►“Antigone” by Sophocles / Two Poems at “La Poesía no Muerde” / #BloggersBash Awards 🔆.-
“Antigone” is the third of the three Sophocles´ Theban plays but was the first written, chronologically.
Oedipus has just passed away in Colonus, and, after Oedipus´ death Antigone and her sister Ismene decide to return to Thebes.
After her father went into exile, Antigone and her sister were raised in the house of Creon.
Antigone´s brothers Polyneices and Eteocles were casualties in a brutal war for power, each brother dying by the other’s hand.
During Oedipus´s exile, the Teban throne was shared by Polynices and Eteocles.
The two brothers decided to rule in an alternating fashion every year; but when it was time for Eteocles to step down, instead he expelled Polynices and kept the throne for himself.
Polynices, enraged, gathered an army and marched against Thebes, a story that is known as the Seven against Thebes.
During that battle, the attackers were repelled; the two brothers ended up in single combat, and killed each other.
After their death, their uncle Creon declared that Eteocles will be honored with burial since he was a defender of Thebes, while Polyneices’ body is left to the vultures and dogs. It is this edict that drives Antigone to defy the state, since she believes her brother Polyneices deserves the same treatment as Eteocles.
In the opening of the play, Antigone brings Ismene outside the palace gates late at night for a secret meeting: Antigone wants to bury Polyneices’ body, in defiance of Creon’s edict. Ismene refuses to help her, fearing the death penalty, but she is unable to stop Antigone from going to bury her brother herself, causing Antigone to disown her out of anger.
Creon decides to spare Ismene but rules that Antigone should be buried alive in a cave as punishment for her transgressions. She is brought out of the house, bewailing her fate but still vigorously defending her actions, and is taken away to her living tomb, to expressions of great sorrow by the Chorus.
Haemon, Creon’s son who was to marry Antigone, advises his father to reconsider his decision.
In a dramatic dialogue with his father, Haemon defends the moral basis of Antigone’s actions while warning his father that the people of Thebes sympathize with her determination to bury Polyneices.
The blind prophet Tiresias warns Creon warns Creon that the gods side with Antigone, and that Creon will lose a child for his crimes of leaving Polyneices unburied and for punishing Antigone so harshly. Tiresias warns that all of Greece will despise him, and that the sacrificial offerings of Thebes will not be accepted by the gods.
Creon insults Tiresias, but soon after he realizes that Tiresias has never been wrong and that he must do his bidding. Hence he eventually consents to follow their advice and to free Antigone and to bury Polyneices.
But, a messenger then enters to report that, in their desperation, both Haemon and Antigone have taken their own lives. Creon’s wife, Eurydice, is distraught with grief over the loss of her son, and flees the scene. Creon himself begins to understand that his own actions have caused these events. A second messenger then brings the news that Eurydice has also killed herself, calling curses down on Creon for having caused the tragedy.and, with her last breath, had cursed her husband and his intransigence.
Alone, in despair, Creon accepts responsibility for all the tragedy and prays for a quick death. The Chorus closes the play with an attempt at consolation, by saying that although the gods punish the proud, punishment also brings wisdom.
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►Family Tree:
♠Description of the Family Tree (Elements of the plot included):
Oedipus is a descendent of the Labdacus family. He inadvertently kills his father Laius and marries his mother, Jocasta.
As a result of Oedipus’ marriage to Jocasta, he sires four children, who are at once his siblings and his children: Eteocles, Polyneices, Ismene, and Antigone.
Oedipus, shamed by his marriage and murder, surrenders the kingdom to his brother Creon.
Creon takes over the kingdom because it is feared that Eteocles and Polyneices are also cursed by the Labdacus plague and will continue bringing misery to Thebes.
However, Polyneices makes a claim on the Theban crown, causing him to be banished. At this point, Polyneices raises an army, returns to claim Thebes, and ends up dying at the hands of Eteocles, who dies in the fray as well.
Creon remains in control of Thebes.
Of this line, only Ismene and Antigone remain living at the start of the play.
Antigone is supposed to marry her cousin Haemon, but by the end of the play, in a revelation that demonstrates just how widespread the Labdacus curse is – Haemon, Eurydice (Haemon´s mother) and Antigone die, leaving only Ismene and Creon as descendants of Labdacus.
►Dichotomous Characters:
→Antigone / Creon:
The idealistic character of Antigone consciously risks her life through her actions, concerned only with obeying the laws of the gods and the dictates of familial loyalty and social decency. Creon, on the other hand, regards only the requirement of political expediency and physical power, although he too is unrelenting in his stance. Much of the tragedy lies in the fact that Creon’s realization of his folly and rashness comes too late, and he pays a heavy price, left alone in his wretchedness.
Creon abuses his power, mainly by decreeing man’s law as a consequence of divine will. He is loyal to the state, but is subject to human weakness and poor judgment. He has Polyneices’ body defiled while Eteocles is honored because he feels that he cannot give equal to share to both brothers when one was a traitor and the other was loyal. He does not recognize that other forms of justice exist, and in his pride he condemns Antigone, defies the gods, and brings ruin on himself.
→Antigone / Ismene:
When faced with injustice, Antigone and Ismene react quite differently – the former aggressively, progressively, and the latter more conservatively. Ismene is not so much afraid of injustice as she is frightened of her own demise – and she cannot bear to incur the wrath of men for fear of being condemned to the same fate as the rest of her family. After watching her father and brothers die, she believes that the best course of action is to lie low and obey. In the case of Ismene, it seems inaction is tied to fear-at least until she willingly offers to die next to Antigone, at which point we realize that she is not so much inactive as she is unsure of her place as a woman. Thus, while Ismene is a figure characterized principally by doubt, Antigone is one who plunges ahead purely on self-belief and her firm convictions about right and wrong. Ultimately, then, because of these fundamental differences in philosophy, they cannot die together, though Ismene wants to. Antigone forbids it.
►Most Important Themes:
The play explores many deep themes such as state control (the right of the individual to reject society’s infringement on personal freedoms and obligations); natural law vs. Human law (Creon advocates obedience to Human laws, while Antigone stresses the higher laws of duty to the gods and one’s family) and the related issue of civil disobedience (Antigone believes that state law is not absolute, and that civil disobedience is justified in extreme cases); citizenship (Creon’s decree that Polyneices should remain unburied suggests that Polyneices’ treason in attacking the city effectively revokes his citizenship and the rights that go with it – ”citizenship by law” rather than “citizenship by nature”); and family (for Antigone, the honour of the family outweighs her duties to the state).
►Quotes from Sophocles´s “Antigone”:
“All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride”∼
“Tomorrow is tomorrow.
Future cares have future cures,
And we must mind today”.
“That will come when it comes;
we must deal with all that lies before us.
The future rests with the ones who tend the future.”
“To err is common
To all men, but the man who having erred
Hugs not his errors, but repents and seeks
The cure, is not a wastrel nor unwise”.
“All men make mistakes, it is only human.
But once the wrong is done, a man
can turn his back on folly, misfortune too,
if he tries to make amends, however low he’s fallen,
and stops his bullnecked ways. Stubbornness
brands you for stupidity—pride is a crime”.
“I was born to join in love, not hate–that is my nature”.
“Do not fear for me. Make straight your own path to destiny”.
“Unnatural silence signifies no good”.
“Mad are thy subjects all, and even the wisest heart
Straight to folly will fall, at a touch of thy poisoned dart”.
“Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness; and reverence towards the Gods must be inviolate. Great words of prideful men are ever punished with great blows, and, in old age, teach the chastened to be wise”.
“Oh, it’s terrible when the one who does the judging judges things all wrong”.
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►Links Post:
http://www.gradesaver.com/antigone
http://www.varsitytutors.com/englishteacher/antigone-lesson-plans.html
http://www.sparknotes.com/drama/antigone/summary.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigone_(Sophocles_play)
http://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Polynices/polynices.html
http://www.gradesaver.com/antigone/study-guide/summary
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/o/the-oedipus-trilogy/play-summary/antigone
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► “My Poems Inmersión / Immersion and Quien calla otorga / Silence means consent at La Poesía no Muerde”.
[May 4th/May 12th 2016].~
I am glad to announce that my poems “Immersion” and “Silence means consent” were featured at “La Poesía no Muerde”
In both cases, the prompt was to write a poem based on images and songs.
•The song corresponding to the first poem is “Alanna” and it was composed by Orlando Valle.
As to its image, it comes from Bernardo Arcos, whose blog´s name is “La cueva de Don Bernardo”. Plus, You can check out the Youtube Video, in which I read the poem here
•The song for “Silence means consent” is “Reunión Bleue”, by Orlando Valle. Several photographs by Marcos Ferreiro illustrate the poem. You can check out the Youtube Video, in which I read the poem here.
As you may know by now, “La Poesía no Muerde” is a blog hosted by Hélène Laurent.
It is a collective blog in Spanish which prompts are usually triggered by images that might lead to poems or poems that, once published, are waiting to be illustrated with images. In this case, music was a new component.
