Summary of Sifocles’ Antigone

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1. “Antigone” Sophocles in brief In Athens they said: “Above all else in human life is the law, and the unwritten law is higher than written.” The unwritten law is eternal, it is given by nature, on it is held every human society: it commands to honor the gods, to love relatives, to pity the weak. The written law is […]...
2. Summary Sophocles of Antigone Sophocles Antigone In Athens they said: “Above all in human life is the law, and the unwritten law is higher than written.” The unwritten law is eternal, it is given by nature, on it is held every human society: it commands to honor the gods, to love relatives, to pity the weak. The written law […]...
3. Summary of the Oedipus in the Colon Sophocles Sophocles Oedipus in Colon Colon – a place to the north of Athens. There was a sacred grove of goddesses Evmenid, terrible guardians of the truth – those about which Aeschylus wrote in “Oresteia”. Among this grove stood an altar in honor of the hero Oedipus: it was believed that this Theban hero is buried […]...
4. “Oedipus in the Colon” by Sophocles in brief Colon – a place to the north of Athens. There was a sacred grove of goddesses Evmenid, terrible guardians of the truth – those about which Aeschylus wrote in “Oresteia”. Among this grove stood an altar in honor of the hero Oedipus: it was believed that this Theban hero is buried here and protects this […]...
5. “Seven Against Thebes” Aeschylus in brief summary In mythical Greece there were two strongest kingdoms: Thebes in Middle Greece and Argos in Southern Greece. In Thebes was once a king named Laia. He received the prophecy: “Thou shalt not kill a son, and destroy the kingdom!” Laius did not obey and gave birth to a son named Oedipus. He wanted to destroy […]...
6. Summary of the Seven Against Thebes Aeschylus The seven against Thebes In mythical Greece, there were two strongest kingdoms: Thebes in Middle Greece and Argos in Southern Greece. In Thebes was once a king named Laia. He received the prophecy: “Thou shalt not kill a son, and destroy the kingdom!” Laius did not obey and gave birth to a son named […]...
7. “In a true tragedy legitimate moral forces must come into collision on both sides” Hegel asserted: “In a true tragedy, legitimate moral forces must come into collision on both sides.” This idea can be developed on the example of “Antigone”. The tragedy is written on the mythological plot of the Theban cycle. It is not part of the trilogy, as it was in Aeschylus, but is a complete work. […]...
8. Summary Tsar Oedipus Sophocles Sophocles King Oedipus This is a tragedy about fate and freedom: it’s not the freedom of a person to do what he wants, but to take responsibility for what he does not want. The city of Thebes was ruled by King Laia and Queen Jocasta. From the Delphic oracle, King Laius received a terrible prediction: […]...
9. “King Oedipus” of Sophocles in brief summary It’s a tragedy about fate and freedom: it’s not the freedom of a person to do what he wants, but to take responsibility for what he does not want. The city of Thebes was ruled by King Laia and Queen Jocasta. From the Delphic oracle, King Laius received a terrible prediction: “If you bear a […]...
10. “Infernal Machine” Cocteau in brief summary The play, based on the motifs of the myth about Edil, unfolds in ancient Greece. The Queen of Thebes of Jocasta, in order to prevent the oracle’s prediction that her son, when he grows up, will kill his father, King of Leah, the king of Thebes, seventeen years ago ordered the servant to injure the […]...
11. Summary Jean Cocteau Hell Machine Jean Cocteau Hell Machine The play, based on the motifs of the myth about Edil, unfolds in ancient Greece. The Queen of Thebes of Jocasta, in order to prevent the oracle’s prediction that her son, when he grows up, will kill his father, King of Leah, the king of Thebes, seventeen years ago ordered the […]...
12. “Fiest” Seneca in brief summary The heroes of this tragedy are two evil czars from the city of Argos, Atreus and Fiest. The son of this Atreus was the famous leader of the Greeks in the Trojan War Agamemnon – the one killed by his wife Clytemnestra, and her son, Orestes, killed her for this. When the Greeks asked what […]...
13. Summary “Fiest” The heroes of this tragedy are two evil czars from the city of Argos, Atreus and Fiest. The son of this Atreus was the famous leader of the Greeks in the Trojan War Agamemnon – the one killed by his wife Clytemnestra, and her son, Orestes, killed her for this (and Aeschylus wrote about this […]...
