Antigone (Greek Tragedy in New Translations Series)
Author:
Sophocles
ISBN:
0195061675
Format:
Handover
Publish Date:
June, 2005
Book Review
Antigone (Greek Tragedy in New Translations Series)
SYNOPSIS
In Antigone, Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, argues for the moral right to bury her brothers who have died in a civil war they fought over who was to rule Thebes after the banishment of Oedipus. Their uncle, Creon, became the king of Thebes and opposed their burial. The conflict between Antigone and Creon on the right of law: earthly, embodied in the will of the sovereign, or heavenly, in the dictates of the gods; is the central theme of the play.