Cameron Haberberger
10/20/2017
Humanities: Human and Divine Paper
Walter Soffer After thoroughly reading Antigone by Sophocles and The Peloponnesian War told by Thucydides, it is clear both have much to consider when it come to the relation between the human and the divine. Although they both contain examples, Antigone holds a better explanation of the relationship in question.
In the book, Antigone wants to bury her brother although she knew Creon ordered not to. Her reasoning for the burial of Polyneices is because without a proper burial it violates the divine law and puts Creon in the wrong. Therefore, she believes it is only right that Polyneices gets a proper burial. The divine law was created by the divine and can only be changed by the divine. For Creon to go against the divine law is wrong, therefore him making the decision he is trying to make is out of his power. He is told this when he gets a visit from Teiresias. There is a common use of an …show more content…
I do not see much of this existence when I read through The History of the Peloponnesian War. The relationship portrayed in Antigone between the divine and the human seems much stronger than in The History of the Peloponnesian War. It seems that the divine and the human relationship in Antigone is much clearer and up front. Teiresias going to Creon with a message from the divine is one example of how clear it is portrayed in Antigone. It is also clear that Antigone turns to the law higher than the manmade law, being the divine law, which once again shows clear relation between the human and the divine. When it comes to The History of the Peloponnesian War, it seems hard to find religion. After reading it over, it almost seems as if there is no religion whatsoever. This is my reasoning to say that Antigone uses much clearer and broad evidence of religion and relations with the divine and the
10/20/2017
Humanities: Human and Divine Paper
Walter Soffer After thoroughly reading Antigone by Sophocles and The Peloponnesian War told by Thucydides, it is clear both have much to consider when it come to the relation between the human and the divine. Although they both contain examples, Antigone holds a better explanation of the relationship in question.
In the book, Antigone wants to bury her brother although she knew Creon ordered not to. Her reasoning for the burial of Polyneices is because without a proper burial it violates the divine law and puts Creon in the wrong. Therefore, she believes it is only right that Polyneices gets a proper burial. The divine law was created by the divine and can only be changed by the divine. For Creon to go against the divine law is wrong, therefore him making the decision he is trying to make is out of his power. He is told this when he gets a visit from Teiresias. There is a common use of an …show more content…
I do not see much of this existence when I read through The History of the Peloponnesian War. The relationship portrayed in Antigone between the divine and the human seems much stronger than in The History of the Peloponnesian War. It seems that the divine and the human relationship in Antigone is much clearer and up front. Teiresias going to Creon with a message from the divine is one example of how clear it is portrayed in Antigone. It is also clear that Antigone turns to the law higher than the manmade law, being the divine law, which once again shows clear relation between the human and the divine. When it comes to The History of the Peloponnesian War, it seems hard to find religion. After reading it over, it almost seems as if there is no religion whatsoever. This is my reasoning to say that Antigone uses much clearer and broad evidence of religion and relations with the divine and the