Oedipus

male
Laius, sphinx, pronounce, greek mythology, greek, homer…antigone
Oedipus ("'"' - "Oidĭpous" [<font/>pronounce ], most likely meaning "swollen-footed") was a mythical Greek king of Thebes. Oedipus was the son of L...
Sophocles

Sophocles

male
ancient greek, Lenaea, Dionysia, chorus, City Dionysia, The Oedipus Cycle…antigone
Sophocles (ancient Greek: ; 495 BC - 406 BC) was the second of three great ancient Greek tragedians. He was preceded by Aeschylus, and was followed...

Jocasta

female
Laius, Merope, Eteocles, Polynices, Thebes, Greece, Phoenician Women…antigone
In Greek mythology, Jocasta, also known as Iocaste or Epikastê was a daughter of Menocenes, Queen of Thebes, Greece. She was the wife of Laius. M...

Labdacus

male
dionysus, greek mythology, antigone, Thebes, Bacchic, Greek mythological
In Greek mythology, Labdacus was the only son of Polydorus and a King of Thebes, and the grandson of Thebes' founder, Cadmus. His mother was...
Helene Weigel

Helene Weigel

female
Mother Courage and Her Child, German Democratic Republic, The Berliner Ensemble, Seňora Carrar's Rifles, Mother Courage, Mother Courage and Her Children…antigone
Helene Weigel (born May 12, 1900 in Vienna; died on May 6, 1971 in Berlin) was one of the outstanding German actors of her generation. She was the...
Robert Garnier

Robert Garnier

male, deceased (1600)
Seneca, poet, Playwright, French, cassius, le mans…antigone
Robert Garnier (La Ferté-Bernard, Maine c. 1545 - Le Mans c. 1600), was a French tragic poet. He published his first work while still a l...
Andreas Gryphius

Andreas Gryphius

male, deceased (1664)
Herodes, hanseatic league, German native of Silesia, Dei Vindicis Impetus et Herodis Interitus, Buch von der deutschen Poeterey, Tetrastichen des Pibrac…antigone
Andreas Gryphius was a German lyric poet and dramatist. Gryphius was born as Andreas Greif in Głogów (Großglogau) in Silesia, where his father was...
Walter Hasenclever

Walter Hasenclever

male, deceased (1940)
Jewish, Oxford University, writer, German, Expressionism, aachen…antigone
Walter Hasenclever (8 July, 1890 in Aachen, Germany - 22 June, 1940 in Les Milles (Camp des Milles) near Aix-en-Provence) was a German...
Piper Perabo

Piper Perabo

female, 33 years old
Ohio University, Norwegian-American, Portuguese-American, Kindertransport, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Norwegian American…antigone
Piper Lisa Perabo (born October 31, 1976) is an American movie actress.
Annie Parisse

Annie Parisse

female, 33 years old
Fordham University, big apple, antigone, friends, From Seattle, Law & Order
Anne Marie Cancelmi (born July 31, 1976), known as Annie Parisse, is an American television and theater actress best known for playing Alexandra...