Antigone

Speech parts

1. Antigone - Noun

2. Antigone - Proper noun

Meaning

(Greek mythology) the daughter of King Oedipus who disobeyed her father and was condemned to death

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

drama playwright dramatist Sophocles Medea Aeschylus Ancient Greece Antigonus Hippolytus Oedipus Rex the children of heracles ancient greek theater classical tragedy euripides drama greek tragic play
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Anagrams

negation

Examples

Antigone rejects life as desperately meaningless but without affirmatively choosing a noble death. Source: Internet

Although Creon has a change of heart and heads to the tomb to release Antigone, Creon's son Hæmon (who was engaged to Antigone) stabs himself after seeing that Antigone has hanged herself in the tomb. Source: Internet

Antigone decides to bury his body and face the consequences of her actions. Source: Internet

The play, “AntigoneNOW,” a reinterpretation of the 2,000-year-old Greek tragedy “Antigone” by Sophocles, will be an entirely novel production. Source: Internet

In Euripides, the calamity is averted by the intercession of Dionysus and is followed by the marriage of Antigone and Hæmon. Source: Internet

By way of illustrating his method, he invited me to attend a screening that night of their film “Antigone,” from 1992, and to call him back a couple of days later. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

antigonadotrophin antigonadotropic antigonadotropin Antigonia Antigonid Antigonish