Sophocles, Antigone (Parodos) in Ancient Greek -- subtitled in English NEWSREEL: ****** SUBTITLES IN ANCIENT GREEK: ****** SUBTITLES IN MODERN GREEK: ****** ----------- PERFORMANCE INFO ----------- SOPHOCLES, ANTIGONE, Parodos: A bilingual theatrical performance in ANCIENT GREEK and in Greek SIGN LANGUAGE, presented with classical HELLENISTIC pronunciation and with original BYZANTINE music score for chorals, composed by the high-school student performers. The above The above 4-minute video clip includes the Parodos act of the 100-minute performance. AUSPICES: The performance was given under the auspices of the Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO. STUDENT COLLABORATION: The performance was the outcome of a 10-month systematic collaboration of the Ecclesiastical Lyceum of the Rizarios School and the Junior and Senior High School of Agia Paraskevi for Speech-and-Hearing Impaired Students, within the framework of the Cultural Program of School Activities of the MINISTRY OF EDUCATION of Greece. HISTORICAL MILESTONE: The event took place on June 22, 2015, in front of the Church of St. George at the school yard of the Ecclesiastical Lyceum of the Rizarios School and an audience of 800 spectators. That was the FIRST TIME EVER IN HISTORY that hearing actors are joined by speech-and-hearing impaired actors to perform classic drama in Ancient Greek and simultaneously in Sign Language. And also the first time in the last 111 years, since 1904, in Greece that classic drama was performed in original language, in ANCIENT GREEK. SECOND PERFORMANCE: Thereafter, the performance was given again, on Dec 4, 2015, at the headquarters of the MINISTRY OF EDUCATION of Greece, in the presence of the Minister of Education (Nikos Filis), on the occasion of the international day for the handicapped. That event was recorded by the NATIONAL RADIO AND TELEVISION network (ERT) of Greece: A newsreel for the event, SUBTITLED IN ENGLISH, is posted on youtube at the following link: ****** TRANSLATION: The above English translation (subtitles) of the Parodos segment was authored Sir Richard Jebb [The Antigone of Sophocles; edited with introduction and notes by Sir Richard Jebb (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK, 1891)] and posted by Dimitra Asimakopoulou (Athens University, School of Philosophy). TRANSCRIPT: Bilingual transcripts of the Parodos segment of ANTIGONE in ANCIENT GREEK with translation in ENGLISH or MODERN GREEK, thoroughly linked to the PERSEUS DIGITAL LIBRARY of TUFTS UNIVERSITY, may be promptly and freely obtained in pdf format by sending an e-mail request to: ******