Antigone, defying her uncle Creon's decree that her brother should remain unburied, challenges the morality of man's law overruling the laws of the gods. The clash between her and Creon, with its tragic consequences, has inspired continual reinterpretation. This translation by Don Taylor was made for a 1986 BBC TV production of the Theban Plays, which he directed. A Methuen Student Edition.
Peter Meineck and Paul Woodruff's collaboration on this new translation combines the strengths that have recently distinguished both as translators of Greek tragedy: expert knowledge of the Greek and of the needs of the teaching classicist, ...
The story of Oedipus, Jocasta and Antigone, and the ancient Greek theme of power, both mortal and godlike.
A retelling of the Greek drama in which King Creon of Thebes refuses to allow the burial of his nephew, whom he has declared a traitor and whose sister, Antigone, is betrothed to Creon's son.
Friedrich Holderlin (1770-1843) was one of Europe's greatest poets.
The story of Oedipus has captured the human imagination as few others. It is the story of a man fated to kill his father and marry his mother, a man who by a cruel irony brings these things to pass by his very efforts to avoid them.
The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles
Après avoir suivi son père Œdipe, le roi aveugle, jusqu'au bout de son parcours, Antigone rentre à Thèbes pour tenter d'apaiser la colère de ses deux frères qui se disputent le trône.
Contains three of Sophocles' most famous tragedies. Includes introduction, textual note, chronology, and explanatory notes.
Contains three of Sophocles' most famous tragedies. Includes introduction, textual note, chronology, and explanatory notes.
Beyond the Tragedies of Oedipus and Antigone