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.

  1. 12/10/2019

    Episode 15, Exodos: Antigone 988-1352

    Professor Beck returns to wrap things up. Things end well for our podcast series and for the course. For Creon, not so much.

    13 min

  2. 12/03/2019

    Episode 14, Antigone 929-97: Genius or Gibberish?

    Antigone 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.

    14 min
  3. Episode 13, Antigone: 738-771: Let's Talk Greek

    11/20/2019

    Episode 13, Antigone: 738-771: Let's Talk Greek

    Nikhil and Payton get together, again, this time to discuss the aspects of conversation between Haemon and Creon.

    16 min

  4. 11/13/2019

    Episode 12, Antigone 700-737: Haemon v. Kreon Round 1

    Lexie discusses the details and importance of Haemon's attempts to dissuade his father, Kreon, from executing Antigone

    12 min

  5. 11/07/2019

    Episode 11, Ismene's Return: Antigone 531-558

    In 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.

    12 min

  6. 11/07/2019

    Episode 10, Burial: Antigone 497-530

    Mary discusses the significance of gender, family, language, and lament in lines 497-530.

    10 min

  7. 10/31/2019

    Episode 9, Alone: Antigone 415-447

    Payton 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.

    12 min

  8. 10/31/2019

    Episode 8, The Return of the Guard: Antigone 384-414

    In 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.

    13 min
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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.

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