14. Summary of Fiestas Seneca LA Seneca Fiest The heroes of this tragedy are two evil czars from the city of Argos, Atreus and Fiest. The son of this Atreus was the famous leader of the Greeks in the Trojan War, Agamemnon, the one killed by his wife Clytemnestra, and her son, Orestes, killed her for this (and Aeschylus wrote […]...
15. Summary “The Animal Farm of King Avgy” More quickly, Eurystheus gave a new assignment to Hercules. He had to clear all the farmyard of Augea, the king of Elis, the son of the radiant Helios, from the dung. The sun-god gave his son innumerable riches. Especially numerous were the herds of Aghia. Among its flocks were three hundred bulls with white as […]...
16. Summary of the “Myth of Osiris” Among the main gods, the Egyptians especially singled out a married couple – Osiris and Isis. Osiris was revered for teaching the Egyptians various crafts, treatment, showing how to build cities and houses, to grow cereals and grapes. Isis was the goddess of fertility. It was addressed to women with the help of the birth […]...
17. “The Adventures of the Nishadhtz” of Sriharshi in brief summary Epic poem, translating the legend of Nale and Damayanti from the “Mahabharata” In the middle of India in the mountains of Vindhya is the country of Nishadha, and its ruler was the noble and magnanimous king of Nala. Not far from Nishadha was another country, Vidarbha, and there the daughter of Damayanti, a beauty, was […]...
18. Summary of the Adventures of Nisadhod Sriharsha Adventures of the Nishadchy Epic poem translating the legend of Nahl and Damayanti from the “Mahabharata” In the middle of India in the mountains of Vindhya is the country of Nishadha, and its ruler was the noble and magnanimous king of Nala. Not far from Nishadha was another country, Vidarbha, and there the daughter […]...
19. Summary of “Robin Hood” Robin Hood – one of the few, together with King Arthur, the legendary hero of English ballads, who went beyond the framework of folklore and became an important cultural reality – on the topic of ballads about him are written secondary literary works, include performances, numerous films and the like. A noble robber lived with […]...
20. Halicarnassus Mausoleum We will move to the ancient city of Halicarnassus. He was the capital of Caria and, as it is due to the capital of the state, was famous for its beauty and grandeur. Temples, theaters, palaces, gardens, fountains, a living harbor guaranteed the city the honor and respect. But special attention was paid to the […]...
21. Summary “Love for Three Oranges” Gozzi At King Tref, Silvio, his only son and heir, the prince of Tartaglia, suddenly becomes very ill. The king is constantly in a state of agitation and oppression. The best doctors of the state invited by the king diagnosed him with the “deepest hypochondria” and unanimously admitted that he could not help him. The only […]...
22. Summary Christoph Willibald Gluck. Orpheus ORPHEUS Opera in three acts Libretto by R. Calzabigi and de Molina Characters: Orpheus Eurydice Amur Tenor (mezzo soprano) Soprano Soprano Shepherds, cowherds, furies, hellish spirits, blissful shadows. The plot is borrowed from the ancient myth. PLOT In the beautiful secluded grove of laurels and cypresses – the tomb of Eurydice. Orpheus laments his girlfriend. […]...
23. Summary Love for the Three Oranges Carlo Gozzi Carlo Gozzi Love for Three Oranges Silvio, King of Clubs, is extremely excited and extremely dejected by the illness of his only son, Prince Tartaglia. The best doctors determined the ailment of the Crown Prince as the result of the deepest hypochondria and amicably renounced the unfortunate one. There was only one last resort not […]...
24. Biography of Howard Carter Howard Carter is an archaeologist, born May 9, 1874 in London, England. The biography of Carter is best known as the story of the discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun. Carter found, excavated the grave of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun. Howard began as an artist, drawing Egyptian hieroglyphs before the audience. And then he became […]...
25. A brief summary of the myth “Daedalus and Icarus” The myth tells of the Athenian architect, sculptor, artist and inventor Daedalus and his son Icarus, who forever remained an example for many dreamers. According to legend, Daedalus built the famous Labyrinth on the island of Crete for the Minotaur. He also gave Ariadne, daughter of the Cretan king, a ball of thread, with which […]...
26. “Medea” Euripides in summary There is a myth about the hero Jason, the leader of the Argonauts. He was the hereditary king of the city of Iolc in Northern Greece, but his elder relative, the powerful Pelius, seized power in the city, and to recover it, Jason had to perform a feat: with the heroic friends on the ship […]...
