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Cover 1 Sophocles: Antigone and Other Tragedies 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 FOREWORD 8 CONTENTS 10 INTRODUCTION TO SOPHOCLES AND HIS THEATRE 12 Sophocles and Tragedy 12 Sophocles in his Time and Place 15 Myth and Innovation 19 The Sights of Greek Tragedy 22 The Sounds of Greek Tragedy 25 ON THIS TRANSLATION 28 NOTE ON THE TEXT AND CONVENTIONS 34 SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 38 MAP 42 ANTIGONE 44 INTRODUCTION TO ANTIGONE 46 The Invention of Antigone Herself 46 The Double-Tragedy Construction 48 Paired Flaws, Contrasting Flaws 50 List of Characters 56 Scene 1 (prologue) 57 Antigone and Ismene cautiously emerge together from the palace doors. 57 first choral song (parodos) 61 Scene 2 63 Scene 3 65 Enter the guard suddenly but apprehensively from the side of the plain. 65 Second Choral Song 69 Scene 4 70 The guard returns bringing Antigone as a prisoner. 70 Scene 5 73 Third Choral Song 79 Scene 6 80 Fourth Choral Song 86 Scene 7 (lyric dialogue) 87 Antigone is brought on by guards. 87 Scene 8 89 Fifth Choral Song 92 Scene 9 93 Sixth Choral Song 98 Scene 10 99 Scene 11 (lyric dialogue) 103 DEIANEIRA 108 INTRODUCTION TO DEIANEIRA 110 Note on the title 110 Why an Underrated Tragedy? 110 Deianeira,

Author

Oliver Taplin

Published

2020

Language

EN