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Antigone
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- Book Synopsis
- Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price The first great 'resistance' drama - and perhaps the definitive Greek tragedy. Creon, the King of Thebes, has forbidden the burial of Antigone's brother because he was put to death as a traitor to the crown. Despite being engaged to Creon's son Haemon, Antigone disobeys the King and buries her brother. Enraged, Creon condemns Antigone to death and buries her alive in a cave. The prophet Teiresias warns Creon against such rash actions, and eventually Creon relents - but when he goes to release Antigone it is too late: she has already hanged herself. This version of Sophocles' Antigone is translated and introduced by Marianne McDonald.
- About The Author
- Sophocles (c.496-405 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian. Of his more than 120 plays, only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781854592002
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books, (29 September 2000)
- Number of Pages
- 59
- Weight
- 75 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 160 x 105 x 5 mm
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