Monarch Notes, January 1st, 1963
Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Antigone (441? B.C.) Background: What other plays were presented with the Antigone and what prizes it won are unknown. The story of Antigone's attempt to bury her brother's body in defiance of Creon's orders is not recorded in extant epic or lyric material. The earliest known account is in Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes. Other incidents in Sophocles' Antigone almost certainly his own innovations are the use of Ismene for character contrast to Antigone, the introduction of Teiresias to foretell the consequences of Creon's decision, and the presence of Haemon, who usual...
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