Saturday, February 3, 2007

Basic Notes

Agon- A contest or a kind of battle between adversaries.

The Conflicts in Line 441-581 of the Antigones:
1. Man & Women
2. Young & Old
3. Individual & Society
4. Living & Dead
5. Men & Gods

Theogony is the revelation or birth of the Gods. In Greek (theo) means Gods and (gon) means birth.

An epic can be defined by stories such as the Illiad and the Odyssey. A drama can be defined by work from such tragedian writers as Sophicleus, Aechylis, Aristophrius, and Euripides.

"Men are useful, but not necessary."