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Biographical Information on Sophocles
The Oedipus Cycle
Summary of the Play
Text of Play
Civil Disobedience in Antigone
Biographical Information on Sophocles
Sophocles (b. ca. 496 bce- d. 406)
Few facts are known about Sophocles' life, however what is known is documented below:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sophocles
The Oedipus Cycle
Antigone is the third and final play in The Oedipus Cycle, a series of plays depicting the life of Oedipus Rex and his children in Ancient Greece.
To understand the play Antigone, one must have an understanding of the prior events in the Oedipus Cycle to build the context of the play.
Recap of Oedipus Rex and its Themes (from 6:22-end)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj7R36s4dbM
Summary of the Play
"'Antigone' is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles, written around 442 BCE. Although it was written before Sophocles’ other two Theban plays, chronologically it comes after the stories in “Oedipus the King” and “Oedipus at Colonus”, and it picks up where Aeschylus' play “Seven Against Thebes” ends. It deals with Antigone’s burial of her brother Polynices (Polyneices), in defiance of the laws of Creon and the state, and the tragic repercussions of her act of civil disobedience."
-From https://www.ancient-literature.com/greece_sophocles_antigone.html
Image from a recent production of Antigone
Animated Summary of the Play
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnoZmoZbjw
Text of the Play
Civil Disobedience in Antigone
Antigone is deeply connected to the concept of Civil Disobedience. When teaching this play, it can be related to this historical topic in a number of ways:
Blog Post on this Theme in the Play
https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/antigonescholarlyedition/lens-essays/vy-vo/
Civil Disobedience in America
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rosa-parks-ignites-bus-boycot
Rosa Parks performing one of the most well-known acts of
Civil Disobedience in 1955
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