E- Dithyrambic- described a powerful, emotional song performed by a chorus in ancient Greece to celebrate Dionysus( the god of wine and ecstasy).

Q: What does Antigone mean by “death is very long”? Is she talking about the life after death of her brother or the soul of her brother would suffer if not being buried buried?

O: There's a clear contrast between Antigone's moral duty to the family and Ismene’s obedience to the law and social rules. Thus, becomes representation of the play’s central conflict between divine law and human authority.

E: It’s a poetic way of showing Polyneikes’ defeat in the war at the seven gates of Thebes. The “seven spears” replace his teeth, showing the deadly consequences of his actions of betrayal.