A retelling of Sophocles · 441 BC
Antigone
“After a civil war in which both of Oedipus's sons have died, King Creon of Thebes forbids anyone to bury the brother who attacked the city. Their sister Antigone buries him anyway, for the unwritten laws of the gods — and the clash between her conscience and his law destroys them both.”
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Contents5 episodes · ~18 min
- 1The Two Sisters (Prologue and Entry of the Chorus)Free
- 2The Edict (First Episode and the Ode on Man)🔒
- 3The Unwritten Laws (Second Episode)🔒
- 4Haemon (Third and Fourth Episodes)🔒
- 5Teiresias (Fifth Episode and Exodos)🔒