1. Is Creon right or wrong to deny burial to Polyneices? Why?

2. Does Antigone glorify war?

3. According to choral ode #1 on pages 76-77 (the "Ode to Man"), what is best about human beings? What creates the most problems? Are the values presented here the same or different from those in the Iliad?

4. Is Haimon fulfilling or violating the duties of a son toward a father (filial piety), when he defies Creon?

5. What causes Creon to change his mind and send soldiers to free Antigone? p. 117

6. When the Choregos concludes that wisdom somehow involves "reverencetoward the gods," what do you think he means? p. 128