# Antigone

**Author:** Sophocles
**Grade range:** Grades 9–12
**Age range:** 14–18
**First published:** -441
**Page count:** 128
**Genre:** Drama
**ISBN-13:** `9780486278049`
**ISBN-10:** `0486278042`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/antigone
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

In Sophocles' ancient Greek tragedy, Antigone defies King Creon's decree and buries her brother Polynices, insisting that divine and family law outranks the edict of the state. Her act sets off a chain of consequences that destroys Creon's household and dramatizes the clash between individual conscience and civic authority. Long assigned across grades 9-12 and in world-literature units, the play remains a touchstone for teaching civil disobedience and tragic structure.

## Themes

- justice
- loyalty
- individual vs state
- fate
- family

## Content notes

- suicide
- death

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