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Antigone

In Greek mythology, Antigone (/ænˈtɪɡəni/ ⓘ ann-TIG-ə-nee; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιγόνη, romanized: Antigónē) was a Theban princess and a character in several ancient Greek tragedies. She was the daughter of Oedipus, king of Thebes; her mother/grandmother was either Jocasta or, in another variation of the myth, Euryganeia. She was the sister of Polynices…

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Abode
Thebes, Ancient Greece
Parents
Oedipus (father) · Jocasta or Euryganeia (mother)
Siblings
Ismene Eteocles Polynices Oedipus

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related to Further reading · 53
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related to Adaptations · 50
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related to Analysis · 29
Antigone → Antigone's Claim, Bloomsbury, Creon, Divine Law, Elements, Enjoyment, Hegel, Human Law, In, Interrogating, Jacques Lacan, Jacques Maritain, Judith Butler, London, Others, Phenomenology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Real, Right
related to Gallery · 26
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related to Appearances Elsewhere · 23
Antigone → And, Astydamas, BC, Creon, Different, Euripides, Heracles, Hyginus's, Hæmon, Imagines, Maeon, Philostratus, Polynices, References, Rome, Seneca's Phoenissae, Spartoi, Statius's Thebais, The, Thebes
related to Contemporary productions · 17
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related to Other representations · 10
Antigone → Antigone's, Colonus, Creon, However, In, Jocasta, Oedipus, Polynices, Sophocles, Thebes
related to Antigone · 9
Antigone → Both, Eteocles, In, In Sophocles, King Creon, Oedipus's, Polynices, Seven, Thebes
related to Oedipus at Colonus · 8
Antigone → At, Colonus, Creon, However, Oedipus, She, Thebes, Theseus
related to Euripides's Lost Play · 6
Antigone → Dionysus, Euripides, Hæmon, In Euripides, Phoenissae, The

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play creon thebes polynices oedipus sophocles also ismene bc eteocles lost theban death sister story myth seven ancient mother euripides

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AntigoneAbodeThebes, Ancient Greece1.00infobox
AntigoneParentsOedipus (father)1.00infobox
AntigoneParentsJocasta or Euryganeia (mother)1.00infobox
AntigoneSiblingsIsmene Eteocles Polynices Oedipus1.00infobox
Sophocles' tragedies Oedipus at Colonusinstance ofin other versions0.80text
Antigoneinstance ofin other versions0.80text
it occurs in the years after the banishmentinstance ofin other versions0.80text
death of Oedipusinstance ofin other versions0.80text
Antigone's struggles against Creoninstance ofin other versions0.80text
Antigonerelated to AdaptationsThe0.60section
Antigonerelated to AdaptationsTheban0.60section
Antigonerelated to AdaptationsSophocles0.60section

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