by Sófocles · La Magrana · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788474106879
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«Antígona» is Sophocles' tragedy, published by La Magrana in paperback (104 pages, in Catalan).
Antigone defies the edict of Creon, king of Thebes, which forbids burying Polynices for having risen against the city, and decides to give him burial in defiance of power. Against the submission of her sister Ismene, the play contrasts civil law and divine law, and reflects on justice, tyranny, unwritten rights and individual conscience.
Second volume of the Clàssics Grècia i Ro collection. Includes introduction, translation and notes by Joan Castellanos i Vila.
For students of classical literature and theater, and for those seeking a reflection on the dilemmas between law and conscience.
Sophocles was an ancient Greek tragedian, one of three from whom at least two plays have survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus and earlier than, or contemporary with, those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote more than 120 plays, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus. For almost 50 years, Sophocles was the most celebrated playwright in the dramatic competitions of the city-state of Athens, which took place during the religious festivals of the Lenaea and the Dionysia. He competed in 30 competitions, won 24, and was never judged lower than second place. Aeschylus won 13 competitions and was sometimes beaten by Sophocles; Euripides won four.
