| 单词 | Antigone |
| 例句 | I only performed in a few dramas, but I had one memorable role: that of Creon, the king of Thebes, in Sophocles’ Antigone. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He hurried out to be confronted with the guards he had set on the dead body and with Antigone. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z On cue, our Antigone took a deep breath and walked onstage. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “So if Antigone wants to be off book, then I think the rest of you should be off book, too.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The year of my infatuation with the Obscure Object, the play Mr. da Silva selected was Antigone. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was Antigone who symbolized our struggle; she was, in her own way, a freedom fighter, for she defied the law on the grounds that it was unjust. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your law, but not the law of Justice who dwells with the gods,” Antigone said. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Volpe was still a young teacher, not that far removed from staging Antigone in garbage bags and tinfoil. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Creon will not listen to Antigone, nor does he listen to anyone but his own inner demons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This is the argument, he says, that Antigone makes in burying her brother Polynices: it may be against the arbitrary and temporary law of the tyrant Creon, but not against the unwritten law of justice. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I have taken this story from the Antigone and the Oedipus at Colonus, two of Sophocles’ plays, with the exception of the death of Menoeceus, which is told in a play of Euripides, The Suppliants. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In the role of Antigone herself—the only real possibility from even a physical standpoint—was the Obscure Object. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He has decreed that the body of Polynices, Antigone’s brother, who had rebelled against the city, does not deserve a proper burial. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Antigone rebels, on the grounds that there is a higher law than that of the state. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why, then when my strength fails,” Antigone answered, “I will give up.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Antigone has far and away the most lines,” he said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The element of camp in “Antigone Sr.” is overt. Dance Review: American Realness Festival at Abrons Arts Center 2013-01-14T23:01:01Z That’s all before any part of “Antigone in the Amazon” reached the stage. ‘Antigone in the Amazon’ Review: The Drama Is Brazil’s Land War 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z In an imaginative makeover, “Jean Anouilh’s Antigone” at A Noise Within reaffirms the story's timeless relevance, albeit with cautionary contemporary strings attached. 'Jean Anouilh's Antigone,' Greek mythology for the selfie era 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z I occasionally wondered the same thing about “Antigone in the Amazon.” ‘Antigone in the Amazon’ Review: The Drama Is Brazil’s Land War 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z The actress says she asked both van Hove and Carson whether the stages of Antigone’s inner transformation could be made more explicit — by giving her more stage time. Juliette Binoche, from English patients to Greek heroines 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z “Antigone” will not be included in the production. How imperiled is our democracy? ‘The Race’ wants you to weigh in. 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z Sometimes it's possible to trace the resurgence of certain plays to particular events: versions of Antigone popped up in the wake of the Iraq war – particularly on the unsubsidised fringe, which doesn't programme far ahead. Malfi mania 2010-04-14T16:37:00Z In Sophocles' plays, Antigone, imprisoned for her refusal to heed the state and leave her brother unburied, hangs herself. To be or not to be: Playwrights on the complex issue of suicide 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z A bold retelling of Sophocles’ “Antigone” that follows the lives of three British siblings of Pakistani descent. 100 Notable Books of 2017 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z In the play Antigone, the main character defies her king and uncle Creon, by performing funeral rites for her slain brother, who is labeled a traitor. Syrian refugees tell their stories of loss through ancient Greek play 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z But the company’s history also includes “Antigone,” “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “The Music Man.” Theater Troupe Gives Those on the Margins a Front-Row Seat 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Among the earliest embodiments of this dichotomy was the tragic heroine Antigone, who sacrificed herself in the belief that higher principle trumped her own survival. 'Jean Anouilh's Antigone,' Greek mythology for the selfie era 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Creon, ruler of Thebes, forbids the burial of Antigone's traitorous brother: Antigone resists him and dies, as does Creon's son. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Ragtime; Antigone – review 2012-06-02T23:05:48Z Who, with any empathy at all, would pan Indigenous activists saying lines from “Antigone” into Rau’s sympathetic cameras? ‘Antigone in the Amazon’ Review: The Drama Is Brazil’s Land War 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Rebekah Brockman’s Antigone is palpably enraged and defiant, while Paul O’Brien embodies a stubborn and overconfident Creon. Review: ‘The Burial at Thebes,’ a Vicious but Poetic Tale Retold 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Over the next year, “The Nurse Antigone” will be presented 12 times. Front-line nurses star in online staging of play ‘Antigone’ 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z But in “Our Country,” a somewhat ungainly examination of Saunders’s bond with and duty toward her own legally beleaguered younger brother, she suggests there might be another way of looking at Antigone’s self-sacrifice. At Under the Radar, Family Histories Bubble Up With No Easy Answers 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z At one point, they are shown onscreen performing a scene from “Antigone” for the residents of a remote Amazonian village, who sit in a circle around them. ‘Antigone in the Amazon’ Review: The Drama Is Brazil’s Land War 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z "How is a Greek chorus like a lawyer?" ask the chorus in Anne Carson's latest work, a translation of Sophocles' Antigone. Antigonick by Anne Carson - review 2012-06-08T21:55:02Z True to its size, “Antigone Jr.” is both intimate and outsize. Critic?s Notebook: Performa 11?s ?Me, Michelle? and ?Antigone Jr.? - Review 2011-11-16T23:59:21Z And the Japanese director Satoshi Miyagi’s production of “Antigone,” which adds touches of Noh theater, Indonesian shadow play and Buddhist philosophy to the Greek classic, will run from Sept. 25 through Oct. Park Avenue Armory Plans Premieres and Returns 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z In that sense, I reflected after the applause had died down, “Antigone in the Amazon” actually feels more like long-form journalism than theater. ‘Antigone in the Amazon’ Review: The Drama Is Brazil’s Land War 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Shows about the ancient world, including “Medea’s Got Some Issues,” “Persephone,” and both “Antigone” and “B----: A Play About Antigone.” The Capital Fringe Festival by the numbers I spent a few days with my brother in the summer of 2016 and made about 10 hours of tape of us talking to each other about “Antigone,” our childhood, criminality, the law. At Under the Radar, Theater That Jumps Right Off the Page 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z His “Antigone,” though, is more narcotizing than upsetting. Review: In ‘Antigone’ at BAM, Agony and Despair in Inexorable Motion 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z Ms. Ellis worked full time in marketing at InStyle magazine; Ms. Henderson traveled constantly as a vocalist and bass player for the rock group Antigone Rising. Special Issue: Gay Marriage: For the Sake of the Children 2011-07-22T21:23:57Z But, points out Long, despite her mention that she "got into Oxford", Cusk manages repeatedly to give the wrong name for Antigone's brother: he is Polynices, not Polylectes. Hatchet Job of the Year goes to assault on Rachel Cusk 2013-02-12T20:30:01Z Across the street, the surreal Antigone neighborhood, named for the ancient Greek play, is an interesting spot to stroll or picnic while the city dozes. 36 Hours in Montpellier, France 2012-08-09T19:11:35Z Schilling, star of “Orange Is the New Black” who will read the part of Ismene, Antigone’s sister, says each time she’s done one of the company’s readings, the experience is very intimate. Front-line nurses star in online staging of play ‘Antigone’ 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z However, there’s a one-note fanaticism in her Antigone that limits the character’s moral superiority, perhaps more than intended. 'Jean Anouilh's Antigone,' Greek mythology for the selfie era 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Unfortunately Jeremy has a bit of a breakdown while delivering Tiresias’s speech from “Antigone.” | 'Prophecy': The Legacy of Wars in Karen Malpede?s Play 2010-06-10T23:30:00Z In portraying this tale of civic and private wills at loggerheads, Mr. van Hove’s “Antigone” unfolds with the clinical detachment of a professor of anatomy cutting into a universal cadaver. Review: In ‘Antigone’ at BAM, Agony and Despair in Inexorable Motion 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z Antigone openly and intentionally defies his edict, covering her brother’s body with dirt and publicly declaring her allegiance to a higher law — the law of love. Front-line nurses star in online staging of play ‘Antigone’ 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Back in Athens on a recent evening, the Knossos Theater Company performed a version of “Antigone” in an open-air arena cleft in high, rocky hills. In Athens, Art Blossoms Amid Debt Crisis 2011-10-14T12:10:58Z Taking on Sophocles' Theban plays – Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone, adapted and directed by Don Taylor – was particularly ambitious, but their screenings over successive nights in 1984 were widely applauded. Louis Marks obituary 2010-10-07T17:24:00Z “I will do my part,” Antigone vows, “and yours, if you will not, to a brother. False to him will I never be found.” Perspective | John Lewis’s death was loss for us all. But the powerful Capitol service for him was a blessing. 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z It's hard to believe in a buoyant Antigone. Caledonia; The Gospel at Colonus; Vieux Carr? 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z As for Scrooge, Mr. Merchant — a comic standout last summer in the Classical Theater of Harlem’s visually stunning “Antigone” — goes for laughs this time, too. Review: In ‘A Christmas Carol in Harlem,’ Scrooge Wants to Make You Laugh 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Both works are superbly played by the young Antigone Quartet, with Sarah Lavaud joining them for the Piano Quintet. Koechlin: Piano Quintet Op 80; Quartet No 3 – review 2013-06-05T15:08:25Z As “A View From the Bridge” was gearing up, his revival of Sophocles’s “Antigone,” which started in Luxembourg with Juliette Binoche in the title role, was touring to institutional theaters in New York and Washington. Broadway’s man of the moment: Ivo van Hove 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Sophocles’s Antigone is about Antigone’s relationships with her uncle and her sister and her dead brother. Relationship advice: Forget Venus and Mars 2012-09-04T12:00:00Z Antigone — sister to the dead men, and niece to Creon, the king — is determined to do right by both of her brothers. Review: ‘Antigone’ Asserts Whose Lives Matter, With Modern Relevance 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z With its latest program, “Flamenco y Antigona,” the troupe embraces character and plot more than usual, weaving dance and song into its own percussive telling of “Antigone.” Tragic Greek Rebel Takes Up Flamenco 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z In this adaptation Oedipus jumps, Antigone swings and the chorus wear turbans so saffronly, crimsonly gorgeous that you begin to wonder why anyone bothers with hair. Caledonia; The Gospel at Colonus; Vieux Carr? 