27. Summary of Medea Euripides Medea There is a myth about the hero Jason, the leader of the Argonauts. He was the hereditary king of the city of Iolc in Northern Greece, but his elder relative, the powerful Pelius, seized power in the city, and to recover it, Jason had to perform a feat: with the heroic friends on […]...
28. “Love for Three Oranges” Gozzi in brief summary Silvio, King of Clubs, is extremely agitated and extremely dejected by the illness of his only son, Prince Tartaglia. The best doctors determined the ailment of the Crown Prince as the result of the deepest hypochondria and amicably renounced the unfortunate one. There was only one last resort not to give Tartaglia the color of […]...
29. Pre-Islamic Paganism The people of Arabia have long worshiped many gods – both their own and others. Christians and Jews lived in Arabia, and those who were idolized, but did not believe in the same God. Most of all there were Arab-pagan Arabs in Arabia. They worshiped tribal gods and stone pillars, which they considered to be […]...
30. “Birth of Kumara” Kalidasy in brief summary The poem, left, as it is believed, was unfinished and enlarged later The powerful demon of Tarak, who for his ascetic deeds of Brahma at one time bestowed unquenchable power, frightens and humiliates the heavenly gods, so that even their king Indra is forced to pay tribute to him. The gods pray to Brahma for […]...
31. Summary of Shakuntala Kalidasa Shakuntala The powerful Dushyant king comes hunting in a peaceful forest of hermits and meets three young girls, watering flowers and trees. In one of them, Shakuntala, he falls in love at first sight. Posing himself as a servant of the king, Dushyanta asks who she is, for she fears that, being of a […]...
32. “Shakuntala” Kalidasy in brief summary The powerful Dushyant king comes hunting in a peaceful forest of hermits and meets three young girls, watering flowers and trees. In one of them, Shakuntala, he falls in love at first sight. Posing himself as a servant of the king, Dushyanta asks who she is, for she fears that, being of a different origin […]...
33. Summary Birth of Kumara Kalidasa The birth of the Kumara Poem, which is believed to have been left unfinished and augmented later by the powerful Tarak demon, who for his ascetic deeds of Brahma at one time bestowed unquenchable power, frightens and humiliates the heavenly gods, so that even their king Indra is forced to pay tribute. The gods […]...
34. Medieval Kingdom The process of origin and formation of medieval states was long and difficult. Its origins come from the period of the disintegration of the tribal system among the Germanic tribes. In those days, the attributes of power – the crown and the scepter – were not yet there, so the chosen among the other warriors […]...
35. Summary of “Batrakhomyomachia” In the hot summer afternoon the mouse prince Krokhobor drank water from the swamp and met the frog king of Vzdulomord there. He turned to him, as Homer turned to Odysseus: “Wanderer, who are you from what kind of family?” And came from where? ” Word for word, they met, the frog planted a mouse […]...
36. Summary of “The Tales of Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf” King Demyan lived in a certain kingdom. He had three sons: Clim, Peter and Ivan. In the beautiful garden of the king grew an apple tree with golden apples. And suddenly there was a defect in apples. The king called his sons to him and ordered him to catch the thief, and as a reward […]...
37. Summary Hippolytus Euripides Euripides Hippolytus In ancient Athens, King of Theseus ruled. Like Hercules, he had two fathers – earthly, the king of Aegeus, and heavenly, the god of Poseidon. His main feat he committed on the island of Crete: he killed in the labyrinth of the monstrous Minotaur and freed Athens from the tribute to him. Assistant […]...
38. “Hippolytus” Euripides in brief summary In ancient Athens, King Theseus rules. Like Hercules, he had two fathers – earthly, the king of Aegeus, and heavenly, the god of Poseidon. His main feat he committed on the island of Crete: he killed in the labyrinth of the monstrous Minotaur and freed Athens from the tribute to him. Assistant to him was […]...
39. Summary “Ancient Greek Myths” There is not a single nation that does not have its own idea of ​​the universe, the gods that rule life, and also their struggle for power and influence. Myths of Ancient Greece, a brief summary of which we will consider in this article, are also special because they pay much attention to a person. […]...
40. “Hernani” Hugo in brief summary Spain, 1519. Palace of the Duke of Rui Gomez de Silva in Zaragoza. Late evening. The old man is not at home. Dona Sol, his niece and bride, is waiting for her lover Ernani – today their destiny must be decided. Duenna, hearing a knock on the door, opens and sees instead of Ernani a […]...