Antigone

Ἀντιγόνη, romanized: Antigónē) gimbiya ta Theban ce kuma hali a cikin tsoffin bala'o'in Girka.  Ita ce 'yar Oedipus, sarkin Thebes;  Mahaifiyarta/ kakarta ko dai Jocasta ne ko, a cikin wani bambancin tatsuniya, Euryganeia.  'Yar'uwar Polynice, Eteocles, da Ismene ce.[1]Roman, L., & Roman, M. (2010). Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman mythology., p. 66, at Google BooksMa'anar sunan shine, kamar yadda yake a cikin yanayin namiji daidai da Antigonus, "a madadin iyayen mutum" ko "cancantar iyaye".  Antigone ya bayyana a cikin karni na 5 BC, wasan kwaikwayo na ban tausayi wanda Sophocles ya rubuta, wanda aka sani tare da su kamar wasan kwaikwayo na Theban guda uku, kasancewarsa babban jigon bala'i mai suna Antigone.  Ta yi ɗan taƙaitaccen bayani a ƙarshen Aeschylus' Bakwai a kan Thebes, yayin da labarinta kuma ya kasance batun wasan Euripides' wanda yanzu ya ɓace da sunan iri ɗaya. 

 Cikin Sophocles 

Mawallafin wasan kwaikwayo na Hellenanci Sophocles na ƙarni na biyar BC ya yi magana game da labarin Antigone a cikin wasanninsa na Theban:Ana ganin Antigone da 'yar uwarta Ismene a karshen Oedipus Rex yayin da Oedipus ke kuka da "kunya" da "bakin ciki" da yake barin 'ya'yansa mata.  Daga nan sai ya roki Creon ya kula da su, amma cikin bakin ciki ya kai su tare da shi yayin da aka kai shi.  Creon ya hana shi fitar da 'yan matan daga cikin birni tare da shi.  Babu ɗayansu a cikin wasan kwaikwayo.[2]Sophocles (2009). The Theban plays : Oedipus the king, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone. Fainlight, Ruth; Littman, Robert J. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0801895418. OCLC 608624785.

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