Play · c. 441 BCE
Antigone
Sophocles
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
Play · c. 441 BCE · Greek · Ancient
Antigone
A sister buries her brother against the edict of the state.
TragedyLawKinshipConscience
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Two goods in irreconcilable collision — the reason Hegel called it the perfect tragedy, and why it is restaged in every occupation.
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