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Sophocles Antigone in 2019
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An advanced undergraduate Greek class at the University of Texas at Austin reflects on Sophocles' Antigone, and on the experience of teaching it to their classmates.
New episodes are released once or twice each week through early December.
New episodes are released once or twice each week through early December.
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Episode 15, Exodos: Antigone 988-1352
Dec 10, 201900:12:36Tap to summarizeProfessor Beck returns to wrap things up. Things end well for our podcast series and for the course. For Creon, not so much.
Transcribe →Episode 14, Antigone 929-97: Genius or Gibberish?
Dec 3, 201900:14:22Tap to summarizeAntigone offers one last lament before going down to her tomb to die. It’s the last thing we’ll ever hear her say. Also, as she leaves the chorus gives a bizarre ode that has left even the top commentators scratching their heads. It’s like no other choral ode we’ve seen, and some scholars have argued that it’s merely garbled filler. But maybe, just maybe, it’s the most genius ode of the entire play.
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Episode 13, Antigone: 738-771: Let's Talk Greek
Nov 20, 201900:15:56Tap to summarizeNikhil and Payton get together, again, this time to discuss the aspects of conversation between Haemon and Creon.
Transcribe →Episode 12, Antigone 700-737: Haemon v. Kreon Round 1
Nov 13, 201900:12:28Tap to summarizeLexie discusses the details and importance of Haemon's attempts to dissuade his father, Kreon, from executing Antigone
Transcribe →Episode 11, Ismene's Return: Antigone 531-558
Nov 7, 201900:12:19Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Katherine analyzes the development of the characters Ismene and Antigone in their second exchange during the play as well as the role of "family" in their conflict.
Transcribe →Episode 10, Burial: Antigone 497-530
Nov 7, 201900:10:25Tap to summarizeMary discusses the significance of gender, family, language, and lament in lines 497-530.
Transcribe →Episode 9, Alone: Antigone 415-447
Oct 31, 201900:12:10Tap to summarizePayton and Nikhil have a discussion about what isolation means to some of the main characters in the play. They examine how this passage demonstrates the evolution of these characters to and from isolation.
Transcribe →Episode 8, The Return of the Guard: Antigone 384-414
Oct 31, 201900:12:51Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Albion goes over the return of the guard, his new and confident attitude, and how this seemingly minor character contrasts the main characters in a big way.
Transcribe →Episode 7, Duality in the Ode to Man: Antigone 354-383
Oct 22, 201900:11:28Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Joseph covers the second half of the Ode to Man in Sophocles' Antigone, lines 354-383. He looks at the meter of the strophe and antistrophe to show Sophocles' theme of duality in the ode and play as a whole he also talks about duality more broadly.
Transcribe →Episode 6, That's so Deinos: Antigone 322-352 October 21st, 2019
Oct 22, 201900:13:58Tap to summarizeIn episode 6, Brendan begins the Ode to Man with a deep discussion on deinos. Performances Referenced:Antigone by Sophocles translated by Robert Fagles [1985]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgAVZcw1b2gDay 2: Antigone in Ferguson Performance: Theater of War ENGhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_E8EMcj4lwMusic from https://filmmusic.io"Private Reflection" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)"Thinking Music" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)"I Knew a Guy" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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