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z This small decency is Antigone’s crime — an offense compounded, in Creon’s eyes, by her being a willful woman. Review: A Spellbinding ‘Antigone,’ Both Timeless and Urgent 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z We don’t really think about Antigone in a historical way. ArtsBeat: Under the Radar: 5 Questions About 'Too Late! antigone (contest #2)' 2011-01-11T17:07:16Z This “Antigone” is about processing, together, a certain kind of grief, and honoring a certain kind of real-world death. Review: ‘Antigone’ Asserts Whose Lives Matter, With Modern Relevance 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Antigone by Sophocles, in a new translation by Anne Carson. Juliette Binoche, from English patients to Greek heroines 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Though no love was lost between her and her brother, Antigone ignores the king’s edict and performs the sacred rite over Polyneikes, enraging Kreon and planting the seeds of her own demise. Juliette Binoche, from English patients to Greek heroines 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z “We are thrown upon your mercy as on God’s,” Antigone begs. Review: Nature and Song Bring Electricity to ‘Gospel at Colonus’ 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Antigone, at the National Theatre, set Sophocles' drama in a 1970s police state, along with references to the raid on Osama Bin Laden compound and upheavals in the Middle East. Trojan tragedy goes modern 2012-11-15T06:55:18Z Perhaps as a result, a quiet sense of pain runs through Kheroufi’s “Antigone.” In Paris, Young Theater Makers Swing Big 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z As Mr. Harrell and his colleagues tell the audience before each performance, this and “Antigone Sr.” are part of a seven-part series, “Twenty Looks or Paris Is Burning at the Judson Church.” Dance Review: American Realness Festival at Abrons Arts Center 2013-01-14T23:01:01Z And so what happens is Antigone faces her humanity. Juliette Binoche, from English patients to Greek heroines 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The Watchby Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya Sophocles's story of Antigone, who demands her brother's body back after it is decreed that the traitor's corpse be left to rot, is masterfully relocated and updated in this opening chapter. The Watch by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya – review 2012-06-15T21:55:04Z Ms. Young’s Bushwick apartment will be the site of her new version of “Antigone.” Home Is Where the Greek Drama Is 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Correction: A previous version of this story said “The Race” actors would lead viewers through dramatized playlets including an excerpt from Sophocles’s “Antigone.” How imperiled is our democracy? ‘The Race’ wants you to weigh in. 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z Many in Ghent rose to their feet at the end of “Antigone in the Amazon.” ‘Antigone in the Amazon’ Review: The Drama Is Brazil’s Land War 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z When I called this playwriting era a "budding golden age," I wasn't making the claim that these dramas are masterpieces ready to take their place beside "Antigone," "Hamlet" and "The Cherry Orchard." A new, fearless generation makes this a revolutionary moment in American playwriting 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z “Antigone in Ferguson” premiered in 2016 at Normandy High School — where Mr. Brown went to school — and the performers included three of his teachers. ‘Antigone in Ferguson’ Will Come to Harlem Stage This Fall 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z But there are other Antigones, and honestly, I’d rather just overlook the name entirely. 'True Detective' Recap: Big Blasts and Diminished Men 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z Many pieces reference female characters from myth and history: Joan of Arc, Antigone and Trojan women. An Artist Who Transforms Paintings Into Cosmic Sculptures 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z I thought Kamila Shamsie’s “Home Fire” — a version of “Antigone” for the current world of paranoia, fake politics and terrorism — was so good. Jeanette Winterson Owns the Entire Oxford English Dictionary 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Spacious Antigone Books combines reading recommendations with gifts like notebooks and children’s toys. 36 Hours in Tucson 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Domingo continues work on Sophocles’ second play, putting on the crown as King Creon, and suddenly Autumn becomes a real-life Antigone, railing against his despotic rule. How ‘Sophocles in Staten Island’ Gains in Translation 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z In Findlay's production, which uses the 1986 Don Taylor translation, the defeated Polyneices represents a terrorist threat; and, in her determination to bury her dead brother despite official decree, Antigone implicitly becomes a dangerous subversive. Antigone – review 2012-05-31T16:02:44Z Only a handful of scenes from the classic tragedy are featured in Rau’s play, all in service of the production’s metaphor: The Landless Workers Movement is Antigone, rising up against injustice. ‘Antigone in the Amazon’ Review: The Drama Is Brazil’s Land War 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z The daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, Antigone in Sophocles’s play is a woman whose defiance of the state, in service of her own belief in what is right, spells her ruin. Juliette Binoche, from English patients to Greek heroines 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Such was the case recently with “Antigone,” which stopped for a weekend of performances at the Kennedy Center in October. Broadway’s man of the moment: Ivo van Hove 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z I first became fully conscious of them on this trip in an expected context, a revival of a bonafide Greek tragedy: Sophocles' "Antigone," directed by Polly Findlay at the National Theater. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: A Chorus of Voices 2012-07-12T16:46:49Z A beautiful contemporary retelling of “Antigone,” Shamsie’s novel follows three Pakistani siblings living in London, whose lives are all affected when brother Parvaiz suddenly decides to join an ISIS-like terrorist group. Best books of 2017: The best fiction 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Religion and violence also intersect in “Vestments of the Gods,” an ambitious, scattershot musical, with a script by Owen Panettieri, that is based on “Antigone.” A Review Roundup of Fringe Festival Shows 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z The Watch is at its strongest when the Antigone figure is somewhere in the frame. The Watch by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya – review 2012-06-15T21:55:04Z When Ms. Moreau was 15, she saw her first play, “Antigone,” and decided to become an actress. Jeanne Moreau, Femme Fatale of French New Wave, Is Dead at 89 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z After the “Antigone” reading, which will be broadcast live to groups of gathered nurses across the country, the actors will be removed from the screen. Confronting Grief, With Margaret Atwood, in ‘The Nurse Antigone’ 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Antigone is so convinced of her words, so sure of herself, that she writes them in permanent marker on her body. ArtsBeat: Under the Radar: 5 Questions About 'Too Late! antigone (contest #2)' 2011-01-11T17:07:16Z On Saturday LC Kids will present a revival of the Classical Theater of Harlem’s “Antigone,” a version of the tragedy inspired by Paul Roche’s adaptation and lasting barely more than an hour. 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z And Antigone — in Kilomba’s staging women play every role — conveys the need to remember. Grada Kilomba’s Rituals of Resistance 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Binoche is set to play the lead character in a modern production of the Greek tragedy, Antigone. Binoche returns to London stage 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z There’s the poster for Sophocles’s “Antigone” featuring a hand with blood-red nails probing a jagged dark mass that could be a crown. At the embassy of the Republic of Slovenia, an exhibit of theater posters as high art Your piece looks as if it’s a retelling of the story of Antigone, but with some modern twists. ArtsBeat: Under the Radar: 5 Questions About 'Too Late! antigone (contest #2)' 2011-01-11T17:07:16Z Half a dozen of the main works are deliberately in dialogue with literary classics and ephemera, from sources as diverse as Mark Twain’s satirical monologues, James Joyce’s erotic letters, the Epic of Gilgamesh and “Antigone.” At Under the Radar, Theater That Jumps Right Off the Page 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z The players within their helmets remind me of a theatrical production I saw a few years ago, “Antigone” with masks, the actors learning how to speak through their motions. My father, the woman 2012-06-15T23:30:00Z He added: “This ‘Antigone’ makes theatrical history with its fierce totality of commitment. Judith Malina, Founder of the Living Theater, Dies at 88 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z To this day, we satisfy a compact with those we mourn, with a duty, like Antigone’s, to account publicly for our respect, and affection. Perspective | John Lewis’s death was loss for us all. But the powerful Capitol service for him was a blessing. 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Are the women, as in Sophocles’ “Antigone,” burying their brothers, dead on opposite sides of a civil war? Three Journeys Under the Radar: Trippy, Unsettling and Affectionate 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z The production starts Sept. 13 and combines readings from “Antigone,” choral music sung by local choirs, and an audience discussion on race and social justice. ‘Antigone in Ferguson’ Will Come to Harlem Stage This Fall 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Roy-Bhattacharya's Antigone is an Afghan woman with stumps for legs who uses the palms of her hands to propel herself on a wooden cart from her war-destroyed village to an American army base. The Watch by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya – review 2012-06-15T21:55:04Z “Antigone” features experienced artists — like François Clavier, who makes a toweringly self-satisfied Creon — as well as a chorus of four amateur women who have experienced exile. In Paris, Young Theater Makers Swing Big 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z For the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, her talent performance was a dramatic reading from Sophocles’ “Antigone.” Dawn Wells, Mary Ann on ‘Gilligan’s Island,’ Dies at 82 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z “Antigone” is about a teenage girl who wishes to bury her brother, Polyneices, who recently died in a brutal civil war. Front-line nurses star in online staging of play ‘Antigone’ 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z In the story, Antigone is determined to properly bury her brother — Polynices, the son of the former, disgraced king Oedipus — even though his burial has been forbidden by a decree from the new king, Creon. Confronting Grief, With Margaret Atwood, in ‘The Nurse Antigone’ 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Then as now, it comprised two parts: a reading of a one-hour adaptation of “Antigone,” by Mr. Doerries, followed by responses from the audience. A Chorus Remembers Michael Brown in ‘Antigone in Ferguson’ 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Grant was inspired by Sophocles’ play “Antigone,” whose female protagonist defies political decrees to honor her dead brother. Two artists try to portray the indescribable at Pasadena Museum of California Art 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z A few years ago, a friend went to an academic conference and saw a reading of Anne Carson’s adaptation of “Antigone,” with the celebrated academic Judith Butler as the Theban king Kreon. ‘Fragments’ Review: Guest Lectures from a Famed Professor 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z This four-actor production follows the show’s creators on a journey through Greece in 2010, searching for the identity of Antigone and her latter-day descendants. | 'Alexis. A Greek Tragedy': ?Alexis. A Greek Tragedy,? in Under the Radar - Review 2012-01-05T22:36:26Z Antigone mourning her unburied brother tears at the soul in a way that the tantrums of Snooki definitely do not. | 'Long Story Short': Colin Quinn Performs at 45 Bleecker Street 2010-08-16T21:32:00Z Ms. Calderoni, who shifts from Haemon to Antigone, keeps taking off layers of clothes and writing messages on her body, striking a defiant punk figure of naked aggression. Critic?s Notebook: Going Under the Radar, and Into the Unknown 2011-01-11T23:53:39Z The three women were preparing for “The Nurse Antigone,” a dramatic reading of a translation of Sophocles’ “Antigone” that is to be presented on Zoom on Thursday by Theater of War Productions. Confronting Grief, With Margaret Atwood, in ‘The Nurse Antigone’ 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z A scene from the National Theater of Greece’s production of “Antigone.” ArtsBeat Blog: Theater Talkback: The Writing's on the Wall 2011-11-10T17:00:41Z The range of activity was kaleidoscopic and multicultural, embracing an Eskimo “Antigone,” a Korean “Hamlet” and a splashy recreation of the golden days of Harlem’s Cotton Club, directed by Ms. Stewart herself. Ellen Stewart, Off Off Broadway Pioneer, Dies at 91 2011-01-13T18:11:40Z For the third project, “Antigone in the Amazon,” Rau has turned his focus to Brazil and the Marxist-inspired Landless Workers Movement in which farmers have been occupying unworked fields and growing crops there. ‘Antigone in the Amazon’ Review: The Drama Is Brazil’s Land War 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z In “Antigone,” his daughter Antigone defies her uncle, Creon, and the family strife results in a string of deaths. How ‘Sophocles in Staten Island’ Gains in Translation 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z In the National Theatre's production of Antigone, starring Christopher Eccleston and Jodie Whittaker, the similarities are even more explicit: the play opens with generals and bureaucrats gathered round a TV watching a war ending. Why the tale of Achilles and his lover still has the power to move us 2012-06-02T23:06:04Z The real question he and the production raises is whether this play should be called not Antigone but Creon. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Ragtime; Antigone – review 2012-06-02T23:05:48Z This makes for an appealing mix, and with their mighty choruses and serious tone, they can make a strong dramatic impact, as “Antigona,” based on Sophocles’s drama “Antigone,” demonstrates. Muisc: Rare Glimpses of Traetta's 'Antigona' and Strauss's 'Danae' 2011-02-01T12:30:03Z The way he sets it up now, we’re not properly introduced to Antigone before we’re plunged into her story and expected to empathize. Opera Review: A Review of Julian Anderson’s ‘Thebans’ for the English National Opera 2014-05-05T12:53:03Z At the start of this “Antigone,” though, we watch the brothers kill each other in wordless battle. Review: A Spellbinding ‘Antigone,’ Both Timeless and Urgent 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z And “Antigone,” he added, touched on many of the themes that nurses around the world would be familiar with today. Confronting Grief, With Margaret Atwood, in ‘The Nurse Antigone’ 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z The plague-haunted chorus shuffled into a damaged arena for Oedipus Rex, while a fascist chill inflected Antigone – Juliet Stevenson's heroine confronted an intimidating forum dominated by steep banks of steps. David Myerscough-Jones obituary 2010-05-04T18:01:00Z The first act will draw on Oedipus the King, the second on Antigone, the third on Oedipus at Colonus. Julian Anderson among new work at the English National Opera 2010-04-20T21:45:00Z In a modern-day “Antigone,” Shamsie examines the competing identities and loyalties of British Muslims. New in Paperback: ‘Prairie Fires,’ ‘Cockfosters’ 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z She also staged a new piece based on "Antigone" at the Getty Villa. Experimental troupe Wilderness to bring back sold-out show 'The Day Shall Declare It' 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z A third, the Indigenous activist Kay Sara, was supposed to join them and play Antigone, but we are told early in the show that she had “decided to go back home, with her people.” ‘Antigone in the Amazon’ Review: The Drama Is Brazil’s Land War 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z For Binoche, the play is about Antigone’s spiritual transformation, her ascendance to a higher plane of self-awareness, one the other characters don’t seem to comprehend. Juliette Binoche, from English patients to Greek heroines 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z "Antigone raises the cause of a woman facing ... a patriarchal authority and a male-dominant society," said Mohammed al-Attar, a Syrian playwright hired by Aperta to create the contemporary version of the play. Syrian refugees tell their stories of loss through ancient Greek play 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z An earlier version of this story misidentified Antigone’s mother. Juliette Binoche, from English patients to Greek heroines 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z In the canon of dramatic siblinghood, Antigone may be the most heroic sister. At Under the Radar, Family Histories Bubble Up With No Easy Answers 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z He worked for four years on “Looking for Richard” and spent seven months rehearsing an “Antigone” production that was never staged. Al Pacino was nearly fired from ‘The Godfather.’ The rest is history. 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Three parts were different treatments of the Antigone story; one part, he told the audience, was about ocularity. Trajal Harrell’s ‘Twenty Looks’ in Full at the Kitchen 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z His Creon aspires for aloof authority; the production’s narrative shows how Antigone shrinks the distance suddenly, racing toward him, back into that firm embrace. Critic?s Notebook: Going Under the Radar, and Into the Unknown 2011-01-11T23:53:39Z Advertisement Mr. van Hove — whose work in New York within the past 13 months alone includes “Scenes From a Marriage,” “Angels in America” and “Antigone” — achieves this transition by means of a resplendent austerity. Review: ‘A View From the Bridge’ Bears Witness to the Pain of Fate 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z But one big thing — the script — is on, and that saves this version of “Antigone” from failure. Review: ‘The Burial at Thebes,’ a Vicious but Poetic Tale Retold 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Some of the bloom is gone from Veronica Cangemi’s voice, but her expressive singing conveys the essence of Antigone’s plight. Muisc: Rare Glimpses of Traetta's 'Antigona' and Strauss's 'Danae' 2011-02-01T12:30:03Z In Ms. Lawrence’s watchful, precise and quietly heroic performance, Ree is like a modern-day Antigone, making ethical demands that are at once entirely coherent and potentially fatal. | 'Winter?s Bone': Jennifer Lawrence in Debra Granik?s Bleak Ozarks Film 2010-06-10T21:59:00Z “Wuthering Heights,” from the Dutch company Theater Artemis and the Belgian group Theater Antigone, is being presented as part of the festival Zoem! Spare Times: For Children, for Jan. 27-Feb. 2 2012-01-26T22:42:16Z Writing in Saturday Review, however, Henry Hewes declared, “What they have done with Brecht’s 1947 version of Sophocles’ ‘Antigone’ is incredible and enormous.” Judith Malina, Founder of the Living Theater, Dies at 88 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z “In drama class we had done Antigone. I loved the classics without knowing that those roles were limited for a soul locked in a dark body. The opportunities weren’t there.” Clarke Peters: 'I was 15 when I first stuck out my thumb and ran away from home' 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z The showstopper is “A World of Illusions,” three performance films shown in a triangle, in which Kilomba tells the myths of Narcissus, Oedipus, and Antigone, building to pointed reinterpretations. Grada Kilomba’s Rituals of Resistance 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z That Binoche’s will might be a match for Antigone’s was apparent before this venture. Juliette Binoche, from English patients to Greek heroines 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z For the moment, though, Binoche is focused on closing the circle with Antigone. Juliette Binoche, from English patients to Greek heroines 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Theater of War Productions has previously used “Antigone” to explore police brutality, systemic oppression, gender-based violence and social justice. Front-line nurses star in online staging of play ‘Antigone’ 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Nor is the conflict as neatly organized as it is in “Antigone,” the last play in the trilogy but the first of the three works that Sophocles wrote. Review: An impassioned musical revival of 'The Gospel at Colonus' draws from the book of Oedipus 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z In Sophocles’s Antigone, for example, Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus, must decide whether to obey the laws or follow her religious beliefs. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Antigone Davis, Meta’s global head of safety, said Take It Down is one of many tools the company uses to address child abuse and exploitation on its platforms. ‘Take It Down:’ a tool for teens to remove explicit images 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z In the Sophocles play “Antigone,” King Creon, after ordering the execution of his niece for betraying him, asks, “Am I to rule for others, or myself?” For Early Democracy, Theater Was a Catalyst 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Antigone Davis, head of safety for Meta, confirmed the policy in an interview and said it stemmed from privacy concerns for those who post sexual imagery of adults. Adults or Sexually Abused Minors? Getting It Right Vexes Facebook 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z An audience eagerly awaits outside a theatre on the outskirts of Palermo for the opening night of Greek tragedy Antigone - with a Sicilian twist. What a Greek tragedy teaches us about modern migration 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z The Senate Commerce Committee’s consumer protection subcommittee held its first hearing in this series in September with Facebook global head of safety Antigone Davis. Instagram chief Adam Mosseri to testify before Congress 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Antigone Davis, Meta's global head of safety, said that the delay in implementing encryption to 2023 was because the company was taking its time "to get this right". Facebook and Instagram encryption plans delayed by Meta until 2023 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Haemon, Creon’s son and Antigone’s lover, in his shock and grief, replies, “A State for one man is no State at all.” For Early Democracy, Theater Was a Catalyst 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Meta wants to keep users safe while still “assisting public safety efforts” In a post in The Telegraph, Antigone Davis, Meta’s head of safety, attributes the delay to concerns about user safety. Facebook Messenger and Instagram may not get default end-to-end encryption until 2023 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z Sophocles' play, written around 441 BC, is about the clash of loyalties between family and state in the aftermath of a civil war sparked by the death of the exiled king of Thebes, Antigone's father. What a Greek tragedy teaches us about modern migration 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Last month, Facebook executive Antigone Davis testified in front of Congress, facing accusations from senators that the company buried internal research about how its products may harm children. TikTok, Snap, YouTube defend how they protect kids online in congressional hearing 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z In congressional testimony last month, Antigone Davis, Facebook’s global head of safety, disputed the premise that Instagram harmed teenagers, pointing to research that showed they had positive experiences on the app. Instagram Struggles With Fears of Losing Its ‘Pipeline’: Young Users 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z “We do not allow bullying and harassment on our platform, but when it does happen, we act,” Antigone Davis, Facebook’s head of global safety, wrote in a blog post. Facebook expands harassment policy to protect public figures 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Furthermore, its global head of safety, Antigone Davis, was sharply questioned before Congress. After Whistle-Blower Goes Public, Facebook Tries Calming Employees 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Antigone goes against the command of the new monarch, who declares one of her brothers a traitor and orders him to be left on the battlefield to be eaten by vultures. What a Greek tragedy teaches us about modern migration 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Antigone Davis, Facebook’s head of safety, said the company has “committed to not retaliating for them coming to the Senate.” Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen tells lawmakers that meaningful reform is necessary ‘for our common good’ 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z In a Senate hearing on Thursday, lawmakers grilled Antigone Davis, Facebook’s global head of safety, with questions about the company’s addictive product design and the influence it has over its billions of users. Facebook Is Weaker Than We Knew 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Peering gravely at Antigone Davis, Facebook’s global head of safety, the chair of the Senate consumer protection subcommittee asked point-blank: “Will you commit to ending ‘finsta’?” Analysis | Congress is not as clueless about Facebook as it seems 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Antigone Davis, Facebook’s head of global safety, faced a barrage of criticism from senators on the Commerce panel at a hearing last Thursday. Ex-Facebook employee bringing sharp criticisms to Congress 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Now in her early twenties, she says she loves being part of this modern version of Antigone, but wishes her mother was able to come and watch her. What a Greek tragedy teaches us about modern migration 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Facebook’s head of global safety, Antigone Davis, will testify before the Senate Commerce Committee today, just days before a Facebook whistleblower is set to testify before a subcommittee. Analysis | Tech companies face another liability threat, this time over counterfeit goods 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Its global head of safety, Antigone Davis, also testified Thursday as irate lawmakers questioned her about the effects of Facebook and Instagram on young users. Whistleblower to accuse Facebook of contributing to Jan. 6 riot, memo says 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z On Thursday, Antigone Davis, Facebook’s global head of safety, was questioned for more than two hours by lawmakers about the mental and emotional toll its services could take on kids. Facebook Struggles to Quell Uproar Over Instagram’s Effect on Teens 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Taking this flack was Antigone Davis, a Facebook executive who insisted her company only had the best interests of children in mind when they designed products for younger and younger people. The kids are not all right in Facebook’s hands 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z The performance ends with the first appearance of Antigone, who is played by a young Nigerian actress called Happy. What a Greek tragedy teaches us about modern migration 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Antigone Davis, Facebook’s head of global safety, defended Instagram’s efforts to protect young people using its platform, insisting that Facebook cares “deeply about the safety and security of the people on our platform.” Past storms haven’t fazed Facebook. Instagram Kids might 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z At the hearing, Facebook executive Antigone Davis argued the company’s research in fact showed that teen girls struggling with mental health issues largely reported that they found Instagram to be more helpful than not. Lawmakers hammer Facebook for hiding how its products may hurt kids 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Antigone Davis, its global head of safety, testified to the US Senate about child protection. Facebook grilled over mental health impact on kids 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Facebook’s head of global safety, Antigone Davis, has been summoned to testify Thursday by a Senate Commerce Committee panel digging into Instagram’s impact on young users. Foes united vs Facebook over Instagram’s effect on teens 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z For Massa, Antigone is a play that calls for acceptance and love in society - something his production certainly achieved in its short run in Palermo. What a Greek tragedy teaches us about modern migration 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z On Thursday, Antigone Davis, Facebook’s global head of safety, will testify at a Senate subcommittee hearing on mental health and social media. Facebook Downplays Internal Research Released on Eve of Hearing 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Blumenthal and Ms. Blackburn will hold a hearing on Thursday featuring Facebook executive Antigone Davis over the company’s alleged mental health harms. Senators say Facebook ‘whistleblower’ to testify at hearing about protecting kids online 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Facebook global head of safety Antigone Davis is scheduled to testify before Mr. Blumenthal and Ms. Blackburn at the consumer protection, product safety, and data security panel within the Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday. Facebook pulls plug on ‘Instagram Kids’ ahead of faceoff in Senate over harming teen girls 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Facebook global head of safety Antigone Davis will answer questions at forthcoming US Senate committee, where she is expected to be asked about the WSJ report and plans for Instagram Kids. Instagram for kids paused after backlash 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z But Facebook’s global head of safety, Antigone Davis, is expected to appear before the Senate Commerce Subcommittee Thursday to answer for the claims made in the story and plans for a new “Instagram for kids”. Facebook says Instagram is not ‘toxic for teens,’ despite damning WSJ report 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z In his later years, he wrote three ambitious operas based on ancient Greek tragedies: “Medea,” “Antigone” and “Lysistrata,” which debuted in Athens in 2002. ‘Zorba’ composer Mikis Theodorakis dies at 96 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z The school temporarily quarantined the student’s grade, but otherwise never missed a beat, keeping its doors open, offering multiple sports, even putting on a fully masked spring production of “Antigone.” Catholic schools undercut teachers’ unions with successful in-person reopenings 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Canada’s official Oscar submission to last year’s Academy Awards, “Antigone” is a refugee drama inspired by Sophocles’s play of the same name. New movies to stream this week: ‘The Inheritance,’ ‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’ and more 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Over time, she directed more than 25 productions at the theater and remained associated with the troupe until her last performances in “Oedipus/Antigone” in 2017, when she was in her mid-80s. Gunnel Lindblom, sensual star of Ingmar Bergman’s ‘The Silence,’ dies at 89 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z The West Coast premiere of “Antigone, Presented by the Girls of St. Catherine’s” is returning for four days, although in different form. COVID shut down this #MeToo play in L.A. How it's staging a comeback 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z The German philosopher Hegel thought Sophocles’ “Antigone” was the high-water mark of classical tragedy for the way it elegantly dramatized the conflict between equally justified claims. A theater critic's letter to his students, past, present and future 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z As an example, Alter cited Dr. Steiner’s assertion that “Antigone draws about herself an ethical solitude, a lucid dryness which seems to prefigure the stringencies of Kant.” George Steiner, renowned literary critic, dies at 90 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Even the spirited Antigone, the brave Joan of Arc and the unfettered Thelma and Louise meet tragic ends in large part because they are spirited, brave and unfettered. Opinion | I Don’t Want to Be the Strong Female Lead 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z One is a version of the play “Antigone” that would include Japanese theater techniques. Artistic director envisions an inclusive, healing theatre 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Now we all get to see “Antigone” anew. COVID shut down this #MeToo play in L.A. How it's staging a comeback 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z In this, she resembles the mythical Greek heroine Antigone. What do ancient Greeks and Greta trolls have in common? 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Over more than a half-century of scholarship, Dr. Steiner hopscotched from the Greek myth of Antigone to the works of Shakespeare, Coleridge, Proust and Borges. George Steiner, renowned literary critic, dies at 90 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z In works on paper that fuse different types of abstraction, the L.A.-based artist explores ideas of love by creating text rubbings of Antigone’s defiant expression all over the variegated surfaces of her works. Datebook: Sarah Lucas tackles gender with ribald humor at the Hammer Museum 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z The title of the show is inspired by a well-known line in Sophocles’ “Antigone,” in which King Creon brings Antigone before him and orders her not to mourn the death of her brother. Datebook: Inspired by antiquity, painter Alexandra Grant tackles notions of love 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z One mythological character in Sánchez’s work is Antigone, the youngest daughter of Oedipus, which reflects her own outlook. Zilia Sánchez: 92-year-old artist gets her first museum retrospective 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Antigone is only in her mid-teens when she rebels against her uncle Creon, the increasingly tyrannical King of Thebes. What do ancient Greeks and Greta trolls have in common? 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z A radically revisionist “Antigone” made in the Black Lives Matter era seems the ideal vehicle to launch us into Black History Month and lead our weekly look at L.A.’s theater scene. The 99-Seat Beat: A black ‘Antigone,’ classic August Wilson and an Actors’ Gang ‘Anarchist’ 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Four women from Greek mythology — Clytemnestra, Medea, Antigone and Cassandra — have been reincarnated through time, doomed to repeat bloody acts of revenge, until reaching 1960 Orange, N.J. The week ahead in SoCal theater, Nov. 18-25: 'Cost of Living,' 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern' and more 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Facebook’s global head of safety Antigone Davis told Reuters in an interview that the “machine helps us prioritize” and “more efficiently queue” problematic content for the company’s trained team of reviewers. Facebook unveils systems for catching child nudity, grooming of... 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z “Antigone was a symbol of resistance, she refers to it without naming names,” said Sretenović. Zilia Sánchez: 92-year-old artist gets her first museum retrospective 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z And like Greta, Antigone's strength is undermined by misogynist beliefs, as Creon claims that she is insane. What do ancient Greeks and Greta trolls have in common? 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Antigone, in the tragedy by Sophocles, argues that loyalty to her brother trumps the laws of Thebes. How a Notorious Gangster Was Exposed by His Own Sister 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Literary page turner Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie Sophocles’s Antigone is remodelled for a searingly contemporary tale of state violence, Islamist radicalisation and family duty in this year’s Women’s prize winner. If you only read one book this summer … make it this one 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Antigone For its inaugural production, new theater company Vaulting Ambition stages a modern retelling of Sophocles’ ancient tragedy. The week ahead in SoCal theater, July 8-15: 'Arrival & Departure,' 'Million Dollar Quartet' and more 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z The artist’s work references women in ancient mythology like Trojans, Amazonians and Antigone, all warriors and female heroines. Zilia Sánchez: 92-year-old artist gets her first museum retrospective 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z One might imagine an ancient Greek sarcastically commenting that Antigone "seemed like a very happy girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future". What do ancient Greeks and Greta trolls have in common? 