Talk:Antigone

message: I feel the plot detail describing Polynices (or Polyneices) as "a traitor to Thebes" could be detailed more; perhaps a link to the "Seven against Thebes" story?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyucheng (talk • contribs) 05:09, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Plot summaries

message: Otto Maria Carpeaux mentions, in his Literature History, that Mendelssohn wrote incidental music for an Antigone's presentation. Does anyone know it? --Leonardo T. de Oliveira 09:59, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Mendelssohn's Antigone?

message: Well, a Clock Crew member made a version of this story...with Clocks! Should this be mentioned in the "books, plays, and other works" section?
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/357491 ViperSnake151 01:42, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Clock Version...

message: The name's interpretation is wrong. Αντιγόνη is 'the one opposing to its progeny'. If she was 'the opposite of her ancestors' she would be 'Αντιπρογόνη' (sic!).
:The name Αντιγόνη may very well have the meaning of 'against or opposite to one's progeny', however this is not the only meaning permitted the word γόνη by no less a source than the Liddell and Scott Greek-English dictionary. Among the many other possible interpretations of the name from definitions therein contained are 'against or opposite one's race/stock/clan' (whcih would include one's ancestors), 'against or opposite one's generation' (meaning those of her own age), and 'against or opposite one's generation' (meaning the act or process which brought about one's birth, a meaning which would be very appropriate for the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta). It is often difficult to nail down a single meaning for ancient Greek names, especially as the words which formed the bases for those names often shifted in meaning around a central core idea (here, γόνης core idea would be reproduction/birth/procreation). 204.52.215.69 22:13, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Interpretation

message: In addition to providing the contemporary English pronunciation for the characters' names, it might also be helpful to those interested to include the reconstructed ancient pronunciation. In the case of Αντιγόνη, this would look something like (in contemporary American English) On-tǐ-gǒ-nay, with stress falling on the penultimate syllable (which modern English pronunciation shifts to a long O in compensation).204.52.215.69 22:13, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Note on Pronunciation

message: Um... I note that a paper by someone called Ariella Linovski appears twice on this page, including a direct link, and having read said paper I'm pretty sure it shouldn't. The list of 'Antigone-inspired stuff' is plays, poems, comic books and so on, not academic papers, and I don't see why it should get a mention in the external links section.
On the other hand, I could be wrong, which is why I'm asking here instead of going all delete-happy.
86.133.217.133 (talk) 13:34, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No, you're right, the Inspired by section ends with what looks to be a list of adverts for people's plays, etc. Always be bold! But since you weren't I will be, and thanks for noticing this. Morgaledh (talk) 15:02, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Ariella Linovski

message: The play of antigone still survives, though this article says it doesn't. I have a copy on my bookshelf, and I just came from performing it yesterday.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.4.175.50 (talk) 12:07, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That sentence refers to the version by Euripides. The play you are performing is by Sophocles. Downstage right (talk) 19:43, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Lost play

message: Hi, I noticed that the EL on this article actually refer to the Sophocles play, not the general mythological figure. I will take the liberty of moving them over to the correct article. It might be beneficial to have a clearer disambiguation message at the top of the Antigone article to include a link directly to the Antigone (Sophocles) article, since that is likely a very popular desired destination for users looking for the term "Antigone." Hslibrarygal (talk) 18:51, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: External Links moving to Antigone (Sophocles)

message: What does Queen Eurydice had been forced to knit through the entire play mean?--Phil5329 (talk) 15:35, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Forced to knit

message: Reed's The Last Days of Louisiana Red is a significant adaptation of Antigone's story, transforming her into a spiritual force akin to Voodoo Loa.  Characters include Minnie the Moocher (Antigone's perpetual rebirth), and the "Chorus," who becomes an embodied character in the novel who seeks revenge for the artistic changes that lead to the downfall of his role in plays.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.186.141.119 (talk) 16:55, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ishmael Reed's "The Last Days of Louisiana Red" 

message: It is ludicrous to suggest that any parent would name his child
"antifather", "antiparent" or "anti-her-family". 
The meaning of the name Ἀντιγόνη is a daughter "worthy of her parents". 
See Antigonus,  which is the masculine version of the name. 
Also if Antigone was meant to mean "in place of a mother" would be called 
Antimeter (Ἀντιμήτηρ).
The preposition "ἀντὶ" has many other meanings besides "against" or
"opposite".  The most common ones are "equivalent", "equal", "worthy", "in
place of" etc.,  as in the word "ἀντάξιος", meaning "of equal value or
worth".  (see Liddell & Scott, usage of lemma ἀντί). For example
ἀντιβασιλεὺς is not he who opposes the king but he who acts in the place of
the king (i.e. an acting king, a regent or viceroy). Also Ἀντίπατρος (Antipater) is
worthy of his father and not against his father.
Usually in Greek praenomen, a starting ἀντι- should be understood
as "equal to" or "worthy of" the rest of the name. 
Ἀντὶ has the meaning of "opposite" only when found in place names
(cities, islands, etc.,) e.g. Ἀντίρριον (Antirhion), Ἀντίπολις (Antibes)
etc, unless these are named after a person, e.g. Ἀντιόχεια (Antioch)
is not opposite anything but is named after Antiochus.
I therefore propose that the rather naive interpretation of the name
given in the main article be corrected or deleted.
Proteusx (talk) 16:07, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interpretation of "Antigone" II 

message: Robert Graves made one of his typical  naïve errors when he imagined Anti-gyne  in  Antigone.  Footnote 1 which refers to Robert Graves should therefore be removed.  96.228.244.95 (talk) 20:10, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Remove Robert Graves' Footnote

message: Can we get a link to one or more authorotative texts in the original Greek?  It should allow copying and pasting into google Translate.  Thank you.  I have already found https://el.wikisource.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B3%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B7  but somehow google won't translate the pieces that I cut and paste into google Translate.CountMacula (talk) 16:34, 24 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please put in a link to the full original text in Greek 

message: What is the Wikipedia convention? I included Oedipus as one of Antigone's sibling but am afraid of the change being tenous Diki1995 (talk) 17:32, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: It depends on whether the figure in question is mentioned in the article with respect to their role as sibling, and whether this is of significance to the article's subject; WP:INFOBOXPURPOSE states that the infobox's job is . I generally wouldn't consider half-siblings to fall under this. – Michael Aurel (talk) 04:27, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Are half-siblings considered siblings?