Is the play 'Antigone' fiction

Answer 1

Yes, the play "Antigone" is a work of fiction in the sense that the actions and the dialogue are the product of the imagination of Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, it is unknown whether Sophocles' story is based on actual places, people and events. The only information on Theban Princess Antigone and her family comes from works of fiction meant to entertain and instruct cultured audiences in ancient Greece. But Sophocles' birth place was Colonus, the death place of Antigone's father. His adult life was spent in Athens, where the story of the Theban royal house was well known. Antigone's story therefore was either purely a popular work of fiction or one based on fact.