{Antigone}

Like Antigone, Achilles was courageous, loyal warrior. Antigone had to be loyal to her family and courageous and stick up for herself. She had to stand-alone. Unlike Odysseus, Antigone would have fought for her country and not tried to hide from it. She was brave and would have risked herself. Mentioned in Pericles funeral speech, Antigone uses her freedom, knowing the consequences, to be loyal to her family and brother. Antigone represented that she only had herself to depend on. And to each other, She shows the honor, the honor and the sense of duty that she felt to protect her family. Like Pericles said, Antigone found it hard to not overtake after the passing of her brothers.  Antigone represented the heroism that made up ancient Greece. Creon was a leader who stuck to his word. He did exactly what he said he would. He came in to power and did not want to show any weakness. Creon got put in to power due to blood and it was sudden and unexpected. Odysseus worked for his power. He travels to the underworld and back, none of his family recognizes him and he has to win his wife back. Achilles was one of the greatest warriors of all time. But just like any other warrior he had a weakness, and it is what ended up killing him. While Creon shares some heroic values, I would not consider him a hero like Achilles or Odysseus. I think that Antigone is the perfect representation of heroism. Although it is not like the other stories, she stays loyal to her family. She even ends up dying for them. She stands up to her sister and stands up to Creon and admits to breaking the rules. She is brave and courageous and picks the divine law over the civic law. She stands up for what she believes and what she knows is right.