AntigoneAntigone, 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. |
Common terms and phrases
Aaiii Acheron Acrisus alive angry ANTIGONE Yes Aphrodite Argive attendants Audiobooks Bacchus birds blood Bosphorus bride bring British Columbia brother burial bury Cadmus child CHORUS LEADER corpse Creon turns daughter of Oedipus dead death destroyed died Dionysus Dirce Eleusis enemies Enter Creon Erechtheus Eteocles Eurydice evil Exit eyes fate father fear foolish friends girl goddess gods gone Greek text GUARD Hades HAEMON heard Hephaistos honour hope human Ian Johnston Iliad ISMENE Jocasta killed king of Thebes Laius lament laws LEADER My lord living Lycurgus marriage Menoikeos MESSENGER mind miserable mother move never Niobe numbering pain palace doors Polyneices prophecy prophet punishment revealed Richer Resources Publications rites Sipylus slaughter someone sons Sophocles Antigone sorrow speak streams TEIRESIAS tell Theban there's things Thracian Thyiads tomb Translated unburied What's who's wife words worship wretched Zeus
References to this book
Freedom's Vector: The Path to Prosperity, Opportunity and Dignity Richard C. Anderson Limited preview - 2006 |