' tis plain that thou art brooding on some dark what, hath not creon destined our brothers, the one to sofocle honoured burial, the other to unburied shame? the loeb classical library, 20. oedipus at colonus. it is thought to be the second oldest surviving play of sophocles, preceded by ajax, which was written antigone sofocle pdf around the same period. vol 1: oedipus the king. their uncle, creon, is now king of thebes. intro antigone summary next lines 1- 416 as the play begins, the invading army of argos has been driven from thebes, but in the course of the battle, two sons of oedipus ( eteocles and polynices) have died fighting for opposing sides. sophocles antigone translated by ben roy, bliss perry, alejandro quintana, sam puopolo, benji pdf ho, sasha barish edited by muhua yang, dexter summers, adonica mccray, sheridan marsh, phoebe lindsay, chloe brooks, mitch polonsky, alice donnellan 1 table of contents. antigone ( / æn■t■■■ni / ann- tig- ■- nee; ancient greek: ■ντιγ■νη) is an athenian tragedy written by sophocles in ( or before) 441 bc and first performed at the festival of dionysus of the same year.
; the macmillan company. with an english translation by f. the annenberg cpb/ project provided support for entering this text. eteocles, they say, with due observance of right and custom, he hath laid in the earth, for his honour among the dead below. one of sophocles’ earliest surviving plays, antigone is often thought of a perfect specimen of ancient greek tragedy. london; new york. william heinemann ltd.