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Episode 117: Discussing Sophocles’s “Antigone”

June 15, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 3 Comments

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About that ancient Greek tragedy (441 BCE)... What can we learn from it? Are its literary tropes and ethical conflicts so far removed from us that the best we can do is marvel at it? Heck, no! Classic literature is great fodder for philosophical discussion, and the doings of the play can be fruitfully related to our modern troubles with ethics and the state. Mark, Wes, and Dylan are joined by drama guy John Castro, who played Haimon in our performance. Read more about the topic, and get the text.

End song: "Woe Is Me," performed live by Madison Lint on Madison's WORT, 6/28/02.

This recording concludes with a preview of the Aftershow, featuring Wes Alwan and host Danny Lobell. Watch it on YouTube, or listen with a PEL Citizenship. Please support PEL!

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Filed Under: Podcast Episodes Tagged With: Antigone, Ethics, Greek tragedy, philosophy and literature, philosophy podcast, sophocles

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  1. yasmine says

    June 20, 2015 at 3:48 pm

    Great episode!

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  1. Episode 117: Discussing Sophocles’s “Antigone” (Part Two) | The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast | A Philosophy Podcast and Blog says:
    June 22, 2015 at 7:35 am

    […] Continuing our discussion of the ancient Greek tragedy, from 441 BCE. Listen to Part One first. […]

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  2. Ep. 117 Aftershow (Preview) on Antigone with Danny Lobell | The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast | A Philosophy Podcast and Blog says:
    July 6, 2015 at 12:23 am

    […] Lobell of the Modern Day Philosophers podcast and our own Wes Alwan were joined for a discussion of Antigone by PEL citizens Daniel Cole, David Buchanan, Erik Weissengruber, Frank Marcopolos, and Terra Leigh […]

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