(Greek mythology) the daughter of King Oedipus who disobeyed her father and was condemned to death.
Antigone (Eng. /æn'tɪɡəni/ Greek: Αντιγόνη, (Αντι-γόνη, Counter-Generation, meaning "The opposite of her ancestors") is the name of two different women in Greek mythology.
Antigone (Antigonae in German), written by Carl Orff, was first presented in 1949 in Salzburg, Austria. Antigone is in Orff's words a "musical setting" for the Greek tragedy by Sophocles of the same name. However, it looks and feels like an opera.
Antigone (play) redirects here. For the French play of the same name by Jean Anouilh, see Antigone (Anouilh play).
Jean Anouilh's play Antigone is a tragedy inspired by Greek mythology and the play of the same name (Antigone, by Sophocles) from the fifth century B.C. In English, it is often distinguished from its antecedent by being pronounced in its original French form, approximately "Ante-GÅŒN."
Antigone is the third full-length album of the band Heaven Shall Burn. The title was inspired by the name of a female character from the play Antigone by Sophocles. The first released video was on the song The Weapon They Fear.
