Enter Antigone.
Antigone of Thebes, of the accursed family, of the two dead brothers, only one of whom can be legally buried, of the halfbrother who is also her father, and of the silenced sister.
Antigone of the contest with Creon, with the State, with the powers that be and the powers that would be; with the outcome never in doubt.
Antigone of the cave.
Antigone of the many plays by the same name, of some plays under a different name, of cameo appearances in philosophies, of vases and paintings and operas and songs and cinema.