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The Burial at Thebes - A Version of Sophocles' Antigone (Paperback)
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The Burial at Thebes - A Version of Sophocles' Antigone (Paperback)
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List price R379
Loot Price R280
Discovery Miles 2 800
You Save R99 (26%)
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Sophocles' play, first staged in the fifth century B.C., stands as
a timely exploration of the conflict between those who affirm the
individual's human rights and those who must protect the state's
security. During the War of the Seven Against Thebes, Antigone, the
daughter of Oedipus, learns that her brothers have killed each
other, having been forced onto opposing sides of the battle. When
Creon, king of Thebes, grants burial of one but not the
"treacherous" other, Antigone defies his order, believing it her
duty to bury all of her close kin. Enraged, Creon condemns her to
death, and his soldiers wall her up in a tomb. While Creon
eventually agrees to Antigone's release, it is too late: She takes
her own life, initiating a tragic repetition of events in her
family's history.
In this outstanding new translation, commissioned by Ireland's
renowned Abbey Theatre to commemorate its centenary, Seamus Heaney
exposes the darkness and the humanity in Sophocles' masterpiece,
and inks it with his own modern and masterly touch.
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