Antigone (Sophocles play)
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Antigone is an Athenian tragedy written by Sophocles in either 442 or 440 BC and first performed at the Festival of Dionysus of the same year. It is thought to be the second-oldest surviving play of S
Antigone in front of the dead Polynices by Nikiforos Lytras 1865
Antigone being captured and arrested for the burial of her brother, Polynices. Sébastien Norblin, 1825.
Antigone
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In Greek mythology, Antigone was a Theban princess and a character in several ancient Greek tragedies. She was the daughter of Oedipus, king of Thebes; her mother/grandmother was either Jocasta or, in
Antigone (Sophocles play)
…expands on the Theban legend that predates it, and it picks up where Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes ends. The play is named after the main protagonist Antigone. After Oedipus' self-exile, his sons Eteocles and Polynices engaged in a civil war for the Theban throne, which resulted in both brothers dying while…
Antigone tied on an Apulian red-figure amphora by the Darius Painter, ca. 350-320 BC, Altes Museum
Oedipus and Antigone by Aleksander Kokular (1825–1828), National Museum, Warsaw.
Antigone leads the blind Oedipus away on a mural from Delos, 1st century BC.