Antigone
Buried her brother
Antigone is a figure from Greek mythology, daughter of Oedipus and subject of Sophocles' tragedy bearing her name.
She defied King Creon's edict by burying her brother Polynices, choosing divine law and family duty over civil authority—a choice that cost her life.
The name has become shorthand for principled civil disobedience: She saw herself as an Antigone, breaking unjust laws.
Classical Athenian playwright
- ThebesAncient city, two locations
- OedipusTragic Greek king
- CreonLegendary Theban king
- TiresiasSightless oracle of Thebes
chorus · hubris · hamartia · catharsis · nemesis · fate · downfall · irony
Defiance of established power
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- civil disobediencePeaceful refusal to obey
- dissentDisagreement with authority
protest · insubordination · noncompliance · burial rites · divine law · Creon · decree · conscience
Giving up something precious
- heroineBrave female protagonist
- deathCessation of life
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- entombmentPlacing in a sepulcher
principle · conviction · conscience · suffering · selflessness · courage · resistance · idealism
State of being related
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- sisterhoodBond among women
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
duty · family · allegiance · bond · piety · honor · steadfastness · fidelity
Sophocles
Classical Athenian playwright
Tiresias · chorus · hubris · hamartia · catharsis · nemesis · fate · downfall · irony · pathos
rebellion
Defiance of established power
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- civil disobediencePeaceful refusal to obey
dissent · protest · insubordination · noncompliance · burial rites · divine law · Creon · decree · conscience · audacity
sacrifice
Giving up something precious
entombment · principle · conviction · conscience · suffering · selflessness · courage · resistance · idealism · tragic death
kinship
State of being related
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- sisterhoodBond among women
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
faithfulness · duty · family · allegiance · bond · piety · honor · steadfastness · fidelity · commitment
- Ancient PlaysAgamemnon, Ajax, Electra, Helen, Heracles
- Classic PlaysHamlet, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet
- French PlaysTartuffe, Horace, Attila, Berenice, Esther
- Greek mythologyZeus, Athena, Apollo, Hera, Poseidon
- mythologyZeus, Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, Odin
- PlaysHamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear
AntigoneCreon
Legendary Theban king
Eichmann · collaborator · loyalist · Pontius Pilate · yes-man