Antigone - Director

Question 1

introduction to the history behind Antigone’s costume

Answer 1

Although the play was written around 441 B.C., Antigone is set in the Hellenistic period. The Hellenistic period spans the period of Mediterranean history between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC.