by Sophocle · Flammarion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782080710239
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«Antigone» is the Greek tragedy by Sophocles, published by Flammarion in paperback (211 pages, in French).
In ancient Thebes, Antigone buries her brother Polynices, defying the express prohibition of Creon, king of the city and her uncle. Last victim of the family curse, the daughter of Oedipus becomes a figure of rebellion and moral conscience against the law of the State.
Third play of Sophocles' Theban trilogy. This edition with dossier adds chronology, presentation, notes and bibliography by Charles Guittard and translation by Robert Pignarre.
Edition aimed at students in the final years of secondary school who approach the text from philosophy, and at readers of classical tragedy.
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.
