Recapturing Sophocles' Antigone

by Tyrrell, William Blake; Bennett, Larry J.

• ISBN13: 9780847692170
• ISBN10: 0847692175
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-08-13
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

In this book, William Blake Tyrrell and Larry J. Bennett examine Sophocles' Antigone in the context of its setting in fifth-century Athens. The authors attempt to create an interpretive environment that is true to the issues and interests of fifth-century Athenians, as opposed to those of modern scholars and philosophers. As they contextualize the play in the dynamics of ancient Athens, the authors discuss the text of the Antigone in light of recent developments in the study of Greek antiquity and tragedy, and they turn to modern Greek rituals of lamentation for suggestive analogies. The result is a compelling book which opens new insights to the text, challenges the validity of old problems, and eases difficulties in its interpretation.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Gregory Nagy
Preface	xiii
Introduction: Insights, Contexts, Methods	1	(28)
Ismene's Choice: Prologue (1-99)	29	(14)
The Dust: Parodos and First Episode (100-331)	43	(20)
Antigone, Teras: First Stasimon and Second Episode (332-581)	63	(18)
Haemon, Son and Citizen: Second Stasimon and Third Episode (582-780)	81	(16)
Antigone, Bride of Hades: Third Stasimon and Fourth Episode (781-943)	97	(26)
The Prophet Speaks: Fourth Stasimon and Fifth Episode (994-1114)	123	(14)
Creon's Defeat: Fifth Stasimon and Exodos (1115-1352)	137	(16)
Bibliography	153	(18)
Index	171	(6)
About the Authors	177