In his long life, Sophocles (born ca.
How the gods take their revenge on Creon provides the gripping denouement to this compelling tragedy, which remains today one of the most frequently performed of classical Greek dramas..
Enraged, Creon condemns her to be sealed in a cave and left to die.
Antigone, sister of Polynices, defies Creon\'s order and buries her brother, claiming that she honors first the laws of the gods.
When Creon, their uncle, assumes rule, he commands that the body of the rebel Polynices be left unburied and unmourned, and warns that anyone who tampers with his decree will be put to death.
Both have died in single combat.
Polynices, son of Oedipus, has led a rebellious army against his brother, Eteocles, ruler of Thebes.
The setting of the play is Thebes.
With its passionate speeches and sensitive probing of moral and philosophical issues, this powerful drama enthralled its first Athenian audiences and won great honors for Sophocles.
In Antigone , he reveals the fate that befalls the children of Oedipus.
Of these, seven complete tragedies remain, among them the famed Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus . 496 B.
C., died after 413) wrote more than one hundred plays.
In his long life, Sophocles (born ca