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Home Fire, a reworking of Sophocles' Greek tragedy Antigone, is about radicalisation and family loyalties. Shamsie wins Women's Prize for Fiction 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Loosely based on Sophocles’ ancient Greek tragedy “Antigone,” her novel centers on three British Muslim siblings torn apart when one joins the Islamic State group. Kamila Shamsie’s ‘Home Fire’ wins Women’s Prize for Fiction 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Facebook's Global Head of Safety Antigone Davis told Newsbeat that photos will only be seen by "a very small group of about five specially trained reviewers". Facebook wants your naked photos 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Antigone, or We Are Rebels Asking for the Storm Fugitive Kind Theater stages this new adaptation of Sophocles' ancient tragedy about a grieving young woman's act of defiance in the face of tyranny. The week ahead in L.A. theater, May 6-13: 'Hamilton,' 'Antigone' and more 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z Helen Morales is professor of Hellenic Studies at the University of California, and author of the upcoming Antigone Rising: The Subversive Power of the Ancient Myths. What do ancient Greeks and Greta trolls have in common? 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Facebook says it does not store images on its servers longer than necessary Now, Facebook is clarifying how the system works via a blog post from Antigone Davis, the company’s global head of safety. Facebook explains how it’ll review nude photos to stop revenge porn 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Popular in New York and Polish artistic and intellectual circles, Glowacki was the author of award-winning plays "Antigone in New York" and "The Fourth Sister," which set classic themes in the contemporary world. 'Antigone in New York' Playwright Janusz Glowacki Dies at 78 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z Popular in New York and Polish artistic and intellectual circles, Glowacki was the author of award-winning plays “Antigone in New York” and “The Fourth Sister,” which set classic themes in the contemporary world. Polish-US writer Janusz Glowacki dies at 78 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z After taking in a production of “Antigone,” the young Moreau set her sights on acting, a decision that resulted in her father slapping her when she declared her intention. Jeanne Moreau, French actress and New Wave icon, was a pioneer of unflinching portrayals of complex women 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z She often skipped school to attend plays and in 1944, at 16, saw a production of Jean Anouilh’s “Antigone.” Jeanne Moreau, spellbinding movie star, dies at 89 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Some of these plays – Antigone and the Sophoclean Electra in particular – could be moulded to fit repressive contemporary ideals of womanhood, since their heroines demonstrate selfless devotion to dead male family members. Found in translation: how women are making the classics their own 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z While Sophocles is better remembered for writing “Antigone” and “Oedipus Rex,” he was also a general in the Athenian Army and lived during the decades-long Peloponnesian War. Opinion | U.S. Veterans Use Greek Tragedy to Tell Us About War 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Facing criticism, the company last year met representatives from more than 150 women's safety organizations and decided it needed to do more, Antigone Davis, global head of safety at Facebook, said in a phone interview. Facebook to use photo-matching to block repeat 'revenge porn' 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z An example, from Emily Tennyson’s grandmother, her complete diary entry for the day of her wedding, 20 May 1765: “Finished Antigone, married Bishop.” Anne Carson: ‘I do not believe in art as therapy’ 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z They took Antigone to legal arbitration in 2011 and when that failed, sued to wrest control of the companies from him in 2011. The best Redskins stadium site in Virginia is about to go up for sale 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Unlike her students at the university, her night students tended to apply the Declaration—and their other readings, from Sophocles’ “Antigone” to Shakespeare’s sonnets—to their own lives. In Pursuit of Political Equality 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z There was scrutiny of the curriculum: a student wanted trigger warnings on “Antigone.” The New Activism of Campus Life 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Max Nikias, mistakenly summarized the plot of "Antigone" as the story of a princess who disobeyed her father. For the record 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Facebook’s US-based head of global safety, Antigone Davis, has recently overseen a series of global round-table discussions with women’s groups in India, Africa, Europe and the Middle East involving more than 120 organisations and activists. Top tech firms urged to step up online abuse fightback 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Schell ruled in January that “the actions by Antigone shock the conscience” and the “unjust enrichment” by Antigone is staggering. The best Redskins stadium site in Virginia is about to go up for sale 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Fitzgerald told jurors about Antigone: “She doesn’t deserve to die.” Greek heroine found not guilty at mock trial 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Here’s a woman as determined as Antigone, as ferocious as Medea. The 10 best books of 2015 He put cows onstage in “Desire Under the Elms” and added Lou Reed’s “Heroin” to a production of “Antigone.” ‘I don’t follow the rules’ _ visionary director Ivo van Hove 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z The new, improved Ray is hardly Mother Theresa, but he passes up a drink, visits his dad, half-listens to his ex-wife, and saves Antigone from becoming road kill. True Detective 203: If God Were An Elvis Impersonator 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Antigone said in an interview that he felt he was well within his rights to manage the Dominion money. The best Redskins stadium site in Virginia is about to go up for sale 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z But it was part of a mock treason trial of fictitious Greek heroine Antigone. Greek heroine found not guilty at mock trial 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Antigone of Shatila is named after the refugee camp these women now call home. The tragedy giving hope to Syria's women - BBC News 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z Sophocles’ Antigone refuses to accept her tyrannical uncle’s arbitrary edict, draws crucial distinctions between moral decency and contingent legislation, and buries her brother anyway. Classics for the people – why we should all learn from the ancient Greeks 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z "He walks off stage in a blaze of blinding light. But he doesn't allow his daughter, Antigone, to see him die. So she is denied closure on her father's death." ENO's retelling of Oedipus tragedy 2014-05-04T13:07:55Z Antigone, owning a 63 percent majority stake, decided to keep the money in the companies. The best Redskins stadium site in Virginia is about to go up for sale 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Antigone was accused of unlawfully burying her brother after he was killed trying to topple a Greek ruler. Greek heroine found not guilty at mock trial 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Antigone in Shatila was produced by a well-known theatre director and a playwright from Damascus, both now refugees. The tragedy giving hope to Syria's women - BBC News 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z Among the targets for today’s hunt: costumes for a high school production of a jukebox musical, dresses for an “Antigone” set in the 20th century, raw materials for bumble bee costumes. Costume Drama on the Cheap 2014-03-21T20:35:46Z The law was the primary cause of Italy's prison overcrowding problem, according to prison rights group Antigone, which said that 40 percent of all inmates were serving sentences for drug crimes. Italy court strikes down drug law blamed for prison crowding 2014-02-12T15:46:37Z Rights group Antigone says 67,000 people are languishing in what it calls the most crowded jails in the European Union, built to hold just 45,000. Italian president calls for amnesty to ease crowded prisons 2013-10-08T19:30:38Z Posner called for order and threatened to clear the mock courtroom when the audience loudly demonstrated their support for Antigone. Greek heroine found not guilty at mock trial 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z She smiles defiantly, emboldened by the feisty Antigone, a young woman brave enough to defy her king. The tragedy giving hope to Syria's women - BBC News 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z Of convicted prisoners, 37 percent are serving sentences for drug-related crimes, compared to a European average of 15 percent, according to Antigone figures. Italy passes bill to ease overcrowded prisons 2013-06-26T16:51:07Z "We want Merkel to leave Greece alone because her measures only bring poverty," said protester Antigone Beza, 48, an Athens saleswoman. Thousands of Greek protesters tell Merkel she is not welcome 2012-10-08T19:25:53Z New York Fringe Festival Report: ‘Antigone Unearthed’ Reviews of shows from the New York International Fringe Festival will appear on ArtsBeat through the festival's close on Aug. 26. ArtsBeat: New York Fringe Festival Report: 'Antigone Unearthed' 2012-08-20T19:16:25Z Polyneices' sister, Antigone, defies the decree and sprinkles soil on his body in an act of burial. Eccleston praised for Antigone 2012-06-01T09:46:12Z If Antigone defies the king's decree and buries him, she herself will face death. The tragedy giving hope to Syria's women - BBC News 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z Antigone Koi, a 33-year old U.S.-trained psychologist, said she found a successful niche two years ago by offering pole dancing lessons to women - and most recently also to men. Greek sex industry battered by economic storm 2012-05-27T12:11:14Z Heedless of this injunction and Ismene’s prayers to refrain from endangering her own life, Antigone dug a grave for her brother’s remains, and, unaided, fulfilled the various customary funeral rites. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z But when a production - in this case "Antigone Unearthed" - seems more concerned with pretense than storytelling, head-scratching is sure to ensue. ArtsBeat: New York Fringe Festival Report: 'Antigone Unearthed' 2012-08-20T19:16:25Z Antigone runs until 21 July at the Olivier in the National Theatre. Eccleston praised for Antigone 2012-06-01T09:46:12Z I read Antigone a few weeks before going to Beirut. The tragedy giving hope to Syria's women - BBC News 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z Let us turn, then, to Sophokles, who painted the most ideal women which the imagination of a refined Athenian could conceive, and consider his most celebrated characters, his Antigone and his Elektra. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z There they were walled in; Antigone’s sufferings were cut mercifully short by asphyxiation; and, when Hæmon saw she was no more, he, in utter despair, thrust his dagger into his side, and perished too. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z How complicated and bewildering is "Hamlet" in comparison with the simpler harmony of "Antigone." Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z In March of this year the Saturday Morning Club of Boston gave a performance of the "Antigone" of Sophocles. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Heated exchanges from “Antigone” would turn into arguments between the performers playing Sophocles’s characters. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: The Stage, the Screen and the Screen on Stage 2012-01-12T22:00:35Z We started from this real story and mixed in the myth of Antigone with the history of Greece and what Greece is like today. ArtsBeat Blog: Under the Radar: 5 Questions About 'Alexis: A Greek Tragedy' 2012-01-05T18:31:12Z And now for the next thirty years of his life he devoted himself to the task of what FitzGerald called washing his blackamoor, “a Tragedy pathetic as Antigone or Iphigenia.” Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z He excels especially in drawing character; his Antigone, his Ajax, his Oedipus—indeed, all the chief persons of his dramas—are typical studies in the great primary emotions of human nature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z In afternoon to the second representation of the 'Antigone.'... Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Professor Harry, teacher of Greek in the Cincinnati University, has written a new metrical translation of the Antigone of Sophocles. More Portmanteau Plays 2011-11-11T03:00:27.887Z This time the story of Antigone shares the stage with overlapping narratives about the shooting of Mr. Grigoropoulos, the Alexis of the title, and the Greek financial crisis. ArtsBeat Blog: Under the Radar: 5 Questions About 'Alexis: A Greek Tragedy' 2012-01-05T18:31:12Z Of these, the Œdipus Tyrannus and the Antigone are the most admired. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z The eternal laws to which Antigone appeals, like that Duty which preserves the strength and freshness of the most ancient heavens, are sublime. