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Polyneices is younger than Eteocles in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, no such information is given in the play. But information from other sources indicates that the twin brothers both inherit the throne after the disgrace of their father, Theban King Oedipus. The twins are supposed to share royal powers by alternating years of rule. Eteocles gets to occupy the throne first and then refuses to hand the powers over to Polyneices when the first year is up. The assumption therefore is that Eteocles is the first-born of the twins since he is first of the two to wear the Theban crown.

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