In this essay I will discuss the form and structure of Sophocles' play Antigone, I will look at how Sophocles structured this play and comment on this, I will also compare it to a typical Greek structure. The typical structure of Greek tragedies had a Prologue and a Parados; there would then be four alternating Episodes and Stasimons. To end the piece, there would finally be a fifth episode, then an Exodus. The structure of Antigone was slightly different from this as Sophocles broke the trend and added an extra episode and Stasimon; this is significant because it was the first time this happened in Greek theater. Sophocles used a prologue in Antigone at the beginning of the play. The Prologue normally takes place between one or two protagonists and in Antigone it was Ismene and Antigone in the scene. This is helpful for the audience because it sets the scene and shows us some of the mythological context. This also places the play in its context which is wartime. The Prologue is followed by a Parados which is the entrance to the Choir. The Choir entered the Parados singing and dancing. They would then compare the story being told with an amythological context: “He fled, fled with the roar of dragons behind him.” After the Parados is the first of six episodes, one episode takes place between two or three protagonists and this is where the story takes place. . Sophocles is credited with introducing the third protagonist. During the episodes, we discover how the characters think and feel about their situation, along with the chorus and the other characters. Then comes the first Stasimon of the five Stasima. This is where the chorus reiterates key points from the previous episode and gives the audience a chance to think about what happened in the previous episode. Stasima are used to introduce the characters of the next episode. A Sophoclean choir was made up of 15 people. men; there were never any women, because women were not allowed. The Choir sang and danced, which added to the spectacle. The Chorus was also known as the Perfect Audience because it reacted the way the director intended the audience to react. The Chorus connects the story to a broader mythological framework, for example by connecting the death of Antigone to the death of Danae. The Chorus also comments on the action during an Episode called Kommoi: “So you want, sire, to put them both to death? » The Choir also represents part of the collective community, in Antigone this could be the Theban.