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"After Oedipus' self-exile his sons Eteocles and Polynices went on a civil war for the Theban throne, which resulted in both brothers dying fighting each other. Oedipus' brother-in-law and new Theban ruler Creon ordered the public honor of Eteocles and the public shame of Thebes' traitor Polynices. The story follows the attempts of Antigone to bury the body of her brother going against the decision of her uncle and placing her relationship with her brother above human laws"--
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- Title
- Antigone
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Sofoklés
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Released
- 2022
- ISBN10
- 1350344397
- ISBN13
- 9781350344396
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Love, Family, Classics, German Literature, School, Folklore & Mythology, Death, Mythology, Theatre Plays, Ancient History, Fate, Greece, Required Reading, Freedom, Greek Mythology, Tragedy, Despair
- Original title
- Antigone.
- Rating
- 3.6 out of 5
- Description
- "After Oedipus' self-exile his sons Eteocles and Polynices went on a civil war for the Theban throne, which resulted in both brothers dying fighting each other. Oedipus' brother-in-law and new Theban ruler Creon ordered the public honor of Eteocles and the public shame of Thebes' traitor Polynices. The story follows the attempts of Antigone to bury the body of her brother going against the decision of her uncle and placing her relationship with her brother above human laws"--