In the vastness of the classical legacy, archetypal figures are distinguished, on which man has reflected and will continue to reflect. Prometheus, Orpheus, Oedipus, Antigone, Odysseus, Achilles, Priam, Penelope, Alcestes, the dog Argos ... Some of them acquire special presence in our time, time in which the forced disappearance of people, which has a long and terrible part in the human history, has reappeared in the last century and in the present in many latitudes. Given the terrible reality that has affected our country under the civil-military dictatorship of 1973-1989, the figures of Antigone and Príamo acquire a heartbreaking current.
Keywords:
forced disappearance of people, Antigone, Priam
Author Biography
Miguel Castillo Didier, Universidad de Chile
Director del Centro de Estudios Griegos, Bizantinos y Neohelénicos Profesor Titular Universidad de Chile.
Castillo Didier, M. (2018). Antigoe and Priam: two present figures. Byzantion Nea Hellás, (37), pp. 49–57. Retrieved from https://revistas.uchile.cl/index.php/RBNH/article/view/51537
