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Antigone
Roger Dunkle's
Study Guide for Antigone From the Classics Technology Center. "Exercise for Reading Comprehension
and Interpretation" is essentially a long list of reading questions
and hyperlinked terms. Interesting part about the hyperlinked terms
is that they lead to a Glossary where you can hear the pronunciation
of Greek words.
Antigone game The game at first looks a little suspect because it opens up with pictures
of seductive women . . . but stick with it !
Study
Guide for Sophocles' Antigone by Robin Mitchell-Boyask, Associate Professor of Classics, Temple University. Questions and guidance; there is also an on-line text with hyperlinks
to a wide range of information.
Antigone
by Sophocles Overview, suggestions for instructional focus, activities, and connections
beyond the classroom.
Greek
Drama Unit E xtensive teaching unit with many lessons incorporating figures and
themes from Antigone
Antigone --
Screenplay Assignment Click on the title link for a full description of the screenplay activity,
which involves bringing Antigone into the 21st century.
Antigone
--teacher notes Brief article in which professor explains how she uses film version
to wrestle with issues of male dominance and civil disobedience
Oedipus the King: Introduction to Greek Drama There are some excellent resources as part of this PBS activity. The core information about Greek drama and playwrights can be found on this Web site under the following headings: How Salamis was remembered - Aeshylus' The Persians (Event Page: 472 BC - The earliest surviving tragedy); The Origins of Theatre - The First Actor (Event Page: 534 BC Thespis becomes world's first actor); The Origins of Theatre - The First Plays (continued); The Different Types of Greek Drama and their importance; and The Great Playwrights of Athens' "Golden Age".
Ancient Greece An informative and well illustrated guide to Ancient Greece, covering art and architecture, politics, 0lympics, geography, mythology, peoples, war, history, and other topics.
Perseus Digital Library An impressive worthwhile digital library for Greek and Classical resources. It has FAQs, essays, a historical overview, search function, and an extensive library of literature, art objects and the like.
Diotima Diotima is an interdisciplinary scholarly resource on gender in the ancient Mediterranean world and as a forum for collaboration among instructors who teach courses about women and gender in the ancient world. Offers course materials, essays, bibliography, images and good links to related sites.
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