Antigone
work by Sophocles
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Antigone is a tragedy by Sophocles, a renowned Greek playwright. The play tells the story of Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, who defies the king of Thebes, Creon. Creon has forbidden the burial of Antigone's brother, Polyneices, who attacked the city. Antigone, driven by familial love and a sense of divine law, secretly buries her brother. For this act of defiance, Creon sentences her to death by immurement. The play explores the conflict between civic duty and familial loyalty, and the consequences of rigid adherence to law.123
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