Antigone and the Greek Polis

The story of Antigone tells a lot about the Greek polis and the way people lived within it. We can learn such things as the way women were treated by men and by the society. Political debates and the struggles for political power. The way in which religion affected the people, their society and their culture. Also the importance of and the role of tradition in the Greek polis societies.
The women in the Greek polis society were not mistreated, abused but they did not have full rights as was available to their male counter parts. They were obviously not thought of as being equal to men as,…