Friday, August 1:Ancient Tragedy

Readings: Sophocles, Antigone (Knox pp.359-400)

DUE: First Draft of Final Project - Bring 2 copies to class

Resources for the Study of Antigone:

• An introduction to the Theban Cycle: story of Oedipus and his children
• A more detailed survey of the Theban Cycle by the ancient mythographer Apollodorus
• A collection of resources on Sophocles
• Images of the Ancient Stage
• A good, brief introduction to Attic Drama
• 3-D Reconstruction of the Theater of Dionysus in Athens
• For a lighter take on tragedy, check out the great scholar and poet A.E. Housman's parody of Aeschylus, "Fragment of a Greek Tragedy"
• Ancient Images of the Sphinx
• Outline of Aristotle's Theory of Tragedy
• Summary of the German philosopher Hegel's influential interpretation of Antigone