Antigone
Found 4 entry about "Antigone"
Ἀντιγόνη(Ancient Greek)
An-ti-go-nee (an-ti-GO-nee)
an-TIG-ə-nee(English)
Antigone Name meanings & History
"Against born of" or "In place of parents". Derived from Greek ἀντί (anti) meaning "against, compared to, like" and γονή (gone) meaning "birth, offspring". In Greek legend Antigone was the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta. King Creon of Thebes declared that her slain brother Polynices was to remain unburied, a great dishonour. She disobeyed and gave him a proper burial, and for this she was sealed alive in a cave. The name Antigone is used as a feminine given name.
Zodiac Sign of Antigone: Action Aries
Synonyms of Antigone:
A: Action,Aggressive,Angry,Ambitious,Assertive,Argumentative
N: Nitpicking,Neat,Nagging,Neurosis,Nutrition,Nice,Nervous
T: Tireless,Truth,Touchy,Testy,Tacky,Talkative,Doubting Thomas
I: Involved,Intimate,Indulgence
G: Genuine,Gregarious,Goof-off,Go-getter
O: Ostentatious,Obsolete,Obsessive,Obstinate,Organized
E: Expressive,Enliven,Enlighten,Exaggerate,Entertain,Environment
Antigone is:- a Class name
- a Classic name
- a Complex name
- a Formal name
- a Mature name
- a Refined name
- a Serious name
- a Strange name
- a Strong name
- a Upper name
- a Wholesome name
Famous People
Famous people with the name Antigone include Antigone Kefala (Australian author), Antigone Tsairis (American victim of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing), Antigone Costanda (Egyptian feminist), and Antigone Valen (Norwegian politician).
