creon ordered antigone to be placed at sophocles.
creon ordered antigone to be placed at sophocles.
where does creon order antigone to be placed?
sophocles
in sophocles' tragedy "antigone", polynices' story continues after his death. king creon, who ascended to the throne of thebes, decreed that polynices was not to be buried or even mourned, on pain of death by stoning. antigone, his sister, defied the order, but was caught. creon decreed death, this in spite of her betrothal to his son haemon. antigone's sister, ismene, then declared she had aided antigone and wanted the same fate. creon imprisoned antigone in a sepulchre; meanwhile the gods, through the blind prophet tiresias, expressed their disapproval of creon's decision, which convinced him to rescind his order. he then went to bury polynices himself, and release antigone. however, she had already hanged herself rather than be buried alive. when creon arrived at the tomb where she was to be interred, his son haemon made as if to attack him and then killed himself. when creon's wife, eurydice, was informed of their deaths, she too took her own life.
polynices
tiresias, the blind prophet, enters. tiresias warns creon that polyneices should now be urgently buried because the gods are displeased, refusing to accept any sacrifices or prayers from thebes. creon accuses tiresias of being corrupt. tiresias responds that because of creon's mistakes, he will lose "a son of [his] own loins" for the crimes of leaving polyneices unburied and putting antigone into the earth (he does not say that antigone should not be condemned to death, only that it is improper to keep a living body underneath the earth). all of greece will despise creon, and the sacrificial offerings of thebes will not be accepted by the gods. the leader of the chorus, terrified, asks creon to take tiresias' advice to free antigone and bury polyneices. creon assents, leaving with a retinue of men. the chorus delivers a choral ode to the god dionysus (god of wine and of the theater; this part is the offering to their patron god). a messenger enters to tell the leader of the chorus that antigone has killed herself. eurydice, creon's wife and haemon's mother, enters and asks the messenger to tell her everything. the messenger reports that creon saw to the burial of polyneices. when creon arrived at antigone's cave, he found haemon lamenting over antigone, who had hanged herself. after unsuccessfully attempting to stab creon, haemon stabbed himself. having listened to the messenger's account, eurydice disappears into the palace.
antigone (sophocles play)