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In Greek mythology, Antigona or Antigone (/ æ n ˈ t ɪ ɡ ə n i / ann-TIG-ə-nee; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιγόνη meaning 'worthy of one's parents' or 'in place of one's parents') was the name of the following figures: Antigone, daughter of Oedipus. Antigone, daughter of Eurytion and first wife of Peleus. [1] Antigone, daughter of Laomedon. [2]
Antigone of Troy (/ æ n ˈ t ɪ ɡ ə n i / ann-TIG-ə-nee; Greek: Ἀντιγόνη) is a minor figure in Greek mythology. She is the daughter of the Trojan king Laomedon and the sister of Priam. [1] The meaning of the name is, as in the case of the masculine equivalent Antigonus, "worthy of one's parents" or "in place of one's parents ...
Antigone in Front of the Dead Polynices by Nikiforos Lytras, National Gallery, Athens, Greece (1865) In her own namesake play, Antigone attempts to secure a respectable burial for her brother Polynices. Oedipus's sons, Eteocles and Polynices, had shared rule jointly until they quarreled, and Eteocles expelled his brother. In Sophocles' account ...
Antigone (Greek: Ἀντιγόνη) was a Macedonian noblewoman who lived in the 4th century BC. She was born to Cassander by a mother whose name is unknown. [1] Antigone was the niece of the Regent Antipater. [2] Her father and paternal uncle were the sons of Iolaus and through her father Antigone was a distant collateral relative to the ...
Antigone bore Pyrrhus two children: a daughter called Olympias and a son called Ptolemy. [13] Antigone possibly died in childbirth, as she seems to have died the same year as her son was born. [14] As a posthumous honour to his first wife, Pyrrhus founded a colony called Antigonia, which he named after her.
I cannot say I thought her trajectory would lead to her playing Sophocles’ Antigone in a Greek ... Review: ‘Antigone’ at Court Theatre has a cast ready to take this play in new directions ...
The Greek mythological character of Antigone (/ æ n ˈ t ɪ ɡ ə n i / ann-TIG-ə-nee; Greek: Ἀντιγόνη), was a Phthian princess who was the daughter of Eurytion, and the wife of Peleus. [1] [AI-generated source?] The meaning of the name is, as in the case of the masculine equivalent Antigonus, "worthy of one's parents" or "in place ...
The Chorus in Antigone contrasts with the chorus in Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes, the play of which Antigone is a continuation. In a scene modern scholars believe to have been written after Aeschylus's death in order to make it consonant with Sophocles's play, the chorus in Seven Against Thebes is largely supportive of Antigone's decision to ...