The two poems I wrote were included in this post and over here.
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►La Poesía no Muerde
~ Poem~ “Inmersión” / “Immersion”:
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►“Inmersión” (Cuarta Experiencia “La Poesía no Muerde”):
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►La Poesía no Muerde / Poetry doesn´t Bite
~ Poem~ “Quien calla otorga” / “Silence means consent”:
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🌟Last but surely not least 🌟:
→Bloggers Bash Awards: “Most informative Blog Award”:
So guys, have you read about the Annual Blogger’s Bash… In case you haven´t, it is an annual blogger meeting which takes place in London… This year, it was set up for June 11th.
The Bash was organised by the committee members: Sacha, Ali, Hugh, and Geoff.
As Sacha says: “It’s purpose is to bring together the blogging community and provide an opportunity for everyone to meet the friends they have
made online”.
Well, apparently they had a blast. There was a welcome speech; bloggers social gathering; the Annual Bloggers Bash awards given out at
intervals. And… the event included an informative masterclass from Luca Sartoni, international speaker and member of Automatic, WordPress.
During the event, the attendees knew first-hand who were the Bloggers Bash Awards´winners. Soon later, the one and only Sacha posted the complete list on her blog.
This is the personal side of the issue: I am very happy to announce that I won the Bloggers Bash Award for Most informative Blog!… You can watch this little clip from the Bash, in which Geoff announced I had won Most Informative Blog… Thanks to everyone who voted for me. Also, congratulations to all the nominees, and to the Bash committee for organizing these awards and the event!.
Head over to Sacha Black´s blog to check out the complete list. 😉☀️ Also, check out the Bloggers Bash Facebook group and Twitter hashtag.
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Note: In order to write this overview on the Annual Blogger’s Bash, I read and used information contained in the following posts/blogs (Credits go to the respective owners).
♠”Annual Bloggers Bash” by Sacha Black.
♠”Bloggers Bash, The Ultimate Faq” by Sacha Black.
♠”And the winners of the #bloggerbash awards 2016 are”… by Sacha Black.
♠”The #BloggersBash Agenda and Who’s Who” by Ali Isaac.
♠”How to ensure your perfect ABB (Annual Bloggers Bash) #bloggersbash” by Geoff Le Pard.
♠”The Annual Bloggers Bash Awards – Voting Has Now Closed” by Hugh Roberts.
♠”A picture is worth a thousand words #mondayblogs #bloggersbash” by Shelley Wilson.
♠”A Blogging Great Day!” by Judy Martin at Edwina Episodes.
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Another post that entertains and informs…well compiled and delivered.
Thank you very much dear Sally!… I am very pleased to know that you liked the post. All my best wishes!. Aquileana 😀
You are making me fall in love with mythology! I love your posts and had totally forgotten that Oedipus was three plays. I only read the first one. Well done and I love the excerpts and poems you include. Hope you’re well! *hugz*
Hi there dear Cynthia… thank you!… I am pleased to know that you liked the post and that you could get a general view on “Antigone”… I appreciate your words! ❤ All the best to you!, Aquileana 😀
This is what I love about mythology, So many stories that take you right in like you are watching it all through your own eyes 🙂
I completely agree with you, dear Andy… we love Greek Mythology and Greek Literature, don´t we? 😀 All my best wishes & happy Father´s day to you Aquileana ⭐
That we all very much do ^.^/
Cheers on your award too! very deserved for your great posts 🙂
Thank you very much dear Andy! 😉 Aquileana 😀
^.^/ Cheers cheers!
Cheers dear Andy… ❤
More wonderful mythology. So well-researched and informative, as usual, Aquileana. I love that all this ancient information is available – that we can actually read the quotes of Sophocles is very cool. Congrats on the Bash award too – well deserved. 🙂
Thanks so much for such a thoughtful comment… I am glad to know that you liked the post… And, yes: we are lucky to have these pplays among us, despite the fact that they were written so many centuries ago… Sending you all my best wishes!. Aquileana 😀
Congrats on being most informative. Indeed you are.
I also appeciate this addition: Most Important Themes. That’s really helpful! So great, thought-provoking themes here.
Thanks so much dear Georgia… your comment just made my day! 😉
Wishing you a good rest of your sunday & week ahead. Aquileana 😀
Well done on your poems being published! As always, thank you for the detailed and appreciated history lesson. So much to learn from your posts! Of all the substance reflected herein, my favorite takeaway: “I was born to join in love, not hate–that is my nature”.
Thank you very much dear Eric 😀 Also thanks for highlighting that quote, which I believe is simply remarkable…. not to mention how useful it would be among us -citizens of the world- these days
All the best to you!, Aquileana 😀
Older mythology, including Greek, is much more powerful than the mythology of our technological age (cinema, fantasy novels, television etc), with the exception of the mythology we are given by science involving the cosmos. The Big bang(which i dont believe in) and evolution are both pretty much creation myths. So i think it’s awesome that there are people like you who remind us how relevant myths are to our lives even for entertainment. Youre extremely thorough too
Thanks for such a clever comment… I fully agree with you… the force of a legacy is not necessarily determined by the technological range of a society… Proof of this are the Ancient Greeks.
Great to read your words… Sending best wishes. Aquileana 🔆.-
It’s been ages since I read Antigone and I’d forgotten the story. As always, love the pictures and congrats on winning the award – truly deserving.
Hi dear Jan… thanks so much for your words, regarding the Bash Award… Also, I am very pleased to know that you liked the post… All the best to you Aquileana 😀
I would drink your knowledge if I could 🙂
Wow… thanks so much for those words, dear John…. sending best wishes for your week ahead. Aquileana 😀
tomorrow is tomorrow ☺️ and congrats good news!
I liked that quote too. Thanks so much…. love and best wishes. Aquileana 😀
❤ thank you Aquileana 😀
Nice one, Aquileana. I should probably read Sophocles again. It’s been many, many years.
Hi Jeff, I absolutely love Sophocles´`Antigone´. it is such a deep and powerful play… Thank you very much for dropping by!. All my best wishes!. Aquileana 😀
Congratulations on the award – my vote counted! You do truly inform. I vaguely remembered Antigone from somewhere long ago, Keep up the good work!
Congratulations on winning Most Informative Blog – you deserve it! I love the way you explore the deeper issues of mythology in these posts such as here the relationship between the rights and duties of the individual and the state. The fact that such modern themes are in these ancient Greek works of art just convinces me even more of the amazing humanism and advanced thinking of the ancient Greeks. No one in the ancient pre-Christian world described the human condition with such depth and understanding.
Hi there dear Caroline… Thanks so much… I am still thrilled! 😀
Your are quite right when you highlight that topic and how ancient greeks were somehow advanced for their time… These tragedies are still in force nowadays… not only because of their literary and ethical and aesthethical value… but because, first and foremost, are still taught in Schools these days… I doubt there could be a more conclusive example of such an an undeniable legacy…
I much appreciate your comment!…. sending love and best wishes. Aquileana ⭐
Indeed, it counted…. Thanks so much for voting for me…
I am pleased to know that you enjoyed the post… All my best wishes. Aquileana 🎇 ~
Another interesting post, and once again reveals the complex nature of human psyche and society… Thank you for the fascinating read 🙂
Hi dear Takami!. Thank you very much for dropping by and for your nice words… Glad to know that you liked the post… Happy week. All the best to you!, Aquileana 😀
Congratulations my friend! I voted for you and am thrilled ot hear the result. Definitely well deserved. I can think of no more informative blog than yours. My brain is left swirling with knowledge of Greek mythology post visit. Well done!
Hi dear Sue., Thanks so much for having voted for me… I cherish your virtual friendship… Thanks for being there… Love and all the best to you… Aquileana 🎇 ~
Dear Aquileana, Congratulation! Every your post is so incredibly interesting and bright.
Thank you for your knowledge, talent and dedication! 🙂
Thanks a lot for your words, dear Irina… I am beyond appreciative.
All the best to you!, Aquileana 😀
again, such insights into the wisdom of the ancients!
i can now consider being punished as a source of wisdom 🙂
You are quite right-… Punishment has always had a cathartic effect… even more when a whole family was cursed such as happens here… All the best to you!, Aquileana 😀
Congratulations on the award Amalia – I hoped you would win! I loved your poems – well done! Your resumé of Antigone was the best I have ever read of this play which is as relevant now as it was when it was written.
Dear Clare… thanks so much for such beautiful words… I am really appreciative my friend… I hope that you have a great week ahead, with warm days included… as for me… we are entering winter next tuesday…. (Brr) Love and best wishes. Aquileana 😉
Thank-you! I hope you aren’t too cold! We haven’t had many warm summer days yet – yesterday was only 13 degrees Centigrade! Have a lovely week with love from your friend Clare xxxx<3
14 degrees is quite cold for summer, indeed… our summer days are often above 30 degress C …. Anyway, I bet it will get warmer…
Thanks for your wishes… I have little resistance when it comes to coldness, (and I mean the weathew mind you … but not exclusively 😉 ) … sending hugs across the miles, dear Clare. Your friend. Aquileana 🎇 ~
🙂 xx
Congratulations on your award, well deserved. Another excellent post as well. ❤
Thank you very much dear Maverick…. you have been here for quite a while… I am very grateful for your support ❤ All the best to you!, Aquileana 😀
Love Antigone. She’s a fascinating character.
