1. How does Thucydides describe the physical effects of the disease? The social effects?

2. Why, in Thucydides' view, was Athens especially susceptible to a plague at this time?

3. Imagine yourself as an Athenian walking up the hill toward the Parthenon. What impression would the setting and the building itself convey?

4. What were the various functions of the Acropolis?

5. How does antigone justify what she has done? How does she describe the relationship between divine law and political law?

6. Given what was going on in Athens at the time that this play was performed, how can antigone's words be seen as political commentary?