Antigone Sophocles (441 b.c.e.) An old
prologue to the Antigone expresses that Sophocles
owed to the prevalence of his play his political decision as
one of the officers for the mission against
Samos of 441 b.c.e. This assertion has been
customarily acknowledged as a reason for dating
the Antigone to ca. 441 b.c.e., albeit the evi-
dence is a long way from secure. The Antigone is one of
three surviving plays by Sophocles dedicated to the
hardships of the Theban illustrious house. These
plays-Oedipus the King, Antigone, and Oedipus
at Colonus-make up what is frequently named
Sophocles' Theban cycle, yet it is significant
to review that they didn't frame part of a con-
nected set of three and were composed and created
independently on various events. In the present
play, Oedi