I coulnd´t agree more with you… Thank you very much dear Jacqui… All the best to you!, Aquileana😀
You’re such a talented writer. Congratulations on your new award, you certainly deserve it. It was an honor to have one of my works linked to your poem.
Best regards!
Thanks a lot dear Bernardo… I am honoured to have your images featured here… I jjust felt the right poetic words were easily coming out, triggered by it…. All the best to you!, Aquileana😀
Thanks for an interesting story…Greek mythology conveys many subtle messages on human psychology and behavior. Loved those poems too. 🙂 congratulations for winning another award 🙂
Stay blessed dear Aqui!
Hi dear Balroop…. tahnsk for such a beautifully penned comment, my friend… Also, for your words concerning the Bash Award… Happy week ahead. Love and best wishes. Aquileana 😀
Congrats Aquileana, very well-deserved! Loved this post (love all your posts), but this one really hit home for me today, sent my mind whirling off in a bunch of different directions, but they’ll all yet to return. Thank you, loved, and shared. Hope this week is treating you kindly so far. 🙂 Big hugs xox
Hi dear Donna….
I love your comment (Mainly when you say: `It sent my mind whirling off in a bunch of different directions, but they’ll all yet to return´). I am very pleased to read your words, my friend… thanks so much… have a great week ahead… many hugs to you. Aquilleana 🎇 ~
“Tomorrow is tomorrow.
Future cares have future cures,
And we must mind today”.
Oh how I remember such lines of import because I taught this play once to my high school students. Thanks as always for the time and excellence you put into your posts. Love and hugs, N 🙂 ❤
I truly like that quote as well… Thank you very much, dear Natalie, for highlighting it… happy week to you. Love and best wishes Aquileana 😀
Same to you‼️😘
Congratulations. Much deserved.
Thank you very much dear Mark… All my best wishes!. Aquileana 😀
Thanks for visiting and appreciation , Aquileana !
I am happy that you liked the photos posted!
If you pass by me, you will see other photos as beautiful and interesting! 🙂
Until then, I wish with all my heart good health and wellbeing! 🙂
With esteem and respect,
Aliosa, ROMANIA .
Thank you very much dear Aliosa 🌟 I truly appreciate your words and wish you well too — All the best to you!, Aquileana 😀
First of all, congrats for the most deserved award. and then, with this new blog entry Antigone you give us again lots of reasons for thought, you present to us deep ancient wisdom in an appealing form. Thanks, Aquileana.
Thank you very much dear for such kind and thoughtful comment… I truly apprecite your words… Sending all my best wishes!. Aquileana 😀
Congratulations on your well-deserved award! 🙂
Your post as always is full of interesting details. The main themes are just as relevant to day as they were way back then.
And your poems are lovely, so imaginative and descriptive; great to read them here. 🙂
Thanks a lot for dropping by and for your beautiful comment!.
I truly appreciate your words.Sending you all my best wishes!. Aquileana😀
“I was born to join in love, not hate–that is my nature”.– great quote !
Congrats on your award, my friend.
I truly like that quote as well… Thank you very much dear Chris… happy week to you. Aquileana 😀
Aquileana, fabulous again in every way. You deserve every award going for your brilliant posts my friend. The dudes are cheering x
Thank you very much dear She ❤
Sending hugs !… Happy week and almost summer ahead, Aquileana 😀
I was just thinking about how informative your posts are, as I read the one on Antigone, then I read down to the news of your award! Congratulations, Aquileana!
Wow… thanks so much for such a beautiful comment dear Cynthia… sending love and best wishes, Aquileana😀
Thank you, Aquileana and I hope you have a terrific week!
Thanks my friend… you too…. Aquileana 😀
Happy Day ❤
Sending Love!… Happy week, dear Simona, Aquileana 😀
Thank you for bringing your knowledge along with heart and soul!
Thanks a lot for dropping by and for your lovely comment, dear Val!. Sending love and best wishes, Aquileana😀
Congrats on the award! I’ve been blogging for five years and just found out about it.
Thank you very much for your words here…
Love and best wishes, Aquileana😀
I like the historical context!
Thank you very much dear Jay…. Love and best wishes. . Aquileana😀
Congrats, dear Aquileana 🙂 Very well deserved! Indeed the best informative blog you have. I’ve learnt so many things from your posts..always a pleasure reading them. Happy for you… ❤
Thank you very much for such nice words, dear Mani….
I am beyond appreciative, my friend… Have a great week ahead. Love and best wishes, Aquileana😀
I’d heard of the play “Antigone” before, of course, but I’ve never read it, so I only had the haziest of ideas about its contents. Even just reading the summary, I immediately thought Creon was wrong and Antigone was right. Polyneices may have attacked, but that was only because Eteocles broke the agreed upon rule, so the initial fault was his. It’s interesting that even all these years later, the instinctive reaction of the reader is that Antigone is heroic and in the right and Creon is pig-headed and in the wrong.
This is a great comment…. Aristotle made sure to highlight how paradigmatic the characters of a Greek tragedy shoud be… the hero´s characteristics and behaviours are highlighted per se or by contrast, keeping in mind other characters… Antigone would not have had such heroic behaviours if Creon would have not forbidden her to bury Polyneices …
Juxtaposition is very well crafted all throughout this play…
Thanks so much for dropping by… All the best to you!, Aquileana 😀
Thank you very much, Aquileana. I find it very interesting to learn more about ancient Greek drama since it is so fundamental to European culture and so important in world culture. 🙂
Vey well stated… thanks so much for your contributions… happy week… and summer ahead. Aquileana 😀
You too! 🙂
Greek tragedies were never my passion but your posts make them interesting.
Rich in news and well-maintained. Details and images.
A serene afternoon
Thank you very much dear Newwhitebear for such kind word… great to see you!…Sending you all my best wishes!. Aquileana 💫
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I was looking forward to this blog post and read it with delight 🙂 A beautiful tribute to one of the most tragic women characters! Also, congratulations on the Bash Award – much deserved, my friend! Wishing you a fabulous weekend! xx
Hi dear Inese…. thanks so much for your comment, my friend … I am delighted to know that you enjoyed the feature on “Antigone”, a play which I believe has many layers and morals too!!!!… Thnaks for your words concerning the Bash Award too!… Love & best wishes. Aquileana 😀
WordPress needs a ‘love’ button here. ‘Like’ seems so inadequate. So very happy for the well deserved recognition. Many congratulations with loads for future success. ღ
Thank you very much for dropping by and for such a lovely comment… I much appreciate your words and support! 😀 Wishing you best of luck as well as success too 😉 Aquileana
such unrelenting forces of tragic destiny in the Greek plays!! Thank you for sharing and congratz on the award!! Well deserved!
Many thanks from the bottom of my heart for your nice words, dear Cybele… very pleased to read your comment… Happy weeek ahead! 😉 Aquileana 😀
and to you!
Do you see a parallel between the play and anything in the modern world, I wonder?
I guess Creon might have many parallels with certain actual politicals… Mainly when it comes to despotism and authoritarianism… that just to mention the most relevant thing I am thinking right now! 😉 thanks so much for dropping by. Best wishes. Aquileana 🙂
Toutes mes félicitations pour ton awards. Il faut dire aussi que tes articles sont toujours très intéressant et très bien documentés, je prend toujours beaucoup de plaisir à les lire.
Je te souhaite une bonne fin de semaine
Bisous
Merci cher Georges… Tes mots sont très importantes pour moi .. Bonne fin de semaine, bisous de coeur ♥ Aquileana 😀
Reblogged this on Kate McClelland.
Thank you very much for reblogging, dear Kate!— I really appreciate it… wishing you a great weekend. Regards. Aquileana😀
I had no doubt you would win the Bloggers Bash Award of most informative. Your blog is amazing! Antigone, Immersion (that drawing ‘draws’ me in – I recognize myself!), and featured poems. What a great combo.
I hope so too. I love your blog, so informative and poetic. Good luck 🙂
😀 Thank you very much dear Elisa…
All the best to you. Aquileana ❤
Thanks so much … I am beyond appreciative to read your comment!…
I am very glad to know that you enjoyed the feature in its whole completeness! ❤ 😉 Love and best wishes. Aquileana ⭐
Powerful post, my dear friend. You continue to inspire a new generation with the strength of mythology, which is written into the DNA of humanity. Congratulations on your award!! I am celebrating on my side of the world. May your day be full of love, joy, stories, music and poetry.