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Having lingered long before the portrait of Antigone or Cordelia, the young girl finds herself pledged to turn that ideal into life and character. Right Living as a Fine Art A Study of Channing's Symphony as an Outline of the Ideal Life and Character 2011-07-12T02:00:36.983Z Tears are within the range of a very ordinary writer, but to produce a tragic Cordelia or Antigone is only possible to a Shakespeare or a Sophocles. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z I had just seen his Antigone, and had been much struck by the manner in which he had handled the ancient myth and presented it in modern guise. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z "She is my Antigone," said he, proudly, to all who met him leaning on the Marquise's arm. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z We may trace this severity towards sense, again, in examples already mentioned, the ideas of Fate, of the eternal laws to which Antigone appeals, of Duty in Wordsworth’s ode. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Then said the King to Antigone: "Tell me in a word, didst thou know my decree?" Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z “Would you invest four years for a course that will not be recognized as a degree?” said Antigone Polychronakis, who was the registrar at Minoan. E.U. Presses Greece on Private Colleges 2011-04-10T21:13:47Z The plebeians thronged to the theatre for the sake of merriment, and the patricians were still too much occupied with the projects of their own ambition, to weep over the woes of Antigone or Electra. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The interest, dependent entirely on the ardent love of Juliet, is as much undivided as in the Antigone of Sophocles. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z In the Antigone, on the other hand, to Hegel the ‘perfect exemplar of tragedy,’ the solution is negative. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z But scarcely had they gone when there came to the place the Prince Hæmon, the King's son, who was betrothed to the maiden Antigone. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z Antigone returns and to bring the news to her only friend, the blind Oedipus. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z This at least is the effect which the Antigone produces, even with the modern choruses of Mendelssohn to relieve the slowness of the action. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Of the great Greek dramatists read one work of each—say, the Antigone of Sophocles, the Medea of Euripides and the Prometheus of �schylus. Comfort Found in Good Old Books 2011-01-31T03:00:11.907Z Nor did Sophocles mean that Antigone and Creon were equally right. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Antigone" or the "Oedipus at Colonos," the lofty poetic quality will be easier to grasp: "A great thing is love, A great good every way. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z We have first the Princess Antigone with an old slave looking from the wall out towards the enemy's camp, seeking for a glimpse of her brother. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z Antigone, Juliet and Robinson Crusoe were all the victims of accident. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z The editorial was prepared in response to a report in the same journal by Antigone Oreopoulos of the University of Alberta and her colleagues. Personal Health: Weight Index Doesn?t Tell the Whole Truth 2010-08-30T19:49:00Z Antigone without hesitation disobeys the edict, and Creon, despite the remonstrance of his son, who is affianced to her, persists in exacting the penalty. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z In 2007, she launched Antigone, a grant-giving foundation that supports education, health and criminal justice charities to reflect her commitment to social justice. The data which shows the digital divide 2010-07-12T08:00:00Z Euripides' own first victory—we do not know the name of the successful play—did not come till 442, a year before Sophocles' masterpiece, the Antigone. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z There they were at the same Bronx theater where student performances are held, opening for Antigone Rising. A Night at the Apollo, Starring Teachers 2010-05-29T15:12:00Z We have spoken of the oath upon the sword—the oath of ancient Scythia, the oath of the Antigone of Euripedes. A Cursory History of Swearing Antigone, immured in a rocky chamber to starve, has anticipated her death. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z He retired towards Attica, led by his daughter Antigone, and came to a place sacred to the Furies. Heathen Mythology But it holds in general for the other tragedians too, for the creators of Creon and Antigone, of Prometheus and Zeus. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z Again, in regard to Antigone’s tragic end Sophocles differs from Euripides, according to whom the calamity was averted by the intercession of Dionysus and was followed by the marriage of Antigone and Haemon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" To which are added, the Lyric Parts of the "Medea" of Euripides and the "Antigone" of Sophocles; with Rhythmical Scheme and Commentary. Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. The brother of Antigone has brought against his native city an army of foreigners bent on destroying it. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z I made a serious attempt to finish my German essay:--"Comparison between the Antigone of Sophocles and the Iphigenia of Goethe," but what were either of these Hecubas to me? Barbarossa and Other Tales One only wonders that they could stand Sophocles' heroines, such as Antigone and Jocasta. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z This led to the discovery that Antigone was still alive. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" A passage in the "Antigone" had puzzled him, and the table was littered with critics and commentators, while manuscript notes, scrawled in the most rude hand, lay on every side. The Fortunes Of Glencore Thus Antigone has lost her life through her absolute assertion of the family against the state; Creon has violated the sanctity of the family, and in return sees his own home laid in ruins. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z I am reminded of the grandeur of Antigone's answer to Creon, who has just announced to her the sentence of death: "I knew that I should die; thou only tellest me when." On the Heights A Novel In the first place, the heinousness of the crime, and even the imagination of such an impiety, are purely antique, as, in truth, the fact itself is on classical record in the "Antigone" of Sophocles. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 Heracles pleaded in vain with Creon for Haemon, who slew both Antigone and himself, to escape his father’s vengeance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Alcestis and Antigone gave me more noble dreams than ever child had before. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 Much is gained by a significant introduction of hero or heroine—thus Antigone is dragged in by the watchman, Gloucester enters alone upon the scene, Volpone is discovered in adoration of his golden saint. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" But, with Antigone, I rest myself upon that higher law which is far above all laws that states may frame! Waldfried A Novel "Oh, don't ask me—don't ask me!" said the villain, wringing his hands like a male Antigone. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 Antigone, the sister of Polyneices, refused to obey, and sprinkled dust upon her brother’s corpse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" How her melodious voice lent splendour to the choruses of �schylus, and melancholy to Antigone's lament! A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 Of the other three, the music to “Antigone” and “Œdipus” is most frequently performed, and for that reason has been selected for description. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers My wife made no answer, and Johanna repeated her question, when she said, "I have been reading the Antigone of Sophocles, and I find that I am right." Waldfried A Novel Madame Antigone was the caretaker who also managed the canteen on the ground floor, and encouraged, by her formidable discretion, the maintenance of a small corner of France in an alien land. Command His son, Haemon, the lover of Antigone, killed himself on her grave; and he himself was slain by Theseus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Well, he did know him, pretty intimately, too, but it was through Antigone, and because of Antigone, and for Antigone's adorable sake. The Return of the Prodigal He accepted the latter and removed to Berlin, and the first duty imposed upon him by the King was the composition of music to the “Antigone” of Sophocles. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers When I was reading the Antigone aloud to him for the first time, he said, If a woman acted in this way, she would be doing right; but a brother should not have done so. Waldfried A Novel The massive form of Madame Antigone swam forward into the caf� and passed out of view. Command Be the undying Antigone, who renounces hatred, and who makes no distinction between her suffering and warring brethren. The Forerunners Words can't describe the joy he was to us, nor what he would have been but for Antigone. The Return of the Prodigal I allude particularly to the dithyrambus that occurs between Creon’s attempt to rescue Antigone and the relation of its terrible failure. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers Soon, however, seeking to blind himself, he continued: 'She will be the staff of my old age; like Antigone, she will lead her father into the sun at the decline of life.' The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 Take, as an example, the figure which you know p. 49best—the figure of Antigone herself—devoting herself to be entombed alone, for the sake of love and duty. Lectures Delivered in America in 1874 But their sister Antigone, the noblest woman of Greek imagination, dared the peril, stole forth at night, and gave burial alone to her two brothers. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History He had mistaken our attentions to Antigone for interest in him, and he began to unbend, to unfold himself, to expand gloriously. The Return of the Prodigal Mitchell sent me yesterday a box at the French theatre for a morning performance of the "Antigone," with Mendelssohn's choruses. Records of Later Life How comes it then that we hear nothing from him of the Œdipus, the Electra, the Antigone of Sophocles, of the Iphigenia's, the Orestes, the Medea, the Hecuba of Euripides? Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare Mr. Drew is spreading a highly idealised account of her and says that to see you together was to see Antigone in the clutches of Clytemnestra. Tante Lady Macbeth as a child might have been like that—or Antigone with the doom on her, or perhaps Elektra. Love and Lucy I said of course he couldn't, but I didn't know how he was going to make it straight with Antigone. The Return of the Prodigal She went away the other day from the theatre, where we were hearing Mendelssohn's "Antigone" together, and will probably not return for some time; when she does, I shall most likely be out of town. Records of Later Life Is not the charm of one of Plato's or Aristotle's definitions, strictly like that of the Antigone of Sophocles? Nature At the end of 1782, his Antigone was performed by a company of amateurs—he himself being one—before an audience consisting of all the rank and fashion of Rome. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 Again, it would be a play, even Antigone not being too ambitious for these amateur actors or tableaux vivants, which never failed to be amusing. Miss Ashton's New Pupil A School Girl's Story You could see that Antigone had parted with her sense of values and distinctions, that she had lost her bearings; she was a creature that drifted blindly on a boundless sea of compassion. The Return of the Prodigal We gave two private concerts for charities, you know, and acted the Antigone for the benefit of the Influenza Hospital. In the High Valley Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series I also found here Ajax, Electra, and Antigone Sophocles, excellently, by my good judgment, translated into verse, and fair printed this summer by Gryphius. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance It is impossible to conceive a more perfect drama than the Antigone of Sophocles. