HUMA 1105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Polynices, Eteocles, Ismene
30 Mar 2016
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Sophocles antigone: background: 2 brothers, eteocles and polynices, and the sisters ismene and antigone: all children of. Eteocles can be buried because he defended thebes: antigone and ismene are only 15 and 14 respectively. Representation of oikos, polis, and agon (conflict, oppositions) Oikos: (antigone: religious values of the family (chthonic deities, underworld: hades, natural laws (physis, individual (personal, instinct and nature, female values (sometimes timid, but she knows what she wants) Polis: (creon: religious values of the city (olympian deities, man made laws (nomos, state (of the city, not personal, rationality and control, male values. Analysis of the tragedy: creon thinks its wrong to bury polynices, ismene is the opposite of antigone, she refuses to help her bury their brother in fear of. Philia as divine law: love and friendship. Creon"s law making rules vs zeus" laws and justice: written vs unwritten laws.