Thanks a lot for your words dear Rebecca!… and for sharing this excitement towards the award!… We should celebrate! (Wink 😉 ) —
You are quite right: this play is such an invaluable legacy… still in force nowadays! I hope that you have an excellent weekend, and its is great to know that the rain does not stop you with your plans for your saturday! … 😀 Love and all my best wishes, always. Aquileana
Antigone est l’un des personnages qui m’intriguent le plus. Que ce soit dans la pièce de Sophocle ou dans celle de Jean Anouilh, elle me colle des frissons. Et je ressors toujours avec cette même question : Qu’est-ce que moi, j’aurais fait ? Un grand merci pour ce partage 🙂
je devrais lire la pièce de Jean Anouilh… Je viens de lire le resumé sur Wikipedia… et j´ai trouvé quelques différences, par example, le fait que Antigone soit condamnée à être enterrée vivante…
Cependant, les similitudes sont la note principale… Néanmoins, Je suis sûre que portraits psychologique des personnages doivent differ… Je le lirai, donc… Merci pour ton commentaire et ta recommandation littéraire, cher Elisa… Bon week-end! 😉 Aquileana 😀
Et bonne lecture 🙂
Merci chère Elisa. Bonne semaine, bisous. Aquileana ♥
Very informative post again, as usual. I have never heard about: the “Annual Blogger’s Bash”, which means that I have not voted. Sorry. Congratulations on the Bash award.
Happy weekend.
P.S. Loved poems.
No problems dear Sartenada… At the end, I won the award, so you are free of charges … haha 😀
Thanks a lot for dropping by and for your comment!. 🙂 I am pleased to know that you liked the poems… Enjoy your weekend, all my best wishes!. Aquileana 😀
Love the poems, A and congratulations on the Bash Award!
Thank you very much dear Letizia 💫… I truly appreciate it… Pleased to know that you liked the poems too! 😉
All the best to you!, Aquileana 😀
Fantastic! Love the great detail your articles always have, amazing!
Thank you very much. . 🙂 I am really pleased to know that you liked the post… Sending you all my best wishes!. Aquileana 😀
My pleasure! :))
Buon fine settimana amica Aquileana…
Un abbraccio, Omar
Tante grazie caro amico… buon fine settimana… un abbraccio. Aquileana ⭐
Congratulations on the win – most deserved! Congratulations also on your poems being featured – brilliant. I liked them very much. Did you translate them? Very tricky to translate poetry I feel…Another great informative post and love the list of phrases from the play!
Hi Annika… Thank you very much for your words… I am pleased to know that you liked the pomes I have written… Yes, I translate them, which means I re-write them somehow… you are right, translations might be tricky, mainly when you translate in a literal way, as it most times does not work well if you do!… 🙂 All my best wishes!, Aquileana 😀
Congratulations for winning 1st place “Most Informative Original Content Blogger” !!!
Thank you very much!!!. All the best to you ⭐ Aquileana 😀
Another wonderful post. I’ve never read ‘Antigone’ so I found the continuing story of the Labdacus curse fascinating. I also enjoyed the way you presented the characters, not only of the two sisters but those of Creon and some of the minor characters, too. I particularly liked the comparison between the two sisters, and how they reacted to events.Antigone was such a tragic heroine.
Many congratulations on the Award. I knew you’d do it ! Your blog is superb and the award is so well deserved. I love reading your posts.Keep them coming! 🙂
Hi dear Millie… thanks for highlighting the importance of the Labdacus curse… I believe Sophocles did a great job by using this subtle element all throughout the trilogy— and yet there are many forces related to subjective and personal acts, which are conclusive when it comes to triggering events in the tragedy … For example here, the fact that Antigone decides to bury Polyneices against Creon´s interdicts, as she believes he deserves the same treatment as Eteocles. That is an act which is not related to Fate, but to Freedom and will…
Ismene and Antigone – both sisters of an incestuous marriage- are dichotomous characters… Almost the same way that Creon and Antigone are—- I truly liked the fact that Sophocles opposed them, probably in order to enhance their main features!…
Sending love & best wishes. Aquileana 😀
It’s a truly remarkable story from beginning to end, and your posts kept me reading with intent! Sophocles was certainly a master of both plot and character development. 🙂
Congratulations on the award. In this case I agree on the award and the winner. This post reminds me of a line from a poem I read so many many years ago:ANTIGONE IS MY IDEAL, BUT CREON AND I ARE ONE.
That´s a great quote… I think that most of us might relate to Antigone… because of her high ideals and bravery… as a sort of moral example…
But reality, as raw and practical as it is might bring us closer to Creon..
Thanks a lot for dropping by and for your comment!.All the best to you!, Aquileana 😀
Wonderful about your award, AP! It is great to see my vote counted 😉 I’m proud of you! ALSO wow your 2 poems are lovely and so pleased you translated them into English so we could read them ♥ I found out so much about Antigone by reading this post. I will want to read the play and find the exact details you mention. The inclusion of quotes is very clever too. Bravo!!
Hi Chris, thanks so much for dropping by and for your nice words… Indeed, your voted counted (mainly for me ! ❤ )
I am very glad to know that you enjoyed the poems and that you think Antigone is an interesting play… I do too…
In fact, she is a paradigmatic example of feminism. So yes… I also think you´ll love this tragedy…
Sending love & best wishes. Happy weekend. Aquileana 😀
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Thank you very much for reblogging, dear Paul!— I really appreciate it… wishing you a great weekend. Aquileana 😀
You’re welcome Amalia:)
Congrats on getting your poems out into the world 🙂 I taught Antigone to sophomores my first two years of teaching. I loved doing my slideshow on the origins of Greek Theatre, which then lead into a discussion of the Oedipus Complex. Next, came the family tree. That always gets the attention of high schooler. Well that and eye gouging 😉
Hi dear there Jeri… thanks so much for your words here… I like to learn about your experience as a teacher…
I am still amazed at the fact that these tragedies, written so many centuries before are still in force… not only from a literary point of view… but keeping in mind the school curriculum… 🙂
I guess some things are unperishable … their influence goes far beyond social and temporal circumstances!…. sending all my best wishes. Aquileana 😉
Much Kudos to you Aquileana on the Award that you did merit,your poems and of course on the analytical presentation of Antigone.I have attended the tragedy in the Epidaurus ancient theatre several times,each time is thrilling as if it were the first time …
“Ανάμεσα στις επιθυμίες και στις ηδονές, υπάρχουν κάποιες παράνομες.Σε μερικούς περιστέλλονται από τους νόμους και από άλλες καλύτερες επιθυμίες, με την επικουρία του λογικού.Έτσι, ή φεύγουν εντελώς ή όσες μένουν είναι λίγες και αδύνατες. Σε άλλους όμως είναι δυνατότερες και περισσότερες…” Πλάτωνος Πολιτεία …
“Among the desires and pleasures, there are some paranomes.To some curtailed by laws and other best wishes, with the assistance of logic.So either leave altogether or those left are few and weak. But in others is stronger and more … ” Plato Politeia ….
Antigone and Creon,the conflict between divine and human laws.Two different worlds together,range of movement and power.The ruler Creon appears as the guardian of the law,to protect the city from danger.Antigone invokes unwritten divine laws which are immutable and have eternal force in order to justify the decision to “unlawful” burial of Polynices … And so many other morals amongst the dichotomous characters … All the best to you Aquileana dear,“It is my nature to join in love …. ” ❀ڿڰۣ♥ ღ
PS:I gladly tweet it away,right now;thank you 🙂
Hi dear dear Doda…. thanks so much for such a thorough comment… I was thinking of Plat´s tripartite structure of the soul as I read the quote from Politeia that you brought to us… it seems that for some characters or personalities tragedy must be a closer possibility… as if there was a sort of personal arrangement which attracts it somehow… I know: there was a curse upon Oedipus´family, but the way of being of Antigone seem to act favorably when it comes to the trigger events leading to the tragedy and its development… Hence, the more passionate part of her soul has relevance I guess… In other words, tragedies are not uniquely something coming from above, or just led by blind forces of Destiny… I wonder if there is an element of will (freedom) which counts almost as much as Fate does…
As to the dichotomous characters in this play… I think Sophocles did a great job by depicting them, whilst oppsoing thei rmain features one to the other.
Sending love & best wishes, my friend . Aquileana 🙂
Hi there dear Aquileana,and so many thanks for expanding on my comment and my concept.Timeless works like that were meant to trigger the inquiring mind and to purify the soul through advanced thinking where we realise our highest nature.Really,do we provoke our fate?Are there some humans with a tendency to experience tragic events by nature?And some others who think that can always take control of free will … ?Did I read your post because I chose to or becauce I was manipulated by some “above” forces?
I might digress,but you mentioned free will above and now we enter some other complicated scientific fields,I reckon.We won’t write another post here,but we both tried to explore the multisided nature of the certain tragedy and not only.It’s not that simple though as philosophy and theology are deeply involved.Is free will an illusion?And how is our mental life affected by the structure of the brain?It’s still under scientific research and they try to examine all the versions of free will which is so branchy … Whatever our philosophical perspective,we have to agree on the fact that the way we think has a profound impact on our behaviour,our deeds and our lives … Best to you Aquileana,have a peaceful day,my friend 🙂 xxx
Thanks for another journey through mythology, Aqui, for the stories on Antigone and Oedipus. These stories never cease to inform and entertain…
Thanks a lot for dropping by and for your beautiful comment, dear Raj!.
