Sophocles: Antigone
05/24/2017
Antigone (Greek: Ἀντιγόνη) is a tragedy by the Athenian playwright Sophocles, probably composed around 441 BCE. It is therefore the earliest of the so-called 'Theban Plays' in which Sophocles draws on the cycle of myth centred on the story of Oedipus. The dramatic date of Antigone is nevertheless later than that of Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus, in the aftermath of the struggle between Oedipus' sons portrayed in Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes.
The drama centres on the struggle between the new king of Thebes, Oedipus' uncle/brother-in-law Creon, and Oedipus' daughter Antigone. She is determined to see that her brother Polyneices receives a proper burial, which is forbidden by Creon because of Polyneices' attack on the city. The competing demands of civic, religious and familial loyalties are thus a central theme.
Antigone at Amazon: United States.
Gutenberg: Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone; translated by Francis Storr.
Internet Archive: Antigone, Greek text edited by Karl Wilhelm Dindorf (1836). Multiple formats.
Internet Archive: Sophocles - Oedipus Tyrannus, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone, translated by John Swinnerton Phillimore (1902). Multiple formats.
Internet Classics Archive: Antigone, translated by Richard Jebb. HTML and TXT formats.
Loebulus. L020 - Sophocles -- Sophocles I: Oedipus the King. Oedipus at Colonus. Antigone. PDF of public domain Loeb edition in Greek and English.
Perseus: Greek text, edited by F. Storr (1912). English translation (1891) and notes (1900) by Richard Jebb. HTML and XML formats.
Poetry in Translation: Antigone, translated by George Theodoridis (2004). Multiple formats.
University of Adelaide (Internet Archive): The Oedipus Trilogy (Oedipus the King - Oedipus at Colonus - Antigone), translated by F. Storr. Multiple formats.
University of Canterbury: Antigone, verse translation by Robin Bond (2014). DOCX and PDF formats.
Vancouver Island University: Antigone, translated by Ian Johnston (2005). HTML format.
Wikisource: Greek text (edited by Richard Jebb, 1891) and multiple translations. Multiple formats.
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