The
Ballad of Antigone
Staged as a country "ballad" right out of Nashville, this rip-roarin',
foot stompin', Greek tragedy unfolds in gory detail. Throw away your Cliff Notes,
this song tells all.
by Rich Maisel
Lyric Excerpt From the Singing Encyclopedia CD: Art & Literature
Long ago in ancient Thebes, a city-state
of Greece's,
Two brothers in a feud, Eteocles and Polyneices
were supposed to every other year, share the kingly throne,
Eteocles got selfish, and he
said the throne he owned.