I truly appreciate your words. Blessings and all the best to you. Aquileana 🙂
This was a magnificent post Aquileana and a powerful story. Your “Most Important Themes” were very insightful and I liked the quotations from Antigone. Thank you once again for all the study and time you put into to your writing. You’ve certainly earned the blogging awards you’re receiving. Congratulations.
Hi Dave!. Thank you very much for your feedback… your words are much appreciated, always… sending love & best wishes. Aquileana 😀
Congratulations, Aquileana. The poems are so lovely. I’m delighted that you shared them with us. Another wonderful post. Mega hugs.
Thanks a lot for your words dear Teagan…. Coming from you, they are highly appreciated… will catch up with the Guitar Mancer on the upcoming installment…. look forward to it… Many hugs and happy weekend! Aquileana 😀
Hi there Aquileana, I have been saving this for when I had lots of time to focus on the details that you so brilliantly layer your posts in. I,m so glad I did. A beautiful, artistic, creative composition, fascinating and captivating. I adore the link Immersion that you gifted us. Thank you my dear friend, Have the loveliest of days! ❤ in addition, the photos of you are lovely!
Hi dear Holly!… it is great to see you… thanks so much for your praise… I am thrilled to read your words, and to know particularly that you liked the poem Immersion… Coming from a poet like you, it just makes me so happy!… Sending love and best wishes. See you on your blog soon… Happy weekend too!. Aquileana 😉
Thank you Aquileana! It’s always a pleasure to read and communicate with you!
Captivating as always with your detailed descriptions Aq. Certainly all these mythological characters had a penchant for jealousy and killing off their siblings to regain their own power.
And congrats on the award my friend. You are more than deserving of this award from the Bash. Your posts are always so detailed, well researched and informing. 🙂 xoxox ❤
Hi dear dear Debbie… thanks so much for your support…. I am delighted to read your words and truly appreciate them… Congrats also on being among the first ones for your category…. xo
Love and best wishes. Aquileana 😀
Thank you my friend. ❤ Happy week coming to you. 🙂 xo
Antígona, hay, las tragedias nos sacuden, desconciertan, y con su grito desgarrado nos aproximan al aliento de lo real. La realidad extraña, sufriente e incomprensible de todos los días. Y tus poemas… me han dejado literalmente sin aliento, Aquileana, Amalia divina. El sentimiento se destila en el crisol alquímico de la mente, y brotan versos de evocadora introspección. Me han recordado a las poesías de Borges, tu inmortal compatriota. Y no te lo tomes como un elogio hueco, lo digo desde la sinceridad del asombro.
Un fuerte abrazo, Aquileana. No desampares nunca a estos seguidores tuyos en el remolino de tanta mediocridad cibernética.
José… mil gracias por tus palabras, tan cálidas y tan reconfortantes…. aprecio mucho tu apoyo y me alegro de que te hayan gustado mis poemas, amigo… Borges es un escritor de tamaña envergadura… te comento que al momento mi mayor influencia poética es Olga Orozco, gran poeta argentina, cuya lectura te recomiendo. (Hay páginas dedicadas a ella en la web!)… Aquí hay un poema que leo de ella, en castellano… la introducción es en Inglés no obstante: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFSEY-q-yDg De la misma manera, coincido con vos en tus apreciaciones respecto a la esencia de la tragedia… que como tal es eterna, imperturbable… la forma cambia, pero lo que moviliza estas piezas, no, creo yo… Te mando un abrazo grande!… gracias. Aquileana 😀
Wow, wonderful post, Aquileana! The family tree made it all the clearer to someone like me who’s not sure about knowing everyone relating to the Greek Mythology.
Thanks for sharing all the amazing information here.
Have a great weekend!
Thank you very much dear Heena… I am pleased to know that you liked the post and good to know that the family tree was useful as well… I thought so, as there are many characters and most times we might forget who is who and which are the relationships among them… Love & best wishes. Aquileana 💫
Pleasure, dear.
As always you’ve taught me something new today! I love your blog and your writing. So, THANK YOU! ❤
Best wishes to you too!
Thank you very much dear Henna ❤ I am very grateful… have a great week… and summer ahead. Love and best wishes. Aquileana 😀
You’re welcome! You too 😀
Aquileana guten Morgen hab einen schönen Sonntag hier ist wieder Regen angesagt sei herzlichst gegrüßt Klaus in Freundshaft
Thanks so much for your visit and kind words, dear Klaus… wishing you a perfect sunday and week ahead! 😉 Aquileana 😀
http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/471710bonjour.gif. Bonjour AQUILEANA tu es très jolie , belle journée , bisous
Merci beaucoup cher Bernard…Gros bisous … Bonne semaine! Aquileana 😀
Great Post, as always ❤ Congrats on your award, dear Aquileana
Thank you very much dear Leyla!!!!… wishing you a great sunday and week ahead! Aquileana 🌟
Beautifully written poems, Aquileana. Great post! ❤
Thank you very much, dear Iris!:.. I am glad to know that you liked the post. Love & best wishes. Aquileana ✨
hello aquileana its dennis the vizsla dog hay i am totally anti gone!!! i do not like wen things ar gone i like them to stay the saym and keep there rooteen yes indeed konsistensee is wot i like and also — wot??? oh dada sez this post is not abowt beeing anti gone it is abowt sumwun naymed antigone wot had a play ritten abowt her hmmm wel i like to play so i gess in that kayse i am not anti antigone!!! wow now i am konfyoozd i think i wil go tayk a nap!!! ok bye
Hahahaha….. clapping hands… I would say I am anti-gone…. I usually like to stay and mourn for the past times… keep the good memories though…. Sending much love. Aquileana 😀
I absolutely love your poem, Aquileana!
Thank you very much dear Kev… happy week ahead to you. Aquileana 😀
You should do more! 🙂
Sincere congratulations! I can see why you won. ❤
Thank you very much dear Sue ❤ I am grateful to read your comment…. have a great week ahead. Aquileana
Congratulations! Informative you are! Might take me two or three visits to read it all, but enjoyed your summary of Antigone. Cheers —
Thanks a lot for your words. I truly appreciate them.
Sending you all my best wishes!. Aquileana 😀
Another fascinating post, Aquileana. 🙂 ‘Antigone’ is one of those plays that was on my reading list at university but, unlike the first two plays, I don’t think I ever actually read it! I feel like I should go and find my books now… Congratulations on the award. It’s very well deserved. 😀
It is a remarkable piece, I truly recommend it to you…. Thank you very much for dropping by!. I am pleased to read your comment. All the best to you!, Aquileana 😀
Congratulations on the award, Aquileana. Another very informative post – I thought Irish mythology had a lot of tragedy but Greek mythology certainly has bucketfuls of it. 😉
Thank you very much dear Jean… Greek Mythology is a neverending source of knowledge, I am with you 😀
Sending love and all my best wishes!. Aquileana 😀
One of my favourites, I remember studying it in School and seeing it a few years ago. You have wrote about it and done it justice beautifully.
Thanks a lot for your comment and nice words!. Sending you all my best wishes!. Aquileana 😀
Congratulations Aquileana, that is so exciting and wonderful! I just clicked the youtube link on the poems and had a listen, then read it in English…. just Lovely 🙂 and to top it off, Another info packed post. my goodness. This was a thoroughly entertaining visit today, Thank you!
Thank you very much dear Debi… your comment makes me so happy. It is great to know taht you liked my poems and enjoyed the muythological section, as well…
All my best wishes and happy summer… Sending love. Aquileana 🌟
I ALWAYS love your mythological posts – where else can one go, for this kind of info!! you’re the Best 🙂 hugs, Debi
Aww… you are the best too, dear Debi. Hugs. Aquileana 😀
Ancient Greek literature has always been intriguing to explore and fascinating to learn and enjoy so many wonderful facets of hidden within the layers of stories and lines of poems. It is well known that Greek placed considerable emphasis on such deep and rich literature. In addition to the invention of epics and lyrical forms of poetry, Greeks have invented the classical drama forms, comprising of some of the best masterpieces of both tragedy and comedy.
Like Homer for his epic poems to Hesiod for his didactic poems, Sophocles is credited with skillfully developing irony as a literary technique, and extended what was considered allowable in drama. Indeed these are highly enriched and deeply diverse set of profound literature of ancient Greece.
Antigone by Sophocles is a play which has covered so many aspects and facets of life, ruling, relationships, family, power, injustice, love, hate and almost everything that can cross our life’s journey. I was amazed at the way you have presented the dramatic unfolding of the play, I attempted to dissected and derive the nuances in the inter-relationships between the gamut of conflicting and contrasting characters. The different aspects of human relationships, for instance between the son and mother to two brothers, to brothers and sisters, is indeed truly fascinating to know how characters can be created and characters can play their role in such extremity and animosity. Antigone and Creon, are two such powerful and creatively crafted characters whose decisions, actions and response are so beautiful etched out. The fight between the two brothers Polyneices and Eteocles, both getting killed in the battle for power, is an exception normally in such plays one continues and the kingdom gets the winner to take it forward, here it their uncle Creon was forced to take charge and decide the fate…so much can discussed on the play and so many things to learn. It seems it is just a glimpse of the depth of the Greek literature and the kind of finer nuances of life and living has been captured and depicted through these magical set of plays.
