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The Burial at Thebes: Sophocles' Antigone
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bookshelves: ancient-world, folklore-myth, greek-roman-mythology, plays, poetry, tragedy, ancient-greece
Nov 27, 2014
bookshelves: ancient-world, folklore-myth, greek-roman-mythology, plays, poetry, tragedy, ancient-greece
Seamus Heaney's modern reworking of Sophocles' Antigonie is beautifully done. It makes the text accessible and poignant and shows off his skill at language - the sunlight adazzle on the gulf, birds skirling overhead - classic Heaney choosing evocative words with such care.
As well as the rich language this also highlights the contemporary themes making this timeless - the fallibility and arrogance of government, man vs. woman, man vs. the state, the state vs. the gods. Mortal morality vs. something higher...
Classics fans are not going to want to miss this.
As well as the rich language this also highlights the contemporary themes making this timeless - the fallibility and arrogance of government, man vs. woman, man vs. the state, the state vs. the gods. Mortal morality vs. something higher...
Classics fans are not going to want to miss this.
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Reading Progress
November 26, 2014
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Started Reading
November 27, 2014
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November 27, 2014
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ancient-world
November 27, 2014
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folklore-myth
November 27, 2014
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greek-roman-mythology
November 27, 2014
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plays
November 27, 2014
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poetry
November 27, 2014
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tragedy
November 27, 2014
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Finished Reading
May 10, 2015
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ancient-greece
