Author(s): Sophocles

Classics

In Antigone, Sophocles writes of the hardship befalling the daughter of Oedipus, the star of three previous tragedies by the master of the form. The story centers on her brother's death and her quest to obtain an honorable burial for him. Antigone breaks the King's law forbidding the burial of her brother but claims a higher divine justice. The philosophical and moral questions raised in Antigone remain forever relevant.