What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us About Grief
Seeing works by Sophocles and Aeschylus in their native land imparts indelible lessons about pain and memory.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/magazine/greek-tragedy.html
Kreon [to Antigone]: you knew it was
against the law
Antigone: well if you call that law
Kreon: I do
Antigone: Zeus does not
Justice does not
the dead do not
what they call law did not begin
today or yesterday
when they say law they do not
mean a statute of
today or yesterday
they mean the unwritten unfailing
eternal ordinances
of the gods
that no human being can
ever outrun
莎孚（Σαπφώ）
（約西元前610—不詳）
＊古希臘詩人。教導萊斯博斯島的少女們在愛芙羅黛蒂的祭典上獻歌載舞。一般認為是同性戀者，「lesbian（女同性戀者）」一詞的語源即來自其居住地名稱。曾被柏拉圖譽為第十謬思。
宛如紅蘋果般的豔紅
高掛在枝頭
絲線，也高高地掛在林梢
高得連紡紗人都快看不見了
不，正因為他們看丟了
所以才沒發現
那顆紅蘋果
死亡是件壞事
神祇們也立下了如是規誡
否則，大家應當早就死去了吧
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此名劇的中英文本都不難找到
Antigone is a tragedy by Sophocles written in or before 441 BC. Of the three Theban plays Antigoneis the third in order of the events depicted in the plays, but it ...
安提戈涅是古希臘悲劇作家索福克勒斯公元前442年的一部作品，被公認為是戲劇史上最偉大的作品之一。該劇在劇情上是忒拜三部曲中的最後一部，但是最早寫就的。劇中描寫了伊底帕斯的女兒安提戈涅不顧國王克瑞翁的禁令，將自己的兄長，反叛城邦的波呂尼刻斯安葬，而被處死，而一意孤行的國王也遭致妻離子散的命運。劇中人物性格飽滿，劇情發展絲絲相扣。安提戈涅更是被塑造成維護神權/自然法，而不向世俗權勢低頭的偉大女英雄形象，激發了後世的許多思想家如黑格爾、克爾凱郭爾、德希達等的哲思。
Where do your first loyalties lie: family or society?
The dilemma is at the heart of Antigone - a drama written by Sophocles nearly 2,500 years ago. Is it still relevant today?
The dilemma is at the heart of Antigone - a drama written by Sophocles nearly 2,500 years ago. Is it still relevant today?
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