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Sophocles Antigone in 2019Episode 15, Exodos: Antigone 988-1352Professor Beck returns to wrap things up. Things end well for our podcast series and for the course. For Creon, not so much.
2019-12-1012 minSophocles Antigone in 2019Episode 14, Antigone 929-97: Genius or Gibberish?Antigone offers one last lament before going down to her tomb to die. It’s the last thing we’ll ever hear her say. Also, as she leaves the chorus gives a bizarre ode that has left even the top commentators scratching their heads. It’s like no other choral ode we’ve seen, and some scholars have argued that it’s merely garbled filler. But maybe, just maybe, it’s the most genius ode of the entire play.
2019-12-0314 min
Sophocles Antigone in 2019Episode 13, Antigone: 738-771: Let's Talk GreekNikhil and Payton get together, again, this time to discuss the aspects of conversation between Haemon and Creon.
2019-11-2015 minSophocles Antigone in 2019Episode 12, Antigone 700-737: Haemon v. Kreon Round 1Lexie discusses the details and importance of Haemon's attempts to dissuade his father, Kreon, from executing Antigone
2019-11-1312 minSophocles Antigone in 2019Episode 11, Ismene's Return: Antigone 531-558In this episode, Katherine analyzes the development of the characters Ismene and Antigone in their second exchange during the play as well as the role of "family" in their conflict.
2019-11-0712 minSophocles Antigone in 2019Episode 10, Burial: Antigone 497-530Mary discusses the significance of gender, family, language, and lament in lines 497-530.
2019-11-0710 minSophocles Antigone in 2019Episode 9, Alone: Antigone 415-447Payton and Nikhil have a discussion about what isolation means to some of the main characters in the play. They examine how this passage demonstrates the evolution of these characters to and from isolation.
2019-10-3112 minSophocles Antigone in 2019Episode 8, The Return of the Guard: Antigone 384-414In this episode, Albion goes over the return of the guard, his new and confident attitude, and how this seemingly minor character contrasts the main characters in a big way.
2019-10-3112 minSophocles Antigone in 2019Episode 7, Duality in the Ode to Man: Antigone 354-383In this episode, Joseph covers the second half of the Ode to Man in Sophocles' Antigone, lines 354-383. He looks at the meter of the strophe and antistrophe to show Sophocles' theme of duality in the ode and play as a whole he also talks about duality more broadly.
2019-10-2211 minSophocles Antigone in 2019Episode 6, That's so Deinos: Antigone 322-352 October 21st, 2019In episode 6, Brendan begins the Ode to Man with a deep discussion on deinos.
Performances Referenced:
Antigone by Sophocles translated by Robert Fagles [1985]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgAVZcw1b2g
Day 2: Antigone in Ferguson Performance: Theater of War ENG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_E8EMcj4lw
Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Private Reflection" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
"Thinking Music" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
"I Knew a Guy" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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2019-10-2213 min
Sophocles Antigone in 2019Episode 5: Discussion of Kreon's Leadership and Modern Interpretation (304-331)In episode 5, Lyle discusses the nature of Kreon's leadership in lines 304-331 and various aspects of modern interpretations of Antigone with a student of a different academic background.
2019-10-1714 minSophocles Antigone in 2019Episode 4, Kreon's Accusations and Miscalculations, Antigone 280-303Laura breaks down Kreon's response to the news that the body of Polynices was burried, discussing both the details of the Greek and the complexity of Kreon's character and motivations.
2019-10-1612 minSophocles Antigone in 2019Episode 2, Kreon's Proclamation: Antigone 191-214Dylan McKibban discusses the latter half of Kreon's first speech in the play and how its connections to a previous passage complicate who the hero of the play really is. This is followed by a brief comment on the unusual response the Chorus provides to Kreon's edict.
2019-10-1013 minSophocles Antigone in 2019Episode 3, Messengers in Greek Tragedy: Antigone 215-242Classics students Cassandra Winkley and Rachel Prichett discuss the messenger trope in Greek tragedy, and the Guard in Antigone as a pseudo-messenger.
2019-10-1011 minSophocles Antigone in 2019Episode 1, Introductions: Antigone 1-99Prof. Deborah Beck introduces the series with a discussion of the characters, language, and themes in the prologue of Sophocles' Antigone.
2019-09-1616 min