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CSTS 257: Antigone's Echoes: Activism and the Law from Ancient Greece to Today (HC)

Classical Studies 257: Antigone's Echoes: Activism and the Law from Ancient Greece to Today (Warwick) Spring 2024

Contemporary Performances

 Scene from the Classical Theatre of Harlem's production of Antigone, 2018.  Alexandria King as Antigone and Ava McCoy as Ismene.

Source: Wikimedia Commons, CC Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 license)  Review of Antigone and Antigone in Ferguson from American Theatre

Introduction

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