Antigone and Oedipus Rex: The Importance of Greek Theatre
The importance of Greek theater in fifth century B.C.E. is very obvious in the two plays Antigone and Oedipus Rex by the Greek playwright Sophocles. Throughout both plays the reader gets a feel for how important these plays were to the Greeks of that time. Not only were the plays written for some sort of entertainment, they seem to show the Greek’s religious and moral values. From the plays Antigone and Oedipus Rex Even it seems that entertainment is one of the main reasons for the plays to be written. Any reader of a Greek play, or other Greek literature, will see that myths were an important part of Greek life. The Greeks used myths as a source of entertainment as well as moral stories. The stories of Oedipus Rex and Antigone started as myths and became plays when Sophocles added dialogue to them. Even in the stories of Oedipus Rex and Antigone some myths are referenced. For example the Chorus states “Danaë, Danaë – even she endured a fate like yours, in all her lovely strength she traded the light of day for the bolted brazen vault – buried within her tomb, her bridal-chamber, wed to the yoke and broken. But she was of glorious birth...” (Antigone 1035-1041). That line by the Chorus compares Antigone’s
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