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The Antigone is an ancient Greek tragedy, written and performed in a specific cultural and historical context in classical Athens This specific context
Sophocles' Antigone is easily the most influential of all ancient Greek tragedies: its themes of familial and moral duty, individual defiance to the state,
This means, under an egalitarian rhetoric, that the old order of aristocracy is over 10 Antigone, the faithful daughter of late king Oedipus, is a true
Creon, Jocasta's brother, takes over as ruler of Thebes (his name meaning in Greek 'ruler'), and this is where the plot of the Antigone begins The Antigone is
ing the limits and the definition of this sharing Figures of Commonality Twenty-five centuries of history have added many interpretative layers
precious pre-philosophical means (we agree here with Euben, quoted above) to express the articulations of politics Some historical and literary notes can
authored re-consideration of an ancient Greek story of Antigone that and history to re-imagine cultural politics and meaning For