TRANSGENERATIONAL NEMESIC CHAOS IN THE ANTIGONE: SOPHOCLES' CLASSICAL FOREWARNING TO HEGEMONISTS

If the multiple dualities in Antigone are considered an intragenerational context, i.e. as concordant conflicts Antigone's lifetime, then plot of drama might be perceived stochastic and rather unpredictable to its catastrophic outcome, destruction all protagonists, while their polis is entrapped a seemingly unstable equilibrium. But if viewed transgenerational final episode chain dramatic intertwined events that span many generation conflict between royal house Labdacids divine or cosmic order, deterministic predictable tragic outcome. From such perspective, downfall dynasty have been predestined by providence teleology: In period, converging stable equilibrium along, line with natural order universe, preconditioned on extinction hubristically aberrant dynasty. this underlying forewarning Sophocles hegemonists comes fore Antigone: Even most powerful self-righteous perpetrators hubris may fact act unaware pawns will teleology – dynamically chaotic course action ultimately, leads absolute prevalence invincible Nemesis.