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That they kill each other is what Antigone means when she talks about each brother dismissing the other in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, twin brothers Eteocles and Polyneices are supposed to alternate years of rule in a joint power sharing arrangement. But Eteocles does not hand the royal power over when his year is ended. He even exiles his brother from their hometown of Thebes. Polyneices fights for his legitimate claim by raising an army of disgruntled Thebans and invading Argives. The two brothers meet during the last battle of the civil war over the Theban royal succession. Each brother runs his sword through the other and then dies.

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