 Creon, who succeeded to the throne of Thebes, allowed funeral honours to Eteocles, but commanded the body of Polynices to be cast out unburied, a prey to dogs and ravenous birds, denouncing death to any person who should presume to disobey his edict,...  The Tragedies of Sophocles - Page 129by Sophocles - 1819 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Erskine Baker - Dramatists, English - 1812 - 418 pages
...sume to disobey his edict and " inter the corse. The tender " and virtuous Antigone, so il' lustrious for her filial piety, ' shines forth on this occasion...last sad offices to « the unhappy Polynices. This, ANT " ./Eschylus gave a slight sketch " of this subject, which Sophocles " has here filled up with... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - English drama - 1812 - 422 pages
...sume to disobey his edict and " inter the corse. The tender " and virtuous Antigone, so il" lustrious for her filial piety, " shines forth on this occasion...of duty, and unterrified by the •' menaces of a lelentless tyrant, " she pays the last sad offices to " the unhappy Polynices. This, ANT '' with its... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - English drama - 1812 - 444 pages
...to disobey his edict and " inter the coj'se. . The tender " and virtuous Antigone, so il' lustrious for her filial piety, ' shines forth on this occasion...brother and reverence to * the gods: animated with n sense ' of duty, and unterriried by the ' menaces of a lelentless tyrant, " she pays the last sad... | |
 | Sophocles - Greek drama - 1813 - 430 pages
...with contempt. The translator gives it the preference to any of the tragedies of Sophocles; ANTIGONE. ANTIGONE. AFTER the defeat of the Argive army, and...consequences, is the subject of this very interesting tragedy. ^schylus gave a slight sketch of this subject, which Sophocles has here filled up with a masterly 134... | |
 | Sophocles - Greek drama - 1820 - 432 pages
...tragedies of Sophocles; .. .|J 21 ftr, $OKV ANTIGONE. ANTIGONE. AFTER the defeat of the Argivearmy, and the death of the contending brothers, Creon, who...consequences, is the subject of this very interesting tragedy. which Sophocles has here filled up with a masterly hand. Euripides, in his tragedy of the Supplicants,... | |
 | sir William Cathcart Boyd - 1843 - 444 pages
...commences. The tender and virtuous Antigone, already so illustrious for her filial piety to her father, sets a bright example of affection to her brother and reverence to the gods ; animated with a sense of duty, and regardless of the menaces of a tyrant, she pays the last sad offices to the unhappy Polynices. This,... | |
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