Prologue—Sets forth the subject and provides the mythological background necessary for understanding the events of the play.
Structure of Greek Tragedy

ANTIGONE:
Welcome to the polis of Ithaca, the “home” and final destination of all odysseys.

CREON:
Welcome to the Akadēmeia, Cornell University.

ANTIGONE:
And welcome to the Cornell University Library.

As you embark upon your academic career at Cornell you are being asked to participate in the University’s third annual New Student Reading Project. By reading and discussing the play, Antigone, with your classmates and others, you will be engaged in an intellectual dialogue that sets the stage for a lifetime of learning and critical thinking.

CREON:
Included here are links to a variety of sources that supply context and background information about Antigone, Sophocles, Greek drama, and ancient Greek civilization. You will also find information about the wealth of resources and services available to you in the Cornell University Library (CUL).

ANTIGONE:
We live in an Information Age where we are surrounded and saturated by bits and bytes of news and information. We are afforded both a rich menu of options and a dizzying array of choices. Finding answers to your questions has never been so easy or so difficult.

The ability to identify, locate, evaluate, and use information effectively is a skill that benefits researchers in both the arts and the sciences. We, the staff of the CU Library, can help you perfect your “information literacy” and refine your research skills.

Come in and explore and see what a large academic research library can do for you.

Prologue - Home Page

Parados - About CUL

Episode - Resources

Stasimon - Cornell Links

Exodos - Ask a Librarian