Antigone (disambiguation)  

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Antigone is the name of several characters in Greek Mythology.

• Antigone, daughter of Oedipus
• Antigone (daughter of Eurytion)
• Antigone of Troy, daughter of Laomedon

Antigone may refer to:

In the arts:

• Antigone (Sophocles), the famous play by Sophocles
• Antigone (Euripides), play by Euripides
• Antigone (film), based on Sophocles' play
• Antigone (Anouilh play), Jean Anouilh's play
• Antigone (Cocteau), Jean Cocteau's play, based on Sophocles
• Antigone (Garnier play), Robert Garnier's play (published and performed in 1580)
• Antigone (Brecht play), Bertolt Brecht's play
• Antigone (opera), the opera adaptation of the myth by Carl Orff
• Antigona Furiosa (play), a play by Griselda Gambaro
• Antigonai, an opera based on fragments by Sophocles and Hölderlin for three choirs and a women trio by Carlos Stella
• Sinfonía de Antígona, the Symphony No. 1 by Carlos Chávez

In popular music:

• Antigone (album), the album of a Metalcore band Heaven Shall Burn
• Antigone Rising, an all-girl rock band
• Antigone (singer), an Australian singer and songwriter based in the UK

Antigone may also refer to:

• 129 Antigone, an asteroid
• Antigone District, a redeveloped urban area in Montpellier, France
• Antigonia (Chaonia), an archaeological site located in the Antigone Komuna, Albania

Antigone is the name of:

• Antigone of Macedon, mother of Berenice I of Egypt
• Antigone of Epirus, wife of Pyrrhus of Epirus
• Antigone Kefala, contemporary Australian poet and prose-writer of Greek-Romanian heritage

Not to be confused with

Antigone is not to be confused with:

• King Antignus -- Antigonus the Hasmonean (also known as Matisyahu Antigonus)
• Antigonus of Sokho (or Antignos Ish Socho), mentioned in the 2nd and 5th paragraphs of