Antigone

textual humanities text play core Lifetime Path planned

Creators

Sophocles, author

Canon Rationale

A core Greek tragedy, included for law, burial, kinship, sovereignty, gender, conscience, political theory, Hegelian reception, and the long afterlife of Sophoclean drama.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 71.

Evidence

handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Sophocles: The plays'.
anthology: Internet Classics Archive, 'Antigone by Sophocles', translated by R. C. Jebb.

Audit Flags

translation dependency, version dependency, performance context required

Completion unit: read the full tragedy in a chosen translation or original Greek edition. Performance viewing can be logged as supplemental context.