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Grecian civil disobedience; Antigone's challenge to her king is starkly relevant in the age of terror.(FEATURES)(LEARNING)

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From: The Christian Science Monitor
Date: 20041116
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Byline: Steven Martinovich

Although it was first produced around 441 BC, Sophocles' masterpiece Antigone is no less relevant today than when Aristotle quoted it in support of his political arguments. The play explores what happens when citizens consider their loyalty to a principle more important than their loyalty to the state.

In the play, Antigone declares that she will disobey King Creon and bury her brother Polyneices, who fought against his own people in a recent war. She is captured in the act and condemned to death for defying Creon's commandment.

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