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Antigone
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By Sophocles
2 chapters2025en
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When Creon decrees that the traitor Polyneices may not be buried, Antigone defies him and secretly gives her brother a proper burial, a crime witnessed by a guard and later confessed to Creon during a harsh interrogation. Condemned to die sealed alive in a rock‑cut tomb, Antigone’s defiant stance spurs her fiancé Haemon to confront his father, while the blind prophet Teiresias warns Creon that the gods abhor his stubbornness. Persuaded by these pleas, Creon scrambles to reverse his edict, only to discover that Antigone has already hanged herself, and in the ensuing chaos Haemon kills himself with his own sword and Queen Eurydice, grieving for her son, takes her own life. The cascade of deaths shatters Creon’s authority, leaving him a broken ruler who publicly repents, vows to die, and laments the ruin he has wrought upon his family and kingdom.
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Primary Author
Sophocles
Source Title
Antigone
Publisher
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Language
en
Summary Language
English
Published Date
2025
Published Year
2025
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Contributors
Sophocles (Author)Francis Storr (Translator)
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Description
A young woman defies the king’s decree to honor her brother with a proper burial.
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Defied Creon, buried her brother, was imprisoned, and hanged herself. Antigone is found dead, having hanged herself after being buried in the rock‑hewn chamber.
Creonmale
King of Thebes who orders Antigone's punishment, later regrets after Teiresias' warning. Creon attempts to reverse his decree but discovers Antigone is already dead; he expresses remorse.
Creon's son, engaged to Antigone, tried to save her and then killed himself. Haemon kills himself after failing to save Antigone and confronting his father.
Oedipusmale
Late king of Thebes, father of Antigone.
Polyneicesmale
Antigone's brother whose body she tries to bury. Polyneices remains unburied due to Creon's edict and is later buried by Antigone.
Creon's queen who kills herself after learning her son Haemon's death. Creon's wife Eurydice hangs herself upon learning of her son Haemon's death.
Teiresiasmale
Blind seer who warns Creon of divine displeasure. Teiresias warns Creon of divine punishment for violating burial rites.
Guardneutral
Guards enforce Creon's edicts, capture Antigone, and report events.
Messengerneutral
Messenger reports the deaths of Haemon and the Queen and narrates the aftermath.
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