Also, Aquileana congrats for the “Bloggers Bash” award for the most informative blog, where else one can find so much information and so nicely captured, analyzed and presented on the ancient Greek literature. This cannot happen without a deep passion and deeper understanding of the history and culture of Greek, the literature in terms of poems, plays and dramas are body of immeasurable knowledge and you have all the wisdom to appreciate and disseminate to the larger global audience like us. Thank you so much for sharing such lovely ancient Greek literature and it is always a joy to fathom the unfathomable knowledge in your post.
In fact Aquileana I also read through the wonderful arrays of comments shared by so many fascinating bloggers, it has indeed added to the wonderful analysis and presentation you have done. The nectar of wisdom in your blog is what acts as a magical glue for bloggers like us to get hooked to the richly embedded thought provoking posts. Keep churning those nuggets of wisdom and keep charming us…
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Hi dear Nihar… your comment is so thorough and well written … Firstly, I thank you for the praise and your congratulations concerning the Bash Award…. I was happily surpised and this award is important to me as I know many people has voted for me … not to mention how thrilled to be nominated by the Bash committee, just to start.
I like the way you explored the multiple layers on this piece… I think Antigone depicts the type of Romantic heroine, she could have been a character from a book from the 19th century… maybe a book by Jane Austen, now that I think it… regardless, there are many tragic elements here, which roots get back to the curse that fell upon Oedipus´family… In fact his sons and daughters appear in this play…and they are all cursed…
The rivalry among brothers is an ancient, well-known theme, which is also featured on the Bible…
When human laws are too unfair, Antigone seem to represnet moral higher values… and yet, there is something paradoxic about this as she and his brothers are the result of an incestuous union…
However, there is something that transcends these anomalies,which is given by Antigone´s tendency to love, justice and courage.
On the other hand, antithetical characters like Creon, emphasize, through the opposition of features, the values that Antigone represents…
I am very glad to read your deep comment and truly appreciate it… sending love and best wishes. Aquileana 🙂
Yes, Aquileana, life is indeed a paradox and the play depicts the reality. The relationship in life and the factors governing our family. There are certain guidelines that defines our family bonding and engagement between different family members, but in case of Oedipus family, it has broken the conventions and things have really taken a tangential route and there events which we don’t have a control but have to face, the important aspect how we deal and how we address the problem we confront. There is a right way and there is wrong way as per standards, in most cases like two brothers taking the wrong way and Creon approach is not right either, wrong ways consequences are well known but many times the doer just ignores or takes the principles of life for granted and they face the consequences, and they can’t anything except to regret and reflect.
The values that Antigone represents and stands for makes the protagonist and so in life we have fight for justice and stand for values that makes civilization a better place and humanity the support to progress in building a better society.
This is such a deeply written play, the more we dissect, the more facets unravel in front of us, it is intriguing to read and watch such fascinating play unfolding in front of us, making us to think, to reflect, to question the assumptions and to look at life differently and change our perspective of how we look and deal with our own life. Plays are just not play, they are a window to different corners of our life…
By the way Aquileana the poems are deeply melodious and intensely moving thoughts, and congrats for the publication.
Have a great week ahead.
Best Wishes!!!
😀
You are quite right, Antigone represents values and ideals we all aim to… at least in a theoric way….
The curse upon Oedipus´family might explain why consequences of acts have such devastating effects… Again, a mistake is payed by subsequent generations…
Tragedies are all about that…. the importance of fate, but also the impact of human free acts… I liked the way both Fate and Will play driving roles in the Theban Plays…
Thanks so much for your thorough and clever comment dear Niahr… sending love & best wishes. Aquileana 😀
Such beautiful Spanish. How many languages do you speak and write in? Congrats on having your poetry accepted. Another great post.
Hi dear Bren… thanks so much … Spanish is my native language. English and French my first and second foreign languages, respectively…
I know Italian and Portuguese too, but just a little bit of those two ones… Sending hugs and best wishes. Aquileana 😀
Wow!! No Greek? LOL
Hahaha 😀 …. no, that´s a very tough one…. Sending love, dear Bren. Aquileana 😀
XOXO
Bonjour ma chère Aquileana, merci pour ton magnifique billet sur Antigone et toutes mes félicitations pour ton prix qui est bien mérité car tous tes billets sont beaux, instructifs et merveilleusement bien expliqués. J’apprécie beaucoup et j’apprends aussi.
Douce fin de journée avec mon amitié.
Bisous ♥ 🙂
Salut chère Denise…. merci pour tes belles mots et pour me rendre visite, mon amie… Je suis heureuse de savoir que cet article t´a plu… Je t´embrasse. Bisous et bon jeudi ❤ Aquileana ⭐
Bonjour Amalia,
Ton blog est une véritable encyclopédie ! Quel travail ! Félicitations !
Merci également pour ta visite et ton gentil commentaire.
Bonne semaine et gros bisous d’Auvergne. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDQwp-anm2M .
~Salut Louis~ Je te remercie pour ton commentaire et ces belles mots—- je suis heureuse de te lire ici… Bisous et bonnne journée … Aquileana 😀
Bonsoir AQUILEANA
Laisse le bonheur te surprendre
passe une bonne soirée dans la joie et la bonne humeur
Ce mardi n’as pas été beau du tout
Je me demande si le soleil existe encore
Mais de passer chez toi me mets du baume au cœur
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gros bisous , Bernard, belle soirée
Je te remercie mon cher Bernard… Bisous mon ami… bon jeudi… ❤ Aquileana
Congrats on your award, Aquileana. For your exceptional efforts, you certainly deserved it.
Thank you very much for cheering for me 💫 I truly appreciate your words.
Sending you all my best wishes!. Aquileana 😀
“Ningún tiempo nunca pronunció mi nombre.”
¿Sólo a mí me ha recordado a los egipcios? Con aquella costumbre, la de sus dioses y entre los pobladores mismos, hasta donde sé al menos, de que sólo algunos supieran sus nombres, porque aquello era sagrado, porque el nombre era algo más que una forma de identificarse como lo hacemos hoy.
Muy buen artículo, como siempre (y qué bien me ha sentado leer poesía en español. Me gusta en inglés, pero admito que es mucho más fluido la lectura así).
Un abrazo 🙂
Hola Daniel, mil gracias por tus palabras, amigo…. interesante lo que destacabas de los egipcios… Realmente escapa a mis conocimientos sobre el tema… pero puedo decirte que cuando escribí esas líneas (“Ningún tiempo nunca pronunció mi nombre.”), pensé en Borges… automáticamente me dije a mí misma: “Esto suena a algo de Borges”… Posiblemente haya algún eco, por ende… Pienso en su cuento “Funes el Memorioso” y en “El Aleph” y puedo afirmarte que esos dos relatos influyen en mi escritura aún hoy en día, en forma casi subliminal… También suelo tener presnete a Olga Orozco, escritora y poeta argentina, a quien admiro mucho…
En fin, encantada de que te haya gustado el post… A la brevedad te visito… Un fuerte abrazo. Aquileana ⭐
Probablemente se me escapó aquello de Borges porque, salvo un par de poemas suyos y el inicio de otro par de cuentos que jamás terminé, no he leído a Borges.
Pero pasa. A mí me pasa con Carver. Incluso antes de haber leído a Carver, ya había algo de su eco en lo que yo hacía. O al menos, en una forma modesta, de sus intenciones.
Un abrazo, Aquileana 🙂
Es interesante saber de influencias, sean éstas más o menos deliberadas/conscientes…. Gracias por pasar y abrir el diálogo, querido Daniel… Un abrazo para vos. Aquileana 😀
i like your article very inspiring and thank you for your post……
Thank you very much, Jual… I apprecite the comment and visit…. best wishes. Aquileana ⭐
Human behaviour vs societal norms, ethics and morality give rise to such complex themes as have been dealt with in these ancient plays. The family tree has three generations with nine people and yet there is so much of complexity in relationships. Love the way you present the themes and insights and evoke an interest in the readers about Greek mythology. Have a nice day Aquileana.
Thanks so much for your well put and smart comment… I haven´t counted the family members… you are right as to the generations and what you highlighted is an interesting fact : 3 generations with nine people: again, number three plays an important role such as It does in the Christian Tradition… thanks for bringing that point here and for your nice words… Love and best wishes, dear Somali. Aquileana 😀
Also many congratulations for the Most Informative Blog Award. 🙂
Thank you very much dear Somali. All the best to you!, Aquileana 💫
Many congratulations on your blog win. Well deserved indeed! A fantastic story. Thanks for the reminder and the analysis. I’ve always wanted to watch the play live but haven’t been in the right place at the right time yet… And congratulations on the poems too!
