1. Antigone
Sophocles

2. Ancient Greece
Athens

3. Ancient Greece Divided into city-states = polis
4th-6th Century superpower in Mediterranean
510 B.C. Athens = 1st democratic polis
441 B.C. Antigone
440 = Fighting with Persian Empire
Military money builds Parthenon, etc

4. Women in Ancient Greece

5. Women in Ancient Greece
Patriarchal society
Defined boundries
3 classes of women:
Wives: respectable, stayed at home, weaved, created art
Concubines: poor women, prostitutes
Hetaerae: highly educated, companions to males

6. Women in Ancient Greece
Women = spoils of war
Many important gods are women
Athena (wisdom, war, art)
Displayed on pottery-dancing
girls and prostitutes = no
respect for women

7. Women in Ancient Greece
Role in funerals
Lead funeral procession
Carry libations
Followed by male relatives
**all this but not allowed to watch Olympics!

8. Greek Tragedies 600-200 B.C. –before Shakespeare!
Plays performed in the daytime
Little to no makeup
Masks with exaggerated facial expressions
Tragedy competitions

9. 4 Parts to Greek Tragedy
Prologue: describes the situation and sets the scene
Parados: an ode sung by chorus as it enters
5 dramatic scenes: followed by a komos (exchange of sadness by chorus and protagonist)
Exodus: climax and conclusion

10. Sophocles Born 497 B.C. Influential writer Wealthy family
123 plays; 7 survive
Tragedies
Addition of 3rd actor
Emphasis on human conflict rather than with gods

11. Oedipus

12. Antigone