Antigone by Sophocles

"Antigone" by Sophocles is an Athenian tragedy written in either 442 or 440 BC. When Creon, the new ruler of Thebes, forbids the burial of Polynices—a brother who died fighting for the opposing side in a civil war—his niece Antigone faces an impossible choice. She must decide between obeying her uncle's decree or honoring divine law and family duty by burying her brother. Her defiance sets off a clash between human authority and sacred obligation that threatens to destroy them all. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Sophocles, 496? BCE-407 BCE
Translator Csiky, Gergely, 1842-1891
Title Antigone
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigone_(Sophocles_play)
Credits Albert László from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project
Reading Level Reading ease score: 76.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language Hungarian
LoC Class PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature
Subject Tragedies (Drama)
Subject Antigone (Mythological character) -- Drama
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EBook-No. 64403
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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