Antigone (Mythological character)

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Name (Hebrew)
אנטיגונה (דמות מיתולוגית)
Name (Latin)
Antigone (Mythological character)
Name (Arabic)
أنتيجون (شخصية اسطورية)
Name (Cyrilic)
Антигона (Мифологический персонаж)
Other forms of name
Antígona (Mythological character)
Antygona (Mythological character)
Антыгона (Mythological character)
Антігона (Mythological character)
Antigone (Greek mythology)
אנטיגונה (מיתולוגיה יוונית)
Other designation
Mythological character
Other associated place
Thebes (Greece)
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 309842125
Wikidata: Q131351
Library of congress: no2014084634
Sources of Information
  • Wikipedia, 20 June 2014(Antigone; Ἀντιγόνη; daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, Oedipus's mother; subject of a popular story in which she attempts to secure a respectable burial for her brother Polynices, even though he is seen as a traitor to Thebes and the law forbids even mourning for him; other forms of name: أنتيجون; Антыгона; Антигона; Antígona; 안티고네; אנטיגונה; アンティゴネー; Antygona ; Антігона; 安提戈涅)
  • Sophocles. The Theban plays, 2010:page 54 (Antigone, daughter of Oidipous)
  • Brill's new Pauly online, 20 June 2014(Antigone; Ἀντιγόνη; daugter of Oedipus and his mother Iocaste; sister of Ismene, Eteocles and Polyneices)