Antigone

Gender Feminine
Usage Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek [1]
Scripts Ἀντιγόνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /an.ti.ɡó.nɛː/(Classical Greek) /æn.ˈtɪɡ.ə.ni/(English)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Derived from Greek ἀντί (anti) meaning "against, compared to, like" and γονή (gone) meaning "birth, offspring". In Greek legend Antigone was the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta. King Creon of Thebes declared that her slain brother Polynices was to remain unburied, a great dishonour. She disobeyed and gave him a proper burial, and for this she was sealed alive in a cave.

Related Names

Rootsanti + gone
Masculine FormsAntigonos, Antigonus(Ancient Greek)
User SubmissionsAntigone, Antigoné

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Name Days

Greece: September 1

Categories

asteroids, birth, conflict, daughters, family, Greek mythology, legend, literature, mythology, play titles, princesses, punishment, True Detective characters, victims, women and death

Sources & References

  1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Ἀντιγόνη.
Entry updated October 6, 2024