Antigone
In
Greek mythology,
Antigone ( ; ) is a
Theban princess and a character in several ancient
Greek tragedies. She is the daughter of
Oedipus, king of Thebes; her mother is either
Jocasta or, in another variation of the myth,
Euryganeia. She is a sister of
Polynices,
Eteocles, and
Ismene. The meaning of the name is, as in the case of the masculine equivalent
Antigonus, "in place of one's parents" or "worthy of one's parents". Antigone appears in the three 5th century BC tragic plays written by
Sophocles, known collectively as the three
Theban plays, being the protagonist of the eponymous tragedy
''Antigone''. She makes a brief appearance at the end of
Aeschylus' ''
Seven against Thebes'', while her story was also the subject of
Euripides' now lost play with the
same name.
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