Overview
The third play in Sophocles' Oedipus Cycle. In Antigone, Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, argues for the moral right to bury her brothers who have died in a civil war they fought over who was to rule Thebes after the banishment of Oedipus. Their uncle, Creon, became the king of Thebes and opposed their burial.
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780486278049
- ISBN-10: 0486278042
- Publisher: Dover Publications
- Publish Date: October 1993
- Dimensions: 8.26 x 5.28 x 0.18 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.13 pounds
- Page Count: 64
- Reading Level: Ages 14-UP