Where there was dignity in life there should be dignity in death. So teaches “Antigone.” Sophocles’ Greek tragedy, wherein a young woman holds her own against a tyrant ruler who refuses to bury one of ...

Scholars, playwrights and actors have worked for two millennia to interpret and perform “Antigone,” Sophocles’ Athenian tragedy written in 441 B.C. Earlier this month, a small group of University ...

In Sophocles' Antigone, written around 442 BCE, the punishment meted out to the play's iconic title character—and the tragedy that follows—flow from Antigone's determination to give her brother ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Where there was dignity in life there should be dignity in death. So teaches “Antigone.” Sophocles’ Greek tragedy, wherein a young ...