| What does the parados talk about? | The parados talks about Polyneices’s attack on Thebes and his defeat. It is before all of the odes. |
| What does the first ode talk about? | It talks about how man is the world’s greatest wonder, but still falls to death. |
| What does the second ode talk about? | It talks about Oedipus’s curse and how the rest of his family was cursed because of him. The chorus is lamenting Oedipus. |
| What does the third ode talk about? | It talks about how love is unconquerable and drives men crazy. |
| What does the fourth ode talk about? | It talks about various myths and how they relate to Antigone’s situation. |
| What does the paean(Song/prayer to the gods for help) talk about? | It asks Dionysus for help in Thebes. It happens after the fourth ode. |
Odes in Antigone
February 17, 2020