by Sophocles · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781854592002
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«Antigone» is the Greek tragedy by Sophocles in a version by Marianne McDonald, published by Nick Hern Books in paperback (80 pages, in English).
After the war, King Creon forbids the burial of Polynices, Antigone's brother, who fell on the battlefield. Antigone defies the decree, driven by her conscience and religious duty. Sophocles pits divine law against human law and shows that individual decisions carry political and familial consequences.
It is the third play in Sophocles' The Theban Plays series. The original Greek title is Ἀντιγόνη. This English edition was published in 2001 by Nick Hern Books within Drama Classics.
Aimed at students and theatre readers, this English edition is useful for school reading and stage productions.
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.