Thank you very much dear Olga ❤ I am very pleased to know that you liked the post, including my poems, initially featured at "La Poesía no Muerde"… Wishing you a great thursday… All my best wishes. Aquileana 😀
Congratulations on your award! I loved reading your post on Antigone, it was my favourite play when I was at school and so lovely to revisit it!
Thank you very much dear Sarah ❤ I am glad to know that you liked the feature on "Antigone"… I am with you: it is a great play, probably my favourite one alongside "Oedipus Rex".. Sending love and all my best wishes. Aquileana 😀
I’m a huge Greek mythology/literature/culture geek, but your posts and unbelievable knowledge makes me fall in love with it even more. How’s everything in your life sweetie!? ❤ I'll be back to read your other post tonight. xo
Hi there, dear Noora, awww, thanks so much, your comments makes me so happy!…. I am pleased to read your words and glad to know that you enjoyed the post… I am doing well, over here… Just a little bit ill (flu), though… but overall, fine, my friend… Love and best wishes. Aquileana 😀
Get well soon, dear A! Healing vibes and love. ❤
Thanks so mcuh dear Noora…. Much love, Aquileana 🙂
Dear Aquileana,
Thank you for sharing your insight into Greek tragedies that has so much to offer modern day world. The tragedy of “Antigone” was very poignant because the heroine was willing to risk her life because of her higher duty to the laws of the gods and one’s family. The related issue of civil disobedience is still timely as state law is not absolute when unjustly administered.
Your posts are always thought-provoking and insightful. Have a great week!
Regards,
Linnea
Hello dear Linnea, thanks so much for your sharing your accurate and clever understanding of Sophocles´play… I agree with you. Antigone represnets an ideal, and somehow she plays the role of a peace maker, as her family has been cursed long time ago… There is something sacrilegious in her deciison to bury Polyneices, but that just according to the city laws and not according to Divine Laws… And yet, she and her siblings are sons and daughters of incest, so disjunctives appear to be limited, even more than we could have initially thought… I guess that´s why the end of the play is so dreadful.
Sending love and best wishes, my friend. Aquileana 😀
Klasické drama o ženě, která se z lásky k bratrovi vzepřela lidským zákonům a byla za to krutě potrestána.
Antigona, dcera Oidipova, patří mezi nejznámější tragické postavy řeckých bájí. Proti vůli tyrana Kreóna se rozhodne pohřbít svého zabitého bratra. Vzepře se lidským zákonům, neboť je považuje za podřízené zákonům božským. Řídí se svým vlastním mravním cítěním a za svůj čin je krutě potrestána, když ji Kreón na výstrahu ostatním nechá zaživa zazdít. Antigona svým činem dokázala nespravedlivé a zpupné občanské moci, že nad jejími příkazy platí vyšší zákonitosti.
Kdo dnes má odvahu se vzepřít, toho si vážím
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Hello dear Anna… thanks so much for such a clever and well written comment… you are quite right: the issue of civil disobedience is a leading force here, and so is the fact that human and divine ideals are opposed. I believe that Sophocles knew how to highlight this oppositions and added dichotomous characters in order to make it even more visible.
I am very grateful to read your enlightening words… 🙂
All the best to you!, Aquileana 😀
When you become old woman,stupid? he get something, no to give to young people, and that’s bad. Today, young people are highly educated, have no, however, versatile know, common sense from farmer, am l.
Pleased when, young, old age weighs.
OBJÍMÁ ANNA .
Dear Anna… thanks for your thoughts… the last line resonated with me: sometimes our souls are younger than our bodies and viceversa…
Being “young at heart” (as the song goes) is good… but also being mature, psychologically speaking is necessary if we want to make a difference, in this infantilized world, I guess. Sending love and wishing you a beautiful week ahead. Aquileana 😀
Congratulations on winning Most Informative Blogger, I was so delighted! A well deserved award! You teach us all so much through your blog. I have my own personal example, which I will share with you soon, but not just yet. 😊 Enjoyed this post, Aquileana! Xxx
Thanks so much for your beautiful comment, dear Ali…. I admire your work as a blogger-author, so I am thrilled!.
I am looking forward to seeing/reading that `example´, as you call it…. Love and best wishes. Aquileana 🙂
Tomo nota de esa escritora, Olga Orozco. Y tomo nota siempre de tus nuevos poemas, para no perdérmelos. Un abrazo.
Gracias amigo… que tengas un excelente fin de semana… Abrazos. Aquileana 😀
Informative
Thank you very much… Sending best wishes!. Aquileana 😀
Ahh, another favorite of mine. The strength and courage of the young mind, and the frailty of decision, the realization of solitude.
Congratulations on the award!
Blessings,
Dajena 🙂
Hi dear Dajena… I feel Antigone is still an admirable character… You are so right when you highlight her most relevant characteristics….
Thank you very much for your words, which I really cherish… Sending you love and all my best wishes!. Aquileana 😀
Love back to you Aquileana!
Please enjoy a beautiful weekend!
Dajena 🙂
Hi dear Dajena 😉 Thanks so much… I had a good weekend and hope you too! 🙂 Sending much love. Aquileana 😀
Wonderful to hear. 🙂
Fantastic recounting of events here. You remind me of why I loved the Greek myths so much as a child. Fantastic storytelling and such great conflict! 🙂
Hi dear Kourt!. Thank you very much for dropping by!. I love reading your feedback and knowing that you enjoyed the feature on “Antigone” means a lot to me!… wishing you a great week ahead… Sending love. Aquileana 😀
I love Greek mythology and you make it so easy to follow and enjoyable to read–so your blog is always a delight for me. Congrats on your blogging award too–well deserved! Have a great weekend! Hugs!
Thanks a lot for your words dear Kourt… I am delighted to read them…. sending much love and wishing you the best with your newest book. Aquileana 🙂
Congratulations on your poems and thanks for another informative post!
Enjoy the rest of this marvelous June!
Thanksso much, Dunelight!. I am really pleased to know that you liked the post… Wishing you a great rest of this June as well!. Aquileana ⭐
Bonjour AQUILEANA
Je me suis rendu chez le marchand de fleurs
Je me permets de t’envoyer un joli bouquet
Celui il est parfumé
Prends en bon usage pour sceller ce lien qui dure depuis x années
Ou même si je viens de faire ta connaissance
Belle semaine
Gros bisous Bernard http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/912967bouquet.gif .
Merci cher Bernard pour le bouquet et ton beau commentaire…. Bisous et bonne journée mon ami! Aquileana 😀
Hello
I wish you a wonderful new week.
Thanks so much and likewise, dear Marko!!!!… Best wishes. Aquileana😀
[…] Antigone Summary HERE […]
Thank you very much for linking back to my post!… Sending best wishes. Aquileana😀
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Reblog from One of My Favorite Sites La Audacia de Aquiles by Aquileana on 6/15/2016. It is a fascinating analysis of the tragedy and the lessons it can teach us. “Antigone” is the third of the three Sophocles´ Theban plays but was the first written, chronologically.
Enjoy!
Thank you very much for reblogging, dear Linnea. It is highly appreciated!… Sending you love and all my best wishes!. Aquileana 😀
Lovely award pic 😊
Thanks so much dear Kev 🌟
Sending you love and best wishes!. Aquileana 😀
Congrats on winning, I voted for you! It was well deserved. As ever your site has once again given me an indepth look into the Greeks and has filled in some of the gaps for me which makes me very happy.
Hi, dear Ste, Thanks a lot for your words and for voting for me°… I had voted for you too…. I am glad to know that you like my blog! 😉
Sending you Love and all my best wishes!. Aquileana 😀
I love your blog, I pop over a couple of times a week in case I miss something! I didn’t place in my category sadly but it pleases me I could show my appreciation for you. Thank you for constantly intriguing me and being you.
Well the feeling is mutual… Loved your blog too.
And I guess what counts the most is the nomination… I mean I was so happy to be nominated that It would have been enough to me…
Sending love and best wishes, dear Ste… Aquileana ⭐ .-
It was an unexpected and pleasant surprise, it spurs me on to keep writing which is always a good thing.
Me sumo a las felicitaciones. Trabajo estupendo, amplio y profundo. Salud.
Muchísimas gracias, querido Julio… Realmente aprecio tus palabras. Un abrazo. Aquileana ⭐.-
You have a marvelous blog and you deserve your most informative blog. I discover so much from your writings.
Thanks a lot for your words. I truly appreciate them. All the best to you!, Aquileana😀
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⭐ ⭐ CONGRATULATIONS ⭐ ⭐
I knew you would win! You have informed me so much about Greek Mythology, that I “got up offa that thing” referring to “James Brown’s” energizing tune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgukXPbGS1I to move to do something. Here it’s about dance, but for me it was to vote!
I enjoyed this post when I read it. I’ve been so stressed at work.. and we were shooting nights for 10 days, that I had to leave commenting for when I could think.
