Antigone (Large Print)
Please select a format that suits you better from the drop down menu above. If you
have trouble in selecting the right format you can check our
Format Selection Guide.
Our Price: US$14.99
Volume(s): 1
Format Details: 16pt, Verdana
ISBN(s): 9781427059277
Purchase this title in
Braille Format or
DAISY Format.
About the Book
Written around 442 BC, Antigone is one of the tragedies of the Sophocles's Oedipus Trilogy. Oedipus's family is trapped by fate and doomed for three generations. Creon, the new ruler of Thebes, has declared that Polyneices's body may not be buried because he was a traitor. Antigone, his sister, must choose whether to bury him and face the consequences or to let his body be eaten by savage dogs.
About the Author
An Athenian dramatist and politician. He is known as the second of the three great Greek tragedians, preceded by Aeschylus and followed by Euripides.
He distinguished himself at an early age: At the Athenian celebration of the victory at Salamis (480 BC), the 16-year-old Sophocles was the leader of the chorus of dancing and singing naked boys.
A long line of scholars, beginning with Aristotle, considered Sophocles to be the greatest playwright among the ancients. He also won the Festival of Dionysus, an ancient dramatic festival, more times than any other. Records indicate that none of his plays earned anything lower than second place.
Books in Similar Category
|
This section contains 1 books
|
|
|