CLASSIC 45C Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Polynices, Haemon, Eteocles
10 May 2017
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After oedipus exiled from thebes, eteocles claimed that kingship belonged to him & exiled older brother polynices. Polynices retaliated with an army but both of them killed each other. No reliable source that antigone buried polynices. After brothers" death, defies creon"s orders not to bury. Religious burial laws are more important than civic laws. Sentenced to death by creon by starvation in cave. Creon realizes his mistake but too late; antigone hanged herself. Advises antigone to obey creon"s orders but she doesnt listen. After antigone is sentenced, ismene insists that she was an accomplice and wants to die with her. Antigone says that ismene had nothing to do with it and ismene is spared. After death of oedipus"s sons, becomes king. Warns creon that many thebans dont want her to die. Warns creon that gods are angry bc polynices is unburied but. Learns of son"s suicide and goes back to palace to commit suicide too.
