See also:

• ANTIGONE (I)

ANTIGONE (I)  in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, daughter of See also:

• OEDIPUS (OiSiirovs, O16tir63i7s, Wines, from Gr. ot&eiv swell, and gobs foot, i.e. " the swollen-footed ")

Oedipus and Iocaste (See also:

• JOCASTA

Jocasta), or, according to the older See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story, of Euryganeia . When her See also:

• FATHER

father, on discovering that Iocaste, the See also:

• MOTHER

mother of his See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, was also his own mother, put his eyes out and resigned the See also:

• THRONE

throne of See also:

• THEBES (anciently &Oat, Thebae, or in poetry sometimes Oif3a, in modern Greek Phiva, or, according to the corrected pronunciation, Thivae)
• THEBES (e 3a1)
• THEBES, ROMANCE OF

Thebes, she accompanied him into See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile at Colonus . After his See also:

• DEATH

death she returned to Thebes, where Haemon, the son of See also:

• CREON

Creon, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Thebes, became enamoured of her . When her See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers See also:

• ETEOCLES

Eteocles and Polyneices had slain each other in single combat, she buried Polyneices, although Creon had forbidden it . As a See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment she was sentenced to be buried alive in a vault, where she hanged herself, and Haemon killed himself in despair . Her See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character and these incidents of her See also:

• LIFE

life presented an attractive subject to the Greek tragic poets, especially See also:

• SOPHOCLES (495-406 B.c.)

Sophocles in the See also:

• ANTIGONE, (I)

Antigone and Oedipus at Colonus, and See also:

• EURIPIDES (48o–4o6 B.C.)

Euripides, whose Antigone, though now lost, is partly known from extracts incidentally preserved in later writers, and from passages in his Phoenissae . In the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the events, at least, Sophocles departed from the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original legend, according to which the See also:

• BURIAL

burial of Polyneices took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place while Oedipus was yet in Thebes, not after he had died at Colonus . Again, in regard to Antigone's tragic end Sophocles differs from Euripides, according to whom the calamity was averted by the intercession of See also:

• DIONYSUS (probably = " son of Zeus," from & Os and vv(7os, a Thracian word for " son ")

Dionysus and was followed by the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage of Antigone and Haemon . In See also:

• HYGINUS
• HYGINUS (surnamed GROMATICUS, from gruma, a surveyor's measuring-rod)
• HYGINUS, GAIUS JULIUS

Hyginus's version of the legend, founded apparently on a tragedy by some follower of Euripides, Antigone, on being handed over by Creon to her See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

lover Haemon to be slain, was secretly carried off by him, and concealed in a shepherd's hut, where she See also:

• BORE

bore him a son See also:

• MACON
• MACON, NATHANIEL (1758-1837)

Macon . When the boy See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew up, he went to some funeral See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games at Thebes, and was recognized by the See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark of a See also:

• DRAGON (Fr. dragon, through Lat. draco, from the Greek; connected with SEpeoµay " see," and interpreted as " sharp-sighted "; O.H. Ger. tracho, dracho, M.H.G. trache, Mod. Ger. Drachen; A.S. draca, hence the equivalent English form " drake," " fire-drake,

dragon on his See also:

• BODY

body . This led to the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery that Antigone was still alive . Heracles pleaded in vain with Creon for Haemon, who slew both Antigone and himself, to See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape his father's vengeance .

On a painted See also:

• VASE
• VASE (through Fr. from Lat. vas, a vessel, pl. vasa, of which the singular vasum is rarely found; the ultimate root is probably was-, to cover, seen in Lat: vestis, clothing, Eng. " vest," Gr. to-th c, and also in " wear," of garments)

vase the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of the intercession of Heracles is represented (Heydermann, Uber eine nacheuripideische Antigone, 1868) . Antigone placing the body of Polyneices on the funeral See also:

• PILE

pile occurs on a See also:

• SARCOPHAGUS (Gr. vapsorg yos, literally " flesh-eating," from vapt, flesh, ¢ayeiv, to eat)

sarcophagus in the See also:

• VILLA

villa Pamfili in See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome; and is mentioned in the description of an' See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• PAINTING

painting by See also:

• PHILOSTRATUS

Philostratus (Imag. ii . 29), who states that the flames consuming the two brothers burnt apart, indicating their unalterable hatred, even in death . (2) A second Antigone was the daughter of Eurytion, king of Phthia, and wife of See also:

• PELEUS

Peleus . Her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband, having accidentally killed Eurytion in the Calydonian See also:

• BOAR (0. Eng. bar; the word is found only in W. Ger. languages, cf. Dutch beer, Ger. Eber)

boar See also:

• HUNT, ALFRED WILLIAM (183o-1896)
• HUNT, HENRY (1i73-1835)
• HUNT, HENRY JACKSON (1819-1889)
• HUNT, JAMES HENRY LEIGH (1784-1859)
• HUNT, ROBERT (1807-1887)
• HUNT, THOMAS STERRY (1826-1892)
• HUNT, WILLIAM HENRY (1790—1864)
• HUNT, WILLIAM HOLMAN (1827-1910)
• HUNT, WILLIAM MORRIS (1824-1879)

hunt, fled and obtained expiation from See also:

• ACASTUS

Acastus, whose wife made advances to Peleus . Finding that her See also:

• AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection was not returned, she falsely accused Peleus of infidelity to his wife, who thereupon hanged herself (See also:

• APOLLODORUS

Apollodorus, iii . 13) .