Antigone by Sophocles
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"Antigone" by Sophocles is an Athenian tragedy written in either 442 or 440 BC. When Creon, the new ruler of Thebes, forbids the burial of Polynices—a brother who died fighting for the opposing side in a civil war—his niece Antigone faces an impossible choice. She must decide between obeying her uncle's decree or honoring divine law and family duty by burying her brother. Her defiance sets off a clash between human authority
and sacred obligation that threatens to destroy them all. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Sophocles, 496? BCE-407 BCE |
|---|---|
| Translator | Csiky, Gergely, 1842-1891 |
| Title | Antigone |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigone_(Sophocles_play) |
| Credits | Albert László from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | Hungarian |
| LoC Class | PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Tragedies (Drama) |
| Subject | Antigone (Mythological character) -- Drama |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 64403 |
| Release Date | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 468 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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