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Illustrated cover for Antigone by Sophocles

Play · c. 441 BCE

Antigone

Sophocles

Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy

Play · c. 441 BCE · Greek · Ancient

Antigone

Sophocles

A sister buries her brother against the edict of the state.

TragedyLawKinshipConscience

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Two goods in irreconcilable collision — the reason Hegel called it the perfect tragedy, and why it is restaged in every occupation.

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