Antigone by Sophocles (Paperback)

After a civil war in Thebes, King Creon decrees that the body of the rebel Polynices must lie unburied as a traitor. His sister Antigone refuses to obey, choosing loyalty to her brother and to the laws of the gods over the command of the king, and the clash that follows brings disaster to the royal house.

Written in the fifth century BC, Sophocles' tragedy remains one of the most performed and studied plays in the world, raising enduring questions about conscience, power and civil disobedience. This compact Oxford University Press paperback is ideal for students, theater lovers and readers of the classics.