Antigone isn't a goddess even though she's the great great great great great granddaughter of Poseidon, sea god and brother to Zeus, king of the gods.
goddess of love and beauty
Zeus is the god's name in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Zeus is the chief god. Both Theban Princess Antigone and King Creon mention him. The chorus and characters reference other gods as well: Aries the war god, Bacchus the wine god, Hades the Underworld god and Persephone the Underworld goddess.
If Antigone disobeys Creon's Law in "Antigone," Antigone is to be sentenced to death.
Antigone was the great great great great great granddaughter of the sea god Poseidon. But she wasn't called a goddess. Instead, she was called Princess, as the daughter of Theban King Oedipus and Queen Jocasta. She was supposed to have died by stoning or by being walled up in a remote cave. She indeed was walled up in a cave. But not too long afterwards, she committed suicide by hanging herself with her own halter.
Antigone
goddess of love and beauty
Zeus is the god's name in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Zeus is the chief god. Both Theban Princess Antigone and King Creon mention him. The chorus and characters reference other gods as well: Aries the war god, Bacchus the wine god, Hades the Underworld god and Persephone the Underworld goddess.
If Antigone disobeys Creon's Law in "Antigone," Antigone is to be sentenced to death.
Antigone was the great great great great great granddaughter of the sea god Poseidon. But she wasn't called a goddess. Instead, she was called Princess, as the daughter of Theban King Oedipus and Queen Jocasta. She was supposed to have died by stoning or by being walled up in a remote cave. She indeed was walled up in a cave. But not too long afterwards, she committed suicide by hanging herself with her own halter.
Antigone
Antigone is the Protagonist.
Antigone is the anarchist.
That they each offend a very important person, face divine curses and deal with unburied Theban dead are reasons why Antigone compares herself to Niobe in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone must decide what to do about an unburied dead brother. Lydian Princess Niobe, wife of Theban wall builder Amphion, must deal with her unburied dead children. Their predicaments are aggravated by divine curses and offensive attitudes and behaviors towards very important people. For example, Antigone offends Creon, her uncle and her sovereign, while Niobe is offensive to Leto, goddess and mother of Zeus' children Apollo and Artemis.
No, Athena is not in the play "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Athena is the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom. Along with Apollo the sun god and Artemis the huntress, she is considered one of three guardian gods of Thebes. But she is not part of the cast of characters nor is her name even mentioned in the play.
That they remind her of Niobe's divinity and equal powerlessness against fate is the chorus' reaction when Antigone compares herself to Niobe in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone is punished for breaking her uncle King Creon's law by burying her brother Polyneices. She is sentenced to live burial inside a remote cave. The punishment may be likened to that of Tantalian Princess Niobe, who is cursed by the mother of Apollo the god of prophecy and Artemis the goddess of the hunt. She loses all of her children, who are left unburied for nine days. She then turns into a stone.
Ismene is Antigone's sister
Antigone is,