Triumph of the ΠΑΝΤΟΠΟΡΟΣ? The image of the self‑invented and self inventing Δεινον in antigone’s first stasimon
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https://doi.org/10.14195/0872-0851_55_5Keywords:
Sophocles, Antígona, First Stasimon, Ode to Man, “πολλὰ τὰ δεινά”, δεινόν, εὕρεσις, τέχνη, Man, Philosophical Anthropology, Ancient Greek Thought, KulturentstehungslehreAbstract
This paper focuses on Antigone’s first stasimon and tries to work out its meaning. The key question to be answered is: what image of man underlies the famous choral ode? This key question can be divided into several sub-questions:1) In what sense is man said to be δεινόν and indeed the most δεινόν thing of all?2) What is the connection between this feature and the self-invented and self-inventing being (viz. the self-invented and self-inventing empire) the first three stanzas of Antigone’s first stasimon are all about? 3) What does “παντοπόρος” stand for? Is this the key notion for understanding man? 4) Is man really παντοπόρος? 5) Why do the Theban elders claim that, even if the epithet fits like a glove, “παντοπόρος” is far from being the last word on man?
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