In the beginning of the play, two brothers leading opposite sides in Thebes' civil war died fighting each other for the throne.Ĭreon, the new ruler of Thebes, has decided that Eteocles will be honored and Polyneices will be in public shame. The play expands on the Theban legend that predated it and picks up where Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes ends. It is the third of the three Theban plays chronologically, but was the first written. By providing these, it is our intention that readers will more fully enjoy the beauty, wisdom, and intent of the play.Īntigone is a tragedy by Sophocles written in or before 441 BC.
To make this quintessential Greek drama more accessible to the modern reader, this Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary of difficult terms, a list of vocabulary words, and convenient sidebar notes. Whether this is your first reading or your twentieth, Antigone will move you as few pieces of literature can. Determined but doomed, Antigone shows her inner strength throughout the play.Īntigone raises issues of law and morality that are just as relevant today as they were more than two thousand years ago. Emotions fly as she challenges the king for the right to bury her own brother. The daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, Antigone is an unconventional heroine who pits her beliefs against the King of Thebes in a bloody test of wills that leaves few unharmed. The curse placed on Oedipus lingers and haunts a younger generation in this new and brilliant translation of Sophocles' classic drama.
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