The Conversation

Fri Apr 26

What the Greek tragedy Antigone can teach us about the dangers of extremism

Written by Elizabeth A. Bobrick, Visiting Scholar in Classical Studies, Wesleyan University

A scene from playwright Roy Williams' modern adaptation of Antigone for the Pilot Theatre.Flickr/Robert Day photo, CC BY-SA

In a Greek tragedy written in the middle of the fifth century B.C., three teenagers struggle with a question that could be asked now: What happens when a ruler declares that those who resist his dictates are enemies of the...

What the Greek tragedy Antigone can teach us about the dangers of extremism

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