Antigone

ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles
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Antigone
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Antigone

Summary

Antigone is a dramatic work[1]. Antigone ranks in the top 7% of dramatic_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,951 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Antigone authored Sophocles[3].
  • Antigone's instance of is recorded as dramatic work[4].
  • Antigone's genre is Greek tragedy[5].
  • Antigone's depicts is recorded as Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad[6].
  • Antigone's Commons category is recorded as Antigone (Sophocles)[7].
  • Antigone's language of work or name is recorded as Ancient Greek[8].
  • 442 BC marks the founding of Antigone[9].
  • Antigone's characters is recorded as Antigone[10].
  • Antigone's characters is recorded as Ismene[11].
  • Antigone's characters is recorded as Creon[12].
  • Antigone's characters is recorded as Eurydice of Thebes[13].
  • Antigone's characters is recorded as Haemon[14].
  • Antigone's characters is recorded as Tiresias[15].
  • Antigone's has edition or translation is recorded as Antigone[16].
  • Antigone's has edition or translation is recorded as Antigonè[17].
  • Antigone's has edition or translation is recorded as Antigone[18].
  • Antigone's has edition or translation is recorded as Antígona[19].
  • Antigone's has edition or translation is recorded as Antigonae[20].
  • Antigone's has edition or translation is recorded as Antygona[21].
  • Antigone's has edition or translation is recorded as Antygona[22].
  • Antigone's has edition or translation is recorded as Antigone[23].
  • Antigone's has edition or translation is recorded as Antigone[24].
  • Antigone's has edition or translation is recorded as Antigone[25].
  • Antigone's has edition or translation is recorded as Antigone[26].
  • Antigone's has edition or translation is recorded as Antygona[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Play[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4553c113-6e02-465e-a698-e99e9d0ee392[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Antigone authored Sophocles[3].

Publication

Antigone's language of work or name is recorded as Ancient Greek[8]. Antigone's genre is Greek tragedy[5].

Material and Period

Antigone dates from the 5th century BC[30].

Why It Matters

Antigone ranks in the top 7% of dramatic_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,951 views/month).[2] Antigone has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Antigone is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Antigone. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Antigone. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Introduction: "The Theban Plays" by Sophocles. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · JBradyK · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Time period 5th century BC
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    Copyright status public domain
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