Associations to the word «Antigone»

Wiktionary

ANTIGONE, proper noun. (Greek mythology) the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, who defies the king of Thebes, Creon, by burying her brother Polynices

Dictionary definition

ANTIGONE, noun. (Greek mythology) the daughter of King Oedipus who disobeyed her father and was condemned to death.

Wise words

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