Latest Antigone Podcast Episodes
1 - Part 1
Antigone by Sophocles - January 02, 2024 00:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
2 - Part 2
Antigone by Sophocles - January 01, 2024 00:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Episode 15, Exodos: Antigone 988-1352
Sophocles Antigone in 2019 - December 10, 2019 00:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsProfessor Beck returns to wrap things up. Things end well for our podcast series and for the course. For Creon, not so much.
Episode 14, Antigone 929-97: Genius or Gibberish?
Sophocles Antigone in 2019 - December 03, 2019 00:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsAntigone 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 scholar...
Episode 13, Antigone: 738-771: Let's Talk Greek
Sophocles Antigone in 2019 - November 20, 2019 00:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsNikhil and Payton get together, again, this time to discuss the aspects of conversation between Haemon and Creon.
700-737: Haemon v. Kreon Round 1
Sophocles Antigone in 2019 - November 13, 2019 00:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsLexie discusses the details and importance of Haemon's attempts to dissuade his father, Kreon, from executing Antigone
Episode 12, Antigone 700-737: Haemon v. Kreon Round 1
Sophocles Antigone in 2019 - November 13, 2019 00:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsLexie discusses the details and importance of Haemon's attempts to dissuade his father, Kreon, from executing Antigone
Episode 11, Ismene's Return: Antigone 531-558
Sophocles Antigone in 2019 - November 07, 2019 00:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn 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.
Episode 10, Burial: Antigone 497-530
Sophocles Antigone in 2019 - November 07, 2019 00:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsMary discusses the significance of gender, family, language, and lament in lines 497-530.
Episode 8, The Return of the Guard: Antigone 384-414
Sophocles Antigone in 2019 - October 31, 2019 00:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn 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.
Episode 9, Alone: Antigone 415-447
Sophocles Antigone in 2019 - October 31, 2019 00:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsPayton 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.
Episode 6, That's so Deinos: Antigone 322-352 October 21st, 2019
Sophocles Antigone in 2019 - October 22, 2019 00:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn 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=pgAVZcw1b2g Day 2: Antigone in Ferguson Performance: Theater of War ENG https://www.youtube....
Episode 7, Duality in the Ode to Man: Antigone 354-383
Sophocles Antigone in 2019 - October 22, 2019 00:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn 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.
Episode 5: Discussion of Kreon's Leadership and Modern Interpretation (304-331)
Sophocles Antigone in 2019 - October 17, 2019 00:00 - 30 seconds ★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn episode 5, Lyle discusses the nature of Kreon's leadership in lines 304-331 and various aspects of modern interpretations of Antigone with a student of a different academic background.
Episode 4, Kreon's Accusations and Miscalculations, Antigone 280-303
Sophocles Antigone in 2019 - October 15, 2019 00:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsLaura breaks down Kreon's response to the news that the body of Polynices was burried, discussing both the details of the Greek and the complexity of Kreon's character and motivations.
Episode 2, Kreon's Proclamation: Antigone 191-214
Sophocles Antigone in 2019 - October 10, 2019 00:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsDylan McKibban discusses the latter half of Kreon's first speech in the play and how its connections to a previous passage complicate who the hero of the play really is. This is followed by a brief comment on the unusual response the Chorus provides to Kreon's edict.
Episode 3, Messengers in Greek Tragedy: Antigone 215-242
Sophocles Antigone in 2019 - October 10, 2019 00:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsClassics students Cassandra Winkley and Rachel Prichett discuss the messenger trope in Greek tragedy, and the Guard in Antigone as a pseudo-messenger.
Episode 1, Introductions: Antigone 1-99
Sophocles Antigone in 2019 - September 16, 2019 00:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsProf. Deborah Beck introduces the series with a discussion of the characters, language, and themes in the prologue of Sophocles' Antigone.