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Two brothers
Eteocles and Polynices
T/F: the two brothers dueled for the throne(one for and one against Thebes) and they both died.
True
Which brother does the King not want to have a proper burial and to be “eaten by vultures”
Polynices
Who is now the King of Thebes?
Creon
The daughters of Oedipus
Antigone and Ismene
Which of the sister’s idea was it to bury Polynices?
Antigone
Who(m) did Creon believe to have covered Polynices’ body in “earth”?
Ismene and Antigone
The punishment for so-called “burrying” the body
Death
What is Ismene’s stance on burying Polyneices
She refuses to help Antigone bury Polyneices because of fear of Creon’s punishment
Who is Haemon
Haemon is Creon's son and Antigone's fiance
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