Jebb's Antigone
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Authors
Collins, Janet
Date
2015-08-17
Type
thesis
Language
eng
Keyword
Jebb , Antigone
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Abstract
In the introduction, chapter one, I seek to give a brief oversight of the thesis
chapter by chapter.
Chapter two is a brief biography of Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb, the still
internationally recognized Sophoclean authority, and his much less well-known life
as a humanitarian and a compassionate, human rights–committed person.
In chapter three I look at δεινός, one of the most ambiguous words in the
ancient Greek language, and especially at its presence and interpretation in the first
line of the “Ode to Man”: 332–375 in Sophocles’ Antigone, and how it is used
elsewhere in Sophocles and in a few other fifth-century writers.
In chapter 4 I examine the “Ode To Man” itself, which has caused
considerable academic discussion: Does it belong here? What role does it play in
Antigone? Is it essential to the play?
In chapter five I seek to discover the character of Antigone as Sophocles has
drawn her. She is a fascinating woman, not only in her commitment to burying her
brother Polyneices, but also in the subtleties in her that Sophocles has portrayed.
When it comes to Sophocles, conclusions are most difficult, but I needs but try.
Finally, the two appendices examine first Eglantyne Jebb, Sir Richard’s
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niece who, with her sister Dorothy, founded “Save The Children,” and last of all,
the “Apostles,” a secret society of Cambridge University of which Jebb was a
member.
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