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AntigoneText Overview

In this unit, we will read the play Antigone, as translated by Robert Fagles, related argumentative and informational texts, and videos. The location of these texts is indicated in the Unit Text List.

Core

  • Tradebook
    • Antigone, Sophocles (translated by Robert Fagles), Penguin Books, 1984
  • Digital Access
    • “Antigone Trailer,” Theatre Royal Stratford East, Theatre Royal Stratford East, 2015
    • “Antigone by Sophocles — Animated Play Summary,” Animated Books, Animated Books, 2017
    • “‘Antigone’: Creon and Antigone,” National Theatre, National Theatre, 2013
    • “‘Antigone’: Creon and Haemon,” National Theatre, National Theatre, 2013
    • “‘Antigone’: Family versus State,” National Theatre, National Theatre, 2013
    • “‘Antigone’: The Ancient Greek Chorus,” National Theatre, National Theatre, 2013
    • “The Battle of the Greek Tragedies,” Melanie Sirof, TedEd, 2015
  • Unit Reader
    • “Greece and the Theater,” from The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus, Robert Fagles, Penguin Random House, 1982
    • “How Greek Drama Saved the City,” Daniel Mendelsohn, The Wylie Agency, 2016
    • “Is it a Crime for a U.S. Citizen to Vote?,” Susan B. Anthony, Public Domain, 1873
    • “Sophocles,” Mark Cartwright, World History Encyclopedia, 2013
    • “Unburied: Tamerlan Tsarnaev and the Lessons of Greek Tragedy,” Daniel Mendelsohn, The New Yorker, 2013
    • “Women in Classical Greece,” Collette Hemingway, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014
  • Multimedia
    • “Antigone: Additional Background Information,” Dr. David Steiner, Odell Education HSLP, 2020
    • Excerpts from “The Story of Antigone: A Play, a Text, a Myth for All Times,” Dr. Evelyne Ender and Dr. David Steiner, Odell Education, 2020

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To find digital access texts on the Internet, complete the following steps:

  1. Locate the reference information for the text (text title, author, date of publication, and publisher) found on the Text page for a unit, section, or lesson.

  2. Highlight and copy the reference information.

  3. Paste the information into a search engine.

  4. The text will appear as one of the first search results.

  5. Verify the result by comparing the reference information on the website to the information on the Text page.