I also, adore your poems & will visit them at “La Poesía no Muerde” over my long weekend. (It’s Canada’s birthday)
Your poetry is so rich. I wonder what you think of my last 2 on Queen’s end? Well, I hope all is well as possible in your world. Sending love & hugs & xxxx’s _Resa
Hi dear Resa… Wow that song is energizing indeed… love the beats and his dancing too
Thank so much for your vote and support concerning the nomination. It meant so much to me… I am still thirlled that I won…
I hope you had a great Canada Day… I bet you did… Also, I hope that your newest canadian location is treating you kindly…
I am glad that you liked the poems, my friend …. Will head over to your blog to check out the last post….
Hugs and kisses… Happy week ahead. Aquileana ⭐ .-
Hugs & kisses!
Hello dear. Back to blogging after a long time. Great post. And, congratulations to you!!!
Thank you very much dear Mahesh… Welcome back and happy blogging… All the best to you!, Aquileana😀
Congratulations on the award!
Thank you very much… 🙂
All the best to you!, Aquileana 😀
The number of comments you get, blows my mind! anyway for what its worth, once again an awesome post. I particularly loved that you included a family tree. I am so bad at picturing genealogy and who links to who, and I am constantly searching for mythological family trees. So thank you. Also like that you included themes – something that has been playing on my mind in my own fiction at the moment.
Lastly, thank you for the lovely mention – such a well deserved win 😀 ❤
Hi Sacha…
Thank you very much for dropping by and for your words concerning the Bash Awards… I was absoluted thrilled, I guess I still am. I am glad that I had the chance to link back to your great blog.
It is good to know that you enjoyed the post… Yes, family trees are a very useful tool when it comes to genealogy, and even more when greek tragedies and greek mythology are involved as there are multiple branches so to speak, so it is helpful to understand the relationships among characters, and therefore the plot too…
Sending best wishes. Happy week ahead. Aquileana ⭐ .-
Bonjour
Toi mon amie AQUILEANA
Tu remplis mes jours de joie
Le matin à mon réveil , tu seras présent au cours de ma journée
Belle Amitié entre nous , tu ouvres mon cœur
Tu me donnes ce que j’ai envie par tes petits messages
Des fois je souries quand je suis mélancolique
Bises passe une belle journée
Bernard
Profite de ton week-end et de la semaine à venir http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/622231ange.gif .
Ahhh… Merci cher Bernard pour ces belles mots d´amitié …. Bisous. Je t´embrasse fort! Aquileana😀
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Superb new literary source (blog) I have just today discovered…
Thank you very much for sharing. Sending you all my best wishes!. Aquileana 😀
Congratulations for winning 1st place “Most Informative Original Content Blogger” 🏆❤️💛💚💙💜 I love your informative posts with such well researched topics.
Thanks so much, dear Charlotte… Coming from you, it means a lot! ❤ Sending love and best wishes. Good Luck!. Aquileana 😀
I look forward to your posts my friend 😊 so much crosses over into unexpected ways in to my studies. 💕
Thanks Charlotte…. Sending virtual hugs and wishing you much success… (even more, my friend) . Aquileana 😉
Hello Aquileana,
This post is a truly a feast with a thorough analysis of the play and its meaning in our modern society, with Sophocles’s quotes and your two great poems!
I haven’t been very active blogging lately, but I don’t want to miss your posts.
Wishing you a happy weekend 🙂 Hugs ❤ Irina
Hi dear Irina… It is great to see you… thanks a lot for dropping by and for your words… Knowing that you liked the poems and post means so mcuh to me!!!…
Wishing you a wonderful week ahead… Love & best wishes, my friend. Aquileana ⭐
🙂 ❤
truly… not a truly!
And I forgot to congratulate you on the well-deserved award. 🙂
Thank you very much dear Irina ❤ Hugs & all the best to you!, Aquileana 😀
Sorry if I write in french, but… 😦
« Le monde ne compte plus ses merveilles. Mais l’homme est la merveille des merveilles. »
Antigone est considérée comme la plus belle pièce de Sophocle, et nombreux sont les auteurs qui font l’éloge de cette pièce, qualifiée sans cesse de sublime. L’admiration que cette pièce a provoqué à travers les siècles tient notamment au personnage d’Antigone. On comprend que cette admiration de la part des écrivains ait pu être à l’origine de nombreuses réécritures (Celle d’Anouilh en est une… ).
Merci pour la lumière portée sur Antigone, qu’il ne faut pas laisser rangé dans un tiroir…
Douce soirée Aquileana
Thanks so much for the quote and for your words concerning Antigone… I guess there are many points worth highlighting when it comes to classics… and Sophocles´Theban Plays are among them for sure… By the way: I´d love to read Anouilh´version one day! I bet it is online too…. I really appreciate the visit ❤ sending love and best wishes. Aquileana 😉
A très bientôt
Douce semaine…
Merci… je te souhaite une très jolie semaine aussi, Aquileana ⭐
Brilliantly written, as always! Thanks for all your effort.
Thank you very much dear Ein!. I appreciate it very much… Sending love & best wishes. Aquileana 💫
Antigone was and still is my favourite work of writing we had the task of reading and analyzing in high school, so I really enjoyed your post because it took me a decade back into the past. The only thing I lament is we had no theatre in the school, or any drama sections, to see or help bring this piece of writing to life personally.
Congratulations on your award, it is very well deserved!
Thank you very much, dear Oloriel ❤ your words are much appreciated. I am really pleased to know that you liked the post… Wishing you an excellent rest of your week. Aquileana😀
The return of Erratica, a little-known Muse:
The Family Tree is terrific! Thanks for sharing, Aquileana 😀
Great use of the family tree.
“La Poesía no Muerde” es muy bella!!
Many congratulations on the award Aquileana. This is super stuff from a master of informative blogs 🙂
Thanks so much dear Suyash… have a great sunday and week ahead! Aquileana 😀
🙂 🙂
Congratulations on your award. You got my vote! You really deserve it. 🙂
Thanks so much, dear Marje…. Your vote and words mean a lot to me!. Love and all my best wishes. Aquileana😀
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Greek mythology is always so fascinating, and another fascinating post from you. It is sad to read what Eteocles and Polyneices’ in the end even though they are brothers – sometimes our personal gains and ambitions can get ahead of us. If I’m not mistaken, family and honour is very important back in the day and no surprise some will fight it out to the bitter end.
Really like the family tree you showed there. Love can be so complex and sticky 😉
Congrats on your Most Informative Blog Award 🙂
You are absolutely right….family and honour were very important issues back then… there is soemthing ironic… or human so human given by the fact that they could defeat the army of Thebes but soon then after the attackers were repelled; the two brothers ended up in single combat killing each other. I guess it mainly had to be with power … and with access to the sovereignty of the reign. Could have been written by Shakespeare if we get to think it further.
Thanks so much for your thought-provoking post, dear Mabel… see you on your blog… All my best wishes. Aquileana 💞
With power comes competition and jealously, and we might want to push each other to see how far we can go at the expense of others. Sad to hear both brothers had a sad ending. But we can all learn from the past 🙂
You are so clever. Yes, Greek mythology has similarities to Shakesphere. But I think Greek mythology has many more characters and the names of the characters can be hard to pronounce 😀
You are quite right!… Sibling rivalry is condemnable, but we can learn from the past and these myths are useful in that sense.
True about Greek Mythology being more developed than Shakespeare´s plots … Probably the fact that Gods and Goddesses took an active role might be an explanation of this complexity somehow… Also: yes the names are far more difficult! 🙂 Wishing you a great day, dear Mabel! Aquileana 😀
“I was born to join in love…” that is simply perfect, and congratulations on the award. You are a master of bringing the myths to reality for me and us all, such a treat. What amazes me is in today’s world the writings, plays and myths are alive and well, still teaching us all… You, the muse of the Greeks, leading the way 🙂 Wish you a great final days of summer Aquileana ~
Hello there dear Dalo… you have chosen my favorite quote from this piece, my friend… thanks so much for your thoughtful words… I really appreciate them.
Sending love & best wishes. Happy friday and weekend ahead! Aquileana 😀
Yes, happy Friday to you my lady ~ enjoy the weekend!
interesting story of Antigone and Haemon.is it a roman story?
Hi… thank you for dropping by… It is a greek myth, a sad story of unrequited love… 😀 Sending best wishes. Aquileana 🙂
welcome dear new guy .I have interested in greek mythology.
I was there. You got a big round of applause!
Thanks a lot for dropping by and for your comment!. Happy weekend, dear Alex. Aquileana😀
Another post that glued me till the end..
As always…i am a fan now
Thank you very much!… That means a lot to me 🙂 Love & best wishes. Aquileana😀
(…) La poesía no muerde.
Es un placer enorme visitar tu magnifico blog… siempre. Agradecida, querida (!)
Un besazo, enorme.
Bravo! I’ve never read a more thorough analysis either of the play or the character of Antigone. The portrait by Leighton is superb.
Thank you very much dear Anna… I think that was one of my best posts, honestly…. Glad that you found it interesting. Sending love & best wishes. xx ❤