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Antigone pleads with Creon in Spohocles play title Antigone.

June 30, 2024June 30, 2024

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I Dare You to Read Antigone by Sophocles

2,400 years ago, Sophocles wrote a play that still grips us today. It’s powerful, philosophical, tragic, and fascinating. The drama is called Antigone, and it took me about an hour to read. Did I love it? Yes, I did. There are two characters to pay attention to: Antigone and Creon. Antigone wants to bury herContinue reading I Dare You to Read Antigone by Sophocles →

A man sitting on a bench looking into a picture frame that represents his life

March 3, 2024

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The Sunday Apologia

Apologia is a Greek word that means, “Speaking in Defense.” You hear the term Apologetics used as a label for people who defend a set of beliefs. The word has a foundation in Plato’s Apology where Socrates had to defend himself in a trial for corrupting the youth of Athens. He was asked to justifyContinue reading The Sunday Apologia →

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