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 The performance of Antigone was a great solemnity. The Countess of Albany And then Antigone did look at me, and she smiled faintly. The Return of the Prodigal One of the sentences she had to translate from the Greek was this one from Antigone: "Seeing then that we are women, ought we not to be modest and not try to compete with men?" History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II I also found here Ajax, Electra, and Antigone of Sophocles, excellently, by my good judgment, translated into verse, and fair printed this summer by Gryphius. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance The only instance in classical literature that I can recall of what may be termed the modern view of the subject is that of Hæmon and Antigone. Dante: His Times and His Work To these ladies and gentlemen Alfieri offered his Antigone, which was accepted with fervour. The Countess of Albany But Antigone met this suggestion with a clear "No." The Return of the Prodigal As in the famous parallel passage in Sophocles' Antigone, it is man's strength and skill which most impressed the poet, and his skill especially as exhibited in the arts. Progress and History Antigone and Ismene then enter, each bewailing the death of their brothers. Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes Antigone, the first wife of Pyrrhus, died, and after her death Pyrrhus married two or three other wives, according to the custom which prevailed in those days among the Asiatic kings. Pyrrhus Makers of History The success of that performance of Antigone on the amateur stage in the Spanish palace was very great. The Countess of Albany And Antigone saw through it; she saw through it at once. The Return of the Prodigal When Sophocles' tragedy of Antigone was produced at the Theatre Royal with Mendelssohn's music, the gallery "gods" were greatly pleased, and, according to their custom, demanded a sight of the author. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 This may illustrate much of the following dialogue, as well as explain whence Sophocles derived his master-piece of character, the Theban martyr-heroine, Antigone. Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes She lay still, however, and did not speak a word; but the next day she went to Antigone, the wife of Pyrrhus, and communicated to her all that she had heard. Pyrrhus Makers of History It is recorded that he composed one hundred and twenty tragedies, of which not more than seven are extant—namely, Ajax, Electra, Oedipus the Tyrant, Antigone, The Trachiniæ, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonos. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3 And then that evening I went on to Antigone. The Return of the Prodigal Antigone stands before us in her austere and statue-like beauty, like one of the marbles of the Parthenon. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical The "Seven against Thebes" includes in its cast of characters Eteocles, King of Thebes, Antigone and Ismene, Sisters of the King, a Messenger and a Herald. Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes The fact has already been mentioned that one of the wives whom Pyrrhus had married after the death of Antigone, the Egyptian princess, was Lanassa, the daughter of Agathocles, the King of Sicily. Pyrrhus Makers of History It is a heroic drama, severe in style and character as the Antigone of Sophocles. Studies in Literature and History It was not only her share of life which he took and so to speak put in the bank for her, but an investment for Antigone in the big business of his immortality. The Return of the Prodigal But the character which at once suggests itself in comparison with Cordelia, as the heroine of filial tenderness and piety, is certainly the Antigone of Sophocles. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical Against this decree Antigone rebels, and with her final words announces her unalterable intention of burying her brother in spite of the fate which awaits her disobedience to the will of the senate. Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes The Macedonians of Antigone and Seleucus had brought with them into that country of the Lower Orontes their most lively recollections, their worship, and the names of their country. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 Funeral rites were held by the Greeks to be essential to the repose of the dead, and Antigone, despite Creon's edict, determined that her brother's body should not be left to the dogs and vultures. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality If she hadn't been so amiable, if she hadn't been so good, she would have been jealous of Antigone. The Return of the Prodigal Then said the king to Antigone: “Tell me in a word, didst thou know my decree?” Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls See his highly satisfactory note, to which I will only add that the reasoning of the Antigone of Sophocles, vss. Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes Madonna Antigone, it’s a shame for a woman with your hair and shoulders to run into such nonsense—leave it to women who are not worth painting. Romola Sophocles, the dramatist, puts noble words into the mouth of Antigone. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality I think Antigone liked us for our tenderness. The Return of the Prodigal The air grew dark, the lightning flashed, the thunder rolled, the trees bent and twisted in the wind; and, although Antigone called her father again and again, she heard no answering cry. The Story of the Greeks Antigone would think she was in prison, to be used like that. Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago “Did you put it into his head to paint me as Antigone, that he might have my likeness for this?” Romola It was followed by a tragic episode which remains to be told, that of the sisterly fidelity of Antigone and her sorrowful fate. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality He said Burton was too poor, and Antigone too young; but the real reason was that Burton's proposal came as a shock to his vanity. The Return of the Prodigal When Antigone described to her poor blind father the place they had reached, he bade her remain by the roadside, and, groping his way, soon vanished into the forest. The Story of the Greeks Nay, Antigone, you may depend upon it, there are less pleasant things in Lady Margaret’s life than orange gowns and blue slippers. Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago And now, I think, our business is done; you’ll keep to your side of the bargain about the Oedipus and Antigone?” Romola This cruel edict, which no one else ventured to ignore, was set aside by Antigone, the sister of Polynikes. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Antigone must have noticed that, and she must have understood the meaning of it. The Return of the Prodigal The people in the neighborhood then told her that the Furies had dragged her father away to punish him for his crimes, and Antigone sadly went back to Thebes. The Story of the Greeks I want none of it!” said Antigone, scornfully. Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago “It’s good, Madonna Antigone,” said Piero, putting his fingers in the basket for another. Romola In this act of holy devotion Antigone succeeded; Polynikes was buried. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality I believe, if Antigone and his wife hadn't been there, he'd have confided in his chauffeur. The Return of the Prodigal But the faithful Antigone, who had returned to Thebes on the death of her father, could not endure that the body of her brother should remain unburied. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome Antigone’s work was not likely to be improved by the hasty huddled-up style in which it was folded, while Sarah and Emma shook theirs straight and carefully avoided creases. Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago In the city of Pericles, they saw the play of "Antigone" in the theatre of Herod Atticus. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman Now, like Antigone, she makes her choice; to soothe a ghostly pain no matter what may be her earthly doom. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 They called me to the chair set for me facing Antigone. The Return of the Prodigal Accompanied by his faithful and devoted daughter Antigone, Œdipus quitted Thebes and became a miserable and homeless outcast, begging his bread from place to place. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome “But people look down on you!” said Antigone. Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago The King Creon of Sophocles's Antigone is a masterly representation of the futility of this pride of opinion. The Moral Economy Antigone goes to the death of her body declaring that in the Infinite there is a longer time for love than there is on earth. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 There was a perfectly horrible silence, and then Antigone's voice came through it, pure and fine and rather slow. The Return of the Prodigal His son, H�mon, who was betrothed to Antigone, having contrived to effect an entrance into the vault, was horrified to find that Antigone had hanged herself by her veil. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome “You look tired, Antigone,” said Emma to her nearest neighbour, a pale girl of eighteen. Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago In the Antigone of Sophocles, Creon thus justifies his rule: Than lawlessness there is no greater ill. The Moral Economy The structure of the drama is modern, and yet there is something in the figure and movement of Rachel herself which reminds the present writer of Antigone. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 He took it as if Antigone had been guilty of a social blunder; as if her behavior had been in some way painful and improper. The Return of the Prodigal And the king received him right worshipfully and demanded many things of Alexander and of his constancy and strength, nothing weening that he had been Alexander, but Antigone, one of his knights. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I Antigone likes what she calls a bit of fun when the day’s work is over; and she would not get nearly so much as she does, if she were in Lady Margaret’s place. Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago It was a rendering, in Greek, of the Antigone of Sophocles, with considerable adjuncts of scenery, costume, and Greek chorus. In and Around Berlin Girls! be the bosom friends of Antigone and Ismene; and you shall enter the wood of the Eumenides without shuddering, and leave it without the trace of a tear. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Charles Wrackham's name was in it all right, and poor Antigone's. The Return of the Prodigal The brave Margaret Roper, the English Antigone, well knowing that all depended on her self-control, refrained from aught that might shake it. The Armourer's Prentices “Well, at any rate, she has a change!” said Antigone, with some acerbity. Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago To-day the Antigone French frigate, commanded by Captain Villeneuve, nephew to the admiral of that name who was at Trafalgar, came in. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 Alfieri's Antigone he dislikes as having the faults of both ancient and modern drama. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 We couldn't—when we thought of Antigone—get the good out of him we might have done. The Return of the Prodigal The lines here paraphrased, to which Chapman gives a marginal reference, are from the Antigone, 175-7. Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois But I shall expect to have no creased work like Antigone’s; nor split and frayed like Geneveva’s; nor dirtied like Femiana’s. Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago Then said the king to Antigone: "Tell me in a word, didst thou know my decree?" Myths and Legends of All Nations Famous Stories from the Greek, German, English, Spanish, Scandinavian, Danish, French, Russian, Bohemian, Italian and other sources I say this Life of his wasted on a vain work is a Tragedy pathetic as Antigone or Iphigenia. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II We calculated that Burton would marry Antigone, and that the simple, self-denying woman could live in modest comfort on the mere proceeds of the inevitable sale. The Return of the Prodigal The reference is to Sophocles' Antigone, 446-457, where the Princess justifies herself for burying her brother's body in defiance of Creon's edict. Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois I went to see Sophocles’ tragedy of Antigone done into English two nights ago. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 The comparison is altogether in favour of the English heroine, for while Antigone went to her death bravely, yet her final words were those of bitter complaint and almost whining lamentation. The Case of Edith Cavell A Study of the Rights of Non-Combatants I am sorry to find I have only Antigone left of all the precious Seven; a lucid Constellation indeed! Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II In her excitement Antigone tried hard to break off her engagement to Grevill Burton. The Return of the Prodigal As "Antigone" was given at Orange, the softening influences which had subdued the harshness of "Œdipus" still farther were extended, making its deep tenderness still deeper and more appealing. The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals The Antigone is, as you are aware, a neatly constructed drama, on the French model; the music very fine, I thought—but you would turn up your nose at it, I dare say. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 Nor did the celebrated classical example of Antigone more forcibly illustrate the persevering fortitude of passive heroism and enduring love in woman's gentle bosom, than did the interesting, lovely Constantia. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel I am in no perplexity when I begin Agamemnon and Antigone; there is a clear, simple and straight path for action. Confessions of Boyhood We never called her anything but Antigone, though Angelette was the name that Wrackham, with that peculiar shortsightedness of his, had given to the splendid creature. The Return of the Prodigal X "Antigone," played on the second evening—being a gentler tragedy than "Œdipus," and conceived in a spirit more in touch with our modern times—was received with a warmer enthusiasm. The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals The feminine types, Helen and Penelope, or Clytemnestra and Antigone, are as distinct as the masculine types, Agamemnon and Ulysses, or OEdipus and Philoctetes. The Friendships of Women Susquehanna, Antigone, and Ryndam, the latter being on the left flank of the formation and about eight hundred yards from the President Lincoln. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights Sophocles makes the dying Antigone say, "Departing, I strongly cherish the hope that I shall be fondly welcomed by my father, and by my mother, and by my brother." The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life And I can tell you that if poor Wrackham's other works had been one half as fine as Antigone it would have been glory enough for Burton to have edited him. The Return of the Prodigal He was a member of Burton's company at the Arch Street theatre, Philadelphia, and was one of the chorus in that great actor's revival of Antigone—which there is little doubt that the chorus extinguished. Shadows of the Stage The pure and wise Ballanche, who idolized her, said that she was originally an Antigone, of whom people vainly wished by force to make an Armada. The Friendships of Women Inhumanity: even in the "Antigone," even in Goethe's "Iphigenia." We Philologists Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche, Volume 8 His Antigone forced herself to keep her bargain with him. Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air Perhaps I might have thought it funny too if it hadn't been for Antigone. The Return of the Prodigal Now, holding that bruised palpitating heart under the steel-clad heel of pride, she was calmly declaiming that portraiture of her own wretchedness, as any elocutionist might a grand passage from the "Antigone," or "Prometheus." Infelice While he was composing his 'Antigone,' Poetry appeared to him under an enchanting form. The Friendships of Women In Antigone the case is just the same, only there 138its nature is yet more distinctly exhibited. Is Life Worth Living? A tragedy like the Antigone stands, in spite of differences, on the same ground as a Shakespearean tragedy; it is a self-contained whole with a catastrophe. Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth We were sitting together in the parlor of the village inn, he and Antigone, and Grevill Burton and Furnival and I, with an hour on our hands before our train left. The Return of the Prodigal If any lot on earth could have seemed enviable to an imaginative mind and an affectionate heart, it would have been that of an Antigone or a Romola to a Milton. Life of John Milton Ballanche himself often assured Madame Récamier, that the ideal of the "Antigone" of his dreams was revealed to him by her, and that, in drawing this perfect portrait, he had copied largely from her. The Friendships of Women Antigone's heroism will evaporate;25 she will be left obstinate only. Is Life Worth Living? Some of the oldest among them may have seen and heard the "Prometheus Vinctus"; certainly very many of them have seen "Antigone," and "Oedipus," and "Electra"; and all of them have heard the Rhapsodists. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 And then Antigone said a thing for which I loved her instantly. The Return of the Prodigal Morality as, in Antigone's noble phrase, "the unwritten law of heaven" sinks down and disappears. Preaching and Paganism If they had tried to imitate nature Antigone and Hamlet would have spoken the prose of daily life. The Photoplay A Psychological Study Now we have in the above sentence the exact counterpart to the words of Antigone that I have already quoted. Is Life Worth Living? Thy sister is gone out of the house, O Creon, and the girl Antigone attending the steps of her mother. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. I have had to forgive his cutting me out with Antigone. The Return of the Prodigal So was the doom of the house of Œdipus accomplished; and yet not all, as shall be told in the story of Antigone, who was the sister of these two. Stories from the Greek Tragedians There is nothing in the modern drama more rhetorically impressive, though spasmodic, than the well-known dialogue between Antigone and Creon:— 'Cr. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series The Aias appears to be not much later—it may even be earlier—than the Antigone. The Seven Plays in English Verse But thou, ceasing from the groans for the three dead, retire, Antigone, within the house, and behave as beseems a virgin, expecting the approaching day in which the bed of H�mon awaits thee. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. I said to myself that possibly Antigone might know. The Return of the Prodigal Then said the King to Antigone, "Tell me in a word, didst thou know my decree?" Stories from the Greek Tragedians Antigone repeated these expressions to one of her friends, who, as was natural, did not keep them secret, so that at last they reached the ears of Kraterus. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. But Antigone, sister of the dead, placing the dues of affection and piety before her obligation to the magistrate, disobeyed the edict at the sacrifice of her life. The Seven Plays in English Verse But others with Antigone are bearing hither the dead for their friends to lament over. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. I found Antigone looking, if anything, more golden and more splendid, more divinely remote and irrelevant against the dingy background. The Return of the Prodigal Then cried Antigone, "O H�mon, whom I love, how thy father wrongeth thee!" Stories from the Greek Tragedians Philotas had no idea that he was being spied upon in this manner, and in his conversation with Antigone frequently spoke insolently and slightingly of his sovereign. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. No word of those we love, Antigone, Painful or glad, hath reached me, since we two Were utterly deprived of our two brothers, Cut off with mutual stroke, both in one day. The Seven Plays in English Verse Antigone repeats the last word of her father. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. He had expressed it the night before he died to Antigone, who was with him. The Return of the Prodigal But scarcely had they gone when there came to the place the Prince H�mon, the King's son, who was betrothed to the maiden Antigone. Stories from the Greek Tragedians However she heard all that passed, unsuspected, and next day went to Antigone, the wife of Pyrrhus, and told her all that she had heard Neoptolemus say to his sister. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II Ah! now myself am carried past the bound Of law, nor can I check the rising tear, When I behold Antigone even here Touching the quiet bourne where all must rest. The Seven Plays in English Verse Antigone was her favourite, and she wished Felix to see it. After London Or, Wild England "I shan't have to make it straight with Antigone," he said. The Return of the Prodigal For the maiden Antigone had hanged herself by the girdle of linen which she wore, and the young man Prince H�mon stood with his arms about her dead corpse, embracing it. Stories from the Greek Tragedians After the death of Antigone he married several wives, for the sake of advantageous political alliances. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II I know the girl Antigone, O hapless child of hapless sire! The Seven Plays in English Verse We shall be marked off from the beginning, and in the world of laboratories Hector, Antigone and Pericles will soon share the fate of poor Ananias and Sapphira. Cambridge Essays on Education I said Antigone's attitude was what I didn't understand. The Return of the Prodigal Miss Quincey was gone and the Classical Mistress was in school again, coaching a backward student through the "Antigone." Superseded Was it that morning that he had helped Nora to translate a few lines of the "Antigone"? Lady Connie Antigone after a while fled forth to join her father and support him in his wanderings. The Seven Plays in English Verse In 1754, he was invited to Rome, where he produced several operas, among them "Antigone"; they were all successful, showing the Italians appreciated his work. The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians Poor Burton said he didn't think it was quite fair of her to work in that way, but that, rather than lose her, rather than lose Antigone, he had given in. The Return of the Prodigal He was a scholar, and made translations, one of which was a Latin version of the Antigone of Sophocles. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Between the acts, our two Greek statues criticised the audience in loud tones, and their remarks, seasoned with attic salt, afforded a peculiar supplement to the choir of Antigone. The Cross of Berny In ignorance of this fact, Oedipus, now aged as well as blind, and led by his daughter Antigone, appears before the grove of the Eumenides, at Colonos, in the neighbourhood of Athens. The Seven Plays in English Verse Their sisters, Antigone and Ismene, follow and sing a lament over the dead. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 I had ordered tea on Antigone's account, for I saw that she was famished. The Return of the Prodigal M. was also the author of several tragedies, including Antigone, of no great merit. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Then it was a young and lovely Antigone, laboring to sustain her old father, and I called her my sister, and by a sweeter name too. The Cross of Berny Antigone, child of the old blind sire, What land is here, what people? The Seven Plays in English Verse The theme is here sketched, just at the close of the play, in outline, that Sophocles has developed with such pathetic effect in his 'Antigone.' Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Antigone had carried him off to the strawberry-bed, where I gathered from their sounds of happy laughter that they were feeding each other with the biggest ones. The Return of the Prodigal Sophocles in his Antigone says, "The divine commands are not of yesterday, nor of today; no, they have an infinite existence, and no one could say whence they came." The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes The most intoxicated of the young men asked, between two yawns, who were the authors of Antigone? The Cross of Berny In the order most frequently adopted by English editors, the three plays of the Theban cycle, Oedipus Tyrannus, Oedipus Coloneus, and Antigone, have been placed foremost. The Seven Plays in English Verse Antigone declares her resolution to brave their mandate, and perform the last sad rites for her brother. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 For the moment, though not, I think, afterward, Antigone's mother was blind and deaf to what was going on in the strawberry-bed. The Return of the Prodigal Ismenë, the sister of Antigone, who requested, as her accomplice, to be promoted to be sharer in her fate. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge How beautifully he sang the hymn to Bacchus in the last act of Antigone! The Cross of Berny The Antigone is generally admitted to be, comparatively speaking, an early play, while the Oedipus Coloneus belongs to the dramatist’s latest manner; the first Oedipus coming in somewhere between the two. The Seven Plays in English Verse The words which a great thinker used in speaking of Theresa and Antigone may aptly be repeated of the samurai, that "the medium in which their ardent deeds took shape is forever gone." Bushido, the Soul of Japan I don't know how I got her off him and on to Antigone. The Return of the Prodigal |
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