no means an easy play, and the reader requires careful guidance if he is to appreciate its subtleties and come to grips with its problems. In this edition the introduction includes an account of the myth, a brief survey of the main interpretative issues, and a bibliography. The text is newly constituted in the light of the latest scholarly research, with an ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780486278049ISBN:0486278042
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. no rips or tears, all pages intact, writing on first leaflet pg, corners/edges bumped, tight binding, cover may have a different picture. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 64 p. Dover Thrift Editions. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780486278049ISBN:0486278042
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 64 p. Dover Thrift Editions. Audience: General/trade. New and Instock read more
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780195061673ISBN:0195061675
Description: Owner's name on flyleaf; scattered underlining (light pencil). Text in English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453). Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 126 p. Greek Tragedy in New Translations (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780195061673ISBN:0195061675
Description: Good. Text in English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453). Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 126 p. Greek Tragedy in New Translations (Paperback). read more
"When Oedipus was born there was a prophecy that he would kill his father, so he was sent away to be killed. Instead, he was hidden and was raised away from his royal family. After he had grown up, he heard about the prophecy and moved to a different town only to get into an argument with a stranger. He killed the stranger without knowing it was his father. Oedipus then marries the man's wife without knowing that she is his mother. They have 4 children: Antigone, Ismene, Polneices, and Eteocles. When Oedipus finally learns the truth, he gouges out his own eyes.
Later, Polyneices attempts to attack Thebes while Eteocles defends it. They both kill each other, and Eteocles is given a burial for a hero while Polyneices, the traitor, is doomed to rot without ever reaching the Underworld. This play is about his daughter, Antigone, who defies the law of her city by attempting to bury her brother.
Every line of this play is full of meaning. When I discussed it with my dad, he told me that the reason we still read this play after thousands of years is not only because it is one of the oldest works of literature known to man - but because it is still relevant. Human nature has not changed since the time of Oedipus and his children."
"Antigone's father was King Oedipus, who famously killed his father and married his mother, who in turn gave birth to their children, Antigone and her brothers. So the family had a few problems from the get-go and could have benefited from a therapeutic intervention even before this play opens.
Antigone is about to marry Haemon, son of King Creon, when a civil war breaks out. After Antigone's two brothers fight to their deaths, King Creon declares that only one can get a proper burial. The other one is a traitor whose body must be left out where the dogs and vultures can get it.
The young and fearless Antigone tells Creon she's not having it. She will bury her brother herself even though her penalty is death. The story ends in complete tragedy -- which, like Romeo and Juliet, could have been avoided. Also as in Romeo and Juliet, the stage is covered with bodies when the final curtain falls.
This is one amazing play that can be appreciated on many levels. Sophocles is raising questions about duty to God and country, having too much pride, and the timeless inability of one generation to listen to the other --with both younger and older generations at fault. The plays works as a dramatic piece,and apparently, since Sophocles' poetry in the original Greek is supposed to be utterly amazing, it would work as a poem too. Antigone is a masterpiece for any era, and makes you feel sad that only seven of Sophocles' 120 plays survived. It's also tragic that we don't have a Greek chorus constantly chanting in the background of our lives."
"This was an awesome play. This story about politics and religion sort of surprised me, though. If they all had the same religion, why would Creon think himself just in denying the burial rights which the religion dictates? Didn't Achilles do something like this to Hector, and didn't he get in a lot of trouble for it? One other political idea in this play is feminism. Having a woman stand up and fight for what she believes in during this era seems wildly out of place. Sophocles was very much ahead of his time in writing such a beautiful story."
"A drama that I have taught for numerous years but one that I read again for the first time in several years, this play by Sophocles speaks again to me about commitment and brain development. Yes, I know... what a combo!
One just cannot help but be appreciative of Antigone's loyalty to her family, especially her brother. Who among you would lay down his life for his/her brother?
On a different note, though, I have to question Antigone's level of brain development, for I look at this situation and wondered why could she have not handled this in a different fashion? Why make such a rash decision? Ah, yes, the answer: she lacked brain development, for she is probably just a mere fourteen or fifteen year old youngster, a mere babe, one that could not rationalize any further, for she simply does not have the brain capablities...yet. For with ages comes brain development.
According to a study by the National Institutes of Health...
Regardless of income or sex, children appeared to improve rapidly on many tasks between ages 6 and 10, with much less dramatic cognitive growth in adolescence. This result fits with previous research suggesting that in adolescence, there is a shift toward integrating what one knows rather than learning new basic skills.
Uhmmm...yes. Maybe Antigone just could not help herself, and she had too few live adults left in her life to guide her.
Thus, maybe one should read this drama as a warning of the result of thoughts too rash?"
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