Reading Level
What is the reading level of Antigone?
Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Antigone is 10th and 11th grade.
Expert Readability Tests for
Antigone
| Readability Test | Reading Level |
|---|---|
| Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 8 |
| SMOG Index | Grade 11 |
| Coleman Liau Index | Grade 12 |
| Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 9 |
Reading Time
0 hrs 49 mins
How long to read Antigone?
The estimated word count of Antigone is 12,245 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 0 hrs 49 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 1 hrs 22 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 0 hrs 28 mins.
| Antigone - 12,245 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 1 hrs 22 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 0 hrs 49 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 0 hrs 28 mins |
- Authors
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Sophocles
More about Antigone
12,245 words
Word Count
for Antigone
60 pages
Pages
1 hour and 19 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
In his long life, Sophocles (born ca. 496 B.C., died after 413) wrote more than one hundred plays. Of these, seven complete tragedies remain, among them the famed Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus. In Antigone, he reveals the fate that befalls the children of Oedipus. With its passionate speeches and sensitive probing of moral and philosophical issues, this powerful drama enthralled its first Athenian audiences and won great honors for Sophocles.The setting of the play is Thebes. Polynices, son of Oedipus, has led a rebellious army against his brother, Eteocles, ruler of Thebes. Both have died in single combat. When Creon, their uncle, assumes rule, he commands that the body of the rebel Polynices be left unburied and unmourned, and warns that anyone who tampers with his decree will be put to death.Antigone, sister of Polynices, defies Creon's order and buries her brother, claiming that she honors first the laws of the gods. Enraged, Creon condemns her to be sealed in a cave and left to die. How the gods take their revenge on Creon provides the gripping denouement to this compelling tragedy, which remains today one of the most frequently performed of classical Greek dramas.