Sophocles’ play "Antigone"

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Ancient Greek tragedy stage play

Sophocles’ play "Antigone" is a classical Greek tragedy that explores the conflict between individual moral duty and state law through the story of a young woman who defies a king’s edict to honor her brother with a proper burial.

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Sophocles' Antigone 1
Sophocles’ Antigone 1
Antigone (Sophocles play) 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ancient Greek tragedy ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
antagonist Creon NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Sophocles NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralTheme civil disobedience ⓘ
conflict between individual conscience and state law ⓘ
divine law versus human law ⓘ
family loyalty ⓘ
fate and free will ⓘ
pride (hubris) ⓘ
dateOfFirstPerformance 5th century BCE ⓘ
exploresConcept limits of state power ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
tragic hero ⓘ
featuresCharacter Antigone NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chorus of Theban elders NERFINISHED ⓘ
Creon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eurydice of Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Haemon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ismene NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tiresias NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformedAt City Dionysia festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
followsInStory events after the deaths of Eteocles and Polynices ⓘ
form verse drama ⓘ
genre tragedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation Jean Anouilh’s Antigone (1944 play) NERFINISHED ⓘ
various film adaptations ⓘ
various opera adaptations ⓘ
hasMoral unyielding pride leads to suffering and ruin ⓘ
influenced existentialist interpretations of tragedy ⓘ
modern theories of civil disobedience ⓘ
literaryPeriod Classical Greek literature ⓘ
originalLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
partOf Theban plays NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfFirstPerformance Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
plotSummary Antigone defies King Creon’s edict by burying her brother Polynices and is condemned to death. ⓘ
precedesInStory Oedipus Rex NERFINISHED ⓘ
protagonist Antigone NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedMythology Theban cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingPlace Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure episodes ⓘ
exodos ⓘ
parodos ⓘ
prologue ⓘ
stasima ⓘ
studiedIn classical studies ⓘ
literary theory ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Antigone → appearsIn → Sophocles’ play "Antigone" ⓘ
Polynices → associatedWork → Sophocles’ play "Antigone" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophocles' Antigone
Tiresias → appearsInWork → Sophocles’ play "Antigone" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophocles’ Antigone