Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Antigone (/ æ n ˈ t ɪ ɡ ə n i / ann-TIG-ə-nee; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιγόνη) is an Athenian tragedy written by Sophocles in (or before) 441 BC and first performed at the Festival of Dionysus of the same year. It is thought to be the second-oldest surviving play of Sophocles, preceded by Ajax, which was written
Antigone is walled up in the cave, and Haemon sneaks in to share her fate. The people, outraged by Creonte’s cruelty, rise up and proclaim Antigone as queen. She is freed, and Antigone assures that she forgives Creonte. The opera ends with hope for the restoration of peace in Thebes. [1] Creonte was written in the genre of Italian opera-seria.
Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus King of Thebes, Greece, learns that her two brothers Polyneices and Eteocles have killed each other fighting on different sides of a war. Creon, Antigone's uncle and newly appointed King of Thebes, buries Eteocles, who fought on the Theban side of the war, hailing him as a great hero. He refuses to bury ...
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 ...
The king had encountered Donner's translation of the play and passed it on to Tieck, the Vorleser (stage reader) of the court. [1] Mendelssohn composed the music quickly. Tieck first mentioned the idea on September 9, 1841, and the first full stage rehearsal was six weeks later. [2] Sophocles' play includes an initial choral ode and five stasima.
This page was last edited on 21 February 2025, at 22:47 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
Play free online Canasta. Meld or go out early. Play four player Canasta with a friend or with the computer.
Pages in category "Plays based on Antigone (Sophocles play)" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .