I will raise my children traditionally. My two sons will kill each other in battle over the control of Thebes, one of my daughters will bury the invader, and the other will try to stop her from doing so, but nevertheless confess to aiding her. The first one will hang herself and the second will be doomed to be the most tragic of all her siblings by virtue of having outlived them
excerpt from Antigoneby Jean Anouilh (trans. Lewis Galantiere)
[Text ID: Creon. Why did you try to bury your brother? Antigone. I owed it to him. Creon. I had forbidden it. Antigone. I owed it to him. Those who are not buried wander eternally and find no rest. If my brother were alive, and he came home weary after a long day’s hunting, I should kneel down and unlace his boots, I should fetch him food and drink, I should see that his bed was ready for him. Polynices is home from the hunt. I owe it to him to unlock the house of the dead in which my father and my mother are waiting to welcome him. Polynices has earned his rest. Creon. Polynices was a rebel and a traitor, and you know it. Antigone. He was my brother /end ID]
[Antigone]…‘deals with the relation between mortals and gods. The work is an exploration and explanation of the workings of the cosmos [κόσμος], and the answers given express the distinctive ancient Greek ‘outlook’ or ethos. This ethos is pagan, and its essence may be said to be that there are limits to human behaviour; that some conduct is wise, some conduct is unwise. Unwise conduct invites retribution by the gods: it can and often does result in personal misfortune, in bad luck.’
From the introduction of Antigone, translated by David Myatt.
“CREON: I want to save you, Antigone. ANTIGONE: You are the king, and you are all-powerful. But that you cannot do. CREON: You think not? ANTIGONE: Neither save me nor stop me. CREON: Prideful Antigone! Little Oedipus!”
“CREON: I want to save you, Antigone. ANTIGONE: You are the king, and you are all-powerful. But that you cannot do. CREON: You think not? ANTIGONE: Neither save me nor stop me. CREON: Prideful Antigone! Little Oedipus!”
Stanton and Renee decide to spend their first official ‘sibling’s day’ together. The step siblings are having a rather nice time all things considered. But will the day go as smoothly as planned?
Anarchy in ancient Greece. I got inspiration by Nikiforos Lytras’ painting “Antigone in front of the dead Polynikes” and I mean: Disney should make an Antigone movie, she was pretty badass # ancient #greektheatre #antigone #disney #fanart #nikiforoslytras #greekpainter #animation #girlsinanimation #sketchoftheday #artoftheday #artistsoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BnG1iuxHEuc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ddwk7dxc8ynd
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