Antigone is a tragedy by Sophocles written in or before 441 BC. It is the third of the three Theban plays but was the first written, chronologically.
Playwright: SophoclesÂ
Genre: Tragedy
Date premiered: c. 441 BC
Chorus: Theban Elders
Characters: Antigone, Ismene, Creon, Haemon, Tiresias, Eurydice of Thebes, Sentry, Polynices