HUMA 1105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Philia, Polynices, Agon
21 Oct 2018
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Sophocles: antigone: sophocles and antigone: background, the representation of oikos and polis and tragic agon (conflict, oppositions, oikos ancient greek equivalent of a household, house of family. It is the basic unit of society in most greek city-states and includes the head of the oikos, his immediate family and slaves living together in one domestic unit: polis used to indicate the ancient greek city-states. Polis: religious values of family (chthonic, religious values of city (olympian deities, natural laws (physis, female values. He believes that all should obey the laws set forth by him, even if other beliefs, moral or religious, state otherwise: antigone holds the beliefs of the gods in high relevance. She feels that the laws of the gods should be obeyed above all other, especially when in respect to family: philia as divine law, creon"s lawmaking rules versus zeus" laws and justice, creon"s concern for his personal power.
