Episode 7 - Sophocles' Antigone & Philoctetes, with Dr. Kurt Blaugher

Emma Weinheimer and Joshua Hochschild interview Kurt Blaugher about Sophocles' plays Antigone and Philoctetes.

Dr. Blaugher is a professor of theater at Mount St. Mary's University.

Recorded 2020-21

0:00 Core Curriculum
4:45 Sophocles' Context
9:00 Function in Greek Society
11:40 Antigone
16:30 Divine vs Human Law
21:30 End of the Play
25:30 Philoctetes
30:20 Challenges of Performing
34:55 Mount St Mary's Trivia
37:00 New Translations for Veterans