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Sophocles Antigone

Sophocles, Antigone (Ἀντιγόνη). Digital edition based on: Sophocles. Oedipus the king. Oedipus at Colonus. Antigone F. Storr, ed. The Loeb Classical Library. London; New York. William Heinemann Ltd.; The Macmillan Company (1912). Original SGML digital edition 1988 by The Perseus Project, G. Crane, ed. This derived edition, C. Blackwell, Furman University. 2026. Source texts and code for this page (and others) on GitHub. Licensed CC-BY-NC. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002:

Table of Contents

Passages 1–161b
Passages 162–331
Passages 333–497
Passages 498–682
Passages 683–890
Passages 891–1090
Passages 1091–1293
Passages 1294–1353

Sophocles

Sophocles (c. 496–406 BCE), one of the three principal ancient Greek tragedians alongside Aeschylus and Euripides, composed the work amid the Peloponnesian War and shortly after the catastrophic Plague of Athens (430–426 BCE), which the play's opening plague is widely understood to evoke. A highly successful dramatist who introduced key innovations to Greek theater—including the third actor and more elaborate scene painting.

Antigone

Antigone (Ἀντιγόνη) Antigone, the earliest composed around 441 BC, engages with the aftermath of Aeschylus's Seven Against Thebes (performed 467 BC) by centering on Antigone's defiance of Creon's decree against burying her brother Polynices, the Argive-aligned attacker of Thebes, highlighting tensions between divine law, familial piety, and state authority.