ANTIGONE’S LANGUAGE OF DEATH AND POLITICS IN THE ANTIGONE OF SOPHOCLES
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Giulia Maria Chesi
Abstract
In this essay, I argue that Antigone talks about the transgression of the edict and about her death as an issue within the politics of Thebes. As Antigone’s appropriation of key-words such as φίλος, έχθρός, φιλία, δίκη, ἄρχεΐν and νόμος shows, the heroine displays a political understanding of her own acts in several passages of the play (Ant. 7-10, 26-36, 86-87 and 93-94 in Antigone’s first verbal exchange with Ismene; Ant. 508-509 and 523 in the stichomythia between Creon and Antigone; Ant. 806-816, 842-849 and 937-943 in Antigone’s farewell speeches; Ant. 902-907 in Antigone’s defence speech). In my reading, Antigone’s political representation of her deeds is deeply rooted in her view of death as a free choice.
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- REDEN ZU GOTT, BETEN ZU GÖTTERN
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Articles in the same Issue
- Inhalt
- ATTHIS, GYRINNO, AND OTHER HETAIRAI: FEMALE PERSONAL NAMES IN SAPPHO’S POETRY
- ANTIGONE’S LANGUAGE OF DEATH AND POLITICS IN THE ANTIGONE OF SOPHOCLES
- THE RHETORICAL FUNCTION OF THE PERFECT IN CLASSICAL GREEK
- LE PRÉTENDU ÉLOGE DE LA CHEVELURE DE DION DE PRUSE: OEUVRE DE PURE RHÉTORIQUE OU DÉCLARATION DE FOI PHILOSOPHIQUE?
- DUE FRAMMENTI DI PARODIA FILOSOFICO-RELIGIOSA: I FRR. 582a–b E 583 B DELLE MENIPPEE DI VARRONE
- SUL TESTO DI CATULLO 2, 5–8
- ZWEI NEUE DICHTERZITATE BEIM ALTEN CATO
- REDEN ZU GOTT, BETEN ZU GÖTTERN
- HENRICH HUDEMANN (ca. 1595–1628) – HOLSTEINS HORAZ
- MISZELLEN
- A POETIC ETYMOLOGY OF A NAME IN PIND. P. 4. 156–158
- NOTE AI PERSIANI DI ESCHILO
- CREATING ROOM FOR DOUBT
