The next meeting of Great Books KC will be September 29, 2023. We will discuss the play, Antigone, by Sophocles.
Meeting Date & Time:
Date: September 29, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm
Zoom On-Line Meeting:
— an email with link to join will be sent prior to meeting.
— the link is sent to a limited mailing list of frequent attenders.
— request mailing list addition, send to GreatBooksKC@gmail.com.
Antigone is an Athenian tragedy written by Sophocles in (or before) 441 BC and first performed at the Festival of Dionysus of the same year. It is thought to be the second oldest surviving play of Sophocles, preceded by
Ajax, which was written around the same period. The play is one of a triad of tragedies known as the three Theban plays, following
Oedipus Rex and
Oedipus at Colonus. Even though the events in
Antigone occur last in the order of events depicted in the plays, Sophocles wrote
Antigone first. The story expands on the Theban legend that predates it, and it picks up where Aeschylus'
Seven Against Thebes ends. The play is named after the main protagonist Antigone.
2 comments:
Here's a link to my review of Antigone, by Sophocles.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5798372825
The following names are those who. attended the Zoom meeting one September 29, 2023 to discuss Antigone by Sophocles.
Bernard Norcott-mahany
Bill Randolph
Clif Hostetler
Craig Carter
Donald E. Pepper
Greg Brown
Judy Covell
Mark Swails
Mary Wiliams
Pamela Evans
Rex Nowland
Tom Brown
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