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Sophocles
Harvard Classics, Vol. 8, Part 6
Antigone
Sophocles
Creon, the king of Thebes, forbids the burial of those who rebelled against his rule. Antigone, soon to marry Creon's son, disobeys this edict to bury her brother Polyneices.
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