Antigone.
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 3234 |
| Format | 11 x 18 |
| Détails | 160 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 1997 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251799162 |
Classic bilingual collection. Oedipus's two sons, Eteocles and Polynices, have killed each other in battle. Their uncle Creon, the king of Thebes, decides that the corpse of Polynices—who betrayed his homeland—will remain exposed without burial. The young Antigone, his sister, willfully violates the decree: she is arrested, and reoffends. For her, the immutable laws of conscience, the "unwritten laws," stand above the decrees of men. Antigone is the one who disobeys, the one who says no, the one who goes to meet death.
Classic bilingual collection. Oedipus's two sons, Eteocles and Polynices, have killed each other in battle. Their uncle Creon, the king of Thebes, decides that the corpse of Polynices—who betrayed his homeland—will remain exposed without burial. The young Antigone, his sister, willfully violates the decree: she is arrested, and reoffends. For her, the immutable laws of conscience, the "unwritten laws," stand above the decrees of men. Antigone is the one who disobeys, the one who says no, the one who goes to meet death.