Antigone by Sophocles

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Author: SophoclesPlays, playscriptsPublished on 6 January 2026 by The University of Chicago Press (University of Chicago Press) in the United States.Paperback | 96 pages139 x 215 x 6 | 88g
A stand-alone edition of Sophocless Antigone taken from Chicagos renowned translations of the Greek tragedies.Drawn from the authoritative third edition of the University of Chicago Presss Complete Greek Tragedies series, this stand-alone edition of Elizabeth Wyckoffs elegant rendition of Antigone reminds readers why it endures as one of the most widely read and admired of Sophocless plays. Though the story unfolds in the aftermath of Oedipus the King, Antigone was the first of the Theban Plays written by Sophocles.Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Mosts introduction to the story of one womans brave resistance in the face of unfathomable loss provides essential information about the plays first production, plot, and reception in antiquity.