Antigone

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Greek

"worthy of one's parents, in place of one's parents"

Antigone Origin and Meaning

The name Antigone is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "worthy of one's parents, in place of one's parents".

In Greek mytholgy, Antigone was the noble and courageous daughter of Oedipus, who acts as his guide after he blinds himself. Antigone is also the eponymous heroine of a play by Jean Anouilh.

Despite her heroism, however, Antigone has not yet made it into the modern world, but with the increasing acceptance of longer, weightier Greek and Roman names, this could change.

Antigone Popularity

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Famous People Named Antigone

• Antigone of Macedon mother of Queen Berenice I of Egypt
• Antigone of Epirus wife of Pyrrhus of Epirus
• Antigone of Gloucester Countess of Tankerville, daughter of Humphrey of Lancaster, Duke of Gloucester
• Antigone Kefala Australian writer

Antigone in Pop Culture

• Antigone daughter and half,sister of Oedipus in Greek mythology; subject of Sophocles' play "Antigone"
• Antigone of Troy daughter of Laomedon, whose hair was turned into snakes by Hera; later turned into a stork by another god
• Antigone wife of Peleus who died by suicide after her husband was accused of infidelity
• Antigone Hewitt Detective Hewitt's wife in the "Flavia de Luce" series by Alan Bradley
• Antigone "Ani" Bezzerides character on TV's "True Detective"
• Antigone Funn major character in podcast Wooden Overcoats
• Antigonus Sicilian lord in Shakespeare's play "A Winter's Tale" (1623)
• Queen Antikonie character in German Arthurian legend