Antigone Book History Context

I thought the second microlecture on Antigone was really interesting. What stood out to me most was the number of places this play had contact with. Whether it was a performance location or the spot where it was first printed, this play made its way through the Mediterranean in a way that I did not realize or expect. It was interesting to see how Michelle used Neatline as a platform to emphasize the fact that, since Antigone is such an old book, its history is extraordinarily complicated. Something I enjoy about diving into the history of books and media is seeing how it's contents and/or translations are not only impacted by its place of origin, but also by the locations it comes in contact with, such as the places we saw on Neatline scattered across the Mediterranean. 

This has broadened my understanding of the significance of this play because it made me realize just how big of a deal it is that we, students in Santa Clara, California in 2022, are reading a play that was written across the world about 2500 years ago. Thinking about how this play made its way out of Greece, gained enough popularity to become well known across the world, and stayed relevant for over two thousand years is slightly baffling. I'm interested in learning more about what other texts Antigone inspired. We know of Home Fire, but it's really cool to think about how many authors over these couple thousand years could've drawn inspiration from Sophocles' work.