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Antigone vs. Creon

[ an-tig-uh-nee ]
noun
  1. a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who defied her uncle, King Creon, by performing funeral rites over her brother, Polynices, and was condemned to be immured alive in a cave.
  2. a tragedy (c440 b.c.) by Sophocles.
[ kree-on ]
noun
  1. a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.

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