Thebes, Greece

Money, anarchy, misogyny . All of these topics correlate to one person and one person only. This person is in fact, King Creon of Thebes from the 500 B.C. drama, Antigone created by Sophocles. These three words are parts of King Creon's core values. His core values consist of money being demoralizing, absolutely no anarchy, and men having superiority over women. Creon could always resort back to these in a time of crisis. Creon's core values had a strong influence on the choices that he made during

Sophocles’ play, Antigone, presents conflicts such as Antigone vs. Creon and Antigone vs. Ismene. However, there is an overlooked conflict between Creon and his son, Haemon. This father-son conflict stems from the view that a son should be submissive to his father. However, Haemon does not abide his role of being submissive to his father and tries to entangle himself with his father role, which indirectly results in his death. As well through analysis of Creon’s and Haemon’s relationship gives an

“But one must neglect nothing that the gods demand” (1349-1350). Sophocles’ Antigone takes place in a trying time for the city of Thebes, when Oedipus, their king, and most of the royal family have died, and Creon has just been appointed the new king. Throughout the play, Creon tries on his power as the new ruler, and seems to believe that the gods will not be angry with some of his choices as king, even though they directly violate the divine law. However, in Antigone, when there is a conflict between

Phillip II of Macedon The year was 359 BC. Greece, though weary from constant internal struggling still had supreme power over the Hellenistic world. Persia, though it had suffered large setback in the Persian Wars more then a century before was still a menacing force. The Barbarian State of Macedon was led by warrior kings who aspired to be Greek, yet ruled over a feudal society that was as multicultural as any of its time. Good morning Miss Boeston and class. Today's seminar will conclusively

Nicholas Faddoul Chapter 4: Ancient Greece Section 1: Early Civilizations Mountains two peninsulas pretty much make Greece 80% of Greece is mountainous Plains and river valleys made up much of Greece Seas The Aegean, Mediterranean, and Ionian Seas make the borders of Greece The Black Sea was also an important Sea that the Greek used Minoans and Mycenaeans In 2800 B.C., was created a Bronze age civilization on the Island of Crete It was called the Minoan Civilization The Minoans were not Greek

Ismene were in the King Creon’s house. Antigone’s brothers, Polyneices and Eteocles damaged deeply each other in the greed of power and money. Creon declared an unjustifiable decision. Eteocles will be honoured with burial because he defended the Thebes. Whereas Polyneices' will be left between the vulture and dogs to die. It is this injustice that drives Antigone to oppose the state, because she believes her brother Polyneices also deserves the same treatment as Eteocles. Antigone seems to be too

Intro Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, historically also known as Hellas, is a country in southeastern Europe, with a population of approximately 11 million as of 2015. Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki. Greece is strategically located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Situated on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey

lie in his own weakness” (224). Dodds mean to say that no one forced him to investigate the murder of Laius. That would later bring out the truth of his family. He ends this with, “what causes his ruin is his own strength and courage, his loyalty to Thebes, and his loyalty to the truth. In all this we are to see him as a free agent” (224). With these last words he rounding out his thought which are that Oedipus’ decision to find the truth for his pride in honor was literally ruined his life. On paragraph

Hubris in Ancient Greece Greek mythology teaches many valuable lessons for people of ancient Greece and for people today. From the myths, people can learn the origins of common occurrences, moral lessons, and how to act. One of those lessons that reoccurs throughout is the lesson of being hubristic. According to David Cohen in Sexuality, Violence, and the Athenian Law of ‘Hubris’, to be hubristic is to have insulting or arrogant behavior. It is also used to, “provide a negative characterization of

was portrayed through another play by an anonymous author in the early years B.C. (Before Christ). This anonymous author would describe Dionysus as a shape-shifting god, who could change his appearance into different animals and being. People of Greece would worship Dionysus for his gift of wine that grew from his Ivy vines. They also worshiped him as the god of fertility. At the time, the Greeks probably did not know that the parties that were thrown in the name of worshipping Dionysus would be