GRST 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Long Walls, Strategos, Archaic Smile

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRST 205
• Professor: Lindsay Gayle Driediger- Murphy

Document Summary

* creon implies that the city is more important than the individual. Hoplite warfare (defeat) it breaks the ranks out of allied spears into headlong rout. * antigone says that creon"s law contradicts the law of gods. Saying that there is a higher law than creon"s law. * chorus creon lost everything because he ordered for antigone to be executed. Antigone hangs herself and creon"s son (in love with antigone) killed himself as well. Creon"s wife killed herself because her son is dead. Creon lost in the end because he lost everything. * those whom the gods love die young. * plays like antigone explore what happens when religious values, family values, and civic values clash: a vital issue for all citizens of the polis. Major developments: athenian empire, pelopennesian war/decline of athens and sparta, new trends in literature (drama), art and architecture ( classical" style), philosophy.