Antigone

Inspired by a Greek tragedy course Peppy and I had taken in college, we came up with the name Antigone Rising, after the Greek heroine who rose up to defy the king.

Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011

Inspired by a Greek tragedy course Peppy and I had taken in college, we came up with the name Antigone Rising, after the Greek heroine who rose up to defy the king.

Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011

There are several theories about this, ranging from the dull (a goat might have been the prize at the Dionysia), to the moderately convincing (goats may once have been sacrificed to choral song, which evolved into tragedy as we know it, like in Antigone, etc.), to the highly impertinent (choral singers were young men much like goats in that they were hairy, smelly, and licentious).

2009 February « paper fruit 2009

There are several theories about this, ranging from the dull (a goat might have been the prize at the Dionysia), to the moderately convincing (goats may once have been sacrificed to choral song, which evolved into tragedy as we know it, like in Antigone, etc.), to the highly impertinent (choral singers were young men much like goats in that they were hairy, smelly, and licentious).

small joys « paper fruit 2009

In her spare time, she traveled as the tour manager of a band called Antigone Rising.

Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011

In her spare time, she traveled as the tour manager of a band called Antigone Rising.

Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011

And I was starting to learn an understudy role in the chorus of a curious adaptation of one such Greek tragedy called Antigone by Sophocles, which had been renamed What the Blind Man Saw for the purposes of the adaptation.

Full Frontal Nudity Harry Hamlin 2010

They made sincere efforts to learn Romaic Greek, but delighted in mispronunciation; if a woman was called Antigone, they all called her 'Auntie Gonie', and Hector himself was known as 'My Sector'.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

I can remember scratching my head in 2002 when, during a fine production of Sophocles's "Antigone" from the National Theater of Greece, this description of the title character popped up on the screen: "The glimmer that lit the last blossom of the house of Oedipus."

NYT > Home Page By BEN BRANTLEY 2011

Nominations will be accepted until July 21 and application packets may be obtained by calling Antigone Vigil at (303) 312-2337 or e-mailing vigila@coloradorockies.com.

Colorado Rockies News 2010