by Sófocles · SIGNATURA EDICIONES · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788495122926
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«Antígona» is the Greek tragedy by Sophocles, published by Signatura Ediciones in paperback (84 pages, in Spanish).
Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, defies King Creon to bury her brother Polynices, pitting the laws of the city against divine laws and family bonds. The tragedy presents a conflict between civic duty and individual conscience, with questions of justice, loyalty and disobedience that remain relevant.
Third play of Sophocles' Theban cycle. This edition includes an introduction, study guide and translation by M. Acosta Esteban.
Suitable for secondary school students and for readers seeking a first approach to Greek theatre with a study guide.
Sophocles was an ancient Greek tragedian, one of three from whom at least two plays have survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus and earlier than, or contemporary with, those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote more than 120 plays, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus. For almost 50 years, Sophocles was the most celebrated playwright in the dramatic competitions of the city-state of Athens, which took place during the religious festivals of the Lenaea and the Dionysia. He competed in 30 competitions, won 24, and was never judged lower than second place. Aeschylus won 13 competitions and was sometimes beaten by Sophocles; Euripides won four.
